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• ACE - Access Control Entry

• ACL - Access Control List

• ADO - Active Data Objects

• AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port

• AI - Artificial Intelligence

• ALGOL - Algorithmic Language

• ALU - Arithmetic Logic Unit

• AOL - America Online

• API - Application Program Interface

• APIPA - Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing

• ARP - Address Resolution Protocol

• ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange

• ASF - Advanced Streaming Format

• ASM - Association for Systems Management

• ASP - Active Server Pages

• ATAPI - Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface

• ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode

• AUI - Attachment Unit Interface

• AVI - Audio Video Interleave
  

• B2B - Business to Business

• B2C - Business to Commerce

• BASIC - Beginner's All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

• BCD - Binary Coded Decimal

• BHTML - Broadcast Hyper Text Markup Language

• BIOS - Basic Input Output System

• BMP - Bitmap
  

• CAD - Computer Aided Design

• CAI - Computer Aided Instructuion

• CAM - Computer Aided Manufacturing

• CASE - Computer Aided Software Engineering

• CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate

• CD - Compact Disc

• CD - RW - Compact Disc Re-Writable

• CD - WORM - Compact Disc - Write Once Read Many

• C-DAC - Centre for Development of Advanced Computing

• CDONTS - Collabaration on Data Objects for Windows NT Server

• CGI - Common Gateway Interface

• CIDR - Classless Inter-Domain Routing 

• CLR - Common Language Runtime

• CMOS - Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

• CMS - Content Management System

• CMYK - Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key (black)

• COBOL - Common Business Oriented Language

• COM - Component Object Model

• CORBA - Common Object Request Broker Architecture

• CPU - Central Processing Unit

• CRC - Cyclic Redundancy Check

• CRM - Customer Relationship Management

• CROM - Control Read Only Memory

• CRT - Cathode Ray Tube

• CUI - Character User Interface
  

• DAC - Digital to Analog Converter

• DAO - Data Access Objects

• DAT - Digital Audio Tape

• DBA - Data Base Administrator

• DBMS - Data Base Management System

• DCOM - Distributed Component Object Model

• DDL - Data Definition Language

• DFS - Distributed File System

• DHCP - Domain Host Configuration Protocol

• DHTML - Dynamics Hyper Text Markup Language

• DLC - Data Link Control

• dll - dynamic link library

• DMA - Direct Memory Access

• DML - Data Manipulation Language

• DNS - Domain Name System

• DOM - Document Object Model

• DOS - Disk Operating System, Denial Of Service

• DDOS - Distributed Denial Of Service

• dpi - dots per inch

• DSL - Digital Subscriber Line

• DSN - Digital Subscriber Network

• DTD - Document Type Definition

• DVD - Digital Versatile Disc
  

• e - electronic

• EBCDIC - Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

• EFS - Encrypted File System

• EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

• EEPROM - Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

• EJB - Enterprise Java Beans

• ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning

• EULA - End User License Agreement
  

• FAT - File Allocation Table

• FDD- Floppy Disk Drive

• FDDI - Fiber Distributed Data Interface

• FIFO - First In First Out

• FLOPS - Floating Point Operations Per Second

• FO - Fiber Optics

• FORTRAN - FORmula TRANslation

• fps - frames per second

• FRAM - Ferro-electric Random Access Memory
  

• GB - Giga Bytes

• GIF - Graphic Interchange Format

• GIGO - Garbage In Garbage Out

• GNU - GNU's Not Unix

• GPL - General Public License

• GUI - Graphical User Interface
  

• HDD - Hard Disk Drive

• HFS - Hierarchical File System

• HP - Hewlett Packard

• HPC - High Performance Computing

• HPFS - High Performance File System

• HSR - Horizontal Scan Rate

• HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language

• HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

• hw - Hardware 
  

• IBM - International Business Machines

• ICMP - Internet Control Message Protocol

• IDE - Integrated Development Environment

• IGMP - Internet Group Management Protocol

• IIS - Internet Information Server

• IL - Intermediate Language

• I/O - Input Output

• IP - Internet Protocol

• IPX - Internetworked Packet Exchange

• IrDA - Infrared Data Association

• IRQ - Interrupt Request

• ISAPI - Internet Server Application Program Interface

• ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network

• ISP - Internet Service Provider

• IT - Information Technology

• ITPL - Information Technology Park Limited (India)
  

• JCL - Job Control Language

• JDBC - Java Data Base Connectivity

• JHTML - Java within Hyper Text Markup Language

• JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group

• JSP - Java Server Pages
  

• kb - kilobytes

• kbps - Kilo bytes per second
  

• L2TP - Layer Two Tunneling Protocol

• LAN - Local Area Network

• LCD - Liquid Crystal Display

• LIFO - Last In First Out

• LIPS - Logical Interfaces Per Second

• LOC - Lines Of Code

• LSP - Layered Service Provider
  

• MB - Mega Bytes

• MBPS - Mega Bytes Per Second

• MBR - Master Boot Record

• MAC - Media Access Control

• MAN - Metropolitan Area Network 

• MAU - Multi-station Access Unit

• MCP - Microsoft Certified Professional

• MCS - MultiCast Server

• MCSA - Microsoft® Certified Systems Administrator

• MCSD - Microsoft® Certified Solution Developer 

• MCSE - Microsoft® Certified System Engineer

• MDI - Multiple Document Interface

• MFC - Microsoft Foundation Classes

• MFT - Master File Table

• MIDI - Musical Instrument Digital Interface

• MIMD - Multiple Instruction Multiple Data

• MIME - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

• MISD - Multiple Instruction Single Data

• MIPS - Millions of Instructions Per Second

• MODEM - MOdulator and DEModulator

• MP3 - Motion Pictures Experts Group Layer - 3

• MPEG - Motion Pictures Experts Group

• MS - MicroSoft

• MSDN - MicroSoft Developer Network

• MSIL - Microsoft Intermediate Language

• MSIIS - MicroSoft Internet Information Server

• MSN - MicroSoft Network

• MSRAP - MicroSoft Remote Administration Protocol

• MSRPC - Microsoft Remote Procedure Call

• MTS - Microsoft Transaction Server

• MTU - Maximum Transmission Unit
  

• NASSCOM - National Association of Software & Service Companies

• NDIS - Network Driver Interface Specification

• NetBEUI - NetBIOS Enhanced User Interface

• NIC - National Informatics Centre, 

• NIIT - National Institute of Information Technology

• NNTP - Network News Transfer Protocol

• NOW - Network Of Workstations

• NT (Windows) - New Technology

• NTP - Network Time Protocol

• NTFS - New Technology File System
  

• OCP - Oracle Certified Professional

• ODBC - Open Data Base Connectivity

• OLE - Object Linking and Embedding

• OMR - Optical Mark Reader

• ONE - Open Network Architecture

• OOAD - Object Oriented Analysis and Design

• OOPS - Object Oriented Programming System

• Open GL - Open Graphics Library

• OS - Operating System
  

• PC - Personal Computer

• PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect

• PCMCIA - Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

• PDA - Personal Digital Assistant

• PDF - Portable Document Format

• PDL - Page Description Language

• PHP - PHP Hypertext Processor

• PLC - Programmable Logic Controller

• PNG - Portable Network Graphics

• PnP - Plug and Play

• POP - Post Office Protocol

• POST - Power On Self Test

• PPP - Peer to Peer Protocol

• PPTP - Point to Point Tunneling Protocol

• PROM - Programmable Read Only Memory

• PS - Post Script

• PSN - Processor Serial Number
  

• QoS - Quality of Service
  

• RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks

• RAM - Random Access Memory

• RAMDAC - Random Access Memory Digital to Analog Converter

• RDBMS - Relational Data Base Management System

• RDO - Remote Data Objects

• RDP - Remote Desktop Protocol

• RD RAM - Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory

• R-DAT - Rotating Digital Audio Tape

• RFC - Request For Comments

• RGB - Red Green Blue

• RIP - Raster Image Processor

• RISC - Reduced Instruction Set Computer

• ROM - Read Only Memory

• RPC - Remote Procedure Call

• RTC - Real Time Clock

• RTF - Rich Text Format

• RTOS - Real Time Operating System
  

• SACK - Selective Acknowledgements

• SAM - Security Access Manager

• SAP - Service Access Point, Systems Applications Products

• SCSI - Small Computers Systems Interface

• SRAM - Static Random Access Memory

• SD RAM - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

• S - DAT - Stationary Digital Audio Tape

• SDK - Software Development Kit

• SGML - Standard Generalized Markup Language

• SG RAM - Synchronous Graphics Random Access Memory

• SIM - Subscriber Identification Module

• SIMD - Single Instruction Multiple Data

• SISD - Single Instruction Single Data

• SMS - Short Message Service

• SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

• SNA - System Network Architecture

• SNAP - Sub Network Access Protocol

• SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol

• SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol

• SPX - Sequenced Packet Exchange

• SQL - Structured Query Language

• sw - software
  

• TB - Tera Bytes

• TAPI - Telephony Application Program Interface

• TCP - Transmission Control Protocol

• TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol

• TDI - Transport Data Interface

• TPM - Transactions Processing Monitor

• TSR - Terminate and Stay Residents
  

• UDP - User Datagram Protocol

• UNC - Universal Naming Convention

• UNIX - Uniplexed Information and Computer Systems

• UML - Unified Modelling Language

• URL - Universal Resource Locator

• USB - Universal Serial Bus

• UTP - Unshielded Twisted Pair
  

• VAN - Virtual Area Network

• VB - Visual Basic

• VC++ - Visual C++

• VCD - Video Compact Disc

• VGA - Video Graphics Array

• VHS - Video Home System

• VLIW - Very Long Instruction Words

• VLSI - Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits

• VPN - Virtual Private Network

• VRAM - Video Random Access Memory

• VRML - Virtual Reality Modelling Language

• VS - Visual Studio

• VSNL - Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited

• VXD - Virtual Device Driver
  

• W3C - World Wide Web Consortium

• WAN - Wide Area Network

• WAP - Wireless Application Protocol

• WHQL - Windows Hardware Quality Lab

• Windows ME - Windows Millennium Edition

• Windows NT - Windows New Technology

• Windows XP - Windows eXPerienced

• WINS - Windows Internet Name Services

• WMI - Windows Management Instrumentation

• WML - Wireless Markup Language

• WORM - Write Once Read Many

• WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get

• WWW - World Wide Web
  

• XHTML - eXtensible Hyper Text Markup Language

• XML - eXtensible Markup Language

• XSL - eXtensible Style Sheet langauge
  

• Y2K - Year 2000
  

• ZIF - Zero Insertion Force

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