1. Computer Abbreviations for Basic Components

• AFA – All-Flash Array
• BIOS – Basic Input Output System
• BYTE – Storage Unit
• CPU – Central Processing Unit
• HDD – Hard Disk Drive
• LCD – Liquid Crystal Display
• OS – Operating System
• PC – Personal Computer
• PDF – Portable Document Format
• RAID – Redundant Array of Independent Disks
• RAM – Random Access Memory
• RDMA – Remote Direct Memory Access
• ROM – Read Only-Memory
• SATA – Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
• SSD – Solid State Drive
• VGA – Video Graphics Array

2. List of Other Important Computer Abbreviations

• COMPUTER – Commonly Operated Machine Used for Trade or Technology, Education and Research
• AAC – Advanced Audio Coding
• AI – Artificial Intelligence
• ARPANET – Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
• ALU – Arithmetic Logic Unit
• ALGOL – Algorithmic Language
• AOL – America Outline
• API – Application Program Interface
• APT – Automatically Programmed Tooling
• ARP – Address Resolution Protocol
• ASP – Active Server Pages
• ATM – Asynchronous Transfer Mode
• AUI – Attachment Unit Interface
• AT – Advanced Technology
• ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange
• AVI – Audio Video Interleave
• BCC – Blind Carbon Copy
• BASIC – Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
• BPS – Bytes Per Second
• BCD – Binary Coded Decimal
• B HTML – Broadcast Hypertext Markup Language
• BIU – Bus Interface Unit
• BMP – Bitmap
• B2C – Business to Consumer
• B2B – Business to Business
• CUI – Character User Interface
• CSS – Cascading Style Sheets
• CPI – Clock/Cycle Per Instruction
• CC – Carbon Copy
• CAI – Computer-Aided Instruction
• CDMA – Code Division Multiple Access
• CRT – Cathode Ray Tube
• COBOL – Common Business Oriented Language
• CISC – Complex Instructions Set Computers
• CADD – Computer-Aided Design in Drafting
• CAD – Computer-Aided Design
• CD – Compact Disk
• CD RW – Compact Disk Rewritable
• CMD – Command
• CD ROM – Compact Disk Read Only Memory
• CROM – Computerised Range of Motion
• CAM – Computer-Aided Manufacturing
• DAT – Digital Audio Tape
• DNA – Distributed Internet Architecture
• DDR – Double Data Rate
• DPI – Dots Per Inch
• DDR-SDRAM – Double Data Rate-Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
• DML – Data Manipulation Language
• DOS – Disk Operating System
• DOC – Date Optimising Computer
• DHTML – Dynamics Hypertext Markup Language
• Doc – Document
• DVD – Digital Versatile Disk
• DVI -Digital Visual Interface
• DDL – Data Definition Language
• DRAM – Dynamic Random Access Memory
• DBMS – Database Management System
• DVDR – Digital Versatile Disk Recordable
• DVDRW – Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
• DVR – Digital Video Recorder
• DARPANET – Defence Advanced Research Project Agency Network
• E-Commerce – Electronic Commerce
• EDGE – Enhanced Data Rate for GSM Evolution
• EDI – Electronic Data Interchange
• EDP – Electronic Data Processing
• FS – File System
• FTP – File Transfer Protocol
• FORTRAN – Formula Translation
• FDD – Floppy Disk Drive
• FDC – Floppy Disk Controller
• ENIAC – Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator
• EDSAC – Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator
• EDVAC – Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Compute
• EB – EXAByte
• EiB – EXBIByte
• EROM – Erasable Read-Only Memory
• EPROM – Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
• EEPROM – Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
• E-Mail – Electronic Mail
• EFS – Encrypted File System
• FAT – Find Allocation Table
• FPS -Frames Per Second
• FLOPS – Floating Point Operations for Second
• FM – Frequency Modulation
• GB – GigaByte
• GiB – GIBIByte
• GIGO – Garbage in Garbage Out
• GHz – Gigahertz
• GIF – Graphics Interchangeable Format
• GDI – Graphical Device Into
• GPRS – General Packet Radio Service
• GUI – Graphical User Interface
• GBPS – Gigabytes/Gigabits Per Second
• 3GP – 3rd Generation Project
• 3GPP – 3rd Generation Partnership Project
• GML – Geography Markup Language
• GSM – Global System For Mobile Communication
• IBM – International Business Machines
• IC – Integrated Circuit
• IO – Input Output
• IOP – Input Output Processor
• IPV6 – Internet Protocol Version 6
• IPV4 – Internet Protocol Version 4
• IP – Internet Protocol
• INFO – Information
• HDMI – High Definition Multimedia Interface
• HTTPS – Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
• HD – Hard Disk
• HDD – Hard Disk Drive
• HPC – Handheld Personal Computer
• HP – Hewlett Packard/Horsepower
• INTEL – Integrated Electronics
• IMAP – Internet Message Access Protocol
• ISO – International Organisation for Standardisation
• HSDPA – High-speed Downlink Packet Access
• ICT – Information Communication Technology
• IT – Information Technology
• MIPS – Million Instructions for Second
• MHz – Megahertz
• MBPS – Megabits/Megabytes per Second
• MB – Motherboard/Megabyte
• MAN – Metropolitan Area Network
• LLL – Low-level Language
• Kbps – Kilobits/Kilobytes per Second
• KBD – Keyboard
• KB – Kilobyte
• JSP – Java Server Page
• JS – JavaScript
• JPEG – Joint Photographic Expert Group
• JAD – Job Application Descriptor/Development
• J2EE – Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition
• JAR – Java Archive
• MIME – Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
• MICR – Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
•  MPEG – Motion Picture Experts Group
• Mp3 – MPEG Audio Layer 3
• Mp4 – MPEG-4 AVC
• NAT – Network Address Translation
• NIC – Network Interface Card
• NIIT – National Institute of Information Technology
• NTP – Network Time Protocol
• NTFS – New Technology File System
• OMR – Optical Mark Reader/Recognition
• OOP – Object-Oriented Programming
• OpenGL – Open Graphics Library
• OSI – Open Systems Interconnection
• PHP – Hypertext Preprocessor
• PB – PetaByte
• PiB – PebiByte
• PNG – Portable Network
• PNP – Plug and Play
• PDA – Personal Digital
• PDU – Protocol Data Unit/Power Distribution Unit
• PAN – Personal Area Network
• PROM – Programmable Read-Only Memory
• PCI – Peripheral Component Interconnect
• POST – Power on Self Test
• PSU – Power Supply Unit
• PING – Packet Internet/Internetwork Groper
• RDBMS – Relational Database Management System
• RIP – Routing Information to Protocol
• RPM – Revolutions Per Minute
• SMPS – Switch Mode Power Supply
• SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
• SRAM – Static Random Access Memory
• SIM – Subscriber Identity Module
• SAM – Software Asset Management/Sequential Access Method
• SNAP – Subnetwork Access Protocol
• SNOBOL – String Oriented Symbolic Language
• SIU – Serial Interface Unit
• SW – Software
• SMS – Short Message Services
• SQL – Structured Query
• TB – Terabyte
• TiB – Tebibyte
• TCP – Transmission Control Protocol
• TBPS – Terabytes Per Second
• TAPI – Telephony Application Programming Interface
• TXT – Text
• UNIVAC – Universal Automatic Computer
• UHF – Ultra High Frequency
• UMTS – Universal Mobile Telecommunication System
• VAN – Value Added Network
• UPS – Uninterruptible Power Supply
• UI – User Interface
• VDU – Visual Display Unit
• VIRUS – Vital Information Resource Under Seized
• VCD – Video Compact Disk
• VHF – Very High Frequency
• VOIP – VoiceOver Internet Protocol
• VRAM – Video Random Access Memory
• VPN – Virtual Private Network
• WAN – Wide Area Network
• WAP – Wireless Application Protocol
• WORM – Write Once Read Many
• WWW – World Wide Web
• WBMP – Wireless Bitmap Image
• WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network
• WMV – Windows Media Video
• WML – Wireless Markup Language
• WMA – Windows Media Audio
• WINS – Windows Internet Name Service
• XT – Extended Technology
• XMF – Extensible Music File
• XML – Extensible Markup Language
• XMS – Extended Memory Specification
• XHTML – Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
• XSL – Extensible Style Language
• Yahoo – Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle
• YB – Yottabyte
• YiB – Yobibyte
• ZiB – ZebiByte
• ZB – Zetta Byte

3. Computer Short Forms Related to Internet and Network

• DNS – Domain Name Server
• FTP – File Transport Protocol
• HTML – HyperText Markup Language
• HTTP – Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• IP – Internet Protocol
• ISP – Internet Service Provider
• LAN – Local Area Network
• PPP – Point to Point Protocol
• SEO – Search Engine Optimisation
• URL -Uniform Resource Locator
• USB – Universal Serial Bus
• VR – Virtual Reality
• VRML – Virtual Reality Mark-up Language