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Dictionary of IT acronyms
ABI - Application Binary Interface
API - Application Programming Interface
CPU - Central Processing Unit
CRT - C Runtime
DOD - Data Oriented Design
GI - Global Illumination
GNU - Gnu's Not Unix
GPU - Graphics Processing Unit
ICE - Internal Compiler Error
IHV - Independent Hardware Vendor
IR - Intermediate Representation
JIT - Just-In-Time (compilation)
ISA - Instruction Set Architecture
LLVM - Low Level Virtual Machine (currently a C/C++ compiler)
KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid
MIME - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MSVC - Microsoft Visual C++
PITA - Pain In The Ass
PSO - Partial Store Order
REGEXP - Regular Expression
RMO - Relaxed Memory Order
SDF - Signed Distance Function
SFINAE - Substitution Failure Is Not An Error
SPIR - Standard Portable Intermediate Representation (immediate language for pararell compute)
SO - Stack Overflow
TSO - Total Store Order
VS - Visual Studio
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