Quando o assunto é tecnologia uma coisa é certa: você vai se deparar com muita documentação em inglês (considerado o idioma universal) e com uma quantidade de termos, siglas e abreviaturas quase que interminável. É bem possível que a tecnologia seja um dos segmentos do mercado com a maior presença de termos e siglas.

Neste post trago uma lista extensa de muitos termos tecnológicos, alguns mais populares, outros mais específicos, de áreas como as redes de computadores, teleprocessamento, programação, banco de dados, segurança, cloud e informática básica.

1. Protocolos, tecnologias e conceitos de Redes e Internet / Infraestrutura

– AD – (Microsoft) Active Directory
– ADFS – (Microsoft) Active Directory Federation Services
– APIPA – Automatic Private IP Addressing
– ARP – Address Resolution Protocol
– AMQP – Advanced Message Queuing Protocol
– BGP – Border Gateway Protocol
– CDP – Cisco Discovery Protocol
– CGNAT – Carrier Grade Network Address Translation
– CIFS – Common Internet File System
– CIDR – Classless Inter-Domain Routing
– CSMA/CA – Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (Ethernet)
– CSMA/CD – Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (Ethernet)
– CORS – Cross-Origin Resource Sharing
– DCCP – Datagram Congestion Control Protocol
– DHCP – Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
– DNS – Domain Name System
– DNSSEC – Domain Name System Security Extensions
– FTP – File Transfer Protocol
– SFTP – SSH File Transfer Protocol
– FQDN – Fully Qualified Domain Name
– HA – High Availability
– HTTP – Hypertext Transfer Protocol
– HTTPS – Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
– ICMP – Internet Control Message Protocol
– IEEE 802.1Q – IEEE Standard for Virtual LANs (VLANs)
– IEEE 802.1X – IEEE Standard for Port-based Network Access Control
– IEEE 802.3 – IEEE Standard for Ethernet
– IEEE 802.11 – IEEE Standard for WLAN (Wireless LAN)
– IGMP – Internet Group Management Protocol
– IMAP – Internet Message Access Protocol
– IP – Internet Protocol
– IPv4, IPv6 – Internet Protocol version 4 e version 6
– LAN – Local Area Network
– LDAP – Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
– LLC – Logical Link Control
– LLDP – Link Layer Discovery Protocol
– MAC – Media Access Control
– MAN – Metropolitan Area Network
– MPLS – Multiprotocol Label Switching
– MSTP – Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
– NAT – Network Address Translation
– NIC – Network Interface Card
– NMS – Network Management System
– NTP – Network Time Protocol
– OSPF – Open Shortest Path First
– OUI – Organizational Unique Identifier
– PAN – Personal Area Network
– PAT – Port Address Translation
– P2P – Peer-to-Peer
– PDU – Protocol Data Unit
– PoE – Power over Ethernet
– POP – Post Office Protocol
– PXE – Preboot eXecution Environment
– QoS – Quality of Service
– RARP – Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
– RDP – Remote Desktop Protocol
– RDS – Remote Desktop Services
– REST – Representational State Transfer
– RIP – Routing Information Protocol
– RSTP – Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
– RSYNC – Remote Sync
– RTC – Real-Time Communication
– RTP – Real-Time Transport Protocol
– RTCP – RTP Transfer Control Protocol
– SDN – Software-Defined Networking
– SD-WAN – Software-Defined Wide Area Network
– SCP – Secure Copy Protocol
– SCTP – Stream Control Transmission Protocol
– SIP – Session Initiation Protocol
– SMB – Server Message Block
– SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
– SNMP – Simple Network Management Protocol
– SOAP – Simple Object Access Protocol
– SSH – Secure Shell
– SSL – Secure Sockets Layer
– STP – Spanning Tree Protocol
– TCP – Transmission Control Protocol
– TCP/IP – Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
– TLS – Transport Layer Security
– UDP – User Datagram Protocol
– VM – Virtual Machine
– VLAN – Virtual Local Area Network
– VNC – Virtual Network Computing
– VoIP – Voice over Internet Protocol
– WAN – Wide Area Network
– WAP – Wireless Access Point
– Wi-Fi – Wireless Fidelity
– SSID – Service Set Identifier
– WiMAX – Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
– WLAN – Wireless LAN
– WMAN – Wireless MAN
– XMPP – Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol

2. Tecnologias relacionadas a telefonia tradicional e redes móveis / celular

– 3G, 4G, 5G – Rede Móvel de terceira, quarta ou quinta geração
– CDMA – Code Division Multiple Access
– EDGE – Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution
– E1 – European Telecommunications Standard Institute 1
– ERB – Estação Rádio Base
– FDMA – Frequency Division Multiple Access
– GPRS – General Packet Radio Service
– GSM – Global System for Mobile Communications
– HSDPA – High-Speed Downlink Packet Access
– HSPA – High Speed Packet Access
– HSUPA – High-Speed Uplink Packet Access
– IMEI – International Mobile Equipment Identity
– ISDN – Integrated Services Digital Network
– LTE – Long-Term Evolution
– MMS – Multimedia Messaging Service
– OTA – Over-The-Air
– PBX – Private Branch Exchange
– PIN – Personal Identification Number
– PPP – Point-to-Point Protocol
– PPPoA – Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM
– PPPoE – Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
– PSTN – Public Switched Telephone Network
– SIM (Card) – Subscriber Identity Module
– SMS – Short Message Service
– SDR – Software-Defined Radio
– TDMA – Time Division Multiple Access
– UMTS – Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
– VoLTE – Voice over LTE

3. Tipos de cabeamento, interfaces de conexão e tecnologias de transmissão relacionadas

– ADSL – Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
– ATM – Asynchronous Transfer Mode
– BNC – Bayonet Neill-Concelman
– CAT6 / CAT7 (Cable) – Category 6 or 7
– DLNA – Digital Living Network Alliance
– DSL – Digital Subscriber Line
– DVI – Digital Visual Interface
– FDDI – Fiber Distributed Data Interface
– FOC – Fiber Optic Cable / Components
– FR – Frame Relay
– GPU – Graphics Processing Unit
– HDMI – High-Definition Multimedia Interface
– MIMO – Multiple Input Multiple Output
– NFC – Near Field Communication
– NVMe – Non-Volatile Memory Express
– RF – Radio Frequency
– RJ11 – Registered Jack 11
– RJ45 – Registered Jack 45
– RS-232 – Recommended Standard 232
– SD (Card) – Secure Digital
– SDH – Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
– SONET – Synchronous Optical Networking
– USB – Universal Serial Bus
– UTP – Unshielded Twisted Pair
– STP – Shielded Twisted Pair
– VGA – Video Graphics Array
– VDSL – Very High Bitrate Digital Subscriber Line

4. Tecnologias e conceitos relacionadas a Cloud e DevOps

– AD – Availability Domain
– AWS – Amazon Web Services
– CC – Cloud Computing
– CDN – Content Delivery Network
– CDN – Content Distribution Network
– CI/CD – Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment
– GCP – Google Cloud Platform
– HaaS – Hardware as a Service
– IaaS – Infrastructure as a Service
– IoT – Internet of Things
– ISP – Internet Service Provider
– LB – Load Balance
– LXC – Linux Containers
– OCI – Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
– OnP – On-Premise
– PaaS – Platform as a Service
– SaaS – Software as a Service
– URI – Uniform Resource Identifier
– URL – Uniform Resource Locator
– UTM – Unified Threat Management
– NGFW – Next-Generation Firewall
– VDI – Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

5. Tecnologias e conceitos relacionadas a Segurança Cibernética / SecOps

– 2FA – Two-Factor Authentication
– MFA – Multi-Factor Authentication
– ACL – Access Control List
– AES – Advanced Encryption Standard (criptografia simétrica)
– CAPTCHA – Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
– CSRF – Cross-Site Request Forgery
– CVE – Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
– DDoS – Distributed Denial of Service
– DLP – Data Loss Prevention
– DoS – Denial of Service
– DRM – Digital Rights Management
– ECDSA – Eliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm
– FIDO – Fast IDentity Online
– HSM – Hardware Security Module
– IDS – Intrusion Detection System
– IPS – Intrusion Prevention System
– HIDS / HIPS – Host Intrusion / Prevention System
– NIDS / NIPS – Network Intrusion Detection / Prevention System
– IPSec – Internet Protocol Security
– L2TP – Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
– SSTP – Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol
– MITM – Man-in-the-Middle
– OAuth – Open Authorization
– OTP – One-Time Password
– TOPT – Time-Based One-Time Password
– OWASP – Open Web Application Security Project
– PPTP – Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
– RSA – Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (um algoritmo de criptografia assimétrica)
– SAML – Security Assertion Markup Language
– SOC – Security Operations Center
– SIEM – Security Information and Event Management
– SQLi – SQL Injection
– SSO – Single Sign-On
– U2F – Universal 2nd Factor
– VCN – Virtual Cloud Network
– VPC – Virtual Private Cloud
– VPN – Virtual Private Network
– VPS – Virtual Private Server
– WAF – Web Application Firewall
– WEP – Wired Equivalent Privacy
– WPA, WPA2 e WPA3 – Wi-Fi Protected Access, version 2 e version 3
– XSS – Cross-Site Scripting
– ZTNA – Zero Trust Network Access

6. Tecnologias e conceitos relacionados a programação

– AJAX – Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
– API – Application Programming Interface
– CRUD – Create, Read, Update, Delete
– CSS – Cascading Style Sheets
– HTML – Hypertext Markup Language
– HTML5 – Hypertext Markup Language version 5
– IDE – Integrated Development Environment
– GIT – Global Information Tracker
– JDK – Java Development Kit
– JS – JavaScript
– JSON – JavaScript Object Notation
– JWT – JSON Web Token
– JVM – Java Virtual Machine
– OOP – Object-Oriented Programming
– PHP – Hypertext Preprocessor (originally, Personal Home Page)
– PUK – Personal Unblocking Key
– SDK – Software Development Kit
– SOLID – Single Responsibility, Open-Closed, Liskov Substitution, Interface Segregation, Dependency Inversion
– UML – Unified Modeling Language
– XML – Extensible Markup Language
– XML-RPC – XML Remote Procedure Call
– YAML – YAML Ain’t Markup Language

7. Tecnologias e conceitos relacionados a dados e sistemas

– APFS – Apple File System
– ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange
– BKP – Back-up
– CMS – Content Management System
– CRM – Customer Relationship Management
– CQRS – Command Query Responsibility Segregation
– DBMS – Database Management Systems
– DDL – Data Definition Language
– DER – Diagrama de Entidade Relacionamento
– DML – Data Manipulation Language
– DMS – Document Management System
– GED – Gerenciamento Eletrônico de Documentos
– ERP – Enterprise Resource Planning
– ETL – Extract, Transform, Load
– exFAT – Extensible File Allocation Table
– EXT3 / EXT4 – Third / Fourth Extended Filesystem
– FAT16 / FAT32 – File Allocation Table 16 or 32 bits
– HFS – Hierarchical File System
– MER – Modelo Entidade Relacionamento
– MVC – Model-View-Controller
– NTFS – New Technology File System
– ODBC – Open Database Connectivity
– ODF – Open Document Format
– ORM – Object-Relational Mapping
– RDBMS – Relational Database Management System
– SEO – Search Engine Optimization
– SQL – Structured Query Language
– NoSQL – Not Only SQL
– SOA – Service-Oriented Architecture
– UFS – Unix File System
– ZFS – Zettabyte File System

8. Empresas, entidades, instituições, normas e organizações

– ABNT – Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (Brazilian Association of Technical Standards)
– AMD – Advanced Micro Devices
– AT&T – American Telephone and Telegraph Company
– EIA – Electronic Industries Alliance
– GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation
– HP – Hewlett-Packard
– IBM – International Business Machines Corporation
– IANA – Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
– IEC – International Electrotechnical Commission
– IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
– IETF – Internet Engineering Task Force
– ITIL – Information Technology Infrastructure Library
– ISO – International Organization for Standardization
– LGPD – Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados
– MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
– NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
– NSA – National Security Agency
– OSI – Open Systems Interconnection
– RFC – Request for Comments
– SLA – Service Level Agreement
– TIA – Telecommunications Industry Association
– W3C – World Wide Web Consortium

9. Outras classificações gerais como hardware, sistemas, extensões, comandos populares e etc

– ALU – Arithmetic Logic Unit
– APK – Android Package Kit
– APT – Advanced Package Tool
– BASH – Bourne-Again Shell
– BIOS – Basic Input/Output System
– CLI – Command Line Interface
– CMOS – Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor
– CPU – Central Processing Unit
– CISC – Complex Instruction Set Computing
– CSV – Comma-Separated Values
– DAT – Digital Audio Tape
– DDR – Double Data Rate (2, 3, 4)
– DLL – Dynamic Link Library
– DPKG – Debian Package Manager
– ELK – Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana
– GNU – GNU’s Not Unix!
– GPG – GNU Privacy Guard
– GPS – Global Positioning System
– GUI – Graphical User Interface
– HDD – Hard Disk Drive
– HDTV – High-Definition Television
– iOS – iPhone Operating System
– IN/OUT – Input and Output
– JIT – Just-In-Time Compilation
– KVM – Keyboard, Video and Monitor/Mouse
– KMS – Knowledge Management System
– KMS – Key Management Servers
– LTO – Linear Tape-Open
– MP3 – MPEG Audio Layer III
– MPEG – Moving Picture Experts Group
– MS-DOS – Microsoft Disk Operating System
– NFS – Network File System
– NAS – Network Attached Storage
– OS – Operating System
– PCI – Peripheral Component Interconnect
– PCIe – PCI Express
– PDA – Personal Digital Assistant
– PDF – Portable Document Format
– PNG – Portable Network Graphics
– RAID – Redundant Array of Independent Disks
– RAM – Random Access Memory
– RISC – Reduced Instruction Set Computer
– ROM – Read-Only Memory
– RPM – Red-hat Package Manager
– SAS – Serial Attached SCSI
– SATA – Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
– SCSI – Small Computer System Interface
– SSD – Solid State Drive

10. Outros conceitos e padrões gerais de tecnologia

– AI – Artificial Intelligence
– APP – Application
– AR – Augmented reality
– AC/DC (Energy) – Alternating Current / Direct Current
– BSD – Berkeley Software Distribution
– BOT – RoBOT
– BYOD – Bring Your Own Device
– BYOL – Bring Your Own License
– CEO – Chief Executive Officer
– CTO – Chief Technology Officer
– EMU – Emulator
– ESC (Key) – Escape Key
– FN (Key) – Function Key
– LED – Light-Emitting Diode
– MVP – Minimum Viable Product
– IT – Information Technology
– ITSM – IT Service Management
– OKR – Objective and Key Results
– OLED – Organic Light-Emitting Diode
– PSN – Playstation Network
– QR (Code) – Quick Response Code
– RPA – Remote Process Automation
– SOHO – Small Office Home Office
– SPLA – Services Provider License Agreement
– UI – User Interface
– UX – User Experience
– WWW – World Wide Web
– WYSIWYG – What You See Is What You Get
– XP – eXPerience or eXperience Points

*Curiosidade: comecei a organizar as informaçoes para escrever este post em 2022, mas, só consegui publicar a sua primeira versão em Março de 2024. Desde então foram mais de 50 atualizações (…e contando) com alguma nova inserção.

*Com informações de: NovaInter – Siglas em Tecnologia, Opservices – Dicionario da TI, E-Trust – Principais siglas de tecnologia, GeekFlare – Tech Abbreviations.