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 Abbreviations associated with Computer

 Article Number: 7450 | Last Updated: Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:11 AM

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 CalculatorFAX : 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.

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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 Formate-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 MemoryGUI - Graphical User Interfaces

CUI - Command User Interfaces