Computer Awareness Study Material – Abbreviations
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A
- AD Active Directory
- ADC Analog to Digital Convertor
- ARP Address Resolution Protocol
- ASP Active Server Page
- AH Active Hub
- AI Artificial Intelligence
- AL Active Link
- ALGOL Algorithmic Language
- ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit
- AM Active Monitor
- APCI Application layer Protocol Control Information
- API Application Program Interface
- ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
- ADF Automatic Document Folder
B
- BINAC Binary Automatic Computer
- Bcc Blind Carbon Copy
- BMP Bitmap
- BARC Bhabha Atomic Research Center
- BASIC Beginner’s All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
- BCD Binary Coded Decimal
- BCR Bar Code Reader
- Bin Binary
- BIOS Basic Input Output System
- B2B Business to Business
- Bit Binary Digit
- BLOB Binary Large Object
- BLOG Web Log
- BPI Bytes/Bits Per Inch
- BPS Bits Per Second
- BSNL Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
C
- Cc Carbon Copy
- CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semi-conductor
- CAD Computer Aided Design
- CLASS Computer Literacy And Studies in School
- CBOL Common Business Oriented Language
- COMAL Common Algorithmic Language
- CPU Central Processing Unit
- CRT Cathod Ray Tube
- CSS Cascading Style Sheet
- CU Control Unit
- CUA Control User Access
- CTCP Client-To-Client Protocol
- CD-R Compact Disk Recordable
- CD-ROM Compact Disk Read Only Memory
- CD-RW Compact Disk Rewritable
- CD-R/W Compact Disk-Read/Write
- CG Computer Graphics
- CGI Common Gateway Interface
- COM Common Object Mode
- CLI Command Line Interface
- CLR Common Language Runtime
- CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
D
- DAC Digital to Analog Convertor
- DAP Directory Access Protocol
- DB Database
- DBA Database Administrator
- DBMS Database Management System
- DCC Direct Client-to-Client
- DCL Data Control Language
- DFD Data Flow Diagram
- DFS Distributed File System
- DHTML Dynamic HyperText Markup Language
- DLL Dynamic Link Library
- DLP Digital Light Processing
- DMA Direct Memory Access
- DNS Domain Name System
- DPI Dots Per Inch
- DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
- DRDO Defence Research and Development Organisation
- DSL Digital Subscriber Line/Domain-Specific Language
- DSN Data Source Name
- DTP Desktop Publishing
- DVD Digital Video Disk/Digital Versatile Disk
- DVD-R Digital Video Disk Recordable
- DVD-ROM DVD-Read Only Memory
- DVD-RW DVD-Rewritable
- DVR Digital Video Recorder
- DOS Disk Operating System
E
- EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
- E-Commerce Electronic Commerce
- EDO Extended Data Out
- EDP Electronic Data Processing
- EDSAC Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator
- EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
- EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter
- E-Mail Electronic Mail
- ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer
- EOF End Of File
- EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
- EXE Executable
- EDI Electronic Data Interchange
- EOL End Of Line
F
- FAP Fortran Assembly Program
- FAX Far Away Xerox
- FDC Floppy Disk Controller
- FDD Floppy Disk Drive
- FIFO First In First Out
- FORTRAN Formula Translation
- FPU Floating Point Unit
- FS File System
- FTP File Transfer Protocol
- FPS Frame Per Second
- FLOPS Floating Point Operations Per Second
- FAQ Frequently Asked Question
G
- Gb Gigabit
- GB Giga Byte
- GIF Graphics Interchange Format
- GIGO Garbage In Garbage Out
- GPU Graphics Processing Unit
- GSM Global System for Mobile communication
- GUI Graphical User Interface
H
- HCI Human Computer Interaction
- HLL Fligh Level Language
- HPFS High Performance File System
- HDD Hard Disk Drive
- HSM Hierarchical Storage Management
- HTM Hierarchical Temporal Memory
- HTML HyperText Markup Language
- HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol
I
- IBM International Business Machine
- IS Information System
- IM Instant Message
- IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol
- iOS iphone Operating System
- IP Internet Protocol
- ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
- ISOC Internet Society
- ISP Internet Service Provider
- ISR Interrupt Service Routine
- IT Information Technology
J
- JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
- JRE Java Runtime Environment
- JS Java Script
- JSP Java Server Pages
- JUG Java Users Group
K
- Kb Kilobit
- KB Kilobyte
- KHz Kilohertz
- Kbps Kilobit Per Second
- KVM Switch Keyboard, Video and Mouse Switch
L
- LAN Local Area Network
- LCD Liquid Crystal Display
- LDU Liquid Display Unit
- LED Light Emitting Diode
- LIFO Last In First Out
- LPI Lines Per Inch
- LIPS List Processing
M
- MAN Metropolitan Area Network
- Mb Megabit
- MB Megabyte
- MBR Master Boot Record
- MAC Media Access Control
- MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group
- MMS Multimedia Messaging Service
- MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
- MSN Microsoft Network
- MDI Multiple Document Interface
- MICR Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
- MIMO Multiple-Input Multiple-Output
- MIPS Million Instructions Per Second
- MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface
N
- NFS Network File System
- NIC Network Interface Card
- NIO New I/O
- NOS Network Operating System
O
- ODBC Open Database Connectivity
- OCR Optical Character Reader
- OMR Optical Mark Reader
- OOP Object Oriented Programming
- OPML Outline Processor Markup Language
- OS Operating System
- OSS Open Source Software
- OLE Object Linking and Embedding
P
- P2P Peer-to-Peer
- PAN Personal Area Network
- PAP Password Authentication Protocol
- PC Personal Computer
- PCL Printed Command Language
- PDF Portable Document Format
- PDL Program Design Language
- PGA Pin Grid Array
- PIO Programmed Input/Output
- PLA Programmable Logic Array
- PL 1 Programming Language 1
- PnP Plug and Play
- POS Point Of Sales
- PPC Power PC
- PPM Pages Per Minute
- PPP Point-to-Point Protocol
- PPTP Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
- PROM Programmable Read Only Memory
- PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
- PSU Power Supply Unit
- POST Power On Self Test
Q
- QDR Quad Data Rate
- QFP Quad Flat Pack
- QoS Quality of Service
- QBE Query By Example
R
- RAM Random Access Memory
- RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
- RAT Remote Access Trojan
- RDBMS Relational Database Management System
- RIP Routing Information Protocol
- ROM Read Only Memory
- ROMB Read Out Motherboard
- RPG Report Program Generator
- RTOS Real Time Operating System
- RTF Rich Text Format
S
- SaaS Software as a Service
- SAN Storage Area Network
- SCSI Small Computer System Interface
- SDL Simple DirectMedia Layer
- SDR Software Defined Radio
- SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- SNOBOL String Oriented Symbolic Language
- SP Service Pack
- SQL Structured Query Language
- SRAM Static Random Access Memory
- SVD Structured VLSI Design
- SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
- SIM Subscriber Identification Module
T
- TCP Transmission Control Protocol
- TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
- TTA True Tap Audio
- TTF True Type Font
- TTS Text-To-Speech
- TTY Tele Type
- TFT Thin-Film Transistor
- TB Tera Bytes
U
- UAC User Account Control
- UI User Interface
- UL Upload
- UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply
- URI Uniform Resource Identifier
- URL Uniform Resource Locator
- URN Uniform Resource Name
- USB Uniform Serial Bus
- ULSI Ultra Large Scale Integration
- UNIVAC Universal Automatic Computer
- UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair
V
- VAR Variable
- VB Visual Basic
- VDD Virtual Device Driver
- VGA Video Graphics Array
- VLAN Virtual Local Area Network
- VM Virtual Memory
- VMS Video Memory System
- VPN Virtual Private Network
- VT Video Terminal
- VSNL Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited
- VDU Visual Display Unit
- VLSI Very Large Scale Integration
- VRAM Video Random Access Memory
W
- WAN Wide Area Network
- WAP Wireless Application Protocol
- Wi-Fi Wireless Fidelity
- WiMax Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
- WINS Windows Internet Naming Service
- WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
- WMA Wireless Media Audio
- WMV Wireless Media Video
- WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access
- WWAN Wireless Wide Area Network
- WWID World Wide Identifier
- WWW World Wide Web
- WLL Wireless Local Loop
- WORM Write Once Read Many
X
- XHTML extensible HyperText Markup Language
- XML extensible Markup Language
- XNS Xerox Network Services
- XUL XML User Interface Language
Y
- Y2K Year Two Thousand
Z
- ZIFS Zero Insertion Force Socket
- ZIP Zone Information Protocol
- ZISC Zone Instruction Set Computer
- ZMA Zone Multicast Address
- ZNA Zone Network Administration
- ZB Zeta Byte
- ZAW Zero Administration for Windows
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