Below are some frequently used abbreviations and acronyms that all hackers should know about. The abbreviations we’re about to take a look at are used by programmers, database administrators, hackers - the technically savvy bunch. So let’s get started and soon you’ll be using these yourself:
Hacking Abbreviations
- DoS: Denial of Service
- DDoS: Distributed Denial of Service
- Dox: Not an acronym, but a slang term meaning: To publicly identify or publish private information about (someone) especially as a form of punishment or revenge
- FUD: Fully Undetectable. For eg: A FUD virus
- LEA: Law Enforcement Agency
- R.A.T: Remote administration tool
- SE: Social Engineering
- Skid: Script Kiddie
- SQLi: SQL Injection
- XSS: Cross Site Scripting
Networking Abbreviations
- AP: Access Point (eg: A Wi-Fi router)
- DNS: Domain Name System (For converting a URL to IP address)
- LAN: Local Area Network
- MAC: Media Access Control
- NAT: Network Address Translation
- NIC: Network Interface Card
- HTTP: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
- HTTPS: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure
- SSH: Secure Shell, used to connect to servers remotely
- FTP: File Transfer Protocol
- VM: Virtual Machine
- VPS: Virtual Private Sever
- VPN: Virtual Private Network
- WAN: Wide Area Network
- IP: Internet Protocol
- ISP: Internet Service Provider
- TCP: Transmission Control Protocol
- URL: Uniform Resource Locator/Location
Programming Abbreviations
- ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- API: Application Programming Interface
- BIOS: Basic Input Output System
- CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
- Nix: Unix based operating system, usually referred tohere when referring to DDoS’in
- HTML: Hyper Text Markup Language
- JS: JavaScript
- XML: eXtensible Markup Language
Computer Hardware Abbreviations
- CD: Compact Disk
- CDR: Compact Disk Recorder
- CDRW: Compact Disk Re-Writer
- CD-ROM: Compact Disk: Read Only Memory
- CPU: Central Processing Unit
- DDR: Double Data Rate
- DRAM: Dynamic Random Access Memory
- DVD: Digital Versatile Disc
- FPS: Frame Per Second
- FPU: Floating Point Unit
- HDD: Hard Disk Drive
- IC: Integrated Circuit
- OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer
- PCI: Peripheral Component Interconnect
- PSU: Power Supply Unit
- RAID: Redundant Array of Independent Disks
- RAM: Random Access Memory
- ROM: Read Only Memory
- SSD: Solid State Drive
- UPS: Uninterruptible Power Supply
- USB: Universal Serial Bus
Other Abbreviations
- CLI: Command Line Interface
- DMCA: Digital Millennium Copyright Act
- GUI: Graphical User Interface
- I/O: Input & Output
- KISS: Keep it simple stupid
- PDF: Portable Document Format
- PGP: Pretty Good Privacy
- OS: Operating System
- TLD: Top level domain (e.g: .com, .org)
- RSS: Really simple syndication
- WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get
And there we go, now . But abbreviations are only half the story. Next up we’re going to take a look at the most common phrases and terms that hackers use.
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