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Can you name the computer terms by their often used acronyms/abbreviations? Enter an item in the box below Correctly named items will show up in the table below Answers do not have to be guessed in order This game was contributed by Sporcle user: Ben You have 6 minutes to guess after you click the button below.	Search: Popular trivia games today 4 Letter Capitals 4135 TV Shows (U.S.) 3129 Broadway Opening Lines 3019 You Do Know Jack 1324 Lousy descriptions of Tom Hanks movies 1264 Same Last Name 1100 And more...
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Acronym	Full Name
RAM
ROM
IRC
DOS
IM
CPU
BPS
LAN
DNS
FTP
HTML
HTTP
ISP

Acronym	Full Name
URL
DLL
GUI
IP
USB
VGA
PNG
GIF
WAN
WWW
PDF
ASP
SQL

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	IWANTMY2DOLLARS:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 08:52 GMT	17 points
	I use most of these acronyms/abbreviations, yet I had no idea what most of them stood for. WTF?

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	Jordan117:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 08:59 GMT	0 points
	I'm no techie, so I guessed on VGA, and totally guessed on PNG... and got them both right! So, did the right answer bubble up from my subconscious memory? Or did I just get lucky? ONLY THE SPORACLE KNOWS.

	cloycebox:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 09:05 GMT	17 points
	VGA originally stood for Video Graphics Array; that should be an answer.

	Tichrimo:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 09:08 GMT	-3 points
	PEBCAK should be a bonus...

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	Dudeman612:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 10:15 GMT	8 points
	Wow, this quiz just shows me how much I don't know about computers. Much less than I thought I did! I guess I just take those acronyms for granted.

	iceman1731:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 10:19 GMT	0 points
	I can't believe I forgot ROM

	IHateRegistering:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 10:28 GMT	0 points
	We have too many freaking acronyms these days.

	MetaphysicalMan:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 10:31 GMT	7 points
	Never realized I don't know what GIF stands for.

	Niques:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 10:54 GMT	5 points
	Why do I know ROM and not RAM? It's scary that I've never even considered what most of these stand for. URL in particular - never crossed my mind that that actually stands for something.

	maniacalclown:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 11:13 GMT	10 points
	Computer science major, and I got 23/26. I think that's just enough to validate my time in school without feeling like a total dork. :D

	greymatters:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 11:25 GMT	2 points
	Happy 1700th quiz, Sporcle!

	witulski:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 11:32 GMT	9 points
	I think you should allow "PNG's Not GIF" for PNG :)

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	chambers:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 12:59 GMT	4 points
	nice idea but i didnt get many :(

	onwardknave:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 14:51 GMT	17 points
	PEBCAK, for those who didn't get it above, stands for "Problem Exists Between Chair and Keyboard," and is an old technician joke.

	Speedbird007:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 15:21 GMT	3 points
	Just a linguistic note: an acronym is a word made from the initials, "ROM" for example, where as an initialism is just the letters read out individually, such as "SQL".

	unknown:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 15:52 GMT	6 points
	C'mon I put instant messenger for instant message

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	milkmeister:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 16:21 GMT	0 points
	ASP can also stand for Auxiliary System Pool.

	Sabo:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 16:31 GMT	-1 points
	@onwardknave: I was always partial to calling them ID-10-T errors, or L-Class User Errors. Either way, the effect is the same.

	Whit:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 16:50 GMT	4 points
	Instant messaging or instant messenger should could for instant message.

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	Kinitawowi:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 17:22 GMT	3 points
	GPS: 1 baud is 1 byte per second, so "bauds per second" would be bytes per second per second, which is clearly meaningless. :-p I got -3 here (got stuck trying Dynamic Name Server (or Service), always thought it was Page Description (or Definition) Format (or File), and had no clue on ASP).

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	Sparky:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 18:00 GMT	-2 points
	Great quiz! Yay :D Definitely agree that instant messaging should count for instant message.

	ironsij0287:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 18:39 GMT	2 points
	Wow, I use these terms all time and yet knew what very few actually stood for.

	mennoknight:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 18:41 GMT	11 points
	huh, always thought it was "Universal" instead of "Uniform" in URL.

	Journey2688:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 19:21 GMT	-1 points
	This quiz was MUCH harder than i thought.

	gracie:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 20:46 GMT	3 points
	some of these i see/use every day and have never given a second thought to what they stand for. URL, for example, has pretty much become a word in itself.

	davidr:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 20:51 GMT	3 points
	@Kinitawowi: Bytes per second per second isn't meaningless — it's rate of change of transfer speed. Not something most people would ever want to talk about but not meaningless.

	Jaspers:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 22:02 GMT	1 point
	I've been using URL all these years without actually knowing what it stood for. What a humbling experience.

	Dain:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 23:44 GMT	1 point
	I think more people would have missed JPEG than GIF.