Abbreviation |
Full form |
2D |
Two Dimensional |
2FA |
Two-factor Authentication |
2G |
Second Generation |
3D |
Three Dimensional |
3G |
Third Generation |
3GPP |
3rd Generation Partnership Project |
5G |
Fifth Generation |
24/7 |
Twenty-Four Seven |
AAC |
Advanced Audio Coding |
AAM |
Automatic Acoustic Management |
ABC |
Atanasoff–Berry Computer |
AbEnd |
Abnormal End |
ABIOS |
Advanced Basic Input / Output System |
AC |
Alternating Current |
ACE |
Access Control Entry |
ACK |
Acknowledgment |
ACL |
Access Control List |
ACM |
Association for Computing Machinery |
ACPI |
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface |
ACR |
Attenuation-to-crosstalk Ratio |
AD |
Active Directory |
ABP |
Adblock Plus |
ADC |
Analog-to-Digital Converter |
ADO |
ActiveX Data Objects |
ADPCM |
Adaptive Differential Pulse-Code Modulation |
ADSI |
Analog Display Services Interface |
ADSL |
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
AE |
Adobe After Effects |
AES |
Advanced Encryption Standard |
ADB |
Apple Desktop Bus |
AF |
Autofocus |
AGP |
Accelerated Graphics Port |
AHCI |
Advanced Host Controller Interface |
AI |
Artificial Intelligence |
AIM |
AOL Instant Messenger |
AIML |
Artificial Intelligence Markup Language |
AIO |
All-in-one |
AIX |
Advanced Interactive Executive |
ALGOL |
Algorithmic Language |
ALPHA |
ALPHA |
ALU |
Arithmetic Logic Unit |
AMA |
Ask Me Anything |
AMOLED |
Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode |
AMP |
Ampere |
ANI |
Automatic Number Identification |
ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
Anti-aliasing |
Anti-aliasing |
AOP |
Aspect-Oriented Programming |
AOSP |
Android Open-Source Project |
APIC |
Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller |
APM |
Advanced Power Management |
App |
Mobile Application |
AR |
Augmented Reality |
ARCNET |
Attached Resource Computer Network |
Arg |
Argument |
ARP |
Address Resolution Protocol |
ARPA |
Advanced Research Projects Agency |
ARPANET |
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network |
ARQ |
Automatic Repeat Request |
AS/400 |
Application System/400 (AS/400) |
AS |
Autonomous System |
ASN |
Autonomous System Number |
ASN.1 |
Abstract Syntax Notation One |
ASPI |
Advanced SCSI Programming Interface |
AT |
Advance Technology |
ATAPI |
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface |
ATF |
Above the fold |
ATRAC |
Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding |
ATX |
Advanced Technology eXtended |
AUI |
Attachment Unit Interface |
AUP |
Acceptable Use Policy |
AV |
Antivirus |
AVC |
Advanced Video Coding |
AVI |
Audio Video Interleave |
AVR |
Automatic Voltage Regulator |
AWS |
Amazon Web Services |
B2B |
Business-to-Business |
BAT |
Baby AT |
BB |
Broadband |
BBS |
BIOS Boot Specification |
BBS |
Bulletin Board System |
BCC |
Blind Carbon Copy |
BER |
Bit Error Rate |
BGA |
Ball Grid Array |
BGP |
Border Gateway Protocol |
BHO |
Browser Helper Object |
BIND |
Berkeley Internet Name Domain |
BNC |
Bayonet Neill–Concelman |
BOINC |
Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing |
BOFH |
Bastard Operator From Hell |
BO |
Back Orifice |
BOM |
Byte Order Mark |
BPDU |
Bridge Protocol Data Unit |
BPL |
Broadband Over Power Lines |
BPS |
Bits and Bytes per Second |
BPSK |
Binary Phase Shift Keying |
Br |
Break Key |
BRI |
Basic Rate Interface |
Brouter |
A network device |
BSB |
Back-Side Bus |
BSOD |
Blue Screen of Death |
BSS |
Basic Service Set |
BTC |
Bitcoin |
BTX |
Balanced Technology eXtended |
C2 |
Core 2 |
CAB |
Cabinet |
CAP |
Competitive Access Provider |
CAPTCHA |
Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart |
CAS |
Column Address Select or Strobe |
CASC |
Certificate Authority Security Council |
CATV |
Community Access Television |
CBL |
Calculator-Based Laboratory |
CBT |
Computer Based Training |
CC |
Cubic Capacity/ Cubic Centimeter / Carbon Copy |
CC |
Creative Commons |
CCC |
Catalyst Control Center |
CCD |
Charge Coupled Device |
CCDE |
Cisco Certified Design Expert |
CCFL |
Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp |
CCIE |
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert |
CCITT |
International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee |
CCNA |
Cisco Certified Network Associate |
CCNP |
Cisco Certified Network Professional |
CD |
Compact Disc |
CDA |
Communication Decency Act |
CD-DA |
Compact Disc Digital Audio |
CDDB |
Compact Disc Database |
CDDI |
Copper Distributed Data Interface |
CDE |
Common Desktop Environment |
CDFS |
Compact Disc File System |
CD-i |
Compact Disk-Interactive |
CDN |
Computer Delivery Network |
CDP |
Columbia Data Products |
CDP |
Continuous Data Protection |
CDP |
Certificate in Date Processing |
CDP |
Content delivery Platform |
CD-R |
Compact Disk Recordable |
CD-ROM |
Compact Disc Read-Only Memory |
CD-ROM XA |
CD-ROM Extended Architecture |
CD-RW |
Compact Disc Read Writable |
CDSL |
Consumer Digital Subscriber Line |
CentOS |
Community Enterprise Operating System |
CERN |
Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire |
CERT |
Computer Emergency Response Team |
CES |
Consumers Electronics Show |
CF |
CompactFlash |
CGA |
Color Graphics Adapter |
CGI |
Common Gateway Interface |
CH |
CollegeHumor |
CHAP |
Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol |
CHAR |
Character |
ChDir |
Change Directory |
CHS |
Cylinder-Head-Sector |
CIDR |
Classless Inter-Domain Routing |
CIFS |
Common Internet File System |
CIM |
Common Information Model |
CIR |
Committed Information Rate |
CISC |
Complex Instruction Set Computer |
CISSP |
Certified Information Systems Security Professional |
CLI |
Command Line Interface |
CLNS |
Connectionless Network Service |
CLOS |
Common Lisp Object System |
CLR |
Common Language Runtime |
CMA |
Computer Misuse Act |
CMC |
Computer Mediated Communication |
CMOS |
Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor |
CMS |
Content Management System |
CMYK |
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key or Black |
CNCT |
Certified Network Computer Technician |
CNE |
Certified Novell Engineer |
CNR |
Communications and Networking Riser |
CNST |
Computer Network System Technician |
COA |
Certificate of Authenticity |
COASt |
Cache on a Stick |
COB |
Chip On Board |
COBOL |
Common Business-Oriented Language |
COM |
Component Object Model |
COMDEX |
Computer Dealers' Exhibition |
Celsius |
Temperature measuring scale |
Certificate Authority |
Certificate Authority |
CrunchBang Linux |
CrunchBang Linux |
Cascading Style Sheets |
Cascading Style Sheets |
Cellular Telephone |
Cellular Telephone |
Certification (Cert) |
Certification (Cert) |
Chirp Spread Spectrum |
Chirp Spread Spectrum |
Code Segment |
Code Segment |
Codec |
Codec |
Electromagnetic Coil |
Electromagnetic Coil |
CE: Collectors' Edition |
CE: Collectors' Edition |
CompTIA (Computing Technology Industry Association) |
CompTIA (Computing Technology Industry Association) |
CGI |
Computer-Generated Imagery |
Computer Output Microfilm |
Computer Output Microfilm |
Computer Service Technician |
Computer Service Technician |
COPPA |
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act |
Core Dump |
Core Dump |
CPA |
Cost per action |
CPAN |
Comprehensive Perl Archive Network |
CPC |
Cost per Click |
CPGA |
Ceramic Pin Grid Array |
CPL |
Combined Programming Language |
CPM |
Cost per mile |
CR |
Carriage Return |
CRC |
Cyclic Redundancy Check |
CRL |
Certificate Revocation List |
CRM |
Customer Relationship Management |
CSMA |
Carrier Sense Multiple Access |
CSNET |
Computer Science Network |
CSS |
Content Scramble System |
CSU/DSU |
Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit |
CSV |
Comma-Separated Values |
CTA |
Call to action |
CTCP |
Client-to-client protocol |
CTD |
Crash to Desktop |
CTO |
Chief Technology Officer |
CTR |
Click-through rate |
Ctrl |
Control Key |
CU |
Control Unit |
CUPS |
Common UNIX Printing System |
Customer Service |
Customer Service |
CUT |
Coordinated Universal Time |
CVE |
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures |
CVS |
Concurrent Version System |
D2D |
Disk to Disk |
DAC |
Digital to Analog Converter |
DACL |
Discretionary Access Control List |
Dart |
An open source object-oriented programming language. |
DASD |
Direct-Access Storage Device |
DAT |
Digital Audio Tape |
DAW |
Digital Audio Workstation |
DB |
Database |
DBA |
Database Administrator |
DBAN |
Darik's Boot and Nuke |
DBMS |
Database Management System |
DC |
Direct Current |
DCE |
Data Circuit-terminating Equipment |
DCOM |
Distributed Component Object Model |
DDBMS |
Distributed Database Management System |
DDE |
Dynamic Data Exchange |
DDL |
Data Definition Language |
DDNS |
Dynamic DNS |
DDO |
Disk Drive Overlay |
DDOS |
Distributed Denial of Service |
DDR |
Double Data Rate |
DDR2 SDRAM |
Double Data Rate 2 Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory |
DDR3 SDRAM |
Double Data Rate 3 Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory |
DDR4 SDRAM |
Double Data Rate 4 Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory |
DDS |
Digital Data Storage |
DEA |
Digital Encryption Algorithm |
DEC |
Digital Equipment Corporation |
Denial of Service |
Denial of Service |
DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
DHTML |
Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language |
DID |
Direct Inward Dial |
DIF |
Data Interchange Format |
Digital Linear Tape |
Digital Linear Tape |
DIMM |
Dual In-line Memory Module |
DIP |
Dual In-line Package |
Disk Operating System |
Disk Operating System |
DisplayPort |
DisplayPort |
DIVX |
Digital Video Express |
Download |
Download |
Downloadable Content |
Downloadable Content |
Dynamic Analysis and Replanning Tool |
Dynamic Analysis and Replanning Tool |
DLA |
Drive Letter Access |
DLC |
Digital Loop Carrier |
DLL |
Dynamic-link library |
DLNA |
Digital Living Network Alliance |
DLT |
Digital Linear Tape |
DM |
Direct Message |
DMFC |
Direct Methanol Fuel Cell |
Domain Controller |
Domain Controller |
DCC |
Direct Client-to-Client |
Discretionary Access Control |
Discretionary Access Control |
Distributed Computing Environment |
Distributed Computing Environment |
Distributed Management Task Force |
Distributed Management Task Force |
D: Dlang |
A multi-paradigm-based programming language. |
Data Center |
is a committed space, which is used for the purpose of storing computer systems and its components... |
Dial-on-demand routing |
is a process of routing in which by following a requirement... |
PLCC |
Plastic-Leaded Chip Carrier |
TRP |
Television Rating Point |
WEP |
Wired Equivalent Privacy |
XHTML |
Extensible Hypertext Markup Language |