| ACRONYM
| SPELLED OUT
|
| AC
| AC alternating current
|
| ACPI
| Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
|
| ACT
| Activity
|
| ADSL
| Assymetrical Digital Subscribe Line
|
| AGP
| Accelerated graphics port
|
| AIFF
| Audio Interchange File Format
|
| AIT
| Advanced Intilligent Tape
|
| AMD
| Advanced Micro Devices
|
| AMR
| Audio/Moderm Riser
|
| AMT
| Active Management Technoloty
|
| AOL
| American Online Limited
|
| APIPA
| Automatic private internet protocol addressing
|
| APM
| Advanced power management
|
| ARP
| Address resolution protocol
|
| ASCII
| American standard Code for Information Interchange
|
| ASF
| Advanced System Format
|
| ASP
| Active Server Page / Application Service Provider
|
| ASR
| Automated system recovery
|
| AT
| Advanced technology
|
| ATA
| Advanced technology attachment
|
| ATAPI
| Advanced technology Attachment Packet Interface
|
| ATM
| Asynchronous Transfer Mode
|
| ATX
| Advanced Technology eXtended
|
| AVI
| Audio Vedio Interleave
|
| BIOS
| Basic Input Output System
|
| BNC
| Bayonet-Neill-Concelman or British Navel Connector
|
| BOSS
| Bharath Operating System Solution, Linux indian vertion
|
| BRI
| Basic rate interface
|
| BTX
| Balanced Technoogy Extended
|
| BTX
| Balanced technology extended
|
| CCD
| Charged coupled device
|
| CCFL
| Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp
|
| CCIE
| Cisco Certified Internet work Expert
|
| CD
| Compact disc
|
| CD ROM
| Compact disc-read-only memory
|
| C-DAC
| Center 4 Development and Advaned Computing
|
| CDFS
| Compact disc file system
|
| CDMA
| Code Dividion Multiple Access
|
| CMOS
| Complmentory Metal Oxide Semiconductor
|
| CNR
| Cammunication Network Riser (ACR- Advanced CR)
|
| COM 1
| Communication port 1
|
| CPU
| Central processing unit
|
| CRIMM
| Continuity-rambus inline memory module
|
| CRT
| Cathode-ray tube
|
| DAB
| Digital Audio Broadcasting
|
| DAC
| Digital-Analog Converter
|
| DAC
| Discretionary access control
|
| DB 25
| DB-25 serial communications D-shell connector, 25 pins
|
| DB 9
| DB-9 9 pin D shell connector
|
| DC
| Direct current
|
| DDOS
| Distributed denial of service
|
| DDR
| Double data-rate
|
| DDR SDRAM
| Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
|
| DDS
| Digital Data Storage
|
| DFS
| Distributed file system
|
| DHCP
| Dynamic host configuration protocol
|
| DIMM
| Dual Inline Memory Module (SoDIMM-Small Outline)
|
| DIN
| Deutsche Industrie Norm
|
| DIP
| DIP dual inline package
|
| DLP
| Digital Light Processing
|
| DLT
| Digital linear tape
|
| DMA(U DMA)
| Ultra Direct Memory Access
|
| DNA
| Domain name service or domain name server
|
| DNC
| Do not call regisrty (mobile adv)
|
| DNS
| Domain Naming System
|
| DOS
| Disk operating system or denial of service
|
| DPMS
| Display power management signaling
|
| DRAM
| dynamic random access memory
|
| DRM
| Digital Rights Management
|
| DSL
| Digital subscriber line
|
| DVB-H
| Digital video Broadcast Hand Held (Mobile TV)
|
| DVD
| Digital video disc or digital versatile disc
|
| DVD RAM
| Digital video disc-random access memory
|
| DVD ROM
| Digital video disc-read only memory
|
| DVD-A
| DVD Audio
|
| DVI
| Digital visual interface
|
| DVR
| Digital Video Recoder
|
| ECC
| Error correction code/ Error checking and correctiong
|
| ECP
| Extended capabilities port
|
| EDIE
| Extended Integrated Drive Electronics
|
| EEPROM
| Electrically erasable programmable read-only memory
|
| EFS
| Encrypting file system
|
| EIDE
| Enhanced integrated drive electronics
|
| EISA
| Extended industry standard architecture
|
| EMI
| Electromagnetic interference
|
| EMP
| Electromagnetic pulse
|
| EPIC
| Explitly Parallel Instruction Computing
|
| EPP
| EPP enhanced parallel port
|
| EPROM
| Erasable programmable read-only memory
|
| ERD
| Emergency repair disk
|
| ESD
| Electrostatic discharge
|
| ESDI
| Enhanced small device interface
|
| EULA
| End User Licence Agreement
(CAL- Client Access Licence, PUR - Product User Rights )
|
| EVDO
| Evolution data optimized or evolution data only
|
| EVGA
| Extended video graphics adapter/array
|
| FAT
| File Allocation Table (FAT 12, 16, 32 Bit)
|
| FDD
| Floppy disk drive
|
| FERPA
| Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
|
| Fn
| Function (referring to the function key on a laptop)
|
| FPM
| Fast page-mode
|
| FQDN
| Fully qualified domain name
|
| FRU
| Field replaceable unit
|
| FTP
| File transfer protocol
|
| GB
| Gigabyte
|
| GDI
| Graphics device interface
|
| GDN
| Global Delivary Network
|
| GHz
| Gigahertz
|
| GIF
| Graphic Interchange Format
|
| GPL
| General Public Licence (GNU GLP)
|
| GPRS
| General packet radio system
|
| GPS
| Global Position System
|
| GPU
| Graphical Processing Unit
|
| GSM
| Global System for Mobile cammunication
|
| GUI
| Graphical user interface
|
| HAL
| Hardware abstraction layer
|
| HCL
| Hardware Compatability List
|
| HD DVD
| Hi Defanition DVD
|
| HDD
| Hard Disk Drive
|
| HDMI
| High Definition Multimedia Interface
|
| H-HDD
| Hybrid Hard Disk Drive
|
| HPC
| Hi Perfomance Computing
|
| HPFS
| High performance file system
|
| HT
| Hyper Threading
|
| HTC
| Hi Tech Computers
|
| HTCEC
| Hi Tech Crime Enquiry Cell
|
| HTML
| Hypertext markup language
|
| HTTP
| Hypertext transfer protocol
|
| HTTPS
| Hypertext transfer protocol over secure sockets layer
|
| HVD
| Holographic Versitile Disk
|
| I/O
| Input/output
|
| IBM
| International Business Machine
|
| ICMP
| Internet control message protocol
|
| ICR
| Intelligent character recognition
|
| ICS
| Internet connection sharing
|
| IDE
| Integrated drive electronics
|
| IEEE
| Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
|
| IMAP
| Internet mail access protocol
|
| IMEI
| International Mobile Equipment Identity
|
| IP
| Internet protocol
|
| IPCONFIG
| Internet protocol configuration
|
| IPP
| Internet printing protocol
|
| IPSEC
| Internet protocol security
|
| IPTV
| Internet Protocol Telivision
|
| IPX
| Internetwork packet exchange
|
| IPX/SPX
| Internetwork packet exchange/sequenced packet exchange
|
| IR
| Infrared
|
| IrDA
| Infrared Data Association
|
| IRQ
| IRQ interrupt request
|
| ISA
| Industry Standard Architucture
|
| ISDN
| Integrated Service Digital Network
|
| ISO
| Industry Standards Organization
|
| ISP
| Internet service provider
|
| ISS
| Internet Information Services
|
| IVRS
| Interactive Voice Response System
|
| J2EE
| JAVA 2 Entrprise Edition
|
| J2ME
| java 2 Micro Edition
|
| J2SE
| JAVA 2 standard Edition
|
| JPEG
| Joint Picture Experts Group
|
| KB
| Kilobyte
|
| LAN
| Local area network
|
| LBA
| Logical Block Adressing
|
| LC
| Lucent connector
|
| LCD
| Liquid crystal display
|
| LDAP
| Light weight directory Access Protocol
|
| LED
| LED light emitting diode
|
| LGA
| Land Grid Array
|
| LI-ON
| Lithium-ion
|
| LIP
| LiPoly lithium-ion polymer
|
| LnCP
| Living Network Control Protocol
|
| LPD/LPR
| Line printer daemon / line printer remote
|
| LPX
| Low profile extended
|
| LTP
| Line printer terminal
|
| LTP 1
| Line printer terminal 1
|
| LVD
| Low voltage differential
|
| M DIMM
| Micro dual inline memory module(SoDIMM-Small outline)
|
| M RAM
| Magneto resistive Randam Access Memory
|
| MAC
| Media access control
|
| MAN
| Metropolitan area network
|
| MAPI
| Messaging application programming interface
|
| Mb
| Megabit
|
| MB
| Megabyte
|
| MBR
| Master boot record
|
| MBSA
| Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
|
| MCE
| Media Center Edition
|
| MCR
| Multivariant curve resolution
|
| MFD
| Multi-function device
|
| MFP
| Multi-function product
|
| MGCP
| Media Gateway Control Protocol
|
| MHz
| Megahertz
|
| MIDI
| Musical Instrument Digital Interface
|
| MIME
| Multipurpose internet mail extension
|
| MLI
| Multiple link interface
|
| MMC
| Multi Media Card
|
| MMC
| Microsoft management console
|
| MMX
| Multimedia extensions
|
| MP3
| Moving Picture Experts Group Layer 3 Audio
|
| MPEG-2
| Mocving Picture Experts Group-2
|
| MSCONFIG
| Microsoft configuration
|
| MSDS
| Material safety data sheet
|
| MUI
| Multilingual user interface
|
| NAS
| Network Attached Storage
|
| NAT
| Network address translation
|
| NDS
| Network Directiory Service
|
| NeRBEUI
| Networked basic input/output system extended user interface
|
| NerBIOS
| Networked basic input/output system
|
| NFS
| Network file system
|
| NGN
| Next Generation Network
|
| NIC
| Network Interface Card
|
| Nicd
| Nickel cadmium
|
| NiMH
| Nical Metal Hydride
|
| NLI
| Not logged in or natural language interface
|
| NLX
| New Low Profile eXtened
|
| NNTP
| Network news transfer protocol
|
| NOS
| Network Operationg System
|
| NTFS
| New Technology File System
|
| NTLDR
| New technology loader
|
| NWLINK
| Netware Link
|
| NX
| No eXecute
|
| OCR
| Optical character recognition
|
| ODM
| Orginal Design Manufacture
|
| OEM
| Original equipment manufacturer
|
| OFC
| Optical Fiber Cable
|
| OFDM
| Orthogonal Frequency Dividion Multiplexing (4th generation
mobile technology)
|
| OLED
| Organic Light Emeting Diod
|
| OMR
| Optical mark recognition
|
| OS
| Operating system
|
| OSR
| Original equipment manufacturer service release
|
| PAN
| Personal Area Net work
|
| PATA
| Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment
|
| PC
| Personal computer
|
| PCI
| Periphral Component Interconnect
|
| PCIe
| Peripheral component interconnect express
|
| PCIX
| Peripheral component interconnect extended
|
| PCMICIA
| Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
|
| PDA
| Personal Digital Assistant
|
| PDF
| Portabel Document Format
|
| PDP
| Plasma Display Panel
|
| PGA 2
| Pin Grid Array 2
|
| PIN
| Personal identification number
|
| PKI
| Public key infrastructure
|
| PLC
| Printer control language
|
| PMR
| Perpindicular Magnatic Recoding
|
| PNG
| Portable Network Graphics
|
| PnP
| Plug and play
|
| POP3
| POP3 post office protocol 3
|
| POST
| Power-on self test
|
| POTS
| Plain old telephone service
|
| PPP
| Point-to-point protocol
|
| PPTP
| Point-to-point tunneling protocol
|
| PRI
| Primary rate interface
|
| PROM
| Programmable read-only memory
|
| PS/2
| Personal System/2 connector
|
| PSTN
| Public switched telephone network
|
| PSU
| Power Supply Unit
|
| PVC
| Permanent virtual circuit
|
| PXE
| Preboot execution environment
|
| QoS
| Quality of service
|
| RAID
| Redundant array of independent (or inexpensive) discs
|
| RAM
| Random access memory
|
| RAMDAC
| Randam Access Memmory Digital to Analog Converter
|
| RAS
| Remote access service
|
| RBAC
| Role-based access control or rule-based access control
|
| RDRAM
| RDRAM RAMBUS® dynamic random access memory
|
| RDSL
| Rate Adaptive Digital Subscribe Line
|
| RF
| Radio frequency
|
| RFI
| Radio frequency interference
|
| RFID
| Radio Frequency Identification (On auto mobile number plates)
|
| RGB
| RGB red green blue
|
| RIMM
| RAMBUS® inline memory module (SoRIMM-Small Outline RIMM)
|
| RIP
| Routing information protocol
|
| RIS
| Remote installation service
|
| RISC
| Reduced instruction set computer
|
| RJ 11
| RJ-11 registered jack function 11
|
| RJ 45
| RJ-45 registered jack function 45
|
| RMA
| Returned materials authorization
|
| ROM
| Read only memory
|
| RS
| RS-232 or RS-232C recommended standard 232
|
| RTC
| Real-time clock
|
| RTMS
| Resource Tracking & Managemnent Systems (Bsnl)
|
| SAN
| Storage area network
|
| SATA
| Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
|
| SC
| Subscription channel
|
| SCAD
| Super Audio CD
|
| SCSI
| Small computer System Interface
|
| SCSI ID
| SCSI ID small computer system interface identifier
|
| SD
| Secure Digital card
|
| SDRAM
| Synchronous dynamic random access memory
|
| SDSL
| Symmetrical Digital Subscribe Line
|
| SEA-ME-WE3
| South East Asia Middle East-Western Europe-3
|
| SEC
| Single Edge Catridge/Connector
|
| SFC
| system file checker
|
| SFF
| Small Form Factor
|
| SGRAM
| Synchronous graphics random access memory
|
| SHDS
| Short Hole Digital Service
|
| SIFBEE
| Short range wireless cammunication
|
| SIM
| Subscriber Identity Module
|
| SIMD
| Single Insutuction Multiple Data
|
| SIMM
| Single Inline Memory Module
|
| SLI
| Scalable link interface or system level integration or
scanline interleave mode
|
| SMART
| Self Monitering Analysis and Reporting Technology
|
| SMB
| Server message block or small to midsize business
|
| SMP
| Symmetrical Multiprocessing
|
| SMTP
| Simple mail transport protocol
|
| SNMP
| Simple network management protocol
|
| SNS
| Social Networking Site
|
| SoDIMM
| Small outline Dual Inline Memor Module
|
| SOHO
| Small office/home office
|
| SP
| Service pack
|
| SPD
| Serial Presence Detect
|
| SPDIF
| Sony/Philips/Digital Inter Face
|
| SPGA
| Staggered pin grid array
|
| SPX
| Sequenced package exchange
|
| SRAM
| Static Random Access Memory
|
| SSD
| Solid State Disk
|
| SSH
| Secure shell
|
| SSID
| Service set identifier
|
| SSL
| Secure sockets layer
|
| ST
| Straight tip
|
| STP
| Shielded twisted pair
|
| SVGA
| Super video graphics array
|
| SXGA
| Super extended graphics array
|
| TB
| Terabyte
|
| TCP
| Transmission control protocol
|
| TCP/IP
| Transmission control protocol/internet protocol
|
| TDR
| Time domain reflectometer
|
| TFTP
| Trivial file transfer protocol
|
| TRCCF
| Technical Resources Center for Cyber Forensic
|
| UART
| Universal asynchronous receiver transmitter
|
| UDF
| User defined functions or universal disk format or universal
data format
|
| UDMA
| Ultra direct memory access
|
| UDP
| User datagram protocol
|
| UL
| Underwriter’s Laboratory
|
| UNC
| Universal naming convention
|
| Unicode
| Universal Multiple Octet Code Character Set
|
| UPS
| Uninterruptible power supply
|
| URL
| Uniform resource locator
|
| USB
| Universal serial bus
|
| USMT
| User state migration tool
|
| UTP
| Un shealted Twisted Pair
|
| UXGA
| Ultra extended graphics array
|
| VDSL
| Veri high bit rate Digital Subscribe Line
|
| VDU
| Visual Display Unit
|
| VESA
| Video Electronics Standards Association
|
| VFAT
| Virtual file allocation table
|
| VFW
| Video For Windows
|
| VGA
| Video Graphic Array
|
| VoD
| Video on Demand
|
| VoIP
| VoIP voice over internet protocol
|
| VPN
| Virtual private network
|
| VRAM
| Video random access memory
|
| VT
| Virtulisation Technology
|
| VXD
| Virtual Device Driver
|
| WAN
| Wide area network
|
| WAP
| Wireless application protocol
|
| WEP
| Wired equivalent privacy
|
| Wi Fi
| Wireless Fidility
|
| WINS
| Windows internet name service
|
| WLAN
| Wireless local area network
|
| WMA
| Windows Media Audio
|
| WORM
| Write Once Read
Meany
|
| WPA
| Wireless protected access
|
| WUXGA
| Wide ultra extended graphics array
|
| X-D Bit
| eXecute Desabel Bit
|
| XGA
| eXtended graphics array
|
| ZIF
| Zero-insertion-force
|
| ZIP
| Zigzag inline package
|
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