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Some system names never leave you, according to Al. And I couldnât agree more!
What system name acronyms are your favourites? And what do/did they stand for?
I do love a good system acronym. 
SABRE triggered, sorry 
At one place where I worked, we had various APIs. The naming convention was simple. Just stick the first letter of the word before âAPIâ.
Common API = CAPI
Bushfire API = BAPI
The words become so easy and conversational. Itâs funny how that happens, eh!
âYeah, but what endpoints are changing in the BAPI if the CAPI is now doing that?â
Long long ago, I named a library âWeb Test Frameworkâ. The code matched the acronym. 
GLITCH: Gigantic Logic Issue That Causes Havoc
CUI - Contract UI
DUI - Dashboard UI
ZBS - Zendesk Bridge Service
VROT - but I donât remember the meaning 
Backdoor - not an acronym but quite an unusual name for a web service
I also recall BAPI as @simon_tomes mentioned, but the name was quite simple: Backend API
Some of the aforementioned names/acronyms may seem simple and normal, but it actually depends on your native language
We have FAP, which some now refer to as FA+ (the P is for Plus). The funniest thing being stand ups in the office where a few oblivious colleagues were loudly talking about FAP, while a few of us giant children tried hard not to giggle⊠good timesâŠ
Brilliant!
I so need to work out what it meant. 
Very Read Only Table?
âAh yes, you canât update the VROT! If we update the VROT then bad things will happen!â
âWhy canât we update it?â
âDo you know what it stands for!â
âAh, I see.â
CRUNCH: Catastrophic Regression Unearths Nasty Code Hiccups
FAILSAFE: Frivolous Attempts In Locating Softwareâs Foulups And Security Embarrassments
CRUNCH : Catastrophic Regression Unearths Nasty Code Hiccups
FAILSAFE : Frivolous Attempts In Locating Softwareâs Foulups And Security Embarrassments
Have you really had services named like that at your company(ies)? Itâs hard to imagine that someone would name services like that Usually, people come up with a normal full name for a service but in a way to get funny-sounding acronyms. But your examples donât seem the case 
These are for fun sake .Whenever someone would use these words I would imagine them in my mind like this.
Brill! Perhaps this should become a mission, to encourage someone out there to name a part of their system, The CRUNCH.
Total Inability To Support Usual Performance (TITSUP - coined by The Register).
Someone Elseâs Problem (SEP - possibly Douglas Adams)
BIF - Broker Information System
(always reminded me of the guy from Back to the Future)
My current workplace has the {environmentAcronym}api
A previous workplace had PMS which was Policy Management System.
It was brilliantly named because it was a black screen of doom system, so no mouse took newbieâs a bit to learn + remember all the menu/shortcut key combos.
Then once a month bang on 6pm it would lock for âmaintenanceâ no matter if you were in the midst of something or not. I started my career there on the phones and occasionally you would get the late minute caller trying to do something before close so we would be madly trying to process away while they gass bag, then all of a sudden I exclaim âGah! PMS is downâ. It caused more than a couple of customers to double take and then burst into laughter when I explained what I meant
That same company also had a system called MAX, I believe it meant Membership Administration somethingâŠ
I definitely did mean something, though. When it came for it to be replaced there was an internal comp with staff to name its replacement, which was another name like acronymâŠI think it might have been EVE or something. That was around the time I left, so dont quote me on that last one haha