Computer Abbreviations in PDF

Computer Awareness is an essential part of most banking and other recruitment

exams. You will find these questions in SSC CGL, SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBPS PO, IBPS
Clerk, Railways RRB, LIC AAO, UIIC AO, etc. Apart from general computer and
software questions, Computer Abbreviations questions have always been part of the
exam. The good thing about Computer Abbreviations questions is that there is a high
chance that you will be able to answer them correctly even if you have read these just
once. Who would mind an easy 4-5 marks? That too in a Mains exam where every
additional mark makes a huge difference to your career!
Hence, we decided to give you a list of most frequently asked Computer
Abbreviations in a form that will be memorable to you.

Computer Abbreviations

B
C

A/D

Analog To Digital.

ALU

Arithmetic Logic Unit.

ASCII

American Standard Code For Information Interchange.

ASR

Automatic Send And Receive.

ATM

Automated Teller Machine.

BCD

Binary Coded Decimal.

BIOS

Basic Input/Output System.

BIS

Business Information System.

BPS

Bits Per Second.

CAD

Computer-Aided Design.

CAM

Computer-Aided Manufacturing.

CASE

Computer-Aided Software Engineering.

CD
CDROM

Compact Disc Read-Only Memory.

COBOL

Common Business-Oriented Language.

CPS

Characters Per Second.

CPU

Central Processing Unit.

CROM
CRT
DBMS

Control Read-Only Memory.

Cathode Ray Tube.
Database Management System.

DOS

Disk Operating System.

DPI

Dots Per Inch.

DTP

Desktop Publishing.

DVD

Digital Versatile Disk.

EEPROM
EPROM
FM

Compact Disc.

Electronically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory.

Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory.
Frequency Modulation.

FORTRAN Formula Translation.

FTP

File Transfer Protocol.

GB

Giga Byte.

GIGO

Garbage In, Garbage Out.

GUI

I
K
L
M

HTML

Hyper Text Markup Language.

HTTP

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.

HZ

Hertz.

I/O

Input / Output.

IP

Internet Protocol.

ISO

International Standards Organisation.

ISP

Internet Service Provider.

KB

Kilo Byte.

LAN

Local Area Network.

LCD

Liquid Crystal Display.

MAN

Metropolitan Area Network.

MB
MICR

N
O
P

Graphical User Interface.

NS

Mega Byte.
Magnetic Ink Character Recognition.

Nano Second.

OCR

Optical Character Recognition.

OMR

Optical Mark Reader.

OS

Operating System.

P2P

Peer To Peer.

PAN
PC

Personal Area Network.

Personal Computer.

PCB

Printed Circuit Board.

PDF

Portable Document Format.

PIN

Personal Identification Number.

PPP

Point-To-Point Protocol.

PROM

Programmable Read-Only Memory.

RAM

Random Access Memory.

ROM

Read Only Memory.

URL

Uniform Resource Locator.

USB

Universal Serial Bus.

VDU

Visual Display Unit.

VGA

Video Graphics Array.

WAN

Wide Area Network.

Wi-Fi

Wireless Fidelity.

WWW

World Wide Web.

W
X

XML

Extensible Markup Language.

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