Tech Acronyms/Abbreviations Cheat Sheet

I have a fairly poor memory when it comes to memorizing shortcuts, passwords and all things acronym.

Tech has SO many of these that I finally decided it would just be best to list them all here and I will reference them when my memory fails me.

I'll be adding to this list from time to time so feel free to comment your own abbreviated tech-related jargon and I'll add it to the list below. Each term is linked to its Wikipedia page for a quick reference.

• AJAX - Asynchronous JavaScript And XML
• API - Application Programming Interface
• AR - ActiveRecord
• CLI - Command Line Interface
• CRUD - Create Read Update Delete
• CSS - Cascading Style Sheets
• DB - Database
• DoD - Definition of Done
• DOM - Document Object Model
• DRY - Don't Repeat Yourself
• ERB - Embedded Ruby
• JS - JavaScript
• JSON - JavaScript Object Notation
• HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language
• HTTP - HyperText Transfer Protocol
• IDE - Integrated Development Environment
• IIFE - Immediately Invoked Function Expression
• MVC - Model-View-Controller
• NPM - Node Package Manager
• OOP - Object Oriented Programming
• ORM - Object-Relational Mapping
• REGEX - REGular EXpression
• REST - REpresentational State Transfer
• SQL - Structured Query Language
• XML - Extensible Markup Language

Comments

[Eric Bishard]

This is actually super helpful for those just getting started!

[Donna Amos]

Thanks, Eric!