Computer Science – Abbreviations
A:
1. Al - Artificial intelligence
2. ALGOL - Algorithmic Language
3. ARP - Address resolution Protocol
4. ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
B:
1. BINAC - Binary Automatic Computer
2. BCC - Blind Carbon Copy
3. Bin - Binary
4. BASIC – Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
5. BIOS - Basic Input Output System
6. Bit - Binary Digit
7. BSNL - Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
C:
1. CC - Carbon Copy
2. CAD - Computer Aided Design
3. COBOL - Common Business Oriented Language
4. CD - Compact Disc
5. CRT - Cathode Ray Tube
6. CDR - Compact Disc Recordable
7. CDROM - Compact Disc Read Only Memory
8. CDRW - Compact Disc Rewritable
9. CDR/W - Compact Disk Read/Write
D:
1. DBA - Data Base Administrator
2. DBMS - Data Base Management System
3. DNS - Domain Name System
4. DPI - Dots Per Inch
5. DRAM - Dynamic Random-Access Memory
6. DVD - Digital Video Disc/Digital Versatile Disc
7. DVDR - DVD Recordable
8. DVDROM - DVD Read Only Memory
9. DVDRW - DVD Rewritable
10. DVR - Digital Video Recorder
11. DOS - Disk Operating System
E:
1. EBCDIC - Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
2. e-Commerce - Electronic Commerce
3. EDP - Electronic Data Processing
4. EEPROM - Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
5. ELM/e-Mail - Electronic Mail
6. ENIAC - Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
7. EOF - End Of File
8. EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
9. EXE - Executable
F:
1. FAX - Far Away Xerox/ facsimile
2. FDC - Floppy Disk Controller
3. FDD - Floppy Disk Drive
4. FORTRAN - Formula Translation
5. FS - File System
6. FTP - File Transfer Protocol
G:
1. Gb - Gigabit
2. GB - Gigabyte
3. GIF - Graphics Interchange Format
4. GSM - Global System for Mobile Communication
H:
1. HDD - Hard Disk Drive
2. HP - Hewlett Packard
3. HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language
4. HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
I:
1. IBM - International Business Machine
2. IM - Instant Message
3. IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol
4. ISP - Internet Service Provider
J:
1. JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group
K:
1. K - Kilo
2. Kb - Kilobit
3. KB - Kilobyte
4. KHz - Kilohertz
5. Kbps - Kilobit Per Second
L:
1. LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
2. LED - Light Emitting Diode
3. LPI - Lines Per Inch
M:
1. Mb - Megabit
2. MB - Megabyte
3. MPEG - Moving Picture Experts Group
4. MMS - Multimedia Message Service
5. MICR - Magnetic Ink Character recognition
6. MIPS - Million Instructions Per Second
N:
1. NIC - Network Interface Card
2. NOS - Network Operating System
O:
1. OMR - Optical Mark Reader/Recognition
2. OOP - Object Oriented Programming
3. OSS - Open Source Software
P:
1. PAN - Personal Area Network
2. PC - Personal Computer
3. PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
4. PDF - Portable Document Format
5. POS - Point Of Sale
6. PNG - Portable Network Graphics
7. PPM - Pages Per Minute
8. PPP - Point-to-Point Protocol
9. PROM - Programmable Read Only Memory
10. PSTN - Public Switched Telephone Network
11. POST - Power On Self Test
12. PING - Packet Internet Groper
R:
1. RAM - Random Access Memory
2. RDBMS - Relational Data Base Management System
3. RIP - Routing Information Protocol
4. RTF - Rich Text Format
S:
1. SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
2. SQL - Structured Query Language
3. SRAM - Static Random Access Memory
4. SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol
5. SIM - Subscriber Identification Module
T:
1. TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
2. TB - Tera Bytes
U:
1. UPS - Uninterrupted Power Supply
2. URI - Uniform Resource Identifier
3. URL - Uniform Resource Locator
4. USB - Universal Serial Bus
5. ULSI - Ultra Large Scale Integration
6. UNIVAC - Universal Automatic Computer
V:
1. VAR - Variable
2. VGA - Video Graphics Array
3. VSNL - Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited
4. VDU - Visual Display Unit
W:
1. Wi-Fi - Wireless Fidelity
2. WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network
3. WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access
4. WWW - World Wide Web
5. WORM - Write Once Read Many
X:
1. XHTML - eXtensible Hyper text Markup Language
2. XML - eXtensible Markup language
Z:
1. ZB - Zeta Byte
General Abbreviations
1 IC – Integrated Chips
OCR - Optical Character Readers/Recognition
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
OOPS - Object Oriented Programming System
OPEN GL - Open Graphics Library
OS - Operating System
OSI - Open System Interconnection
PC - Personal Computer
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCMCIA - Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
PDF - Portable Document Format
PDL - Page Description Language
PDU - Protocol Data Unit
PIC - Programming Interrupt Control
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
PPTP - Point To Point Tunnelling Protocol
PROM - Programmable Read Only Memory
PS - Post Script
RADSL - Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line
RAID - Redundant Array Of Independent Disks
RAM - Random Access Memory
RAMDAC - Random Access Memory Digital To Analog Converter
RAS - Remote Access Network
RD RAM - Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
RDBMS - Relational Data Base Management System
RDO - Remote Data Objects
RDP - Remote Desktop Protocol
RFC - Request For Comments
RGB - Red Green Blue
RICS - Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RIP - Raster Image Processor
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 - Service Access Point, Systems Applications Products
SCMP - Software Configuration Management Plan
SD RAM - Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory
SDD - Software Design Description
SDK - Software Development Kit
SDL - Storage Definition Language
ISDN - Integrated Service Digital Network
SDSL - Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
SG RAM - Synchronous Graphics Random Access Memory
SGML - Standard Generalized Markup Language
SIM - Subscriber Identification Module
SIMD - Single Instruction Multiple Data
SISD - Single Instruction Single Data
SIU - Serial Interface Unit
SMP - Symmetric Multi Process
SMS - Short Message Service
SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNA - System Network Architecture
SNAP - Sub Network Access Protocol
SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol
SNOBOL - String Oriented Symbolic Language
SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol
SPX - Sequenced Packet Exchange
SQA - Statistical Quality Assurance
SQL - Structured Query Language
SRAM - Static Random Access Memory
SRS - Software Requirements Specification
STP - Shielded Twisted Pair
SVVP - Software Verification And Validation Plan
SW - Software
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
TPM - Transactions Processing Monitor
TSR - Terminate And Stay Residents
UDP - User Datagram Protocol
UI - User Interface
UML - Unified Modelling Language
UNC - Universal Naming Convention
UNIX - Uniplexed Information And Computing Systems
URL - Universal Resource Locator
USB - Universal Serial Bus
USRT - Universal Synchronous Receiver Transmitter
UTP -Unshielded Twisted Pair
VAN - Virtual Area Network
VAST - Very Small Aperture Terminal
VB - Visual Basic
VC++ - Visual C++
VCD - Video Compact Disc
VDL - View Definition Language
VGA - Video Graphics Array
VHS - Video Home System
VLIW - Very Long Instruction Words
VLSI - Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits
VPN - Virtual Private Network
VRAM - Video Random Access Memory
VRML - Virtual Reality Modelling Language
VS - Visual Studio
W3C - World Wide Web Consortium
WAIS - Wide Area Information Servers
WAN - Wide Area Network
WAP - Wireless Application Protocol
WBEM - Web Base Enterprise Management
WDM - Wave Division Multiplexing