Computer Terminologies and Abbreviations [N to Z]
Computer terminologies and abbreviations are frequently asked in Bank PO/clerk and other exams. Here is an extensive list of short-forms or abbreviations related to computers and information technology:
N
NAS : Network Attached Storage
NASSCOM : National Association Of Software & Service Companies
NCP : Network Control Protocol
NDIS : Network Driver Interface Specification
NTFS : New Technology File System
NTP : Network Time Protocol
O
OCR : Optical Character Readers
OLE : Object Linking And Embedding
OMR : Optical Mark Reader
OOP : Object Oriented Programming
OOPS : Object Oriented Programming System
OS : Operating System
OSI : Open System Interconnection
P
PC : Personal Computer
PCI : Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCMCIA : Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PDA : Personal Digital Assistant
PDF : Portable Document Format
PDL : Page Description Language
PDU : Protocol Data Unit
PIC : Programming Interrupt Control
PLA : Programmable Logic Array
PLC : Programmable Logic Controller
PNG : Portable Network Graphics
PNP : Plug And Play
PPP : Peer To Peer Protocol
PPTP : Point To Point Tunneling Protocol
PROM : Programmable Read Only Memory
Q
QDR : Quad Data Rate QEP : Quoted for performance
QDS : Quality of service R ADSL : Rate Adaptive Digital Subscribes Line
R
RAID : Redundant Array Of Independent Disks
RAM : Random Access Memory
RAMDAC : Random Access Memory Digital To Analog Converter
RAS : Remote Access Network RD RAM : Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
RDBMS : Relational Data Base Management System
RICS : Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RIP : Raster Image Processor
RISC : Reduced Instruction Set Computer
ROM : Read Only Memory
RPC : Remote Procedure Call
RTC : Real Time Clock RTF :
Rich Text Format
RTOS : Real Time Operating System
S
SACK : Selective Acknowledgements
SAP : Service Access Point, Systems Applications Products
SD RAM : Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SDD : Software Design Description SDK : Software Development Kit
SDL : Storage Definition Language SDN : Integrated Service Digital Network
SDRAM : Static Dynamic Random Access Memory
SDSL : Symmetric Digital Subscribes Line
SG RAM : Synchronous Graphics Random Access Memory
SGML : Standard Generalized Markup Language
SIM : Subscriber Identification Module
SIU : Serial Interface Unit SMS : Short Message Service
SMTP : Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNMP : Simple Network Management Protocol
SQA : Statistical Quality Assurance
SQL : Structured Query Language
SRAM : Static Random Access Memory
SRS : Software Requirements Specification
STP : Shielded Twisted Pair
SW : Software
T
TB : Tera Bytes
TCP : Transmission Control Protocol
TCPIP : Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol
TDI : Transport Data Interface
TDMA : Time Division Multiple Access
U
UDD : User Datagram Protocol
UDP : User Datagram Protocol
UI : User Interface
UML : Unified Modelling Language
UNIX : Uniplexed Information And Computer Systems
URL : Universal Resource Locator
USB : Universal Serial Bus
USRT : Universal Synchronous Receiver Transmitted
UTP : Unshielded Twisted Pair
V
VAN : Virtual Area Network
VB : Visual Basic
VCD : Video Compact Disc
VGA : Video Graphics Array
VLSI : Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits
VPN : Virtual Private Network
VRAM : Video Random Access Memory
VS : Visual Studio
W
WAN : Wide Area Network
WAP : Wireless Application Protocol
WINDOWS ME : Windows Millennium Edition
WINDOWS NT : Windows New Technology
WINDOWS XP : Windows Experienced
WORM : Write Once Read Many
WWW : World Wide Web
WYSIWYG : What You See Is What You Get
X
XHTML : Extensible Hyper Text Markup Language
XML : Extensible Markup Language
XSL : Extensible Style Sheet Language
Z
Z IP : Zone Information Protocol
ZB : Zeta Byte
ZISC : Zone Instruction Set Computer
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