Long ReadHere, usingjoomla.com would like to provide a list of abbreviations that you might see or hear about in your website journey.

The abbreviations and what they stand for are listed here in alphabetical order based on the first letter of the abbreviation.

Some of these abbreviations may not be come across very often, if at all. Others, if you read articles or help forums, you may encounter more often.

Do you need to understand any, or all, of them - not really - but if you want to understand more about what goes on "under the hood" of either Joomla and/or hosting then there may be benefits in developing an understanding.

This list will be updated over time, however if we have missed any out - feel free to let us know.

Some of these abbreviations are used in areas other than web design, web hosting, or associated programming - but because they are exclusively used in these areas or in these areas as well as other areas we have included them here.

Some abbreviations are indirectly associated with web design and web-hosting such as when you manage your domain name, and/or website mail, though when it comes to setting up your website mail I am confident that a good web-host will advise or help you - once you become familiar with the process and terminology.


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2LD
=Linking Small2nd Level Domain (Second Level Domain)


2FA
= 2 Factor Authentication

2FA = Two Factor Authentication

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3LD
=Linking Small3rd Level Domain

3LD =Linking SmallThird Level Domain

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4LD = 4th Level Domain

4LD = Fourth Level Domain

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ACL = Access Control Layer

ACL = Access Control Level


ACSS
= Atomic Cascading Style Sheet(s)


ADNS
= Authorititave Domain Name Server


AJAX
= Asynchronous Javascript And XML


AMP
= Accelerated Mobile Pages


API
= Application Programming Interface


APL
= Address Prefix List


ARIA
= Accessible Rich Internet Application


ARPA
= Address and Routing Parameter Area


ASCII
= American Standard Code for Information Interchange


AWS
= Amazon Web Services

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CA = Certificate Authority


CAA = Certification Authority Authorisation

CAA = Certification Authority Authorization


CAPTCHA = Completely Automated Public Turing Test
(to)
Tell Computers (and) Humans Apart


ccNSO = country code Name Supporting Organisation

ccNSO = country code Name Supporting Organization


ccSLD = country code Second Level Domain


ccTLD =Linking Smallcountry code Top level Domain


CDN = Content Delivery Network

CDN = Content Distribution Network


CDNI = Content Delivery Networks Interconnection


CGDN = Community Geographic Domain Name


CGDNs = Community Geographic Domain Names


CGI = Common Gateway Interface


cgi-fcgi = Common Gateway Interface - Fast Common Gateway Interface


CLI = Command Line Interface


CMS = Content Management System


CNAME = Canonical Name


cPanel = Control Panel


CORS = Cross-Origin Resource Sharing


CRISP = Cross Registry Information Service Protocol


CRO = Conversion Rate Optimisation

CRO = Conversion Rate Optimization


cron = Command Run On

(UNIX Scheduler)


CSR = Certificate Signing Request


CSRF = Cross Site Request Forgery


CSS = Cascading Style Sheet(s)


CSSOM = Cascading Style Sheet(s) Object Model


CSV = Comma Separated Variable


CTA = Call To Action


CTR = Click Through Rate


CZDS = Centralised Zone Data Service

CZDS = Centralized Zone Data Service

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db = DataBase / database

DB = DataBase / database


DBMS = DataBase Management System


DDNS = Dynamic Domain Name Server


DDoS = Distributed Denial of Service


DFI = Direct File Inclusion


DHTML = Dynamic Hyper Text Markup Language


DKIM = Domain Keys Identified Mail


DMCA = Digital Millenium Copyright Act (1988)


Dname = Delegation Name


DNN = DotNetNuke


DNS = Domain Name Server

DNS = Domain Name System

DNS = Domain Name Service


DNSSEC = Domain Name System Security Extensions


DoS = Denial of Service


DOM = Document Object Model


DS = Delegation Signer


DSS = Data Security Standard


DV SSL = Domain Validated Secure Socket Layer

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EPP = Extensible Provisioning Protocol


ETag = Entity Tag


EV SSL = Extended Validation Secure Socket Layer


Exif = Exchangeable image format

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FQDN = Fully Qualified Domain Name


FTP = File Transfer Protocol


FTPS = File Transfer Protocol Secure

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gccTLD =Linking Smallgeneric country code Top Level Domain


geoTLD =Linking Smallgeographical Top Level Domain


GIF = Graphical Interchange Format


GNU = GNU's Not Unix (Recursive Acronym)


GPL = General Public Licence


grTLD = generic restricted Top Level Domain

(See also:Linking SmallrgTLD)


GSSAPI = Generic Security Service Application Program Interface


gTLD =Linking Smallgeneric Top Level Domain


GZip = GNU Zip

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href = hypertext reference


HINFO = Host Information


HIP = Host Identity Protocol


HSTS = HTTP Strict Transport Security


HTM = Hyper Text Markup


HTML = Hyper Text Markup Language


HTTP = Hyper Text Transfer Protocol


HTTPS = Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure

HTTPs = Hypertext Transfer Protocol secure

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IAB = Internet Architecture Board


IANA = Internet Assigned Numbers Authority


ICANN = Internet Corporation (for) Assigned Names (and) Numbers


ICDN = Internet Content Delivery Network

ICDN = Internet Content Distribution Network

ICDN = Intranet Content Delivery Network

ICDN = Intranet Content Distribution Network


iconv = Internationalisation Conversion

iconv = Internationalization Conversion


IDNA = International Domain Name Application(s)

IDNA = Internationalised Domain Name Application(s)

IDNA = Internationalized Domain Name Application(s)


IDN = Internationalised Domain Name

IDN = Internationalized Domain Name


IESG = Internet Engineering Steering Group


IETF = Internet Engineering Task Force


iframe = inline frame

iFrame = inline frame


IIS = Internet Information Server


IMAP = Internet Message Access Protocol


IP = Internet Protocol


IPS = Internet Provider Security

Context: IPS Tag = Internet Provider Security Tag.

Used by Nominet to identify the Registrar managing a .uk domain name.


IPv4 = Internet Protocol version 4


IPv6 = Internet Protocol version 6

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JCE = Joomla Content Editor

Joomla Content Editor provided atLinking SmallJoomlaContentEditor.net


JED = Joomla Extension Directory


JPEG = Joint Photographic Experts Group


js = javascript

JS
= JavaScript


JSAS = Joomla Stand Alone Server


JSON = JavaScript Object Notation

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KX = Key Exchanger

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LAMP = Linux Apache MySQL PHP / Python / Perl


LDAP = Lightweight Directory Access Protocol


LibXSLT = Library Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations


ltr = left to right

LTR = Left To Right


LXC = Linux Container

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MAMP = Mac-OS Apache MySQL PHP


MB = MultiByte

MB = MegaByte


mbstring = multibyte string


MFA = Multi Factor Authentication


MIME = Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension


min = minified

Min = Minified


MSSQL = Microsoft Structured Query Language (Microsoft SQL)


MSSQLND = MySQL Native Driver


MUA = Malicious User Agent


MVC = Modal View Controller


MySQL = My Structured Query Language

( 'My' is the name given to the daughter of MySQL's co-founder)


mySQLnd = My Structured Query Language Native Driver


MX = Mail exchange

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NAPTR = Naming Authority Pointer


NS = Name Server


NSEC = Name Secure


nTLD = new Top Level Domain


NTLM = New Technology LAN Manager

(LAN = local Area Network)

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OAuth = Open Authentication


ODBC = Open DataBase Connectivity


OS = Operating System


OS = Open Source


OV SSL = Organisation Validated Secure Socket Layer

OV SSL = Organization Validated Secure Socket Layer

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PCI = Payment Card Industry


PCI DSS = Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard


PCRE = Perl Compatible Regular Expressions


PDDRP = Post Delegation Dispute Resolution Procedure


pdftoppm = Portable Document Format to Portable Pixmap


pdo_mysql = PHP Data Objects - my Structured Query Language


pdo_pgsql = PHP Data Objects - Postgre Structured Query Language


pgsql = Postgre Structured Query Language


PHP = Pre Hypertext Processor

(Sometimes referred to as: Hypertext Pre-Processor)


PNG = Portable Networks Graphic


POSIX = Portable Operating System Interface


PQDN = Partially Qualified Domain Name


Pspell = Portable Spell (Checker Interface Library)

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RAM = Random Access Memory


RDBMS = Relational DataBase Management System


RegEx = Regular Expression(s)


RFI = Remote File Inclusion


rgTLD
= restricted generic Top Level Domain


RSS = Really Simple Syndication


rtl = right to left

RTL = Right To left


RTSP = Real Time Streaming Protocol


RZM = Root Zone Management

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SASL = Simple Authentication (and) Security Layer


SCGI = Simple Common Gateway Interface


SCP = Security Copy Protocol


SCRAM = Salted Challenge Response Authentication Method


SCRAM-SHA = Salted Challenge Response Authentication Method - Secure Hash Algorithm


SCSS = Sass Cascading Style Sheet(s)

SCSS = Sassy Cascading Style Sheet(s)


SEF = Search Engine Friendly


SEF URL = Search Engine Friendly Uniform Resource Locator


SEO = Search Engine Optimisation

SEO = Search Engine Optimization


SEP = Secure Entry Point


SFTP = Secure File Transfer Protocol


SGID = Set Group ID


SHA = Secure Hash Algorithm


SIG = Signature


SLD =Linking SmallSecond Level Domain


SMB = Sever Message Block (Protocol)


SMTP = Simple Mail Transfer Protocol


SMTPS = Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Secure


SPL = Standard PHP Library


SQLi = Structured Query Language injection


SRS = [Related to email] Sender Rewrite Scheme


SSD = Solid State Drive


SSE = Server Side Encryption


SSH = Secure Shell


SSI = Server Side Includes


SSL = Secure Socket(s) Layer


SSL CSR = Secure Socket(s) Layer Certificate Signing Request


SSPI = Security Support Provider Interface


symlink = Symbolic Link


syslog = System Log


sys_temp_dir = System Temporary Directory


sTLD =Linking SmallSponsored Top Level Domain


suid = set-user-id

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telnet = teletype network


TFTP = Trivial File Transfer Protocol


TKEY = Transaction Key


TLD =Linking SmallTop level Domain


TSIG = Transaction Signature


tTLD = test Top Level Domain(s)


TLS = Transport Layer Security


TLS-SRP = Transport Layer Security - Secure Remote Password


TTB = Top To Bottom


TTFB = Time To First Byte


TTL = Time To Live

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UDRP = Universal Domain-Name Resolution Policy


UI = User Interface


URI = Universal Resource Identifier


URL = Uniform Resource Locator


URN = Uniform Resource Name


URSS = Uniform Rapid Suspension System


UTF = Unicode Transformation Format

(For example: UTF-8)


uTLD = unsponsored Top Level Domain

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vCDN = virtual Content Delivery Network

vCDN = virtual Content Distribution Network


VEL =Linking SmallVulnerable Extension(s) List


VPN = Virtual Private Network


VPS = Virtual Private Server

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W3C = World Wide Web Consortium


WAF = Web Application Firewall


WAMP = Windows Apache MySQL PHP / Python / Perl


WCAG = Web Content Accessibility Guidelines


WebDAV = Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning


WHM = Web Host Manager


WIPO = World Intellectual Property Organisation

WIPO = World Intellectual Property Organization


WSGI = Web Server Gateway Interface


WWC = World Wide Consortium


WWW = World Wide Web


WYSIWYG = What You See Is What You Get

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XAMPP = cross-platform Apache MariaDB PHP / Perl


XHTML = eXtensible Hyper Text Markup Language


XHTTP = eXtended Hyper Text Transfer Protocol


XML = eXtensible Markup Language


XML-RPC = eXtensible Markup Language - Remote Procedure Call


XMLRPC = eXtensible Markup Language Remote Procedure Call


XSL = eXtensible Stylesheet Language


XSLT = eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations


XSS = Cross Site Scripting


XST = Cross Site Tracing

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YAML = Yet Another Markup Language

YAML = YAML Ain't Markup Language (Recursive Acronym)

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