Computer Related Abbreviations

Abbreviation	Meaning
ACE	Access Control Entry
ADSL	Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AGP	Accelerated Graphics Port
AI	Artificial Intelligence
ALGOL	Algorithmic Language
ALU	Arithmetic Logic Unit
ANSI	American National Standards Institute
API	Application Program Interface
ARPANET	Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
ASCII	American Standard Code For Information Interchange
ASP	Active Server Pages
ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AUI	Attachment Unit Interface
AVI	Audio Video Interleave
BASIC	Beginner`s All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BCD	Binary Coded Decimal
BIOS	Basic Input Output System
BMP	Bitmap
BPS	Bytes Per Seconds
C-DAC	Centre For Development Of Advanced Computing
CAD	Computer Aided Design
CADD	Computer Added Drafting And Design
CAR	Control Address Register
CASE	Computer Aided Software Engineering
CCNA	Cisco Certified Network Associate
CD	Compact Disc
CD-RW	Compact Disc ReWritable
CDMA	Code Division Multiple Access
CDROM	Compact Disc Read Only Memory
CGI	Common Gateway Interface
CMOS	Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CMS	Content Management System
COBOL	Common Business Oriented Language
CPU	Central Processing Unit
CRM	Customer Relationship Management
CROM	Control Read Only Memory
CRT	Cathode Ray Tube
CUI	Character User Interface
DAC	Digital To Analog Converter
DBA	Data Base Administrator
DBMS	Data Base Management System
DCL	Data Control Language
DCOM	Distributed Component Object Model
DDL	Data Definition Language
DFD	Data Flow Diagram
DHCP	Dynamic Host Control Protocol
DHTML	Dynamics Hyper Text Markup Language
DLL	Dynamic Link Library
DMA	Direct Memory Access
DNA	Distributed Internet Architecture
DML	Data Manipulation Language
DNS	Domain Name System
DOS	Disk Operating System
DPI	Dots Per Inch
DRAM	Dynamic Random Access Memory
DSL	Digital Subscriber Line
DSN	Digital Subscriber Network
DVD	Digital Versatile Disc
EAROM	Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory
EEPROM	Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
EFS	Encrypted File System
EJB	Enterprise Java Beans
ENIAC	Electronics Numerical Integrator And Calculator
EPROM	Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
EROM	Erasable Read Only Memory
ERP	Enterprise Resource Planning
EULA	End User License Agreement
FAT	File Allocation Table
FDD	Floppy Disk Drive
FDDI	Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FDMA	Frequency Division Multiple Access
FIFO	First In First Out
FLOPS	Floating Point Operations Per Second
FO	Fiber Optics
FORTRAN	Formula Translation
FPS	Frames Per Second
FTP	File Transfer Protocol
GB	Giga Bytes
GIF	Graphic Interchange Format
GIGO	Garbage In Garbage Out
GPL	General Public License
GUI	Graphical User Interface
HDD	Hard Disk Drive
HFS	Hierarchical File System
HP	Hewlett Packard
HTML	Hyper Text Markup Language
HTTP	Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
IO	Input Output
IBM	International Business Machines
IC	Integrated Circuit
ICMP	Internet Control Message Protocol
IDE	Integrated Development Environment
IE	Internet Explorer
IP	Internet Protocol
IRC	Internet Relay Chat
ISAPI	Internet Server Application Program Interface
ISDN	Integrated Services Digital Network
ISO	International Standard Organization
ISP	Internet Service Provider
IT	Information Technology
ITPL	Information Technology Park Limited
JCL	Job Control Language
JDBC	Java Data Base Connectivity
JPEG	Joint Photographic Experts Group
JSP	Java Server Pages
KB	Kilo Bytes
KBPS	Kilo Bytes Per Second
LAN	Local Area Network
LCD	Liquid Crystal Display
LIFO	Last In First Out
LIPS	Logical Interfaces Per Second
LSI	Large Scale Integration
MAC	Media Access Control
MAN	Metropolitan Area Network
MB	Mega Bytes
MBPS	Mega Bytes Per Second
MBR	Master Boot Record
MCP	Microsoft Certified Professional
MDI	Multiple Document Interface
MICR	MagneticInk Characters Reader
MIDI	Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIME	Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MIPS	Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MODEM	Modulator And Demodulator
MP3	Motion Pictures Experts Group Layer 3
MPEG	Motion Pictures Experts Group
MS	Microsoft
MSDN	Microsoft Developer Network
MSIIS	Microsoft Internet Information Server
MSN	Microsoft Network
MTS	Microsoft Transaction Server
NASSCOM	National Association Of Software & Service Companies
NCP	Network Control Protocol
NIC	National Informatics Centre
NIIT	National Institute Of Information Technology
NTFS	New Technology File System
OCR	Optical Character Readers
ODBC	Open Data Base Connectivity
OLE	Object Linking And Embedding
OMR	Optical Mark Reader
OOA	Object Orient Analysis
OOAD	Object Oriented Analysis And Design
OOP	Object Oriented Programming
OPEN GL	Object Oriented Programming
OS	Operating System
PC	Personal Computer
PCI	Peripheral Component Interconnect
PDA	Personal Digital Assistant
PDF	Portable Document Format
PDL	Page Description Language
PILOT	Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching
PLA	Programmable Logic Array
PLC	Programmable Logic Controller
PNG	Portable Network Graphics
PNP	Plug And Play
PPP	Peer To Peer Protocol
PROM	Programmable Read Only Memory
PS	Post Script
RAID	Redundant Array Of Independent Disks
RAM	Random Access Memory
RAMDAC	Random Access Memory Digital To Analog Converter
RDBMS	Relational Data Base Management System
RDO	Remote Data Objects
RGB	Red Green Blue
ROM	Read Only Memory
RPC	Remote Procedure Call
RTC	Real Time Clock
RTF	Rich Text Format
RTOS	Real Time Operating System
SACK	Selective Acknowledgements
SAM	Security Access Manager
SAP	Systems Applications Products
SCMP	Software Configuration Management Plan
SD-RAM	Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SDD	Software Design Description
SDRAM	Static Dynamic Random Access Memory
SDSL	Symmetric Digital Subscribes Line
SG-RAM	Synchronous Graphics Random Access Memory
SIM	Subscriber Identification Module
SIMD	Single Instruction Multiple Data
SIU	Serial Interface Unit
SMS	Short Message Service
SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SQL	Structured Query Language
SRAM	Static Random Access Memory
SW	Software
SWF	Small Web Format
TAPI	Telephony Application Program Interface
TB	Tera Bytes
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
TCPIP	Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol
TDI	Transport Data Interface
TDMA	Time Division Multiple Access
UI	User Interface
UML	Unified Modelling Language
URL	Universal Resource Locator
USB	Universal Serial Bus
VAN	Virtual Area Network
VB	Visual Basic
VC++	Visual C++
VCD	Video Compact Disc
VDL	View Definition Language
VGA	Video Graphics Array
VLSI	Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VRAM	Video Random Access Memory
VS	Visual Studio
W3C	World Wide Web Consortium
WAN	Wide Area Network
WAP	Wireless Application Protocol
WML	Wireless Markup Language
WORM	Write Once Read Many
WWW	World Wide Web
WYSIWYG	What You See Is What You Get
XHTML	Extensible Hyper Text Markup Language
XML	Extensible Markup Language
Y2K	Year 2000

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