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106 acronyms from the AI, automation, dev, and business worlds โ€” each with what it stands for and a plain-English meaning. Search any term or filter by one of 9 categories.

106 acronyms

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10DLC

10-Digit Long Code

The US standard for registered business texting over normal 10-digit phone numbers.

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2FA

Two-Factor Authentication

A second proof of identity beyond your password โ€” like a code from an app.

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A2A

Agent-to-Agent

An open protocol that lets separate AI agents discover each other and collaborate on tasks.

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A2P

Application-to-Person

Business messaging sent from software to people. In the US it requires 10DLC registration.

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AGI

Artificial General Intelligence

A hypothetical AI that can do any intellectual task a human can, across all domains. It doesn't exist yet.

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AI

Artificial Intelligence

Computer systems that perform tasks normally needing human intelligence โ€” understanding language, recognizing images, and making decisions.

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ANN

Artificial Neural Network

The formal name for a neural network โ€” software 'neurons' in layers that learn from examples.

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API

Application Programming Interface

A defined way for two pieces of software to talk and exchange data โ€” the backbone of every integration.

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ASI

Artificial Superintelligence

A theoretical AI that surpasses the smartest humans at virtually everything. Still hypothetical.

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ASR

Automatic Speech Recognition

The technology behind speech-to-text โ€” machines transcribing what people say.

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AUP

Acceptable Use Policy

The rules for what you're allowed to do with a product or API.

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B2B

Business to Business

Selling products or services to other companies.

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B2C

Business to Consumer

Selling directly to individual people.

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CDN

Content Delivery Network

A network of servers that caches your site near users so it loads fast worldwide.

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CI/CD

Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery

Automated pipelines that test and ship your code on every change.

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CLI

Command Line Interface

Controlling software by typing commands instead of clicking โ€” how tools like Claude Code and git work.

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CNN

Convolutional Neural Network

A neural network great at images โ€” it detects edges, shapes, and patterns. Common in computer vision.

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CoT

Chain of Thought

Prompting a model to reason step by step before answering, which improves accuracy on hard problems.

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CRM

Customer Relationship Management

Software to manage leads and customers โ€” GoHighLevel is one.

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CRUD

Create, Read, Update, Delete

The four basic operations on stored data โ€” the core of most apps.

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CSV

Comma-Separated Values

A plain-text table format โ€” rows of values separated by commas. Opens in any spreadsheet.

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CV

Computer Vision

AI that interprets images and video โ€” detecting objects, faces, or text.

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DB

Database

An organized store of data your app reads from and writes to.

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DKIM

DomainKeys Identified Mail

A digital signature proving an email really came from your domain and wasn't tampered with.

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DL

Deep Learning

A branch of ML using many-layered neural networks to learn complex patterns. It powers modern AI like LLMs and image generation.

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DMARC

Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance

A policy that tells receivers what to do when an email fails SPF or DKIM checks.

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DNS

Domain Name System

The internet's phone book โ€” it turns domain names into the server addresses behind them.

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DPO

Direct Preference Optimization

A simpler, popular way to align a model toward preferred answers without full reinforcement learning.

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ETL

Extract, Transform, Load

The process of pulling data, cleaning it, and loading it into a destination.

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FLOPs

Floating Point Operations

A measure of how much raw computation a model uses. More FLOPs means more compute โ€” and cost.

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GAN

Generative Adversarial Network

Two networks competing โ€” one generates fakes, one detects them โ€” used to create realistic images.

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GenAI

Generative AI

AI that creates new content โ€” text, images, audio, video, or code โ€” rather than just classifying or predicting.

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GHL

GoHighLevel

An all-in-one CRM and marketing platform built for agencies โ€” your main stack.

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GPT

Generative Pre-trained Transformer

The model architecture behind many LLMs โ€” 'pre-trained' on huge text, then used to generate more.

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GPU

Graphics Processing Unit

A chip that does many calculations in parallel โ€” the workhorse for training and running AI.

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GTM

Go-to-Market

Your plan for launching and selling a product.

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HHH

Helpful, Honest, Harmless

Anthropic's shorthand for how a well-aligned assistant should behave.

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HITL

Human in the Loop

A design where a person reviews or approves an AI's actions before they take effect.

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HTTP

HyperText Transfer Protocol

The protocol browsers and apps use to talk to web servers.

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HTTPS

HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure

HTTP with encryption, so data in transit stays private.

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I2V

Image-to-Video

Animating a still image into a short video.

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IaaS

Infrastructure as a Service

Renting raw cloud computing โ€” servers and storage โ€” like AWS EC2.

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ICL

In-Context Learning

A model learning a task purely from examples in the prompt, with no retraining.

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IDE

Integrated Development Environment

An app for writing code with built-in editor, debugger, and tools โ€” like VS Code or Cursor.

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JSON

JavaScript Object Notation

A simple text format for structured data โ€” how most APIs and webhooks exchange information.

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KPI

Key Performance Indicator

A measurable number that tracks progress toward a goal.

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KV Cache

Key-Value Cache

A speed trick that stores past attention data so a model doesn't recompute it for every new token.

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LLM

Large Language Model

An AI trained on massive amounts of text so it can understand and generate human language. It's the tech behind ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.

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LMM

Large Multimodal Model

A model that handles more than text โ€” images, audio, or video โ€” in one system, like describing a photo you upload.

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LoRA

Low-Rank Adaptation

A popular PEFT method that adds tiny trainable layers instead of retraining the whole model.

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MCP

Model Context Protocol

Anthropic's open standard that lets AI apps connect to tools and data โ€” like a USB-C port for AI.

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MFA

Multi-Factor Authentication

Two or more verification steps for stronger account security.

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ML

Machine Learning

A type of AI where systems learn patterns from data instead of being hand-programmed with rules.

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MMLU

Massive Multitask Language Understanding

A popular benchmark testing a model's knowledge across 57 subjects.

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MMS

Multimedia Messaging Service

Text messages that include images, audio, or video.

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MoE

Mixture of Experts

A model design that routes each input to a few specialized 'expert' sub-networks, giving big-model quality at lower cost.

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MVP

Minimum Viable Product

The simplest version of a product with only the essential features needed to solve a real problem and gather feedback.

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NLG

Natural Language Generation

The part of NLP focused on producing human-like text.

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NLP

Natural Language Processing

The field of getting computers to understand and work with human language.

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NLU

Natural Language Understanding

The part of NLP focused on grasping the meaning and intent behind text.

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NN

Neural Network

A computing system loosely inspired by the brain, made of connected 'neurons' that learn from data.

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OAuth

Open Authorization

A standard that lets apps access your account without you sharing your password.

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OCR

Optical Character Recognition

Turning images of text (scans, photos, receipts) into editable, searchable text.

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ORM

Object-Relational Mapping

A tool that lets you use a database from code without writing raw SQL (e.g., Prisma).

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OSS

Open Source Software

Software whose code is public and free to use, modify, and share.

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OTP

One-Time Password

A short code sent to verify identity, usually for login or checkout.

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PaaS

Platform as a Service

Cloud platforms that run your app for you, without managing servers (e.g., Vercel, Railway).

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PE

Prompt Engineering

The craft of writing instructions that reliably get the best output from a model.

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PEFT

Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning

Fine-tuning only a small slice of a model's weights to save time and cost.

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PII

Personally Identifiable Information

Data that identifies a person (name, email, phone). Handle it carefully and never log it carelessly.

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POC

Proof of Concept

A small build that proves an idea is technically possible before investing more.

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QLoRA

Quantized Low-Rank Adaptation

LoRA applied to a compressed (quantized) model, so you can fine-tune large models on modest hardware.

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R&D

Research and Development

Work focused on creating new products or improving existing ones.

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RAG

Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Giving a model relevant documents at query time so it answers from your data, not just its memory.

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RAI

Responsible AI

Practices for building AI that's fair, safe, transparent, and accountable.

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ReAct

Reasoning and Acting

A pattern where a model alternates thinking and taking actions (like calling tools) to solve a task.

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REST

Representational State Transfer

A common style for web APIs using standard HTTP methods like GET and POST.

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RL

Reinforcement Learning

Training where an agent learns by trial and error, earning rewards for good actions.

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RLAIF

Reinforcement Learning from AI Feedback

Like RLHF but using AI-generated feedback instead of humans, to scale alignment cheaply.

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RLHF

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback

Fine-tuning a model using human ratings of its answers, so it behaves more helpfully and safely.

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RNN

Recurrent Neural Network

A neural network for sequences like text or time series that remembers previous steps. Mostly replaced by transformers.

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ROI

Return on Investment

How much value you get back compared to what you put in.

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SaaS

Software as a Service

Software you use over the internet by subscription โ€” like GoHighLevel.

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SDK

Software Development Kit

A bundle of tools and libraries that makes building on a platform (like the Claude API) much easier.

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SFT

Supervised Fine-Tuning

Training a base model on labeled examples to specialize it for a task, tone, or format.

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SLA

Service Level Agreement

A promise about service quality โ€” like guaranteed uptime or response time.

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SLM

Small Language Model

A compact language model that runs cheaper and faster โ€” even on a phone or laptop โ€” trading some capability for speed and privacy.

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SMS

Short Message Service

Standard text messaging between phones.

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SOP

Standard Operating Procedure

A documented step-by-step process for a repeatable task.

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SPF

Sender Policy Framework

A DNS record listing who's allowed to send email for your domain โ€” helps you avoid spam folders.

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SQL

Structured Query Language

The language for querying and managing databases.

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SSO

Single Sign-On

Logging into many apps with one set of credentials.

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STT

Speech-to-Text

Converting spoken audio into written text โ€” used for transcription and voice commands.

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SWE-bench

Software Engineering Benchmark

A benchmark that tests how well AI fixes real software bugs โ€” a key scoreboard for coding models.

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T2I

Text-to-Image

Generating images from a text prompt, like Midjourney or DALLยทE.

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T2V

Text-to-Video

Generating video clips from a text prompt.

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TOS

Terms of Service

The legal agreement that governs how you may use a service.

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ToT

Tree of Thoughts

An advanced method where the model explores multiple reasoning paths and picks the best one.

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TPU

Tensor Processing Unit

Google's custom AI chip, optimized for the math machine learning relies on.

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TTS

Text-to-Speech

Converting written text into spoken audio โ€” the tech behind AI voices.

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UI

User Interface

The visual part of an app that users see and interact with.

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URL

Uniform Resource Locator

A web address that points to a page or resource.

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UX

User Experience

How it feels to use a product โ€” the flow, clarity, and ease.

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VRAM

Video RAM

The memory on a GPU. It limits how big a model you can run or fine-tune.

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XAI

Explainable AI

Techniques that make an AI's decisions understandable to humans instead of a black box.

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YAML

YAML Ain't Markup Language

A human-friendly format used for configuration files.

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