PowerShell/Data/Abbr/general.csv
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1ABBRMEANING
20Dobvious deed
31AMAir Mechanic 1st Class
41DOne-Dimensional
52AMAir Mechanic 2nd Class
62DTwo-dimensional
72LATwo Letter Acronym
82Lt2nd Lieutenant
93AMAir Mechanic 3rd Class
103DThree-Dimensional
113GThird-generation mobile telephone system
123iInvestors In Industry (venture capitalists)
133MMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
144GFourth-generation mobile telephone system
154WDFour-wheel drive
165DFive-Dimensional
176DSix-Dimensional
187DSeven-Dimensional
198DEight-Dimensional
209DNine-Dimensional
21AAmpere
22A10Atlantic 10 Conference
23A1CAirman First Class
24A4European standard office paper size
25aAAttoampere
26AAAadministration,authorization,and authentication,American Automobile Association ('Triple-A'),anti-aircraft artillery,Amateur Athletic Association (of England),Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (Spanish,'Assistance,Consulting,and Administration'—Mexican professional wrestling promotion)
27AAASAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
28AAAVAdvanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle
29AADACAlberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
30AADDAdult attention deficit disorder
31AADTannual average daily traffic
32AAFESArmy and Air Force Exchange Service
33AAISadvanced airborne interceptor simulator
34AAMair-to-air missile
35AAMOFas a matter of fact
36AANAmerican Academy of Nursing
37AANEASAnglo-Australian Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
38AAODLAtmospheric Aerosols and Optics Data Library
39AAPCAccounting and Auditing Policy Committee
40AARPAmerican Association of Retired Persons (now officially known only by the initials)
41AASPEMadvanced air-to-air system performance evaluation model
42AATAustralian Antarctic Territory
43AAVAmphibious Assault Vehicle
44AAWCanti-air warfare commander
45ABAble Seaman (both the rank and the occupation),Alberta (postal symbol)
46ABBASEA Brown Boveri (Swiss-Swedish multinational company)
47ABBAAgnetha,Benny,Björn,Anni-Frid (Swedish pop group)
48ABCthe first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet
49ABCabstinence, be faithful, condoms
50ABCActive Body Control
51ABCairway, breathing, circulation
52ABCAlcoholic Beverage Commission
53ABCalien big cat
54ABCalways be careful
55ABCAmerican-born Chinese
56ABCanti-lock brake controller
57ABCatomic, biological, chemical
58ABCS(U.S.) Army Battle Command System
59ABETAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
60ABFISTAdvanced Bradley Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
61ABGIAddington-Barker Group International
62ABINAgência Brasileira de Inteligência (Brazilian Intelligence Agency)
63ABLAmerican Basketball League
64ABLEAirBorne Law Enforcement (police air support unit)
65ABMCAmerican Battle Monuments Commission
66ABNAustralian Business Number (a number issued by the Australian government as registration of a business and used for taxation purposes)
67ABPIAssociation of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
68ABRSMAssociated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
69ABSacrylonitrile butadiene styrene, or: anti-lock braking system
70ABSAAmalgamated Banks of South Africa
71ABSTRIPSabstraction-based STRIPS
72ABVAlcohol by volume
73ABWAruba (ISO 3166 trigram)
74AcActinium
75ACAdriamycin-Cyclophosphamide (chemotherapy),Air Conditioning,Aircraftman,Alternating Current,Altocumulus,ante Christum (Latin,'before Christ'; see BC),ante cibum (Latin,'before meals'),Antigua and Barbuda (FIPS 10-4 country code),Associazione Calcio (Italian,'football (soccer) club'),A/C,Air Conditioned/Conditioning,Aircraft
76aCAttocoulomb
77AC1Aircraftman 1st Class
78AC2Aircraftman 2nd Class
79ACAAffordable Care Act,shorthand for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,commonly called 'Obamacare',Airspace Control Authority,Airspace Co-ordination Area,A Current Affair
80ACARSAircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System
81ACBAsociación de Clubes de Baloncesto (Spanish for 'Association of Basketball Clubs')
82ACCACAwdurdod Cymwysterau,Cwricwlwm ac Asesu Cymru (Qualifications,Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales)
83ACCDAmerican Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
84ACCSAir Communications and Control Squadron
85ACDAArms Control & Disarmament Agency
86ACDCAlternating Current Direct Current,the name of an Australian rock music band,a term for a bisexual person,A/Cdre,Air Commodore
87ACDTApple Certified Desktop Technician,Australian Central Daylight Time
88ACESAerolíneas Centrales de Colombia (Spanish,'Central Colombian Airlines'),Auxiliary Campus Enterprises and Services of Alfred State College
89ACFAdministration for Children and Families,American Car and Foundry,American Culinary Federation
90ACHTAverage Call Hold Time
91ACINTAcoustic Intelligence
92ACKAcknowledge (telecommunications; cf. NAK)
93ACLAccess Control List,Anterior cruciate ligament; the initialism can also refer to an injury to this ligament.,Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
94ACLJAmerican Center for Law and Justice
95ACLOSAutomatic CLOS (missile control system)
96ACLSAmerican Council of Learned Societies
97ACLUAmerican Civil Liberties Union,American Communist Lawyers Union (pejorative slang for the above)
98ACMmany,including Association for Computing Machinery; see entry
99ACMC(U.S.) Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
100ACNAirborne Communications Node,Australian Company Number (number issued by the Australian government as registration of a limited liability company)
101ACNAAnglican Church in North America
102ACOAirspace Control Order
103ACOBAAdvisory Committee on Business Appointments
104ACOGAmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
105ACOM(U.S.) Atlantic Command
106ACORNAssociation of Community Organizations for Reform Now
107ACPAfrican,Caribbean and Pacific Group of States,Air Control Point
108ACRAdvanced Concepts and Requirements
109ACRIAfrican Crisis Initiative
110ACRTAdvanced Concepts Research Tool simulator
111ACSAffiliated Computer Services (NYSE ACS),Alaska Communications Service,American Cancer Society,American Chemical Society,Association of Caribbean States,Australian Computer Society
112ACSCArmy Command and Staff College (various nations)
113ACSTAmerican Cooperative School of Tunis
114ACSTAustralian Central Standard Time
115ACTAdaptive Control of Thought (cognitive model),American College Test (ing Program),Australian Capital Territory (also postal symbol),ACT UP,AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
116ACTDAdvanced Concept Technology Demonstration
117ACTF(U.S.) Army Constructive Training Federation,Australian Children's Television Foundation,ACT-R,ACT-Rational (cognitive model),ACT-R/PM,ACT-R/Perceptual-Motor (cognitive model)
118ACTUAustralian Council of Trade Unions
119ACUAmerican Conservative Union
120ACUFAdvisory Committee on Undersea Features,American Conservative Union Foundation
121ADAir Defence,Andorra (ISO 3166 digram),Anno Domini (Latin,'In the year of our Lord')
122ADAAir Defence Artillery,American Dental Association,Assistant District Attorney,Americans with Disabilities Act (see also the similar but non-acronymic Ada programming language)
123ADACAllgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (German for 'General German Automobile Club')
124ADAGEAir Defense Air to Ground Engagement (simulation)
125ADAPAIDS Drug Assistance Program
126ADASAsiago-DLR Asteroid Survey
127ADATAlesis Digital Audio Tape (recording format)
128ADATSAgricultural Development and Training Society,Air Defence Anti-Tank System,Australian Defence Air Traffic System
129ADBAsian Development Bank
130ADCAide De Camp,U.S. Air Defense Command (1946-1992),Apple Display Connector,Program Against Digital Counterfeiting of Currency
131ADDAnalog Digital Digital (CD quality),Attention-Deficit Disorder,Administration on Developmental Disabilities
132ADDIEAnalyze Design Develop Implement and Evaluate
133ADDNSAdvanced Deployable Day/Night Simulation
134ADGBAir Defence of Great Britain
135ADHDAttention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
136ADHSAttention-Deficit Hyperactivity Syndrome
137ADIAcceptable/Allowable Daily Intake
138ADIZAir Defence Identification Zone
139ADLAnti-Defamation League
140ADMAdministrative,,Admiral,and the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps,Archer Daniels Midland,Assistant Deputy Minister
141ADOAAir Defence Operations Area
142ADPAdenosine DiPhosphate,Army Doctrine Publication (UK,Canada,Australia),Automatic/Automated Data Processing
143ADRGArc-second Raster Chart (ARC) Digitized Raster Graphics
144ADSActive Denial System,Astrophysics Data System,Attention Deficit Syndrome
145ADSRAttack,Decay,Sustain,Release (sound envelope specification)
146ADTAtlantic Daylight Time (UTC3 hours)
147ADTBArmy Doctrine and Training Bulletin
148ADWAir Defence Warning
149AEArmed 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
150AEDTAustralian Eastern Daylight Time
151AEFAmerican Expeditionary Force
152AEGISAirborne Early warning Ground environment Interface Segment (fake etymology)
153AESRAeronautical Equipment Service Record
154AESTAustralian Eastern Standard Time
155aetAfter extra time (Football)
156AEWAirborne Early Warning,Airborne Electronic Warfare
157AFAfghanistan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Air Force,As f*ck
158aFAttofarad
159AFAU.S. Air Force Academy,Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (Spanish for 'Argentine Football Association')
160AFAICAs Far As I'm Concerned
161AFAICTAs Far As I Can Tell
162AFAIKAs Far As I Know
163AFAIRAs Far As I Remember/Recall
164AFAMAssociazione Friulana di Astronomia e Meteorologia (Italian,'Friuli Association of Astronomy and Meteorology'),Department of African and Afro-American Studies,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — notable for its links to the school's academic-athletic scandal in the 2010s
165AFATDSAdvanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System
166AFCEAArmed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
167AFDBAfrican Development Bank
168AFESAutomatic Fire Extinguishing System
169AFGAfghanistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
170AFIFrench Territory of the Afars and Issas (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1977),'Agencia Federal de Investigaciónes' (México)
171AFISTAbrams Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
172AFJApril Fool's Joke
173AFKAway From Keyboard (Internet chat abbreviation)
174AFLACAmerican Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus
175AFOAssociation of Field Ornithologists
176AFOSRU.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research
177AFPAgence France-Presse (French,'French Press Agency'), Australian Federal Police
178AFQTArmed Forces Qualification Test
179AFRCAir Force Reserve Command
180AFRLAir Force Research Laboratory
181AFROTCAir Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
182AFRTSArmed Forces Radio and Television Service
183AFSCU.S. Air Force Staff College (obsolete; replaced with JFSC), U.S. Air Force Systems Command
184AFSCNU.S. Air Force Satellite Control Network
185AFSPCAir Force Space Command
186AFTAmerican Farmland Trust
187AFVarmoured fighting vehicle
188AGair gunner,Aktiengesellschaft (German,'incorporated'),Algeria (FIPS 10-4 country code),Antigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166 digram),Assemblies of God
189agAttogram
190AgSilver (Latin argentum)
191AGAAB Gas-accumulator ('ah-gah',Swedish company),Advanced Graphics Architecture
192AGARDAdvisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development
193AGARDographAdvanced Guidance for Alliance Research and Development publication
194AGASAAkeno Giant Air Shower Array (cosmic ray detector)
195AGBInternal Nintendo initialism (Advanced Game Boy) for Game Boy Advance
196AGCAdjutant General's Corps (British Army)
197AGDCAustralian Game Developers' Conference
198AGIAuxiliary Group Intelligence
199AGMAnnual General Meeting
200AGNActive Galactic Nucleus
201AGOAngola (ISO 3166 trigram)
202AGPAccelerated Graphics Port
203AGRICOLAAgriculture Online Access
204AGSAlaska Ground Station (LandSat)
205AGTSAdvanced Gunnery Training System
206AGUAmerican Geophysical Union
207AGWAutonomous Guided Weapon
208AhAmpere-hour
209AHAttack Helicopter
210aHAttohenry
211AHAAmerican Heart Association
212AHCPRAgency for Health Care Policy and Research (obsolete; replaced with AHRQ)
213AHECAustralian Health Ethics Committee
214AHPCRCArmy High Performance Computing Research Center
215AHQAir Headquarters
216AHRQAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality
217AHSAmerican Housing Survey
218AIAir Interdiction,Amnesty International,Artificial Insemination,Artificial Intelligence,Anguilla (ISO 3166 digram)
219AIAAerospace Industries Association,American Institute of Architects,Anguilla (ISO 3166 trigram)
220AIAAAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
221AICAfrican Independent Church,Animal Identification Coordinator
222AICDAustralian Institute of Company Directors
223AICMFPAnd I Claim My Five Pounds
224AIDU.S. Agency for International Development
225AIDSAcquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
226AIMAustralian Institute of Management
227AIMPAurora Incremental Modernization Project
228AIPACAmerican Israel Public Affairs Committee
229AIRAircraft Inventory Record
230AIRFAAmerican Indian Religious Freedom Act
231AIRSAerometric Information Retrieval System (obsolete; replaced with AFS)
232AISAustralian Institute of Sport,Automatic Identification System
233AISB(British Society for the Study of) Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour
234aJAttojoule
235AJAzerbaijan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
236AjaxAsynchronous JavaScript And XML
237AJDAstronomical Julian day
238AJPAllied Joint Publication
239AJPWAll Japan Pro Wrestling
240AKAlaska (postal symbol)
241aKAttokelvin
242AKAAbove knee amputation (orthopaedic usage)
243AKDTAlaska Standard Daylight Saving Time (UTC8 hours)
244AKPAdalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (Turkish,'Justice and Development Party')
245AKSTAlaska Standard Time (UTC9 hours)
246ALAlabama (postal symbol),Albania (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Anno Lucis (Latin,'Year of Light',in Masonic tradition,most often seen on plaques bearing the founding dates of buildings,in years AD and years AL)
247AlAluminium
248aLAttolitre
249ALAÅland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
250ALAPAs Long/Late As Possible
251ALARMAir-Launched Anti-Radar Missile
252ALBAlbania (ISO 3166 trigram)
253ALDAccounting Line Designator (nuclear weapon targeting)
254ALERTAdvanced Linked Extended Reconnaissance and Targeting,Attack and Launch Early Reporting to Theatre
255ALFAfrica Leadership Forum,Alien Life Form (cf. ALF (TV series)),Animal Liberation Front
256ALGAlgeria (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
257ALGOLALGOrithmic Language
258ALPAAir Line Pilots Association
259ALSAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
260ALSHSAbraham Low Self-Help Systems
261ALSPAggregate Level Simulation Protocol
262ALTEAssociation of Language Testers in Europe
263AmAmericium
264AMAmplitude Modulation and Ante Meridiem; see entry,Armenia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
265AM1Airman 1st class
266AMCBU.S. Army/Marine Corps Board
267AMFOMAdvanced Missile Fly Out Model
268AMFRAge-specific Marital Fertility Rate,Amplitude Modulation Following Response
269AMFRSAdvanced Multi-Function Radio Frequency System,Automatic Multisensor Feature-based Recognition System
270AMLAcute Myeloid Leukaemia
271AMLCDActive Matrix Liquid Crystal Display
272AMLOAndrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexican politician),Anti-Money Laundering Office (Thailand government agency)
273AMOAtlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
274AMOLEDActive-matrix organic light-emitting diode
275AMOSAdvanced MOrtar System,Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory
276AMPAdenosine MonoPhosphate,Automated Mission Planner
277AMRAAMAdvanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile
278AMRDECU.S. Aviation & Missile Research,Development,& Engineering Center
279AMSAgriculture Marketing Service,American Mathematical Society
280AMSAAU.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity
281AMSOU.S. Army Model and Simulation Office
282AMSUAdvanced Microwave Sounding Unit
283AMTEUK Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment (1977-1984)
284ANAndorra (FIPS 10-4 country code),Netherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 digram)
285aNAttonewton
286ANAAdministration for Native Americans,Afghan National Army,All Nippon Airways,Anti-Nuclear Anti-body,Australian National Airways,Australian Natives' Association
287ANCAfrican National Congress
288ANDAndorra (ISO 3166 trigram)
289ANFOAmmonium nitrate/fuel oil (explosive)
290ANGLiCoAir/Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
291ANLArgonne National Laboratory
292ANMAcoustic Noise Monitor
293ANOVAANalysis Of VAriance
294ANSApplied and Natural Sciences
295ANSIAmerican National Standards Institute
296ANTNetherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 trigram),Antigua and Barbuda (IOC trigram,but not ISO 3166 or FIFA)
297ANTMAmerica's Next Top Model
298ANTYAcronyms,No Thank You
299ANWRArctic National Wildlife Refuge /ˈænwɑr/
300ANZAustralia and New Zealand Banking Group
301ANZACAustralian and New Zealand Army Corps
302AOAngola (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Approach Officer (submarine),Area of Operations
303AOCAir Operations Centre,Air Officer Commanding
304AODAdrenalin O.D. (punk rock band)
305AOIAngle Of Incidence (Arab Organization for Industrialization)
306AOLAmerica OnLine
307AORArea of Responsibility
308AOSTHAdventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
309AOTSAttack of the Show!
310AOUAmerican Ornithologists' Union
311APAdvanced Placement,Air Publication,Andhra Pradesh (Indian state code),Armed Forces Pacific (postal symbol),Associated Press,Auto Pilot
312APBAll Points Bulletin (police jargon)
313APECAsia Pacific Economic Cooperation
314APEDSAMSAA Performance Estimates Data System
315APEXApplied Physics Express
316APHAAmerican Public Health Association
317APHISAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service
318APLAcute Promyeloid Leukaemia,Anti-Personnel Landmine,Applied Physics Laboratory (Johns Hopkins University)
319APODAerial Port (Airport) Of Debarkation
320APOEAerial Port (Airport) Of Embarkation
321APOLLOApache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation
322APPAllied Procedural Publication
323APRAnnual Percentage Rate
324AQIMAl-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
325ArArgon
326ARAGAdvanced Research and Assessment Group
327ARBAdministrative Review Board
328ARBAArmy Review Boards Agency
329ARCAAutomobile Racing Club of America
330ARCENTUnited States Army Central Command
331ARDAAdvanced Research and Development Activity (became DTO 2006)
332ARFASEAN Regional Forum
333ARGArgentina (ISO 3166 trigram)
334ARHArmed Reconnaissance Helicopter
335ARNetAcquisition Reform Network
336ARPApplied Research Programme
337ARPAAdvanced Research Projects Agency
338ARRCACE Rapid Reaction Corps
339ARRFAllied Rapid Reaction Force
340ARRLAmerican Radio Relay League
341ARSCArctic Region Supercomputing Center
342ARSPACEU.S. Army Space Command
343ARTCCAir Route Traffic Control Center
344ARWGArmy Research Working Group
345ASActionScript
346ASAmerican Samoa (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram),Australia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Assam / Asom (Indian state code)
347AsArsenic
348aSAttosiemens
349ASAAcetylSalicylic Acid,American Standards Association,Army Security Agency,Atlantic Southeast Airlines
350ASAPAs Soon As Possible
351ASARSAdvanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System,Airborne Search and Rescue System
352asblassociation sans but lucratif (French 'Non-profit organisation')
353ASBOAnti-Social Behaviour Order
354ASCAPAmerican Society of Composers,Authors,and Publishers
355ASCCArmy Service Component Commander,Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator,Air Standardization Coordinating Committee
356ASCIIAmerican Standard Code for Information Interchange
357ASD(U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense,autism spectrum disorder
358ASDICAllied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee (Sonar)
359ASEANAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations
360ASFARAmericans for a Society Free of Age Restrictions
361ASGArea Support Group
362ASICAustralian Securities and Investments Commission,Aviation Security Identification Card
363ASICSAnima sana in corpore sano (Latin,'A sound mind in a sound body') (athletic shoe manufacturer)
364ASIOAustralian Security Intelligence Organisation,Audio stream input output
365ASIPAdvanced System Improvement Program,Army Stationing and Installation Plan,Application-specific instruction-set processor
366ASLAbove Sea Level,American Sign Language (also known as Ameslan),'Age,Sex,Location?' (Internet slang)
367ASMAir-to-Surface Missile,American Samoa (ISO 3166 trigram),American Society for Metals,American Society for Microbiology
368ASMBAmerican Society for Matrix Biology,Adult Swim Message Board
369ASMEAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers,American Society of Magazine ors
370ASMPAir-Sol Moyenne Portée missile (French 'Medium-range air to surface'),Asymmetric multiprocessing
371ASNAssociate of Science in Nursing
372ASOCAir 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
373ASPActive 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
374ASPIAustralian Strategic Policy Institute
375ASRAlkali-silica reaction,Anti Slip Regulation
376ASRAAMAdvanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile
377ASSCAssociation for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
378ASTAtlantic Standard Time (UTC4 hours)
379ASTIAArmed Services Technical Information Agency
380ASTMAmerican Society for Testing and Materials
381ASTREAAerial Support To Regional Enforcement Agencies (sheriff's air support unit)
382ASUWAntiSUrface Warfare
383ASVABArmed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery(taken by juniors in high school in the USA)
384ASVELAssociation Sportive Villeurbanne Éveil Lyonnais (Association Sportive is French for 'Sporting Association'; the club was founded through the merger of AS Villeurbanne and Éveil Lyonnais)
385ASWAntiSubmarine Warfare
386ASWORG(U.S.) AntiSubmarine Warfare Operations Research Group
387ASXAdvanced Stream Redirector,Australian Securities Exchange
388ATAnti-Tank,Ashmore and Cartier Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Austria (ISO 3166 digram),Advanced Technology (IBM Personal Computer/AT)
389AtAstatine
390aTAttotesla
391ATAAdvanced Technology Attachment (IBM Personal Computer),Afghan Transitional Authority,Allen Telescope Array,Antarctica (ISO 3166 trigram)
392ATACAir Transportable Acoustic Communications
393ATACMSArmy TACtical Missile System
394ATAPIAdvanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
395ATASAir-To-Air Stinger (missile)
396ATATAiken Tactical Airsoft Team / Star Wars vehicle
397ATBActive Time Battle,British Antarctic Territory (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1979)
398ATCAir Training Corps, U.S. Air Transport Command (1942-1948), Athletic Trainer,Certified
399ATCCISArmy Tactical Command and Control Information System
400ATESSAerospace and Telecommunications Engineering Support Squadron
401ATFFrench Southern Territories (ISO 3166 trigram),(U.S.) Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives
402ATGAntigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166 and FIFA trigram)
403ATGMAnti-Tank Guided Missile
404ATGWAnti-Tank Guided Weapon
405ATKAttack
406ATLAtlanta,Georgia,the largest city and capital of Georgia
407ATLASAll-Terrain Lifter Army System,Assessment Tool for LAnd Systems
408ATMAutomated Teller Machine,Asynchronous Transfer Mode,At The Moment
409ATNDronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1983)
410ATOAir Tasking Order,Australian Taxation Office
411ATPAdenosine TriPhosphate,Allied Tactical Publication,Ammunition Transfer Point
412ATSD(U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense
413ATSDRAgency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
414ATVAll-Terrain Vehicle
415ATWAAir,Trees,Water,Animals
416AUAfrican Union (was OAU before 2000),American University,Astronomical Unit,Australia (ISO 3166 digram),Austria (FIPS 10-4 country code)
417AuGold (Latin Aurum)
418AUCAb 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)
419AUSAustralia (ISO 3166 trigram)
420AUSCANNZUKUSAustralia,Canada,New Zealand,United Kingdom,United States (security designation)
421AuslanAustralian Sign Language
422AUTAustria (ISO 3166 trigram)
423AUTLArmy Universal Task List
424AVAnguilla (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Audio-Visual,Aviation
425AvAperture value (photographic mode)
426aVAttovolt
427AVAAmerican Viticultural Area
428AVBAudio Video Bridging
429AVDLRAviation Depot Level Repair
430AVGPArmoured Vehicle, General Purpose
431AVIMAviation Intermediate Maintenance
432AVLBArmoured Vehicle Launched Body
433AVMAir Vice-Marshal, Arteriovenous malformation
434AVOApprehended Violence Order
435AVPArubaanse Volkspartij
436AVPAssociation of Volleyball Professionals
437AVREArmoured Vehicle Royal Engineers
438AVTBArmoured Vehicle Test Bed,Aviation Test Bed
439AVUMAviation Unit Maintenance
440AVVOAcute Vaginal Venereal Outbreak
441AWAruba (ISO 3166 digram)
442aWAttowatt
443AWAAmerican Wrestling Association
444AWCAir Warfare Centre
445AWDAll Wheel Drive
446AWEAdvanced Warfighting Experiment
447AWPAwaiting Parts (SM&R code)
448AWSIMAir Warfare SIMulation
449AWSTAustralian Western Standard Time
450AWWAbove Water Warfare
451AXÅland Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
452AXPAmbulance eXchange Point
453AYAntarctica (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
454AYBABTUAll Your Base Are Belong To Us
455AYUAs Yet Unknown
456AZArizona (postal symbol),Azerbaijan (ISO 3166 digram),Alkmaar Zaanstreek (Dutch football club)
457AZEAzerbaijan (ISO 3166 trigram)
458AZURActions en zone urbaine (French for: Urban Operations)
459BARBarbados (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]
460BBBarbados (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code),Boys' Brigade (Christian youth organization),Brigitte Bardot (actress),Bumblebee
461BBBBetter Business Bureau,Blood-brain barrier
462BBCBreeding Bird Census,British Broadcasting Corporation,Bumper to Back of Cab (trucking measurement)
463BBLBe Back Later,Bird Banding Laboratory,British Basketball League
464BBNBolt,Beranek and Newman
465BBQBarbecue
466BBSBreeding Bird Survey (North America),Brigade/Battalion Battle Simulation,Bulletin Board System,BBSRC , U.K. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council,BBVA , Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (Spanish bank)
467BBYOB'nai B'rith Youth Organization
468BCBefore Christ,Blind Copy (in emailers),Boston College,Botswana (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Bechuanaland),British Columbia (postal symbol)
469BCABachelor of Computer Application,Black Coaches & Administrators
470BCCBlind Carbon Copy
471BCCIBank of Credit and Commerce International,Board of Control for Cricket in India,BCD , Binary-Coded Decimal
472BEABanque extérieure d'Algérie,British European Airways (ancestor of British Airways),British Electricity Authority,bel
473BELBelgium (ISO 3166 trigram)
474BENBenin (ISO 3166 trigram)
475BEOBanquet Event Order
476BERCBusiness Environmental Resource Center
477BERBit Error Rate
478BHBahrain (ISO 3166 digram),Belize (FIPS 10-4 country code)
479BHRBahrain (ISO 3166 trigram)
480BNFBackus-Naur Form (computing), British National Formulary
481BNICEBiological,Nuclear,Incendiary,Chemical,and Explosive Agents
482BNPBritish National Party,Banque Nationale de Paris,a predecessor to today's BNP Paribas
483BNSBank of Nova Scotia
484BNSFBurlington Northern Santa Fe (also AAR reporting mark)
485BOBack Orifice,Belarus (FIPS 10-4 country code),Biarritz Olympique (French rugby union club),Bolivia (ISO 3166 digram),Body odor
486BOACBritish Overseas Airways Corporation (predecessor of British Airways)
487BoAMLBank of America Merrill Lynch
488BOCBritish Orthodontic Society, British Oxygen Company
489BÖCBlue Öyster Cult
490BODMASBrackets,Orders,Division,Multiplication,Addition,Subtraction
491BOFHBastard Operator From Hell
492BOGABend Over and Grab Ankles
493BOGOFBuy One,Get One Free
494BOGsBunch of Guys
495BOIBalance Of Investment,Basis Of Issue
496BOLBolivia (ISO 3166 trigram)
497BOMBase Object Model,Bill Of Materials,Block of the Month quilting term,Business opportunity meeting
498BOPDBarrel of Oil Per Day
499BOSBattlefield Operating System
500BOTBalance of Trade,Botswana (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Build Operate Transfer,Bank of Thailand,BP[edit]
501BPBattle Position,British Petroleum (today,BP does not officially stand for anything),Solomon Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code; from British Protectorate of the Solomon Islands),Bp , Bishop,BPD , Bipolar Personality Disorder,BPM , Beats Per Minute,BPMo , Business Process Mobility
502BPVBattlefield Planning Visualization,Bovine papillomavirus
503BQBritish Antarctic Territory (former ISO 3166 digram; merged with AQ in 1979),Caribbean Netherlands (current ISO 3166 digram; based on the entity's alternate name of Bonaire,Sint Eustatius and Saba),Navassa Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
504BRBrazil (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) ,Bihar (Indian state code),British Rail,Break Ranks (marching band term)
505BRABrazil (ISO 3166 trigram)
506BRAGBicycle Ride Across Georgia
507BRASSBreathe,Relax,Aim,Sight,Squeeze (acronym for using a rifle)
508BSABirmingham Small Arms (motorcycles company),Boy Scouts of America,Brigade Support Area
509BSatCoPBenjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins
510BSEBovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (better known as mad cow disease)
511BSNBaloncesto Superior Nacional (Spanish,'National Superior Basketball'; top Puerto Rican league),Bank Simpanan Nasional (Malay,'National Savings Bank'; government-owned Malaysian bank)
512BSNLBharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,Bachelor of Science in Nursing
513BSoDBlue Screen of Death (distinct from BSD)
514BSPBetween-Show Promotion,Binary Space Partitioning,Board Support Package,British Standard Pipe (screw thread),Business-sponsored,Bone sialoprotein
515BSTBinary search tree,Blended Sales Tax,Bovine somatotropin,British Summer Time
516BSWBritish Standard Whitworth (screw thread)
517BSXBendigo Stock Exchange
518BTBaal 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
519BtBaronet,Bacillus thuringiensis
520BTOBuilt To Order
521BTPBritish Transport Police
522BTRBronetransporter (БТР = Бронетранспортер '(Heavy) Armoured (Personnel) Transporter')
523BTUBritish Thermal Unit
524BTWBy The Way
525BUBulgaria (FIPS 10-4 country code) -,Burma (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1989)
526BUAVBritish Union for the Abolition of Vivisection
527BUG-EBattlefield Universal Gateway Equipment ('buggy')
528BUNOBureau Number (aircraft serial number)
529BURBurma (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1989)
530BVBackground Vocals -,Battlefield Visualization ,,Bouvet Island (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
531BVDBradley,Voorhees & Day (underwear manufacturer)
532BVRBeyond Visual Range
533BVTBouvet Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
534B&WBabcock & Wilcox, Black and White, Bowers & Wilkins
535BWBring Wedges (ISO digram)
536BWBotswana (ISO 3166 digram)
537BWABotswana (ISO 3166 trigram)
538BWARSBees,Wasps & Ants Recording Society
539BWCBiological and Toxin Weapons Convention
540BWRBoiling-Water Reactor
541BXBase eXchange
542BYBurundi (FIPS 10-4 country code), Belarus (ISO 3166 digram), Bavaria
543BYOBBring Your Own Bottle (or beer, beverage, or booze) (multiple,but similar,meanings)
544BYOCBring Your Own Computer (play on BYOB)
545BYOFBring Your Own Flask
546BYSByelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1992)
547BYUBrigham Young University
548BZBelize (ISO 3166 digram)
549BZPBenzylpiperazine
550CCarbon, Coulomb, One Hundred (in Roman numerals)
551cCenti
552C2CConsumer-To-Consumer electronic commerce, Cam-To-Cam internet chat
553c2cthe British rail company formerly known as LTS Rail
554CaCalcium
555CACalifornia (postal symbol),Canada (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Catalonia,Civil Affairs,Close Armour,Cocaine Anonymous,Computer Associates,Counter-Air,Cricket Australia
556CAACanadian Automobile Association,(NORAD) Center for Aerospace Analysis,(U.S.) Center for Army Analysis,(U.S.) Clean Air Act,(U.S. Army) Concepts Analysis Agency,Civil Aviation Authority,Colonial Athletic Association
557CAATCampaign Against Arms Trade,Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
558CACCalifornia Association of Criminalists,Chronic Asymptomatic [Disease] Carrier
559CACMCentral American Common Market
560CACMCommunications of the ACM
561CADCAMComputer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing
562CADMIDConcept,Assessment,Demonstration,Manufacture,In service,Disposal (life cycle mnemonic)
563CADPATCAnadian Disruptive PATtern
564CAECanadian Aviation Electronics (originally),Certificate in Advanced English
565CAEnClose Action Engagement (constructive simulation)
566CAFCentral African Republic (ISO 3166 trigram),Confederation of African Football (or French Confédération Africaine de Football)
567CAFADCombined Arms For Air Defence
568CAFDECanadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters,Computer Aided Federation Development Environment
569CAFECorporate Average Fuel Economy standard
570CAIComputer Assisted Instruction
571CAIRCouncil on American-Islamic Relations
572CALABARZONA region in the Philippines: CAvite,LAguna,BAtangas,Rizal,queZON
573CALLCenter for Army Lessons Learned
574CALMCommunications,Air-interface,Long and Medium range
575CalPERSCalifornia Public Employees' Retirement System
576CaltransCalifornia Department of Transpotation
577CAMChemical Agent Monitor,Complementary and alternative medicine,Computer-Aided Manufacturing,Crassulacean acid metabolism (type of photosynthesis)
578CAMRACAMpaign for Real Ale
579CANCanada (ISO 3166 trigram)
580CANDUCANada Deuterium Uranium (nuclear reactor design)
581CanolaCanadian oil,low acid (referring to a specific cultivar of rapeseed bred to have a low erucic acid content)
582CAPESCAPability Evaluation System,Combined Arms Planning and Execution System
583CARECitizens Association for Racial Equality (former New Zealand organisation),Community database on Accidents on the Roads in Europe,Cooperative for Aid and Relief Everywhere (originally Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe)
584CARMONETTEComputerized Monte Carlo Simulation
585CARPComputed Air Release Point
586CARTChampionship Auto Racing Teams (now defunct)
587CASChemical Abstracts Service,Chief of the Air Staff,Close Air Support
588CASACivil Aviation Safety Authority
589CASECellular ammunition storage equipment,Computer-Aided Software Engineering
590CASSCommand Activated Sonobuoy System
591CASTFOREMCombined Arms and Support Task FORce Evaluation Model
592CASTORCanadian Automatic Small Telescopes for Orbital Research
593CATCommunity Acceptance Testing
594CATKCounterattack
595CATSComputer Active Technology Suspension
596CATTCombined Arms Tactical Trainer
597CAVCavalry
598CAVOKCeiling And Visibility OK ('Kav-okay')
599CAWCanadian Auto Workers (trade union)
600CBCitizens' Band radio,Cambodia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
601CBASSECommission on Behavioral And Social Sciences and Education ('sea bass')
602CBCCanadian Broadcasting Corporation,Christmas Bird Count,Cipher-Block Chaining,Cornering Brake Control
603CBECommander of the Order of the British Empire,Cab Beside Engine (see truck)
604CBFConfederação Brasileira de Futebol (Portuguese,'Brazilian Football Confederation')
605CBGBCountry,Blue Grass,and Blues (former New York City nightclub)
606CBLAComparative bullet lead analysis
607CBMCanadian Baptist Ministries
608CBMCommodore Business Machines
609CBMLCoalition Battle Management Language
610CBNCardsApp Brand Number
611CBOLConsortium for the Barcode of Life
612CBOTChicago Board of Trade
613CBRCase-Based Reasoning
614CBRNChemical,Biological,Radiological,or Nuclear (weapon or event)
615CBRNEChemical,Biological,Radiological,Nuclear or [high-yield] Explosive (weapon or event)
616CBSColumbia Broadcasting System,Corps Battle Simulation
617CBUSColumbus,Ohio
618CCcarbon copy
619CCACounter Command Activity
620CCCCanterbury Clothing Company,Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.,1930s and 1940s),Corpus Christi College,Oxford
621CCCPCentral Committee of the Communist Party,Cyrillic for SSSR (Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik,Russian Союз Советских Социалистических Республик,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
622CCDCharge-Coupled Device,Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (Catechism)
623CCFCartoon Cartoon Fridays
624CCGCanadian Coast Guard,Collectible Card Game
625CCGCCanadian Coast Guard Cutter,Canadian Coast Guard College
626CCGHCanadian Coast Guard Hovercraft
627CCGSCanadian Coast Guard Ship,Christ Church Grammar School
628CCHComputer-Controlled Hostile
629CCIFComité consultatif international des communications téléphoniques à grande distance (French for International Telephone Consultative Committee,merged with the CCIT in 1956 to form the CCITT)
630CCIICommand and Control Information Infrastructure,Community Capital Investment Initiative
631CCIRComité consultatif international pour la radio (French for Consultative Committee on International Radio,became the ITU Radiocommunication Sector,ITU-R,in 1992),Commander's Critical Information Requirements
632CCITComité consultatif international télégraphique (French for International Telegraph Consultative Committee,merged with the CCIF in 1956 to form the CCITT)
633CCITTComité consultatif international téléphonique et télégraphique (French for International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee,became the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector,ITU-T,in 1992)
634CCKCholecystokinin,Cocos (Keeling) Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
635CCMCanada Cycle & Motor Co. Ltd. (now split into two separate companies bearing the CCM name,one manufacturing bicycles and the other ice hockey equipment),Contemporary Christian music
636CCOCCanadian Children's Opera Chorus,Crosley Car Owners Club
637CCOPCoalition Common Operating/Operational Picture
638CCPCasualty Collection Point,Communications Checkpoint,Contingency Communications Package
639CCPAConsumer Credit Protection Act
640CCRCreedence Clearwater Revival
641CCRApCanadian Conservative Reform Alliance party
642CCRPCommand and Control Research Program
643CCRTSCommand and Control Research and Technology Symposium
644CCSCSConsultative Committee for Space Data Systems
645CCSCSCoordinadora de Centrales Sindicales del Cono Sur
646CCSILCommand and Control Simulation Interface Language ('cecil')
647CCSKCyclic Code Shift Keying
648CCTCurrent Commitments Team
649CdCadmium
650cdCandela
651CDCompact Disc
652CD1Cluster of Differentiation 1 (a small gene family)
653CDAUK Centre for Defence Analysis
654CDDCapabilities Development Document
655CDEChemical Defence Equipment
656CDIACCarbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center ('see-dee-ack')
657CDipAFCertified Diploma in Accounting and Finance
658CDLCommercial driver's license
659CDMClean Development Mechanism (Kyoto protocol), Cold Dark Matter (astronomy)
660CDMACode Division Multiple Access
661CDMSIICryogenic Dark Matter Search II
662CdrCommander
663CDTCentral Daylight Time (UTC5 hours)
664CdtCommandant
665CeCerium
666CEChristian/Common Era
667CEACampaign Effectiveness Analysis
668CECOMU.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command
669CEDEXCourrier d'entreprise à distribution exceptionnelle (French,'Company Mail with Exceptional Distribution'; 'exceptional' refers to the volume of mail)
670CEGEPCollège d'enseignement général et professionnel (French,'College of General and Vocational Education')
671CEICompetitive Enterprise Institute
672CENTCOMUnited States Central Command
673CENTOCentral Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)
674CENZUBCentre d'entraînement aux actions en zone urbaine (French,'Urban Operations Training Centre')
675CEOChief Executive Officer
676CEPCircular Error Probable
677CEPTConférence européenne des administrations des postes et des télécommunications (French,'European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations')
678CERCLAU.S. Comprehensive Environmental Response,Compensation,and Liability Act (Superfund)
679CERDECU.S. Communications-Electronics Research,Development and Engineering Center
680CERGACentre de recherches en géodynamique et astrométrie (French,'Astrometry and Geodynamics Research Centre')
681CERNCentre européen pour la recherche nucléaire (French,'European Organization for Nuclear Research')
682CERTComputer Emergency Response Team
683CESSCentre for Earth Science Studies (India)
684CESTCentral European Summer Time
685CETCentral European Time
686CEWCCouncil for Education in World Citizenship
687CfCalifornium
688CFCanadian Forces,Central African Republic (ISO 3166 digram),Republic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code)
689CFACat Fanciers' Association,Chartered Financial Analyst,Colour Filtering Array,County Fire Authority,Covering Force Area
690CFARChristine's,Federal Acquisition Regulation
691CFCChloroFluoroCarbon,Canadian Fish Company
692CFESContinuous Flow Electrophoresis System
693CFFZCall For Fire Zone
694CFGContext-free grammar,Control flow graph
695CFHTCanada-France-Hawaii Telescope
696CFICenter for Inquiry (CSICOP)
697CFLCanadian Football League,Co-ordinated Fire Line
698CFLCCCoalition Forces Land Component Command
699CFMCertified Facilities Manager
700CFOChief Financial Officer
701CFPCall for papers, College Football Playoff, Common Fisheries Policy (EU)
702CFRCode of Federal Regulations,Căile Ferate Române (Romanian,'Romanian Railways')
703CFRPCarbon fibre reinforced plastic
704CFSChronic Fatigue Syndrome
705CFSPCommon Foreign and Security Policy
706CFUColony Forming Unit in Microbiology
707CFVCavalry Fighting Vehicle
708CFZCritical Friendly Zone
709CGClient Group,Computer Graphics,Controls Group,Democratic Republic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code),Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 digram)
710CGHComparative Genomic Hybridisation
711CGIGCross-Government Implementation Group
712CGORepublic of the Congo (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
713CGSChief of the General Staff
714CGTCapital Gains Tax
715chch(L) is used to denote the Chern character of a line bundle
716CHChieftain tank,China (FIPS 10-4 country code),Switzerland (ISO 3166 digram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
717CHAMPUS(U.S.) Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (now known as TRICARE)
718CHAOSCambridge Heart Anti-Oxidant Study
719CHAPSClearing House Automated Payment System
720CHDKCanon Hack Development Kit (Canon camera firmware hack)
721CHESwitzerland (ISO 3166 trigram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
722CHIColumbia Helicopters,Inc
723CHiPCalifornia Highway Patrol
724CHIPSCosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
725CHLChile (ISO 3166 trigram)
726CHLACore Historical Literature of Agriculture
727CHNChina (ISO 3166 trigram)
728CHOGMCommonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
729CHPSOCalifornia Hospital Patient Safety Organization
730CHRSCanadian Heart Rhythm Society
731CHTCertified Hand Therapist
732CIChile (FIPS 10-4 country code),Côte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 digram),Counter-Intelligence,101 (in Roman numerals)
733CiCurie
734CIACairo International Airport,Central Intelligence Agency,Culinary Institute of America
735CIAOCritical Infrastructure Assurance Office,Component-Integrated ACE ORB
736CIBComplete In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
737CIBCCanadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
738CICSCustomer Information Control System (IBM mainframe software; 'kicks' or 'C-I-C-S')
739CIDCertified Interior Designer
740CIEFComité international d'enregistrement des fréquences (International Frequency Registration Board)
741CIFCost,Insurance,and Freight (Paid) (shipping)
742CIMMYTCentro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo (Spanish,'International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center')
743CINCCommander in Chief
744CINEOSCampo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey
745CIOChief information officer,Congress of Industrial Organizations
746CIPE(European) Centre for International Political Economy
747CIR(Commander's) Critical Information Requirements
748CIRCorotating Interaction Region
749CISCanadian Interuniversity Sport,Commonwealth of Independent States,Command and Information System,Communication and Information System
750CISA(U.S.) C4I Integration Support Activity
751CISBComplete In Sealed Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
752CISPRComité international spécial des perturbations radioélectriques (Special International Committee on Radio Interference)
753CISSPCertified Information Systems Security Professional
754CITESConvention on International Trade in Endangered Species (of Wild Fauna and Flora) ('sigh-tease')
755CIVCôte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 trigram)
756CIVETSColombia,Indonesia,Vietnam,Egypt,Turkey,South Africa (economics)
757CIVPOPCivilian Population
758CIWSClose-In Weapon System
759CJCayman Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code),Criminal Justice
760CJCCanadian Jewish Congress,Cold Junction Compensation
761CJCSChairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
762CJDChronological Julian Day,Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
763CJOChief of Joint Operations
764CJTFCombined Joint Task Force
765CKCocos (Keeling) Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code),Cook Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
766CKAcommonly known as, Canada Kicks Ass
767CKNDCodename: Kids Next Door
768CLChile (ISO 3166 digram),Co-ordination Line,One Hundred and Fifty (in Roman numerals)
769ClChlorine
770CLAClutterers Anonymous
771CLECCompetitive Local Exchange Carrier
772CLEMARSCalifornia Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Radio System
773CLICCompact LInear Collider
774CLOCornell Lab of Ornithology
775CLOSCommand to Line-Of-Sight (missile control system)
776CLPFCCentroLateral PreFrontal Cortex
777CLRPCollege Loan Repayment Program
778CMCameroon (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Cruise Missile,Nine Hundred (in Roman numerals)
779CmCurium
780CMAU.S. Chemical Materials Agency,Country Music Association (also used to refer to the organization's annual awards),Crystal Meth Anonymous
781CMHCCanada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
782CMIIAWCorrect me if I am wrong
783CMISCommon management information service
784CMJChristopher Martin-Jenkins (BBC sports commentator)
785CMLLConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (Spanish,'Worldwide Wrestling Council'—Mexican professional wrestling promotion)
786CMMCapability Maturity Model
787CMMCCorps Materiel Management Centre
788CMMLChronic MyeloMonocytic Leukemia,Continuous Media Markup Language
789CMOSCanadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society,(The) Chicago Manual of Style,Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
790CMPCommon [Operating/Operational] Maritime Picture
791CMPDCharlotte Mecklenburg Police Department
792CMPDChronic Myeloproliferative Disease
793CMRCameroon (ISO 3166 trigram),Coaxial Main Rotors (helicopter type)
794CMSCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services,The Chicago Manual of Style
795CMTCountry Music Television
796CMUCarnegie Mellon University,Central Michigan University,Concrete Masonry Unit
797CMWMarconi's Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada,Canadian Manufacturing Week,Canadian Music Week,Catherine McAuley Westmead (school in New South Wales,Australia),Chicago,Missouri and Western (Railway),Compartmented Mode Workstation,Compton's Most Wanted,Continuous Microwave (processing technology),Custom Maintenance Wizard (Microsoft Office Resource Kit)
798CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Key/blacK (colour model)
799CNCanadian National (railway; also the AAR reporting mark for said company),China (ISO 3166 digram),Comoros (FIPS 10-4 country code)
800CNACenter for Naval Analyses,Certified Network Administrator,Computer Network Attack,Continental (Casualty Company),National (Fire Insurance Company),and American (Casualty Company),the three companies that merged to form what is now known as CNA Financial
801CNBCConsumer News and Business Channel
802CNDCampaign for Nuclear Disarmament,Computer Network Defence
803CNECanadian National Exhibition,Computer Network Exploitation,Certified Network Engineer
804CNFCost and Freight
805CNIClinical Nursing Intern
806CNICommunications,Navigation and Identification
807CNNCable News Network,Cellular Nonlinear Network
808CNVCopy-Number Variable (genetics)
809CoCobalt
810COBClose Of Business [day]
811COBRAConsolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
812CODCash On Delivery,Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 trigram)
813CoDACo-Dependents Anonymous
814COGENTCognitive Objects within a Graphical EnviroNmenT
815COILChemical Oxygen Iodine Laser
816COKCook Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
817COLColombia (ISO 3166 trigram)
818COLACost Of Living Adjustment
819CONADU.S. Continental Air Defense Command
820CONMEBOLConfederación Sudamericana de Fútbol or Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol (respectively Spanish and Portuguese for 'South American Football Confederation')
821CONUSContinental United States
822COOChief Operating Officer
823COPEU.K. Committee On Publication Ethics
824COPUSU.K. Committee on the Public Understanding of Science
825CORDCommon Operational Requirements Document
826COREConsortium for Oceanographic Research and Education
827COSCooper Ornithological Society
828COSERCOoperative SERvice
829CoTCar of Tomorrow (former NASCAR race car design)
830COTSCommercial Off The Shelf
831CPCanadian Pacific,Check Point,Command Post,Club Penguin
832CPACertified Public Accountant
833CPACConservative Political Action Conference,Cable Public Affairs Channel ('see-pack')
834CPCUCertified Property Casualty Underwriter
835CPDCapabilities Production Document
836CPECertificate of Proficiency in English
837CPECertified Professional Ergonomist
838CPFCalibration Parameter File,Canadian Patrol Frigate
839CPGClinical Practice Guideline
840CPIMCertification on Production and Inventory Management
841CPIRComputationally-Private Information Retrieval
842CPONCertified Pediatric Oncology Nurse
843CPPCCChinese People's Political Consultative Conference
844CPRCanadian Pacific Railway
845CPRCardiopulmonary resuscitation
846CPSMContinuous Phase Shift Modulation
847CPSUCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
848CPTContingency Planning Team
849CPUContract Postal Unit
850CPVCape Verde (ISO 3166 trigram)
851CPXCommand Post eXercise
852CQCarrier Qualification,Central Queensland,Charge of Quarters,Congressional Quarterly,Constellation Airlines (IATA airline designator),Northern Mariana Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
853CQDClose Quarters Drill (Morse distress code preceding SOS: CQ 'calling all stations',D 'Distress'; often incorrectly interpreted as 'Come Quick,Distress')
854CrChromium
855CRCoral Sea Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Costa Rica (ISO 3166 digram)
856CRAMCombined Radiometric Correction Model
857CRDCapstone Requirements Document
858CREBCyclic AMP-response Element Binding (protein)
859CREEPCommittee for the Re-Election of the President,a pejorative nickname used by opponents
860CRENChristian Real Estate Network Real Estate Association
861CRIChina Radio International,Costa Rica (ISO 3166 trigram)
862CRIPLConsolidated Remain-In-Place List
863CRMCardiac Rhythm Management,Customer Relationship Management
864CROCroatia (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
865CRPCommittee for the Re-Election of the President,Control and Reporting Post
866CRTCardiac Resynchronization Therapy,Cathode Ray Tube,Chinese Remainder Theorem
867CRTCCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
868CsCaesium
869CSACanadian Soccer Association,Canadian Space Agency,Canadian Standards Association,Child Support Agency,Command Staff Advisor,Community-supported agriculture,Confederate States of America,Corps Storage Area,Czech Airlines,C/S/A,CINC,Service,and Agency
870CSCClosed Spacelike Curve (relativity),Compact system camera,Computer Sciences Corporation,Computer Security Centre,CSCC Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists
871CSERIAC(U.S. DoD) Crew Systems Ergonomics Information Analysis Center
872CSGCorps Support Group
873CSIsee entry
874CSICOPCommittee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (became the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in 2006)
875CSIPCommercial Stable Image Platform (AMD)
876CSISCanadian Security Intelligence Service ('seessiss'),(U.S.) Center for Strategic & International Studies
877CSKCzechoslovakia (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1993)
878CSLU.K. Central Science Laboratory
879CSPICenter for Science in the Public Interest
880CSRControl Supply Rate
881CSRCorporate Social Responsibility
882CSRCConflict Studies Research Centre
883CSRFCross-Site Request Forgery
884CSTCentral Standard Time (UTC6 hours)
885CTComputed tomography (medical scan also known as a CAT scan),Central Time zone,Chrono Trigger (Computer/Video games),Connecticut (postal symbol),Canterbury (postal symbol),Chhattisgarh (Indian state code)
886CTACentral African Republic (FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166 or IOC),Chicago Transit Authority,Comando-Geral de Tecnologia Aerospacial (Portuguese,[Brazilian] 'General Command for Aerospace Technology')
887CTBTComprehensive [Nuclear] Test Ban Treaty
888CTDBCompact Terrain Data Base (file format)
889CTECanton and Enderbury Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984),Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
890CTGFconnective tissue growth factor
891CTICo-operative Target Identification
892CTILCritical Tracked Items List
893CTISCentral Tire Inflation System
894CTMSClinical Trial Management System
895CTOChief Technical Officer,Chief Technology Officer
896CTSClear-To-Send,Collective Training Standards,Communications Technology Service,Contract Technical Services,Conversation Time Sharing,COSMIC Top Secret
897CTSSCompatible Time-Sharing System
898CTUCounter Terrorist Unit (fictional branch of the Central Intelligence Agency in the television action series 24)
899CTVTCanine Transmissible Venereal Tumour
900CuCopper (Latin Cuprum)
901CUBCuba (ISO 3166 trigram)
902CUCVCommercial Utility Cargo Vehicle
903CUNYCity University of New York ('CUE-knee')
904CUPECanadian Union of Public Employees ('CUE-pee')
905CUPSCommon Unix Printing System
906CUPWCanadian Union of Postal Workers
907CUREAConsortium for Undergraduate Research and Education in Astronomy
908CuWCopper-tungsten pseudo-alloy (from the chemical symbols of the two component elements)
909CUWCuraçao (ISO 3166 trigram)
910CVcurriculum vitae (résumé)
911CVLLCrypto Variable Logic Label
912CVSDContinuous Variable Slope Delta (modulation)
913CVTContinuously Variable Transmission
914CWCalendar Week, or: Continuous Wave, or: Clothes Washer, or: Cook Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
915CWCChemical Weapons Convention
916CWRUCase Western Reserve University
917CWSCanadian Wildlife Service
918CXChristmas Island (ISO 3166 digram),or: One Hundred and Ten (in Roman numerals)
919CXRChristmas Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
920CYCalendar year, or: Cyprus (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
921CYMCayman Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
922CZECzech Republic (ISO 3166 trigram)
923CZF(Christian Zombie Fan)
924CZMA(US) Coastal Zone Management Act
925dDeci
926DDeuterium
927DADVSILoi sur le droit dauteur et les droits voisins dans la société de linformation (French,'Law on copyrights and related rights in the information society')
928DAESDefence Acquisition Executive Summary,(UK MoD) Directorate of Analysis,Experimentation and Simulation
929DAFDissolved Air Flotation,a technique used in water treatment
930DAFIFDigital Aeronautical Flight Information File
931DAKDisney's Animal Kingdom
932DAODivision Ammunition Officer
933DAQData acquisition,Delivered Audio Quality
934DAREDrug Abuse Resistance Education
935DARO(U.S.) Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
936DARPAU.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
937DARTDisaster Assistance Response Team,Dublin Area Rapid Transit
938DASDefensive Aids Suite
939DASD(U.S.) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
940DASLDatapoint's Advanced Systems Language
941DAU(U.S.) Defense Acquisition University
942DAWN(U.S.) Drug Abuse Warning Network
943dBDecibel
944DBDeutsche Bahn
945DbDubnium
946DBADe Bellis Antiquitatis (miniature wargaming rules)
947DBBL(U.S. Army Simulation Center) Dismounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
948DBDODesert BDO
949DBEDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
950DBFDetection By Fire (weapon launch signature)
951DBRDe Bellis Renationis (miniature wargaming rules)
952DBRADavis-Bacon Related Acts
953DBSDirect Broadcast Services (television)
954DCda capo,Italian Democrazia Cristiana,Digital Compass,Direct Current,District of Columbia (postal symbol),Douglas Aircraft Company,Dublin Core,Duty Cycle
955DCADefensive Counter Air,Drum Corps Associates,DiChloroAcetate
956DCAA(U.S.) Defense Contract Audit Agency
957DCASDevon and Cornwall Archery Society
958DCCDallas Christian College
959DCD[Organ] Donation after Cardiac Death
960DCEData Communication Equipment
961DCFCDeath Cab for Cutie
962DCIDetection,Classification and Identification,Drum Corps International,Duellists' Convocation International,now known simply by the initials
963DCLDisney Cruise Line
964DCNDeacon
965DCOMDisney Channel Original Movie
966DCSOPSDeputy Chief of Staff for Operations and plans
967DCWDigital Chart of the World
968DCYSCDiscovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge
969DDdue diligence and dear daughter (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists,blogs,and bulletin boards)
970DDADeputy District Attorney
971DDNU.S. Defense Data Network
972DDSDoctor of Dental Surgery
973DDTDichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (insecticide),Dynamic Debugging Tool (computing),DE[edit]
974DEDelaware (postal symbol),Germany (ISO 3166 digram)
975DEADrug Enforcement Administration
976DEADrug Enforcement Agency
977DECDepartment of Environmental Conservation,Digital Equipment Corporation,Disasters Emergency Committee
978DeCA(U.S.) Defense Commissary Agency
979DEFCONDefence readiness condition
980DEFRA(UK) Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs
981DELTDual Ended Line Test (ing)
982DEMData Exchange Mechanism,Digital Elevation Model
983DENDenmark (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
984DEPSECDEF(U.S.) Deputy Secretary of Defense
985DERABritish Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (1995-2001)
986DESDeep Ecliptic Survey
987DEUGermany (ISO 3166 trigram)
988DFDirect Fire,Direction Finding,Distrito Federal (Spanish and Portuguese for 'federal district')
989DFAS(U.S.) Defense Finance and Accounting Service
990DFBDeutscher Fußball-Bund (German for 'German Football Association')
991DFCBData Format Control Book
992DfIDUK Department for International Development
993DFMDiscrete Field Model see Superluminal motion
994DFMDynamic Flowgraph Methodology
995DFSPDermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
996DfTUK Department for Transport
997DFTBADon't Forget To Be Awesome,a term commonly used by the Vlogbrothers
998DGDei gratia (Latin,'by the grace of God'),Director-General,Data General
999DGADirection générale des armées (French 'Armed Forces General Directorate')
1000DGPSDifferential GPS
1001DGZDesired Ground Zero
1002DHADocosaHexaenoic Acid
1003DHHS(U.S.) Department of Health and Human Services
1004DHRA(U.S.) DoD Human Resources Activity
1005DHSU.S. Department of Homeland Security
1006DHSSUK Department of Health and Social Security
1007DHTFYSSU.S. Don't Have Time For You Silly S****
1008DHYDahomey (ISO 3166 trigram; became BEN for Benin in 1977)
1009DIAU.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
1010DIACDepartment of Immigration and Citizenship (Australia) [1]
1011DiCDesign Island Centre (computing usually used in a teaching situation)
1012DICASSDIrectional Command Activated Sonobuoy System
1013DIFARDIrectional Frequency Analysis and Recording
1014DIMEDense Inert Metal Explosive
1015DIPDual In-line Package (electronics)
1016DIPSDefense independent pitching statistics
1017DIRDefence Industrial Research
1018DISCOMDivision Support Command
1019DISEDeployable Intelligence Support Element
1020DISSTAFDIS Search and Target Acquisition Fidelity experiment
1021DITYDo-It-Yourself
1022DIVADDivision Air Defence
1023DIYDo It Yourself
1024DJIDjibouti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1025DKDenmark (ISO 3166 digram)
1026DLDexter's Laboratory
1027DLICDetachment Left-In-Contact
1028DLIRDepot-Level Inspection and Repair
1029DLPMCDorsoLateral PreMotor Cortex
1030DLRPData Link Reference Point
1031DLSDeep Lens Survey
1032DLSA(U.S.) Defense Legal Services Agency
1033DLScDiploma in Library Science
1034DLTBGYDDon't let the bastards grind you down
1035DMC(U.S.) Defense Management Council
1036DMCADigital Millennium Copyright Act
1037DMMDigital Multimeter
1038DMOCDistributed Mission Operations Centre
1039DMPA(U.S.) Defense Medical Programs Activity
1040DMPFCDorsoMedial PreFrontal Cortex
1041DMPKDrug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
1042DMRBDesign Manual for Roads and Bridges
1043DMSU.S. Defense Message System
1044DMSPU.S. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
1045DMTDimethyltryptamine
1046DMVDepartment of Motor Vehicles
1047DMZDeMilitarized Zone
1048DNDeacon
1049DNAWDay Night All Weather
1050DNDiDrugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
1051DNDOU.S. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
1052DNKDenmark (ISO 3166 trigram)
1053DNMDefence Nuclear Material
1054DNRDo Not Resuscitate
1055DNSDomain Name System
1056DOBDate Of Birth
1057DODU.S. Department of Defense
1058DODAFU.S. Department of Defense Architectural Framework
1059DoDDU.S. Department of Defense Directive
1060DoDEA(U.S.) Department of Defense Education Activity
1061DOEU.S. Department of Energy
1062DOHCDual-OverHead-Cam engine
1063DOIU.S. Department of the Interior
1064DORADefence of the Realm Act
1065DOSDensity of State
1066DOTAshort-form for DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS a popular online epic game
1067DotDDeal of the Day (marketing gimmick)
1068DOWDied of Wounds
1069DPDivision de production (Algerian petroleum company)
1070DPAUK Defence Procurement Agency
1071DPCODouble-Pole Change Over
1072DPDTDouble-Pole Double-Throw
1073DPIDots Per Inch
1074DPICMDual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition
1075DPKOUN Department for Peacekeeping Operations
1076DPMO(U.S.) Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
1077DPPDBDigital Point Positioning Database
1078DPRKDemocratic People's Republic of Korea
1079DPSTDouble-Pole Single-Throw
1080DRCDemocratic Republic of the Congo
1081DRDCDefence Research & Development Canada
1082DREADefence Research Establishment Atlantic (obsolete 2002)
1083DRESDefence Research Establishment Suffield (obsolete 2002)
1084DRETDefence Research Establishment Toronto (obsolete 2002)
1085DREVDefence Research Establishment Valcartier (obsolete 2002)
1086DRIC(U.S.) Defense Research Information Center
1087DRMS(U.S.) Defense Revitalization and Marketing Service
1088DRPRDrawing Practices
1089DRTDocument Related Technologies
1090DsDarmstadtium
1091DSASDisney Sing Along Songs
1092DSB(U.S.) Defense Science Board
1093DSCSU.S. Defense Satellite Communications System
1094DSCSOCDSCS Operations Center
1095DSEDry Sheep Equivalent
1096DSGDirect-Shift Gearbox
1097DSIDDismounted Soldier Identification System
1098DSLDigital Subscriber Line
1099DSLRDigital single-lens reflex (camera)
1100DSMDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
1101DSNDeep Space Network
1102DSPLDesign Specialists and Plans Language
1103DSRDeformed Special Relativity
1104DSTDaylight Saving Time
1105DSTLBritish Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
1106DSWA(U.S.) Defense Special Weapons Agency
1107DTADental Technologists Association
1108DTDDigital Terrain Data
1109DTGDate-Time Group
1110DTHDirect To Home (television)
1111DTIUK Department of Trade and Industry
1112DTIC(U.S.) Defense Technical Information Center
1113DTLDiode-Transistor Logic (electronics)
1114DTMFDual-tone multi-frequency signaling
1115DTODisruptive Technology Office (was ARDA)
1116DTRDetermine The Relationship
1117DTSA(U.S.) Defense Technology Security Administration
1118DUMBODown Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass (Brooklyn neighborhood)
1119DUSD(U.S.) Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense
1120DVLCUK Driver and Vehicle Licencing Centre
1121DVMDoctor of Veterinary Medicine
1122DVODirect View Optics
1123DVOMDigital Volt-Ohm Meter
1124DVPvarious meanings (disambiguation page)
1125DWDrum Workshop
1126DWIMDo What I Mean
1127DWMDoctor Who Magazine
1128DWTSDancing with the Stars
1129DWWDown with Webster
1130DXADual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry
1131DXMDeXtroMethorphan
1132DYDahomey (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1977)
1133DyDysprosium
1134DZAAlgeria (ISO 3166 trigram)
1135EEast
1136EABUExplain Acronyms Before Use
1137EACEchelons Above Corps
1138EAPCEuro-Atlantic Partnership Council
1139EASTExperimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
1140EBDElectronic Brake Distribution
1141EBEExtraterrestrial Biological Entity
1142EBSAEmployee Benefits Security Administration
1143EBWElectron Beam Welding
1144EBWExploding BridgeWire
1145ECASSEuropean Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences [1]
1146ECBREuropean Coalition for Biomedical Research
1147ECCMElectronic Counter-Counter-Measures
1148ECFSElectronic Case Filing System
1149ECGElectrocardiogram
1150ECHREuropean Convention on Human Rights
1151ECJEuropean Court of Justice
1152ECLEmitter Coupled Logic (electronics)
1153ECommHREuropean Commission on Human Rights
1154ECSCEuropean Coal and Steel Community (distant ancestor of the EU)
1155ECTElectroConvulsive Therapy
1156ECtHREuropean Court of Human Rights
1157EDAEuropean Defence Agency
1158EDACError Detection And Correction
1159EDCSEnvironmental Data Coding Specification
1160EDHEastman Dental Hospital
1161EDSAEpifanio de los Santos Avenue (a major thoroughfare in Manila with great significance to post-1980 Philippines history)
1162EDTEastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC4 hours)
1163EECEuropean Economic Community (predecessor of the EU)
1164EEGElectroEncephaloGram
1165EENTEnd Evening Nautical Twilight
1166EEOEqual Employment Opportunity
1167EEOC(U.S.) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1168EEZEconomic Exclusion Zone or Exclusive Economic Zone
1169EFFElectronic Frontier Foundation
1170EFLEnglish as a Foreign Language
1171EFMEnterprise Feedback Management
1172EFOAEuropean Fuel Oxygenates Association
1173EFSAEuropean Food Safety Authority
1174EFTElectronic Fund Transfer
1175EFVExpeditionary Fighting Vehicle
1176EGEgypt (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1177EGCGEpiGalloCatechin-3-Gallate
1178EGISErieye Ground Interface Segment
1179EGRETEnergetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope
1180EGYEgypt (ISO 3166 trigram)
1181EHFExtremely High Frequency
1182EHREquipment History Record
1183EiExbi
1184EIIreland (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Éire)
1185EIAEnvironmental Impact Assessment
1186EIAHEncyclopedia of Iranian Architectural History
1187EIAHEnvironnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain
1188EICEast India Company
1189EICSEast India Company's Service
1190eIDelectronic ID
1191EIRPEffective Isotropic Radiated Power
1192EISEnvironmental Impact Statement
1193EJExajoule
1194EKGElectrocardiogram (from German Elektrokardiogramm)
1195EKMSElectronic Key Management System
1196ELExalitre
1197ELINTElectronic Intelligence
1198ELLEnglish Language Learner
1199ELMEdge-Localised Mode (plasma physics)
1200ELOElectric Light Orchestra
1201ELSSEmergency Life Support Stores
1202EMElectroMagnetism/ElectroMagnetic
1203EmExametre
1204EMAEuropean Medicines Agency
1205EMCON(Electromagnetic) Emissions Control
1206EMDGEuro-Missile Dynamics Group
1207EMDREye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
1208EMEAEurope,Middle East and Africa
1209EMGElectroMyoGraph
1210EMPElectroMagnetic Pulse
1211EMSEmergency Medical Services
1212EMTEmergency Medical Technician
1213ENCODEEncyclopedia of DNA Elements (human genome data project)
1214ENEEast North-East
1215ENGEngland (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
1216ENTECEuro NATO Training Engineer Centre
1217ENVLEnvelope
1218ENYEnemy
1219EODExplosive Ordnance Disposal
1220EOGElectroOculoGraphy
1221EOMEnd of Message
1222EOSATEarth Observation Satellite
1223EOSDISEarth Observation Satellite Data and Information System
1224EPEuropean Parliament
1225EPExtended play
1226EPCOTExperimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow
1227EPGSEOS Polar Ground Sites
1228EPIRBEmergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
1229EPLEnglish Premier League
1230EPOSElectronic Point Of Sale
1231EPPAEmployee Polygraph Protection Act
1232EPREuropean Pressurised [Nuclear] Reactor
1233EQEmotional Quotient
1234ErErbium
1235ERCIMEuropean Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
1236ERIEritrea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1237ERLAWSEastern Ruapehu Lahar Alarm and Warning System
1238EROSEarth Resources Observation System
1239ERPEngineer Regulating Point
1240ERREesti Rahvusringhääling
1241ERSEarth Resources Survey
1242ERTSEarth Resources Technology Satellite (became Landsat)
1243ERVEndogenous RetroVirus
1244ESDElectroStatic Discharge
1245ESDPEuropean Security and Defence Policy
1246ESEEast South-East
1247ESHWestern Sahara (ISO 3166 trigram)
1248ESLEnglish as a Second Language
1249ESMElectronic warfare Support Measures
1250ESOEuropean Southern Observatory
1251ESOLEnglish for Speakers of Other Languages
1252ESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network
1253ESUEmergency Services Unit
1254ESVEngineer Support Vehicle
1255ETEthiopia (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1256ETHEthiopia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1257ETIExtra-Terrestrial Intelligence
1258ETLAExtended TLA
1259ETTEmbedded Training Team
1260EuEuropium
1261EUCOM(U.S.) European Command
1262EUUSAEuropean Union and United States of America
1263EVExavolt
1264EVILElectronic viewfinder (with) interchangeable lens (a type of digital camera)
1265EWTNEternal Word Television Network
1266ExateslaExtra Terrestrial
1267EXREPExpeditious Repair (SM&R code)
1268fFemto
1269fAFemtoampere
1270FAFood Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
1271FAAFinancial Aid Administrator,Fleet Air Arm,Functional Area Analysis
1272FAADForward Area Air Defence
1273FAADEZForward Area Air Defence Engagement Zone
1274FAAFPFellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians
1275FAANFellow of the American Academy of Neurology
1276FAANFellow of the American Academy of Nursing
1277FAAQFrequently Asked and Anticipated Questions
1278FAASVField Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle
1279FABFeline Advisory Bureau (UK feline charity)
1280FACA(US) Federal Advisory Committee Act
1281FACHFuerza Aérea de Chile
1282FACNFellow of the American College of Nutrition
1283FACPFellow of the American College of Physicians
1284FACTSFlexible Alternating Current Transmission System
1285FAMForeign Affairs Manual
1286FAOFood and Agriculture Organization
1287FAPAFellow of the American Psychological Association
1288FAPHAFellow of the American Public Health Association
1289FARPForward Arming and Refuelling Point / Forward Area Rearm/refuel Point
1290FASCAMFamily of Scatterable Mines[1]
1291FASDFetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
1292FASEBFederation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
1293FATField Artillery Tractor
1294FAVSFuture Armoured Vehicle System
1295FAWFootball Association of Wales
1296FBCSFellow of the British Computer Society
1297FBIDSTFellow of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
1298FBISForeign Broadcast Information Service
1299FBMBoard foot
1300fCFemtocoulomb
1301FCCU.S. Federal Communications Commission
1302FCEFirst Certificate in English
1303FCFFinancial Free Cash Flow
1304FCLAFraud Claims Law Associate
1305FCOUK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1306FCWFlorida Championship Wrestling
1307FDFalun Dafa
1308FDAFood and Drug Administration (U.S.)
1309FDBK(I) Feedback
1310FeIron (Latin Ferrum)
1311FEASTForum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation
1312FEATSFestival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies link title
1313FEBAForward Edge of the Battle Area
1314FEDField Emission Display
1315FEDEPFederation Development Process (Simulation)
1316FEFFrontal Eye Field (neurophysiology)
1317FEMAFarm Equipment Manufacturers Association, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency,Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association
1318FENSFederation of European Neuroscience Societies
1319FESFlywheel Energy Storage
1320FESTFrankfurt English Speaking Theatre link title
1321FETField-effect transistor
1322FEZFighter Engagement Zone
1323fFFemtofarad
1324FFFinal Fantasy
1325FFBFrum From Birth (referring to an observant Jew born into a religiously observant family)
1326FFCFree For Chat
1327FFEFukuoka Futures Exchange
1328FFFFédération française de football (French for: French Football Federation)
1329FFGGuided Missile Frigate (hull classification symbol)
1330FFOVForward Field Of View
1331FFRFédération française de rugby (French for: French Rugby (Union) Federation)
1332FFSFor Fuck's Sake
1333FFTFinal Fantasy Tactics
1334FGFalun Gong
1335fgFemtogram
1336FGFog (METAR Code), French Guiana (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1337FGOTUSFirst Gentleman of the United States
1338FGRFlickr Group Roulette
1339fHFemtohenry
1340FHFIFFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends
1341FHIFamily Health International, Fuji Heavy Industries,Ltd.
1342FIFinland (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1343FIATFabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian for: Italian Car Factory of Turin)
1344FIBFucking Illinois Bastard (Wisconsin slang, variants exist)
1345FIBUAFighting In Built-Up Areas
1346FICFellowship for Intentional Community
1347FIDForeign Internal Defence
1348FIEFly-In Echelon
1349FIFAFédération internationale de football association (French for: International Association Football Federation)
1350FIFeFédération internationale féline (French for: International Feline Federation)
1351FIFOFirst In, First Out
1352FIFRAFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
1353FIGJAMFuck I'm Good, Just Ask Me
1354FIMPTFellow of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1355FINFinland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1356FINAFédération internationale de natation (French for: International Swimming Federation)
1357FIRESFever Induced Refractory Epilepsy Syndrome or Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome
1358FISFédération internationale de ski (French for: International Ski Federation)
1359FISAFédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (French for: International Federation of Rowing Associations)
1360FISHFluorescence In-Situ Hybridisation
1361FiSTFire Support Team
1362FITSFlexible Image Transport System
1363FIUFlorida International University
1364fJFemtojoule
1365FJFiji (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1366FJIFiji (ISO 3166 trigram)
1367FJNFinancial Job Network
1368FKFalkland Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1369fKFemtokelvin
1370FKSMFort Knox Supplemental Manual
1371FKTFastest Known Time
1372fLFemtolitre
1373FLFlorida (postal symbol)
1374flfloruit (Latin for: living) (genealogy)
1375FLAFlorida,Front Line Assembly,Future Large Aircraft
1376FLABFour-letter abbreviation
1377FLACFree Legal Advice Centres
1378FLACFree Lossless Audio Codec
1379FLAKFlug-Abwehr-Kanone (German for: Anti-Aircraft Guns)
1380FLBForward Logistics Base
1381FLETForward Line of Enemy Troops
1382FLGFalun Gong
1383FLIPFlight Information Publication
1384FLIRForward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
1385FLKFalkland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1386FLOTForward Line of Own Troops
1387FLOTUSFirst Lady of the United States (the wife of the President of the United States)
1388FLQFree Legal Questions
1389FLQFront de libération du Québec (French for: Québec Liberation Front)
1390FLSAFair Labor Standards Act
1391FLTSATFleet Satellite
1392FLTSATCOMFleet Satellite Communication System
1393FLUBOSFat, Lazy, Useless, Bag Of Shit
1394FMFactory Mutual
1395FMFederal Magistrate (Australian post-nominal),Federated States of Micronesia (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code),Field Manual,Flight Manager,Frequency Modulation (electronics)
1396fmFemtometre
1397FmFermium
1398FMCFederal Magistrates' Court (an Australian federal court,formerly FMS),Food Machinery Corporation (original name of the company now known as FMC Corporation)
1399FMCAFederal Magistrates' Court of Australia (used for citing decisions of the FMC other than family law decisions)
1400FMCAfamFederal Magistrates' Court of Australia: family (used for citing family law decisions of the FMC)
1401FMCGFast Moving Consumer Goods
1402FMEFormal Methods Europe
1403FMECAFailure Modes and Effect Criticality Analysis
1404FMJDFédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames
1405FMLAFamily Medical Leave Act
1406FoEFriends of the Earth
1407FOGCFederal Oil and Gas Council
1408FOHFront Of House
1409FOIAFreedom of Information Act
1410FOMFederation Object Model
1411FONSIFinding of No Significant Impact
1412FOOForward Observation Officer
1413FOOPFriends Of Organ Pipes (Volunteer group)
1414FoSFamily of Systems
1415FOSEFallout 3 Script Extender
1416FOSEFederal Office Systems Expo
1417FOTFree on truck
1418FOTAFellow of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
1419FOTCFlight of the Conchords
1420FOUOFor Official Use Only
1421FPFrench Polynesia (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1422FPFFederação Portuguesa de Futebol (Portuguese for: Portuguese Football Federation), Final Protective Fire
1423FPSFire Prevention System
1424FQBaker Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code),French Southern and Antarctic Territories (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1979)
1425FRFrance (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1426FrFrancium
1427FRAFederal Railroad Administration, France (ISO 3166 trigram)
1428FRANDFair,reasonable,and non-discriminatory (concept in standards-setting and intellectual property law)
1429FRCPFederal Rules of Civil Procedure,Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
1430FRICBMFull Range ICBM
1431FROFaroe Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1432FRSFellow of the Royal Society, U.S. Federal Reserve System
1433FRSAFellow of the Royal Society of Art
1434FRYFederal Republic of Yugoslavia
1435fsFemtosecond
1436fSFemtosiemens
1437FSAFire Support Area, UK Food Standards Agency, Functional Solution Analysis
1438FSCFederal Supply Classification, Forest Stewardship Council (ecological pressure group)
1439FSCLFire Support Co-ordination Line
1440FSEFire Support Element
1441FSFFree Software Foundation
1442FSHFollicle Stimulating Hormone
1443FSIFuel Stratified Injection
1444FSSFire Support Station
1445FSSPFamilies of Structurally Similar Proteins
1446FSTCForeign Science Technology Center (now NGIC)
1447fTFemtotesla
1448FTCFederal Trade Commission
1449FTEFull Time Equivalent
1450FTLFaster Than Light
1451FTSFlight Termination System used during some rocket launches
1452FTSFuck That Shit
1453FUSmoke (METAR Code)
1454FUBARFucked/Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair
1455fVFemtovolt
1456fWFemtowatt
1457FWForward
1458FWCFootball World Cup
1459FWFFixed Word Format
1460FWIFrench West Indies
1461FWIWFor What It's Worth
1462FWSU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1463FWTFresh Water Tank
1464FXXMetropolitan France (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1997)
1465FYAFor Your Agenda
1466FYDPFive-Year Defense Plan (U.S.)
1467FYIFor Your Information
1468FYROMFormer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
1469FZDZFreezing Drizzle (METAR Code)
1470FZFGFreezing Fog (METAR Code)
1471FZRAFreezing Rain (METAR Code)
1472gGram
1473G3Heckler & Koch G3
1474GAARGeneral Anti-Avoidance Rule (tax evasion)
1475GABGabon (ISO 3166 trigram)
1476GABAGamma-AminoButyric Acid
1477GADGeneralized Anxiety Disorder
1478GAFGarfield and Friends
1479GAOU.S. Government Accountability Office
1480GAWGlobal Atmospheric Watch
1481GBBCGreat (Global) Backyard Bird Count
1482GBEKnight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
1483GBRUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1484GCAGraduate in Claims Administration
1485GCDsee entry
1486GCFGreatest Common Factor
1487GCIGround-controlled interception
1488GCNGamma-ray burst Coordination Network
1489GCSGlobal Coordinate System
1490GCSEGeneral Certificate of Secondary Education (UK)
1491GdGadolinium
1492GDGrenada (ISO 3166 digram)
1493GDLGame Definition Language
1494GDRGeneral Distribution Release (Microsoft Term for a software service release; between Hotfix and Service Pack)
1495GDRGerman Democratic Republic (cf. DDR)
1496GDWGame Designers Workshop
1497GeGermanium
1498GEBCOGeneral Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans
1499GECGreat Engineering Challenge
1500GEDGeneral Educational Development (high school equivalency credential in the U.S. and Canada)
1501GEEPGeophysical Equipment Exploration Platform
1502GENFull General (four stars) in the U.S. Army
1503GeVGigaelectron-volt
1504GEVGround Effect Vehicle
1505GFCIGround Fault Circuit Interruptor (aka GFI)
1506GFIGround Fault Interruptor (aka GFCI)
1507GFLGerman Football League (Germany's Bundesliga for American football; the English-language name is used in German without translation)
1508GFNGlobal Footprint Network
1509GGGeorgia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1510GGKGood God Karma
1511GHAGhana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1512GHBgamma-Hydroxybutyric acid
1513GiGibi
1514GIBGibraltar (ISO 3166 trigram)
1515GIGGlobal Information Grid
1516GINOGodzilla In Name Only
1517GISSGeneral Impression of Size and Shape,Goddard Institute for Space Studies
1518GJDGeocentric Julian Day
1519GLAADGay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
1520GLACGeneral Ledger Accounting Code
1521GLASTGamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
1522GLBAGramm-Leach-Bliley Act
1523GLCGas-liquid chromatography
1524GLPGuadeloupe (ISO 3166 trigram)
1525GLVGained Life Value
1526GmGigametre
1527GMThe Gambia (ISO 3166 digram),GameMaster (role-playing),General Motors,Genetically Modified,Germany (FIPS 10-4 country code),Guru Meditation (computing)
1528GMACGeneral Motors Acceptance Corporation,the original name of the company now known as Ally Financial,Graduate Management Admission Council,G-MAC,Great Midwest Athletic Conference
1529GMBThe Gambia (ISO 3166 trigram),General,Municipal,Boilermakers (and Allied Trade Union)
1530GMFSCGround Mobile Forces Satellite Communications
1531GMOGenetically Modified Organism
1532GMPCSGlobal Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite
1533GNASGrand National Archery Society
1534GNBGuinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 trigram)
1535GNPGross National Product
1536GNQEquatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1537GnRHGonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
1538GOGlorioso Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1539GOAGeneral of the Army (United States only)
1540GOATGreatest Of All Time
1541GOCGeneral Officer Commanding
1542GOESGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
1543GOPGrand Old Party
1544gorpgranola,oats,raisins,peanuts (another name for trail mix),probably a backronym
1545GOSCGeneral Officer Steering Committee
1546GOSHGreat Ormond Street Hospital
1547GOSPGas/Oil Separation Plant
1548GOTSGovernment off-the-shelf
1549GOYADINGet Off Your Arse,Do It Now (anti-procrastination mantra)
1550GPGeneral Practitioner,General Purpose,Grand Prix,Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1551GPAGrade Point Average
1552GPCGlobal Path Cache
1553GPIBGeneral-Purpose Instrumentation/Interface Bus
1554GPOGeneral Post Office
1555GPPCGenetics and Public Policy Center
1556GPRGround-Penetrating Radar
1557GPSGeneral Problem Solver,Global Positioning System
1558GPTGeneral Purpose Technology, Get paid to surf (an online business model)
1559GQEquatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 digram),Gentlemen's Quarterly (the original name of the magazine now known simply as GQ),Guam (FIPS 10-4 territory code),GR[edit]
1560GRGreece (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Hail (METAR Code)
1561GRAILGravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
1562GRASGenerally recognized as safe (FDA list)
1563GRBGamma-Ray Burst
1564GRCGreece (ISO 3166 trigram)
1565GRDGrenada (ISO 3166 trigram)
1566GREGraduate Record Examination,Greece (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
1567grep[search] Globally for Regular Expression,Print [lines]
1568GRIDGay-Related Immune Deficiency (original name of AIDS)
1569GRidGlobal Release Identifier,a music industry identifier from the RIAA and IFPI
1570GriTGirl raised in Texas (Woman presenting firm southern traits/beliefs)
1571GRLGreenland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1572GRNGrenada (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Goods Received Note
1573GsGigasecond
1574GSAU.S. General Services Administration
1575GSDGraphical Situation Display
1576GSGB(God send glamour boy 9-10/10)
1577GSKGlaxoSmithKline [good sexual karma]
1578GSNGame Show Network
1579GSOGeneral Services Officer (U.S. Department of State)
1580GSOHGood Sense Of Humour
1581GSPGeorges St-Pierre (Canadian MMA fighter)
1582GSRGun Shot Residue
1583GSSGeneric Security Services
1584GSWGunshot wound
1585GTDGetting Things Done
1586GTGGot To Go (Internet chat)
1587GTGNGetty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
1588GTKGood To Know (Internet chat)
1589GTMGuatemala (ISO 3166 trigram)
1590GUGuam (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
1591GUFFrench Guiana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1592GUILTGangliated Utrophin Immuno Latency Toxin
1593GULCRGrupo de Usuarios de Linux de Costa Rica
1594GUTGrand Unification Theory
1595GWARSGround Warfare System (simulation)
1596GWASGrand Western Archery Society
1597GWOTGlobal War on Terrorism
1598GXEGene-enivronment interaction
1599GXMMatrox Graphics eXpansion Module
1600GYGuyana (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1601GZKGreisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cut-off (cosmic ray energies)
1602hHecto
1603HAARPHigh Frequency Active Auroral Research Program
1604HAARTHighly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy
1605HAIHuman Awareness Institute
1606HALHardware Abstraction Layer
1607HALOHigh Altitude Low Opening (parachute jump)
1608HAMAmateur radio operator
1609HANSHead And Neck Support (device used in many race cars)
1610HARMHigh-speed Anti-Radiation Missile
1611HAWHeavy Antitank Weapon
1612HAWKHoming All the Way Killer (air defence system)
1613HAZHeat-Affected Zone
1614HAZMATHazardous Materials
1615HBCDHexaBromoCycloDodecane
1616HBOHome Box Office
1617HBRHarvard Business Review
1618HBTHeterojunction Bipolar Transistor
1619HBVHepatitis B Virus
1620HCCIHomogeneous Charge Compression Ignition
1621HCFHighest Common Factor
1622HCSCHigher Command and Staff Course
1623HDLHigh-Density Lipoprotein
1624HDMHuman Decision-Making
1625HDRAHenry Doubleday Research Association
1626HeHelium
1627HEHigh Explosive
1628HEATHigh Explosive Anti-Tank (ammunition)
1629HEBAHellenic Basketball Clubs Association
1630HEERHigh-Explosive Extended Range (ammunition)
1631HEICHonourable East India Company
1632HEMPHigh-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
1633HEOSSHigh Earth Orbit Space Surveillance
1634HEPHigh-Explosive Plastic (ammunition)
1635HEPAHigh-Efficiency Particulate Air (filter)
1636HESVHeavy Engineering Support Vehicle
1637HETTHeavy Equipment Transporting Truck / Heavy Equipment Truck Tractor
1638HEUHighly Enriched Uranium
1639HfHafnium
1640HFHigh Frequency
1641HFEHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (UK Act)
1642HFEThe common-emitter current gain in a BJT transistor (also represented by βF). See: BJT
1643HFEAHuman Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (UK)
1644HgMercury (Latin Hydrargyrum)
1645HGCUK Human Genetics Commission
1646HGFHuman Growth Factor
1647HGTVHome & Garden Television
1648HIHawaii (postal symbol)
1649HIHHis (or Her) Imperial Highness
1650HIMHis (or Her) Imperial Majesty
1651HIMADHigh to Medium Altitude Air Defence (see also H/MAD)
1652HIMEZHigh Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
1653HIMYMHow I Met Your Mother
1654HIPAAU.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
1655HipparcosHIgh Precision Parallax COllecting Satellite
1656HirdHurd of interfaces representing depth (cf. HURD)
1657HiRISEHigh Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
1658HITHealth Information Technology
1659HIVHuman Immunodeficiency Virus
1660HIWTHobart Institute of Welding Technology
1661HJDHeliocentric Julian Day
1662HKHong Kong (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1663HKGHong Kong (ISO 3166 trigram)
1664HKSHyperKinetic Syndrome
1665hLHectolitre
1666HLHolding Line
1667HLLHigh-Level Language
1668HLNHeadline News
1669HLOSHigh Level Output Specification
1670HMHeard Island and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1671HMCEHer/His Majesty's Customs and Excise (former UK government department; succeeded by HM Revenue and Customs)
1672HMDHeard and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1673HMFHydroxyMethyl Furfural
1674HMOHealth maintenance organization
1675HMPHer Majesty's Prison
1676HMRCHer/His Majesty's Revenue and Customs
1677HMSOHer Majesty's Stationery Office
1678HMVHis Master's Voice
1679HNHonduras (ISO 3166 digram)
1680HNDHonduras (ISO 3166 trigram)
1681HoHolmium
1682HOHonduras (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1683HOLLANDHope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies
1684HOSTACHelicopter Operations from Ships Other Than Aircraft Carriers
1685HOTHighly Optimised Tolerance
1686HOTASHands on throttle-and-stick
1687HOVHigh Occupancy Vehicle
1688hphorse power
1689HPAUK Health Protection Agency
1690HPCLHindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
1691HPLCHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography
1692HPTHigh[er] Payoff Target
1693HPVHuman Papilloma Virus
1694HRBLHigh-level Representation of Behavior Language (original name of the Herbal language)
1695HRDHuman Resource Development
1696HRFHigh iness Forces
1697HRHHis (or Her) Royal Highness
1698HRMHis (or Her) Royal Majesty
1699HRMHuman Resource Management
1700HRTHormone Replacement Therapy
1701HsHassium
1702HSBCThe Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
1703HSCHigher School Certificate
1704HSMHigh School Musical
1705HSMADHuman Science/Modeling and Analysis Data
1706HSNHome Shopping Network
1707HSPHHarvard School of Public Health
1708HSSIHigh-Speed Serial Interface
1709HSTsee entry
1710HTAHyperText Application
1711HTFUHarden The Fuck Up
1712HTHHope That Helps
1713HTIHaiti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1714HTMLHyperText Markup Language
1715HTRHeated Towel Rail
1716HTSHigh-Temperature Superconducting wire
1717HTTPHyperText Transfer Protocol
1718HUHungary (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1719HUHAHead up his/her ass (Marine salute; probably a backcronym)
1720HUNHungary (ISO 3166 trigram)
1721HURDHird of Unix-Replacing Daemons (cf. Hird)
1722HVUpper Volta (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1984)
1723HVAPHigh Velocity Armour Piercing (ammunition)
1724HVHFHigh velocity human factors
1725HVMHigh Velocity Missile
1726HVOUpper Volta (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984)
1727HWMHardware morphing (computer graphics rendering)
1728HXBThe glycoprotein Tenascian C
1729HZHaze (METAR Code)
1730HzHertz
1731IAIowa (postal symbol)
1732IAALI Am A Lawyer
1733IABInternational Association for Biologicals
1734IADIon Assisted Deposition
1735IADSIntegrated Air Defence System
1736IAEAInternational Atomic Energy Agency
1737IAF{i} Industrial Areas Foundation
1738IAFGInformation Assurance Focus Group
1739IANAInternet Assigned Numbers Authority
1740IANALI Am Not A Lawyer
1741IASImage Assessment System
1742IASIPIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
1743IATAInternational Air Transport Association
1744IATFInternational Automotive Task Force
1745IATSEInternational Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
1746IAUCInternational Astronomical Union Circular
1747IAWIn Accordance With
1748IBInternational Baccalaureate
1749IBAImportant Bird Area
1750IBDInflammatory Bowel Disease
1751IBDMInformation Based Decision Making
1752IBMInternational Business Machines
1753IBRDInternational Bank for Reconstruction and Development (part of the World Bank)
1754IBSIrritable Bowel Syndrome
1755ICANNInternet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
1756ICAOInternational Civil Aviation Organization
1757ICBMIntercontinental Ballistic Missile
1758ICBNInternational Code of Botanical Nomenclature
1759ICEIn case of emergency
1760ICESInternational Council for the Exploration of the Sea
1761ICFIntelligent Community Forum
1762ICMPInternet Control Message Protocol
1763ICNAFInternational Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (became NAFO in 1978)
1764ICOIntermediate Circular Orbit
1765ICPEInternational Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology,the annual conference of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
1766ICRAFInternational Centre for Research in Agroforestry (a.k.a. World Agroforestry Centre since 2002)
1767ICRISATInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
1768ICRLIndividual Component Repair List
1769ICRSInternational Celestial Reference System
1770ICSIIntracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
1771ICTInformation and communication technologies
1772ICTHIsland Closest to Heaven/Hell Final Fantasy VIII
1773ICVInfantry Carrier Vehicle
1774ICYMIIn Case You Missed It
1775IDCInternational Data Corporation
1776IDDII don't do initialisms (see irony)
1777IDGAFI don't give a fuck
1778IDKI don't know
1779IDLInterface Definition Language
1780IDNIndonesia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1781IEAInternational Energy Agency
1782IECInternational Electrotechnical Commission
1783IEDImprovised Explosive Device
1784IELTSInternational English Language Testing System
1785IERInformation Exchange Requirement
1786IETInitial Entry Training
1787IETInstitution of Engineering and Technology
1788IETFInternet Engineering Task Force
1789IEWIntelligence and Electronic Warfare
1790IFABInternational Football Association Board
1791IFAHInternational Federation for Animal Health
1792IFAPInternational Federation of Agricultural Producers
1793IFOIdentified Flying Object (see also UFO)
1794IFOVInstantaneous Field of View
1795IFPIInternational Federation of Phonographic Industries
1796IFRBInternational Frequency Registration Board
1797IFVInfantry Fighting Vehicle
1798IGInspector General
1799IGNOUIndira Gandhi National Open University
1800IGSInternational Ground Station
1801IHHIdiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
1802IHOInternational Hydrographic Organization
1803IHRInstitute for Historical Review
1804IHSIInstitutum Historicum Societatis Iesu (Jesuit Historical Institute)
1805IITwo (in Roman numerals)
1806IICAInter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
1807IIEInnovative Interstellar Explorer
1808IIIThree (in Roman numerals)
1809IIRCIf I Recall/Remember Correctly
1810IISSInternational Institute for Strategic Studies
1811IJNImperial Japanese Navy (World War II)
1812IJWPInterim Joint Warfare Publication
1813ILDSImproved Landmine Detection System
1814ILOInternational Labour Organization
1815ILRIInternational Livestock Research Institute
1816ILYI Love You [pronounced ILL-LEE]
1817IMBDInternational Migratory Bird Day
1818IMDbInternet Movie Database
1819IMEIn My Experience
1820IMHOIn My Humble/Honest Opinion
1821IMLInternational Mister Leather
1822IMNSHOIn My Not So Humble Opinion
1823IMPACInternational Merchant Purchase Authorization Card
1824IMPACTInternational Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce
1825IMPATTIMPact Avalanche Transit Time diode
1826IMPTInstitute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1827IMRLIndividual Material iness List
1828IMRO-Internal Macedonian Revolutionary OrganizationIrish Music Rights Organisation
1829IMsLInternational Ms. Leather
1830IMTIntegrated Management Tool
1831IMUInternational Mathematical Union
1832InIndium
1833INAImmigration and Nationality Act
1834INASInternational Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
1835INCITSInterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
1836INDIndia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1837INDIGO(U.S.) INtelligence DIvision Gaming Operation
1838inetthe Internet
1839INFORMS(U.S.) Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
1840INFOSECInformation Security
1841INLAIrish National Liberation Army
1842INMARSATInternational Maritime Satellite organization
1843INRIAInstitut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique
1844INSImmigration and Naturalization Service
1845InSARInterferometric synthetic aperture radar
1846INSTInformation Standards and Technology
1847INTERFETInternational Force for East Timor
1848INTSUMIntelligence Summary
1849IOBritish Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1850IOTBritish Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 trigram)
1851IPBIntelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
1852IPLInferior Parietal Lobule
1853IPOInitial Public Offering
1854IPTIntegrated Product/Project Team
1855IPTSInstitute for Prospective Technological Studies
1856IPTVInternet Protocol TeleVision
1857IPWInterrogation of Prisoners of War
1858IrIridium
1859IRADInternal Research and Development
1860IRAN(I) Inspect and Repair As Necessary
1861IRASInfrared Astronomical Satellite
1862IRBInternational Rugby Board
1863IRBMIntermediate Range Ballistic Missile
1864IREAIntermountain Rural Electric Association
1865IRINNIslamic Republic of Iran News Network
1866IRLIreland (ISO 3166 trigram),Industrial Research Limited,Indy Racing League,In real life
1867IRNIran (ISO 3166 trigram)
1868IROInternational Refugee Organisation
1869IRQIraq (ISO 3166 trigram)
1870IRSU.S. Internal Revenue Service
1871IRSTInfra-red Search and Track
1872ISAAAInternational Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications
1873ISARInverse SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)
1874ISBIntermediate Staging Base
1875ISBNInternational Standard Book Number (ISO 2108)
1876ISCCPInternational Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
1877ISCIIIndian Standard Code for Information Interchange
1878ISDNIntegrated Services Digital Network
1879ISEFIntel International Science and Engineering Fair
1880ISENInternet Search Environment Number
1881ISFInternal Security Force
1882ISILIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant
1883ISISInstitute for Science and International Security, or: Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
1884ISLIceland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1885ISLNInternational Standard Lawyer Number (used initially by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell)
1886ISMBInternational Society of Matrix Biologists
1887ISMCIntelligent Sounding Meaningless Conversation
1888ISOGPIndian Society of Orthodontics for General Practitioners [2]
1889ISPEInternational Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
1890ISROIndian Space Research Organisation
1891ISSCRInternational Society for Stem Cell Research
1892ISSNInternational standard serial number (ISO 3297)
1893ISTCInstitute of Scientific and Technical Communications (UK)
1894ISTSIntel Science Talent Search
1895ITAItaly (ISO 3166 trigram)
1896ITAGInertial Terrain-Aided Guidance
1897ITALYI'll Truly Always Love You
1898ITASImproved Target Acquisition Sight
1899ITCInferoTemporal Cortex (neurophysiology)
1900ITCZIntertropical Convergence Zone
1901ITECInformation Technology Exposition & Conference
1902ITEMSInteractive Tactical Environment Management System
1903ITERInternational Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
1904ITFInternational Tennis Federation
1905ITKIn The Know
1906ITNIndependent Television News (British)
1907ITTInternational Telephone and Telegraph (U.S.)
1908ITTOInternational Tropical Timber Organization
1909IUCNInternational Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union)
1910IvecoIndustrial Vehicles Corporation
1911IVFIn Vitro Fertilisation
1912IVIInterchangeable Virtual Instrument
1913IVISInter-Vehicle Information System
1914IVLInter-Visibility Line
1915IVMIn Vitro [Oocyte] Maturation
1916IVOIn Vicinity Of
1917IWInformation Warfare
1918IWARSInfantry Warrior Simulation
1919IWCInternational Whaling Commission
1920IWWIndustrial Workers of the World
1921IXNine (in Roman numerals)
1922IXTIntraText digital library; IntraText lexical hypertext
1923IYSaudi-Iraqi neutral zone (FIPS 10-4 territory code; obsolete 1993)
1924IZIraq (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1925JJoule
1926J1Joint [Manpower &] Personnel Directorate
1927J2Joint Intelligence Directorate
1928J3Joint Operations Directorate
1929J4Joint Logistics Directorate
1930J5Joint Strategic Plans & Policy Directorate
1931J7Joint Operational Plans & Interoperability Directorate
1932JAJapan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1933JAFTJust A Field Test
1934JALJapan Airlines
1935JALLCJoint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (NATO)
1936JAMJamaica (ISO 3166 trigram)
1937JAMAJournal of the American Medical Association
1938JANETJoint Academic Network
1939JATOJet-Assisted Take-Off
1940JBJail Bait
1941JBJunior Branch
1942JBFSAJoint Blue Force Situational Awareness
1943JCDBJoint Common Data Base
1944JCDSJoint Chiefs of the Defence Staff
1945JCIDSJoint Capabilities Integration and Development System
1946JCLJob Control Language
1947JCPJava Community Process
1948JCSJoint Chiefs of Staff
1949JCWJuggalo Championship Wrestling
1950JDBCJava Data Base Connectivity
1951JDEMJoint Dark Energy Mission
1952JDLJewish Defense League
1953JEJersey (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1954JEFXJoint Expeditionary Force eXperiment
1955JETJoint European Torus
1956JEZJoint Engagement Zone
1957JFACCJoint Force Air Component Commander
1958JFACTSUU.S. Joint Forward Air Control Training and Standards Unit
1959JFCJoint Force Commander
1960JFKJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy or the airport named after him.
1961JFLCCJoint Force Land Component Commander
1962JFMCCJoint Force Maritime Component Commander
1963JFOJournal of Field Ornithology
1964JFSOCCJoint Force Special Operations Component Commander
1965JFTXJoint Field Training Exercise
1966JHJapan Highway Public Corporation
1967JHJharkhand (Indian state code)
1968JIJoint Implementation
1969JIBJoint Information Bureau
1970JICJoint Intelligence Centre
1971JINIJava Intelligent Network Infrastructure
1972JITCJoint Interoperability Test Command
1973JIVEJoint Institute for VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) in Europe
1974JJAPJapanese Journal of Applied Physics
1975JLJapan Airlines (IATA airline designator)
1976JLAJustice League of America
1977JMJamaica (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1978JMSJava Message Service
1979JNJan Mayen Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1980JNIJava Native Interface
1981JNLPJava Network Launch Protocol
1982JOJordan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1983JOAJoint Operations Area
1984JOPESJoint Operations Planning and Execution System
1985JORJordan (ISO 3166 trigram)
1986JOTSJoint Operations Tactical System
1987JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory
1988JPNJapan (ISO 3166 trigram)
1989JPOWJoint Project Optic Windmill
1990JRDFJoint Rapid Deployment Forces
1991JREJava Runtime Environment
1992JREFJames Randi Educational Foundation
1993JROCJoint Requirements Oversight Council
1994JROCMJROC Memorandum
1995JRRFJoint Rapid Reaction Force
1996JRSAIJournal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
1997JSAPJapan Society of Applied Physics
1998JSCSCJoint Services Command and Staff College
1999JSEADJoint Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (see SEAD)
2000JSFJoint Strike Fighter
2001JSIMSJoint Simulation System
2002JSOAJoint Special Operations Area
2003JSOTFJoint Special Operations Task Force
2004JSPJavaServer Page
2005JSPJoint Services Publication
2006JSRJava Specification Request
2007JSSJoint Support Ship Project
2008JTCJoint Training Confederation
2009JTFJoint Task Force
2010JTFEXJoint Task Force Exercise
2011JTLSJoint Theater Level Simulation
2012JTMDJoint Theatre Missile Defence
2013JTNJohnston Atoll (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
2014JUJuan de Nova Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2015JUGFETJUnction Gate Field-Effect Transistor
2016JUICEJUpiter ICy Moon Explorer
2017JUOJoint Urban Operations
2018JVJoint Venture,Junior Varsity
2019JWJehovah's Witnesses
2020JWARSJoint Warfare System (simulation)
2021JWPJoint Warfare Publication
2022JYJapanese Yen
2023JZJoint Zone
2024KKelvin,Potassium (Latin Kalium),Tanker (aircraft designation code)
2025kKilo-
2026Kpicokelvin
2027K9Canine Police Unit
2028KaKamov Design Bureau
2029kAKiloampere
2030KAKnowledge Acquisition,Karnataka (Indian state code)
2031KAFKandahar Air Field
2032KANUKOKAKalaallit Nunaanni Kommunit Kattuffiannit (Kalaallisut, Greenlandic Communities Association
2033KARNACKnowledge Aided Retrieval in Activity Context
2034KARRKnight Automated Roving Robot (Knight Rider character)
2035KATUSAKorean Augmentation To United States Army
2036KAZKazakhstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2037KBEKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
2038KBOKuiper Belt Object
2039KBVBKoninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond (Dutch for Royal Belgian Football Association)
2040kCKilocoulomb
2041KCKKansas City,Kansas,Koma Civakên Kurdistan (Kurdish, Union of Communities in Kurdistan)
2042KCLKing's College London
2043KCMOKansas City,Missouri (pronounced: K-C-Moe)
2044KCSKansas City Southern Railway (AAR reporting mark)
2045KDKawasaki Disease,Kraft Dinner
2046KEKenya (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Kinetic Energy,Knowledge Engineering
2047KEDOKorean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
2048KENKenya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2049KERAKentucky Education Reform Act (of 1990)
2050kermaKinetic Energy Released in MAterial / in MAtter / per unit MAss
2051KESRKent and East Sussex Railway.
2052KETKentucky Educational Television,Key English Test
2053kFKilofarad
2054KFCKentucky Fried Chicken
2055KFORUN Kosovo Force
2056KFUPMKing Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
2057KGKyrgyzstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2058KGOKnight of the Guelphic Order of Hanover
2059KGZKyrgyzstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2060KHCambodia (ISO 3166 digram)
2061kHKilohenry
2062KHLKontinental Hockey League
2063KHMCambodia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2064KHzKilohertz
2065KiKibi
2066KIKiribati (ISO 3166 digram)
2067KIAKilled In Action
2068KIDSKnowledge-based Integrated Design System
2069KIRKiribati (ISO 3166 trigram)
2070KISSKeep It Simple,Stupid / Keep It Short and Simple,Korean Intelligence Support System
2071KITKeep In Touch
2072KITECHKorean Institute of Industrial Technology
2073KITTKnight Industries Two Thousand, Knight Industries Three Thousand
2074kJKilojoule
2075kKKilokelvin
2076KKKKu Klux Klan
2077kLKilolitre
2078KLENOTKLEť Observatory Near Earth and Other unusual objects observations Team and Telescope
2079KLOCKilo Lines Of Code
2080KMComoros,Knowledge Management
2081kNKilonewton
2082KNASaint Kitts and Nevis (ISO 3166 trigram)
2083KNVBKoninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond (Dutch for Royal Dutch Football Association)
2084KOKnocked Out
2085KORRepublic of Korea (ISO 3166 trigram)
2086KPKim Possible
2087KPMGKlynveld,Peat,Marwick,Goerdeler
2088KPNOKitt Peak National Observatory
2089KQKenya Airways (IATA airline designator), Kingman Reef (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2090KRKiribati (FIPS 10-4 country code), Republic of Korea (ISO 3166 digram)
2091KrKrypton
2092KSKansas (postal symbol), Republic of Korea (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2093kSKilosiemens
2094KSCKennedy Space Center
2095KSIKilled or Seriously Injured
2096KSUKansas State University
2097KTChristmas Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code), Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Knights Templar
2098kTKilotesla
2099KTSKnight of the Tower and Sword (of Portugal)
2100KUKuwait (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2101KUWKuwait (UNDP country code,IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
2102kVKilovolt
2103KVKosovo
2104kWKilowatt
2105KWKuwait (ISO 3166 digram)
2106KWBKids' WB!
2107KWTKuwait (ISO 3166 trigram)
2108KXCayman Airways (IATA airline designator)
2109KYCayman Islands (ISO 3166 digram), Kentucky (postal symbol)
2110KZKazakhstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2111KZNKwaZulu-Natal
2112LaLanthanum
2113LALaos (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram), Louisiana (postal symbol), Los Angeles
2114LAASLocal Area Augmentation System, Los Angeles Astronomical Society
2115LABLogistics Assault Base
2116LabVIEWLaboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench
2117LACMALos Angeles County Museum of Art
2118LADLaser Aiming Device
2119LADWLocal Air Defence Warning
2120LAESILocal Authority & Emergency Service Information
2121LANLocal Area Network
2122LANLLos Alamos National Laboratory
2123LAOLaos (ISO 3166 trigram)
2124LARLight Armoured Reconnaissance, Logistics Assistance Representative
2125LARCLivermore Advanced Research Computer (cf. LLNL)
2126LARPLive-Action Role-Playing
2127LaserLight Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (cf. Maser)
2128LATLowest Astronomical Tide (nautical charts),Licensed Athletic Trainer (used in many of the United States; see www.oata.org)
2129LATALocal Access Transport Area
2130LATCHLower Anchors and Tethers for Children (U.S. standard for attachment points for child safety seats in passenger cars)
2131LAVLand Assault Vehicle, Light Armoured Vehicle, Lymphadenopathy-Associated Virus
2132LAWLight Antitank Weapon
2133LAXLos Angeles International Airport, The Latin American Xchange (professional wrestling)
2134LBLebanon (ISO 3166 digram)
2135LBHLight Battlefield Helicopter, Lyman-Birge-Hopfield bands
2136LBJLady Bird Johnson,LeBron James,Light Bulb Joke,Little Beagle Johnson (the dog owned by Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson),Lyndon Baines Johnson
2137LBNLebanon (ISO 3166 trigram)
2138LBNLLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2139LBRLiberia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2140LBSLocation-Based Services
2141LBTLarge Binocular Telescope
2142LBWLeg Before Wicket
2143LBYLibya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2144LCASaint Lucia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2145LCCLand Component Commander
2146LCCPLight Contingency Communications Package
2147LCDLiquid Crystal Display
2148LCMLeast/Lowest Common Multiple
2149LCSLeague of Legends Championship Series
2150LDALateral Drift Apparatus (paratroops)
2151LDCLesser Developing/Developed Country
2152LDLLow-Density Lipoprotein
2153LDVLocal Defence Volunteers (British Home Guard)
2154LDWLane Departure Warning (ADAS)
2155LELebanon (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2156LECLocal Exchange Carrier
2157LEDLight-Emitting Diode
2158LEGADLegal Advice
2159Legslevel emotion gad speed
2160LEMOSSLong-Endurance MObile Submarine Simulator
2161LENLarge Extension Node
2162LEPLarge Electron-Positron collider
2163LERLoss-Exchange Ratio
2164LEULow-Enriched Uranium
2165LFLow Frequency
2166LFOLow Frequency Oscillation / Oscillator
2167LFTRLiquid fluoride thorium reactor
2168LGLatvia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2169LGMLittle Green Men
2170LGSLandsat Ground Station
2171LHCLarge Hadron Collider
2172LHSLeft Hand Side
2173LiLithium
2174LIBORLondon Interbank Offered Rate
2175LIBSLaser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
2176LIELiechtenstein (ISO 3166 trigram)
2177LIGOLaser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
2178LINEARLincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
2179LISALaser Interferometer Space Antenna
2180LIVELiquid Inertial Vibration Eliminator
2181LJJLord Justices of Appeal
2182LKSri Lanka (ISO 3166 digram)
2183LKASri Lanka (ISO 3166 trigram)
2184LKR4Linkwitz-Riley 4th order (audio crossover type)
2185LLADLow Level Air Defence
2186LLBLegum Baccalaureus (Latin: Bachelor of Laws)
2187LLCLimited Liability Company
2188LLLTVLow-Light Level Television
2189LLNLLawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2190LLPLimited Liability Partnership
2191LLTRLow-Level Transit Route
2192LMAOLaughing My Ass Off (Internet shorthand)
2193LMBLick My Balls
2194LMFAOLaughing My F**king Ass Off (Internet shorthand,electro-hop duo)
2195LMNLifetime Movie Network
2196LMSLike My Status (Internet shorthand)
2197LMV() Light Motor Vehicle
2198LNERLondon and North Eastern Railway
2199LNGLiquefied Natural Gas
2200LNOLiaison Officer
2201LOSlovakia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2202LOALimit Of Advance
2203LOCLevel of Operational Capability,Limited Operational Capability,Lines Of Code,Lines Of Communication,see entry
2204LoDLines of Development (UK)
2205LOFARLow Frequency Analysis and Recording
2206LOGPACLogistics Package
2207LOLLaughing Out Loud (Internet shorthand)
2208LOMEZLow Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
2209LONEOSLowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search
2210LORTIDLOng Range Target IDentification
2211LOSLine Of Sight
2212LOSATLine-Of-Sight Anti-Tank (missile)
2213LOTALicentiate of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
2214LOTISLivermore Optical Transient Imaging System
2215LOTSLogistics Over-The-Shore
2216LPCLinear Predictive Coding
2217LPGLiquefied Petroleum Gas (cf. LNG)
2218LPILow Probability of Intercept
2219LQPalmyra Atoll (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2220LrLawrencium
2221LRLiberia (ISO 3166 digram)
2222LRCLogistics iness Center
2223LRGWLong-Range Guided Weapon
2224LRICBMLimited Range ICBM
2225LRIPLow Rate Initial Production
2226LRPLogistics Release Point
2227LRPELong-Range Planning Element
2228LRSLong Range Surveillance
2229LRULine-Replaceable Unit
2230LSILarge-Scale Integration
2231LSIFLabour Sponsored Investment Fund
2232LSNDLiquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
2233LSOLesotho (ISO 3166 trigram)
2234LSSTLarge Synoptic Survey Telescope
2235LtLieutenant
2236LtCLieutenant-Colonel (U.S.)
2237LTCLong-Term Costing
2238LtdLimited
2239LTDPLong-Term Defence Plan
2240LTILinear Time-Invariant
2241LTMAcronym for Laughing To Myself
2242LTPLong-Term Potentiation
2243LTULithuania (ISO 3166 trigram)
2244LUAcronym Love You
2245LULoonatics Unleashed
2246LuLutetium
2247LUCALast Universal Common Ancestor
2248LUGLinux User Group
2249LULULocally Unwanted Land Use (urbanism)
2250LUXLuxembourg (ISO 3166 trigram)
2251LVALatvia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2252LVEFLeft Ventricular Ejection Fraction
2253LwLawrencium (obsolete 1963)
2254LWRLaser warning receiver
2255LWRCLand Warfare Resources Corporation
2256LWSLand Warrior System
2257LXElectrics (theatrical term)
2258LYAOLaugh Your Ass Off
2259LYLASLove You Like A Sister
2260MaMegaannum
2261mAMilliampere
2262MAAMathematical Association of America
2263MAACMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference
2264MACEMulti-Agent Computing Environment
2265MACHOMAssive Compact Halo Object
2266MAFMaintenance Action Form
2267MAGICMajor Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (telescope)
2268MAGNETARMetaprogrammable AGent NETwork ARchitecture
2269MAGTFMarine Air-Ground Task Force
2270MALDMiniature Air-Launched Decoy
2271MANPADSMAN-Portable Air Defence System
2272MANPRINTMANpower and PeRsonnel INTegration
2273MAOMolėtų astronomijos observatorija (Moletai Astronomical Observatory),MonoAmine Oxidase
2274MAOIMonoamine oxidase inhibitor
2275MAPSMonitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship
2276MARMorocco (ISO 3166 trigram)
2277MarBEFMarine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
2278MARCENTUnited States Marine Forces Central Command
2279MARFORCCMarine Force Component Commander
2280MASASMonte Agliale Supernovae and Asteroid Survey
2281MaserMicrowave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
2282MASHMobile Army Surgical Hospital
2283MASINTMeasurement And Signature Intelligence
2284MAVSMobile Artillery Vehicle System
2285MBBL(U.S. Armor Center) Mounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
2286MBCCMigratory Bird Conservation Commission (U.S.)
2287MBCSMulti-Byte Character Set
2288MBIMoody Bible Institute
2289MBIDSTMember of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
2290MBMMeat and Bone Meal
2291MBTMain Battle Tank
2292MBTIMyers-Briggs Type Indicator
2293mCMillicoulomb
2294MCDLModel Composition Definition Language
2295MCFTModified Compression Field Theory
2296MCGMelbourne Cricket Ground
2297MCISMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
2298MCMMine Counter-Measures
2299MCMVMine Counter-Measure Vessel
2300MCRMy Chemical Romance
2301MCSFMarine Corps Security Forces
2302MCTMovement Control Team
2303MCTISMounted Co-operative Target Identification System
2304MdMendelevium
2305MDNAMadonna's 12th studio album title (2012)
2306MDOMembership Driven Organisation
2307MDPMarkov Decision Process
2308MDTMountain Daylight Time (UTC-6 hours)
2309MDVMaldives (ISO 3166 trigram)
2310MeMesserschmitt
2311MEACMid-Eastern Athletic Conference (ME-ac)
2312MECOMain engine cutoff (NASA code for point in Space Shuttle assent when three main engines are shut down prior to External Tank (ET) separation)
2313MEDEVACMedical evacuation
2314MEDSMission Essential Data Set
2315MEGMagnetoEncephaloGraphy
2316MELTMetallic Line/Loop Test (ing)
2317MEMSMicroelectromechanical System
2318MERMars Exploration Rover
2319MERLMitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
2320MESManufacturing Execution Systems
2321METAR[Meteorological] Aviation Routine weather report
2322METOCMeteorological and Oceanographic
2323MeVMegaelectronvolt
2324MEXMexico (ISO 3166 trigram)
2325MEZMissile Engagement Zone
2326mFMillifarad
2327MGPAMMy Gym Partner's a Monkey
2328MGSMobile Gun System
2329mHMillihenry
2330MHCMajor Histocompatibility Complex
2331MHHWMean Higher High Water (nautical charts)
2332MHLMarshall Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2333MHLWMean Higher Low Water (nautical charts)
2334MHRA(UK) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
2335MHWMean High Water (nautical charts)
2336MHWNMean High Water Neaps (nautical charts)
2337MHWSMean High Water Springs (nautical charts)
2338MHzMegahertz
2339MiMebi
2340MIAMissing In Action
2341MICLICMine Clearing Line Charge
2342MICOMMissile Command
2343MIDMidway Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
2344MIDASMan-machine Integration Design and Analysis System
2345MIDIMusical Instrument Digital Interface
2346MIDSMulti-Function Information Distribution System
2347MIFGShallow Fog (METAR Code)
2348MIKEMonitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants
2349MILMan-In-the-Loop
2350MILCMirrorless interchangeable-lens camera
2351MILFMother I'd Like to Fuck
2352MIMOSAMIcroMeasurements Of Satellite Acceleration
2353MIMPTMember of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
2354MIRAMILAN Infra-Red Acquisition (thermal sight)
2355MIRVMultiple Independent Reentry Vehicle
2356MISREPMission Report
2357MISSIMultilevel Information System Security Initiative
2358MITLMan-In-The-Loop
2359MITSsee entry
2360mJMillijoule
2361MJDModified Julian Day
2362mKMillikelvin
2363MKGMichael Kidd-Gilchrist (American basketball player)
2364MKSAMetre-Kilogram-Second-Ampere (system of units)
2365mLMillilitre
2366MLBMajor League Baseball
2367MLCMember of the Legislative Council (in India)
2368MLEMaximum likelihood estimation
2369MLHWMean Lower High Water (nautical charts)
2370MLIMali (ISO 3166 trigram)
2371MLLMajor League Lacrosse
2372MLLWMean Lower Low Water (nautical charts)
2373MLPMy Little Pony
2374MLRSMultiple-Launch Rocket System
2375MLTMalta (ISO 3166 trigram)
2376MLWMean Low Water (nautical charts)
2377MLWNMean Low Water Neaps (nautical charts)
2378MLWSMean Low Water Springs (nautical charts)
2379MmMegametre
2380mmMillimetre
2381MMEVMulti-Mission Effects Vehicle
2382MMIMagical MonkeyZ Inc.
2383MMIMan-Machine Interface
2384MMIMcLean Meditation Institute
2385MMICMcLean Meditation Institute Certified
2386MMOMassively Multiplayer Online (computer game)
2387MMORMaster of Management in Operations Research
2388MMORPGMassively multiplayer online role-playing game
2389MMPRMighty Morphin Power Rangers
2390MMSMultimission Modular Spacecraft
2391MnManganese
2392mNMillinewton
2393MNBMultinational Brigade
2394MNEMontenegro (ISO 3166 trigram)
2395MNMFMulti-National Maritime Force
2396MNPNorthern Mariana Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2397MNSMission Needs Statement
2398MoMolybdenum
2399MOAMuseum of Art (Brigham Young University)
2400MOCASMechanization Of Contract Administration Services
2401MoDMinistry of Defence (United Kingdom) and various other countries
2402modemModulator-Demodulator
2403MoeMarvel of entertainment
2404MOEMeasure Of Effectiveness
2405MOFMinistry of Finance (Japan)
2406MOFAMinistry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
2407MOIDMinimum Orbital Intersection Distance
2408MOJWAMovement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa
2409MOLOMobile Other Licensed Operator (UK)
2410MOMMaster's Degree in Oriental medicine
2411MOMMessage Oriented Middleware
2412MoMMultiple of the median
2413MoMAMuseum of Modern Art (NYC)
2414MONDModified Newtonian Dynamics
2415MOOMeasure Of Outcome
2416MOPPMission-Oriented Protective Posture
2417MORPMeteorite Observation and Recovery Project
2418MOSFETMetal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
2419MOTMinistry of Transport (UK)
2420MOTAMember of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
2421MOTESSMoving Object and Transient Event Search System
2422MOUMemorandum Of Understanding
2423MOWMaintenance of way (also MW)
2424MOZMozambique (ISO 3166 trigram)
2425MPaMegapascal
2426mPaMillipascal
2427MPAAMotion Picture Association of America
2428MPECMinor Planet Electronic Circular
2429MPEGMotion Pictures (Coding) Experts Group
2430MPEVMulti-Purpose Engineering Vehicle
2431MPFMaritime Prepositioning Force
2432MPFCMedial PreFrontal Cortex
2433MPGMiles Per Gallon
2434MPMCMedial PreMotor Cortex
2435MPSIMember of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
2436MPSoCMultiProcessor System-on-Chip
2437MPSRONMaritime Propositioning Ship Squadron
2438MRMauritania (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2439MRAVMulti-Role Armoured Vehicle
2440MRBMMedium Range Ballistic Missile
2441MRCMaintenance Requirements Card
2442MRDMotorized Rifle Division
2443MRGWMedium-Range Guided Weapon
2444MRIMagnetic Resonance Imaging
2445MRLMultiple Rocket Launcher
2446MRPharmSMember of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (Great Britain)
2447MRSMagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
2448MRSAMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
2449MRTFBU.S. Major Range and Test Facility Base
2450MsMegasecond
2451mSMillisiemens
2452MSDMinimum Safe Distance
2453MSDBMulti Source Data Base
2454MSEMultiple Subscriber Element
2455MSGMessage
2456MSLPMean Sea Level Pressure
2457MSNBCMicrosoft National Broadcasting Company Cable news channel (see also msnbc.com)
2458MSOMultiple System Operator
2459MSPBMerit Systems Protection Board
2460MSSAMethicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
2461MtMeitnerium
2462mTMillitesla
2463MTBFMean time between failures
2464MtFMale-to-female transsexual
2465MTGMagic: The Gathering
2466MTQMartinique (ISO 3166 trigram)
2467MTTMethylthiazol tetrazolium (assay)
2468MTWSMAGTF Tactical Warfare System
2469MUSMauritius (ISO 3166 trigram)
2470mVMillivolt
2471MVCMissouri Valley Conference
2472MVFCMissouri Valley Football Conference
2473MVNOMobile virtual network operator
2474mWMilliwatt
2475MWESHMachismo Wizards Extended SHelter (operating system)
2476MWIMalawi (ISO 3166 trigram)
2477MWOAMount Wilson Observatory Association
2478MWTBMounted Warfare Test Bed
2479MYMalaysia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2480MYOBMind Your Own Business
2481MYSMalaysia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2482MYTMayotte (ISO 3166 trigram)
2483nNano
2484N3FNational Fantasy Fan Federation
2485nANanoampere
2486NaSodium (Latin Natrium)
2487NAAN-Acetylaspartate
2488NAADNorth American Air Defense
2489NAAQSNational Ambient Air Quality Standards
2490NAAWSNATO Anti-Air Warfare System
2491NACNational Agency Check,U.S. Naval Avionics Center,U.S. Navy Advanced Concepts,North Atlantic Council,Northern Area Command
2492NACCNorth Atlantic Cooperation Council
2493NACISANATO Communications and Information Systems Agency
2494NACMANATO Air Command and Control System Management Agency
2495NACRANorth America Caribbean Rugby Association (more specifically rugby union)
2496NAECU.S. Naval Air Engineering Center
2497NAFERANative American Free Exercise of Religion Act
2498NAFLDNonAlcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
2499NAFONorthwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
2500NAFTANorth American Free Trade Agreement
2501NAGPRANative American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
2502NAICSNorth American Industry Classification System
2503NAILNeurotics Anonymous
2504NAILSNational Airspace Integrated Logistics System
2505NAIRUNon Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment
2506NAKNegative Acknowledge
2507NAMNamibia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2508NAMBLANorth American Man-Boy Love Association
2509NAMRLNaval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
2510NaNNot A Number (computing)
2511NAOUK National Audit Office
2512NAPSNavy Acquisition Procedures Supplement
2513NARA(U.S.) National Archives and Records Administration
2514NARALNational Abortion Rights Action League
2515NARDACNaval Regional Data Automation Center
2516NARDICU.S. Navy Acquisition Research and Development Information Center
2517NARPVNational Association for Remotely Piloted Vehicles
2518NASCARNational Association for Stock Car Auto Racing
2519NASDAQNational Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
2520NASEDNational Association of State Election Directors [1][2]
2521NASHNon-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
2522NASPNational Aerospace Plane
2523NASSNational Association of Secretaries of State [3]
2524NatGeoNational Geographic
2525NaUKMANational University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
2526NAVNavigation[al]
2527NAVCAMSNaval Communications Area Master Station
2528NAVCCNational Audio-Visual Conservation Center
2529NAVCENTNaval Forces U.S. Central Command
2530NAVDACNaval Data Automation Command
2531NAVEURNaval Forces U.S. European Command
2532NAVFORNaval Force
2533NAVMACSNaval Modular Automatic Communication Subsystem
2534NAVNETNavy Network
2535NAVSNon-Cooperative Airborne Vector Scoring
2536NAVSATNavigation Satellite
2537NAVSPACECOMU.S. Navy Space Command
2538NAVSPASURU.S. Naval Space Surveillance System
2539NAVSTARNavigation Satellite Timing And Ranging
2540NAVTACNETNavy Tactical Network
2541NAWCU.S. Naval Air Warfare Center
2542NbNiobium
2543NBANational Basketball Association
2544NBLNational Basketball League (Australia)
2545NBTNitroblue tetrazolium (assay)
2546nCNanocoulomb
2547NCANational Command Authority
2548NCARU.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research
2549NCBNational Codification Bureau
2550NCCAMU.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
2551NCCUSLNational Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (U.S.)
2552NCDDRU.S. National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research
2553NCIU.S. National Cancer Institute
2554NCLNew Caledonia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2555NCLRNational Council of La Raza
2556NCMONo Commitment Make Out
2557NCONon-Commissioned Officer
2558NCPNet Contracted Purchases
2559NCRNational Cash Register Co.
2560NCTRNon-Co-operative Target Recognition
2561NCWNetwork Centric Warfare
2562NdNeodymium
2563NDAAU.S. National Defense Authorization Act
2564NDBPNon-Departmental Public Body (Scotland)
2565NDPNew Democratic Party (Canada)
2566NDSNintendo DS
2567NeNeon
2568NECTECNational Electronics and Computer Technology Center (Thailand)
2569NEMSNational Energy Modeling System (USDOE-EIA)
2570NEPANational Environmental Policy Act
2571NERNiger (ISO 3166 trigram)
2572NERICANew Rice for Africa
2573NESPNSA/CSS Enterprise Standards Program
2574NETNational Educational Television
2575NETCU(UK) National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit
2576NETL(US) National Energy Technology Laboratory
2577NETWARSNetwork Warfare Simulation
2578NEXNavy EXchange
2579nFNanofarad
2580NFNorfolk Island (ISO 3166 digram)
2581NFERNational Foundation for Educational Research
2582NFGNo Fucking Good
2583NFHSNational Federation of State High School Associations
2584NFINot F****** Interested
2585NFKNorfolk Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
2586NfldNewfoundland
2587NFPANational Fluid Power Association (United States)
2588NFTNo Further Text
2589NGATSNew Generation Army Targetry System
2590NGHNorthern General Hospital
2591NGOnon-governmental organization
2592NGSNaval Gunfire Support
2593nHNanohenry
2594NHANESNational Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
2595NHBNew Hebrides (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1980)
2596NHBNo Holds Barred radio (Link)
2597NHLNational Hockey League
2598NHRANational Hot Rod Association
2599NHSNational Health Service (UK)
2600NiNickel
2601NIAAAU.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
2602NIAGNATO Industrial Advisory Group
2603NIAIDNational Institute of Allergies and Infectious Disease
2604NIAMDNational Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases
2605NIBNew In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
2606NIBPNon-invasive blood pressure monitor
2607NicANicotine Anonymous
2608NICAPNational Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena
2609NICEUK. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
2610NICHDNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development [4]
2611NICPNational Inventory Control Point
2612NIDDKNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
2613NIDRRNational Institute on Disability Research and Rehabilitation
2614NIEHSNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
2615NIINNational Item Identification Number
2616NIMANational Imagery and Mapping Agency (became NGA)
2617NIMBYNot In My Back Yard (See NOME)
2618NIMGNot In My Generation
2619NINNine Inch Nails (band)
2620NIPRNational Institute of Polar Research (Japan)
2621NIRNorthern Ireland (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
2622NISACU.S. National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center
2623NISCAPNSA Information System Certification and Accreditation Program
2624NISERNational Institute of Science Education and Research
2625NISTNational Institute of Standards and Technology
2626NITFSNational Imagery Transmission Format Standard
2627NIUNiue (ISO 3166 trigram)
2628nJNanojoule
2629NJNew Jersey (postal symbol)
2630NJHSNational Junior Honor Society
2631NJPWNew Japan Pro Wrestling
2632nKNanokelvin
2633NKANo Known Allergies
2634nLNanolitre
2635NLBNon-Linear Battlefield
2636NLDNetherlands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2637NLFNational Liberation Front (disambiguation)
2638NLLNational Lacrosse League
2639NLWNon-Lethal Weapon
2640nmNanometre
2641NMNew Mexico (postal symbol)
2642NMCINavy Marine Corps Intranet
2643NMCSNot Mission Capable Supply (SM&R code)
2644NMDU.S. National Missile Defense
2645NMNNo middle name
2646NMRNuclear Magnetic Resonance
2647NMSGNATO Modelling and Simulation Group
2648nNNanonewton
2649NNENorth North-East
2650NNSAU.S. National Nuclear Security Administration
2651NNWNorth North-West
2652NoNobelium
2653NOAAU.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
2654NOAFNorwegian Air Force
2655NOAONational Optical Astronomy Observatory
2656NOCUK. National Oceanography Centre
2657NODEFNATO Oceanographic Data Exchange Format
2658NOGINew Orleans Grande Isle (award for diving)
2659NOLFNavy OutLying Field
2660NOMENot on Mars Either
2661NOMENot on Mars Either (see NIMBY)
2662NORNorway (ISO 3166 trigram)
2663NORELPREFNo religious preference
2664NORTHAGNorthern Army Group
2665NOSANATO OSI Security Architecture
2666NOTAFLOFNo One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds
2667NOWNational Organization for Women
2668NPNepal (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
2669NPBNippon Professional Baseball
2670NPCSNon-Passenger Coaching stock (in Railways)
2671NPDNationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (German)
2672NPDINew Product Development and Introduction
2673NPGNeedline/Network Participation Group
2674NPHNormal Pressure Hydrocephalus
2675NPOnothing by mouth
2676NPOVNeutral Point Of View
2677NQDronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1983)
2678NRNauru (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
2679NRANational Rifle Association
2680NRAONational Radio Astronomy Observatory
2681NRDC(U.S.) Natural Resources Defense Council
2682NRELU.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
2683NRKNorsk Rikskringkasting (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)
2684NRMPNational Resident Matching Program (U.S. medicine)
2685NROU.S. National Reconnaissance Office
2686NRTNear Real Time
2687NRUNauru (ISO 3166 trigram)
2688nsNanosecond
2689nSNanosiemens
2690NSABBNational Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
2691NSAIDNon-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug
2692NSBNorges Statsbaner (Norwegian State Railways)
2693NSCNational Security Council
2694NSDLNational Science Digital Library (US)
2695NSGNational System for Geospatial-Intelligence
2696NSNNational Stock Number
2697NSNANational Student Nurses' Association
2698NSONational Standardization Office (ABCA)
2699NSS(U.S.) Naval Simulation System
2700NST(UK) Nimrod Software Team
2701NSTACNational Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
2702NSWNew South Wales (postal symbol)
2703nTNanotesla
2704NTDSNaval Tactical Data System
2705NTPNetwork Time Protocol
2706NTRNetwork Time Reference
2707NTRANational Thoroughbred Racing Association
2708NTSBNational Transportation Safety Board
2709NTVNon-Tactical Vehicle
2710NTY(Internet Abbreviations:) Not Tested Yet; (Alternatively) No Thank You
2711NTZIraq-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1993)
2712NUTSNuclear Utilization Target Selection
2713NUWCU.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center
2714nVNanovolt
2715NVEOLNight Vision and Electro-Optics Laboratory
2716NVGNight Vision Goggles
2717NVLNight Vision Laboratory
2718nWNanowatt
2719NWNorth-West
2720NWNuclear Weapon
2721NWANational Wrestling Alliance
2722NWFNational Wildlife Federation
2723NWFZNuclear-Weapon-Free Zone
2724NWHNU.S. National Women's Health Network
2725nWoNew World Order (see article for explanation of idiosyncratic capitalization)
2726NWOAHMNew Wave of American Heavy Metal
2727NWOBHMNew Wave of British Heavy Metal (sometimes pronounced /n.ˈwɒbm/ as if it were an acronym)
2728NWRANational Wildlife Rehabilitators Association
2729NWSLNational Women's Soccer League (U.S.)
2730NWTNorth-West Territories
2731NXA21st arcade game in the Pump It Up series
2732NXDNative XML
2733NXENew Xbox Experience
2734NXGNew Cross Gate station
2735NXLNational XBall League
2736NXNNike Cross Nationals
2737NYNew York (postal symbol)
2738NYCNew York City
2739NYHANew York Heart Association
2740NYONational Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
2741NYSENew York Stock Exchange
2742NZNew Zealand (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
2743NZCNew Zealand Cricket
2744NZLNew Zealand (ISO 3166 trigram)
2745NzLNoze looan (online/event listings)
2746NZOSSNew Zealand Open Source Society
2747NZRUNew Zealand Rugby Union
2748OACOn Approved Credit
2749OAPOld Age Pensioner (UK)
2750OARSIOsteoarthritis Research Society International
2751OASOrganization of American States
2752OASISOntario Agencies Supporting Individuals with Special Needs
2753OASISOntario Association of Sewage Industry Services
2754OASPOperational Analysis Support Paper/Plan
2755OAUOrganization for African Unity
2756OBEOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
2757OBXOuter Banks (North Carolina)
2758OCOfficer Commanding
2759OCDObsessive-Compulsive Disorder
2760OCFSOracle Cluster File System
2761OCFS2Oracle Cluster File System Release 2
2762OCMCC[2] Orchard County MCC
2763OCNOncology Certified Nurse
2764OCOOort Cloud Object
2765OCROptical Character Recognition
2766OCSsee entry
2767ODASOCA-DLR Asteroid Survey
2768ODBCOpen DataBase Connectivity
2769OEA(U.S.) Office of Economic Adjustment
2770OECDOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (international)
2771OEDOxford English Dictionary
2772OEGOperation Exposure Guidance
2773OEISOn-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
2774OEMOriginal Equipment Manufacturer
2775OFAOccipital Face Area
2776OFDAU.S Agency for International Development's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
2777OGCOpen Geospatial Consortium
2778OGDOther Government Department
2779OGOOther Government Organization
2780OHOhio (postal symbol)
2781OHCOverHead-Cam engine
2782OHHLAOriginal Hip-Hop Lyrics Archive
2783OHIPOntario Health Insurance Plan
2784OHMSOn Her (or His) Majesty's Service (also written: O.H.M.S.)
2785OHPObservatoire de Haute-Provence
2786OHSSOvarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
2787OICOfficer In Charge
2788OIFOperation Iraqi Freedom
2789OIOCOriental & India Office Collections (in the British Library)
2790OJTOn-the-Job Training
2791OKCOklahoma City
2792OLEDOrganic Light-Emitting Diode
2793OLSOperational Linescan System
2794OMDOrchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1980s pop group)
2795OMEOsaka Mercantile Exchange
2796OMFGOh My Fucking God
2797OMGOh My God or Or My Gosh
2798OMGWOh My Gosh it's Windy
2799OMNOman (ISO 3166 trigram)
2800OMNCSU.S. Office of the Manager for the National Communications System
2801OMPOrder of Mapungubwe in Platinum
2802OMSOrder of Mapungubwe in Silver
2803OMTObject Model Template
2804ONOntario (postal symbol)
2805ONCOrthopaedic Nurse Certified
2806ONGOrthodontic National Group
2807ONI(U.S.) Office of Naval Intelligence
2808ONSOperational Needs Statement
2809OOADObject Oriented Analysis and Design
2810OOBEOut-of-body experience
2811OOCLOrient Overseas Container Line
2812OODAObservation,Orientation,Decision,Action loop (a.k.a. Boyd's Loop)
2813OOFOut of Facility
2814OOMFOne Of My Followers
2815OOOOut Of the Office
2816OOTWOperations Other Than War
2817OPObservation Point/Post,Ocean Pacific (surfwear and swimwear brand),Original Poster (internet),Order Point,in inventory management; the inventory state at which more items should be ordered. Often expressed as a part of OP/OQ (when quantity OP is reached,order OQ new items),Overpowered,often used to refer to fictional characters (e.g. Superman) or game mechanics (e.g. the Black Lotus in Magic: the Gathering) that are considered disproportionately strong
2818OPACOnline Public Access Catalogue
2819OPCONOperational control
2820OPCWOrganisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
2821OPECOrganization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
2822OPFOROpposing force
2823OPINTELOperational Intelligence
2824OPLANOperation plan (also OpPlan)
2825OPORDOperation order
2826OPSECOperations security,Open Platform for Security
2827OPSIOverwhelming post splenectomy infection,UK Office of Public Sector Information
2828OPTAROperational target
2829OPVOffshore Patrol Vessel
2830OQOrder 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)
2831OROperating 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
2832ORAUOak Ridge Associated Universities
2833ORBObject Request Broker
2834ORBATOrder of Battle
2835ORDOffice of Research and Development,Operational Requirements Document
2836ORFOperational iness Float
2837ORISEOak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
2838ORNLOak Ridge National Laboratory
2839ORROak Ridge Reservation (U.S. DOE),Office of Rail Regulation (UK government),Office of Refugee Resettlement,(CIA) Office of Research and Reports,Operational iness Rate,Operational iness Review
2840ORSAOxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus,Operations Research Society of America
2841OSOperating System
2842OsOsmium
2843OSAOrder of St. Augustine
2844OSCEOrganisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
2845OSDU.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense,On-screen Display
2846OSDLOpen Source Development Labs
2847OSEOwn Separate Entrance
2848OSERSU.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
2849OSETIOptical SETI also Optical SETI
2850OSHAOccupational Safety and Health Administration
2851OSIOffice of Strategic Influence,Ontario Swine Improvement,Open Source Initiative,Open Systems Interconnection
2852OSIA(U.S.) On-Site Inspection Agency
2853OSIRISOptical,Spectroscopic,and Infrared Remote Imaging System (astronomical system on the Rosetta spacecraft),Optical System for Imaging and low Resolution Integrated Spectroscopy (astronomical system on the land-based Gran Telescopio Canarias)
2854OSLOpen Source License, Optically Stimulated Luminescence, Orbiting Solar Laboratory
2855OSMOne Saturday Morning
2856OSOTPBOIASOne Sec,On The Phone,Be Off In A Sec
2857OSPAOperations Security Professional's Association site of OSPA
2858OSPAOregon School Psychologists Association [3]
2859OSRHOružane Snage Republike Hrvatske (en: Armed forces of the Republic of Croatia)
2860OSUOhio State University,Oklahoma State University
2861OTAOffice of Technology Assessment, Orthodontic Technicians Association
2862OTACOrthodontic Technicians Association Conference,Orthodontic Technicians Association Council
2863OTCOver-The-Counter (drugs)
2864OTDOff the derech (referring to an Orthodox Jew who has stopped practicing the tenets of his or her faith)
2865OTEA(U.S. Army) Operational Test Evaluation Agency
2866OTIOffice of Transition Initiatives (United States Agency for International Development)
2867OTOHOn The Other Hand
2868OTSOff the scale,sexually untouchable except for a lot of money
2869OTSBHOver The Shoulder Boulder Holder
2870OTWOn The Way
2871OTYBLOver To You Blue Leader
2872OTYRLOver To You Red Leader
2873OUUniversity of Oklahoma
2874OWOld Wykehamist
2875OWNOprah Winfrey Network
2876OXIATA code for Orient Thai Airlines
2877OXCOptical cross-connect
2878OXMOfficial Xbox Magazine
2879OXTOxytocin
2880OZ(?) Australia
2881ppico
2882P2PPeer-to-peer (networking)
2883pApicoampere
2884PAAPosition Area for Artillery
2885PABXPrivate Automated Branch eXchange (company phone system)
2886PACOM(U.S.) Pacific Command
2887PADIProfessional Association of Diving Instructors
2888PAEKPolyArylEtherKetone
2889PAFCPlymouth Argyle Football Club
2890PAHPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
2891PAHOPan American Health Organization
2892PAKPakistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2893PAMPrecision Attack Missile
2894PANSPretty Advanced/Awesome Network Services (cf. POTS)
2895PARCPalo Alto Research Center
2896PAROSPrevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space (treaty)
2897PARP(NATO Partnership for Peace) Planning And Review Process
2898PARWIGPower Augmented Ram Wing In Ground (aeroplane wing shape)
2899PASSee entry
2900PASRPersonnel Accounting and Strength Reporting
2901PATHPort Authority Trans-Hudson
2902PAYDPay As You Drive
2903PAYEPay As You Earn
2904PbLead (Latin Plumbum)
2905PBPolyButylene
2906PBBPolyBrominated Biphenyl
2907PBCKProblem Between Chair and Keyboard (computer help desk in-joke)
2908PBDPolyButaDiene
2909PBDEPolyBrominated Diphenyl Ether
2910PBIPolyBenzImidazole
2911PBNPolyButylene Naphthalate
2912PBOHPlease Become Old History
2913PBTPolyButylene Terephthalate
2914PBXPrivate Branch eXchange (company phone system)
2915pCpicocoulomb
2916PCASPlanet-Crossing Asteroid Survey
2917PCBsee entry
2918PCCBPorsche Ceramic Composite Brake
2919PCCIPPresident's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection
2920PCEPerChlorEthylene
2921PCIePeripheral Component Interconnect Express (computer bus)
2922PCLPassive Coherent Location
2923PCMCIAPersonal Computer Memory Card International Association (People Can't Memorise Computer-Industry Acronyms)
2924PCNPitcairn Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2925PCPIPhysician Consortium for Performance Improvement (AMA)
2926PCRPolymerase chain reaction
2927PCSSDPulaski County Special School District
2928PCZPanama Canal Zone (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1980)
2929PdPalladium
2930PDProduct Director—Example: CERDEC Product Director C4ISR and Network Modernization
2931PDLPure Dumb Luck (Texan punk band)
2932PDNPull-Down Network
2933PDRYPeople's Democratic Republic of Yemen (obsolete since 1990)
2934PDTPacific Daylight [Saving] Time (UTC-7 hours)
2935PEProfessional Engineer
2936PEBCACProblem Exists Between Chair and Computer (IT help desk in-joke)
2937PEBKACProblem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair (ditto)
2938PEEKPolyEtherEtherKetone
2939PEETPartnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy
2940PEKPolyEtherKetone
2941PEPFARPresident's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief
2942PERPeru (ISO 3166 trigram)
2943perlusually lower case Practical Extraction and Report Language
2944PESPolyEtherSulfone
2945PESTUK Public Engagement with Science and Technology
2946PETEPolyEthyleneTErephthalate
2947PETPPolyEthyleneTerePhthalate
2948pFpicofarad
2949PFDPermanent Fund Dividend = personal flotation device
2950PFEPermanent Forest Estate
2951PfPPartnership for Peace
2952Pgpetagram
2953pgpicogram
2954PGCEPostgraduate Certificate in Education
2955PGDPre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis
2956PGENIPharmaco-Genetics for Every Nation Initiative
2957PGHPre-implantation Genetic Haplotyping
2958PGMPrecision-Guided Munition
2959PGPPretty Good Privacy
2960PHLPhilippines (ISO 3166 trigram)
2961PHQPatient Health Questionnaire
2962PiPebi
2963PIBPolyIsoButylene
2964PICPerson In Charge
2965PICNICProblem In Chair Not In Computer
2966PICSPrivate Investment Capital Subscription
2967PIFPartners in Flight
2968PIGPipeline Inspection Gauge
2969PINPersonal Identification Number
2970PINFPeople In Need Foundation (Czech charitable organisation)
2971PIPAProgram on International Policy Attitudes
2972PIRPriority Intelligence Requirement
2973PIRAProvisional Irish Republican Army
2974PIREPSPilot Reports
2975PITAPain In The Ass
2976PJpetajoule
2977pJpicojoule
2978PJHQPermanent Joint Headquarters
2979PKEPartnership of Kindermusik Educators [1] &[2] & [2]
2980PKIPublic Key Infrastructure (cryptography)
2981PKUPhenylketonuria
2982pLpicolitre
2983PLAIDPrecision Location and Identification
2984PLBPersonal Locator Beacon
2985PLCPublic Limited Company (British)
2986PLCCPlastic Leaded Chip Carrier (electronics)
2987PLDProbable Line of Deployment
2988PLEBSPeople Lacking Everyday Basic Skills
2989PLFParachute Landing Fall
2990PLIFPlanar Laser-Induced Fluorescence
2991PLLPhase-Locked Loop (electronics)
2992PLMPolarized Light Microscope/Microscopy
2993PLMBAPhospholipid Bilayer Microarray
2994PlnPlatoon
2995PLOPalestine Liberation Organization
2996PLOKTAPress Lots Of Keys To Abort
2997PLPPlatonic Life Partner
2998PLUTOPipe Line Under The Ocean
2999PLWPalau (ISO 3166 trigram)
3000pmpicometre
3001PMCPrimary Motor Cortex
3002PMIPositive Material Identification
3003PMIDPubMed Identifier
3004PMMAPolyMethylMethAcrylate
3005PMSPremenstrual Syndrome
3006PMSLPiss Myself Laughing (Internet shorthand)
3007PMTPremenstrual Tension (UK) (see Premenstrual Syndrome)
3008pNpiconewton
3009PNACProject for the New American Century
3010PNVSPilot Night Vision Sensor
3011PoPolonium
3012POPost Office
3013POPurchase Order
3014POCDPost-Operative Cognitive Dysfunction
3015podPlain Old Documentation
3016POFFPlain Old Flat File
3017POGOProject On Government Oversight
3018POIProgram Of Instruction
3019POKPlane Of Knowledge
3020POLADPolitical Advice
3021POMDPPartially observable Markov decision process
3022PooSPoo Sniffer (Internet shorthand)
3023POS- Point Of Sale terminal (retail industry transaction computers)Piece Of S**t
3024POSHPort Outbound Starboard Home (alleged)
3025POSSLQPerson of the Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters
3026POTPlane Of Tranquility
3027POTSPlain Old Telephone Service (cf. PANS),Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
3028POTUSPresident of the United States
3029POVPoint of view
3030POWPrisoner of war
3031PPASC(U.S.) Plans and Program Analysis Support Center
3032PPCLIPrincess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (regiment)
3033PPLIPrecise Participant Location & Identification
3034PPMProject Planning and Management
3035PPOPolyPhenylene Oxide
3036PPQNPulses Per Quarter Note (ditto)
3037PPQTPre-Production Qualification Test
3038PPVPay-per-view
3039PrPastor, Priest
3040PRPublic Relations
3041PrbPresbyter
3042PRBOPoint Reyes Bird Observatory
3043PRCPeople's Republic of China
3044PRDCERDEC Product Realization Directorate
3045PRFGPartial Fog (METAR Code)
3046PRIPuerto Rico (ISO 3166 trigram)
3047PRKDemocratic People's Republic of Korea (ISO 3166 trigram)
3048PRMPersonnel iness Management
3049PRYParaguay (ISO 3166 trigram)
3050Pspetasecond
3051pSpicosiemens
3052PSGPacific Seabird Group
3053PSIPortable Source Initiative
3054PSIPounds per square inch
3055PSSPersonnel System Support
3056PSTPacific Standard Time (UTC-8 hours)
3057PSUPennsylvania State University
3058PsyOpPsychological Operations
3059pTpicotesla
3060PtPlatinum
3061PTAParent-Teacher Association
3062PTALPublic Transport Accessibility Level
3063PTESPeople's Trust for Endangered Species
3064PTFEPolyTetraFluoroEthylene
3065PTIPardon the Interruption
3066PTSDPost-Traumatic Stress Disorder
3067PuPlutonium
3068PubPublication
3069PUGPET Users Group
3070PUNPull-Up Network
3071PUPPull-Up Point
3072PUSUnited States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
3073PVpetavolt
3074pVpicovolt
3075PvEPlayer versus Environment
3076PvPPlayer versus Player
3077PVRPersonal Video Recorder
3078PvZPlants vs. Zombies
3079PWPalau (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
3080pWpicowatt
3081PWAPirates With Attitude
3082PWBAPension and Welfare Benefits Administration
3083PWCPieceWise Constant (describing a mathematical function)
3084PwCPricewaterhouseCoopers (international accounting firm)
3085PWLPieceWise Linear (describing a mathematical function)
3086PWLCPieceWise Linear and Concave/Convex (describing a mathematical function)
3087PWRPressurized Water Reactor
3088PXPost eXchange
3089PYFFrench Polynesia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3090PYMWYMIPut Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
3091Q1First Quarter
3092Q2Second Quarter
3093Q3Third Quarter
3094Q4Fourth Quarter
3095QAQatar (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
3096QantasQueensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services
3097QATQatar (ISO 3166 trigram)
3098QBQuarterback (football)
3099QCDQuantum ChromoDynamics
3100QDRQuadrennial Defense Review
3101QEHQueen Elizabeth's Hospital
3102QKAir Canada Jazz (IATA airline designator)
3103QNHRegional mean sea level atmospheric pressure (aeronautical Q code)
3104QPSQuark Publishing System
3105QSCATQuick Scatterometer satellite
3106QSLQuébec Sign Language
3107QSOQuasi-Stellar Object
3108Quango(British Commonwealth) QUasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation
3109QuasarQuasi-stellar radio source
3110QUBQueen's University Belfast
3111QUIETQ and U Imaging ExperimenT (Q and U are the Stokes parameters of the CMBR polarization)
3112QZAwair (IATA airline designator)
3113R2IResistance to Interrogation
3114RARadio Australia
3115RaRadium
3116RAAFRoyal Australian Air Force
3117RabobankRaiffeisen-Boerenleenbank (from the two banks that merged to form the modern company)
3118RACKRisk Aware Consensual Kink (SM phrase)
3119RaconRAdar beaCON
3120RADARoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
3121RadarRadio Detection And Ranging
3122RadBRad51/Dmc1 homologous protein
3123RADbRouting Assets Data Base
3124RADCRegion Air Defence Commander
3125RAEUK Royal Aircraft Establishment (-1991)
3126RAGBRAIRegister's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa
3127RAMRoyal Air Maroc
3128RamarkRAdar MARKer
3129RAOCRear Area Operation Centre
3130RARDEUK Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment (1962-1991)
3131RARERapid Acquisition with Relaxation Enhancement (MRI technique)
3132RATELORadiotelephone Operator
3133RbRubidium
3134RBRunning Back (football)
3135RBIRuns Batted In
3136RCsee entry
3137RCAFRoyal Canadian Air Force
3138RCCRescue Co-ordination Centre
3139RCCORoyal Canadian College of Organists
3140RCHARoyal Canadian Horse Artillery (regiment)
3141RCMPRoyal Canadian Mounted Police
3142RDRadio Disney
3143RDDRadiological Dispersion Device
3144RDMRemotely Delivered/Deliverable Mine
3145RDTRemote Digital Terminal
3146RDVRemote Detection Vehicle
3147ReRhenium
3148RERoyal Engineers
3149REACTRemote Electronically Activated Control Technology
3150REAMRetired Educators Association of Minnesota
3151RECCEReconnaissance
3152REEFReef Environmental Education Foundation
3153REMRapid Eye Movement (sleep phase),Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
3154REMERoyal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
3155RERCRehabilitation Engineering Research Center
3156RESNARehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America
3157REURéunion (ISO 3166 trigram)
3158RfRutherfordium
3159RFDRequest for Documentation
3160RFERequest for Evaluation
3161RFEFReal Federación Española de Fútbol (Spanish for Royal Spanish Football Federation)
3162RFFRight of First Refusal (legal term)
3163RFIDRadio Frequency IDentification
3164RFLRugby Football League
3165RFPRequest for Proposal
3166RFQRequest for Quotation
3167RFTRequest for Tender
3168RFURugby Football Union
3169RGRepublican Guard
3170RgRoentgenium
3171RGBRed Green Blue (colour model)
3172RGBIRed Green Blue Intensity (ditto)
3173RhRhodium
3174RHSouthern Rhodesia (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1980)
3175RHICRelativistic Heavy Ion Collider
3176RHLIRoyal Hamilton Light Infantry (Canadian militia regiment)
3177RHOSouthern Rhodesia (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1980)
3178RHUReplacement Holding Unit
3179RIRhode Island (postal symbol)
3180RIAARecording Industry Association of America
3181RIBARoyal Institute of British Architects
3182RIFARed imported fire ant
3183RILARetail Industry Leaders Association
3184RIMVSRetinal Imaging Machine Vision System
3185RINORepublican In Name Only[1]
3186RISCReduced Instruction Set Computer
3187RJDReduced Julian Day
3188RKBARight to Keep and Bear Arms (Second Amendment to the United States Constitution)
3189RKORadio-Keith-Orpheum Pictures
3190RLPRecognised [Operating/Operational] Land Picture
3191RLSRestless Leg Syndrome
3192RLYRally Point
3193RMsee separate disambiguation page
3194RMCRobert Menzies College
3195RMDARecords Management and Declassification Agency
3196RMPRecognised [Operating/Operational] Maritime Picture
3197RNRadio Netherlands
3198RnRadon
3199RNARiboNucleic Acid
3200RNADRoyal Naval Armaments Depot (UK)
3201RNPSRadio Network Planning System
3202RNZRadio New Zealand
3203RNZIRadio New Zealand International
3204ROARate Of Ascent
3205ROERules Of Engagement
3206ROFLOLRolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud
3207ROHRing of Honor
3208ROKRepublic of Korea
3209ROPRender Output Pipeline
3210ROPEResearch Opportunity and Performance Evidence
3211ROSReactive Oxygen Species
3212ROURomania (ISO 3166 trigram)
3213ROVRemotely Operated Vehicle
3214ROZRestricted Operations Zone
3215RPARegional Plan Association
3216RPDRecognition-Primed Decision-making
3217RPFRwandan Patriotic Front
3218RPLReverse Polish Lisp
3219rpmrevolutions per minute
3220RPNreverse Polish notation
3221rpsrevolutions per second
3222RPVRemotely Piloted Vehicle
3223RQPuerto Rico (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
3224RRBRailroad Retirement Board
3225RRNRecurrence Rate Number
3226RRPRecurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis
3227RRSRacing Rules of Sailing
3228RRSPRegistered Retirement Savings Plan (Canada; roughly equivalent to the IRA in the U.S.)
3229RSRussia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3230RSIRepetitive Strain Injury
3231RSJRolled Steel Joist (construction)
3232RSNReal Soon Now (coined by author Jerry Pournelle)
3233RSPB(UK) Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
3234RSPCARoyal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
3235RSRRequired Supply Rate
3236RSREUK Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (1976-1991)
3237RSRIRed Sands Research Institute
3238RSSReally Simple Syndication
3239RTARoad traffic accident (British)
3240RTBFRadio-Télévision belge de la Communauté française
3241RTFRich Text Format
3242RTFMthe Fucking/Fine Manual
3243RTGRadio-isotope Thermoelectric Generator also used for Rubber Tyred Gantry crane
3244RTIRun-Time Infrastructure (Simulation)
3245RTLsee entry
3246RTPReal-time Transport Protocol
3247RTSsee entry
3248RTTRound Trip Timing
3249RURussia (ISO 3166 digram)
3250RuRuthenium
3251RUCRoyal Ulster Constabulary
3252RUSRussia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3253RUSIRoyal United Services Institute for Defence Studies
3254RWRwanda (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3255RWARwanda (ISO 3166 trigram)
3256RWHRain Water Harvesting
3257RWRRadar Warning Receiver
3258RWSRemote Weapon Station
3259RXReceive
3260SBNOStanding but not operating (in reference to amusement parks)
3261SCOTUSSupreme Court of the United States
3262SCROTUSSo-called Ruler of the United States
3263SDHCSecure Digital High Capacity
3264SDXCSecure Digital eXtended Capacity
3265SGSenegal (FIPS 10-4 country code), Singapore (ISO 3166 digram), Snow Grains (METAR Code), Study Group
3266SGOTUSSecond Gentleman of the United States
3267SHOShowtime (see also sho.com)
3268SIRIService Interface for Real Time Information
3269SiriSpeech Interpretation and Recognition Interface (Apple iOS software)
3270SLOTUSSecond Lady of the United States (the vice president's wife)
3271SoConSouthern Conference (U.S. college sports)
3272STBSurface Transportation Board[2]
3273SWACSouthwestern Athletic Conference
3274SWANSystem for Wearable Audio Navigation
3275SWATSpecial Weapons And Tactics
3276SWFSingle White Female
3277TaTantalum
3278TAACOMU.S. Theater Army Area Command
3279TAADCOORDTheatre Army Air Defence Co-ordinator
3280TAARTrace Amine-Associated Receptor
3281TACU.S. Tactical Air Command (1946-1992)
3282TACANTactical Air Navigation
3283TACCOTactical Coordinator
3284TACCSFU.S. Theater Aerospace Command & Control Simulation Facility
3285TACDARTactical Detection And Reporting
3286TACSOPTactical SOP (Standing Operating Procedure)
3287TADILTactical Digital Information Link
3288TAITarget[ed] Area of Interest
3289TAJTom and Jerry
3290TAJTTom and Jerry Tales
3291TALESTechnical Advice and Lexicon for Enabling Simulation
3292TANJThere Ain't No Justice (used as expletive in the Ringworld novels)
3293TANPTerrain-Aware Network Planner
3294TANSTAAFLThere Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (coined by author Robert A. Heinlein in his The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
3295TAPPSTexas Association of Private and Parochial Schools
3296TARDISTime And Relative Dimension In Space (from Doctor Who)
3297TASTasmania (postal symbol)
3298TASERThomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle
3299TASMTactical Air-to-Surface Missile
3300TATTourism Authority of Thailand
3301TATPTriAcetone TriPeroxide
3302TATTTired All The Time (medical diagnosis in-joke)
3303TbTerbium
3304TBTuberculosis
3305TBAto be announced
3306TBBPATetraBromoBisPhenol-A
3307TBDto be done, or: to be documented, or: to be determined, or: to be decided
3308TBFto be fair
3309TBHTo Be Honest
3310TBLTurkish Basketball League
3311TBSTurner Broadcasting System
3312TBTTributyltin
3313TcTechnetium
3314TCAATop Counter-Assault Agents
3315TCASTraffic Collision Avoidance System
3316TCCCSTactical Command,Control and Communication System
3317TCDChad (ISO 3166 trigram)
3318TCHDTruck Cargo Heavy Duty
3319TCLTool Command Language
3320TCMTurner Classic Movies
3321TCUTexas Christian University
3322TCWTasty Coma Wife
3323TCWMSTele-Center Workforce Management System
3324TDAThe Disney Afternoon
3325TDLTactical Data Link
3326TDMTime-Division Multiplexing
3327TDMATime Division Multiple Access
3328TDPTechnology Demonstration Programme
3329TDRSTracking Data and Relay Satellite
3330TeTellurium
3331TEALTasman Empire Airways Limited
3332TeamTogether everyone achieves more
3333TEAMSThe East African Marine System (fiber optic cable)
3334TEDTechnology Entertainment Design prize
3335TENCAPTactical Exploitation of National Capabilities
3336TERSTactical Event Reporting System
3337TESTactical Event System
3338TESTThesaurus of Engineering and Scientific Terms
3339TEUTwenty-foot equivalent unit (cargo capacity)
3340TeVeSTensor Vector Scalar theory
3341TFMPPTrifluorophenylmethylpiperazine
3342TFRTotal Fertility Rate
3343TFTThin-Film Transistor
3344TgTeragram
3345TGTogo (ISO 3166 digram)
3346TGOTogo (ISO 3166 trigram)
3347ThThorium
3348THAThailand (ISO 3166 trigram)
3349THAADTerminal High Altitude Area Defence
3350THEGENTRYThe High-End Group of Earth's New Technologies Research Yield
3351THELTactical High Energy Laser ACTD
3352THGTetrahydrogestrinone
3353TIATotal Information Awareness initiative
3354TIATransient Ischemic Attack
3355TIALDThermal Imaging and Airborne Laser Designation
3356TIBSTactical Information Broadcast System
3357TICTroops In Contact
3358TIGERSTopologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing System
3359TINCThere Is No Cabal
3360TIPThermal Identification Panel
3361titsToes in the Sand
3362TJDTruncated Julian Day
3363TJKTajikistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
3364TKLTokelau (ISO 3166 trigram)
3365TKMTurkmenistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
3366TlThallium
3367TLAThree-Letter Abbreviation/Acronym
3368TLAMTomahawk Land Attack Missile
3369TLATOJLThe Life and Times of Juniper Lee
3370TLPMT1 Line Performance Monitor
3371TmTerametre
3372TMAPTexas Medication Algorithm Project
3373TMCThe Movie Channel
3374TMDTheatre Missile Defence
3375TMDKThe Mighty Don't Kneel (Australian professional wrestling stable also active in Japan)
3376TMIToo Much Information
3377TMJTemporoMandibular Joint (syndrome)
3378TMNTTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
3379TMPGTransparent Multi-Platform Gateway
3380TMRTwin Main Rotors (helicopter type)
3381TMSTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation
3382TMTThirty Meter Telescope
3383TMTOWTDIThere's Than One Way To Do It (from Perl)
3384TNATotal Nonstop Action Wrestling
3385TNOTrans-Neptunian Object
3386TOBSTime of OBServation
3387TOCTable Of Contents, Tactical Operations Centre, Temporo-Occipital transition Cortex, Top of Concrete
3388TOGTogo (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
3389TOGSThermal Observation Gunnery Sight
3390TOMSTotal Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite instrument)
3391TONTonga (ISO 3166 trigram)
3392TOSTape 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
3393TOTTime On Target
3394TOWTube-launched,Optically tracked,Wire-guided (anti-tank missile)
3395TPEast Timor (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 2002),São Tomé and Príncipe (FIPS 10-4 country code),Training Practice,Trident Ploughshares
3396TPEChinese Taipei (IOC and FIFA trigram for the country also known as Taiwan)
3397TPIThe point is
3398TPOThrombopoietin
3399TPSThe Pennington School
3400TPTBThe Powers That Be (often used to refer to the people responsible for the content of TV series or movies)
3401TQTop Qualifier (similar to Pole Position in car racing)
3402TRATechnology iness Assessment
3403TRAC(U.S. Army) TRADOC Analysis Center
3404TRACONTerminal Radar Approach Control
3405TRADOC(U.S. Army) Training and Doctrine Command
3406TRANSCOMU.S. Transportation Command
3407TRAPTactical Receive equipment and related Applications
3408TRASANATRADOC Systems Analysis Agency
3409TRDTowed Radar Decoy
3410TRIGATThird Generation Antitank (missile)
3411TRLTechnology readiness level
3412TrpTroop
3413TRUTransuranic
3414TRUEXTraining in Urban Environment Exercise
3415TRWThompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc.
3416TsTerasecond
3417TSTerasiemens,Thunderstorm (METAR code),Tunisia (FIPS 10-4 country code),TinySex,Transsexual, Tough Sh*t
3418TSATheatre Storage Area,Time Slot Allocation,Transportation Security Administration,The Salvation Army
3419TSECTransmission Security Encryption Code
3420TSLTransportation Security Laboratory
3421TSNThe Sporting News (historic name of the periodical now known as Sporting News),The Sports Network
3422TSOThe Stationery Office (was HMSO until 1996),(U.S.) TRICARE Support Office,Trans-Siberian Orchestra (band)
3423TSOPTactical Standing Operation Procedure,The Sound of Philadelphia (classic 1970s R&B instrumental)
3424TSRTerminate and Stay Resident
3425TSSIAThe Subject Says It All
3426TTTeratesla,Terrestrial Time,Tourist Trophy (Motorcycle sport),Trinidad and Tobago (ISO 3166 digram)
3427TTCTTorrance Tests of Creative Thinking
3428TTFNTa Ta For Now
3429TTLTax,Title,License,Through-the-lens (photography),Time 'till live,Time to live,Transistor-transistor logic
3430TTOTrinidad and Tobago (ISO 3166 trigram)
3431TTPTactics,Techniques,and Procedures,Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura,Trailer Transfer Point
3432TTTEAFThomas the Tank Engine and Friends
3433TTYTeleTYpewriter (Printer)
3434TTYLTo You Later (Internet slang)
3435TTZTetrazolium
3436TUTechnische Universität (German for 'Technical University'),Thammasat University (Thailand),Turkey (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3437TUCTrades Union Congress
3438TUGTeX Users Group
3439TUIText-based user interface (cf. CLI),among other uses
3440TUNTunisia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3441TUNSTechnical University of Nova Scotia
3442TURTurkey (ISO 3166 trigram)
3443TUSKTank Urban Survival Kit
3444TUVTuvalu (ISO 3166 trigram)
3445TVTelevision,Teravolt,Transvestite,Tuvalu (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3446TvTime value,a designation seen on some camera dials for shutter priority mode
3447TVATennessee Valley Authority
3448TVGTelevision Games (Network),Tick,Very Good,Often used by School Teachers when marking homework etc. (Tick VG)[1][2]
3449TVRTreVor (Wilkinson) Racing
3450TVSTornado vortex signature
3451TWRepublic of China (Taiwan) (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram),Terawatt
3452TWAINTechnology Without An Interesting Name
3453TWETrans World Entertainment
3454TWIThe Welding Institute
3455TWIPTake 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
3456TWNRepublic of China (Taiwan) (ISO 3166 trigram)
3457TWPTechnical Working Paper
3458TWSThermal Weapon Sight,Track While Scan
3459TXTexas (postal symbol),Transmit,Turkmenistan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3460TXVThermostatic Expansion Valve
3461TYTTake Your Time,Internet chat abbreviation
3462TZTanzania (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3463TZATanzania (ISO 3166 trigram)
3464TZCTetrazolium chloride
3465UUranium
3466UAUkraine (ISO 3166 digram) Unit of Action
3467UAAPUniversity Athletic Association of the Philippines
3468UABUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
3469UAVUnmanned Aerial Vehicle,Unprotected Anal and Vaginal sex,UB[edit]
3470UBCUnited Baptist Church,University of British Columbia
3471UBIGEOUbicación Geografica (Spanish for Geographical Location)
3472UBSUnbundled Bitstream Services,United Bank of Switzerland,United Banque Suisse
3473UCBSAUnited Cricket Board of South Africa
3474UCFUniversity of Central Florida
3475UCLAUniversity of California at Los Angeles
3476UCLESUniversity of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate
3477UCRUniversity of California at Riverside
3478UCRUniversity of Costa Rica
3479UCSUnion of Concerned Scientists
3480UCSBUniversity of California at Santa Barbara
3481UCSDUniversity of California at San Diego
3482UDASUppsala-DLR Asteroid Survey
3483UDDIUniversal Description,Discovery and Integration
3484UDTSUppsala-DLR Trojan Survey
3485UEUnit of Employment
3486UEFAUnion of European Football Associations
3487UESACUppsala-ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets
3488UFCUltimate Fighting Championship
3489UFOUnidentified Flying Object, or: United Farmers of Ontario
3490UGUganda (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3491UGAUganda (ISO 3166 trigram)
3492UGVUnmanned Ground Vehicle
3493UHFUltra High Frequency
3494UHMWUltra-High Molecular Weight
3495UHRBUltra-High Resolution Building (simulation)
3496UICUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
3497UIDUser ID
3498UIUCUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3499UJTLUniversal Joint Task List
3500UKIPUnited Kingdom Independence Party
3501UKRUkraine (ISO 3166 trigram)
3502ULUnderwriters Laboratories
3503ULFUltra Low Frequency
3504UMU.S. Minor Outlying Islands (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
3505UMCPUnit Maintenance Collection Point
3506UMESUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore
3507UMIU.S. Minor Outlying Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
3508UMISTUniversity of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
3509UMTSUniversal Mobile Telecommunications System
3510UNUnited Nations
3511UNABOMUniversity and airline bomber (FBI case name)
3512UNAIDS(i/a) Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
3513UNAMSILUnited Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
3514UNCFUnited Negro College Fund
3515UNCLOSUnited Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
3516UNCSGNUnited Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names
3517UNCTADUnited Nations Conference on Trade and Development
3518UNDCPUnited Nations Drug Control Programme
3519UNDE(i/a) Union of National Defence Employees (Canada)
3520UNDPUnited Nations Development Programme
3521UNEPUnited Nations Environment Programme
3522UNFCCCUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
3523UNFICYPUnited Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
3524UNGEGNUnited Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
3525UNHCRUnited Nations High Commission (er) for Refugees
3526UNICEFUnited Nations Children's Fund (originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund)
3527UNICRIUnited Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
3528UNIDOUnited Nations Industrial Development Organization
3529UNIFEMUnited Nations Development Fund for Women (from the French Fonds de développement des Nations unies pour la femme)
3530UNMIKUnited Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
3531UNOSOMUnited Nations Operations in Somalia
3532UNPROFORUnited Nations Protection Force (in former Yugoslavia)
3533UNRISDUnited Nations Research Institute for Social Development
3534UNSMUnion of Nova Scotian Municipalities
3535UNTACUnited Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
3536UNTAET(i/a) United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
3537UNUUnited Nations University
3538UPdMUniversità Popolare della Multimedialità
3539UPIUnited Press International
3540UPNUnited Paramount Network
3541UPUUniversal Postal Union
3542URBSFAUnion royale belge des sociétés de football association (French for Royal Belgian Football Association)
3543URDUser Requirements Document
3544URYUruguay (ISO 3166 trigram)
3545USUnited States (also ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3546USAFUnited States Air Force
3547USAFSPCU.S. Air Force Space Command
3548USAIDUnited States Agency for International Development
3549USAPATRIOTUniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
3550USAREURUnited States Army Europe
3551USBUniversal Serial Bus
3552USCGUnited States Coast Guard
3553USDAUnited States Department of Agriculture
3554USDIUnited States Department of the Interior
3555USDOEUnited States Department of Energy
3556USDRE(U.S.) Under-Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (1978-1986)
3557USECUnited States Enrichment Corporation
3558USFLUnited States Football League
3559USFWSUnited States Fish and Wildlife Service
3560USGSUnited States Geological Survey
3561USIAUnited States Information Agency
3562USJFCOMUnited States Joint Forces Command
3563USMCUnited States Marine Corps
3564USMNTUnited States men's national (soccer) team
3565USNUnited States Navy
3566USNBUnited States Naval Base
3567USNGUnited States National Grid
3568USNHUnited States Naval Hospital
3569USNIUnited States Naval Institute
3570USNOU.S. Naval Observatory
3571USNOFSUnited States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station
3572USNPUnited States Newspaper Program
3573USNRUnited States Navy Reserve
3574USNSUnited States Naval Ship
3575USNZUniversity Sport New Zealand
3576USPSUnited States Postal Service
3577USPTOUnited States Patent and Trademark Office
3578USSUnited States ship (sometimes meaningless; see Star Trek)
3579USSPACECOMUnited States Space Command
3580USSRUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics
3581USTUnderground Storage Tank
3582USTRANSCOMUnited States Transportation Command
3583USWNTUnited States women's national (soccer) team
3584UTUniversal Time
3585UTEPUniversity of Texas at El Paso (pronounced you-tep)
3586UTMUniversal Transverse Mercator (geographical co-ordinate system)
3587UUAUnitarian Universalist Association
3588UUIDUniversally Unique Identifier (see also GUID)
3589UUVUnmanned Underwater Vehicle
3590UWUniversity of Washington
3591UWOUniversity of Western Ontario
3592UWTUnder Water Telephone
3593UWTGUnder Water Tug
3594UWWUnited World Wrestling
3595UXOUnexploded Ordnance
3596UYUruguay (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3597UZUzbekistan (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3598UZBUzbekistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
3599VACISVehicle And Container Inspection System
3600VACISVictorian Ambulance Clinical Information System
3601VANOSVariable Nockenwelle System
3602VAOVienna Art Orchestra
3603VBAVisual Basic for Applications
3604vCJDVariant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
3605VCNO(U.S.) Vice Chief of Naval Operations
3606VCofSVice Chief of Staff
3607VCRVideo cassette recorder
3608VCTSaint Vincent and the Grenadines (ISO 3166 trigram)
3609VDFSVisualSVN Distributed File System (VDFS)
3610VEVenezuela (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
3611VEEGAVenus Earth Earth Gravity Assist manœuvre
3612VENVenezuela (ISO 3166 trigram)
3613VERITASVery Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System
3614VfDs for deletion (used in Wikipedia)
3615VFMValue For Money
3616VFMOVery Fast Moving Object (astronomy)
3617VFTVirtual Function Table
3618VFWVeterans of Foreign Wars
3619VGBritish Virgin Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
3620VGBBritish Virgin Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
3621VH1Video Hits One
3622VHFVery High Frequency
3623VIAVersatile Interface Adapter
3624VIDSVisual Information Display System
3625VII7 (in Roman numerals)
3626VIII8 (in Roman numerals)
3627VIN(i/a) Vehicle Identification Number (ISO 3779)
3628VIPVery Important Person
3629VISCIIVIetnamese Standard Code for Information Interchange
3630VITVellore Institute of Technology
3631VIVOVideo In Video Out
3632VJVideo Jockey
3633VLADVertical Line Array DIFAR
3634VLBAVery Long Baseline Array
3635VLFVery Low Frequency
3636VLIWVery Long Instruction Word
3637VLPFCVentroLateral PreFrontal Cortex
3638VLPMCVentroLateral PreMotor Cortex
3639VLSIVery-large-scale integration
3640VMVietnam (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3641VMFMarine Fighting Squadron of the United States Marine Corps
3642VMFVariable Message Format
3643VMNVentroMedial Nucleus (neurophysiology)
3644VNVietnam (ISO 3166 digram)
3645VNIRVisible and Near InfraRed
3646VNMVietnam (ISO 3166 trigram)
3647VNSsee entry
3648VOAVoice of America
3649VOIPVoice Over Internet Protocol
3650VOLTVisual OpenType Layout Tool
3651VONVictorian Order of Nurses
3652VORVoice of Russia
3653VOXVoice Operated oscillator
3654VPOTUSVice President of the United States
3655VPNVirtual Private Network
3656VRVirtual Reality
3657VRSGVirtual Reality Scene Generator
3658VSHORADVery Short Range Air Defence
3659VSOVoluntary Services Overseas
3660VSRVery Special Relativity
3661VTCVideo Tele-Conference
3662VTECVariable valve Timing and Electronic lift Control
3663VTOLVertical Take-Off & Landing
3664VUBVrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgian university)
3665VUTVanuatu (ISO 3166 trigram)
3666VVAFVietnam Veterans of America Foundation
3667VWVolkswagen
3668VZVerizon Communications (NYSE code)
3669W3CWorld Wide Web Consortium
3670WAACWomen's Army Auxiliary Corps (Britain) (World War I UK)
3671WAAFWomen's Auxiliary Air Force (World War II UK)
3672WACCWeighted Average Cost of Capital (accounting)
3673WACSWhat-A-Cartoon! Show
3674WADWeapons Alert Designator
3675WAGGGSWorld Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
3676WALsee entry
3677WANWide area network
3678WAPWireless Application Protocol
3679WAPIMAWhat a pain in my ass
3680WARWith All Respect
3681WAsPShort form of WAAAAP (Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program)
3682WAYPWhite And Yellow Pages
3683WbWeber
3684WBCWorld Boxing Council
3685WBEWork Breakdown Element
3686WBOWorld Boxing Organization
3687WCBOWorld Chess Boxing Organisation
3688WCBPWorld Center for Birds of Prey
3689WCLWorld Confederation of Labour
3690WCWWorld Championship Wrestling
3691WDINWildlife Disease Information Node
3692WDWRWalt Disney World Resort
3693WEBSWeapon Effectiveness Battle Simulation
3694WECWorld Extreme Cagefighting
3695WEEEWaste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
3696WEFWorld Economic Forum
3697WEMWest Edmonton Mall
3698WEUWestern European Union
3699WEZWeapon Engagement Zone
3700WFWallis and Futuna Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
3701WFCWomen's Forage Corps (World War II UK)
3702WFDWeapon of Focused Destruction
3703WFFWallops Flight Facility
3704WFIWater for Injection
3705WFHWorking from home
3706WFPWorld Food Program
3707WFZWeapons Free Zone
3708WHWehrmacht Heer (German World War II army vehicle licence plate code)
3709WHAMWisconsin Hydrogen-Alpha Mapping (telescope)
3710WHIWomen's Health Initiative
3711WHIPWalks plus hits per inning pitched
3712WHOWorld Health Organisation
3713WHS(U.S.) Washington Headquarters Services
3714WIIFMWhat's in it for me?
3715WIPWork In Progress
3716WIPOWorld Intellectual Property Organization
3717WIPP[Nuclear] Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
3718WIYNWisconsin Indiana Yale NOAO telescope consortium
3719WKYPWill Keep You Posted
3720WLWehrmacht Luftwaffe (German World War II air force vehicle licence plate code)
3721WLBWomen's Land Brigade (World War II Canada)
3722WLFWallis and Futuna Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
3723WLOGWithout Loss Of Generality (see WOLOG)
3724WMWehrmacht Marine (German World War II navy vehicle licence plate code)
3725WMANUSWest Midlands Area National Union of Students
3726WMDWorld Movement for Democracy
3727WMIWildlife Management Institute
3728WMOWorld Meteorological Organization
3729WNAWorld Nuclear Association
3730WNFWill Not Fix
3731WNITWomen's National Invitation Tournament
3732WNWWest North-West
3733WOWarrant Officer
3734WOFWidth of Fabric
3735WOFTWaste Of Fucking Time
3736WOFTAMWaste Of Fucking Time And Money
3737WOIWheels Of Italy
3738WOMWrite Only Memory
3739WOSWilson Ornithological Society
3740WOTWaste Of Time
3741WPWhite Phosphorus (ammunition)
3742WPBWar Production Board during World War II
3743WPEWorld Pork Expo
3744WPKWider Peacekeeping
3745WRWide Receiver (football)
3746WRACWomen's Royal Army Corps (World War II UK)
3747WRAIRWalter Reed Army Institute of Research
3748WRBWWRMWe Best What We Most
3749WRCWorld Rally Championship
3750WRCWorld Religions Conference
3751WRNGWarning
3752WRSWorldwide Reference System
3753WRTNHS Workforce Review Team
3754WRTThe Linksys routers whose model name start with 'WRT'
3755WRTThird party firmware for the Linksys WRT routers and compatible models from other vendors.
3756WRTWeb Runtime (WRT) is a portable application framework developed by Nokia that allows the creation of widgets on the S60 Platform.
3757WRTWireless Receiver/Transmitter ( computer networks/IT )
3758WRTWireless Ronin Technologies (digital signage)
3759WRTWorld Rally Team
3760WRTWriter Response Theory
3761WSCWeapon System Catalogue
3762WSDLWeb Services Description Language
3763WSJ(The) Wall Street Journal
3764WSROCWestern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils
3765WSSMWinchester Super Short Magnum (family of rifle cartridges)
3766WSTCWomen Signallers Territorial Corps (World War II UK)
3767WSWWest South-West
3768WTCWorld Trade Center
3769WTFWhat the fuck?; also What a Terrible Failure (android)
3770WTFHWhat The Fucking Hell
3771WTHWhat the Hell
3772WTOWorld Trade Organization
3773WUBU2What you been up to
3774WVWest Virginia (postal symbol)
3775WVAWorld Veterinary Association
3776WVIACWest Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
3777WVRWomen's Volunteer Reserve (World War II UK)
3778WVSCWomen's Volunteer Service Corps (World War II Canada)
3779WVUWest Virginia University
3780WWsee entry
3781WWEWorld Wrestling Entertainment
3782WWIWorld War I
3783WWIIWorld War II
3784WWIIIWorld War III
3785WWJDWhat would Jesus do?
3786WWSWheaton Warrenville South High School
3787WWWFWorld Wide Wrestling Federation
3788WXOWeather [Executive] Officer
3789WYWyoming (postal symbol)
3790WZSwaziland (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3791XBMLeXtended Business Modelling Language
3792XCNinety (in Roman numerals)
3793XCBLXML Common Business Library
3794XDUsed in chatrooms or email for smiley face. X is the eyes; squinted D is the mouth; XD.
3795XeXenon
3796XFAXML Forms Architecture
3797XFCXtreme Fighting Championships
3798XFDFighter aircraft made by Douglas
3799XfeX File Explorer
3800XFFX-Forwarded-For
3801XFGExfoliation glaucoma
3802XFRAutomobile made by Jaguar
3803XFTX FreeType interface library
3804XGAutomobile made by Hyundai
3805XGAExtended Graphics Array
3806XGPExtreme Game Player
3807XHTMLeXtensible Hypertext Markup Language
3808XIEleven (in Roman numerals)
3809XIITwelve (in Roman numerals)
3810XIIIThirteen (in Roman numerals)
3811XIVFourteen (in Roman numerals)
3812XIXNineteen (in Roman numerals)
3813XJSAutomobile made by Jaguar
3814XKBX keyboard extension
3815XKEAutomobile made by Jaguar
3816XKRAutomobile made by Jaguar
3817XMLeXtensible Markup Language
3818XMSFeXtensible Modelling and Simulation Framework
3819XNAX-No-Archive,Xeno Nucleic Acid
3820XNCX Northern Captain
3821XNUX is Not Unix
3822XPeXperience Point (role-playing games)
3823XQJXQuery API for Java™
3824XRAYX-Ray
3825XRMLeXtensible Rights Markup Language
3826XSXiaolin Showdown
3827XSLeXtensible Style Language
3828XTMHeXtreme Technology Multiprocessor Hyperlanguage
3829XULXML User Interface Language
3830XVFifteen (in Roman numerals)
3831XVISixteen (in Roman numerals)
3832XVIISeventeen (in Roman numerals)
3833XVIIIEighteen (in Roman numerals)
3834XWFXcitement Wrestling Federation
3835XXTwenty (in Roman numerals)
3836XylXylobium
3837XZNTriple square screw driver
3838yYocto-
3839Y2KYear Two Thousand
3840yAYoctoampere
3841YaYottayear
3842YaBPrYet another Brother Pat rant
3843YABSLAGYet another boy singing like a girl
3844YACYouth-Adult Committee
3845YAFLAYet Another Five Letter Abbreviation
3846YAPYoung Aspiring Professional
3847YBYoucef Benzouada (Southern Algerian name)
3848YbYtterbium
3849yCYoctocoulomb
3850YCYottacoulomb
3851YDSYosemite Decimal System (climbing)
3852YEYemen (ISO 3166 digram)
3853YEMYemen (ISO 3166 trigram)
3854yFYoctofarad
3855YFYottafarad
3856ygYoctogram
3857YgYottagram
3858YGCOYamaneko Group of Comet Observers
3859YgoYu-Gi-Oh!
3860yHYoctohenry
3861YHYottahenry
3862YHBTYou Have Been Trolled
3863YHIIYou Have It Inside
3864YHSYa Hoor sur!
3865YiYobi
3866YippieYouth International Party + suffix
3867yJYoctojoule
3868YJYottajoule
3869yKYoctokelvin
3870YKYottakelvin
3871YKYFCWYou know you're from Christchurch when (post-earthquake joke)
3872yLYoctolitre
3873YLYottalitre
3874ymYoctometre
3875YmYottametre
3876YMMDYou Make My Day
3877yNYoctonewton
3878YNYottanewton
3879YOLOYou Only Live Once
3880YPAYards per Pass Attempt (football statistic)
3881YPIOYour Problem Is Obvious
3882YPOYoung Presidents' Organization
3883ysYoctosecond
3884ySYoctosiemens
3885YsYottasecond
3886YSYottasiemens
3887YSIYoung Scots for Independence
3888yTYoctotesla
3889YTDYear-To-Date
3890YTMYield to Maturity
3891YTSYouth Training Scheme
3892YTTYoshi Topsy-Turvy
3893YuppieYoung Urban Professional + suffix
3894yVYoctovolt
3895YVYottavolt
3896yWYoctowatt
3897YWYottawatt
3898YYHYuYu Hakusho
3899zZepto
3900ZZetta
3901zAZeptoampere
3902ZAFSouth Africa (ISO 3166 trigram)
3903ZAMSZero age main sequence
3904ZASZylinder Abschaltung System
3905ZBTZero-Balance Transfer (accounting)
3906zCZeptocoulomb
3907ZCZettacoulomb
3908ZCM(n) ZENworks Configuration Management
3909ZCMKZone Control Master Key
3910ZCUZimbabwe Cricket Union
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