COMPUTER TERMINOLOGY – ABBREVIATIONS-----> Part 1

COMPUTER TERMINOLOGY – ABBREVIATIONS

COMPUTER TERMINOLOGY and ABBREVIATIONS  is also very easy and very important topic in IBPS bank job exam point of view, as five to eight questions out of fifty questions can be asked from this computer terminology and abbreviations section. Here I have collected all the important computer terms and abbreviations  form various sources and presented them in an order. Every one should by-heart these abbreviations to get these easy mark.

ALGOL : Algorithimic Language is basically a portable for scientific computations and was first introduced with ALGOL 58.

ARTIFACTS : They are distortions in an image that are produced by the image sensors of the optical system.

AMBER : It is often referred as orange,in computer it is referred to indicate a temporary or ongoing error.

BIT : It is basic unit of computers .It has two values 1 & 0 only.

BYTE : Combination of 8 Bits.

BAND WIDTH : The total maximum capacity of network or modem connection. The modem band width is generally measured in BPS .

BROADBAND: It is also referred as wideband transimission .Broadband refers to telecommunication taht provide a variety or channels of data over a single communication medium.

BOOTP : Bootstrap Protocol allows a disk work station to discover certain network information.

CDN : Content Distribution Network (CDN) is also known as mirroring. It consists of multiple sites around the world taht all contain the same information .It is unnecessary because no single website can handle simultaneous requests from several hundred million users.

Bridge :  It is a computer bridge which is a device to connect two local area networks (LAN).

Buffer : It is a memory which refers to temporary shortage of memory at the time of data processing.

CLUSTER : When referring to hard disk drive a cluster is a managed section by the computer operating system that change sizes depending upon the size of hard disk drive .

DATA BASE : It is general collection of data shared by a variety of users. In particular it has following features.

Redundancy of data is eliminated. This is an important point in Computer Terminology in exam point of view.

§                        Data is independant of any programme.

                      Data is usable by many users,simultaneously

DEBUGGING: It is a process of riding a computer programme of logical or syntactical errors.

DIGITAL ZOOM : It is a magnification of an image by internal image processing algorithm.

EBCDIC : Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code developed by IBM is a type of coding method.

ECHELON : It is a code name of a global spy system designed to capture and analyze virtually every phone call,fax, E-mail ,telex message.

EDGE: Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution is a radio based high speed mobile data standard. It allows the data transmission speeds upto 384 kbps to be achieved when all eight time slots are used.

FIREWALL : It is a software /hardware that limits outside network access to a computer or computer hardware that permanently resolve the issue.

GATE WAY : It refers to a network . A gateway is an address used as entry point.