Computer Abbreviations in PDF
Computer Awareness is an essential part of most banking and other recruitment
exams. You will find these questions in SSC CGL, SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBPS PO, IBPS
Clerk, Railways RRB, LIC AAO, UIIC AO, etc. Apart from general computer and
software questions, Computer Abbreviations questions have always been part of the
exam. The good thing about Computer Abbreviations questions is that there is a high
chance that you will be able to answer them correctly even if you have read these just
once. Who would mind an easy 4-5 marks? That too in a Mains exam where every
additional mark makes a huge difference to your career!
Hence, we decided to give you a list of most frequently asked Computer
Abbreviations in a form that will be memorable to you.
Computer Abbreviations
B
C
A/D
Analog To Digital.
ALU
Arithmetic Logic Unit.
ASCII
American Standard Code For Information Interchange.
ASR
Automatic Send And Receive.
ATM
Automated Teller Machine.
BCD
Binary Coded Decimal.
BIOS
Basic Input/Output System.
BIS
Business Information System.
BPS
Bits Per Second.
CAD
Computer-Aided Design.
CAM
Computer-Aided Manufacturing.
CASE
Computer-Aided Software Engineering.
CD
CDROM
Compact Disc Read-Only Memory.
COBOL
Common Business-Oriented Language.
CPS
Characters Per Second.
CPU
Central Processing Unit.
CROM
CRT
DBMS
Control Read-Only Memory.
Cathode Ray Tube.
Database Management System.
DOS
Disk Operating System.
DPI
Dots Per Inch.
DTP
Desktop Publishing.
DVD
Digital Versatile Disk.
EEPROM
EPROM
FM
Compact Disc.
Electronically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory.
Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory.
Frequency Modulation.
FORTRAN Formula Translation.
FTP
File Transfer Protocol.
GB
Giga Byte.
GIGO
Garbage In, Garbage Out.
GUI
I
K
L
M
HTML
Hyper Text Markup Language.
HTTP
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.
HZ
Hertz.
I/O
Input / Output.
IP
Internet Protocol.
ISO
International Standards Organisation.
ISP
Internet Service Provider.
KB
Kilo Byte.
LAN
Local Area Network.
LCD
Liquid Crystal Display.
MAN
Metropolitan Area Network.
MB
MICR
N
O
P
Graphical User Interface.
NS
Mega Byte.
Magnetic Ink Character Recognition.
Nano Second.
OCR
Optical Character Recognition.
OMR
Optical Mark Reader.
OS
Operating System.
P2P
Peer To Peer.
PAN
PC
Personal Area Network.
Personal Computer.
PCB
Printed Circuit Board.
PDF
Portable Document Format.
PIN
Personal Identification Number.
PPP
Point-To-Point Protocol.
PROM
Programmable Read-Only Memory.
RAM
Random Access Memory.
ROM
Read Only Memory.
URL
Uniform Resource Locator.
USB
Universal Serial Bus.
VDU
Visual Display Unit.
VGA
Video Graphics Array.
WAN
Wide Area Network.
Wi-Fi
Wireless Fidelity.
WWW
World Wide Web.
W
X
XML
Extensible Markup Language.
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