Some Important Computer related ABBREVIATIONS

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A

 Al – Artificial intelligence

 ALGOL – Algorithimic Language

 ARP – Address resolution Protocol

 ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange

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

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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

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

E

 EBCDIC – Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

 e-Commerce – Electronic Commerce

 EDP – Electronic Data Processing

 EEPROM – Electronically 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

F

 FAX - Far Away Xerox/ facsimile

 FDC - Floppy Disk Controller

 FDD - Floppy Disk Drive

 FORTRAN - Formula Translation

 FS - File System

 FTP - File Transfer Protocol

G

 Gb - Gigabit

 GB - Gigabyte

 GIF - Graphics Interchange Format

 GSM - Global System for Mobile Communication

H

 HDD - Hard Disk Drive

 HP - Hewlett Packard

 HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language

 HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

I

 IBM - International Business Machine

 IM - Instant Message

 IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol

 ISP - Internet Service Provider

J

 JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group

K

 Kb - Kilobit

 KB - Kilobyte

 KHz - Kilohertz

 Kbps - Kilobit Per Second

L

 LCD – Liquid Crystal Display

 LED – Light Emitting Diode

 LPI – Lines Per Inch

 LIS – Large Scale Integration

M

 Mb – Megabit

 MB – Megabyte

 MPEG – Moving Picture Experts Group

 MMS – Multimedia Message Service

 MICR – Magnetic Ink Character reader

 MIPS – Million Instructions Per Second

N

 NIC – Network Interface Card

 NOS – Network Operating System

O

 OMR – Optical Mark Reader

 OOP – Object Oriented Programming

 OSS – Open Source Software

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 On Self Test

 PING – Packet Internet Gopher

R

 RAM – Random Access Memory

 RDBMS – Relational Data Base Management System

 RIP – Routing Information Protocol

 RTF – Rich Text Format

S

 SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

 SQL – Structured Query Language

 SRAM – Synchronous Random Access Memory

 SNMP – Simple Network Management Protocol

 SIM – Subscriber Identification Module

T

 TCP – Transmission Control Protocol

 TB – Tera Bytes

U

 UPS – Uninterrupted Power Supply

 URI – Uniform Resource Identifier

 URL – Uniform Resource Locator

 USB - Uniform Serial Bus

 ULSI - Ultra Large Scale Integration

 UNIVAC - Universal Automatic Computer

V

 VAR – Variable

 VGA – Video Graphics Array

 VSNL – Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited

 VDU – Visual Display Unit

W

 Wi-Fi – Wireless Fidelity

 WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network

 WPA – Wi-Fi Protected Access

 WWW – World Wide Web

 WORM – Write Once Read Memory

X

 XHTML – eXtensible Hyper text Markup Language

 XML - eXtensible Markup language

Z

 ZB – Zeta Byte