AI: artificial intelligence
ANPR: automatic number plate recognition
BASIC: Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BBS: bulletin board system
CCC: Chaos Computer Club
DMCA: Digital Millennium Copyright Act
DRM: digital rights management
CFAA: Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
CP/M: Control Program for Microcomputers
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DOS: disk operating system
EFF: Electronic Frontier Foundation
F/OSS: free and open-source software
FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation
FISA: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
FUBAR: fucked up beyond all recognition
GNU: GNU’s Not Unix
HBCC: Homebrew Computer Club
IBM: International Business Machines
JSTOR: Journal Storage
MIT: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MPAA: Motion Picture Association of America
NORAD: North American Aerospace Defense Command
NSA: National Security Agency
OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OS: operating system
PRISM: Planning Tool for Resource Integration, Synchronization, and Management
RGB: red, green, blue
RTFM: read the fucking manual
STEM: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
TAP: Technical Assistance Program
TMRC: Tech Model Railroad Club
UNIX: Uniplexed Information and Computing System
USA PATRIOT: United and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
VoIP: Voice over Internet Protocol