computer - Some Important Abbreviations

computer - Some Important Abbreviations

Hello Readers,
In view of the upcoming IBPS Clerk 2014, here we are providing you all Computer - "Some Important Abbreviations". Seeing the trend of the IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern till now, 3-4 questions can be expected in the future too. So, please practise well!!


A

• Al – Artificial intelligence
• ALGOL – Algorithmic Language
• ARP – Address resolution Protocol
• ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange

B

• BINAC  - Binary Automatic Computer
• BCC – Blind Carbon Copy
• Bin – Binary
• BASIC - Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
• BIOS – Basic Input Output System
• Bit – Binary Digit
• BSNL – Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

C

• CC – Carbon Copy
• CAD – Computer Aided Design
• COBOL – Common Business Oriented Language
• CD – Compact Disc
• CRT – Cathode Ray Tube 
• CDR – Compact Disc Recordable
• CDROM – Compact Disc Read Only Memory 
• CDRW – Compact Disc Rewritable
• CDR/W – Compact Disk Read/Write

D

• DBA – Data Base Administrator
• DBMS – Data Base Management System 
• DNS – Domain Name System
• DPI – Dots Per Inch
• DRAM – Dynamic Random Access Memory
• DVD – Digital Video Disc/Digital Versatile Disc
• DVDR – DVD Recordable
• DVDROM – DVD Read Only Memory
• DVDRW – DVD Rewritable
• DVR – Digital Video Recorder
• DOS – Disk Operating System

E

• EBCDIC – Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
• e-Commerce – Electronic Commerce
• EDP – Electronic Data Processing
• EEPROM – Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
• ELM/e-Mail – Electronic Mail
• ENIAC - Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer 
• EOF - End Of File 
• EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory 
• EXE - Executable 

F

• FAX - Far Away Xerox/ facsimile
• FDC - Floppy Disk Controller 
• FDD - Floppy Disk Drive 
• FORTRAN - Formula Translation 
• FS - File System 
• FTP - File Transfer Protocol

G

• Gb - Gigabit 
• GB - Gigabyte 
• GIF - Graphics Interchange Format 
• GSM -  Global System for Mobile Communication

H

• HDD - Hard Disk Drive 
• HP - Hewlett Packard
• HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language 
• HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

I

• IBM - International Business Machine 
• IM - Instant Message
• IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol 
• ISP - Internet Service Provider

J

• JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group

K

• Kb - Kilobit 
• KB - Kilobyte 
• KHz - Kilohertz 
• Kbps - Kilobit Per Second

L

• LCD – Liquid Crystal Display
• LED – Light Emitting Diode
• LPI – Lines Per Inch
• LIS – Large Scale Integration

M

• Mb – Megabit
• MB – Megabyte
• MPEG – Moving Picture Experts Group
• MMS – Multimedia Message Service
• MICR – Magnetic Ink Character reader
• MIPS – Million Instructions Per Second

N

• NIC – Network Interface Card
• NOS – Network Operating System

O

• OMR – Optical Mark Reader
• OOP – Object Oriented Programming
• OSS – Open Source Software

P

• PAN – Personal Area Network
• PC – Personal Computer
• PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
• PDF – Portable Document Format
• POS – Point Of Sale
• PNG - Portable Network Graphics
• PPM – Pages Per Minute
• PPP – Point-to-Point Protocol
• PROM – Programmable Read Only Memory
• PSTN – Public Switched Telephone Network
• POST – Power On Self Test
• PING – Packet Internet Gopher

R

• RAM – Random Access Memory
• RDBMS – Relational Data Base Management System
• RIP – Routing Information Protocol
• RTF – Rich Text Format

S

• SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
• SQL – Structured Query Language
• SRAM – Static Random Access Memory
• SNMP – Simple Network Management Protocol
• SIM – Subscriber Identification Module

T

• TCP – Transmission Control Protocol
• TB – Tera Bytes

U

• UPS – Uninterrupted Power Supply
• URI – Uniform Resource Identifier
• URL – Uniform Resource Locator
• USB -  Universal Serial Bus 
• ULSI - Ultra Large Scale Integration
• UNIVAC - Universal Automatic Computer

V

• VAR – Variable
• VGA – Video Graphics Array
• VSNL – Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited
• VDU – Visual Display Unit

W

• Wi-Fi – Wireless Fidelity
• WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network
• WPA – Wi-Fi Protected Access
• WWW – World Wide Web
• WORM – Write Once Read Many

X

• XHTML – eXtensible Hyper text Markup Language
• XML -  eXtensible Markup language

Z

• ZB – Zeta Byte

Some other Important Abbreviations - 

• OCR - Optical Character Readers
• ODBC - Open Data Base Connectivity
• OLE - Object Linking And Embedding
• OMR - Optical Mark Reader
• ONE - Open Network Architecture
• OOA - Object Orient Analysis
• OOAD - Object Oriented Analysis And Design
• OOP - Object Oriented Programming
• OOPS - Object Oriented Programming System
• OPEN GL - Open Graphics Library
• OS - Operating System
• OSI - Open System Interconnection
• 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
• PDU - Protocol Data Unit
• PIC - Programming Interrupt Control
• PILOT - Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching
• PLA - Programmable Logic Array
• PLC - Programmable Logic Controller
• PNG - Portable Network Graphics
• PNP - Plug And Play
• PPP - Peer To Peer Protocol
• PPTP - Point To Point Tunneling Protocol
• PROM - Programmable Read Only Memory
• PS - Post Script
• RADSL - Rate Adaptive Digital Subscribes Line
• RAID - Redundant Array Of Independent Disks
• RAM - Random Access Memory
• RAMDAC - Random Access Memory Digital To Analog Converter
• RAS - Remote Access Network
• RD RAM - Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
• RDBMS - Relational Data Base Management System
• RDO - Remote Data Objects
• RDP - Remote Desktop Protocol
• RFC - Request For Comments
• RGB - Red Green Blue
• RICS - Reduced Instruction Set Computer
• 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 ApplicationsProducts
• SCMP -  Software Configuration Management Plan
• SD RAM - Synchronous Dynamic Random AccessMemory
• SDD  - Software Design Description
• SDK - Software Development Kit
• SDL - Storage Definition Language
• SDN - Integrated Service Digital Network
• SDSL - Symmetric Digital Subscribes Line
• SG RAM - Synchronous Graphics Random AccessMemory
• SGML - Standard Generalized Markup Language
• SIM - Subscriber Identification Module
• SIMD - Single Instruction Multiple Data
• SISD - Single Instruction Single Data
• SIU - Serial Interface Unit
• SMP - Symmetric MultiProcess
• SMS - Short Message Service
• SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
• SNA - System Network Architecture
• SNAP - Sub Network Access Protoco
• lSNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol
• SNOBOL - String Oriented Symbolic Language
• SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol
• SPX - Sequenced Packet Exchange
• SQA - Statistical Quality Assurance
• SQL - Structured Query Language
• SRAM - Static Random Access Memory
• SRS - Software Requirements Specification
• STP - Shielded Twisted Pair
• SVVP - Software Verification And Validation Plan
• SW - Software
• TAPI - Telephony Application Program Interface
• TB - Tera Bytes
• TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
• TCPIP - Transmission Control Protocol InternetProtocol
• TDI - Transport Data Interface
• TDMA - Time Division Multiple Access
• TPM - Transactions Processing Monitor
• TSR - Terminate And Stay Residents
• UDD - User Datagram Protocol
• UDP - User Datagram Protocol
• UI - User Interface
• UML - Unified Modelling Language
• UNC - Universal Naming Convention
• UNIX - Uniplexed Information And ComputerSystems
• URL - Universal Resource Locator
• USB - Universal Serial Bus
• USRT - Universal Synchronous ReceiverTransmitted
• UTP  -Unshielded Twisted Pair
• VAN - Virtual Area Network
• VAST - Very Small Aperture Terminal
• VB - Visual Basic
• VC++ - Visual C++
• VCD - Video Compact Disc
• VDL - View Definition Language
• 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
• VVR - Software Validation And Validation Report
• VXD - Virtual Device Driver
• W3C - World Wide Web Consortium
• WAIS - Wide Area Information Servers
• WAN - Wide Area Network
• WAP - Wireless Application Protocol
• WBEM - WebBase Enterprise Management
• WDM - Wave Division Multiplexing

 

Computer Tit-Bits

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Here we are providing you all some "Computer Tit-Bits", provided to us by NITISH. 

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• KonradZuse invented the World’s first computer was named as the Z1 in 1936. It was the First freely programmable computer.

• The first computer game was “Spacewar!".  This game was programmed by Steve Russell and first released in February 1962.

• Jack Kilby& Robert Noyce develop the first Integrated Circuit (The Chip) in 1958

• In 1954 John Backus & IBM develop first successful high level programming language FORTRAN Computer Programming Language

• ARPAnet the first Internet connectivity started in 1969.

• WordStar Software is the first release of Word Processors application developed by Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby in 1979.

• Apple Lisa Computer is the first home computer with a GUI (graphical user interface) in 1983

• The first web browser was invented by Sir Tim Berners-Lee in 1990. It was called WorldWideWeb (no spaces) and was later renamed Nexus.

• The first search engine created was Archie, in 1990 by Alan Emtage, a student of McGill University in Montreal.

• On Aug. 6, 1991, Tim Berners-Lee published the first internet site from CERN, the world’s largest physics lab in Geneva, Switzerland.

• The first supercomputer was the Control Data Corporation (CDC) 6600 with a single CPU. It was released in 1964.

• India's first supercomputer is PARAM 8000, which was installed in 1991.

• NVIDIA's Tesla computer was launched in London in December 2008 is first personal supercomputer.

• The first banner advertising was used in 1994.

• The E-mail is older than the World Wide Web.

• The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com.

• Rich Skrenta generated the first computer virus in February 1982. He is the author of Elk Cloner, the first computer virus to be released outside of the lab.

• The first version of Excel was released for the Mac in 1985 and the first Windows version was released in November 1987.

• Nobody can create a folder named “Con” in windows system.

• TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard

• Each Excel worksheet holds 1,048,576 rows and 16, 384 columns which makes 17,179,869,184 cells per worksheet.

• Up to last 100 actions can be undo in excel.

 

How to hide your drive on my computer step by step

HOW TO HIDE/SHOW DISK DRIVE ON MY COMPUTER

1. Run CMD!

2. In CMD, type diskpart and hit Enter.

3. Then type list  volume and hit Enter.

Now it will display the list of all your computer

drives details.

4. Then type the Drive Letter which you want to

hide. If you want to hide volume E, type select

volume E and hit Enter.

5. After that, type remove letter E and hit an Enter.

That’s all, you have done. Now restart your

computer once to see changes.

How to get back Hidden Drive again in My

Computer.

Do the procedure which i have mentioned in step

1,2,3 and 4 again.

Click Start –> Run –> cmd –> Then type diskpart – list

volume – select volume E

After that type assign letter E and hit Enter.

That’s all !! You have got back the hidden localdrive.

Once again restart your PC, now you will be able to

see hidden local drive in

My Computer.