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Technological Acronyms you should know

So many a times we claim to be tech savvy but find it tough with some tech acronyms and full meanings. Today I want to bring to our awareness some information and computer acronyms and their full meanings..


* API - Application Program Interface

* ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange

* BIOS - Basic Input/Output System

* CAD - Computer Aided Design

* Cc - Carbon Copy

* CCD - Charged Coupled Device

*CD - Compact Disc

*CD-R - Compact Disc Recordable

*CD-ROM - Compact Disc Read-Only Memory

*CD-RW - Compact Disc Re-Writable

*CDFS - Compact Disc File System

*CGI -Common Gateway Interface

* 3G -3rd Generation.

* GSM - Global System for Mobile
Communication.

* CDMA - Code Division Multiple
Access

* CSS- Cascading Style Sheet

*DDR - Double Data Rate

* DNS - Domain Name System

* UMTS - Universal
Mobile Telecommunication System.

* SIM - Subscriber Identity Module .

* AVI - Audio Video Interleave

* RTS - Real Time Streaming

* SIS - Symbian OS Installer File

* AMR - Adaptive Multi-Rate Codec

* JAD - Java Application Descriptor

* JAR - Java Archive

* 3GPP - 3rd Generation Partnership
Project

* 3GP - 3rd Generation Project

* LUN Logical Unit Number

*MAC Address - Media Access Control Address

*MAMP - Mac OS X, Apache, MySQL, and PHP

*MANET - Mobile Ad Hoc Network

*MBR - Master Boot Record

*MCA - Micro Channel Architecture

*MIDI - Musical Instrument Digital Interface

*MIPS - Million Instructions Per Second

*MMS - Multimedia Messaging Service

*MPEG - Moving Picture Experts
Group

* MP3 - MPEG player lll

* MP4 - MPEG-4 video file

*AAC - Advanced Audio Coding

* GIF- Graphic Interchangeable
Format

* JPEG - Joint Photographic Expert
Group

* BMP - Bitmap

* SWF - Shock Wave Flash

* WMV - Windows Media Video

* WMA - Windows Media Audio

* WAV - Waveform Audio

* PNG - Portable Network Graphics

* DOC - Document (Microsoft Corporation)

* PDF - Portable Document Format

*PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect

*PCI-X - Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended

*PCMCIA - Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

* M3G - Mobile 3D Graphics

* M4A - MPEG-4 Audio File

* NTH - Nokia Theme (series 40)

* THM - Themes (Sony Ericsson)

* MMF - Synthetic Music Mobile
Application File

* NRT - Nokia Ringtone

* XMF - Extensible Music File

* WBMP - Wireless Bitmap Image

* DVX - Digital voice exchange

* HTML - Hyper Text Markup
Language

* HDMI - High Definition Multimedia Interface

* HDTV - High Definition Television

* IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol

* WML - Wireless Markup Language

* CD -Compact Disk.

* DVD - Digital Versatile Disk.

*CRT - Cathode Ray Tube.

* DAT - Digital Audio Tape.

* DOS - Disk Operating System.

* GUI -Graphical User Interface.

* HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer
Protocol.

*OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer

*OLE - Object Linking and Embeddng

*OLAP - Online Analytical Processing

OASIS - Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information
Standards

*PS/2 - Personal System/2

* IP - Internet Protocol.

* ISP - Internet Service Provider.

*RSS - RDF Site Summary

*RTF - Rich Text Format

*RTE - Runtime Environment

*RDF - Resource Description Framework

*RFID - Radio-Frequency Identification

*RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks

*TCP - Transmission Control
Protocol.

*SIMM - Single In-line Memory Module

*SAN Storage Area Network

*SATA - Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

*SCSI - Small Computer System Interface

*SD - Secure Digital

*SDK - Software Development Kit

*SDRAM - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

*SDSL - Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line

*SEO - Search Engine Optimization

*SERP - Search Engine Results Page

* SSL- Secure Sockets Layer

* SSH - Secure Shell

* SSD - Solid State Drive

* SSID - Service Set Identifier

* SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protoco
l
*SMS - Short Message Service

*SMM - Social Media Marketing

* UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply

* URL - Universal Resource locator

* URI - Universal Resource Identifier

* USB - Universal Serial Bus

* HSDPA - High Speed Download
Packet Access.

* EDGE - Enhanced Data Rate for Global Evolution

GSM -Global System for Mobile
Communication

* VHF - Very High Frequency.

* UHF - Ultra High Frequency.

* GPRS - General Packet Radio
Service.

* POP - Post Office Protocol

* WAP - Wireless Application Protocol.

*WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access

*WAIP - Wide Area Information Server

*WINS - Windows Internet Name Service

*TIFF - Tagged Image File Format

*TFT- Thin-Film Transistor

* TCP - Transmission Control
Protocol

* ARPANET - Advanced
Research Project Agency Network
.
* IBM - International Business
Machines
.
* HP - Hewlett Packard.

*AM/FM - Amplitude/ Frequency
Modulation.

*UDDI- Universal Description Discovery and Integration

*UDP- User Datagram Protocol

*UGC- User Generated Content

*UML- Unified Modeling Language

*UNC- Universal Naming Convention

* WLAN - Wireless Local Area
Network

* Wi-Fi - Wireless Fidelity

* WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy

* W3C - World Wide Web Consortium

* LTE- Long Term Evolution

* Mgps- Megabyte Per Second

* Kbps- Kilobyte Per Second

*VoIP- Voice Over Internet Protocol

*VRAM - Video Random Access Memory

*VPI - Virtual Path Identifier



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