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 ABC : Tans off – Berry computer
 A/D : Analog to digital
 GP : Graphics port
 AI : Artificial intelligence
 ALGOL : Algorithmic Language
 ALU : Arithmetic Logic Unit
 AM : Amplitude Modulation
 AMD : Advanced Micro Devices
 ANSI : American National standards Institute
 ARPNET : Advanced Research Project Agency
Network
 ASIC : Application specific Integration circuit
 ASCII : Americna Standard code for
Information Interchange
 ATM : Asynchronous Transfer
Mode/Automatic Teller Machine
 BARC : Bhabha Atomic Research centre
 Basic : Beginners‟ All – Purpose symbolic In-
suction code
 BCD : Binary coded Decimal
 BEMA : Business Equipment Manufactures
association
 BIOS : Basic Input Output system
 BCR : Bar code Reader
 BPI : Bytes per Inch
 BPS : Bits Per Second
 BSNL : Bhrat Snchar Nigm Limited
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 CAD : Computer Aided Design

 CAL : Computer Aided Leering
 CAM : Computer Aided Manufacturing
 CD : Compact Disk
 C-DAC : Centre for Development of Advanced
computing
 C-DOT : Centre for Development of
Telemetric
 CD-R : Compact Disk-Recordable
 CD-ROM : Compact Disk-Read only Memory
 CD-R/W : Compact Disk-Read/Write
 Class : Computer Literacy and Studies in
school
 CMOS : Complementary Metal oxide
semiconductor
 COBOL : Common business oriented
Language
 CMY : Cyan – Magenta – Yellow
 Comal : Common Algorithmic Language
 CPI : Character Per Inch
 CPS : Central Processing Unit
 CRS : Compueriesed Reservation system
 CRT : Cathode Ray tube
 CTS : Clear to send
 CU : Control Unit
 D/a : Digital – to – Analog
 DBMS : Data Base Management system
 DDS : Digital Data Storage
 DEC : Digital Equipment Corporation
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 DOS : Disk Operating system

 DPI : Dots per Inch
 DRDO : Defense Research and Development
Organization
 DSHD : Double sided high Density
 DTP : Desk op publishing
 DTR : Data Terminal Ready
 DTS : Digital theater system
 DVD : Digital Video/Versatile Disk
 E-business : Electronicd business
 E-Commerce : Electronic Commerce
 E-Mail : Electronic Mail
 EBCDIC : Exended binary coded Decimal In
terchange Code
 EDP : Electronic data processing
 EEPROM : Electrically Erasable
programmable Read only memory
 EFT : Electronic fund Transfer
 ENIAC : Electronic Numerical integrator and
calculator
 EPROM : Erasable programmable Read ony
Memory
 ERNET : Education and Research Network
 EXE : Execution
 FAT : file allocation table
 FD : Floppy disk
 FDM : Frequency division multiplexing
 FET : Eifel Effect Transitory
 FIFO : First – In, First – out
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 FILO : First In, Last Out

 FM : Frequency Modulation
 Fortran : Formula translation
 FSK : Frequency shift Keying
 FTP : file Transfer Protocol
 GB : Giga Bytes
 GIGO : Garbage in garbage out
 GIS : Geographical information system
 GPL : general public license
 GPS : Global positioning system
 GUI : Graphical user interface
 HLL : High Level Language
 HP : Hewlett Packard
 HTML : Hyper Text Markup Language
 HTTP : Hyper Text Tranfer Protocol
 IBM : International business Machines
 IC : Integrated Circuit
 I/O : Input – Output
 IP : Internet Protocol
 IRC : Internet Relay chat
 ISDN : Integrated services digital Network
 ISH : Information super highway
 ISO : International standards Organization
 ISP : Internet service provider
 IT : Information technology
 JPEG : Joint Photographic expert group
 JRE : Jav Runtime Engine
 JSP : Java Server pages
 KB : Kilo bytes
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 KIPS : Knowledge information processing

system
 LAN : Local Area Network
 Laser : Light amplification for stimulated
emission of radiation
 LCD : Liquid crystal display
 LD : Laser diode
 LEd : Light – Emitting diode
 LISP : Lit processing
 LLL : Low Level language
 LSD : Least significant digit
 LSI : Least significant digit
 LSI : Large scale integration
 MAN : Metropolitan Area Network
 MB : Mega Bytes
 MHz : Mega Hertz
 MICR : Magnetic Ink character recognition
 MIDI : Musical instrument digital interface
 MIPS : Million Instructions Per second
 MODEM : Modulator – Demodulator
 MOPS : Million operations per second
 MOS : Metal oxide semiconductor
 MPEG : Moving picture expert group
 MP-3 : MPEG-I Audio Layer 3
 MS : Microsoft
 MSD : Most significant digit
 MSD : Most significant digit
 MSI : Medium scale Integration
 MTBF : Mean time between Failure
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 MTNL : Mahanagar Telephone Nigam limited

 NICNET : National Informatics centre
Network
 NIU : Network interface Unit
 NTSC : National television standards
committee
 OCR : Optical character recognition
 OMR : Optical Mark Reader
 OOP : Object oriented programming
 OS : Operating system
 OSS : Open source software
 PAL : Phase alternation Line
 PC : Personal computer
 PCB : Printed circuit board
 PCI : Peripheral component interconnect
 PDA : Personal digital Assistant
 PDF : Portable document format
 PL/1 : Programming language 1
 PM : Phase modulation
 POST : Power on self test
 PPM : Pages per minute
 Prolog : Programming in logic
 PROM : Programmable Read only Memory
 PSTN : Public switched telephone network
 QAS : Quality assurance service
 RAM : random access memory
 RGB : Red, Green, blue
 ROM : Read only Memory
 RPG : Report program generator
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 RS-232 : Recommended standard 2-3-2

 SCSI : Small computer system interface
 SEQUEL : Structured English quer Language
 SIMM : Single in line memory module
 SSI : small-scale integration
 SVGA : Super Video graphics arrary
 TB : Tera byte
 TCP : Transmission control protocol
 TDM : Time division multiplexing
 ULSI : Ultra large scale Integration
 UNIVAC : Universal Automatic computer
 UPS : Uninterrupted power supply
 URL : Uniform resource locater
 USB : Universal serial bus
 UVEprom : Ultra violet erasable
programmable read only memory
 VAN : Value aided network
 VCR : Video cassette recorder
 VDU : Video display unit
 VGA : Video graphics array
 Virus : Vital information resources under
seize
 VLSI : Very lage scle integration
 VSNL : Videsh sanchar nigam limited.
 WAN : Wide area network
 WaP : Wireless application Protocol
 WLL : Wireless local loop
 WMP : Windows media player
 WORM : Write once – read many
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 WWW : World wide web

 XMS : Extended memory specification
 2G : Second generation wireless networking
 3G : Third generation wireless networking
technology