G-12/CS/CH-8 & 9/Computer Networks - I & II/Abbreviations 23 February 2024

Peepal Prodigy School

G12 - 083 - Computer Science (2024-25)
CH-8 & 9: ABBREVIATIONS
1. TV - Television
2. PC - Personal Computer
3. NIC - Network Interface Card
4. NIU - Network Interface Unit
5. TAP - Terminal Access Point
6. NOS - Network Operating System
7. MAC - Media Access Control
8. IP - Internet Protocol
9. IPv4 - Internet Protocol Version 4
10. IPv6 - Internet Protocol Version 6
11. IR - Infra Red
12. DNS - Domain Name System
13. URL - Uniform Resource Locator
14. VoIP - Voice Over Internet Protocol
15. PAN - Personal Area Network
16. LAN - Local Area Network
17. MAN - Metropolitan Area Network
18. WAN - Wide Area Network
19. CAN - Campus Area Network
20. SAN - Storage Area Network
21. VPN - Virtual Private Network
22. WWW - World Wide Web
23. PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
24. P2P - Peer to Peer
25. ARPANET- Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
26. NSFNet - National Science Foundation Network
27. Internet - International Network / InterConnected Network
28. Intranet - Internal Restricted Access Network
29. TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
30. bps - bits per second
31. Bps - Bytes per second
32. kbps - kilo bits per second
33. Kbps - kilo bytes per second
34. mbps - mega bits per second
35. Mbps - mega bytes per second
36. gbps - giga bits per second
37. Gbps - giga bytes per second
38. Hz - Hertz
39. KHz - Kilo Hertz
40. MHz - Mega Hertz
41. GHz - Giga Hertz
42. THz - Tera Hertz
43. DTR - Data Transfer Rate
44. Bit - Binary Digit
45. KB - Kilobyte
46. MB - Megabyte

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47. GB - Gigabyte
48. TB - Terabyte
49. VGM - Voice Grade Medium
50. DGM - Data Grade Medium
51. PVC - PolyVinyl Chloride
52. UTP - Unshielded Twisted Pair Cable
53. STP - Shielded Twisted Pair Cable
54. CATV - Community Antenna Television
55. LED - Light Emitting Diode
56. LD - Laser Diode
57. LoS - Line of Sight
58. P-P - Point to Point
59. IBM - International Business Machines
60. MODEM- MOdulator – DEModulator
61. AM - Amplitude Modulation
62. FM - Frequency Modulation
63. PM - Phase Modulation
64. RJ-45 - Registered Jack - 45
65. RJ-11 - Registered Jack - 11
66. DEC - Digital Equipment Corporation
67. IEEE - the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
68. BNC - Bayone-Neill Concelman
69. AUI - Attachment Unit Interface
70. PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect
71. USB - Universal Serial Bus
72. OS - Operating System
73. NFS - Network File System
74. HTTP - HyperText Transfer Protocol
75. HTTPS - HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
76. URI - Uniform Resource Identifier
77. URL - Uniform Resource Locator
78. URN - Uniform Resource Name
79. MIME - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
80. NNTP - Network News Transfer Protocol
81. WAIS - Wide Area Information Server
82. FTP - File Transfer Protocol
83. ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
84. ISCII - Indian Standard Code for Information Interchange
85. UniCode- Universal Code
86. SLIP - Serial Line Internet Protocol
87. PPP - Point to Point Protocol
88. LCP - Link Control Protocol
89. NCP - Network Control Protocol
90. IPCP - Internet protocol Control Protocol
91. ISP - Internet Service Provider
92. GUI - Graphical User Interface
93. IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol
94. POP3 - Post Office Protocol Version 3
95. SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

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96. MTA - Mail Transfer Agent

97. GSM - Global System for Mobile Communication
98. SIM - Subscriber Identity Module
99. TDMA - Time Division Multiple Access
100. CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access
101. FDMA - Frequency Division Multiple Access
102. TDM - Time Division Multiplexing
103. OUI - Organisational Unique Identifier
104. CSS - Cascading Style Sheets
105. VBScript- Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting
106. CSV - Comma Separated Values
107. CSMA/CA- Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance
108. CSMA/CD- Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
109. JSON - JavaScript Object Notation
110. IDEN - Integrated Digital Enhanced Network
111. WLL (WiLL)- Wireless in Local Loop
112. PBX - Private Branch Exchange
113. PSTN - Public Switched Telephone Network
114. GPRS - General Packet Radio Service
115. G - Generation
116. 1G - First Generation
117. CSD - Circuit Switched Data
118. MAGIC - Mobile multimedia, Any-where, Global mobility solutions over,
Integrated wireless and Customized services.
119. QoS - Quality of Service
120. HDTV - High Definition Television
121. Wi-Fi - Wireless Fidelity
122. WiMax - Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access.
123. WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network
124. EV-DO - Evolution-Data Optimized
125. HSPA - High Speed Packet Access
126. HSUPA - High Speed Uplink Packet Access
127. HSDPA - High Speed Downlink Packet Access
128. IMS - IP Multimedia Subsystem
129. LTE - Long Term Evolution
130. OFDMA - Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
131. MIMO - Multiple Input Multiple Output
132. 3GPP - 3rd Generation Partnership Project
133. CPU - Central Processing Unit
134. GPU - Graphics Processing Unit
135. RF - Radio Frequency
136. SMS - Short Message Service
137. SMSC - Short Message Service Center
138. HLR - Home Location Register
139. IRC - Internet Relay Chat
140. SIP - Session Initiation Protocol
141. ITU-T - International Telecommunications Union
142. VoIP - Voice over Internet Protocol
143. BWA - Broadband Wireless Access

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144. WWW - World Wide Web

145. Telnet - Teletype Network/Telecommunication Network
146. MSIE - Microsoft Internet Explorer
147. Some Most Common Domains
a. .com - Commercial
b. .edu - Education
c. .gov - Government
d. .mil - Military
e. .net - Network Resources
f. .org - Non-profit Organizations
g. .co - Company
h. .biz - Business
i. .tv - Television
148. Country abbreviations
a. .au - Australia
b. .ca - Canada
c. .dk - Denmark
d. .fr - France
e. .in - India
f. .jp - Japan
g. .nz - New Zealand
h. .uk - United Kingdom
149. RSS - Really Simple Syndication
150. HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language
151. XML - eXtensible Markup Language
152. DHTML - Dynamic Hyper Text Markup Language
153. PHP - Hypertext Preprocessor
154. ASP - Active Server Pages
155. JSP - Java Server Pages
156. SSL - Secure Sockets Layer
157. IT - Information Technology
158. UNCITRAL- the United Nation’s Commission on International Trade Law
159. IP - Intellectual Property
160. IPR - Intellectual Property Rights
161. VIRUS - Vital Information Resource Under Siege
162. FAT - File Allocation Table
163. CD - Compact Disc
164. DVD - Digital Versatile/Video Disc
165. SBI - State Bank of India
166. UPI - Unified Payments Interface
167. NPCI - National Payments Corporation of India
168. BHIM - Bharat Interface for Money
169. BSNL - Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
170. VSNL - Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited
171. MTNL - Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
172. Email - Electronic Mail
173. E-Commerce- Electronic Commerce
174. CBSE - Central Board of Secondary Education
175. NCERT - National Council of Educational Research and Training

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