IMPORTANT COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS

AAC- Advanced Audio Coding

AI- Artificial Intelligence

AMR- Adaptive Multi-Rate Codec

API- Application Program Interface

ARP- Address Resolution Protocol

ARPANET- Advanced Research Project Agency Network

ASCII- American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ATM- Asynchronous Transfer Mode

AVI- Audio Video Interleave

BASIC- Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

BCC- Blind Carbon Copy

BCD- Binary Coded Decimal

BHTML- Broadcast Hyper Text Markup Language

BIOS- Basic Input Output System

BIU- Bus Interface Unit

BMP- Bitmap

BPS- Bytes Per Second

CAD- Computer Aided Design

CADD- Computer Aided Design and Drafting

CAI- Computer Aided Instruction

CAM- Computer Aided Manufacturing

CAT Scan- Computerised Axial Tomography Scan

CDAC- Centre for Development of Advanced Parallel Computing

C-DOT- Centre for Development Of Telematics

CDMA- Code Division Multiple Access

CD- Compact Disc

CD-R- Compact Disc-Recordable

CD-ROM- Compact Disc-Read Only Memory

CD-RW- Compact Disc-Rewritable

CISC- Complex Instructions Set Computers

COBOL- Common Business Oriented Language

COMAL- Common Algorithmic Language

COMPUTER- Commonly Operated Machine Particularly Used for Trade/Technology, Education and Research

CPU- Central Processing Unit

CRT- Cathode Ray Tube

CUT- Character User Interface

DAT- Digital Audio Tape

DBMS- Database Management System

DNS- Domain Name System

DOC- Document (Microsoft Corporation)

DOS- Disk operating system

DPI- Dots Per Inch

DTS- Desk Top System

DTP- Desk Top Publishing

DVD- Digital Versatile Disc

DVD-RAM- Digital Video Disc-Random Access Memory

DVD-ROM- Digital Video Disc-Read Only Memory

DVD-RW- Digital Video Disc-Read/Write

DVI- Digital Visual Interface

DVR- Digital Video Recorder

EDGE- Enhanced Data Rate for GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) Evolution

EDSAC- Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator

EDVAC- Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer

E-Commerce- Electronic Commerce

E-Mail- Electronic Mail

ENIAC- Electronics Numerical Integrator And Calculator

FAX- Facsimile Automated Xerox

FLOPS- Floating Operations Per Second

FORTRAN- Formula Translation

FPS- Frames Per Second

GAIS- Gateway Internet Access Service

GDI- Graphic Device Interface

GIF- Graphic Interchangeable Format

GPRS- General Packet Radio Service

GSM- Global System for Mobile communication

GUI- Graphical User Interface

HLL- High Level Language

HSDPA- High Speed Downlink Packet Access

HTML- Hyper Text Markup Language

HTTP- Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

HTTPS- Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure

IAB- Internet Activities Board

IAS- Internet Application Software

IBM- International Business Machine

IC- Integrated Circuit

IETF- Internet Engineer Task Force

IRTF- Internet Research Task Force

ISH- International Super Highway

INTEL- Integrated Electronics

IP- Internet Protocol

ISP- Internet Service Provider

JAD- Java Application Descriptor

JPEG- Joint Photographic Expert Group

Kbps- kilobits/kilobytes per second

LAN- Local Area Network

LDU- Liquid Display Unit

LISP- List Processing

LLL- Low Level Language

LED- Light Emitting Diode

MAN- Metropolitan Area Network

M3G- Mobile 3D Graphics

M4A- MPEG-4 Audio file

Mbps- Megabits/Megabytes per second

MICR- Magnetic Ink Character Recognition

MIME- Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

MIPS- Million Instructions Per Second

MOPS- Million Operations Per Second

MODEM- Modulation-Demodulation

MPEG- Motion Picture Experts Group

MPU- Micro Processor Unit

MU- Memory Unit

NAT- Network Address Translation

NICNET- National Informatics Centre Network

OCR- Optical Character Reader

OMR- Optical Mark Reader/Recognition

P2P- Peer to Peer

PC-DOS- Personal Computer-Disk Operating System

PDA- Personal Digital Assistant

PDF- Portable Document Format

PNG- Portable Network Graphics

PROM- Programmable Read Only Memory

PSTN- Public Switched Telephone Network

PSPDN- Packet Switched Public Data Network

RAM- Random Access Memory

RABMN- Remote Area Business Message Network

RDBMS- Relational Database Management System

ROM- Read Only Memory

RPM- Revolutions Per Minute

SIM- Subscriber Identity Module

SMPS- Switch Mode Power Supply

SMS- Short Message Service

SMTP- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SNOBOL- StriNg Oriented symBOlic Language

SQL- Structured Query Language

SWF- Shock Wave Flash

TCP- Transmission Control Protocol

UHF- Ultra High Frequency

UMTS- Universal Mobile Telecommunication System

UNIVAC- Universal Automatic Computer / Universal Non Integrated Vacuum Actuated Computer

UPS- Uninterruptible Power Supply

URL- Uniform Resource Locator

USB- Universal Serial Bus

VAN- Value Added Network

VDU- Visual Display Unit

VLSI- Very Large Scale Integration

VHF- Very High Frequency

VIRUS- Vital Information Resource Under Seized

VOIP- Voice Over Internet Protocol

WAIS- Wide Area Information Server

WAP- Wireless Application Protocol

WAV- Waveform Audio

WBMP- Wireless Bitmap Image

Wi-Fi- Wireless Fidelity

WLAN- Wireless Local Area Network

WMA- Windows Media Audio

WML- Wireless Markup Language

WMV- Windows Media Video

WWW- World Wide Web

XMF- Extensible Music File