A
ACM : Association of
Computing Machinery.
AGP : Accelerated
Graphics Port.
AI
: Artificial Intelligence.
ALU :
Arithmetic Logic Unit.
ANSI : American National
Standards Institute.
API :
Application Program Interface.
ASCII : American Standard Code
for Information Interface.
ATM : Asynchronous
Transfer Mode.
AVI :
Audio Video Interleave.
AVR : Automatic
Voltage Regulator.
AVS :
Automatic Voltage Stabilizer.
B
B2B :
Business to Business e-commerce.
B2C :
Business to Commerce e-commerce.
BASIC : Beginner’s All-Purpose
Symbolic Instruction Code.
BCD : Binary
Coded Decimal.
BIOS : Basic Input
Output System.
BMP : Bitmap.
BPS : Bits
per Second.
C
CAD : Computer
Aided Design.
CAI :
Computer Aided Instruction.
CAM : Computer Aided
Manufacturing.
CASE : Computer Aided
Software Engineering.
CCNA : Computer Certified Network
Associate.
CD
: Compact Disk.
CGI :
Common Gateway Interface.
CISC : Complex
Instruction set Computer.
CMOS : Complementary metal Oxide
Semiconductor.
CMS : Content
Management System.
CMYK : Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key
(Black).
COBOL : Common Business Oriented Language.
CPU : Central
Processing Unit.
CRM : Customer
Relationship Management.
CRT :
Cathode Rey Tube.
D
DAC : Digital to
Analog Converter.
DAT :
Digital Audio Type.
DBA : Data Base
Administrator.
DBMS : Data Base Management System.
DDL : Data
Definition Language.
DIM : Dimension.
DLC : Data
Link Control.
DLL :
Dynamic Link Library.
DMA : Direct Memory
Access.
DML : Data
Manipulation Language.
DNS : Domain Name
System.
DOS : Denial of
Service.
Disk Operating System.
DPI :
Dots Per Inch.
DSL :
Digital Subscriber Line.
DSN : Digital
Subscriber Network.
DSS :
Decision Support System.
DSP :
Digital Signal Processor.
DTP : Desk
Top Publishing.
DVD : Digital
Versatile Disc.
E
EBCDIC : Extended Binary Coded Decimal Information
Code.
EDP :
Electronic Data Processing.
EDSAC : Electronic Delay Storage Automatic
Computer.
EDVAC : Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic
Calculator.
EEPROM: Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only
Memory.
EISA : Extended
Industry Standard Architecture.
ENIAC : Electronic Numerical Integrator
and Calculator.
EPROM : Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory.
ERP :
Enterprise Resource Planning.
ESS :
Executive Support System.
EULA : End User License
Agreement.
F
FAT : File
Allocation Table.
FDDI : Fiber Distributed
Data Interface.
FIFO : First In
First Out.
FLOPS : Floating Point Operations per
Second.
FPS :
Frames per Second.
G
GIF :
Graphic Interchange Format.
GIGO : Garbage In Garbage Out.
GNU : GNU’s Not Unix.
GSM : Global System for
Mobil Communication.
GPS : Global
Positioning System.
GPRS : General Packet Radio
Service.
GUI :
Graphical User Interface.
H
HDD : Hard Disk
Drive.
HDTV : High Definition
Television.
HFS :
Hierarchical File System.
HP
: Hewlett Packard.
HPC : High
Performance Computing.
HPFS : High Performance
File System.
HTML : Hyper Text Markup Language.
HTTP : Hyper Text
Transfer Protocol.
I
IBM :
International Business Machine.
IC
: Integrated Circuit.
ICT
: Information & Communication Technology.
IDA :
Infrared Data Association.
IDE
: Integrated Device Electronic.
Integrated Development Entertainment.
IDP
: Integrated Data Processing.
IIS
: Internet Information Server.
IP
: Internet Protocol.
IPS
: Instant Power Supply.
IRQ :
Interrupt Request.
ISA :
Industrial Standard Architecture.
ISD :
International Subscriber Dialing.
ISDN : Integrated
Service Digital Network.
ISO :
International Standard Organization.
ISP
: Internet Service Provider.
IT
: Information Technology.
J
JCL
: Job Control Program.
JPEG : Joint
Photographic Experts Group.
JSP :
Java Server Pages.
K
KBPS : Kilo Bytes Per
Second.
KWS : Knowledge
Work System.
L
LAN : Local
Area Network.
LCD : Liquid
Crystal Display.
LED :
Light Emitting Diode.
LIFO : Last In
First Out.
LSI
: Large Scale Integration.
M
MAC : Media Access
Control.
MAN : Metropolitan Area
Network.
MBPS : Mega Bytes per Second.
MBR : Master Boot
Record.
MFC : Microsoft
Foundation Classes.
MFT : Master File
Table.
MICR : Magnetic Ink Character
Reader.
MIDI : Musical
Instrument Digital Interface.
MIMD : Multiple Instruction Multiple Data.
MIPS : Millions of
Instructions per Second.
MIS :
Management Information System.
MISD : Multiple Instruction
Single Data.
MODEM: Modulator and Demodulator.
MP3 : Motion
Pictures Experts Group Layer 3.
MPC : Multimedia
Personal Computer.
MPEG : Motion Pictures Experts
Group.
MROM : Mask Programmable Read Only Memory.
MSDN : Microsoft Developer Network.
MSN : Microsoft Network.
MSR : Mark Sense
Reader.
N
NIC :
Network Interface Card.
NT
: New Technology.
NTFS : NEW Technology
File System.
NTSC : National Television
System Committee.
O
OCP : Oracle
Certified Professional.
OCR : Optical
Character Reader.
ODBC : Open Data Base Connectivity.
OIS :
Office Information System.
OLE : Object
Linking and Embedding.
OMR : Optical Mark
Reader.
OOP : Object
Oriented Programming.
OOPS : Object Oriented Programming
System.
OS
: Operating System.
OSI :
Open System Interconnect.
P
PABE : Private Automatic
Branch Exchange.
PUK : Personal
Unblocking Key.
PAL : Phase
Alternation by Line.
PAM : Plan Applier
mechanism.
PCI :
Peripheral Component Interconnect.
PDA : Personal
Digital Assistant.
PDF :
Portable Document Format.
PDL : Page
Description Language.
PHP : PHP
Hyper Processor.
PIN :
Personal Identity Number.
PLC :
Programmable Logic Controller.
PNG : Portable
Network Graphics.
P&P : Plug and
Play.
POP : Post Office
Protocol.
POST : Power On Self Test.
PROM : Programmable Read Only Memory.
PS
: Post Script.
Q
QOS : Quality of
Service.
R
RAID : Redundant Array
of Independent Disks.
RAM : Random Access
Memory.
RDBMS : Relational Database Management System.
RDRAM
: Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory.
RFC :
Request For Comments.
RGB : Red Green
Blue.
RIP :
Raster Image Processor.
RISC : Reduced
Instruction Set Computer.
ROM : Read Only Memory.
RQBE : Relational Query By
Example.
RTF :
Rich Text Format.
S
SCSI : Small
Computer Systems Interface.
SIM :
Subscriber Identification Module.
SIMD : Single Instruction
Multiple Data.
SIMM : Single In-lime Memory Module.
SISD : Single
Instruction Single Data.
SMS : Short
Message Service.
SMTP : Simple Mail Transfer
Protocol.
SNA : System
Network Architecture.
SOS :
Silicon on Supplier
SQL : Structure
Query Language.
SVGA : Super Video Graphics Adapter.
T
TCP :
Transmission Control Protocol.
TPS :
Transmission Processing System.
TFT :
Thin File Transistor.
U
UDP : User
Datagram Protocol.
UML : Unified Modeling
Language.
UNC : Universal
Naming Convention.
UNIVAC: Universal Automatic Computer.
UPS :
Uninterrupted Power Supply.
URL :
Uniform Resource Locator.
USB :
Universal Serial Bus.
UTP :
Unshielded Twisted Pair.
V
VCD : Video
Computer Disc.
VESA : Video Electronic
Standard Association.
VGA : Video
Graphics Adapter/Array.
VHLL : Very High Level
Language.
VHS : Video
Home System.
VIRUS : Vital Information Resource Under
Seized.
VLSI : Very Large
Scale Integration.
VPN : Virtual
Private Network.
VRAM : Video Random Access Memory.
VSAT : Very Small Aperture
Terminal.
W
WAP : Wireless
Application Protocol.
WWW : World Wide Web.