Here is an alphabetical list of abbreviations and acronyms used in various places in this site. This page can be used as an index to many technology since most of them have their own abbreviation.
I don't think we have to write every possible abbreviation here, since there are excellent acronym/abbreviation search engines around. For example, see the Acronym and Abbreviation Server. --Janne
AFAIK = As Far As I Know
Ant = Another Neat Tool, project build tool
ASAP = As Soon As Possible
HTML = Hyper Text Markup Language
i18n = internationalization (i + 18 char + n)
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
JSP = Java Server Pages
SQL = Structured (or Standard) Query Language
UML = Unified Modeling Language
XMI = XML Metadata Interchange
XML = eXtensible Markup Language
XP = Extreme Programming
XSL = eXtensible Stylesheet Language
YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary, this usually means that the given thing has worked but it might not work in your system.
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