| A |
A/D |
Analog To Digital. |
| ACE |
Access Control Entry |
| ADSL |
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
| AGP |
Accelerated Graphics Port |
| AI |
Artificial Intelligence |
| ALGOL |
Algorithmic Language |
| ALU |
Arithmetic Logic Unit |
| API |
Application Program Interface |
| APIPA |
Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing |
| APT |
Automatically Programmed Tooling |
| ARP |
Address Resolution Protocol |
| ARPANET |
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network |
| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| ASF |
Advanced Streaming Format |
| ASP |
Active Server Pages |
| ASR |
Automatic Send And Receive. |
| ATAPI |
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface |
| ATM |
Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
| AUI |
Attachment Unit Interface |
| AVI |
Audio Video Interleave |
| B |
BASIC |
Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
| BCD |
Binary Coded Decimal |
| BDPS |
Business Data Processing Systems |
| BIOS |
Basic Input Output System |
| BIS |
Business Information System. |
| BIU |
Bus Interface Unit |
| BMP |
Bitmap |
| BPS |
Bits Per Second. |
| C |
CAD |
Computer Aided Design |
| CAI |
Computer Aided Instruction |
| CAM |
Computer-Aided Manufacturing. |
| CAR |
Control Address Register |
| CASE |
Computer Aided Software Engineering |
| CCIS |
Common Channel Interoffice Signaling |
| CCNA |
Cisco Certified Network Associate |
| CD |
Compact Disc |
| C-DAC |
Centre For Development of Advanced Computing |
| CDMA |
Code Division Multiple Access |
| CDROM |
Compact Disc Read Only Memory |
| CGI |
Common Gateway Interface |
| CGM |
Computer Graphics Metafile |
| CIDR |
Classless Inter Domain Routing |
| CIM |
Computer Integrated Manufacture |
| CISC |
Complex Instruction Set Computers |
| CLR |
Common Language Runtime |
| CMOS |
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
| COBOL |
Common Business Oriented Language |
| CORBA |
Common Object Request Broker Architecture |
| CPI |
Clock Cycle Per Instruction |
| CPS |
Characters Per Second. |
| CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
| CROM |
Control Read-Only Memory. |
| CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube. |
| css |
Cascading Style Sheet file |
| D |
DAC |
Digital to Analog Converter |
| DBA |
Data Base Administrator |
| DBMS |
Database Management System |
| DCA |
Defense Communication Agency |
| DCL |
Data Control Language |
| DDP |
Distributed Data Processing |
| DFS |
Distributed File System |
| DHCP |
Dynamic Host Control Protocol |
| DHTML |
Dynamics HyperText Markup Language |
| DNS |
Domain Name System (Server) |
| doc and docx |
Microsoft Word file |
| DOS |
Disk Operating System, Denial of Service |
| DPI |
Dots Per Inch. |
| DRAM |
Dynamic Random-Access Memory |
| DSL |
Digital Subscriber Line |
| DTP |
Desktop Publishing. |
| DVD |
Digital Versatile Disc |
| E |
EEPROM |
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| ENIAC |
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator |
| EPROM |
Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| F |
FDD |
Floppy Disk Drive |
| FDMA |
Frequency Division Multiple Access |
| FIFO |
First In First Out |
| FLOPS |
Floating Point Operations Per Second |
| FM |
Frequency Modulation. |
| FO |
Fiber Optics |
| FORTRAN |
Formula Translation. |
| FPS |
Frames Per Second |
| FRAM |
Ferro Electric Random-Access Memory |
| FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
| G |
GB |
GigaByte. |
| GIF |
Graphic Interchange Format |
| GIGO |
Garbage In Garbage Out |
| GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
| H |
HDD |
Hard Disk Drive |
| HFS |
Hierarchical File System |
| HPFS |
High Performance File System |
| HTML |
HyperText Markup Language |
| HTTP |
HyperText Transfer Protocol |
| HZ |
Hertz. |
| I |
I/O |
Input / Output. |
| IBM |
International Business Machines |
| IDE |
Integrated Development Environment |
| IE |
Internet Explorer |
| IGMP |
Internet Group Management Protocol |
| IO |
Input-Output |
| IP |
Internet Protocol. |
| ISAPI |
Internet Server Application Program Interface |
| ISDN |
Integrated Services Digital Network |
| ISO |
International Standard Organization |
| ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
| ISR |
Interrupt Service Routine |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| ITPL |
Information Technology Park Limited (India) |
| J |
JCL |
Job Control Language |
| JDBC |
Java DataBase Connectivity |
| JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| js |
JavaScript file |
| JSP |
Java Server Pages |
| K |
KB |
KiloByte. |
| L |
LAN |
Local Area Network |
| LCD |
Liquid Crystal Display |
| LSI |
Large Scale Integration |
| LSP |
Layered Service Provider |
| M |
MAC |
Media Access Control |
| MAN |
Metropolitan Area Network |
| MAU |
Multi-station Access Unit |
| MB |
MegaByte. |
| MDI |
Multiple Document Interface |
| MG |
MegaBytes |
| MICR |
Magnetic Ink Characters Reader |
| MIMD |
Multiple Instruction Multiple Data |
| MIME |
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
| MIPS |
Millions Of Instructions Per Second |
| MODEM |
Modulator And Demodulator |
| MP3 |
Motion Pictures Experts Group Layer 3 |
| MPEG |
Motion Pictures Experts Group |
| MS |
Microsoft |
| MSRAP |
Microsoft Remote Administration Protocol |
| MSRPC |
Microsoft Remote Procedure Call |
| MTS |
Microsoft Transaction Server |
| MTU |
Maximum Transmission Unit |
| N |
NCP |
Network Control Protocol |
| NDIS |
Network Driver Interface Specification |
| NIC |
National Informatics Centre |
| NIIT |
National Institute Of Information Technology |
| NNTP |
Network News Transfer Protocol |
| NS |
Nano Second. |
| NTP |
Network Time Protocol |
| O |
OCR |
Optical Character Readers |
| ODBC |
Open DataBase Connectivity |
| OLE |
Object Linking And Embedding |
| OMR |
Optical Mark Reader. |
| OOP |
Object-Oriented Programming |
| OOPS |
Object-Oriented Programming System |
| OS |
Operating System |
| OSI |
Open System Interconnection |
| P |
P2P |
Peer To Peer. |
| PAN |
Personal Area Network. |
| PC |
Personal Computer |
| PCB |
Printed Circuit Board. |
| PCI |
Peripheral Component Interconnect |
| PDF |
Portable Document Format |
| PDL |
Page Description Language |
| PDU |
Protocol Data Unit |
| PIC |
Programming Interrupt Control |
| PILOT |
Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching |
| PIN |
Personal Identification Number. |
| PLA |
Programmable Logic Array |
| PLC |
Programmable Logic Controller |
| PNG |
Portable Network Graphics |
| PNP |
Plug And Play |
| PPP |
Peer To Peer Protocol |
| pps |
PowerPoint slide show |
| ppt |
PowerPoint presentation |
| PROM |
Programmable Read-Only Memory. |
| R |
RADSL |
Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line |
| RAID |
Redundant Array Of Independent Disks |
| RAM |
Random Access Memory |
| RAMDAC |
Random Access Memory Digital To Analog Converter |
| rar |
RAR file |
| RAS |
Remote Access Network |
| RDO |
Remote Data Objects |
| RDP |
Remote Desktop Protocol |
| RFC |
Request For Comments |
| RGB |
Red Green Blue |
| RICS |
Reduced Instruction Set Computer |
| ROM |
Read Only Memory |
| RTC |
Real-Time Clock |
| RTF |
Rich Text Format |
| RTOS |
Real-Time Operating System |
| S |
SAM |
Security Access Manager |
| SAP |
Service Access Point, Systems Applications Products |
| SCMP |
Software Configuration Management Plan |
| SIM |
Subscriber Identification Module |
| 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 |
| T |
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 |
| txt |
Plain text file |
| U |
UDP |
User Datagram Protocol |
| UML |
Unified Modelling Language |
| URL |
Universal Resource Locator |
| USB |
Universal Serial Bus |
| USRT |
Universal Synchronous Receiver Transmitted |
| UTP |
Unshielded Twisted Pair |
| V |
VAN |
Virtual Area Network |
| VAST |
Very Small Aperture Terminal |
| VB |
Visual Basic |
| VC++ |
Visual C++ |
| VCD |
Video Compact Disc |
| VDL |
View Definition Language |
| VDU |
Visual Display Unit. |
| 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 |
| W |
WAN |
Wide Area Network |
| WAP |
Wireless Application Protocol |
| WBEM |
Web-Based Enterprise Management |
| WDM |
Wave Division Multiplexing |
| WHQL |
Windows Hardware Quality Lab |
| Wi-Fi |
Wireless Fidelity. |
| WINDOWS ME |
Windows Millennium Edition |
| WINDOWS NT |
Windows New Technology |
| WINDOWS XP |
Windows Experienced |
| WINS |
Windows Internet Name Service |
| WMI |
Windows Management Instrumentation |
| WML |
Wireless Markup Language |
| WORM |
Write Once Read Many |
| WSH |
Windows Script Host |
| WWW |
World Wide Web |
| WYSIWYG |
What You See Is What You Get |
| X |
XHTML |
Extensible HyperText Markup Language |
| XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
| Z |
zip |
Zip compressed file |
