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  AGP : Accellerated Graphics Port

  
  

  
  

  
  

  ARPANET: Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

  
  

  
  

  
  

  BIOS : Basic Input- Output System.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  CAD : Computer Aided Design.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  CD : Compact Disc.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  CDAC : Centre for Development of Advanced Parallel Computing.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  CDMA : Code Division Multiple Access.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  C-DOT : Center for Development of Telematrics.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  GAIS : Gateway Internet Access Service

  
  

  
  

  
  

  HTTP : Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

  
  

  
  

  
  

  ROM : Read Only Memory

  
  

  
  

  
  

  RAM : Random Access Memory

  
  

  
  

  
  

  MODEM : Modulation : Demodulation.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  PSTN : Public Switched Public Data Network.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  PSPDN : Pocket Switched Public.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  RABAN : Remote Area Business Message Network.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  LAN : Local Area Network

  
  

  
  

  
  

  WAN : Wide Area Network .

  
  

  
  

  
  

  MAN : Metropolitan Area Network.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  E-Mail : Electronic Mail.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  LDU : Liquid Display Unit.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  CPU : Central Processing Unit.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  CAM : Computer Aided Manufacturing.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  CATScan : Computerized Axial Tomography Scan .

  
  

  
  

  
  

  COBOL : Common Business Oriented Language.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  COMAL : Common Algorithmic Language.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  DOS : Disk Operating System.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  DTS : Desk Top System

  
  

  
  

  
  

  DTP : Desk Top Publishing.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  E-Commerce : Electronic Commerce.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  ENIAC : Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator

  
  

  
  

  
  

  FAX : Far Away Xerox.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  FLOPS : Floating Operations Per Second.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  FORTRAN : Formula Translation.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  HLL : High Level Language.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  HTML : Hyper Text Markup Language.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  IBM : International Business Machine.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  IC : Integrated Circuit

  
  

  
  

  
  

  ISH : International Super Highway.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  LISP : List Processing.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  LLL : Low Level Language

  
  

  
  

  
  

  MICR : Magnetic Ink Character Recognizer.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  MIPS : Millions of Instructions Per Second.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  MOPS : Millions of Operations Per Second.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  MPU : Micro Processor Unit.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  NICNET : National Information Center Network.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  OMR : Optical Mark Reader.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  PC-DOT : Personal Computer Disk Operation System.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  PROM : Programmable Read Only Memory.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  SNOBOL : String Oriented Symbolic Language.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  UPS : Uninterpretable Power Supply.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  VDU : Visual Display Unit.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  VLSI : Very Large Scale Integrated.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  WWW : World Wide Web.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  WLAN : Wireless Local Area Network.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Wi-fi : Wireless Fidelity

  
  

  
  

  
  

  TIFF : Tagged Image File Format

  
  

  
  

  
  

  e-SATA : External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

  
  

  
  

  
  

  WiMAX : Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access

  
  

  
  

  
  

  JPEG : Joint Photographic Experts Group

  
  

  
  

  
  

  GIF : Graphics Interchange Format

  
  

  
  

  
  

  ATX : Advanced Technology Extended

  
  

  
  

  
  

  UATX : Ultra Advanced Technology Extended

  
  

  
  

  
  

  FATX : Flex Advanced Technology Extended

  
  

  
  

  
  

  MATX : Micro Advanced Technology Extended

  
  

  
  

  
  

  EEATX : Enhanced Extended Advanced Technology Extended

  
  

  
  

  
  

  DDR SDRAM : Double-Data-Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

  
  

  
  

  
  

  DDR RAM : Double-Data-Rate Random Access Memory

  
  

  
  

  
  

  GUI : Graphical User Interfaces

  
  

  
  

  
  

  CUI : Command User Interfaces

  
  

  
  

  
  

  NAT : Network Address Translation

  
  

  
  

  
  

  BIOS:Basic Input/Output System

  
  

  
  

  
  

  SCSI: Small Computer Systems Interface

  
  

  
  

  
  

  OCR:Optical Character Recognition

  
  

  
  

  
  

  PCI:Peripheral Component Interface

  
  

  
  

  
  

  PDA:Personal Digital Assistant

  
  

  
  

  
  

  MIDI:Musical Instrument Digital Interface

  
  

  
  

  
  

  BPS:Bites Per Second

  
  

  
  

  
  

  KBPS:KiloBits Per Second

  
  

  
  

  
  

  MPEG:Motion Picture Experts Group

  
  

  
  

  
  

  JPEG:Joint Photographic Expert Group

  
  

  
  

  
  

  LCD:Liquid Crystal Display

  
  

  
  

  
  

  MAC:Media Access Control