User:Elominius/Redundant acronyms
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This is a list of redundant acronyms to which everyone is invited to contribute.
- AC current – alternating current current
- AFM microscope – atomic force microscope microscope
- ATM machine – automated teller machine machine
- BASH shell – Bourne-Again Shell shell
- DC Comics – Detective Comics Comics
- DC current – direct current current
- DLL library – digital linked library library
- DVD disc – Digital Versatile Disc disc
- FOSS software – free and open-source software software
- GPS system – global positioning system system
- HDMI interface – High-Definition Multimedia Interface interface
- HIV virus – human immunodeficiency virus virus
- HTTP protocol – hypertext transfer protocol protocol (also applicable to other protocols)
- LAN network – Local Area Network network
- LCD display – liquid crystal display display
- LED diode – light-emitting diode diode
- NTFS file system – New Technology File System file system (also applicable to some other file systems)
- PDF format – Portable Document Format format (applicable to other file formats as well, such as TIFF)
- PIF film – public information film film
- PMR radio – private mobile radio radio
- RAM memory – random access memory memory
- RAS syndrome – redundant acronym syndrome syndrome
- RTN number – routing transit number number (on all bank checks)
- SMPS power supply – switching-mode power supply power supply (also applicable to other power supply types such as linear power supply)
- Too much TMI – too much too much information
- TSB Bank – Trustee Savings Bank bank
- UDF format – Universal Disk Format format
- UFS storage – Universal Flash Storage storage
- UHF frequency – ultra high frequency frequency (also applicable to other frequency ranges)
- UPC code – universal product code code