Abbreviations associated with Computer Flashcards
1
Q
CDAC
A
Centre for development of advanced parallel computing
2
Q
C-DOT
A
Centre for development of Tlematrics
3
Q
HTTP
A
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
4
Q
ROM
A
Read Only Memory
5
Q
RAM
A
Random access Memory
6
Q
BIOS
A
Basic Input-Output System
7
Q
MODEM
A
Modulation-Demodulation
8
Q
CAD
A
Computer-Aided Design
9
Q
PSTN
A
Public Switched Telephone Network
10
Q
PSPDN
A
Packet Switch Public Data Network
11
Q
RABMN
A
Remote Area Business Message Network
12
Q
LAN
A
Local Area Network
13
Q
WAN
A
Wide Area Network
14
Q
MAN
A
Metropolitan Area Network
15
Q
CDMA
A
Code Division Multiple Access
16
Q
GAIS
A
Gateway Internet Access Service
17
Q
A
Electronic Mail
18
Q
CD
A
Compact Disc
19
Q
LDU
A
Liquid Display Unit
20
Q
CPU
A
Central Processing Unit
21
Q
CAM
A
Computer Aided Manufacturing
22
Q
CATscan
A
Computeriised Axial Tomography Scan
23
Q
COBOL
A
Common Business Oriented Language
24
Q
COMAL
A
Common Algorithmic Language
25
DOS
Disc Operating System
26
DTS
Desk Top system
27
DTP
Desk Top Publishing
28
E-Commerce
Electronic Commerce
29
ENIAC
Electronic Numeric Integrator and Calculator
30
FAX
Fascimile Automated Xerox
31
FLOPS
Floating Operations Per Second
32
FORTRAN
Formula Translation
33
HLL
High Level Language
34
HTML
Hyper Test Markup Language
35
IBM
International Business Machine
36
IC
Integrated Circuit
37
IP
Internet Protocol
38
ISH
International Super HIghway
39
LISP
List Processing
40
LLL
Low Level Language
41
MICR
Magnetic Ink Character Recognition/Reader
42
MIPS
MIllion Instructions Per Second
43
MOPS
MIllion Operations Per Second
44
MPS
MIcro Processor Unit
45
NICNET
National Informatics Centre Network
46
OMR
Optical Mark Reader/Recognition
47
PC-DOS
Personal Computer Disk Operation System
48
PROM
Programmable Read Only Memory
49
SNPBOL
StriNg Oriented and symBOlic Language
50
UPS
Uninterrupted Power Supply
51
VDU
Visual Display Unit
52
VLSI
Very Large Scale Integration
53
WWW
World Wide Web
