Information and communication technology has taken over the world and is now applied at every aspects of life.
It has played very significant role in the life of individuals and organisations by reducing the workload on people.
There are some abbreviations that are in ICT and it is very necessary for one to know this before venturing into ICT.
These abbreviations will help you to easily understand ICT and it’s terms.
The table below shows some important ICT abbreviations and their meanings.
| 1. | AGP | Accelerated Graphic Port |
| 2. | PC | Personal Computer |
| 3 | EPROM | Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| 4. | BIOS | Basic Input and Output System |
| 5. | HDD | Hard Disk Drive |
| 6. | PCI | Peripheral Component Interconnect |
| 7. | UNIVAC | Universal Automatic Computer |
| 8. | GUI | Graphic User Interface |
| 9. | USB | Universal Serial Board |
| 10. | VGA | Visual Graphic Adaptor |
| 11. | MAN | Metropolitan Area Network |
| 12. | ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| 13. | WAN | Wide Area Network |
| 14. | EBCDIC | Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code |
| 15. | LAN | Local Area Network |
| 16. | EEPROM/EAPROM | Electrical Erasable /Alterable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| 17. | CPU | Central Processing Unit |
| 18. | OS | Operating System |
| 19. | ALU | Arithmetic and Logical Unit |
| 20. | DVD | Digital Versatile Disc |
| 21. | CD | Compact Disk |
| 22. | ROM | Read Only Memory |
| 23. | VDU | Visual Display Unit |
| 24. | RAM | Random Access Memory |
| 25. | ICT | Information Communication Technology |
| 26. | PROM | Programmable Read Only Memory |
| 27. | URL | Universal Resource Locator |
| 28. | IDE | Integrated Drive Electronics |
| 29. | FORTRAN | Formula Translator |
| 30. | MOS | Metaoxide Semi-Conductor |
| 31. | ATX | Advanced Technology Extended |
| 32. | SIM | Subscriber Identification Module |
| 33. | MHZ | Megahertz |
| 34. | ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| 35. | GHZ | Gigahertz |
| 36. | DBMS | Database Management System |
| 37. | SQL | Structured Query Language |
| 38. | RW | Re Writeable |
| 39. | SDT | Serial Query Language |
| 40. | CAN | Campus Area Network |
| 41. | SIMMs | Single In line Memory Module |
| 42. | PAN | Personal Area Network |
| 43. | DIMMS | Dual In line Memory Module |
| 44. | CMOS | Complimentary Metaoxide Semi-Conductor |
| 45. | ENIAC | Electronic Number Integrator and Calculator |
| 46. | CMD | Command |
| 47. | EDSAC | Electronic Dialog Storage Automatic Computer |
| 48. | MAC | Media Access Control |
| 49. | IC | Integrated Circuit |
| 50. | LSIC | Large Scale Integrated Circuit |
| 51. | DIR | Directory |
| 52. | GIGO | Garbage In Garbage Out |
| 53. | PHP | PHP Hypertext Preprocessor |
| 54. | DOC | Document |
| 55. | PDT | Parallel Data Transmission |
| 56. | PDA | Personal Digital Assistant |
| 57. | USSD | Unstructured Supplementary Service Data |
| 58. | WWW | World Wide Web |
| 59. | COBOL | Common Basic Oriented Language |
| 60. | CCNP | Cisco Certified Network Professionals |
| 61. | BASIC | Beginner All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
| 62. | CEH | Certified Ethical Hacking |
| 63. | TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
| 64. | CSS | Cascading Style Sheet |
| 65. | CISCO | Computer Information System Company |
| 66. | XXS | Cross Site Scripting |
| 67. | XML | Extensible Markup Language |
| 68. | HTML | Hyper text Markup Language |
| 69. | CCNA | Cisco Certified Network Associate |
| 70. | RFI | Remote File Inclusion |
| 71. | HTTP | Hypertext Transfer protocol |
| 72. | DDOS | Distribution Denial of Service |
| 73. | VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| 74. | SEO | Search Engine Optimization |
| 75. | IP | Internet Protocol |
