COMPUTER ACRONYMS

1. ACE - Asynchronous Communication Element
2. ACPI - Advance Configuration and Power Interface
3. ADC - Analog-to-Digital Converter
4. ADO - Active Data Object
5. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (variant of DSL)
6. AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port
7. ALU - Arithmetic Logic Unit
8. AMR - Audio Modem Riser
9. API - Application Programming Interface
10. ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
11. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment
12. BCD - Binary Coded Decimal
13. BEDO RAM - Burst EDO RAM
14. BIOS - Basic Input Output System
15. BIU - Bus Interface Unit
16. CGI - Common Gateway Interface
17. CAD - Computer – Aided Design
18. CMOS - Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
19. 57 CPU - Central Processing Unit
20. CRT - Cathode Ray Tube
21. DMA - Direct Memory Access
22. DTE - Data Terminal Equipment
23. DDR - Double Data Rate
24. DIMM - Dual Inline Memory Module
25. DLL - Dynamic Link Library
26. DNS - Domain Name System
27. DOS - Disk Operating System
28. DRAM - Dynamic Random Access Memory
29. DSL - Digital Subscriber Line
30. DVD - Digital Versatile Disc
31. EDO - Enhanced Data Output
32. EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
33. FAT - File Allocation Table
34. FRAM - Ferro-Magnetic RAM
35. FDD - Floppy Disk Drive
36. FSB - Front Side Bus
37. FTP - File Transfer Protocol
38. GIF - Graphics Interchange Format
39. GPRS - General Packet Radio Service
40. GSM - Global System for Mobile Communication
41. GUI - Graphical User Interface
42. HDD - Hard Disk Drive
43. HTML - Hypertext Markup Language
44. HTTP - Hypertext Transport Protocol
45. IC - Integrated Circuit
46. IBM - International Business Machines
47. ICT - Information and Communication Technology
48. IDE - Integrated Drive Electronics
49. I/O - Input/Output
50. IP - Internet Protocol
51. IRQ - Interrupt Request
52. IT - Information Technology
53. ISA - Industry Standard Architecture
54. JFET - Junction Field Effect Transistor
55. JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group
56. LAN - Local Area Networking
57. LED - Light Emitting Diode
58. LBA - Logical Block Addressing
59. LSB - Least Significant Bit
60. MAN - Metropolitan Area Network
61. MB - Megabyte
62. MHz - Megahertz
63. MIDI - Musical Instrument Digital Interface
64. MPEG - Motion Pictures Experts Group
65. MODEM - Modulator Demodulator
66. MPU - Microprocessor Unit
67. NTFS - New Technology File System
68. OCR - Optical Character Recognition
69. OS - Operating System
70. PATA - Parallel ATA
71. PC - Personal Computer
72. PCB - Printed Circuit Board
73. PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect
74. PIC - Programmable Interval Controller
75. PPI - Programmable Peripheral Interface
76. PDF - Portable Document Format
77. PNG - Portable Network Graphics
78. PnP - Plug-and-Play
79. PS/2 - Personal System/2
80. RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks
81. RAM - Random Access Memory
82. RMW - Read/Modify/Write
83. R/W - Read/Write
84. ROM - Read Only Memory
85. RGB - Red Greed Blue
86. SATA - Serial ATA
87. SCSI - Small Computer System Interface
88. SDRAM - Synchronous Dynamic RAM
89. SRAM - Static RAM
90. SVGA - Super Video Graphics Array
91. SMART - Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology
92. SSRAM - Synchronous Static RAM
93. TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol/
94. Internet Protocol
95. URL - Uniform Resource Locator
96. USB - Universal Serial Bus
97. VGA - Video Graphics Array/Adapter
98. VIRUS - Vital Information Resource
99. Under Seize
100. WAN - Wide Area Network
101. WAP - Wireless Application Protocol
102. Wi-Fi - Wireless Fidelity
103. WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network
104. www - World Wide Web