| ACE | : | Access Control Entry | 
| ADSL | : | Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line | 
| AGP | : | Accelerated Graphics Port | 
| AI | : | Artificial Intelligence | 
| ALGOL | : | Algorithmic Language | 
| ALU | : | Arithmetic Logic Unit | 
| ANSI | : | American National Standards Institute | 
| API | : | Application Program Interface | 
| APIPA | : | Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing | 
| APT | : | Automatically Programmed Tooling | 
| ARP | : | Address Resolution Protocol | 
| ARPANET | : | Advanced Research Projects Agency Network | 
| ASCII | : | American Standard Code For Information Interchange | 
| ASF | : | Advanced Streaming Format | 
| ASP | : | Active Server Pages | 
| ATAPI | : | Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface | 
| ATM | : | Asynchronous Transfer Mode | 
| AUI | : | Attachment Unit Interface | 
| AVI | : | Audio Video Interleave | 
| BASIC | : | Beginner`s All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code | 
| BCD | : | Binary Coded Decimal | 
| BDPS | : | Business Data Processing Systems | 
| BHTML | : | Broadcast Hyper Text Markup Language | 
| BIOS | : | Basic Input Output System | 
| BIU | : | Bus Interface Unit | 
| BMP | : | Bitmap | 
| BPS | : | Bytes Per Seconds | 
| C-DAC | : | Centre For Development Of Advanced Computing | 
| CAD | : | Computer Aided Design | 
| CADD | : | Computer Added Drafting And Design | 
| CAI | : | Computer Aided Instructuion | 
| CAM | : | Computer Aided Manufacturing | 
| CAR | : | Control Address Register | 
| CASE | : | Computer Aided Software Engineering | 
| CCIS | : | Common Channel Interoffice Signaling | 
| CCNA | : | Cisco Certified Network Associate | 
| CD | : | Compact Disc | 
| CD RW | : | Compact Disc ReWritable | 
| CDMA | : | Code Division Multiple Access | 
| CDROM | : | Compact Disc Read Only Memory | 
| CFG | : | Control Flow Graph | 
| CGI | : | Common Gateway Interface | 
| CGM | : | Computer Graphics Metafile | 
| CIDR | : | Classless InterDomain Routing | 
| CIM | : | Computer Integrated Manufacture | 
| CISC | : | Complex Instruction Set Computers | 
| CIX | : | Commercial Internet Exchange | 
| CLR | : | Common Language Runtime | 
| CMOS | : | Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor | 
| CMS | : | Content Management System | 
| CMYK | : | Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key (Black) | 
| COBOL | : | Common Business Oriented Language | 
| CORBA | : | Common Object Request Broker Architecture | 
| CPI | : | Clock Cycle Per Instruction | 
| CPU | : | Central Processing Unit | 
| CRC | : | Cyclic Redundancy Check | 
| CRM | : | Customer Relationship Management | 
| CROM | : | Control Read Only Memory | 
| CRT | : | Cathode Ray Tube | 
| CUI | : | Character User Interface | 
| DAC | : | Digital To Analog Converter | 
| DAO | : | Data Access Objects | 
| DARPANET | : | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Network | 
| DBA | : | Data Base Administrator | 
| DBMS | : | Data Base Management System | 
| DCA | : | Defence Communication Agency | 
| DCL | : | Data Control Language | 
| DCOM | : | Distributed Component Object Model | 
| DCP | : | Data Communication Processor | 
| DDL | : | Data Definition Language | 
| DDOS | : | Distributed Denial Of Service | 
| DDP | : | Distributed Data Processing | 
| DFD | : | Data Flow Diagram | 
| DFS | : | Distributed File System | 
| DHCP | : | Dynamic Host Control Protocol | 
| DHTML | : | Dynamics Hyper Text Markup Language | 
| DLC | : | Data Link Control | 
| DLL | : | Dynamic Link Library | 
| DMA | : | Direct Memory Access | 
| DML | : | Data Manipulation Language | 
| DMTF | : | Distributed Management Test Force | 
| DNA | : | Distributed Internet Architecture | 
| DNS | : | Domain Name System (Server) | 
| DOM | : | Document Object Model | 
| DOS | : | Disk Operating System, Denial Of Service | 
| DPI | : | Dots Per Inch | 
| DRAM | : | Dynamic Random Access Memory | 
| DSL | : | Digital Subscriber Line | 
| DSN | : | Digital Subscriber Network | 
| DTD | : | Document Type Definition | 
| DVD | : | Digital Versatile Disc | 
| E | : | Electronic | 
| EAROM | : | Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory | 
| EBCDIC | : | Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code | 
| EDC | : | Electronic Digital Computer | 
| EDCDIC | : | Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code | 
| EEPROM | : | Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory | 
| EFS | : | Encrypted File System | 
| EJB | : | Enterprise Java Beans | 
| ENIAC | : | Electronics Numerical Integrator And Calculator | 
| EPROM | : | Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory | 
| EROM | : | Erasable Read Only Memory | 
| ERP | : | Enterprise Resource Planning | 
| EULA | : | End User License Agreement | 
| FAT | : | File Allocation Table | 
| FDD | : | Floppy Disk Drive | 
| FDDI | : | Fiber Distributed Data Interface | 
| FDMA | : | Frequency Division Multiple Access | 
| FIFO | : | First In First Out | 
| FLOPS | : | Floating Point Operations Per Second | 
| FO | : | Fiber Optics | 
| FORTRAN | : | Formula Translation | 
| FPS | : | Frames Per Second | 
| FRAM | : | Ferro Electric Random Access Memory | 
| FTP | : | File Transfer Protocol | 
| GB | : | Giga Bytes | 
| GIF | : | Graphic Interchange Format | 
| GIGO | : | Garbage In Garbage Out | 
| GML | : | General Markup Language | 
| GPL | : | General Public License | 
| GUI | : | Graphical User Interface | 
| HDD | : | Hard Disk Drive | 
| HFS | : | Hierarchical File System | 
| HP | : | Hewlett Packard | 
| HPC | : | High Performance Computing | 
| HPFS | : | High Performance File System | 
| HSR | : | Horizontal Scan Rate | 
| HTML | : | Hyper Text Markup Language | 
| HTTP | : | Hyper Text Transfer Protocol | 
| IO | : | Input Output | 
| IBM | : | International Business Machines | 
| IC | : | Integrated Circuit | 
| ICMP | : | Internet Control Message Protocol | 
| ICS | : | Reduce Instruction Set Computer | 
| ICT | : | Information And Communication Technology | 
| IDE | : | Integrated Development Environment | 
| IE | : | Internet Explorer | 
| IGMP | : | Internet Group Management Protocol | 
| IL | : | Intermediate Language | 
| IOP | : | InputOutput Processor | 
| IP | : | Internet Protocol | 
| IPX | : | Internetworked Packet Exchange | 
| IRAM | : | Integration Ram | 
| IRC | : | Internet Relay Chat | 
| IRDA | : | Infrared Data Association | 
| IRQ | : | Interrupt Request | 
| ISAPI | : | Internet Server Application Program Interface | 
| ISDN | : | Integrated Services Digital Network | 
| ISO | : | International Standard Organization | 
| ISP | : | Internet Service Provider | 
| ISR | : | Interrupt Service Routine | 
| IT | : | Information Technology | 
| ITPL | : | Information Technology Park Limited (India) | 
| JCL | : | Job Control Language | 
| JDBC | : | Java Data Base Connectivity | 
| JHTML | : | Java Within Hyper Text Markup Language | 
| JPEG | : | Joint Photographic Experts Group | 
| JSP | : | Java Server Pages | 
| KB | : | Kilo Bytes | 
| KBPS | : | Kilo Bytes Per Second | 
| L2TP | : | Layer Two Tunneling Protocol | 
| LAN | : | Local Area Network | 
| LCD | : | Liquid Crystal Display | 
| LDAP | : | Light Weight Directory Access Control | 
| LIFO | : | Last In First Out | 
| LIPS | : | Logical Interfaces Per Second | 
| LOC | : | Lines Of Code | 
| LSI | : | Large Scale Integration | 
| LSP | : | Layered Service Provider | 
| MAC | : | Media Access Control | 
| MAN | : | Metropolitan Area Network | 
| MAU | : | MultiStation Access Unit | 
| MB | : | Mega Bytes | 
| MBONE | : | Multicast Backbone | 
| MBPS | : | Mega Bytes Per Second | 
| MBR | : | Master Boot Record | 
| MCP | : | Microsoft Certified Professional | 
| MCS | : | Multicast Server | 
| MDI | : | Multiple Document Interface | 
| MDS | : | Microcomputer Development System | 
| MFC | : | Microsoft Foundation Classes | 
| MFT | : | Master File Table | 
| MG | : | Mega Bytes | 
| MICR | : | MagneticInk Characters Reader | 
| MIDI | : | Musical Instrument Digital Interface | 
| MIMD | : | Multiple Instruction Multiple Data | 
| MIME | : | Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions | 
| MIPS | : | Millions Of Instructions Per Second | 
| MISD | : | Multiple Instruction Single Data | 
| MODEM | : | Modulator And Demodulator | 
| MP3 | : | Motion Pictures Experts Group Layer 3 | 
| MPEG | : | Motion Pictures Experts Group | 
| MS | : | Microsoft | 
| MSDN | : | Microsoft Developer Network | 
| MSIIS | : | Microsoft Internet Information Server | 
| MSIL | : | Microsoft Intermediate Language | 
| MSMQ | : | Microsoft Message Queue | 
| MSN | : | Microsoft Network | 
| MSRAP | : | Microsoft Remote Administration Protocol | 
| MSRPC | : | Microsoft Remote Procedure Call | 
| MTS | : | Microsoft Transaction Server | 
| MTU | : | Maximum Transmission Unit | 
| MUDS | : | MultiUser Dungeons | 
| NAS | : | Network Attached Storage | 
| NASSCOM | : | National Association Of Software & Service Companies | 
| NCP | : | Network Control Protocol | 
| NDIS | : | Network Driver Interface Specification | 
| NDRO | : | Nondestructive Read Out | 
| NETBEUI | : | Netbios Enhanced User Interface | 
| NIC | : | National Informatics Centre, | 
| NIIT | : | National Institute Of Information Technology | 
| NNTP | : | Network News Transfer Protocol | 
| NSFNET | : | National Science Foundation Network | 
| NTFS | : | New Technology File System | 
| NTP | : | Network Time Protocol | 
| OCR | : | Optical Character Readers | 
| ODBC | : | Open Data Base Connectivity | 
| OLE | : | Object Linking And Embedding | 
| OMR | : | Optical Mark Reader | 
| ONE | : | Open Network Architecture | 
| OOA | : | Object Orient Analysis | 
| OOAD | : | Object Oriented Analysis And Design | 
| OOP | : | Object Oriented Programming | 
| OOPS | : | Object Oriented Programming System | 
| OPEN GL | : | Open Graphics Library | 
| OS | : | Operating System | 
| OSI | : | Open System Interconnection | 
| PC | : | Personal Computer | 
| PCI | : | Peripheral Component Interconnect | 
| PCMCIA | : | Personal Computer Memory Card International Association | 
| PDA | : | Personal Digital Assistant | 
| PDF | : | Portable Document Format | 
| PDL | : | Page Description Language | 
| PDU | : | Protocol Data Unit | 
| PIC | : | Programming Interrupt Control | 
| PILOT | : | Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching | 
| PLA | : | Programmable Logic Array | 
| PLC | : | Programmable Logic Controller | 
| PNG | : | Portable Network Graphics | 
| PNP | : | Plug And Play | 
| PPP | : | Peer To Peer Protocol | 
| PPTP | : | Point To Point Tunneling Protocol | 
| PROM | : | Programmable Read Only Memory | 
| PS | : | Post Script | 
| RADSL | : | RateAdaptive Digital Subscribes Line | 
| RAID | : | Redundant Array Of Independent Disks | 
| RAM | : | Random Access Memory | 
| RAMDAC | : | Random Access Memory Digital To Analog Converter | 
| RAS | : | Remote Access Network | 
| RD RAM | : | Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory | 
| RDBMS | : | Relational Data Base Management System | 
| RDO | : | Remote Data Objects | 
| RDP | : | Remote Desktop Protocol | 
| RFC | : | Request For Comments | 
| RGB | : | Red Green Blue | 
| RICS | : | Reduced Instruction Set Computer | 
| RIP | : | Raster Image Processor | 
| RISC | : | Reduced Instruction Set Computer | 
| ROM | : | Read Only Memory | 
| RPC | : | Remote Procedure Call | 
| RTC | : | Real Time Clock | 
| RTF | : | Rich Text Format | 
| RTOS | : | Real Time Operating System | 
| SACK | : | Selective Acknowledgements | 
| SAM | : | Security Access Manager | 
| SAP | : | Service Access Point, Systems Applications Products | 
| SCMP | : | Software Configuration Management Plan | 
| SD RAM | : | Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory | 
| SDD | : | Software Design Description | 
| SDK | : | Software Development Kit | 
| SDL | : | Storage Definition Language | 
| SDN | : | Integrated Service Digital Network | 
| SDRAM | : | Static Dynamic Random Access Memory | 
| SDSL | : | Symmetric Digital Subscribes Line | 
| SG RAM | : | Synchronous Graphics Random Access Memory | 
| SGML | : | Standard Generalized Markup Language | 
| SIM | : | Subscriber Identification Module | 
| SIMD | : | Single Instruction Multiple Data | 
| SISD | : | Single Instruction Single Data | 
| SIU | : | Serial Interface Unit | 
| SMP | : | Symmetric MultiProcess | 
| SMS | : | Short Message Service | 
| SMTP | : | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol | 
| SNA | : | System Network Architecture | 
| SNAP | : | Sub Network Access Protocol | 
| SNMP | : | Simple Network Management Protocol | 
| SNOBOL | : | String Oriented Symbolic Language | 
| SOAP | : | Simple Object Access Protocol | 
| SPX | : | Sequenced Packet Exchange | 
| SQA | : | Statistical Quality Assurance | 
| SQL | : | Structured Query Language | 
| SRAM | : | Static Random Access Memory | 
| SRS | : | Software Requirements Specification | 
| STP | : | Shielded Twisted Pair | 
| SVVP | : | Software Verification And Validation Plan | 
| SW | : | Software | 
| TAPI | : | Telephony Application Program Interface | 
| TB | : | Tera Bytes | 
| TCP | : | Transmission Control Protocol | 
| TCPIP | : | Transmission Control Protocol  Internet Protocol | 
| TDI | : | Transport Data Interface | 
| TDMA | : | Time Division Multiple Access | 
| TPM | : | Transactions Processing Monitor | 
| TSR | : | Terminate And Stay Residents | 
| UDD | : | User Datagram Protocol | 
| UDP | : | User Datagram Protocol | 
| UI | : | User Interface | 
| UML | : | Unified Modelling Language | 
| UNC | : | Universal Naming Convention | 
| UNIX | : | Uniplexed Information And Computer Systems | 
| URL | : | Universal Resource Locator | 
| USB | : | Universal Serial Bus | 
| USRT | : | Universal Synchronous Receiver Transmitted | 
| UTP | : | Unshielded Twisted Pair | 
| VAN | : | Virtual Area Network | 
| VAST | : | Very Small Aperture Terminal | 
| VB | : | Visual Basic | 
| VC++ | : | Visual C++ | 
| VCD | : | Video Compact Disc | 
| VDL | : | View Definition Language | 
| VGA | : | Video Graphics Array | 
| VHS | : | Video Home System | 
| VLIW | : | Very Long Instruction Words | 
| VLSI | : | Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits | 
| VPN | : | Virtual Private Network | 
| VRAM | : | Video Random Access Memory | 
| VRML | : | Virtual Reality Modelling Language | 
| VS | : | Visual Studio | 
| VSNL | : | Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited | 
| VVR | : | Software Validation And Validation Report | 
| VXD | : | Virtual Device Driver | 
| W3C | : | World Wide Web Consortium | 
| WAIS | : | Wide Area Information Servers | 
| WAN | : | Wide Area Network | 
| WAP | : | Wireless Application Protocol | 
| WBEM | : | WebBase Enterprise Management | 
| WDM | : | Wave Division Multiplexing | 
| WHQL | : | Windows Hardware Quality Lab | 
| WINDOWS ME | : | Windows Millennium Edition | 
| WINDOWS NT | : | Windows New Technology | 
| WINDOWS XP | : | Windows Experienced | 
| WINS | : | Windows Internet Name Service | 
| WMI | : | Windows Management Instrumentation | 
| WML | : | Wireless Markup Language | 
| WORM | : | Write Once Read Many | 
| WSH | : | Windows Script Host | 
| WWW | : | World Wide Web | 
| WYSIWYG | : | What You See Is What You Get | 
| XHTML | : | Extensible Hyper Text Markup Language | 
| XML | : | Extensible Markup Language | 
| XSL | : | Extensible Style Sheet Langauge | 
| Y2K | : | Year 2000 
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