Full meaning of DM, TDB, PDF, POS, RSVP, WIFI, FM, POS and other Acronyms

In this post, we shall look at the full meaning of important acronyms that we use every day such as POS, DM, ATM, WIFI, GSM, and many others.

Many people use acronyms without knowing the full meaning because they have seen people use it in a particular context. It important to know the meaning of a term or an acronym before you use it in a context.

Now, let’s show you the meaning of acronyms that many people use often.

GLO – Global Communications Limited. It is a mobile network provider in Nigeria.

MTN – stands for Mobile Telecommunication Networks. Is a popular network provider in West African.

FM – means Frequency Modulation, while AM stands for Amplitude Modulation.

ASAP – As soon As Possible

RADIO – means Remote Audio Discrete Integrated Oscillations

POS – stands for Point of Service.

ATM – is Automated Teller Machine. ATM Card is a card we used to access Automated Teller Machine.

LMAO – is a short form of saying Laughing My Ass Out. Which means you are so engrossed in laughter.

LOL – means Laughing Out Loud

DM – Direct Message. It is not a verb. DM me is wrong. You can say, send me a DM.

TTYL – Talk To You Later.

RSVP – it stands for Repondez S’ il Vous Plait re in French. In English it means Please Respond.

POS – Point Of Sale

DATE – means Day and Time Evolution

SIM – Subscriber Identification Module

BYE – means ‘Be with You Everytime

RADAR – RAdio Detection And Ranging

BFF – Best Friends Forever

MOG – Man OF God

OMG – Oh My God

LOML- Love Of My Life

DOB – Date Of Birth

ET ALL – it is a French word meaning And Others

SYL – means See You Later

TDB – most university students use this one. It means Till Day Break.

AKA – Also Known As

TBH – To Be Honest

PIN – means Personal Identification Number.

BVN – means Bank Verification Number

PDF – means Portable Document File.

GIF – means “Graphic Interchange Format“

am – means ante meridiem in Latin. In English it means before midday.

pm – means post meridiem in Latin. In English it means after midday.

SMS – means Short Message Service.

i.e. – means id est” in Latin. In English it means “in other words”

e.g. –  means exempli gratia’ in Latin. English meaning is ‘for example’.

Wi-Fi –  means ‘Wireless Fidelity’.

CCTV – ‘Close Circuit Television’

E-mail – Electronic Mail, while Gmail means Google Mail. See Difference between Email and Gmail (Clear Explanation).

ICU – Intensive Care Unit

MBA – Masters of Business Administration

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

If there is any other acronyms you want to know their meaning, drop it in the comment box below.