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
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
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.