Important Abbreviations
Some important abbreviations related to Computer Science and Informatics Practices for CBSE Class XI/XII related to Computer Networking, Communication Technologies are listed below. These abbreviations are not listed in any order – all of them are important.
Most important abbreviations
| 1 | TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
| 2 | NIC | Network Interface Card |
| 3 | MAC Address | Media Access Control address |
| 4 | FSF | Free Software Foundation |
| 5 | TAP | Terminal Access Point |
| 6 | PAN | Personal Area Network |
| 7 | CAN | Campus Area Network |
| 8 | UTP Cable | Unshielded Twisted Pair Cable |
| 9 | STP Cable | Shielded Twisted Pair Cable |
| 10 | CAT-5 cable | Category-5 cable |
| 11 | WWW | World Wide Web |
| 12 | GHz, Hz, MHz, KHz, THz | Giga Hertz, Hertz, Mega Hertz, Kilo Hertz, Tera Hertz |
| 13 | PDA | Personal Digital Assistant |
| 14 | LASER | Light Amplification (by) Stimulated Emission (of) Radiation |
| 15 | .bps, Bps | bits per second, Bytes per second |
| 16 | MODEM | Modulation/Demodulation |
| 17 | P2P | Point to Point |
| 18 | HTTP | Hyper text Transfer Protocol |
| 19 | AM, FM, PM | Amplitude Modulation, Frequency Modulation , Phase Modulation |
| 20 | MIME | Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension |
| 21 | FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| 22 | URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| 23 | ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| 24 | PPP | Point to Point Protocol |
| 25 | NCP | Network Control Protocol |
| 26 | SIM | Subscriber Identification Module |
| 27 | SMS | Short Message Service |
| 28 | TDMA | Time Division Multiple Access |
| 29 | CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access |
| 30 | WLL | Wireless in Local Loop |
| 31 | 3G | Third Generation |
| 32 | UMTS | Universal Mobile Telecommunication System |
| 33 | PSTN | Public Switched Telephone Network |
| 34 | NFS | Network File System |
| 35 | A/F | Audio frequency |
| 36 | W3C | World Wide Consortium |
| 37 | SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| 38 | Wi-Fi | Wireless Fidelity |
| 39 | LAN, WAN, MAN | Local Area Network, Wide Area Network, Metropolitan Area Network |
| 40 | VoIP | Voice over Internet Protocol |
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