Computer - Some Important Abbreviations

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In view of the upcoming IBPS Clerk 2014, here we are providing you all Computer - "Some Important Abbreviations". Seeing the trend of the IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern till now, 3-4 questions can be expected in the future too. So, please practise well!!

A

Al – Artificial intelligence
ALGOL – Algorithmic Language
ARP – Address resolution Protocol
ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange

B

BINAC - Binary Automatic Computer
BCC – Blind Carbon Copy
Bin – Binary
BASIC - Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BIOS – Basic Input Output System
Bit – Binary Digit
BSNL – Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

C

CC – Carbon Copy
CAD – Computer Aided Design
COBOL – Common Business Oriented Language
CD – Compact Disc
CRT – Cathode Ray Tube
CDR – Compact Disc Recordable
CDROM – Compact Disc Read Only Memory
CDRW – Compact Disc Rewritable
CDR/W – Compact Disk Read/Write

D

DBA – Data Base Administrator
DBMS – Data Base Management System
DNS – Domain Name System
DPI – Dots Per Inch
DRAM – Dynamic Random Access Memory
DVD – Digital Video Disc/Digital Versatile Disc
DVDR – DVD Recordable
DVDROM – DVD Read Only Memory
DVDRW – DVD Rewritable
DVR – Digital Video Recorder
DOS – Disk Operating System

E

EBCDIC – Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
e-Commerce – Electronic Commerce
EDP – Electronic Data Processing
EEPROM – Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
ELM/e-Mail – Electronic Mail
ENIAC - Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
EOF - End Of File
EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
EXE - Executable

F

FAX - Far Away Xerox/ facsimile
FDC - Floppy Disk Controller
FDD - Floppy Disk Drive
FORTRAN - Formula Translation
FS - File System
FTP - File Transfer Protocol

G

Gb - Gigabit
GB - Gigabyte
GIF - Graphics Interchange Format
GSM - Global System for Mobile Communication

H

HDD - Hard Disk Drive
HP - Hewlett Packard
HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language
HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

I

IBM - International Business Machine
IM - Instant Message
IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol
ISP - Internet Service Provider

J

JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group

K

Kb - Kilobit
KB - Kilobyte
KHz - Kilohertz
Kbps - Kilobit Per Second

L

LCD – Liquid Crystal Display
LED – Light Emitting Diode
LPI – Lines Per Inch
LIS – Large Scale Integration

M

Mb – Megabit
MB – Megabyte
MPEG – Moving Picture Experts Group
MMS – Multimedia Message Service
MICR – Magnetic Ink Character reader
MIPS – Million Instructions Per Second

N

NIC – Network Interface Card
NOS – Network Operating System

O

OMR – Optical Mark Reader
OOP – Object Oriented Programming
OSS – Open Source Software

P

PAN – Personal Area Network
PC – Personal Computer
PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
PDF – Portable Document Format
POS – Point Of Sale
PNG - Portable Network Graphics
PPM – Pages Per Minute
PPP – Point-to-Point Protocol
PROM – Programmable Read Only Memory
PSTN – Public Switched Telephone Network
POST – Power On Self Test
PING – Packet Internet Gopher

R

RAM – Random Access Memory
RDBMS – Relational Data Base Management System
RIP – Routing Information Protocol
RTF – Rich Text Format

S

SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SQL – Structured Query Language
SRAM – Static Random Access Memory
SNMP – Simple Network Management Protocol
SIM – Subscriber Identification Module

T

TCP – Transmission Control Protocol
TB – Tera Bytes

U

UPS – Uninterrupted Power Supply
URI – Uniform Resource Identifier
URL – Uniform Resource Locator
USB - Universal Serial Bus
ULSI - Ultra Large Scale Integration
UNIVAC - Universal Automatic Computer

V

VAR – Variable
VGA – Video Graphics Array
VSNL – Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited
VDU – Visual Display Unit

W

Wi-Fi – Wireless Fidelity
WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network
WPA – Wi-Fi Protected Access
WWW – World Wide Web
WORM – Write Once Read Many

X

XHTML – eXtensible Hyper text Markup Language
XML - eXtensible Markup language

Z

ZB – Zeta Byte

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