Can you name the computer terms by their often used acronyms/abbreviations?

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Computer Acronyms Quiz

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Created by: Ben -
Published: July 17th, 2009
Category: Science
Plays: 101,502

Tags: Computer Quizzes, term, abbreviation, acronym, Expanded Acronyms

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	IWANTMY2DOLLARS:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 04:52 GMT	25 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 04:59 GMT	5 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 05:05 GMT	21 points
	VGA originally stood for Video Graphics Array; that should be an answer.

	Tichrimo:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 05:08 GMT	3 points
	PEBCAK should be a bonus...

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	Dudeman612:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 06:15 GMT	9 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 06:19 GMT	1 point
	I can't believe I forgot ROM

	IHateRegistering:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 06:28 GMT	1 point
	We have too many freaking acronyms these days.

	MetaphysicalMan:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 06:31 GMT	8 points
	Never realized I don't know what GIF stands for.

	Niques:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 06:54 GMT	6 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 07:13 GMT	14 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 07:25 GMT	2 points
	Happy 1700th quiz, Sporcle!

	witulski:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 07:32 GMT	11 points
	I think you should allow "PNG's Not GIF" for PNG :)

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	chambers:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 08:59 GMT	3 points
	nice idea but i didnt get many :(

	moop:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 10:51 GMT	25 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 11:21 GMT	6 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 11:52 GMT	7 points
	C'mon I put instant messenger for instant message

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	milkmeister:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 12:21 GMT	-1 points
	ASP can also stand for Auxiliary System Pool.

	Sabo:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 12:31 GMT	1 point
	@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 12:50 GMT	8 points
	Instant messaging or instant messenger should could for instant message.

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	Kinitawowi:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 13:22 GMT	8 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 14:00 GMT	-3 points
	Great quiz! Yay :D Definitely agree that instant messaging should count for instant message.

	ironsij0287:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 14:39 GMT	3 points
	Wow, I use these terms all time and yet knew what very few actually stood for.

	mennoknight:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 14:41 GMT	18 points
	huh, always thought it was "Universal" instead of "Uniform" in URL.

	Journey2688:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 15:21 GMT	-1 points
	This quiz was MUCH harder than i thought.

	gracie:	Jul 17th, 2009 at 16:46 GMT	4 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 16:51 GMT	8 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 18:02 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 19:44 GMT	0 points
	I think more people would have missed JPEG than GIF.