Tech Target Acronyms

IT Acronyms at your

fingertips

A quick references guide with over 3,000 technology

related acronyms

IT Acronyms at your Fingertips

We’ve all experienced it. You’re sitting in a meeting and someone spouts off an acronym. You

immediately look around the table and no one reacts.

Do they all know what it means?

Is it just me?

We’re here to help! We’ve compiled a list of over 3,000 IT acronyms for your quick reference

and a list of the top 15 acronyms you need to know now.

Top 15 acronyms you need to know now.

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API, Application Programmer Interface

AWS, Amazon Web Services

BYOA, Bring Your Own Apps

BYOC, Bring Your Own Cloud

BYON, Bring Your Own Network

BYOI, Bring Your Own Identity

BYOE, Bring Your Own Encryption

IoT, Internet of Things

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MDM, Mobile Device Management

PCI DSS, Payment Card Industry Data

Security Standard

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SaaS, Software as a Service

SDN, Software Defined Network

SLA, Service Level Agreement

VDI, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

VM, Virtual Machine

Quick Reference, over 3000 IT acronyms

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Acronym

10 GbE

100GbE

10HD busy period

1170

121

1xRTT

2D barcode

Meaning

10 gigabit Ethernet

100 Gigabit Ethernet

10-high-day busy period

UNIX 98

one-to-one

Single-Carrier Radio Transmission Technology

two-dimensional barcode

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3270

3BL

3-D

3G

3PL

3Vs

40GbE

4-D printing

4G

7W

8-VSB

A.I.

A/m, Oe, oersted

A+

AA

AAA

AAA server

AAR

AARP

AAUI

ab W

abA

ABAP

ABB

ABBH

ABC

abC

abend

abF

abH

ABM

ABP

abS

abV

ABVS

ABVS

Information Display System

triple bottom line

three dimensions or three-dimensional

third generation of mobile telephony

third-party logistics

volume, variety and velocity

40 Gigabit Ethernet

four-dimensional printing

fourth-generation wireless

seven wastes

8-level vestigial sideband

Airborne Internet

ampere per meter

A Plus

modem lights

authentication, authorization, and accounting...