Abbreviation and Elaboration of Computer Terminology
AGP Accelerated Graphics Port
ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit
AMD Advanced Micro Device
Arpanet Advance Research Project Agency Network
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange (256 bit)
ATM Automated Teller Machine
AVR Automatic Voltage Regulator
BASIC Beginner’s All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BCD Binary Coded Decimal (4 BITs)
BIOS Basic Input Output System
Bit Binary & digit
BMP Bit Mapped Picture
Bps Bit per Second / Byte per Second
CAD Computer Aided Design
CC Carbon Copy
CD Charge Directory / Compact Disk
CGA Color Graphics Adaptor
CGM Color Graphics Metafile
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
DBA Database Administrator
DDL Data Definition Language
DNS Domain Name System
DOS Disk Operating System
DPI Dot Per Inch
DSP Digital Signal Processor
DTP Desk Top Publication
DVD Digital Video Disk / Digital Versatile Disc
EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (8 Bit)
e-commerce Buying and selling through the internet.
EGA Enhanced Graphics Adaptor
EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture
e-mail Electronic mail
EMP Electromagnetic pulse
ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
FAT File Allocation Table
Fortran Formula Translator
FTP File Transfer Protocol
GIGO Garbage In Garbage Out
GUI Graphical User Interface
Html Hyper Text Markup Language
IBM International Business Machine
IC Integrated Circuit [Other name- Chip]
ICT Information and Communication Technology
Kbps Kilo Byte per Second
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LED Light Emitting Diode
MAN Metropolitan Area Network
MICR Magnetic Ink Character Reader
MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MPEG Motion Picture Expert Group
MSI Medium Scale Integration
NBCD National Binary Coded Decimal
NIC Network Interface Card
OCR Optical Character Recognizer
OMR Optical Mark Reader
OOP Object Oriented Programming
OS Operating System
OSI Open System Interconnect
PDA Pro-Personal Digital Assistant
Pixel Picture Element
POST Power on Self Test
RAM Random Access Memory
RGB Red green Blue
ROM Read Only Memory [This memory is never erased]
SIM Subscriber Identity Module
SPSS Statistical Package for Social Science
SQL Structured Query Language
TCP/IP Internet Protocol
TIFF Tagged Image File Format
TLD Top Level Domain
UPS Uninterruptable Power Supply
URL Uniform Resource Locator
USB Universal Serial Bus
VAST Very Small Aperture Terminal
VGA Video Graphics Array
VHF Very High Frequency
VISUS Vital Information and Resources Under Siege
VoIP Voice Over Internet Protocol
Wi-Fi Wireless fidelity
www World Wide Web
XGA Extended Graphics Array
