ICT Revision notes

Information & Communication Technology

Notes for ESE (all branches), NET, KSET, SET, CSIR

How to study: 1. Static            2. Dynamic (Current issues)

acronyms at-last

Trending topic is very very important, take test series regularly.

Difference between IPV4 & IPV6 is important

WWW 3.0 is very very important

Uni-cast: Single Tx, single Rx

Multi-cast: multiple Tx, multiple Rx

Broad-cast: Single Tx, multiple Rx

Questions related to Chandrayaan Mission, Beresheet missile and International space station is important

Acronyms:

NRCFOSS: National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source Software

MCA          : Ministry of Corporate Affairs

(go through MCA21 also)

VGA          : Video Graphics Array

VGA             :Video graphics adaptor

NFS               : Network File System

MICR        : Magnetic Ink Character Recognition

COBOL     : Common Business Oriented Language

FORTRAN: Formula Translation

SSB            : Solid State Drive

MSDOS     : Microsoft Disk Operating Systems

QR             : Quick Response

MIDI         : Musical Instrument Digital Interface

IMAP        : Internet Message Access Protocol

ARPANET : Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

VIRUS       : Vital Information Resources Under Siege

WiMAX     : Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access

EDI           : Electronic Data Interchange

DHCP       : Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DSL               : Digital Subscriber Line

CARD        : Computer Aided Administration of Registration Department

MOOC       : Massive Open Online Course

DFIAA      : Digital finance for rural India creating awareness and access.

GAGAN     : GPS-aided GEO augmented navigation

VPN            : Virtual Private Network

NPCI         :National Payments corporation of India developed Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana

ENVIS       : Environmental Information System

E-VIN        : Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network

ICT            : Information Communication and Technology

IDI           : ICT Development Index

UN-ITU    : United Nations International Telecommunication Union

GUI           : Graphical User Interface

CLI            : Command Line Interface

PAN, LAN, MAN, WAN

TCP/ IP     : Transfer Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol

OSI            : Open System Interconnection

CSMA       : Carrier Sense Multiple Access

CD             : Collision Detection
IPV4, IPV6: Internet Protocol version 4/ 6

DNS          : Domain Name System

WWW       : World Wide Web

WWW       : World wide Fund for nature (Environment)

SMTP              : Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

HTML                 : Hypertext Mark-up language

HTTP                   : Hypertext Transfer Protocol

VPN                : Virtual Private Network

GSM                     : Global System for Mobile Communication

GPRS                   : General Packet Radio Service

EDGE                  : Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution

UMTS             : Universal Mobile Telecommunication system.

SWAN                 : State Wide Area Network

NDLM or        : National Digital Literacy Mission or

DISHA                   Digital Saksharata Abhiyan

NFC                : Near Field Communication

Wi-Fi               : Wireless Fidelity

Li-Fi                : Light Fidelity

Wi-Max                  : Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access

LTE                 : Long Term Evolution

FDMA             : Frequency Division Multiple Access

TDMA             : Time Division Multiple Access

CDMA             : Code Division Multiple Access

SAAS              : Software as a service

PAAS                   : Platform as a service

IAAS                    : Infrastructure as a service

VR                         : Virtual Reality

AR                         : Augmented Reality

IoT                        : Internet of Things

PSLV              : Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

GSLV              : Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle

NPTEL              : National programme on technology Enhanced Learning

NeGP                : National e-Governance plan

SWAN             : State Wide Area Network

NCSP              : National Career Service Protocol

  Provides platform for job seekers & providers

PRAGATI       : Proactive Governance and Timely Implementation

NOFN                : National Optical Fibre Network

Nkn                    : National Knowledge network

NDLM or Disha: National digital literacy mission for Digital Saksharta Abhiyan

NDL                  : National digital library

DLI                    : Digital Library of India

UMANG          : Unified  Mobile APP for New-age Governance

BAS                   : Biometric Attendance System

BOSS                : Bharat Operating System Solution – Linux     OS for all

NMEICT          : National Mission on education through ICT

Inflibnet            : Information library network

DTH                  : Direct to Home

Prolog                 : Purpose Logic Programming Language

ODD               : Optical Disc Drive

COBOL           : Common Business Oriented Language

DOS                : Disk Operating System

DMA               : Direct Memory Access

OCR                : Optical Character Recognition

EEPROM        : Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory

WIMAX          : worldwide interopera for microwave access

ASDL              : Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

IMAP              : Internet Message Access Protocol

HSPA              : High Speed Packet Access

ARUN             : Atal Solar Rooftop User Navigator

SSL                 : Secure Socket Layer

NAVIC            : Navigation Indian Constellation

QUESS           : Quantum Experimentation Of Space Scale

All the best, for your exams