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Computer - Some Important Abbreviations

LETTER  -A

·                     Al – Artificial intelligence

·                     ALGOL – Algorithmic Language

·                     ARP – Address resolution Protocol

·                     ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange

LETTER  -B

·                     BINAC  - Binary Automatic Computer

·                     BCC – Blind Carbon Copy

·                     Bin – Binary

·                     BASIC - Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

·                     BIOS – Basic Input Output System

·                     Bit – Binary Digit

·                     BSNL – Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

LETTER  -C

·                     CC – Carbon Copy

·                     CAD – Computer Aided Design

·                     COBOL – Common Business Oriented Language

·                     CD – Compact Disc

·                     CRT – Cathode Ray Tube 

·                     CDR – Compact Disc Recordable

·                     CDROM – Compact Disc Read Only Memory 

·                     CDRW – Compact Disc Rewritable

·                     CDR/W – Compact Disk Read/Write

LETTER  -D

·                     DBA – Data Base Administrator

·                     DBMS – Data Base Management System 

·                     DNS – Domain Name System

·                     DPI – Dots Per Inch

·                     DRAM – Dynamic Random Access Memory

·                     DVD – Digital Video Disc/Digital Versatile Disc

·                     DVDR – DVD Recordable

·                     DVDROM – DVD Read Only Memory

·                     DVDRW – DVD Rewritable

·                     DVR – Digital Video Recorder

·                     DOS – Disk Operating System

LETTER  -E

·                     EBCDIC – Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

·                     e-Commerce – Electronic Commerce

·                     EDP – Electronic Data Processing

·                     EEPROM – Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

·                     ELM/e-Mail – Electronic Mail

·                     ENIAC - Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer 

·                     EOF - End Of File 

·                     EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory 

·                     EXE - Executable 

LETTER  -F

·                     FAX - Far Away Xerox/ facsimile

·                     FDC - Floppy Disk Controller 

·                     FDD - Floppy Disk Drive 

·                     FORTRAN - Formula Translation 

·                     FS - File System 

·                     FTP - File Transfer Protocol

LETTER  -G

·                     Gb - Gigabit 

·                     GB - Gigabyte 

·                     GIF - Graphics Interchange Format 

·                     GSM -  Global System for Mobile Communication

LETTER  -H

·                     HDD - Hard Disk Drive 

·                     HP - Hewlett Packard

·                     HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language 

·                     HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

LETTER  -I

·                     IBM - International Business Machine 

·                     IM - Instant Message

·                     IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol 

·                     ISP - Internet Service Provider

LETTER  -J

·                     JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group

LETTER  -K

·                     Kb - Kilobit 

·                     KB - Kilobyte 

·                     KHz - Kilohertz 

·                     Kbps - Kilobit Per Second

LETTER  -L

·                     LCD – Liquid Crystal Display

·                     LED – Light Emitting Diode

·                     LPI – Lines Per Inch

·                     LIS – Large Scale Integration

LETTER  -M

·                     Mb – Megabit

·                     MB – Megabyte

·                     MPEG – Moving Picture Experts Group

·                     MMS – Multimedia Message Service

·                     MICR – Magnetic Ink Character reader

·                     MIPS – Million Instructions Per Second

LETTER  -N

·                     NIC – Network Interface Card

·                     NOS – Network Operating System

LETTER  -O

·                     OMR – Optical Mark Reader

·                     OOP – Object Oriented Programming

·                     OSS – Open Source Software

LETTER  -P

·                     PAN – Personal Area Network

·                     PC – Personal Computer

·                     PDA - Personal Digital Assistant

·                     PDF – Portable Document Format

·                     POS – Point Of Sale

·                     PNG - Portable Network Graphics

·                     PPM – Pages Per Minute

·                     PPP – Point-to-Point Protocol

·                     PROM – Programmable Read Only Memory

·                     PSTN – Public Switched Telephone Network

·                     POST – Power OnSelf Test

·                     PING – Packet Internet Gopher

LETTER  -R

·                     RAM – Random Access Memory

·                     RDBMS – Relational Data Base Management System

·                     RIP – Routing Information Protocol

·                     RTF – Rich Text Format

LETTER  -S

·                     SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

·                     SQL – Structured Query Language

·                     SRAM – Static Random Access Memory

·                     SNMP – Simple Network Management Protocol

·                     SIM – Subscriber Identification Module

LETTER  -T

·                     TCP – Transmission Control Protocol

·                     TB – Tera Bytes

LETTER  -U

·                     UPS – Uninterrupted Power Supply

·                     URI – Uniform Resource Identifier

·                     URL – Uniform Resource Locator

·                     USB -  Universal Serial Bus 

·                     ULSI - Ultra Large Scale Integration

·                     UNIVAC - Universal Automatic Computer

LETTER  -V

·                     VAR – Variable

·                     VGA – Video Graphics Array

·                     VSNL – Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited

·                     VDU – Visual Display Unit

LETTER  -W

·                     Wi-Fi – Wireless Fidelity

·                     WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network

·                     WPA – Wi-Fi Protected Access

·                     WWW – World Wide Web

·                     WORM – Write Once Read Many

LETTER  -X

·                     XHTML – eXtensibleHyper text Markup Language

·                     XML -  eXtensible Markup language

LETTER  -Z

·                     ZB – Zeta Byte