Introduction
What is an Acronym? An Acronym is the formation of initial letters of one word (or) multiple words. The length of an acronym is very short and meaningful. "World Health Organization" can be written as "WHO". Here, "WHO" can be treated as an acronym.
List
The below list is about the different acronyms from A to Z.
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| AAC | Advanced Audio Coding(Audio compression format defined by the MPEG -2 standard) |
| ABI | Application Binary Interface |
| ABR | Area Border Router |
| ABR | Available Bit Rate |
| AD | Active Directory |
| ADC | Analog to Digital Converter |
| ADC | Apple Display Convertor(DVI Variant) |
| AH | Active Hub |
| AHA | Acclerated Hub Architecture |
| Ajax | Asynchronous JavaScript and Xml |
| AL | Active Link |
| Algol | Algorithmic Language |
| ALU | Arthimetic and Logical Unit |
| AM | Active Monitor |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices |
| AMR | Audio Modern Riser |
| AoE | ATA over Ethernet |
| APCI | Application -Layer Protocol Control Information | API | Application Programming Interface |
| APIPA | Automatic Private Ip Addressing |
| ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchanging |
| ASG | Abstract Semantic Graph |
| ASP | Application Service Provider |
| AST | Abstract Syntax Tree |
| ATA | Advance Technology Attachment |
| ATM | Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
| AVC | Advance Video Coding |
| AVI | Audio Video Interleaved |
| AWT | Abstract windowing Toolkit |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| BASIC | Begginer's All- Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
| BCD | Binary Coded Decimal |
| BEEP | Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol |
| BER | Bit Error Rate |
| BFD | Binary File Discriptor |
| ADC | Analog to Digital Converter | BGP | BORDER Gateway Protocol |
| bin | Binary |
| BINAC | Binary Automatic Computer |
| BIOS | Basic Input Output System |
| bit | Binary Digit |
| BLOb | Binary Large Object |
| BMP | Basic Multiple Plane |
| BOOTP | Bootstrap Protocol |
| BPEL | Business Process Execution Language |
| bps | bits per second |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| CAD | Computer-Aided Design |
| CAE | Computer-Aided Engineering |
| CAI | Computer-Aided Instruction |
| CAT | Computer-Aided Translation |
| CAQ | Computer-Aided Quality Assurance |
| cc | C Compiler |
| CD | Compact Disk |
| CD-R | CD-Recordable |
| CD-ROM | CD Read- Only Memory |
| CD-RW | CD-Rewritable |
| CG | Computer Graphics |
| CGA | Color Graphics Array |
| CGI | Common Gateway Interface |
| CGI | Computer-Generated Imaginary |
| CIFS | Common Internet File System |
| CLI | Command Line Interface |
| CLR | Common Language Runtime |
| CNC | Computer Numeric Control | COBOL | Common Oriented-Business Language |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit |
| CRT | Cathode Ray Tube |
| CSI | Common System Interface |
| CT | Computerized Tomography |
| CTCP | Client-To-Client-Protocol |
| CTL | Computational Tree Logic |
| CTS | Clear To Send |
| CUA | Common User Access |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| DAC | Digital-To-Analog Convertor |
| DB | Database |
| DBA | Database Administrator |
| DBMS | Database Management System |
| DCC | Direct Client-To-Client |
| DDR | Double Data Rate |
| DES | Data Encryption Standard |
| DFD | Data Flow Diagram |
| DFS | Distributed File System |
| DHTML | Dynamic HTML |
| DIVX | Dynamic Video Express |
| DLL | Dynamic Link Library |
| DLP | Digital Light Processing |
| DMA | Direct Memory Access |
| DOS | Direct Operating System |
| DPI | Dots Per Inch |
| DPMI | DOS Protected Mode Interface |
| DSL | Digital Subscriber Line | DSL | Domain Specific Language |
| DSN | Database Source Name(QDBC) |
| DTE | Data Terminal Equipment |
| DTR | Data Terminal Ready |
| DVD | Digital Versatile Disc |
| DVD | Digital Video Disc |
| DVD-R | DVD-Recordable |
| DVD-ROM | DVD-Read Only Memory |
| DVD-RW | DVD-Rewritable |
| DVI | Digital Visual Interface |
| DVR | Digital Video Recorder |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| EAP | Extensible Authentication Protocol |
| EBCDIC | Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code |
| EDO | Extended Data Out |
| EEPROM | Electronically-Erasable-Programmable Read-Only Memory |
| EFF | Electronic Fronitier Foundation |
| EFI | Extensible Firmware Interface |
| EGA | Enhanced Graphics Array |
| EGP | Exterior Gateway Protocol |
| eID | Electronic ID Card |
| EIGRP | Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol |
| ELF | Executable and Linkable Format |
| ELM | Electronic Mail |
| ENIAC | Electronic Numeric Integrator and Calculator |
| EOF | End OF File |
| EOL | End Of Line |
| EOM | End Of Message |
| EPROM | Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory |
| EUC | Extended Unix Code | EXE | EXEcutable |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| FAP | Fortran Assembly Program |
| FAT | File Allocation Table |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions |
| FDC | Floppy Disk Controller |
| FDD | Floopy Disc Drive |
| FIFO | First In First Out |
| FHS | Filesystem Hiercharchy Standard |
| FCS | Frame Check Sequence |
| FPU | Floatting Point Unit |
| FS | File System |
| FSB | Frontside Bus |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| FEP | File Exchange Protocol |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| Gb | Gigabit |
| GB | Gigabyte |
| GCR | Group Code Recording |
| GDI | Graphics device Interface |
| GIF | Graphics Interchange Format |
| GIGO | Garbage In Garbage Out |
| GPU | Graphics Processing Unit |
| GUI | Graphical user Interface |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| HAL | Hardware Abstraction Layer |
| HCI | Human Computer Interaction |
| HDD | Hard Disk Drive |
| HD DVD | High Definition DVD |
| HDL | Hardware Description Language |
| HHD | Hybrid Hard Drive |
| HID | Human Interface Device |
| HIG | Human Interface Guidelines | HPFS | High Performance file System |
| HSM | Hierarchical Storage Management |
| HTM | Hierarchical Temporal Memory |
| HTML | Hyper Text Markup Language |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| HTTPD | Hypertext Transfer Protocol Daemon |
| HTE | Hyper Transfer Expansion |
| HURD | Hird of Unix Replacing Daemons |
| HVD | Holographic Versatile Disc |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| IBM | International Business Machines |
| ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol |
| ICP | Internet Cache Protocol |
| IDL | Interface Definition Language |
| IE | Internet Explorer |
| IGMP | internet Group Management Protocol |
| IGRP | Interior Gateway Routing Protocol |
| IHV | Independent Hardware Vendor |
| IIOP | Internet Inter-Orb Protocol |
| IIS | Internet Information Services |
| IM | Instant Messaging |
| IMAP | Internet Message Access Protocol |
| IO | Input/Output |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| IPC | Internet-Process Communication |
| IPP | Internet Printing Protocol |
| IPsec | Internet Protocol security |
| IPTev | Internet Protocol Television |
| IPX | Internetwork Package Exchange |
| IRC | Internet Relay Chat |
| IRP | I/O Request Packet |
| IRQ | Interrupt request |
| ISC | Internet Storm Center |
| IOS | International Organization for Standardization |
| ISOC | Internet Security |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| ISR | Interrupt Service Routine |
| ISV | Independent Software Vendor |
| IT | Information Technology |
| ITU | International Telecommunication Union |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| J2CE | JAVA2 Cryptographic Edition |
| JDS | Java Desktop System |
| JMX | Java Management Extensioris |
| JMS | Java Message Service |
| JNDI | Java Naming and Directory Interface |
| JNI | Java Native Interface |
| JPEG | Joint Photographic experts Groups |
| JS | JavaScript |
| JSON | JavaScript Object Notation |
| JSP | Java Server Pages |
| JUG | Java Users Group |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| Kb | Kilobit |
| KB | Kilobyte |
| KHs | Kilohertz |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| LIFO | Last In First Out |
| LSB | Last Significant Bit |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| MAN | Metropolitan Area Network |
| MANET | Mobile Ad-Hoc Network |
| Mb | Megabit |
| MB | Megabyte |
| MBCS | Multi Byte Character Set |
| MBR | Master Boot Record |
| MDI | Multiple Document Interface |
| MICR | Magnetic Ink Character Recognition |
| MIMO | Multiple-Input Multiple-Output |
| MIPS | Million Instructions Per Second |
| MIME | Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
| MMX | Multimedia Extensions |
| MNG | Multiple-Image Network Graphics |
| MPEG | Motion Pictures(coding) Expert Group |
| MPL | Mozilla Public Licence |
| MSB | Most Significant Bit |
| MS-DOS | Microsoft DOS |
| MVS | Multiple Virtual Storage |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| NEXT | Near-End Cross Talk |
| NFS | Network File System |
| NIO | Network I/O |
| NMI | Non-Maskable Interrupt |
| NNTP | Network News Protocol |
| NOP | No Operation |
| NOS | Network Operating System |
| NT(windows) | New Technology |
| NTP | Network Time Protocol |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| OCR | Optical Character Recognition |
| OMR | Optical Mark Reader |
| OOP | Object Oriented Programming |
| OPML | Outline Processor Markup Language |
| OS | Operating System |
| OSS | Open Source Software |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| P2P | Peer-To-Peer |
| PAN | Personal Area Network |
| PAP | Password Authentication Protocol |
| PATA | Parallel ATA |
| PC | Personal Computer |
| PCI | Peripheral Component Interconnect |
| PCIe | PCI Express |
| PCL | Printer Command language |
| PGA | PIN Grid Array |
| PIC | Peripheral Interface Controller |
| PIC | Programmable Interrupt Controller |
| PINE | Program for Internet News and Email |
| PIO | Programmed Input/Output |
| PNP | Plug-And-Play |
| POE | Power Over Ethernet |
| PPC | Power PC |
| PPI | Pixel Per Inch |
| PPP | Point-to-Point-Protocol |
| PPPoA | PPP over ATM |
| PPPoE | PPP over Ethernet |
| PPTP | Point-to-Point-Tunneling-Protocol |
| PSU | Power Supply Unit |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| QDR | Quad Data Rate |
| QFP | Quatted For Permanence |
| QOS | Quality Of Service |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| RADIUS | Remote Authentication Dial In User Service |
| RAID | Redundant Array of Independent Disks |
| RAM | Random Access Memory |
| RARP | Reverse Address Resolution Protocol |
| RDBMS | Relational Database Management System |
| RDF | Resource Description Framework |
| REFAL | REcursive Functions Algorithmic Language |
| RIP | Routing Information Protocol |
| ROM | Read Only Memory |
| ROMB | Read-Out MotherBoard |
| ROMB | Read-Out MotherBoard |
| RTOS | Real Time Operating System |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| SaaS | Software as a Service |
| SAN | Storage Area Network |
| SATA | Serial ATA |
| SAX | Simple API for XML |
| SBP-2 | Serail Bus Protocol 2 |
| SBU | Standard Build Unit |
| SCSI | Small Computer System Interface |
| SDL | Simple DirectMedia Layer |
| SDN | Service Delivery Network |
| SDR | Software-Defined Radio |
| SDRAM | Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory |
| SMBIOS | System Management BIOS |
| SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| SP | Service Pack |
| SPI | Serial Peripheral Interface |
| SQL | Structures Query Lnguage |
| SUS | Single UNIX Specification |
| SVD | Structured VLSI Design |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
| TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
| TTA | True Tap Audio |
| TTF | True Type Font |
| TTS | Text-TO-Speech |
| TTY | Telytype |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| UAC | User Account Control |
| UART | Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter |
| UEFI | Unified Extensible Firmware Interface |
| UI | User Interface |
| UL | Upload |
| UPS | Uninterruptible Power Supply |
| URI | Uniform Resource Identifier |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locater |
| URN | Uniform Resource Name |
| USB | Universal Serial Bus |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| Var | Variable |
| VBA | Visual Basic For Applications |
| VBS | Visual Basic Script |
| VDI | Visual Display Input |
| VFAT | Virtual Fat |
| VFS | Virtual File System |
| VGA | Video Graphics Array |
| VGCT | Video Graphics Character Table |
| VLAN | Virtual Local Area Network |
| USB | Universal Serial Bus |
| VM | Virtual Memory |
| VOD | Video On Demand |
| VoIP | Voice Over IP |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| VT | Video Terminal |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| WAFS | Wide Area File Services |
| WAIS | Wide Area Information Server |
| WAN | Wide Area Network |
| WAP | Wireless Application Protocol |
| WI-FI | Wireless Fidelity |
| WIMAX | Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access |
| WinFS | Windows Future Storage |
| WINS | Windows Internet Naming Service |
| WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network |
| WMA | Windows Media Audio |
| WOL | wake-On-LAN |
| WOM | Wake-On-Modem |
| WPA | Wi-fi Protected Access |
| WSDL | Web Services Description Language |
| WUSB | Wireless Universal Serial Bus |
| WWAN | Wireless Wide Area Network |
| WWID | World wide Identifier |
| WWW | World Wide Wweb |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| XAML | eXtensible Application Markup Language |
| XHTML | eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language |
| XML | eXtensible Markup Language |
| XMMS | X Multimedia system |
| XNS | Xerox Network Services |
| XSL | eXtensible Stylesheet Language |
| XSL-FO | eXtensible Stylesheet Language Formatting Objects |
| XSLT | eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations |
| XUL | XML User Interface Language |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| Y2K | Year Two Thousand |
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| ZIFS | Zero Insertion Force Socket |
| ZISC | Zero Instruction Set Constructor |
| ZMA | Zone Multicast Address |
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