Computer Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of Computer Acronyms

• ACL — Access Control List
• ADC — Analog-to-Digital Converter
• ADF — Automatic Document Feeder
• ADSL — Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
• AGP — Accelerated Graphics Port
• AIFF — Audio Interchange File Format
• AIX — Advanced Interactive Executive
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute
• API — Application Program Interface
• ARP — Address Resolution Protocol
• ASCII — American Standard Code For Information Interchange
• ASP — Active Server Page
• ASP — Application Service Provider
• ATA — Advanced Technology Attachment
• ATM — Asynchronous Transfer Mode
• BASIC — Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
• BCC — Blind Carbon Copy
• BIOS — Basic Input/Output System
• BLOB — Binary Large Object
• BMP — Bitmap
• CAD — Computer-Aided Design
• CC — Carbon Copy
• CCD — Charged Coupled Device
• CD — Compact Disc
• CD-R — Compact Disc Recordable
• CD-ROM — Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
• CD-RW — Compact Disc Re-Writable
• CDMA — Code Division Multiple Access
• CGI — Common Gateway Interface
• CISC — Complex Instruction Set Computing
• CMOS — Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
• CMYK — Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
• CPA — Cost Per Action
• CPC — Cost Per Click
• CPL — Cost Per Lead
• CPM — Cost Per 1,000 Impressions
• CPS — Classroom Performance System
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• CRM — Customer Relationship Management
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube
• CSS — Cascading Style Sheet
• CTP — Composite Theoretical Performance
• CTR — Click-Through Rate
• DAC — Digital-to-Analog Converter
• DBMS — Database Management System
• DDR — Double Data Rate
• DDR2 — Double Data Rate 2
• DHCP — Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
• DIMM — Dual In-Line Memory Module
• DLL — Dynamic Link Library
• DMA — Direct Memory Access
• DNS — Domain Name System
• DOS — Disk Operating System
• DPI — Dots Per Inch
• DRAM — Dynamic Random Access Memory
• DRM — Digital Rights Management
• DSL — Digital Subscriber Line
• DSLAM — Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
• DTD — Document Type Definition
• DV — Digital Video
• DVD — Digital Versatile Disc
• DVD+R — Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
• DVD+RW — Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
• DVD-R — Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
• DVD-RAM — Digital Versatile Disc Random Access Memory
• DVD-RW — Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
• DVI — Digital Video Interface
• DVR — Digital Video Recorder
• ECC — Error Correction Code
• EDI — Electronic Data Interchange
• EPS — Encapsulated PostScript
• EUP — Enterprise Unified Process
• FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions
• FIFO — First In, First Out
• FIOS — Fiber Optic Service
• FLOPS — Floating Point Operations Per Second
• FPU — Floating Point Unit
• FSB — Frontside Bus
• FTP — File Transfer Protocol
• GIF — Graphics Interchange Format; Applied To Image Format As .gif
• GIGO — Garbage In, Garbage Out
• GIS — Geographic Information Systems
• GPS — Global Positioning System
• GPU — Graphics Processing Unit
• GUI — Graphical User Interface
• GUID — Globally Unique Identifier
• HDMI — High-Definition Multimedia Interface
• HDTV — High Definition Televsion
• HDV — High-Definition Video
• HFS — Hierarchical File System
• HSF — Heat Sink And Fan
• HTML — Hyper-Text Markup Language
• HTTP — HyperText Transfer Protocol
• HTTPS — HyperText Transport Protocol Secure
• I/O — Input/Output
• ICANN — Internet Corporation For Assigned Names And Numbers
• ICF — Internet Connection Firewall
• ICMP — Internet Control Message Protocol
• ICS — Internet Connection Sharing
• IDE — Integrated Device Electronics