Abbreviations Associated With Computer

CCAC- Centre for Development of Advanced Parallel computing   

C-DOT- Centre for Development of Telematics

HTTP- HyperText Transfer Protocol

ROM- Read Only Memory

RAM- Random Access Memory

BIOS- Basic Input-Output System

MODEM- Modulation-Demodulation

CAD-Computer Aided Design

PSTN-Public Switched Telephone Network

PSPDN-Packet Switched Public Data Network

RABMN- Remote Area Business Message Network

LAN- Local Area Network

WAN - Wide Area Network

MAN- Metropolitan Area Network

CDMA- Code Division Multiple Access

GAIS- Gateway Internet Access Service

E-Mail - Electronic Mail

CD- Compact Disc

LDU-Liquid Display Unit

CPU -Central Processing Unit

CAM- Computer Aided Manufacturing

CATScan- Computerised Axial Tomography Scan

COBOL-Common Business Oriented Language

COMAL- Common Algorithmic Language

DOS- Disc Operating System

DTS- Desktop System

DTP- Desktop Publishing

E-Commerce -Electronic Commerce

ENIAC- Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator

FAX-  Facsimile Automated Xerox

FLOPS- Floating Operations Per Second

FORTRAN - Formula Translation

HLL- High Level Language

HTML- HyperText Markup Language

IBM- International Business Machine

IC-Integrated Circuit

IP-Internet Protocol

ISH -International Super Highway

LISP- List Processing

LLL-  Low Level Language

MICR- Magnetic Ink Character Recognition/Reader

MIPS- Million Instructions Per Second

MOPS- Million Operations Per Second

MPU- Microprocessor Unit

NICNET- National Informatics Centre Network

OMR -Optical Mark Reader/Recognition

PC-DOS Personal Computer Disk Operation System

PROM-Programmable Read Only Memory

SNOBOL- String Oriented symbolic Language

UPS-Uninterruptible Power Supply

VDU- Visual Display Unit

VLSI- Very Large Scale Integration

WWW- World Wide Web