Dibyansu Mohanty

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Tech Abbreviations (Q-Z) part-3

         
         Tech abbreviations part-3
 

     Q

Ø QDR-Quad Data Rate
Ø QoS - Quality of Service
     
     R
Ø RAID - Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
Ø RAM - Random Access Memory
Ø RC - Release Candidate
Ø RDBMS - Relational Database Management System
Ø RDF - Resource Description Framework
Ø RDRAM- Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
Ø RF - Radio Frequency
Ø RFI - Radio Frequency Interference
Ø RFID - Radio Frequency Identification
Ø RGB - Red, Green, Blue
Ø RIP - Routing Information Protocol
Ø RISC- Reduced Instruction Set Computing
Ø RLE - run-length encoding
Ø ROM - Read Only Memory
Ø RPC -Remote Procedure Call
Ø RSA - Rivest Shamir Adelman
Ø RSS- RDF Site Summary
Ø RTE-Runtime Environment
Ø RTF -Rich Text Fomat
Ø RUP -Rational Unified Process

      S
Ø SAN - Storage Area Network
Ø SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
Ø SCP - Secure Copy
Ø SCSI Small Computer System Interface
Ø SD Secure Digital
Ø SDK - Software Developer's Kit
Ø SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
Ø SDSL Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
Ø SEAL - Semantics-directed Environment Adaptation Language
Ø SEI - Software Engineering Institute
Ø SEO Search Engine Optimization
Ø SIMM Single In-Line Memory Module
Ø SLI Scalable Link Interface
Ø SMART Self-Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology
Ø SMB Server Message Block
Ø SMP - Symmetric Multi-Processing
Ø SMS Short Message Service
Ø SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Ø SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
Ø SOA Service Oriented Architecture
Ø SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol
Ø SO-DIMM Small Outline Dual In-Line Memory Module
Ø SP - Service Pack
Ø SQL Structured Query Language
Ø SRAM Static Random Access Memory
Ø sRGB Standard Red Green Blue
Ø SSH Secure Shell
Ø SSI - Server Side Include
Ø SSID Service Set Identifier
Ø SSL Secure Sockets Layer
Ø SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics

     T
Ø TB - Terabyte
Ø TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Ø TFT Thin-Film Transistor
Ø TIFF -Tagged Image File Format
Ø TLD - top-level domain
Ø TSP - Traveling Salesman Problem
Ø TTL - transistor to transistor logic
Ø TTL- Time To Live
Ø TWAIN -Toolkit Without An Informative Name

     U
Ø UDDI Universal Description Discovery and Integration
Ø UDP User Datagram Protocol
Ø UHF - Ultra High Frequency
Ø UML Unified Modeling Language
Ø UNC Universal Naming Convention
Ø UPnP Universal Plug and Play
Ø UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply
Ø URI - Uniform Resource Identifier
Ø URL - Uniform Resource Locator
Ø USB Universal Serial Bus

     V
Ø VB - Visual Basic
Ø VBA - Visual Basic for Applications
Ø VBS - Visual Basic Script
Ø VCI Virtual Channel Identifier
Ø VFAT Virtual File Allocation Table
Ø VGA - Variable Graphics Array
Ø VGA Video Graphics Array
Ø VHF - Very High Frequency
Ø VLB - Vesa Local Bus
Ø VLF - Very Low Frequency
Ø VoIP Voice Over Internet Protocol
Ø VPI Virtual Path Identifier
Ø VPN Virtual Private Network
Ø VRAM Video Random Access Memory
Ø VRML - Virtual Reality Markup Language

     W
Ø WAIS- Wide Area Information Server
Ø WAN- Wide Area Network
Ø WAP - wireless application protocol
Ø WEP - Wired equivalent protocol
Ø WEP -Wired Equivalent Privacy
Ø Wi-Fi -Wireless Fidelity
Ø WOL - Wake on LAN
Ø WPA -Wi-Fi Protected Access
Ø WWW - World Wide Web

     X
Ø XHTML - eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language
Ø XML Extensible Markup Language
Ø XP - Cross Platform (not Windows XP)
Ø XPCOM - Cross Platform Component Object Model
Ø XPI - Cross Platform Installer
Ø XPIDL - Cross Platform IDL
Ø XSLT Extensible Style Sheet Language Transformation

     Z
Ø ZIF - Zero Insertion Force

             

Monday, 1 October 2012

Tech Abbreviations (H-P) part 2




       Tech abbreviations part-2
   
   H
Ø HAL - Hardware Abstraction Layer
Ø HCI - Human Computer Interaction
Ø HDD - Hard Disk Drive
Ø HDMI- High-Definition Multimedia Interface
Ø HDTV- High Definition Televsion
Ø HDV- High-Definition Video
Ø HF - High Frequency
Ø HFS- Hierarchical File System
Ø HSF- Heat Sink and Fan
Ø HTML - Hypertext Markup Language
Ø HTTP - Hypertext Transport Protocol
Ø Hz – Hertz

   I
Ø I/O- Input/Output
Ø IBM - International Business Machines
Ø IC - Integrated Circuit
Ø ICANN -Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers
Ø ICF -Internet Connection Firewall
Ø ICMP- Internet Control Message Protocol
Ø ICS- Internet Connection Sharing
Ø IDE Integrated Device Electronics or Integrated Development Environment
Ø IDL - Interface Definition Layer
Ø IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Ø IGP Integrated Graphics Processor
Ø IM - Instant Messaging
Ø IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol
Ø InterNIC Internet Network Information Center
Ø IP - Internet Protocol
Ø IPX Internetwork Packet Exchange
Ø IRC - Internet Relay Chat
Ø IRQ - Interrupt Request
Ø IS - Information Systems
Ø ISA - Industry Standard Architechture
Ø ISDN- Integrated Services Digital Network
Ø ISO - International Organization for Standardization
Ø ISP - Internet Service Provider
Ø IT - Information Technology
Ø IVR Interactive Voice Response

   J
Ø JDK - Java Developer's Kit
Ø JFS - Journaling filesystem
Ø JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group
Ø JRE Java Runtime Environment
Ø JS - Javascript
Ø JSP - Java Server Page

   K
Ø KB – Kilobyte
Ø Kbps -Kilobits Per Second
Ø KDE - K Desktop Environment
Ø kHz - Kilohertz
Ø KVM Switch Keyboard, Video, and Mouse Switch

   L
Ø LAN - Local Area Network
Ø LCD -Liquid Crystal Display
Ø LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Ø LED - Light Emitting Diode
Ø LF - Low Frequency
Ø LIFO - Last In First Out
Ø LOC - Lines of Code
Ø LPI- Lines Per Inch
Ø LUG - Linux User's Group
Ø LUN -Logical Unit Number

   M
Ø MAC- Address Media Access Control Address
Ø MAN- Metropolitan Area Network
Ø MANET- Mobile Ad Hoc Network
Ø MB – Megabyte
Ø Mbps- Megabits Per Second
Ø MCA -Micro Channel Architecture
Ø MCSE - Microsoft Certified System Engineer
Ø MHz – Megahertz
Ø MIDI -Musical Instrument Digital Interface
Ø MIPS- Million Instructions Per Second
Ø MMU - Memory Management Unit
Ø MOSFET - Metal-oxide semiconductor FET
Ø MP3 -MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3
Ø MPEG - Motion Pictures (Coding) Experts Group
Ø MPEG -Moving Picture Experts Group
Ø MPL - Mozilla Public License
Ø MS - Microsoft
Ø MSDN - Microsoft Developer's Network
Ø MS-DOS - Microsoft DOS
Ø MTU -Maximum Transmission Unit
Ø MUD - Multi-user dungeon

   N
Ø NAT- Network Address Translation
Ø NDS - Novell Directory Services
Ø NetBIOS -Network Basic Input/Output System
Ø NFS - Network filesystem
Ø NIC -Network Interface Card
Ø NMI - Non-Maskable Interrupt
Ø NNTP - Network News Transfer Protocol
Ø NOC -Network Operations Center
Ø NP - Non-polynomial
Ø NPL - Netscape Public License
Ø NPU - Numeric processing unit?
Ø NTFS - NT file system

   O
Ø OASIS Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
Ø OCR Optical Character Recognition
Ø ODBC Open Database Connectivity
Ø OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
Ø OLAP Online Analytical Processing
Ø OLE Object Linking and Embedding
Ø OLED - Organic Light Emitting Diode
Ø OO - Object Oriented
Ø OO - Open Office
Ø OOo - openoffice.org
Ø OOP - Object Oriented Programming
Ø OS - Operating System
Ø OSDN - Open Source Developer's Network
Ø OSI - Open Source Initiative
Ø OSI - Open Systems Interconnect
Ø OSPF Open Shortest Path First
Ø OSS - Open Source Software

     P
Ø P2P Peer To Peer
Ø PAN - Personal Area Network
Ø PC - personal computer
Ø PC Personal Computer
Ø PCB - Printed Circuit Board
Ø PCB Printed Circuit Board
Ø PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect
Ø PCI-X Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended
Ø PCM - Pulse Coded Modulation
Ø PCMCIA - Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
Ø PDA - Personal digital assistant
Ø PDF -Portable Document Format
Ø PERL - Practical Extraction and Reporting Language
Ø PGA - Programmable Gate Arrays
Ø PGP - Pretty Good Privacy
Ø PHP -Hypertext Preprocessor
Ø PIM Personal Information Manager
Ø PNG - Portable Network Graphics
Ø POP - Point of Presence
Ø POP3- Post Office Protocol
Ø PPC -Pay Per Click
Ø PPGA- Plastic Pin Grid Array
Ø PPI -Pixels Per Inch
Ø PPL- Pay Per Lead
Ø PPP -Point to Point Protocol
Ø PPTP- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
Ø PRAM -Parameter Random Access Memory
Ø PVR - Personal Video Recorder
Ø PXE - Pre Excecution Environment