Some Important Computer Abbreviations

A

·        Al – Artificial intelligence

·        ALGOL – Algorithmic 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

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 – 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 

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 – Static 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 -  Universal 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 Many

X

·        XHTML – eXtensible Hyper text Markup Language

·        XML -  eXtensible Markup language

Z

·        ZB – Zeta Byte