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Important Abbreviations in ICT
• Al – Artificial intelligence
• ALGOL – Algorithmic Language
• ARP – Address resolution Protocol
• ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange
• BINAC - Binary Automatic Computer
• BCC – Blind Carbon Copy
• Bin – Binary
• BASIC - Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
• BIOS – Basic Input Output System
• Bit – Binary Digit
• BSNL – Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
• CC – Carbon Copy
• CAD – Computer Aided Design
• COBOL – Common Business Oriented Language
• CD – Compact Disc
• CRT – Cathode Ray Tube
• CDR – Compact Disc Recordable
• CDROM – Compact Disc Read Only Memory
• CDRW – Compact Disc Rewritable
• CDR/W – Compact Disk Read/Write
• DBA – Data Base Administrator
• DBMS – Data Base Management System
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• DNS – Domain Name System
• DPI – Dots Per Inch
• DRAM – Dynamic Random Access Memory
• DVD – Digital Video Disc/Digital Versatile Disc
• DVDR – DVD Recordable
• DVDROM – DVD Read Only Memory
• DVDRW – DVD Rewritable
• DVR – Digital Video Recorder
• DOS – Disk Operating System
• EBCDIC – Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
• e-Commerce – Electronic Commerce
• EDP – Electronic Data Processing
• EEPROM – Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
• ELM/e-Mail – Electronic Mail
• ENIAC - Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
• EOF - End Of File
• EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
• EXE - Executable
• FAX - Far Away Xerox/ facsimile
• FDC - Floppy Disk Controller
• FDD - Floppy Disk Drive
• FORTRAN - Formula Translation
• FS - File System
• FTP - File Transfer Protocol
• Gb - Gigabit
• GB - Gigabyte
• GIF - Graphics Interchange Format
• GSM - Global System for Mobile Communication
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• HDD - Hard Disk Drive
• HP - Hewlett Packard
• HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language
• HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
• IBM - International Business Machine
• IM - Instant Message
• IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol
• ISP - Internet Service Provider
• JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group
• Kb - Kilobit
• KB - Kilobyte
• KHz - Kilohertz
• Kbps - Kilobit Per Second
• LCD – Liquid Crystal Display
• LED – Light Emitting Diode
• LPI – Lines Per Inch
• LIS – Large Scale Integration
• Mb – Megabit
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• MB – Megabyte
• MPEG – Moving Picture Experts Group
• MMS – Multimedia Message Service
• MICR – Magnetic Ink Character reader
• MIPS – Million Instructions Per Second
• NIC – Network Interface Card
• NOS – Network Operating System
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• OCR - Optical Character Readers
• OMR – Optical Mark Reader
• OOP – Object Oriented Programming
• OSS – Open Source Software
• PAN – Personal Area Network
• PC – Personal Computer
• PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
• PDF – Portable Document Format
• POS – Point Of Sale
• PNG - Portable Network Graphics
• PPM – Pages Per Minute
• PPP – Point-to-Point Protocol
• PROM – Programmable Read Only Memory
• PSTN – Public Switched Telephone Network
• POST – Power On Self Test
• PING – Packet Internet Gopher
• RAM – Random Access Memory
• RDBMS – Relational Data Base Management System
• RIP – Routing Information Protocol
• RTF – Rich Text Format
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• SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
• SQL – Structured Query Language
• SRAM – Static Random Access Memory
• SNMP – Simple Network Management Protocol
• SIM – Subscriber Identification Module
• SD RAM - Synchronous Dynamic Random AccessMemory
• SDD - Software Design Description
• SDK - Software Development Kit
• SDL - Storage Definition Language
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• TCP – Transmission Control Protocol
• TB – Tera Bytes
• UPS – Uninterrupted Power Supply
• URI – Uniform Resource Identifier
• URL – Uniform Resource Locator
• USB - Universal Serial Bus
• ULSI - Ultra Large Scale Integration
• UNIVAC - Universal Automatic Computer
• VAR – Variable
• VGA – Video Graphics Array
• VSNL – Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited
• VDU – Visual Display Unit
• VPN - Virtual Private Network
• VRAM - Video Random Access Memory
• VRML - Virtual Reality Modelling Language
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• Wi-Fi – Wireless Fidelity
• WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network
• WPA – Wi-Fi Protected Access
• WWW – World Wide Web
• WORM – Write Once Read Many
• W3C - World Wide Web Consortium
• WAIS - Wide Area Information Servers
• WAN - Wide Area Network
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• XHTML – eXtensible Hyper text Markup Language
• XML - eXtensible Markup language
• ZB – Zeta Byte
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