Acronym Full name See also AAA Almost Always Auto GOTW #94 ABC Abstract Base Class ABI Application Binary Interface Itanium C++ ABI ADL Argument-Dependent Lookup ADT Abstract Data Type AFO Algorithm Function Objects CPO API Application Programming Interface BMI Binary Module Interface Modules CAS Compare-And-Swap; Copy And Swap compare_exchange CMI Compiled Module Interfaces Modules COW Copy-On-Write CPO Customization Point Object [customization.point.object], RangeAdaptorObject, RangeAdaptorClosureObject, AFO CRTP Curiously Recurring Template Pattern std::enable_shared_from_this, ranges::view_interface CTAD Class Template Argument Deduction CTRE Compile-Time Regular Expressions CTRE lib CWG The Core Working Group WG21 DCL Double-Checked Locking Concurrency support library DIS Draft International Standard See also FDIS DR Defect Report EBO
EBCO Empty Base (Class) Optimization [[no_unique_address]], std::allocator, std::default_delete EDG Edison Design Group EH Exception Handling ELF Executable and Linkable Format EWG The Evolution Working Group WG21 EWGI The Evolution Working Group Incubator WG21 FAM Flexible Array Member FDIS Final Draft International Standard See also DIS GCC GNU Compiler Collection GMF Global Module Fragment Modules HALO Heap Allocation eLision Optimization Coroutines, P0981 ICE Internal Compiler Error; Integer Constant Expression IFNDR Ill-Formed, No Diagnostic Required IIILE Immediately Invoked Initializing Lambda Expression IPO Inter-Procedural Optimization IWYU Include What You Use libclang-based tool LEWG The Library Evolution Working Group WG21 LEWGI The Library Evolution Working Group Incubator WG21 LTO Link-Time Optimization LWG The Library Working Group WG21 MDT Most Derived Type MPSC Multi-Producer Single-Consumer (e.g., task queue) std::executor MSVC MicroSoft Visual C++ NAD Not A Defect See also DR NDR No Diagnostic Required NRVO Named Return Value Optimization NSDMI Non-Static Data Member Initialization NTBS Null-Terminated Byte Strings NTTP Non-Type Template Parameter NUA No Unique Address [[no_unique_address]] NVI Non-Virtual Interface ODR One Definition Rule OOP Object-Oriented Programming PCH Pre-Compiled Header gcc doc on PCH PDO Profile-Driven Optimization See also PGO PGO Profile-Guided Optimization See also PDO PID Process IDentifier std::thread::get_id(), std::jthread::get_id() PIMPL Pointer to IMPLementation PMF Private Module Fragment Modules PMR Polymorphic Memory Resources <memory_resource> POCCA Propagate on Container Copy Assignment POCMA Propagate on Container Move Assignment POCS Propagate on Container Swap POD Plain Old Data (PODType) ScalarType, TrivialType, StandardLayoutType QoI Quality of Implementation RAII Resource Acquisition Is Initialization RACO Range Adaptor Closure Object RangeAdaptorClosureObject RAO Range Adaptor Object RangeAdaptorObject RCU Read-Copy-Update <rcu> RTTI RunTime Type Identification std::type_info RVO Return Value Optimization SBO Small Buffer Optimization See also SOO, SSO SBRM Scope-Bound Resource Management, see RAII SCARY Seemingly erroneous (appearing Constrained by conflicting generic parameters), but Actually work with the Right implementation (unconstrained bY the conflict due to minimized dependencies). stroustrup.com/SCARY SEH Structured Exception Handling SEH SFINAE Substitution Failure Is Not An Error std::enable_if, std::void_t SIMD Single Instruction Multiple Data Data-parallel types (SIMD) SIOF Static Initialization Order Fiasco SMF Special Member Function SOCCC Select On Container Copy Construction SOO Small Object Optimization std::move_only_function, std::function, std::any. See also SBO, SSO SSO Small String Optimization std::basic_string. See also SBO, SOO STL The Standard Template Library TCO Tail Call Optimization TLS Thread-Local Storage thread_local TMP Template Meta Programming <type_traits> TU Translation Unit Modules, TU-local UB Undefined Behavior UDC User-Defined Conversion operator UDL User-Defined Literals UFCS Universal Function Call Syntax “What is UFCS anyway?” VLA Variable-Length Array SO on VLA WPO Whole-Program Optimization