helps in working with the computers and also helps in a number of competitive

exams. There is a long list of important computer abbreviations which might be

technical or related to personal communication. There are different computer
abbreviations for networking, operating system and storage, and some other
common computer short forms.

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

Conclusion:
With the growing use of computers for everyday things, it has become really
important to gain knowledge about its components. There are various computer
abbreviations which should be known to all as it helps the users to work with
computers more easily. It is important to know the list of computer abbreviations
and the full forms of those abbreviations as it helps in several competitive exams.
There are computer short forms for data storage, internet, connectivity, network and
more. Some computer abbreviations are technical, while the others are very basic
and common. Computer abbreviations exist for personal communication as well.