# Acronyms in Web Development

> A handy glossary of common web development acronyms like API, CORS, CRUD, DOM, and REST, with a short plain-English explanation of what each one means.

Author: [Flavio Copes](https://flaviocopes.com/about/) | Published: 2021-07-03 | Canonical: https://flaviocopes.com/acronyms-web-development/

Tech is so full of acronyms that it's hard to know them all. 

Here's a brief list of acronyms in Web Development and related fields:

- **AI** Artificial Intelligence
- **AJAX** Asynchronous [JavaScript](https://flaviocopes.com/javascript/) And XML
- **API** Application Programming Interface
- **AWS** Amazon Web Services
- **CD** Continuous Deployment
- **CDN** Content Delivery Network
- **CI** Continuous Integration
- **CLI** Command Line Interface
- **CMS** Content Management System
- **CORS** Cross Origin Resource Sharing
- **CRUD** Create, read, update, and delete
- **CSS** Cascading Style Sheets
- **CTA** Call To Action
- **DDD** Domain Driven Design
- **DNS** Domain Name System
- **DOM** Document Object Model
- **DRY** Don't Repeat Yourself
- **FTP** File Transfer Protocol
- **GA** Google Analytics
- **GCP** Google Cloud Platform
- **GNU** Gnu's Not Unix
- **GPL** General Public Licence
- **GUI** Graphical User Interface
- **HTML** HyperText Markup Language
- **HTTP** Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
- **HTTPS** Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure
- **IAAS** Infrastructure As A Service
- **IDE** Integrated Development Environment
- **IE** Internet Explorer (RIP)
- **IP** Internet Protocol
- **[JSON](https://flaviocopes.com/json/)** JavaScript Object Notation
- **KISS** Keep It Simple Stupid
- **LTS** Long Term Support
- **MDN** Mozilla Developer Network
- **ML** Machine Learning
- **MVC** Model View Controller
- **MVP** Minimum Viable Product
- **NPM** Node Package Manager
- **OOP** Object Oriented Programming
- **OSS** Open Source Software
- **PaaS** Platform as a Service
- **PHP** PHP Hypertext Preprocessor
- **PR** Pull Request
- **REPL** Read Evaluate Print Loop
- **REST** REpresentational State Transfer
- **RPC** Remote Procedure Call
- **SAAS** Software As A Service
- **SEO** Search Engine Optimization
- **SFC** Single File Component
- **SFTP** Secure File Transfer Protocol
- **SMTP** Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- **SPA** Single Page Application
- **SQL** Structured Query Language
- **SSH** Secure SHell
- **SSL** Secure Socket Layer
- **TCP/IP** Transmission Control Protocol/Internet protocol
- **TDD** Test Driven Development
- **TLD** Top Level Domain
- **TLDR** Too Long Didn't Read
- **VPN** Virtual Private Network
- **VPS** Virtual Private Server
- **W3C** World Wide Web (W*3) Consortium
- **WET** Write Everything Twice
- **WYSIWYG** What You See Is What You Get
- **XML** Extensible Markup Language
- **XSS** Cross Site Scripting
- **YAGNI** You Ain't Gonna Need It