FULL FORMS
- bps: bits per second
- UTP: Unshielded Twisted Pair
- STP: Shielded Twisted Pair
- RJ-45: Registered Jack 45
- ST: Straight Tip Connector
- SMA: Screw Mounted Adaptor
- SC: Subscriber Connector
- FC: Ferrule Connector
- NIC: Network Interface Card
- MAC: Media Access Control
- MODEM: Modulator Demodulator
- TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
- ARP: Address Resolution Protocol
- HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- FTP: File Transfer Protocol
- SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- POP: Post Office Protocol
- PPP: Point to Point Protocol
- CDP: Cisco Discovery Protocol
- LAN: Local Area Network
- MAN: Metropolitan Area Network
- ISP: Internet Service Provider
- WAN: Wide Area Network
- ARPA: Advanced Research Projects Agency
- ARPANet: Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
- NSF: National Science Foundation
- NSF Net: National Science Foundation Network
- WWW: World WIDE Web
- ISOC: Internet Society
- W3C: World Wide Web Consortium
- IAB: Internet Architecture Board
- IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force
- IESG: Internet Engineering Steering Group
- IRTF: Internet Research Task Force
- INIC: Internet Network Information Centre
- Kbps: Kilo bits per second
- ADSL: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
- DSL: Digital Subscriber Line
- ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network
- HTML: Hypertext Mark up Language
- E-mail: Electronic Mail
- Tel Net: Telecommunication Network
- IRC: Internet Relay Chat
- FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
- URL: Uniform Resource Locator
- UPS: Uninterruptible Power Supply
- CVT: Constant Voltage Transformer
- MBR: Master Boot Record
- BIOS: Basic Input Output System
- MUK: Multimedia Upgrade Kit
- 3G: Third Generation
- ANSI: American National Standard Institute
- AP: Access Point
- ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- ATM: Automatic Teller Machine
- AV: Anti Virus
- B2B: Business To Business
- BS: Base Station
- BSC: Base Station Controller
- BTS: Base Transceiver Station
- CD: Compact Disk
- CDFC: Compact Disk File System
- CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access
- CDR: Compact Disk Rewritable
- CD- ROM: Compact Disk Read Only Memory
- CDR: Compact Disk Recordable
- CA: Certificate Authority
- CGI: Common Gateway Interface
- CMOS: Complementary Metal Oxide Semi-conductor
- CRC: Cyclic Redundancy Check
- C/S: Client / Server
- CSS: Cascading Style Sheet
- DARPA: Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency
- DBMS: Database Management System
- DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- DN: Domain Name
- DNS: Domain Name System
- DoD: Department of Defence
- DVD: Digital Versatile Disk
- DVDR: Digital Versatile Disc Rewritable
- DVD-ROM: Digital Versatile Disc Read Only Memory
- DVDR: Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
- EDI: Electronic Data Interchange
- EEPROM: Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
- FAT: Fine Allocation Cable
- FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation
- FCRA: Fair Credit Reporting Act
- GB: Giga Byte
- GHz: Giga Hertz
- GPL: General Public License
- GPRS: General Packet Radio Service
- GPS: Global Positioning System
- GSM: Global System Mobile Communication
- GUI: Graphical User Interface
- HF: High Frequency
- HTTPS: Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- Hz: Hertz
- I/O: Input / Output
- ICF: Internet Connection Firewall
- ICMP: Inter Control Message Protocol
- IDE: Integrated Drive Electronics
- IE: Internet Explorer
- IIS: Internet Information Service
- IM: Instant Messaging
- IMAP: Internet Message Access Protocol
- IP: Internet Protocol
- IPV4: Internet Protocol Version 4
- IPV6: Internet Protocol Version 6
- IPX: Internet Packet Exchange
- IS: Information System
- ISO: International Organization for Standardization
- IT: Information Technology
- JPEG: Joint Photographic Expert Group
- KB: Kilo Byte
- KHz: kilo Hertz
- LCD: Liquid Crystal Display
- LED: Light Emitting Diode
- LOS: Line Of Sight
- MB: Mega Byte
- Mbps: Mega bit per second
- MHz: Mega Hertz
- MMC: Multimedia Card
- MMS: Multimedia Messaging Service
- MS-DOS: Microsoft Disk Operating System
- NAT: Network Address Translation
- IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics
- NetBEUI: NetBIOS Extended Users Interface
- NetBIOS: Network Basic Input Output System
- NTFS: New Technology File System
- OLE: Object Linking and Embedding
- OS: operating System
- OSS: Open Source Software
- P2P: Peer to Peer
- PAN: Personal Area Network
- PC: Personal Computer
- PDA: Personal Digital Assistant
- PDF: Portable Document Format
- PKI: Public Key Infrastructure
- POPV3: Post Office Protocol Version 3
- PSK: Pre-Shared Key
- PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Network
- PUK: Pin Unlocking Key
- R/W: Read / Write
- RDBMS: Relational Database Management System
- RIP: Routing Information Protocol
- MIME: Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extension
- SIM: Subscriber Identity Module
- SMS: Short Message Service
- SSL: Secure Sockets Layer
- TB: Tera Byte
- TFT: Thin Film Transistors
- TLD: Top Level Domain
- UDF: Universal Disc Format
- UDP: User Data-gram Protocol
- UHF: Ultra High Frequency
- USB: Universal Serial Bus
- VHF: Very High Frequency
- VLAN: Virtual Local Area Network
- VM: Virtual Machine
- VOIP: Voice Over Internet Protocol
- VPN: Virtual Private Network
- WAP: Wireless Access Point
- WIMAX: Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
- WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network
- WORM: Write Once, Read Many
- WPA: Wi-Fi Protected Access
- XML: Extensible Mark up Language
- Bits: Binary Digits
- EBCDIC: Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
- BCD: Binary Coded Decimal
- UNCITRAL: United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
- SQL: Structured Query Language
- 3D: Third Dimensional
- 4GL: Fourth Generation Language
- ABC: Atanasoff Berry Computer
- AI: Artificial Intelligence
- ALU: Arithmetic and Logic Unit
- AM: Amplitude Modulation
- ARC Net: Attached Resource Computer Network
- AT: Advanced Technology
- BASIC: Beginners All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
- BCR: Bar Code Reader
- BMP: Bitmap
- BNC: British Naval Connector OR Bayonet Naur Connector
- BOF: Beginning of File
- CAD: Computer Aided Designing
- CAI: Computer Aided Instructions
- CAL: Computer Aided Learning
- CAM: Computer Aided Manufacturing
- CAN: Computer Area Network
- CAT: Computer Aided Training
- CATV: Cable Television
- CAVE: Cave Automatic Virtual Environment
- CBE: Computer Based Education
- CBT: Computer Based Training
- CCTV: Closed Circuit Television
- CDA: Colour Display Adaptor
- CIS: Computer Information System
- CISC: Complex Instruction Set Computer
- COBOL: Common Business Oriented Language
- CPAV: Central Point Antivirus
- CPS: Characters Per Second
- CPU: Central Processing Unit
- CRT: Cathode Ray Tube
- CSMA-CD: Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
- CSU/DSU: Channel Service Unit / Digital Service Unit
- CUI: Character User Interface
- DCU: Device Control Unit
- DDE: Dynamic Data Exchange
- DIMM: Dual In line Memory Module
- DIX: Digital Intel and Xerox
- DNA: Digital Network Architecture
- DRAM: Dynamic Random Access Memory
- DSDD: Double Sided Double Density
- DSHD: Double Sided High Density
- DSSD: Double Sided Single Density
- EDO- RAM: Extended Data Out Random Access Memory
- EDS: Electronic Data Storage
- EDSAC: Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer
- EDVAC: Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
- EGA: Enhanced Graphic Adaptor
- EMI: Electro Magnetic Interference
- EMS: Expanded Memory
- ENIAC: Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator
- EOF: End Of File
- EPROM: Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
- FAX: Facsimile
- FDD: Floppy Disk Drive
- FDDI: Fibre Distributed Data Interface
- FM: Frequency Modulator
- FORTRAN: Formula Translation
- G2C: Government To Citizen
- G2G: Government To Government
- GaAs: Gallium Arsenide
- Gbps: Giga bits per second
- GIF: Graphic Interchange Format
- GIGO: Garbage In Garbage Out
- GIS: Geographical Information System
- HDD: Hard Disk Drive
- HLCIT: High Level Commission for Information and Technology
- IBM: International Business Machine
- IC: Integrated Circuit
- ICT: Information and Communication Technology
- IMS: Information Management System
- IPX/SPX: Internetwork Packet Exchange / Sequential Packet Exchange
- ISA: Industry Standard Architecture
- ITPDC: Information Technology Park Development
- ITPF: IT Professional Forum
- LIST: List Processing
- LSI: Large Scale Integration