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Computer Related Acronyms

• CPU = Central Processing Unit

• ALU = Arithmetic Logic Unit
• IRQ = Interrupt Request
• FAX = Facsimile Technology
• CC =Carbon Copy
• BCC = Blind Carbon Copy
• BIOS = Basic Input Output System
• FIFO = First-In First-Out
• GIGO = Garbage-In Garbage-Out
• WORM = Write Once Read Many
• BASIC = Beginners’ All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
• COBOL = Common Business Oriented Language
• PROLOG = Programming in Logics
• ALGOL = Algorithmic Language
• FORTRAN = Formula Translating System
• SQL = Structured Query Language
• UNIX (formerly UNICS) = UNiplexed Information Computing System
• VPN = Virtual Private Network
• SD = Secure Digital
• CD = Compact Disk
• CD-R = Compact Disk Recorder
• CD-RW = Compact Disk Rewriter
• DVD = Digital Versatile Disk
• RAM = Random Access Memory
• ROM = Read Only Memory
• PROM = Programmable Read Only Memory
• EPROM = Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
• EEPROM = Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
• DDR = Double Data Rate
• DDR2 = Double Data Rate 2
• DDR3 = Double Data Rate Type 3
• DDL = Data Definition Language
• DML = Data Manipulation Language

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• DCL = Data Control Language

• TCL = Transactional Control Language
• VIRUS = Vital Information Resource Under Siege
• PLD = Programmable Logic Device
• PSU = Power Supply Unit
• POST = Power On Self-Test
• SMPS = Switched Mode Power Supply
• UPS = Uninterruptible Power Supply
• NIC = Network Interface Card
• MAC = Media Access Control
• HDMI = High Definition Multimedia Interface
• LCD = Liquid Crystal Display
• LED = Light Emitting Diode
• OLED = Organic Light Emitting Diode
• VGA = Visual Graphics Adapter
• VGA = Video Graphic Array
• RAS = Remote Access Service
• DSL = Digital Subscriber Line
• PnP = Plug n Play
• PCB = Printed Circuit Board
• IC = Integrated Circuit
• POS = Point Of Sale
• PDA = Personal Digital Assistant
• HDD = Hard Disk Drive
• FDD = Floppy Disk Drive
• MBR = Master Boot Record
• DNS = Domain Name System
• COMPUTER = Commonly Operated Machine Particularly Used for
Training and Educational Research
• OSI = Open Systems Interconnection
• DLR = Dynamic Language Run-time
• DSLR = Digital Single-Lens Reflex Camera
• EFTPOS = Electronic Fund Transfer at Point of Sale
• UNIVAC = UNIVersal Automatic Computer
• EDVAC = Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
• ABC = Atanasoff and Berry Computer
• ENIAC = Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer
• EDSAC = Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer

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• EBCDIC = Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Format

• COM = Computer Output to Microfilm
• VDU = Visual Display Unit
• UDF = Universal Disk Format
• JPEG = Joint Picture/Photographic Experts’ Group
• PDF = Portable Document Format
• GIF = Graphics Interchange Format
• EXE = Executable Format
• FLV = Flash Live Video
• 3GP = 3rd Generation Protocol
• JAR = Java Archive
• JAD = Java Application Development
• RAR = Roshal Archive
• MIDI = Musical Instrument Digital Interface
• ZAR = Zone Improvement Plan
• PNG = Portable Network/New Graphics
• GUI = Graphical User Interface
• PSD =Photoshop Standard Document
• MPEG = Motion Picture Experts’ Group
• MP2 = MPEG Audio Layer 2
• MP3 = MPEG Audio Layer 3
• MP4 = MPEG Layer 4
• ASI = Asynchronous Serial Interface
• AVI = Audio Video Interleaved
• AAC = Advanced Audio Codec
• AC3 = Dolby Digital Sound File
• AIIF = Audio Interchange File Format
• AMR = Adaptive Multi Rate
• FTP = File Transfer Protocol
• TCP = Transmission Control Protocol
• IP = Internet Protocol
• ICMP = Internet Control Message Protocol
• LCP = Link Control Protocol
• SMTP = Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
• SNMP = Simple Network Management Protocol
• UDP = User Datagram Protocol
• PPPoA = Point to Point Protocol over ATM
• PPPoE = Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet

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• DHCP = Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

• TFTP =Trivial File Transfer Protocol
• SFTP = Secure File Transfer Protocol
• SMTP = Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
• HTTP = Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
• HTTPS = Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure
• ARP = Address Resolution Protocol
• TelNet = Telecommunication Networking
• POP3 = Post Office Protocol Version3
• BGP = Border Gateway Protocol
• P2P = Point to Point Protocol
• PPP = Peer to Peer Protocol
• SNMP = Simple Network Management Protocol
• NTP = Network Time Protocol SIP Session Initiation Protocol
• DHCP = Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
• VOIP = Voice Are Internet Protocol
• IMAP4 = Internet Message Access Protocol Version 4
• RARP = Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
• ATA = Advanced Technology Attachment
• PATA = Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment
• SATA = Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
• DTH = Direct To Home
• MRI = Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• MICR = Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
• ANSI = American National Standards Institute
• ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange
• IEEE = Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
• ISO = International Standard Organization/International Org. for
Standardization
• BCD = Binary Coded Decimal
• EDCBIC = Extended Decimal Coded Binary Interchange Code
• VFX = Visual Effects
• SFX = Special Effects
• PCI = Peripheral Component Interconnect
• CMOS = Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
• CAD = Computer Aided Drawing
• URL = Uniform Resource Locator
• ASP = Application Service Provider or Active Server Page

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• ATM = Automated Teller Machine or Asynchronous Transfer Mode

• EMI = Electromagnetic Interference
• IDE = Integrated Drive Electronics
• PPI = Pixel Per Inch
• DPI = Dots Per Inch
• FPS = Frame Per Second
• XT = Extended Technology
• PSTN = Public Switched Telephone Network
• SITE = Satellite Instructional Television Experiment
• SIM = Subscriber Identity Module
• IMEI = International Mobile Station Equipment Identity
• IMSI = International Mobile Subscriber Identity
• ISDN = Integrated Services Digital Network
• MSISDN = Mobile Station ISDN
• PAN = Personal Area Network
• WAN = Wide Area Network
• LAN = Local Area Network
• MAN = Metropolitan Area Network
• CAN = Campus Area Network
• SAN = Storage Area Network
• VSNL = Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited
• FDDI = Fiber Distributed Data Interface
• EDI = Electronic Data Interchange
• AS = Autonomous System
• ASP = Active Server Pages
• PING = Pocket Internet Gopher
• NIC = Network Interface Card/ Controller
• HTML = HyperText Markup Language
• DHTML = Dynamic HyperText Markup Language
• SSH = Secure Shell
• MIME = Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
• SMIME = Secure Mime
• ALGOL = Algorithmic Language
• ATM = Asynchronous Transfer Mode
• AS = Autonomous System
• BASIC = Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
• BIOS = Basic input Output System
• BPS = Bit Per Second

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• DNS = Domain Name Server

• EDI = Electronic Data Interchange
• URL = Uniform Resource Locator
• GIF = Graphics Interchange Format
• ASP = Active Server Pages
• CC = Carbon Copy
• BCC = Blind Carbon Copy
• CAD = Computer Aided Design
• CDMA = Code Durian Multiple Access
• GSM = Global System for Mobile Communication
• CMOS = Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
• CMYK = Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
• GPS = Global Positioning System
• GUI = Graphical User Interface
• HDMI = High Definition Multimedia Interface
• GIGO = Garbage in Garbage Out
• LIFO = Last In First Out
• FIFO = First In First Out
• PING = Pocket Internet Gopher
• HDD = Hard Disc Drive
• NIC = Network Interface Controller/Cord
• HDTV = High Definition Television
• ISP = Internet Service Provider
• JPEG = Joint Picture Expert Group
• LCD = Liquid Crystal Display
• LED = Light Emitting Diode
• TFT = Thin Film Transistor
• CRT = Cathode Ray Tube
• MIDI = Musical Instrument Digital Interface
• MPEG = Moving Picture Expert
• PDA = Personal Digital Assistants
• PDF = Portable Document Format
• SQL = Structured Query Language
• USB = Universal Serial Bus
• VIRUS = Vital Information Resource Under Seize
• VOIP = Voice Over Internet Protocol
• IVR = Interactive Voice Response
• WiFi = Wireless fidelity

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• WIMAX = Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access

• ADSL = Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
• API = Application Program Interface
• ARP = Address Resolution Protocol
• RARP = Reverse ARP
• ICANN = Internet Corporation of Assign Names & Numbers
• DPI = Data Per Inch
• DSL = Digital Subscriber Line
• FAT = File Allocation Table
• MANET = Mobile Ad-Hoc Network
• MIPS = Million Instruction Per Second
• BIPS = Billion Instruction Per Second
• TIPS = Trillion Instruction Per Second
• NAT = Network Address Translation
• IMAP = Internet Message Access Protocol
• ISDN = Integrated Servers Digital Network
• DHTML = Dynamic Hyper Text Markup Language
• MAC = Media Access Control
• CNM = Calculatory Network Mode
• IPV4 = Internet Protocol Version 4
• IPV6 = Internet Protocol Version 6
• DBMS = Data Base Management System
• MODEM = Modulator Demodulator
• SMPS = Switch Mode Power Supply
• OMR = Optical Mark Reader / Recognition
• OCR = Optical Character Reader / Recognition
• BCR = Bar Code Reader
• MICR = Magnetic Ink Character Reader / Recognition
• PCB = Printer Circuit Board
• RAM = Random Access Memory
• SRAM = Static RAM
• DRAM = Dynamic RAM
• SDRAM = Synchronous Dynamic RAM
• ROM = Read Only Memory
• PROM = Programmable ROM
• EPROM = Electrically PROM
• EEPROM = Electrically Erasable PROM
• HDD = Hard Disc Drive

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• FDD = Floppy Disc Drive

• CD = Compact Disc
• DVD = Digital Video/Versatile Disc
• BRD = Blue Ray Disc
• HVD = Holographic Versatile Disc
• VSAT = Very Small Aperture Terminal
• UPS = Uninterrupted Power Supply
• APL = ‘A’ Programming Language
• HT = Hyper Threading
• VPN = Virtual Private Network
• EULA = End User License Agreement
• UDF = Universal Disk Format
• DMA = Direct Memory Address
• HP = Hewlett Packard
• IBM = International Business Machines Corporation
• AMD = Advanced Micro Devices
• JBL = Jame B. Lansing
• BMW = Bavarian Motor Works
• Adidas = Adolf (Adi) Dassler