A

AAL- ATM Adaption Layer ACL- Access Control List ADO- ActiveX Data Objects
ADSL-Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ADT- Abstract Data Type
ALGOL- Algorithmic Language ALU- Arithmetic and Logical Unit ANSI- American National Standard Institute
ARP- Address Resolution Protocol ARPA- Address and Routing Parameter Area
ARPA- Advanced Research Projects Agency ARPANET- Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
AS- Access Server ASCII- American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASM- Algorithmic State Machine
ASP- Active Server Pages ASP- Application Server Provider AT- Access Time
AT- Active Terminology ATM- Asynchronous Transfer Mode AVC- Advanced Video Coding
AVI- Audio Video Interleaved AWT- Abstract Window Toolkit
B
BAL- Basic Assembly Language BASIC- Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BCD- Binary Coded Decimal BCNF- Boyce-codd Normal Form BER- Bit Error Rate
BIN- Binary BINAC- Binary Automatic Computer BIOS- Basic Input Output System
BLOB- Binary Large Object BNC- Bayonet Neill-Concelman BPS- Bits per Second
C
CAD- Computer Aided Design CAM- Computer Aided Manufacturing CAT- Computer Aided Translation
CASE- Computer-Aided Software Engineering CDMA- Code Division Multiple Access
CD-ROM- CD Read Only Memory CIFS- Common Internet File System CISC- Complex Instruction Set Computer
CLR- Common Language Runtime CMOS- Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
COBOL- Common Business Oriented Language COM- Component Object Model
CORBA- Common Object Request Broker Architecture CPS- Characters per Second CPU- Central Processing Unit
CRC- Cyclic Redundancy Check
D
DAC- Digital to Analog Converter DAO- Data Access Objects DAP- Directory access protocol
DBA- Data Base Administrator DCCP- Datagram Congestion Control Protocol DCL- Data Control Language
DCOM- Distributed Component Object Model DDE- Dynamic Data Exchange DES- Data Encryption Standard
DFD- Data Flow Diagram DFS- Distributed File System DHCP- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHTML- Dynamic Hyper Text Markup Language DMA- Direct Memory Access DML- Data Manipulation Language
DNS- Domain Name System DOM- Document Object Model DoS- Denial of Service
DRAM- Dynamic Random Access Memory DSDL- Document Schema Definition Languages
DSL- Digital Subscriber Line DSL- Domain Specific Language DVD- Digital Video Disc
DVD-ROM DVD Read Only Memory DVI- Digital Video Interface DVR- Digital Video Recorder
E
EAI- Extensible Authentication Protocol EBML- Extensible Binary Meta Language
EEPROM- Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory EFI- Extensible Firmware Interface
ELM- Electronic Mail EOF- End of File EOL- End of Line EUC- Extended UNIX Code
EXT- Extended File System
F
FAP- FORTRAN Assembly Program FAT- File Allocation Table FAQ- Frequently Asked Questions
FDD- Floppy Disk Drive FDDI- Fiber Distributed Data Interface FDMA- Frequency Division Multiple Access
FEC- Forward Error Correction FHS- File system Hierarchy Standard FIFO- First in First out
FORTRAN- Formula Translation FPS- Floating Point System FSM- Finite State Machine
FTTP- Fiber to the Premises FTP- File Transfer Protocol FXP- File Exchange Protocol
G
GB- Giga Byte GIF- Graphic Interchange Format GIGO- Garbage in Garbage Out
GIMP- GNU Image Manipulation Program GML- Geography Markup Language GUI- Graphical User Interface
GWT- Google Web Toolkit
H
HBA- Host Bus Adaptor HDD- Hard Disk Drive HD DVD- High Definition DVD
HDL- Hardware Description Language HID- Human Interface Device
HP- Hewlett-Packard HPFS- High Performance File System
HTM- Hierarchical Temporal Memory HTML- Hyper Text Markup language
HTTP- Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Hz- Hertz
I
IC- Integrated Circuit ICE- In circuit Emulator ICMP- Internet Control Message Protocol
ICP- Internet Cache Protocol IDE- Integrated Development Environment
IDL- Interface Definition Language IEEE- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
IGRP- Integrated Gateway Routing Protocol IL- Intermediate Language
IM- Instant Messenger IMAP- Internet Message Access Protocol
IP- Internet Protocol IPC- Inter Process Communication
IPL- Initial Program Load IPP- Internet Printing Protocol IPX- Internet Packet Exchange
ISA- Instruction Set Architecture ISDN- Integrated Services Digital Network ISO- International Organization for Standardization
ISP- Internet Service Provider
J
J2EE- Java 2 Enterprise Edition J2SE- Java 2 standard Edition JDBC- Java Database Connectivity
JDK- Java Development Kit JFC- Java Foundation Classes JMS- Java Message Service
JNDI- Java Naming and Directory Interface JNI- Java Native Interface JPEG- Joint Photographic Experts Group
JRE- Java Runtime Environment JS- Java Script JSP- Java Server Pages
JVM- Java Virtual Machine
K
KB- Kilo Byte KHz- Kilo Hertz KBPS- Kilo Bytes Per Second
L
LAN- Local Area Network LCD- Liquid Crystal Display LCR- Least Cost Routing
LED- Light Emitting Diode LIFO- Last in First Out LOC- Lines of Code
M
MAC- Media Access Control MAN- Metropolitan Area Network MANET- Mobile Ad-Hoc Network
MDA- Mail Delivery Agent MIB- Management Information Base MICR- Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
MIDI- Musical Instrument Digital Interface MIMD- Multiple Instruction Multiple Data
MIMO- Multiple Input Multiple Output MIPS- Million Instructions Per Second
MOSFET- Metal-Oxide Semi-conductor Field Effect Transistor MPEG- Motion Pictures Expert Group
MTA- Mail Transfer Agent MX- Mail Exchange
N
NACK- Negative Acknowledgement NAT- Network Address Translation NFS- Network File System
NOS- Network Operating System NUMA- Non-Uniform Memory Access NVR- Network Video Recorder
NVRAM- Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
O
OASIS- Organization for the advancement of Structured Information Standards ODBC- Open Data Base Connectivity
OLAP- Online Analytical Processing OLE- Object Linking and Embedding OLTP- Online Transaction Processing
OOP- Object Oriented Programming OPML- Outline Processor Markup Language ORB- Object Request Broker
OSI- Open Systems Interconnection
P
PAN- Personal Area Network PAP- Password Authentication Protocol PDA- Personal Digital Assistant
PDF- Portable Document Format PERL- Practical Extraction and Reporting Language PHP- PHP-Hypertext Preprocessor
PPI- Pixels per Inch PVR- Personal Video Recorder
Q
QA- Quality Assurance QOS- Quality of Service
R
RAM- Random Access Memory RDBMS- Relational Data Base Connectivity RDM- Relational Data Model
RDS- Remote Data Service RIP- Routing Information Protocol RMI- Remote Method Invocationn
ROM- Read Only Memory RPC- Remote Procedure Call
S
SaaS- Software as a Service SAN- Storage Area Network SAX- Simple Area for XML
SCADA- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition SCID- Source Code in Data Base
SDH- Synchronous Digital Hierarchy SDK- Software Development Kit SMS- Short Message Service
SMT- Simultaneous Multithreading SNTP- Simple Network Time Protocol SOA- Service-Oriented Architecture
SOAP- Simple Object Access Protocol SPARC- Scalable Process Architecture SQL- Structured Query Language
T
TCP- Transmission Control Protocol TCP/IP- Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol
TDMA- Time Division Multiple Access
U
UDP- User Datagram Protocol UHF- Ultra High Frequency UI- User Interface
UML- Unified Modeling Language UPS-Uninterruptible Power Supply URL- Uniform Resource Locator
USB- Universal Serial Bus
V
VBA- Virtual Basic For Application VBS- Visual Basic Script VFS- Virtual File System
VHF- Very High Frequency VLAN- Virtual Local Area Network VLF- Very Low Frequency
VM- Virtual Machine VoIP- Video over Internet Protocol
VPU- Virtual Processing Unit VSAM- Virtual Storage Access Method
W
WAFS- Web Area File Services WAN- Wide Area Network WAP- Wireless Access Point
WiMAX- World Wide Interoperability for Microwave Access WLAN- Wireless Local Area Network
WMV- Windows Media Video WPA- Wi-Fi Protected Access WWW- World Wide Web
X
XAML- Extensible Application Mark-up Language XHTML-Extensible Hyper Text Mark-up Language
XSL- Extensible Style sheet Language
Z
ZIF- Zero Insertion Force ZOI- Zero One Infinity

ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode ARP: Address Resolution Protocol BIT: Binary Digit
BIOS: Basic Input Output System CPU: Central Processing Unit CAD: Computer Aided Design
CAM: Computer Aided Manufacturing CDAC: Centre for Development of Advanced Parallel Computing
CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access COBOL: Common Business Oriented Language
DOS: Disk Operating Systems DNS: Domain Name System E-MAIL: Electronic Mail
FAX: Far Away Xerox FDD: Floppy Disk Drive FORTRAN: Formula Translation
FTP: File Transfer Protocol GIF: Graphics Interchange Format HDD: Hard Disk Drive
HTML: Hyper Text Markup Language HTTP: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
HTTPS: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure IC: Integrated Circuit ISP: Internet Service Provider
JPEG: Joint photographic Experts Group MAC: Media Access Control
MIPS: Millions of Instructions Per Second MPEG: Motion Picture Experts group
MAN: Metropolitan Area Network MODEM: Modulation Demodulation
MS-DOS: Micro Soft Disk Operating system NIC: Network Interface Card OMR: Optical Mark Reader
RAM: Random Access Memory
ROM: Read Only Memory SMS: System Management Server SAP: Service Access Point
SONET: Synchronous Optical Network UDP: User Datagram Protocol URL: Uniform Resource Locator
VLSI: Very Large scale Integrated WWW: World Wide Web Wi-Fi: Wireless Fidelity
WAN: Wide Area Network WiMAX: Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
ZIP: Zone Improvement Plan
MS WORD SHORTCUT
Ctrl + 0 Adds or removes 6 pts of spacing before a paragraph
Ctrl + A Select all contents of the page
Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection
Ctrl + C Copy selected text
Ctrl + D Open the font preferences window
Ctrl + E Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen
Ctrl + F Open find box
Ctrl + I Italic highlighted selection
Ctrl + J Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen
Ctrl + K Insert ink
Ctrl + L Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen
Ctrl + M Indent the paragraph
Ctrl + P Open the print window
Ctrl + R Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen
Ctrl + T Create a hanging indent
Ctrl + U Underline the highlighted selection
Ctrl + V Paste
Ctrl + X Cut selected text
Ctrl + Y Redo the last action performed
Ctrl + Z Undo Last Action
Ctrl + Shift + L Quickly create a bullet point
Ctrl +Shift + F Change the font
Ctrl + Shift + > Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increases
font +2pts
Ctrl + ] Increases selected fonts +1pts
Ctrl +Shift + < Decrease selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower, if above 12
decreases font by +2pt
Ctrl + [ Decrease selected font -1pts
Ctrl + / + C Insert a cent sign
Ctrl +Shift + * View or hide non printing characters
Ctrl + <left arrow> Moves one word to left
Ctrl + <right arrow> Moves one word to right
Ctrl + <up arrow> Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph
Ctrl + <down arrow> Moves to the end of the paragraph
Ctrl + Del Deletes word to the right of cursor
Ctrl + Backspace Deletes word to the left of cursor
Ctrl + End Moves the cursor to the end of the documents
Ctrl + Home Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document
Ctrl + Spacebar Reset highlighted text to the default font
Ctrl + 1 Single-space lines
Ctrl + 2 Double-space lines
Ctrl + 5 1.5-line spacing
Ctrl + Alt + 1 Changes text to heading 1
Ctrl + Alt + 2 Changes text to heading 2
Ctrl + Alt + 3 Changes text to heading 3
Alt + Ctrl + F2 Open new document
Ctrl + F1 Open the task pane
Ctrl + F2 Display the print preview
Ctrl + Shift + > Increases the highlighted text size by one
Ctrl + Shift + < Decreases the highlighted text size by one
Ctrl + Shift + F6 Opens to another open Microsoft Word Document
Ctrl + Shift + F12 Prints the document
F1 Open help
F4 Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)
F5 Open the find, replace, and go to the window in
Microsoft Word
F7 Spellcheck and grammar check selected text or
document
F12 Save as
Shift + F3 Change the text in Microsoft word from uppercase to
lowercase or a capital letter at the beginning of the every
word
Shift + F7 Runs a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted
Shift + F12 Save
Shift + Enter Create a soft break instead of new paragraph
Shift + Insert Paste
Shift + Alt + D Insert the current date
Shift + Alt + T Insert the current time
Click ,hold and drag Selects text from where you click and hold to the
point you drag and let go
Double-click If double-click a word, selects the complete word
Triple click Selects the line or paragraph of the text the mouse triple-
clicked
MS EXCEL
F3 After a name has been created F3 will paste names

F5 Go to a specific cell. For example, C6

F7 Spell check selected text or document

F11 Create chart from selected data

Ctrl + Shift + ; Enter the current time

Ctrl + ; Enter the current date

Alt + Shift + F1 Insert new worksheet

Shift + F3 Open the Excel formula window

Shift + F5 Bring up search box

Ctrl + A Select all contents of the worksheet

Ctrl + B Bold highlighted section

Ctrl + I Italic highlighted section

Ctrl + K Insert link

Ctrl + U Underline highlighted section

Ctrl + 1 Change the format of selected cells

Ctrl + 5 Strike through highlighted section

Ctrl + P Bring up the print dialogue box to begin printing

Ctrl + Z Undo last action

Ctrl + F3 Open Excel Name Manager

Ctrl + F9 Minimize current window

Ctrl + F10 Maximize currently selected window

Ctrl + F6 Switch between open work books or windows

Ctrl + Page up Move between Excel work sheets in the same Excel
document

Ctrl + page down Move between Excel worksheets in the same Excel
document

Ctrl + Tab Move between two or more open Excel document

Alt + = Create a formula to sum all of the above cells

Ctrl + Insert the value of the above cell into cell currently
selected

Ctrl + Shift + ! Format number in comma format

Ctrl + Shift + $ Format number in currency format

Ctrl + Shift + # Format number in date format

Ctrl + Shift + % Format number in percentage format

Ctrl + Shift + ^ Format number in scientific format

Ctrl + Shift + @ Format number in time format

Ctrl + Arrow key Move to the next selection on text

Ctrl + Space Select entire column

Shift + Space Select entire row

Ctrl + - Delete the selected column or row

Ctrl + shift + = Insert a new column or row

Ctrl + Home Move to cell A1

Ctrl + ~ Switch between showing Excel formulas or their values in
cells

POWER POINT
Ctrl +Shift +F6 Go to previous presentation window
Ctrl + F6 Go to next presentation window
Alt + F10 Maximize power point application window
Ctrl + F10 Maximize presentation window
Ctrl + F5 Restore presentation to previous size
Backspace Delete character left
Ctrl + Backspace Delete word left
Delete Delete character right
Ctrl + Delete Delete word right
Ctrl + X Cut
Ctrl + C Copy
Ctrl + V Paste
Ctrl + Z Undo
Ctrl + N Open new presentation
Ctrl + O Open existing presentation
Ctrl + W Close
Ctrl + S Save
F12 Save as
Ctrl + P Print
Ctrl + Q Exit power point
Ctrl + Y Redo
Ctrl +D Duplicate
Ctrl + F Find
Ctrl + H Replace
Ctrl + Shift + F7 Update links
Ctrl + G Show guides
Shift + Click view button Switch to master view
Ctrl + M Create new slide
Ctrl + Shift + M Create new slide without new slide dialog
Alt+ Shift + D Add date
Alt + Shift + P Add page number
Alt + Shift + T Add time
Ctrl + T Format character
Ctrl + E Center paragraph
Ctrl + J Justify paragraph
Ctrl + L Left align paragraph
Ctrl + R Right align paragraph
Left arrow One character left
Right arrow One character right
Up arrow One line up
Down arrow One line down
Ctrl + left arrow One word left
Ctrl + right arrow One word right
End To end of line
Home To beginning of line
Ctrl + up arrow Up one paragraph
Ctrl + down arrow Down one paragraph
Ctrl + end To end of page
Ctrl + Home To start of page
Shift + Tab To previous object
Tab To next object
Shift + F4 Repeat find or go to
B Black or un black screen
W White or un white screen
S Show or hide the arrow pointer
Esc End slide show
E Erase drawing on-screen
H Go to next slide if it is hidden
T Rehearse with new timings

O Rehearse with original timings
M Rehearse with mouse-click advance
Ctrl + P Change pointer to pen
Ctrl + A Change pen to pointer