S.No.

Abbreviation Full Form of ICT Abbreviation

1. AGP Accelerated Graphic Port

2. PC Personal Computer

3 EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

4. BIOS Basic Input and Output System

5. HDD Hard Disk Drive

6. PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect

7. UNIVAC Universal Automatic Computer

8. GUI Graphic User Interface

9. USB Universal Serial Board

10. VGA Visual Graphic Adaptor

11. MAN Metropolitan Area Network

American Standard Code for Information

12. ASCII
Interchange

13. WAN Wide Area Network

14. EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

15. LAN Local Area Network

Electrical Erasable /Alterable Programmable Read

16. EEPROM/EAPROM
Only Memory

17. CPU Central Processing Unit

18. OS Operating System

19. ALU Arithmetic and Logical Unit

20. DVD Digital Versatile Disc

21. CD Compact Disk

22. ROM Read Only Memory

23. VDU Visual Display Unit

24. RAM Random Access Memory

25. ICT Information Communication Technology

26. PROM Programmable Read Only Memory

27. URL Universal Resource Locator

28. IDE Integrated Drive Electronics

29. FORTRAN Formula Translator

30. MOS Metaoxide Semi-Conductor

31. ATX Advanced Technology Extended

32. SIM Subscriber Identification Module

33. MHZ Megahertz

34. ISP Internet Service Provider

35. GHZ Gigahertz

36. DBMS Database Management System

37. SQL Structured Query Language

38. RW Re-Writeable

39. SDT Serial Query Language

40. CAN Campus Area Network

41. SIMMs Single In line Memory Module

42. PAN Personal Area Network

43. DIMMS Dual In line Memory Module

44. CMOS Complimentary Metaoxide Semi-Conductor

45. ENIAC Electronic Number Integrator and Calculator

46. CMD Command

47. EDSAC Electronic Dialog Storage Automatic Computer

48. MAC Media Access Control

49. IC Integrated Circuit

50. LSIC Large Scale Integrated Circuit

51. DIR Directory

52. GIGO Garbage In Garbage Out

53. PHP PHP Hypertext Preprocessor

54. DOC Document

55. PDT Parallel Data Transmission

56. PDA Personal Digital Assistant

57. USSD Unstructured Supplementary Service Data

58. WWW World Wide Web

59. COBOL Common Basic Oriented Language

60. CCNP Cisco Certified Network Professionals

61. BASIC Beginner All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

62. CEH Certified Ethical Hacking

63. TCP Transmission Control Protocol

64. CSS Cascading Style Sheet

65. CISCO Computer Information System Company

66. XXS Cross Site Scripting

67. XML Extensible Markup Language

68. HTML Hyper text Markup Language

69. CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate

70. RFI Remote File Inclusion

71. HTTP Hypertext Markup Language

72. DDOS Distribution Denial of Service

 73. VPN Virtual Private Network

74. SEO Search Engine Optimization

75. IP Internet Protocol

Some Common Email Abbreviations

Email is the most useful way of communication. There are many short words and forms
we use in daily life too. You can check out the List of Important Abbreviations used while
doing email to the candidates.

S.No. Abbreviation Full Form of ICT Abbreviation

1. AWHFY Are We Having Fun Yet?

2. 2G4U Too Good for You

3. GMTA Great Minds Think A like

4. QL Quit Laughing
5. KISS Keep it Simple Stupid

6. AYPI And Your Point Is?

7. GAL Get A Life

8. J4F Just for Fun

9. RUOK Are you Okay?

10. TIC Tongue in Cheek

11. SITD Still in the Dark

12. WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get

13. YYSSW Yeah Yeah Sure Sure Whatever

14. ZZZ Sleeping, Bored, Tired

15. AFAIK As Far As I Know

16. CUL See you Later

17. HAND Have a Nice Day

18. FWD Forward

19. IMHO In my Humble Opinion

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Some Commonly Used Full Forms and Abbreviations

PAN – Permanent Account Number

PDF – Portable Document Format

SIM – Subscriber Identity Module

ATM – Automated Teller Machine

IFSC – Indian Financial System Code

FSSAI – Food Safety & Standards Authority of India

Wi-Fi – Wireless Fidelity

GOOGLE – Global Organization of Oriented Group Language of Earth

YAHOO – Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle

WINDOW – Wide Interactive Network Development for Office Work Solution

Computer – Common Oriented Machine, Particularly United and used Under Technical
Educational Research

VIRUS – Vital Information Resources Under Siege

UMTS – Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

AMOLED – Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode

OLED – Organic Light Emitting Diode

IMEI – International Mobile Equipment Identity

ESN – Electronic Serial Number

UPS – Uninterruptible Power Supply

HDMI – High Definition Multimedia Interface

VPN – Virtual Private Network

APN – Access Point Name

LED – Light Emitting Diode

DLNA – Digital Living Network Alliance

RAM – Random Access Memory

ROM – Read Only Memory

VGA – Video Graphics Array

QVGA – Quarter Video Graphics Array

WVGA – Wide Video Graphics Array

USB – Universal Serial Bus

WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network

PPI – Pixels Per Inch

LCD – Liquid Crystal Display

HSDPA – High Speed down Link Packet Access

HSUPA – High Speed Up Link Packet Access

HSPA – High Speed Packet Access

GPRS – General Packet Radio Service

EDGE – General Packet Radio Service

NFC – Near Field Communication

OTG – On to Go

SLCD – Super Liquid Crystal Display

OS – Operating System

SNS – Social Network Service

HS – Hot Spot

POI – Point of Interest

GPS – Global Positioning System

DVD – Digital Video Disk

DTP – Desktop Publishing

DNSE – Digital Nature Sound Engine

OVI – Ohio Video Intranet

CDMA – Code Division Multiple Access

WCDMA – Wide band Code Division Multiple Access

GSM – Global System for Mobile Communications

DIVX – Digital Internet Video Access

APK – Authenticated Public Key

J2ME – Java 2 Micro Edition

SIS – Installation Source

DELL – Digital Electronic Link Library

ACER – Acquisition Collaboration Experimentation Reflection

RSS – Really Simple Syndication

TFT – Thin Film Transistor

AMR – Adaptive Multi Rate

MPEG – Moving Pictures Experts Group

IVRS – Interactive Voice Response System

HP – Hewlett Packard

News Paper – North East West South Past and Present Events Report

Chess – Chariot Horse Elephant Soldiers

Cold – Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease

Joke – Joy of Kids Entertainment

Aim – Ambition in Mind

Date – Day and Time Evolution

Eat – Energy and Taste

Tea – Taste and Energy Admitted

Pen – Power Enriched in Nib

 Smile – Sweet Memories in Lips Expression

Etc – End of Thinking Capacity

OK – Objection Killed

Bye – Be with You Every Time

 2FA – Two Factor Authentication

 3G – Third Generation
 4G – Fourth Generation
 5G – Fifth Generation
 A/D – Analog to Digital
 AAA – Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
 AAC – Advanced Audio Coding
 AAL – ATM Adaptation Layer
 AAS – Authentication as a Service
 ABAP – Advanced Business Application Programming
 AC – Alternating Current
 ACC – Adaptive Cruise Control
 ACL – Access Control List
 ACPI – Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
 AD – Active Directory
 ADC – Analog to Digital Converter
 ADC – Analog-to-Digital Converter
 ADSL – Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
 AES – Advanced Encryption Standard
 AFK – Away From Keyboard
 AGP – Accelerated Graphics Port
 A-GPS – Assisted GPS
 AI – Artificial Intelligence
 AJAX – Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
 ALU – Arithmetic Logic Unit
 AM – Amplitude Modulation
 AMOLED – Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode
 AMOLED – Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode
 AMP – Accelerated Mobile Pages
 ANSI – American National Standards Institute
 API – Application Programming Interface
 APN – Access Point Name
 APS – Advanced Planning and Scheduling
 ARP – Address Resolution Protocol
 ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange
 ASP – Active Server Pages
 ATA – Advanced Technology Attachment
 ATM – Asynchronous Transfer Mode
 ATX – Advanced Technology Extended
 AV – Audio/Visual
 AV – Audio-Visual
 AVG – Anti-Virus Guard
 AVI – Audio Video Interleave
 AVR – Automatic Voltage Regulator
 AWG – American Wire Gauge
 B2B – Business to Business
 B2B – Business-to-Business
 B2C – Business to Consumer
 B2C – Business-to-Consumer
 BAU – Business As Usual
 BBP – Best Business Practice
 BCC – Blind Carbon Copy
 BCD – Binary Coded Decimal
 BIOS – Basic Input/Output System
 BIT – Binary Digit
 BLOB – Binary Large Object
 BMP – Bitmap
 BOM – Bill of Materials
 BOOTP – Bootstrap Protocol
 BPM – Business Process Management
 BPS – Bits per Second
 BRB – Be Right Back
 BSSID – Basic Service Set Identifier
 BYOD – Bring Your Own Device
 C2C – Customer to Customer
 CA – Certificate Authority
 CAD – Computer-Aided Design
 CAM – Computer-Aided Manufacturing
 CAPTCHA – Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans
Apart
 CAT – Category
 CBT – Computer-Based Training
 CC – Carbon Copy
 CCD – Charge-Coupled Device
 CCFL – Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp
 CCM – Counter with CBC-MAC
 CD – Compact Disc
 CDM – Conceptual Data Model
 CDN – Content Delivery Network
 CDR – Call Detail Record
 CD-R – Compact Disc Recordable
 CD-ROM – Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
 CD-RW – Compact Disc Re-Writable
 CEO – Chief Executive Officer
 CERT – Computer Emergency Response Team
 CGI – Common Gateway Interface
 CHAP – Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
 CIDR – Classless Inter-Domain Routing
 CIFS – Common Internet File System
 CIM – Common Information Model
 CIO – Chief Information Officer
 CIS – Customer Information System
 CISC – Complex Instruction Set Computer
 CISC – Complex Instruction Set Computing
 CLI – Command Line Interface
 CMOS – Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor
 CMS – Content Management System
 CMS – Customer Management System
 CNC – Computer Numerical Control
 COBOL – Common Business Oriented Language
 CODEC – Coder-Decoder
 COM – Component Object Model
 CPU – Central Processing Unit
 CRC – Cyclic Redundancy Check
 CRM – Customer Relationship Management
 CRUD – Create, Read, Update, Delete
 CSS – Cascading Style Sheets
 CSV – Comma-Separated Values
 CTI – Computer Telephony Integration
 CTR – Click-Through Rate
 DAC – Digital to Analog Converter
 DAO – Data Access Object
 DBA – Database Administrator
 DBMS – Database Management System
 DC – Direct Current
 DDoS – Distributed Denial of Service
 DDR – Double Data Rate
 DHCP – Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
 DIMM – Dual In-line Memory Module
 DIP – Dual In-line Package
 DNS – Domain Name System
 DOS – Disk Operating System
 DPI – Dots Per Inch
 DRM – Digital Rights Management
 DSL – Digital Subscriber Line
 DSP – Digital Signal Processor
 DTD – Document Type Definition
 DVD – Digital Versatile Disc
 DVD – Digital Video Disc
 EAI – Enterprise Application Integration
 EAP – Extensible Authentication Protocol
 EEPROM – Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
 EIDE – Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
 EJB – Enterprise JavaBeans
 EMF – Enhanced Metafile
 EMF – Enhanced Metafile Format
 EMI – Electromagnetic Interference
 ERP – Enterprise Resource Planning
 EULA – End User License Agreement
 FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
 FAT – File Allocation Table
 FDD – Floppy Disk Drive
 FTP – File Transfer Protocol
 GB – Gigabyte
 GHz – Gigahertz
 GIF – Graphics Interchange Format
 GPS – Global Positioning System
 GUI – Graphical User Interface
 HD – High Definition
 HDD – Hard Disk Drive
 HDMI – High-Definition Multimedia Interface
 HTML – Hypertext Markup Language
 HTTP – Hypertext Transfer Protocol
 HTTPS – Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
 I/O – Input/Output
 IaaS – Infrastructure as a Service
 IBM – International Business Machines
 ICMP – Internet Control Message Protocol
 IDE – Integrated Development Environment
 IDS – Intrusion Detection System
 IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
 IIS – Internet Information Services
 IMAP – Internet Message Access Protocol
 IoT – Internet of Things
 IP – Internet Protocol
 IPS – Intrusion Prevention System
 IPsec – Internet Protocol Security
 IPv4 – Internet Protocol version 4
 IPv6 – Internet Protocol version 6
 IRC – Internet Relay Chat
 ISA – Industry Standard Architecture
 ISDN – Integrated Services Digital Network
 ISO – International Organization for Standardization
 ISP – Internet Service Provider
 IT – Information Technology
 J2EE – Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition
 J2ME – Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition
 J2SE – Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition
 JAR – Java ARchive
 JDBC – Java Database Connectivity
 JSON – JavaScript Object Notation
 JSP – JavaServer Pages
 JVM – Java Virtual Machine
 KPI – Key Performance Indicator
 LAN – Local Area Network
 LCD – Liquid Crystal Display
 LDAP – Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
 LED – Light Emitting Diode
 LIFO – Last In, First Out
 LIFO – Last-In, First-Out
 LINQ – Language Integrated Query
 Linux – A Unix-like operating system
 LMS – Learning Management System
 LTE – Long-Term Evolution
 MAC – Media Access Control
 MAN – Metropolitan Area Network
 MB – Megabyte
 Mbps – Megabits per second
 MCSE – Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
 MD5 – Message Digest 5
 MIME – Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
 MMORPG – Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game
 MMS – Multimedia Messaging Service
 MOA – Massive Online Analysis
 MOBO – Motherboard
 MOOC – Massive Open Online Course
 MPEG – Moving Picture Experts Group
 MPLS – Multiprotocol Label Switching
 MRP – Material Requirements Planning
 MS SQL – Microsoft SQL Server
 MSDN – Microsoft Developer Network
 MSSQL – Microsoft SQL Server
 MVC – Model-View-Controller
 NAS – Network-Attached Storage
 NAT – Network Address Translation
 NAV – Norton Anti-Virus
 NFC – Near Field Communication
 NIC – Network Interface Card
 NLP – Natural Language Processing
 NNTP – Network News Transfer Protocol
 NTFS – New Technology File System
 OAuth – Open Authorization
 OCR – Optical Character Recognition
 ODBC – Open Database Connectivity
 OEM – Original Equipment Manufacturer
 OLE – Object Linking and Embedding
 OLED – Organic Light Emitting Diode
 OOP – Object-Oriented Programming
 ORM – Object-Relational Mapping
 OS – Operating System
 OSI – Open Systems Interconnection
 P2P – Peer-to-Peer
 PaaS – Platform as a Service
 PAN – Personal Area Network
 PCI – Peripheral Component Interconnect
 PCI-E – Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
 PCMCIA – Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
 PDF – Portable Document Format
 Perl – Practical Extraction and Reporting Language
 PHP – Hypertext Preprocessor
 PING – Packet InterNet Groper
 PKI – Public Key Infrastructure
 PLC – Programmable Logic Controller
 PNG – Portable Network Graphics
 POP – Post Office Protocol
 POSIX – Portable Operating System Interface
 POST – Power-On Self Test
 PPC – Pay-per-click
 PPP – Point-to-Point Protocol
 PPTP – Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
 PS/2 – Personal System/2
 PSP – PlayStation Portable
 PSTN – Public Switched Telephone Network
 QA – Quality Assurance
 QoS – Quality of Service
 RAID – Redundant Array of Independent Disks
 RAM – Random Access Memory
 RDBMS – Relational Database Management System
 RFID – Radio Frequency Identification
 RGB – Red Green Blue
 RISC – Reduced Instruction Set Computing
 RJ45 – Registered Jack-45
 RMI – Remote Method Invocation
 ROI – Return on Investment
 ROM – Read-Only Memory
 RPC – Remote Procedure
 RPC – Remote Procedure Call
 RSS – Really Simple Syndication
 RTF – Rich Text Format
 SaaS – Software as a Service
 SAN – Storage Area Network
 SAS – Serial Attached SCSI
 SATA – Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
 SCSI – Small Computer System Interface
 SD – Secure Digital
 SDK – Software Development Kit
 SDLC – Systems Development Life Cycle
 SEM – Search Engine Marketing
 SEO – Search Engine Optimization
 SERP – Search Engine Results Page
 SFTP – Secure File Transfer Protocol
 SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
 SMTP – Simple Network Management Protocol
 SNMP – Simple Network Management Protocol
 SNS – Social Network Service
 SOAP – Simple Object Access Protocol
 SQL – Structured Query Language
 SSH – Secure Shell
 SSL – Secure Sockets Layer
 SVG – Scalable Vector Graphics
 TCP – Transmission Control Protocol
 TCP/IP – Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
 TFTP – Trivial File Transfer Protocol
 TIFF – Tagged Image File Format
 TLS – Transport Layer Security
 TPM – Trusted Platform Module
 TTL – Time to Live
 UDP – User Datagram Protocol
 UI – User Interface
 UML – Unified Modeling Language
 UNC – Universal Naming Convention
 URI – Uniform Resource Identifier
 URL – Uniform Resource Locator
 USB – Universal Serial Bus
 UTF – Unicode Transformation Format
 UTF-8 – Unicode Transformation Format 8-bit
 UX – User Experience
 VLAN – Virtual Local Area Network
 VM – Virtual Machine
 VNC – Virtual Network Computing
 VPN – Virtual Private Network
 VR – Virtual Reality
 VRAM – Video Random Access Memory
 VRML – Virtual Reality Modeling Language
 W3C – World Wide Web Consortium
 WAN – Wide Area Network
 WAP – Wireless Application Protocol
 WBEM – Web-Based Enterprise Management
 WCF – Windows Communication Foundation
 WEP – Wired Equivalent Privacy
 Wi-Fi – Wireless Fidelity
 WiMAX – Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
 WIMP – Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointer
 WINS – Windows Internet Name Service
 WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network
 WMA – Windows Media Audio
 WMI – Windows Management Instrumentation
 WML – Wireless Markup Language
 WMP – Windows Media Player
 WORM – Write Once Read Many
 WPA – Wi-Fi Protected Access
 WSDL – Web Services Description Language
 WWW – World Wide Web
 XHTML – Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
 XML – Extensible Markup Language
 XSL – Extensible Stylesheet Language
 XSLT – Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations
 Y2K – Year 2000
 ZIP – Zone Improvement Plan