Important Full Forms of Computer Technology
Hardware Components
1. CPU - Central Processing Unit
2. GPU - Graphics Processing Unit
3. SSD - Solid State Drive
4. HDD - Hard Disk Drive
5. NIC - Network Interface Card
6. MAC - Media Access Control
7. BIOS - Basic Input Output System
8. PCB - Printed Circuit Board
9. CRT - Cathode Ray Tube
10. OLED - Organic Light-Emitting Diode
11. VGA - Video Graphics Array
12. SVGA - Super Video Graphics Array
Networking
13. LAN - Local Area Network
14. WAN - Wide Area Network
15. MAN - Metropolitan Area Network
16. PAN - Personal Area Network
17. WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network
18. SAN - Storage Area Network
19. CAN - Campus Area Network
20. VPN - Virtual Private Network
21. VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network
22. ISP - Internet Service Provider
23. DNS - Domain Name System
24. DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
25. TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
26. UDP - User Datagram Protocol
27. SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol
28. ICMP - Internet Control Message Protocol
29. NAT - Network Address Translation
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Programming & Software
30. API - Application Programming Interface
31. GUI - Graphical User Interface
32. CLI - Command Line Interface
33. SDK - Software Development Kit
34. JVM - Java Virtual Machine
35. JRE - Java Runtime Environment
36. XML - Extensible Markup Language
37. HTML - Hypertext Markup Language
38. SQL - Structured Query Language
39. OOP - Object-Oriented Programming
40. SaaS - Software as a Service
41. PaaS - Platform as a Service
42. IaaS - Infrastructure as a Service
Storage & Data Transfer
43. RAM - Random Access Memory
44. ROM - Read-Only Memory
45. USB - Universal Serial Bus
46. DPI - Dots Per Inch
47. MB - Megabyte
48. GB - Gigabyte
49. TB - Terabyte
50. PB - Petabyte
51. EB - Exabyte
52. ZB - Zettabyte
53. YB - Yottabyte
54. KB - Kilobyte
55. bps - Bits Per Second
56. KBps - Kilobytes Per Second
57. MBps - Megabytes Per Second
58. GBps - Gigabytes Per Second
59. Tbps - Terabits Per Second
60. IOPS - Input/Output Operations Per Second
61. RPM - Revolutions Per Minute
Security & Protocols
62. SSL - Secure Sockets Layer
63. TLS - Transport Layer Security
64. HTTPS - Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
65. WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy
66. WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access
67. IDS - Intrusion Detection System
68. IPS - Intrusion Prevention System
Miscellaneous
69. AI - Artificial Intelligence
70. ML - Machine Learning
71. IoT - Internet of Things
72. ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
73. GSM - Global System for Mobile Communications
74. ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning
75. CRM - Customer Relationship Management
76. OCR - Optical Character Recognition
77. MICR - Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
78. MIDI - Musical Instrument Digital Interface
79. COMPUTER (Common Operating Machine Purposely Used for Technical Education Research)
80. IPv6 - Internet Protocol version 6
81. CD-ROM - Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
82. DVD - Digital Versatile Disc
83. FTP - File Transfer Protocol
84. HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
85. TFTP - Trivial File Transfer Protocol
86. IVR - Interactive Voice Response
87. RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks
88. SCSI - Small Computer System Interface
89. UEFI - Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
90. VR - Virtual Reality
91. WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get
92. Virus - Vital Information Resources Under Siege
93. RAT - Remote Access Trojan
94. WORM - Write Once Read Many
95. SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
96. FDD - Floppy Disk Drive
97. FAT - File Allocation Table
98. FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
99. MS - Microsoft
100. FIFO - First In First Out
Important Shortcut key for Computer Window
1. Ctrl + Shift + N: Create a new folder.
2. Ctrl + C: Copy selected text or item
3. Ctrl + X: Cut selected text or item
4. Ctrl + V: Paste copied or cut text or item
5. Ctrl + Z: Undo previous action
6. Ctrl + A: Select all text or items
7. Ctrl + F: Find a specific word.
8. Ctrl + S: Save document or file
9. Ctrl + N: Open a new document or file
10. Ctrl + O: Open an existing document or file
11. Ctrl + P: Print the current document or file
12. Alt + Tab: Switch between open windows or applications
13. Windows key + L: Lock the computer
14. Windows key + D: Show or hide the desktop
15. Windows key + E: Open File Explorer
16. Windows key + R: Open the Run dialog box
17. F1: Open help Window
18. F5: Refresh the current webpage
19. Ctrl + Alt + Delete: Open Task Manager
20. Alt + F4 : Closed running program
Chapter- 1 How computers Represent Data ?
Key Vocabulary
Bit : Smallest unit of representing data in computers.
Byte : Set of 8 bits.
ASCII : American Standard Code for Information Interchange
EBCDIC : Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code ()
UNICODE : Universal Character Set Code
UTF : Unicode Transformation Format
Base : Number of digits used in a number system.
Exercise ( Page- 16-17)
A. Multiple choice questions
1. c) Both a) and b)
2. b) 8
3. d) Unicode
4. d) g
5. a) Fifth bit
6. c) 10
7. c) F
8. b) 255
B. Fill in the blanks
1. bit
2. 2
3. Bytes
4. MSB
5. Base
A. Answer the following questions in short.
Q.1 How many types of number system are there in computer.
Ans:- There are four types of number system:-
Number System Base
1. Binary Number System 2
2. Octal Number System 8
3. Decimal Number System 10
4. Hexadecimal Number System 16
Q.2 What is stands for ASCII & UNICODE ?
Ans:- ASCII :- American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
UNICODE :- Universal Character Set
Q.3 Solve this binary addition
i) (1 0 0 0) + (0 1 1 1)
Ans :- 1 0 0 0
+ 0 1 1 1
1 1 1 1
ii) (1 1 1 1 1) + (0 1 0 1 1)
Ans:- 1 1 1 1 ------- carry over
1 1 1 1 1
+ 0 1 0 1 1
1 0 1 0 1 0
Q.4 What do you understand by number system?
Ans:- A number system can be defined as a way of counting. We humans use numbers 0 to 9 for counting. These are 10 unique number, Ten means deca .
B. Answer the following questions in long.
Q.1 What do you mean by the terms bit, byte, and nibble?
Ans:- Bit:- The smallest unit of data in a computer. It can have a value of either 0 or 1.
Byte: A group of 8 bits. It is used to represent one character like A or 5.
Nibble: A group of 4 bits. It is half of a byte.
Q.2 What is the use of character encoding system?
Ans:- A character encoding system is used to convert text characters like letters, numbers, and symbols into a format that computers can understand, which is binary code. It helps computers store and display text.
Q.3 Name 3 character-encoding systems and describe Universal character set code system briefly.
Ans:- Three character-encoding systems are:
1. ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
2. ISCII - Indian Script Code for Information Interchange
3. Unicode- Universal Character Set
Universal Character Set (Unicode): Unicode is a universal encoding system that can represent characters from almost all languages in the world. It assigns a unique number to every character, so computers can display text in any language.
Q.4 What do you mean by the bases of number system?
Ans:- The base of a number system means the total number of digits or symbols used to represent numbers in that system. It is also called radix.
Binary has base 2 → uses 0, 1
Decimal has base 10 → uses 0 to 9
Octal has base 8 → uses 0 to 7
Hexadecimal has base 16 → uses 0 to 9 and A to F
Q.5 Perform the following conversions ?
Ans:- (110101)2 - (53)10 - (65)8 - (35)16
(23)8 - (19)10 - (10011)2 -(13)16
(253)10 - (11111101)2= (375)8 = (FD)16
(20)16 = (32)10 = (00100000)2 = (40)8