[Updated 2026] All Programming Languages, Frameworks & Development Full Forms

Programming & Software Engineering Full Forms: Whether you are learning to code, preparing for technical software engineering interviews, or studying computer science, knowing the exact origins and technical expansions of programming acronyms is indispensable. This guide covers programming languages, architectural patterns (MVC, MVVM), web standards (DOM, REST, JSON), and database querying languages (SQL, DDL, DML).

Sr.No.	Short Name	Full Form
01	COBOL	Common Business Oriented Language
02	FORTRAN	FORmula TRANslating
03	ALGO	ALGOrithmic Language
04	HTML	Hyper Text Markup Language
05	XML	eXtensible Markup Language
06	CSS	Cascading Style Sheet
07	JS	JavaScript
08	PHP	Hypertext Preprocessor
09	ASP	Active Server Pages
10	JSP	Java Server Pages
11	AJAX	Asynchronous JavaScript And XML
12	PERL	Practical Extraction Reporting Language
13	J2EE	Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition
14	SQL	Structured Query Language
15	XSL	EXtensible Stylesheet Language
16	OOP	Object-Oriented Programming
17	OOPs	Object-Oriented Programming System
18	API	Application Programming Interface
19	SDK	Software Development Kit
20	IDE	Integrated Development Environment
21	JSON	JavaScript Object Notation
22	REST	Representational State Transfer
23	CRUD	Create, Read, Update, Delete
24	DOM	Document Object Model
25	CLI	Command Line Interface
26	GUI	Graphical User Interface
27	JVM	Java Virtual Machine
28	JRE	Java Runtime Environment
29	JDK	Java Development Kit
30	CLR	Common Language Runtime (.NET)
31	DDL	Data Definition Language
32	DML	Data Manipulation Language
33	DQL	Data Query Language
34	DCL	Data Control Language
35	TCL	Transaction Control Language
36	RDBMS	Relational Database Management System
37	ORM	Object-Relational Mapping
38	MVC	Model-View-Controller
39	MVVM	Model-View-ViewModel
40	CORS	Cross-Origin Resource Sharing
41	JWT	JSON Web Token
42	SSH	Secure Shell
43	FTP	File Transfer Protocol
44	CI/CD	Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment
45	VCS	Version Control System
46	YAML	YAML Ain't Markup Language
47	CSV	Comma-Separated Values
48	TS	TypeScript
49	JSX	JavaScript XML
50	TSX	TypeScript XML
51	WASM	WebAssembly
52	Regex	Regular Expression
53	DRY	Don't Repeat Yourself
54	KISS	Keep It Simple, Stupid
55	SOLID	Single Responsibility, Open/Closed, Liskov Substitution, Interface Segregation, Dependency Inversion
56	ACID	Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability
57	BASE	Basically Available, Soft State, Eventual Consistency
58	NoSQL	Not Only SQL
59	GraphQL	Graph Query Language
60	gRPC	Google Remote Procedure Call
61	NPM	Node Package Manager
62	PIP	Pip Installs Packages (Python Package Installer)
63	PyPI	Python Package Index
64	REPL	Read-Eval-Print Loop
65	ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
66	UTF-8	8-bit Unicode Transformation Format
67	SPA	Single-Page Application
68	SSR	Server-Side Rendering
69	SSG	Static Site Generation
70	PWA	Progressive Web App
71	CDN	Content Delivery Network
72	XSS	Cross-Site Scripting
73	CSRF	Cross-Site Request Forgery
74	SQLi	SQL Injection
75	BASH	Bourne Again Shell
76	YAGNI	You Aren't Gonna Need It
77	TDD	Test-Driven Development
78	BDD	Behavior-Driven Development
79	PR	Pull Request
80	PoC	Proof of Concept
81	MVP	Minimum Viable Product
82	QA	Quality Assurance
83	UAT	User Acceptance Testing

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What is the full form of OOP and OOPs in programming?

OOP stands for Object-Oriented Programming. OOPs stands for Object-Oriented Programming System. It is a fundamental programming paradigm organized around "objects" (which contain data and methods) based on four pillars: Encapsulation, Abstraction, Inheritance, and Polymorphism.

What is the full form of API and REST?

API stands for Application Programming Interface (a set of protocols and tools for building software applications). REST stands for Representational State Transfer (an architectural style for distributed hypermedia systems like web services).

What is the full form of JSON and XML?

JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation (a lightweight, human-readable data-interchange format). XML stands for Extensible Markup Language (a markup language designed to store and transport structured data).

What is the difference between JDK, JRE, and JVM?

JVM stands for Java Virtual Machine (the engine that executes Java bytecode). JRE stands for Java Runtime Environment (contains JVM + class libraries required to run Java apps). JDK stands for Java Development Kit (contains JRE + compiler, debugger, and developer tools required to write and compile Java software).

What are SQL, DDL, and DML?

SQL stands for Structured Query Language. DDL stands for Data Definition Language (statements like CREATE, ALTER, DROP that define schema). DML stands for Data Manipulation Language (statements like SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE that manipulate records).