Abbreviation |
Explanation |
ADH |
Antidiuretic Hormone |
AIDS |
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
AMU |
Atomic Mass Unit |
AWACS |
Airborne Warning and Control System |
BASIC |
Beginner's All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
BCG |
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin |
BTU |
British Thermal Unit |
CCTV |
Closed-Circuit Television |
CFC |
Chloro Fluoro Carbon |
CNG |
Compressed Natural Gas |
CNS |
Central Nervous System |
CRO |
Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope |
CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube |
DDT |
Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane |
DNA |
Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
EMF |
Electromotive Force |
FBTR |
Fast Breeder Test Reactor |
ICU |
Intensive Care Unit |
LASER |
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
LCD |
Liquid Crystal Display |
LED |
Liquid Emitting Diode |
LNG |
Liquefied Natural Gas |
LORAN |
Long Range Navigation |
LPG |
Liquefied Petroleum Gas |
MASER |
Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
PVC |
Polyvinyl Chloride |
RADAR |
Radio Detection and Ranging |
RNA |
Ribose Nucleic Acid |
SARS |
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
SONAR |
Sound Navigation and Ranging |
STAR |
Satellite for Telecommunication Applications and Research |
STP |
Standard Temperature and Pressure |
TB |
Tuberculosis |
TFT |
Thin Film Transistor |
TNT |
Tri Nitro Toulene |
Abbreviation |
Explanation |
AGP |
Accelerated Graphic Port |
ALU |
Arithmetic and Logic Unit |
ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
BASIC |
Beginner All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
BIOS |
Basic Input and Output System |
CAN |
Campus Area Network |
CCNA |
Cisco Certified Network Associate |
CD |
Compact Disk |
CEH |
Certified Ethical Hacking |
CMD |
Command |
CMOS |
Complimentary Metaoxide Semi-Conductor |
COBOL |
Common Basic Oriented Language |
CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
CSS |
Cascading Style Sheets |
DBMS |
Database Management System |
DDOS |
Distribution Denial of Service |
DIR |
Directory |
DOC |
Document |
DVD |
Digital Versatile Disc |
EDSAC |
Electronic Dialog Storage Automatic Computer |
FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
GHZ |
Gigahertz |
GUI |
Graphic User Interface |
HDD |
Harddisk Drive |
HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language |
HTTP |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
HTTPS |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure |
IC |
Integrated Circuit |
ICT |
Infomation Communication Technology |
IDE |
Integrated Drive Electronics |
IP |
Internet Protocol |
ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
LAN |
Local Area Network |
LSIC |
Large Scale Integrated Circuit |
MAC |
Media Access Control |
MAN |
Metropolitan Area Network |
MHZ |
Megahertz |
MICR |
Magnetic-Ink Character Recongnition |
MOS |
Metaoxide Semi-Conductor |
OS |
Operating System |
PAN |
Personal Area Network |
PC |
Personal Computer |
PDF |
Portable Document Format |
PDT |
Parallel Data Transmission |
PHP |
PHP Hypertext Preprocessor |
PROM |
Programmable Read Only Memory |
RAM |
Random Access Memory |
RFI |
Remote File Inclusion |
ROM |
Read only Memory |
RW |
Re-writeable |
SDT |
Serial Data Transmission |
SEO |
Search Engine Optimization |
SIM |
Subscriber Identification Module |
SIMMs |
Single in-line Memory Module |
SQL |
Structured Query Language |
TCP |
Transmission Control Protocol |
UNIVAC |
Universal Automatic Computer |
URL |
Universal Resource Locator |
USB |
Universal Serial Board |
USSD |
Unstructured Supplementary Service Data |
VDU |
Visual Display Unit |
VGA |
Visual Graphic Adaptor |
VPN |
Virtual Private Network |
WAN |
Wide Area Network |
WLAN |
Wide Area Network |
WLAN |
Wireless Local Area Network |
WWW |
World Wide Web |
XML |
Extensible Mark-up Language |
XXS |
Cross Site Scripting |