Updated some abbreviations

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@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ ECAC,European Civil Aviation Conference
ELEV,Field Elevation
EFM,Gesellschaft für Enteisen und Flugzeugschleppen
ETA,Estimated Time of Arrival
ETL,Effective Translational Lift (for helicopters)
ETOPS,Extended-range Twin-engine Operational Performance Standards
ETVS,Electronic Terminal Voice Switch
FAA,U.S. Federal Aviation Administration

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@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ ESMR,Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
ESMTP,Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
ESP,event stream processing
ESS,employee self-service
ETL,extract, transform, load
ETL,"extract, transform, load"
ETM,Enterprise Transportation Management
ETO,Engineer To Order
ETP,Enterprise Transportation Planning
@ -1092,7 +1092,6 @@ ExRCA,Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer
EZ/EC,Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community
FA,Flexible Automation
FACTA,Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act
FAQ,frequently-asked questions
FAR,Federal Acquisition Regulation
FAS,Final Assembly Schedule
FASAB,Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
@ -1195,7 +1194,7 @@ FPS,First-Person Shooter
fps,Frames Per Second
FPT,Fine Pitch Technology
FPU,Floating-Point Unit
FQA,frequently questioned answers
FQA,Frequently Questioned Answers
FQDN,Fully Qualified Domain Name
FR,Frame Relay
FRA,Federal Railroad Administration

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@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ ADSR,"Attack,Decay,Sustain,Release (sound envelope specification)"
ADT,Atlantic Daylight Time (UTC3 hours)
ADTB,Army Doctrine and Training Bulletin
ADW,Air Defence Warning
AE,"Armed Forces Africa/Canada/Europe/Middle East (postal symbol),United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code),Artix Entertainment,American Eagle,A&E,(a/i) Arts & Entertainment Network,the original name for the U.S. TV channel now known as A&E Network"
AE,"Armed Forces Africa/Canada/Europe/Middle East (postal symbol),United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code),Artix Entertainment,American Eagle,A&E, Arts & Entertainment Network,the original name for the U.S. TV channel now known as A&E Network"
ae,Avestan language (ISO 639-1 code)
AED,United Arab Emirates dirham (ISO 4217 currency code)
AEDT,Australian Eastern Daylight Time
@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ AFWA,Air Force Weather Agency,Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies,AG[edit]
AG,air gunner,Aktiengesellschaft (German,"incorporated"),Algeria (FIPS 10-4 country code),Antigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166 digram),Assemblies of God
ag,Attogram
Ag,Silver (Latin argentum)
AGA-(a/i) AB Gas-accumulator ("ah-gah",Swedish company),Advanced Graphics Architecture
AGA- AB Gas-accumulator ("ah-gah",Swedish company),Advanced Graphics Architecture
AGARD,Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development
AGARDograph,Advanced Guidance for Alliance Research and Development publication
AGASA,Akeno Giant Air Shower Array (cosmic ray detector)
@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ AIMP,Aurora Incremental Modernization Project
AIPAC,American Israel Public Affairs Committee
AIR,Aircraft Inventory Record
AIRFA,American Indian Religious Freedom Act
AIRS,(a/i) Aerometric Information Retrieval System (obsolete; replaced with AFS)
AIRS, Aerometric Information Retrieval System (obsolete; replaced with AFS)
AIS,Australian Institute of Sport,Automatic Identification System
AISB,(British Society for the Study of) Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour
aJ,Attojoule
@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ Ar,Argon
ara,Arabic language (ISO 639-2 code)
ARAG,Advanced Research and Assessment Group
ARB,Administrative Review Board
ARBA,(a/i) Army Review Boards Agency
ARBA, Army Review Boards Agency
ARC,Arc-second Raster Chart,Appalachian Regional Commission
ARCA,Automobile Racing Club of America
ARCENT,United States Army Central Command
@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ ASMB,American Society for Matrix Biology,Adult Swim Message Board
ASME,American Society of Mechanical Engineers,American Society of Magazine ors
ASMP,Air-Sol Moyenne Portée missile (French "Medium-range air to surface"),Asymmetric multiprocessing
ASN,Associate of Science in Nursing
ASOC,(a/i) Air Sovereignty Operations Centre,Air Support Operations Centre,Airport Security and Operations Centre,Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition,Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus,Australian Standard Offence Classification
ASOC, Air Sovereignty Operations Centre,Air Support Operations Centre,Airport Security and Operations Centre,Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition,Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus,Australian Standard Offence Classification
ASP,Active Server Pages,American Society of Primatologists,Ammunition Supply Point,Application Service Provider (cf internet service provider),Astronomical Society of the Pacific,Association of Surfing Professionals
ASPI,Australian Strategic Policy Institute
ASR,Alkali-silica reaction,Anti Slip Regulation
@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ AZE,Azerbaijan (ISO 3166 trigram)
aze,Azerbaijani language (ISO 639-2 code)
AZN,Azerbaijani manat (ISO 4217 currency code)
AZUR,"Actions en zone urbaine (French for: Urban Operations)"
BAR,"Barbados (IOC trigram,but not FIFA or ISO 3166),British American Racing,Browning Automatic Rifle,Buy-American Restrictions,BARD , Binational Agricultural Research and Development fund (between the US and Israel),BARDA , Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency,BART , Bay Area Rapid Transit,BAS , Battalion Aid Station,BASE , Building,Antenna,Span,Earth (parachute from),BASF , Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory,a German chemicals company),BASIC , Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (acronym was added later,originally it was simply Basic),BAT ,(a/i) Basic Aid Training,BATF , U.S. Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,and Firearms,BATS , Behavior Analysis Training System ,Bradley Advanced Training System,BATTeRS , Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescope for Rapid Survey,BB[edit]"
BAR,"Barbados (IOC trigram,but not FIFA or ISO 3166),British American Racing,Browning Automatic Rifle,Buy-American Restrictions,BARD , Binational Agricultural Research and Development fund (between the US and Israel),BARDA , Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency,BART , Bay Area Rapid Transit,BAS , Battalion Aid Station,BASE , Building,Antenna,Span,Earth (parachute from),BASF , Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory,a German chemicals company),BASIC , Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (acronym was added later,originally it was simply Basic),BAT , Basic Aid Training,BATF , U.S. Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,and Firearms,BATS , Behavior Analysis Training System ,Bradley Advanced Training System,BATTeRS , Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescope for Rapid Survey,BB[edit]"
BB,"Barbados (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code),Boys' Brigade (Christian youth organization),Brigitte Bardot (actress),Bumblebee"
BBB,"Better Business Bureau,Blood-brain barrier"
BBC,"Breeding Bird Census,British Broadcasting Corporation,Bumper to Back of Cab (trucking measurement)"
@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ DE,Delaware (postal symbol),Germany (ISO 3166 digram)
de,German language (ISO 639-1 code)
DEA,Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA,Drug Enforcement Agency
DEC,(a/i) Department of Environmental Conservation,Digital Equipment Corporation,Disasters Emergency Committee
DEC, Department of Environmental Conservation,Digital Equipment Corporation,Disasters Emergency Committee
DeCA,(U.S.) Defense Commissary Agency
DEFCON,Defence readiness condition
DEFRA,(UK) Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs
@ -1438,7 +1438,7 @@ EKG,Electrocardiogram (from German Elektrokardiogramm)
EKMS,Electronic Key Management System
EL,Exalitre
el,Greek language (ISO 639-1 code)
ELF-(a/i) Earth Liberation Front,Endangered Language Fund,Eritrean Liberation Front,Executable and Linkable Format,Extremely Low Frequency
ELF- Earth Liberation Front,Endangered Language Fund,Eritrean Liberation Front,Executable and Linkable Format,Extremely Low Frequency
ELINT,Electronic Intelligence
ELL,English Language Learner
ell,Greek language (ISO 639-2 code)
@ -1480,10 +1480,10 @@ eo,Esperanto language (ISO 639-1 code)
EOD,Explosive Ordnance Disposal
EOG,ElectroOculoGraphy
EOM,End of Message
EOS,Earth Observation Satellite,(a/i) Electro-Optical System,Canon's autofocusing system for film and digital SLR cameras,Electrophoresis Operations in Space,a space manufacturing project of the McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company
EOS,Earth Observation Satellite, Electro-Optical System,Canon's autofocusing system for film and digital SLR cameras,Electrophoresis Operations in Space,a space manufacturing project of the McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company
EOSAT,Earth Observation Satellite
EOSDIS,(a/i) Earth Observation Satellite Data and Information System
EOTS,Electro-Optical Tactical Sensor,(a/i) Eye Of The Storm (World of Warcraft)
EOSDIS, Earth Observation Satellite Data and Information System
EOTS,Electro-Optical Tactical Sensor, Eye Of The Storm (World of Warcraft)
EP,European Parliament
EP,Extended play
EPA,EicosaPentaenoic Acid,Environmental Protection Agency
@ -1491,7 +1491,7 @@ EPCOT,Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow
EPCR,Endothelial protein C receptor,European Professional Club Rugby
EPFL,École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (French,"Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology")
EPGS,EOS Polar Ground Sites
EPIRB,(a/i) Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
EPIRB, Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
EPL,English Premier League
EPLRS,Enhanced Position Location Reporting System ("ee-plarz")
EPO,Ellinikí Podosferikí Omospondía (Greek Ελληνική Ποδοσφαιρική Ομοσπονδία,translated as "Hellenic Football Federation"),European Patent Organisation or its main organ,the European Patent Office,Erythropoietin
@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@ EQG,Equatorial Guinea (FIFA trigram,but not IOC or ISO 3166)
ER,Emergency Room,Eritrea (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
Er,Erbium
ERA,Earned run average,Engineering Research Associates,Equal Rights Amendment,English Racing Automobiles,European Railway Agency
ERCIM,(a/i) European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
ERCIM, European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
ERI,Eritrea (ISO 3166 trigram)
ERLAWS,Eastern Ruapehu Lahar Alarm and Warning System
ERN,Eritrean nakfa (ISO 4217 currency code)
@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@ FAADEZ,Forward Area Air Defence Engagement Zone
FAAFP,Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians
FAAN,Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology
FAAN,Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
FAAQ,(a/i) Frequently Asked and Anticipated Questions (cf. FAQ)
FAAQ,Frequently Asked and Anticipated Questions
FAASV,Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle
FAB,Feline Advisory Bureau (UK feline charity)
FAC,Forward Air Controller,Front of Allies for Change,Frontal Affinity Chromatography,Full Aperture Calibrator
@ -1594,14 +1594,14 @@ fao,Faroese language (ISO 639-2 code)
FAO,Food and Agriculture Organization
FAPA,Fellow of the American Psychological Association
FAPHA,Fellow of the American Public Health Association
FAQ,(a/i) Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes pronounced "fak")
FAQ,Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes pronounced "fak")
FARC,Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Spanish,"Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia")
FARP,Forward Arming and Refuelling Point / Forward Area Rearm/refuel Point
FAS,Federation of American Scientists,Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
fas,Persian language (ISO 639-2 code)
FASCAM,Family of Scatterable Mines[1]
FASD,Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
FASEB,(a/i) Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
FASEB,Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
FAT,Field Artillery Tractor
FAVS,Future Armoured Vehicle System
FAW,Football Association of Wales
@ -1629,24 +1629,24 @@ FDR,Flight Data Recorder,Franklin Delano Roosevelt
FE,Fully Exposed (armoured vehicle target,as opposed to Hull-Down)
Fe,Iron (Latin Ferrum)
FEAR,First Encounter Assault Recon,False Evidence Appears Real
FEAST,(a/i) Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation
FEAST,Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation
FEATS,Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies link title
FEB,Federación Española de Baloncesto (Spanish,"Spanish Basketball Federation"),Federatie Eredivisie Basketball (Dutch,"Federation Honorary Division (of) Basketball"),the former name of the basketball competition now known in Dutch by the English-language Dutch Basketball League,Força Expedicionária Brasileira (Portuguese,"Brazilian Expeditionary Force")
FEBA,Forward Edge of the Battle Area
FED,(a/i) Field emission display
FED,Field Emission Display
FEDEP,Federation Development Process (Simulation)
FEF,Frontal Eye Field (neurophysiology)
FEI,Fédération équestre internationale (French,"International Federation for Equestrian Sports")
FEMA-(a/i) Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association,(a/i) U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency,Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association
FEMA,"Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency,Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association"
FEMEXFUT,Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación (Spanish,"Mexican Association Football Federation")
FENAFUTH,Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras (Spanish,"National Autonomous Football Federation of Honduras")
FENS,(a/i) Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
FENS,Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
FEP,Firepower Enhancement Program,Fleet satellite (FLTSAT) Extremely high frequency (EHF) Package
FEPAFUT,Federación Panameña de Fútbol (Spanish,"Panamanian Football Federation")
FES,Flywheel Energy Storage
FEST,Frankfurt English Speaking Theatre link title
FET,Field-effect transistor
FEZ,(a/i) Fighter Engagement Zone
FEZ,Fighter Engagement Zone
fF,Femtofarad
FF,Final Fantasy
ff,Fula language (ISO 639-1 code)
@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@ fin,Finnish language (ISO 639-2 code)
FINA,(p/a) Fédération internationale de natation (French,"International Swimming Federation")
FIR,Final Inspection Report,Federazione Italiana Rugby (Italian,"Italian Rugby (Union) Federation")
FIRES,Fever Induced Refractory Epilepsy Syndrome or Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome
FIS,(a/i) Fédération internationale de ski (French "International Ski Federation")
FIS,"Fédération internationale de ski (French for: International Ski Federation)"
FISA,Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (French,"International Federation of Rowing Associations")
FISH,Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridisation
FiST,Fire Support Team
@ -1713,16 +1713,16 @@ FL,Florida (postal symbol)
fl,floruit (Latin,"living") (genealogy)
FLA,Florida,Front Line Assembly,Future Large Aircraft
FLAB,Four-letter abbreviation
FLAC,(a/i) Free Legal Advice Centres
FLAC,(a/i) Free Lossless Audio Codec
FLAC,Free Legal Advice Centres
FLAC,Free Lossless Audio Codec
FLAK,FLugAbwehrKanone (German for "Anti-Aircraft Guns")
FLB,Forward Logistics Base
FLET,(a/i) Forward Line of Enemy Troops
FLET,Forward Line of Enemy Troops
FLG,Falun Gong
FLIP,Flight Information Publication
FLIR,Forward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
FLK,Falkland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
FLOT,(a/i) Forward Line of Own Troops
FLOT,Forward Line of Own Troops
FLQ,Free Legal Questions
FLQ,Front de libération du Québec (French for "Québec Liberation Front")
FLSA,Fair Labor Standards Act
@ -1813,7 +1813,7 @@ FTE,Full Time Equivalent
FTL,Faster Than Light
FTS,Flight Termination System used during some rocket launches
FTS,Fuck That Shit
FTSE,(a/i) Financial Times Stock Exchange ("footsie")
FTSE,Financial Times Stock Exchange ("footsie")
FTW,For The Win (a commonly used phrase used online to indicate success) F@#K The World,Forever Together Where ever (gang slogan)
FU,Smoke (METAR Code)
FUBAR,Fucked/Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair
@ -1928,7 +1928,7 @@ GIN,Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram),Guidelines International Network
GINK,Going Insane Not Knowing,orig. Colorado 2010 M.Kalfas
GINO,Godzilla In Name Only
GIP,Gibraltar pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
GISS,(a/i) General Impression of Size and Shape,Goddard Institute for Space Studies
GISS,"General Impression of Size and Shape,Goddard Institute for Space Studies"
GJ,Gigajoule,Grenada (FIPS 10-4 country code),Gujarat (Indian state code)
GJD,Geocentric Julian Day
GK,Gigakelvin,Guernsey (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
@ -2016,7 +2016,7 @@ GSG,German Sport Guns,Global Scenario Group (former environmental research organ
GSGB,(God send glamour boy 9-10/10)
GSK,GlaxoSmithKline [good sexual karma]
GSM,General Service Medal,Grams per Square Metre (paper thickness; properly g/m2),Ground Station Module,Groupe spécial mobile (French,"Special Mobile Group"; official expansion is now Global System for Mobile Communications)
GSN,(a/i) Game Show Network
GSN,Game Show Network
GSO,General Services Officer (U.S. Department of State)
GSOH,Good Sense Of Humour
GSP,Georges St-Pierre (Canadian MMA fighter)
@ -2106,7 +2106,7 @@ HEMP,High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
HEO,High Earth Orbit,Highly Elliptical Orbit
HEOSS,High Earth Orbit Space Surveillance
HEP,High-Explosive Plastic (ammunition)
HEPA,(a/i) High-Efficiency Particulate Air (filter)
HEPA,High-Efficiency Particulate Air (filter)
her,Herero language (ISO 639-2 code)
HESH,High-Explosive,Squash-Head (ammunition)
HESV,Heavy Engineering Support Vehicle
@ -2271,7 +2271,7 @@ IANAL,I Am Not A Lawyer
IAQ,Indoor air quality,Infrequently Asked Questions
IAS,Image Assessment System
IASIP,It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
IATA,(a/i) International Air Transport Association
IATA,International Air Transport Association
IATF,International Automotive Task Force
IATSE,International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
IAU,International Association of Universities,International Astronomical Union
@ -2295,7 +2295,7 @@ ICBN,International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
ICC,Integrated Command and Control,International Criminal Court,International Cricket Council,Interstate Commerce Commission,International Chamber of Commerce
ICD,Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator,Initial Capabilities Document,International Classification of Diseases
ICE,In case of emergency
ICES,(a/i) International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
ICES,International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
ICF,Intelligent Community Forum
ICHTHYS,Iesous Christos,Theou Yios,Soter (Greek,"Jesus Christ,Son of God,Savior")
ICM,Improved Conventional Munition,Integrated Collection Management,International Congress of Mathematicians,Iraq Campaign Medal
@ -2304,7 +2304,7 @@ ICNAF,International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (became NAFO
ICNI,Integrated Communication,Navigation,and Identification
ICO,Intermediate Circular Orbit
ICP,Inductively coupled plasma,Insane Clown Posse
ICPE,(a/i) International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology,the annual conference of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
ICPE,"International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology,the annual conference of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology"
ICRAF,International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (a.k.a. World Agroforestry Centre since 2002)
ICRISAT,International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
ICRL,Individual Component Repair List
@ -2429,7 +2429,7 @@ INFOSEC,Information Security
INLA,Irish National Liberation Army
INMARSAT,International Maritime Satellite organization
INR,Indian rupee (ISO 4217 currency code)
INRI,(a/i) Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudæorum (Latin,"Jesus of Nazareth,King of the Jews")
INRI,Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudæorum (Latin for: Jesus of Nazareth,King of the Jews)
INRIA,Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique
INS,Immigration and Naturalization Service
InSAR,Interferometric synthetic aperture radar
@ -2506,7 +2506,7 @@ ISMC,Intelligent Sounding Meaningless Conversation
ISO,In Search Of,International Organization for Standardization (from the Greek ίσος,isos,meaning "equal")
ISOGP,Indian Society of Orthodontics for General Practitioners [2]
ISP,International Standardized Profile,Internet Service Provider,Information Systems Professional
ISPE,(a/i) International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
ISPE,International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
ISR,Intelligence,Surveillance and Reconnaissance,Israel (ISO 3166 trigram)
ISRO,Indian Space Research Organisation
ISS,International Shorebird Survey (North America),International Space Station
@ -2593,11 +2593,9 @@ JCPM,Java Child Process Manager,Jesus Christ Prison Ministry
JCS,Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCW,Juggalo Championship Wrestling
JD,Jack Daniel's (whiskey),Julian day,Juris Doctor (Latin,"doctor of jurisprudence")
JDAM,(a/i) Joint Direct Attack Munition ("djay-dam")
JDBC,Java Data Base Connectivity
JDCC,UK Joint Doctrine and Concepts Centre,now the Development,Concepts,and Doctrine Centre,DCDC
JDEM,Joint Dark Energy Mission
JDK,Java Development Kit
JDL,Jewish Defense League
JDM,Japanese domestic market,referring specifically to automobiles and parts,Java Data Mining,Joint design manufacturing,JE[edit]
JE,Jersey (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
@ -2637,7 +2635,7 @@ JN,Jan Mayen Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
JNI,Java Native Interface
JNLP,Java Network Launch Protocol
JO,Jordan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
JOA,(a/i) Joint Operations Area
JOA,Joint Operations Area
JOD,Jordanian dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
Jofa,Jonssons fabriker (Swedish,"Jonsson's Factories")
JOPES,Joint Operations Planning and Execution System
@ -2683,7 +2681,7 @@ JTIDS,Joint Tactical Information Distribution System ("djay-tidz")
JTLS,Joint Theater Level Simulation
JTMD,Joint Theatre Missile Defence
JTN,Johnston Atoll (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
JTRS,(a/i) Joint Tactical Radio System ("jitters")
JTRS,Joint Tactical Radio System ("jitters")
JU,Juan de Nova Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
JUGFET,JUnction Gate Field-Effect Transistor
JUICE,JUpiter ICy Moon Explorer
@ -2844,7 +2842,7 @@ la,Latin language (ISO 639-1 code)
LAAS,Local Area Augmentation System,Los Angeles Astronomical Society
LAB,Logistics Assault Base
LabVIEW,Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench
LACMA,(a/i) Los Angeles County Museum of Art
LACMA,Los Angeles County Museum of Art
LAD,Laser Aiming Device
LADW,Local Air Defence Warning
LAESI,Local Authority & Emergency Service Information
@ -2891,7 +2889,7 @@ LCol,Lieutenant-Colonel (Canada,UK)
LCS,League of Legends Championship Series
LD,Laser Designator,Limited Deployment,Line of Departure
LDA,Lateral Drift Apparatus (paratroops)
LDAP,(a/i) Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (pronounced "ell-dap")
LDAP,Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (pronounced "ell-dap")
LDC,Lesser Developing/Developed Country
LDL,Low-Density Lipoprotein
LDS,Latter-day Saint (also "Latter Day Saint"); also used as an abbreviation by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,Liberal Democracy of Slovenia
@ -2954,8 +2952,8 @@ LLTI,Limiting Long-Term Illness,Long Lead Time Item
LLTR,Low-Level Transit Route
LMAO,Laughing My Ass Off (Internet shorthand)
LMB,Lick My Balls
LMFAO,Laughing My F**king Ass Off (Internet shorthand,electro-hop duo)
LMN,(a/i) Lifetime Movie Network
LMFAO,"Laughing My F**king Ass Off (Internet shorthand,electro-hop duo)"
LMN,Lifetime Movie Network
LMS,Like My Status (Internet shorthand)
LMS,London Mathematical Society,London,Midland and Scottish (Railway)
LMV,() Light Motor Vehicle
@ -2968,7 +2966,7 @@ LNR,Ligue Nationale de Rugby (French,"National Rugby League")
lo,Lao language (ISO 639-1 code)
LO,Slovakia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
LOA,Limit Of Advance
LOC,(a/i) Level of Operational Capability,Limited Operational Capability,Lines Of Code,Lines Of Communication,see entry
LOC,"Level of Operational Capability,Limited Operational Capability,Lines Of Code,Lines Of Communication,see entry"
LOD,Limit of Detection,see Detection limit
LoD,Lines of Development (UK)
LOFAR,Low Frequency Analysis and Recording
@ -3098,7 +3096,7 @@ Maser,Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
MASH,Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
MASINT,Measurement And Signature Intelligence
MATREX,Modeling Architecture for Technology,Research & EXperimentation
MAVS,(a/i) Mobile Artillery Vehicle System
MAVS,Mobile Artillery Vehicle System
MAW,Malawi (IOC trigram,but not FIFA or ISO 3166)
MAX,Meta-reasoning Architecture for "X"
MB,Manitoba (postal symbol),Martinique (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Medal of Bravery (Canada)
@ -3314,9 +3312,9 @@ MoDAF,Ministry of Defence Architecture Framework ("moh-daff")
modem,Modulator-Demodulator
Moe,Marvel of entertainment
MOE,Measure Of Effectiveness
MOF,(a/i) Ministry of Finance (Japan)
MOFA,(a/i) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
MOH,(a/i) Medal of Honor,Music On Hold
MOF,Ministry of Finance (Japan)
MOFA,Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
MOH, Medal of Honor,Music On Hold
MOID,Minimum Orbital Intersection Distance
MOJWA,Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa
mol,Moldovan language (ISO 639-2 code),mole (unit)
@ -3656,7 +3654,7 @@ NIR,Northern Ireland (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
NISAC,U.S. National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center
NISCAP,NSA Information System Certification and Accreditation Program
NISER,National Institute of Science Education and Research
NIST,(a/i) National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIT,National Invitation Tournament (U.S. college basketball),National Institutes of Technology (India)
NITFS,National Imagery Transmission Format Standard
NIU,Niue (ISO 3166 trigram)
@ -3950,8 +3948,8 @@ OPV,Offshore Patrol Vessel
OQ,Order Quantity,in inventory management; the quantity of new items to be ordered. Often expressed as a part of OP/OQ (when quantity OP is reached,order OQ new items)
OR,Operating Room (surgery),Operational/Operations Research,Oregon (postal symbol),overreciprocation,when the leader of an inner circle friendship contacts a friend more than is wanted or reasonable
or,Oriya language (ISO 639-1 code)
ORAU,(a/i) Oak Ridge Associated Universities
ORB,(a/i) Object Request Broker
ORAU, Oak Ridge Associated Universities
ORB, Object Request Broker
ORBAT,Order of Battle
ORD,Office of Research and Development,Operational Requirements Document
ORF,Operational iness Float
@ -3984,7 +3982,7 @@ OSRH,Oružane Snage Republike Hrvatske (en: Armed forces of the Republic of Croa
OSS,Office of Strategic Services (1942-1945,forerunner of CIA)
oss,Ossetic language (ISO 639-2 code)
OSU,Ohio State University,Oklahoma State University
OTA,Office of Technology Assessment,(a/i) Orthodontic Technicians Association
OTA,Office of Technology Assessment, Orthodontic Technicians Association
OTAC,Orthodontic Technicians Association Conference,Orthodontic Technicians Association Council
OTB,Off The Ball,Offtrack Betting,OneSAF Testbed (a descendant of ModSAF)
OTC,Over-The-Counter (drugs)
@ -4016,11 +4014,11 @@ P2P,Peer-to-peer (networking)
Pa,pascal,Protactinium
pA,picoampere
pa,Punjabi language (ISO 639-1 code)
PA-(a/i) Pamela Anderson,Panama (ISO 3166 digram),Paraguay (FIPS 10-4 country code),Partial Agonist,Pennsylvania (postal symbol),petampere,PolyAmide (Nylon),Prince Albert piercing,Public Address (vocal amplification system),Public Affairs,PA 6,Nylon 6 (PolyAmide) (similarly for PA 11,12,46,66,610)
PA- Pamela Anderson,Panama (ISO 3166 digram),Paraguay (FIPS 10-4 country code),Partial Agonist,Pennsylvania (postal symbol),petampere,PolyAmide (Nylon),Prince Albert piercing,Public Address (vocal amplification system),Public Affairs,PA 6,Nylon 6 (PolyAmide) (similarly for PA 11,12,46,66,610)
PAA,Position Area for Artillery
PAB,Panamanian balboa (ISO 4217 currency code)
PABX,Private Automated Branch eXchange (company phone system)
PAC,Pan Africanist Congress,Partial Solar Calibrator,Patriot Advanced Capabilities,Political action committee,(a/i) Primary Auditory Cortex
PAC,Pan Africanist Congress,Partial Solar Calibrator,Patriot Advanced Capabilities,Political action committee, Primary Auditory Cortex
PACOM,(U.S.) Pacific Command
PADD,Personal Access Display Device (as seen in the Star Trek franchise),Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts,used for data collection in the U.S. petroleum industry
PADI,Professional Association of Diving Instructors
@ -4032,7 +4030,7 @@ PAI,PolyAmide Imide,Pre-Approval Inspection (pharma)
PAK,Pakistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
Pakistan,Punjab,Afghan states,Kashmir,sIndh,baluchiSTAN
PAL,Phase Alternating Line (TV standard),Philippine Airlines
PAM,(a/i) Precision Attack Missile
PAM, Precision Attack Missile
PAMELA,Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics,Pedestrian Accessibility and Movement Environment Laboratory
Pamida,Patrick,Michael,and David,sons of the department store chain's co-founder Jim Witherspoon
PAN,Panama (ISO 3166 trigram),Partai Amanat Nasional (Indonesian,"National Mandate Party"),Indonesian political party,Partido Acción Nacional (Spanish,"National Action Party"),political parties in El Salvador,Mexico,and Nicaragua,Partido de Avanzada Nacional (Spanish,"National Advancement Party"),Guatemalan political party,Personal Area Network,PolyAcryloNitrile,Programa de Asistencia Nutricional (Spanish,"Nutritional Assistance Program"),U.S. federal program for nutritional needs of poor families in Puerto Rico
@ -4118,8 +4116,8 @@ PER,Peru (ISO 3166 trigram)
perl,usually lower case Practical Extraction and Report Language
PES,PolyEtherSulfone
PEST,UK Public Engagement with Science and Technology
PET,(a/i) Personal Electronic Transactor,Pierre Elliott Trudeau,Positron Emission Tomography (as in PET scan),PolyEthylene Terephthalate (plastic),Preliminary English Test
PETA,(a/i) pentaerythritol triacrylate,People Eating Tasty Animals,People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
PET, Personal Electronic Transactor,Pierre Elliott Trudeau,Positron Emission Tomography (as in PET scan),PolyEthylene Terephthalate (plastic),Preliminary English Test
PETA, pentaerythritol triacrylate,People Eating Tasty Animals,People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
petawatt-
PETE,PolyEthyleneTErephthalate
PETP,PolyEthyleneTerePhthalate
@ -4155,12 +4153,12 @@ PIC,Person In Charge
PICNIC,Problem In Chair Not In Computer
PICS,Private Investment Capital Subscription
PID,Pelvic Inflammatory Disease,Plan Identification Number,Positive Identification,Procedural Identification,Procurement Identification Description
PIF,(a/i) Partners in Flight
PIF, Partners in Flight
PIG,Pipeline Inspection Gauge
PIM,(a/i) Parameterized Ionospheric Model,Path of Intended Motion,Pediatric Index of Mortality,Personal Information Manager/Management,Presence and Interworking Mobility,Processor-In-Memory,Program Integration Manager,Protocol Independent Multicast
PIM, Parameterized Ionospheric Model,Path of Intended Motion,Pediatric Index of Mortality,Personal Information Manager/Management,Presence and Interworking Mobility,Processor-In-Memory,Program Integration Manager,Protocol Independent Multicast
PIN,Personal Identification Number
PINF,People In Need Foundation (Czech charitable organisation)
PIPA,(a/i) Program on International Policy Attitudes
PIPA, Program on International Policy Attitudes
PIR,Priority Intelligence Requirement
PIRA,Provisional Irish Republican Army
PIREPS,Pilot Reports
@ -4183,7 +4181,7 @@ PKU,Phenylketonuria
PL,Ice Pellets (new style METAR Code),petalitre,Phase Line (Co-ordination Line),Poland (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
pL,picolitre
pl,Polish language (ISO 639-1 code)
PLAF,(a/i) People's Liberation Armed Forces,Pluggable look and feel,Product Line Architecture Framework
PLAF, People's Liberation Armed Forces,Pluggable look and feel,Product Line Architecture Framework
PLAID,Precision Location and Identification
PLB,Personal Locator Beacon
PLC,Public Limited Company (British)
@ -4240,20 +4238,20 @@ POFF,Plain Old Flat File
POG,Passionfruit,Orange and Guava
POGO,Project On Government Oversight
POI,Program Of Instruction
POK,(a/i) Plane Of Knowledge
POK, Plane Of Knowledge
POL,Petroleum,Oils and Lubricants,Poland (ISO 3166 trigram)
pol,Polish language (ISO 639-2 code)
POLAD,Political Advice
POM,Program Objective Memorandum,PolyOxyMethylene
POMDP,Partially observable Markov decision process
PooS,Poo Sniffer (Internet shorthand)
POP-(a/i) Point of Presence,Post Office Protocol,Progesterone Only Pill
POP- Point of Presence,Post Office Protocol,Progesterone Only Pill
POR,Portugal (FIFA and IOC trigram,but not ISO 3166),Proposed Operational Requirement
por,Portuguese language (ISO 639-2 code)
POS-(a/i) Point Of Sale terminal (retail industry transaction computers),Piece Of S**t
POS- Point Of Sale terminal (retail industry transaction computers),Piece Of S**t
POSH,Port Outbound Starboard Home (alleged)
POSSLQ,Person of the Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters
POT,(a/i) Plane Of Tranquility
POT, Plane Of Tranquility
POTS,Plain Old Telephone Service (cf. PANS),Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
POV,Point of view
POW,Prisoner of war
@ -4299,7 +4297,7 @@ PSA,Paralysis Society of America,Pharmaceutical Society of Australia,Pressure-Se
PSC,Personal service corporation,Primary Somatosensory Cortex
PSE,Palestinian Territory,Occupied (ISO 3166 trigram)
PSG,Pacific Seabird Group
PSI,(a/i) Portable Source Initiative
PSI, Portable Source Initiative
PSI,Pounds per square inch
PSO,Peace Support Operations,Primary Standardisation Office (ABCA),Protocol Supporting Organization (of the ICANN)
PSS,Personnel System Support
@ -4320,13 +4318,13 @@ PTI,Pardon the Interruption
PTL,Patrol,Primary Target Line
PTO,Patent and Trademark Office,Please Turn Over
PTSD,Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
PTUI,(a/i) Plain-Text User Interface ("pa-too-ey") (cf CLI)
PTUI, Plain-Text User Interface ("pa-too-ey") (cf CLI)
PU,Guinea-Bissau (FIPS 10-4 country code),Polyurethane,United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1986)
Pu,Plutonium
Pub,Publication
PUG,(a/i) PET Users Group
PUN,(a/i) Pull-Up Network
PUP,(a/i) Pull-Up Point
PUG, PET Users Group
PUN, Pull-Up Network
PUP, Pull-Up Point
PUR,Puerto Rico (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
pus,Pashto language (ISO 639-2 code)
PUS,United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
@ -4426,7 +4424,7 @@ RAM,Rolling Airframe Missile,
RAM,Royal Air Maroc
Ramark,RAdar MARKer
RAOC,Rear Area Operation Centre
RAP,(a/i) Radio Access Point,Radiological Assistance Program (U.S. Department of Energy),Rear Area Protection,Recognised [Operating/Operational] Air Picture,Recurring Advance Payment,Relational Associative Processor,Reliable Acoustic Path,Rocket-Assisted Projectile,Rule Against Perpetuities
RAP, Radio Access Point,Radiological Assistance Program (U.S. Department of Energy),Rear Area Protection,Recognised [Operating/Operational] Air Picture,Recurring Advance Payment,Relational Associative Processor,Reliable Acoustic Path,Rocket-Assisted Projectile,Rule Against Perpetuities
RARDE,UK Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment (1962-1991)
RARE,Rapid Acquisition with Relaxation Enhancement (MRI technique)
RASC,Royal Army Service Corp,Former corps of British Army
@ -4435,7 +4433,7 @@ Rb,Rubidium
RB,Running Back (football)
RBAR,Row By Agonizing Row,a derogatory way of describing a technique of scanning a set of records in a database to update or examine the contents of each one. This is the technique of last resort in most cases,since most database operations are optimized when using set based analysis instead of the RBAR method.
RBI,Runs Batted In
RBOC,(a/i) Regional Bell Operating Company ("Baby Bell")
RBOC, Regional Bell Operating Company ("Baby Bell")
RC,see entry
RCA,Radio Corporation of America,Root Cause Analysis,Royal Canadian Artillery,Royal City Avenue (famous entertainment zone in Thailand)
RCAF,Royal Canadian Air Force
@ -4450,7 +4448,7 @@ RCT,Randomized Controlled Trial,Robotically Controlled Telescope,Rugby club toul
RD,Radio Disney
RDA,Research,Development,and Acquisition,Recommended Daily Allowance (Nutrition)
RDD,Radiological Dispersion Device
RDDL,(a/i) Resource Directory Description Language ("riddle")
RDDL, Resource Directory Description Language ("riddle")
RDECOM,(U.S. Army) Research,Development and Engineering Command
RDM,Remotely Delivered/Deliverable Mine
RDO,Rapid,Decisive Operation,Regular Day Off,Remote Data Objects
@ -4506,7 +4504,7 @@ RILA,Retail Industry Leaders Association
RIM,Remote integrated multiplexer,Australian term for a digital loop carrier,Research In Motion,former name of the BlackBerry company,Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (Maoist organization),Royal Indian Marine,former navy of British colonial India
RIMVS,Retinal Imaging Machine Vision System
RINO,Republican In Name Only[1]
RIP-(a/i) Relief In Place,requiesca[n]t in pace (Latin for "may he/she/they rest in peace")
RIP- Relief In Place,requiesca[n]t in pace (Latin for "may he/she/they rest in peace")
RIS,Range Instrumentation System,Réseau Info Sports (French,roughly "Sports News Network" — Canadian French-language TV channel)
RISC,Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RISD,Rhode Island School of Design ("riz-dee")
@ -4536,15 +4534,15 @@ RNZ,Radio New Zealand
RNZI,Radio New Zealand International
RO,Range Only,Red Orchestra,Romania (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
ro,Romanian language (ISO 639-1 code)
ROA,(a/i) Rate Of Ascent
ROA, Rate Of Ascent
ROC,Receiver Operating Characteristic (statistics),Regional Operations Centre,Republic Of China,Roc-A-Fella Records,Regional Organisations of Councils
ROD,(a/i) Rate Of Descent,Record Of Decisions,Report Of Discrepancy
ROD, Rate Of Descent,Record Of Decisions,Report Of Discrepancy
ROE,Rules Of Engagement
ROFLOL,Rolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud
roh,Raeto-Romansh language (ISO 639-2 code)
ROH,Ring of Honor
ROI,Return On Investment,Republic of Ireland.
ROK,(a/i) Republic of Korea
ROK, Republic of Korea
ROL,Romanian leu (ISO 4217 currency code)
ROM,-Only Memory,Refuel On the Move,Royal Ontario Museum
ron,Romanian language (ISO 639-2 code)
@ -4557,7 +4555,7 @@ ROU,Romania (ISO 3166 trigram)
ROV,Remotely Operated Vehicle
ROW,Right Of Way,Rest Of the World
ROWPU,Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit ("roe-pew")
ROZ,(a/i) Restricted Operations Zone
ROZ, Restricted Operations Zone
RP,Philippines (FIPS 10-4 country code),Release Point,Role-Playing [relationship potential]
RPA,Regional Plan Association
RPD,Recognition-Primed Decision-making
@ -4628,12 +4626,12 @@ RWS,Remote Weapon Station
Rx,Medical prescription (possibly from Latin "recipere","to take": see entry)
RX,Receive
SA,Sand (METAR Code),Saudi Arabia (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram),Sexaholics Anonymous,sine anno (Latin,“without year”),Situational awareness,South Africa,(i/s) South Australia (postal symbol),Standards Australia,Sturmabteilung (German,“Storm Detachment”,Nazi forerunner and rival of SS),S.A.,designation for a corporation in many European countries; see article for meanings
SAA,Saudi Arabian Airlines,former name of Saudia,Sex Addicts Anonymous,South African Airways,Southern Athletic Association,Standards Association of Australia,a former name of Standards Australia,SAAB — Svenska Aeroplan AB (Swedish aircraft manufacturer; also refers to its former auto manufacturing arm),SAAFR — (a/i) Standard use Army Aircraft Flight Route (“safer”),SAAMI — Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (“sammy”),SAARC — South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation,SAB — Soprano Alto Baritone,Sabena — Société anonyme belge d'exploitation de la navigation aérienne (French for “Belgian Company for Exploiting Aerial Navigation”,1923-2001),SABIC — Saudi Basic Industries Corporation,SABR — Society for American Baseball Research
SAA,Saudi Arabian Airlines,former name of Saudia,Sex Addicts Anonymous,South African Airways,Southern Athletic Association,Standards Association of Australia,a former name of Standards Australia,SAAB — Svenska Aeroplan AB (Swedish aircraft manufacturer; also refers to its former auto manufacturing arm),SAAFR — Standard use Army Aircraft Flight Route (“safer”),SAAMI — Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (“sammy”),SAARC — South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation,SAB — Soprano Alto Baritone,Sabena — Société anonyme belge d'exploitation de la navigation aérienne (French for “Belgian Company for Exploiting Aerial Navigation”,1923-2001),SABIC — Saudi Basic Industries Corporation,SABR — Society for American Baseball Research
SAC,Standards Activity Committee (of SISO),U.S. Strategic Air Command (1946-1992),SACAT — Semi Attended Customer Activated Terminal (Supermarket checkout),SACEUR — Supreme Allied Commander EURope,SACLANT — Supreme Allied Commander atLANTic,SACLOS — Semi-Automatic Command to Line of Sight
SAD,Seasonal Affective Disorder,Situational Awareness Display,SADD — originally Students Against Drunk Driving,now Students Against Destructive Decisions (U.S. national school-related group)
SADL,Situation Awareness Data Link (“saddle”),Structural Architecture Description Language
SAE,Society of Automotive Engineers[1],Stamped addressed envelope,SAFER — Steel And Foam Energy Reduction,SAFICT — Software Agents as Facilitators of Interoperability in Collective Training,sag — Sango language (ISO 639-2 code),SAG — Screen Actors Guild,SAGAT — Situation Awareness Global Assessment Technique,SAGE — Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (simulation),SAHB — Sensational Alex Harvey Band,SAIC — Science Applications International Corporation
SALT-(a/i) Save A Life Today (SALT) Alert; Emergency Contact System,Southern African Large Telescope,Strategic Arms Limitation s
SALT- Save A Life Today (SALT) Alert; Emergency Contact System,Southern African Large Telescope,Strategic Arms Limitation s
SAM,Sequential-Access Memory,Sociedad Aeronáutica de Medellín,Surface-to-Air Missile
Sambo,(p/a) Samooborona bez oruzhiya (Russian: "Самооборона без оружия",literally "self-defense without weapons")
san,Sanskrit language (ISO 639-2 code),Storage Area Network
@ -4672,8 +4670,8 @@ SGS,South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (ISO 3166 trigram),Svalbard Gro
SH,Saint Helena (ISO 3166 digram),SONATRACH (Algerian petroleum company)
SHAC,Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty,Student Health Action Coalition,SHAPE — Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe,SHF — Super High Frequency,SHN — Saint Helena (ISO 3166 trigram)
SHO,Showtime (see also sho.com)
SI,Slovenia (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram),Socialist International,Sports Illustrated,Système International (French,International System of Units),SIA — Singapore Airlines (ICAO code),SIA — Survivors of Incest Anonymous,SIAM — Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics,SIC — Standard Industrial Classification,SICS — (a/i) Swedish Institute of Computer Science,SIDS — Sudden infant death syndrome,SIDU — select,insert,delete,update. See Create,read,update and delete,SIF — Selective Identification Feature,SIFF — Successor IFF
SIG,Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (German,"Swiss Industry Company"). See also SIG Sauer,a firearms manufacturer spun off from the aforementioned company in 2000.,.signature (UNIX shell/Internet standard file name),(a/i) Special Interest Group,SIGCAT — Special Interest Group for CD-ROM Applications and Technology,SIGINT — Signals Intelligence,SIGMET — Significant Meteorological Information
SI,Slovenia (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram),Socialist International,Sports Illustrated,Système International (French,International System of Units),SIA — Singapore Airlines (ICAO code),SIA — Survivors of Incest Anonymous,SIAM — Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics,SIC — Standard Industrial Classification,SICS — Swedish Institute of Computer Science,SIDS — Sudden infant death syndrome,SIDU — select,insert,delete,update. See Create,read,update and delete,SIF — Selective Identification Feature,SIFF — Successor IFF
SIG,Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (German,"Swiss Industry Company"). See also SIG Sauer,a firearms manufacturer spun off from the aforementioned company in 2000.,.signature (UNIX shell/Internet standard file name), Special Interest Group,SIGCAT — Special Interest Group for CD-ROM Applications and Technology,SIGINT — Signals Intelligence,SIGMET — Significant Meteorological Information
SIIT,Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies (Canadian university),Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (Thai university),Stateless IP/ICMP Translation algorithm,SIMAC — Semantic Interaction with Music Audio Contents,SIMLAS — Soldier Integrated Multipurpose Laser System,SIMM — Single In-line Memory Module,SIMNET — SIMulator NETwork,later SIMulation NETwork,SIMNET-D,SIMNET-Developmental,SIMP — Strongly Interacting Massive Particle
SIMPLE,Satellite Interactive Multimedia Platform for Low-cost Earth stations,Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees (as used in SIMPLE IRA),Standard Interface for Multiple Platform Link Evaluation (NATO STANAG 5602),sin — Sinhalese language (ISO 639-2 code),SIN — Social Insurance Number (Canada),SINCGARS — SINgle Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System
SIP,Session Initiation Protocol,State Implementation Plan,System Improvement Program,Systematic Investment Plan,SIPP — Self-Invested Personal Pension
@ -4700,7 +4698,7 @@ SOB,Son Of a Bitch,Same Old Bullshit,SOC — Sector Operations Centre,SOCCSKSAR
SoCon,Southern Conference (U.S. college sports)
SOD,School Of Dentistry,Statement Of Difference[s],Statement Of Direction,Statement Of Documentation,Statement Of Duty/Duties
SOE,Secret Of Evermore,Special Operations Executive (WWII British organization),State Of Emissions (EW)
SOF-(a/i) Special Operations Force,Status of Forces,SOFIA — Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy
SOF- Special Operations Force,Status of Forces,SOFIA — Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy
SOGAT,Society of Graphical and Allied Trades,Former British printing union,SOHC — Single-OverHead-Cam engine,SOHO — Solar and Heliospheric Observatory,SOI — Signal Operating Instruction,SOL — Shit Out of Luck,SOLIS — Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the Sun,som — Somali language (ISO 639-2 code)
SOM,Simulation Object Model,Somalia (ISO 3166 trigram),Sonar — SOund Navigation And Ranging
SOP,Standing/Standard Operating Procedure,State of Play
@ -4709,7 +4707,7 @@ SOS,Somali shilling (ISO 4217 currency code),Save Our Souls,SOSTAR — Stand-Of
South-Sulphur/Sulfur,S0-9[edit],S4C — Sianel Pedwar Cymru (Welsh,"Channel Four Wales"),SA[edit],sa — Sanskrit language (ISO 639-1 code)
SP,Security Police,Self-Propelled,Shore Patrol,Spain (FIPS 10-4 country code),Start Point,Strong Point,spa — Spanish language (ISO 639-2 code),SPAAG — Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun,SPACECOM — (U.S.) Space Command,Spaser — Surface plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiation,SPC — Secretariat of the Pacific Community,SPCO — Single-Pole Change Over
Sp,Special,Spring tide (nautical charts),sine prole (Latin,“without offspring”)
SPL,Scottish Premier League,Superior Parietal Lobule,Sound Pressure Level,SPM — Saint Pierre and Miquelon (ISO 3166 trigram),SPOD — (a/i) Sea Port of Debarkation,SPOE — (a/i) Sea Port of Embarkation,SPOT — Satellite pour l'observation de la Terre (French,“Satellite for Earth Observation”),SPQR — Senatus Populusque Romanus (Latin “The Senate and the People of Rome”),sps — sine prole superstite (Latin,“without surviving issue”),SPS — Standard Positioning Service (GPS),SPST — Single-Pole Single-Throw,SQ[edit],sq — Albanian language (ISO 639-1 code),SQ — Sound Quality,SQ — Standard Quality,sqi — Albanian language (ISO 639-2 code),SQL — (i/a) Structured Query Language (“seek-well”),SQUID — Superconducting QUantum Interference Device,SR[edit],sr — Serbian language (ISO 639-1 code),Sr — Strontium
SPL,Scottish Premier League,Superior Parietal Lobule,Sound Pressure Level,SPM — Saint Pierre and Miquelon (ISO 3166 trigram),SPOD — Sea Port of Debarkation,SPOE — Sea Port of Embarkation,SPOT — Satellite pour l'observation de la Terre (French,“Satellite for Earth Observation”),SPQR — Senatus Populusque Romanus (Latin “The Senate and the People of Rome”),sps — sine prole superstite (Latin,“without surviving issue”),SPS — Standard Positioning Service (GPS),SPST — Single-Pole Single-Throw,SQ[edit],sq — Albanian language (ISO 639-1 code),SQ — Sound Quality,SQ — Standard Quality,sqi — Albanian language (ISO 639-2 code),SQL — (i/a) Structured Query Language (“seek-well”),SQUID — Superconducting QUantum Interference Device,SR[edit],sr — Serbian language (ISO 639-1 code),Sr — Strontium
SR,Sound Reinforcement,Supply Route,Suriname (ISO 3166 digram),Sveriges Radio (Swedish Radio Ltd),SR — Sustained release of a drug
SRAM,Scott (King),Ray (Day),SAM (Patterson) — founders of bicycle component manufacturer SRAM Corporation,Static Random Access Memory (“ess-ram”),SR-ATGW — Short-Range Anti-Tank Guided Weapon,SRB — Solid Rocket Booster,SRBM — Short-Range Ballistic Missile (cf. IRBM,ICBM),SRC — Scheduled Removal Component,srd — Sardinian language (ISO 639-2 code)
SRD,Science Requirements Document,Surinam dollar (ISO 4217 currency code),SREL — Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
@ -4752,7 +4750,7 @@ SWAT,Special Weapons And Tactics
SWE — Sweden (ISO 3166 trigram)
swe,Swedish language (ISO 639-2 code)
SWF,Single White Female
SWG,Surface Warfare Group,Symbology Working Group,SWHR — Society for Women's Health Research,SWIG — Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator,SWIR — (a/i) Short Wave InfraRed (“ss-why-are” or “swhirr”)
SWG,Surface Warfare Group,Symbology Working Group,SWHR — Society for Women's Health Research,SWIG — Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator,SWIR — Short Wave InfraRed (“ss-why-are” or “swhirr”)
SWLABR,She Was Like A Bearded Rainbow,Cream song (Bruce,Clapton and Baker),SWORD — Subjective WORkload Dominance,SWORDS — Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection System,SWOT — Strengths,Weaknesses,Opportunities,Threats (mnemonic)
SWP,Special Working Party (“swipp”),Systematic Westing Plan (a plan of periodic westing of shares or mutual funds worth a fixed amount of money),Skill With Prizes (UK pub quiz machines — quality titles include: Pub Quiz,Quiz City,Frog in a Liquidizer,Who Wants To Win a Tenner?),SWT — Sea Water Tank,SWV — Sisters With Voices (American female R&B vocal group),SWZ — Swaziland (ISO 3166 trigram),SX[edit],SX — Sonic X
SXM,Scanning X-ray Microscope,Sint Maarten (ISO 3166 trigram),Stream X-Machine,SY[edit],SY — Syria (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram),SYC — Seychelles (ISO 3166 trigram),SYP — Syrian pound (ISO 4217 currency code),SYR — Syria (ISO 3166 trigram),Syriza — Synaspismós Rizospastikís Aristerás (Greek Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς,"Coalition of the Radical Left"),SysML — System Modeling Language,Sysop — System Operator,SZ[edit]
@ -4840,7 +4838,7 @@ Team,Together everyone achieves more
TEAMS,The East African Marine System (fiber optic cable)
TED,Technology Entertainment Design prize
TEETH,Tried Everything Else,Try Homeopathy (medical diagnosis in-joke)
TEL,(a/i) Transporter,Erector and Launcher
TEL, Transporter,Erector and Launcher
tel,Telugu language (ISO 639-2 code)
TELAR,Transporter,Erector,Launcher And Radar
TENCAP,Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities
@ -4869,7 +4867,7 @@ th,Thai language (ISO 639-1 code)
Th,Thorium
tha,Thai language (ISO 639-2 code)
THA,Thailand (ISO 3166 trigram)
THAAD,(a/i) Terminal High Altitude Area Defence
THAAD, Terminal High Altitude Area Defence
THB,Thai baht (ISO 4217 currency code)
THEGENTRY,The High-End Group of Earth's New Technologies Research Yield
THEL,Tactical High Energy Laser ACTD
@ -4916,7 +4914,7 @@ TLS,Timor-Leste (ISO 3166 trigram),Times Literary Supplement,TM[edit]
TM,Technical Manual,Theatre Missile,Thematic Mapper,trademark (often written in small superscript type: TM or ™),Turing machine,Turkmenistan (ISO 3166 digram) Tympanic Membrane
Tm,Terametre
TMA,Terminal Manoeuvring Area (restricted flying zone),Texas Medical Association,Tristeza y muerte de agave (Spanish,"wilting and death of agave"),a disease affecting the blue agave,from which the popular spirit tequila is produced
TMAP,(a/i) Texas Medication Algorithm Project
TMAP, Texas Medication Algorithm Project
TMC,The Movie Channel
TMD,Theatre Missile Defence
TMDK,The Mighty Don't Kneel (Australian professional wrestling stable also active in Japan)
@ -4937,7 +4935,7 @@ tn,Tswana language (ISO 639-1 code)
TNA,Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
TND,Tunisian dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
TNO,Trans-Neptunian Object
TNT,Thomas Nationwide Transport,an Australian company that was one of the predecessors to the former TNT N.V. and the current TNT Express,TriNitroToluene,(a/i) Turner Network Television,TO[edit]
TNT,Thomas Nationwide Transport,an Australian company that was one of the predecessors to the former TNT N.V. and the current TNT Express,TriNitroToluene, Turner Network Television,TO[edit]
TO,"Task order, Togo (FIPS 10-4 country code), Tonga (ISO 3166 digram), Tongan language (ISO 639-1 code)"
TOA,Table Of Authorities,Total Obligation Authority (accounting)
TOAD,Temporary,Obsolete,Abandoned,or Derelict site (urbanism),Towed Optical Assessment Device
@ -5150,7 +5148,7 @@ URBSFA,Union royale belge des sociétés de football association (French for Roy
urd,Urdu language (ISO 639-2 code)
URD,User Requirements Document
URI,Uniform Resource Identifier,University of Rhode Island
URL,(a/i) Uniform Resource Locator ("earl")
URL, Uniform Resource Locator ("earl")
URU,Uruguay (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
URY,Uruguay (ISO 3166 trigram)
US,United States (also ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
@ -5161,7 +5159,7 @@ USAAVNC,U.S. Army AViatioN Center,Fort Rucker,Alabama
USAF,United States Air Force
USAFSPC,U.S. Air Force Space Command
USAIC,U.S. Army Infantry Center,U.S. Army Intelligence Center
USAID,(a/i) United States Agency for International Development
USAID, United States Agency for International Development
USAP,Union Sportive des Arlequins Perpignanais,United States Antarctic Program
USAPATRIOT,Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
USAREUR,United States Army Europe
@ -5206,7 +5204,7 @@ UST,Underground Storage Tank
USTRANSCOM,United States Transportation Command
USWNT,United States women's national (soccer) team
UT,Universal Time
UTEP,(a/i) University of Texas at El Paso (pronounced you-tep)
UTEP, University of Texas at El Paso (pronounced you-tep)
UTM,Universal Transverse Mercator (geographical co-ordinate system)
UU,Unitarian Universalism,University of Utah,Unseen University
UUA,Unitarian Universalist Association
@ -5266,7 +5264,7 @@ VFT,Virtual Function Table
VFW,Veterans of Foreign Wars
VG,British Virgin Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
VGB,British Virgin Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
VH1,(a/i) Video Hits One
VH1, Video Hits One
VHF,Very High Frequency
VI,6 (in Roman numerals),British Virgin Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),U.S. Virgin Islands (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram),vide infra (Latin,"see below"),Virtual Instrument (LabVIEW)
vi,Vietnamese language (ISO 639-1 code)
@ -5286,7 +5284,7 @@ VIVO,Video In Video Out
VJ,Video Jockey
VK,Australia (ham radio code),Västerbottens-Kuriren,a Swedish daily newspaper
VLA,Very Large Array,(UK) Veterinary Laboratories Agency
VLAD,(a/i) Vertical Line Array DIFAR
VLAD, Vertical Line Array DIFAR
VLBA,Very Long Baseline Array
VLF,Very Low Frequency
VLIW,Very Long Instruction Word
@ -5316,7 +5314,7 @@ VON,Victorian Order of Nurses
VOR,VHF Omnidirectional Ranging
VOR,Voice of Russia
VOX,Voice Operated oscillator
VP,(a/i) Vice-President ("veep")
VP, Vice-President ("veep")
VPN,Virtual Private Network
VQ,Vector Quantization,U.S. Virgin Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
VR,Virtual Reality
@ -5382,7 +5380,7 @@ WEEE,Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
WEF,World Economic Forum
WEM,West Edmonton Mall
WEU,Western European Union
WEZ,(a/i) Weapon Engagement Zone
WEZ, Weapon Engagement Zone
WF,Wallis and Futuna Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
WFC,Women's Forage Corps (World War II UK)
WFD,Weapon of Focused Destruction
@ -5402,7 +5400,7 @@ WIA,Wounded In Action,Wireless Institute of Australia (Amateur Radio)
WIIFM,What's in it for me?
WIMP,Weakly Interacting Massive Particle,Windows,Icons,Menus,Pointers
WIP,Work In Progress
WIPO,(a/i) World Intellectual Property Organization
WIPO, World Intellectual Property Organization
WIPP,[Nuclear] Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
WIYN,Wisconsin Indiana Yale NOAO telescope consortium
WK,Wake Island (ISO 3166 digram,obsolete 1986)
@ -5428,7 +5426,7 @@ wo,Wolof language (ISO 639-1 code)
WOF,Width of Fabric
WOFT,Waste Of Fucking Time
WOFTAM,Waste Of Fucking Time And Money
WOI,(a/i) Wheels Of Italy
WOI, Wheels Of Italy
wol,Wolof language (ISO 639-2 code)
WOM,Write Only Memory
WOS,Wilson Ornithological Society
@ -5466,7 +5464,7 @@ WSDL,Web Services Description Language
WSJ,(The) Wall Street Journal
WSL,White Star Line (shipping company),Women's Super League,used to describe England's top women's association football league and top women's rugby union competition,Workers' Socialist League (UK political party)
WSM,Samoa (ISO 3166 trigram; from Western Samoa),Winchester Short Magnum (family of rifle cartridges)
WSMR,(a/i) White Sands Missile Range ("whiz-murr")
WSMR, White Sands Missile Range ("whiz-murr")
WSROC,Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils
WSSM,Winchester Super Short Magnum (family of rifle cartridges)
WST,Water Soluble Tetrazolium (assay),Samoan tālā (ISO 4217 currency code)
@ -5586,7 +5584,7 @@ YA,Yottaampere,Young Adult
Ya,Yottayear
YaBPr,Yet another Brother Pat rant
YABSLAG,Yet another boy singing like a girl
YAC,(a/i) Youth-Adult Committee
YAC, Youth-Adult Committee
YAFLA,Yet Another Five Letter Abbreviation
YAP,Young Aspiring Professional
YB,Youcef Benzouada (Southern Algerian name)

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