Welcome to the first part of my ever expanding “Guide to the Internet” series. I will first outline commonly used acronyms in Instant Messaging and then move on to the acronyms pertaining to web design and development.

Instant Messaging

• IM - Instant Messaging
• AIM - AOL Instant Messenger
• YIM - Yahoo! Instant Messenger
• ICQ - I Seek You
• IRC - Internet Relay Chat

Easy

• ASAP - As Soon As Possible
• BC - Because
• BRB - Be right Back
• FYI - For Your Information
• G2G - Got to Go
• JK - Just Kidding
• K - Okay
• LOL - Laugh out Loud
• WTF - What the Fuck

Normal

• ASL - Age Sex Location
• ATM - At The Moment
• BTW - By The Way
• IMHO - In My Honest/Humble Opinion
• IMO - In My Opinion
• LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
• ROFL - Rolling On the Floor Laughing
• ROFLMAO - Rolling On the Floor Laughing My Ass Off
• TBH - To Be Honest

Hard

• AFAIK - As Far As I Know
• BFN - Bye For Now
• GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike
• SYS - See You Soon / Speak to You Soon

Web Design/Development

Languages

• CSS - Casscading Style Sheets
• HTML - Hypertext Markup Language
• XHTML - eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language
• PHP - PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
• JS - Javascript
• SQL - Structured Query Language
• RoR - Ruby on Rails

Terminology

• FTP - File Transfer Protocol
• HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
• POP - Post Office Protocol

Web 2.0

• AJAX - Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
• API - Application Program Interface
• RSS - Real Simple Syndication

There are obviously a lot more acronyms in use on the internet and I will continue to add them to this list with the help of readers and commenters. Please feel free to submit your suggestions for the list by leaving a comment.