Computer Abbreviations

Computer Abbreviations

GROUP ABBREVIATIONS FULL FORM
A API Application Program Interface
ATX Advanced Technology extended
ACL Access Control List
ADC Analog-to-Digital Converter
ADF Automatic Document Feeder
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AGP Accelerated Graphics Port
AIFF Audio Interchange File Format
AIX Advanced Interactive Executive
AI Artificial intelligence
ALGOL Algorithmic Language
ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit
ANSI American National Standards Institute
APU Accelerated Processing Unit
ARP Address Resolution Protocol
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASP Active Server Page or Application Service Provider
ATA Advanced Technology Attachment
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATMD Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexing
AUP Acceptable Use Policy
B BACP Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol
BASh Bourne-Again Shell
BASIC Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BCC Blind Carbon Copy
Bin Binary
BINAC Binary Automatic Computer
BIOS Basic Input Output System
Bit Binary Digit
Blob Binary Large Object
BPS Bit per Second
BMP Bitmap
BSNL Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
BSOD Blue Screen of Death
C COMPUTER Commonly Operated Machine Particularly Used in Technical and Educational Research
CAD Computer Aided Design
CARP Catche Array Routing Protocol / Common Address Redundancy Protocol
Cc Carbon Copy
CCD Charged Coupled Device
CD Compact Disc
CDFS Compact Disc File System
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CDN Content Delivery Network
CDR Compact Disc Recordable
CD-R Compact Disc Recordable
CD R/W Compact Disk Read/Write
C DAC Centre for Development of Advance Computing
C DOT Centre for Development of Telematics
CD ROM Compact Disc Read Only Memory
CGI Common Gateway Interface
CISC Complex Instruction Set Computing
Clob Character Large Object
CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CMS Content Management System
COBOL Common Business Oriented Language
CPU Central Processing Unit
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
CXML Commerce Extensible Markup Language
D DAP Data Access Protocol
DBA Data Base Administrator
DBMS Data Base Management System
DHTML Dynamic Hyper Text Markup Language
DMA Direct Memory Access
DNS Domain Name System
DOS Disk Operating System
DPI Dots Per Inch
DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
DVD Digital Video Disc/Digital Versatile Disc
DVD R DVD Recordable
DVD ROM DVD Read Only Memory
DVD RW DVD Rewritable
DVR Digital Video Recorder
E EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol
EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
e - Commerce Electronic Commerce
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
EDP Electronic Data Processing
EFPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
ELM / e-Mail Electronic Mail
ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
EIP Enterprise Information Portal
EOF End Of File
EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
EXE Executable
F FAX Far Away Xerox/ facsimile
FDC Floppy Disk Controller
FDMA Frequency Division Multiplexing Access
FDD Floppy Disk Drive
FLOPS Floating Point Operations Per Second
FORTRAN Formula Translation
FPS Fast Packet Switching
FS File System
FSP File Service Protocol
FTAM File Transfer Access and Management
FTP File Transfer Protocol
FXS Fax Transmit Format
G GB Gigabyte
GIF Graphics Interchange Format
GDP Gateway Discovery Protocol
GSM Global System for Mobile Communication
GUI Graphical User Interface
H HDF Hierarchical Data File
HDLC High Level Data Link Control
HDD Hard Disk Drive
HDML Handled Device Mark up Language
HDTV High Definition Television
HID Human Interface Device
HLL High Level Language
HP Hewlett Packard
HS Serial Interface High Speed Serial Interface
HTML Hyper Text Markup Language
HTTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
HTTPS Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure
HTTP Hyper Text Templates
I I/O Input & Output.
IBM International Business Machine
ICM Image Color Matching
ICMP Internet Control Massage Protocol
IDS Intrusion Detection System
IDRP Inter domain Routing Protocol
INSP Internet Name Service Provider
INSP Instant Message
IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol
IOS Internetworking Operating System
IP Internet Protocol
IPP Internet Printing Protocol
ISP Internet Service Provider
ITSP Internet Telephony Service Provider
J JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
K KB Kilobyte
KBD Key Board
Kbps Kilo Bytes per second
KHz Kilohertz
L LAN Local Area Network
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LED Light Emitting Diode
LSI Large Scale Integration
LLL Low Level Language
LPI Lines Per Inch
LAWN Local Area Wireless Network
LPP Light Weight Presentation Protocol
LSNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
M MAN Metropolitan Area Network
MAP Mobile Application Port
MAPI Mail Application Programming Interface
MB Megabyte
Mbps Mega Bytes Per second
MCB Memory Control Block
MCR Magnetic Card Reader
MDLP Mobile Data Link Protocol
MGCP Media Gateway Control Protocol
MFLOPS Million Floating Point Operations Per Second
MFM Modified Frequency Modulation
MIB Management Information Base
MICR Magnetic Ink Character reader
MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIPS Million Instructions Per Second
MIS Management Information System
MMS Multimedia Message Service
MMX Multimedia Extension
MOLAP Multi dimension Online Analytical Processing
MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group
N NAP Network Access Point
NAT-PT Network Address Translation Protocol Translation
NASDAQ National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
NETBIOS Network Adapter Basic Input Output System
NFAR Network File Access Routine
NIC Network Interface Card
NOS Network Operating System
NSP Network Services Protocol
NVRAM Non Volatile Random Access Memory
O OASIS Open Archival Information System
OCR Optical Character Readers
ODBC Open Data Base Connectivity
OLE Object Linking And Embedding
OMR Optical Mark Reader
OMAP Open Multimedia Application Platform
OLTP Online Transaction Processing
ONE Open Network Architecture
OOA Object Orient Analysis
OOAD Object Oriented Analysis And Design
OOP Object Oriented Programming
OOPS Object Oriented Programming System
OPEN GL Open Graphics Library
OS Operating System
OSI Open System Interconnection
OSS Open Source Software
P PAN Personal Area Network
PAP Password Authentication Protocol
PC Personal Computer
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCM Public Code Modulation
PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PDA Personal Digital Assistant
PDF Portable Document Format
PDL  Page Description Language
PDN Public Data Network
PDP Packet Data Protocol
PDU Protocol Data Unit
PIC Programming Interrupt Control
PILOT  Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching
PIN Personal Identification Number
PING Packet Internet Gopher
PLA Programmable Logic Array
PLC Programmable Logic Controller
PNG Portable Network Graphics
PNP Plug And Play
POS Point Of Sale
POST Power On Self Test
PPM Pages Per Minute
PPP Point-to-Point Protocol
PPTP Point To Point Tunneling Protocol
PROM Programmable Read Only Memory
PRISM Parallel Reduced Instruction Set Multiprocessing
PS Post Script
PSDN Packet Switched Data Network
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
R RADSL Rate Adaptive Digital Subscribes Line
RAID  Redundant Array Of Independent Disks
RAM Random Access Memory
RAMDAC Random Access Memory Digital To Analog Converter
RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
RAS Remote Access Network
RD RAM Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
RDBMS Relational Data Base Management System
RDO Remote Data Objects
RDP Remote Desktop Protocol
RFC Request For Comments
RGB Red Green Blue
RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RIP Raster Image Processor
RIP Routing Information Protocol
RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer
ROM Read Only Memory
RPC Remote Procedure Call
RTC Real Time Clock
RTCP Real Time transport Control Protocol
RTF Rich Text Format
RTOS  Real Time Operating System
S SACK Selective Acknowledgements
SAM  Security Access Manager
SAP Service Access Point, Systems Applications Products
SCMP Software Configuration Management Plan
SD RAM  Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SDD Software Design Description
SDK Software Development Kit
SDL Storage Definition Language
SDN  Integrated Service Digital Network
SDSL Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
SG RAM  Synchronous Graphics Random Access Memory
SGML  Standard Generalized Markup Language
SIMD Subscriber Identification Module
SIMD  Single Instruction Multiple Data
SISD Single Instruction Single Data
SIU Serial Interface Unit
SMP  Symmetric Multi Process
SMPS Switch Mode Power Supply
SMS Short Message Service
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNA  System Network Architecture
SNAP Sub Network Access Protocol
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SNOBOL String Oriented Symbolic Language
SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol
SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol
SPX  Sequenced Packet Exchange
SQA  Statistical Quality Assurance
SQL Structured Query Language
SRAM Static Random Access Memory
SRS SRS - Software Requirements Specification
SSML Security Services Markup Language
STP Shielded Twisted Pair
STP Spanning Tree Protocol
SVVP Software Verification And Validation Plan
SW Software
SYSOP System Operator
SWAP Superior wireless Application
T 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
TFLOPS Tera Floating point Operations Per Second
TPM Transactions Processing Monitor
TSR Terminate And Stay Residents
U UDP User Datagram Protocol
UDMA Ultra Direct Memory Access
UI User Interface
ULSI Ultra Large Scale Integration
UML Unified Modeling Language
UNC Universal Naming Convention
UNIVAV Universal Automatic Computer
UIML User Interface Markup Language
UNIX Uniplexed Information And Computer Systems
UPS Uninterrupted Power Supply
URI Uniform Resource Identifier
URL Universal Resource Locator
USB Universal Serial Bus
USRT Universal Synchronous Receiver Transmitted
UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair
V VAN  Virtual Area Network
VAR Variable
VAST  Very Small Aperture Terminal
VB  Visual Basic
VC++ Visual C++
VCD Video Compact Disc
VDL View Definition Language
VDU Visual Display Unit
VGA Video Graphics Array
VHS Video Home System
VLIW Very Long Instruction Words
VLSI Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits
VPN Virtual Private Network
VOIP Voice Over Internet Protocol
VRAM Video Random Access Memory
VRML Virtual Reality Modeling Language
VS Visual Studio
VSAM Virtual Storage Access Method
VSNL Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited
VVR  Software Validation And Validation Report
VXD Virtual Device Driver
W W3C World Wide Web Consortium
WAIS  Wide Area Information Servers
WAN Wide Area Network
WAP Wireless Application Protocol
WBEM Web Base Enterprise Management
WCCP Web Catche Control Protocol
WDM  Wave Division Multiplexing
Wi - Fi Wireless Fidelity
WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
WORM Write Once Read Many
WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access
WML Wireless Markup Language
WWW World Wide Web
X XAML Extensible authority markup language
XHTML Extensible Hyper text Markup Language
XML Extensible Markup language
Z ZB Zeta Byte
ZIP Zone information Protocol
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