Computer Related Abbreviations

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Computer Related Abbreviations
Abbreviation - Meaning
ACE          - Access Control Entry
ADSL        - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AGP          - Accelerated Graphics Port

AI              - Artificial Intelligence
ALGOL     - Algorithmic Language
ALU          - Arithmetic Logic Unit
ANSI         - American National Standards Institute
API            - Application Program Interface
ARPANET - Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
ASCII         -American Standard Code For Information Interchange
ASP           - Active Server Pages
ATM           - Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AUI             - Attachment Unit Interface
AVI             - Audio Video Interleave
BASIC        - Beginner`s All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BCD           - Binary Coded Decimal
BIOS          - Basic Input Output System
BMP           - Bitmap
BPS           - Bytes Per Seconds
C-DAC       - Centre For Development Of Advanced Computing
CAD           - Computer Aided Design
CADD        - Computer Added Drafting And Design
CAR           - Control Address Register
CASE         - Computer Aided Software Engineering
CCNA         - Cisco Certified Network Associate
CD               - Compact Disc
CD-RW       - Compact Disc ReWritable
CDMA         - Code Division Multiple Access
CDROM      - Compact Disc Read Only Memory
CGI             - Common Gateway Interface
CMOS        - Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CMS           - Content Management System
COBOL      - Common Business Oriented Language
CPU           - Central Processing Unit
CRM           - Customer Relationship Management
CROM        - Control Read Only Memory
CRT            - Cathode Ray Tube
CUI             - Character User Interface
DAC            - Digital To Analog Converter
DBA            - Data Base Administrator
DBMS         - Data Base Management System
DCL            - Data Control Language
DCOM        - Distributed Component Object Model
DDL            - Data Definition Language
DFD            - Data Flow Diagram
DHCP         - Dynamic Host Control Protocol
DHTML       - Dynamics Hyper Text Markup Language
DLL             - Dynamic Link Library
DMA            - Direct Memory Access
DNA            - Distributed Internet Architecture
DML            - Data Manipulation Language
DNS            - Domain Name System
DOS            - Disk Operating System
DPI              - Dots Per Inch
DRAM         - Dynamic Random Access Memory
DSL             - Digital Subscriber Line
DSN            - Digital Subscriber Network
DVD            - Digital Versatile Disc
EAROM      - Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory
EEPROM    - Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
EFS            - Encrypted File System
EJB            - Enterprise Java Beans
ENIAC        - Electronics Numerical Integrator And Calculator
EPROM      - Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
EROM        - Erasable Read Only Memory
ERP            - Enterprise Resource Planning
EULA          - End User License Agreement
FAT             - File Allocation Table
FDD            - Floppy Disk Drive
FDDI           - Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FDMA         - Frequency Division Multiple Access
FIFO           - First In First Out
FLOPS       - Floating Point Operations Per Second
FO              - Fiber Optics
FORTRAN  - Formula Translation
FPS            - Frames Per Second
FTP            - File Transfer Protocol
GB              - Giga Bytes
GIF             - Graphic Interchange Format
GIGO          - Garbage In Garbage Out
GPL            - General Public License
GUI             - Graphical User Interface
HDD           - Hard Disk Drive
HFS            - Hierarchical File System
HP              - Hewlett Packard
HTML         - Hyper Text Markup Language
HTTP          - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
IO                - Input Output
IBM             - International Business Machines
IC                - Integrated Circuit
ICMP          - Internet Control Message Protocol
IDE             - Integrated Development Environment
IE                - Internet Explorer
IP                - Internet Protocol
IRC             - Internet Relay Chat
ISAPI          - Internet Server Application Program Interface
ISDN           - Integrated Services Digital Network
ISO             - International Standard Organization
ISP              - Internet Service Provider
IT                - Information Technology
ITPL            - Information Technology Park Limited
JCL             - Job Control Language
JDBC          - Java Data Base Connectivity
JPEG          - Joint Photographic Experts Group
JSP            - Java Server Pages
KB              - Kilo Bytes
KBPS          - Kilo Bytes Per Second
LAN             - Local Area Network
LCD             - Liquid Crystal Display
LIFO            - Last In First Out
LIPS            - Logical Interfaces Per Second
LSI              - Large Scale Integration
MAC           - Media Access Control
MAN           - Metropolitan Area Network
MB              - Mega Bytes
MBPS         - Mega Bytes Per Second
MBR            - Master Boot Record
MCP            - Microsoft Certified Professional
MDI              - Multiple Document Interface
MICR           - MagneticInk Characters Reader
MIDI            - Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIME          - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MIPS           - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MODEM      - Modulator And Demodulator
MP3             - Motion Pictures Experts Group Layer 3
MPEG          - Motion Pictures Experts Group
MS              - Microsoft
MSDN         - Microsoft Developer Network
MSIIS          - Microsoft Internet Information Server
MSN            - Microsoft Network
MTS            - Microsoft Transaction Server
NASSCOM  - National Association Of Software & Service Companies
NCP             - Network Control Protocol
NIC              - National Informatics Centre
NIIT              - National Institute Of Information Technology
NTFS           - New Technology File System
OCR             - Optical Character Readers
ODBC          - Open Data Base Connectivity
OLE             - Object Linking And Embedding
OMR            - Optical Mark Reader
OOA             - Object Orient Analysis
OOAD          - Object Oriented Analysis And Design
OOP             - Object Oriented Programming
OS                - Operating System
PC                - Personal Computer
PCI               - Peripheral Component Interconnect
PDA              - Personal Digital Assistant
PDF              - Portable Document Format
PDL              - Page Description Language
PILOT           - Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching
PLA               - Programmable Logic Array
PLC               - Programmable Logic Controller
PNG              - Portable Network Graphics
PNP              - Plug And Play
PPP              - Peer To Peer Protocol
PROM           - Programmable Read Only Memory
PS                 - Post Script
RAID              - Redundant Array Of Independent Disks
RAM              - Random Access Memory
RAMDAC       - Random Access Memory Digital To Analog Converter
RDBMS          - Relational Data Base Management System
RDO               - Remote Data Objects
RGB               - Red Green Blue
ROM               - Read Only Memory
RPC               - Remote Procedure Call
RTC               - Real Time Clock
RTF                - Rich Text Format
RTOS             - Real Time Operating System
SACK             - Selective Acknowledgements
SAM               - Security Access Manager
SAP                - Systems Applications Products
SCMP             - Software Configuration Management Plan
SD-RAM         - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SDD                - Software Design Description
SDRAM           - Static Dynamic Random Access Memory
SDSL               - Symmetric Digital Subscribes Line
SG-RAM         - Synchronous Graphics Random Access Memory
SIM                 - Subscriber Identification Module
SIMD              - Single Instruction Multiple Data
SIU                 - Serial Interface Unit
SMS                - Short Message Service
SMTP             - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SQL                - Structured Query Language
SRAM             - Static Random Access Memory
SW                 - Software
SWF               - Small Web Format
TAPI               - Telephony Application Program Interface
TB                   - Tera Bytes
TCP                - Transmission Control Protocol
TCPIP             - Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol
TDI                  - Transport Data Interface
TDMA             - Time Division Multiple Access
UI                    - User Interface
UML                - Unified Modelling Language
URL                - Universal Resource Locator
USB                - Universal Serial Bus
VAN                - Virtual Area Network
VB                   - Visual Basic
VC++              - Visual C++
VCD                - Video Compact Disc
VDL                - View Definition Language
VGA                - Video Graphics Array
VLSI                - Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits
VPN                - Virtual Private Network
VRAM             - Video Random Access Memory
VS                   - Visual Studio
W3C                - World Wide Web Consortium
WAN                - Wide Area Network
WAP               - Wireless Application Protocol
WML               - Wireless Markup Language
WORM            - Write Once Read Many
WWW              - World Wide Web
WYSIWYG      - What You See Is What You Get
XHTML            - Extensible Hyper Text Markup Language
XML                - Extensible Markup Language
Y2K                 - Year 2000