A


·        Al – Artificial intelligence
·        ALGOL – Algorithmic Language
·        ARP – Address resolution Protocol
·        ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange

B 

·        BINAC  - Binary Automatic Computer
·        BCC – Blind Carbon Copy
·        Bin – Binary
·        BASIC - Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
·        BIOS – Basic Input Output System
·        Bit – Binary Digit
·        BSNL – Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

C


·        CC – Carbon Copy
·        CAD – Computer Aided Design
·        COBOL – Common Business Oriented Language
·        CD – Compact Disc
·        CRT – Cathode Ray Tube 
·        CDR – Compact Disc Recordable
·        CDROM – Compact Disc Read Only Memory 
·        CDRW – Compact Disc Rewritable
·        CDR/W – Compact Disk Read/Write

D


·        DBA – Data Base Administrator
·        DBMS – Data Base Management System 
·        DNS – Domain Name System
·        DPI – Dots Per Inch
·        DRAM – Dynamic Random Access Memory
·        DVD – Digital Video Disc/Digital Versatile Disc
·        DVDR – DVD Recordable
·        DVDROM – DVD Read Only Memory
·       DVDRW – DVD Rewritable
·       DVR – Digital Video Recorder
·       DOS – Disk Operating System

E


·       EBCDIC – Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
·       e-Commerce – Electronic Commerce
·       EDP – Electronic Data Processing
·       EEPROM – Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
·       ELM/e-Mail – Electronic Mail
·       ENIAC - Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer 
·       EOF - End Of File 
·       EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory 
·       EXE - Executable 

F


·       FAX - Far Away Xerox/ facsimile
·       FDC - Floppy Disk Controller 
·       FDD - Floppy Disk Drive 
·       FORTRAN - Formula Translation 
·       FS - File System 
·       FTP - File Transfer Protocol

G


·       Gb - Gigabit 
·       GB - Gigabyte 
·       GIF - Graphics Interchange Format 
·       GSM -  Global System for Mobile Communication

H


·       HDD - Hard Disk Drive 
·       HP - Hewlett Packard
·       HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language 
·       HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol


I


·      IBM - International Business Machine 
·      IM - Instant Message
·      IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol 
·      ISP - Internet Service Provider

J


·      JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group

K


·      Kb - Kilobit 
·      KB - Kilobyte 
·      KHz - Kilohertz 
·      Kbps - Kilobit Per Second

L


·      LCD – Liquid Crystal Display
·      LED – Light Emitting Diode
·      LPI – Lines Per Inch
·      LIS – Large Scale Integration

M


·      Mb – Megabit
·      MB – Megabyte
·      MPEG – Moving Picture Experts Group
·      MMS – Multimedia Message Service
·      MICR – Magnetic Ink Character reader
·      MIPS – Million Instructions Per Second

N


·      NIC – Network Interface Card
·      NOS – Network Operating System

O


·        OMR – Optical Mark Reader
·        OOP – Object Oriented Programming
·        OSS – Open Source Software

P


·        PAN – Personal Area Network
·        PC – Personal Computer
·        PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
·        PDF – Portable Document Format
·        POS – Point Of Sale
·        PNG - Portable Network Graphics
·        PPM – Pages Per Minute
·        PPP – Point-to-Point Protocol
·        PROM – Programmable Read Only Memory
·        PSTN – Public Switched Telephone Network
·        POST – Power On Self Test
·        PING – Packet Internet Gopher

R


·        RAM – Random Access Memory
·        RDBMS – Relational Data Base Management System
·        RIP – Routing Information Protocol
·        RTF – Rich Text Format

S


·        SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
·        SQL – Structured Query Language
·        SRAM – Static Random Access Memory
·        SNMP – Simple Network Management Protocol
·        SIM – Subscriber Identification Module

T


·        TCP – Transmission Control Protocol
·        TB – Tera Bytes

U


·        UPS – Uninterrupted Power Supply
·        URI – Uniform Resource Identifier
·        URL – Uniform Resource Locator
·        USB -  Universal Serial Bus 
·        ULSI - Ultra Large Scale Integration
·        UNIVAC - Universal Automatic Computer

V


·        VAR – Variable
·        VGA – Video Graphics Array
·        VSNL – Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited
·        VDU – Visual Display Unit

W


·        Wi-Fi – Wireless Fidelity
·        WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network
·        WPA – Wi-Fi Protected Access
·        WWW – World Wide Web
·        WORM – Write Once Read Many

X


·        XHTML – eXtensible Hyper text Markup Language
·        XML -  eXtensible Markup language

Z


·        ZB – Zeta Byte