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AGP : Accellerated Graphics Port
ARPANET: Advanced Research Projects
AgencyNetwork
BIOS : Basic Input- Output System.
CAD : Computer Aided Design.
CD : Compact Disc.
CDAC : Centre for Development of Advanced
Parallel Computing.
CDMA : Code Division Multiple Access.
C-DOT : Center for Development of
Telematrics.
GAIS : Gateway Internet Access Service
HTTP : Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
ROM : Read Only Memory
RAM : Random Access Memory
MODEM : Modulation : Demodulation.
PSTN : Public Switched Public Data Network.
PSPDN : Pocket Switched Public.
RABAN : Remote Area Business Message
Network.
LAN : Local Area Network
WAN : Wide Area Network .
MAN : Metropolitan Area Network.
E-Mail : Electronic Mail.
LDU : Liquid Display Unit.
CPU : Central Processing Unit.
CAM : Computer Aided Manufacturing.
CATScan : Computerized Axial Tomography
Scan .
COBOL : Common Business Oriented
Language.
COMAL : Common Algorithmic Language.
DOS : Disk Operating System.
DTS : Desk Top System
DTP : Desk Top Publishing.
E-Commerce : Electronic Commerce.
ENIAC : Electronic Numerical Integrator And
Calculator
FAX : Far Away Xerox.
FLOPS : Floating Operations Per Second.
FORTRAN : Formula Translation.
HLL : High Level Language.
HTML : Hyper Text Markup Language.
IBM : International Business Machine.
IC : Integrated Circuit
ISH : International Super Highway.
LISP : List Processing.
LLL : Low Level Language
MICR : Magnetic Ink Character Recognizer.
MIPS : Millions of Instructions Per Second.
MOPS : Millions of Operations Per Second.
MPU : Micro Processor Unit.
NICNET : National Information Center
Network.
OMR : Optical Mark Reader.
PC-DOT : Personal Computer Disk Operation
System.
PROM : Programmable Read Only Memory.
SNOBOL : String Oriented Symbolic
Language.
UPS : Uninterpretable Power Supply.
VDU : Visual Display Unit.
VLSI : Very Large Scale Integrated.
WWW : World Wide Web.
WLAN : Wireless Local Area Network.
Wi-fi : Wireless Fidelity
TIFF : Tagged Image File Format
e-SATA : External Serial Advanced
Technology Attachment
WiMAX : Worldwide Interoperabilit y for
Microwave Access
JPEG : Joint Photographic Experts Group
GIF : Graphics Interchange Format
ATX : Advanced Technology Extended
UATX : Ultra Advanced TechnologyExten ded
FATX : Flex Advanced Technology Extended
MATX : Micro Advanced Technology Extended
EEATX : Enhanced Extended Advanced
Technology Extended
DDR SDRAM : Double-Data-Rat e
Synchronous Dynamic Random Access
Memory
DDR RAM : Double-Data-Rat e Random
Access Memory
GUI : Graphical User Interfaces
CUI : Command User Interfaces
NAT : Network Address Translation
BIOS:Basic Input/Output System
SCSI: Small Computer Systems Interface
OCR:Optical Character Recognition
PCI:Pperipheral Component Interface
PDA:Personal Digital Assistant
MIDI:Musical Instrument Digital Interface
BPS:Bites Per Second
KBPS:KiloBits Per Second
MPEG:Motion Picture Experts Group
JPEG:Joint Photographic Expert Group
LCD:Liquid Crystal Display
MAC:Media Access Control