Abbreviations of I.T

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MOSTLY USED ABBREVIATIONS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
A
Aal ATM adaptation layer
AARP Appletalk Address Resolution Protocol
ADC Analogue to Digital Converter
ADSL Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line
ADSP Appletalk Data Stream Protocol
AEC Advanced Encryption Standard
AFP Appletalk Filing Protocol
AMI Alternate Mark Inversion
AMD Advanced Micro Devices
AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service
ANSI American National Standards Institute
APD Avalanche Photo Diode 
API Application Programming Interface
APM Advanced Power Management
APPC Advanced Program to Program Communication
APPN Advanced Peer to Peer Networking
ARMs Advanced RISC Machines
ARCNet Attached Resource Computer Network
ARP Address Resolution Protocol
ARPANET Advanced Research Project Agency NETwork
ASCII American Standard Code of Information Interchange
ASDL Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Lines
ASK Amplitude Shift Keying
ASP Active Server Page
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATP Appletalk Transaction Protocol
AUI Attachment User Interface

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B
BDC Backup Domain Controller
BEDO Burst Extended Data Out
BGA Ball Grid Array (Micro processor type) has more pins than PGA upto 400 pins
BIOS Basic Input Output System
BIT Binary digit
BSI British Standard Institute

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C
CAD Computer Aided Design
CAM Computer Aided Menufacturer
CAP Carrierless Amplitude Phase
CBR Constant Bit Rate
CCD Charge Coupled Device
CCIR International Radio Consultative Comittee
CCITT International Telegraph & Telephone Consultative Comittee
CD Compact Disk
CDFS Copact Disk File System
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CGA Color Graphic Adapter
CGI Common Gate way Interface
CHAP Challenge Handshake Authorization Protocol
CHS Cylinder Head Sector
CICS Costumer Information Control System
CISC Complex Instruction Set Computer
CLNS ConnectionLess-mode Network System
CMOS Complementry Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CMTS Cable Modem Termination System
Codec Coding & decoding
COM Computer Output on Micro film
CONS Connection Oriented Network Service
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
CRT Cathode Rays Tube
CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
CTC Computer Technical Corporation
CTMS/ CMTS Cable Modem Terminal System
CTS Clear to send
CVS Computer Vision Syndrome
SCR Silicon control rectifier

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D
DAC Digital to Analogue Converter
DAP Data Access Protocol
DASP Drive Active / Slave Present
DAT Digital Audio Tape
DDCMP Digital Data Communication Message Protocol
DDM Distributed Data Communication Management Protocol
DDP Datagram Deleivery Protocol
DDRAM Double Data RAM (In one single cycle can read & write used in PIV)
DEC Digital Equipment Corporation
DES Data Encryption Standard
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DIA Document Interchange Architecture protocol
DIM D
DIMM Dual In Line Memory Model
DIP Dual In line Package
DLC Data Link Control protocol
DLL Dynmaic Link Library
DMA Direct Memory Access
DMT Discrete Multi Tone
DNA Digital Network Architecture protocol 
DNS Doman Name Service / Domain Naming System
DOCSIS Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification
DOD  Department Of Defence protocol
DOM Dance On Microcomputer
DOS Disk Operating System
DRAM Dynamic random access memory
DSB Double Side Band
DSBFC Double Side Band Full Carrier
DSBSC Double Side Band Suppress Carrier
DSL Digital Subscriber Line
DSR Data Set Ready
DSTN dual scan twisted nematics
DSU Digital Service Unit
DTE Data Terminal Equipment
DTMF Dual Tone Multi Frequency
DTR Data Terminal Relay
DVD Digital Video Disk / Digital Versatile Disk
DVM Digital VoltMeter
DWDM Dense Wave Divivsion Multipexing / Dense Wavelenght Divivsion Multipexing

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E
EAROM Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory
EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
ECP Extended  Capabilities Port
EDGE Enhance Data Global Evolution
EDO Extended Data Out
EGA Enhance Graphic Adapter
EIA Electronic Industry Association
EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture
ELSI Extra Large Scale Integration
EMI ElectroMegnatic Interference
EMM Expanded Memory Manager
EMS Expanded Memory Specification / system
ENIAC Electronic Numeric Integrator And Calculator
EPIC Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing
EPP Extended Parallel Port
EPS Encapsulated Post Script
ESDI Enhanced Small Device Interface
ESN Electronic Serial Number
ESP Enhanced Serial port
EULA End User Lisence Agrement

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F
FAT File Allocation Table
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FCC Federal Communication Committee
FDD Floppy Disk Drive
FDDI Fiber Distribution Data Interface
FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing
FET Field Effect Transistor
FLC ferroelectric liquid crystal
FTAM File Transfer Access and management
FTP File Transfer Protocol

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G
GAN Global Area Network
GDI Graphic Device Interface
GIF Graphics Interchange Format
GPS Global Positioning System
GREAT Gang Research Evaluation And Testing
GUI Graphic User Interface

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H
HDLC High Level Data Link Control
HFC Hybrid Fiber/Coax
HGC Herculus Graphic Card
HONET Home Optical Network
HPFS High Programming File System
HRef Hypertext Reference
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol

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I
IBM International Bussiness Matchine
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
ICQ I seek you
IDC International Data Corporation
IDE Integerated Development Enviroment / Integerated Device Electronics
IDN Intergrated Digital Network
IEC International Electrotechnical commision
IEEE Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identifier
INTERNET INTERnational NETwork
IPX/ SPX Internet Packet eXchange / Sequenced Packed eXchange
IRQ Interrupt request
ISA Industry Standard Architecture
ISDN Integerated Service Digital Network
ISO International Standard Organisation
ISP Internet Service Provider
ITU International Telecommunication Union

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J
JEDEC Joint Electron Device Rngineering Council
JPEG Joint Photoghraphics Experts Group

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L
L1 Level one cache
L2 Level two cache
LAN Local Area Network
LAPB Link Access Procedure-Balanced
LAPD Link Access Procedure on the D-channel
LAPF Link Access Procedure for Frame mode bearer service
LASER Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Ray
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LED Light Emmiting Diode
Li-Ion Lithium-Ion ( a type of battery for mobile)
LLC Logical Llink Control
LPT Line printer / Local printer
LSI Large Scale Integeration 

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M
MAC Medium Access Control/ Media Access Control 
MAN Metropolitian Area Network
MAU Media Attachment Unit / Media Access Unit
MDA Monochrome Display Adapter
MEMS Micro EletroMechanical System
MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Iinterface
MIME Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extension
MIRC Microsoft Internet Relay Chat / May I Request for Chat 
MMX MultiMedia eXtension
MODEM MOdulator & DEModulator
MOSFET Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
MSAU Multiple Station Access Unit
MSI Medium Scale Integeration

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N
NASA National Aeronautical & Space Administration
NAM Number Assignment Module
NBS National Bureau of Standards
NCP Network Core Protocol
NetBEUI NETwork Basic input output system Extended User Interface
Nibble A group of four bits
NIC Network Interface Card
NiCd Nickel-Cadmium (a type of battery for mobiles)
NiMH Nickel Metal Hydride Battery ( for mobiles battery)
NLSP Network Link Service Protocol
NMI Non Markable Interrupt
NRZ Non Return to Zero
NRZI Non Return to Zero Inverted
NSP Network Service Protocol
NTFS New Technology File System
NTSC National Television System Committee
NVTS Network Virtual Terminal Service

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O
OCR Optical Character Reader / Optical Charater Recognition
ODBC Open DataBase Connectivity
ODI Open Driver Interface
OEM Original Equiment Manafacturer
OLE Object Linking and Embedding
OS Operating System
OSI Open System Interconnection
OTDR Optical Time Domain Relflectometer

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P
PAL Phase Alteration by Line
PAP Printer Access Protocol / Password Authentication Protocol
PBX Private Branch eXchange
PCI Pheripheral Component Interface
PCL Printer Command Language
PCM Pulse Code Modulation
PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association 
PCS Personal Communications Service
PDAs Personal Digital Assistants
PDC Primary Domain Controller
PDF Portable Document Format
PDH Plea Digital Hierarchy
PDU Protocol Data Unit
PERL Practical Extraction and Report Language
PGA Pin Graded Array (Micro processor type)
PIC Programable i\Interrupt Controller
PIN Personal Identification Number
PON Passive Optical Network
POP Post Office Protocol
POST  Power On Self Test
POTS Plain Old Telephone System / Plain Ordinary Telephone System
PPP Point to Point Protocol
PPTP Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (used in VPN)
PROM Programable Read Only Memory
PSPDN Packed Switched Public Data Network
PSK Phase Shift Keying
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Nnetwork
PTCL Pakistan Telecommunication Limited
PTML Pakistan Telecommunication Mobile Limited
PVC Polyvinyl chloride / Permanent Virtual Circuits

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QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modution
 

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R
RADAR Radio direction and ranging / radio detection and ranging
RADSL Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber lines
RAID Redundant Arrays of Inexpenive Disks / Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks
RARP Reverse Address Rasolution Protocol
RDRAM Rombous …..DRAM
RFI Radio Frequency Interface
RIP Routing Information Protocol / Raster Image Processor
RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computers 
RML R
RMM Read Mostly Memories (when non volatile storage of information is required)
RPG Report Program Generator
RPM Rotation Per Minute
RTF Rich Text Format
RTL Resistor Transistor Logic
RTOS Real Time Operating System
RTS Request to send {for commands}

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S
SAML Security Assertion Markup Language
SAM Security Account Management
SAP Service Advertising Protocol / Service Access Point
SCR Silicon Control Rectifier
SCSI Small Computer System Interface
SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control / System Development Life Cycle
SDSL Symmetrical Digital Subscriber Lines
SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Mmemory
SDU Service Data Unit
SECAM Sequential Chrominance And Memory
SEM Scanning Election Microscope
SIM Subscriber Identity Module
SIMD Single Instruction Many Data
SIMM Single Inline Memory Model
SIP Single Inline Package
SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol
SMART Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology
SMS System Management Server / Short Message Service
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNA System Network Architecture
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SONET Synchronous Optical Network
SPP Standard Parallel port
SQL Structural Query Language
SRAM Static Random Access Memory
SSB Single Side Band / Suppress Side Band
SSI Small Scale Integeration
SST Single Side band Transmission
STN super twisted nematics
STP Shielded Twisted Pair

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T
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
TDM Tone Division Multiplexing
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
TFT Thin Film Transistors (Monitors Type)
TP-PMD Twisted Pair - Physical Medium Department
TSR Terminal & Stay Residence Program

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U
UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter
UDP User Datagram Protocol
UDP Universal Designing Protocol
UML Unified Modeling Language
UNC Universal Naming Convention
UNI User Network Interface
UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply
URI Universal Resource Identfier
URL Uniform Resource Locator / Universal Resource Locator
USASI USA Standard Institute
USB Universal Serial Bus
UTP Unsheilded Twisted Pair
UXGA Ultra eXtended Graphics Array

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V
VBA Visual Basic for Application
VBR Variable Bit Rate
VC Virtual Container
VCC Virtual Channel Connection
VCL Visual Component Library
VDSL Very high bit rate Digital Subscriber Lines
VDT Visual Display Terminal
VDU Video Display Unit (Monitor)
VESA Video Electronics Standards Association
VFAT  
VGA Video Graphic Adapter / Variable Graphics Array
VLSI Very Large Scale Integration
VML  
VPC Virtual Path Connection
VPN Virtual Private Network
VRAM Video Random Access Memory / Vidoe RAM
VTAM Virtual Telecommunication Access Method

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W
WAN Wide Area Network
WAP Wireless Application Protocol / Wireless Access Protocol
WDM Wavelength Division Multiplexing
WORMCD Write Once Read Many Compact Disc
WWW World Wide Web
WYSIWYG What You See Is What you Get

 

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X
XML Extensible Markup Language

 

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Z
ZIP Zone Information Protocol

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Ziauddin Siddiqui, B02ME CSN 07, Mehran University Of Engineering & Technology
Jamshoro, Sindh.
Email. [email protected]

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