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Abbreviations of Computer

This document lists 50 common computer abbreviations and their meanings, including Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU), American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII), and Basic Input Output System (BIOS). It covers abbreviations for hardware components, file formats, programming languages, operating systems, and more.

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Abbreviations of Computer

This document lists 50 common computer abbreviations and their meanings, including Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU), American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII), and Basic Input Output System (BIOS). It covers abbreviations for hardware components, file formats, programming languages, operating systems, and more.

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Computer Abbreviations

1. ALU Arithmetic and Logic Unit


2. ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
3. BCD Binary Coded Decimal
4. BIOS Basic Input Output System
5. CAD Computer Aided Design
6. CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing
7. CD Compact Disk
8. CD-ROM Compact Disk – Read Only Memory
9. CGA Color Graphic Adapter
10. COBOL Common Business Oriented Language
11. CPU Central Processing Unit
12. CVT Constant Voltage Transformer
13. DBMS Data Base Management System
14. DOS Disk Operating System
15. DVD Digital Versatile Disk
16. DTPS Desk Top Publishing System
17. EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
18. FAT File Animation Tool or Trunk
19. FIFO First In First Out
20. FDD Floppy Disk Drive
21. GB Giga Byte
22. GIF Graphic Underhand Format
23. GIGO Garbage In Garbage Out
24. GUI Graphical User Interface
25. HDD Hard Disk Drive
26. IBM International Business Machine
27. IC Integrated Circuits
28. IDE Integrated Device Electronics
29. IT Information Technology
30. INTERNET International Network
31. JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
32. KB Kilo Byte
33. LAN Local Area Network
34. LIFO Last In First Out
35. MAN Metropolitan Area Network
36. MG Mega Byte
37. MS-DOS Micro Soft – Disk Operating System
38. NTFS New Technology File System
39. OCR Optical Character Reader
40. OMR Optical Mark Recognition
41. OS Operating System
42. PASCAL A Programming Language
43. PROM Programmable Read Only Memory
44. RAM Random Access Memory
45. ROM Read Only Memory
46. SQL Structural Query Language
47. UNIX A Multi-user Time Sharing System
48. VDU Visual Display Unit
49. VGA Visual Graphic Adaptor
50. WAN Wide Area Network

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