IMPORTANT ABBREVIATIONS OF
COMPUTERS
As we know that, nowadays
the technical knowledge of computers is an essential thing that should be known
by everyone. I make this blog to give some important technical terms. I
hope it will beneficial for you :) :)
A
AI: Artificial Intelligence
ALGOL: Algorithmic Language
ARP: Address Resolution
Protocol
ASCII: American Standard for Information Interchange
B
BINAC: Binary Automatic Computer
BCC: Blind Carbon Copy
BIOS: Basic Input Output System
BIT: Binary Digit
BSNL: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
C
CC: Carbon copy
CAD: Computer Aided Design
CD: Compact Disc
COBOL : Commom Business Oriented Language
CRT: Cathode Ray Tube
CDR: Compact disc Recordable
CDROM: Compact Disc Read Only Memory
CDRW: Compact Disc Rewritable
CDR/W: Compact Disc Read/Write
D
DBA: Database Administrator
DBMS: Database Management System
DNS: Domain Name System
DPI: Dots Per Inch
DRAM: Dynamic Random Access
Memory
DVD: Digital Versatile Disc/ Digital Video
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
EPROM: Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
EEPROM: Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
EMAIL: Electronic Mail
ENIAC: Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
EOF: End of File
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: Hewett 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 Instructuibs Per Second
N
NIC: Network Interface Card
NOS: Network Operations 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
PP: Point to Point Protocol
PROM: Programmable Read Only Memory
PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Network
POST: Packet Internet Gopher
R
RAM: Random Access Memory
RDBMS: Relational Data Base Manager
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 Program
T
TCP: Transmission Control Protocol
TB: Tera Bytes
U
UPS: Uninterrupted Power Supply
URL: Uniform Resource Locator
URI: Uniform Resource Identifier
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
WORA: Write Once Rune Anywhere
X
XHTML: Extensible Hyper Text Markup Language
XML: Extensible Markup Language
Z
ZB: Zeta Byte
Thank
you...!!
JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group