Computer Science (New) - For Class IX - IMPORTANT ABBREVIATIONS

 

Computer Science (New) - For Class IX - IMPORTANT ABBREVIATIONS

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 ABBREVIATIONS

A

• AI: Artificial Intelligence 
• ALU : Arithmetic Logic Unit
• ANSI: American National Standards Institute
• ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
• ATM: Automated Teller Machine
• AVG: Anti-Virus Guard

B

• BIOS: Basic Input/Output System
• bps: bits per second

C

• © : Copyright
• CD: Compact Disk
• CHKDSK: Check disk
• Cisco: Commercial & Industrial Security Corporation
• CLI: Command Line Interface
• COBOL: Common business-oriented language
• CPU: Central Processing Unit
• CRT: cathode ray tube
• CS: Computer Science
• CU : Control Unit

D

• DBA: Database Administrator
• DBMS: Database Management System
• DEC: Digital Equipment Corporation
• Del: Delete
• DOS: Disk Operating System
• DSL: Digital Subscriber Line
• DVD: Digital Versatile Disc
• 2D: Two dimension
• 3D: Three dimension

E

• EDSAC: Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator
• EDVAC: Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
• ENIAC: Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
• ER: Entity Relationship
• ERD: Entity Relationship Diagram
• ERM: Entity Relationship Model

F

• FDP / FPD:  Flat Panel Display
• FORTRAN: Formula translator
• FTP: File Transfer Protocol

G

• GB: Gigabytes
• GHz: gigahertz
• GPS: Global Positioning System
• GUI: Graphical User Interface
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• 3G, 4G and 5G: Third, fourth and fifth generation network respectively

H

• HTML: Hypertext Markup Language
• HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol

I

• IBM: International Business Machines 
• ICs: Integrated Circuits
• ID: Identity
• IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• IETF: International Engineering Task Force
• IOS: iPhone operating system
• I/O Devices: Input /Output Devices
• IP: Internet Protocol 
• IPO: Intellectual Property Organization
• IPV4: Internet Protocol version 4
• IR: Infrared
• ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network
• ISO: International Organization for Standardization
• IT: Information Technology
• ITU: International Telecommunication Union

K

• kbps: kilo bits per second

L

• LAN: Local Area Network
• LED: Light-Emitting Diode
• LINUX: Lovable Intellect Not Using XP
• LMS: Learning Management System 
• LSIC: Large Scale Integrated Circuits

M

• MAC: Macintosh
• Mac OS: Macintosh operating system
• Malware:  Malicious software
• MAN: Metropolitan Area Network
• mbps: megabits per second
• MHz: Megahertz
• MICR: Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
• MongoDB: Mongo Data base
• MS: Microsoft
• MySql: My Structured Query Language

N

• NADRA: National Database Registration Authority
• NIC: Network Interface Card

O

• OBR: Optical Barcode Reader
• OCR: Optical Character Recognition
• OMG: Oh! My God
• OMR: Optical Mark Recognition
• Oracle: Operational Analog Computing and Logistic Equipment
• OS: Operating system
• OSI: Open Systems Interconnection

P

• PC /PCs: Personal computer / Personal computers
• PIN: Personal Identification Number

R

• RAM: Random Access Memory
• RDBMS: Relational Database Management Systems
• RF: Radio Frequency
• RGB: Red, Green and Blue
• ROM: Read Only Memory

S

• SD Card: Secure Digital
• SNR or S/N: Signal-to-noise ratio
• SQL: Structured Query Language
• SSD: Solid State Drive
• STP: Shielded Twisted Pair

T

• TCP: Transmission Control Protocol
• TM or ^TM :Trade Mark
• ToC: Table of Contents
• TV: Television

U

• UDP: User Datagram Protocol
• UI: User Interface
• ULSIC: Ultra Large Scale Integrated Circuits
• UNIVAC: Universal Automatic Computer 
• UNIX: Uniplexed Information and Computing System
• URL: Uniform Resource Locator
• USB: Universal Serial Bus
• UTP: Unshielded Twisted Pair 

V

• VAX: Virtual Address eXtension
• VGA: Video Graphics Array
• VLSIC: Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits
• VR: Virtual reality

W

• WAN: Wide Area Network
• WDDM: Windows Display Driver Model
• WiFi: Wireless Fidelity 
• WINDOWS: Wide Interactive Network Development for Office Work Solution
• www: World Wide Web
• WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get