Computer - Some Important Abbreviations
A
1.
Al ? Artificial
intelligence
2.
ALGOL ? Algorithmic
Language
3.
ARP ? Address resolution
Protocol
4.
ASCII ? American Standard
Code for Information Interchange
B
1.
BINAC - Binary
Automatic Computer
2.
BCC ? Blind Carbon Copy
3.
Bin ? Binary
4.
BASIC - Beginner?s
All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
5.
BIOS ? Basic Input
Output System
6.
Bit ? Binary Digit
7.
BSNL ? Bharat Sanchar
Nigam Limited
C
1.
CC ? Carbon Copy
2.
CAD ? Computer Aided
Design
3.
COBOL ? Common Business
Oriented Language
4.
CD ? Compact Disc
5.
CRT ? Cathode Ray
Tube
6.
CDR ? Compact Disc
Recordable
7.
CDROM ? Compact Disc
Read Only Memory
8.
CDRW ? Compact Disc
Rewritable
9.
CDR/W ? Compact Disk
Read/Write
D
1.
DBA ? Data Base
Administrator
2.
DBMS ? Data Base
Management System
3.
DNS ? Domain Name System
4.
DPI ? Dots Per Inch
5.
DRAM ? Dynamic Random
Access Memory
6.
DVD ? Digital Video
Disc/Digital Versatile Disc
7.
DVDR ? DVD Recordable
8.
DVDROM ? DVD Read Only
Memory
9.
DVDRW ? DVD Rewritable
10.
DVR ? Digital Video
Recorder
11.
DOS ? Disk Operating
System
E
1.
EBCDIC ? Extended Binary
Coded Decimal Interchange Code
2.
e-Commerce ? Electronic
Commerce
3.
EDP ? Electronic Data
Processing
4.
EEPROM ? Electrically
Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
5.
ELM/e-Mail ? Electronic
Mail
6.
ENIAC - Electronic
Numerical Integrator and Computer
7.
EOF - End Of File
8.
EPROM - Erasable
Programmable Read Only Memory
9.
EXE - Executable
F
1.
FAX - Far Away Xerox/
facsimile
2.
FDC - Floppy Disk
Controller
3.
FDD - Floppy Disk
Drive
4.
FORTRAN - Formula
Translation
5.
FS - File System
6.
FTP - File Transfer
Protocol
G
1.
Gb - Gigabit
2.
GB - Gigabyte
3.
GIF - Graphics
Interchange Format
4.
GSM - Global
System for Mobile Communication
H
1.
HDD - Hard Disk
Drive
2.
HP - Hewlett Packard
3.
HTML - Hyper Text Markup
Language
4.
HTTP - Hyper Text
Transfer Protocol
I
1.
IBM - International
Business Machine
2.
IM - Instant Message
3.
IMAP - Internet Message
Access Protocol
4.
ISP - Internet Service
Provider
J
1.
JPEG - Joint
Photographic Experts Group
K
2.
Kb - Kilobit
3.
KB - Kilobyte
4.
KHz - Kilohertz
5.
Kbps - Kilobit Per
Second
L
1.
LCD ? Liquid Crystal
Display
2.
LED ? Light Emitting
Diode
3.
LPI ? Lines Per Inch
4.
LIS ? Large Scale
Integration
M
1.
Mb ? Megabit
2.
MB ? Megabyte
3.
MPEG ? Moving Picture
Experts Group
4.
MMS ? Multimedia Message
Service
5.
MICR ? Magnetic Ink
Character reader
6.
MIPS ? Million
Instructions Per Second
N
1.
NIC ? Network Interface
Card
2.
NOS ? Network Operating
System
O
1.
OMR ? Optical Mark
Reader
2.
OOP ? Object Oriented
Programming
3.
OSS ? Open Source
Software
P
1.
PAN ? Personal Area
Network
2.
PC ? Personal Computer
3.
PDA - Personal Digital
Assistant
4.
PDF ? Portable Document
Format
5.
POS ? Point Of Sale
6.
PNG - Portable Network
Graphics
7.
PPM ? Pages Per Minute
8.
PPP ? Point-to-Point
Protocol
9.
PROM ? Programmable Read
Only Memory
10.
PSTN ? Public Switched
Telephone Network
11.
POST ? Power On Self
Test
12.
PING ? Packet Internet
Gopher
R
1.
RAM ? Random Access
Memory
2.
RDBMS ? Relational Data
Base Management System
3.
RIP ? Routing
Information Protocol
4.
RTF ? Rich Text Format
S
1.
SMTP ? Simple Mail
Transfer Protocol
2.
SQL ? Structured Query
Language
3.
SRAM ? Static Random
Access Memory
4.
SNMP ? Simple Network
Management Protocol
5.
SIM ? Subscriber
Identification Module
T
1.
TCP ? Transmission
Control Protocol
2.
TB ? Tera Bytes
U
1.
UPS ? Uninterrupted
Power Supply
2.
URI ? Uniform Resource
Identifier
3.
URL ? Uniform Resource
Locator
4.
USB - Universal
Serial Bus
5.
ULSI - Ultra Large Scale
Integration
6.
UNIVAC - Universal
Automatic Computer
V
1.
VAR ? Variable
2.
VGA ? Video Graphics
Array
3.
VSNL ? Videsh Sanchar
Nigam Limited
4.
VDU ? Visual Display
Unit
W
1.
Wi-Fi ? Wireless
Fidelity
2.
WLAN ? Wireless Local
Area Network
3.
WPA ? Wi-Fi Protected
Access
4.
WWW ? World Wide Web
5.
WORM ? Write Once Read
Many
X
1.
XHTML ? eXtensible Hyper
text Markup Language
2.
XML - eXtensible
Markup language
Z
1.
ZB ? Zeta Byte
Some other Important
Abbreviations -
2.
OCR
- Optical Character Readers
3.
ODBC
- Open Data Base
Connectivity
4.
OLE
- Object Linking And
Embedding
5.
OMR
- Optical Mark Reader
6.
ONE - Open Network Architecture
7.
OOA
- Object Orient Analysis
8.
OOAD
- Object Oriented Analysis
And Design
9.
OOP
- Object Oriented
Programming
10.
OOPS
- Object Oriented
Programming System
11.
OPEN
GL - Open Graphics Library
12.
OS
- Operating System
13.
OSI
- Open System
Interconnection
14.
PC
- Personal Computer
15.
PCI
- Peripheral Component
Interconnect
16.
PCMCIA
- Personal Computer Memory
Card International Association
17.
PDA
- Personal Digital
Assistant
18.
PDF
- Portable Document Format
19.
PDL
- Page Description
Language
20.
PDU
- Protocol Data Unit
21.
PIC
- Programming Interrupt
Control
22.
PILOT
- Programmed Inquiry
Learning Or Teaching
23.
PLA
- Programmable Logic Array
24.
PLC
- Programmable Logic
Controller
25.
PNG
- Portable Network
Graphics
26.
PNP
- Plug And Play
27.
PPP
- Peer To Peer Protocol
28.
PPTP
- Point To Point Tunneling
Protocol
29.
PROM
- Programmable Read Only
Memory
30.
PS
- Post Script
31.
RADSL
- Rate Adaptive Digital
Subscribes Line
32.
RAID
- Redundant Array Of
Independent Disks
33.
RAM
- Random Access Memory
34.
RAMDAC
- Random Access Memory
Digital To Analog Converter
35.
RAS
- Remote Access Network
36.
RD
RAM - Rambus Dynamic Random
Access Memory
37.
RDBMS
- Relational Data Base
Management System
38.
RDO
- Remote Data Objects
39.
RDP
- Remote Desktop Protocol
40.
RFC
- Request For Comments
41.
RGB
- Red Green Blue
42.
RICS
- Reduced Instruction Set
Computer
43.
RIP
- Raster Image Processor
44.
RISC
- Reduced Instruction Set
Computer
45.
ROM - Read Only Memory
46.
RPC
- Remote Procedure Call
47.
RTC - Real Time Clock
48.
RTF
- Rich Text Format
49.
RTOS
- Real Time Operating
System
50.
SACK - Selective Acknowledgements
51.
SAM
- Security Access Manager
52.
SAP
- Service Access Point,
Systems ApplicationsProducts
53.
SCMP
- Software
Configuration Management Plan
54.
SD
RAM - Synchronous Dynamic
Random AccessMemory
55.
SDD
- Software Design
Description
56.
SDK
- Software Development Kit
57.
SDL
- Storage Definition
Language
58.
SDN
- Integrated Service
Digital Network
59.
SDSL
- Symmetric Digital
Subscribes Line
60.
SG
RAM - Synchronous Graphics
Random AccessMemory
61.
SGML
- Standard Generalized
Markup Language
62.
SIM
- Subscriber
Identification Module
63.
SIMD
- Single Instruction
Multiple Data
64.
SISD
- Single Instruction
Single Data
65.
SIU
- Serial Interface Unit
66.
SMP
- Symmetric MultiProcess
67.
SMS
- Short Message Service
68.
SMTP
- Simple Mail Transfer
Protocol
69.
SNA
- System Network
Architecture
70.
SNAP - Sub Network Access Protoco
71.
lSNMP
- Simple Network
Management Protocol
72.
SNOBOL - String Oriented Symbolic Language
73.
SOAP
- Simple Object Access
Protocol
74.
SPX
- Sequenced Packet
Exchange
75.
SQA
- Statistical Quality
Assurance
76.
SQL
- Structured Query
Language
77.
SRAM - Static Random Access Memory
78.
SRS
- Software Requirements
Specification
79.
STP
- Shielded Twisted Pair
80.
SVVP - Software Verification And Validation
Plan
81.
SW
- Software
82.
TAPI
- Telephony Application
Program Interface
83.
TB
- Tera Bytes
84.
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
85.
TCPIP
- Transmission Control
Protocol InternetProtocol
86.
TDI
- Transport Data Interface
87.
TDMA - Time Division Multiple Access
88.
TPM - Transactions Processing Monitor
89.
TSR
- Terminate And Stay
Residents
90.
UDD
- User Datagram Protocol
91.
UDP - User Datagram Protocol
92.
UI
- User Interface
93.
UML
- Unified Modelling
Language
94.
UNC - Universal Naming Convention
95.
UNIX - Uniplexed Information And
ComputerSystems
96.
URL - Universal Resource Locator
97.
USB - Universal Serial Bus
98.
USRT
- Universal Synchronous
ReceiverTransmitted
99.
UTP
-Unshielded Twisted Pair
100.
VAN
- Virtual Area Network
101.
VAST
- Very Small Aperture
Terminal
102.
VB
- Visual Basic
103.
VC++
- Visual C++
104.
VCD - Video Compact Disc
105.
VDL - View Definition Language
106.
VGA - Video Graphics Array
107.
VHS - Video Home System
108.
VLIW - Very Long Instruction Words
109.
VLSI
- Very Large Scale
Integrated Circuits
110.
VPN
- Virtual Private Network
111.
VRAM - Video Random Access Memory
112.
VRML - Virtual Reality Modelling Language
113.
VS - Visual Studio
114.
VVR
- Software Validation And
Validation Report
115.
VXD - Virtual Device Driver
116.
W3C - World Wide Web Consortium
117.
WAIS
- Wide Area Information
Servers
118.
WAN
- Wide Area Network
119.
WAP - Wireless Application Protocol
120.
WBEM - WebBase Enterprise Management
121. WDM - Wave Division Multiplexing
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