Important Computer Abbreviations

ALU ANSI API ASP ATM AVI BASIC BIOS BMP bpp CAD CAD/CAM CAE CG CGI COBOL CPU DB DBA DBMS DLL DLL DMA DNS DOS DVO ENIAC EOF FD FDD FORTRAN GDI HDD IE IEEE IP ISO IT Java VM LAN LLC LSL LU MAC MS-DOS OS PC PPP RT S/W SBP SD SMPS SMS SQL TCP UI UI USB            VB       VDD               VDO        VGA         Y2K

arithmetic logical unit American National Standard Institute application programming interface active server page asynchronous transfer mode Audio Visual Interleaving beginner's all purpose symbolic instruction code basic input/output system Bit Map bits per pixel computer aided design computer aided design / computer aided manufacturing computer aided engineering computer graphics Computer Graphics Interface common business oriented language central processing unit database database administrator database management system dynamic link library Data Link Layer Direct Memory Access Domain Name System Disk Operating System Digital Video Output Electronic Numerical integrator And Calculator end of file floppy disc floppy disc drive formula translator Graphical Device Interface hard disk drive Internet Explorer Institute Of Electrical And Electronics Engineers interface protocol International Standard Organization information technology Java Virtual Machine local area network Logical Link Control Link Support Layer Logical Unit media access control Microsoft disk operating system operating system personal computer Point To Point Protocol Real-Time Software Serial Bus Protocol shared disk switched-mode power supply System Management Server Structured Query Language Transmission Control Protocol User Interface Unit Interval Universal Serial Bus Visual Basic Virtual Device Driver Video Distribution Office Video Graphics Array Year 2000