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JCB Joseph Cyril Bamford
MRF Madras Rubber Factory
RTO Regional Transport Office/ Road Transport Office
SUV Sport Utility Vehicle
TVS Thirukkurungudi Vengaram Sundram
CRDI Common Rail Direct Injection
TDI Turbocharged Direct Injection
DTSI Digital Twin Spark Ignition
VTVT Variable Timing Valve Train
MPFI Multi Point Fuel Injection
ABS Anti Lock Braking
SOHC Single Over Head Camshaft
DOHC Double Overhead Camshaft
SUV Sport Utility Vehicle
MUV Multi Utility Vehicle
SAE Society of Automotive Engineers
HCV Heavy Commercial Vehicle
LCV Light Commercial Vehicle
CVTI Charged motion Variable Time Ignition
CCVTI Controlled Combustion Variable Timing Ignition
EBD Electronic Brakeforce Distribution
BHP Brake Horse Power
BMEP Brake Mean Effective Pressure
BSFC Brake Specific Fuel Consumption
CC Cubic Capacity
CDI Capacitor Discharge Ignition
C.I ENGINE Compression Ignition Engine
CNG Compressed Natural Gas
DFI Digital Fuel Injection
DI ENGINE Direct Injection Engine
EC ENGINE External Combustion Engine
FHP Frictional Horse Power
GVW Gross Vehicle Weight
HVAC Heating ventilating and Air Conditioning
IC ENGINE Internal Combustion Engine
IHP Indicated Horse Power
IMEP Indicated Mean Effective Pressure
ISFC Indicated Specific Fuel Consumption
KPH Kilometer Per Hour
KPL Kilometer Per Liter
OHV Over Head Valve
SFC Specific Fuel Consumption
SI ENGINE Spark Ignition Engine
VDB Ventilated Disc Brake
VVTI Variable Valve Timing
4WD Four Wheel Drive(FWD
ZWD Two Wheel Drive
TC Traction Control
ESC Electronic Stability Control
ARAI Automotive Research Association of India
EGR Exhaust Gas Recirculation
EVRV Electronic Vacuum Regulator Valve
WGT Waste Gas Turbocharger
VGT Variable Geometry Turbocharger
SRS Supplemental Restraint System
GOOGLE Global Organisation Of Oriented Group Language of Earth
APPLE Asian Passenger Payload Experiment.
HP Hewlett-Packard
IBM International Business Machines Corporation.
HCL Hindustan Computer Limited.
WIPRO Western India Product Limited.
GE General Electronics
INFOSYS Information System.
TCS Tata Consultancy Services.
AOL American Online.
BPL British Process Laboratory
INTEL Integrated Electronics
CISCO Computer Information System Company.
DELL Michael DELL.
SONY Sound Of New York.
AMD Advance micro devices.
HTC High Tech Computer
LENOVO LE(Legend), NOVO(New)
ABC American Broadcasting Company
AOL America Online
APC American Power Conversion
AT& T American Telephone and Telegraph Company
BenQ Bringing Enjoyment N Quality
BHW Bell & Howell Company
BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke
HMT Hindustan Machine Tools
HP Hewlett Packard
HSBC Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
IMDB Internet Movie Data Base
KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken
L & T Larsen & Toubro Limited
LG Lucky Goldstar
OAB Oman Arab Bank
QGC Questar Gas Company
RIM Research In Motion
UPS United Parcel Service
WD Western Digital
ZMS Zhone Management System
MS Microsoft
INTEL Integrated Electronics
COMOAQ Compatibility and Quality
EA Electronic Arts
HONDA From the name of its founder, Soichiro Honda.
AUDI From The Surname of The Founder August Horch (Audi, in Latin
FIAT Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino
ACER sharp, acute, able and facile” in Latin
eBay Orgin from “ Echo Bay
ADIDAS From the name of the founder Adolf (Adi) Dassler.
ADOBE From the Adobe Creek that ran behind the house of co-founder John Warnock.
AKAI rom the named for its founder, Saburo Akai
ASUS Named after Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology.
ATI Array Technologies Incorporated
CASIO From the name of its founder, Kashio Tadao
CISCO Short for San Francisco
COCA-COLA Derived from the coca leaves and kola nuts used as flavoring
COREL Cowpland Research Laboratory
DIGG From “ Diggnation
ERICSSON Named after its founder Lars Magnus Ericsson
EPSON Named from “Son of Electronic Printer”
BPL British Physical Laboratories
FERRARI From the name of its founder, Enzo Ferrari
HITACHI Old place name, literally “ sunrise”
KODAK From the letter K, the favourte letter of Gorge Eastman (Founder)
McDonalds From the name of the brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald, who founded the first McDonald’s
Motorola From Motor and Victrola - as originally they made car radios
MRF Madras Rubber Factory
Napster Named after Fanning’s hairstyle-based nickname
Nero Nero Burning ROM named after Nero burning Rome
Nike Named for the Greek goddess of victory
Nikon The original name was Nippon Kogaku, meaning “Japanese Optical”
Nissan The company was earlier known by the name Nippon Sangyo which means “Japan Industries”
Nokia From the finnish city of Nokia
BCCI The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Oracle The name Oracle comes from the code name of a CIA project
Philips From The Name Of The Founders Gerard Philips And Anton Philips
Red-Hat Founder Marc Ewing Use To Wear A Red Cap
Reebok Name Comes From The Afrikaans Spelling Of Rhebok, A Type Of African Antelope
Samsonite Named From The Biblical Character Samson, Renowned For His Strength
Samsung Meaning Three Stars In Korean
Suzuki From The Name Of Its Founder, Michio Suzuki
TATA Named After Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata
Toshiba Named From The Merger Of Consumer Goods Company Tokyo Denki (Tokyo Electric Co)And Electrical Firm Shibaura Seisaku-Sho
Toyota From The Name Of The Founder, Sakichi Toyoda.
Vodafone From Voice, Data, Telefone
Volvo From The Latin Word Volvo, Which Means “ I Roll ”
Volkswagen From The German For People’s Car
Wal-Mart Named After Founder Sam Walton
Yamaha Named After The Founder Torakusu Yamaha
TVS
From The Name Of The Founder T. V. Sundaram Iyengar
VISA From The Latin Word “Charta Visa” (Verified Paper, Lit. “Paper That Has Been Seen”)
NDTV New Delhi Television
DoCoMo DO Communications Over The Mobile Network
Amazon Bezos Wanted A Name For His Company That Began With “A” And He Took The Name Amazon
TS Tutorials Studio



BPL
Below Poverty Line, British Physical Laboratories Group

CA
Chartered Accountant

CAG
Comptroller and Auditor General of India

COB
Close of Business

CST
Central Sales Tax, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Central Standard Time

CTS
Cheque Truncation System, Clear to Send

EMI
Equated Monthly Installment

EOD
End of the Day

FDI
Foreign Direct Investment

GST
Goods and Service Tax

HDFC
Housing Development Finance Corporation

HSBC
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

ICICI
Credit and Investment Corporation of India

IPO
Initial Public Offering

NASDAQ
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

PSI
Pound per Square Inch

SKU
Stock Keeping Unit

SLA
Service Level Agreement



COMPUTER
Common Operating Machine Purposely Used for Technological and Educational Research

CPU
Central Processing Unit

DVD
Digital Video Disc, Digital Versatile Disc

FAX
Facsimile

LCD
Liquid Cristal Display

LED
Light Emitting Diode

HTC
High Tech Computer

TFT
Thin Film Transistor

CD
Compact Disc

CD-ROM
Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory

CD-RW
Compact Disc-Rewritable

CDFS
Compact Disc File System

CRT
Cathode-Ray Tube



BRB
Be Right Back

DP
Display Picture

LMAO
Laughing My A** Off

LOL
Laughing Out Loud

OK
Olla Kalla or Oll Korrect

PFA
Please Find Attachment, Predictive Failure Analysis

ROFL
Rolling On Floor Laughing

TBH
To Be Honest

TTYL
Talk To You Later

ETA
Estimated Time of Arrival

FYI
For Your Information

TLTR
Too Long To Read

YGTI
You Get The Idea

L8TR
Later

SNH
Sarcasm Noted Here



PC
Personal Computer

COMPUTER
Commonly Operating Machine Particularly Used For Technology Entertainment And Research

HTML
Hyper Text Markup Language

AJAX
Asynchronous Javascript And Xml

ORACLE
Oak Ridge Automatic Computer And Logical Engine

RDBMS
Relational Database Management System

SQL
Structured Query Language

XML
Extensible Markup Language

PERL
Practical Extraction And Report Language

PHP
Hypertext Preprocessor

ASP
Active Server Pages

API
Application Programming Interfaces

XHTML
Extensible Hypertext Markup Language

CSS
Cascading Style Sheets

ASCII
American Standard Code For Information Interchange

XSL
Extensible Style Sheet Language

J2EE
Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition

JSP
Java Server Page

VBS
Visual Basic Scripting Language

JS
Java Script

3GP
3rd Generation Protocol

3GPP
3rd Generation Partnership Project



AIDS
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

BAMS
Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery

BDS
Bachelor of Dental Surgery

HIV
Human Immunodeficiency Virus

ICU
Intensive Care Unit

MBBS
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae in Latin

MD
Doctor of Medicine

MRI
Magnetic Resonance Imaging

RIP
Rest In Peace, Routing Information Protocol

OPD
Outpatient Department

STD
Subscriber Trunk Dialing, Sexually Transmitted Diseases

FNF
Finger to Nose

IQ
Intelligence Quotient

PCP
Primary Care Physician

WBC
White Blood Cell



SMS
System Management Server

ENIAC
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator

PIN
Personal Identification Number

ISP
Internet Service Provider

IT
Information Technology

WWW
World Wide Web

VIP
Vines Internet Protocol

ASP
Active Server Page

ASP
Application Service Provider

3D
Three Dimensional

INS
InterNet communication Settings

CAD
Computer Aided Design

ECS
Enhanced Chip Set

FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions (files often found on BBS and Internet)

DOS
Disk Operating System

POP
Power On Password

STP
Shielded Twisted Pair

MODEM
MODulate / DEModulate

NCC
Network Control Center

IC
Integrated Circuit

IP
Internet Protocol

UID
User IDentification (internet- intranet- and server login accesses)

IRDA
Infrared Data Association

CLASS
Compiled java program- often used as class extension

NIC
Network Interface Card

PC
Personal Computer

RAS
Remote Access Server / Service

CD-ROM
Compact Disk - Read Only Memory

PPP
Point to Point Protocol

ARPANET
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (the beginning of the internet)

EEPROM
Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

RDBMS
Relational Data Base Management System

MPEG
Motion Picture Experts Group (file extension MPG)

PVC
Permanent Virtual Circuits

ASAP
Application Assessment And Planning package (Lotus migration application)

CPU
Central Processing Unit

SSI
Server Side Includes (web technology that allows for dynamic data exchange in web pages)

CMYK
Cyan- Magenta- Yellow- blacK

COBOL
Common Business Oriented Language (programming language)

ID
Internal Device

BOSS
Business Organizer Scheduling System (one of the original hand-held organizers)

HCL
Hardware Compatibility List (what hardware works with Windows 95- a text file)

FCI
Flux Changes per Inch (drive tech terminology)

MIS
Management Information Systems

APL
Automatic Programming Language

DTP
Desk-Top Publishing

SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

IPC
Inter-Processes Communications

PDC
Primary Domain Controller

PCI
Personal Computer Interface





1G
First Generation

2G
Second Generation

3G
Third Generation


3GPP
3rd Generation Partnership Project


3GPP
3rd Generation Partnership Project

3GPP2
3rd Generation Partnership Project

4G
Fourth Generation

AAA
Authentication Authorization, Account

ACC
Analog Control Channel

AMPS
Advanced Mobile Phone Service

APN
Access Point Name.

AUC
Authentication Center

BC
Billing Center

BCH
Broadcast Channel

BER
Bit Error Rate

BS
Base Station

BSC
Base Station Controller

BTS
Base Transceiver Station

CBR
Constant Bit Rate

CDG
CDMA Development Group

CDMA
Code Division Multiple Access

CDMA2000
Code Division Multiple Access…

CDR
Call Detail Record

CN
Core Network

D/R
Distance to Reuse Ratio

DAMPS
Digital Advance Mobile Phone Service

DCC
Digital Color Code

DTA
Data Transfer Adapter

DTC
Digital Traffic Channel

EDGE
Enhanced Data for Global Evolution

EDI
Electronic Data Interchange

EIR
Equipment Identity Register

ESMR
Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio

ETACS
Extended TACS

ETDMA
Extended Time Division Multiple Access

FDD
Frequency Division Duplex

FDM
Frequency Division Multiplexing

FDMA
Frequency Division Multiple Access

FM
Frequency Modulation

FSK
Frequency Shift Keying

FTMD
Full Track Music Download

GGSN
Gateway GPRS Support Node

SMSC
Gateway Mobile Switching Center

GMSK
Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying

GPRS
General Packet Radio Service

GPS
Global Positioning System

GSM
Global System for Mobile Communication

GSN
GPRS Support Node

HLR
Home Location Register

HTTP
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.

IC
Interchange Carrier

iDEN
Integrated Dispatch Enhanced Network

IMEI
International Mobile Equipment Identity

IM
Instant Messenger.

IP
Internet Protocol.

IMSI
International Mobile Subscriber Identity

ITU
International Telecommunication Union

IVRS
Interactive Voice Response System

IWF
Inter Working Function

LBS
Location-Based Services

LCD
Liquid Crystal Display.

LMR
Land Mobile Radio

MC
Message Center

MCS
Multi Carrier Mode

ME
Mobile Equipment

MIN
Mobile Identification Number

MIRS
Motorola Integrated Radio system

MSC
Mobile Switching Center

MTS
Mobile Telephone Service

NAMPS
Narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone Service

NMT
Nordic Mobile Telephone

NPDB
Number Portability Database

NTACS
Narrowband Total Access Communication Service

PAD
Packet Assembler And Disassembler

PCM
Pulse Coded Modulation

PCN
Personal Communications Network

PCS
Personal Communication Services

PDA
Personal Digital Assistant

PDC
Personal Digital Cellular

PDSN
Packet Data Switched Network

PIN
Personal Identification Number

PUK
PIN Unblocking Key

PM
Pulse Modulation

PN
Pseudorandom Noise

PPDN
Public Packet Data Network

PSTN
Public Switched Telephone Network

PTT
Post Telephone and Telegraph

QoS
Quality of Service

RAN
Radio Access Network

RNC
Radio Network Controller

SCH
Synchronization Channel

SDMA
Spatial Division Multiple Access

SGSN
Serving GPRS Support Node

SIM
Subscriber Identity Module

SIS
Subscriber Identity Security

SMS
Short Message Service

SMSC
Short Message Service Center

TACS
Total Access Communications System

TCH
Traffic Channel

TD-SCDMA
Time Division Synchronous Cod…

TDD
Time Division Duplex

TDMA
Time Division Multiple Access

TFT
Thin Film Transistor

TIA
Telecommunications Industry Association

UE
User Equipment

UMTS
Universal Mobile Telecommunication System

UPR
User Performance Requirements

URL
Uniform Resource Locator.

USB
Universal Serial Bus

VLR
Visitor Location Register

VMS
Voice Mail System

WAP
Wireless Application Protocol.

WCDMA
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access

WLAN
Wireless Local Area Network