Computer Abbreviations

COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS

A	A/D	Analog To Digital.
	ALU	Arithmetic Logic Unit.
	ASCII	American Standard Code For Information Interchange.
	ASR	Automatic Send And Receive.
	ATM	Automated Teller Machine.
B	BCD	Binary Coded Decimal.
	BIOS	Basic Input/Output System.
	BIS	Business Information System.
	BPS	Bits Per Second.
C	CAD	Computer-Aided Design.
	CAM	Computer-Aided Manufacturing.
	CASE	Computer-Aided Software Engineering.
	CD	Compact Disc.
	CDROM	Compact Disc Read-Only Memory.
	COBOL	Common Business-Oriented Language.
	CPS	Characters Per Second.
	CPU	Central Processing Unit.
	CROM	Control Read-Only Memory.
	CRT	Cathode Ray Tube.
D	DBMS	Database Management System.
	DOS	Disk Operating System.
	DPI	Dots Per Inch.
	DTP	Desktop Publishing.
	DVD	Digital Versatile Disk.
E	EEPROM	Electronically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory.
	EPROM	Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory.
F	FM	Frequency Modulation.
	FORTRAN	Formula Translation.
	FTP	File Transfer Protocol.
G	GB	Giga Byte.
	GIGO	Garbage In, Garbage Out.
	GUI	Graphical User Interface.
H	HTML	Hyper Text Markup Language.
	HTTP	Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.
	HZ	Hertz.
I	I/O	Input / Output.
	IP	Internet Protocol.
	ISO	International Standards Organisation.
	ISP	Internet Service Provider.
K	KB	Kilo Byte.
L	LAN	Local Area Network.
	LCD	Liquid Crystal Display.
M	MAN	Metropolitan Area Network.
	MB	Mega Byte.
	MICR	Magnetic Ink Character Recognition.
N	NS	Nano Second.
O	OCR	Optical Character Recognition.
	OMR	Optical Mark Reader.
	OS	Operating System.
P	P2P	Peer To Peer.
	PAN	Personal Area Network.
	PC	Personal Computer.
	PCB	Printed Circuit Board.
	PDF	Portable Document Format.
	PIN	Personal Identification Number.
	PPP	Point-To-Point Protocol.
	PROM	Programmable Read-Only Memory.
R	RAM	Random Access Memory.
	ROM	Read Only Memory.
U	URL	Uniform Resource Locator.
	USB	Universal Serial Bus.
V	VDU	Visual Display Unit.
	VGA	Video Graphics Array.
W	WAN	Wide Area Network.
	Wi-Fi	Wireless Fidelity.
	WWW	World Wide Web.
X	XML	Extensible Markup Language.