SOME IMPORTANT COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS 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 Symbollic Instruction Code BIOS – Basic Input Output System Bit – Binary Digit BSNL – Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited 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 Raed/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 Languange XML - eXtensible Markup language Z ZB – Zeta Byte.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 21:54:22 +0000