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Abbreviations You Must Know

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  1. 18.1Abbreviations A to DAbbreviation Full form ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange BIOS Basic Input Output System BISAG-N…
  2. 18.2Abbreviations E to IAbbreviation Full form ERP Enterprise Resource Planning FTP File Transfer Protocol GIF Graphics Interchange Format GPS Global Positioning System GUI Graphical User Interface…
  3. 18.3Abbreviations J to OAbbreviation Full form JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group LAN / MAN / WAN Local / Metropolitan / Wide Area Network LCD / LED Liquid Crystal Display / Light Emitting Diode…
  4. 18.4Abbreviations P to UAbbreviation Full form PDF Portable Document Format POP3 Post Office Protocol version 3 RAM / ROM Random Access Memory / Read Only Memory RFID Radio Frequency Identification…
  5. 18.5Abbreviations V to XAbbreviation Full form VLSI Very Large Scale Integration VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol VPN Virtual Private Network VR / AR Virtual / Augmented Reality WWW World Wide Web…
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18.1Abbreviations A to D#

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Abbreviation Full form ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange BIOS Basic Input Output System BISAG-N…

Abbreviation Full form
ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
BIOS Basic Input Output System
BISAG-N Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics
BIT Binary Digit
CAD / CAM Computer-Aided Design / Manufacturing
CAPTCHA Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
C-DAC Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
CD-ROM Compact Disc Read Only Memory
CEC Consortium for Educational Communication
CPU Central Processing Unit
DNS Domain Name System
DPI Dots Per Inch
DVD Digital Versatile (Video) Disc

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18.2Abbreviations E to I#

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Abbreviation Full form ERP Enterprise Resource Planning FTP File Transfer Protocol GIF Graphics Interchange Format GPS Global Positioning System GUI Graphical User Interface…

Abbreviation Full form
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
FTP File Transfer Protocol
GIF Graphics Interchange Format
GPS Global Positioning System
GUI Graphical User Interface
HTML HyperText Markup Language
HTTP(S) HyperText Transfer Protocol (Secure)
IC Integrated Circuit
IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol
IoT Internet of Things
IP Internet Protocol
ISP Internet Service Provider

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18.3Abbreviations J to O#

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Abbreviation Full form JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group LAN / MAN / WAN Local / Metropolitan / Wide Area Network LCD / LED Liquid Crystal Display / Light Emitting Diode…

Abbreviation Full form
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
LAN / MAN / WAN Local / Metropolitan / Wide Area Network
LCD / LED Liquid Crystal Display / Light Emitting Diode
LMS Learning Management System
MeitY Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
MICR Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
MODEM Modulator-Demodulator
MOOC Massive Open Online Course
NFC Near Field Communication
NIC Network Interface Card (also National Informatics Centre)
NPCI National Payments Corporation of India
OCR / OMR Optical Character / Mark Recognition
OER Open Educational Resources
OTP One-Time Password

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18.4Abbreviations P to U#

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Abbreviation Full form PDF Portable Document Format POP3 Post Office Protocol version 3 RAM / ROM Random Access Memory / Read Only Memory RFID Radio Frequency Identification…

Abbreviation Full form
PDF Portable Document Format
POP3 Post Office Protocol version 3
RAM / ROM Random Access Memory / Read Only Memory
RFID Radio Frequency Identification
SIM Subscriber Identity Module
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SQL Structured Query Language
SSL / TLS Secure Sockets Layer / Transport Layer Security
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
UIDAI Unique Identification Authority of India
UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply
URL Uniform Resource Locator
USB Universal Serial Bus

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18.5Abbreviations V to X#

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Abbreviation Full form VLSI Very Large Scale Integration VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol VPN Virtual Private Network VR / AR Virtual / Augmented Reality WWW World Wide Web…

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Abbreviation Full form
VLSI Very Large Scale Integration
VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol
VPN Virtual Private Network
VR / AR Virtual / Augmented Reality
WWW World Wide Web
XML Extensible Markup Language

Note: In official usage, "Wi-Fi" is a trademark rather than a true abbreviation, though many books give "Wireless Fidelity". Follow the option your question gives.

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