Computer Nerd Acronyms Quiz #2

Difficulty level: hard. Guess what the UNDERLINED letter in these acronyms and initialisms stands for.
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WWW
World Wide Web
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
VPN
Virtual Private Network
PC
Personal Computer
GPU
Graphics Processing Unit
CSS
Cascading Style Sheet
DNS
Domain Name System
CSV
Comma-Separated Values
DDoS
Distributed Denial of Service
TSMC
Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Company
2FA
Two-Factor Authentication
SEO
Search Engine Optimization
HDD
Hard Disk Drive
SSD
Solid State Drive
WYSIWYG
What You See is What You Get
SSH
Secure Shell
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
NFC
Near Field Communication
NFT
Non-Fungible Token
SDK
Software Development Kit
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21 Comments
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Level 68
Sep 18, 2014
100% with 3:22 left. Yup, I'm a computer nerd.
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Level 36
Sep 18, 2014
100% with 1.5 minutes left, first attempt. Not a Nerd.
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Level 71
Nov 8, 2018
sorry to break this to you but you actually are a nerd
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Level 65
Sep 18, 2014
100% got World Wide Web (as the results stand when I finish). That surprised me, although we're on the world wide web, so maybe it shouldn't have.
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Level 22
Feb 3, 2015
19/22 woW
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Level 90
Nov 24, 2016
I think DNS actually stands for "Domain Name Server", not System
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Level 89
Jan 17, 2018
Nope, it's system. Computer nerd, here - work in IT.
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Level 77
Jan 15, 2020
You can have a server that only does DNS and that would be a DNS server, but DNS itself is a service.
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Level 63
Mar 27, 2022
At the risk of sounding like a linguistics nerd (yes! We have them too!), almost all of these are abbreviations, not acronyms
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Level 65
Feb 3, 2026
Except for Wysiwyg
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Level 82
Feb 3, 2026
I wouldn't bother if I were you. It's a lost battle on this site.
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Level 69
Feb 27, 2023
I thought it was dedicated denial of service
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Level 69
Feb 3, 2026
19 out of 20.
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Level 86
Feb 3, 2026
Can’t believe I am almost 40 and have never known what URL actually stands for
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Level 61
Feb 3, 2026
I'm clearly on a different side of the internet when I'm thinking FTP begins with an expletive!
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Level 66
Feb 3, 2026
To me, PC stands for Program Counter
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Level 90
Feb 4, 2026
That's not Politically Correct!
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Level 39
Mar 19, 2026
I just kept spamming "portable" with increasing levels of incredulity lol
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Level 88
Feb 6, 2026
With the "WYSIWYG", you may as well add PEBKAC.
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Level 43
Mar 18, 2026
i cant put in world wide web and a couple others
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Level 70
Mar 26, 2026
FTP = f*** the packers