Technology Full Forms
Sr. No. Short Name Full Form
1 3D Three Dimensional
2 APL Automatic Programming Language
3 ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (the beginning of the internet)
4 ASAP Application Assessment And Planning package (Lotus migration application)
5 ASP Active Server Page
6 ASR Automated Speech Recognition
7 BLOB Binary Large Object
8 BOSS Business Organizer Scheduling System (one of the original hand-held organizers)
9 CAD Computer Aided Design
10 CCTV Closed Circuit Television
11 CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
12 CD-ROM Compact Disk – Read Only Memory
13 CLASS Compiled java program- often used as class extension
14 CMYK Cyan- Magenta- Yellow- blacK
15 COBOL Common Business Oriented Language (programming language)
16 CPU Central Processing Unit
17 CRT Cathode Ray Tube
18 DOS Disk Operating System
19 DSL Digital Subscriber Line
20 DSLR Digital single-lens reflex
21 DTP Desk-Top Publishing & Distributed Transaction Processing
22 ECS Enhanced Chip Set
23 EDGE Enhanced Data Rates for GSM (Global System for Mobile) Evolution
24 EDP Electronic Data Processing
25 EEPROM Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
26 ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator
27 FAQ Frequently Asked Questions (files often found on BBS and Internet)
28 FCI Flux Changes per Inch (drive tech terminology)
29 FTP File Transfer Protocol
30 GIF Graphics Interchange Format
31 GNU GNU’s Not UNIX
32 GPRS General Packet Radio Service
33 GPS Global Positioning System
34 GSM Global System for Mobile communication
35 GUI Graphical User Interface
36 HCL Hardware Compatibility List (what hardware works with Windows 95- a text file)
37 HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface
38 HVAC Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning
39 IC Integrated Circuit
40 ID Internal Device
41 IDE Integrated Development Environment & Integrated Drive Electronics
42 IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identity
43 INS InterNet communication Settings
44 INTERNET Interconnected Network
45 IP Internet Protocol
46 IPC Inter-Processes Communications
47 IPS Indian Police Service, In-Plane Switching & Intrusion Prevention System
48 IRDA Infrared Data Association
49 ISD International Subscriber Dialing
50 ISP Internet Service Provider
51 IT Information Technology
52 JSF JavaServer Faces
53 LASER Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
54 MIS Management Information Systems
55 MODEM MODulate / DEModulate
56 MPEG Motion Picture Experts Group (file extension MPG)
57 MSC Mobile Switching Center & Master of Science
58 NCC Network Control Center
59 NIC Network Interface Card
60 PC Personal Computer
61 PCI Personal Computer Interface
62 PDC Primary Domain Controller
63 PFA Please Find Attachment & Predictive Failure Analysis
64 PIN Personal Identification Number
65 PING Packet InterNet Groper
66 PNG Portable Network Graphics
67 POP Power On Password
68 PPP Point to Point Protocol
69 PVC Permanent Virtual Circuits
70 RADAR Radio Detection And Ranging
71 RAM Random Access Memory
72 RAS Remote Access Server / Service
73 RDBMS Relational Data Base Management System
74 RO Reverse Osmosis
75 SLR Single Lens Reflex, Statutory Liquidity Ratio
76 SMPS Switched-Mode Power Supply & Switching Mode Power Supply
77 SMS System Management Server
78 SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
79 SONAR Sound Navigation and Ranging
80 SSI Server Side Includes (web technology that allows for dynamic data exchange in web pages)
81 STP Shielded Twisted Pair
82 TFT Thin Film Transistor
83 UF Ultrafiltration
84 UID User IDentification (internet- intranet- and server login accesses)
85 UML Unified Modeling Language
86 UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply
87 UV Ultraviolet
88 VHDL VHSIC (Very High Speed Integrated Circuit) Hardware Description Language
89 VIP Vines Internet Protocol
90 VPI Virtual Path Identifier
91 WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access
92 WWW World Wide Web