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
