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| Short Form | Full Form |
|---|---|
| AAC | Advanced Audio Coding |
| ABR | Average Bit Rate |
| ADSL | Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
| AIM | AOL Instant Messenger |
| ATM | Automatic Teller Machine |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices |
| AGP | Advance Graphic Port |
| ALU | Arithmetic Logic Unit |
| APL | A Programming Language |
| APT | Automatically Programmed Tooling |
| API | Application Programme Interface |
| ARP | Address Resolution Protocol |
| ARQ | Automatic Repeat Request |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| ANSI | American National Standard Institute |
| AMPS | Advanced Mobile Phone System |
| ASP | Active Server Pages |
| ASPI | Advanced SCSI Programming Interface |
| AUI | Attachment Unit Interface |
| ACM | Associated For Computing Machinery |
| ALGOL | Algorithmic Language |
| ARPANET | Advanced Research Project Agency |
| AS | Autonomous System |
| ATA | Advanced Technology Attachment |
| ATDT | Attention Dial Tone |
| AVI | Audio Video Interleave |
| AUTOEXEC | Autoexec Automatic Execution File |
| BCR | Bar Code Reader |
| BEDO | Burst Extended Data Out |
| BGP | Border Gateway Protocol |
| BHTML | Broadcast Hyper Text Markup Language |
| BSNL | Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited |
| BIOS | Basic Output Input System |
| BIU | Bus Interface Unit |
| BCC | Blind Carbon Copy |
| BCD | Binary Code Decimal |
| BDSL | Brand Band DSL |
| BMP | Bitmap |
| BRD | Blu-Ray Disc |
| BASIC | Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
| BPI | Bite Per Inch |
| BNA | Burroughs Network Architecture |
| BIPS | Billions Of Instructions Per Second |
| CC | Carbon Copy |
| COBOL | Common Business Oriented Language |
| CU | Control Unit |
| CAD | Computer Added Design |
| CHS | Cylinder Head Sector |
| CAE | Computer Added Engineering |
| CISC | Complex Instruction Set Computer |
| CLR | Common Language Routine |
| CDR | Call Detail Record |
| CD | Compact Disc |
| CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access |
| CAM | Computer Added Manufacturing |
| CD-R | Compact Disc-Recordable |
| CDROM | Compact Disc Read Only Memory |
| CD-WO | Compact Disc-Write Once |
| CDRW | Compact Disc Rewritable |
| CD-XA | Compact Disc-Extended Architecture |
| CLI | Common Language Infrastructure |
| CAE | Computer Added Engineering |
| CLI | Common Language Infrastructure |
| CASE | Computer Aided Software Engineering |
| CDC | Control Data Corporation |
| CD-ROM | Computer Disc Only Read Memory |
| CGI-BIN | Common Gateway Interface-Binary |
| CIS | Computer Information System |
| CMYK | Cyan-Magenta- Yellow-Black |
| CNM | Circulatory Network Model |
| CL | Command Language |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit |
| CPPM | Content Protection for Pre-Recorded Media |
| CRT | Cathode Ray Tube |
| CATScan | Computerised Axial Tomography Scan |
| CDAC | Centre for Development of Advanced Parallel Computing |
| COMPUTER | Commonly Operated Machine Particularly Used for Trade/Technology, Education and Research. |
| DVD | Digital Video/ Versatile Disc |
| DAC | Data Acquisition and Control |
| DAT | Digital Audio Tape |
| DBMS | Data Base Management System |
| DB | Decibel |
| DHTML | Dynamics Hyper Text Markup Language |
| DML | Data Manipulation Language |
| DNS | Domain Name System |
| DDL | Data Definition Language |
| DOC | Data Optimizing Computer |
| Doc | Document |
| DOS | Disc Operating System |
| DCE | Data Communications Equipment |
| DNA | Digital Network Architecture |
| D/A | Digital to Analog |
| DRDO | Defence Research and Development Organization |
| DPI | Dots Per Inch |
| DMA | Direct Memory Access |
| DBS | Demand Based Switching |
| DDS | Digital Data Storage |
| DRAM | Dynamic RAM |
| DDL | Data Definition Language |
| DBMS | Data Based Management System |
| DMLS | Direct Metal Laser Sintering |
| DSN | Distributed System Network |
| DLP | Digital Light Processing |
| DTS | Digital Theatre System |
| DML | Data Manipulation Language |
| EPIC | Explicitly Parallel Intrusion Computing |
| EDGE | Enhance Data Rate for GSM Evolution |
| EDC | Electronic Digital Computer |
| EPG | Electronic Programming Guide |
| EDVAC | Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer |
| ERNET | Educational and Research Network |
| EEPROM | Electrically EPROM |
| EBDIC | Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code |
| EFM | Eight to Fourteen Modulation |
| EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
| Electronic Mail | |
| E-Commerce | Electronic Commerce |
| EIDE | Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics |
| ENIAC | Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator |
| EDSAC | Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator |
| EPROM | Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| EEPROM | Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| EFS | Encrypted File System |
| FDD | Feature-Driven Development |
| FDD | Floppy Disk Drive |
| FM | Frequency Modulation |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| FMS | File Management System |
| FSK | Frequency Swift Keying |
| FDM | Frequency Division Multiplexing |
| FAT | File Allocation Table |
| FORTRAN | Formula Translation |
| FEP | Front End Processor |
| FOSS | Free and Open Source Software |
| FLOPS | Floating Point Operations Per Second |
| GSM | Global System for Mobile Communication |
| GB | Giga Bite |
| GPL | General Public License |
| GIS | Geographical Information System |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| GNU | Gnu Not Unix |
| GHz | Giga Hertz |
| GPRS | General Packet Radio Service |
| GIGO | Garbage In Garbage Out |
| HTML | Hyper Text Markup Language |
| HDTV | High Definition Television |
| HTTP | Hyper Text Transfer Protocol |
| HP | Hewlett Packard |
| Hz | Hertz |
| HSS | Hierarchical Storage System |
| HSM | Hierarchical Storage Management |
| INSAT | Indian National Satellite |
| INTEL | Integrated Electronics |
| IBM | Internation Business Machine |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| IOP | Input Output Processor |
| IBG | Inter Block Gap |
| IDN | Integrated Digital Network |
| ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| IRG | Inter Record Gap |
| IDL | Interface Definition Language |
| IC | Integrated Circuit |
| IrDA | Infrared Data Association |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| IVR | Interactive Voice Response |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| ISO | International Standards Organization |
| JSP | Java Service Pages |
| JCL | Job Control Language |
| JRE | Java Routine Engine |
| JIT | Just-in-Time |
| JPEG | Joint Photographic Expert Group |
| Khz | Kilo Hertz |
| KB | Kilo Bite |
| Kbps | Kilobytes Per Second |
| LTE | Long Term Evolution |
| LPM | Line Per Minutes |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| LSI | Large Scale Integration |
| LISP | List Processing |
| LED | Light Emitting Diode |
| LCD | Liquid Crystal Display |
| LPT | Line Printer |
| LLL | Low Level Language |
| LSD | Least Significant Digit |
| MAC | Media Access Control |
| MSCDEX | Microsoft Compact Disc Extension |
| MTNL | Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited |
| MMX | Multimedia Extension |
| MBPS | Megabytes Per second |
| MIDI | Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
| MAN | Metropolitan Area Network |
| MVT | Multiprogramming with Variable Tasks |
| MAR | Memory Address Register |
| MODEM | Modulator Demodulator |
| MIPS | Millions of Instruction Per Second |
| MPI | Message Passing Interface |
| MFT | Multiprogramming with Fixed Task |
| MSD | Most Significant Digit |
| MTBF | Mean Time Between Failure |
| MICR | Magnetic Ink Character Reader |
| MMC | Multimedia Card |
| MBR | Memory Buffer Register |
| MNP | Microcom Network Protocol |
| MB | Mega Bites |
| MS-DOS | Microsoft Disk Operating System |
| MMS | Multimedia Messaging Service |
| MIMO | Multiple Input Multiple Output |
| MFLOPS | Mega FLOPS |
| MPEG | Moving Pictures Expert Group |
| MP3 | MPEG1, Audio Layer 3 |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| NIC | National Informatics Centre, Network Interface Card |
| NOS | Network Operating System |
| NFC | Near Field Communication |
| NLP | Natural Language Processing |
| NCMRWF | National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting |
| NICNET | National Informatics Centre Network |
| NTSC | National Television System Committee |
| NTP | Network Time Protocol |
| OCR | Optical Character Reader |
| OMR | Optical Mark Reader |
| OS | Operating System |
| OSS | Open Source Software |
| OHA | Open Handset Alliance |
| OCR | Optical Character Reader |
| OSI | Open System Interconnection |
| OOP | Object Oriented Programming |
| OFDM | Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing |
| PC | Personal Computer, Programme Control Register |
| PVC | Poly Vinyl Chloride |
| PDA | Personal Digital Assistant |
| PROM | Programmable Read Only Memory |
| PPM | Pages Per Minute |
| Portable Document Format | |
| PM | Phase Modulation |
| PVM | Parallel Virtual Machine |
| PAL | Phase Alternating Line |
| POS | Point of Sale |
| PCB | Process Control Block, Printed Circuit Board |
| POTS | Plane Old Telephone Services |
| PyPI | Python Package Index |
| PPM | Page Per Minute |
| PIP | Peripheral Interchange Proramme |
| PRIMENET | Prime Computer Network |
| PFLOPS | Peta FlOPS |
| PSTN | Public Switched Telephone Network |
| PDL | Programme Design Language |
| PL/1 | Programming Language One |
| PDP | Programmed Data Processor |
| PHP | Hyper Text Processor |
| PPP | Point to Point Protocol |
| PCI | Peripheral Component Interconnect |
| PIM | Personal Information Manager |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics |
| P2P | Point to Point Protocol |
| PIXEL | Picture Element |
| PRN | Printer |
| QoS | Quality of Service |
| QBE | Query By Example |
| QIC | Quarter Inch Cartridge |
| ROM | Read Only Memory |
| RISC | Reduced Instruction Set Computer |
| RAM | Random Access Memory |
| RARP | Reverse Address Resolution Protocol |
| RDBMS | Relational Data Base Management System |
| RAID | Redundant Array of Inexpensive |
| RGB | Red Green and Blue |
| RLogin | Remote Login |
| RIP | Routing Information Protocol |
| RISC | Reduced Instruction Set Protocol |
| SAM | Software Asset Management |
| SAN | Storage Area Network |
| SCSI | Small Computer System Interface |
| SDRAM | Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory |
| SMS | Short Message Service |
| SD | Secure Digital |
| SM | Subtractive Manufacturing |
| SNA | System Networks Architecture |
| SSI | Small Scale Integration |
| SLS | Selective Laser Sintering |
| SDK | Software Development Kit |
| SRAM | Static RAM |
| SGML | Syntax for Generalized Markup Language |
| SQL | Structured Query Language |
| STL | Stereo Lithography |
| SNOBOL | String Oriented Symbolic Language |
| SSD | Secondary Storage Device |
| SIMM | Single In-Line Memory Module |
| SDLC | Software Development Life cycle |
| SIM | Subscriber Identification Module |
| SIP | Session Initiation Protocol |
| SIU | Serial Interface Unit |
| SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| SYSOP | System Operator |
| SEQUEL | Structured English Query Language |
| TCP | Transport Control Protocol |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| TB | Tera Bite |
| TFLOPS | Tera FLOPS |
| TCO | Total Cost of Ownership |
| TDM | Time Division Multiplexing |
| UI | User Interface |
| USB | Universal Serial Bus |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
| UV | Ultra Violet |
| UWV | Ultra Wide Band |
| UTF | Unicode Transformation Format |
| UDT | User Data Type |
| UPC | Universal Product Code |
| UTP | Unshielded Twisted Pair |
| ULSI | Ultra Large Scale Integration |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| UNIVAC | Universal Automatic Computer |
| UVEPROM | Ultra Violet EPROM |
| VCD | Video Compact Disk |
| VIRUS | Vital Information Resource Under Siege |
| VDU | Visual Display Unit |
| VGA | Video Graphic Array |
| VDT | Video Display Terminal |
| VAN | Value Added Network |
| VOD | Video On Demand |
| VSAT | Very Small Aperture Terminal |
| VCR | Video Cassette Recorder |
| VSNL | Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited |
| V2I | Vehicle to Infrastructure |
| V2P | Vehicle to Person |
| V2V | Vehicle to Vehicle |
| VoIP | Voice over Internet Protocol |
| VRAM | Video Random Access Memory |
| WWW | World Wide Web |
| WAN | Wide Area Network |
| WAP | Wireless Application Protocol |
| WORN | Write Once Read Many |
| WLL | Wireless Local Loop |
| WiMAX | Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access |
| WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network |
| WWWW | Wireless World Wide Web |
| WYSIWYG | What You See Is What You Get |
| WIFI | Wireless Fidelity |
| XGA | Extended Graphics Array |
| XHTML | Extensible Hyper Text Markup Language |
| XMF | Extensible Music File |
| XML | Extensible Markup Language |
| XMS | Extended Memory Specification |