CK: Computer Term Abbreviations

Computer Term Abbreviations

Abbreviations	Full Terms
AAA	Authentication Authorization Accounting
ABR	Area Border Router
ACK	ACKnowledgement
AD	Active Directory
AIX	Advanced Interactive eXecutive
AJAX	Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
ALGOL	Algorithmic Language
ALU	Arithmetic and Logical Unit
ANSI	American National Standards Institute
APCI	Application-Layer Protocol Control Information
API	Application Programming Interface
APIC	Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
ARP	Address Resolution Protocol
ARPANET	Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASIC	Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
ASR	Asynchronous Signal Routine
ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AVI	Audio Video Interleaved
B2B	Business-to-Business
B2C	Business-to-Consumer
BAL	Basic Assembly Language
BASIC	Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BGP	Border Gateway Protocol
BIND	Berkeley Internet Name Domain
BIOS	Basic Input Output System
BMP	Basic Multilingual Plane
BOOTP	Bootstrap Protocol
CA	Certificate Authority
CAD	Computer-Aided Design
CD	Compact Disc
CDMA	Code Division Multiple Access
CD-ROM	CD Read-Only Memory
CHAP	Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
CLI	Command Line Interface
CMOS	Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
COBOL	Common Business-Oriented Language
CPU	Central Processing Unit
DAT	Digital Audio Tape
DB	Database
DBA	Database Administrator
DBMS	Database Management System
DDL	Data Definition Language
DFD	Data Flow Diagram
DIVX	Digital Video Express
DLL	Dynamic Link Library
DMA	Direct Memory Access
DMI	Direct Media Interface
DNS	Domain Name System
DOS	Disk Operating System
DPI	Dots Per Inch
DSL	Digital Subscriber Line
DVD	Digital Video Disc
EEPROM	Electronically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EGA	Enhanced Graphics Array
EIGRP	Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
EMACS	Editor MACroS
EPROM	Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
ERP	Enterprise Resource Planning
FAT	File Allocation Table
FDDI	Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FDMA	Frequency-Division Multiple Access
FIFO	First In First Out
FS	File System
FSCK	File System Check
FTP	File Transfer Protocol
FQDN	Fully Qualified Domain Name
GIF	Graphics Interchange Format
GIS	Geographic Information System
GNOME	GNU Network Object Model Environment
GSM	Global System for Mobile Communications
GUI	Graphical User Interface
HAL	Hardware Abstraction Layer
HDD	Hard Disk Drive
HCL	Hardware Compatibility List
HDMI	High-Definition Multimedia Interface
HTM	Hierarchical Temporal Memory
HTML	Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol
IC	Integrated Circuit
ICMP	Internet Control Message Protocol
ICP	Internet Cache Protocol
IE	Internet Explorer
IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IGMP	Internet Group Management Protocol
IIS	Internet Information Services
IM	Instant Messaging
IP	Internet Protocol
IPsec	Internet Protocol security
IRQ	Interrupt Request
IS	Information Systems
iSCSI	Internet Small Computer System Interface
ISDN	Integrated Services Digital Network
ISO	International Organization for Standardization
ISP	Internet Service Provider
IT	Information Technology
ITIL	Information Technology Infrastructure Library
IVRS	Interactive Voice Response System
J2EE	Java 2 Enterprise Edition
JMX	Java Management Extensions
JPEG	Joint Photographic Experts Group
KVM	Keyboard, Video, Mouse
L2TP	Layer two Tunneling Protocol
LAN	Local Area Network
LCD	Liquid Crystal Display
LDAP	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LED	Light-Emitting Diode
LIFO	Last In First Out
MAC	Media Access Control
MAN	Metropolitan Area Network
MAPI	Messaging Application Programming Interface
MBR	Master Boot Record
MICR	Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
MIS	Management Information Systems
MIME	Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MMU	Memory Management Unit
MPEG	Motion Pictures Experts Group
MPLS	Multiprotocol Label Switching
MTU	Maximum Transmission Unit
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
NAT	Network Address Translation
NetBIOS	Network Basic Input/Output System
NFS	Network File System
NIC	Network Interface Controller
NLP	Natural Language Processing
NNTP	Network News Transfer Protocol
NTP	Network Time Protocol
ODBC	Open DataBase Connectivity
OMR	Optical Mark Recognition
OS	Operating System
OSI	Open Systems Interconnection
OSPF	Open Shortest Path First
PC	Personal Computer
PCI	Peripheral Component Interconnect
PDF	Portable Document Format
PKI	Public Key Infrastructure
PoE	Power over Ethernet
POST	Power-On Self Test
PXE	Preboot Execution Environment
RADIUS	Remote Authentication Dial In User Service
RAID	Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RAM	Random Access Memory
RDBMS	Relational Database Management System
RDC	Remote Desktop Connection
RF	Radio Frequency
RHEL	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
RIP	Routing Information Protocol
ROM	Read Only Memory
SAN	Storage Area Network
SCSI	Small Computer System Interface
SDK	Software Development Kit
SEO	Search Engine Optimization
SIP	Session Initiation Protocol
SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol
SNTP	Simple Network Time Protocol
SOHO	Small Office/Home Office
SQL	Structured Query Language
SSH	Secure Shell
SWF	Shock Wave Flash
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP	Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TFT	Thin Film Transistor
TFTP	Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TTL	Time To Live
UDDI	Universal Description, Discovery and Integration
UDP	User Datagram Protocol
UNC	Universal Naming Convention
UPS	Uninterruptible Power Supply
URL	Uniform Resource Locator
USB	Universal Serial Bus
UUID	Universally Unique Identifier
VGA	Video Graphics Adapter
VLAN	Virtual Local Area Network
VNC	Virtual Network Computing
VoIP	Voice over Internet Protocol
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VSAT	Very Small Aperture Terminal
WAN	Wide Area Network
WiMAX	Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
WINS	Windows Internet Name Service
WLAN	Wireless Local Area Network
WMV	Windows Media Video
WWW	World Wide Web
WYSIWYG	What You See Is What You Get
XHTML	eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language
XML	eXtensible Markup Language