List of Computer Shortcut Keys and Computer Abbreviations
Computer Shortcut Keys | ||
S.No. | Shortcut Keys | Function |
1 | Alt+F | Displays the File menu options |
2 | Alt+E | Opens the Edit options |
3 | Alt+Tab | Switch between open programs |
4 | F1 | Used by every Windows program for Help |
5 | F2 | To Rename a selected file |
6 | F5 | Refresh the page or current window |
7 | Ctrl+D | To Bookmarks the current page (for most Browsers) |
8 | Ctrl+N | Create a new or blank document or open a new tab in the Internet Browser |
9 | Ctrl+O | To Open a file |
10 | Ctrl+A | Select the entire text at once |
11 | Ctrl+B | Change the text to Bold |
12 | Ctrl+I | Change the Text to Italics |
13 | Ctrl+U | Underline the selected text |
14 | Ctrl+S | Save the file or document you are working on |
15 | Ctrl+X | Cut selected part of the text or image |
16 | Shift+Del | Remove the selected items |
17 | Ctrl+C | To copy the text or image |
18 | Ctrl+V | To Paste |
19 | Ctrl+Y | Redo last action |
20 | Ctrl+Z | Undo last action |
21 | Ctrl+K | Insert hyperlink for selected text. |
22 | Ctrl+P | To print the document |
23 | Home | Moves the beginning of the current line |
24 | Ctrl+Home | Moves to the beginning of the document |
25 | End | Moves to the end of the line |
27 | Ctrl+End | Moves to the end of the document |
28 | Ctrl+Left arrow | Moves one word to the left at a time. |
29 | Ctrl+Right arrow | Moves one word to the right at a time. |
30 | Alt+F4 | To close the program currently active |
31 | Alt+Enter | Open the properties for the selected item |
32 | Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar | Create a non-breaking space |
33 | Ctrl + Shift+ < | Decrease font size one value |
34 | Ctrl + Shift + > | Increase the font size one value |
35 | Ctrl + [ | Increase the font size by 1 point |
36 | Ctrl + ] | Decrease the font size by 1 point |
37 | Ctrl + Spacebar | Remove paragraph or character formatting |
38 | Ctrl + Alt + V | Paste special |
39 | Ctrl + Shift + V | Paste formatting only |
40 | Ctrl+F10 | Maximise the document window |
41 | Ctrl + Shift + T | Enter the current time |
42 | Ctrl + ; | Enter the current date |
43 | Shift + F3 | Open the Excel formula window |
44 | Shift + F5 | Bring up search box. |
45 | Ctrl + F9 | Minimise current workbook |
46 | Ctrl + F10 | Maximise currently selected workbook |
47 | Ctrl + F6 | Switch between open workbooks/window |
48 | Ctrl + Page Down | Move between Excel worksheets in the same Excel document |
49 | Ctrl + Tab | Move between two or more open Excel files |
50 | Ctrl + Page Up | Move between Excel worksheet in the same Excel document |
51 | Alt + = | Create a formula to sum all of the cells |
52 | Ctrl + ’ | Insert the value of the above cell into cell currently selected. |
53 | Ctrl + Arrow key | Move to next section to text |
54 | Ctrl + Space | Select entire column |
55 | Shift + Space | Select entire row |
56 | Ctrl+L | To left-align the selected text |
57 | Ctrl+R | To right-align the selected text |
58 | Ctrl+J | To justify the selected text |
59 | Ctrl+E | To centre align the text |
60 | Ctrl+Del | To delete the word to the right |
61 | Shift+Del | To permanently delete a file |
Computer Abbreviations List | ||
S. No. | Computer Abbreviation | Full Form |
1 | AAC | Advanced Audio Coding |
2 | ABR | Average Bit Rate |
3 | ADSL | Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
4 | AGP | Advanced Graphics Port |
5 | AI | Artificial Intelligence |
6 | AIM | AOL Instant Messenger |
7 | ALGOL | Algorithmic Language |
8 | ALU | Arithmetic Logic Unit |
9 | AOL | America Online |
10 | AMD | Advanced Micro Devices |
11 | API | Application Program Interface |
12 | APT | Automatically Programmed Tooling |
13 | ARP | Address Resolution Protocol |
14 | ARPANET | Advanced Research Projects Agency Network |
15 | ARQ | Automatic Repeat Request |
16 | AS | Autonomous System |
17 | ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
18 | ASP | Active Server Pages |
19 | ASPI | Advanced SCSI Programming Interface |
20 | ATA | Advanced Technology Attachment |
21 | ATDT | Attention Dial Tone |
22 | AUI | Attachment Unit Interface |
23 | AUTOEXEC | Autoexec Automatic Execution file |
24 | AVI | Audio Video Interleave |
25 | BASIC | Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
26 | BCC | Blind Carbon Copy |
27 | BCD | Binary Coded Decimal |
28 | BCR | Bar Code Reader |
29 | BDSL | Broadband DSL |
30 | BEDO | Burst Extended Data Out (RAM) |
31 | BGP | Border Gateway Protocol |
32 | BHTML | Broadcast Hyper Text Markup Language |
33 | BIOS | Basic Input Output System |
34 | BIPS | Billion Instruction Per Second |
35 | BIU | Bus Interface Unit |
36 | BMP | Bitmap |
37 | BRD | Blu-Ray Disc |
38 | CC | Carbon Copy |
39 | CD | Compact Disk |
40 | CD-R | Compact Disk – Recordable |
41 | CDROM | Compact Disk Read Only Memory |
42 | CDRW | Compact Disk Rewritable |
43 | CD-WO | Compact Disk – Write Once |
44 | CD-XA | Compact Disk – Extended Architecture |
45 | CGI-BIN | Common Gateway Interface – Binary (programming for Web forms) |
46 | CIS | CompuServe Information Service |
47 | CISC | Complex Instructions Set Computers |
48 | CMD | Command |
49 | CMYK | Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black (color model) |
50 | CNM | Circulatory Network Mode |
51 | COAX | Coaxial Cable (for Ethernet and similar networks) |
52 | COBOL | Common Business Oriented Language |
53 | COMPUTER | Commonly Operated Machine Particularly Used for Trade/Technology, Education, and Research. |
54 | CPI | Clock / Cycle Per Instruction |
55 | CPU | Central Processing Unit |
56 | CROM | Computerized Range of Motion |
57 | CRT | Cathode Ray Tube( standard type computer monitor display |
58 | CSLIP | Compressed Serial Line Interface Protocol (Internet) |
59 | CSS | Cascading Style Sheets |
60 | CTRL | Control (computer keyboard key) |
61 | CUI | Character User Interface |
62 | DAC | Data Acquisition and Control |
63 | DAT | Digital Audio Tape |
64 | dB | Decibel |
65 | DBMS | Data Base Management System |
66 | DDL | Data Definition Language |
67 | DHTML | Dynamics Hyper Text Markup Language |
68 | DML | Data Manipulation Language |
69 | DNS | Domain Name System |
70 | DOC | Data Optimizing Computer |
71 | Doc | Document |
72 | DOS | Disk Operating System |
73 | DRAM | Dynamic Random Access Memory |
74 | DVD | Digital Video/Versatile Disc |
75 | DVDR | Digital Versatile Disk Recordable |
76 | DVDRW | Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable |
77 | DCE | Data Communications Equipment |
78 | DVI | Digital Visual Interface |
79 | DVR | Digital Video Recorder |
80 | E-Commerce | Electronic Commerce |
81 | EDC | Electronic Digital Computer |
82 | EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
83 | EDP | Electronic Data Processing |
84 | EEPROM | Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
85 | EFS | Encrypted File System |
86 | EIDE | Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics |
87 | Electronic Mail | |
88 | EPROM | Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
89 | EROM | Erasable Read Only Memory |
90 | FDD | Floppy Disk Drive |
91 | GB | Giga Byte |
92 | GDI | Graphical Device Interface |
93 | GUI | Graphical User Interface |
94 | HD | Hard Disk |
95 | HTML | Hyper Text Markup Language |
96 | HTTP | Hyper Text Transfer Protocol |
97 | I/O | Input/Output (serial and parallel ports) |
98 | IC | Integrated Circuit |
99 | IMAP | Internet Message Access Protocol |
100 | INTEL | Integrated Electronics |
101 | IOP | Input Output Processor |
102 | IP | Internet Protocol |
103 | ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
104 | ISP | Internet Service Provider |
105 | IVR | Interactive Voice Response |
106 | KB | KILOBYTE |
107 | Kbps | Kilobits/Kilobytes Per Second |
108 | LAN | Local Area Network |
109 | LED | Light Emitting Diode |
110 | LLL | Low Level Language |
111 | LPT | Line Printer |
112 | MAC | Media Access Control |
113 | MAN | Metropolitan Area Network |
114 | MB | Motherboard/ Megabyte |
115 | MBASIC | Microsoft BASIC (Microsoft) |
116 | MBPS | Megabytes Per Second |
117 | Mbps | Megabits Per Second |
118 | MICR | Magnetic Ink Character Recognition |
119 | MMX | Multimedia Extensions |
120 | MODEM | Modulator Demodulator |
121 | MSCDEX | Microsoft Compact Disc Extension |
122 | MS-DOS | Microsoft – Disk Operating System |
123 | NAT | Network Address Translation |
124 | NTP | Network Time Protocol |
125 | OCR | Optical Character Reader |
126 | OMR | Optical Mark Reader |
127 | OOP | Object Oriented Programming |
128 | OS | Operating System |
129 | P2P | Point to Point Protocol |
130 | PAN | Personal Area Network |
131 | PC | Personal Computer |
132 | PCB | Printer Circuit Board |
133 | PCI | Peripheral Component Interconnect |
134 | PHP | Hypertext Preprocessor |
135 | PIXEL | Picture Element |
136 | PNG | Portable Network Graphics |
137 | PPP | Point to Point Protocol |
138 | PRN | Printer |
139 | PROM | Programmable Read Only Memory |
140 | RAM | Random Access Memory |
141 | RARP | Reverse Address Resolution Protocol |
142 | RDBMS | Relational Data Base Management System |
143 | RIP | Routing Information Protocol |
144 | RISC | Reduced Instruction Set Computer |
145 | ROM | Read Only Memory |
146 | SAM | Software Asset Management |
147 | SAN | Storage Area Network |
148 | SCSI | Small Computer System Interface |
149 | SDRAM | Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory |
150 | SFTP | Secure File Transfer Protocol |
151 | SGML | Standard Generalized Markup Language |
152 | SGRAM | Synchronous Graphics RAM |
153 | SIP | Session Initiation Protocol |
154 | SIU | Serial Interface Unit |
155 | SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
156 | SNAP | Sub Network Access Protocol |
157 | SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
158 | SRAM | Static Random Access Memory |
159 | SYSOP | System Operator |
160 | TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
161 | UI | User Interface |
162 | URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
163 | USB | Universal Serial Bus |
164 | VCD | Video Compact Disk |
165 | VDU | Visual Display Unit |
166 | VIRUS | Vital Information Resource Under Siege |
167 | VRAM | Video Random Access Memory |
169 | VxD | Virtual Extended Driver |
170 | WAN | Wide Area Network |
171 | WAP | Wireless Application Protocol |
172 | WBMP | Wireless Bitmap Image |
173 | WIFI | Wireless fidelity |
174 | WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network |
175 | WML | Wireless Markup Language |
176 | WWW | World Wide Web |
178 | XGA | Extended Graphics Array |
179 | XHTML | Extensible Hyper Text Markup Language |
180 | XMF | Extensible Music File |
181 | XML | Extensible Markup Language |
182 | XMS | Extended Memory Specification |
183 | FORTRAN | Formula Translation |