Computer Short Forms from A-Z

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1. ALU: Arithmetic logic unit
2. ACPI: Advanced Configuration and Power
Interface
3. AC: Alternating Current
4. AM: Amplitude Modulated
5. AMD: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
6. AMD: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
7. AMI: American Megatrends Inc.
8. ANSI: American National Standards Institute
9. API: Application Program Interface
10. APIC: Advanced Programmable Interrupt
Controller
11. APM: Advanced Power Management
12. ASCII: American Standard Code for
Information Interchange
13. ASIC: Application Specific Integrated Circuit
14. ASPI: Advanced SCSI Programming
InterfaceAT: Advanced Technology
15. ATA: AT Bus Attachment
16. ATAPI: ATA Packet Interface
17. ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode
18. BBS: Bulletin Board System
19. BCC: Block Check Character
20. BSC: Binary Synchronous Communications
21. BSD: Berkeley Standard Distribution
22. BTU: British Thermal Units
23. BCD: Binary Coded Decimal
24. BIOS: Basic Input / Output System
25. BNC: Bayonet Nut Connector
26. BPS: Bytes Per Second
27. bps: bits Per Second
28. CAM: Computer Aided Manufacturing
29. CAD: Computer Aided Design
30. CAS: Column Address Strobe
31. CPU : Central Processing Unit
32. CPI: Clocks Per Instruction
33. CR: Carriage Return
34. CUI : Composite User Interface
35. CRT : Cathode Ray Tube
36. CRC: Cyclical Redundancy Check
37. CD: Carrier Detect & Compact Disc
38. CD-R : Compact Disc-Recordable
39. CD-RW : Compact Disc-ReWritable
40. CD-ROM : Compact disc read-only memory
41. CGA: Color Graphics Adapter
42. CHS: Cylinder Head Sector
43. COMPUTER: Common Oriented Machine
Particularly Used for Trade Education and
Research
44. CMOS: Complementary Metal-Oxide
Semiconductor
45. CPLD: Complex Programmable Logic Device
46. CSR: Command Status Register
47. CRC: Cyclic Redundancy Check
48. CTS: Clear To Send
49. DVI : Digital Visual Interface
50. DVD : Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile
Disc
51. DAT: Digital Audio Tape
52. DC: Direct Current
53. DCD: Data Carrier Detect
54. DCE: Data Circuit-terminating Equipment
55. DD: Double Density
56. DEC: Digital Equipment Corporation
57. DIMM: Dual Inline Memory Module
58. DIP: Dual-In-line Package
59. DMA: Direct Memory Access
60. DMI: Desktop Management Interface
61. DOS: Disk Operating System
62. DPE: Data Parity Error
63. DRAM: Dynamic Random Access Memory
64. DS: Double Sided
65. DSP: Digital Signal Processor
66. DSR: Data Set Ready
67. DTA: Disk Transfer Area
68. DTC: Data Terminal Controller
69. DTE: Data Terminating Equipment
70. DTR: Data Terminal Ready
71. EBCDIC: Extended Binary Coded Decimal
Interchange Code
72. EC: Error Check
73. ECC: Error Check and Correction
74. ECP: Enhanced Communication Port
75. ECU: EISA Configuration Utility
76. EDO: Extended Data Out RAM
77. EEPROM: Electrically Erasable Programmable
Read Only Memory
78. EGA: Enhanced Graphics Adapter
79. EIA: Electronic Industries Association
80. EIDE: Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics
81. EISA: Enhanced Industry Standard
Architecture
82. EMI: Electro-Magnetic Interference
83. EMF: Electro-Magnetic Force
84. EMM: Expanded Memory Manager
85. EMS: Expanded Memory Specification
86. EOF: End Of File
87. EOL: End Of Line
88. EPP: Enhanced Parallel Port
89. EPROM: Erasable Programmable Read Only
Memory
90. ESCD: Extended System Configuration Data
91. ESD: Electro-Static Discharge
92. ESDI: Enhanced Small Devices Interface
93. FTP – File Transfer Protocol
94. FAT: File Allocation Table
95. FCC: Federal Communications Commission
96. FDD: Fixed/Floppy Disk Drive
97. FDDI: Fiber Distributed Data Interface
98. FDM: Frequency Division Multiplexing
99. FDX: Full-Duplex Transmission
100. FE: Front End
101. FEP: Front End Processor
102. FF: Form Feed
103. FIFO: First-In First-Out
104. FILO: First-In Last-Out
105. FM: Frequency Modulation
106. FPGA: Field Programmable Gate Array
107. FPM: Fast Page Mode RAM
108. FPU: Floating Point Unit
109. FRC: Functional Redundancy Checking
110. FRU: Field-Replaceable Unit
111. FSF: Free Software Foundation
112. FSK: Frequency Shifty Keying
113. GUI : Graphical user interface
114. GAS: Gallium Arsenide
115. GFLOPS: Billions of Floating Point Operations
Per Second
116. HTML : Hyper Text Markup Language
117. HD: High Density
118. HDD: Hard Disk Drive
119. HDX: Half-Duplex Transmission
120. HFS: Hierarchical File System
121. HPFS: High Performance File System
122. IBM : International Business Machines
123. I/O: Input/Output
124. IC: Integrated Circuit
125. IDE: Integrated Device Electronics
126. IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers
127. IMP: Interface Message Processor
128. IP: Internet Protocol
129. IPC: Inter Process Communication
130. IPX: Inter network Packet eXchange
131. IRQ: Interrupt ReQuest
132. ISA: Industry Standard Architecture
133. ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network
134. ISO: International Standards Organization
135. ISR: Interrupt Service Routine
136. IVT: Interrupt Vector Table
137. JFS: Journalized File System
138. KNI: Katmai New Instructions
139. KVA: KiloVolt-Amps
140. LBA: Linear Block Array / Addressing
141. LCD : Liquid crystal display
142. LAN : Local area network
143. LOGO : Language of Graphic-Oriented
144. LED: Light Emitting Diode
145. LF: Line Feed
146. LIF : Low Insertion Force
147. LIM: Lotus/Intel/Microsoft’s Expanded
Memory Manager
148. LRU: Least-Recently Used
149. LSB: Least Significant Byte/bit
150. LSI: Large Scale Integration
151. LUN: Logical Unit Number
152. LASER : Light Amplification by Stimulated
Emission of Radiation
153. MAN : Metropolitan area network
154. MESI: Modified/Exclusive/Shared/Invalid
155. MIPS : Microprocessor without Interlocked
Pipeline Stages
156. MSo : Micro Soft Office, Multi system operator
157. MB/Mb: Mega Bytes/bits
158. MBR: Master Boot Record
159. MCA: Micro Channel Architecture
160. MCGA: Multi-Color Graphics Array
161. MCM: Multi-Chip Module
162. MDRAM: Multi-bank RAM
163. MFLOPS: Millions of FLOating Point
Operations per Second
164. MFM: Modified Frequency Modulated
165. MHz: MegaHertz
166. MICR: Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
167. MIDI: Musical Instrument Data Interface
168. MIMD: Multiple-Instruction Multiple-Data
169. MISD: Multiple-Instruction Single Data
170. MMX: Multi-Media Extensions
171. MNP: Microcom Network Protocol
172. MODEM: MOdulator / DEModulator
173. MOPS: Millions of Operations Per Second
174. MOS: Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
175. MP: Multi-Processor
176. MPP: Massively Parallel Processor
177. MPS: Multi-Processor System
178. MSB: Most Significant Byte/bit
179. MSDOS: Microsoft’s Disk Operating System
180. SI: Medium Scale Integration
181. MTBF: Mean Time Between Failure
182. N/C: No-Connect
183. NBS: National Bureau of Standards
184. NEMA: National Electrical Manufacturers
Association
185. NFS: Network File System
186. NFU: Not-Frequently Used
187. NIC: Network Interface Card
188. NMI: Non-Maskable Interrupt
189. NMOS: Negatively doped Metal-Oxide
Semiconductor
190. NOP: No OPeration NRU Not-Recently Used
191. NOS: Network Operating System
192. NSF: National Science Foundation
193. NTFS: New Technology File System
194. NVRAM: NonVolatile Random Access Memory
195. OCR: Optical Character Recognition
196. ODI: Open Data link Interface
197. OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer
198. OS: Operating System
199. OSF: Open Software Foundation
200. OSI: Open Systems Interconnect
201. PAL: Programmable Array Logic
202. PB: Push Button
203. PBX: Private Branch eXtender
204. PC: Personal Computer, Program Counter
205. PCB: Printed Circuit Board
206. PCI: Peripheral Component Interconnect
207. PCM: Pulse Code Modulation
208. PCMCIA: Personal Computer Memory Card
International Association
209. PE: Processor Element
210. PFF: Page Fault Frequency
211. PGA: Professional Graphics Array
212. PGA: Pin Grid Array
213. PIC: Programmable Interrupt Controller
214. PIO: Programmed Input / Output
215. PIROM: Processor Information ROM
216. PLA: Programmable Logic Array
217. PLCC: Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier
218. PLD: Programmable Logic Devices
219. PLL: Phase Locked Loop
220. PM: Preventive Maintenance
221. PMOS: Positively doped Metal-Oxide
Semiconductor
222. PnP: Plug-and-Play
223. POST: Power On Self Test
224. PPP: Point-to-Point Protocol
225. PQFP: Plastic Quad Flat Pack
226. PROM: Programmable Read Only Memory
227. PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Network
228. PSP: Program Segment Prefix
229. PTE: Page Table Entry
230. QAM: Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
231. QFP: Quad Flat Pack
232. QIC: Quarter Inch Cartridge
233. RAM – Random-access memory
234. RAID: Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks
235. RAMDAC: Random Access Memory Digital to
Analogue Converter
236. RAS: Row Address Strobe
237. RCA: Radio Corporation of America
238. RCC: Routing Control Center
239. RDRAM: Rambus DRAM
240. RFC: Request For Comments
241. RFI: Radio Frequency Interference
242. RI: Ring Indicator
243. RISC: Reduced Instruction-Set Computer
244. RLL: Run Length Limited
245. RMS: Root Mean Squared
246. RMW: Read Modify Write
247. ROM: Read Only Memory
248. RPC: Remote Procedure Call
249. RPM: Rotations Per Minute
250. RTC: Real Time Clock
251. RTS: Request To Send
252. SAM: Sequential Access Memory
253. SASI: Shugart Associates Standard Interface
254. SCSI: Small Computer Systems Interface
255. SD: Single Density
256. SDLC: Synchronous Data Link Control
257. SDRAM: Synchronous Dynamic RAM
258. SDRAM DDR: Double Data Rate SDRAM
259. SDRAM BDDR: Bi-Directional Strobed DDR
SDRAM
260. SE: Systems Engineer
261. SEC: Single Edge Contact
262. SFF: Small Form Factor
263. SGRAM: Synchronous Graphics RAM
264. SMS : Short Message Service
265. SIMD: Single-Instruction Multiple-Data
266. SIMM: Single Inline Memory Module
267. SIPP: Single Inline Pinned Package
268. SISD: Single-Instruction Single-Data
269. SLIP: Serial Line Internet Protocol
270. SMD: Surface Mount Device
271. SMT: Surface Mount Technology
272. SNA: System Network Architecture
273. SNR: Signal to Noise Ratio
274. SOL: Small Out Line
275. SOIC: Small Outline Integrated Circuit
276. SPOOL: Simultaneous Peripheral Operation
On Line
277. SPT: Sectors Per Track
278. SPU: Single Processor Unit
279. SRAM: Static Random Access Memory
280. SS: Single Sided
281. STDM: Synchronous Time Division
Multiplexing
282. STN: Super Twisted Nematic
283. STU: Streaming Tape Unit
284. SVGA: Super Video Graphics Array
285. TCM: Trellis Code Modulation
286. TCP : Transmission Control Protocol
287. TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol /
Internet Protocol
288. TDM: Time Division Multiplexing
289. TI: Texas Instruments
290. TIA: Telecomm Industry Association
291. TLB: Translation-Look aside Buffer
292. TPI: Tracks Per Inch
293. TRANSISTOR: TRANSformer resISTOR
294. TSR: Terminate and Stay Resident
295. TTL: Transistor-Transistor Logic
296. UAE: Unrecoverable Application Error
297. UART: Universal Asynchronous Receiver/
Transmitter
298. USART: Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous
Receiver/Transmitter
299. UDP: User Datagram Protocol
300. UMB: Upper Memory Block
301. USB: Universal Serial Bus
302. UNIX: A trademark used for a computer disk
operating system
303. UPS – Uninterruptible power supply
304. USL: UNIX System Labs
305. UUCP: UNIX to UNIX Copy Program
306. VIRUS : Vital Information Resources Under
Seize
307. VDU : Visual Display Unit
308. VBE: Video BIOS Extensions
309. VCR: Video Cassette Recorder
310. VESA: Video Enhanced Standards Association
311. VGA: Video Graphics Array
312. VLB: VESA Local Bus
313. VLIW: Very Long Instruction Word
314. VLSI: Very Large Scale Integration
315. VM: Virtual Memory
316. VME: Versa Module Euro-car
317. VRAM: Video Random Access Memory
318. VRT: Voltage Reduction Technology
319. VTR: Video Tape Recorder
320. WAN : Wide area network
321. WATS: Wide Area Telephone Service
322. WD: Western Digital
323. WORM: Write Once – Read-Many
324. WRAM: Window Random Access Memory
325. WS: Wait State
326. WWW : World Wide Web
327. XGA: eXtended Graphics Array
328. XMS: Extended Memory Specification
329. XOR: Exclusive-OR
330. XNOR: Exclusive-NOR
331. XT: eXtended Technology
332. ZIF: Zero Insertion Force