Computer Abbreviations

Abbreviations

Abbreviation	Full Form
ALT.	ALTernate lifestyle
ANSI	American National Standards Institute
ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASP	Association of Shareware Professionals
ASPI	Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
ATA	Advanced Technology Attachment
ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATZ	Attention Restore configuration profile from nonvolatile RAM
B2B	Business to Business
BIOS	Basic Input/Output System
CAD	Computer Aided Design
CADD	Computer Aided Design and Drafting
CD	Change Directory
CD-R	Compact Disk - Recordable
CD0R/W	Compact Disk – Rewritable
CD-ROM	Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
CD-WO	Compact Disk - Write Once
CD-XA	Compact Disk - Extended Architecture
CERT	Computer Emergency Response Team
CMOS	Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
CPU	Central Processing Unit
DAC	Data Acquisition and Control
dB	Decibel
DBMS	Data Base Management System
DOS	Disk Operating System
DPI	Dots Per Inch
DRAM	Dynamic Random Access Memory
EPP	Enhanced Parallel Port
ESDI	Enhanced Small Device Interface
FAQ	Frequently Asked Question
FIFO	First-In, First-Out
GIGO	Garbage In, Garbage Out
HEX	Hexadecimal
HTTP	HyperText Transport Protocol
HTML	HyperText Markup Language
IR	Infrared
LCD	Liquid Crystal Display
LPT	Line Printer
MIPS	Million Instructions Per Second
MODEM	Modulator Demodulator
MPEG	Moving Picture Experts Group
NICAD	Nickel Cadmium
PIXEL	Picture Element
ROM	Read Only Memory
SLIP	Serial Line Interface Protocol
UAE	Unrecoverable Application Error
UDMA	Ultra Direct Memory Access
USB	Universal Serial Bus
WPM	Words Per Minute