Did You Know What These Actually Stand For?

31 July, 2025

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It’s not magic, it’s machine learning trained to chat with you — like this!

ChatGPT – Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer

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Yes, that annoying “I’m not a robot” test is named after Alan Turing!

CAPTCHA – Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart

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The fancy name for any web address — including the one you clicked to read this.

URL – Uniform Resource Locator

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The cable that makes Netflix look crisp on your TV.

HDMI – High Definition Multimedia Interface

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It’s “jif” or “gif”—either way, it’s been around since 1987.

GIF – Graphics Interchange Format

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That online cloak of invisibility? Thank VPN for secure surfing.

VPN – Virtual Private Network

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From Dungeons & Dragons to Final Fantasy—create, pretend, play!

RPG – Role Playing Game

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