Computer's Abbreviations
A
AAL- ATM Adaption Layer
ACL- Access Control List
ADO- ActiveX Data Objects
ADSL-Asymmetric Digital Subscriber
Line
ADT- Abstract Data Type
ALGOL- Algorithmic Language
ALU- Arithmetic
and Logical Unit
ANSI- American National Standard
Institute
ARP- Address Resolution Protocol
ARPA- Address and Routing Parameter
Area
ARPA- Advanced Research Projects
Agency
ARPANET- Advanced Research Projects
Agency Network
AS- Access Server
ASCII- American Standard Code for
Information Interchange
ASM- Algorithmic State Machine
ASP- Active Server Pages
ASP- Application
Server Provider
AT- Access Time
AT- Active Terminology
ATM- Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AVC- Advanced Video Coding
AVI- Audio Video Interleaved
AWT- Abstract Window Toolkit
B
BAL- Basic Assembly Language
BASIC- Beginners All Purpose
Symbolic Instruction Code
BCD- Binary Coded Decimal
BCNF- Boyce-codd Normal Form
BER- Bit Error Rate
BIN- Binary
BINAC- Binary Automatic Computer
BIOS- Basic Input Output System
BLOB- Binary Large Object
BNC- Bayonet Neill-Concelman
BPS- Bits per Second
C
CAD- Computer
Aided Design
CAM- Computer Aided Manufacturing
CAT- Computer Aided Translation
CASE- Computer-Aided Software
Engineering
CDMA- Code Division Multiple Access
CD-ROM- CD Read Only Memory
CIFS- Common Internet File System
CISC- Complex
Instruction Set Computer
CLR- Common Language Runtime
CMOS- Complementary Metal-Oxide
Semiconductor
COBOL- Common Business Oriented
Language
COM- Component Object Model
CORBA- Common Object Request Broker
Architecture
CPS- Characters per Second
CPU- Central Processing Unit
CRC- Cyclic Redundancy Check
D
DAC- Digital to Analog Converter
DAO- Data Access Objects
DAP- Directory access protocol
DBA- Data Base Administrator
DCCP- Datagram Congestion Control
Protocol
DCL- Data Control Language
DCOM- Distributed Component
Object Model
DDE- Dynamic Data Exchange
DES- Data Encryption Standard
DFD- Data Flow Diagram
DFS- Distributed File System
DHCP- Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol
DHTML- Dynamic Hyper Text Markup
Language
DMA- Direct Memory Access
DML- Data Manipulation Language
DNS- Domain Name System
DOM- Document Object Model
DoS- Denial of Service
DRAM- Dynamic Random Access Memory
DSDL- Document Schema Definition
Languages
DSL- Digital Subscriber Line
DSL- Domain Specific Language
DVD- Digital Video Disc
DVD-ROM – DVD Read Only Memory
DVI- Digital Video Interface
DVR- Digital Video Recorder
E
EAI- Extensible Authentication
Protocol
EBML- Extensible Binary Meta
Language
EEPROM- Electronically Erasable
Programmable Read Only Memory
EFI- Extensible Firmware
Interface
ELM- Electronic Mail
EOF- End of File
EOL- End of Line
EUC- Extended UNIX Code
EXT- Extended File System
F
FAP- FORTRAN Assembly Program
FAT- File Allocation Table
FAQ- Frequently Asked Questions
FDD- Floppy Disk Drive
FDDI- Fiber Distributed Data
Interface
FDMA- Frequency Division
Multiple Access
FEC- Forward Error Correction
FHS- File system Hierarchy
Standard
FIFO- First in First out
FORTRAN- Formula Translation
FPS- Floating Point System
FSM- Finite State Machine
FTTP- Fiber to the Premises
FTP- File Transfer Protocol
FXP- File Exchange Protocol
G
GB- Giga Byte
GIF- Graphic
Interchange Format
GIGO- Garbage in Garbage Out
GIMP- GNU Image Manipulation
Program
GML- Geography Markup Language
GUI- Graphical User Interface
GWT- Google Web Toolkit
H
HBA- Host
Bus Adaptor
HDD- Hard Disk Drive
HD DVD- High Definition DVD
HDL- Hardware Description Language
HID- Human
Interface Device
HP- Hewlett-Packard
HPFS- High Performance File System
HTM- Hierarchical
Temporal Memory
HTML- Hyper
Text Markup language
HTTP- Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
Hz- Hertz
I
IC- Integrated Circuit
ICE- In circuit Emulator
ICMP- Internet Control Message
Protocol
ICP- Internet Cache Protocol
IDE- Integrated Development
Environment
IDL- Interface Definition Language
IEEE- Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineering
IGRP- Integrated Gateway Routing
Protocol
IL- Intermediate Language
IM- Instant Messenger
IMAP- Internet Message Access
Protocol
IP- Internet Protocol
IPC- Inter Process
Communication
IPL- Initial Program Load
IPP- Internet Printing
Protocol
IPX- Internet Packet Exchange
ISA- Instruction Set Architecture
ISDN- Integrated Services Digital
Network
ISO- International Organization
for Standardization
ISP- Internet Service Provider
