People who often use computer for day to day work either at home or at office it becomes very essential for them to know the full forms of abbreviations used in computer. So here is the list of full forms for some of the most commonly used abbreviations related to computer.
Sl. No. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
1 | CPU | Central Processing Unit |
2 | VDU | Visual Display Unit |
3 | ALU | Arithmetic Logic Unit |
4 | CU | Control Unit |
5 | RAM | Random Access Memory |
6 | ROM | Read Only Memory |
7 | SRAM | Static Random Access Memory |
8 | DRAM | Dynamic Random Access Memory |
9 | PROM | Programmable Read Only Memory |
10 | EPROM | Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
11 | EEPROM | Electronically Erasable Read Only Memory |
12 | CD | Compact Disk |
13 | DVD | Digital Versatile Disk |
14 | UPS | Uninterrupted Power Supply |
15 | MU | Memory Unit |
16 | LAN | Local Area Network |
17 | MAN | Metropolitan Area Network |
18 | WAN | Wide Area Network |
19 | PAN | Personal Area Network |
20 | CAN | Campus Area Network |
21 | CAD | Computer Aided Design |
22 | CAM | Computer Aided Manufacturing |
23 | HTTP | Hyper Text Transfer Protocol |
24 | FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
25 | IP | Internet Protocol |
26 | SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
27 | DOS | Disc Operating System |
28 | DTP | Desktop Publishing |
29 | ENIAC | Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator |
30 | IBM | International Business Machine |
31 | IC | Integrated Circuit |
32 | OMR | Optical Mark Recognition/Reader |
33 | MICR | Magnetic Ink Character Recognition/Reader |
34 | VLSI | Very Large Scale Integration |
35 | WWW | World Wide Web |
36 | COBOL | Common Business Oriented language |
37 | FORTRAN | Formula Translation |
38 | HTML | Hyper Text Markup Language |
39 | FAX | Fascimile Automated Xerox |
40 | Electronic Mail | |
41 | MODEM | Modulation-Demodulation |
42 | BIOS | Basic Input Output System |
43 | OS | Operating System |
44 | PC | Personal Computer |
45 | HP | Hewlett Packard |
46 | URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
47 | ISP | Internet Service Provider |
48 | TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
49 | USB | Universal Serial Bus |
50 | MPEG | Moving Picture Experts Group |
51 | WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network |
52 | MAC | Media Access Control |
53 | UNIVAC | Universal Automatic Computer |
54 | ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
55 | JPEG | Joint Picture Experts Group |
56 | GIF | Graphics Interchange Format |
57 | SMPS | Switch Mode Power Supply |
58 | PNG | Portable Network Graphics |
59 | CC | Carbon Copy |
60 | BCC | Blind Carbon Copy |
61 | MAC | Macintosh |
62 | VPN | Virtual Private Network |
63 | VLSI | Very Large Scale Integration |
64 | ULSI | Ultra large Scale Integration |
65 | Portable Document Format | |
66 | HD | High Definition |
67 | HDMI | High Definition Multimedia Interface |
68 | CD-R | Compact Disk Recordable |
69 | P2P | Peer To Peer |
70 | MSI | Medium Scale Integartion |
71 | LSI | Large Scale Integration |
72 | RISC | Reduced Instruction Set Computer |
73 | CISC | Complex Instruction Set Computer |
74 | SSL | Secure Socket Layer |
75 | PDA | Personal Digital Assistant |
76 | LCD | Liquid Crystal Display |
77 | LED | Light Emitting Diode |
78 | GIGO | Garbage In Garbage Out |
79 | VIRUS | Vital Information Resources Under Seize |
80 | CRT | Cathode Ray Tube |
81 | CGA | Color Graphics Array |
82 | BASIC | Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
83 | XML | Xtensive Markup Language |
84 | GUI | Graphical User Interface |
85 | DPI | Dots Per Inch |
86 | NIC | Network Interface Card |
87 | CRT | Cathode Ray Tube |
88 | SATA | Serial Advanced technology Attachment |
89 | LIFO | Last In First Out |
90 | FIFO | First In First Out |
91 | MIS | Management Information System |
92 | CSMA | Carrier Sense Multiple Access |
93 | PSD | Photoshop Document |
94 | BCD | Binary Coded Decimal |
95 | EBCDIC | Extended Binary Coded decimal Interchange Code |
96 | MSD | Most Significant digit |
97 | LSD | Least Significant Digit |
98 | BPS | Bits Per Second |
99 | DOC | Document |
100 | ARPANET | Advanced Research Project Agency Network |
101 | NFS | Network File System |
102 | DBMS | Data Base Management System |
102 | RDBMS | Relational Database Management System |
103 | BIT | Binary Digit |
104 | KB | Kilo Byte |
105 | MB | Mega Byte |
106 | GB | Giga Byte |
107 | TB | Tera Byte |
108 | FAT | File Allocation Table |
109 | OOP | Object Oriented Programming |
110 | ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
111 | PPT | Power Point Presentation |
112 | AI | Artificial Intelligence |
113 | ATM | Automated Teller Machine |
114 | VGA | Video Graphics Array |
115 | RAID | Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks |
116 | HDMI | High Definition Multimedia Interface |
117 | AV | Audio Visual |
118 | DHTML | Dynamic Hyper Text Markup Language |
119 | E-Commerce | Electronic Commerce |
120 | MIPS | Million Instructions Per Second |
121 | DTH | Direct To Home |
122 | FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
123 | IFSC | Indian Financial System Code |
124 | KYC | Know Your Customer |
125 | GPS | Global Positioning System |

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