ABBREVIATION STAND FOR / FULL FORM OF COMPUTER TERMINOLOGY
A
AI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
ACE ACCESS CONTROL ENTRY
ACL ACCESS CONTROL LIST
ADO ACTIVE DATA OBJECTS
ASDL ASYMMETRIC DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE
AGP ACCELERATED GRAPHICS PORT
ALGOL ALGORITHMIC LANGUAGE
ALU ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT
ANSI AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD INSTITUTE
AOL AMERICA ONLINE
API APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE
APIPA AUTOMATIC PRIVATE INTERNET PROTOCOL
ARP ADDRESS RESOLUTION PROTOCOL
ARPA ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY
ARPANET ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY NETWORK
ASCII AMERICAN STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE
ASF ADVANCED STREAMING FORMAT
ASM ASSOCIATION FOR SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
ASP ACTIVE SERVER PAGES
AVI AUDIO VIDEO INTERLEAVE
AUI ATTACHMENT UNIT INTERFACE
ATM ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE
ATAPI ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ATTACHMENT PACKET INTERFACE
APT AUTOMATICALLY PROGRAMMED TOOLING
B
ACE ACCESS CONTROL ENTRY
ACL ACCESS CONTROL LIST
ADO ACTIVE DATA OBJECTS
ASDL ASYMMETRIC DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE
AGP ACCELERATED GRAPHICS PORT
ALGOL ALGORITHMIC LANGUAGE
ALU ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT
ANSI AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD INSTITUTE
AOL AMERICA ONLINE
API APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE
APIPA AUTOMATIC PRIVATE INTERNET PROTOCOL
ARP ADDRESS RESOLUTION PROTOCOL
ARPA ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY
ARPANET ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY NETWORK
ASCII AMERICAN STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE
ASF ADVANCED STREAMING FORMAT
ASM ASSOCIATION FOR SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
ASP ACTIVE SERVER PAGES
AVI AUDIO VIDEO INTERLEAVE
AUI ATTACHMENT UNIT INTERFACE
ATM ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE
ATAPI ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ATTACHMENT PACKET INTERFACE
APT AUTOMATICALLY PROGRAMMED TOOLING
B
B2B BUSINESS TO BUSINESS
B2C BUSINESS TO COMMERCE
BASIC BEGINNER'S ALL PURPOSE SYMBOLIC INSTRUCTION CODE
BCD BINARY CODED DECIMAL
BDPS BUSINESS DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS
BHTML BROADCAST SYPER TEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE
BIOS BASIC INPUT OUTPUT SYSTEM
BIU BUS INTERFACE UNIT
BLOG BINARY LOGIC OBJECT
BMP BITMAP
BPS BYTES PER SECONDS
BS BULLETIN BOARD SERVICE
B2C BUSINESS TO COMMERCE
BASIC BEGINNER'S ALL PURPOSE SYMBOLIC INSTRUCTION CODE
BCD BINARY CODED DECIMAL
BDPS BUSINESS DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS
BHTML BROADCAST SYPER TEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE
BIOS BASIC INPUT OUTPUT SYSTEM
BIU BUS INTERFACE UNIT
BLOG BINARY LOGIC OBJECT
BMP BITMAP
BPS BYTES PER SECONDS
BS BULLETIN BOARD SERVICE
C
CD COMPACT DISK
CD-ROM COMPACT DISK-READ ONLY MEMORY
CLI COMMAND LINE INTERPRETER
C DAC CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED COMPUTING
CAD COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN
CADD COMPUTE ADDED DRAFTING AND DESIGN
CAI COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION
CAM COMPUTER AIDED MANAGEMENT
CD RW COMPACT DISC RE-WRITABLE
CD WORM COMPACT DISC- WRITE ONCE READ MANY
CDMA CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS
CDONTS COLLABORATION ON DATA OBJECTS FOR WINDOWS Nt SERVER
CDROM COMPACT DISC READ ONLY MEMORY
CFG CONTROL FLOW GRAPH
CGI COMMON GATEWAY INTERFACE
GCM COMPUTER GRAPHICS METAFILE
CIDR CLASSLESS INTER-DOMAIN ROUTING
CIM COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURE
CISC COMPLEX INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTERS
CIX COMMERCIAL INTERNET EXCHANGE
CLR COMMON LANGUAGE RUNTIME
CMOS COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR
CMS CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
CMYK CYAN, MAGENTA, YELLOW, KEY
COBOL COMMON BUSINESS ORIENTED LANGUAGE
COM COMPONENT OBJECT MODEL
CORBA COMMON OBJECT REQUEST BROKER ARCHITECTURE
CPI CLOCK CYCLE PER INSTRUCTION
CPU CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT
CRC CYCLIC REDUNDANCY CHECK
CRM CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
CROM CONTROL READ ONLY MEMORY
CRT CATHODE RAY TUBE
CUI CHARACTER USER INTERFACE
CCNA CISCO CERTIFIED NETWORK ASSOCIATE
CASE COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
CCIS COMMON CHANNEL INTEROFFICE SIGNALLING
CD COMPACT DISK
CD-ROM COMPACT DISK-READ ONLY MEMORY
CLI COMMAND LINE INTERPRETER
C DAC CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED COMPUTING
CAD COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN
CADD COMPUTE ADDED DRAFTING AND DESIGN
CAI COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION
CAM COMPUTER AIDED MANAGEMENT
CD RW COMPACT DISC RE-WRITABLE
CD WORM COMPACT DISC- WRITE ONCE READ MANY
CDMA CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS
CDONTS COLLABORATION ON DATA OBJECTS FOR WINDOWS Nt SERVER
CDROM COMPACT DISC READ ONLY MEMORY
CFG CONTROL FLOW GRAPH
CGI COMMON GATEWAY INTERFACE
GCM COMPUTER GRAPHICS METAFILE
CIDR CLASSLESS INTER-DOMAIN ROUTING
CIM COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURE
CISC COMPLEX INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTERS
CIX COMMERCIAL INTERNET EXCHANGE
CLR COMMON LANGUAGE RUNTIME
CMOS COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR
CMS CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
CMYK CYAN, MAGENTA, YELLOW, KEY
COBOL COMMON BUSINESS ORIENTED LANGUAGE
COM COMPONENT OBJECT MODEL
CORBA COMMON OBJECT REQUEST BROKER ARCHITECTURE
CPI CLOCK CYCLE PER INSTRUCTION
CPU CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT
CRC CYCLIC REDUNDANCY CHECK
CRM CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
CROM CONTROL READ ONLY MEMORY
CRT CATHODE RAY TUBE
CUI CHARACTER USER INTERFACE
CCNA CISCO CERTIFIED NETWORK ASSOCIATE
CASE COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
CCIS COMMON CHANNEL INTEROFFICE SIGNALLING
D
DDR RAM COUBLE DATA RATE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
DEL DELETE
DVD-R DIGITAL VEDIO DISC RECORDABLE
DVD DIGITAL VEDIO DISC
DOS DISK OPERATING SYSTEM
DOM DOCUMENT OBJECT MODEL
DOD DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE
DNS DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM
DNA DISTRIBUTED INTERNET ARCHITECTURE
DMTF DISTRIBUTED MANAGEMENT TEST FORCE
DML DATA MANIPULATION LANGUAGE
DMA DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS
DLL DYNAMIC LINK LIBRARY
DLC DATA LINK CONTROL
DHTML DYNAMICS HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE
DHCP DYNAMIC HOST CONTROL PROTOCOL
DFS DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM
DFD DATA FLOW DIAGRAM
DDP DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSING
DDOS DISTRIBUTED DENIAL OF SERVICE
DDL DATA DEFINITION LANGUAGE
DCP DATA COMMUNICATIO PROCESSOR
DCOM DISTRIBUTED COMPONENT OBJECT MODEL
DCL DATA CONTROL LANGUAGE
DCA DEFENCE COMMUNICATION AGENCY
DBMS DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
DBA DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
DAT DIGITAL AUDIO TAPE
DARTANET DEFENCE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY NETWORK
DAO DATA ACCESS OBJECTS
DAC DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER
DPI DOTS PER INCH
DSL DIGITAL SUBSCIBER LINE
DSN DIGITAL SUBSCIBER NETWORK
DTD DOCUMENT TYPE DEFINITIONS
E
DDR RAM COUBLE DATA RATE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
DEL DELETE
DVD-R DIGITAL VEDIO DISC RECORDABLE
DVD DIGITAL VEDIO DISC
DOS DISK OPERATING SYSTEM
DOM DOCUMENT OBJECT MODEL
DOD DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE
DNS DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM
DNA DISTRIBUTED INTERNET ARCHITECTURE
DMTF DISTRIBUTED MANAGEMENT TEST FORCE
DML DATA MANIPULATION LANGUAGE
DMA DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS
DLL DYNAMIC LINK LIBRARY
DLC DATA LINK CONTROL
DHTML DYNAMICS HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE
DHCP DYNAMIC HOST CONTROL PROTOCOL
DFS DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM
DFD DATA FLOW DIAGRAM
DDP DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSING
DDOS DISTRIBUTED DENIAL OF SERVICE
DDL DATA DEFINITION LANGUAGE
DCP DATA COMMUNICATIO PROCESSOR
DCOM DISTRIBUTED COMPONENT OBJECT MODEL
DCL DATA CONTROL LANGUAGE
DCA DEFENCE COMMUNICATION AGENCY
DBMS DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
DBA DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
DAT DIGITAL AUDIO TAPE
DARTANET DEFENCE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY NETWORK
DAO DATA ACCESS OBJECTS
DAC DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER
DPI DOTS PER INCH
DSL DIGITAL SUBSCIBER LINE
DSN DIGITAL SUBSCIBER NETWORK
DTD DOCUMENT TYPE DEFINITIONS
E
E ELECTRONIC
EAROM ELECTRICALLY ALTERABLE READ ONLY MEMORY
EBCDIC EXTENDED BINARY CODED DECIMAL INTERCHANGE CODE
EDC ELECTRONIC DIGITAL COMPUTER
EEPROM ELECTRICALLY ERASABLE PROGRAMMABLE READ ONLY MEMORY
EFS ENCRYPTED FILE SYSTEM
EJB ENTERPRISE JAVA BEANS
ENIAC ELECTRONICS NUMERICAL INTEGRATOR AND CALCULATOR
EPROM ERASABLE PROGRAMMABLE READ ONLY MEMORY
EROM ERASABLE READ ONLY MEMORY
ERP ENTERPRISE PESOURCE PLANNING
EULA END USER LICENXE AGREEMENT
EGA ENHANCED GRAPHICS ADAPTER
ESX ENHANCED INTERGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS
ESP ENHANCED SERIAL PORT
ESC ESCAPE
EAROM ELECTRICALLY ALTERABLE READ ONLY MEMORY
EBCDIC EXTENDED BINARY CODED DECIMAL INTERCHANGE CODE
EDC ELECTRONIC DIGITAL COMPUTER
EEPROM ELECTRICALLY ERASABLE PROGRAMMABLE READ ONLY MEMORY
EFS ENCRYPTED FILE SYSTEM
EJB ENTERPRISE JAVA BEANS
ENIAC ELECTRONICS NUMERICAL INTEGRATOR AND CALCULATOR
EPROM ERASABLE PROGRAMMABLE READ ONLY MEMORY
EROM ERASABLE READ ONLY MEMORY
ERP ENTERPRISE PESOURCE PLANNING
EULA END USER LICENXE AGREEMENT
EGA ENHANCED GRAPHICS ADAPTER
ESX ENHANCED INTERGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS
ESP ENHANCED SERIAL PORT
ESC ESCAPE
F
FAT FILE ALLOCATION TABLE
FDD FLOPPY DISC DRIVE
FDDI FIBER DISTRIBUTED DATA INTERFACE
FDMA FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS
FIFO FIRST IN FIRST OUT
FPS FRAMES PER SECOND
FRAM FERROELECTRIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
FTP FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL
FLOPS FLOATING POINT OPERATIONS PER SECOND
FO FIBER OPTICS
FORTRAN FORMULA TRANSLATIONS
FPS FRAMES PER SECONDS
FAT FILE ALLOCATION TABLE
FDD FLOPPY DISC DRIVE
FDDI FIBER DISTRIBUTED DATA INTERFACE
FDMA FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS
FIFO FIRST IN FIRST OUT
FPS FRAMES PER SECOND
FRAM FERROELECTRIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
FTP FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL
FLOPS FLOATING POINT OPERATIONS PER SECOND
FO FIBER OPTICS
FORTRAN FORMULA TRANSLATIONS
FPS FRAMES PER SECONDS
G
GB GIGABYTE
Gbps GIGABIT PER SECOND
GIF GRAPHIC INTERCHANGE FORMAT
GIGO GARBAGE IN GARBAGE OUT
GML GENERAL MARKUP LANGUAGE
GNU GNU'S NOT UNIX
GPL GENERAL PUBLIC LINCE
GUI GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
Gbps GIGABIT PER SECOND
GIF GRAPHIC INTERCHANGE FORMAT
GIGO GARBAGE IN GARBAGE OUT
GML GENERAL MARKUP LANGUAGE
GNU GNU'S NOT UNIX
GPL GENERAL PUBLIC LINCE
GUI GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
H
HTTPS HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL SECURE
HDD HARD DISC DRIVE
HFS HIERARCHICAL FILE SYSTEM
HP HEWLETT PACKARD
HPC HIGH PERFORMING COMPUTING
HPES HIGH-PERFORMANCE FILE SYSTEM
HSR HORIZONTAL SCAN RATE
HTML HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE
HW HARDWARE
HDD HARD DISC DRIVE
HFS HIERARCHICAL FILE SYSTEM
HP HEWLETT PACKARD
HPC HIGH PERFORMING COMPUTING
HPES HIGH-PERFORMANCE FILE SYSTEM
HSR HORIZONTAL SCAN RATE
HTML HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE
HW HARDWARE
I
Ins INSERT
IANA INTERNET ASSIGNED NUMBER AUTHORITY
IMAP INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL
IT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
ISR INTERRUPT SERVICE ROUTINE
ISP INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER
ISO INTERNATIONL STANDARD ORGANATION
ISDN INTEGRATED SERVICES DIGITAL NETWORK
ISAPI INTERNET SERVER APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE
IRQ INTERUPT REQUEST
IRDA INFRARED DATA ASSOCIATION
IRC INTERNET RELAY CHAT
LRAM INTEGRATION RAM
IPX INTERNETWORKED PACKET EXCHANGE
IP INTERNET PROTOCOL
IOP INPUT OUTPUT PROCESSOR
IL INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE
ICT INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ICS REDUCE INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTING
ICMP INTERNET CONTROL MESSAGE PROTOCOL
IC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
IBM INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES
IO INPUT OUTPUT
J
IANA INTERNET ASSIGNED NUMBER AUTHORITY
IMAP INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL
IT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
ISR INTERRUPT SERVICE ROUTINE
ISP INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER
ISO INTERNATIONL STANDARD ORGANATION
ISDN INTEGRATED SERVICES DIGITAL NETWORK
ISAPI INTERNET SERVER APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE
IRQ INTERUPT REQUEST
IRDA INFRARED DATA ASSOCIATION
IRC INTERNET RELAY CHAT
LRAM INTEGRATION RAM
IPX INTERNETWORKED PACKET EXCHANGE
IP INTERNET PROTOCOL
IOP INPUT OUTPUT PROCESSOR
IL INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE
ICT INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ICS REDUCE INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTING
ICMP INTERNET CONTROL MESSAGE PROTOCOL
IC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
IBM INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES
IO INPUT OUTPUT
J
JCL JOB CONTROL LANGUAGE
JDBC JAVA DATA BASE CONNECTIVITY
JHTML JAVA WITHIN HYPER TEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE
JPEG JOINT PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP
JSP JAVA SERVER PAGE
K
JDBC JAVA DATA BASE CONNECTIVITY
JHTML JAVA WITHIN HYPER TEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE
JPEG JOINT PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP
JSP JAVA SERVER PAGE
K
KB KILO BYTES
KBPS KILOBYTES PER SECOND
KBPS KILOBYTES PER SECOND
L
L2TP LAYER TWO TUNNELING PROTOCOL
LCD LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY
LDAP LIGHTWEIGHT DIRECTORY ACCESS CONTROL
LIFO LAST IN FIRST OUT
LIPS LOGICAL INTERFACES PER SECOND
LOC LINES OF CODE
LSI LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION
LSP LAYERED SERVICE PROVIDER
LAN LOCAL AREA NETWORK
L2TP LAYER TWO TUNNELING PROTOCOL
LCD LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY
LDAP LIGHTWEIGHT DIRECTORY ACCESS CONTROL
LIFO LAST IN FIRST OUT
LIPS LOGICAL INTERFACES PER SECOND
LOC LINES OF CODE
LSI LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION
LSP LAYERED SERVICE PROVIDER
LAN LOCAL AREA NETWORK
M
MAN METRO POLSTON NETWORK
MS-DOS MICROSOFT DISK OPERATING SYSTEM
MP3 MOTION PICTURE EXPERT GROUP AUDIO LAYER 3
MP4 MOTION PICTURE EXPERT GROUP LAYER 4
MAC MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL
MAU MULTI-STATION ACCESS UNIT
MB MEGABYTES
MBONE MULTICAST BACKBONE
MBPS MEGABYTES PER SECOND
MBR MASTER BOOT RECORD
MCP MICROSOFT CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL
MCS MULTICAST SERVER
MCSA MICROSOFT CERTIFIED SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR
MCSD MICROSOFT CERTIFIED SYSTEMS DEVELOPER
MCSE MICROSOFT CERTIFIED SYSTEMS ENGINEER
MDE MICROSOFT ACCESS DATABASE
MDI MULTIPLE DOCUMENT INTERFACE
MDS MICROSOFT DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS
MFC MICROSOFT FOUNDATION CLASSES
MFT MASTER FILE TABLE
MG MEGA BYTES
MICR MAGNETIC-INK CHARACTER RECONGNITION
MIDI MUSICAL INSTRUMNENT DIGITAL INTERFACE
MIMD MULTIPLE INSTRUCTION MULTIPLE DATA
MIME MULTIPURPOSE INTERNET MAIL EXTENSIONS
MIPS MILLIONS OF INSTRUCTIONS PER SECOND
MISD MULTIPLE INSTRUCTION SINGLE DATA
MODEM MODULATOR AND DEMODULATOR
MPEG MOTION PICTURES EXPERTS GROUP
MAN METRO POLSTON NETWORK
MS-DOS MICROSOFT DISK OPERATING SYSTEM
MP3 MOTION PICTURE EXPERT GROUP AUDIO LAYER 3
MP4 MOTION PICTURE EXPERT GROUP LAYER 4
MAC MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL
MAU MULTI-STATION ACCESS UNIT
MB MEGABYTES
MBONE MULTICAST BACKBONE
MBPS MEGABYTES PER SECOND
MBR MASTER BOOT RECORD
MCP MICROSOFT CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL
MCS MULTICAST SERVER
MCSA MICROSOFT CERTIFIED SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR
MCSD MICROSOFT CERTIFIED SYSTEMS DEVELOPER
MCSE MICROSOFT CERTIFIED SYSTEMS ENGINEER
MDE MICROSOFT ACCESS DATABASE
MDI MULTIPLE DOCUMENT INTERFACE
MDS MICROSOFT DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS
MFC MICROSOFT FOUNDATION CLASSES
MFT MASTER FILE TABLE
MG MEGA BYTES
MICR MAGNETIC-INK CHARACTER RECONGNITION
MIDI MUSICAL INSTRUMNENT DIGITAL INTERFACE
MIMD MULTIPLE INSTRUCTION MULTIPLE DATA
MIME MULTIPURPOSE INTERNET MAIL EXTENSIONS
MIPS MILLIONS OF INSTRUCTIONS PER SECOND
MISD MULTIPLE INSTRUCTION SINGLE DATA
MODEM MODULATOR AND DEMODULATOR
MPEG MOTION PICTURES EXPERTS GROUP
N
NES NETWORK FILE SYSTEM
NAS NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE
NASSCOM NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOFTWARE & SERVICE COMPANIES
NCP NETWORK CONTROL PROTOCOL
NDIS NETWORK DRIVER INTERFACE SPECIFICATION
NDRO NONDESTRUCTIVE READOUT
NETBEUI NETBIOS ENHANCED USER INTERFACE
NIC NATIONAL INFORMATICS CENTERS
NITI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
NNTP NETWORK NEWS TRANSFER PROTOCOL
NOW NETWORK OF WORKSTATIONS
NSFNET NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION NETWORK
NT NEW TECHNOLOGY
NTFS NEW TECHNOLOGY FILE SYSTEM
NTP NETWORK TIME PROTOCOL
NAS NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE
NASSCOM NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOFTWARE & SERVICE COMPANIES
NCP NETWORK CONTROL PROTOCOL
NDIS NETWORK DRIVER INTERFACE SPECIFICATION
NDRO NONDESTRUCTIVE READOUT
NETBEUI NETBIOS ENHANCED USER INTERFACE
NIC NATIONAL INFORMATICS CENTERS
NITI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
NNTP NETWORK NEWS TRANSFER PROTOCOL
NOW NETWORK OF WORKSTATIONS
NSFNET NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION NETWORK
NT NEW TECHNOLOGY
NTFS NEW TECHNOLOGY FILE SYSTEM
NTP NETWORK TIME PROTOCOL
O
OCP ORACLE CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL
OCR OPTICAL CHARACTER READERS
ODBC OPEN DATABASE CONNECTIVITY
OLE OBJECTS LINKING AND EMBEDDING
OMR OPTICAL MARK READER
ONE OPEN NETWORK ARCHITECTURE
OOA OBJECT ORIENT ANALYSIS
OOAD OBJECT ORIENTED ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
OOP OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
OOPS OBJECTS ORIENTED PROGRAMMING SYSTEM
OPEN GL OPEN GRAPHICS LIBRARY
OS OPERATION SYSTEM
OSI OPEN SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION
OCR OPTICAL CHARACTER READERS
ODBC OPEN DATABASE CONNECTIVITY
OLE OBJECTS LINKING AND EMBEDDING
OMR OPTICAL MARK READER
ONE OPEN NETWORK ARCHITECTURE
OOA OBJECT ORIENT ANALYSIS
OOAD OBJECT ORIENTED ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
OOP OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
OOPS OBJECTS ORIENTED PROGRAMMING SYSTEM
OPEN GL OPEN GRAPHICS LIBRARY
OS OPERATION SYSTEM
OSI OPEN SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION
P
PIM PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGER
POP3 POST OFFICE PROTOCOL VERSION 3
POTS PLAIN OLD TELEPHONE SERVICE
PTT PUBLIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH
PPM PAGE PER MINUTES
PSW PROGRAM STATUS WORD
PSN PROCESSOR SERIAL NUMBER
PSI PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL
PS POSTSCRIPT
PROM PROGRAMMABLE READ ONLY MEMORY
PPTP POINT TO POINT TUNNELING PROTOCOL
PPP PEER TO PEER PROTOCOL
POST POWER ON SELF TEST
POP POST OFFICE PROTOCOL
PNP PLUG AND PAY
PLC PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER
PLA PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC ARRAY
PILOT PROGRAMMED INQUIRY LEARNING OR TEACHING
PIC PROGRAMMING INTERRUPT CONTROL
PHP PHP HYPERTEXT PROCESSOR
PDU PROTOCOL DATA UNIT
PDL PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE
PDF PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT
PDA PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT
PC PERSONAL COMPUTER
PCI PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT
PCMCIA PERSONAL COMPUTER MEMORY CARD INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
PIM PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGER
POP3 POST OFFICE PROTOCOL VERSION 3
POTS PLAIN OLD TELEPHONE SERVICE
PTT PUBLIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH
PPM PAGE PER MINUTES
PSW PROGRAM STATUS WORD
PSN PROCESSOR SERIAL NUMBER
PSI PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL
PS POSTSCRIPT
PROM PROGRAMMABLE READ ONLY MEMORY
PPTP POINT TO POINT TUNNELING PROTOCOL
PPP PEER TO PEER PROTOCOL
POST POWER ON SELF TEST
POP POST OFFICE PROTOCOL
PNP PLUG AND PAY
PLC PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER
PLA PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC ARRAY
PILOT PROGRAMMED INQUIRY LEARNING OR TEACHING
PIC PROGRAMMING INTERRUPT CONTROL
PHP PHP HYPERTEXT PROCESSOR
PDU PROTOCOL DATA UNIT
PDL PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE
PDF PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT
PDA PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT
PC PERSONAL COMPUTER
PCI PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT
PCMCIA PERSONAL COMPUTER MEMORY CARD INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Q
QOS QUALITY OF SERVICE
R
RSS REALLY SIMPLY SYNDICATION
RTF RICH TEXT FORMAT
RTC REAL TIME CLOCK
RPC REMOTE PROCEDURE CALL
ROM READ ONLY MEMORY
RISC REDUCED INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTER
RIP RASTER IMAGE PROCESSOR
RICS REDUCED INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTER
RGB RED GREEN BLUE
RSS REALLY SIMPLY SYNDICATION
RTF RICH TEXT FORMAT
RTC REAL TIME CLOCK
RPC REMOTE PROCEDURE CALL
ROM READ ONLY MEMORY
RISC REDUCED INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTER
RIP RASTER IMAGE PROCESSOR
RICS REDUCED INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTER
RGB RED GREEN BLUE
RFC REQUEST FOR COMMENTS
RDP REMOTE DESKTOP PROTOCOL
RDO REMOTE DATA OBJECTS
RDBMS RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
RD RAM RAMBUS DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
RAS REMOTE ACCESS NETWORK
RAMDAC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER
RAM RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
RAID REDUNDANT ARRAY OF INDEPENDENT DISKS
R DAT ROTATING DIGITAL AUDIO TAPE
S
RDP REMOTE DESKTOP PROTOCOL
RDO REMOTE DATA OBJECTS
RDBMS RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
RD RAM RAMBUS DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
RAS REMOTE ACCESS NETWORK
RAMDAC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER
RAM RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
RAID REDUNDANT ARRAY OF INDEPENDENT DISKS
R DAT ROTATING DIGITAL AUDIO TAPE
S
SSID SERVICE SET IDENTIFIER
SATA SERIAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ATTACHMENT
STP SHIELDED TWISTED PAIR
SVVP SOFTWARE VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION PROTOCOL
SW SOFTWARE
SRS SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION
SRAM STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
SQL STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE
SQA STATISTICAL QUALITY ASSURANCE
SPX SEQUENCED PACKET EXCHANGE
SOAP SIMPLE OBJECT ACCESS PROTOCOL
SNOBOL STRING ORIENTED SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE
SNMP SIMPLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL
SNAP SUB NETWORK ACCESS PROTOCOL ANA SYSTEM NETWORK ARCHITECTURE
SMTP SIMPLE MAIL TRANSFER PROTOCOL
SMS SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE
SMP SYMMETRIC MULTI-PROCESS
SIU SERIAL INTERFACE UNIT
SISD SINGLE INSTRUCTION SINGLE DATA
SIMD SINGLE INSTRUCTION MULTIPLE DATA
SIMD SINGLE INSTRUCTION MULTIPLE DATA
SIM SUBSCRIBER IDENTIFICATION MODULE
SGML STANDARD GENERALIZED MARKUP LANGUAGE
SG RAM SYNCHRONOUS GRAPHICS RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
SDSL SYMMETRIC DIGITAL SUBSCRIBES LINE
SDRAM STATIC DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
SDN INTEGRATED SERVICE DIGITAL NETWORK
SDL STORAGE DEFINITION LANGUAGE
SDK SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT
SDD SOFTWARE DESIGN DESCRIPTION
SD RAM SYNCHRONOUS DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
SCSI SMAL COMPUTERS SYSTEMS INTERFACE
SCMP SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT PLAN
SAP SERVICE AXXESS POINT, SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS PRODUCTS
SAM SECURITY ACCESS MANAGER
SACK SELECTIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SDAT STATIONARY DIGITAL AUDIO TAPE
SATA SERIAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ATTACHMENT
STP SHIELDED TWISTED PAIR
SVVP SOFTWARE VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION PROTOCOL
SW SOFTWARE
SRS SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION
SRAM STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
SQL STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE
SQA STATISTICAL QUALITY ASSURANCE
SPX SEQUENCED PACKET EXCHANGE
SOAP SIMPLE OBJECT ACCESS PROTOCOL
SNOBOL STRING ORIENTED SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE
SNMP SIMPLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL
SNAP SUB NETWORK ACCESS PROTOCOL ANA SYSTEM NETWORK ARCHITECTURE
SMTP SIMPLE MAIL TRANSFER PROTOCOL
SMS SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE
SMP SYMMETRIC MULTI-PROCESS
SIU SERIAL INTERFACE UNIT
SISD SINGLE INSTRUCTION SINGLE DATA
SIMD SINGLE INSTRUCTION MULTIPLE DATA
SIMD SINGLE INSTRUCTION MULTIPLE DATA
SIM SUBSCRIBER IDENTIFICATION MODULE
SGML STANDARD GENERALIZED MARKUP LANGUAGE
SG RAM SYNCHRONOUS GRAPHICS RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
SDSL SYMMETRIC DIGITAL SUBSCRIBES LINE
SDRAM STATIC DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
SDN INTEGRATED SERVICE DIGITAL NETWORK
SDL STORAGE DEFINITION LANGUAGE
SDK SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT
SDD SOFTWARE DESIGN DESCRIPTION
SD RAM SYNCHRONOUS DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
SCSI SMAL COMPUTERS SYSTEMS INTERFACE
SCMP SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT PLAN
SAP SERVICE AXXESS POINT, SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS PRODUCTS
SAM SECURITY ACCESS MANAGER
SACK SELECTIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SDAT STATIONARY DIGITAL AUDIO TAPE
T
TCP / IP TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL / INTERNET PROTOCOL
TAPI TELEPHONY APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE
TB TERA BYTES
TCI TRANPORT DATA INTERFACE
TDMA TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS
TPM TRANSACTIONS PROCESSING MONITOR
TSR TERMINATE AND STAY RESIDENTS
TCP / IP TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL / INTERNET PROTOCOL
TAPI TELEPHONY APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE
TB TERA BYTES
TCI TRANPORT DATA INTERFACE
TDMA TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS
TPM TRANSACTIONS PROCESSING MONITOR
TSR TERMINATE AND STAY RESIDENTS
U
UDD USER DATAGRAM PROTOCOL
UI USER INTERFACE
UML UNIFIED MODELLING LANGUAGE
UNC UNIVERSAL NAMING CONVENTION
UNIX UNIPLEXED INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS
URL UNIFORM RESEARCH LOCATOR
USB UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS
USRT UNIVERSAL SYNCHRONOUS RECEIVER TRANSMITTED
UTP UNSHIELDED TWISTED PAIR
UDD USER DATAGRAM PROTOCOL
UI USER INTERFACE
UML UNIFIED MODELLING LANGUAGE
UNC UNIVERSAL NAMING CONVENTION
UNIX UNIPLEXED INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS
URL UNIFORM RESEARCH LOCATOR
USB UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS
USRT UNIVERSAL SYNCHRONOUS RECEIVER TRANSMITTED
UTP UNSHIELDED TWISTED PAIR
V
VPN VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK
VLAN VIRTUAL LOCAL AREA NETWORK
VB VIRTUAL BASIC
VCD VIRTUAL COMPACT DISC
VDL VIDEO COMPACT LANGUAGE
VGA VIDEO GRAPHICS ARRAY
VLSI VERY LARGE SCALE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
VRAM VIDEO RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
VRML VIRTUAL REALITY MODELLING LANGUAGE
VSNL VIDESH SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED
VXD VIRTUAL DEVICE DRIVER
VPN VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK
VLAN VIRTUAL LOCAL AREA NETWORK
VB VIRTUAL BASIC
VCD VIRTUAL COMPACT DISC
VDL VIDEO COMPACT LANGUAGE
VGA VIDEO GRAPHICS ARRAY
VLSI VERY LARGE SCALE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
VRAM VIDEO RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
VRML VIRTUAL REALITY MODELLING LANGUAGE
VSNL VIDESH SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED
VXD VIRTUAL DEVICE DRIVER
W
W3C WORLD WIDE WEB CONSORTIUM
WAIS WIDE AREA INFORMATION SERVICE
WAN WIDE AREA NETWORK
WAP WIRELESS APPLICATION PROTOCOL
WBEM WEB-BASE ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT
WDM WAVE DIVISION MULTIPLEXING
WHQL WINDOWS HARDWARE QUALITY LAB
WWW WORLD WIDE WEB
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
WYSIWYG WHAT YOU SEE WHAT YOU GET
WI-FI WIRELESS FIDELITY
WMV WINDOWS MEDIA FILE WITH VIDEO
W3C WORLD WIDE WEB CONSORTIUM
WAIS WIDE AREA INFORMATION SERVICE
WAN WIDE AREA NETWORK
WAP WIRELESS APPLICATION PROTOCOL
WBEM WEB-BASE ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT
WDM WAVE DIVISION MULTIPLEXING
WHQL WINDOWS HARDWARE QUALITY LAB
WWW WORLD WIDE WEB
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
WYSIWYG WHAT YOU SEE WHAT YOU GET
WI-FI WIRELESS FIDELITY
WMV WINDOWS MEDIA FILE WITH VIDEO
X
XSL EXTENSIBLE STYLE SHEET LANGUAGE
XML EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE
XHTML EXTENSIBLE HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE
XML EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE
XHTML EXTENSIBLE HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE
Y
Y2K YEAR 2000
Y2K YEAR 2000
Z
ZIF ZERO INSERTION FORCE
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