Acronyms Beginning With A
Sales, marketing, and technology acronyms that begin with A
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AMD
A multinational semiconductor company that designs and manufactures CPUs, GPUs, and related technologies. Founded in 1969, AMD has become one of the leading competitors to Intel in the processor market and to NVIDIA in the graphics market. Its product lines…
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AMEC
The global trade body dedicated to advancing the measurement and evaluation of communications, public relations, and media performance. Established in 1996, AMEC represents a worldwide network of PR measurement professionals, analytics firms, research organizations, media intelligence companies, and communication consultancies…
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AMEX
The AMEX, located in New York City, is the third-largest stock exchange in the United States by trading volume, after the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the NASDAQ. Key points about the AMEX: History: The AMEX was founded in…
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AMI
A pre-configured virtual machine template used within the Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment. It contains all the necessary information to launch a virtual server, also known as an EC2 instance. An AMI is a snapshot of a virtual server that…
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AML
AML stands for Anti-Money Laundering. It refers to the laws, regulations, and procedures designed to prevent criminals from disguising illegally obtained funds as legitimate income. Money laundering is the process by which criminals attempt to conceal the true origin and…
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AMM
A type of decentralized trading protocol that relies on a mathematical formula to price assets. AMMs are commonly used in decentralized exchanges (DEXs) to facilitate the permissionless and automatic trading of cryptocurrency tokens. Key features of AMMs include: Liquidity pools:…
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AMP
An open-source framework developed by the AMP Open Source Project. It is designed to enhance the performance of web pages, particularly on mobile devices. The primary goal of AMP is to provide a faster and more streamlined experience for users…
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AMPS
The first commercially available analog cellular system and served as the foundation for the first generation (1G) of mobile wireless communication. Developed by Bell Labs in the 1970s, AMPS was introduced in the United States in 1983 and became the…
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AMPScript
There is no documented acronym defining why AMPScript is named as such. AMPScript is a proprietary scripting language native to the Salesforce Marketing Cloud that is used to insert personalized and dynamic content into email messages, landing pages, and SMS…
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AMR
A common audio file format primarily used for encoding speech recordings. It’s often found in mobile phones and other voice-recording devices, such as voicemail messages. The AMR format is designed to compress audio data efficiently while maintaining decent audio quality,…
