This quiz is all about the abbreviations and initialisms that shaped everyday life online. It covers familiar web terms you see in browsers, addresses, coding, security and search.
If you have ever clicked a link, loaded a page or filled in a form, you will know some of these already. The later questions dig into lesser-known expansions and meanings.
Getting things ready...
1. What does URL stand for?
2. In web browsing, what does HTTP stand for?
3. What does HTML stand for?
4. What does CSS stand for in web design?
5. In internet addresses, what does www usually abbreviate?
6. Which acronym names the secure version of HTTP?
7. What does PHP originally stand for?
8. Which web acronym expands to Asynchronous JavaScript and XML?
9. What does API stand for in web development?
10. Which acronym means JavaScript Object Notation?
11. In SEO, what does the O stand for?
12. What does CAPTCHA originally refer to distinguishing humans from?
13. What does XML stand for?
14. What does RSS most commonly stand for?
15. What does OAuth begin with: Open or Online?