In the world of computers, you often come across a variety of abbreviations and acronyms. These short forms are used to make communication easier, but they can sometimes be confusing. Understanding the full forms behind these abbreviations helps you better understand how computers and technology work. For example, CPU stands for Central Processing Unit, RAM means Random Access Memory, and USB is Universal Serial Bus. This article will explain the computer related full form in a simple and straightforward way, making it easier for you to navigate the tech world and enhance your knowledge.
Acronym Full Form ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line AES Advanced Encryption Standard AGP Accelerated Graphics Port AI Artificial Intelligence AT Advanced Technology AJAX Asynchronous JavaScript and XML ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit AMD Advanced Micro Devices AJAX Annual Maintenance Contract API Application Programming Interface ARP Address Resolution Protocol ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit ASR Automatic Speech Recognition ATA Advanced Technology Attachment ADSL Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATX Advanced Technology eXtended AV Audio-Visual AC Alternating Current AWS Amazon Web Services ACL Access Control List AD Active Directory AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface ANSI American National Standards Institute ASP Active Server Pages AT Advanced Technology AVI Audio Video Interleave AMI American Megatrends Incorporated ASP.NET Active Server Pages .NET ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network ADC Analog to Digital Converter
BASH Bourne Again Shell BASIC Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code BCD Binary Coded Decimal BCR Bar Code Reader BDC Backup Domain Controller BD-ROM Blu-ray Disc Read-Only Memory BIOS Basic Input/Output System BNC Bayonet Neill-Concelman (connector) BSD Berkeley Software Distribution BGP Border Gateway Protocol
Acronym Full Form CAD Computer-Aided Design CAM Computer-Aided Manufacturing CAPTCHA Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart CASE Computer-Aided Software Engineering CDMA Code Division Multiple Access CATV Community Antenna Television CD Compact Disc CD-ROM Compact Disc Read-Only Memory CD-RW Compact Disc Rewritable CDN Content Delivery Network CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research CGI Common Gateway Interface CISC Complex Instruction Set Computer CMS Content Management System COBOL Common Business Oriented Language COM Component Object Model CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CPU Central Processing Unit CRM Customer Relationship Management COM1 Communication Port 1 CRT Cathode Ray Tube CTRL Control (computer keyboard key) CUI Character User Interface CSS Cascading Style Sheets CMD Command CDFS Compact Disc File System CSV Comma-Separated Values CUDA Compute Unified Device Architecture CUPS Common Unix Printing System
Acronym Full Form DAO Data Access Object DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DB Database DBA Database Administrator DVI Digital Visual Interface DBMS Database Management System DLT Digital Linear Tape DDL Data Definition Language Doc Document DIP Dual Inline Package DDoS Distributed Denial of Service DFS Distributed File System DDR Double Data Rate DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DIMM Dual In-line Memory Module DLL Dynamic Link Library DAT Digital Audio Tape DMA Direct Memory Access DNS Domain Name System DLP Digital Light Processing DPI Dots Per Inch DCL Data Control Language DCA Diploma in Computer Applications DTP Desktop Publishing DCE Data Communications Equipment DSL Digital Subscriber Line DCL Data Control Language DIN Deutsche Industrie Norm DVD Digital Versatile Disc DOS Disk Operating System DVD-R Digital Versatile Disc – Recordable DVD-ROM Digital Versatile Disc – Read Only Memory DVD-RW Digital Versatile Disc – Rewritable
Acronym Full Form ECU Electronic Control Unit EIDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics EFS Encrypted File System EMI Electromagnetic Interference EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory EROM Erasable Read Only Memory EMAIL Electronic Mail EDP Electronic Data Processing EDVAC Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Compute ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integratec And Computer ECOMMERCE Electronic Commerce EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory ESN Electronic Serial Number ESD Electrostatic Discharge ECC Error Correction Code ExFAT Extended File Allocation Table
Acronym Full Form FAT File Allocation Table FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing FLOPS Floating Point Operations Per Second FPGA Field-Programmable Gate Array FORTRAN Formula Translation FSB Front Side Bus FTP File Transfer Protocol FPS Frame Per Second FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface FTP File Transfer Protocol FAX Facsimile FQDN Fully Qualified Domain Name
Acronym Full Form GIF Graphics Interchange Format GPU Graphics Processing Unit GUI Graphical User Interface GDI Graphical Device Interface GPRS General Packet Radio Service GPS Global Positioning System GSM Global System for Mobile Communications GNU GNU’s Not Unix GHz Gigahertz GPT GUID Partition Table
Acronym Full Form HDD Hard Disk Drive HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface HTML Hypertext Markup Language HP Hewlett-Packard HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure HDFS Hadoop Distributed File System HPC High-Performance Computing HMI Human-Machine Interface HCL Hardware Compatibility List HDTV High-Definition Television
Acronym Full Form IBM International Business Machines ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol IC Integrated Circuit IDE Integrated Development Environment ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol IPP Internet Printing Protocol ICT Information Communication Technology INTEL Integrated Electronics IBM International Business Machines I/O Input/Output IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IIS Internet Information Services IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol IRQ Interrupt Request IP Internet Protocol IoT Internet of Things ISA Industry Standard Architecture IRDP Internet Router Discovery Protocol IMAP Internet Mail Access Protocol IP Internet Protocol IPX Internet-work Packet Exchange IR Infrared ISDN Integrated Service Digital Network ISP Internet Service Provider ISO International Organization for Standardization IPCONFIG Internet Protocol Configuration IT Information Technology IDE Integrated Drive Electronics
Acronym Full Form JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group JSON JavaScript Object Notation JVM Java Virtual Machine JIT Just-In-Time JAR Java Archive JS Java Script JRE Java Runtime Environment JavaScript JavaScript JDK Java Development Kit
KVM Keyboard, Video, Mouse KB Kilobyte KBps Kilobytes per second KDE K Desktop Environment KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine Kbps Kilobits per second KPI Key Performance Indicator KVM Kernel-based Virtual Machine
LAN Local Area Network LCD Liquid Crystal Display LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LED Light Emitting Diode LMP Link Management Protocol LLL Low Level Language Li-on Lithium-Ion LPT Line Printer LTE Long-Term Evolution
Acronym Full Form MAC Media Access Control MAN Metropolitan Area Network Mbps Megabits Per Second MBR Master Boot Record MHz Megahertz MIPS Million Instructions Per Second MS-DOS Microsoft – Disk Operating System MICR Magnetic Ink Character Recognition MP3 MPEG Audio Layer 3 MODEM Modulator Demodulator MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group MS Microsoft MTNL Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension MMX Multi Media Extensions MMC Microsoft Management Console MS-DOS Microsoft Disk Operating System MSI Micro-Star International MTU Maximum Transmission Unit
Acronym Full Form NAT Network Address Translation NIC Network Interface Card NFS Network File System NIC Network Interface Card NTLDR New Technology Loader NTP Network Time Protocol NetBIOS Networked Basic Input/Output System NTFS New Technology File System
Acronym Full Form OCR Optical Character Recognition OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer OLED Organic Light Emitting Diode ODBC Open Database Connectivity ODBS Object-Oriented Database System OS Operating System OOP Object Oriented Programming OTG On-The-Go (USB On-The-Go) OSI Open Systems Interconnection
Acronym Full Form PC Personal Computer PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect PCI-E Peripheral Component Interconnect Express PDF Portable Document Format PSU Power Supply Unit PHP Hypertext Preprocessor PATA Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network PXE Preboot Execution Environment PIN Personal Identification Number PCB Printed Circuit Board PING Packet Internet/Internetwork Groper PROM Programmable Read-Only Memory POTS Plain Old Telephone Service PS/2 Personal System/2 Connector PnP Plug and Play PDA Personal Digital Assistant PNG Portable Network Graphics PCMCIA Peripheral Component Microchannel Interconnect Architecture POP Post Office Protocol PRI Primary Rate Interface POST Power-On Self-Test PPP Point-to-Point Protocol
Acronym Full Form QoS Quality of Service
Acronym Full Form RAM Random Access Memory ROM Read-Only Memory RGB Red Green Blue RPM Revolutions Per Minute RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computing ROM Read-Only Memory RPC Remote Procedure Call RTF Rich Text Format RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks RIP Routing Information Protocol RIS Remote Installation Service RJ-11 Registered Jack Function 11 RJ-45 Registered Jack Function 45 RADAR Radio Detection and Ranging RDBMS Relational Data Base Management System RSS Really Simple Syndication RAS Remote Access Service RTOS Real-Time Operating System RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks
Acronym Full Form SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment SCSI Small Computer System Interface SD Secure Digital SAS Statistical Analysis System SSH Secure Shell SSD Solid State Drive SSL Secure Sockets Layer SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory SRAM Static Random Access Memory SIM Subscriber Identity Module SFTP SFTP SMPS Switched Mode Power Supply SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol SQL Structured Query Language STP Shielded Twisted Pair SAN Storage Area Network SMS Short Message Service SOHO Small Office Home Office SODIMM Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module SIMM Single Inline Memory Module SSD Solid State Drive
Acronym Full Form TCP Transmission Control Protocol TLS Transport Layer Security Tbps Terabits Per Second TFT Thin Film Transistor TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol TOR The Onion Router
Acronym Full Form USB Universal Serial Bus UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter UDP User Datagram Protocol UPS Uninterrupted Power Supply URL Uniform Resource Locator UI User Interface UTP Unshieled Twisted Pair URI Uniform Resource Identifier UPI Unified Payments Interface UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UML Unified Modeling Language UNIVAC Universal Automatic Computer
Acronym Full Form VGA Video Graphics Array VLAN Virtual Local Area Network VCD Video Compact Disc VPN Virtual Private Network VSNL Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd VDU Visual Display Unit VIRUS Vital Information Resource Under Siege VoIP Voice Over Internet Protocol VRAM Video Random Access Memory VLSI Very Large Scale Integration
Acronym Full Form WAN Wide Area Network WWW World Wide Web Wi-Fi Wireless Fidelity WLAN Wireless Local Area Network WMI Windows Management Instrumentation WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access WUXGA Wide Ultra Extended Graphics Array WAP Wireless Application Protocol WMV Windows Media Video WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy WINS Windows Internet Name Service
Acronym Full Form XML Extensible Markup Language XGA Extended Graphics Array XT Extended Technology
Acronym Full Form YAML YAML Ain’t Markup Language Yahoo Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle YB YOTTA BYTE
Acronym Full Form ZIP Zone Information Protocol ZIF Zero-Insertion-Force ZFS Zettabyte File System
Understanding computer-related full forms is essential for navigating the tech world more effectively. By knowing what terms like CPU, RAM, and HTTP stand for, you gain a clearer insight into how computers and networks operate. This knowledge not only enhances your technical literacy but also makes it easier to communicate in tech environments. As technology continues to evolve, staying familiar with these abbreviations will help you keep up with new developments and better understand the devices and systems we rely on every day.
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