Computer Full Form: When it comes to computer science and Information Technology, abbreviations play a huge role. There are tons of jargon in the field and most of them are abbreviated for ease of use. Afterall technology is all about bringing ease hence most technical terms are short forms sticking to the nature of the field. Let’s take personal computer for example, these two words in itself are a simple combination but it has been abbreviated to PC to make it simpler. Things get more complicated than PC as we delve deeper into the IT world.

Almost all of the technical items and devices we use are an abbreviation of some words, most of which we are aware of and most of which we think of as just another word. Though it may not be of that much relevance in a layman’s life/ day-to-day life unless you are working in the field. Computer abbreviations are really important for students, of all ages and standards.

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It especially is of a lot of importance if you are planning to sit for any of the national entrance exams, whether for college or for a job. Computer and digital aspect is one of the most importants parts of our lives and more than fifty percent of any kind of work is dependent on computers so naturally the knowledge of the field is essential. It is tested in many ways and forms.

If we go on looking, there are thousands of abbreviations in the field of computer science and Information Technology but we are looking at most used technical terms which have been asked several times in various entrance exams. Some of these are common terms that everyone knows and uses. Then there are some technical computer abbreviations that deal with computer and networking terminology. We have curated a list just for you so that your full form game comes strong unlike anyone else’s.

 

List of important computer related abbreviations – you should know

 

AI – Artificial Intelligence

AGP – Advanced Graphics Port

ADSL – Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

ABR – Average Bit Rate

AIM – AOL Instant Messenger

AAC – Advanced Audio Coding

ALU – Arithmetic Logic Unit

ALGOL – Algorithmic Language

AMD – Advanced Micro Devices

AOL – America Online

API – Application Program Interface

APT – Automatically Programmed Tooling

ARP – Address Resolution Protocol

ARQ – Automatic Repeat Request

ARPANET – Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

AS – Autonomous System

ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASP – Active Server Pages

ASPI – Advanced SCSI Programming Interface

ATA – Advanced Technology Attachment

ATDT – Attention Dial Tone

AUI – Attachment Unit Interface

AUTOEXEC – Autoexec Automatic Execution file

AVI – Audio Video Interleave

BCC – Blind Carbon Copy

BINAC – Binary Automatic Computer

BIOS – Basic Input Output System

BASIC – Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

BCC – Blind Carbon Copy

BCD – Binary Coded Decimal

BCR – Barcode Reader

BDSL – Broadband DSL

BEDO – Burst Extended Data Out (RAM)

BGP – Border Gateway Protocol

BHTML – Broadcast Hyper Text Markup Language

BIOS – Basic Input Output System

BIPS – Billion Instruction Per Second

BIU – Bus Interface Unit

BMP – Bitmap

BRD – Blu-Ray Disc

CC – Carbon Copy

CD – Compact Disk

CD-R – Compact Disk – Recordable

CD ROM – Compact Disk Read Only Memory

CD RW – Compact Disk Rewritable

CD-WO – Compact Disk – Write Once

CD-XA – Compact Disk – Extended Architecture

CGI-BIN – Common Gateway Interface – Binary (programming for Web forms)

CIS – CompuServe Information Service

CISC – Complex Instructions Set Computers

CMD – Command

CMYK – Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black (color model)

CNM – Circulatory Network Mode

COAX – Coaxial Cable (for Ethernet and similar networks)

COBOL – Common Business Oriented Language

COMPUTER – Commonly Operated Machine Particularly Used for Trade/Technology, Education, and Research.

CPI – Clock / Cycle Per Instruction

CPU – Central Processing Unit

CROM – Computerized Range of Motion

CRT – Cathode Ray Tube( standard type computer monitor display

CSLIP – Compressed Serial Line Interface Protocol (Internet)

CSS – Cascading Style Sheets

CTRL – Control (computer keyboard key)

CUI – Character User Interface

DBA – Database Admin

DNS – Domain Name System

DVD – Digital Versatile Disk

DAC – Data Acquisition and Control

DAT – Digital Audio Tape

dB – Decibel

DBMS – Data Base Management System

DDL – Data Definition Language

DHTML – Dynamics Hyper Text Markup Language

DML – Data Manipulation Language

DOC – Data Optimizing Computer

Doc – Document

DOS – Disk Operating System

DRAM – Dynamic Random Access Memory

DVDR – Digital Versatile Disk Recordable

DVDRW – Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable

DCE – Data Communications Equipment

DVI – Digital Visual Interface

DVR – Digital Video Recorder

EBCDIC – Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

EPROM – Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

EXE – Executable

E-Commerce – Electronic Commerce

EDC – Electronic Digital Computer

EDI – Electronic Data Interchange

EDP – Electronic Data Processing

EFS – Encrypted File System

EIDE – Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics

E-Mail – Electronic Mail

EROM – Erasable Read Only Memory

FAX – Far Away Xerox

FORTRAN – Formula Translation

FS – File System

FTP – File Transfer Protocols

FDD – Floppy Disk Drive

GIF – Graphics Interchange Format

GSM – Global System for Mobile Communication

GB – Giga Byte

GDI – Graphical Device Interface

GUI – Graphical User Interface

HD – Hard Disk

HTML – Hyper Text Markup Language

HTTP – Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

I/O – Input/Output (serial and parallel ports)

IC – Integrated Circuit

IMAP – Internet Message Access Protocol

INTEL – Integrated Electronics

IOP – Input Output Processor

IP – Internet Protocol

ISDN – Integrated Services Digital Network

ISP – Internet Service Provider

IVR – Interactive Voice Response

IMAP – Internet Message Access Protocol

JPEG – Joint Photographic Experts Group

KB – Kilobyte

Kbps – Kilobits/Kilobytes Per Second

LED – Light Emitting Diode

LAN – Local Area Network

LLL – Low Level Language

LPT – Line Printer

MAC – Media Access Control

MAN – Metropolitan Area Network

MBASIC – Microsoft BASIC (Microsoft)

MBPS – Megabytes Per Second

MMX – Multimedia Extensions

MODEM – Modulator Demodulator

MSCDEX – Microsoft Compact Disc Extension

MS-DOS – Microsoft – Disk Operating System

MB – Megabyte

MMS- Multimedia Message Service

MPEG – Moving Picture Experts Group

MIPS – Million Instructions Per Second

MICR – Magnetic Ink Character Read

NAT – Network Address Translation

NTP – Network Time Protocol

NOS – Network Operating System

OCR – Optical Character Reader

OMR – Optical Mark Reader

OOP – Object Oriented Programming

OS – Operating System

PDF – Portable Document Format

PAN – Personal Area Networks

PPP – Point to Point Protocols

PROM – Programmable Read Only Memory

PING – Packet Internet Gopher

P2P – Point to Point Protocol

PAN – Personal Area Network

PC – Personal Computer

PCB – Printer Circuit Board

PCI – Peripheral Component Interconnect

PHP – Hypertext Preprocessor

PIXEL – Picture Element

PNG – Portable Network Graphics

PRN – Printer

RAM – Random Access Memory

ROM – Read Only Memory

RIP – Routing Information Protocol

RARP – Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

RDBMS – Relational Data Base Management System

RISC – Reduced Instruction Set Computer

SQL – Structured Query Language

SRAM – Static Random Access Memory

SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SIM – Subscriber Identification Module

SAM – Software Asset Management

SAN – Storage Area Network

SCSI – Small Computer System Interface

SDRAM – Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

SFTP – Secure File Transfer Protocol

SGML – Standard Generalized Markup Language

SGRAM – Synchronous Graphics RAM

SIP – Session Initiation Protocol

SIU – Serial Interface Unit

SNAP – Sub Network Access Protocol

SNMP – Simple Network Management Protocol

SYSOP – System Operator

TCP – Transmission Control Protocol

TCPIP – Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol

TB – Terabytes

UI – User Interface

URL – Uniform Resource Locator

URI – Uniform Resource Identifier

VCD – Video Compact Disk

VDU – Visual Display Unit

VIRUS – Vital Information Resource Under Siege

VRAM – Video Random Access Memory

VxD – Virtual Extended Driver

VGA – Video Graphics Array

WAN – Wide Area Network

WAP – Wireless Application Protocol

WBMP – Wireless Bitmap Image

WML – Wireless Markup Language

WWW – World Wide Web

WiFi – Wireless Fidelity

WPA – Wi-Fi Protected Access

WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network

WORM – Write Once Read Many

XGA – Extended Graphics Array

XHTML – Extensible Hyper Text Markup Language

XMF – Extensible Music File

XML – Extensible Markup Language

XMS – Extended Memory Specification

ZB – Zettabyte