Computer Abbreviation

Topic Outline

• Introduction to computer abbreviation
• Abbreviation of system unit component 
• Abbreviation of storage devices 
• Abbreviation of input and output devices 
• Abbreviation of data communication and computer network
• Abbreviation of Programming Languages
• Abbreviation of Operating System and Networks

 In this lecture, we will discuss the different Computer Abbreviations.

• Introduction to Computer & Information technology

	Abbreviation	Full-Form
1	Computer	Common Operating Machine Particularly Used for Technological and Education Research
2	IPC	Information Processing Cycle
3	IT	Information Technology
4	PC	Personal Computer
5	CPU	Central Processing Unit
6	USB	Universal Serial Bus
7	ENIAC	Electronical Numerical Integrator and Calculator
8	EDVAC	Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Calculator
9	UNIVAC	Universal Automatic Computer
10	IBM	International Business Machines
11	CDC	Control Data Corporation
12	LSI	Large Scale Integration
13	VLSI	Very Large Scale Integration
14	AI	Artificial Intelligence
15	IQ	Intelligence quotient
16	HP	Hewlett-Packard
17	IPAD	Interactive Personal Application Device
18	LCD	Liquid Crystal Display
19	ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
20	DVD	Digital video disc
21	CBT	Computer Based Training
22	CAL	Computer-Aided Learning
23	DL	Distance Learning
24	ATM	Automated Teller Machine
25	DMS	Document Management System
26	CAD	Computer-Aided Design
27	ICT	Information Communication Technology
28	CAM	Computer-Aided Manufacturing
29	CIM	Computer Integrated Manufacturing
30	PPM	Pages Per Minute
31	CPS	Characters Per Second
32	IPM	Lines Per Minute
33	DPI	Dots Per Inch
34	MBR	Memory Buffer Register
35	MAR	Memory Address Register
36	IR	Instruction Register
37	PC	Program Counter
38	FIFO	First In First Out

• Abbreviation of System Unit Component

These are important abbreviations of the system unit component.

	Abbreviation	Full-Form
1	CPU	Central Processing unit
2	CU	Control unit
3	ALU	Arithmetic & Logic unit
4	MIPS	Millions of instructions per second
5	FLOPS	Floating point operations per second
6	CISC	Complex instruction set computing
7	RISC	Reduced instruction set computing
8	LIFO	Last in first out
9	SMID	Single instruction /Multiple data
10	MIMD	Multiple instruction/Multiple data
11	AMD	Advanced Micro devices
12	HT	Hyper Threading
13	BCD	Binary Coded Decimal
14	EBCDIC	Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
15	ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
16	ANSI	American National Standard Institute
17	RAM	Random Access Memory
18	DRAM	Dynamic Random Access Memory
19	SRAM	Static Random Access Memory
20	MRAM	Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory
21	ROM	Read Only Memory
22	BIOS	Basic Input Output System
23	PROM	Programmable Read Only Memory
24	EPROM	Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
25	EEPROM	Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
26	CMOS	Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
27	NIC	Network Interface Card
28	ACKs	Acknowledgement signals
29	ISA	Industry Standard Architecture
30	IrDA port	Infrared Data Association
31	SCSI port	Small computer system interface
32	MIDI port	Musical instrument digital interface
33	ESATA port	External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
34	HDMI port	High-Definition Media Interface
35	DVI port	Digital Video Interface

• Abbreviation of storage devices 

Storage devices are used to store data permanently. Some Important abbreviation of the storage device are as follow:

	Abbreviation	Full-Form
1	GB	Gigabytes
2	MB	Megabytes
3	TB	Terabytes
4	HDD	Hard Disk Drives
5	CD	Compact Disk
6	CD-ROM	Compact Disk Read Only Memory
7	CD-R	Compact Disk Recordable
8	CD-RW	Compact Disk Rewritable
9	DVD-ROM	Digital Versatile Disk Read Only Memory
10	DVD-R	Digital Versatile Disk Recordable
11	DVD-RW	Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
12	RPM	Revolutions per minute
13	RAID	Redundant Array of Independent Disks
14	NAS	Network Attached Storage
15	SAN	Storage Area Network
16	EIDI	Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
17	SCSI	Small Computer System Interface
18	SATA	Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
19	FAT	File Allocation Table
20	NTFS	New Technology File System

• Abbreviation of input and output devices 

Some important abbreviation of input and output devices are as follow:

	Abbreviate	Full-Form
1	DSLR	Digital Single Lens Reflex
2	VCR	Videocassette Recorder
3	OCR	Optical character Recognition
4	OMR	Optical Mark Recognition
5	UPC	Universal Product Code
6	QR	Quick Response
7	MICR	Magnetic Ink Character Recognition Reader
8	RFID	Radio frequency identification
9	VGA	Video Graphics Array
10	SVGA	Super Video Graphics Array
11	XGA	Extended Graphics Array
12	CRT	Cathode ray tube
13	LCD	Liquid crystal display
14	LED	Light Emitting Diode
15	OLED	Organic Light Emitting Diode
16	TFT	Thin film transistor
17	HDTV	High-definition Television
18	PCL	Printer Command Language
19	LASER	Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
20	DLP	Digital Light Processing
21	MFD	Multifunction device
22	MFPs	Multifunction peripherals
23	POS	Point of sale
24	PIN	Personal identification number
25	DVD	Digital Videodisc

• Abbreviation of Data communication and computer network

Transferring data electronically from one place to another is called data communication. Some important abbreviation of this topic are as follow:

	Abbreviation	Full-Form
1	E-Mail	Electronic Mail
2	IM	Instant Messaging
3	VoIP	Voice over Internet Telephony
4	GPS	Global Positioning System
5	GPU	Graphical Processing Unit
6	LAN	Local Area Network
7	WAN	Wide Area Network
8	MAN	Metropolitan Area Network
9	PAN	Personal Area Network
10	IP	Internet Protocol
11	TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
12	IEEE	Institute of Electrical and   Electronics Engineers
13	UWB	Ultra-wideband
14	NFC	Near field communication
15	WAP	Wireless Application Protocol
16	PSTN	Public switched telephone   network
17	ISDN	Integrated Services Digital Network
18	DSL	Digital Subscriber Line
19	ADSL	Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
20	NIC	Network Interface Card
21	MAU	Multistation Access Unit
22	WDS	Wireless Distribution System
23	STP	Shielded Twisted Pair
24	UTP	Unshielded Twisted Pair
25	MU	Mobile Unit
26	RBS	Radio Base Station
27	PSTN	Public Switched Telephone Network
28	MTSO	Mobile Telephone Switching Office
29	OSI	Open System Interconnection
30	ISO	International Standards   Organization
31	LLC	Logical Link Control
32	MAC	Media Access Control
33	UDP	User datagram protocol
34	DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration   Protocol
35	DNS	Domain name system
36	SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
37	IR	Infrared
38	RFID	Radio Frequency identification
39	WiMAX	Worldwide Interoperability   for Microwave Access
40	ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode

• Abbreviation of Programming Languages

We use many programming languages to create a project such as c, c#, python, HTML, AI, Java, etc. Some important abbreviation of programming languages are as follow:

	Abbreviate	Full-form
1	FORTRAN	Formula Translation
2	BASIC	Beginner All-Purpose symbolic
3	COBOL	Common Business Oriented Language
4	OOP	Object Oriented Programming
5	SQL	Structured Query Language
6	RPG	Report Program Generator
7	VBA	Visual Basic for Application
8	RAD	Rapid Application Development
9	VPE	Visual Programming Environment
10	CGI	Common Gateway Interface
11	VBScript	Visual Basic Script
12	PERL	Practical Extraction and Report Language
13	DHTML	Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language
14	DOM	Documents Object Model
15	XML	Extensible Markup Language
16	XSL	Extensible Stylesheet Language
17	XHTML	Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
18	WML	Wireless Markup Language
19	WAP	Wireless Application Protocol
20	HTML	Hypertext Markup Language

• Abbreviation of Operating System and Networks

An operating system is a program that manages computer hardware. OS is an important part of a computer system. Some abbreviations of Operating system are as follows:

	Abbreviation	Full-Form
1	VMS	Virtual Memory System
2	PDA	Personal Digital Assistant
3	DLM	Distributed Lock Manager
4	SVC	Supervisor Call Interrupts
5	IPC	Inter-Process Communication
6	RPC	Remote Procedure Call
7	FCFS	First Come First Served
8	SJF	Shortest Job First
9	FIFO	First In First Out
10	LRU	Least Recently Used
11	NRU	Not Recently Used
12	PCI	Peripheral Component Interconnect
13	ISA	Industry Standard Architecture
14	DMA	Direct Memory Access
15	SLIP	Serial Line Internet Protocol
16	ARP	Address Resolution Protocol
17	AM	Amplitude Modulation
18	FM	Frequency Modulation
19	PM	Phase Modulation
20	CCITT	Consultative Committee on International Telegraph and Telephone
21	ITU	International Telecommunication Union
22	IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
23	ISO	International Standard Organization
24	CSMA/CD	Carrier Sense Multiple Access and Collision Detection
25	TCP	Transmission Control Protocol