In this chapter, we will discuss the different abbreviations in Computer Science. The following table lists down those abbreviations −
| Abbreviation |
Full-name |
| A/D |
Analog-to-Digital |
| ABC |
Atanasoff Berry Computer |
| ACM |
Association for Computing Machinery |
| AI |
Artificial Intelligence |
| ALGOL |
Algorithic Language |
| ALU |
Arithmetic Logic Unit |
| AMD |
Advanced Micro Devices |
| APRANET |
Advanced Research Project Agency Network |
| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| BASIC |
Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
| BCD |
Binary Coded Decimal |
| BIOS |
Basic Inpute Output System |
| BIPS |
Billions of Instructions Per Second |
| BPI |
Bytes Per Inch |
| CAD |
Computer Aided Design |
| CAE |
Computer Aided Engineering |
| CAN |
Campus Area Network |
| CASE |
Computer Aided Software Engineering |
| CD |
Compact Disk |
| CDC |
Control Data Corporation |
| CD-R |
CD-Recordable |
| CD-ROM |
Compact Disk Read Only Memory |
| CD-RW |
CD Read/Write |
| CL |
Command Language |
| CLI |
Command Line Interface |
| COBOL |
Common Business Oriented |
| CODASYL |
Conference On Data Systems |
| CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
| CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube |
| D/A |
Digital-to-Analog |
| DAT |
Digital Audio Tape |
| DBMS |
Data Base Management System |
| DBS |
Demand Based Switching |
| DDL |
Data Definition Language |
| DDS |
Digital Data Storage |
| DEC |
Digital Equipment Corporation |
| DMA |
Direct Memory Access |
| DNA |
Digital Network Architecture |
| DPI |
Dots Per Inch |
| DRAM |
Dynamic RAM |
| DSN |
Distributed Systems Network |
| DTS |
Digital Theater System |
| DVD |
Digital Video/Versatile Disk |
| EBCDIC |
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code |
| EDSAC |
Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator |
| EDVAC |
Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Calculator |
| EFM |
Eight-to-Fourteen Modulation |
| ENIAC |
Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator |
| EPG |
Electronic Programming Guide |
| EPIC |
Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing |
| EPROM |
Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory |
| FAT |
File Allocation Table |
| FDM |
Frequency Division Multiplexing |
| FEP |
Front End Processor |
| FLOPS |
Floating Point Operations Per Second |
| FM |
Frequency Modulation |
| FMS |
File Management System |
| FORTRAN |
FORmula TRANslation |
| FSK |
Frequency Shift Keying |
| FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
| GB |
Giga Bytes |
| GFLOPS |
Giga FLOPS |
| GHz |
Giga Hertz |
| GNU |
Gnu Not Unix |
| GPRS |
General Packet Radio Service |
| GSM |
Global System for Mobile communication |
| GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
| HP |
Hewlett Packard |
| HSS |
Hierarchical Storage System |
| HTML |
HyperText Markup Language |
| HTTP |
HyperText Transport Protocol |
| IBM |
International Business Machine |
| IC |
Integrated Circuit |
| IDN |
Integrated Digital Networks |
| IP |
Internet Protocol |
| IrDA |
Infrared Data Association |
| ISDN |
Integrated Services Digital Network |
| ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
| JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| JRE |
Java Runtime Engine |
| JSP |
Java Server Pages |
| KB |
Kilo Bytes |
| KHz |
Kilo Hertz |
| LAN |
Local Area Network |
| LCD |
Liquid Crystal Display |
| LED |
Light Emitting Diode |
| LPM |
Line Per Minute |
| LSI |
Large Scael Integration |
| MAN |
Metropolitan Area Network |
| MAR |
Memory Address Register |
| MB |
Mega Bytes |
| MBR |
Memory Buffer Register |
| MHz |
Mega Hertz |
| MIDI |
Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
| MIPS |
Millions of Instructions Per Second |
| MNP |
Microcom Network Protocol |
| MPEG |
Moving Pictures Experts Group |
| MS-DOS |
MicroSoft Disk Operating System |
| MVT |
Multiprogramming with Variable Tasks |
| NIC |
Network Interface Card |
| NICNET |
National Informatics Center NETwork |
| NOS |
Network Operating System |
| OCR |
Optical Character Recognition |
| OMR |
Optical Mark Reader |
| OS |
Operating System |
| OSI |
Open System Interconnection |
| OSS |
Open Source Software |
| PAN |
Personal Area Network |
| PC |
Personal Computer |
| PDF |
Portable Document Format |
| PDL |
Program Design Language |
| PDP |
Program Data Processor |
| PIP |
Peripheral Interchange Program |
| PROM |
Programmable Read-Only Memory |
| QoS |
Quality of Service |
| RAM |
Random Access Memory |
| ROM |
Read Only Memory |
| SDLC |
Software Development Life Cycle |
| SEQUEL |
Structured English QUEry Language |
| SGML |
Syntax for Generalized Markup Language |
| SIMM |
Single In-line Memory Module |
| SNA |
Systems Network Architecture |
| SNOBOL |
StriNg Oriented and symBOlic Language |
| SQL |
Structured Query Language |
| SRAM |
Static RAM |
| SSI |
Small Scale Integration |
| TB |
Tera Bytes |
| TCP |
Transport Control Protocol |
| TDM |
Time Division Multiplexing |
| UDP |
User Datagram Protocol |
| ULSI |
Ultra Large Scale Integration |
| UPC |
Universal Product Code |
| URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
| USB |
Universal Serial Bus |
| UTF |
Unicode Transformation Format |
| VAN |
Value Added Network |
| VCR |
Video Cassette Recorder |
| VDT |
Video Display Terminal |
| VGA |
Video Graphics Array |
| VOD |
Video-On-Demand |
| VoIP |
Voice over Internet Protocol |
| VSAT |
Very Small Aperture Terminal |
| WAN |
Wide Area Network |
| WAP |
Wireless Application Protocol |
| WiMAX |
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access |
| WLAN |
Wireless Local Area Network |
| WLL |
Wireless Local Loop |
| WORM |
Write Once Read Many |
| WWW |
World Wide Web |
| XHTML |
eXtensible HyperText Markup Language |
| XML |
eXtensible Markup Language |
| X.400 |
Electronic Mail Protocol |
| X.500 |
Directory Server Protocol |
