Computer Abbreviations

Abbreviated                 Expansion

ACE                  Automatic Computing Engine

ADSL                Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

AGP                  Accelerated Graphics Port               

ALU                  Arithmetic Logic Unit

ASCII               American Standard Code For Information Interchange

ASP                  American Server Pages

ATM                Asynchronous Transfer Mode

ATM                Automatic Teller Machine

BIOS                Basic Input Output System

CAD                 Computer Aided Designing

CBT                 Computer Based Tutorials

CGA                Color Graphics Adapter

CGI                 Common Gateway Interface

CHTML          Compact Hyper Text Markup Language

CISC               Complex Instruction Set Computer

CMOS            Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

CNC               Computer Numerical Controller

COM              Component Object Module

CPU               Central Processing Unit

CRT               Cathode Ray Tube

CUI               Character User Interface

DAC              Digital to Analog Converter

DIP                Dual In Process

DLL               Dynamic Link Library

DMP              Dot Matrix Printer

DOS              Disk Operating System

DRAM          Dynamic Random Access Memory

DSL              Digital Subscriber Line

DVD             Digital Versatile Disk

FAT              File Allocation Table

FAX             Fast Automatic Xerox

GIF              Graphics Interchange Format

GUI             Graphical User Interface

IC                Integrated Circuit

IP                 Internet Protocol

ISDN           Integrated Service Digital Network

ISP               Internet Service Provider

JSP              Java Server Pages

LAN            Local Area Network

LCD            Liquid Crystal Display

LED             Light Emitting Diode

MAN           Metropolitan Area Network

MDA           Monochrome Display Adapter

MIDI           Musical Instrument Digital Interface

MODEM     Modulator Demodulator

MPEG         Motion Pictures Experts Group

MSDN        Microsoft Develop Network

NAS            Network Attached Storage

OLE            Object Inking And Embedding

OOP           Object Oriented Programming

PAP            Password Authentication Protocol

PC              Personal Computer

PDA            Personal Digital Assistant

PDP            Programmable Data Processor

PHP            Personal Home Page

PNG           Portable Network Graphics

PLP            Packet Layel Protocol

POP           Post Office Protocol

POST         Power On Self Test

RMI           Remote Method Invocations

SCSI          Small computer System Interface

SODIMM  Small Out Line Dual Inline Module Memory

SMPS        Switch Mode Power Supply

SQL           Structured Query Language

SPAM        Sale Adverting Protinal Mail

SRAM        Static Random Access Memory

STOS         Single Task Operating System

SVGA        Super Video Graphics Array

TFT            Thin Film Transistor

TSCII         Tamil Standard Code For Information And Interchange

UPC           Universal Product Code

UPS           Uninterrupted Power Supply

USB           Universal Service Bus

URL           Uniform Resource Locator

VAN          Vast Area Network

VDE           Video Display Unit

VDU          Visual Display Unit

VGA          Video Graphics Aray

VPN          Virtual Private Network

WAN        Wide Area Network

WWW      World Wide Web