Words_And_Phrases
Just a repo for useful words and phrases that might come handy in some scenarios. Feel free to add yours
Abbreviations
Abbreviation | Word |
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OLAP | Online Analytical Processing |
OLTP | Online Transaction Processing |
BI | Business Intelligence |
SAAS | Software-as-a-Service |
AAC | Advanced Audio Coding |
ABR | Average Bit Rate |
ADSL | Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
AGP | Advanced Graphics Port |
AI | Artificial Intelligence |
AIM | AOL Instant Messenger |
ALGOL | Algorithmic Language |
ALU | Arithmetic Logic Unit |
AOL | America Online |
AMD | Advanced Micro Devices |
API | Application Program Interface |
APT | Automatically Programmed Tooling |
ARP | Address Resolution Protocol |
ARPANET | Advanced Research Projects Agency Network |
ARQ | Automatic Repeat Request |
AS | Autonomous System |
ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
ASP | Active Server Pages |
ASPI | Advanced SCSI Programming Interface |
ATA | Advanced Technology Attachment |
ATDT | Attention Dial Tone |
AUI | Attachment Unit Interface |
AUTOEXEC | Autoexec Automatic Execution file |
AVI | Audio Video Interleave |
BASIC | Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
BCC | Blind Carbon Copy |
BCD | Binary Coded Decimal |
BCR | Bar Code Reader |
BDSL | Broadband DSL |
BEDO | Burst Extended Data Out (RAM) |
BGP | Border Gateway Protocol |
BIOS | Basic Input Output System |
BIPS | Billion Instruction Per Second |
BIU | Bus Interface Unit |
BRD | Blu-Ray Disc |
CC | Carbon Copy |
CD | Compact Disk |
CD-R | Compact Disk – Recordable |
CDROM | Compact Disk Read Only Memory |
CDRW | Compact Disk Rewritable |
CD-WO | Compact Disk – Write Once |
CD-XA | Compact Disk – Extended Architecture |
CGI-BIN | Common Gateway Interface – Binary (programming for Web forms) |
CIS | CompuServe Information Service |
CISC | Complex Instructions Set Computers |
CMD | Command |
CMYK | Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black (color model) |
CNM | Circulatory Network Mode |
COAX | Coaxial Cable (for Ethernet and similar networks) |
COMPUTER | Commonly Operated Machine Particularly Used for Trade/Technology, Education, and Research |
CPI | Clock / Cycle Per Instruction |
CPU | Central Processing Unit |
CROM | Computerized Range of Motion |
CRT | Cathode Ray Tube( standard type computer monitor display |
CSLIP | Compressed Serial Line Interface Protocol (Internet) |
CSS | Cascading Style Sheets |
CTRL | Control (computer keyboard key) |
CUI | Character User Interface |
DAC | Data Acquisition and Control |
DAT | Digital Audio Tape |
dB | Decibel |
DBMS | Data Base Management System |
DDL | Data Definition Language |
DML | Data Manipulation Language |
DNS | Domain Name System |
DOC | Data Optimizing Computer |
Doc | Document |
DOS | Disk Operating System |
DVD | Digital Video/Versatile Disc |
DVDR | Digital Versatile Disk Recordable |
DVDRW | Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable |
DCE | Data Communications Equipment |
DVI | Digital Visual Interface |
DVR | Digital Video Recorder |
E-Commerce | Electronic Commerce |
EDC | Electronic Digital Computer |
EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
EDP | Electronic Data Processing |
EEPROM | Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
EFS | Encrypted File System |
EIDE | Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics |
Electronic Mail | |
EPROM | Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
EROM | Erasable Read Only Memory |
FDD | Floppy Disk Drive |
GB | Giga Byte |
GDI | Graphical Device Interface |
GUI | Graphical User Interface |
HD | Hard Disk |
HTTP | Hyper Text Transfer Protocol |
I/O | Input/Output (serial and parallel ports) |
IC | Integrated Circuit |
IMAP | Internet Message Access Protocol |
INTEL | Integrated Electronics |
IOP | Input Output Processor |
IP | Internet Protocol |
ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
ISP | Internet Service Provider |
IVR | Interactive Voice Response |
KB | KILOBYTE |
Kbps | Kilobits/Kilobytes Per Second |
LAN | Local Area Network |
LED | Light Emitting Diode |
LLL | Low Level Language |
LPT | Line Printer |
MAC | Media Access Control |
MAN | Metropolitan Area Network |
MB | Motherboard/ Megabyte |
MBASIC | Microsoft BASIC (Microsoft) |
MBPS | Megabytes Per Second |
Mbps | Megabits Per Second |
MICR | Magnetic Ink Character Recognition |
MMX | Multimedia Extensions |
MODEM | Modulator Demodulator |
MSCDEX | Microsoft Compact Disc Extension |
MS-DOS | Microsoft – Disk Operating System |
NAT | Network Address Translation |
NTP | Network Time Protocol |
OCR | Optical Character Reader |
OMR | Optical Mark Reader |
OOP | Object Oriented Programming |
OS | Operating System |
P2P | Point to Point Protocol |
PAN | Personal Area Network |
PC | Personal Computer |
PCB | Printer Circuit Board |
PCI | Peripheral Component Interconnect |
PHP | Hypertext Preprocessor |
PIXEL | Picture Element |
PPP | Point to Point Protocol |
PRN | Printer |
PROM | Programmable Read Only Memory |
RARP | Reverse Address Resolution Protocol |
RDBMS | Relational Data Base Management System |
RIP | Routing Information Protocol |
RISC | Reduced Instruction Set Computer |
ROM | Read Only Memory |
SAM | Software Asset Management |
SAN | Storage Area Network |
SCSI | Small Computer System Interface |
SFTP | Secure File Transfer Protocol |
SIP | Session Initiation Protocol |
SIU | Serial Interface Unit |
SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
SNAP | Sub Network Access Protocol |
SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
SYSOP | System Operator |
TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
UI | User Interface |
USB | Universal Serial Bus |
VCD | Video Compact Disk |
VDU | Visual Display Unit |
VIRUS | Vital Information Resource Under Siege |
VxD | Virtual Extended Driver |
WAN | Wide Area Network |
WAP | Wireless Application Protocol |
WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network |
WWW | World Wide Web |
XGA | Extended Graphics Array |
XMS | Extended Memory Specification |
FORTRAN | Formula Translation |
URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
WiFi | Wireless Fidelity |
RAM | Random Access Memory |
SRAM | Static Random Access Memory |
DRAM | Dynamic Random Access Memory |
VRAM | Video Random Access Memory |
SDRAM | Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory |
SGRAM | Synchronous Graphics RAM |
PNG | Portable Network Graphics |
XML | Extensible Markup Language |
XHTML | Extensible Hyper Text Markup Language |
XMF | Extensible Music File |
BMP | Bitmap |
WBMP | Wireless Bitmap Image |
COBOL | Common Business Oriented Language |
WML | Wireless Markup Language |
HTML | Hyper Text Markup Language |
DHTML | Dynamics Hyper Text Markup Language |
BHTML | Broadcast Hyper Text Markup Language |
SGML | Standard Generalized Markup Language |