ACRONYMS

Some famous acronyms used in regular life which I forget very often.

Sharing here so that many others also can rewind these words..

SIM card - Subscriber Identity Module card

SMS - Short Message Service

ISD - International Subscriber Dialling

STD - Subscriber Trunk Dialling /Sexually Transmitted Disease

ATM - Automated Teller Machine / Any Time Money

FM radio - Frequency Modulation radio

CD - Compact Disc

PC - Personal Computer / Police Constable

AC - Air Conditioner / Alternating Current / Assistant Commissioner

HD - High Definition

DVD - Digital Versatile Disc

MP3/MPEG3 - Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer 3

LED TV - Light Emitting Diode Television

LCD TV - Liquid Crystal Display Television

GSM - Global System for Mobile Communications

RAM - Random Access Memory

ROM - Read Only Memory

SMPS - Switched Mode Power Supply

CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access

ICU - Intensive Care Unit

CPU - Central Processing Unit

AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

PCO - Public Call Office

OMR - Optical Mark Recognition / Optical Mark Reading

OCR - Optical Character Recognition

VCR - Video Cassette Recorder

CT scan - X-ray Computed Tomography scan, also Computed Tomography (CT) or Computed Axial Tomography (CAT)

IAS - Indian Administrative Service

FIR - First Information Report

IPS - Indian Police Service

CBI - Central Bureau Of Investigation

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation

MBBS - Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

MD - Doctor of Medicine / Managing Director

Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy

WWW - World Wide Web
LAN - Local Area Network

URL - Uniform Resource Locator or Universal Resource Locator

SD card - Secure Digital memory card
NASSCOM – National Association of Software and Service Companies
TNAU – Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
DPA – Democratic Progressive Alliance
AICTE – All India Council for Technical Education

Still so many words are there which we may not get to tongue tip. May be if we start using the full form instead of abbreviations or acronyms we will start remembering them.