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INFORMATION AND COMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY GYAMFI SERIES
 VPN - This stands for Virtual Private Network and is used to represent a secure connection between a
network and a user.

COMMON AI ABBREVIATIONS

AI, which stands for Artificial Intelligence, is becoming more common all the time. From your phone to the
way you interact with your television, people encounter AI every day. These are some of the common acronyms
and abbreviations that go with it:

 AI - Short for artificial intelligence, AI refers to the development of computer systems to perform tasks
like speech recognition and object assessment.
 ASR - This stands for Automatic Speech Recognition and refers to computers’ ability to understand
your speech.
 DL - This acronym stands for Deep Learning, referring to complicated tasks that require many layers of
integration in a machine’s neural network.
 FKP - This stands for Facial Key Points, the places software looks to recognize faces.
 ML - ML stands for Machine Learning, the ability of a machine to learn and integrate new information.

COMMON EMAIL AND CHAT ABBREVIATIONS

Email and web communication require certain abbreviations of their own, including symbols that stand in for
facial expressions.

EMAIL ABBREVIATIONS

You’ll also see some of these email abbreviations used in texting and online messaging.

 AFK - Away From Keyboard
 BC - Blind Copy
 CIAO - Check It All Out
 GAL - Get A Life
 GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike
 J4F - Just For Fun
 KISS - Keep it Simple, Stupid
 LOL - Laughing Out Loud
 Re: - Regarding
 TIC - Tongue In Cheek
 TL;DR - Too Long, Didn't Read

EMOTICONS
INSTEAD OF ABBREVIATING A WORD OR PHRASE, EMOTICONS ATTEMPT TO RESEMBLE
THE VISUAL EXPRESSIONS ON A HUMAN FACE.

 :) or :-) - Smiley face

 :.( - Crying face
 :-> - Grinning
 :-| - Indifferent or bored
 :-( - Sad face

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