Some Important Computer Abbreviations (N-Z)
NOTE: Commonly asked terms are highlighted.
NIC—Network
Interface Card
NFS—Network
File System
NNTP—Network News Transfer Protocol
OCR -
Optical Character Recognition
OMR
- Optical Mark Recognition
OOPS - Object
Oriented Programming and Systems
OS - Operating System
OSI -
Open Systems Interconnection
PC – Personal Computer
PCB –
Process Control Block
PDA – Personal Digital Assistant
PGA – Professional Graphics Array
PLD – Programmable Logic Device
POST –
Power On Self Test
PPPoA – Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM
PPPoE – Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
PROM –
Programmable Read-Only Memory
PSU – Power Supply Unit
QBE – Query By Example
RAID – Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RAM –
Random Access Memory
RISC
Reduced Instruction Set Computer
ROM –
Read Only Memory
RPM – Revolutions Per Minute
SCSI –
Small Computer System Interface
SDRAM – Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SMTP—Simple
Mail Transfer Protocol
SNMP—Simple Network Management Protocol
SPARC – Scalable Processor ArChitecture
SQL –
Structured Query Language
SRAM – Static Random Access Memory
SSI –
Small Scale Integration
TB –
Terabytes
Tb – Terabits
TCP -
Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP - Transmission
Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TDM - Time
Division Multiplexing
TDMA - Time
Division Multiple Access
TE - Terminal
Equipment
UDP -
User Datagram Protocol
ULSI –
Ultra Large Scale Integration
UNIVAC
– Universal Automatic Computer
UPC – Universal Product Code
URL—Uniform
Resource Locator
UTP—Unshielded Twisted Pair
UVEPROM- Ultra Violet EPROM
VCR – Video Cassete Recorder
VDT –
Video Display Terminal
VGA—Video
Graphics Array
VLSI -
Very Large Scale
Integration
VPN – Virtual Private Network
WAN –
Wide Area Network
WORM –
Write-Once Read Many
WWW –
World Wide Web
XGA – Extended Graphics Array
XHTML—EXtensible Hypertext Markup Language
XML –
Extended Markup Language
