Computer Full Form and Related Full Forms, Abbreviations

The term Computer has no full form which means it is not considered as an acronym. This word is taken from a Latin word ‘computare’ meaning “to sum up”, “to count” or “to calculate”. So, we can see that, it is has some meaning of its own and is nothing but a word.

We have heard many hypothetical full forms regarding computer. The most popular full form of Computer which is used in many purpose is ‘Common Operating Machine Purposely Used for Technological and Education Research’. This full form has no proper meaning for which it is used.

Computer, an electronic device, calculations are done using this machine without wasting much time. This was the main purpose at the initial time of invention as calculation required lots of space.

In the recent scenario, we can perform logical and arithmetic functions in the computer which perform operations as per the given instructions. The works performed by a computer is totally correct.

The father of computer, Charles Babbage, plans to develop an analytical engine and in the coming times, it is popular as the computer.

Types of Computer

As per the capability of handling data, computer can be classified into three types such as Analogue Computer, Digital Computer, Hybrid Computer.

Analogue Computer: This type of computers is designed in such as a way that process the analogue data. Data changes frequently within a fixed given values.

Digital Computer: The design of digital computer is such that are able to calculate and logical operations in just few seconds.

Hybrid Computer: As the name indicate, it is a combination of analogue and digital computer. It can perform very fast like analogue computer and, memory and accuracy is similar to the digital computer.

Generation of Computer

Generation of computers indicates the improvement of computer technology over time. Electronic Circuits were introduced used to perform operation like counting in 1946. Instead of Mechanical parts which were used in the previous system, electronic circuit pathways were developed.

First Generation Computer

In the computers of first generation, the CPU and memory mainly consists of vacuum tubes which were very expensive, slow and huge in size. Batch operating system and punch cards were the basic foundation of this type of computers.

Some familiar first generation computers are ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer), UNIVACI (Universal Automatic Computer), IBM-701, IBM-650.

Second Generation Computer

Transistors were used in the second generation computers which is compact, cheap and require very less power. It performs operation faster than the previous generation i.e. first generation.

To process program and various operations, there are some assembly and program languages are used such as COBOL and FORTRAN, in the second generation computers.

Some familiar second generation computers are IBM 1620, IBM 7094, CDC 1604, CDC 3600, UNIVAC 1108.

Third Generation Computer

Integrated circuits (ICs) replaced the transistors in the third generation computers. The power of computer was increased with less cost. This time computer is more advanced having reliability, efficiency and the size is also decreased.

COBOL, ALGOL-68, FORTRON-II TO IV are some high-level program languages were used in the computers of third generation.

Example of some computer of this series are IBM-360 series, Honeywell-6000 series, PDP (Personal Data Processor), IBM-370/168, TDC-316.

Fourth Generation Computer

Very large scale integrated (VLSI) circuits was the main feature of the fourth generation computers. A chip made up of millions of transistors and other required elements.

Computers of this generation are fur more modified with more compact, fast, powerful and affordable. Some more developed languages such as DBASE, C, C++ become more popular and used in the fourth generation computers.

Some of the fourth generation computers are DEC 10, STAR 1000, PDP 11, CRAY-1(Super Computer), CRAY-X-MP (Super Computer).

Fifth Generation Computer

ULSI (Ultra Large Scale Integration) was used instead of VLSI technology in the fifth generation computers. During this time microprocessor chips were made using electronic components of approximately ten million. Programing languages like Java, .net, C++, C were used in the fifth generation computers.

Some popular types of the fifth generation computers are Desktop, Laptop, Notebook, Ultrabook, Chromebook.

Different Parts of Computer

There are many parts which is in combination makes a computer and is classified as software and hardware.

Hardware

Hardware parts of a computer is defined as the physical part of the computer. Some of the hardware parts of a computer are mouse, keyboard, monitor etc.

We will briefly discuss about the different hardware parts of a computer.

Motherboard

This is the essential part of a computer and all the processor of a computer is attached to the it. All the ports that are used for connection both output as well as input devices are situated near motherboard.

CPU/Processor

CPU is popularly known as the brain of the computer. Its main operation is to process the data and provide us the results.

RAM

The full form of RAM is Random Access Memory. It is responsible to save all the activities we perform on the computer but erased when we close it.

Hard Drive

All the essential information is saved to the hard drive we used in the computer. Other than this, all the software we install in the computer is saved in the hard drive.

Software Used in Computer

Software is a system of instructions that inform a computer how to operate. To perform various essential tasks in computer we must install software. The main and important software is the OS or Operating System of the computer.

The most popular operating system is Microsoft windows, otherwise iOS, Linux and Ubuntu are also famous.

For different purpose, various types of software are used. Some of the popular software are MS PowerPoint, MS Office, Photoshop, etc.

Advantage of Computer

We cannot imagine our life without computer and influenced our daily life in large extent. Some of the advantage of computer are:

• We are able to perform multiple tasks at a certain time and thousands of instructions are followed by computers.

• Accuracy of performance by a computer is very high and it follows the instruction that are given to it.

• Another advantage of computer is its speed. Modern version of computer can do lots of things within very sort moment.

From the above discussion, we can understand that computer has no definite full form. But, there are some full form of computer that are in trend.

A to Z Computer Related Full Form

The computer is the most important and useful device. We use computer every day with many abbreviations, so let’s know the full form of some abbreviations.

Computer Hardware Related full form

Acronyms	Full Form
CD	Compact Disk
CPU	Central Processing Unit
DVD	Digital Video Disk
FDD	Floppy Disk Drive
HDMI	High Definition Multimedia
LCD	Liquid Crystal Display
LED	Light Emitting Diode
MMC	Multi-Media Card
NTFS	New Technology File System
Prom	Programmable Read-Only Memory
RAM	Random Access Memory
ROM	Read-only Memory
SMPS	Switch Mode Power Supply
UPS	Uninterrupted Power Supply
USB	Universal Serial Bus
VDU	Visual Display Unit
VGA	Video Graphics Array

Computer Software Related full form

Acronyms	Full Form
BIOS	Basic Input Output System
ALU	Arithmetic Logic Unit
DVI	Digital Visual Interface
OS	Operating System
VIRUS	Vital Information Resources Under

Memory or Storage Related full form

Acronyms	Full Form
EB	EXA Byte
GB	Giga Byte
HDD	Hard Disk Drive
KB	Kilo Byte
MB	Mega Byte
PB	Penta Byte
SSD	Solid State Drive
TB	Tera Byte
ZB	Zeta Byte

Programming Languages full forms

Acronyms	Full Form
ASP	Active Server Pages
BASIC	Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
CLX	Component Library for Cross Platform
COBOL	Common Business-Oriented Language
Fortran	Formula Translation
GW-BASIC	Graphics and Windows Beginner‘s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
PERL	Practical Extraction and Report Language
QBASIC	Quick Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
SMIL	Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
SQL	Structured Query Language
VB	Visual Basic
VBS	Visual Basic Script
XBL	XML Binding Language
XML	Extensible Mark-up Language

Networking Related full form

Acronyms	Full Form
2G	2nd Generation
3G	3rd Generation
4G	4th Generation
5G	5th Generation
WiFi	Wireless Fidelity
WAN	Wide Area Network
WLAN	Wireless Local Area Network
DNS	Domain Name System
HTML	Hyper Text Markup Language
IP	Internet Protocol
ISP	Internet Service Provider
VPS	Virtual Private Server
URL	Uniform Resource Locator
GSM	Global System for Mobile Communication
CDMA	Code Division Multiple Access
SIM	Subscriber Identity Module
WWW	World Wide Web
GPRS	General Packet Radio Service

Computer File Format Related full form

Acronyms	Full Form
3GP	3GPP file format
AAC	Advanced Audio Coding
abs	Abscissa Data File
AIFF	Audio Interchange File Format
AMR	Adaptive Multi-Rate
ASF	Advanced Systems Format
ASI	Asynchronous Serial Interface
AVC	Advanced Video Coding
AVI	Audio Video Interleave
CBR	Constant Bitrate
CCE	Cinema Craft Encoder
COD	Compiled Source Code
Code	Coder Decoder
CSV	The comma-separated values
dmg	Disk Image
doc	Document
DVI	Digital Video Interactive
DWG	Drawing
EFX	Electronic Fax
EPS	Encapsulated PostScript
EXE	Executable
FLAC	Free Lossless Audio Codec
FLV	Flash Video
GIF	The Graphics Interchange Format
HD	High Definition
IRF	Intrasis Raw File
JAD	Java Application Descriptor
JAR	Java Archive
JPEG	Joint Photographic Experts Group
MKV	Matroska Video
MP3	MPEG Audio Layer III
MP4	MPEG-4
MPEG	Motion Picture Experts Group
MSI	Microsoft Installer
OSS	Open Sound System
PDF	Portable Document Format
PNG	Portable Network Graphics
PPT	PowerPoint Presentation
PSD	Photoshop Document
QIF	Quicken Interchange Format
RAR	Roshal Archive
SIS	Software Installation Script
SWF	Shockwave Flash
SWP	Swap File
TIFF	Tagged Image File Format
UHD	Ultra High Definition
VBR	Variable Bit Rate
VOB	Video Object
WAV	Waveform Audio File Format
WMA	Windows Media Audio
WMV	Windows Media Video
xACT	X Audio Compression Toolkit
XLS	Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet

Computer Courses Related full form

Acronyms	Full Form
ADCA	Advance Diploma in Computer Application
BCA	Bachelor of Computer Application
PGDCA	Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application
COPA	Computer Operator cum Programming Assistant
CSE	Computer Science Engineering
DCA	Diploma in Computer Application
DCE	Diploma in Computer Engineering
IT	Information Technology
MCA	Master of Computer Application

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