diff --git a/Data/Abbr/general.csv b/Data/Abbr/general.csv index 4c250eb0..451de2e4 100644 --- a/Data/Abbr/general.csv +++ b/Data/Abbr/general.csv @@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ ADT,Atlantic Daylight Time (UTC−3 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, Arts & Entertainment Network,the original name for the U.S. TV channel now known as A&E Network" -AED,United Arab Emirates dirham (ISO 4217 currency code) AEDT,Australian Eastern Daylight Time AEF,American Expeditionary Force AEGIS,Airborne Early warning Ground environment Interface Segment (fake etymology) @@ -194,7 +193,6 @@ AFK,Away From Keyboard (Internet chat abbreviation) AFL,American Federation of Labor,American Football League — either the 1960s league that merged into the National Football League,or one of several other leagues of American football,Arena Football League,Australian Football League,AFL-CIO,American Federation of Labor,Congress of Industrial Organizations AFLAC,American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus AFM,Army Field Manual (UK; the U.S. more frequently uses just FM),Atomic Force Microscope,Aviation Fleet Maintenance -AFN,Afghani (ISO 4217 currency code) AFO,Association of Field Ornithologists AFOSR,U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research AFP,Agence France-Presse (French,"French Press Agency"),Australian Federal Police @@ -283,7 +281,6 @@ ALERT,Advanced Linked Extended Reconnaissance and Targeting,Attack and Launch Ea ALF,Africa Leadership Forum,Alien Life Form (cf. ALF (TV series)),Animal Liberation Front ALG,Algeria (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166) ALGOL,ALGOrithmic Language -ALL,Albanian lek (ISO 4217 currency code) ALOA,Associated Locksmiths of America,Inc. ALOC,Air Lines Of Communication,Average Length of Calls ALPA,Air Line Pilots Association @@ -298,7 +295,6 @@ AMA,American Medical Association,Australian Medical Association AMAPS,Aircraft,Missile,Avionics Performance Simulation AMC,Adaptive modulation and coding (digital communications),U.S. Air Mobility Command,American Motors Corporation,American Movie Classics (TV network; now known simply by the initials),U.S. Army Materiel Command AMCB,U.S. Army/Marine Corps Board -AMD,"Age-related Macular Degeneration,Armenian dram (ISO 4217 currency code)" AMFOM,Advanced Missile Fly Out Model ("am-fomm") AMFR,Age-specific Marital Fertility Rate,Amplitude Modulation Following Response AMFRS,Advanced Multi-Function Radio Frequency System,Automatic Multisensor Feature-based Recognition System @@ -322,7 +318,6 @@ ANA,Administration for Native Americans,Afghan National Army,All Nippon Airways, ANC,African National Congress AND,Andorra (ISO 3166 trigram) ANFO,Ammonium nitrate/fuel oil (explosive) -ANG,Air National Guard,Angola (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Netherlands Antillian guilder (ISO 4217 currency code) ANGLiCo,Air/Naval Gunfire Liaison Company ANL,Argonne National Laboratory ANM,Acoustic Noise Monitor @@ -336,7 +331,6 @@ ANWR,Arctic National Wildlife Refuge /ˈænwɑr/ ANZ,Australia and New Zealand Banking Group ANZAC,Australian and New Zealand Army Corps AO,Angola (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Approach Officer (submarine),Area of Operations -AOA,Air Officer in charge of Administration,Argonne National Laboratory,Angolan kwanza (ISO 4217 currency code),Award Of Arms (heraldry) AOC,Air Operations Centre,Air Officer Commanding AOD,Adrenalin O.D. (punk rock band) AOI,Angle Of Incidence Arab Organization for Industrialization @@ -389,7 +383,6 @@ ARPA,Advanced Research Projects Agency ARRC,ACE Rapid Reaction Corps ARRF,Allied Rapid Reaction Force ARRL,American Radio Relay League -ARS,Agricultural Research Service,Argentine peso (ISO 4217 currency code) ARSC,Arctic Region Supercomputing Center ARSPACE,U.S. Army Space Command ART,Adaptive Resonance Theory,Anti-Retroviral Therapy @@ -472,7 +465,6 @@ ATWA,"Air,Trees,Water,Animals" AU,"African Union (was OAU before 2000),American University,Astronomical Unit,Australia (ISO 3166 digram),Austria (FIPS 10-4 country code)" Au,Gold (Latin Aurum) AUC,"Ab Urbe Condita / Anno Urbis Conditae (Latin "from the founding of the city" / "in the year since the founding of the city") (of Rome),Area Under the Curve (concentration time curve; medicine)" -AUD,Australian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code) AUS,Australia (ISO 3166 trigram) AUSCANNZUKUS,"Australia,Canada,New Zealand,United Kingdom,United States (security designation)" Auslan,Australian Sign Language @@ -501,7 +493,6 @@ AWA,American Wrestling Association AWC,Air Warfare Centre AWD,All Wheel Drive AWE,Advanced Warfighting Experiment -AWG,Aruban guilder (ISO 4217 currency code) AWP,Awaiting Parts (SM&R code) AWSIM,Air Warfare SIMulation AWST,Australian Western Standard Time @@ -513,13 +504,11 @@ AYBABTU,All Your Base Are Belong To Us AYU,As Yet Unknown AZ,"Arizona (postal symbol),Azerbaijan (ISO 3166 digram),Alkmaar Zaanstreek (Dutch football club)" AZE,Azerbaijan (ISO 3166 trigram) -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 , 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)" -BBD,"Barbadian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code), Bowel Bladder Dysfunction" BBL,"Be Back Later,Bird Banding Laboratory,British Basketball League" BBN,"Bolt,Beranek and Newman" BBQ,Barbecue @@ -536,7 +525,6 @@ BEO,Banquet Event Order BERC,Business Environmental Resource Center BER,Bit Error Rate BH,"Bahrain (ISO 3166 digram),Belize (FIPS 10-4 country code)" -BHD,Bahraini dinar (ISO 4217 currency code) BHR,Bahrain (ISO 3166 trigram) BNF,"Backus-Naur Form (computing), British National Formulary" BNICE,"Biological,Nuclear,Incendiary,Chemical,and Explosive Agents" @@ -571,7 +559,6 @@ BRASS,"Breathe,Relax,Aim,Sight,Squeeze (acronym for using a rifle)" BS,The Bahamas (ISO 3166 digram),Bassas da India (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Bachelor of Science degree,British subject BSA,"Birmingham Small Arms (motorcycles company),Boy Scouts of America,Brigade Support Area" BSatCoP,Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins -BSD,"Bahamian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code),Berkeley Software Distribution (distinct from BSoD)" BSE,"Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (better known as mad cow disease)" BSN,Baloncesto Superior Nacional (Spanish,"National Superior Basketball"; top Puerto Rican league),Bank Simpanan Nasional (Malay,"National Savings Bank"; government-owned Malaysian bank) BSNL,Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,Bachelor of Science in Nursing @@ -582,7 +569,6 @@ BSW,British Standard Whitworth (screw thread) BSX,Bendigo Stock Exchange BT,Baal teshuva (Hebrew,"master of repentance") ,used to describe a Jew who adopts Orthodox Judaism as an adult,Bathythermograph,Bhutan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),BitTorrent,British Telecom,the former name of the company now known as BT Group,BTDT , Been There,Done That,Bti , Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis,BTID , Battlefield Target Identification Device,BTIS , Battlefield Target Identification System Bt,Baronet,Bacillus thuringiensis -BTN,Bhutan (ISO 3166 trigram),Bhutanese ngultrum (ISO 4217 currency code) BTO,Built To Order BTP,British Transport Police BTR,Bronetransporter (БТР = Бронетранспортер "(Heavy) Armoured (Personnel) Transporter") †[2] @@ -603,18 +589,15 @@ BW,Botswana (ISO 3166 digram) BWA,Botswana (ISO 3166 trigram) BWARS,"Bees,Wasps & Ants Recording Society" BWC,Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention -BWP,Botswanian pula (ISO 4217 currency code) BWR,Boiling-Water Reactor BX,Base eXchange BY,Burundi (FIPS 10-4 country code) -,Belarus (ISO 3166 digram) BYOB,"Bring Your Own Bottle (or beer, beverage, or booze) (multiple,but similar,meanings)" BYOC,Bring Your Own Computer (play on BYOB) BYOF,Bring Your Own Flask -BYR,Belarusian ruble (ISO 4217 currency code) BYS,Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1992) BYU,Brigham Young University BZ,Belize (ISO 3166 digram) -BZD,Belize dollar (ISO 4217 currency code) BZP,Benzylpiperazine C,"Carbon, Coulomb, One Hundred (in Roman numerals)" c,Centi @@ -627,7 +610,6 @@ CAAT,"Campaign Against Arms Trade,Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing" CAC,"California Association of Criminalists,Chronic Asymptomatic [Disease] Carrier" CACM,Central American Common Market CACM,Communications of the ACM -CAD,"Canadian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code),Computer-Aided Design,Computer-Aided Dispatch,Cpplint Anxiety Disorder" CADCAM,"Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing" CADMID,"Concept,Assessment,Demonstration,Manufacture,In service,Disposal (life cycle mnemonic)" CADPAT,CAnadian Disruptive PATtern @@ -725,7 +707,6 @@ CDA,UK Centre for Defence Analysis CDC,Control Data Corporation,Cult of the Dead Cow CDD,Capabilities Development Document CDE,Chemical Defence Equipment -CDF,"California Department of Forestry [and Fire Protection],Common Data Format,Democratic Republic of Congo franc congolais (ISO 4217 currency code)" CDIAC,Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center ("see-dee-ack") CDipAF,Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance CDL,Commercial driver's license @@ -793,7 +774,6 @@ CHAOS,Cambridge Heart Anti-Oxidant Study CHAPS,Clearing House Automated Payment System CHDK,Canon Hack Development Kit (Canon camera firmware hack) CHE,"Switzerland (ISO 3166 trigram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)" -CHF,Swiss franc (ISO 4217 currency code) CHI,"Columbia Helicopters,Inc" CHiP,California Highway Patrol CHIPS,Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer @@ -849,7 +829,6 @@ CLEMARS,California Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Radio System CLIC,Compact LInear Collider CLO,Cornell Lab of Ornithology CLOS,Command to Line-Of-Sight (missile control system) -CLP,Chilean peso (ISO 4217 currency code),Common [Operating/Operational] Land Picture CLPFC,CentroLateral PreFrontal Cortex CLRP,College Loan Repayment Program CM,"Cameroon (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Cruise Missile,Nine Hundred (in Roman numerals)" @@ -884,7 +863,6 @@ CNI,Clinical Nursing Intern CNI,"Communications,Navigation and Identification" CNN,"Cable News Network,Cellular Nonlinear Network" CNV,Copy-Number Variable (genetics) -CNY,Chinese yuan renminbi (ISO 4217 currency code) Co,Cobalt COB,Close Of Business [day] COBRA,Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 @@ -902,7 +880,6 @@ CONCACAF,Confederation Of North,Central American and Caribbean Association Footb CONMEBOL,Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol or Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol (respectively Spanish and Portuguese for "South American Football Confederation") CONUS,Continental United States COO,Chief Operating Officer -COP,"Colombian peso (ISO 4217 currency code),Common Operating/Operational Picture" COPE,U.K. Committee On Publication Ethics COPUS,U.K. Committee on the Public Understanding of Science CORD,Common Operational Requirements Document @@ -939,7 +916,6 @@ CQD,Close Quarters Drill (Morse distress code preceding SOS: CQ "calling all sta Cr,Chromium CR,"Coral Sea Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Costa Rica (ISO 3166 digram)" CRAM,Combined Radiometric Correction Model -CRC,"Central RTI Component,Chemical Rubber Company,Christian Reformed Church,Control and Reporting Centre,Cyclic Redundancy Check,Costa Rican colón (ISO 4217 currency code),Costa Rica (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)" CRD,Capstone Requirements Document CREB,Cyclic AMP-response Element Binding (protein) CREEP,"Committee for the Re-Election of the President,a pejorative nickname used by opponents" @@ -988,7 +964,6 @@ Cu,Copper (Latin Cuprum) CUB,Cuba (ISO 3166 trigram) CUCV,Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle CUNY,City University of New York ("CUE-knee") -CUP,Cuban peso (ISO 4217 currency code) CUPE,Canadian Union of Public Employees ("CUE-pee") CUPS,Common Unix Printing System CUPW,Canadian Union of Postal Workers @@ -996,7 +971,6 @@ CUREA,Consortium for Undergraduate Research and Education in Astronomy CuW,Copper-tungsten pseudo-alloy (from the chemical symbols of the two component elements) CUW,Curaçao (ISO 3166 trigram) CV,curriculum vitae (résumé) -CVE,Cape Verde escudo (ISO 4217 currency code) CVLL,Crypto Variable Logic Label CVSD,Continuous Variable Slope Delta (modulation) CVT,Continuously Variable Transmission @@ -1008,10 +982,8 @@ CX,"Christmas Island (ISO 3166 digram),or: One Hundred and Ten (in Roman numeral CXR,Christmas Island (ISO 3166 trigram) CY,"Calendar year, or: Cyprus (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)" CYM,Cayman Islands (ISO 3166 trigram) -CYP,Cyprus (ISO 3166 trigram),Cyprus pound (ISO 4217 currency code) CZE,Czech Republic (ISO 3166 trigram) CZF,(Christian Zombie Fan) -CZK,Czech koruna (ISO 4217 currency code) CZMA,(US) Coastal Zone Management Act d,Deci D,Deuterium @@ -1126,11 +1098,9 @@ DIVAD,Division Air Defence DIY,Do It Yourself DJ,Disc Jockey,Dinner Jacket,Djibouti (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) DJD,Degenerative Joint Disease,Dublin Julian Day,Discoveries in the Judaean Desert -DJF,Djibouti franc (ISO 4217 currency code) DJI,Djibouti (ISO 3166 trigram) DJS,Director,Joint Staff DK,Denmark (ISO 3166 digram) -DKK,Danish krone (ISO 4217 currency code) DL,Dexter's Laboratory DLA,U.S. Defense Logistics Agency,Dental Laboratories Association DLIC,Detachment Left-In-Contact @@ -1182,7 +1152,6 @@ DOE,U.S. Department of Energy DOHC,Dual-OverHead-Cam engine DOI,U.S. Department of the Interior DOM,Deo optimo maximo (Latin,"to God,the best and greatest"),Document Object Model,Dominican Republic (ISO 3166 trigram) -DOP,Dominican peso (ISO 4217 currency code) DORA,Defence of the Realm Act DOS,Density of State DOT,Department of Transportation (U.S. federal or state),Damage Over Time (common in World of Warcraft) @@ -1295,7 +1264,6 @@ DY,Dahomey (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1977) Dy,Dysprosium DZ,Algeria (ISO 3166 digram),Drizzle (METAR Code),Drop Zone DZA,Algeria (ISO 3166 trigram) -DZD,Algerian dinar (ISO 4217 currency code) E,East EA,Electronic Attack,Emotions Anonymous,Engagement Area,Electronic Arts,Enrolled Agent,Environmental Assessment,Enterprise Architect,Exaampere EABU,Explain Acronyms Before Use @@ -1340,7 +1308,6 @@ EDTA,Electric Drive Transportation Association,EthyleneDiamineTetraAcetic acid,E EE,Estonia (ISO 3166 digram; from the country's native name of Eesti),Electrical engineering,Electrical Engineer,E&E,Escape and Evasion (training) EEC,European Economic Community (predecessor of the EU) EEG,ElectroEncephaloGram -EEK,Estonian kroon (ISO 4217 currency code) EENT,End Evening Nautical Twilight EEO,Equal Employment Opportunity EEOC,(U.S.) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission @@ -1358,7 +1325,6 @@ EG,Egypt (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) EGBUS,External Genitalia,Bartholin's glands,Urethra & Skene's glands EGCG,EpiGalloCatechin-3-Gallate EGIS,Erieye Ground Interface Segment -EGP,Egyptian pound (ISO 4217 currency code) EGRET,Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope EGY,Egypt (ISO 3166 trigram) EH,Exahenry,Western Sahara (ISO 3166 digram) @@ -1445,7 +1411,6 @@ ERA,Earned run average,Engineering Research Associates,Equal Rights Amendment,En 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) EROS,Earth Resources Observation System ERP,Engineer Regulating Point ERR,Eesti Rahvusringhääling @@ -1472,7 +1437,6 @@ ESU,Emergency Services Unit ESV,Engineer Support Vehicle ET,Ethiopia (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) ETA,Estimated Time of Arrival,Euzkadi Ta Azkatasuna ("etta",Basque,"Basque Homeland and Freedom"),et al.,et alii/aliae/alia (Latin,"and others") -ETB,Ethiopian Birr (ISO 4217 currency code) ETF,Emergency Task Force (a special police unit,also jocularly said to stand for Extra-Thick Fuzz) ETH,Ethiopia (ISO 3166 trigram) ETI,Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence @@ -1482,7 +1446,6 @@ ETT,Embedded Training Team EU,Europa Island (FIPS 10-4 country code),European Union Eu,Europium EUCOM,(U.S.) European Command -EUR,euro (ISO 4217 currency code) EUUSA,European Union and United States of America EV,Exavolt EVA,Earned Value Analysis,Economic value added,Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate,Extra-Vehicular Activity @@ -1623,12 +1586,10 @@ FITS,Flexible Image Transport System FIU,Florida International University fJ,Femtojoule FJ,Fiji (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) -FJD,Fiji dollar (ISO 4217 currency code) FJI,Fiji (ISO 3166 trigram) FJN,Financial Job Network FK,Falkland Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code) fK,Femtokelvin -FKP,Falkland Islands pound (ISO 4217 currency code) FKSM,Fort Knox Supplemental Manual FKT,Fastest Known Time fL,Femtolitre @@ -1785,7 +1746,6 @@ GB,Gabon (FIPS 10-4 country code),United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern I GBBC,Great (Global) Backyard Bird Count GBE,Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire GBH,Great Bash Heel (Japanese professional wrestling stable),Gregory Bonner Hale (British design and advertising agency),Grievous bodily harm -GBP,United Kingdom pound sterling (ISO 4217 currency code) GBR,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 trigram) GBU,Glide-Bomb Unit,Global Business Unit GC,East Germany (NATO country code; obsolete 1990),General classification (cycling),General counsel,George Cross (British civil decoration),Gigacoulomb [Grindr cruise] @@ -1811,7 +1771,6 @@ GEBCO,General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans GEC,Great Engineering Challenge GED,General Educational Development (high school equivalency credential in the U.S. and Canada) GEEP,Geophysical Equipment Exploration Platform -GEL,Georgian lari (ISO 4217 currency code),Gilbert and Ellice Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1977) GEMA,Gas and Electricity Markets Authority,Georgia Emergency Management Agency,Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs,und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (German performance rights organisation),Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance GEN,Full General (four stars) in the U.S. Army GEO,Geostationary Earth Orbit,Georgia (ISO 3166 trigram) @@ -1834,7 +1793,6 @@ GGP,General Game Playing,General Growth Properties (U.S. shopping center owner), GH,Ghana (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code),Gigahenry GHA,Ghana (ISO 3166 trigram) GHB,gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid -GHC,Ghanan cedi (ISO 4217 currency code) GI,Galvanised Iron,Gastro-Intestinal,General Issue,Gibraltar (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code),Government Issue Gi,Gibi GIB,Gibraltar (ISO 3166 trigram) @@ -1842,7 +1800,6 @@ GIG,Global Information Grid 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,"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 @@ -1863,7 +1820,6 @@ GMAC,"General Motors Acceptance Corporation,the original name of the company now GMB,"The Gambia (ISO 3166 trigram),General,Municipal,Boilermakers (and Allied Trade Union)" GmbH,Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (German,"Company with limited liability") GMC,U.K. General Medical Council,Gospel Music Channel -GMD,Gambian dalasi (ISO 4217 currency code) GMFSC,Ground Mobile Forces Satellite Communications GMI,Generic Model Interface,Geometry Model Instance GMO,Genetically Modified Organism @@ -1873,7 +1829,6 @@ GN,Giganewton,Guinea (ISO 3166 digram) GNAS,Grand National Archery Society GNB,Guinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 trigram) GNC,"G&C Records" NetLabel,General Nutrition Centers (US sports nutrition retailer branded as GNC) -GNF,Guinean franc (ISO 4217 currency code) GNP,Gross National Product GNQ,Equatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram) GnRH,Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone @@ -1940,8 +1895,6 @@ GTG,Got To Go (Internet chat) GTGN,Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names GTK,Good To Know (Internet chat) GTM,Guatemala (ISO 3166 trigram) -GTQ,Guatemalan quetzal (ISO 4217 currency code) -GTV,Gross Tumor Volume quetzal (ISO 4217 currency code) GU,Guam (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram) GUA,Guatemala (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166) GUF,French Guiana (ISO 3166 trigram) @@ -1962,7 +1915,6 @@ GXM,Matrox Graphics eXpansion Module GxP,Good X Practice (X can mean: clinical,manufacturing,pharmaceutical,etc.) GXP,Grid Exit Point,Global Xchange Programme,Indication of highest performance level on some Pontiac vehicles GY,Guyana (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram) -GYD,Guyana dollar (ISO 4217 currency code) GZ,Gaza Strip (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Ground Zero GZK,Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cut-off (cosmic ray energies) h,Hecto @@ -2041,7 +1993,6 @@ HIWT,Hobart Institute of Welding Technology HJ,hic jacet (Latin,"here lies") HJD,Heliocentric Julian Day HK,Hong Kong (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code) -HKD,Hong Kong dollar (ISO 4217 currency code) HKG,Hong Kong (ISO 3166 trigram) HKS,HyperKinetic Syndrome hL,Hectolitre @@ -2066,7 +2017,6 @@ HMSO,Her Majesty's Stationery Office HMV,His Master's Voice HN,Honduras (ISO 3166 digram) HND,Honduras (ISO 3166 trigram) -HNL,Honduran lempira (ISO 4217 currency code) Ho,Holmium HO,Honduras (FIPS 10-4 country code) HOLLAND,Hope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies @@ -2094,7 +2044,6 @@ HRD,Human Resource Development HRED,(U.S. Army Research Laboratory's) Human Research and Engineering Directorate (Aberdeen Proving Ground,Maryland) HRF,High iness Forces HRH,His (or Her) Royal Highness -HRK,Croatian kuna (ISO 4217 currency code) HRM,His (or Her) Royal Majesty HRM,Human Resource Management HRT,Hormone Replacement Therapy @@ -2114,7 +2063,6 @@ HT,Haiti (ISO 3166 digram),High Temperature,hoc tempore (Latin,"at this time"),h HTA,HyperText Application HTC-High Tech Computer Corporation,original name of the company now known simply as HTC,Horry Telephone Cooperative HTFU,Harden The Fuck Up -HTG,Haitian gourde (ISO 4217 currency code) HTH,Hope That Helps HTI,Haiti (ISO 3166 trigram) HTML,HyperText Markup Language @@ -2123,7 +2071,6 @@ HTS,High-Temperature Superconducting wire HTTP,HyperText Transfer Protocol HU,Hungary (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) HUD,Head-Up Display,Housing and Urban Development -HUF,Hungarian forint (ISO 4217 currency code) HUHA,Head up his/her ass (Marine salute; probably a backcronym) HUN,Hungary (ISO 3166 trigram) HURD,Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons (cf. Hird) @@ -2216,7 +2163,6 @@ IDK,I don't know IDKIBTI,I don't know,I'm black,that's it IDL,Interface Definition Language IDN,Indonesia (ISO 3166 trigram) -IDR,Indonesian rupiah (ISO 4217 currency code) IE,Indo-European languages,Internet Explorer,Ireland (ISO 3166 digram),Iced Earth IEA,International Energy Agency IEC,International Electrotechnical Commission @@ -2264,7 +2210,6 @@ ILC,International Law Commission,International Linear Collider ILDS,Improved Landmine Detection System ILO,International Labour Organization ILRI,International Livestock Research Institute -ILS,Israeli shekel (ISO 4217 currency code) ILY,I Love You [pronounced ILL-LEE] IM,Isle of Man (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Instant Message (internet speech) IMA,Intermediate Maintenance Activity,Institute of Mathematics and Applications @@ -2303,7 +2248,6 @@ INFORMS,(U.S.) Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences INFOSEC,Information Security INLA,Irish National Liberation Army INMARSAT,International Maritime Satellite organization -INR,Indian rupee (ISO 4217 currency code) 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 @@ -2332,7 +2276,6 @@ IPTV,Internet Protocol TeleVision IPW,Interrogation of Prisoners of War iq,idem quod (Latin,"the same as") IQ,Intelligence Quotient,Iraq (ISO 3166 digram) -IQD,Iraqi dinar (ISO 4217 currency code) Ir,Iridium IRA,Individual Retirement Account,Irish Republican Army (see also List of organisations known as the Irish Republican Army for groups claiming descent from this organisation) IRAD,Internal Research and Development @@ -2348,7 +2291,6 @@ IRM,Illinois Railway Museum,Inzhenernaya Razvedyvatelnaya Mashina (Russian Ин IRN,Iran (ISO 3166 trigram) IRO,International Refugee Organisation IRQ,Iraq (ISO 3166 trigram) -IRR,Iranian rial (ISO 4217 currency code) IRS,U.S. Internal Revenue Service IRSN,Institut de radioprotection et de sûreté nucléaire (French,"Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety") IRST,Infra-red Search and Track @@ -2368,7 +2310,6 @@ ISF,Internal Security Force ISI-Indian Standards Institute,former name of the Bureau of Indian Standards,Inter-Services Intelligence (Pakistan),Islamic State of Iraq,an umbrella organization for several Iraqi insurgent groups ISIL,Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ISIS,"Institute for Science and International Security, or: Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" -ISK,Icelandic krona (ISO 4217 currency code) ISL,Iceland (ISO 3166 trigram) ISLN,International Standard Lawyer Number (used initially by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell) ISM,Industrial,scientific or medical,Interstellar medium @@ -2495,14 +2436,12 @@ JK,Jedi Knight,Just Kidding,Spanair (IATA airline designator),Jammu & Kashmir (I JL,Japan Airlines (IATA airline designator) JLA,Justice League of America JM,Jamaica (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram) -JMD,Jamaican dollar (ISO 4217 currency code) JMS,Java Message Service 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,Joint Operations Area -JOD,Jordanian dinar (ISO 4217 currency code) Jofa,Jonssons fabriker (Swedish,"Jonsson's Factories") JOPES,Joint Operations Planning and Execution System JOR,Jordan (ISO 3166 trigram) @@ -2512,7 +2451,6 @@ JPEG,Joint Photographic Experts Group ("djay-peg") JPL,Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPN,Japan (ISO 3166 trigram) JPOW,Joint Project Optic Windmill -JPY,Japanese yen (ISO 4217 currency code) JQ,Jetstar Airways (IATA airline designator),Johnny Quick,Johnston Atoll (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Jonny Quest,Joshua Quagmire JRA,Japanese Red Army,Joint Rear Area JRDF,Joint Rapid Deployment Forces @@ -2586,7 +2524,6 @@ KEDO,Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization KEN,Kenya (ISO 3166 trigram) KERA,Kentucky Education Reform Act (of 1990) kerma,Kinetic Energy Released in MAterial / in MAtter / per unit MAss -KES,Kenyan shilling (ISO 4217 currency code),Killer Elite Squad (Japanese professional wrestling stable) KESR,Kent and East Sussex Railway. KET,Kentucky Educational Television,Key English Test,KF[edit] kF,Kilofarad @@ -2596,13 +2533,11 @@ KFUPM,King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals KG,Kyrgyzstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram) KGB,Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (Russian "Committee for State Security") (1954-1991) KGO,Knight of the Guelphic Order of Hanover -KGS,Kyrgyz som (ISO 4217 currency code) KGZ,Kyrgyzstan (ISO 3166 trigram) KH,Cambodia (ISO 3166 digram) kH,Kilohenry KHL,Kontinental Hockey League KHM,Cambodia (ISO 3166 trigram) -KHR,Cambodian riel (ISO 4217 currency code) KHz,Kilohertz Ki,Kibi KI,Kiribati (ISO 3166 digram) @@ -2624,7 +2559,6 @@ KLM,Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Dutch "Royal Dutch Airlines") KLOC,Kilo Lines Of Code KLS,Kleine-Levin syndrome,Košarkaška liga Srbije (Latin) or Кошаркашка лига Србије (Cyrillic) (Serbian,"Basketball League of Serbia"),Kuala Lumpur Sentral,KM[edit] KM,Comoros,Knowledge Management -KMF,Comoro franc (ISO 4217 currency code) KMFDM,Kein mitleid für die mehrheit (German "No pity for the majority" music band) KMR,Kwajalein Missile Range KN,Democratic People's Republic of Korea (FIPS 10-4 country code),Saint Kitts and Nevis (ISO 3166 digram) @@ -2638,11 +2572,9 @@ KPMG,Klynveld,Peat,Marwick,Goerdeler KPNO,Kitt Peak National Observatory KPV,Krupnokaliberniy Pulemet Vladimorova (Russian КПВТ Крупнокалиберный Пулемет Владимирова,"Large-Calibre Machinegun Vladimirov")[1] KPVT,Krupnokaliberniy Pulemet Vladimorova Tankoviy (Russian КПВТ Крупнокалиберный Пулемет Владимирова Танковый,"Large-Calibre Machinegun Vladimirov Tank")[2] -KPW,North Korean won (ISO 4217 currency code) KQ,Kenya Airways (IATA airline designator),Kingman Reef (FIPS 10-4 territory code) KR,Kiribati (FIPS 10-4 country code),Republic of Korea (ISO 3166 digram) Kr,Krypton -KRW,South Korean won (ISO 4217 currency code) KS,Kansas (postal symbol),Republic of Korea (FIPS 10-4 country code) kS,Kilosiemens KSC,Kennedy Space Center @@ -2662,14 +2594,11 @@ KVM,Keyboard,Video,Mouse switch kW,Kilowatt KW,Kuwait (ISO 3166 digram) KWB,Kids' WB! -KWD,Kuwaiti dinar (ISO 4217 currency code) KWT,Kuwait (ISO 3166 trigram) KX,Cayman Airways (IATA airline designator) KY,Cayman Islands (ISO 3166 digram),Kentucky (postal symbol) -KYD,Cayman Islands dollar (ISO 4217 currency code) KZ,Kazakhstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram) KZN,KwaZulu-Natal -KZT,Kazakh tenge (ISO 4217 currency code) La,Lanthanum LA,Laos (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Louisiana (postal symbol),Los Angeles LAAS,Local Area Augmentation System,Los Angeles Astronomical Society @@ -2679,7 +2608,6 @@ LACMA,Los Angeles County Museum of Art LAD,Laser Aiming Device LADW,Local Air Defence Warning LAESI,Local Authority & Emergency Service Information -LAK,Laotian kip (ISO 4217 currency code) LAMP,(multiple meanings) LAN,Local Area Network LANL,Los Alamos National Laboratory @@ -2700,7 +2628,6 @@ LBH,Light Battlefield Helicopter,Lyman-Birge-Hopfield bands LBJ,Lady Bird Johnson,LeBron James,Light Bulb Joke,Little Beagle Johnson (the dog owned by Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson),Lyndon Baines Johnson LBN,Lebanon (ISO 3166 trigram) LBNL,Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory -LBP,Lebanese pound (ISO 4217 currency code) LBR,Liberia (ISO 3166 trigram) LBS,Location-Based Services lbs,pounds (plural form of lb,see above) @@ -2762,7 +2689,6 @@ LJJ,Lord Justices of Appeal LK,Sri Lanka (ISO 3166 digram) LKA,Sri Lanka (ISO 3166 trigram) LKL,Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (Lithuanian,"Lithuanian Basketball League") -LKR,Sri Lanka rupee (ISO 4217 currency code) LKR4,Linkwitz-Riley 4th order (audio crossover type) LL,Land Line (telephone),Last Log,Late Latin,Left Limit,Lex Luthor (Superman character),Light Line,Limited Liability,Linked List,Little League LLAD,Low Level Air Defence @@ -2815,7 +2741,6 @@ Lr,Lawrencium LR,Liberia (ISO 3166 digram) LRAD,Long Range Acoustic Device ("ell-rad") LRC,Logistics iness Center -LRD,Liberian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code) LRF,Laser rangefinder,Low iness Forces LRGW,Long-Range Guided Weapon LRICBM,Limited Range ICBM @@ -2830,7 +2755,6 @@ LSD,Landing Ship,Dock (Navy hull classification),librae,solidii,denarii (Latin: LSE,Least Squares Estimate/Error,London School of Economics,London Stock Exchange LSI,Large-Scale Integration LSIF,Labour Sponsored Investment Fund -LSL,Lesotho loti (ISO 4217 currency code) LSND,Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector LSO,Lesotho (ISO 3166 trigram) LSST,Large Synoptic Survey Telescope @@ -2844,7 +2768,6 @@ Ltd,Limited LTDP,Long-Term Defence Plan LTG,Lieutenant General,Lightning (METAR Code) LTI,Linear Time-Invariant -LTL,Lithuanian litas (ISO 4217 currency code) LTM,Acronym for Laughing To Myself LTP,Long-Term Potentiation LTU,Lithuania (ISO 3166 trigram) @@ -2861,7 +2784,6 @@ LV,Las Vegas,Latvia (ISO 3166 digram),Launch Vehicle,Leading Vehicle,Leave,Left LVA,Latvia (ISO 3166 trigram) LVAD,Left Ventricular Assist Device,Low-Velocity Airdrop LVEF,Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction -LVL,Latvian lats (ISO 4217 currency code) LW,Land Warrior,Low Water (nautical charts) Lw,Lawrencium (obsolete 1963) LWR,Laser warning receiver @@ -2871,7 +2793,6 @@ LX,Electrics (theatrical term) LX,Luxembourg (amateur radio ITU prefix),Swiss International Air Lines (IATA code) LY,Libya (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Lithuania (amateur radio ITU prefix) LYAO,Laugh Your Ass Off -LYD,Libyan dinar (ISO 4217 currency code) LYLAS,Love You Like A Sister LZ,Bulgaria (amateur radio ITU prefix),Landing Zone M,Mega-,One thousand (in Roman numerals) @@ -2883,7 +2804,6 @@ MAA,Mathematical Association of America MAAC,Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference MACE,Multi-Agent Computing Environment MACHO,MAssive Compact Halo Object -MAD,Magnetic Anomaly Detector,Moroccan dirham (ISO 4217 currency code),Mutual Assured Destruction MADD,Mothers Against Drunk Driving,MyoAdenylate Deaminase Deficiency,Multiply-Add MAF,Maintenance Action Form MAFF,Ministry of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries (various countries) @@ -2947,7 +2867,6 @@ Md,Mendelevium MDA,Main Defensive Action/Area,Moldova (ISO 3166 trigram),Muscular Dystrophy Association MDF,Main distribution frame,Medium-density fiberboard MDG,Madagascar (ISO 3166 trigram),UN Millennium Development Goal -MDL,Moldovan leu (ISO 4217 currency code) MDM,Michigan Dartmouth MIT telescope consortium,Master data management MDMA,MethyleneDioxy-MethylAmphetamine (also known as "Ecstasy") MDNA,Madonna's 12th studio album title (2012) @@ -2995,7 +2914,6 @@ mF,Millifarad MFSB,Mother,Father,Sister,Brother (1970s Philadelphia studio musicians collective) MG,Machine Gun,Madagascar (ISO 3166 digram),Major General,Mongolia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Morris Garage Mg,Magnesium,Megagram -MGA,Malagasy ariary (ISO 4217 currency code) MGB,Medium Girder Bridge,Motor Gun Boat MGM,Metro Goldwyn Mayer,Montgomery,Alabama (Airport Code) MGPAM,My Gym Partner's a Monkey @@ -3044,7 +2962,6 @@ MJ,Megajoule,Michael Jordan mJ,Millijoule MJD,Modified Julian Day mK,Millikelvin -MKD,Macedonian denar (ISO 4217 currency code),Republic of Macedonia (ISO 3166 trigram) MKG,Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (American basketball player) MKO,Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (Persian,"People's Mujahedin of Iran") MKS,Metre-Kilogram-Second (system of units),MKS Inc. software company @@ -3082,7 +2999,6 @@ MMI,Man-Machine Interface MMI,McLean Meditation Institute MMIC,McLean Meditation Institute Certified MMIC,Mindfulness & Meditation Instructor,Certified -MMK,Burmese kyat (ISO 4217 currency code) MMO,Massively Multiplayer Online (computer game) MMOR,Master of Management in Operations Research MMORPG,Massively multiplayer online role-playing game @@ -3101,7 +3017,6 @@ MNG,Multiple-image Network Graphics,Mongolia (ISO 3166 trigram) MNMF,Multi-National Maritime Force MNP,Northern Mariana Islands (ISO 3166 trigram) MNS,Mission Needs Statement -MNT,Molecular nanotechnology,Mongolian tugrik (ISO 4217 currency code) MO,Macau (ISO 3166 digram),Medical Officer,Missouri (postal symbol),modus operandi (Latin,"mode of operation"),Morocco (FIPS 10-4 country code) [mutual oral] Mo,Molybdenum MOA,Museum of Art (Brigham Young University) @@ -3127,7 +3042,6 @@ MoM,Multiple of the median MoMA,Museum of Modern Art (NYC) MOND,Modified Newtonian Dynamics MOO,Measure Of Outcome -MOP,Macau pataca (ISO 4217 currency code),Measure Of Performance MOPE,Ministry of Population and Environment (Nepal),Most Oppressed People Ever (politics) MOPP,Mission-Oriented Protective Posture MORP,Meteorite Observation and Recovery Project @@ -3166,7 +3080,6 @@ MRGO,Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal (also referred to as MR-GO or "Mr. Go") MRGW,Medium-Range Guided Weapon MRI,Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRL,Multiple Rocket Launcher -MRO,Maintenance,Repair and Operating,Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter,Mauritanian ouguiya (ISO 4217 currency code) MRPharmS,Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (Great Britain) MRR,Maximum Rock and Roll,Minimum-Risk Route,My Restaurant Rules MRS,Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy @@ -3205,7 +3118,6 @@ MTBF,Mean time between failures MTF,Magnetized target fusion,Medical Treatment Facility,Message Text Format,Modulation transfer function (optics) MtF,Male-to-female transsexual MTG,Magic: The Gathering -MTL,Maltese lira (ISO 4217 currency code),Mean Tide Level (nautical charts)* MTM,Methods-Time Measurement MTOE,Modified Table of Organization and Equipment ("emm-toe") MTP,Maritime Tactical Publication,Materiel Transfer Plan,Mission Training Plan MTQ,Martinique (ISO 3166 trigram) @@ -3216,32 +3128,26 @@ MTV,MainosTeleVisio (Finnish commercial TV company),Music TeleVision MTVL,Mobile Tracked Vehicle,Light MTWS,MAGTF Tactical Warfare System MU,Mauritius (ISO 3166 digram),Oman (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Muscat) -MUR,Mauritius rupee (ISO 4217 currency code) MUS,Mauritius (ISO 3166 trigram) MV,Maldives (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Megavolt,Motor Vehicle,Motor Vessel mV,Millivolt MVC,Missouri Valley Conference MVFC,Missouri Valley Football Conference MVNO,Mobile virtual network operator -MVR,Maldivian rufiyaa (ISO 4217 currency code) MW,Maintenance of way (also MOW),Malawi (ISO 3166 digram),Medium Wave (radio),Megawatt,Mountain West (Conference) (formal initialism since July 2011) mW,Milliwatt MWC,Maritime Warfare Centre (various nations),Mountain West Conference (still used informally,although the league has adopted "MW") MWESH,Machismo Wizards Extended SHelter (operating system) MWI,Malawi (ISO 3166 trigram) -MWK,Malawian kwacha (ISO 4217 currency code) MWOA,Mount Wilson Observatory Association MWR,Morale,Welfare,and Recreation MWTB,Mounted Warfare Test Bed MX,Mail Exchange,Mexico (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Missile eXperimental -MXN,Mexican peso (ISO 4217 currency code) MY,Malaysia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram) MYOB,Mind Your Own Business -MYR,Malaysian ringgit (ISO 4217 currency code) MYS,Malaysia (ISO 3166 trigram) MYT,Mayotte (ISO 3166 trigram) MZ,Mach-Zehnder (interferometer),Magnetic Azimuth,Move,Zig (Zero Wing),Mozambique (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram) -MZN,Mozambique metical (ISO 4217 currency code) n,Nano N,Newton,Nitrogen,North N3F,National Fantasy Fan Federation @@ -3262,7 +3168,6 @@ NACC,North Atlantic Cooperation Council NACISA,NATO Communications and Information Systems Agency NACMA,NATO Air Command and Control System Management Agency NACRA,North America Caribbean Rugby Association (more specifically rugby union) -NAD,Namibian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code) NAEC,U.S. Naval Air Engineering Center NAF,NATO Architecture Framework,Naval Air Facility NAFERA,Native American Free Exercise of Religion Act @@ -3392,7 +3297,6 @@ NGA,National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency,Nigeria (ISO 3166 trigram) NGATS,New Generation Army Targetry System NGH,Northern General Hospital NGIC,National Ground Intelligence Center ("Injick") -NGN,Nigerian naira (ISO 4217 currency code) NGO,non-governmental organization NGR,Nigeria (IOC trigram,but not ISO 3166 or FIFA) NGS,Naval Gunfire Support @@ -3431,7 +3335,6 @@ NIMG,Not In My Generation NIMH,National Institute of Medical Herbalists,National Institute of Mental Health NiMH,nickel metal hydride ("Ni" is the chemical symbol for nickel) NIN,Nine Inch Nails (band) -NIO,Nicaraguayan cordoba oro (ISO 4217 currency code) NIPR,National Institute of Polar Research (Japan) NIR,Northern Ireland (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram) NISAC,U.S. National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center @@ -3478,7 +3381,6 @@ NOAO,National Optical Astronomy Observatory NOC,UK. National Oceanography Centre NODEF,NATO Oceanographic Data Exchange Format NOGI,New Orleans Grande Isle (award for diving) -NOK,Norwegian krone (ISO 4217 currency code) NOLA,New Orleans,Louisiana (LA is the official postal code for Louisiana) NOLF,Navy OutLying Field NOM,Novus Ordo Missae or New Ordinary of the Mass (sometimes abbreviated to simply "NO") @@ -3509,7 +3411,6 @@ NPH,Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus NPL,National Priorities List,Nepal (ISO 3166 trigram) NPO,nothing by mouth NPOV,Neutral Point Of View -NPR,National Public Radio,Nepalese rupee (ISO 4217 currency code) NQ,Dronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1983) NQOCD,Not Quite Our Class,Dear (or Darling). (Upper-class English slang) NR,Nauru (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram) @@ -3595,7 +3496,6 @@ NYRA,National Youth Rights Association,New York Racing Association (horse racing NYSE,New York Stock Exchange NZ,New Zealand (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram) NZC,New Zealand Cricket -NZD,New Zealand dollar (ISO 4217 currency code) NZL,New Zealand (ISO 3166 trigram) NzL,Noze looan (online/event listings) NZOSS,New Zealand Open Source Society @@ -3673,7 +3573,6 @@ OMGW,"Oh My Gosh it's Windy" OMN,Oman (ISO 3166 trigram) OMNCS,U.S. Office of the Manager for the National Communications System OMP,Order of Mapungubwe in Platinum -OMR,Omani rial (ISO 4217 currency code) OMS,Order of Mapungubwe in Silver OMT,Object Model Template OMW,On My Way,Oh My Word @@ -3777,7 +3676,6 @@ Pa,pascal,Protactinium pA,picoampere 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, Primary Auditory Cortex PACOM,(U.S.) Pacific Command @@ -3869,7 +3767,6 @@ PEET,Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy PEGIDA,Patriotische Europäer gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes (German,"Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West") PEI,Prince Edward Island,PolyEtherImide PEK,PolyEtherKetone -PEN,Peruvian sol (ISO 4217 currency code),Poets,Essayists and Novelists,the original meaning of the initialism of the organization now known as PEN International,PolyEthylene Naphthalate PEO,Παγκύπρια Εργατική Ομοσπονδία (Greek for "Pancyprian Federation of Labour"),Philanthropic Educational Organization,PolyEthylene Oxide,Professional Employer Organization,Professional Engineers Ontario PEPFAR,President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief PER,Peru (ISO 3166 trigram) @@ -3896,14 +3793,12 @@ PGCE,Postgraduate Certificate in Education PGD,Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis PGENI,Pharmaco-Genetics for Every Nation Initiative PGH,Pre-implantation Genetic Haplotyping -PGK,Papua New Guinea kina (ISO 4217 currency code) PGM,Precision-Guided Munition PGP,Pretty Good Privacy pH,parts of hydrogen (acidity/alkalinity index),picohenry PH,Passive Homing (missile guidance system),petahenry,Philippines (ISO 3166 digram),Probability of Hit,Public Health,Purple Heart PHA,PolyHydroxyAlkanoate,Potentially Hazardous Asteroid PHL,Philippines (ISO 3166 trigram) -PHP,Philippine peso (ISO 4217 currency code),PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (originally Personal Home Page (Tools)) PHQ,Patient Health Questionnaire Pi,Pebi PI,PolyImide,PolyIsoprene,Private Investigator @@ -3933,7 +3828,6 @@ PKI,Public Key Infrastructure (cryptography) PKM,Pulemet Kalashnikova Modernizirovanniy (Russian ПКМ пулемет Калашникова модернизированный,"Machinegun Kalashnikov Modernised")[1] PKMS,Pulemet Kalashnikova Modernizirovanniy Stepanova (Russian ПКМС пулемет Калашникова модернизированный Степанова,"Machinegun Kalashnikov Modernised Stepanova")[1] PKMT,Pulemet Kalashnikova Modernizirovanniy Tankoviy (Russian ПКМТ пулемет Калашникова модернизированный танковый,"Machinegun Kalashnikov Modernised Tank") (a.k.a. PKTM[1]) -PKR,Pakistani rupee (ISO 4217 currency code) PKT,Pulemet Kalashnikova Tankoviy (Russian ПКТ пулемет Калашникова танковый,"Machinegun Kalashnikov Tank")[1] PKTM,Pulemet Kalashnikova Tankoviy Modernizirovanniy (Russian ПКТМ пулемет Калашникова танковый модернизированный,"Machinegun Kalashnikov Tank Modernised") (a.k.a. PKMT)[1] PKU,Phenylketonuria @@ -3956,7 +3850,6 @@ PLL,Phase-Locked Loop (electronics) PLM,Polarized Light Microscope/Microscopy PLMBA,Phospholipid Bilayer Microarray Pln,Platoon -PLN,Polish zloty (ISO 4217 currency code) PLO,Palestine Liberation Organization PLOKTA,Press Lots Of Keys To Abort PLP,Platonic Life Partner @@ -4101,7 +3994,6 @@ PWV,Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging,the original name for the South African p PX,Post eXchange PY,Paraguay (ISO 3166 digram),Person-Year,Portsmouth yardstick PYF,French Polynesia (ISO 3166 trigram) -PYG,Paraguayan guaraní (ISO 4217 currency code) PYMWYMI,Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is PZ,Panama Canal Zone (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1980),Pickup Zone Q1,First Quarter @@ -4111,7 +4003,6 @@ Q4,Fourth Quarter QA,Qatar (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram) Qantas,Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services QAP,Quadripartite Advisory Publication ("kwapp") -QAR,Qatari rial (ISO 4217 currency code) QAT,Qatar (ISO 3166 trigram) QB,Quarterback (football) QC,Quality Control,Québec (postal symbol),Queen's Counsel @@ -4289,9 +4180,7 @@ ROFLOL,Rolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud ROH,Ring of Honor ROI,Return On Investment,Republic of Ireland. ROK, Republic of Korea -ROL,Romanian leu (ISO 4217 currency code) ROM,-Only Memory,Refuel On the Move,Royal Ontario Museum -RON,Romanian new leu (ISO 4217 currency code) ROP,Render Output Pipeline ROPE,Research Opportunity and Performance Evidence ROS,Reactive Oxygen Species @@ -4321,7 +4210,6 @@ RRS,Racing Rules of Sailing RRSP,Registered Retirement Savings Plan (Canada; roughly equivalent to the IRA in the U.S.) RS,Russia (FIPS 10-4 country code) RSA,Regimental Support Area,Republic of South Africa,Rivest-Shamir-Adleman encryption,South Africa (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166) -RSD,Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy,Serbian dinar (ISO 4217 currency code) RSEQ,Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (French,"Quebec Student Sports Network") RSI,Repetitive Strain Injury RSJ,Rolled Steel Joist (construction) @@ -4351,7 +4239,6 @@ RTT,Round Trip Timing RTV,Rapid Terrain Visualization ACTD,Retro Television Network RU,Russia (ISO 3166 digram) Ru,Ruthenium -RUB,Russian ruble (ISO 4217 currency code) RUC,Royal Ulster Constabulary RUS,Russia (ISO 3166 trigram) RUSI,Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies @@ -4360,7 +4247,6 @@ RVD,Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst (Dutch,"Government Information Service"),Rob Van Da RW,Rwanda (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram) RWA,Rwanda (ISO 3166 trigram) RWADA,Resident Weighted Average Daily Attendance (New York State term used in public education to indicate the size of a school district,i.e. its number of students) -RWF,Rwandan franc (ISO 4217 currency code) RWH,Rain Water Harvesting RWR,Radar Warning Receiver RWS,Remote Weapon Station @@ -4374,7 +4260,6 @@ SADL,Situation Awareness Data Link (“saddle”),Structural Architecture Descri 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") -SAR,Saudi riyal (ISO 4217 currency code),Search And Rescue,Special Administrative Region,Synthetic Aperture Radar SARA,Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy,Scientific Atlanta Resident Application,Scottish Amateur Rowing Association,Southern African Railway Association,State Administration for Religious Affairs,SARP — Search And Rescue Processor,SARR — (i/a) Search And Rescue Repeater,SARS — Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome SART,Search and Rescue Transponder,Situational Awareness Rating Technique,SARU — South African Rugby Union SAS,Scandinavian Airlines System,Second Avenue Subway,Situational Awareness System,Special Air Service,Studies,Analysis and Simulation,Side Angle Side,Statistical Analysis System (original meaning; SAS Institute Inc. has evolved far beyond that scope),SASE — Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope,SASO — Stability and Support Operations,SASOL — Suid Afrikaanse Steenkool en Oli.e. (Afrikaans,“South African Coal and Oil”) @@ -4382,19 +4267,15 @@ SAT,formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test; now known SAW,Squad Automatic Weapon,Surface acoustic wave,SAWE — Society of Allied Weight Engineers,SB[edit],Sb — Antimony (Latin Stibium) SB,Sexy Bitch,Sexy Bastard,Sexy Boy (disambiguation),Solomon Islands (ISO 3166 digram),Special Warfare Boat Operator SBA,Santa Barbara Airport,Simulation-Based Acquisition,Sovereign Base Area,Student bar association,SBB — German for the Swiss Federal Railways -SBD,Solomon Islands dollar (ISO 4217 currency code),Silent But Deadly SBNO,Standing but not operating (in reference to amusement parks) SBP,Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (Filipino,"Basketball Federation of the Philippines"),U.S. School Breakfast Program,Society of Business Practitioners,State Bank of Pakistan SBS,Special Boat Service,Special Broadcasting Service,Seoul Broadcasting System SC,Cruiser Submarine (US Navy hull classification) c Saint Kitts and Nevis (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Saint Christopher),Seychelles (ISO 3166 digram),South Carolina (postal symbol) -SCO,Santa Cruz Operation (initials later used by SCO Group),Scotland (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram),Shanghai Cooperation Organization,SCOTUS — Supreme Court of the United States,SCR — Seychelles rupee (ISO 4217 currency code),SCRAM — Safety Control Rod Axe Man SCS,Scan Correlated Shift,Soil Conservation Service SD,Secure Digital (memory card format),Sheriff's department,Smoke/Decontamination,South Dakota (postal symbol),Sudan (ISO 3166 digram) -SDC,Shaft Driven Compressor,U.S. Army Strategic Defense Command (1985-1992),SDG — Sudanese pound (ISO 4217 currency code),SDG — Sum Dum Goy,greasy spoon chinese restaurant,SDH — Synchronous Digital Hierarchy SDHC,Secure Digital High Capacity SDXC,Secure Digital eXtended Capacity SE,Seychelles (FIPS 10-4 country code),Societas Europaea (form of business organization in the EU),South-east,Sweden (ISO 3166 digram),Synthetic Environment,System Engineering,SEAD — Suppression of Enemy Air Defence,SEADI — Senior Executioner of Approved Driving Instructors,SEAFDEC — Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center,SEAL — SEa-Air-Land,SEAT — Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo (Spanish for "Spanish Touring Car Company"),SEATO — Southeast Asia Treaty Organization,SeaWiFS — Sea-Viewing Wide Field of View Sensor (satellite instrument) -SEC,U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,Security,Southeastern Conference,SECAM — Séquentiel couleur à mémoire (French for “Colour Sequential with Memory”; TV standard,cf. NTSC,PAL),SECDEF — (U.S.) Secretary of Defense,SED — CERDEC Software Engineering Directorate,SEDRIS — Synthetic Environment Data Representation and Interchange Specification,SEE — Small Emplacement Excavator,SEG — Society of Exploration Geophysicists,SEG — Special Escort Group,SEK — Swedish krona (ISO 4217 currency code),Selkent — South East London & Kent Bus Company,SELT — Single Ended Line Test (ing) SEM,Sensor Employment Manager,Switch to Email Mode,i.e. stop texting as it is more disruptive by making a sound or vibrating and email instead,for a given time SEN,Senegal (ISO 3166 trigram),Small Extension Node SEP,Somebody Else’s Problem,Spherical Error Probable,System Enhancement Package,System Engineering Plan,SEPTA — Southeastern Pennsylvania Rapid-Transit Authority,SERE — Survival,Evasion,Resistance and Escape,SESSPE — Submarine Escape and Surface Survival Personnel Equipment,SET — Staphylococcal EnteroToxin,SETI — Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence,SETAC — Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry @@ -4402,7 +4283,6 @@ SEU,Single Event Upset (solid state physics),Slightly Enriched Uranium,Special E SF,Fleet Submarine (retired US Navy hull classification),San Francisco,Science fiction,South Africa (FIPS 10-4 country code),Speculative fiction,Special Forces SFA,Sales force automation,Saturated fatty acid,Scottish Football Association,Stephen F. Austin (State University),Sudan Football Association SG,Senegal (FIPS 10-4 country code),Singapore (ISO 3166 digram),Snow Grains (METAR Code),Study Group -SGC,Server Gated Cryptography,Stargate Command,SGD — Singapore dollar (ISO 4217 currency code),SGML — Standard Generalized Markup Language,SGP — Singapore (ISO 3166 trigram) 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) @@ -4432,7 +4312,6 @@ SOP,Standing/Standard Operating Procedure,State of Play SOR,State Of iness,Statement Of Requirements Sp,Special,Spring tide (nautical charts),sine prole (Latin,“without offspring”) SR,Sound Reinforcement,Supply Route,Suriname (ISO 3166 digram),Sveriges Radio (Swedish Radio Ltd),SR — Sustained release of a drug -SRD,Science Requirements Document,Surinam dollar (ISO 4217 currency code),SREL — Savannah River Ecology Laboratory SRG,SACEUR Rover Group,Special Republican Guard,SRGW — Short-Range Guided Weapon SS,Sand Storm (METAR Code),Schutzstaffel (German,roughly "Protection Squadron"; Nazi elite Praetorian guard),U.S. Secret Service,Spanish Ship,Stainless steel,Stockholm Skins,Submarine (US Navy hull classification),Super Sport,Surface-to-Surface (missile) SSA,Cargo Submarine (US Navy hull classification),Social Security Administration (U.S.),Statistics South Africa,SSB — Single-sideband modulation,SSB — Sacramento Sustainable Business,SSBN — Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine (US Navy hull classification) @@ -4450,7 +4329,6 @@ STA,Scheduled Time of Arrival,Surveillance and Target Acquisition,STAG — (U.S STAR,Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (NASA),Simulation of Tactical Alternative Responses,Special Threat Analysis and Recognition STAT,Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription (cell biology),Special Tertiary Admissions Test (Australia) STB,Surface Transportation Board[2] -STD,São Tomé and Príncipe dobra (ISO 4217 currency code),Sexually Transmitted Disease,STDM — Statistical Time Division Multiplexing,STENTOR — Satellite de télécommunications pour expérimenter de nouvelles technologies en orbite (French,“Orbital New Technology Experimental Telecommunications Satellite”) STFU,Southern Tenant Farmers Union,Stuff You[citation needed],STH — Sonic The Hedgehog STI,Sexually Transmitted Infection,Subaru Tecnica International,STK — Satellite Tool Kit,STM — Short Term Memory,STOL — Short Take-Off and Landing,STOVL — Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing STP,São Tomé and Príncipe (ISO 3166 trigram),Standard Temperature and Pressure,STR — Short Tandem Repeat (DNA analysis),STRATCOM — United States Strategic Command @@ -4468,8 +4346,6 @@ 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 — 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] -SZ,Swaziland (ISO 3166 digram),Switzerland (FIPS 10-4 country code),SZL — Swaziland lilangeni (ISO 4217 currency code),References[edit],^ Society of Automotive Engineers,^ Replaced Interstate Commerce Commission on January 1st,1996,v,t,e,List of acronyms,A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z,Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_acronyms:_S&oldid=694527511",Categories: Lists of abbreviationsHidden categories: All articles with unsourced statementss with unsourced statements from December 2015,Navigation menu,Personal tools,Not logged inContributionsCreate accountLog in,Namespaces,,,,,,,View history, T,Tera,Tesla,Tritium Ta,Tantalum TA,Target Acquisition,Teaching Assistant,Tera-ampere,Territorial Army (UK),Tristan da Cunha (ISO 3166 digram) @@ -4572,7 +4448,6 @@ TH,Terahenry,Thailand (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram) Th,Thorium THA,Thailand (ISO 3166 trigram) 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 THG,Tetrahydrogestrinone @@ -4595,7 +4470,6 @@ tits,Toes in the Sand TJ,Tajikistan (ISO 3166 digram),Terajoule TJD,Truncated Julian Day TJK,Tajikistan (ISO 3166 trigram) -TJS,Tajik somoni (ISO 4217 currency code) TK,Terakelvin,Tokelau (ISO 3166 digram) TKBL,Türkiye 1. Kadınlar Basketbol Ligi,the Turkish-language name of the Turkish Women's Basketball League TKL,Tokelau (ISO 3166 trigram) @@ -4620,7 +4494,6 @@ TMD,Theatre Missile Defence TMDK,The Mighty Don't Kneel (Australian professional wrestling stable also active in Japan) TMI,Too Much Information TMJ,TemporoMandibular Joint (syndrome) -TMM,Turkmen manat (ISO 4217 currency code) TMNT,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TMO,Table Mountain Observatory,Television match official (rugby union) TMP,East Timor (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 2002),Temporary @@ -4632,7 +4505,6 @@ TMTOWTDI,There's Than One Way To Do It (from Perl) TMZ,Thirty-Mile Zone,an area in and around Los Angeles considered "local" under entertainment industry union work rules TN,Tennessee (postal symbol),Teranewton,Tonga (FIPS 10-4 country code),Tunisia (ISO 3166 digram) 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, Turner Network Television,TO[edit] TOA,Table Of Authorities,Total Obligation Authority (accounting) @@ -4643,7 +4515,6 @@ TOG,"Togo (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)" TOGS,Thermal Observation Gunnery Sight TOMS,Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite instrument) TON,Tonga (ISO 3166 trigram) -TOP,Tongan pa'anga (ISO 4217 currency code) TOS,"Tape Operating System,Terms of service,The Original Series,used to distinguish the first Star Trek TV series from other parts of the media franchise,Tramiel Operating System" TOT,Time On Target TOW,"Tube-launched,Optically tracked,Wire-guided (anti-tank missile)" @@ -4670,7 +4541,6 @@ Trp,Troop TRU,Transuranic TRUEX,Training in Urban Environment Exercise TRW,Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. -TRY,Turkish lira (ISO 4217 currency code) Ts,Terasecond TS,"Terasiemens,Thunderstorm (METAR code),Tunisia (FIPS 10-4 country code),TinySex,Transsexual, Tough Sh*t" TSA,"Theatre Storage Area,Time Slot Allocation,Transportation Security Administration,The Salvation Army" @@ -4684,7 +4554,6 @@ TSR,Terminate and Stay Resident TSSIA,The Subject Says It All TT,"Teratesla,Terrestrial Time,Tourist Trophy (Motorcycle sport),Trinidad and Tobago (ISO 3166 digram)" TTCT,Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking -TTD,Trinidad and Tobago dollar (ISO 4217 currency code) TTFN,Ta Ta For Now TTL,"Tax,Title,License,Through-the-lens (photography),Time 'till live,Time to live,Transistor-transistor logic" TTO,Trinidad and Tobago (ISO 3166 trigram) @@ -4710,7 +4579,6 @@ TVR,TreVor (Wilkinson) Racing TVS,Tornado vortex signature TW,"Republic of China (Taiwan) (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram),Terawatt" TWAIN,Technology Without An Interesting Name -TWD,Taiwan dollar (ISO 4217 currency code) TWE,Trans World Entertainment TWI,The Welding Institute TWIP,"Take What Insurance Pays,When a surgeon agrees to accept a lower payment than he ordinarily would for a procedure and not charge the patient the difference" @@ -4723,13 +4591,11 @@ TYT,"Take Your Time,Internet chat abbreviation" TZ,Tanzania (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram) TZA,Tanzania (ISO 3166 trigram) TZC,Tetrazolium chloride -TZS,Tanzanian shilling (ISO 4217 currency code) U,Uranium UA,Ukraine (ISO 3166 digram) Unit of Action UAAP,University Athletic Association of the Philippines UAB,University of Alabama at Birmingham UAE,United Arab Emirates (also IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166) -UAH,"Ukrainian hryvnia (ISO 4217 currency code),University of Alabama in Huntsville" UAR,"Uniformly At Random (probability),Unión Argentina de Rugby (Spanish for "Argentine Rugby Union"),United Arab Republic" UAV,"Unmanned Aerial Vehicle,Unprotected Anal and Vaginal sex,UB[edit]" UBC,"United Baptist Church,University of British Columbia" @@ -4756,7 +4622,6 @@ UFO,"Unidentified Flying Object, or: United Farmers of Ontario" UG,Uganda (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram) UGA,Uganda (ISO 3166 trigram) UGV,Unmanned Ground Vehicle -UGX,Ugandan shilling (ISO 4217 currency code) UHF,Ultra High Frequency UHMW,Ultra-High Molecular Weight UHRB,Ultra-High Resolution Building (simulation) @@ -4848,7 +4713,6 @@ USB,Universal Serial Bus USC,United States Code,University of South Carolina,University of Southern California USCG,United States Coast Guard USCINCSPACE,United States Commander in Chief,Space Command -USD,(U.S.) Under-Secretary of Defense* USD(A&T),(U.S.) Under-Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology),United States dollar (ISO 4217 currency code),USD(AT&L),(U.S.) Under-Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,Technology,and Logistics,USD(C),(U.S.) Under-Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) USDA,United States Department of Agriculture USDI,United States Department of the Interior USDOE,United States Department of Energy @@ -4900,10 +4764,8 @@ UWTG,Under Water Tug UWW,United World Wrestling UXO,Unexploded Ordnance UY,Uruguay (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram) -UYU,Uruguayan peso uruguayo (ISO 4217 currency code) UZ,Uzbekistan (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram) UZB,Uzbekistan (ISO 3166 trigram) -UZS,Uzbek som (ISO 4217 currency code) V,5 (in Roman numerals),Vanadium,Volt VA,Vatican City-State (ISO 3166 digram),Veterans Affairs (U.S. Department of),Virginia (postal symbol),Various Artists VACIS,Vehicle And Container Inspection System @@ -4927,7 +4789,6 @@ VDMOS,(i/a) Vertical Double-diffused MOS transistor ("vee-dee-moss") VDOT,(i/a) Virginia Department of Transportation ("vee-dot") VDR,North Vietnam (ISO 3166 trigram,obsolete 1977) VE,Venezuela (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram) -VEB,Venezuelan bolívar (ISO 4217 currency code) VEEGA,Venus Earth Earth Gravity Assist manœuvre VEN,Venezuela (ISO 3166 trigram) VERDI,Vittorio Emanuele Re D'Italia (Victor Emmanuel,King of Italy) @@ -4974,7 +4835,6 @@ VMF,Marine Fighting Squadron of the United States Marine Corps VMF,Variable Message Format VMN,VentroMedial Nucleus (neurophysiology) VN,Vietnam (ISO 3166 digram) -VND,Vietnamese đồng (ISO 4217 currency code) VNIR,Visible and Near InfraRed VNM,Vietnam (ISO 3166 trigram) VNS,see entry @@ -5004,7 +4864,6 @@ VTOL,Vertical Take-Off & Landing VU,Vanuatu (ISO 3166 digram),Vedanta University VUB,Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgian university) VUT,Vanuatu (ISO 3166 trigram) -VUV,Vanuatu vatu (ISO 4217 currency code) VV,Via Voice,Village Voice VVAF,Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation VW,Volkswagen @@ -5135,7 +4994,6 @@ WSM,Samoa (ISO 3166 trigram; from Western Samoa),Winchester Short Magnum (family 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) WSTC,Women Signallers Territorial Corps (World War II UK) WSW,West South-West WTB,Wales Tourism Board,Warenterminbörse Hannover @@ -5171,15 +5029,9 @@ WY,Wyoming (postal symbol) WYSIWYG,What You See Is What You Get (pronounced "wizzy-wig". See entry for derived acronyms) WYSIWYP,What You See Is What You Print / What You See Is What You Pay ("wizzy-whip") WZ,Swaziland (FIPS 10-4 country code) -XAF,BEAC (Banque des états de l'Afrique centrale) Central Africa CFA (Coopération financière en Afrique centrale) franc (ISO 4217 currency code) -XAG,Silver Troy ounce (ISO 4217 currency code) -XAU,Gold Troy ounce (ISO 4217 currency code) -XBA,European Composite Unit (EURCO; Bonds market unit) (ISO 4217 currency code) -XBB,European Monetary Unit (E.M.U.; Bonds market unit) (ISO 4217 currency code) XBML,eXtended Business Modelling Language XC,Ninety (in Roman numerals) XCBL,XML Common Business Library -XCD,East Caribbean dollar (ISO 4217 currency code) XD,Used in chatrooms or email for smiley face. X is the eyes; squinted D is the mouth; XD. Xe,Xenon XF,Automobile made by Jaguar,Truck made by DAF Trucks,IATA code for Vladivostok Air @@ -5220,11 +5072,7 @@ XNC,X Northern Captain XNS,Xerox Network Systems,Extensible Name Service,Christians XNU,X is Not Unix XO,Χριστιανός Ορθόδοξος (Xristianos Orthodoksos,Greek for "Eastern Orthodoxy"),eXecutive Officer,eXtra Old (brandy grade) -XOF,BCÉAO (Banque centrale des états de l'Afrique de l'Ouest) West African CFA (Communauté financière d'Afrique) franc (ISO 4217 currency code) XP,eXperience Point (role-playing games) -XPD,Palladium Troy ounce (ISO 4217 currency code) -XPF,CFP franc (ISO 4217 currency code) -XPT,Platinum Troy ounce (ISO 4217 currency code) XQJ,XQuery API for Java™ XRAY,X-Ray XRML,eXtensible Rights Markup Language @@ -5261,7 +5109,6 @@ YD,People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (ISO 3166 digram,obsolete 1990) YDS,Yosemite Decimal System (climbing) YE,Yemen (ISO 3166 digram) YEM,Yemen (ISO 3166 trigram) -YER,Yemeni rial (ISO 4217 currency code) yF,Yoctofarad YF,Yottafarad yg,Yoctogram @@ -5325,7 +5172,6 @@ ZA,South Africa (ISO 3166 digram),Zambia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Zettaampere zA,Zeptoampere ZAF,South Africa (ISO 3166 trigram) ZAMS,Zero age main sequence -ZAR,South African rand (ISO 4217 currency code),Zaire (ISO 3166 trigram,obsolete 1997) ZAS,Zylinder Abschaltung System ZBT,Zero-Balance Transfer (accounting) zC,Zeptocoulomb