FULL FORMS

1. bps: bits per second
2.  UTP: Unshielded Twisted Pair 
3. STP: Shielded Twisted Pair 
4. RJ-45: Registered Jack 45 
5. ST: Straight Tip Connector 
6. SMA: Screw Mounted Adaptor 
7. SC: Subscriber Connector
8.  FC: Ferrule Connector
9.  NIC: Network Interface Card
10.  MAC: Media Access Control 
11. MODEM: Modulator Demodulator
12.  TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol 
13. ARP: Address Resolution Protocol
14.  HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol 
15. FTP: File Transfer Protocol
16.  SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol 
17. POP: Post Office Protocol 
18. PPP: Point to Point Protocol
19.  CDP: Cisco Discovery Protocol
20.  LAN: Local Area Network
21.  MAN: Metropolitan Area Network 
22. ISP: Internet Service Provider
23.  WAN: Wide Area Network
24.  ARPA: Advanced Research Projects Agency
25.  ARPANet: Advanced Research Projects Agency Network 
26. NSF: National Science Foundation 
27. NSF Net: National Science Foundation Network
28.  WWW: World WIDE Web
29. ISOC: Internet Society
30.  W3C: World Wide Web Consortium
31. IAB: Internet Architecture Board 
32. IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force
33. IESG: Internet Engineering Steering Group
34.  IRTF: Internet Research Task Force 
35. INIC: Internet Network Information Centre 
36. Kbps: Kilo bits per second 
37. ADSL: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line 
38. DSL: Digital Subscriber Line
39.  ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network
40.  HTML: Hypertext Mark up Language
41.  E-mail: Electronic Mail 
42. Tel Net: Telecommunication Network 
43. IRC: Internet Relay Chat
44.  FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
45.  URL: Uniform Resource Locator
46.  UPS: Uninterruptible Power Supply
47.  CVT: Constant Voltage Transformer
48.  MBR: Master Boot Record
49.  BIOS: Basic Input Output System 
50. MUK: Multimedia Upgrade Kit
51.  3G: Third Generation
52.  ANSI: American National Standard Institute
53.  AP: Access Point 
54. ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
55.  ATM: Automatic Teller Machine
56.  AV: Anti Virus
57.  B2B: Business To Business 
58. BS: Base Station 
59. BSC: Base Station Controller
60.  BTS: Base Transceiver Station 
61. CD: Compact Disk
62.  CDFC: Compact Disk File System
63.  CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access
64.  CDR: Compact Disk Rewritable 
65. CD- ROM: Compact Disk Read Only Memory 
66. CDR: Compact Disk Recordable 
67. CA: Certificate Authority 
68. CGI: Common Gateway Interface 
69. CMOS: Complementary Metal Oxide Semi-conductor
70.  CRC: Cyclic Redundancy Check 
71. C/S: Client / Server 
72. CSS: Cascading Style Sheet 
73. DARPA: Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency
74.  DBMS: Database Management System 
75. DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
76.  DN:  Domain Name
77.  DNS: Domain Name System
78.  DoD: Department of Defence
79.  DVD: Digital Versatile Disk 
80. DVDR: Digital Versatile Disc Rewritable 
81. DVD-ROM: Digital Versatile Disc Read Only Memory 
82. DVDR: Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
83.  EDI: Electronic Data Interchange 
84. EEPROM: Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
85.  FAT: Fine Allocation Cable 
86. FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation 
87. FCRA: Fair Credit Reporting Act 
88. GB: Giga Byte 
89. GHz: Giga Hertz 
90. GPL: General Public License 
91. GPRS: General Packet Radio Service 
92. GPS: Global Positioning System 
93. GSM: Global System Mobile Communication
94.  GUI: Graphical User Interface
95.  HF: High Frequency
96.  HTTPS: Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol 
97. Hz: Hertz
98.  I/O: Input / Output
99.  ICF: Internet Connection Firewall
100.  ICMP: Inter Control Message Protocol
101.  IDE: Integrated Drive Electronics 
102. IE: Internet Explorer
103.  IIS: Internet Information Service
104.  IM: Instant Messaging
105.  IMAP: Internet Message Access Protocol
106.  IP: Internet Protocol
107.  IPV4: Internet Protocol Version 4
108.  IPV6: Internet Protocol Version 6 
109. IPX: Internet Packet Exchange
110.  IS: Information System
111.  ISO: International Organization for Standardization 
112. IT: Information Technology
113.  JPEG: Joint Photographic Expert Group
114.  KB: Kilo Byte 
115. KHz: kilo Hertz
116.  LCD: Liquid Crystal Display 
117. LED: Light Emitting Diode 
118. LOS: Line Of Sight
119.  MB: Mega Byte
120.  Mbps: Mega bit per second
121.  MHz: Mega Hertz 
122. MMC: Multimedia Card 
123. MMS: Multimedia Messaging Service 
124. MS-DOS: Microsoft Disk Operating System 
125. NAT: Network Address Translation
126.  IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics
127.  NetBEUI: NetBIOS Extended Users Interface 
128. NetBIOS: Network Basic Input Output System 
129. NTFS: New Technology File System 
130. OLE: Object Linking and Embedding 
131. OS: operating System 
132. OSS: Open Source Software
133.  P2P: Peer to Peer
134.  PAN: Personal Area Network
135.  PC: Personal Computer 
136. PDA:  Personal Digital Assistant 
137. PDF: Portable Document Format
138.  PKI: Public Key  Infrastructure
139.  POPV3: Post Office Protocol Version 3
140.  PSK: Pre-Shared Key 
141. PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Network
142.  PUK: Pin Unlocking Key 
143. R/W: Read / Write
144.  RDBMS: Relational Database Management System
145.  RIP: Routing Information Protocol 
146. MIME: Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extension 
147. SIM: Subscriber Identity Module
148.  SMS: Short Message Service 
149. SSL: Secure Sockets Layer
150.  TB: Tera Byte
151.  TFT: Thin Film Transistors 
152. TLD: Top Level Domain
153.  UDF: Universal Disc Format
154.  UDP: User Data-gram Protocol 
155. UHF: Ultra High Frequency 
156. USB: Universal Serial Bus
157.  VHF: Very High Frequency
158.  VLAN: Virtual Local Area Network
159.  VM: Virtual Machine
160.  VOIP: Voice Over Internet Protocol
161.  VPN: Virtual Private Network
162.  WAP: Wireless Access Point 
163. WIMAX: Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access 
164. WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network
165.  WORM: Write Once, Read Many 
166. WPA: Wi-Fi Protected Access
167.  XML: Extensible Mark up Language
168.  Bits: Binary Digits 
169. EBCDIC: Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
170.  BCD: Binary Coded Decimal 
171. UNCITRAL: United Nations  Commission on International Trade Law
172.  SQL: Structured Query Language
173.  3D: Third Dimensional
174.  4GL: Fourth Generation Language
175.  ABC: Atanasoff Berry Computer 
176. AI: Artificial Intelligence
177.  ALU: Arithmetic  and Logic Unit 
178. AM:  Amplitude Modulation
179.  ARC Net: Attached Resource Computer Network 
180. AT: Advanced Technology
181.  BASIC: Beginners All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
182.  BCR: Bar Code Reader
183.  BMP: Bitmap 
184. BNC: British Naval Connector OR Bayonet Naur Connector
185.  BOF: Beginning of File 
186. CAD: Computer Aided Designing
187.  CAI: Computer Aided Instructions
188.  CAL: Computer Aided Learning
189.  CAM: Computer Aided Manufacturing
190.  CAN: Computer Area Network
191.  CAT: Computer Aided Training
192.  CATV: Cable Television
193.  CAVE: Cave Automatic Virtual Environment
194.  CBE: Computer Based Education 
195. CBT: Computer Based Training
196. CCTV: Closed Circuit Television
197.  CDA: Colour Display Adaptor
198. CIS: Computer Information System 
199. CISC: Complex Instruction Set Computer 
200. COBOL: Common Business Oriented Language
201.  CPAV: Central Point Antivirus
202.  CPS: Characters Per Second 
203. CPU: Central Processing Unit 
204. CRT: Cathode Ray Tube 
205. CSMA-CD: Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection 
206. CSU/DSU: Channel Service Unit / Digital Service Unit
207.  CUI: Character User Interface 
208. DCU: Device Control Unit 
209. DDE: Dynamic Data Exchange 
210. DIMM: Dual In line Memory Module 
211. DIX: Digital Intel and Xerox 
212. DNA: Digital Network Architecture 
213. DRAM: Dynamic Random Access Memory
214.  DSDD: Double Sided Double Density
215.  DSHD: Double Sided High Density 
216. DSSD: Double Sided Single Density 
217. EDO- RAM: Extended Data Out Random Access Memory
218. EDS: Electronic Data Storage 
219. EDSAC: Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer 
220. EDVAC: Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
221.  EGA: Enhanced Graphic Adaptor
222. EMI: Electro Magnetic Interference
223.  EMS: Expanded Memory
224.  ENIAC: Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator
225.  EOF: End Of File 
226. EPROM: Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
227.  FAX: Facsimile
228.  FDD: Floppy Disk Drive
229.  FDDI: Fibre Distributed Data Interface
230.  FM: Frequency Modulator
231.  FORTRAN: Formula Translation
232.  G2C: Government To Citizen
233.  G2G: Government To Government
234.  GaAs: Gallium Arsenide
235.  Gbps: Giga bits per second
236.  GIF: Graphic Interchange Format 
237. GIGO: Garbage In Garbage Out
238.  GIS: Geographical Information System 
239.  HDD: Hard Disk Drive
240.  HLCIT: High Level Commission for Information and Technology
241.  IBM: International Business Machine
242.  IC: Integrated Circuit
243.  ICT: Information and Communication Technology
244.  IMS: Information Management System
245.  IPX/SPX: Internetwork Packet Exchange / Sequential Packet Exchange 
246. ISA: Industry Standard Architecture
247.  ITPDC: Information Technology Park Development 
248.  ITPF: IT Professional Forum
249.  LIST: List Processing 
250. LSI: Large Scale Integration