Do you want full forms and short forms for the most important general, conversational, computers, network, hardwares, programming, software, or any internet-related?
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Here:
We have gathered all of the full forms & short forms by category, so it will be easy to look at what you came for.
Full Forms & Short Forms
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- Full forms we use while Chatting
- General Full Forms (Daily Life)
- Hardware Parts Full Forms
- Networking Related Full Forms
- Computer’s Full Form
- Internet & Programming Language Full Forms
- Software’s Full Forms
- Other Technologies Full Forms
- Top Brands Full Forms
- Domain Extensions List
- Files Extensions List
Let’s start with the abbreviations list that everyone should know.
Abbreviations/Short form we use while chatting
In our daily conversations with friends or colleagues, we receive some abbreviations to convey our message in a short form that saves us some time and effort in typing.
In this list, we will look at all the full forms that we use while chatting.
Short Form | Full-Form |
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ASAP | As Soon As Possible |
AKA | Also Known As |
BTW | By the Way |
DIY | Do it Yourself |
FAQ | Frequently asked Questions |
WTF | What the Fuck |
WTH | What the Hell / What the Heck |
WFM | Works for Me |
LOL | Laughing Out Loud / Laugh Out Loud |
AMA | Ask Me Anything |
A2A | Ask to Answer |
D.M. | Direct Message |
PM | Private Message |
QA Session | Question Answer Session |
ICYMI | In Case You Missed It |
IMO / IMHO | In My Opinion / In My Humble Opinion |
TL;DR | Too Long; Didn’t Read |
U | You |
4U | For You |
U.R. | Your |
F2F | Face to face |
N8 | Face to face |
N.P. | No Problem |
T.C. | Take care |
ASAIC | As Soon As I Can |
OK | Oll Korrect.(jokey misspelling of “All Correct”) |
TIL | Today I Learned |
P.S. | Post Script |
T.Y. | Thank You |
T.Q. | Thank You |
ASL | Tell me your Age, Sex, and Location |
G.M. | Good Morning |
G.E. | Good Evening |
G.N. | Good Night |
JFY | Just For You |
MTUK | More Than You Know |
OSLT | Or Something Like That |
ACC | Actually |
ACE | Excellent or Great |
AFS | Always Forever and Seriously |
AUO | I don’t know |
A.W. | Anyway |
B4 | Before |
BBS | Be Back Soon |
BBL | Be Back Later |
BBN | Be Back Never |
B.F. | Boy Friend |
G.F. | Girlfriend |
BFF | Best Friend Forever |
BOT | Back On Topic |
BBZ | Babes |
CYL | Catch You Later |
KL | Cool |
K | Okay |
CYL | Catch You Later |
JLT | Just Like That |
J4U | Just For You |
J4L | Just For Laugh |
J4F | Just For Fun |
IK | I Know |
IIL | I’m in Love |
IHS | I Hope So |
IB | I’m Back |
IAS | In a Second |
hmm | Thinking |
HHOJ | Ha Ha, Only Joking |
HHOK | Ha Ha, Only Kidding |
HHVF | Ha Ha, Very Funny |
ROFL | Rolling on the floor laughing |
O.P. | Original Poster, Original Post |
O.T. | Off-Topic |
OTOH | On the other Hand |
POV | Point of View |
ROTFL | Rolling on the Floor Laughing |
SFLR | Sorry for the late Reply |
TIA | Thanks in Advance |
TBC | To be Continued / To be Confirmed |
TBA | To be Announced |
TYVM | Thank You Very Much |
TYT | Take your Time |
TTYL | Talk to you Later |
WRT | With Regard to |
YAM | Yet Another Meeting |
YMMD | You made my day |
General Full Forms
In this list, we have gathered the most common abbreviations that we encounter in our daily life.
Short Form | Full-Form |
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AM | Anno Meridian |
PM | Post Meridian |
PAN | Permanent Account Number. |
DOB | Date Of Birth |
RTI | Right to Information |
DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
ETA | Estimated Time of Arrival |
TRP | Television Rating Point |
QR Code | Quick Response Code |
IST | India Standard Time |
GMT | Greenwich Mean Time |
FOREX | Foreign Exchange |
R & D | Research and Development |
IPO | Initial Public Offering |
B2B | Business to Business |
CTC | Cost To Company |
B2C | Business to Consumer |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
CFO | Chief Financial Officer |
NRI | Non-Resident Indian |
CTC | Cost To Company |
NEFT | National Electronic Funds Transfer |
BPO | Business Process Outsourcing |
SMS | Short Messaging Service |
PhD | Doctor of Philosophy |
i.e | Id Est (That is to say) |
Hardware Parts
In this list, We have gathered all the list of abbreviations related to the computers hardware category, if you find any other one, do recommend us to add it here.
Short Form | Full Form |
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AMD | Advanced Micro Devices |
ATA | Advanced Technology Attachment |
ATX | Advanced Technology Extended |
CD | Compact Disc |
CD-ROM | Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory |
CD-RW | Compact Disc-Rewritable |
Computer | Commonly Operated Machine Particularly Used In Technical And Educational Research |
CPU | Central Processing Unit |
DVD | Digital Versatile Disc |
DVD-ROM | Digital Video Disc-Random Access Memory |
DVD-ROM | Digital Video Disc-Read Only Memory |
DVD-R | Digital Video Disc-Recordable |
DVD-RW | Digital Video Disc-Rewritable |
DDR | Double Data-Rate |
DDR RAM | Double Data-Rate Random Access Memory |
FDD | Floppy Disk Drive |
HDD | Hard Disk Drive |
HDMi | High Definition Media Interface |
IDE | Integrated Drive Electronics |
LCD | Liquid Crystal Display |
LED | Light Emitting Diode |
RAM | Random Access Memory |
ROM | Read-Only Memory |
HDD | Hard Disk Drive |
FDD | Floppy Disk Drive |
PCI | Peripheral Component Interconnect |
SSD | Solid State Disk |
SMPS | Switch Mode Power Supply |
USB | Universal Serial Bus |
VGA | Video Graphics Array |
VRAM | Video Random Access Memory |
Networking
If you are a networking student or you know some networking staff, the following full forms will help you in your college and day-to-day work and life.
Short Form | Full-Form |
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2G | The second generation of mobile phone standards and technology |
3G | The third generation of mobile phone standards and technology |
4G | 4th generation of mobile phone standards and technology |
FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
GPRS | General Packet Radio System |
GSM | Global System For Mobile Communications |
IMAP | Internet Message Access Protocol |
LAN | Local Area Network |
I.P. | Internet Protocol |
IPCONFIG | Internet Protocol Configuration |
MAC | Media Access Control |
MAN | Metropolitan Area Network |
POP | Post Office Protocol |
POP3 | Post Office Protocol 3 |
PPP | Point-To-Point Protocol |
PPTP | Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol |
NetBIOS | Networked Basic Input Output System |
NetBEUI | Networked Basic Input/Output System Extended User Interface |
SMTP | Simple Mail Transport Protocol |
VPN | Virtual Private Network |
WAN | Wide Area Network |
WAP | Wireless Application Protocol |
WIFI | Wireless Fidelity |
WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network |
Inside Computer
If you are a computer science student or user, you might have encountered many terms (abbreviation) that sometimes bounce off our heads when we hear or read. Then the following list of acronyms related to inside the computer will help you.
We have placed every full-form word and sentence related to computer or some mobile terms that you should know inside this list.
Short Form | Full-Form |
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API | Application Programming Interfaces |
BIOS | Basic Input/Output System |
CMOS | Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor |
DNS | Domain Name Service Or Domain Name Server |
DPI | Dots Per Inch |
DVI | Digital Visual Interface |
FAT | File Allocation Table |
FAT12 | 12-Bit File Allocation Table |
FAT16 | 16-Bit File Allocation Table |
FAT32 | 32-Bit File Allocation Table |
FPS | Frame Per Second |
EMI | Electromagnetic Interference |
G.B. | Gigabyte |
Gbps | Gigabytes per second or Gigabits per second |
GHz | Gigahertz |
GUI | Graphical User Interface |
I/O | Input & Output |
Mbps | MegaBytes per second |
KBps | KiloBytes Per Second |
K.B. | Kilobyte |
MB | Megabyte |
G.B. | Gigabyte |
T.B. | Terabyte |
4 Bits | 1 Nibble |
8 Bits | 1 Byte |
1024 Bytes | 1 KiloByte (K.B.) |
1024 KB | 1 MegaByte ( MB ) |
1024 MB | 1 GigaByte (G.B.) |
1024 GB | 1 TeraByte (T.B.) |
1024 TB | 1 Peta Byte (P.B.) |
1024 PB | 1 Exa Byte (E.B.) |
1024 EB | 1 Zetta Byte (Z.B.) |
1024 ZB | 1 Yotta Byte (Y.B.) |
MHz | Megahertz |
MP3 | Moving Picture Experts Group Layer 3 Audio |
MPEG | Moving Picture Experts Group |
MSCONFIG | Microsoft Configuration |
NTFS | New Technology File System |
NTLDR | New Technology Loader |
OMR | Optical Mark Recognition |
RGB | Red Green Blue |
TXT | TEXT |
SD | SECURE DIGITAL |
PC | Personal Computer |
O.S. | Operating System |
VDU | Visible Display Unit |
XGA | Extended Graphics Array |
ZIP | Zigzag Inline Package |
Internet or Programming Related
Of course, you use the internet, and that’s the way you came to this page.
It list the full forms that we encounter when we use the internet or become software developers.
Short Form | Full-Form |
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HTML | Hypertext Markup Language |
HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
HTTPS | Hypertext Transfer Protocol Over Secure Sockets Layer |
PHP | Hypertext Preprocessor |
XML | Extensible Markup Language |
CSS | Cascading Style Sheets |
SASS | Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets |
JS | JavaScript |
Node | Node.js |
.Vue | Vue.js Frontend Framework |
Go | Go Programming Language |
.md | Markdown file |
.ts | Typescript |
AJAX | Asynchronous JavaScript And XML |
PERL | Practical Extraction and Reporting Language |
U.I. | User Interface |
UX | User Experience |
ASP | Active Server Pages |
RSS | Really Simple Syndication |
SQL | Structured Query Language |
NET | Internet |
W.P. | WordPress |
WWW | World Wide Web |
Softwares
You may be using lots of software, and sometimes you see the software icon on your friends’ computer or someone else.
And you see the text written on that icon, but you didn’t understand what would be that icon’s text full form.
So:
It is the list of most software’s full form.
Short Form | Full Form |
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Ps | Photoshop |
Ai | Illustrator |
Lr | Lightroom |
Be | Behance |
T | Typekit |
Au | Adobe Audition |
Br | Bridge |
Co | Edge Code |
Fw | Fireworks |
Ic | InCopy |
Mu | Adobe Muse |
Bc | Business Catalyst |
In | Edge Inspect |
Fb | Flash Builder |
Id | InDesign |
Pl | Prelude |
Pr | Premiere Pro |
CC | Creative Cloud |
Rf | Edge Reflow |
Fl | Flash Professional |
P | Prosite |
Sc | Adobe Scout |
Wf | Edge Web Fonts |
Sg | SpeedGrade |
Ae | After Effects |
Dw | Dreamweaver |
Bd | PhoneGap Build |
St | Story Plus |
W | Winword |
X | Excel |
O | Outlook |
P | PowerPoint |
N | OneNote |
A | Access |
Other Technologies
There are some short forms you see when you come to the field of tech.
So here we have listed some full forms related to tech.
Short Form | Full-Form |
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ATM | Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
I.T. | Information Technology |
IEEE | Institute Of Electrical And Electronics Engineers |
ISO | International Standards Organization |
POST | Power ON Self Test |
Top Brands Full Forms
Do you know some of the top brands that you see daily and use also have short forms and full forms?
I bet you might know it.
So here we have shared with you top Brands’ abbreviations forms and short forms.
Let’s look at it.
Short Form | Full-Form |
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Google is not an abbreviation. | |
YAHOO | Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle |
INTEL | Integrated Electronics |
L.G. | Life’s Good |
IBM | International Business Machines Corporation |
H.P. | Hewlett-Packard |
IBM | International Business Machines |
AUDI | Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt |
BMW | Bavarian Motor Works |
AMW | Asian Motor Works |
CNN | Cable News Network |
IBN | Indian Broadcasting Network |
WIPRO- | Western Indian Products |
MRF | Madras Rubber Factory |
TVS | T.V Sundaram(Co-Founder) |
BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
AMUL | Anand Milk Union Limited |
ICICI | Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India |
ESPN | Entertainment and Sport Programming Network |
KFC | Kentucky Fried Chicken |
TED | Technology, Entertainment and Design |
IMDb | The Internet Movie Database |
ISD | International Subscriber Dialing |
Adidas | Adolf ‘Adi’ Dassler |
DELL | Digital Electronic Link Library |
ACER | Acquisition Collaboration experimentation Reflection |
ONGC | Oil & Natural Gas Corporation |
Domain Name Extensions
When we browse websites, we encounter too many different (dot) domain extensions, and we get confused what’s the meaning of it or why that domain extension named it, and what purpose those domain extensions are. So in this list, I also wanted to share with you some domains extensions abbreviations list that will clear your doubt and help you remember the extension of the domains easily.
So here it goes:
Abbreviation (Extensions) | Full Forms |
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.com | Commercial Internet Sites |
.net | Internet Administrative Site |
.org | Organization Site |
.edu | Education Sites |
.firm | Business Site |
.gov | Government Site |
.dev | Developer |
.int | International Institutions |
.mil | Military Site |
.mobi | Mobile Phone Site |
.int | International Organizations |
.io | Indian Ocean (British Indian Ocean Territory) |
.mil | U.S. Military |
.store | A Retail Business |
.web | Internet Site that is about the World Wide Web |
.tech | Technology |
.in | India |
.au | Australia |
.ae | Arab Emirates |
.sa | Saudi Arabia |
.us | United States |
.uk | United Kingdom |
.kh | Cambodia |
.th | Thailand |
.cn | China |
.vn | Vietnam |
.jp | Japan |
.sg | Singapore |
.nz | New Zealand |
.my | Malaysia |
File Extensions Full Forms
If you guys ever encounter these, .pdf, .ppt, .docx, .txt etc file’s Extensions, you should consider looking ours below extensions list.
These are the most common file’s extensions full forms:
Short Form | Full Form |
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.txt | Text/Plain |
.docx | Document (without Macros) |
.docm | Document (with Macros) |
.ppt | PowerPoint Presentation |
.csv | Comma Separated Values |
Portable Document Format | |
.gif | Graphics Interchange Format |
.xd | Adobe XD Document |
.mpeg | Moving Picture Experts Group |
.wmv | Windows Media Video |
.flv | Flash Video |
.avi | Audio Video Interleave |
.mp4 | MPEG Layer 4 |
.psd | Photoshop Document |
.ai | Illustrator Document |
.cdr | Corel Draw Document |
.sketch | Sketch Document |
.asf | Advanced Systems Format |
.rar | It is an archive file format that supports data compression |
.divX | Digital Video Express (DivX-encoded Movie) |
.mp3 | MPEG Audio Layer 3 |
.aiff | Audio Interchange File Format |
.bmp | Windows Bitmap |
.dart | Dart Language File |
.go | Go Language file |
.r | R Language file |
.m3u | Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer 3 Uniform Resource Locator This file format is like an extension for Mp3 as it is used in it. |
.wav | Waveform PCM Audio |
.wma | Windows Media Audio |
.bwf | Broadcast Wave Format |
.dat | Digital Audio Tape |
.vue | Vue.js (Document) |
.py | Python Document (File) |
.ts | TypeScript (Document) |
.js | Javascript (Document) |
.sub | Subtitle File |
.me | Readme Text File |
.fdr | Final Draft Document |
.bat | Microsoft’s Batch Processing |
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