Computer Terminology-Commonly used abbreviations and their Full forms

Computer Terminology-Commonly used abbreviations and their Full forms-While we say Wi-Fi it means Wireless Fidelity but it is strange that everybody knows Wi-Fi people rarely understand if we say Wireless Fidelity. Isn’t it strange if we say ‘DOS’ every body get it but people rare understand if we say ‘Disk Operating System’. Yes it is a reality that we understand many of the abbreviated words easily but we can’t understand the same word if it is said in its real or full form. A list of words and their abbreviated form is given below

 

Computer Terminology

 

 

 

 

SN	Abbrevated word	Full form
1	AAC	Advanced Audio Coding
2	AM	Amplitude Modulation
3	ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
3	FM and FM	Frequency Modulation and Frequency Modulation
4	AMR	Adaptive Multi-rate Codec
5	ARPANET	Advance Research Project Agency  Network
6	AVI	Audio Video Interleave
7	BASIC	Beginner’s All Purpose Symbolic Instruction
8	BIOS	Basic Input Output System
9	BMP	Bitmap
10	CD	Compact Disk
11	CDMA	Code Division Multiple Access
12	CRT	Cathode Ray Tube
13	DAT	Digital Audio Tape
14	Doc.	Document
15	DOS	Disk Operating System
16	DVD	Digital Versatile Disk (Also used as Digital Video Disk)
17	DivX	DivX Video(A brand of Video Codec)
18	EDGE	Enhanced Data Rate for GSM Evolution
19	GIF	Graphic Interchangeable Format
20	GPRS	General Packet Radio Service
21	GPS	Global Positioning System
22	GSM	Global System for Mobile communication
23	GUI	Graphic User Interface
24	HSDPA	High Speed Downlink Packet Excess
25	HTML	Hyper Text Markup Language
26	HTTP	Hyper text Transfer Protocol
27	HTTPS	Hyper text Transfer Protocol Secure
28	IP	Internet Protocol
29	ISP	Internet Service Provider
30	JAD	Java Application Descriptor
31	JAR	Java Archive
32	JPG	Joint Photographic Expert Group
33	LCD	Liquid Cristal Display
34	LED	Light Emitting Diode
35	MPEG	Moving  Picture Expert Group
36	M3G	Mobile 3D Graphics
37	M4A	MPEG-4 Audio
38	MMF	Music Mobile Application File
39	MP3	MPEG Player III
40	MP4	MPEG-4 Video File
41	PDF	Portable Document Format
42	PNG	Portable Network Graphic
43	RTS	Real Time Streaming
44	SIM	Subscriber Identity Module
45	SIS	Symbian OS Installer System File
46	SWF	Shock Wave Flash(Adobe Flash Player)
47	TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
48	UHF	Ultra High Frequency
49	UMTS	Universal Mobile Telecommunication System
50	URL	Uniform Resource Locator(Universal Resource Locator)
51	USB	Universal Serial bus
52	VHF	Very High Frequency
53	VIRUS	Vital Information Resource Under Seize
54	VGA	Video Graphic Array
55	WAP	Wireless Application Protocol
56	WAV	Waveform Audio
57	WBMP	Wireless Bitmap Image
58	WLAN	Wireless Local Area Network
59	XMF	Extensible Music File
60	2G. 3G, 4G	2nd Generation, 3rd  Generation, 4th  Generation