What the hell does API mean?
Courtesy of thecookshack.blogspot.com but likely stolen from elsewhere before that...
Thankfully, I’m well aware of what the acronym in the title stands for. Surprisingly, it takes me a good 4-5 seconds each time I’m forced to recall what it means/stands for. I’m sure a lot of people out there are faced with the same difficulties in processing the infinite amount of abbreviations, so I’ve scoured (ok, ok…I’ve accessed 2 or 3 other sites namely Techterms and Acronyms Online) the web and made a list for your reading pleasure of ones we come across frequently enough.
Consider it a refresher. I can’t be posting insightful, stimulating, and jaw-dropping book reviews and observations every time now can I?? j..o..king.
I’ve also gone ahead and linked each of the brief definitions to the Wikipedia entry. Eat your hearts out detail freaks.
Here goes:
API – Application Program(ming) Interface
ASP – Active Server Pages or Application Service Provider
BMP – Bitmap
CGI – Common Gateway Interface
CMYK – Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
CPA – Cost per action
CPL – Cost per lead – same as CPA per Wikipedia
CRM – Customer relationship management
DNS – Domain Name System (Server)
FTP – File transfer protocol
GIF – Graphics Interchange Format
HDMI - High-Definition Multimedia Interface
HTML - Hyper-Text Markup Language
HTTPS – HyperText Transport Protocol Secure
IMAP – Internet Message Access Protocol
JPEG – Joint Photographic Experts Group
PHP – Hypertext Preprocessor
PNG – Portable Network Graphic
SQL – Structured Query Language
TIFF – Tagged Image File Format
URL – Uniform Resource Locator
USB - Universal Serial Bus
VGA – Video Graphics Array
Those are the ones I came up with on a whim. Some which are obvious to me, must be obvious to you, as in my own humble opinion, I’m not all that smart.
Kindly add those you believe aren’t so obvious or that you use/access on daily basis and enlighten us! Well, me at least, and maybe Luis and Fabrice. lol.