The table below lists
information technology
Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data processing, data and information processing, and storage. Inf ...
initialism
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s and
acronym
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s in common and current usage. These acronyms are used to discuss LAN, internet, WAN, routing and switching protocols, and their applicable organizations.
The table contains only current, common, non-proprietary initialisms that are specific to information technology. Most of these initialisms appear in
IT career certification exams such as
CompTIA
The Computing Technology Industry Association, more commonly known as CompTIA, is an American trade association that issues temporary vendor-neutral professional certifications for the information technology (IT) industry.
Certifications
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A+.
See also
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List of computing and IT abbreviations
This is a list of computing and IT acronyms, initialisms and abbreviations.
0–9
* 1GL—first-generation programming language
* 1NF—first normal form
* 10B2—10BASE-2
* 10B5—10BASE-5
* 10B-F—10BASE-F
* 10B-FB—10BASE-FB
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Information technology
Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data processing, data and information processing, and storage. Inf ...
Information technology acronyms