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Tech Acronyms

Computer and Internet acronyms

Acronym	Meaning
ACL	Access Control List
ADC	Analog-to-Digital Converter
ADF	Automatic Document Feeder
ADSL	Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AGP	Accelerated Graphics Port
AIFF	Audio Interchange File Format
AIX	Advanced Interactive Executive
ALU	Arithmetic Logic Unit
ANSI	American National Standards Institute
API	Application Program Interface
APU	Accelerated Processing Unit
ARP	Address Resolution Protocol
ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASP	Active Server Page or Application Service Provider
ATA	Advanced Technology Attachment
ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATX	Advanced Technology eXtended
AUP	Acceptable Use Policy
Bash	Bourne-Again Shell
BASIC	Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
Bcc	Blind Carbon Copy
BIOS	Basic Input/Output System
Blob	Binary Large Object
BMP	Bitmap
BSOD	Blue Screen of Death
CAD	Computer-Aided Design
Cc	Carbon Copy
CCD	Charged Coupled Device
CD	Compact Disc
CD-R	Compact Disc Recordable
CD-ROM	Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
CD-RW	Compact Disc Re-Writable
CDFS	Compact Disc File System
CDMA	Code Division Multiple Access
CDN	Content Delivery Network
CGI	Common Gateway Interface
CISC	Complex Instruction Set Computing
CLOB	Character Large Object
CMOS	Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CMS	Content Management System
CMYK	Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
CPA	Cost Per Action
CPC	Cost Per Click
CPL	Cost Per Lead
CPM	Cost Per 1,000 Impressions
CPS	Classroom Performance System
CPU	Central Processing Unit
CRM	Customer Relationship Management
CRT	Cathode Ray Tube
CSS	Cascading Style Sheet
CTP	Composite Theoretical Performance
CTR	Click-Through Rate
DAC	Digital-to-Analog Converter
DAW	Digital Audio Workstation
DBMS	Database Management System
DCIM	Digital Camera IMages
DDL	Data Definition Language
DDR	Double Data Rate
DDR2	Double Data Rate 2
DDR3	Double Data Rate Type 3
DFS	Distributed File System
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DIMM	Dual In-Line Memory Module
DLC	Downloadable Content
DLL	Dynamic Link Library
DMA	Direct Memory Access
DNS	Domain Name System
DOS	Disk Operating System
DPI	Dots Per Inch
DRAM	Dynamic Random Access Memory
DRM	Digital Rights Management
DSL	Digital Subscriber Line
DSLAM	Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
DTD	Document Type Definition
DV	Digital Video
DVD	Digital Versatile Disc
DVD+R	Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
DVD+RW	Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
DVD-R	Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
DVD-RAM	Digital Versatile Disc Random Access Memory
DVD-RW	Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
DVI	Digital Video Interface
DVR	Digital Video Recorder
ECC	Error Correction Code
EDI	Electronic Data Interchange
EIDE	Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
EPS	Encapsulated PostScript
EUP	Enterprise Unified Process
EXIF	Exchangeable Image File Format
FAQ	Frequently Asked Questions
FDDI	Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FIFO	First In, First Out
FILO	First In, Last Out
FiOS	Fiber Optic Service
FLOPS	Floating Point Operations Per Second
FPU	Floating Point Unit
FQDN	Fully Qualified Domain Name
FSB	Frontside Bus
FTP	File Transfer Protocol
Gbps	Gigabits Per Second
GIF	Graphics Interchange Format
GIGO	Garbage In, Garbage Out
GIS	Geographic Information Systems
GPIO	General Purpose Input/Output
GPS	Global Positioning System
GPU	Graphics Processing Unit
GUI	Graphical User Interface
GUID	Globally Unique Identifier
HDD	Hard Disk Drive
HDMI	High-Definition Multimedia Interface
HDTV	High Definition Televsion
HDV	High-Definition Video
HFS	Hierarchical File System
HSF	Heat Sink and Fan
HTML	Hyper-Text Markup Language
HTTP	HyperText Transfer Protocol
HTTPS	HyperText Transport Protocol Secure
I/O	Input/Output
ICANN	Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers
ICF	Internet Connection Firewall
ICMP	Internet Control Message Protocol
ICS	Internet Connection Sharing
ICT	Information and Communication Technologies
IDE	Integrated Device Electronics or Integrated Development Environment
IDS	Intrusion Detection System
IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IGP	Integrated Graphics Processor
IIS	Internet Information Services
IM	Instant Message
IMAP	Internet Message Access Protocol
InterNIC	Internet Network Information Center
IP	Internet Protocol
IPS	Intrusion Prevention System
IPX	Internetwork Packet Exchange
IRC	Internet Relay Chat
IRQ	Interrupt Request
ISA	Industry Standard Architecture
iSCSI	Internet Small Computer Systems Interface
ISDN	Integrated Services Digital Network
ISO	International Organization for Standardization
ISP	Internet Service Provider
IT	Information Technology
IVR	Interactive Voice Response
JFS	Journaled File System
JPEG	Joint Photographic Experts Group
JRE	Java Runtime Environment
JSF	JavaServer Faces
JSON	JavaScript Object Notation
JSP	Java Server Page
Kbps	Kilobits Per Second
KDE	K Desktop Environment
KVM Switch	Keyboard, Video, and Mouse Switch
LAMP	Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP
LAN	Local Area Network
LCD	Liquid Crystal Display
LDAP	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LED	Light-Emitting Diode
LIFO	Last In, First Out
LPI	Lines Per Inch
LTE	Long Term Evolution
LUN	Logical Unit Number
MAC Address	Media Access Control Address
MAMP	Mac OS X, Apache, MySQL, and PHP
MANET	Mobile Ad Hoc Network
Mbps	Megabits Per Second
MBR	Master Boot Record
MCA	Micro Channel Architecture
MDI	Medium Dependent Interface
MIDI	Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIPS	Million Instructions Per Second
MIS	Management Information System
MMS	Multimedia Messaging Service
MP3	MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3
MPEG	Moving Picture Experts Group
MTU	Maximum Transmission Unit
NAT	Network Address Translation
NetBIOS	Network Basic Input/Output System
NIC	Network Interface Card
NNTP	Network News Transfer Protocol
NOC	Network Operations Center
NSP	Network Service Provider
NTFS	New Technology File System
NUI	Natural User Interface
NVRAM	Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
OASIS	Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
OCR	Optical Character Recognition
ODBC	Open Database Connectivity
OEM	Original Equipment Manufacturer
OLAP	Online Analytical Processing
OLE	Object Linking and Embedding
OLED	Organic Light Emitting Diode
OOP	Object-Oriented Programming
OSD	On Screen Display
OSPF	Open Shortest Path First
P2P	Peer To Peer
PC	Personal Computer
PCB	Printed Circuit Board
PCI	Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCI-X	Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended
PCMCIA	Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PDA	Personal Digital Assistant
PDF	Portable Document Format
PHP	Hypertext Preprocessor
PIM	Personal Information Manager
PMU	Power Management Unit
PNG	Portable Network Graphic
PON	Passive Optical Network
POP3	Post Office Protocol
POST	Power On Self Test
PPC	Pay Per Click
PPGA	Plastic Pin Grid Array
PPI	Pixels Per Inch
PPL	Pay Per Lead
PPM	Pages Per Minute
PPP	Point to Point Protocol
PPPoE	Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
PPS	Pay Per Sale
PPTP	Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
PRAM	Parameter Random Access Memory
PROM	Programmable Read-Only Memory
PS/2	Personal System/2
PUM	Potentially Unwanted Modification
PUP	Potentially Unwanted Program
QBE	Query By Example
RAID	Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RAM	Random Access Memory
RDF	Resource Description Framework
RDRAM	Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
RFID	Radio-Frequency Identification
RGB	Red Green Blue
RISC	Reduced Instruction Set Computing
ROM	Read-Only Memory
RPC	Remote Procedure Call
RPM	Revenue Per 1,000 Impressions
RSS	RDF Site Summary
RTE	Runtime Environment
RTF	Rich Text Format
RUP	Rational Unified Process
SaaS	Software as a Service
SAN	Storage Area Network
SATA	Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
SCSI	Small Computer System Interface
SD	Secure Digital
SDK	Software Development Kit
SDLC	System Development Lifecycle
SDRAM	Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SDSL	Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
SEO	Search Engine Optimization
SERP	Search Engine Results Page
SIMM	Single In-Line Memory Module
SIP	Session Initiation Protocol
SKU	Stock Keeping Unit
SLA	Software License or Service Level Agreement
SLI	Scalable Link Interface
SMART	Self-Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology
SMB	Server Message Block
SMM	Social Media Marketing
SMS	Short Message Service
SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol
SO-DIMM	Small Outline Dual In-Line Memory Module
SOA	Service Oriented Architecture
SOAP	Simple Object Access Protocol
SQL	Structured Query Language
SRAM	Static Random Access Memory
sRGB	Standard Red Green Blue
SSD	Solid State Drive
SSH	Secure Shell
SSID	Service Set Identifier
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer
TCP/IP	Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TFT	Thin-Film Transistor
TIFF	Tagged Image File Format
TTL	Time To Live
TWAIN	Toolkit Without An Informative Name
UAT	User Acceptance Testing
UDDI	Universal Description Discovery and Integration
UDP	User Datagram Protocol
UGC	User Generated Content
UML	Unified Modeling Language
UNC	Universal Naming Convention
UPnP	Universal Plug and Play
UPS	Uninterruptible Power Supply
URI	Uniform Resource Identifier
URL	Uniform Resource Locator
USB	Universal Serial Bus
UTF	Unicode Transformation Format
VCI	Virtual Channel Identifier
VDSL	Very High Bit Rate Digital Subscriber Line
VDU	Visual Display Unit
VFAT	Virtual File Allocation Table
VGA	Video Graphics Array
VLB	VESA Local Bus
VLE	Virtual Learning Environment
VoIP	Voice Over Internet Protocol
VPI	Virtual Path Identifier
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VRAM	Video Random Access Memory
VRML	Virtual Reality Modeling Language
W3C	World Wide Web Consortium
WAIS	Wide Area Information Server
WAMP	Windows, Apache, MySQL, and PHP
WAN	Wide Area Network
WDDM	Windows Display Driver Model
WEP	Wired Equivalent Privacy
Wi-Fi	Wireless Fidelity
WIMP	Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointer
WINS	Windows Internet Name Service
WPA	Wi-Fi Protected Access
WWW	World Wide Web
XHTML	Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
XML	Extensible Markup Language
XMP	Extensible Metadata Platform
XSLT	Extensible Style Sheet Language Transformation
Y2K	Year 2000
ZIF	Zero Insertion Force

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Constitution Day, India - A day to honor the Constitution of India.

Constitution Day, India -  A day to honor the Constitution of India.

The Constitution was adopted by the India Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949, and came into effect on 26 January 1950.

" WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN, SOCIALIST, SECULAR, DEMOCRATIC, REPUBLIC and to secure all its citizens:

JUSTICE, social economic and political:
LIBERTY, of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship:
EQUALITY, of status and of opportunity, and to promote among them all:
FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and unity and integrity of the nation.
IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY, this twenty sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, "ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES HIS CONSTITUTION ".

Rani Lakshmibai

 Salutes all such women who dare to fight in order to bring a change in the world.

 Rani Lakshmibai (19 November 1828 – 18 June 1858) was the queen of the Maratha-ruled princely state of Jhansi. She was a leading warrior of India’s freedom struggle, symbolizing bravery, patriotism, perseverance & generosity.

The peacock

Advanced Happy Children's Day...

Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

 

A Greatest Inspirational Leader cum Scientist, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

 

Family, Teacher, Beautiful Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended. - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

 

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

 

Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

 

 

Vithura

Vithura is a small village situated on the way to Ponmudi, about 35 km from Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala. Surrounded by the Western Ghats and blessed with numerous trees and extensive green lands, it is the cross road to various tourist and religious destinations. 

Large number of people came here to buy the precious medicinal items from the market.
Major tourist spots such as Ponmudi, Peppara Dam, Kombaikani and Meenmutty Waterfalls, Agastyakoodam Peak and Vayuvanthol Waterfalls are nearby.
Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway Station is the nearest railhead. Regular bus services are available from Thiruvananthapuram Central Bus Station to this place.

Peppara Dam

The Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary constitutes the catchments of the Peppara Dam on the Karamana River near Thiruvananthapuram, India.

The Peppara Dam was commissioned in 1983 to augment the drinking water supply to Thiruvananthapuram city and suburban areas. Considering the ecological significance of the area, it was declared a sanctuary in 1983. The area was formerly a part of the Paruthippally range of the Thiruvananthapuram Territorial Division. Forests consist of part of the Palode reserve (24 square kilometres (9.3 sq mi)) and part of Kottoor reserve (29 square kilometres (11 sq mi)). The total water spread of the reservoir is 5.82 square kilometres (2.25 sq mi). Recently, a joint effort has been made by Kerala Tourism with the State Forest Department and the Kerala Water Authority to beautify the dam site and provide more entertainment and leisure facilities here.

Ponmudi

Ponmudi (Malayalam: പൊന്മുടി) (the Golden Peak) is a hill station in the Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala in India. Its located 55.2 km north-east of Trivandrum city at an altitude of 1100 m. It is a part of the Western Ghats mountain range that runs parallel to the Arabian Sea.
                           Ponmudi is blessed with scenic splendor and natural beauty, Ponmudi has a carpet of thick tropical forest that rolls down to the foot of the hill range. No doubt, the salubrious atmosphere and the twisted trails across clear streams must have contributed to her health

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Each morning we are born again .....

Sir C.V.Raman's birth anniversary

Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, (7 November 1888 – 21 November 1970) was an Indian physicist whose work was influential in the growth of science in India.

He was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 for the discovery that when light traverses a transparent material, some of the deflected light changes in wavelength. This phenomenon is now called Raman scattering and is the result of the Raman effect

Peppara Dam Map (via Google)

The above map indicates submerged areas when there is plenty of water. If you look closely you can see the dam on the lower left of the map. The road actually goes over the dam into the forest, but you need to park your vehicle outside the dam premises.

park your vehicle outside the dam premises.

Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary

Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary consists of the Peppara dam and its surrounding areas. The sanctuary was created after the commissioning of the Peppara dam. The total area of the reserve is about 53 square kilometres (with about 10% of it submerged by Peppara dam). The sanctuary is home to a rich set of flora and fauna. The abundance of butterflies and birds was striking when I went there. There are many tribal settlements (Kani tribe) within the sanctuary.
Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary has a healthy population of elephant, wild dog, gaur, sambar, Lion tailed macaque, wild boar, Malabar squirrel and tiger. A substantial population of snakes including king cobra and python are in the sanctuary. The sanctuary is also well known for the abundance of bird species and butterflies. The forests here are located at elevation varying from 100m to 1500m and the forest types here include – tropical evergreen, semi evergreen and moist mixed deciduous.

Peppara Dam

Peppara dam is located around 55KM from Trivandrum city and is constructed over Karamana river. It was built to meet the water requirements of Trivandrum city till 2025 and is the lifeline of the city.
Aruvikkara dam was constructed across Karamana river to meet the drinking water requirements of Trivandrum city. It is located around 17KM from city centre. However it is a small dam and hold up to 4 days of water required for the city. Hence in 1983, Peppara dam was constructed on the upper reaches of Karamana river to act as a water bank for Aruvikkara dam.
Currently Aruvikkara dam supplies about 220 million litres of water and the city needs over 250 million litres of water. A new water supply scheme under JBIC (Japan Bank for International Cooperation) will increase the supply capacity of Aruvikkara dam by another 75 million litres per day. There are also other small projects to increase the total supply capacity of Aruvikkara dam to around 400 million litres per day. In order to have reserve water for 200 days, the Peppara dam would need to store 80 million cubic meters of water.
The current maximum water capacity of Peppara dam is around 40 million cubic meters and it can be increased to 70 million cubic meters if the reservoir level is increased to 110 meters from the current maximum of 104 meters. This is possible as the dam was designed with this height in mind. However it would submerge about 265 hectares of forest land. The Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary was notified assuming the submerging of this extra land. However now environmentalists are fighting against increasing of the dam level. If the reasonable demand of increasing the dam level is not met, Trivandrum city is heading for a severe water crisis in the coming years.
Interestingly KSEB (Kerala State Electricity Board) operates a 3MW mini hydroelectric power station located here.

Peppara Tourism

Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Thiruvananthapuram

Location: About 50 km from Thiruvananthapuram city en route to Ponmudi, Thiruvananthapuram district, South Kerala.
Lying on the outskirts of the capital city, the Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary is spread over an area of 53 sq. km. on the Western Ghats and was established in 1938. The place is fascinating for its damsite, thick forest areas, crystal clear streams and rocky terrains ideal for adventure expeditions.
The sanctuary has a rich population of mammalian fauna and is emerging as a big attraction to wildlife enthusiasts and ornithologists. Asian elephant, sambar, leopard, lion-tailed macaque, can be seen here. Birdlife includes the endemics like Malabar Grey Hornbill, Whitebellied Treepie, Small Sunbird, etc.
Recently, a joint effort has been made by Kerala Tourism with the State Forest Department and the Kerala Water Authority to beautify the damsite and provide more entertainment/leisure facilities here.

Getting there

Nearest railway station: Thiruvananthapuram, about 50 km
Nearest airport: Trivandrum International Airport, about 56 km