Internet Acronyms Reference

This internet acronyms reference page can be useful to understand various terms often used on the internet. Learning what internet acronyms mean can help the user understand what is being referred to when exploring the internet. Another useful quick reference tool you may want to look over is my Glossary page.

BLOG: Weblog or writings of thoughts, ideas or advice on the internet

BMP: Bitmap file formats, an image file format used to store bitmap digital images, especially on Microsoft Windows and OS/2 operating systems

CMS: Content Management System, a computer application used to manage work flow needed to collaboratively create, index, search, edit, review, publish and archive various types of electronic text and digital media on the internet

CSS: Cascading Style Sheets

DIV: Division, in HTML code

DIY: Do-It-Yourself

FTP: File Transfer Protocol

HREF: Hypertext Reference

HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol

GIF: Graphics Interchange Format, an animation video/bitmap image format supporting up to 8 bits per pixel and allows a single image to reference a palette of up to 256 distinct colors chosen from a 24-bit RGB color space

HTML: HyperText Markup Language

HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol

IE: Internet Explorer

IP: Internet Provider

ISP: Internet Service Provider

JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group, commonly used method of compression for photographic images

KD: Keyword Density, is the percentage of times a keyword or key phrase appears on a website page compared to the total number of words that are on the page

NBSP: non-breaking space between paragraphs in HTML code

RGB: Red Green Blue color attributes used to create a broad array of other colors

SBO: Small Business Owner

SBW: Small Business Webiste

SEO: Search Engine Optimization, the process of improving the quality or volume of traffic to a website from search engines using natural or un-paid search results

URL: Uniform Resource Location, a file’s unique source on the web

XHTML: eXtensible HyperText Markup Language

WWW: WorldWide Web

WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get

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