K.K.S.V.PRASAD, KMS, Principal, DTI, Dharwad-4COMPUTER ABBREVIATIONS / ACRONYMS

1. 2-D Two Dimensional2. 3 G 3rd Generation3. 3-D Three Dimensional4. 4GL 4th Generation Languages5. ACC Accumulator6. ACL Access Control List7. ACM Association For Computing Machine8. AD Analog Of Digital9. Ada Named After August Ada Byron (1815-52) Who Helped Charles

Babbage. It Is HLPL That Inc Modular Program Principles 10. ADC Analog To Digital Converter11. ADP Automatic Data Processing12. AGDATA Database On Agricultural Commodities In Canada13. AGENT Database On Agriculture14. AI Artificial Intelligence15. AIM Abstract On Industrial Materials 16. AIS Accounting Information System 17. AL Experimental Language Developed In 197218. ALGOL Algorithmic Language Programming Language Developed By

International Committee (1960)19. alias name1

= “name2”Create Command Alias (Ksh/Bash) (UNIX)

20. alias name1 name2

Create Command Alias (Csh/Tcsh) (UNIX)

21. ALU Arithmetic & Logic Unit22. AM Amplitude Modulation23. AML Easily Usable Language (Ibm – 1980)24. ANSI American National Standards Institute 25. AP Attached Processor26. API Application Programming Interface 27. APL A Programming Language (Hll) Procedure-Oriented28. APOS Advanced Planning & Optimization System 29. APTLC Air Pollution Technical Information Centres (Database)30. AQUA Database Of Instructions Of Chemical Engineers, England On

Thermodynamics And Transport Properties Of Aqueous Solutions 31. aqua User Interface In Mac OS32. AQUALINE Database –World Wide Literature On All Aspects Of Water

Research (Uk)33. AQUIRE Database On Aquatic Toxicity Data By Us Environment

Protection Agency34. AR Accumulated Register35. ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network36. ART Automated Reasoning Tool37. ASCC Automatic Sequencing Controlled Calculator38. ASCII American Standard Code For Information Interchange39. ASEL Medical Based Expert System (Mit) To Diagnose Acid/Base

Electrolytic Disorders40. ASFA Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts41. ASTIS Arctic Science & Technology Information System

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K.K.S.V.PRASAD, KMS, Principal, DTI, Dharwad-442. ATDM Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexing43. ATM Automated Teller Machine44. AWC Association Of Women In Computing, Usa 45. AZERTY Keyboard In Contrast To Qwerty46. B Programming Language Developed By Ken Thompson (AT&T)

(1970)47. B2B Business To Business48. B2C Business To Customer49. BAR Broadcast Advertiser Report50. BASIC Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code51. BBS Bulletin Board System 52. BC/DR Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery53. BCD Binary Coded Division (4 Bits)54. BCP Business Community Plan55. BCPL Basic Combined Programming Language (1967)56. BCR Bar Code Reader57. BCS British Computers Society 58. BDOS Basic Dos59. BICAS Business International Country Assessment Service60. BIOS Basic Input/Output System61. BIT Binary Digit62. BMC Bubble Memory Control63. BOT Beginning Of Tape64. BPI Bits Per Inch65. BPR Business Process Reengineering 66. BPS Bits Per Second67. BROM Bipolar Rom68. BSAM Basic Sequential Access Method69. BSC Balanced Score Board70. BSE Binary Synchronous Communication71. C Programming Language Developed By Dennis Ritchie (AT&T)

(1972)72. CAD Computer Aided Design73. CADAM Computer Graphics Augmented Design & Manufacturing 74. CADD Computer Aided Design & Drafting75. CAE Computer Aided Engineering 76. CAI Computer Aided Instructions77. CAL Calendar78. CALL Computer Aided Language Learning79. CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing 80. CAP Computer Aided Planning 81. CAQ Computer Aided Quality Assurance82. CASE Computer Aided System Engineering 83. CAST Computerized Accounting System Of Treasury84. CAT Computerized Axial Tomography;

Computer Assisted Training 85. CCD Charge Coupled Device (Memory) (Information Circulated, Don’t

Remain Fixed)86. CCITT Consultative Committee For International Telephone And

Telegraphy87. CCP Certificate In Computer Programming 88. cd Change Directory (UNIX)

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K.K.S.V.PRASAD, KMS, Principal, DTI, Dharwad-489. CDAC Centre For Development Of Advanced Computing90. CDC Call Directing Code91. CDL Computer Description Language 92. CDOT Centre For Development Of Telematics93. CDP Certificate In Data Processing 94. CD-R Compact Disc Writable95. CD-RW Compact Disc Rewritable96. CFO97. CHDL Computer Hardware Check Language 98. CICS Customer Information Control System 99. CIM Computer Input Microfilm ; Computer Integrated Manufacturing 100. CIO Chief Information Officer101. CISC Computer Instruction Set Computer 102. CLASS Computer Literacy & School Studies Project103. CLIP Coded Language Information Processing 104. CLUI COMMAND LINE USER INTERFACE105. CMC Computer Maintanance Corporation 106. CMI Computer Managed Instruction 107. CML Circuit Mode Logic108. CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Silicon109. CMT COOPERATIVE MULTITASKING110. COBIT Control Objectives For Information & Related Technology 111. COBOL Common Business Oriented Language 112. CODEC Coder Decoder113. COM Computer Outcome Microfilm114. COMAL Common Algorithms Language 115. CORAL (Hlpl) For Real Time Applications (Royal Radar Establishment ,

England) 116. CPL Programming Language Developed By Cambridge University

(1963)117. CPM Critical Path Method118. CPM Corporate Performance Management 119. CPU Central Processing Unit120. CR Carriage Return121. CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check122. CRT Cathode Ray Tube123. CRYCMS Child Relief & You Contact Management System 124. CS Chip Select125. CSF Critical Success Factor Method126. CSI Computer Society Of India127. CUE Computer Using Education 128. CU-See Me (I See You – You See Me) White Pine’s Desktop

Videoconferencing Software129. DARPA Defence Advanced Research Project Agency130. DASD Direct Access Storage Device131. DAT Dynamic Address Translation132. DBA Data Base Administrator133. DBMS Database Management System 134. DCB Data Control Block135. DCE Data Communication Equipment136. DDD Direct Distance Dialling137. DEC Digital Equipment Corporation

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K.K.S.V.PRASAD, KMS, Principal, DTI, Dharwad-4138. DLC Data Link Control139. DMA Direct Memory Access140. DMAC Direct Memory Access Channel141. DMP Dot Matrix Printer142. DNC Direct Numerical Control143. DNS Domain Name Service144. DOA Dead On Arrival145. DOAS Doctors Office Automation System146. DOE Department OF ELECTRONICS 147. DP Data Processing 148. DPI Dots Per Inch149. DPMA Data Processing Management Association 150. DQDB Distributed Queue Dual Bus151. DRAM Dynamic Ram152. DRO Destructive Read Out153. DRP Disaster Recovery Plan154. DSL Data Set Label155. DSN Data Set Name156. DSS Decision Support Systems157. DTE Data Terminal Equipment 158. DTP Desk Top Publishing159. DTR Data Terminal Read160. DVD Digital Video Decoder161. EBAM Electron Beam Addressed Memory162. EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange163. ECCS Engineering Change Control System 164. ECIA Electronic Components Industries Association165. ECL Emitter Coupled Logic 166. ECOM Electronic Computer Originated Mail167. e-CRM Electronic Customer Relationship Management 168. ECS ENTERPRISE COLLABORATION SYSTEM169. ECT ELECTRONIC CONFERENCING TOOLS170. EDI Electronic Data Interchange171. EDP Electronic Data Processing172. EDS Exchangeable Disk Store173. EDSAC Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator174. EDVAC Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer 175. EDVAC Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer 176. EEPROM Electronically Erasable Programmable Rom177. EIA Electronic Industries Association 178. EIS Executive Information System 179. e-mail Electronic Mail180. EMI Electro-Magnetic Interference181. EMS Electronic Manufacturing System ; Electronic Meeting System182. ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator 183. EOQ Economic Order Quantity 184. ES Expert System 185. ESS Executive Support System 186. exit End Terminal Session (UNIX)187. export name

= “v”Set Environment Variable To Value V (Ksh/Bash) (UNIX)

188. FAX Facsimile Automatic Exchange4

K.K.S.V.PRASAD, KMS, Principal, DTI, Dharwad-4189. FDD Floppy Disk Drive190. FDDI Fibre Distributed Data Interface191. FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing192. FEI Federation For Electronic Industry (India)193. FGCS Fifth Generation Computer System 194. FIFO First In First Out195. FIS Financial Information System 196. FIS FUNCTIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM 197. FOC Fiber Optic Cable198. FOCUS 4th Generation Language199. FPA Finite Element Analysis 200. FRPS Frame Relay Packet Switching201. FSF Free Software Foundation202. FTP File Transfer Protocol203. GB Giga Bytes = 109 BYTES204. GCLISP Golden Common Lisp205. GDSS Group Decision Support System 206. GE ≥ ; General Electric Company207. GHz Giga Hertz208. GIS Geographic Information Systems209. GKS Graphics Kernel System 210. GL General Ledger / General License 211. GNC Graphical Numerical Control212. GUI Graphical User Interface213. HDD Hard Disk Drive214. HDLC High Level Data Link Control215. HLL High Level Language 216. HLPL High Level Programming Language 217. HMS Hotel Management System 218. HOLMES Home Office Large Major Enquiry System 219. HRIS Human Resource Information System 220. HTML Hyper Text Mark Up Language 221. Hz Hertz222. I/OR Input/Output Register223. IAL International Algorithmic Language 224. IAS Institute For Advanced Studies225. IBG Inter Block Gap226. IBM International Business Machines227. IBM AS/400 MINICOMPUTER 228. IBM ES-9000 MAINFRAME COMPUTER 229. IC Integrated Circuit230. ICAI Intelligent Computer Assisted Instructions231. ICI Interface Control Information 232. ICIM International Computer India Manufacturer 233. ICL International Computers Ltd 234. ICQ (I Seek You) Popular Internet Paging Program235. ICS Internet Connection Sharing236. IDEA Interactive Data Entering Assistant237. IDPM Institute Of Data Processing Management 238. IDS Integrated Data Store239. IDU Interface Data Unit240. IEEE Institute Of Electronic And Electrical Engineers

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K.K.S.V.PRASAD, KMS, Principal, DTI, Dharwad-4241. IMDA Instrument Manufacturers & Dealers Association (India)242. IML Initial Microcode Load243. IOC Input Output Controller244. IPOS Input, Processing, Output, Storage245. IPX Internetwork Packet Exchange246. IR Instruction Register247. IRC Internet Relay Chat248. IRG Inter Record Gap249. IRM Information Resource Management 250. IS Information Science 251. ISACF Information System Audit & Control Foundation252. ISAM Inter Sequential Access Method253. ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network254. ISO International Standards Organization 255. ISO 17799 Organizational Security Control256. ISO-7 An International Agreed Character Code (Iso 646-1973) Using 7

Bits For Each Character257. ISP Internet Service Provider 258. ISR Information Storage & Retrieval259. ISR INTERRUPT SERVICE ROUTINE260. IT Information Technology 261. ITIL Information Technology Infrastructure 262. ITU International Telecommunication Union263. IXC Inter Exchange Carrier264. JVM Java Virtual Machine265. Kb Kilo Bytes266. KBCS Knowledge Based Computer System (An Indian Project)267. KBPS Kilo Bytes Per Second (1024 Bytes/Sec)268. KEE Knowledge Engineering Environment 269. KES Knowledge Engineering System270. KET Kharagpur Expert Tool. A Software Designed Activity 271. KHz Kilo Hertz272. KMS Knowledge Management System 273. L2 Level 2274. LAN Local Area Network275. LAP Link Access Protocol276. LATA Local Access Transport Area277. LCD Liquid Crystal Display278. LDL Language Description Language 279. LE ≤280. LEC Local Exchange Carrier281. LF Line Feed282. LFRT Low Frequency Radio Technology283. LIPS Logical Inferences Per Second284. LISP285. LLPL Low Level Programming Language286. LP Linear Programming, Line Printer287. LPM Lines Per Minute288. LPS Lines Per Second289. LSB Least Significant Bit290. LSC Least Significant Character291. LSD Least Significant Digit

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K.K.S.V.PRASAD, KMS, Principal, DTI, Dharwad-4292. LSI Large Scale Integration293. MAC Macintosh294. MAC Machine Aided Cognition295. MAIT Manufacturers Association Of Information Technology (India)296. MAN Metropolitan Area Network297. MAR Memory Address Register298. MARS Management Of Retail Stores. (Software - Jewelry, Handicrafts,

Departmental Stores)299. MB Mega Bytes300. MBPS Mega Bytes Per Second301. MBR Memory Buffer Register302. MCA Master In Computer Application 303. MCAE Mechanical Computer Aided Engineering 304. MCC Microelectronics & Computer Technology Corporation 305. MCU Multi Control Unit306. MDR Memory Data Register307. MES Manufacturing Executive System 308. MICR Magnetic Ink Character Recognition 309. MIS Management Information Systems;

Millions Of Instructions / Second310. MISF Management Information Security Forum311. mkdir Create New Directory (UNIX)312. MOS Metallic Oxide Semiconductor313. MOSFET Metallic Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor314. MOST Metallic Oxide Semiconductor Transistor315. MPS316. MRP Materials Requirement Planning; Maximum Retail Price 317. MRPS

/MRP-IIManufacturing Resource Planning

318. MSI Medium Scale Integration319. MTBF Mean Time Between Failure320. MTTR Mean Time To Repair321. mv d1 d2 Rename Directory (UNIX)322. mv f1 Move File (UNIX)323. MVS Multiple Virtual Storage324. MVT Multiple Programming With A Variable No. Of Tasks325. NASDAQ National Association For Software . . .326. NATURAL 4th Generation Language327. NBS National Bureau Of Standards (Usa)328. NC Numerical Control329. NCC National Conference Computer330. NCGA National Computer Graphics Association (Usa)331. NCP Netware Core Protocol332. NCSDCT National Centre For Software Development & Computer

Techniques (Mumbai)333. NCST National Centre For Software Technology (Mumbai)334. NDBMS Network Data Base Management System 335. NDS Netware Directory Services 336. NECC National Educational Computing Conference 337. NELIAC Naval Electronics Laboratory International Algorithmic

Computers338. NIC National Informatics Centre; Network Interface Card

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K.K.S.V.PRASAD, KMS, Principal, DTI, Dharwad-4339. NLM Netware Loadable Module340. NSFNET National Science Foundation Network341. NURB Non-Uniform Variable Rational B-Splines342. NVRAM Non-Volatile Ram343. OBLM Object Based Logical Models344. OCR Optical Character Recognition345. ODBMS Object Oriented Relational Dbms346. OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer 347. OIS Office Information System 348. OLAP Online Analytical Processing 349. OLQ One Line Query350. OLTP On Line Transaction Processing 351. OMR Optical Mark Reader352. OODB Object Oriented Data Base353. OOP Object Oriented Programming 354. ORDBMS Object Relational Dbms355. OS Operating System 356. OSI Open Systems Interconnection; Open Source Interconnection357. OSS Operating Support System 358. PABX Private Automatic Branch Exchange359. PAL Phase Alternation Line360. PAM Plan Applier Mechanism361. PAPA Privacy, Accuracy, Property, Accessibility (Ethical Issues

Proposed By Richard Mason)362. PAR Positive Acknowledgement & Retransmission363. passwd Password364. PBX Private Branch Exchange365. PC Personal Computer366. PCAOB Public Company Accounting Oversight Board367. PCB Printed Circuit Board368. PCM Punch Card Machine369. PCR Program Control Register370. PCS Process Control System 371. PDA Personal Digital Assistant372. PDL Program Design Language 373. PDLC Program Development Life Cycle374. PDM Pulse Division Modulation375. PDU Protocol Data Unit376. PET Popular Low Cost Micro Computer 377. PGDCA Post Graduate Diploma In Computer Application 378. PGP Pretty Good Privacy (Encryption Standard)379. P-III Pentium Iii380. PIM PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGER 381. PIN Personal Identity Number382. P-IV Pentium Iv383. PKI384. PLA Programmable Logic Array385. PLANIT Programming Language For Interactive Teaching386. PMIS Project Management Information System 387. PMT Preemptive Multi-Tasking388. POL Procedure Oriented Language 389. POP Point Of Presence; Post Office Protocol: To Retrieve (Or Pull)

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K.K.S.V.PRASAD, KMS, Principal, DTI, Dharwad-4Data From The Top Of A Program Push Down Stack

390. POTS Plain Old Telephone Service391. PPC Production Planning & Control392. PPH Page Per Hour393. PPM Pulse Position Modulation394. PPS Personal Productivity Software 395. PPSW PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE396. PRKS Personnel Record Keeping System 397. PROM Programmable Rom398. Proshare Intel’s Desktop Videoconferencing Software399. PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network400. PSU Primary Storage Unit401. PUFF A Medical Based Expert System From Stanford University For

Lung Disorders402. QBE Query By Example403. QISAM Queued Indexed Sequential Access Method404. RAD Rapid Application Development 405. RAID Redundant Array Of Inexpensive Disks406. RAM Read Only Memory407. RAS Remote Access Service408. RBLM Record Based Logical Model409. RF Radio Frequency410. RFI Request For Information 411. RFP Request For Proposal412. RFQ Request For Quotation413. RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer 414. RJE Remote Job Entry415. rmdir Remove Directory (UNIX)416. RMS Restaurant Management System (India’s Software)417. ROM Read Only Memory418. ROS Read Only Storage419. RPG Report Program Generator420. RPM Revolutions Per Minute421. RSA RSA Data Security (Encryption Standard)422. RTC Real Time Clock423. RTL Register Transistor Logic424. RTS Request To Send425. RWM Read Write Memory426. RZ Return To Zero427. SAC Scientific Advisory Committee428. SADT Structural Analysis And Design Technique429. SAIL Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory 430. SAM Sequential Access Method431. SAMOS Self Aligned Metal Oxide Semiconductor432. SAP Service Access Point433. SAS Statistical Analysis System 434. SBC Small Business Computer 435. SCM Society For The Computer Medicine436. SCPDOS Seattle Computer Products’ Dos437. SCR Silicon Controlled Rectifier438. SDK Software Development Kit439. SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control; System Development Life Cycle

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K.K.S.V.PRASAD, KMS, Principal, DTI, Dharwad-4440. SDU Service Data Unit441. SEARCC South East Asia Regional Computer Conference 442. SEL System Engineering Laboratory 443. SEM Scanning Electron Microscope444. setnv

name vSet Environment Variable To Value V (Csh/Tcsh) (UNIX)

445. SIO Serial Input /Output446. SIPO Serial In Parallel Out447. SISO Serial In Serial Out448. SISP449. SLC Subscriber Loop Carrier450. SLSI Super Large Scale Integration451. SLT Solid Logic Technique452. SMIS Society For Management Information System 453. SMP Symmetric Multiprocessing 454. SMS Short Messaging Service455. SMTP Special Mail Transfer Protocol456. SNA Systems Network Architecture 457. SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol458. SOHO Small Office Home Office459. SOM Start Of Message460. SOP Standard Operating Procedure461. SOS Silicon On Sapphire462. SPSS Statistical Package For Social Sciences463. SPX Sequenced Packet Exchange464. SQL Structured Query Language 465. ssh nd Login Securely To Remote Node (UNIX)466. SSI Small Scale Integration467. STX Start Of Text468. SUB Subtract469. SVC Super Vision Call470. TCAM Telecommunication Access Method471. TCB Task Control Block472. TCP/IP (Telecommunication Protocol):

Transmission Control Protocol /Internet Protocol473. TDM Time Division Multiplexing474. TOP Technical Office Protocol475. TOPS Terminal Operating System 476. TOS Tape Operating System477. TPIPS Trillion Program Instructions Per Second 478. TPS Transaction Processing System 479. TQM Total Quality Management 480. TRAI Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India481. UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter482. UDP User Datagram Protocol483. ULE Uncommitted Logic Error484. ULSI Ultra Large Scale Integration485. unalias name1

[na2]Remove Command Alias Na (UNIX)

486. UNIAC Universal Automatic Computer 487. UNIVAC Universal Automatic Computer 488. UPC Universal Product Code

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K.K.S.V.PRASAD, KMS, Principal, DTI, Dharwad-4489. UPS Uninterrupted Power Supply490. URL Uniform Resource Locator491. USB Universal Serial Bus492. VAB Voice Analog Back493. VAL Vicarm Arm Language 494. VAM Vision Aided Manufacturing495. VAX It Is A Large Micro Computer System That Has Been

Manufactured By Digital Equipment Corporation 496. VB Visual Basic497. VDD Virtual Device Driver498. VDT Visual Display Terminal499. VDU Video Display Unit500. vi Text Editor In Unix501. VLDB Very Large Database 502. VLSI Very Large Scale Integration503. VM A Medical Based Expert System To Monitor Patients In Intensive

Care And Advice On Respiratory Therapy504. VMI Vendor Management Inventory System505. VPN Virtual Private Network506. VRAM Video Ram507. VRC Vertical Redundancy Check508. VS Virtual Storage509. VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal510. VTOC Volume Table Of Contents511. VxD Virtual Device Driver512. WAMI World Association For Medical Informatics513. WAN Wide Area Network514. WAP Wireless Application Protocol515. WATS Wide Area Telephone Service516. WCCE World Conference On Computers In Education 517. WISS Work Station Independent Segment Storage518. WORM Write Once Read Many519. WP Word Processing 520. WPM Words Per Minute521. WPS Word Processing Society 522. www World Wide Web523. Y2K Year 2000 Problem524. YACC Yet Another Compiler-Compiler525. Z (It Represents The ) Zero Bit526.527.-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Collected by:

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