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Computer abbreviations a to z

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS
SET A
AAC: Advanced Audio Coding.
ABI: Application Binary Interface.
AHA: Accelerated Hub Architecture.
ALGOL: Algorithmic Language.
AJAX: Asynchronous JavaScript and XML.
ABR: Available Bit Rate.
AD: Active Directory.
ADC: Analog-to-Digital Converter/Apple Display 
Connector (DVI Variant).
ALU: Arithmetic Logical Unit.
AMD: Advanced Micro Devices.
AMR: Audio Modern Riser.
APCI: Application – Layer Protocol Control Information.
ASP: Application Service Provider/Active Server 
Pages.
 AST: Abstract Syntax Tree.
 ATA: Advanced Technology Attachment.
 API: Application Programming Interface.
 AVC: Advanced Video Coding.
 AVI: Audio-Video Interleaved.
 AWT: Abstract Window ToolKit.
 ARPANET: Advanced Research Projects Agency 
Network.
 ASCII: American Standard Code for Information 
Interchange.
 ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - B 

 BAL: Basic Assembly Language.
 BER: Bit Error Rate.
 BFD: Binary File Descriptor.
 BGP: Border Gateway Protocol.
 BiDi: Bi-Directional.
 BIN: Binary.
 BASIC: Beginner All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction 
code.
 BCD: Binary Coded Decimal.
 BINAC: Binary Automatic Computer.
 BIOS: Basic Input Output System.
 BPS: Bits Per Second.
 BMP: Basic Multilingual Plane.
 BT: BitTorrent/Bluetooth.
 BW: Bandwidth.
 BIT: A Binary Digit.
 BLOB: Binary Large Object.
 BLOG: Web Log.

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - C

 CAI: Computer-Aided Instruction.
 CAQA: Computer-Aided Quality Assurance.
 CC: C Compiler/Carbon Copy.
 CAD: Computer-Aided Design.
 CAE: Computer-Aided Engineering.
 CD: Compact Disk/Change Directory.
 CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access.
 CD-RW: Compact Disk – Rewritable.
 CG: Computer Graphics.
 CGA: Color Graphics Array.
 CD-R: Compact Disk–Recordable.
 CD-ROM: Compact Disk–Read-Only Memory.
 CGI: Common Gateway Interface/Computer–
Generated Imaginary.
 CMOS: Complementary Metal – Oxide Semiconductor.
 CLI: Command Line Interface.
 CNC: Computer Numerical Control.
 COBOL: Common Business–Oriented Language.
 CIFS: Common Internet File System.
 CIM: Common Information Model.
 CPU: Central Processing Unit.
 CRS: Computer Reservation System.
 CTR: Cathode Ray Tube.
 CTL: Computation Tree Logic.
 CTS: Clear to Send.
 CUA: Common User Access.
 CSI: Common System Interface.
 CSV: Comma–Separated Values.
 CTCP: Client–to–Client Protocol.

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - D 

 DAT: Digital Audio Tape.
 DB: DataBase.
 DCC: Direct Client–to–Client.
 DDR: Double Data Rate.
 DES: Data Encryption Standard.
 DFD: Data Flow Diagram.
 DAO: Data Access Objects.
 DAP: Direct Access Protocol.
 DFS: Distributed File System.
 DBA: Database Administrator.
 DBMS: Database Management System.
 DHTML: Dynamic Hyper Text Markup Language.
 DIVX: Digital Video Express.
 DVE: Digital Video Effects.
 DNS: Domain Name System.
 DOS: Disk Operating System.
 DPI: Dots per INCH.
 DOS-PMI: Disk Operating System – Protected Mode 
Interface.
 DLL: Dynamic Link Library.
 DLP: Digital Light Processing.
 DMA: Direct Memory Access.
 DSL: Digital Subscriber Line/Domain–Specific 
Language.
 DVD-RW: Digital Versatile Disk–Rewritable.
 DVI: Digital Visual Interface.
 DVR: Digital Video Recorder.
 DVD-R: Digital Versatile Disk – Recordable.
 DBSN: Database Source Name (ODBC).
 DTE: Data Terminal Equipment.
 DTR: Data Terminal Ready.
 DVD: Digital Versatile Disk/Digital Video Disk.
 DVD-ROM: Digital Versatile Disk – Read-Only 
Memory.

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - E

 ECU: Extended Unix Code.
 EST: Electrostatic Discharge.
 EXE: Executable.
 EBCDIC: Extended Binary Coded Decimal 
Interchange Code.
 EEPROM: Electronically Erasable Programmable 
Read-Only memory.
 ENIAC: Electronic Numerical Integrator and 
Computer.
 EOF: End of File.
 EOL: End of Line.
 EOM: End of Message.
 EPROM: Erasable Programmable Read-Only 
Memory.
 EID: Electronic ID Card.
 EIGRP: Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing 
Protocol.
 ELF: Executable and Linkable Format.
 ELM: Electronic Mail.
 
COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - F

 FS: File System.
 FSB: Front Side Bus.
 FTP: File Transfer Protocol. 
 FXP: File Exchange Protocol.
 FAT: File Allocation Table.
 FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions.
 FDC: Floppy Disk Controller.
 FHS: Filesystem Hierarchy Standard.
 FCS: Frame Check Sequence.
 FPU: Floating Point Unit.
 FDD: Floppy Disk Drive.
 FDMA: Frequency-Division Multiple Access.
 FIFO: First In First Out.

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - G

 Gb: Gigabit.
 GPRS: General Packet Radio Service.
 GPU: Graphics Processing Unit.
 GUI: Graphical User Interface.
 GB: Gigabyte.
 GIGO: Garbage In Garbage Out.
 GPL: General Public License.
 GCR: Group Code Recording.
 GDI: Graphics Device Interface.
 GIF: Graphics Interchange Format.

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - H

 HTM: Hierarchical Temporal Memory.
 HTML: Hypertext Markup Language.
 HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
 HTTPD: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Daemon.
 HAL: Hardware Abstraction Layer.
 HCI: Human-Computer Interaction.
 HID: Human Interface Device.
 HIG: Human Interface Guidelines.
 HP: Hewlett-Packard.
 HPFS: High-Performance File System.
 HT: Hyper-Threading.
 HD: High Density.
 HDD: Hard Disk Drive.
 HD DVD: High Definition DVD.
 HDL: Hardware Description Language.
 HHD: Hybrid Hard Drive.
 HTX: Hyper Transport Expansion.
 HURD: Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons.
 HVD: Holographic Versatile Disk.
 HZ: Hertz.

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - I 

 ICP: Internet Cache Protocol.
 ICT: Information and Communication Technology.
 IDL: Interface Definition Language.
 IDE: Integrated Development 
Environment/Integrated Drive Electronics.
 IE: Internet Explorer.
 IGMP: Internet Group Management Protocol.
 IMAP: Internet Message Access Protocol.
 I/O: Input/Output.
 IP: Internet Protocol.
 IGRP: Interior Gateway Routing Protocol.
 IBM: International Business Machines.
 IC: Integrated Circuit.
 ICMP: Internet Control Message Protocol.
 IHV: Independent Hardware Vendor.
 IIOP: Internet Iner-Orb-Protocol.
 IIS: Internet Information Server.
 IM: Instant Messaging.
 IPC: Inter-Process Communication.
 IPP: Internet Printing Protocol.
 IPsec: Internet Protocol Security.
 IPTV: Internet Protocol Television.
 IPX: Internetwork Packet Exchange.
 IRC: Internet Relay Chat.
 IrDA: Infrared Data Association.
 IRP: I/O Request Packet.
 IRQ: Interrupt Request.
 ISC: Internet Storm Center.
 ISO: International Organisation for Standardization.
 IT: Information Technology.
 ITU: International Telecommunication Union.
 ISOC: Internet Society.
 ISP: Internet Service Provider.
 ISR: Interrupt Service Routine.
 ISV: Independent Software Vendor.

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - J 

 JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group.
 JRE: Java Runtime Environment.
 JS: JavaScript.
 JSON: JavaScript Object Notation.
 JSP: Java Server Pages.
 J2EE: Java 2 Enterprise Edition.
 J2ME: Java 2 Micro Edition.
 J2SE: Java 2 Standard Edition.
 JDK: Java Development KIT.
 JUG: Java User Group.

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - K

 KHz: Kilohertz.
 KB: Kilobyte.
 Kb: Kilobit.
 KBPS: Kilobit per second.
 KVM: Keyboard, Video, Mouse
COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - L 

 LSB: Least Significant Bit.
 LAN: Local Area Network.
 LED: Light-Emitting Diode.
 LIFO: Last In First Out.

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - M
 
 MBCS: Multi Byte Character Set.
 MBR: Master Boot Record.
 MDI: Multiple Document Interface.
 MICR: Magnetic Ink Character Recognition.
 MAN: Metropolitan Area Network.
 MANET: Mobile Ad-Hoc Network.
 Mb: Megabit.
 MB: Megabyte.
 MIDI: Musical Instrument Digital Interface.
 MMU: Memory Management Unit.
 MMX: Multi-Media Extensions.
 MNG: Multiple-image Network Graphics.
 MOSFET: Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect 
Transistor.
 MIMO: Multiple-Input Multiple Output.
 MIPS: Million Instructions Per Second.
 MIME: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions.
 MHz: Megahertz.
 MPEG: Motion Pictures (coding) Experts Group.
 MVS: Multiple Vendor System.
 MPL: Mozilla Public License.
 MSB: Most Significant Bit.
 MS-DOS: Microsoft Disk Operating System.

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - N

 NOP: NO Operation.
 NOS: Network Operating System.
 NT (Windows): New Technology.
 NTFS: NT File System.
 NFS: Network File System.
 NIC: Network Interface Controller.
 NIO: New I/O.
 NMI: Non-Maskable Interrupt.
 NNTP: Network News Transfer Protocol.
 NTP: Network Time Protocol.
 NVRAM: Non-Volatile Random Access Memory.

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - O

 OS: Operating System.
 OSS: Open Source Software.
 OCR: Optical Character Reader.
 OOP: Object-Oriented Programming.
 OPML: Outline Processor Markup Language.

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - P

 PATA: Parallel ATA.
 PC: Personal Computer.
 PCB: Printed Circuit Board.
 PC DOS: Personal Computer Disk Operating 
System.
 P2P: Peer-To-Peer.
 PAN: Personal Area Network.
 PAP: Password Authentication Protocol.
 PCI: Peripheral Component Interconnect.
 PCIe: PCI Express.
 PCL: Printer Command Language.
 PERL: Practical Extraction and Reporting Language.
 PIO: Programmed Input/Output.
 PLC: Power Line Communication / Programmable 
Logic Controller.
 Pnp: Plug-and-Play
 PGA: Pin Grid Array.
 PHP: PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor.
 PIC: Peripheral Interface Controller / Programmable 
Interrupt Controller.
 PINE: Program for Internet News & Email.
 PoE: Power Over Ethernet.
 POST: Power-On Self Test.
 PPC: Power PC.
 PPI: Pixels Per Inch.
 PPP: Point-to-Point Protocol.
 PPPoA: PPP over ATM.
 PPPoE: PPP over Ethernet.
 PPTP: Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol.
 PSU: Power Supply Unit.

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - Q 

 QFP: Quick File Access.
 QDR: Quad Data Rate.
 QFP: Quad Flat Package.
 QoS: Quality of Service.
COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - R 

 RAIT: Redundant Array of Inexpensive Tapes.
 RAM: Random Access Memory.
 RARP: Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
 RAD: Rapid Application Development.
 RADIUS: Remote Authentication Dial-In User 
Service.
 RAID: Redundant Array of Independent Disks.
 RDBMS: Relation Database Management System.
 RDF: Resource Description Framework.
 REEAL: Recursive Functions Algorithmic 
Language.
 RF: Radio Frequency.
 RGB: Red, Green, Blue (RGBA- Red, Green, Blue, 
Alpha).
 RTOS: Real-Time Operating System.
 RIP: Routing Information Protocol.
 ROM: Read-Only Memory.
 ROMB: Read-Out Motherboard.
 ROM-DOS: Read Only Memory-Disk Operating 
System.

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - S 

 SDL: Simple Direct Media Layer.
 SDN: Service Delivery Network.
 SDR: Software-Defined Radio.
 SAN: Storage Area Network.
 SATA: Serial ATA.
 SAX: Simple API of XML.
 SBP-2: Serial Bus Protocol 2.
 SBU: Standard Build Unit.
 SCSI: Small Computer System Interface.
 SDRAM: Synchronous Dynamic Random Access 
Memory.
 SFTP: Secure FTP/Simple File Transfer Protocol.
 SHDSL: Single-pair High-speed Digital Subscriber 
Line.
 SPI: Serial Peripheral Interface.
 SQL: Structured Query Language.
 SUS: Single UNIX Specification.
 SVD: Structured VLSI Design.
 SVG: Scalable Vector Graphics.
 SIMD: Single Instruction, Multiple Data.
 SIMM: Single Inline Memory Module.
 SMBIOS: System Management BIOS.
 SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
 SP: Service Pack.
 SVGA: Super Video Graphics Array.

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - T 

 TDMA: Time Division Multiple Access
 TMP: Temporary.
 TTA: True Tap Audio.
 TTF: True Type Font.
 TB: TeraByte.
 TCP: Transmission Control Protocol.
 TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol / Internet 
Protocol.
 TTL: Transistor-Transistor-Logic.
 TTS: Text-to-Speech.
 TTY: Teletype.

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - U 

 UEFI: Unified Extensible Firmware Interface.
 UI: User Interface.
 UL: Upload.
 UAC: User Account Control.
 UART: Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter.
 UPS: Uninterruptible Power Supply.
 URI: Uniform Resource Identifier.
 URL: Uniform Resource Locator.
URN: Uniform Resource Name.
USB: Universal Serial Bus.
UTF: Unicode Transformation Format
 UTP: Unshielded Twisted Pair.

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - V 

 VAR: Variable.
VB: Visual Basic.
 VBA: Visual Basic for Applications.
 VBS: Visual Basic Script.
 VFAT: Virtual FAT.
VFS: Virtual File System.
VGA: Video Graphics Array.
VT: Video Terminal.
 VGCT: Video Graphics Character Table.
VLAN: Virtual Local Area Network.
VM: Virtual Memory.
VOD: Video On Demand.
 VoIP: Voice Over IP.
VPN: Virtual Private Network.
VPU: Visual Processing Unit.

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - W

WAN: Wide Area Network.
WAP: Wireless Access Protocol.
Wi-Fi: Wireless Fidelity.
WinFS: Windows Future Storage.
 WSDL: Web Services Description Language.
WUSB: Wireless Universal Serial Bus.
WWAN: Wireless Wide Area Network.
 WWID: World Wide Identifier.
WWW: World Wide Web.
WINS: Windows Internet Naming Service.
WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network.
 WMA: Windows Media Audio.
 WMV: Windows Media Video.
 WOL: Wake-on-Lan.
 WOM: Wake-on-Modem.
WPA: Wi-Fi Protected Access.

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - X 

XAML: Extensible Application Markup Language.
XHTML: Extensible Hypertext Markup Language.
XSL: Extensible Stylesheet Language.
XSL-FO: Extensible StyleSheet Language 
Formatting Objects.
XSLIT: Extensible StyleSheet Language 
Transformations.
XUL: XML User Interface Language.
 XML: Extensible Markup Language.
XNS: Xerox Network Services.
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 XMMS: X MultiMedia System.

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS SET - Z
 ZIFS: Zero Insertion Force Socket.
 ZISC: Zero Instruction Set Computer.
ZMA: Zone Multicast


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