abbreviations for networking, operating system and storage, and some other

common computer short forms.

1. Computer Abbreviations for Basic Components

AFA – All-Flash Array
BIOS – Basic Input Output System
BYTE – Storage Unit
CPU – Central Processing Unit
HDD – Hard Disk Drive
LCD – Liquid Crystal Display
OS – Operating System
PC – Personal Computer
PDF – Portable Document Format
RAID – Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RAM – Random Access Memory
RDMA – Remote Direct Memory Access
ROM – Read Only-Memory
SATA – Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
SSD – Solid State Drive
VGA – Video Graphics Array

2. List of Other Important Computer Abbreviations

COMPUTER – Commonly Operated Machine Used for Trade or Technology, Education
and Research
AAC – Advanced Audio Coding
AI – Artificial Intelligence
ARPANET – Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
ALU – Arithmetic Logic Unit
ALGOL – Algorithmic Language
AOL – America Outline
API – Application Program Interface
APT – Automatically Programmed Tooling
ARP – Address Resolution Protocol
ASP – Active Server Pages
ATM – Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AUI – Attachment Unit Interface
AT – Advanced Technology
ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange
AVI – Audio Video Interleave
BCC – Blind Carbon Copy
BASIC – Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BPS – Bytes Per Second
BCD – Binary Coded Decimal
B HTML – Broadcast Hypertext Markup Language
BIU – Bus Interface Unit
BMP – Bitmap
B2C – Business to Consumer
B2B – Business to Business
CUI – Character User Interface
CSS – Cascading Style Sheets
CPI – Clock/Cycle Per Instruction
CC – Carbon Copy
CAI – Computer-Aided Instruction
CDMA – Code Division Multiple Access
CRT – Cathode Ray Tube
COBOL – Common Business Oriented Language
CISC – Complex Instructions Set Computers
CADD – Computer-Aided Design in Drafting
CAD – Computer-Aided Design
CD – Compact Disk
CD RW – Compact Disk Rewritable
CMD – Command
CD ROM – Compact Disk Read Only Memory
CROM – Computerised Range of Motion
CAM – Computer-Aided Manufacturing
DAT – Digital Audio Tape
DNA – Distributed Internet Architecture
DDR – Double Data Rate
DPI – Dots Per Inch
DDR-SDRAM – Double Data Rate-Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
DML – Data Manipulation Language
DOS – Disk Operating System
DOC – Date Optimising Computer
DHTML – Dynamics Hypertext Markup Language
Doc – Document
DVD – Digital Versatile Disk
DVI -Digital Visual Interface
DDL – Data Definition Language
DRAM – Dynamic Random Access Memory
DBMS – Database Management System
DVDR – Digital Versatile Disk Recordable
DVDRW – Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
DVR – Digital Video Recorder
DARPANET – Defence Advanced Research Project Agency Network
E-Commerce – Electronic Commerce
EDGE – Enhanced Data Rate for GSM Evolution
EDI – Electronic Data Interchange
EDP – Electronic Data Processing
FS – File System
FTP – File Transfer Protocol
FORTRAN – Formula Translation
FDD – Floppy Disk Drive
FDC – Floppy Disk Controller
ENIAC – Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator
EDSAC – Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator
EDVAC – Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Compute
EB – EXAByte
EiB – EXBIByte
EROM – Erasable Read-Only Memory
EPROM – Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EEPROM – Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
E-Mail – Electronic Mail
EFS – Encrypted File System
FAT – Find Allocation Table
FPS -Frames Per Second
FLOPS – Floating Point Operations for Second
FM – Frequency Modulation
GB – GigaByte
GiB – GIBIByte
GIGO – Garbage in Garbage Out
GHz – Gigahertz
GIF – Graphics Interchangeable Format
GDI – Graphical Device Into
GPRS – General Packet Radio Service
GUI – Graphical User Interface
GBPS – Gigabytes/Gigabits Per Second
3GP – 3rd Generation Project
3GPP – 3rd Generation Partnership Project
GML – Geography Markup Language
GSM – Global System For Mobile Communication
IBM – International Business Machines
IC – Integrated Circuit
IO – Input Output
IOP – Input Output Processor
IPV6 – Internet Protocol Version 6
IPV4 – Internet Protocol Version 4
IP – Internet Protocol
INFO – Information
HDMI – High Definition Multimedia Interface
HTTPS – Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
HD – Hard Disk
HDD – Hard Disk Drive
HPC – Handheld Personal Computer
HP – Hewlett Packard/Horsepower
INTEL – Integrated Electronics
IMAP – Internet Message Access Protocol
ISO – International Organisation for Standardisation
HSDPA – High-speed Downlink Packet Access
ICT – Information Communication Technology
IT – Information Technology
MIPS – Million Instructions for Second
MHz – Megahertz
MBPS – Megabits/Megabytes per Second
MB – Motherboard/Megabyte
MAN – Metropolitan Area Network
LLL – Low-level Language
Kbps – Kilobits/Kilobytes per Second
KBD – Keyboard
KB – Kilobyte
JSP – Java Server Page
JS – JavaScript
JPEG – Joint Photographic Expert Group
JAD – Job Application Descriptor/Development
J2EE – Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition
JAR – Java Archive
MIME – Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MICR – Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
MPEG – Motion Picture Experts Group
Mp3 – MPEG Audio Layer 3
Mp4 – MPEG-4 AVC
NAT – Network Address Translation
NIC – Network Interface Card
NIIT – National Institute of Information Technology
NTP – Network Time Protocol
NTFS – New Technology File System
OMR – Optical Mark Reader/Recognition
OOP – Object-Oriented Programming
OpenGL – Open Graphics Library
OSI – Open Systems Interconnection
PHP – Hypertext Preprocessor
PB – PetaByte
PiB – PebiByte
PNG – Portable Network
PNP – Plug and Play
PDA – Personal Digital
PDU – Protocol Data Unit/Power Distribution Unit
PAN – Personal Area Network
PROM – Programmable Read-Only Memory
PCI – Peripheral Component Interconnect
POST – Power on Self Test
PSU – Power Supply Unit
PING – Packet Internet/Internetwork Groper
RDBMS – Relational Database Management System
RIP – Routing Information to Protocol
RPM – Revolutions Per Minute
SMPS – Switch Mode Power Supply
SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SRAM – Static Random Access Memory
SIM – Subscriber Identity Module
SAM – Software Asset Management/Sequential Access Method
SNAP – Subnetwork Access Protocol
SNOBOL – String Oriented Symbolic Language
SIU – Serial Interface Unit
SW – Software
SMS – Short Message Services
SQL – Structured Query
TB – Terabyte
TiB – Tebibyte
TCP – Transmission Control Protocol
TBPS – Terabytes Per Second
TAPI – Telephony Application Programming Interface
TXT – Text
UNIVAC – Universal Automatic Computer
UHF – Ultra High Frequency
UMTS – Universal Mobile Telecommunication System
VAN – Value Added Network
UPS – Uninterruptible Power Supply
UI – User Interface
VDU – Visual Display Unit
VIRUS – Vital Information Resource Under Seized
VCD – Video Compact Disk
VHF – Very High Frequency
VOIP – VoiceOver Internet Protocol
VRAM – Video Random Access Memory
VPN – Virtual Private Network
WAN – Wide Area Network
WAP – Wireless Application Protocol
WORM – Write Once Read Many
WWW – World Wide Web
WBMP – Wireless Bitmap Image
WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network
WMV – Windows Media Video
WML – Wireless Markup Language
WMA – Windows Media Audio
WINS – Windows Internet Name Service
XT – Extended Technology
XMF – Extensible Music File
XML – Extensible Markup Language
XMS – Extended Memory Specification
XHTML – Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
XSL – Extensible Style Language
Yahoo – Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle
YB – Yottabyte
YiB – Yobibyte
ZiB – ZebiByte
ZB – Zetta Byte

3. Computer Short Forms Related to Internet and Network

DNS – Domain Name Server
FTP – File Transport Protocol
HTML – HyperText Markup Language
HTTP – Hypertext Transfer Protocol
IP – Internet Protocol
ISP – Internet Service Provider
LAN – Local Area Network
PPP – Point to Point Protocol
SEO – Search Engine Optimisation
URL -Uniform Resource Locator
USB – Universal Serial Bus
VR – Virtual Reality
VRML – Virtual Reality Mark-up Language