ABBR,MEANING 3M,The Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company A&W,Allen and Wright (founders Roy Allen and Frank Wright) AATF,"American Association of Teachers of French, or: African Agricultural Technology Foundation" ABC,American Broadcasting Corporation ABC,Associated British Corporation ABC,Australian Broadcasting Corporation ACLU,American Civil Liberties Union ADB,Asian Development Bank AIIB,Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ASEAN,Association of South East Nations AT&T,American Telephone and Telegraph Company ATF,"U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Bureau" BMW, Bavarian Motor Works BND,Bundesnachrichtendienst (Germany) BVD, Bradley, Voorhees, and Day CERN,European Organization for Nuclear Research DHS,U.S. Department of Homeland DOC,U.S. Department of Commerce DOD,U.S. Department of Defense DOE,U.S. Department of Energy DOI,U.S. Department of the Interior DOJ,U.S. Department of Justice DOL,U.S. Department of Labor DOS,U.S. Department of State DOT,U.S. Department of Transportation EASA,European Aviation Safety Agency ED,U.S. Department of Education ESA,European Space Agency ESPN, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network FBI,U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation GEICO, Government Employees Insurance Company H&M, Hennes and Mauritz HHS,U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HSBC, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation HUD,U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development IBM, International Business Machines ICI,Imperial Chemical Industries IMF,International Monetary Fund ISO,International Organization for Standardization J&J,Johnson & Johnson JBL, James Bullough Lansing JPL, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory L.L. Bean, Leon Leonwood Bean LAPD,Los Angeles Police Department LBA,Luftfahrtbundesamt (German aviation agency) M&M, Mars & Murrieā€™s MILF,Moro Islamic Liberation Front MIT,Massachusetts Institute of Technology NASA,National Aeronautics and Space Administration NATO,North Atlantic Treaty Organization NBC,National Broadcasting Company NIST,U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology NIWA,National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited NHTSA,U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NORAD,North American Aerospace Defense Command (formerly North American Air Defense Command) NYPD,New York Police Department OECD,Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development SAARC,South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation TREAS,U.S. Department of the Treasury ULA,United Launch Alliance UN,United Nations Organization UNESCO,United Nations Education Scientific & Cultural Organization UNICEF,United Nations Children's Fund UNO,United Nations Organization USDA,United States Department of Agriculture UPS,United Parcel Service USSF,"United States Soccer Federation, governing body of soccer in the United States" USSF,"United States Social Forum, an activist organization" USSF,"US Sumo Federation, governing body of sumo in the United States" VA,U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs VW,Volkswagen WEF,World Economic Forum WHO,World Health Organization WWF,World Wide Fund for Nature YKK, Yoshida Manufacturing Corporation YMCA,Young Men's Christian Association YWCA,Young Women's Christian Association