Boost your CRPF exam preparation with this ultimate list of important abbreviations and full forms for Radio Operator, Cipher, and Radio Fitter aspirants. From radio frequencies to encryption systems and defence networks, this guide covers every key term you need to crack the exam confidently. Perfect for quick revision and last-minute study!
1. FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER
- ALU – Arithmetic Logic Unit
- CPU – Central Processing Unit
- RAM – Random Access Memory
- ROM – Read Only Memory
- IC – Integrated Circuit
- PC – Personal Computer
- OS – Operating System
- PROM – Programmable Read Only Memory
- EPROM – Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
- DRAM – Dynamic RAM
- SRAM – Static RAM
- VRAM – Video RAM
- BCD – Binary Coded Decimal
- MIPS – Million Instructions Per Second
- EFTS – Electronic Funds Transfer System
- CPS – Characters Per Second
- USB – Universal Serial Bus
- RJ45 – Registered Jack 45
- UTP – Unshielded Twisted Pair
2. INPUT SYSTEM
- VDU – Visual Display Unit
- OCR – Optical Character Recognition
- COM – Computer Output on Microfilm
- PDA – Personal Digital Assistance
- POS – Point Of Sale
- VDT – Video Display Terminal
3. OUTPUT SYSTEM
- LCD – Liquid Crystal Display
- CPS – Characters Per Second
- LPM – Lines Per Minute
- PPM – Pages Per Minute
- DMP – Dot Matrix Printer
- VGA – Video Graphics Array
- CRT – Cathode Ray Tube
4. PROCESSING SYSTEM
- RISC – Reduced Instruction Set Computer
- GB – Gigabyte
- MB – Megabyte
- KB – Kilobyte
5. COMPUTER STORAGE
- HDD – Hard Disk Drive
- IDE – Integrated Drive Electronics
- CD-RW – Compact Disc-ReWritable
- UDF – Universal Disk Format
- TB – Terabyte
- DVD – Digital Versatile Disc
- CD – Compact Disc
6. OPERATING SYSTEM
- OS – Operating System
- BIOS – Basic Input Output System
- DOS – Disk Operating System
- MS-DOS – Microsoft Disk Operating System
- SYS – System File
- COM – Command File
- CONFIG – Configuration File
7. DATA DETERMINATION
- MB / Mb – Megabyte / Megabit
- ANSI – American National Standards Institute
- ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- EBCDIC – Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
- ISO – International Organization for Standardization
8. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
- CPU – Central Processing Unit
- SQL – Structured Query Language
- COBOL – Common Business-Oriented Language
9. MS WORD
- MS WORD – Microsoft Word
- PDF – Portable Document Format
- DOCX – Document (Microsoft Word)
10. POWER POINT
- MS PowerPoint – Microsoft PowerPoint
11. MS EXCEL
- MS-EXCEL – Microsoft Excel
- XLS – Excel Spreadsheet (file extension)
- VBA – Visual Basic for Applications
12. MS ACCESS
- MS Access – Microsoft Access
- OLE – Object Linking and Embedding
- DCL – Data Control Language
- DML – Data Manipulation Language
- DDL – Data Definition Language
- RDBMS – Relational Database Management System
- OODBMS – Object-Oriented Database Management System
- ORDBMS – Object-Relational Database Management System
- ACCDB – Access Database (File Extension)
13. COMPUTER HARDWARE
- SIMM – Single In-line Memory Module
- DC – Direct Current
- AC – Alternating Current
- FAT – File Allocation Table
- CMOS – Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor
- VRAM – Video RAM
- BIOS – Basic Input Output System
- IRQ – Interrupt Request
- TFT – Thin-Film Transistor
- CRT – Cathode Ray Tube
- LED – Light Emitting Diode
- HDD – Hard Disk Drive
- CD-RW – Compact Disc-ReWritable
- CD-R – Compact Disc-Recordable
- SMPS – Switch Mode Power Supply
- ISA – Industry Standard Architecture
- PCI – Peripheral Component Interconnect
- AGP – Accelerated Graphics Port
- ATX – Advanced Technology Extended
- LPT1 – Line Printer 1
- COM1 – Communications Port 1
- FDD – Floppy Disk Drive
- DIMM – Dual In-line Memory Module
- SCSI – Small Computer System Interface
- EIDE – Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
- RJ-11 – Registered Jack 11
- RJ-45 – Registered Jack 45
- BITS – Binary Digits
- USB – Universal Serial Bus
- DDR SDRAM – Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic RAM
- UPS – Uninterruptible Power Supply
- MIPS – Million Instructions Per Second
- EMI – Electromagnetic Interference
- ESD – Electrostatic Discharge
- NIC – Network Interface Card
- HDMI – High-Definition Multimedia Interface
- PPM – Pages Per Minute
- ADC – Analog to Digital Converter
14. NETWORKING
- DSL – Digital Subscriber Line
- LAN – Local Area Network
- WAN – Wide Area Network
- FTP – File Transfer Protocol
- HTTP – Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- SNMP – Simple Network Management Protocol
- POP – Post Office Protocol
- VPN – Virtual Private Network
- IPv4 – Internet Protocol version 4
- PPTP – Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
- L2TP – Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
- PPP – Point-to-Point Protocol
- EIA/TIA – Electronic Industries Alliance/Telecommunications Industry Association
- ARP – Address Resolution Protocol
- RARP – Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
- DNS – Domain Name System
- LED – Light Emitting Diode
- LASER – Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
- PAN – Personal Area Network
- OSI – Open Systems Interconnection
- TCP/IP – Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
- IPX – Internetwork Packet Exchange
- MAC – Media Access Control
- IP – Internet Protocol
- MAN – Metropolitan Area Network
- WiMAX – Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
- OFDM – Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
- DHCP – Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- DNS – Domain Name System
- URL – Uniform Resource Locator
- B2C – Business to Consumer
- B2B – Business to Business
- C2C – Consumer to Consumer
- VLAN – Virtual Local Area Network
- Mbps – Megabits per second
- HTTPS – Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
- ISP – Internet Service Provider
15. INTERNET
- WWW – World Wide Web
- FTP – File Transfer Protocol
- IP – Internet Protocol
- Wi-Fi – Wireless Fidelity
- G-mail – Google Mail
- E-commerce – Electronic Commerce
- E-business – Electronic Business
- E-marketing – Electronic Marketing
- E-procurement – Electronic Procurement
- URL – Uniform Resource Locator
- IE – Internet Explorer
- ARPANET – Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
- ISP – Internet Service Provider
- TCP/IP – Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
- HTML – Hypertext Markup Language
- XML – Extensible Markup Language
- IRC – Internet Relay Chat
- WAIS – Wide Area Information Servers
- RAS – Remote Access Service
- ISDN – Integrated Services Digital Network
- DSL – Digital Subscriber Line
- VPN – Virtual Private Network
- DMS – Document Management System
16. WEBMAIL & SELO
- VPN – Virtual Private Network
- RSA – Rivest–Shamir–Adleman (Cryptography)
- AD – Active Directory
- DMS – Document Management System
- MB / MBPS – Megabyte / Megabits per second
- KB – Kilobyte
- SELO – Service and Loyalty
- PIS – Personnel Information System
- DSS – Decision Support System
- SQL – Structured Query Language
- IP – Internet Protocol
- AMC – Annual Maintenance Contract
- TA/DA – Travel Allowance/Dearness Allowance
17. COMPUTER VIRUS
- DDE – Dynamic Data Exchange
- NAV – Norton Antivirus
18. DATA COMMUNICATION
- FDM – Frequency Division Multiplexing
- TDM – Time Division Multiplexing
- WDM – Wave Division Multiplexing
- RF – Radio Frequency
- PCM – Pulse Code Modulation
- PAM – Pulse Amplitude Modulation
- PWM – Pulse Width Modulation
- PPM – Pulse Position Modulation
- PFM – Pulse Frequency Modulation
- FM – Frequency Modulation
19. DIGITAL PRINCIPLE
- MSD – Most Significant Digit
- TTL – Transistor-Transistor Logic
- CMOS – Complementary Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor
- LSI – Large-Scale Integration
- NMOS – N-type Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor
- JK FF – Jack Kilby Flip-Flop
- SR FF – Set-Reset Flip-Flop
- D FF – Data Flip-Flop
- T FF – Toggle Flip-Flop
- ECL – Emitter-Coupled Logic
- DTL – Diode–Transistor Logic
- I2L – Integrated Injection Logic
- SISO – Serial-In Serial-Out
- PISO – Parallel-In Serial-Out
- SIPO – Serial-In Parallel-Out
- PIPO – Parallel-In Parallel-Out
- ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- BCD – Binary Coded Decimal
- ADC – Analog to Digital Converter
- DAC – Digital to Analog Converter
🔴 TOP PRIORITY –
- CPU – Central Processing Unit
- RAM – Random Access Memory
- ROM – Read Only Memory
- BIOS – Basic Input Output System
- OS – Operating System
- LAN – Local Area Network
- WAN – Wide Area Network
- URL – Uniform Resource Locator
- HTML – Hypertext Markup Language
- HTTP – Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- FTP – File Transfer Protocol
- TCP/IP – Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
- PDF – Portable Document Format
- USB – Universal Serial Bus
- VGA – Video Graphics Array
🟠 HIGH PRIORITY – Frequently Asked:
- ALU – Arithmetic Logic Unit
- CD – Compact Disc
- DVD – Digital Versatile Disc
- HDD – Hard Disk Drive
- SMPS – Switch Mode Power Supply
- UPS – Uninterruptible Power Supply
- LCD – Liquid Crystal Display
- LED – Light Emitting Diode
- CRT – Cathode Ray Tube
- ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- ISP – Internet Service Provider
- Wi-Fi – Wireless Fidelity
- WWW – World Wide Web
- SQL – Structured Query Language
- DBMS – Database Management System
🟡 MEDIUM PRIORITY – Important but Less Frequent:
- PROM – Programmable Read Only Memory
- EPROM – Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
- DRAM – Dynamic RAM
- SRAM – Static RAM
- BCD – Binary Coded Decimal
- MIPS – Million Instructions Per Second
- OCR – Optical Character Recognition
- OMR – Optical Mark Recognition
- POS – Point of Sale
- RISC – Reduced Instruction Set Computer
- VPN – Virtual Private Network
- DNS – Domain Name System
- MAC – Media Access Control
- IP – Internet Protocol
- PAN – Personal Area Network
🔵 EXAMS KE LIYE IMPORTANT:
- COBOL – Common Business Oriented Language (Computer Officer)
- FORTRAN – Formula Translation (Scientific exams)
- BASIC – Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
- SATA – Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (Technical posts)
- PCI – Peripheral Component Interconnect (Technical)
🔴 CRPF SPECIFIC – Ye Zaroor Yaad Rakhein:
- CRPF – Central Reserve Police Force
- SELO – Service and Loyalty
- VPN – Virtual Private Network
- DMS – Document Management System
- PIS – Personnel Information System
- DSS – Decision Support System
- AD – Active Directory
- RSA – Rivest–Shamir–Adleman (Token system)
- AMC – Annual Maintenance Contract
- TA/DA – Travel Allowance/Dearness Allowance
- SAMBHAV – SELO Application Mobile Availability
- PPMS – PAPERLESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
- APAR – ANNUAL PERFORMANCE ASSASMENT REPORT
- CLMS -CENTRALISED LIQUOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
- PRAN- PERMANENT RETIREMENT ACCOUNT NUMBER
- SAATHI – SEED TRACEABILITY, AUTHENTICATION AND HOLISTIC INVENTORY
- PIMS – PERSONNEL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
- KMS – KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
- NIC – NATIONAL INFORMATION CENTER
📘 ELECTRONICS & SEMICONDUCTORS
- LED – Light Emitting Diode
- BJT – Bipolar Junction Transistor
- IC – Integrated Circuit
- FET – Field Effect Transistor (not directly in PDF but related)
- CMOS – Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (not directly in PDF but related)
🔌 ELECTRICAL & INSTRUMENTS
- AC – Alternating Current
- DC – Direct Current
- PMMC – Permanent Magnet Moving Coil (type of instrument)
- KCL – Kirchhoff’s Current Law
- KVL – Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law
- VSWR – Voltage Standing Wave Ratio
- AGC – Automatic Gain Control
- PCM – Pulse Code Modulation
- ADC – Analog to Digital Converter
- DAC – Digital to Analog Converter (not directly in PDF but related)
📡 COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
- AM – Amplitude Modulation
- FM – Frequency Modulation
- PM – Phase Modulation
- MODEM – Modulator-Demodulator
- RF – Radio Frequency
- IF – Intermediate Frequency
- PLL – Phase Locked Loop
- ASK – Amplitude Shift Keying
- PSK – Phase Shift Keying
- QPSK – Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
- FSK – Frequency Shift Keying
- GSM – Global System for Mobile Communications
- CDMA – Code Division Multiple Access
- TDMA – Time Division Multiple Access
- FDMA – Frequency Division Multiple Access
- VSAT – Very Small Aperture Terminal
- HTTP – HyperText Transfer Protocol
- TCP/IP – Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
- SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- FTP – File Transfer Protocol
- DNS – Domain Name System
- VPN – Virtual Private Network
- WiFi – Wireless Fidelity
- LAN – Local Area Network
- WAN – Wide Area Network
🔧 CONTROL SYSTEMS & MEASUREMENTS
- PID – Proportional Integral Derivative (Controller)
- BIBO – Bounded Input Bounded Output
- ZOH – Zero Order Hold
- LVDT – Linear Variable Differential Transformer
- BOD – Biochemical Oxygen Demand (Environmental Science)
- LASER – Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
- LCD – Liquid Crystal Display (not in PDF but related)
⚡ POWER SYSTEMS
- HVAC – High Voltage Alternating Current
- HVDC – High Voltage Direct Current
- UPS – Uninterruptible Power Supply
🧠 MODERN PHYSICS & COMPUTING
- CPU – Central Processing Unit
- RAM – Random Access Memory
- ROM – Read Only Memory
- HTTP – HyperText Transfer Protocol (repeated for emphasis)
- URL – Uniform Resource Locator
- HTML – HyperText Markup Language





