Some Technological Acronyms With Their Meanings


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Some Technological Acronyms With Their Meanings


ICT Abbreviations
Here are some technological acronyms often used by computer and phone lovers. Although they often make use of these acronyms, I am very sure 90% of them don't know their meanings. A friend of mine shared this with me and I wouldn't want to keep it to myself; hence the need for posting it here. Just check them out:
  • PAN​: Permanent Account Number.
  • ​PDF: Portable Document Format.
  • ​SIM​: Subscriber Identity Module.
  • ATM​: Automated Teller machine.
  • ​IFSC​: Indian Financial System Code.
  • FSSAI(Fssai)​: Food Safety & amp; Standards Authority of India.
  • WLAN​: Wireless fidelity. ​
  • GOOGLE: Global Organization Of Oriented Group Language Of Earth.
  • YAHOO: Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle.
  • WINDOW​: Wide Interactive Network Development for Office Work solution.
  • COMPUTER​: Common Oriented Machine Particularly United and used under Technical and Educational Research.
  • VIRUS​: Vital Information Resources Under Siege.
  • UMTS​: Universal Mobile Telecommunications System.
  • AMOLED​: Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode.
  • ​OLED​: Organic Light-Emitting Diode.
  • IMEI​: International Mobile Equipment Identity.
  • ​ESN​: Electronic Serial Number.
  • UPS​: Uninterruptible Power Supply.
  • HDMI: High-Definition Multimedia Interface.
  • VPN​: Virtual Private Network.
  • APN​: Access Point Name.
  • LED​: Light Emitting Diode.
  • DLNA​: Digital Living Network Alliance.
  • ​RAM​: Random Access Memory.
  • ROM​: Read Only Memory. 
  • ​VGA​: Video Graphics Array.
  • ​QVGA​: Quarter Video Graphics Array.
  • ​WVGA​: Wide Video Graphics Array.
  • ​WXGA​: Widescreen Extended Graphics Array.
  • USB​: Universal Serial Bus.
  • WLAN​: Wireless Local Area Network.
  • PPI​: Pixels Per Inch.
  • LCD​: Liquid Crystal Display.
  • HSDPA​: High Speed Down-link Packet Access.
  • HSUPA​: High-Speed Uplink Packet Access.
  • HSPA​: High Speed Packet Access.
  • GPRS​:  General Packet Radio Service.
  • ​EDGE​: Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution.
  • NFC​: Near Field Communication.
  • OTG​:  On-the-go.
  • ​S-LCD​: Super Liquid Crystal Display.
  • ​O.S​: Operating System.
  • ​SNS​: Social Network Service.
  • H.S​:  HOTSPOT.
  • P.O.I​:  Point Of Interest.
  • GPS​: Global Positioning System.
  • DVD​: Digital Video Disk.
  • DTP​: Desktop publishing.
  • DNSE​: Digital Natural Sound Begins.
  • OVI​: Ohio Video Intranet.
  • CDMA​: Code Division Multiple Access.
  • WCDMA​: Wide-band Code Division Multiple Access.
  • GSM​: Global System for Mobile Communications.
  • ​DIVX​: Digital internet video access.
  • APK​: Authenticated Public Key.
  • J2ME​: Java 2 Micro Edition.
  • SIS​: Installation Source.
  • DELL​: Digital Electronic Link Library.
  • ACER: Acquisition Collaboration Experimentation Reflection.
  • RSS​: Really Simple Syndication.
  • TFT​: Thin Film Transistor.
  • ​AMR​: Adaptive Multi-Rate.
  • MPEG​:  Moving Pictures Experts Group.
  • ​IFRS​: Interactive Voice Response System.
  • HP​: Hewlett Packard.




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