Web Short Forms and Their Full Forms: A Common List

This article provides a comprehensive list of commonly used short forms and their full forms in the world of web development. From HTTP and URL to CSS and FTP.

From HTTP and URL to CSS and FTP, this blog covers all the essential acronyms and abbreviations that you need to know in order to effectively communicate and understand the web development industry. You'll gain a deeper understanding of the meanings behind the technical jargon and be better equipped to collaborate with your peers.

Here are some commonly used web short forms and their full forms:

  1.     AJAX  =>  Asynchronous JavaScript And XML
  2.     API   =>  Application Programming Interface
  3.     ASCII =>  American Standard Code for Information Interchange
  4.     CMS   =>  Content Management System
  5.     CSS   =>  Cascading Style Sheet
  6.     CGI   =>  Common Gateway Interface
  7.     CLI   =>  Command Line Interface
  8.     DB    =>  DataBase
  9.     DNS   =>  Domain Name System
  10.     DOM   =>  Document Object Model
  11.     FTP   =>  File Transfer Protocol
  12.     GD    =>  Graphics Draw | Gif Draw
  13.     HTML  =>  Hypertext Markup Language
  14.     HTTP  =>  Hypertext Transfer Protocol
  15.     HTTPS =>  Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
  16.     IP    =>  Internet Protocol
  17.     IIS   =>  Internet Information Services
  18.     JS    =>  JavaScript
  19.     JSON  =>  JavaScript Object Notation
  20.     LAMP  =>  Linux Apache MySQL PHP
  21.     MAMP  =>  Macintosh Apache MySQL PHP
  22.     MIME  =>  Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
  23.     OOP   =>  Object Oriented Programming
  24.     PCRE  =>  Perl Compatible Regular Expressions
  25.     PEAR  =>  PHP Extension and Application Repository
  26.     PECL  =>  PHP Extension Community Library
  27.     PHP   =>  Hypertext Preprocessor
  28.     PDO   =>  PHP Data Objects
  29.     POSIX =>  Portable Operating System Interface
  30.     RegEx =>  Regular Expression
  31.     REST  =>  Representational State Transfer
  32.     RSS   =>  Really Simple Syndication
  33.     SAPI  =>  Server Application Programming Interface
  34.     SOAP  =>  Simple Object Access Protocol
  35.     SPL   =>  Standard PHP Library
  36.     SMTP  =>  Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
  37.     SQL   =>  Structured Query Language
  38.     INI   =>  INItialization
  39.     SEO   =>  Search Engine Optimization
  40.     PING  =>  Packet InterNet Groper
  41.     SSH   =>  Secure SHell
  42.     SSL   =>  Secure Sockets Layer
  43.     UCS   =>  Universal Character Set
  44.     URI   =>  Uniform Resource Identifier
  45.     URL   =>  Uniform Resource Locator
  46.     UTF   =>  Unicode Transformation Format
  47.     WAMP  =>  Windows Apache MySQL PHP
  48.     WWW   =>  World Wide Web
  49.     XAMPP =>  X (any of four different operating systems) Apache MySQL PHP & Perl
  50.     XML   =>  eXtensible Markup Language
  51.     XML-RPC=> XML Remote Procedure Call
  52.     XPATH =>  XML PATH
  53.     XSS   =>  Cross Site Scripting