This is a File containing Major Computer Acronyms and

Abbrv. composed by DIV.

Please note that this file does not contain all acronyms
relating to Computer but can used as a Guide . / means
"or" and it indicates an acronym with more than one
meaning and it all depends on where the abbreviation is
being used.
Computer Abbreviations / Full Forms
Starting with
“A” I am DIV
AAC: Advanced Audio Coding.
ABI: Application Binary Interface.
AD: Active Directory.
ADC: Analog – to – Digital Converter / Apple Display
Connector (DVI Variant).
AHA: Accelerated Hub Architecture.
ALGOL: Algorithmic Language.
AJAX: Asynchronous JavaScript and XML.
ALU: Arithmetic Logical Unit.

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AMD: Advanced Micro Devices.
API: Application Programming Interface.
APP: Application
AMOLED: Amplified Organic Light Emitting Diode.
ARPANET: Advanced Research Projects Agency Network.
ASCII: American Standard Code for Information
Interchange.
ASP: Application Service Provider / Active Server Pages.
AST: Abstract Syntax Tree.
ATA: Advanced Technology Attachment.
ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode.
AVC: Advanced Video Coding.
AVI: Audio Video InterLeaved.
AWT: Abstract WIndow ToolKit.
"B"
BAL: Basic Assembly Language.
BASIC: Beginner All – Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
BCD: Binary Coded Decimal.

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BER: Bit Error Rate.
BiDi: Bi – Directional.
BIN: Binary.
BINAC: Binary Automatic Computer.
BIOS: Basic Input Output System.
BIT: A Binary Digit.
BLOB: Binary large Object.
BLOG: Web Log.
BPS: Bits Per Second.
BMP: Basic Multilingual Plane.
BT: BitTorrent / Bluetooth.
BW: Bandwidth.
"C" I am DIV
CAD: Computer – Aided Design.
CAE: Computer – Aided Engineering.
CAI: Computer – Aided Instruction.
CAQA: Computer – Aided Quality Assurance.

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CC: C Compiler / Carbon Copy.
CD: Compact Disk / Change Directory.
CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access.
CD-R: Compact Disk – Recordable.
CD-ROM: Compact Disk – Read – Only Memory.
CD-RW: Compact Disk – Rewritable.
CG: Computer Graphics.
CGA: Color Graphics Array.
CGI: Common Gateway Interface / Computer – Generated
Imaginary.
CMOS: Complementary Metal – Oxide Semiconductor.
CIFS: Common Internet File System.
CIM: Common Information Model.
CLI: Command Line Interface.
CNC: Computer Numerical Control.
COBOL: Common Business – Oriented Language.
CPU: Central Processing Unit.
CRS: Computer Reservation System.

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CTR: Cathode Ray Tube.
CSI: Common System Interface.
CSV: Comma – Separated Values.
CTCP: Client – to – Client Protocol.
CTL: Computation Tree Logic.
CUA: Common User Access.
“D”
DAO: Data Access Objects.
DAP: Direct Access Protocol.
DAT: Digital Audio Tape.
DB: DataBase.
DBA: Database Administrator.
DBMS: Database Management System.
DCC: Direct Client – to – Client.
DDR: Double Data Rate.
DES: Data Encryption Standard.
DFD: Data Flow Diagram.

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DFS: Distributed File System.
DHTML: Dynamic Hyper Text Markup Language.
DIVX: Digital Video Express.
DMA: Direct Memory Access.
DNS: Domain Name System.
DOS: Disk Operating System.
DPI: Dots per INCH.
DOS-PMI: Disk Operating System – Protected Mode
Interface.
DSL: Digital Subscriber Line / Domain – Specific Language.
DBSN: Database Source Name (ODBC).
DTE: Data Terminal Equipment.
DTR: Data Terminal Ready.
DVD: Digital Versatile Disk / Digital Video Disk.
DVD-R: Digital Versatile Disk – Recordable.
DVD-ROM: Digital Versatile Disk – Read Only Memory.
DVD-RW: Digital Versatile Disk – Rewritable.
DVI: Digital Visual Interface.

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DVR: Digital Video Recorder.
"E"
EBCDIC: Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange
Code.
EEPROM: Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only
memory.
EID: Electronic ID Card.
EIGRP: Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol.
ELF: Executable and Linkable Format.
ENIAC: Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer.
EOF: End of File.
EOL: End of Line.
EOM: End of Message.
EPROM: Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory.
ECU: Extended Unix Code.
ESC: Escape.
“F”
FAT: File Allocation Table.

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FORTRAN: Formula Translator
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions.
FPU: Floating Point Unit.
FTP: File Transfer Protocol.
FXP: File Exchange Protocol.
"G"
Gb: Gigabit.
GB: Gigabyte.
GDI: Graphics Device Interface.
GIF: Graphics Interchange Format.
GIGO: Garbage In Garbage Out.
GPS: Global Positioning System.
GPRS: General Packet Radio Service.
GPU: Graphics Processing Unit.
GUI: Graphical User Interface.
"H"
HCI: Human Computer Interaction.

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HD: High Density/ High Definition.
HDD: Hard Disk Drive.
HD DVD: High Definition DVD.
HDL: Hardware Description Language.
HHD: Hybrid Hard Drive.
HP: Hewlett-Packard.
HPFS: High Performance File System.
HTM: Hierarchical Temporal Memory.
HTML: Hypertext markup Language.
HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
HVD: Holographic Versatile Disk.
HZ: Hertz.
"I"
IBM: International Business Machines.
IC: Integrated Circuit.
ICMP: Internet Control Message Protocol.
ICP: Internet Cache Protocol.

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ICT: Information and Communication Technology.
IDL: Interface Definition Language.
IDE: Integrated Development Environment / Integrated
Drive Electronics.
IDLE: Integrated Development Language
IE: Internet Explorer.
IGMP: Internet Group Management Protocol.
IMAP: Internet Message Access Protocol.
I/O: Input / Output.
IP: Internet Protocol.
IPC: Inter-Process Communication.
IPP: Internet Printing Protocol.
IrDA: Infrared Data Association.
IRP: I/O Request Packet.
IRQ: Interrupt Request.
ISC: Internet Storm Center.
ISO: International Organisation for Standardization.
ISP: Internet Service Provider.

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ISR: Interrupt Service Routine.
ISV: Independent Software Vendor.
IT: Information Technology.
ITU: International Telecommunication Union.
“J”
J2EE: Java 2 Enterprise Edition.
J2ME: Java 2 Micro Edition.
J2SE: Java 2 Standard Edition.
JDK: Java Development KIT.
JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group.
JRE: Java Runtime Environment.
JS: Java Script.
JSON: Java Script Object Notation.
JSP: Java Server Pages.
JUG: Java User Group.
“K”
KB: Kilobyte.

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Kb: Kilobit.
KHz: Kilohertz.
KBPS: Kilobit per second.
"L"
LAN: Local Area Network.
LED: Light-Emitting Diode.
LSB: Least Significant Bit.
“M”
MAN: Metropolitan Area Network.
MANET: Mobile Ad-Hoc Network.
Mb: Megabit.
MB: Megabyte.
MBR: Master Boot Record.
MDI: Multiple Document Interface.
MICR: Magnetic Ink Character Recognition.
MIDI: Musical Instrument Digital Interface.
MIMO: Multiple-Input Multiple Output.

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MIPS: Million Instructions Per Second.
MHz: Megahertz.
MMU: Memory Management Unit.
MOSFET: Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect
Transistor.
MPEG: Motion Pictures (coding) Experts Group.
MSB: Most Significant Bit.
MS-DOS: Microsoft Disk Operating System.
"N"
NFS: Network File System.
NIO: New I/O.
NOP: NO Operation.
NOS: Network Operating System.
NTP: Network Time Protocol.
NVRAM: Non-Volatile Random Access Memory.
"O"
OOP: Object-Oriented Programming.
OPML: Outline Processor Markup Language.

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OS: Operating System.
OCR: Optical Character Reader.
OLED: Organic Light Emitting Diode
"P"
P2P: Peer-To-Peer.
PAN: Personal Area Network.
PAP: Password Authentication Protocol.
PATA: Parallel ATA.
PC: Personal Computer.
PCB: Printed Circuit Board.
PC DOS: Personal Computer Disk Operating System.
PCI: Peripheral Component Interconnect.
PCIe: PCI Express.
PCL: Printer Command Language.
PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor.
PIC: Peripheral Interface Controller / Programmable
Interrupt Controller.
PIO: Programmed Input/Output.

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POST: Power-On Self Test.
PPI: Pixels Per Inch.
PPP: Point-to-Point Protocol.
PPPoA: PPP over ATM.
PPPoE: PPP over Ethernet.
PSU: Power Supply Unit.
"Q"
Blank lol, I am sure there are Q's. Sorry - DIV
"R"
RAD: Rapid Application Development.
RAM: Random Access Memory.
RARP: Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
REEAL: Recursive Functions Algorithmic Language.
RF: Radio Frequency.
RGB: Red, Green, Blue (then RGBA- Red, Green, Blue,
Alpha).
RIP: Routing Information Protocol.
ROM: Read Only Memory.

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ROMB: Read-Out Motherboard.
ROM-DOS: Read Only Memory-Disk Operating System.
RTOS: Real Time Operating System.
"S"
SAN: Storage Area Network.
SATA: Serial ATA.
SDR: Software-Defined Radio.
SDRAM: Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory.
SFTP: Secure FTP/Simple File Transfer Protocol.
SHDSL: Single-pair High-speed Digital Subscriber Line.
SIMD: Single Instruction, Multiple Data.
SIMM: Single InLine Memory Module.
SMBIOS: System Management BIOS.
SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
SSD: Solid State Drive.
SQL: Structured Query Language.
SVD: Structured VLSI Design.

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SVG: Scalable Vector Graphics.
SVGA: Super Video Graphics Array.
"T"
TB: TeraByte.
TCP: Transmission Control Protocol.
TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol.
tmp: Temporary.
TTS: Text-to Speech.
"U"
UAC: User Account Control.
UEFI: Unified Extensible Firmware Interface.
UI: User Interface.
UPS: Uninterruptible Power Supply.
URI: Uniform Resource Identifier.
URL: Uniform Resource Locator.
URN: Uniform Resource Name.
USB: Universal Serial Bus.

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UTF: Unicode Transformation Format.
UTP: Unshielded Twisted Pair.
"V"
VAR: Variable.
VB: Visual Basic.
VBA: Visual Basic for Applications.
VBS: Visual Basic Script.
VFS: Virtual File System.
VGA: Video Graphics Array.
VLAN: Virtual Local Area Network.
VoIP: Voice Over IP.
VPN: Virtual Private Network.
VPU: Visual Processing Unit.
VT: Video Terminal.
"W"
WAN: Wide Area Network.
WAP: Wireless Access Protocol.

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Wi-Fi: Wireless Fidelity.
Win: Windows.
WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network.
WMA: Windows Media Audio.
WMV: Windows Media Video.
WOL: Wake-on-Lan.
WOM: Wake-on-Modem.
WPA: Wi-Fi Protected Access.
WWAN: Wireless Wide Area Network.
WWID: World Wide Identifier.
WWW: World Wide Web.
"X"
XHTML: Extensible Hypertext Markup Language.
XML: Extensible Markup Language.
"Z"
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Thank you and that is all...
I am Div!

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