Computers Related Most Important Full Form Laptop ALU - Arithmetic logic unit ACPI : Advanced Configuration and Power Interface AC : Alternating Current AM : Amplitude Modulated AMD : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMI : American Megatrends Inc. ANSI : American National Standards Institute APIC : Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller APM : Advanced Power Management ASCII : American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASIC : Application Specific Integrated Circuit ASPI : Advanced SCSI Programming Interface AT : Advanced Technology ATA : AT Bus Attachment ATAPI : ATA Packet Interface ATM : Asynchronous Transfer Mode BBS : Bulletin Board System BCC : Block Check Character BSC : Binary Synchronous Communications BSD : Berkeley Standard Distribution BTU : British Thermal Units BCD : Binary Coded Decimal BIOS : Basic Input / Output System BNC : Bayonet Nut Connector BPS/bps : Bytes/bits Per Second CAM : Computer Aided Manufacturing CAD : Computer Aided Design CAS : Column Address Strobe CPU - Central Processing Unit CPI : Clocks Per Instruction CR - Carriage Return CUI - Composite User Interface CRT - Cathode Ray Tube CRC: Cyclical Redundancy Check CD: Carrier Detect & Compact Disc CD-R - Compact Disc-Recordable CD-RW - Compact Disc-ReWritable CD-ROM - Compact disc read-only memory CGA: Color Graphics Adapter CHS: Cylinder Head Sector COMPUTER - Common Oriented Machine Particularly Used for Trade Education and Research CMOS: Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor CSR: Command Status Register CTS: Clear To Send DVI - Digital Visual Interface DVD - Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc DAT: Digital Audio Tape DC: Direct Current DCD: Data Carrier Detect DCE: Data Circuit-terminating Equipment DD: Double Density DEC: Digital Equipment Corporation DIP: Dual-In-line Package DMA: Direct Memory Access DMI: Desktop Management Interface DOS: Disk Operating System DPE: Data Parity Error DRAM: Dynamic Random Access Memory DS: Double Sided DSP: Digital Signal Processor DSR: Data Set Ready DTC: Data Terminal Controller DTE: Data Terminating Equipment DTR: Data Terminal Ready EBCDIC: Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code EC: Error Check ECC: Error Check and Correction ECP: Enhanced Communication Port ECU: EISA Configuration Utility EDO: Extended Data Out RAM EEPROM: Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory EGA: Enhanced Graphics Adapter EIA: Electronic Industries Association EIDE: Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics EISA: Enhanced Industry Standard Architecture EMI: Electro-Magnetic Interference EMF: Electro-Magnetic Force EMS: Expanded Memory Specification EOF: End Of File EOL: End Of Line EPP: Enhanced Parallel Port EPROM: Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory ESCD: Extended System Configuration Data ESD: Electro-Static Discharge ESDI: Enhanced Small Devices Interface FTP - File Transfer Protocol FAT: File Allocation Table FCC: Federal Communications Commission FDD: Fixed/Floppy Disk Drive FDDI: Fiber Distributed Data Interface FDM: Frequency Division Multiplexing FDX: Full-Duplex Transmission FE: Front End FEP: Front End Processor FF: Form Feed FIFO: First-In First-Out FILO: First-In Last-Out FM: Frequency Modulation FPGA: Field Programmable Gate Array FPM: Fast Page Mode RAM FPU: Floating Point Unit FRC: Functional Redundancy Checking FRU: Field-Replaceable Unit FSF: Free Software Foundation FSK: Frequency Shifty Keying GUI - Graphical user interface GAS: Gallium Arsenide GFLOPS: Billions of Floating Point Operations Per Second HTML – Hyper Text Markup Language HD: High Density / Hard Disk HDD: Hard Disk Drive HDX: Half-Duplex Transmission HFS: Hierarchical File System HPFS: High Performance File System IBM - International Business Machines, Indian Bureau of Mines I/O: Input/Output IC: Integrated Circuit IDE: Integrated Device Electronics IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IMP: Interface Message Processor IPC: Inter Process Communication IPX: Inter network Packet eXchange IRQ: Interrupt ReQuest ISA: Industry Standard Architecture ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network ISO: International Standards Organization JFS: Journalized File System KNI: Katmai New Instructions KVA: KiloVolt-Amps LBA: Linear Block Array / Addressing LCD - Liquid crystal display LAN - Local area network LOGO - Language of Graphic-Oriented LED: Light Emitting Diode LF: Line Feed LIM: Lotus/Intel/Microsoft’s Expanded Memory Manager LRU: Least-Recently Used LSB/lsb: Least Significant Byte/bit LSI: Large Scale Integration LUN: Logical Unit Number LASER - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation MAN - Metropolitan area network MIPS - Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages MSo - Micro Soft Office, Multi system operator MB/Mb: Mega Bytes/bits MBR: Master Boot Record MCA: Micro Channel Architecture MCGA: Multi-Color Graphics Array MCM: Multi-Chip Module MDRAM: Multi-bank RAM MFLOPS: Millions of FLOating Point Operations per Second MFM: Modified Frequency Modulated MHz: MegaHertz MICR: Magnetic Ink Character Recognition MIDI: Musical Instrument Data Interface MIMD: Multiple-Instruction Multiple-Data MISD: Multiple-Instruction Single Data MMX: Multi-Media Extensions MNP: Microcom Network Protocol MODEM: MOdulator / DEModulator MOPS: Millions of Operations Per Second MOS: Metal-Oxide Semiconductor MP: Multi-Processor MPP: Massively Parallel Processor MPS: Multi-Processor System MSB/msb: Most Significant Byte/bit MSDOS: Microsoft’s Disk Operating System SI: Medium Scale Integration MTBF: Mean Time Between Failure N/C: No-Connect NBS: National Bureau of Standards NEMA: National Electrical Manufacturers Association NFS: Network File System NFU: Not-Frequently Used NMI: Non-Maskable Interrupt NMOS: Negatively doped Metal-Oxide Semiconductor NOP: No OPeration NRU Not-Recently Used NSF: National Science Foundation NVRAM: NonVolatile Random Access Memory OCR: Optical Character Recognition ODI: Open Data link Interface OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer OS: Operating System OSF: Open Software Foundation OSI: Open Systems Interconnect PAL/PLA: Programmable Array Logic / Logic Array PB: Push Button PBX: Private Branch eXtender PC: Personal Computer, Program Counter PCB: Printed Circuit Board PCI: Peripheral Component Interconnect PCM: Pulse Code Modulation PCMCIA: Personal Computer Memory Card International Association PE: Processor Element PFF: Page Fault Frequency PGA: Professional Graphics Array PGA: Pin Grid Array PIC: Programmable Interrupt Controller PIO: Programmed Input / Output PIROM: Processor Information ROM PLCC: Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier PLL: Phase Locked Loop PM: Preventive Maintenance PMOS: Positively doped Metal-Oxide Semiconductor PnP: Plug-and-Play POST: Power On Self Test PPP: Point-to-Point Protocol PQFP: Plastic Quad Flat Pack PROM: Programmable Read Only Memory PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Network PTE: Page Table Entry QAM: Quadrature Amplitude Modulation QFP: Quad Flat Pack QIC: Quarter Inch Cartridge RAM - Random-access memory RAID: Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks RAMDAC: Random Access Memory Digital to Analogue Converter RAS: Row Address Strobe RCA: Radio Corporation of America RCC: Routing Control Center RDRAM: Rambus DRAM RFC: Request For Comments RFI: Radio Frequency Interference RI: Ring Indicator RISC: Reduced Instruction-Set Computer RLL: Run Length Limited RMS: Root Mean Squared RMW: Read Modify Write ROM: Read Only Memory RPC: Remote Procedure Call RPM: Rotations Per Minute RTC: Real Time Clock RTS: Request To Send SAM: Sequential Access Memory SASI: Shugart Associates Standard Interface SCSI: Small Computer Systems Interface SD: Single Density SDLC: Synchronous Data Link Control SDRAM: Synchronous Dynamic RAM SDRAM DDR: Double Data Rate SDRAM SDRAM BDDR: Bi-Directional Strobed DDR SDRAM SE: Systems Engineer SEC: Single Edge Contact SFF: Small Form Factor SGRAM: Synchronous Graphics RAM SMS - Short Message Service SIMD: Single-Instruction Multiple-Data SIMM: Single Inline Memory Module SIPP: Single Inline Pinned Package SISD: Single-Instruction Single-Dat SLIP: Serial Line Internet Protocol SMD: Surface Mount Device SMT: Surface Mount Technology SNA: System Network Architecture SNR - Signal to Noise Ratio SO/SOL - Small Out Line SOIC - Small Outline Integrated Circuit SPOOL - Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On Line SPT Sectors Per Track SPU - Single Processor Unit SRAM - Static Random Access Memory SS - Single Sided STDM - Synchronous Time Division Multiplexing STN - Super Twisted Nematic STU - Streaming Tape Unit SVGA - Super Video Graphics Array TCM - Trellis Code Modulation TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol TDM - Time Division Multiplexing TI - Texas Instruments TIA - Telecomm Industry Association TLB - Translation-Look aside Buffer TPI - Tracks Per Inch TRANSISTOR - TRANSformer resISTOR TSR - Terminate and Stay Resident TTL - Transistor-Transistor Logic UAE - Unrecoverable Application Error UART - Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter UDP - User Datagram Protocol UMB - Upper Memory Block UNIX - A trademark used for a computer disk operating system UPS - Uninterruptible power supply USL - UNIX System Labs UUCP - UNIX to UNIX Copy Program VIRUS - Vital Information Resources Under Seize VDU - Visual Display Unit VBE - Video BIOS Extensions VCR - Video Cassette RecorderVESA: Video Enhanced Standards Association VGA - Video Graphics Array VLB - VESA Local Bus VLIW - Very Long Instruction Word VLSI - Very Large Scale Integration VM - Virtual Memory VME - Versa Module Euro-card VRAM - Video Random Access Memory VRT - Voltage Reduction Technology VTR - Video Tape Recorder WAN - Wide area network WATS - Wide Area Telephone Service WD - Western Digital WORM - Write Once - Read-Many WRAM - Window Random Access Memory WS - Wait State WWW - World Wide Web XGA - eXtended Graphics Array XMS - Extended Memory Specification XOR - Exclusive-OR XT - eXtended Technology ZIF - Zero Insertion Force
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