ADC: Analog Digital Converter
AI: Artificial Intelligence
ALGOL: Algorithmic Language
ALU: Arithmetic Logic Unit
ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ATM: Automatic Teller Machine
BARC: The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
BASIC: Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BIOS: Basic Input Output System
BSNL: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
CAD: Computer Aided Design
CAM: Computer Aided Manufacturing
CD: Compact Disk
CD ROM: Compact Disk Read Only Memory
CD RW: Compact Disc Read & Write
COBOL: Common Business Oriented Language
CPU: Central Processing Unit
CRT: Cathode Ray Tube
CU: Control Unit
D RAM: Dynamic Ram
DAC: Digital Analog Converter
DBMS: Database Management System
DCL: Digital Command Language
DFD: Data Flow Diagram
DNS: Domain Name System
DPI: Dot Per Inch
DRDO: The Defense Research and Development Organization
DVD: Digital Versatile Disc
E Mail: Electronic Mail
E-Commerce: Electronic Commerce
E-Prom: Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
EBCDIC: Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EDP: Electronic Data Processing
EDSAC: Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator
EE-PROM: Electrically
Erasable programmable Read Only Memory
ENIAC: Electronic Numerical Integrated and Computer
FORTRAN: Formula Translation
FTP: File Transfer Protocol
GUI: Graphical User Interface
HTML: Hypertext
Markup Language
HTTP: Hyper Text Transfer Language
IBM: International Business Machine
ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network
IT: Information Technology
KBPS: Kilo Byte Per Second
LAN: Local Area Network
LCD: Liquid Crystal Display
LSI: Large Scale Integration
MAN: Metropolitan Area Network
MB: Mega Byte
MICR: Magnetic Ink Character Reader
MODEM: Modulator-Demodulator
MS-ACCESS: Microsoft Access
MS-DOS: Microsoft Disc Operating System
MS-Excel: Microsoft-Excel
MS-Windows: Microsoft-Windows
MS-WORD: Microsoft-Word
MTNL: MahaNagar Telephone Nigam Limited
NAL: National Aerospace Laboratories
NIC: Network Interface Card
OCR: Optical Character Reader
OMR: Optical Mark Reader
OS: Operating System
PC: Personal Computer
PDL: Program Design Language
PL 1: Programming Language 1
POS: Point of Sales
PROM: Programmable Read Only Memory
PSTN: Public Switched telephone Network
RAM: Read Only Memory
ROM: Read Only Memory
RPG: Report Program Generator
SRAM: Static Ram
SCSI Port: Small Computer System Interface Port
TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TFT: Thin-Film Transistor
UNIVAC: 1-Universal Automatic Computer
UPS: Uninterruptible Power Supply
URL: Uniform Resource Locator
USB: Universal Serial Bus
VDU: Visual Display Unit
VLSI: Very Large Scale Integration
VSNL: Vides Sanchar Nigam Limited
WAN: Wide Area Network
WIMAX: Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
WLL: Wireless Local Loop
WORM: Write Once Read Many
WWW: World Wide Web