Recently I went on vacation to visit my parents and my father shared a story about how he and my mother were watching a commercial for a popular yoghurt brand that referred to the acronym "BFF." They were completely stumped by Cloud Enterprise Products what it meant and proceed to come up with all kinds of meanings including my favourite: "big fat friend." After collecting myself from a large bout of laughter, I set him straight and let him know the real meaning is "best friend forever."
The world of technology is filled to the brim with hundreds of long terms that have been turned into acronyms. I once overheard someone in the telecommunications business say that they could "nerd out" and have an entire conversation based almost completely on acronyms, and with so many out there, I don't doubt it. However, to an outsider, it can be confusing to try to keep up with what-means-what, especially when you have little to no experience in the arena and are not an IT
