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UPSC important Computer Questions


Important computer Abbreviations (computer short forms)

LAN = Local Area Network

WAN = Wide Area Network

MAN = Metropolitan Area Network

VAN = Value Add Network

URL = Uniform Resource Locator

MS-DOS = Micro Soft Disk Operating System

OCR = Optical Character Recognition

UUCP = Unix to Unix Copy

IBM = International Business Machine

DBMS = Data Base Management System

ROM = Read Only Memory

RAM = Random-access memory

BASIC = Beginners All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

VIRUS = Vital Information Resources Under Siege

* HTTPS = Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

* SMTP = Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

* DSL = Digital Subscriber Line

* ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange

* COBOL = Common Business Oriented Language

* DNS = Domain Name System

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