Computer Abbreviations

Here are some important abbreviations associated with Computer and web technology. These terms are very basic and general known by many peoples, but aim of sharing here to spread with unaware people.

CDAC : Centre for Development of Advanced Parallel Computing.

C-DOT : Center for Development of Telematrics.

HTTP : Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

ROM : Read Only Memory

RAM : Random Access Memory

BIOS : Basic Input- Output System.

MODEM : Modulation – Demodulation.

CAD : Computer Aided Design.

PSTN : Public Switched Public Data Network.

PSPDN : Pocket Switched Public.

RABAN : Remote Area Business Message Network.

LAN : Local Area Network.

WAN : Wide Area Network .

MAN : Metropolitan Area Network.

CDMA : Code Division Multiple Access.

GAIS : Gateway Internet Access Service.

E-Mail : Electronic Mail.

CD : Compact Disc.

LDU : Liquid Display Unit.

CPU : Central Processing Unit.

CAM : Computer Aided Manufacturing.

CATScan : Computerized Axial Tomography Scan.

COBOL : Common Business Oriented Language.

COMAL : Common Algorithmic Language.

DOS : Disk Operating System.

DTS : Desk Top System.

DTP : Desk Top Publishing.

E-Commerce : Electronic Commerce.

ENIAC : Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator.

FAX : Far Away Xerox.

FLOPS : Floating Operations Per Second.

FORTRAN : Formula Translation.

HLL : High Level Language.

HTML : Hyper Text Markup Language.

IBM : International Business Machine.

IC : Integrated Circuit.

ISH : International Super Highway.


LISP : List Processing.

LLL : Low Level Language.

MICR : Magnetic Ink Character Recognizer.

MIPS : Millions of Instructions Per Second.

MOPS : Millions of Operations Per Second.

MPU : Micro Processor Unit.

NICNET : National Information Center Network.

OMR : Optical Mark Reader.

PC-DOT : Personal Computer Disk Operation System.

PROM : Programmable Read Only Memory.

SNOBOL : String Oriented Symbolic Language.

UPS : Uninterpretable Power Supply.

VDU : Visual Display Unit.

VLSI : Very Large Scale Integrated.

WWW : World Wide Web.

Some others abbreviations suggested by Mohammed Rafi:

WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network.

Wi-fi – Wireless Fidelity.

TIFF – Tagged Image File Format.

e-SATA – External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment.

WiMAX – Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access.

JPEG – Joint Photographic Experts Group.

GIF – Graphics Interchange Format.

ATX – Advanced Technology Extended.

UATX – Ultra Advanced Technology Extended.

FATX – Flex Advanced Technology Extended.

MATX – Micro Advanced Technology Extended.

EEATX – Enhanced Extended Advanced Technology Extended.

DDR SDRAM – Double-Data-Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory.

DDR RAM – Double-Data-Rate Random Access Memory.

GUI – Graphical User Interfaces.

CUI – Command User Interfaces.

Some others abbreviations suggested by Mr.Dharma:

AGP -         Accellerated Graphics Port.

NAT – Network Address Translation.

ARPANET -     Advanced Research Projects Agency Network.

BIOS     -  Basic Input/Output System.

SCSI   - Small Computer Systems Interface.

OCR   -      Optical Character Recognition.

PCI      -   Peripheral Component Interface.

PDA      -   Personal Digital Assistant.

MIDI     -   Musical Instrument Digital Interface.

BPS     -  Bites Per Second.

KBPS    -    KiloBits Per Second.

MPEG    -    Motion Picture Experts Group.

JPEG      -   Joint Photographic Expert Group.

LCD      -   Liquid Crystal Display.

MAC      -   Media Access Control.

If you know some other terms and abbreviations related to computer, you can have a comment on the post so that can be added to the list.