Abbreviations

Full Form

AAC

Advance Audio Coding

ABI

Application Binary Interface

ABR

Area Border Router

ABR

Available Bit Rate

AD

Active Directory

ADC

Analog to Digital Converter

ADC

Apple Display Connector

AFA

All Flash Array

AH

Active Hub

AHA

Accelerated Hub Architecture

AI

Artificial Intelligence

AL

Active Link

ALGOL

Algorithmic Language

ALU

Arithmetic Logic Unit

AM

Active Monitor

AMD

Advanced Micro Devices

AMR

Audio Modem Riser

API

Application Program Interface

APIPA

Automatic Private IP Addressing

APT

Automatically Programmed Tooling

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASG

Abstract Semantic Graph

ASP

Active Server Pages

AST

Abstract Syntax Tree

AT

Advance Technology

ATA

Advanced Technology Attachment

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

AUI

Attachment Unit Interface

AVC

Advance Video Coding

AVI

Audio Video Interleaved

AWT

Abstract Windowing Toolkit

BASIC

Beginner’s All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

BCD

Binary Coded Decimal

BER

Bit Error Rate

BFD

Binary File Descriptor

BGP

Border Gateway Protocol

bin

Binary

BINAC

Binary Automatic Computer

BMP

Basic Multilingual Plane

BOIS

Basic Input Output System

BOOT

Bootstrap Protocol

CAD

Computer Aided Design

CADD

Computer Aided Design in Drafting

CAE

Computer Aided Engineering

CAI

Computer Aided Instruction

CAM

Computer Aided Manufacturing

CD

Compact Disk

CD ROM

Compact Disk Read Only Memory

CD RW

Compact Disk Rewritable

CDMA

Code Division Multiple Access

CG

Computer Graphics

CGA

Colour Graphics Array

CGI

Common Gateway Interface

CGI

Computer Generated Imagery

CIFS

Common Internet File System

CISC

Complex Instructions Set Computers

CLI

Command Line Interface

CMD

Command

CNC

Computer Numerical Control

COBOL

Common Business Oriented language

CPI

Cycle per Instruction

CPU

Central Processing Unit

CPU

Central Processing Unit

CRT

Cathode Ray Tube

CSI

Common System Interface

CSS

Cascading Style Sheets

CT

Computerized Tomography

CTCP

Client To Clint Protocol

CTL

Computational Tree Logic

CTS

Clear To Send

CUA

Common User Access

CUI

Character User Interface

DAC

Digital To Analog Converter

DAP

Directory Access Protocol

DAT

Digital Audio Tape

DB

Database

DBA

Database Administrator

DBMS

Database Management System

DCC

Direct Client To Client

DDL

Data Definition Language

DDR

Double Data Rate

DDR-SDRAM

Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random access Memory

DES

Data Encryption Standard

DFD

Data Flow Diagram

DFS

Distributed File System

DHTML

Dynamics Hypertext Markup Language

DIVX

Digital Video Express

DLL

Dynamic Link Library

DLP

Digital Light Processing

DML

Data Manipulation language

DNA

Distributed Internet Architecture

DNS

Domain Name Server

DOC

Data Optimising  Computer

Doc

Document

DOS

Disk Operating System

DPI

Dots Per Inch

DPMI

DOS Protected Mode Interface

DRAM

Dynamic Random Access Memory

DSL

Domain Specific  Language

DSL

Digital Subscriber Line

DSN

Database Source Name

DTE

Data Terminal Equipment

DTR

Data Terminal Ready

DVD

Digital Versatile Disk

DVD

Digital Video Disc

DVDR

Digital Versatile Disk Recordable

DVDRW

Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable

DVI

Digital Visual Interface

DVR

Digital Video recorder

EAP

Extensible Authentication Protocol

EB

Exabyte

E-Commerce

Electronic Commerce

EDGE

Enhanced Data Rate for GSM Evolution

EDI

Electronic Data Interchange

EDO

Extended Data Out

EDP

Electronic Data Processing

EDSAC

Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator

EDVAC

Electronic Discrete variable Automatic Computer

EEPROM

Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

EFF

Electronic Frontier Foundation

EFI

Extensible Firemware Interface

EFS

Encrypted File System

EGA

Enhanced Graphics Array

EGP

Exterior Gateway Protocol

EiB

Exbibyte

ELF

Executable and Linkable Format

ELM

Electronic Mail

E-Mail

Electronic Mail

ENIAC

Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator

ENIAC

Electronic Numerical integrator and Calculator

EOF

End to File

EOL

End to Line

EOM

End to Message

EPROM

Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

EROM

Erasable Read Only Memory

EUC

Extended Unix Code

EXE

Executable

FAT

Find Allocation Table

FCS

Frame Check Sequence

FDC

Floppy Disk Controller

FDD

Floppy Disk Drive

FHS

File System Hierarchy Standard

FLOPS

Floating Point Operations for Second

FM

Frequency Modulation

FORTRAN

Formula Translation

FPS

Frames per Second

FPU

Floating Point Unit

FS

File System

FSB

Front Side Bus

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

FTP

File Transport Protocol

FXP

File Exchange Protocol

Gb

Gigabite

GB

Gigabyte

GBPS

Gigabytes Per Second

GDI

Graphics Interchange Interface

GDI

Graphical Device Into

GHz

Gigahertz

GiB

Gibibyte

GIF

Graphics Interchangeable Format

GIGO

Garbage In Garbage Out

GML

Geography Markup Language

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service

GPU

Graphics Processing Unit

GSM

Global System for Mobile communication

GUI

Graphical User Interface

HAL

Hardware Abstraction Layer

HCI

Human Computer Interaction

HD

Hard Disk

HDD

Hard Disk Drive

HDD

Hard Disk Drive

HDL

Hardware Description Language

HDMI

High Ddefinition Multimedia Interface

HID

Human Interface Device

HIG

Human Interface Guideline

HP

Horse Power

HPC

Handheld Personal Computer

HPFS

High Performance File System

HSDPA

High Speed Downlink Packet Access

HSM

Hierarchical Storage Management

HTM

Hierarchical Temporal Memory

HTML

Hypertext Markup Protocol

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

HTTPS

Hypertext Transfer protocol Secure

HTX

Hyper Transport Expansion

HURD

Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons

HVD

Holographic Versatile Disc

IBM

International Business Machines

IC

Integrated Circuit

ICP

Internet Cache protocol

ICT

Information Communication Technology

IDL

Interface Definition Language

IE

Internet Explorer

IGMP

Internet Group Management Protocol

IGRP

Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

IHV

Independent Hardware Vendor

IIOP

Internet Inter Orb Protocol

IIS

Internet Information Service

IM

Instant Messaging

IMAP

Internet Message Access Protocol

INFO

Information

INTEL

Integrated Electronics

IO

Input Output

IOP

Input Output Processor

IP

Internet Protocol

IP

Internet Protocol

IPC

Inter Process Communication

IPP

Internet Printing Protocol

IPV4

Internet Protocol Version 4

IPV6

Internet protocol Version 6

IRC

Internet Relay Chat

IRP

I/O Request Packet

IRQ

Interrupt Request

ISC

Internet Storm Center

ISO

International Organisation For Standarization

ISOC

Internet Society

ISP

Internet Service Provider

ISP

Internet Service Provider

ISR

Interrupt Service Routine

ISV

Independent Software Vendor

IT

Information Technology

ITU

International Telecommunication Unit

J2CE

Java 2 Cryptographic Edition

J2EE

Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition

JAR

Java Archive

JDS

Java Desktop System

JMS

Java Message Service

JMX

Java Management Extensions

JNDI

Java Naming and Directory Interface

JNI

Java  Native Interface

JPEG

Joint Photographic Expert Group

JS

Java Script

JSON

Java Script Object Notation

JSP

Java Server Page

JUG

Java Users Group

KB

Kilobyte

Kb

Kilobit

KBD

Keyboard

Kbps

Kilobytes per Second

LAN

Local Area Network

LCD

Liquid Crystal Display

LLL

Low Level Language

LSB

Least Significant Bit

MAN

Metropolitan Area Network

MB

Megabyte

Mb

Megabit

MBCS

Multi Byte Character Set

MBPS

Megabyte per Second

MBR

Master Boot Record

MDI

Multiple Document Interface

MHz

Megahetz

MICR

Magnetic Internet Mail Extensions

MIME

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

MIMO

Multiple Input Multiple Output

MIPS

Million Instructions for Second

MMX

Multi Media Extensions

MNG

Multi image Network Graphics

Mp3

MPEG Audio Layer 3

Mp4

MPEG 4 AVC

MPEG

Motion Picture Experts Recognition

MPL

Mozilla public Bit

MSB

Most Significant Bit

MS-DOS

Microsoft DOS

MVS

Multiple Virtual Storage

NAT

Network Address Translation

NEXT

Near End Cross Talk

NFS

Network File System

NIC

Network Interface Card

NIO

New I/O

NMI

Non Maskable  Interrupt

NNTP

Network News Transfer Protocol

NOP

No Operation

NOS

Network Operating System

NT

New Technology

NTFS

New Technology File System

NTP

Network Time Protocol

OCR

Optical Character Recognition

OMR

Optical Mark Reader

OOP

Object Oriented Programming

OpenGL

Open Graphics Library

OPML

Outline Processor Markup Language

OS

Operating System

OSI

Open Systems Interconnection

OSS

Open Source Software

PAN

Personal Area Network

PAP

Password Authentication Protocol

PATA

Parallel ATA

PB

Petabyte

PC

Personal Computer

PCI

Peripheral Component Interconnect

PCL

Printer Command Language

PDA

Personal Digital

PDF

Portable Document Format

PDU

Protocol Data Unit

PGA

Pin Grid Array

PHP

Hypertext Preprocessor

PiB

Pebibyte

PIC

Programmable Interrupt Controller

PIC

Peripheral Interface Controller

PINE

Program For Internet News & Email

PING

Packet Internet Group

PNG

Portable Network

PNP

Plug and Play

POST

Power on Self Test

PPP

Point to Point Protocol

PROM

Programmable Read-Only Memory

PSU

Power Supply Unit

QDR

Quad Data Rate

QFP

Quoted For Permanence

QoS

Quality Of Service

RADIUS

Remote Authentication Dail In User Service

RAID

Redundant Array of Independent Disks

RAM

Random Access Memory

RARP

Reserve Address Resolution Protocol

RDBMS

Relational Database Management System

RDF

Resource Description Framework

RDMA

Remote Direct Memory Access

REFAL

Recursive Functions Algorithmic Language

RIP

Routing Information to Protocol

ROM

Read Only Memory

ROMB

Read Out Motherboard

ROTS

Real Time Operating System

RPM

Revolutions Per Minute

SAM

Software Asset Management

SAN

Storage Area Network

SATA

Serial ATA

SAX

Simple API for XML

SDL

Simple Direct Media Layer

SDN

Service Delivery Network

SDR

Software Defined Radio

SDRAM

Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

SEO

Search Engine Optimisation

SIM

Subscriber Identity Module

SIU

Serial Interface Unit

SMBIOS

System Management BIOS

SMPS

Switch Mode Power Supply

SMS

Short Message Service

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SNAP

Sub Network Access Protocol

SNOBOL

String Oriented Symbolic Language

SP

Service Pack

SPI

Serial Peripheral Interface

SQL

Structured Query

SRAM

Static Random Access Memory

SSD

Solid State Drive

SVD

Structured VLSI Design

SW

Software

TAPI

Telephony Application Programming Interface

TB

Terabyte

TBPS

Terabytes per Second

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

TiB

Tebibyte

TTA

True Tap Audio

TTF

True Type Front

TTS

Text To Speech

TTY

Teletype

TXT

Text

UHF

Ultra High Frequency

UI

User Interface

UMTS

Universal Mobile Telecommunication System

UNIVAC

Universal Automatic Computer

UPS

Uninterruptible Power Supply

URL

Uniform Resource Locator

USB

Universal Serial Bus

VAN

Value Added Network

VCD

Video Compact Disk

VDU

Visual Display Unit

VGA

Video Graphics Array

VHF

Very High Frequency

VIRUS

Vital Information Resource Under Seized

VOIP

Voice Over Internet Protocol

VPN

Virtual Private Network

VR

Virtual Reality

VRAM

Video Random Access Memory

VRML

Virtual Reality Mark-up Language

WAN

Wide Area Network

WAP

Wireless Application Protocol

WBMP

Wireless Bitmap Image

WINS

Windows Internet Name Service

WLAN

Wireless Local Area Network

WMA

Windows Media Audio

WML

Wireless Markup Language

WMV

Windows Media Video

WORM

Write Once Read Many

WWW

World Wide Web

XHTML

Extensible Hypertext Markup Language

XMF

Extensible Music File

XML

Extensible Markup Language

XMS

Extended Memory Specification

XSL

Extensible Style Language

XT

Extended Technology

Yahoo

Yet Another Hierarchical officious Oracle

YB

Yattabyte

YiB

Yobibyte

ZB

Zettabyte

ZiB

Zebibyte