- ALU: Arithmetic Logic Unit
- ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- BCD: Binary Coded Decimal
- CAD: Computer Aided Design
- CD: Compact Disc
- C-DOT: Centre for Development of Telematics
- CLASS: Computer Literacy and Studies in School
- C-DAC: Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
- DOS: Disk Operating System
- DTP: Desk Top Publishing
- ENIAC: Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator
- HTML: Hyper Text Markup Language
- HTTP: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
- IBM: International Business Machine
- ISDN: Integrated Service Digital Network
- ISP: Internet Service Provider
- LAN: Local Area Network
- MIME: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
- MIPS: Million Instructions Per Second
- MODEM: Modulator – Demodulator
- NTP: Network Time Protocol
- ODBC: Open Database Connectivity
- OLE: Object Linking and Embedding
- SQL: Standard Query Language
- VDU: Visual Display Unit
- WAN: Wide Area Networks
- WWW: World Wide Web
- RAM: Random Access Memory
- ROM: Read Only Memory
- URL: Uniform Resource Locator
- CPU: Central Processing Unit
- FAT: File Allocation Table
- IC: Integrated Circuit
- E-Mail: Electronic Mail
- BASIC: Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
- CRT: Cathode Ray Table
- LCD: Liquid Crystal Display
- HD: Hard Drive / High Definition
- CD-ROM: Compact Disk Read Only Memory
- OCR: Optical Character Reader / Recognition
- MICR: Magnetic Ink Character Reader / Recognition
- LED: Light Emitting Diode
- BCD: Binary Coded Decimal
- MAR: Memory Address Register
- PROM: Programmable Read Only Memory
- EPROM: Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
- DBMS: Data Base Management System
- RDBMS: Relational Data Base Management System
- EDP: Electronic Data Processing
- PC: Personal Computer
- VLSI: Very Large Scale Integration
- ANSI: American National Standards Institute
- HLL: High Level Language
- CGA: Colour Graphics Adapter
- VGA: Video Graphics Array