Computer System and Networking Terminology
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TERMINOLOGY (Abbreviations and their Meanings)
• RAM: Random Access Memory
• C.D ROM: Compact Disk Read Only Memory
• C.P.U: Central Processing Unit
• D.V.D: Digital Versatile Disk
• P.D.F: Portable Data Format
• WAN: Wide Area Network
• MAN: Metropolitan Area Network
• LAN: Local Area Network
• USB: Universal Serial Bus
• PDA: Personal Digital Assistant
• BIOS: BASIC INPUT AND OUTPUT
• SIM: Subscriber Identity Module
• ATM: Automated Teller Machine
• WIFI: Wireless Fidelity
• Google: Global Organization of Oriented Group Language Of Earth
• YAHOO: Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle
• Windows: Wide Interactive Network Development for Office Work Solution
• VIRUS: Vital Information and Resources Under Siege
• IMEI: International Mobile Equipment Identity
• Ups: Uninterrupted Power Supply
• HDMI: High Definition Multimedia Interface
• VPN: Visual Private Network
• LED: light emitting diode
• VGA: Video Graphic Array
• WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network
• LCD: Liquid Crystal Display
• O.S: Operating System
• GPS: Global Positioning System
• GSM: Global System for Mobile Communication
• DELL: Digital Electronic Link Library
• Hp: Hewelt and Packard
• ACER: Acquisition Collaboration Experimental Reflection
• NEWSPAPER: North East West South Past and Present Event Report
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• AP - Access Point
• Cyber Security Industries Alliance
• APF - AppleTalk Filing Protocol
• BMS - Bandwidth Management Services
• BNA - Burroughs Network Architecture
• BNC - Bayonet-Neill-Concelman connector
• BPDU - Bridge Protocol Data Unit
• BPI - Bits Per Inch
• BPS - Bits Per Second
• BRI - Basic Rate Interface
• BTAM - Basic Telecommunications Access Method
• CAD - Computer Aided Design
• CAU - Controlled Access Unit
• CBT - Computer-Based Training
• CMOS - Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
• CNMS - Communications Network Management System
• CONS - Connection-Oriented Network Services
• CSMA - Carrier Sense Multiple Access
• CSMA/CA - Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance
• CSMA/CD - Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
• FTP – File Transfer Protocol
• TFTP- Trivial File Transfer Protocol
• HTML- Hyper Text Markup Language
• HTTP- Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
• FCS- Frame Check Sequence
• EIA- Electronic Industry Association
• TIA- Telecommunication Industry Alliance
• PDU- Protocol Data Unit
• CRC- Cyclic Redundancy Check
• SMTP- Simple Mail Transfer protocol
• SNMP- Simple Network Management Protocol
• DHCP- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
• NFS- Network File System
• UDP- User Datagram Protocol
• ICMP- Internet Control Message Protocol
• IGRP- Integrated Gateway Routing Protocol
• EIGRP- Enhance Integrated Routing Protocol
• OSPF- Open Shortest Path First
• ARP- Address Resolution Protocol
• RARP- Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
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• NCP- Network Control Protocol
• CIDR- Classless Inter-Domain Routing Protocol
• BGP- Border Gateway Protocol
• EGP- Exterior Gateway Protocol
• GUI – Graphical User Interface
• HTTPS- Secure Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
• MAC – Media Access Control
• RIP- Routing Information Protocol
• RIB- Routing Information Base
• SFTP- Secure File Transfer Protocol
• SMS- System Management Server
• SNTP- Simple Network Time Protocol
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