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 Adaptors

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: Hyper Text 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

NSFNet: 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 Center

Kbps:  Kilobits per second

ADSL: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

DSL: Digital subscriber Line

ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network

HTML: Hyper Text Markup Language

E-mail: Electronic-Mail

TELNet: Telecommunication Network

FTP: File Transfer Protocol

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 Kits

3G: Third Generation

AP: Access Point

ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ATM: Automated Teller Machine

AV: Anti-Virus

B2B: Business to Business

BS: Base Station

BSC: Base Station Controller

CD: Compact Disk

CDFS: Compact Disk File System

CDMA: Code Devision Multiple Access

CD-R: Compact Disk- Recordable

CD-ROM: Compact Disk – Read Only Memory

CD-RW: Compact Disk Rewritable

CA: Certificate Authority

CGI: Common Gateway Interface

CMOS: Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

CRC: Cyclic Redundancy Check

CS: 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 Disk Rewritable

EDI: Electronic Data Interchange

EEPROM: Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

FAT: File Albcation Table

FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation

FCRA: Fair Credit Reporting Act

GB: Giga Byte

GHz: Giga Hertz

GPL: General Public License

GPRS: General Public Radio Service

GPS: Global Positioning System

GSM: global System for Mobile Communications

GUI: Graphical User Interface

HF: High Frequency

HTTPS: Secure Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

Hz: Hertz

I/O: Input/output

ICF: Internet Connection Firewall

ICMP: Internet Control Message Protocol

IDE: Integrated Drive Electronics

IE: Internet Explorer

IIS: Internet Information Services

IM: Internet Messaging

IMAP: Internet Message Access protocol

IP: Internet Protocol

IPV4: Internet Protocol Version 4

IPV6: Internet Protocol Version 6

IPX: Internet Packet Exchange

IES: Information System

ISO: International Organization for Standardization

IT: Information System

JPEG: Joint Photography Experts Group

KB: Kilo Byte

KHz: Kilo Hertz

LCD: Liquid Crystal Display

LED: Line of Sight

MB: Mega Byte

Mbps: Mega Byte per second

MHz: Mega Hertz

MMC: Multimedia Messaging Service

MS-DOS: Microsoft Disk Operating System

NAT: Network Address Translation

IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics

NetBEUI: NetBIOS Extended User Interface

NTFS: New Technology File System

OLE: Object Linking and Embedding

OS: Operating System

OSS: Open Source Software

P2P: Pair to Pair

PAN: Personal Area Network

PC: Personal Computer

PDA: Personal Digital Assistant

PDF: Portable Document Format

PKI: Public Key Infrastructure

Pop3: Post office Protocol Version 3

PSK: Print-Shared Key

PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Network

PUK: PIN Unblocking Key

R/W: Read/Write

RDBMS: Relational Database Management System

RIP: Routing Information Protocol

MIME: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

SIM: Subscriber Identity Module

SMS: Short Message Service

SSL: Secure Sockets Layer

TB: Tera Byte

TFT: Thin Film Transistor

TLD: Top Level Domain

UDF: User Disk Format

UDP: User Data Gram Protocol

UHF: Ultra High Frequency

USB: Universal Serial Bus

VHF: Very High Frequency

VLAN: Virtual Local Area

VM: Virtual Machine

VOIP: Voice Our Internet Protocol

VPN: Virtual Private Network

WAP: Wireless Access Point

YMAX: Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access

WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network

Worm: Write Once Read Many

WPA: Wi-Fi Protected Access

XML: Extensible Markup Language

Bits: Binary Digits

EBCDIC: Extended Binary Coded

BCD: Binary coded Decimal

UNICTRAL: United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

SQL: Structured Query Language

3D: Third Generation

4GL: Fourth Generation Language

ABC: Atanasoff Berry Computer

AI: Artificial Intelligence

ALU: Arithmetic Logic Unit

AM: Amplitude Modulation

ARC Net: Attached Resource Computer Network

AT: Advanced Technology

BASIC: Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

BCR: Bar Code Reader

BMP: Bitmap

BNC: British Naval Connector/ Bayonet Naur Connector

CAD: Computer Aided Designing

CAI: Computer Aided Instruction

CAL: Computer Aided Learning

CAM: Computer Aided Manufacturing

CAN: Campus Area Network

CATV: Cable Television

CAVE: Cave Automatic Virtual Environment

CBE: Computer Based Education

CBT: Computer Based Training

CCTV: Closed Circuit Television

CGA: Color Display Adaptor

CIS: Computer Information System

CISC: Complex Instructions Set Computer

COBOL: Common Business Oriented Language

CPAV: Central Point Anti-Virus

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 Memory Module

DIX: Digital Index 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 Interface

EMS: Expanded Memory

ENIAC: Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator

EOF: End Of File

EP-ROM: Erasable Programmable-Read Only Memory

FAX: Facsimile

FDD: Floppy Disk Drive

FDDI: Fiber Distributed Data Interface

FM: Frequency Modulation

FORTRAN: Formula Translation

G2C: Government To citizen

G2G: Government to Government

GaAs: Gallium Arsenide

Gbps: Giga bits per second

GIF: Graphics Interface 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

IEMS: Information Management System

IPS/XPS: Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequential Packet Data

ISA: Industry Standard Architecture

ITPOC: Information Technology Park Development

ITPF: I Professional Forum

LISP: List Processing

LSI: Large Scale Integrator