ORIEL GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL

Learn the meanings of the most commonly used abbreviated terms in the computer hardware
and networking field

A2A application-to-application
AAA authentication, authorization, and accounting
AC alternating current
ACE access control entry
ACL Access control list
admin ADMINISTRATOR
ADN Advanced Digital Network
ADN application delivery networking
ADP Accidental Damage Protection
AFK Away From Keyboard
AI artificial intelligence
ALU arithmetic logic unit
APO Advanced Planner and Optimizer
APOP Authenticated Post Office Protocol
APOT Alternate (Additional) Point of Termination
app application
APPC Advanced Peer to Peer Communications
APPC Advanced Program-to-Program Communication
ARP Address Resolution Protocol
AUX auxiliary device
BFT Binary File Transfer
BIOS Basic Input/Output System
bps Bits Per Second
BSoD Blue Screen of Death
C++ / CPP C Plus Plus
CAD/ CAM Computer-Aided Design / Manufacturing
caps capital letters
CAPTCHA Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Huma
CAT Category (e.g. CAT-5 cable)
CCTV Closed-Circuit Television
CD Compact Disc
CD-R Compact Disc - Recordable
CD-ROM compact disc-read-only memory
CD-RW Compact disc-rewritable
crypto Cryptography
ctrl control
DDR RAM double data-rate random access memory
Disc / Disk DISKETTE
DNS Domain Name Service
dpi Dots Per Inch
DVCD Double Video CD
DVD digital video disc or digital versatile disc
DVD-R digital video disc-recordable
DVD-RAM digital video disc-random access memory
DVD-ROM digital video disc-read only memory
DVD-RW digital video disc-rewritable
DX DirectX / Direct X
E2E End-to-End
EBS E-Business Suite
EDI electronic data interchange
FPS frames per second
freeware free software
FTP File Transfer Protocol
FW Firewall
FWA Fixed wireless access
G giga
G2C Government to Citizen
GB gigabyte
gb Giga bit
Gbps Gigabit per second
Gbps gigabits per second
GHz gigahertz
GUI Graphical User Interface
HD / HDD Hard Disk Drive
HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface
HDTV High Definition television
HTML or HTM HyperText Markup Language
HTML5 HyperText Markup Language 5
HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol
HTTPS hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer
HTTPS HTTP over SSL
HTTPS HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
HTTPS Secured HTTP or HTTP Secure
Hz hertz
I/O Input/Output
IBM International Business Machines
ICANN Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers
ICDL International Computer Driving Licence
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
IDEA International Data Encryption Algorithm
IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol
IMAP4 Internet Mail Access Protocol version 4
IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identifier
IoT Internet of Things
IP Intellectual Property
IP Internet Protocol
IP address /number Internet Protocol addresss /number
IPCONFIG internet protocol configuration
IPP Internet Printing Protocol
IPSEC internet protocol security
IPSec IP Security
IPv4 Internet Protocol, version 4
IPv6 Internet Protocal version 6
IPv6CP IPv6 PPP Control Protocol
IR InfraRed
ISO International Organization for Standardization
IT Information Technology
JIT Just-in-time
JS JavaScript
KB kilobyte
Kb Kilobit
Kbps Kilobits Per Second
keygen Key Generator
keylogging keystroke logging
KIPS Thousands of instructions per second
kW kilowatt
KWH KiloWatt Hour
KYC Know Your Customer
L2F Layer2 Forwarding
L2F Layer 2 Forwarding
L2S Layer 2 Switch
L2TP Layer 2 tunneling protocol
L2TP Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
L3F Layer 3 Forwarding
L3S Layer 3 Switch
L3TP Layer Three Tunneling Protocol
LAN Local area network
laser light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
LCD liquid crystal display
Li-on lithium-ion
MAC Media access control
MAN Metropolitan area network
Mb megabit
MB megabyte
Mb megabyte
Mbps Megabits per second
MICR Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIMO Multiple Input, Multiple Output
MIPS Millions of Instructions Per Second
MIS management information systems
MODEM modulator-demodulator
MTP message transfer part
NAC Network access control
NAT Network Address Translation
NETBIOS network basic input/output system
Netizen citizen of theInternet
newbie New beginner
NFS Network File System
NTP Network Time Protocol
OCR Optical Character Recognition
OEM original equipment manufacturer
OTP One Time Password
P2P Peer to Peer
PAN Personal Area Network
PAP Password Authentication Protocol
PB PetaByte
PC Personal Computer
PC Personal computer (host)
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PDA Personal Digital Assistant
PNG Portable Network Graphics
PnP plug and play
PoE Power Over Ethernet
POP Post Office Protocol
POP3 Post Office Protocol, version 3
POP3 / IMAP4 Post Office Protocol version 3 / Internet Message Access Protocol versi
POS point of sale
PPP Point to Point Protocol
PPPoE Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
PPTP Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
PROM programmable read-only memory
PROM Programmable ROM
QoS quality of service
R&D research and development
RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
RAM Random Access Memory
RAN Radio Access Network
RF Radio frequency
RFID radio frequency identification
RGB Red/Green/Blue
RMON Remote Monitoring
ROM Read-Only Memory
S-HTTP Secure Hypertext Transport Protocol (rarely used)
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SQL Structured Query Language
SRAM Static random access memory
SSID Service set identifier (Wi-Fi)
SSL Secure Sockets Layer
SW or S/W Software
Sync Synchronisation
syslog system logging
TB terabyte
Tb terabit
Tbps terabits per second
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Telnet Telecommunication Network
TLD Top Level Domain
TMP file temporary file
tracert traceroute
TTS Text-To-Speech
VA virtual assistant
VCD Video Compact Disc
VGA Video Graphics Array
VHD Virtual Hard Drive
VHF very high frequency
VLAN Virtual local area network
VLAN virtual local-area network
VLC VideoLan Client
VLF Very Low Frequency
v-mail Video mail
VoD Video On Demand
Vodcast video podcasting
VoIP voice over Internet Protocol
VPN Virtual Private Networking
VR Virtual reality
VRAM video random access memory
WIFI wireless fidelity
Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi Alliance)
wiki What I Know Is
WLAN wireless local area network
WOL Wake On LAN
WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access
wpm Words Per Minute
WWAN wireless wide-area network
www World Wide Web
XT crosstalk
Y2K Year 2000
ZB Zettabyte