Abbreviations – Definition
Abbreviations are shortened form of a word or phrase. It consists of a group of letters taken from the word or phrase. For example Dr. is the abbreviation for doctor. Here is the list of some technical abbreviations, computer abbreviations and common abbreviations.
AI – Artificial Intelligence
AIDS – Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
A.M – Ante Meridiem
ATM – Automated Teller Machine
ANSI – American National Standards Institute
API – Application Program Interface
ASCII – American Standard Code For Information Interchange
ASP – Application Service Provider, Active Server Page
AU – Astronomical unit
BASIC – Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BCC – Blind Carbon Copy
BIOS – Basic Input Output System
BMP – Bitmap
CAD – Computer-Aided Design
CEO – Chief Executive Officer
CC – Carbon Copy
CCD – Charged Coupled Device
CD – Compact Disc
CDMA – Code Division Multiple Access
CGI – Common Gateway Interface
CMOS – Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CMYK – Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
CPA – Cost Per Action
CPC – Cost Per Click
CPL – Cost Per Lead
CPM – Cost Per 1,000 Impressions
CPS – Classroom Performance System
CPU – Central Processing Unit
CRM – Customer Relationship Management
CRT – Cathode Ray Tube
CSS – Cascading Style Sheet
CTP – Composite Theoretical Performance
CTR – Click-Through Rate
DBMS – Database Management System
DIMM – Dual In-Line Memory Module
DLL – Dynamic Link Library
DMA – Direct Memory Access
DNA – Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNS – Domain Name System
DOS – Disk Operating System
DPI – Dots Per Inch
DRAM – Dynamic Random Access Memory
DRM – Digital Rights Management
DSL – Digital Subscriber Line
DV – Digital Video
DVD – Digital Versatile Disc
DVI – Digital Video Interface
DVR – Digital Video Recorder
Etc – etcetera (other things)
Eg – Exempli Gratia (Given example)
FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
FIOS – Fiber Optic Service
FLOPS – Floating Point Operations Per Second
FPU – Floating Point Unit
FSB – Frontside Bus
FTP – File Transfer Protocol
GPRS – General Packet Radio Service
GSM – Global System for Mobile communication
GIF – Graphics Interchange Format; Applied To Image Format As .gif
GIS – Geographic Information Systems
GPS – Global Positioning System
GPU – Graphics Processing Unit
GUI – Graphical User Interface
GUID – Globally Unique Identifier
HIV – Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HDMI – High-Definition Multimedia Interface
HDV – High-Definition Video
HTML – Hyper-Text Markup Language
HTTP – Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
HTTPS – Hyper Text Transport Protocol Secure
i.e. – Id est (That is)
I.Q. – Intelligence Quotient
ICU – Intensive Care Unit
ISD – International Subscriber Dialling
ISRO – Indian space research organization
ICF – Internet Connection Firewall
IDE – Integrated Development Environment, Integrated Device Electronics
IGP – Integrated Graphics Processor
IM – Instant Message
IP – Internet Protocol
IPX – Internetwork Packet Exchange
ISO – International Organization For Standardization
ISP – Internet Service Provider
IT – Information Technology
IVR – Interactive Voice Response
JPEG – Joint Photographic Experts Group; Applied To Image Format As .jpeg
JRE – Java Runtime Environment
JSP – Java Server Page
KBPS – Kilobits Per Second
LED – Light Emitting Diode
LAN – Local Area Network
LCD – Liquid Crystal Display
LPI – Lines Per Inch
LUN – Logical Unit Number
MD – Managing Director
MAC – Media Access Control Address
MBPS – Megabits Per Second
MIPS – Million Instructions Per Second
MP3 – MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3
MPEG – Moving Picture Experts Group; Video Format
MTU – Maximum Transmission Unit
NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAT – Network Address Translation
NICN – network Interface Card
NNTP – Network News Transfer Protocol
NOC – Network Operations Center
NTFS – New Technology File System
OOP – Object-Oriented Programming
P.M – Post Meridiem
PA – Personal Assistant
Ph.D. – Doctor of Philosophy
PIN – Person Identification Number
PC – Personal Computer
PCI – Peripheral Component Interconnect
PDA – Personal Digital Assistant
PDF – Portable Document Format
PHP – Hypertext Preprocessor
PMU – Power Management Unit
PNG – Portable Network Graphic; Image Format
POP3 – Post Office Protocol
PPC – Pay Per Click
PPGA – Plastic Pin Grid Array
PPI – Pixels Per Inch
PPM – Pages Per Minute
RAID – Redundant Array Of Independent Disks
RAM – Random Access Memory
RDF – Resource Description Framework
RDBMS – Relational Database Management System
RDRAM – Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
RGB – Red Green Blue
RISC – Reduced Instruction Set Computing
RNA – Ribonucleic acid
ROM – Read-Only Memory
RPC – Remote Procedure Call
RPM – Revenue Per 1,000 Impressions. (M Is The Roman Numeral For 1,000)
RSS – RDF Site Summary
RTE – Rich Text Format, Runtime Environment
RUP – Rational Unified Process
SIM – Subscriber Identity Module
SMS – Short Message Service
SMPS – Switching Mode Power Supply
SAN – Storage Area Network
SATA – Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
SCSI – Small Computer System Interface
SD – Secure Digital
SDRAM – Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SDSL – Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
SEM – Search Engine Marketing
SEO – Search Engine Optimization
SMART – Self-Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology
SMB – Server Message Block
SMS – Short Message Service
SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNMP – Simple Network Management Protocol
SO-DIMM – Small Outline Dual In-Line Memory Module
SOA – Service Oriented Architecture
SOAP – Simple Object Access Protocol
SQL – Structured Query Language
SRAM – Static Random Access Memory
SRGB – Standard Red Green Blue
SSH – Secure Shell
SSID – Service Set Identifier
SSL – Secure Sockets Layer
STD – subscriber toll dialing, Sexually-transmitted disease
SWAT – Special Weapons and Tactics
TCP/IP – Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TFT – Thin-Film Transistor
TIFF – Tagged Image File Format; Image Format
TTL – Time To Live (DNS)
UDDI – Universal Description Discovery And Integration
UDP – User Datagram Protocol
UML – Unified Modeling Language
UNC – Universal Naming Convention
UPNP – Universal Plug And Play
UPS – Uninterruptible Power Supply
URI – Uniform Resource Identifier
URL – Uniform Resource Locator
USB – Universal Serial Bus
VCI – Virtual Channel Identifier
VESA – Video Electronics Standards Association
VFAT – Virtual File Allocation Table
VGA – Video Graphics Array
VLB – VESA Local Bus
VLE – Virtual Learning Environment
VOIP – Voice Over Internet Protocol
VP – Vice President
VPI – Virtual Path Identifier
VPN – Virtual Private Network
VPS – Virtual Private Server
VRAM – Video Random Access Memory
VRML – Virtual Reality Modeling Language
WHO – World Health Organization
WAIS – Wide Area Information Server
WAN – Wide Area Network
WEP – Wired Equivalent Privacy
WI-FI – Wireless Fidelity
WPA – Wi-Fi Protected Access
WWE – World Wrestling Entertainment
WWW – World Wide Web
XHTML – Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
XML – Extensible Markup Language