PowerShell/Data/Abbr/general.csv
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1ABBR,MEANING
20D,obvious deed
31AM,Air Mechanic 1st Class
41D,One-Dimensional
52AM,Air Mechanic 2nd Class
62D,Two-dimensional
72G,Second-generation mobile (cellular,wireless) telephone system
82LA,Two Letter Acronym
92Lt,2nd Lieutenant
103AM,Air Mechanic 3rd Class
113D,Three-Dimensional
123G,Third-generation mobile telephone system
133i,Investors In Industry (venture capitalists)
143M,Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
154D,Four-Dimensional (usually three spatial plus one temporal dimension,sometimes four spatial ones)
164G,Fourth-generation mobile telephone system
174WD,Four-wheel drive
185D,Five-Dimensional
196D,Six-Dimensional
207D,Seven-Dimensional
218D,Eight-Dimensional
229D,Nine-Dimensional
23A,Ampere
24A10,Atlantic 10 Conference
25A1C,Airman First Class
26A4,European standard office paper size
27AA,achieved availability,Alcoholics Anonymous,Armed Forces Americas (postal symbol),Aruba (FIPS 10-4 territory code),assembly area,Automobile Association,avenue of approach
28aA,Attoampere
29AAAI,Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence,formerly American Association for Artificial Intelligence
30AAAS,American Association for the Advancement of Science
31AAAV,Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle
32AAC,American Athletic Conference,Army Air Corps (British Army)
33AAD,analogue-analogue-digital (CD quality),Australian Antarctic Division
34AADAC,Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
35AADC,area air defense commander,amino acid decarboxylase,aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase,Australian Antarctic Data Centre
36AADD,Adult attention deficit disorder
37AADT,annual average daily traffic
38AAFC,U.S. Army Air Corps Ferrying Command (1941-1942),All-America Football Conference (1946-1949)
39AAFES,Army and Air Force Exchange Service
40AAIS,advanced airborne interceptor simulator
41AAM,air-to-air missile
42AAMOF,as a matter of fact
43AAN,American Academy of Nursing
44AANEAS,Anglo-Australian Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
45AAODL,Atmospheric Aerosols and Optics Data Library
46AAP,advanced acquisition plan,Allied administrative publication,American Academy of Pediatrics
47AAPC,Accounting and Auditing Policy Committee
48AAR,after-action review,Association of American Railroads
49AARP,(i/s) American Association of Retired Persons (now officially known only by the initials)
50AASPEM,advanced air-to-air system performance evaluation model
51AAT,Australian Antarctic Territory
52AAV,Amphibious Assault Vehicle
53AAWC,anti-air warfare commander
54ABA,Adriatic Basketball Association,American Bar Association,American Basketball Association,American Beverage Association,American Bicycle Association,American Birding Association,Australian Broadcasting Authority
55ABB,ASEA Brown Boveri (Swiss-Swedish multinational company)
56ABC,the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet
57ABC,Active Body Control
58ABC,alien big cat
59ABC,always be careful
60ABC,American-born Chinese
61ABC,anti-lock brake controller
62ABCA,American,British and Canadian Armies (originally),Army Bureau of Current Affairs
63ABCS,(U.S.) Army Battle Command System
64ABET,Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
65ABFIST,Advanced Bradley Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
66ABGI,Addington-Barker Group International
67ABIN,Agência Brasileira de Inteligência (Brazilian Intelligence Agency)
68ABL,American Basketball League
69ABLE,AirBorne Law Enforcement (police air support unit)
70ABM,anti-ballistic missile,Asynchronous Balanced Mode,automated banking machine
71ABMC,American Battle Monuments Commission
72ABN,Australian Business Number (a number issued by the Australian government as registration of a business and used for taxation purposes)
73ABPI,Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
74ABRSM,Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
75ABSTRIPS,abstraction-based STRIPS
76ABV,Alcohol by volume
77ABW,Aruba (ISO 3166 trigram)
78Ac,Actinium
79aC,Attocoulomb
80AC1,Aircraftman 1st Class
81AC2,Aircraftman 2nd Class
82ACARS,Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System
83ACAS,Aboriginal Children's Advancement Society,Advisory,Conciliation and Arbitration Service
84ACCA,The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants,Automatic Cloud Cover Assessment
85ACCD,American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
86ACCS,Air Communications and Control Squadron
87ACDA,Arms Control & Disarmament Agency
88ACHT,Average Call Hold Time
89ACINT,Acoustic Intelligence
90ACK,Acknowledge (telecommunications; cf. NAK)
91ACLJ,American Center for Law and Justice
92ACLOS,Automatic CLOS (missile control system)
93ACLS,American Council of Learned Societies
94ACMC,(U.S.) Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
95ACNA,Anglican Church in North America
96ACO,Airspace Control Order
97ACOBA,Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
98ACOG,American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
99ACOM,(U.S.) Atlantic Command
100ACORN,Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
101ACR,Advanced Concepts and Requirements
102ACRI,African Crisis Initiative
103ACRT,Advanced Concepts Research Tool simulator
104ACSC,Army Command and Staff College (various nations)
105ACST,American Cooperative School of Tunis
106ACST,Australian Central Standard Time
107ACTD,Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration
108ACTU,Australian Council of Trade Unions
109ACU,American Conservative Union
110ADAGE,Air Defense Air to Ground Engagement (simulation)
111ADAP,AIDS Drug Assistance Program
112ADAS,Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey
113ADAT,Alesis Digital Audio Tape (recording format)
114ADB,Asian Development Bank
115ADDIE,Analyze Design Develop Implement and Evaluate
116ADDNS,Advanced Deployable Day/Night Simulation
117ADF,Australian Defence Force,African Development Foundation
118ADGB,Air Defence of Great Britain
119ADHD,Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
120ADHS,Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Syndrome
121ADI,Acceptable/Allowable Daily Intake
122ADIZ,Air Defence Identification Zone
123ADL,Anti-Defamation League
124ADOA,Air Defence Operations Area
125ADRG,Arc-second Raster Chart (ARC) Digitized Raster Graphics
126ADT,Atlantic Daylight Time (UTC3 hours)
127ADTB,Army Doctrine and Training Bulletin
128ADW,Air Defence Warning
129AEDT,Australian Eastern Daylight Time
130AEF,American Expeditionary Force
131AEGIS,Airborne Early warning Ground environment Interface Segment (fake etymology)
132AESR,Aeronautical Equipment Service Record
133AEST,Australian Eastern Standard Time
134aet,After extra time (Football)
135aF,Attofarad
136AFAIC,As Far As I'm Concerned
137AFAICT,As Far As I Can Tell
138AFAIK,As Far As I Know
139AFAIR,As Far As I Remember/Recall
140AFATDS,Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System
141AFC,American Football Conference,Asian Football Confederation
142AFCEA,Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
143AFDB,African Development Bank
144AFES,Automatic Fire Extinguishing System
145AFG,Afghanistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
146AFIS,Automated Fingerprint Identification System,American Forces Information Service
147AFIST,Abrams Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
148AFJ,April Fool's Joke
149AFK,Away From Keyboard (Internet chat abbreviation)
150AFL,American Federation of Labor,American Football League — either the 1960s league that merged into the National Football League,or one of several other leagues of American football,Arena Football League,Australian Football League,AFL-CIO,American Federation of Labor,Congress of Industrial Organizations
151AFLAC,American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus
152AFM,Army Field Manual (UK; the U.S. more frequently uses just FM),Atomic Force Microscope,Aviation Fleet Maintenance
153AFO,Association of Field Ornithologists
154AFOSR,U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research
155AFQT,Armed Forces Qualification Test
156AFRC,Air Force Reserve Command
157AFRL,Air Force Research Laboratory
158AFROTC,Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
159AFRRI,(i,U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
160AFRTS,Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
161AFS,Active Front Steering,Air Facility Sub-System,Amniotic Fluid-derived Stem cell,AFS&A or AFSA,U.S. Air Force Studies and Analysis
162AFSC,U.S. Air Force Staff College (obsolete; replaced with JFSC),U.S. Air Force Systems Command
163AFSCN,U.S. Air Force Satellite Control Network
164AFSPC,Air Force Space Command
165AFT,American Farmland Trust
166AFV,armoured fighting vehicle
167AFWA,Air Force Weather Agency,Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies,AG[edit]
168ag,Attogram
169Ag,Silver (Latin argentum)
170AGARD,Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development
171AGARDograph,Advanced Guidance for Alliance Research and Development publication
172AGASA,Akeno Giant Air Shower Array (cosmic ray detector)
173AGB,Internal Nintendo initialism (Advanced Game Boy) for Game Boy Advance
174AGC,Adjutant General's Corps (British Army)
175AGC,Apollo Guidance Computer,Automatic Gain Control
176AGDC,Australian Game Developers' Conference
177AGI,Auxiliary Group Intelligence
178AGL,Above Ground Level
179AGM,Annual General Meeting
180AGN,Active Galactic Nucleus
181AGO,Angola (ISO 3166 trigram)
182AGP,Accelerated Graphics Port
183AGRICOLA,Agriculture Online Access
184AGS,Alaska Ground Station (LandSat)
185AGTS,Advanced Gunnery Training System
186AGU,American Geophysical Union
187AGW,Autonomous Guided Weapon
188Ah,Ampere-hour
189AH,Attack Helicopter
190aH,Attohenry
191AHA,American Heart Association
192AHCPR,Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (obsolete; replaced with AHRQ)
193AHEC,Australian Health Ethics Committee
194AHPCRC,Army High Performance Computing Research Center
195AHQ,Air Headquarters
196AHRQ,Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
197AHS,American Housing Survey
198AI,Air Interdiction,Amnesty International,Artificial Insemination,Artificial Intelligence,Anguilla (ISO 3166 digram)
199AIA,Aerospace Industries Association,American Institute of Architects,Anguilla (ISO 3166 trigram)
200AIAA,American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
201AIC,African Independent Church,Animal Identification Coordinator
202AICD,Australian Institute of Company Directors
203AICMFP,And I Claim My Five Pounds
204AID,U.S. Agency for International Development
205AIDS,Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
206AIM,Australian Institute of Management
207AIMP,Aurora Incremental Modernization Project
208AIPAC,American Israel Public Affairs Committee
209AIR,Aircraft Inventory Record
210AIRFA,American Indian Religious Freedom Act
211AIRS, Aerometric Information Retrieval System (obsolete; replaced with AFS)
212AIS,Australian Institute of Sport,Automatic Identification System
213AISB,(British Society for the Study of) Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour
214aJ,Attojoule
215AJ,Azerbaijan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
216Ajax,Asynchronous JavaScript And XML
217AJD,Astronomical Julian day
218AJP,Allied Joint Publication
219AJPW,All Japan Pro Wrestling
220AK,Alaska (postal symbol)
221aK,Attokelvin
222AKA,Above knee amputation (orthopaedic usage)
223AKDT,Alaska Standard Daylight Saving Time (UTC8 hours)
224AKST,Alaska Standard Time (UTC9 hours)
225Al,Aluminium
226aL,Attolitre
227ALA,Åland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
228ALAP,As Long/Late As Possible
229ALARM,Air-Launched Anti-Radar Missile
230ALB,Albania (ISO 3166 trigram)
231ALD,Accounting Line Designator (nuclear weapon targeting)
232ALERT,Advanced Linked Extended Reconnaissance and Targeting,Attack and Launch Early Reporting to Theatre
233ALF,Africa Leadership Forum,Alien Life Form (cf. ALF (TV series)),Animal Liberation Front
234ALG,Algeria (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
235ALGOL,ALGOrithmic Language
236ALOA,Associated Locksmiths of America,Inc.
237ALOC,Air Lines Of Communication,Average Length of Calls
238ALPA,Air Line Pilots Association
239ALS,Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis,Automatic Landing System
240ALSHS,Abraham Low Self-Help Systems
241ALSP,Aggregate Level Simulation Protocol
242ALTE,Association of Language Testers in Europe
243Am,Americium
244AM-many,including Amplitude Modulation and Ante Meridiem; see entry,Armenia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
245AM1,Airman 1st class
246AMA,American Medical Association,Australian Medical Association
247AMAPS,Aircraft,Missile,Avionics Performance Simulation
248AMC,Adaptive modulation and coding (digital communications),U.S. Air Mobility Command,American Motors Corporation,American Movie Classics (TV network; now known simply by the initials),U.S. Army Materiel Command
249AMCB,U.S. Army/Marine Corps Board
250AMFR,Age-specific Marital Fertility Rate,Amplitude Modulation Following Response
251AMFRS,Advanced Multi-Function Radio Frequency System,Automatic Multisensor Feature-based Recognition System
252AML,Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
253AMLCD,Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display
254AMLO,Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexican politician),Anti-Money Laundering Office (Thailand government agency)
255AMO,Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
256AMOLED,Active-matrix organic light-emitting diode
257AMOS,Advanced MOrtar System,Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory
258AMP,Adenosine MonoPhosphate,Automated Mission Planner
259AMRAAM,Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile
260AMRDEC,U.S. Aviation & Missile Research,Development,& Engineering Center
261AMS,Agriculture Marketing Service,American Mathematical Society
262AMSAA,U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity
263AMSO,U.S. Army Model and Simulation Office
264AMSU,Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
265AMTE,UK Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment (1977-1984)
266AN,Andorra (FIPS 10-4 country code),Netherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 digram)
267aN,Attonewton
268ANA,Administration for Native Americans,Afghan National Army,All Nippon Airways,Anti-Nuclear Anti-body,Australian National Airways,Australian Natives' Association
269ANC,African National Congress
270AND,Andorra (ISO 3166 trigram)
271ANFO,Ammonium nitrate/fuel oil (explosive)
272ANGLiCo,Air/Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
273ANL,Argonne National Laboratory
274ANM,Acoustic Noise Monitor
275ANOVA,ANalysis Of VAriance
276ANS,Applied and Natural Sciences
277ANSI,American National Standards Institute
278ANT,Netherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 trigram),Antigua and Barbuda (IOC trigram,but not ISO 3166 or FIFA)
279ANTM,America's Next Top Model
280ANTY,Acronyms,No Thank You
281ANWR,Arctic National Wildlife Refuge /ˈænwɑr/
282ANZ,Australia and New Zealand Banking Group
283ANZAC,Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
284AO,Angola (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Approach Officer (submarine),Area of Operations
285AOC,Air Operations Centre,Air Officer Commanding
286AOD,Adrenalin O.D. (punk rock band)
287AOI,Angle Of Incidence Arab Organization for Industrialization
288AOL,America OnLine
289AOR,Area of Responsibility
290AOSTH,Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
291AOTS,Attack of the Show!
292AOU,American Ornithologists' Union
293APB,All Points Bulletin (police jargon)
294APC,Armoured Personnel Carrier,Armour Piercing Capped (ammunition)
295APCNR,Armour-Piercing,Composite Non-Rigid (ammunition)
296APCR,Armour-Piercing,Composite Rigid (ammunition)
297APDS,Armour-Piercing,Discarding-Sabot (ammunition)
298APEC,Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
299APEDS,AMSAA Performance Estimates Data System
300APEX,Applied Physics Express
301APFSDS,Armour-Piercing,Fin-Stabilised,Discarding Sabot (ammunition)
302APHA,American Public Health Association
303APHE,Armour-Piercing,High Explosive (ammunition)
304APHIS,Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
305APOD,Aerial Port (Airport) Of Debarkation
306APOE,Aerial Port (Airport) Of Embarkation
307APOLLO,Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation
308APP,Allied Procedural Publication
309APR,Annual Percentage Rate
310APS,Advanced Photo System (cf. APS-C,an image sensor format based on the size of the original APS film frame),American Physical Society,Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome,AQ[edit]
311AQ,AdventureQuest,American Samoa (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Antarctica (ISO 3166 digram),Automatic qualifier,a term used by U.S. sports media from 1998 to 2013 to refer to the six conferences whose champions automatically entered the now-defunct Bowl Championship Series of college football
312AQIM,Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
313AR,Argentina (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Arkansas (postal symbol),Armour,Arunachal Pradesh (Indian state code)
314Ar,Argon
315ARAG,Advanced Research and Assessment Group
316ARB,Administrative Review Board
317ARBA, Army Review Boards Agency
318ARC,Arc-second Raster Chart,Appalachian Regional Commission
319ARCA,Automobile Racing Club of America
320ARCENT,United States Army Central Command
321ARDA,Advanced Research and Development Activity (became DTO 2006)
322ARE,UK Admiralty Research Establishment (-1991),United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166 trigram)
323ARF,ASEAN Regional Forum
324ARG,Argentina (ISO 3166 trigram)
325ARH,Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter
326ARI,Acute Respiratory Infection,U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
327ARL,UK Admiralty Research Laboratory (1921-1977),U.S. Army Research Laboratory,UIUC Aviation Research Laboratory
328ARM,Anti-Radiation Missile,Adjustable-rate mortgage,Armenia (ISO 3166 trigram)
329ARNet,Acquisition Reform Network
330ARP,Applied Research Programme
331ARPA,Advanced Research Projects Agency
332ARRC,ACE Rapid Reaction Corps
333ARRF,Allied Rapid Reaction Force
334ARRL,American Radio Relay League
335ARSC,Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
336ARSPACE,U.S. Army Space Command
337ART,Adaptive Resonance Theory,Anti-Retroviral Therapy
338ARTCC,Air Route Traffic Control Center
339AS,ActionScript
340AS,American Samoa (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram),Australia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Assam / Asom (Indian state code)
341As,Arsenic
342aS,Attosiemens
343ASA,AcetylSalicylic Acid,American Standards Association,Army Security Agency,Atlantic Southeast Airlines
344ASAP,As Soon As Possible
345ASARS,Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System,Airborne Search and Rescue System
346ASB,Associated Student Body,Alternative Service Book (Church of England)
347ASBO,Anti-Social Behaviour Order
348ASCAP,American Society of Composers,Authors,and Publishers
349ASCC,Army Service Component Commander,Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator,Air Standardization Coordinating Committee
350ASCII,American Standard Code for Information Interchange
351ASD,(U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense,autism spectrum disorder
352ASDIC,Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee (Sonar)
353ASEAN,Association of Southeast Asian Nations
354ASFAR,Americans for a Society Free of Age Restrictions
355ASG,Area Support Group
356ASIC,Australian Securities and Investments Commission,Aviation Security Identification Card
357ASIO,Australian Security Intelligence Organisation,Audio stream input output
358ASIP,Advanced System Improvement Program,Army Stationing and Installation Plan,Application-specific instruction-set processor
359ASM,Air-to-Surface Missile,American Samoa (ISO 3166 trigram),American Society for Metals,American Society for Microbiology
360ASMB,American Society for Matrix Biology,Adult Swim Message Board
361ASME,American Society of Mechanical Engineers,American Society of Magazine ors
362ASN,Associate of Science in Nursing
363ASOC, Air Sovereignty Operations Centre,Air Support Operations Centre,Airport Security and Operations Centre,Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition,Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus,Australian Standard Offence Classification
364ASP,Active Server Pages,American Society of Primatologists,Ammunition Supply Point,Application Service Provider (cf internet service provider),Astronomical Society of the Pacific,Association of Surfing Professionals
365ASPI,Australian Strategic Policy Institute
366ASR,Alkali-silica reaction,Anti Slip Regulation
367ASRAAM,Advanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile
368ASSC,Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
369AST,Atlantic Standard Time (UTC4 hours)
370ASTIA,Armed Services Technical Information Agency
371ASTM,American Society for Testing and Materials
372ASTREA,Aerial Support To Regional Enforcement Agencies (sheriff's air support unit)
373ASUW,AntiSUrface Warfare
374ASVAB,Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery(taken by juniors in high school in the USA)
375ASW,AntiSubmarine Warfare
376ASWORG,(U.S.) AntiSubmarine Warfare Operations Research Group
377At,Astatine
378aT,Attotesla
379ATAC,Air Transportable Acoustic Communications
380ATACMS,Army TACtical Missile System
381ATAPI,Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
382ATAS,Air-To-Air Stinger (missile)
383ATAT,Aiken Tactical Airsoft Team / Star Wars vehicle
384ATCCIS,Army Tactical Command and Control Information System
385ATESS,Aerospace and Telecommunications Engineering Support Squadron
386ATG,Antigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166 and FIFA trigram)
387ATGM,Anti-Tank Guided Missile
388ATGW,Anti-Tank Guided Weapon
389ATI,Allied Telesyn International,Inc.,Array Technologies Incorporated. (ATI Technologies)
390Atisbo,a Local Government Area in Nigeria named for constituent communities (Ago-Are,Tede,Irawo,Sabe,Baasi,Ofiki and Owo)
391ATK,Attack
392ATSD,(U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense
393ATSDR,Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
394ATV,All-Terrain Vehicle
395Au,Gold (Latin Aurum)
396AUS,Australia (ISO 3166 trigram)
397Auslan,Australian Sign Language
398AUT,Austria (ISO 3166 trigram)
399AUTL,Army Universal Task List
400Av,Aperture value (photographic mode)
401aV,Attovolt
402AVA,American Viticultural Area
403AVB,Audio Video Bridging
404AVDLR,Aviation Depot Level Repair
405AVIM,Aviation Intermediate Maintenance
406AVLB,Armoured Vehicle Launched Body
407AVO,Apprehended Violence Order
408AVP,Arubaanse Volkspartij
409AVP,Association of Volleyball Professionals
410AVRE,Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers
411AVUM,Aviation Unit Maintenance
412AVVO,Acute Vaginal Venereal Outbreak
413AW,Aruba (ISO 3166 digram)
414aW,Attowatt
415AWA,American Wrestling Association
416AWC,Air Warfare Centre
417AWD,All Wheel Drive
418AWE,Advanced Warfighting Experiment
419AWP,Awaiting Parts (SM&R code)
420AWSIM,Air Warfare SIMulation
421AWST,Australian Western Standard Time
422AWW,Above Water Warfare
423AX,Åland Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
424AXP,Ambulance eXchange Point
425AY,Antarctica (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
426AYBABTU,All Your Base Are Belong To Us
427AYU,As Yet Unknown
428AZE,Azerbaijan (ISO 3166 trigram)
429BBQ,Barbecue
430BCC,Blind Carbon Copy
431BEL,Belgium (ISO 3166 trigram)
432BEN,Benin (ISO 3166 trigram)
433BEO,Banquet Event Order
434BERC,Business Environmental Resource Center
435BER,Bit Error Rate
436BHR,Bahrain (ISO 3166 trigram)
437BNS,Bank of Nova Scotia
438BNSF,Burlington Northern Santa Fe (also AAR reporting mark)
439BOAC,British Overseas Airways Corporation (predecessor of British Airways)
440BoAML,Bank of America Merrill Lynch
441BÖC,Blue Öyster Cult
442BOFH,Bastard Operator From Hell
443BOGA,Bend Over and Grab Ankles
444BOGs,Bunch of Guys
445BOL,Bolivia (ISO 3166 trigram)
446BOP,Balance of Payments,
447BOPB,Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque (the complete name of the rugby club),
448BOPD,Barrel of Oil Per Day
449BOS,Battlefield Operating System
450BRA,Brazil (ISO 3166 trigram)
451BRAG,Bicycle Ride Across Georgia
452BS,The Bahamas (ISO 3166 digram),Bassas da India (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Bachelor of Science degree,British subject
453BSatCoP,Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins
454BSNL,Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,Bachelor of Science in Nursing
455BSoD,Blue Screen of Death (distinct from BSD)
456BSW,British Standard Whitworth (screw thread)
457BSX,Bendigo Stock Exchange
458Bt,Baronet,Bacillus thuringiensis
459BTO,Built To Order
460BTP,British Transport Police
461BTU,British Thermal Unit
462BTW,By The Way
463BU,Bulgaria (FIPS 10-4 country code) -,Burma (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1989)
464BUAV, British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection
465BUNO,Bureau Number (aircraft serial number)
466BUR,Burma (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1989)
467BVR,Beyond Visual Range,
468BVT,Bouvet Island (ISO 3166 trigram),
469BW,Bring Wedges (ISO digram)
470BW,Botswana (ISO 3166 digram)
471BWA,Botswana (ISO 3166 trigram)
472BWC,Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
473BWR,Boiling-Water Reactor
474BX,Base eXchange
475BY,Burundi (FIPS 10-4 country code) -,Belarus (ISO 3166 digram)
476BYOC,Bring Your Own Computer (play on BYOB)
477BYOF,Bring Your Own Flask
478BYS,Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1992)
479BYU,Brigham Young University
480BZ,Belize (ISO 3166 digram)
481BZP,Benzylpiperazine
482c,Centi
483c2c,the British rail company formerly known as LTS Rail
484Ca,Calcium
485CACM,Central American Common Market
486CACM,Communications of the ACM
487CADPAT,CAnadian Disruptive PATtern
488CAEn,Close Action Engagement (constructive simulation)
489CAFAD,Combined Arms For Air Defence
490CAFE,Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard
491CAI,Computer Assisted Instruction
492CAIR,Council on American-Islamic Relations
493CALL,Center for Army Lessons Learned
494CalPERS,California Public Employees' Retirement System
495Caltrans,California Department of Transpotation
496CAMRA,CAMpaign for Real Ale
497CAN,Canada (ISO 3166 trigram)
498CANA,Convulsive Antidote,Nerve Agent
499CANDU,CANada Deuterium Uranium (nuclear reactor design)
500CARMONETTE,Computerized Monte Carlo Simulation
501CARP,Computed Air Release Point
502CART,Championship Auto Racing Teams (now defunct)
503CASA,Civil Aviation Safety Authority
504CASS,Command Activated Sonobuoy System
505CASTFOREM,Combined Arms and Support Task FORce Evaluation Model
506CASTOR,Canadian Automatic Small Telescopes for Orbital Research
507CAT,Community Acceptance Testing
508CATK,Counterattack
509CATS,Computer Active Technology Suspension
510CATT,Combined Arms Tactical Trainer
511CAV,Cavalry
512CAW,Canadian Auto Workers (trade union)
513CBLA,Comparative bullet lead analysis
514CBM,Canadian Baptist Ministries
515CBM,Commodore Business Machines
516CBML,Coalition Battle Management Language
517CBN,CardsApp Brand Number
518CBOL,Consortium for the Barcode of Life
519CBOT,Chicago Board of Trade
520CBR,Case-Based Reasoning
521CC,carbon copy
522CCA,Counter Command Activity
523CCF,Cartoon Cartoon Fridays
524CCGH,Canadian Coast Guard Hovercraft
525CCH,Computer-Controlled Hostile
526CCOP,Coalition Common Operating/Operational Picture
527CCPA,Consumer Credit Protection Act
528CCR,Creedence Clearwater Revival
529CCRAp,Canadian Conservative Reform Alliance party
530CCRP,Command and Control Research Program
531CCRTS,Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium
532CCSCS,Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems
533CCSCS,Coordinadora de Centrales Sindicales del Cono Sur
534CCSK,Cyclic Code Shift Keying
535CCT,Current Commitments Team
536Cd,Cadmium
537cd,Candela
538CD,Compact Disc
539CD1,Cluster of Differentiation 1 (a small gene family)
540CDA,UK Centre for Defence Analysis
541CDC,Control Data Corporation,Cult of the Dead Cow
542CDD,Capabilities Development Document
543CDE,Chemical Defence Equipment
544CDipAF,Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance
545CDL,Commercial driver's license
546CDMA,Code Division Multiple Access
547CDMSII,Cryogenic Dark Matter Search II
548Cdr,Commander
549CDS,Chief of the Defence Staff,Credit default swap
550CDT,Central Daylight Time (UTC5 hours)
551Cdt,Commandant
552Ce,Cerium
553CE,Christian/Common Era
554CEA,Campaign Effectiveness Analysis
555CECOM,U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command
556CEI,Competitive Enterprise Institute
557CENTCOM,United States Central Command
558CENTO,Central Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)
559CEO,Chief Executive Officer
560CEP,Circular Error Probable
561CERT,Computer Emergency Response Team
562CESS,Centre for Earth Science Studies (India)
563CEST,Central European Summer Time
564CET,Central European Time
565CEWC,Council for Education in World Citizenship
566Cf,Californium
567CFES,Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System
568CFFZ,Call For Fire Zone
569CFHT,Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
570CFI,Center for Inquiry (CSICOP)
571CFLCC,Coalition Forces Land Component Command
572CFM,Certified Facilities Manager
573CFO,Chief Financial Officer
574CFRP,Carbon fibre reinforced plastic
575CFS,Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
576CFSP,Common Foreign and Security Policy
577CFU,Colony Forming Unit in Microbiology
578CFV,Cavalry Fighting Vehicle
579CFZ,Critical Friendly Zone
580CGH,Comparative Genomic Hybridisation
581CGIG,Cross-Government Implementation Group
582CGS,Chief of the General Staff
583CGT,Capital Gains Tax
584ch,ch(L) is used to denote the Chern character of a line bundle
585CHAMPUS,(U.S.) Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (now known as TRICARE)
586CHAOS,Cambridge Heart Anti-Oxidant Study
587CHAPS,Clearing House Automated Payment System
588CHDK,Canon Hack Development Kit (Canon camera firmware hack)
589CHiP,California Highway Patrol
590CHIPS,Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
591CHL,Chile (ISO 3166 trigram)
592CHLA,Core Historical Literature of Agriculture
593CHN,China (ISO 3166 trigram)
594CHOGM,Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
595CHP,California Highway Patrol,Combined Heat and Power
596CHPSO,California Hospital Patient Safety Organization
597CHRS,Canadian Heart Rhythm Society
598CHT,Certified Hand Therapist
599Ci,Curie
600CIB,Complete In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
601CIBC,Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
602CID,Certified Interior Designer
603CIEF,Comité international d'enregistrement des fréquences (International Frequency Registration Board)
604CIF,Cost,Insurance,and Freight (Paid) (shipping)
605CINC,Commander in Chief
606CINEOS,Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey
607CIO,Chief information officer,Congress of Industrial Organizations
608CIPE,(European) Centre for International Political Economy
609CIR,(Commander's) Critical Information Requirements
610CIR,Corotating Interaction Region
611CISA,(U.S.) C4I Integration Support Activity
612CISB,Complete In Sealed Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
613CISPR,Comité international spécial des perturbations radioélectriques (Special International Committee on Radio Interference)
614CISSP,Certified Information Systems Security Professional
615CIV,Côte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 trigram)
616CIVETS,Colombia,Indonesia,Vietnam,Egypt,Turkey,South Africa (economics)
617CIVPOP,Civilian Population
618CIWS,Close-In Weapon System
619CJCS,Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
620CJO,Chief of Joint Operations
621CJTF,Combined Joint Task Force
622CKND,Codename: Kids Next Door
623Cl,Chlorine
624CLA,Clutterers Anonymous
625CLEC,Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
626CLEMARS,California Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Radio System
627CLIC,Compact LInear Collider
628CLO,Cornell Lab of Ornithology
629CLOS,Command to Line-Of-Sight (missile control system)
630CLPFC,CentroLateral PreFrontal Cortex
631CLRP,College Loan Repayment Program
632Cm,Curium
633CMHC,Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
634CMIIAW,Correct me if I am wrong
635CMIS,Common management information service
636CMJ,Christopher Martin-Jenkins (BBC sports commentator)
637CML,Chemical,Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (formerly Chronic Myeloid Leukemia)
638CMM,Capability Maturity Model
639CMMC,Corps Materiel Management Centre
640CMP,Common [Operating/Operational] Maritime Picture
641CMPD,Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department
642CMPD,Chronic Myeloproliferative Disease
643CMT,Country Music Television
644CMYK,Cyan Magenta Yellow Key/blacK (colour model)
645CNBC,Consumer News and Business Channel
646CNF,Cost and Freight
647CNI,Clinical Nursing Intern
648CNV,Copy-Number Variable (genetics)
649Co,Cobalt
650COB,Close Of Business [day]
651COBRA,Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
652CoDA,Co-Dependents Anonymous
653COGENT,Cognitive Objects within a Graphical EnviroNmenT
654COIL,Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser
655COK,Cook Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
656COL,Colombia (ISO 3166 trigram)
657COLA,Cost Of Living Adjustment
658COM,Comoros (ISO 3166 trigram),Component Object Model
659COMECON,Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (economic counterpart of the Warsaw Pact,1949-1991)
660CONAD,U.S. Continental Air Defense Command
661CONCACAF,Confederation Of North,Central American and Caribbean Association Football
662CONUS,Continental United States
663COO,Chief Operating Officer
664COPE,U.K. Committee On Publication Ethics
665COPUS,U.K. Committee on the Public Understanding of Science
666CORD,Common Operational Requirements Document
667CORE,Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education
668COROT,COnvection,ROtation and planetary Transits
669COS,Cooper Ornithological Society
670COSER,COoperative SERvice
671CoT,Car of Tomorrow (former NASCAR race car design)
672COTS,Commercial Off The Shelf
673CPA,Certified Public Accountant
674CPCU,Certified Property Casualty Underwriter
675CPD,Capabilities Production Document
676CPE,Certificate of Proficiency in English
677CPE,Certified Professional Ergonomist
678CPG,Clinical Practice Guideline
679CPI,CERDEC Command,Power and Integration
680CPIM,Certification on Production and Inventory Management
681CPIR,Computationally-Private Information Retrieval
682CPON,Certified Pediatric Oncology Nurse
683CPPCC,Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
684CPR,Canadian Pacific Railway
685CPR,Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
686CPSM,Continuous Phase Shift Modulation
687CPSU,Communist Party of the Soviet Union
688CPT,Contingency Planning Team
689CPU,Contract Postal Unit
690CPV,Cape Verde (ISO 3166 trigram)
691CPX,Command Post eXercise
692Cr,Chromium
693CRAM,Combined Radiometric Correction Model
694CRD,Capstone Requirements Document
695CREB,Cyclic AMP-response Element Binding (protein)
696CREN,Christian Real Estate Network Real Estate Association
697CRIPL,Consolidated Remain-In-Place List
698CRTC,Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
699Cs,Caesium
700CSERIAC,(U.S. DoD) Crew Systems Ergonomics Information Analysis Center
701CSG,Corps Support Group
702CSI,see entry
703CSICOP,Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (became the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in 2006)
704CSIP,Commercial Stable Image Platform (AMD)
705CSK,Czechoslovakia (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1993)
706CSL,U.K. Central Science Laboratory
707CSPI,Center for Science in the Public Interest
708CSR,Control Supply Rate
709CSR,Corporate Social Responsibility
710CSRC,Conflict Studies Research Centre
711CSRF,Cross-Site Request Forgery
712CST,Central Standard Time (UTC6 hours)
713CTBT,Comprehensive [Nuclear] Test Ban Treaty
714CTDB,Compact Terrain Data Base (file format)
715CTE,Canton and Enderbury Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984),Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
716CTGF,connective tissue growth factor
717CTI,Co-operative Target Identification
718CTIL,Critical Tracked Items List
719CTIS,Central Tire Inflation System
720CTMS,Clinical Trial Management System
721CTO,Chief Technical Officer,Chief Technology Officer
722CTS,Clear-To-Send,Collective Training Standards,Communications Technology Service,Contract Technical Services,Conversation Time Sharing,COSMIC Top Secret
723CTSS,Compatible Time-Sharing System
724CTU,Counter Terrorist Unit (fictional branch of the Central Intelligence Agency in the television action series 24)
725CTVT,Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour
726CU,Carrie Underwood,Cuba (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
727Cu,Copper (Latin Cuprum)
728CUB,Cuba (ISO 3166 trigram)
729CUCV,Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle
730CUPS,Common Unix Printing System
731CUPW,Canadian Union of Postal Workers
732CUREA,Consortium for Undergraduate Research and Education in Astronomy
733CuW,Copper-tungsten pseudo-alloy (from the chemical symbols of the two component elements)
734CUW,Curaçao (ISO 3166 trigram)
735CV,curriculum vitae (résumé)
736CVLL,Crypto Variable Logic Label
737CVSD,Continuous Variable Slope Delta (modulation)
738CVT,Continuously Variable Transmission
739CWC,Chemical Weapons Convention
740CWRU,Case Western Reserve University
741CWS,Canadian Wildlife Service
742CXR,Christmas Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
743CYM,Cayman Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
744CZE,Czech Republic (ISO 3166 trigram)
745CZF,(Christian Zombie Fan)
746CZMA,(US) Coastal Zone Management Act
747d,Deci
748D,Deuterium
749DA,Denmark (FIPS 10-4 country code),Debtors Anonymous,U.S. Department of the Army,District Attorney
750DAES,Defence Acquisition Executive Summary,(UK MoD) Directorate of Analysis,Experimentation and Simulation
751DAF,Dissolved Air Flotation,a technique used in water treatment
752DAFIF,Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File
753DAK,Disney's Animal Kingdom
754DAO,Division Ammunition Officer
755DAQ,Data acquisition,Delivered Audio Quality
756DARE,Drug Abuse Resistance Education
757DARO,(U.S.) Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
758DARPA,U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
759DART,Disaster Assistance Response Team,Dublin Area Rapid Transit
760DAS,Defensive Aids Suite
761DASD,(U.S.) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
762DASL,Datapoint's Advanced Systems Language
763DAU,(U.S.) Defense Acquisition University
764DAWN,(U.S.) Drug Abuse Warning Network
765dB,Decibel
766DB,Deutsche Bahn
767Db,Dubnium
768DBA,De Bellis Antiquitatis (miniature wargaming rules)
769DBBL,(U.S. Army Simulation Center) Dismounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
770DBDO,Desert BDO
771DBE,Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
772DBF,Detection By Fire (weapon launch signature)
773DBR,De Bellis Renationis (miniature wargaming rules)
774DBRA,Davis-Bacon Related Acts
775DBS,Direct Broadcast Services (television)
776DC,da capo,Italian Democrazia Cristiana,Digital Compass,Direct Current,District of Columbia (postal symbol),Douglas Aircraft Company,Dublin Core,Duty Cycle
777DCA,Defensive Counter Air,Drum Corps Associates,DiChloroAcetate
778DCAA,(U.S.) Defense Contract Audit Agency
779DCAS,Devon and Cornwall Archery Society
780DCC,Dallas Christian College
781DCD,[Organ] Donation after Cardiac Death
782DCE,Data Communication Equipment
783DCFC,Death Cab for Cutie
784DCI,Detection,Classification and Identification,Drum Corps International,Duellists' Convocation International,now known simply by the initials
785DCL,Disney Cruise Line
786DCN,Deacon
787DCOM,Disney Channel Original Movie
788DCSOPS,Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and plans
789DCW,Digital Chart of the World
790DCYSC,Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge
791DDA,Deputy District Attorney
792DDN,U.S. Defense Data Network
793DDS,Doctor of Dental Surgery
794DDT,Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (insecticide),Dynamic Debugging Tool (computing),DE[edit]
795DE,Delaware (postal symbol),Germany (ISO 3166 digram)
796DEA,Drug Enforcement Administration
797DEA,Drug Enforcement Agency
798DEC, Department of Environmental Conservation,Digital Equipment Corporation,Disasters Emergency Committee
799DeCA,(U.S.) Defense Commissary Agency
800DEFCON,Defence readiness condition
801DEFRA,(UK) Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs
802DELT,Dual Ended Line Test (ing)
803DEM,Data Exchange Mechanism,Digital Elevation Model
804DEN,Denmark (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
805DEPSECDEF,(U.S.) Deputy Secretary of Defense
806DERA,British Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (1995-2001)
807DES,Deep Ecliptic Survey
808DEU,Germany (ISO 3166 trigram)
809DFAS,(U.S.) Defense Finance and Accounting Service
810DFCB,Data Format Control Book
811DfID,UK Department for International Development
812DFM,Discrete Field Model see Superluminal motion
813DFM,Dynamic Flowgraph Methodology
814DFSP,Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
815DfT,UK Department for Transport
816DFTBA,Don't Forget To Be Awesome,a term commonly used by the Vlogbrothers
817DGPS,Differential GPS
818DGZ,Desired Ground Zero
819DH,dear husband (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists,blogs,and bulletin boards),Designated hitter
820DHA,DocosaHexaenoic Acid
821DHHS,(U.S.) Department of Health and Human Services
822DHL,Dalsey,Hillblom,and Lynn (courier service)
823DHRA,(U.S.) DoD Human Resources Activity
824DHS,U.S. Department of Homeland Security
825DHSS,UK Department of Health and Social Security
826DHTFYSS,U.S. Don't Have Time For You Silly S****
827DHY,Dahomey (ISO 3166 trigram; became BEN for Benin in 1977)
828DIA,U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
829DIAC,Department of Immigration and Citizenship (Australia) [1]
830DiC,Design Island Centre (computing usually used in a teaching situation)
831DICASS,DIrectional Command Activated Sonobuoy System
832DIFAR,DIrectional Frequency Analysis and Recording
833DIME,Dense Inert Metal Explosive
834DINKY,Double Income,No Kids Yet
835DIP,Dual In-line Package (electronics)
836DIPS,Defense independent pitching statistics
837DIR,Defence Industrial Research
838DIS,Defence Intelligence Staff,(U.S.) Defense Investigative Service,Distributed Interactive Simulation,Draft International Standard (ISO)
839DISA,U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency,Distinguished Individual Service Award
840DISCOM,Division Support Command
841DISE,Deployable Intelligence Support Element
842DISSTAF,DIS Search and Target Acquisition Fidelity experiment
843DITY,Do-It-Yourself
844DIVAD,Division Air Defence
845DIY,Do It Yourself
846DJ,Disc Jockey,Dinner Jacket,Djibouti (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
847DJD,Degenerative Joint Disease,Dublin Julian Day,Discoveries in the Judaean Desert
848DJI,Djibouti (ISO 3166 trigram)
849DJS,Director,Joint Staff
850DK,Denmark (ISO 3166 digram)
851DL,Dexter's Laboratory
852DLA,U.S. Defense Logistics Agency,Dental Laboratories Association
853DLIC,Detachment Left-In-Contact
854DLIR,Depot-Level Inspection and Repair
855DLPMC,DorsoLateral PreMotor Cortex
856DLR,Deutsches Zentrum für Luft,und Raumfahrt (German,German Aerospace Centre),Docklands Light Railway
857DLRP,Data Link Reference Point
858DLS,Deep Lens Survey
859DLSA,(U.S.) Defense Legal Services Agency
860DLSc,Diploma in Library Science
861DLSC,U.S. Defense Logistics Services Center,U.S. Defense Logistics Support Command,Department of Library Special Collections (Western Kentucky University Libraries),Direct Loan Servicing Center,Directorate of Land Strategic Concepts (Canada),Dominican Lay Scholars Community
862DLTBGYD,Don't let the bastards grind you down
863DM,Dominica (ISO 3166 digram),Dungeon Master (role-playing games)
864DMA,Designated market area (primarily a U.S. term),U.S. Defense Mapping Agency (became NIMA,then NGA),Direct Memory Access (computing),Dominica (ISO 3166 trigram)
865DMC,(U.S.) Defense Management Council
866DMCA,Digital Millennium Copyright Act
867DMM,Digital Multimeter
868DMOC,Distributed Mission Operations Centre
869DMPA,(U.S.) Defense Medical Programs Activity
870DMPFC,DorsoMedial PreFrontal Cortex
871DMPK,Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
872DMRB,Design Manual for Roads and Bridges
873DMS,U.S. Defense Message System
874DMSP,U.S. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
875DMT,Dimethyltryptamine
876DMU,Diesel Multiple Unit,a method of connecting self-propelled railway vehicles together to form a train under the control of one driver.
877DMV,Department of Motor Vehicles
878DMZ,DeMilitarized Zone
879DN,Deacon
880DNA,U.S. Defense Nuclear Agency,DeoxyriboNucleic Acid,Douglas Noël Adams
881DNAW,Day Night All Weather
882DND,Department of National Defence (Canada),Do Not Disturb
883DNDi,Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
884DNDO,U.S. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
885DNK,Denmark (ISO 3166 trigram)
886DNM,Defence Nuclear Material
887DNR,Do Not Resuscitate
888DNS,Domain Name System
889DO,Dominica (FIPS 10-4 country code),Dominican Republic (ISO 3166 digram),Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
890DOA,Dead On Arrival,Dead or Alive
891DOB,Date Of Birth
892DOD,U.S. Department of Defense
893DODAF,U.S. Department of Defense Architectural Framework
894DoDD,U.S. Department of Defense Directive
895DoDEA,(U.S.) Department of Defense Education Activity
896DOE,U.S. Department of Energy
897DOHC,Dual-OverHead-Cam engine
898DOI,U.S. Department of the Interior
899DORA,Defence of the Realm Act
900DOS,Density of State
901DOT,Department of Transportation (U.S. federal or state),Damage Over Time (common in World of Warcraft)
902DOTA,short-form for DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS a popular online epic game
903DotD,Deal of the Day (marketing gimmick)
904DOTMLPF,Doctrine,Organization,Training,Materiel,Leadership,Personnel,and Facilities (mnemonic)
905DOW,Died of Wounds
906DP,Decision Point,Dynamic Programming
907DP,Division de production (Algerian petroleum company)
908DPA,UK Defence Procurement Agency
909DPCO,Double-Pole Change Over
910DPDT,Double-Pole Double-Throw
911DPI,Dots Per Inch
912DPICM,Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition
913DPKO,UN Department for Peacekeeping Operations
914DPMO,(U.S.) Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
915DPPDB,Digital Point Positioning Database
916DPRE,Displaced Person or Refugee (plural Displaced Persons and Refugees) (originally Displaced Persons,Refugees,Evacuees)
917DPRK,Democratic People's Republic of Korea
918DPST,Double-Pole Single-Throw
919DQ,Dairy Queen,Jarvis Island (FIPS 10-4 country code)
920DR,Dead Reckoning,Dominican Republic (FIPS 10-4 country code),Danmarks Radio (Danish Broadcasting Corporation)
921DRA,Defence Research Agency (UK,1991-1995),Democratic Republic of America
922DRC,Democratic Republic of the Congo
923DRDC,Defence Research & Development Canada
924DREA,Defence Research Establishment Atlantic (obsolete 2002)
925DRES,Defence Research Establishment Suffield (obsolete 2002)
926DRET,Defence Research Establishment Toronto (obsolete 2002)
927DREV,Defence Research Establishment Valcartier (obsolete 2002)
928DRI,Detection,Recognition,Identification,Dietary Reference Intake
929DRIC,(U.S.) Defense Research Information Center
930DRL,Daytime Running Lights,Dorman Roberts Ltd.
931DRMS,(U.S.) Defense Revitalization and Marketing Service
932DRPR,Drawing Practices
933DRT,Document Related Technologies
934Ds,Darmstadtium
935DS,Dear son (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists,blogs,and bulletin boards),Defence Scientist,Direct Support,Dust Storm (METAR Code)
936DSA,(U.S.) Defense Support Activities,Division Support Area
937DSAA,(U.S.) Defense Security Assistance Agency,Driving Schools Association of the Americas,DECT Standard Authentication Algorithm
938DSAS,Disney Sing Along Songs
939DSB,(U.S.) Defense Science Board
940DSC,Differential Scanning Calorimeter,Digital Selective Calling,Digital Still Camera,Distinguished Service Cross,Doctor of Surgical Chiropody (obsolete),Document structure convention (PostScript programming),Dynamic Stability Control
941DSCS,U.S. Defense Satellite Communications System
942DSCSOC,DSCS Operations Center
943DSD,Defence Studies Department (King's College,London)
944DSE,Dry Sheep Equivalent
945DSG,Direct-Shift Gearbox
946DSID,Dismounted Soldier Identification System
947DSL,Digital Subscriber Line
948DSLR,Digital single-lens reflex (camera)
949DSM,Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
950DSN,Deep Space Network
951DSP,Defense Standardization Program,Defense Support Program,
952DSPL,Design Specialists and Plans Language
953DSR,Deformed Special Relativity
954DSRV,Deaf Sports Recreation Victoria,Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle
955DSS,Digitized Sky Survey,Discarding-Sabot Shell (ammunition)
956DST,Daylight Saving Time
957DSTL,British Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
958DSWA,(U.S.) Defense Special Weapons Agency
959DTA,Dental Technologists Association
960DTD,Digital Terrain Data
961DTE,Data Terminal Equipment,Down To Earth
962DTG,Date-Time Group
963DTH,Direct To Home (television)
964DTI,UK Department of Trade and Industry
965DTIC,(U.S.) Defense Technical Information Center
966DTL,Diode-Transistor Logic (electronics)
967DTLOMS,Doctrine,Training,Leader development,Organization,Materiel,and Soldier (mnemonic)
968DTMF,Dual-tone multi-frequency signaling
969DTO,Disruptive Technology Office (was ARDA)
970DTOMLS,Doctrine,Training,Organization,Materiel,Leader and Soldier development (mnemonic)
971DTR,Determine The Relationship
972DTSA,(U.S.) Defense Technology Security Administration
973DU,Depleted Uranium,Dust (METAR Code)
974DUI,Data Use Identifier,Data Use Institute,Davis Unified Ignition,Diving Unlimited International,Documento Único de Identidad,Documento Unico de Importación,Driving Under the Influence,Duke University Improv
975DUMBO,Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass (Brooklyn neighborhood)
976DUSD,(U.S.) Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense
977DVLC,UK Driver and Vehicle Licencing Centre
978DVM,Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
979DVO,Direct View Optics
980DVOM,Digital Volt-Ohm Meter
981DVP,various meanings (disambiguation page)
982DW,Drum Workshop
983DWI,Dance With Intensity,Danish West Indies,Diffusion-weighted imaging,Direct water injection,Disaster Welfare Inquiry,Drinking Water Inspectorate,Driving While Intoxicated/Impaired
984DWIM,Do What I Mean
985DWM,Doctor Who Magazine
986DWTS,Dancing with the Stars
987DWW,Down with Webster
988DX,Dexterity (role-playing games),DeXtrorphan,Distant (radio),D-Generation X (professional wrestling stable)
989DXA,Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry
990DXM,DeXtroMethorphan
991DY,Dahomey (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1977)
992Dy,Dysprosium
993DZ,Algeria (ISO 3166 digram),Drizzle (METAR Code),Drop Zone
994DZA,Algeria (ISO 3166 trigram)
995E,East
996EA,Electronic Attack,Emotions Anonymous,Engagement Area,Electronic Arts,Enrolled Agent,Environmental Assessment,Enterprise Architect,Exaampere
997EABU,Explain Acronyms Before Use
998EAC,Echelons Above Corps
999EAPC,Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
1000EAST,Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
1001EBD,Electronic Brake Distribution
1002EBE,Extraterrestrial Biological Entity
1003EBO,Effects Based Operations,Encyclopædia Britannica Online,European Board of Ophthalmology
1004EBSA,Employee Benefits Security Administration
1005EBW,Electron Beam Welding
1006EBW,Exploding BridgeWire
1007ECASS,European Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences [1]
1008ECB,England (and Wales) Cricket Board,European Central Bank
1009ECBR,European Coalition for Biomedical Research
1010ECCM,Electronic Counter-Counter-Measures
1011ECFS,Electronic Case Filing System
1012ECG,Electrocardiogram
1013ECHO,Each Community Helps Others (EPA programme),Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization,European Commission Host Organization,European Commission Humanitarian aid Office,Exchange Clearing House,Expanded Characteristic Option,Explanatory Coherence by Harmony Optimization
1014ECHR,European Convention on Human Rights
1015ECJ,European Court of Justice
1016ECL,Emitter Coupled Logic (electronics)
1017ECM,Electronic Counter-Measures,Enterprise Content Management
1018ECommHR,European Commission on Human Rights
1019ECS,Emergency Contact System,Enhanced Chip Set (computing),EOSDIS Core System,Extended Chip Set (computing)
1020ECSC,European Coal and Steel Community (distant ancestor of the EU)
1021ECT,ElectroConvulsive Therapy
1022ECtHR,European Court of Human Rights
1023ECU,Ecuador (ISO 3166 trigram),European Currency Unit (ancestor of the euro)
1024ECW,Eastern Championship Wrestling/Extreme Championship Wrestling,ED[edit]
1025EDA,European Defence Agency
1026EDAC,Error Detection And Correction
1027EDCS,Environmental Data Coding Specification
1028EDD,Earliest due date,Electron-detachment dissociation,Elena Delle Donne (American basketball player),Employment Development Department (California state agency),End-diastolic dimension,Expected Date of Delivery (pregnancy)
1029EDGAR,Electronic Data Gathering,Analysis,and Retrieval (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings database)
1030EDH,Eastman Dental Hospital
1031EDS,Electronic Data Systems,Electronic Differential System
1032EDSA,Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (a major thoroughfare in Manila with great significance to post-1980 Philippines history)
1033EDT,Eastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC4 hours)
1034EDTA,Electric Drive Transportation Association,EthyleneDiamineTetraAcetic acid,EE[edit]
1035EE,Estonia (ISO 3166 digram; from the country's native name of Eesti),Electrical engineering,Electrical Engineer,E&E,Escape and Evasion (training)
1036EEC,European Economic Community (predecessor of the EU)
1037EEG,ElectroEncephaloGram
1038EENT,End Evening Nautical Twilight
1039EEO,Equal Employment Opportunity
1040EEOC,(U.S.) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1041EEZ,Economic Exclusion Zone or Exclusive Economic Zone
1042EF,Electro-focus (Canon lens mount),Entry Foyer,Exafarad
1043EFF,Electronic Frontier Foundation
1044EFL,English as a Foreign Language
1045EFM,Enterprise Feedback Management
1046EFOA,European Fuel Oxygenates Association
1047EFSA,European Food Safety Authority
1048EFT,Electronic Fund Transfer
1049EFTA,European Free Trade Area,European Free Trade Association
1050EFV,Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle
1051EG,Egypt (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1052EGBUS,External Genitalia,Bartholin's glands,Urethra & Skene's glands
1053EGCG,EpiGalloCatechin-3-Gallate
1054EGIS,Erieye Ground Interface Segment
1055EGRET,Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope
1056EGY,Egypt (ISO 3166 trigram)
1057EH,Exahenry,Western Sahara (ISO 3166 digram)
1058EHA,Education for All Handicapped Children Act (U.S. federal legislation; since superseded by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act),Emotional Health Anonymous
1059EHF,Extremely High Frequency
1060EHR,Equipment History Record
1061Ei,Exbi
1062EI,Ireland (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Éire)
1063EIA,Environmental Impact Assessment
1064EIAH,Encyclopedia of Iranian Architectural History
1065EIAH,Environnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain
1066EIC,East India Company
1067EICS,East India Company's Service
1068eID,electronic ID
1069EIRP,Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
1070EIS,Environmental Impact Statement
1071EJ,Exajoule
1072EK,Equatorial Guinea (FIPS 10-4 country code),Exakelvin
1073EKG,Electrocardiogram (from German Elektrokardiogramm)
1074EKMS,Electronic Key Management System
1075EL,Exalitre
1076ELF- Earth Liberation Front,Endangered Language Fund,Eritrean Liberation Front,Executable and Linkable Format,Extremely Low Frequency
1077ELINT,Electronic Intelligence
1078ELL,English Language Learner
1079ELM,Edge-Localised Mode (plasma physics)
1080ELO,Electric Light Orchestra
1081ELP,Emerson,Lake & Palmer,European Left Party
1082ELSS,Emergency Life Support Stores
1083EM,ElectroMagnetism/ElectroMagnetic
1084Em,Exametre
1085EMA,European Medicines Agency
1086EMC,Electric Membership Corporation,Electromagnetic Compatibility,Electro-Motive Corporation,European Muon Collaboration,Evergreen Marine Corporation
1087EMCON,(Electromagnetic) Emissions Control
1088EMD,General Motors Electro-Motive Division,Engineering and Manufacturing Development,European Missile Defence
1089EMDG,Euro-Missile Dynamics Group
1090EMDR,Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
1091EMF,Electromotive force,Epsom Mad Funkers (1990s-2000s indie dance band)
1092EMG,ElectroMyoGraph
1093EMO,Emergency Measures Organisation, Emotional
1094EMP,ElectroMagnetic Pulse
1095EMS,Emergency Medical Services
1096EMT,Emergency Medical Technician
1097EMU,Electric Multiple Unit,a method of connecting self-propelled railway vehicles together to form a train under the control of one driver.
1098EN,Corps of Engineers,Estonia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Exanewton
1099ENCODE,Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (human genome data project)
1100ENE,East North-East
1101ENG,England (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
1102ENT,Ear,Nose and Throat
1103ENTEC,Euro NATO Training Engineer Centre
1104ENVL,Envelope
1105ENY,Enemy
1106EO,Electro-Optics,Engagement Operations
1107EOD,Explosive Ordnance Disposal
1108EOG,ElectroOculoGraphy
1109EOM,End of Message
1110EOS,Earth Observation Satellite, Electro-Optical System,Canon's autofocusing system for film and digital SLR cameras,Electrophoresis Operations in Space,a space manufacturing project of the McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company
1111EOSAT,Earth Observation Satellite
1112EOSDIS, Earth Observation Satellite Data and Information System
1113EOTS,Electro-Optical Tactical Sensor, Eye Of The Storm (World of Warcraft)
1114EP,European Parliament
1115EP,Extended play
1116EPA,EicosaPentaenoic Acid,Environmental Protection Agency
1117EPCOT,Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow
1118EPCR,Endothelial protein C receptor,European Professional Club Rugby
1119EPGS,EOS Polar Ground Sites
1120EPIRB, Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
1121EPL,English Premier League
1122EPOS,Electronic Point Of Sale
1123EPPA,Employee Polygraph Protection Act
1124EPR,European Pressurised [Nuclear] Reactor
1125EPW,Earth Penetrator Weapon/Warhead,Economic and Political Weekly (Indian publication),Enemy Prisoner of War,EQ[edit]
1126EQ,Emotional Quotient
1127EQG,Equatorial Guinea (FIFA trigram,but not IOC or ISO 3166)
1128ER,Emergency Room,Eritrea (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1129Er,Erbium
1130ERA,Earned run average,Engineering Research Associates,Equal Rights Amendment,English Racing Automobiles,European Railway Agency
1131ERCIM, European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
1132ERI,Eritrea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1133ERLAWS,Eastern Ruapehu Lahar Alarm and Warning System
1134EROS,Earth Resources Observation System
1135ERP,Engineer Regulating Point
1136ERR,Eesti Rahvusringhääling
1137ERS,Earth Resources Survey
1138ERTS,Earth Resources Technology Satellite (became Landsat)
1139ERV,Endogenous RetroVirus
1140Es,Einsteinium,Exasecond
1141ES,El Salvador (FIPS 10-4 country code),Electronic warfare Support,Exasiemens,Spain (ISO 3166 digram; from the country's native name of España)
1142ESA,Electro-Spark Alloying,Endangered Species Act,European Space Agency
1143ESC,Embryonic Stem Cell,Electronic Stability Control
1144ESD,ElectroStatic Discharge
1145ESDP,European Security and Defence Policy
1146ESE,East South-East
1147ESH,Western Sahara (ISO 3166 trigram)
1148ESL,English as a Second Language
1149ESM,Electronic warfare Support Measures
1150ESO,European Southern Observatory
1151ESOL,English for Speakers of Other Languages
1152ESP,Electronic Stability Program,Extra-sensory perception,Spain (ISO 3166 trigram)
1153ESPGHAN,European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology,Hepatology and Nutrition
1154ESPN,Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
1155EST,Eastern Standard Time (UTC5 hours),Estonia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1156ESU,Emergency Services Unit
1157ESV,Engineer Support Vehicle
1158ET,Ethiopia (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1159ETF,Emergency Task Force (a special police unit,also jocularly said to stand for Extra-Thick Fuzz)
1160ETH,Ethiopia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1161ETI,Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
1162ETLA,Extended TLA
1163ETM,Electronic Technical Manual,Enhanced Thematic Mapper
1164ETT,Embedded Training Team
1165EU,Europa Island (FIPS 10-4 country code),European Union
1166Eu,Europium
1167EUCOM,(U.S.) European Command
1168EUUSA,European Union and United States of America
1169EV,Exavolt
1170EVA,Earned Value Analysis,Economic value added,Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate,Extra-Vehicular Activity
1171EVIL,Electronic viewfinder (with) interchangeable lens (a type of digital camera)
1172EW,Electronic Warfare,Exawatt
1173EWTN,Eternal Word Television Network
1174Exatesla,Extra Terrestrial
1175EXREP,Expeditious Repair (SM&R code)
1176EZ,Czech Republic (FIPS 10-4 country code),Extraction Zone
1177F,Farad,Fluorine
1178f,Femto
1179fA,Femtoampere
1180FA,Field Artillery,Financial Aid,Football Association (England)
1181FA,Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
1182FAAD,Forward Area Air Defence
1183FAADEZ,Forward Area Air Defence Engagement Zone
1184FAAFP,Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians
1185FAAN,Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology
1186FAAN,Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
1187FAAQ,Frequently Asked and Anticipated Questions
1188FAASV,Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle
1189FAB,Feline Advisory Bureau (UK feline charity)
1190FAC,Forward Air Controller,Front of Allies for Change,Frontal Affinity Chromatography,Full Aperture Calibrator
1191FACA,(US) Federal Advisory Committee Act
1192FACH,Fuerza Aérea de Chile
1193FACN,Fellow of the American College of Nutrition
1194FACP,Fellow of the American College of Physicians
1195FACS,Fellow of the American College of Surgeons,Formal Aspects of Computing Science,Fluorescent-activated cell sorting
1196FACTS,Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System
1197FAD,Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide,Fuck A Duck,Funding Authorization Document
1198FAH,Federation of American Hospitals,Fine Arts and Humanities,Foreign Affairs Handbook
1199FAM,Foreign Affairs Manual
1200FAO,Food and Agriculture Organization
1201FAPA,Fellow of the American Psychological Association
1202FAPHA,Fellow of the American Public Health Association
1203FARP,Forward Arming and Refuelling Point / Forward Area Rearm/refuel Point
1204FAS,Federation of American Scientists,Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
1205FASCAM,Family of Scatterable Mines[1]
1206FASD,Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
1207FASEB,Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
1208FAT,Field Artillery Tractor
1209FAVS,Future Armoured Vehicle System
1210FAW,Football Association of Wales
1211FB,Facebook,An on-line social network
1212FBCS,Fellow of the British Computer Society
1213FBIDST,Fellow of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
1214FBIS,Foreign Broadcast Information Service
1215FBM,Board foot
1216FBR,Fast Breeder Reactor,Foundation for Biomedical Research,Friedman,Billings,Ramsey (now known as Arlington Asset Investment)
1217FBS-Federal Bureau of Statistics (Pakistan),Fetal bovine serum,Football Bowl Subdivision (U.S. college football),Fukuoka Broadcasting Corporation,FC[edit]
1218fC,Femtocoulomb
1219FC,Fire Control,Football Club,Funnel Cloud (METAR Code)
1220FCC,U.S. Federal Communications Commission
1221FCE,First Certificate in English
1222FCF,Financial Free Cash Flow
1223FCLA,Fraud Claims Law Associate
1224FCM,Federation of Canadian Municipalities,Fogarty's Cove Music
1225FCO,UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1226FCW,Florida Championship Wrestling
1227FD,Falun Dafa
1228FDA,Food and Drug Administration (U.S.)
1229FDBK,(I) Feedback
1230FDC,Federal Detention Center (U.S.),Fire Direction Centre
1231FDR,Flight Data Recorder,Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1232FE,Fully Exposed (armoured vehicle target,as opposed to Hull-Down)
1233Fe,Iron (Latin Ferrum)
1234FEAR,First Encounter Assault Recon,False Evidence Appears Real
1235FEAST,Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation
1236FEATS,Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies link title
1237FEBA,Forward Edge of the Battle Area
1238FED,Field Emission Display
1239FEDEP,Federation Development Process (Simulation)
1240FEF,Frontal Eye Field (neurophysiology)
1241FENS,Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
1242FEP,Firepower Enhancement Program,Fleet satellite (FLTSAT) Extremely high frequency (EHF) Package
1243FES,Flywheel Energy Storage
1244FEST,Frankfurt English Speaking Theatre link title
1245FET,Field-effect transistor
1246FEZ,Fighter Engagement Zone
1247fF,Femtofarad
1248FF,Final Fantasy
1249FFA,Football Federation Australia,Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency,Free-Fire Area,Fusiform Face Area,Future Farmers of America (today the National FFA Organization)
1250FFB,Frum From Birth (referring to an observant Jew born into a religiously observant family)
1251FFC,Free For Chat
1252FFE,Fukuoka Futures Exchange
1253FFG,Guided Missile Frigate (hull classification symbol)
1254FFOV,Forward Field Of View
1255FFS,For Fuck's Sake
1256FFT,Final Fantasy Tactics
1257FG,Falun Gong
1258fg,Femtogram
1259FGOTUS,First Gentleman of the United States
1260FGR,Flickr Group Roulette
1261fH,Femtohenry
1262FHFIF,Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
1263FIBUA,Fighting In Built-Up Areas
1264FIC,Fellowship for Intentional Community
1265FID,Foreign Internal Defence
1266FIE,Fly-In Echelon
1267FIMPT,Fellow of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1268FIN,Finland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1269FISH,Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridisation
1270FiST,Fire Support Team
1271FITS,Flexible Image Transport System
1272FIU,Florida International University
1273fJ,Femtojoule
1274FJI,Fiji (ISO 3166 trigram)
1275FJN,Financial Job Network
1276fK,Femtokelvin
1277FKSM,Fort Knox Supplemental Manual
1278FKT,Fastest Known Time
1279fL,Femtolitre
1280FL,Florida (postal symbol)
1281FLAB,Four-letter abbreviation
1282FLAC,Free Legal Advice Centres
1283FLAC,Free Lossless Audio Codec
1284FLB,Forward Logistics Base
1285FLET,Forward Line of Enemy Troops
1286FLG,Falun Gong
1287FLIP,Flight Information Publication
1288FLIR,Forward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
1289FLK,Falkland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1290FLOT,Forward Line of Own Troops
1291FLOTUS,First Lady of the United States (the wife of the President of the United States)
1292FLQ,Free Legal Questions
1293FLSA,Fair Labor Standards Act
1294FLTSAT,Fleet Satellite
1295FLTSATCOM,Fleet Satellite Communication System
1296FM,Factory Mutual
1297fm,Femtometre
1298Fm,Fermium
1299FMCG,Fast Moving Consumer Goods
1300FME,Formal Methods Europe
1301FMECA,Failure Modes and Effect Criticality Analysis
1302FMJD,Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames
1303FMLA,Family Medical Leave Act
1304fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
1305FMSF,False Memory Syndrome Foundation
1306FMTV,Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles
1307fN,Femtonewton
1308FNA,Functional Needs Analysis
1309FOAD,Fuck Off And Die
1310FOAF,Friend Of A friend
1311FOB,Forward Operating Base
1312FoB,Free On Board (shipping)
1313FoE,Friends of the Earth
1314FOGC,Federal Oil and Gas Council
1315FOH,Front Of House
1316FOIA,Freedom of Information Act
1317FOM,Federation Object Model
1318FONSI,Finding of No Significant Impact
1319FOO,Forward Observation Officer
1320FOOP,Friends Of Organ Pipes (Volunteer group)
1321FOR,Field Of Regard,Frame Of Reference
1322FoS,Family of Systems
1323FOS,Florida Ornithological Society,Full Operational Status
1324FOSE,Fallout 3 Script Extender
1325FOSE,Federal Office Systems Expo
1326FOT,Free on truck
1327FOTA,Fellow of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
1328FOTC,Flight of the Conchords
1329FOUO,For Official Use Only
1330FP,French Polynesia (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1331FPS,Fire Prevention System
1332FR,France (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1333Fr,Francium
1334FRICBM,Full Range ICBM
1335FRO,Faroe Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1336FRSA,Fellow of the Royal Society of Art
1337FRY,Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1338fs,Femtosecond
1339fS,Femtosiemens
1340FSCL,Fire Support Co-ordination Line
1341FSE,Fire Support Element
1342FSF,Free Software Foundation
1343FSH,Follicle Stimulating Hormone
1344FSI,Fuel Stratified Injection
1345FSM,Federated States of Micronesia (ISO 3166 trigram),Flying Spaghetti Monster (satirical religion)
1346FSO,Fire Support Officer,Flotilla Staff Officer,Foreign Service Officer
1347FSS,Fire Support Station
1348FSSP,Families of Structurally Similar Proteins
1349FST,Finance Support Team,Finlands Svenska Television (Finland's Swedish-language television),Future Soviet Tank (Cold War era)
1350FSTC,Foreign Science Technology Center (now NGIC)
1351fT,Femtotesla
1352FTC,Federal Trade Commission
1353FTE,Full Time Equivalent
1354FTL,Faster Than Light
1355FTS,Flight Termination System used during some rocket launches
1356FTS,Fuck That Shit
1357FTW,For The Win (a commonly used phrase used online to indicate success) F@#K The World,Forever Together Where ever (gang slogan)
1358FU,Smoke (METAR Code)
1359FUBAR,Fucked/Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair
1360FUCK,For,Unlawful,Carnal,Knowledge (Van Halen album title)
1361FUD,Fear,Uncertainty & Doubt (marketing strategy)
1362fV,Femtovolt
1363fW,Femtowatt
1364FW,Forward
1365FWC,Football World Cup
1366FWF,Fixed Word Format
1367FWI,French West Indies
1368FWIW,For What It's Worth
1369FWS,U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1370FWT,Fresh Water Tank
1371FX,Firefox,Fox Extended,Metropolitan France (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1997),Special effect
1372FXX,Metropolitan France (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1997)
1373FY,Fiscal Year,Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (NATO country code)
1374FYA,For Your Agenda
1375FYDP,Five-Year Defense Plan (U.S.)
1376FYI,For Your Information
1377FYROM,Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
1378FZDZ,Freezing Drizzle (METAR Code)
1379FZFG,Freezing Fog (METAR Code)
1380FZRA,Freezing Rain (METAR Code)
1381G,Gauss,General Audiences (movie rating)
1382g,Gram
1383G1,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Personnel
1384G10,Group of 10 (G7 + Belgium,Netherlands,Sweden,Switzerland; numbering 11 in fact)
1385G15,Group of 15 (subset of G77,formed 1989: Algeria,Argentina,Brazil,Chile,Egypt,India,Indonesia,Jamaica,Kenya,Nigeria,Malaysia,Mexico,Peru,Senegal,Sri Lanka,Venezuela and Zimbabwe; currently numbers 17)
1386G2,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Intelligence
1387G20,Group of 20 (G8 + Argentina,Australia,Brazil,China,India,Indonesia,Mexico,Saudi Arabia,South Africa,South Korea,Turkey + current European Union presiding country) (1999)
1388G24,Group of 24 (subset of G77,formed 1971: Algeria,Argentina,Brazil,Colombia,Côte d'Ivoire,Democratic Republic of the Congo,Egypt,Ethiopia,Gabon,Ghana,Guatemala,India,Iran,Lebanon,Mexico,Nigeria,Pakistan,Peru,Philippines,South Africa,Syria,Sri Lanka,Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela)
1389G3,Heckler & Koch G3
1390G4,Generation Four PowerPC microprocessor,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Logistics
1391G5,Generation Five PowerPC microprocessor,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Public Affairs
1392G6,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Information Technology,Group of 6 (France,Germany,United States,Japan,United Kingdom,Italy) (1975)
1393G7,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Training,Group of 7 (G6 + Canada) (1976)
1394G77,Group of 77 (issued from the United Nations Conference on Commerce and Development,1964; currently numbers 133)
1395G8,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Finance,Group of 8 (G7 + Russia) (1998)
1396GA,Gabon (ISO 3166 digram),The Gambia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Gamblers Anonymous,Georgia (postal symbol),Gigaampere,Goa (Indian state code)
1397Ga,Gallium,Gigaannum
1398GAAR,General Anti-Avoidance Rule (tax evasion)
1399GAB,Gabon (ISO 3166 trigram)
1400GABA,Gamma-AminoButyric Acid
1401GAD,Generalized Anxiety Disorder
1402GAF,Garfield and Friends
1403GALCIT,Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory,California Institute of Technology
1404GAO,U.S. Government Accountability Office
1405GAW,Global Atmospheric Watch
1406GB,Gabon (FIPS 10-4 country code),United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 digram) [glamour boy 7-9/10]
1407GBBC,Great (Global) Backyard Bird Count
1408GBE,Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
1409GBH,Great Bash Heel (Japanese professional wrestling stable),Gregory Bonner Hale (British design and advertising agency),Grievous bodily harm
1410GBR,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1411GBU,Glide-Bomb Unit,Global Business Unit
1412GC,East Germany (NATO country code; obsolete 1990),General classification (cycling),General counsel,George Cross (British civil decoration),Gigacoulomb [Grindr cruise]
1413GCA,Graduate in Claims Administration
1414GCD,see entry
1415GCF,Greatest Common Factor
1416GCI,Ground-controlled interception
1417GCN,Gamma-ray burst Coordination Network
1418GCS,Global Coordinate System
1419GCSE,General Certificate of Secondary Education (UK)
1420Gd,Gadolinium
1421GD,Grenada (ISO 3166 digram)
1422GDC,Game Developers Conference,General Dental Council
1423GDL,Game Definition Language
1424GDP,General Dental Practitioner (UK),Gross Domestic Product
1425GDR,General Distribution Release (Microsoft Term for a software service release; between Hotfix and Service Pack)
1426GDR,German Democratic Republic (cf. DDR)
1427GDW,Game Designers Workshop
1428GE,General Electric,Genetic Engineering (cf. GM),Georgia (ISO 3166 digram)
1429Ge,Germanium
1430GEBCO,General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans
1431GEC,Great Engineering Challenge
1432GED,General Educational Development (high school equivalency credential in the U.S. and Canada)
1433GEEP,Geophysical Equipment Exploration Platform
1434GEMA,Gas and Electricity Markets Authority,Georgia Emergency Management Agency,Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs,und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (German performance rights organisation),Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance
1435GEN,Full General (four stars) in the U.S. Army
1436GEO,Geostationary Earth Orbit,Georgia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1437GEQ,Equatorial Guinea (IOC trigram,but not FIFA or ISO 3166)
1438GER,Germany (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
1439GeV,Gigaelectron-volt
1440GEV,Ground Effect Vehicle
1441GF,French Guiana (ISO 3166 digram),Gigafarad
1442GFCF,Gluten-free,casein-free diet,Gross fixed capital formation
1443GFCI,Ground Fault Circuit Interruptor (aka GFI)
1444GFE,Girlfriend experience (used in escort services),Good Faith Estimate,Government Furnished Equipment
1445GFI,Ground Fault Interruptor (aka GFCI)
1446GFL,German Football League (Germany's Bundesliga for American football; the English-language name is used in German without translation)
1447GFN,Global Footprint Network
1448GG,Georgia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1449GGK,Good God Karma
1450GGP,General Game Playing,General Growth Properties (U.S. shopping center owner),GH[edit]
1451GH,Ghana (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code),Gigahenry
1452GHA,Ghana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1453GHB,gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid
1454GI,Galvanised Iron,Gastro-Intestinal,General Issue,Gibraltar (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code),Government Issue
1455Gi,Gibi
1456GIB,Gibraltar (ISO 3166 trigram)
1457GIG,Global Information Grid
1458GIN,Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram),Guidelines International Network
1459GINK,Going Insane Not Knowing,orig. Colorado 2010 M.Kalfas
1460GINO,Godzilla In Name Only
1461GJ,Gigajoule,Grenada (FIPS 10-4 country code),Gujarat (Indian state code)
1462GJD,Geocentric Julian Day
1463GK,Gigakelvin,Guernsey (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1464GL,Gigalitre,Graphics Language,Greenland (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code),Grenade Launcher
1465GLAAD,Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
1466GLAC,General Ledger Accounting Code
1467GLAST,Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
1468GLBA,Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
1469GLC,Gas-liquid chromatography
1470GLINT,Gallium-arsenide Laser Illuminator for Night TV,Gated Laser Illuminator for Narrow Television,Gated Laser Intensifier (tape),Gospel Literature International,Graphical Linux Installation Tool
1471GLP,Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 trigram)
1472GLV,Gained Life Value
1473Gm,Gigametre
1474GMC,U.K. General Medical Council,Gospel Music Channel
1475GMFSC,Ground Mobile Forces Satellite Communications
1476GMI,Generic Model Interface,Geometry Model Instance
1477GMO,Genetically Modified Organism
1478GMPCS,Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite
1479GMT,Giant Magellan Telescope,Greenwich Mean Time,GN[edit]
1480GN,Giganewton,Guinea (ISO 3166 digram)
1481GNAS,Grand National Archery Society
1482GNB,Guinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 trigram)
1483GNP,Gross National Product
1484GNQ,Equatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1485GnRH,Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
1486GO,Glorioso Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1487GOA,General of the Army (United States only)
1488GOAT,Greatest Of All Time
1489GOC,General Officer Commanding
1490GOES,Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
1491GOP,Grand Old Party
1492GOSC,General Officer Steering Committee
1493GOSH,Great Ormond Street Hospital
1494GOSP,Gas/Oil Separation Plant
1495GOTS,Government off-the-shelf
1496GPA,Grade Point Average
1497GPC,Global Path Cache
1498GPIB,General-Purpose Instrumentation/Interface Bus
1499GPO,General Post Office
1500GPPC,Genetics and Public Policy Center
1501GPR,Ground-Penetrating Radar
1502GRAIL,Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
1503GRAS,Generally recognized as safe (FDA list)
1504GRB,Gamma-Ray Burst
1505GRC,Greece (ISO 3166 trigram)
1506GRD,Grenada (ISO 3166 trigram)
1507GRID,Gay-Related Immune Deficiency (original name of AIDS)
1508GriT,Girl raised in Texas (Woman presenting firm southern traits/beliefs)
1509GRL,Greenland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1510GRP,Graphite-reinforced plastic,see Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer
1511GS,General Schedule (US civil service pay scale),General Support,Gigasiemens,South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
1512Gs,Gigasecond
1513GSA,U.S. General Services Administration
1514GSD,Graphical Situation Display
1515GSGB,(God send glamour boy 9-10/10)
1516GSK,GlaxoSmithKline [good sexual karma]
1517GSN,Game Show Network
1518GSO,General Services Officer (U.S. Department of State)
1519GSOH,Good Sense Of Humour
1520GSP,Georges St-Pierre (Canadian MMA fighter)
1521GSR,Gun Shot Residue
1522GSS,Generic Security Services
1523GST,Goods and Services Tax (Australia,Canada,and other countries)
1524GSW,Gunshot wound
1525GT,Gigatesla,Gran Turismo,Grand Touring,Guatemala (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1526GTB,Get to bed,namely to get a new job after a long time of searching,usually following a phone call
1527GTC,Gran Telescopio Canarias (Spanish,Canaries Great Telescope)
1528GTD,Getting Things Done
1529GTG,Got To Go (Internet chat)
1530GTGN,Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
1531GTK,Good To Know (Internet chat)
1532GTM,Guatemala (ISO 3166 trigram)
1533GU,Guam (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
1534GUA,Guatemala (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
1535GUF,French Guiana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1536GUILT,Gangliated Utrophin Immuno Latency Toxin
1537GULCR,Grupo de Usuarios de Linux de Costa Rica
1538GUT,Grand Unification Theory
1539GV,Gigavolt,Guinea (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1540GW,Games Workshop,Germ Warfare,Gigawatt,Guided Weapon,Guinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 digram)
1541GWARS,Ground Warfare System (simulation)
1542GWAS,Grand Western Archery Society
1543GWOT,Global War on Terrorism
1544GWS,Gulf War Syndrome,Greater Western Sydney
1545GXE,Gene-enivronment interaction
1546GXM,Matrox Graphics eXpansion Module
1547GxP,Good X Practice (X can mean: clinical,manufacturing,pharmaceutical,etc.)
1548GXP,Grid Exit Point,Global Xchange Programme,Indication of highest performance level on some Pontiac vehicles
1549GY,Guyana (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1550GZ,Gaza Strip (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Ground Zero
1551GZK,Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cut-off (cosmic ray energies)
1552h,Hecto
1553H,Henry,Hydrogen
1554HA,Haiti (FIPS 10-4 country code),High Availability
1555HAARP,High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program
1556HAART,Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy
1557HAI,Human Awareness Institute
1558HAL,Hardware Abstraction Layer
1559HALO,High Altitude Low Opening (parachute jump)
1560HALT,Highly Accelerated Life Test,Hungry Angry Lonely Tired
1561HAM,Amateur radio operator
1562HANS,Head And Neck Support (device used in many race cars)
1563HARM,High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile
1564HAT,Highest Astronomical Tide (nautical charts),Hungarian Automated Telescope
1565HAW,Heavy Antitank Weapon
1566HAWK,Homing All the Way Killer (air defence system)
1567HAZ,Heat-Affected Zone
1568HAZMAT,Hazardous Materials
1569HBCD,HexaBromoCycloDodecane
1570HBO,Home Box Office
1571HBR,Harvard Business Review
1572HBT,Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor
1573HBV,Hepatitis B Virus
1574HCCI,Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition
1575HCF,Highest Common Factor
1576HCSC,Higher Command and Staff Course
1577HCT,Higher Colleges of Technology,tertiary education institution in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
1578HD,Henry Draper (star catalogue),Hull-Down (armoured vehicle target,as opposed to Fully Exposed),High Definition,Huntington's Disease
1579HDL,High-Density Lipoprotein
1580HDM,Human Decision-Making
1581HDR,Henningson,Durham & Richardson (founders of the engineering and construction firm now known by their initials),High dynamic range,a term used in both digital imaging and 3D rendering,Hot Dry Rock (experimental geothermal technology),Human Development Report (UN publication)
1582HDRA,Henry Doubleday Research Association
1583He,Helium
1584HE,High Explosive
1585HEAT,High Explosive Anti-Tank (ammunition)
1586HEBA,Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association
1587HEER,High-Explosive Extended Range (ammunition)
1588HEIC,Honourable East India Company
1589HEMP,High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
1590HEO,High Earth Orbit,Highly Elliptical Orbit
1591HEOSS,High Earth Orbit Space Surveillance
1592HEP,High-Explosive Plastic (ammunition)
1593HEPA,High-Efficiency Particulate Air (filter)
1594HESH,High-Explosive,Squash-Head (ammunition)
1595HESV,Heavy Engineering Support Vehicle
1596HETT,Heavy Equipment Transporting Truck / Heavy Equipment Truck Tractor
1597HEU,Highly Enriched Uranium
1598Hewitts,Hills in England,Wales and Ireland over Two Thousand feet (with topographic prominence of at least 30 m)
1599Hf,Hafnium
1600HF,High Frequency
1601HFE,Human Fertilisation and Embryology (UK Act)
1602HFE,The common-emitter current gain in a BJT transistor (also represented by βF). See: BJT
1603HFEA,Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (UK)
1604Hg,Mercury (Latin Hydrargyrum)
1605HGC,UK Human Genetics Commission
1606HGF,Human Growth Factor
1607HGTV,Home & Garden Television
1608HHB,Ha Ha Bonk,The noise made when you laugh your head off. Used instead of LOL...
1609HI,Hawaii (postal symbol)
1610HIH,His (or Her) Imperial Highness
1611HIM,His (or Her) Imperial Majesty
1612HIMAD,High to Medium Altitude Air Defence (see also H/MAD)
1613HIMEZ,High Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
1614HIMYM,How I Met Your Mother
1615HIPAA,U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
1616Hipparcos,HIgh Precision Parallax COllecting Satellite
1617Hird,Hurd of interfaces representing depth (cf. HURD)
1618HiRISE,High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
1619HIT,Health Information Technology
1620HIV,Human Immunodeficiency Virus
1621HIWT,Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
1622HJD,Heliocentric Julian Day
1623HK,Hong Kong (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1624HKG,Hong Kong (ISO 3166 trigram)
1625HKS,HyperKinetic Syndrome
1626hL,Hectolitre
1627HL,Holding Line
1628HLA,High Level Architecture (simulation),Human Leukocyte Antigen
1629HLL,High-Level Language
1630HLN,Headline News
1631HLOS,High Level Output Specification
1632HLVW,Heavy Logistics Vehicle,Wheeled
1633HM,Heard Island and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1634HMCE,Her/His Majesty's Customs and Excise (former UK government department; succeeded by HM Revenue and Customs)
1635HMCS,Her/His Majesty's Canadian Ship,Her Majesty's Courts Service (former UK agency; succeeded by Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service)
1636HMD,Heard and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1637HMF,HydroxyMethyl Furfural
1638HMO,Health maintenance organization
1639HMP,Her Majesty's Prison
1640HMRC,Her/His Majesty's Revenue and Customs
1641HMS,Helmet-mounted display,Her/His Majesty's Ship (Royal Navy)
1642HMSO,Her Majesty's Stationery Office
1643HMV,His Master's Voice
1644HN,Honduras (ISO 3166 digram)
1645HND,Honduras (ISO 3166 trigram)
1646Ho,Holmium
1647HO,Honduras (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1648HOLLAND,Hope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies
1649HOMES,the Great Lakes; Huron,Ontario,Michigan,Erie,Superior
1650HONY,Humans of New York,a photoblog.
1651HOPI,Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure (see Internet2,Abilene Network)
1652HoReCa,Hotel,Restaurant and Catering
1653HORIZON,Hélicoptère d'observation radar et d'investigation sur zone (French,Zone Investigation and Radar Observation Helicopter)
1654HOSTAC,Helicopter Operations from Ships Other Than Aircraft Carriers
1655HOT,Highly Optimised Tolerance
1656HOTAS,Hands on throttle-and-stick
1657HOV,High Occupancy Vehicle
1658HP,Hewlett-Packard,Hindustan Petroleum,Himachal Pradesh (Indian state code)
1659hp,horse power
1660HPA,UK Health Protection Agency
1661HPCL,Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
1662HPLC,High Performance Liquid Chromatography
1663HPT,High[er] Payoff Target
1664HPV,Human Papilloma Virus
1665HQ,HeadQuarters,Howland Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1666HQDA,HeadQuarters,Department of the Army
1667HR,Croatia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram,from the country's native name of Hrvatska),Haryana (Indian state code),Harvard Revised star catalogue,Human Resources
1668HRBL,High-level Representation of Behavior Language (original name of the Herbal language)
1669HRD,Human Resource Development
1670HRED,(U.S. Army Research Laboratory's) Human Research and Engineering Directorate (Aberdeen Proving Ground,Maryland)
1671HRF,High iness Forces
1672HRH,His (or Her) Royal Highness
1673HRM,His (or Her) Royal Majesty
1674HRM,Human Resource Management
1675HRT,Hormone Replacement Therapy
1676HRV,Croatia (ISO 3166 trigram),High Resolution Visible,HS[edit]
1677Hs,Hassium
1678HSBC,The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
1679HSC,Higher School Certificate
1680HSM,High School Musical
1681HSMAD,Human Science/Modeling and Analysis Data
1682HSN,Home Shopping Network
1683HSPH,Harvard School of Public Health
1684HSS,Health Service Support,High-Speed Steel
1685HSSI,High-Speed Serial Interface
1686HST,see entry
1687HSV,Herpes Simplex Virus,Hue Saturation Value (colour model),HT[edit]
1688HTA,HyperText Application
1689HTC-High Tech Computer Corporation,original name of the company now known simply as HTC,Horry Telephone Cooperative
1690HTFU,Harden The Fuck Up
1691HTH,Hope That Helps
1692HTI,Haiti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1693HTML,HyperText Markup Language
1694HTR,Heated Towel Rail
1695HTS,High-Temperature Superconducting wire
1696HTTP,HyperText Transfer Protocol
1697HU,Hungary (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1698HUD,Head-Up Display,Housing and Urban Development
1699HUHA,Head up his/her ass (Marine salute; probably a backcronym)
1700HUN,Hungary (ISO 3166 trigram)
1701HURD,Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons (cf. Hird)
1702HV,Upper Volta (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1984)
1703HVAC,Heating,ventilation and air conditioning Used in architecture,business and marketing; refers to a building's entire system of heating,moving,or cooling air.
1704HVAP,High Velocity Armour Piercing (ammunition)
1705HVHF,High velocity human factors
1706HVM,High Velocity Missile
1707HVO,Upper Volta (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984)
1708HVP,HarborView Properties,High vacuum process,Hydrolyzed vegetable protein,Human Variome Project,High Velocity Protection,H.V.P. (rapper),High Voltage Protection,High Vapor Pressure,Hub Voice Processor,High-Velocity Projectile,High-Video Pass,High-Velocity Particle
1709HW,Hardware,High Water (nautical charts)
1710HWM,Hardware morphing (computer graphics rendering)
1711HX,IATA code of Hong Kong Airlines,Medical history,Hydrogen halide,Concept automobile by HUMMER
1712HXB,The glycoprotein Tenascian C
1713HYS,Harvard,Yale,Stanford (perennially named as the top three law schools in the U.S.)
1714HZ,Haze (METAR Code)
1715Hz,Hertz
1716I,Iodine,One (in Roman numerals)
1717IA,Iowa (postal symbol)
1718IAAL,I Am A Lawyer
1719IAB,International Association for Biologicals
1720IACREOT,International Association of Clerks,Recorders,Election Officials,and Treasurers
1721IAD,Ion Assisted Deposition
1722IADS,Integrated Air Defence System
1723IAEA,International Atomic Energy Agency
1724IAF,{i} Industrial Areas Foundation
1725IAFG,Information Assurance Focus Group
1726IAI,International African Institute,Israel Aircraft Industries
1727IANA,Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
1728IANAL,I Am Not A Lawyer
1729IAQ,Indoor air quality,Infrequently Asked Questions
1730IAS,Image Assessment System
1731IASIP,It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
1732IATA,International Air Transport Association
1733IATF,International Automotive Task Force
1734IATSE,International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
1735IAU,International Association of Universities,International Astronomical Union
1736IAUC,International Astronomical Union Circular
1737IAW,In Accordance With
1738IB,International Baccalaureate
1739IBA,Important Bird Area
1740IBD,Inflammatory Bowel Disease
1741IBDM,Information Based Decision Making
1742IBDS,Integrated Biological Detection System,International Business Development Specialist
1743IBM,International Business Machines
1744IBRD,International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (part of the World Bank)
1745IBS,Irritable Bowel Syndrome
1746IC,Ice Crystals (METAR Code),Iceland (FIPS 10-4 country code),Integrated Circuit,[inner circle]
1747ICANN,Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
1748ICAO,International Civil Aviation Organization
1749ICBM,Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
1750ICBN,International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
1751ICC,Integrated Command and Control,International Criminal Court,International Cricket Council,Interstate Commerce Commission,International Chamber of Commerce
1752ICD,Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator,Initial Capabilities Document,International Classification of Diseases
1753ICE,In case of emergency
1754ICES,International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
1755ICF,Intelligent Community Forum
1756ICM,Improved Conventional Munition,Integrated Collection Management,International Congress of Mathematicians,Iraq Campaign Medal
1757ICMP,Internet Control Message Protocol
1758ICNAF,International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (became NAFO in 1978)
1759ICNI,Integrated Communication,Navigation,and Identification
1760ICO,Intermediate Circular Orbit
1761ICP,Inductively coupled plasma,Insane Clown Posse
1762ICRAF,International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (a.k.a. World Agroforestry Centre since 2002)
1763ICRISAT,International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
1764ICRL,Individual Component Repair List
1765ICRS,International Celestial Reference System
1766ICS,In-Country Support,Intelligence and Communications Systems,Interim Contractor Support
1767ICSI,Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
1768ICT,Information and communication technologies
1769ICTH,Island Closest to Heaven/Hell Final Fantasy VIII
1770ICV,Infantry Carrier Vehicle
1771ICW,In Co-ordination With,Indonesia Corruption Watch,Infectious and Chemotherapeutic Waste,Insulating Concrete Wall,Integral Crystalline Waterproofing,Interactive Courseware
1772ICYMI,In Case You Missed It
1773ICZN,International Code of Zoological Nomenclature,International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
1774ID,Idaho (postal symbol),Identity,Indonesia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Infantry Division,Intelligent Design,ID10T Error,Idiot User Error (IT help desk inside joke)
1775IDA,U.S. Institute for Defense Analyses,International Development Association (part of the World Bank
1776IDC,International Data Corporation
1777IDDI,I don't do initialisms (see irony)
1778IDE,Integrated Development Environment,Integrated Drive Electronics
1779IDeA,Improvement and Development Agency,the former name of Local Government Improvement and Development in the United Kingdom
1780IDEA,Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (U.S.),International Data Encryption Algorithm,International Design Excellence Awards
1781IDF,Israel Defense Forces,Intel Development Forum,International Dairy Federation
1782IDGAF,I don't give a fuck
1783IDK,I don't know
1784IDKIBTI,I don't know,I'm black,that's it
1785IDL,Interface Definition Language
1786IDN,Indonesia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1787IE,Indo-European languages,Internet Explorer,Ireland (ISO 3166 digram),Iced Earth
1788IEA,International Energy Agency
1789IEC,International Electrotechnical Commission
1790IED,Improvised Explosive Device
1791IELTS,International English Language Testing System
1792IER,Information Exchange Requirement
1793IET,Initial Entry Training
1794IET,Institution of Engineering and Technology
1795IETF,Internet Engineering Task Force
1796IEW,Intelligence and Electronic Warfare
1797IFAB,International Football Association Board
1798IFAH,International Federation for Animal Health
1799IFAP,International Federation of Agricultural Producers
1800IFC,International Finance Corporation (part of the World Bank),Independent Film Channel
1801IFF,Identification,Friend or Foe,Individually Fresh Frozen,International Flavors and Fragrances
1802IFFN,Identification,Friend,Foe,or Neutral
1803IFO,Identified Flying Object (see also UFO)
1804IFOR,UN Implementation Force,Institute for Operations Research,International Fellowship of Reconciliation
1805IFOV,Instantaneous Field of View
1806IFPI,International Federation of Phonographic Industries
1807IFRB,International Frequency Registration Board
1808IFV,Infantry Fighting Vehicle
1809IG,Inspector General
1810IGNOU,Indira Gandhi National Open University
1811IGS,International Ground Station
1812IGY,Israeli Gay Youth,International Geophysical Year
1813IHH,Idiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
1814IHO,International Hydrographic Organization
1815IHR,Institute for Historical Review
1816IHSI,Institutum Historicum Societatis Iesu (Jesuit Historical Institute)
1817II,Two (in Roman numerals)
1818IICA,Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
1819IIE,Innovative Interstellar Explorer
1820III,Three (in Roman numerals)
1821IIRC,If I Recall/Remember Correctly
1822IISS,International Institute for Strategic Studies
1823IIT,Illinois Institute of Technology,Indian Institutes of Technology,Indiana Institute of Technology
1824IJN,Imperial Japanese Navy (World War II)
1825IJWP,Interim Joint Warfare Publication
1826IKEA,Ingvar Kamprad (the company's founder),Elmtaryd (the farm where he was born and raised),Agunnaryd (a village and parish near the farm)
1827IL,Illinois (postal symbol),Israel (ISO 3166 digram)
1828ILC,International Law Commission,International Linear Collider
1829ILDS,Improved Landmine Detection System
1830ILO,International Labour Organization
1831ILRI,International Livestock Research Institute
1832ILY,I Love You [pronounced ILL-LEE]
1833IM,Isle of Man (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Instant Message (internet speech)
1834IMA,Intermediate Maintenance Activity,Institute of Mathematics and Applications
1835IMBD,International Migratory Bird Day
1836IMDb,Internet Movie Database
1837IME,In My Experience
1838IMF,id music file/id's music format (audio file format),Impossible Missions Force,the protagonist organization in the Mission: Impossible media franchise,International Monetary Fund (the most common use for the initialism)
1839IML,International Mister Leather
1840IMLAST,International Movement for Leisure Activities in Science and Technology,see MILSET
1841IMNM,,Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy a rare,but serious ADR of statins [1]
1842IMNSHO,In My Not So Humble Opinion
1843IMPAC,International Merchant Purchase Authorization Card
1844IMPACT,International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce
1845IMPATT,IMPact Avalanche Transit Time diode
1846IMPT,Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1847IMRL,Individual Material iness List
1848IMRO-Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization,Irish Music Rights Organisation
1849IMS,Information Management System,International Meat Secretariat,Ion Mobility Spectrometer
1850IMSA,Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy,International Mind Sports Association,International Motor Sports Association
1851IMsL,International Ms. Leather
1852IMT,Integrated Management Tool
1853IMU,International Mathematical Union
1854IN,India (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Indiana (postal symbol),Infantry
1855In,Indium
1856INA,Immigration and Nationality Act
1857INAS,International Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
1858INCITS,InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
1859IND,India (ISO 3166 trigram)
1860INDIGO,(U.S.) INtelligence DIvision Gaming Operation
1861inet,the Internet
1862INFORMS,(U.S.) Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
1863INFOSEC,Information Security
1864INLA,Irish National Liberation Army
1865INMARSAT,International Maritime Satellite organization
1866INRI,Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudæorum (Latin for: Jesus of Nazareth,King of the Jews)
1867INRIA,Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique
1868INS,Immigration and Naturalization Service
1869InSAR,Interferometric synthetic aperture radar
1870INST,Information Standards and Technology
1871INTERFET,International Force for East Timor
1872INTSUM,Intelligence Summary
1873IO,British Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1874IOC,Initial Operational Capability,Intergovernmental Oceanic Commission,International Olympic Committee,International Ornithological Congress
1875IOLTA,Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (charitable funding mechanism,especially for legal aid)
1876IOM,Iowa,Ohio,Michigan (soybean origin),Institute of Medicine,International Organisation for Migration,Isle of Man
1877IONA,Islands of the North Atlantic (alternate name for Great Britain,Ireland,the Isle of Man,and related islands)
1878IOT,British Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 trigram)
1879IP,Clipperton Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Initial Point,Intellectual Property,Internet Protocol
1880IPA,India Pale Ale,International Phonetic Alphabet,Isopropyl alcohol
1881IPB,Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
1882IPCC,Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,Independent Police Complaints Commission
1883IPL,Inferior Parietal Lobule
1884IPO,Initial Public Offering
1885IPR,In Progress Review,Intellectual Property Rights,Intelligence Production Requirement
1886IPT,Integrated Product/Project Team
1887IPTS,Institute for Prospective Technological Studies
1888IPTV,Internet Protocol TeleVision
1889IPW,Interrogation of Prisoners of War
1890IQ,Intelligence Quotient,Iraq (ISO 3166 digram)
1891Ir,Iridium
1892IRA,Individual Retirement Account,Irish Republican Army (see also List of organisations known as the Irish Republican Army for groups claiming descent from this organisation)
1893IRAD,Internal Research and Development
1894IRAN,(I) Inspect and Repair As Necessary
1895IRAS,Infrared Astronomical Satellite
1896IRB,International Rugby Board
1897IRBM,Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
1898IRC,International Red Cross,International Reply Coupon
1899IREA,Intermountain Rural Electric Association
1900IRINN,Islamic Republic of Iran News Network
1901IRN,Iran (ISO 3166 trigram)
1902IRO,International Refugee Organisation
1903IRQ,Iraq (ISO 3166 trigram)
1904IRS,U.S. Internal Revenue Service
1905IRST,Infra-red Search and Track
1906IS,Iceland (ISO 3166 digram),Israel (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1907ISA,Individual Savings Account,Industry Standard Architecture,Instruction Set Architecture,International Seabed Authority
1908ISAAA,International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications
1909ISAF,International Sailing Federation,International Security Assistance Force
1910ISAR,Inverse SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)
1911ISB,Intermediate Staging Base
1912ISBN,International Standard Book Number (ISO 2108)
1913ISCCP,International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
1914ISCII,Indian Standard Code for Information Interchange
1915ISDN,Integrated Services Digital Network
1916ISEF,Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
1917ISEN,Internet Search Environment Number
1918ISF,Internal Security Force
1919ISI-Indian Standards Institute,former name of the Bureau of Indian Standards,Inter-Services Intelligence (Pakistan),Islamic State of Iraq,an umbrella organization for several Iraqi insurgent groups
1920ISIL,Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
1921ISL,Iceland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1922ISLN,International Standard Lawyer Number (used initially by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell)
1923ISM,Industrial,scientific or medical,Interstellar medium
1924ISMB,International Society of Matrix Biologists
1925ISMC,Intelligent Sounding Meaningless Conversation
1926ISOGP,Indian Society of Orthodontics for General Practitioners [2]
1927ISP,International Standardized Profile,Internet Service Provider,Information Systems Professional
1928ISPE,International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
1929ISR,Intelligence,Surveillance and Reconnaissance,Israel (ISO 3166 trigram)
1930ISRO,Indian Space Research Organisation
1931ISS,International Shorebird Survey (North America),International Space Station
1932ISSCR,International Society for Stem Cell Research
1933ISSN,International standard serial number (ISO 3297)
1934IST,Information System Technology,UCF Institute for Simulation and Training
1935ISTAR,Intelligence,Surveillance,Target Acquisition,and Reconnaissance
1936ISTC,Institute of Scientific and Technical Communications (UK)
1937ISTS,Intel Science Talent Search
1938ISU,Integrated Sight Unit,International Skating Union,IT[edit]
1939IT,InferoTemporal (neurophysiology),Information Technology,Italy (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1940ITA,Italy (ISO 3166 trigram)
1941ITAG,Inertial Terrain-Aided Guidance
1942ITALY,I'll Truly Always Love You
1943ITAS,Improved Target Acquisition Sight
1944ITC,InferoTemporal Cortex (neurophysiology)
1945ITCZ,Intertropical Convergence Zone
1946ITEC,Information Technology Exposition & Conference
1947ITEMS,Interactive Tactical Environment Management System
1948ITER,International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
1949ITF,International Tennis Federation
1950ITK,In The Know
1951ITN,Independent Television News (British)
1952ITS,Incompatible Time-sharing System,Individual Training Standards
1953ITT,International Telephone and Telegraph (U.S.)
1954ITTO,International Tropical Timber Organization
1955ITU,Intent-to-Use,International Telecommunication Union (International Telegraph Union 1865-1932),IU[edit]
1956IUCN,International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union)
1957IUSS,Integrated Undersea Surveillance System,Integrated Unit Simulation System,International Union of Soil Sciences
1958IV,Côte d'Ivoire (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Ivory Coast),Four (in Roman numerals),IntraVenous (as in intravenous drip or intravenous therapy)
1959IVD,Internet Video Device,intra vas device
1960Iveco,Industrial Vehicles Corporation
1961IVF,In Vitro Fertilisation
1962IVI,Interchangeable Virtual Instrument
1963IVIS,Inter-Vehicle Information System
1964IVL,Inter-Visibility Line
1965IVM,In Vitro [Oocyte] Maturation
1966IVO,In Vicinity Of
1967IW,Information Warfare
1968IWARS,Infantry Warrior Simulation
1969IWC,International Whaling Commission
1970IWW,Industrial Workers of the World
1971IX,Nine (in Roman numerals)
1972IXT,IntraText digital library; IntraText lexical hypertext
1973IY,Saudi-Iraqi neutral zone (FIPS 10-4 territory code; obsolete 1993)
1974IZ,Iraq (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1975J,Joule
1976J1,Joint [Manpower &] Personnel Directorate
1977J2,Joint Intelligence Directorate
1978J2EE,Java 2 Platform,Enterprise ion
1979J2ME,Java 2 Platform,Micro ion
1980J2SE,Java 2 Platform,Standard ion
1981J3,Joint Operations Directorate
1982J4,Joint Logistics Directorate
1983J5,Joint Strategic Plans & Policy Directorate
1984J6,Joint Information Technology Directorate (Command,Control,Communications & Computer Systems)
1985J7,Joint Operational Plans & Interoperability Directorate
1986J8,Joint Force Structure,Resources,& Assessment Directorate
1987JA,Japan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1988JAFT,Just A Field Test
1989JAL,Japan Airlines
1990JALLC,Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (NATO)
1991JAM,Jamaica (ISO 3166 trigram)
1992JAMA,Journal of the American Medical Association
1993JANET,Joint Academic Network
1994JANUS,Joint Academic Network Using Satellites (UK),Joint Army Navy Uniform Simulation,Joint Army-Navy Staff,Just ANother Useless Simulation (Note: The U.S. Army Janus simulation is not an acronym)
1995JATO,Jet-Assisted Take-Off
1996JB,Jail Bait
1997JB,Junior Branch
1998JBFSA,Joint Blue Force Situational Awareness
1999JCDB,Joint Common Data Base
2000JCDS,Joint Chiefs of the Defence Staff
2001JCIDS,Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System
2002JCL,Job Control Language
2003JCP,Java Community Process
2004JCPM,Java Child Process Manager,Jesus Christ Prison Ministry
2005JCS,Joint Chiefs of Staff
2006JCW,Juggalo Championship Wrestling
2007JDBC,Java Data Base Connectivity
2008JDCC,UK Joint Doctrine and Concepts Centre,now the Development,Concepts,and Doctrine Centre,DCDC
2009JDEM,Joint Dark Energy Mission
2010JDL,Jewish Defense League
2011JDM,Japanese domestic market,referring specifically to automobiles and parts,Java Data Mining,Joint design manufacturing,JE[edit]
2012JE,Jersey (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2013JEB,James Ewell Brown (Stuart),John Ellis Bush
2014JEDP,Jahwist,Elohist,Deuteronomist,Priestly (according to the documentary hypothesis,the sources of the Torah)
2015JEE,Java Platform,Enterprise ion
2016JEFX,Joint Expeditionary Force eXperiment
2017JEPD,Jahwist,Elohist,Priestly,Deuteronomist,Jointly Exhaustive,Pairwise Disjoint
2018JET,Joint European Torus
2019JEZ,Joint Engagement Zone
2020JFACC,Joint Force Air Component Commander
2021JFACTSU,U.S. Joint Forward Air Control Training and Standards Unit
2022JFC,Joint Force Commander
2023JFK,John Fitzgerald Kennedy or the airport named after him.
2024JFLCC,Joint Force Land Component Commander
2025JFMCC,Joint Force Maritime Component Commander
2026JFO,Journal of Field Ornithology
2027JFSOCC,Joint Force Special Operations Component Commander
2028JFTX,Joint Field Training Exercise
2029JH,Japan Highway Public Corporation
2030JH,Jharkhand (Indian state code)
2031JI,Joint Implementation
2032JIB,Joint Information Bureau
2033JIC,Joint Intelligence Centre
2034JINI,Java Intelligent Network Infrastructure
2035JITC,Joint Interoperability Test Command
2036JIVE,Joint Institute for VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) in Europe
2037JJAP,Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
2038JK,Jedi Knight,Just Kidding,Spanair (IATA airline designator),Jammu & Kashmir (Indian state code)
2039JL,Japan Airlines (IATA airline designator)
2040JLA,Justice League of America
2041JM,Jamaica (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2042JMS,Java Message Service
2043JN,Jan Mayen Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2044JNI,Java Native Interface
2045JNLP,Java Network Launch Protocol
2046JO,Jordan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2047JOA,Joint Operations Area
2048JOPES,Joint Operations Planning and Execution System
2049JOR,Jordan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2050JOTS,Joint Operations Tactical System
2051JP,Japan (ISO 3166 digram),Justice of the Peace
2052JPL,Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2053JPN,Japan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2054JPOW,Joint Project Optic Windmill
2055JQ,Jetstar Airways (IATA airline designator),Johnny Quick,Johnston Atoll (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Jonny Quest,Joshua Quagmire
2056JRA,Japanese Red Army,Joint Rear Area
2057JRDF,Joint Rapid Deployment Forces
2058JRE,Java Runtime Environment
2059JREF,James Randi Educational Foundation
2060JROC,Joint Requirements Oversight Council
2061JROCM,JROC Memorandum
2062JRRF,Joint Rapid Reaction Force
2063JRSAI,Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
2064JSAP,Japan Society of Applied Physics
2065JSCSC,Joint Services Command and Staff College
2066JSEAD,Joint Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (see SEAD)
2067JSF,Joint Strike Fighter
2068JSIMS,Joint Simulation System
2069JSOA,Joint Special Operations Area
2070JSOTF,Joint Special Operations Task Force
2071JSP,JavaServer Page
2072JSP,Joint Services Publication
2073JSR,Java Specification Request
2074JSS,Joint Support Ship Project
2075JT,Johnston Atoll (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1986),Junior Technician (RAF)
2076JTC,Joint Training Confederation
2077JTF,Joint Task Force
2078JTFEX,Joint Task Force Exercise
2079JTLS,Joint Theater Level Simulation
2080JTMD,Joint Theatre Missile Defence
2081JTN,Johnston Atoll (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
2082JU,Juan de Nova Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2083JUGFET,JUnction Gate Field-Effect Transistor
2084JUICE,JUpiter ICy Moon Explorer
2085JUO,Joint Urban Operations
2086JW,Jehovah's Witnesses
2087JWARS,Joint Warfare System (simulation)
2088JWP,Joint Warfare Publication
2089JY,Japanese Yen
2090JZ,Joint Zone
2091k,Kilo-
2092K,picokelvin
2093K9,Canine Police Unit
2094Ka,Kamov Design Bureau
2095kA,Kiloampere
2096KAF,Kandahar Air Field
2097KARNAC,Knowledge Aided Retrieval in Activity Context
2098KARR,Knight Automated Roving Robot (Knight Rider character)
2099KATUSA,Korean Augmentation To United States Army
2100KAZ,Kazakhstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2101KBE,Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
2102KBO,Kuiper Belt Object
2103KBVB,Koninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond (Dutch for Royal Belgian Football Association)
2104kC,Kilocoulomb
2105KCL,King's College London
2106KCS,Kansas City Southern Railway (AAR reporting mark)
2107KEDO,Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
2108KEN,Kenya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2109KERA,Kentucky Education Reform Act (of 1990)
2110kerma,Kinetic Energy Released in MAterial / in MAtter / per unit MAss
2111KESR,Kent and East Sussex Railway.
2112kF,Kilofarad
2113KFC,Kentucky Fried Chicken
2114KFOR,UN Kosovo Force
2115KFUPM,King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
2116KG,Kyrgyzstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2117KGO,Knight of the Guelphic Order of Hanover
2118KGZ,Kyrgyzstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2119KH,Cambodia (ISO 3166 digram)
2120kH,Kilohenry
2121KHL,Kontinental Hockey League
2122KHM,Cambodia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2123KHz,Kilohertz
2124Ki,Kibi
2125KI,Kiribati (ISO 3166 digram)
2126KIA,Killed In Action
2127KIDS,Knowledge-based Integrated Design System
2128KIR,Kiribati (ISO 3166 trigram)
2129KIT,Keep In Touch
2130KITECH,Korean Institute of Industrial Technology
2131kJ,Kilojoule
2132kK,Kilokelvin
2133KKK,Ku Klux Klan
2134kL,Kilolitre
2135KL,Kuala Lumpur,Kerala (Indian state code)
2136KLENOT,KLEť Observatory Near Earth and Other unusual objects observations Team and Telescope
2137KLOC,Kilo Lines Of Code
2138KMR,Kwajalein Missile Range
2139kN,Kilonewton
2140KNA,Saint Kitts and Nevis (ISO 3166 trigram)
2141KNVB,Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond (Dutch for Royal Dutch Football Association)
2142KO,Knocked Out
2143KOR,Republic of Korea (ISO 3166 trigram)
2144KP,Kim Possible
2145KPNO,Kitt Peak National Observatory
2146Kr,Krypton
2147kS,Kilosiemens
2148KSC,Kennedy Space Center
2149KSI,Killed or Seriously Injured
2150KSM,Korean Service Medal,Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
2151KSU,Kansas State University
2152kT,Kilotesla
2153KTS,Knight of the Tower and Sword (of Portugal)
2154KU,Kuwait (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2155KUL,Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Flemish,Catholic University of Leuven)
2156kV,Kilovolt
2157KV,Kosovo
2158KVM,Keyboard,Video,Mouse switch
2159kW,Kilowatt
2160KW,Kuwait (ISO 3166 digram)
2161KWB,Kids' WB!
2162KWT,Kuwait (ISO 3166 trigram)
2163KX,Cayman Airways (IATA airline designator)
2164KZ,Kazakhstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2165KZN,KwaZulu-Natal
2166La,Lanthanum
2167LAB,Logistics Assault Base
2168LabVIEW,Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench
2169LACMA,Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2170LAD,Laser Aiming Device
2171LADW,Local Air Defence Warning
2172LAESI,Local Authority & Emergency Service Information
2173LAN,Local Area Network
2174LANL,Los Alamos National Laboratory
2175LAO,Laos (ISO 3166 trigram)
2176LARC,Livermore Advanced Research Computer (cf. LLNL)
2177LARP,Live-Action Role-Playing
2178LAS,McCarran International Airport (Las Vegas,Nevada)
2179Laser,Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (cf. Maser)
2180LATA,Local Access Transport Area
2181LATCH,Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (U.S. standard for attachment points for child safety seats in passenger cars)
2182LAW,Light Antitank Weapon
2183LB,Lebanon (ISO 3166 digram)
2184LBN,Lebanon (ISO 3166 trigram)
2185LBNL,Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2186LBR,Liberia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2187LBS,Location-Based Services
2188lbs,pounds (plural form of lb,see above)
2189LBT,Large Binocular Telescope
2190LBW,Leg Before Wicket
2191LBY,Libya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2192LC,Line of Contact,Saint Lucia (ISO 3166 digram)
2193LCA,Saint Lucia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2194LCC,Land Component Commander
2195LCCP,Light Contingency Communications Package
2196LCD,Liquid Crystal Display
2197LCE,Leaving Certificate Examination,Load Carrying Equipment,London Commodity Exchange
2198LCM,Least/Lowest Common Multiple
2199LCol,Lieutenant-Colonel (Canada,UK)
2200LCS,League of Legends Championship Series
2201LD,Laser Designator,Limited Deployment,Line of Departure
2202LDA,Lateral Drift Apparatus (paratroops)
2203LDC,Lesser Developing/Developed Country
2204LDL,Low-Density Lipoprotein
2205LDV,Local Defence Volunteers (British Home Guard)
2206LDW,Lane Departure Warning (ADAS)
2207LE,Lebanon (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2208LEC,Local Exchange Carrier
2209LED,Light-Emitting Diode
2210LEGAD,Legal Advice
2211Legs,level emotion gad speed
2212LEMOSS,Long-Endurance MObile Submarine Simulator
2213LEN,Large Extension Node
2214LEP,Large Electron-Positron collider
2215LER,Loss-Exchange Ratio
2216LEU,Low-Enriched Uranium
2217LF,Low Frequency
2218LFO,Low Frequency Oscillation / Oscillator
2219LFTR,Liquid fluoride thorium reactor
2220LG,Latvia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2221LGB,Lesbian,Gay,Bisexual,Laser-guided bomb,self-explanatory
2222LGBT,Lesbian,Gay,Bisexual,Transgender
2223LGLO,Love God,Love Others
2224LGM,Little Green Men
2225LGS,Landsat Ground Station
2226LH,Lithuania (FIPS 10-4 country code),Luteinising Hormone
2227LHC,Large Hadron Collider
2228LHS,Left Hand Side
2229LI,Fifty-one (in Roman numerals),Liberia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Liechtenstein (ISO 3166 digram)
2230Li,Lithium
2231LIBOR,London Interbank Offered Rate
2232LIBS,Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
2233LIE,Liechtenstein (ISO 3166 trigram)
2234LIFO,Last In,First Out
2235LIGO,Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
2236LINEAR,Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
2237LISA,Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
2238LIVE,Liquid Inertial Vibration Eliminator
2239LJ,La Jolla,Larry Johnson (both the American football and basketball players of that name),LaserJet (HP printer brand),Library Journal,Linux Journal,LiveJournal,Ljubljana,Lord Justice of Appeal,Sierra National Airlines (IATA code)
2240LJJ,Lord Justices of Appeal
2241LK,Sri Lanka (ISO 3166 digram)
2242LKA,Sri Lanka (ISO 3166 trigram)
2243LKR4,Linkwitz-Riley 4th order (audio crossover type)
2244LL,Land Line (telephone),Last Log,Late Latin,Left Limit,Lex Luthor (Superman character),Light Line,Limited Liability,Linked List,Little League
2245LLAD,Low Level Air Defence
2246LLB,Legum Baccalaureus (Latin: Bachelor of Laws)
2247LLC,Limited Liability Company
2248LLGC,Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru (National Library of Wales),London Lesbian and Gay Centre
2249LLLTV,Low-Light Level Television
2250LLNL,Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2251LLP,Limited Liability Partnership
2252LLTI,Limiting Long-Term Illness,Long Lead Time Item
2253LLTR,Low-Level Transit Route
2254LMAO,Laughing My Ass Off (Internet shorthand)
2255LMB,Lick My Balls
2256LMN,Lifetime Movie Network
2257LMS,Like My Status (Internet shorthand)
2258LMS,London Mathematical Society,London,Midland and Scottish (Railway)
2259LMV,() Light Motor Vehicle
2260LNER,London and North Eastern Railway
2261LNG,Liquefied Natural Gas
2262LNO,Liaison Officer
2263LO,Slovakia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2264LOA,Limit Of Advance
2265LOD,Limit of Detection,see Detection limit
2266LoD,Lines of Development (UK)
2267LOFAR,Low Frequency Analysis and Recording
2268LOGPAC,Logistics Package
2269LOL,Laughing Out Loud (Internet shorthand)
2270LOMEZ,Low Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
2271LONEOS,Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search
2272LOOGY,(p/a) Lefty One-Out GuY,a sometimes pejorative nickname for the left-handed specialist in baseball
2273LORTID,LOng Range Target IDentification
2274LOS,Line Of Sight
2275LOSAT,Line-Of-Sight Anti-Tank (missile)
2276LOTA,Licentiate of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
2277LOTIS,Livermore Optical Transient Imaging System
2278LOTS,Logistics Over-The-Shore
2279LP,Linkin Park,Linkup Point,Listening Post,Long Playing record,Louisiana Pacific (cf. LP Field)
2280LPC,Linear Predictive Coding
2281LPD,Landing Platform Dock (Navy hull classification),Low Probability of Detection
2282LPG,Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cf. LNG)
2283LPI,Low Probability of Intercept
2284LPS,Landsat Processing System,LipoPolySaccharide
2285LQ,Palmyra Atoll (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2286Lr,Lawrencium
2287LR,Liberia (ISO 3166 digram)
2288LRC,Logistics iness Center
2289LRF,Laser rangefinder,Low iness Forces
2290LRGW,Long-Range Guided Weapon
2291LRICBM,Limited Range ICBM
2292LRIP,Low Rate Initial Production
2293LRP,Logistics Release Point
2294LRPE,Long-Range Planning Element
2295LRS,Long Range Surveillance
2296LRU,Line-Replaceable Unit
2297LSE,Least Squares Estimate/Error,London School of Economics,London Stock Exchange
2298LSI,Large-Scale Integration
2299LSIF,Labour Sponsored Investment Fund
2300LSND,Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
2301LSO,Lesotho (ISO 3166 trigram)
2302LSST,Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
2303LSVW,Light Support Vehicle,Wheeled
2304LT,Lesotho (FIPS 10-4 country code),Lithuania (ISO 3166 digram)
2305Lt,Lieutenant
2306LtC,Lieutenant-Colonel (U.S.)
2307LTC,Long-Term Costing
2308Ltd,Limited
2309LTDP,Long-Term Defence Plan
2310LTG,Lieutenant General,Lightning (METAR Code)
2311LTI,Linear Time-Invariant
2312LTM,Acronym for Laughing To Myself
2313LTP,Long-Term Potentiation
2314LTU,Lithuania (ISO 3166 trigram)
2315LU,Acronym Love You
2316LU,Loonatics Unleashed
2317Lu,Lutetium
2318LUCA,Last Universal Common Ancestor
2319LUG,Linux User Group
2320LULU,Locally Unwanted Land Use (urbanism)
2321LUT,Limited User Test (ing),Local User Terminal
2322LUVW,Light Utility Vehicle,Wheeled
2323LUX,Luxembourg (ISO 3166 trigram)
2324LV,Las Vegas,Latvia (ISO 3166 digram),Launch Vehicle,Leading Vehicle,Leave,Left Ventricle,Level Valve,Linking Verb,Liverpool Victoria
2325LVA,Latvia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2326LVAD,Left Ventricular Assist Device,Low-Velocity Airdrop
2327LVEF,Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
2328LW,Land Warrior,Low Water (nautical charts)
2329Lw,Lawrencium (obsolete 1963)
2330LWR,Laser warning receiver
2331LWRC,Land Warfare Resources Corporation
2332LWS,Land Warrior System
2333LX,Electrics (theatrical term)
2334LX,Luxembourg (amateur radio ITU prefix),Swiss International Air Lines (IATA code)
2335LY,Libya (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Lithuania (amateur radio ITU prefix)
2336LYAO,Laugh Your Ass Off
2337LYLAS,Love You Like A Sister
2338LZ,Bulgaria (amateur radio ITU prefix),Landing Zone
2339M,Mega-,One thousand (in Roman numerals)
2340m,Metre,Milli
2341MA,Madagascar (FIPS 10-4 country code),Marijuana Anonymous,Master of Arts,Massachusetts (postal symbol),Megaampere,Morocco (ISO 3166 digram)
2342Ma,Megaannum
2343mA,Milliampere
2344MAA,Mathematical Association of America
2345MAAC,Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
2346MACE,Multi-Agent Computing Environment
2347MACHO,MAssive Compact Halo Object
2348MADD,Mothers Against Drunk Driving,MyoAdenylate Deaminase Deficiency,Multiply-Add
2349MAF,Maintenance Action Form
2350MAFF,Ministry of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries (various countries)
2351MAGIC,Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (telescope)
2352MAGNETAR,Metaprogrammable AGent NETwork ARchitecture
2353MAGTF,Marine Air-Ground Task Force
2354MALD,Miniature Air-Launched Decoy
2355MANPADS,MAN-Portable Air Defence System
2356MANPRINT,MANpower and PeRsonnel INTegration
2357MAOI,Monoamine oxidase inhibitor
2358MAPS,Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship
2359MAR,Morocco (ISO 3166 trigram)
2360MarBEF,Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
2361MARC,MAchine able Cataloging (often also defined as MAchine able Code),Mailing list ARChive,Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition,Mid-America Regional Council
2362MARCENT,United States Marine Forces Central Command
2363MARFORCC,Marine Force Component Commander
2364MARRS,Martyn Young,Alex Ayuli,Rudy Tambala,Russell Smith,and Steve Young (British electronic music act)
2365MASAS,Monte Agliale Supernovae and Asteroid Survey
2366Maser,Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
2367MASH,Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
2368MASINT,Measurement And Signature Intelligence
2369MATREX,Modeling Architecture for Technology,Research & EXperimentation
2370MAVS,Mobile Artillery Vehicle System
2371MAW,Malawi (IOC trigram,but not FIFA or ISO 3166)
2372MB,Manitoba (postal symbol),Martinique (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Medal of Bravery (Canada)
2373MBA,Main Battle Area,Main Belt Asteroid,Masters of Business Administration
2374MBBL,(U.S. Armor Center) Mounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
2375MBCC,Migratory Bird Conservation Commission (U.S.)
2376MBCS,Multi-Byte Character Set
2377MBE,Member of the Order of the British Empire,Multistate Bar Examination (U.S.)
2378MBI,Moody Bible Institute
2379MBIDST,Member of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
2380MBM,Meat and Bone Meal
2381mbsf,metres below sea floor,[1][2] a depth convention used in paleontology and oceanography
2382MBT,Main Battle Tank
2383MBTA,Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority,Migratory Bird Treaty Act (U.S.)
2384MBTI,Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
2385mC,Millicoulomb
2386MCA,Master of Computer Applications,Micro Channel Architecture,MultiChannel Analyzer,Music Corporation of America,the original name of the now-defunct MCA Inc.
2387MCC,Marylebone Cricket Club,Mission Control Center,Motor Control Center,Movement Control Centre
2388MCD,Minimal Cerebral Dysfunction,Minor civil division (U.S. Census term)
2389MCDL,Model Composition Definition Language
2390MCFT,Modified Compression Field Theory
2391MCG,Melbourne Cricket Ground
2392MCI,Microwave Communications,Inc.
2393MCIS,Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
2394MCM,Mine Counter-Measures
2395MCMV,Mine Counter-Measure Vessel
2396MCNC,Microelectronics Center of North Carolina,Mixing Condensation Nucleus Counter
2397MCP,Maintenance Collection Point,Male Chauvinist Pig
2398MCR,My Chemical Romance
2399MCSF,Marine Corps Security Forces
2400MCT,Movement Control Team
2401MCTIS,Mounted Co-operative Target Identification System
2402MCU,Marine Corps University,Marvel Cinematic Universe,Medium close-up (camera direction in British TV scripts),Microcontroller unit,Milk clotting units,Ming Chuan University,Minimum coded unit (digital imaging),Multipoint control unit,Municipal Credit Union (New York),MD[edit]
2403Md,Mendelevium
2404MDA,Main Defensive Action/Area,Moldova (ISO 3166 trigram),Muscular Dystrophy Association
2405MDF,Main distribution frame,Medium-density fiberboard
2406MDG,Madagascar (ISO 3166 trigram),UN Millennium Development Goal
2407MDM,Michigan Dartmouth MIT telescope consortium,Master data management
2408MDNA,Madonna's 12th studio album title (2012)
2409MDO,Membership Driven Organisation
2410MDP,Markov Decision Process
2411MDT,Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-6 hours)
2412MDV,Maldives (ISO 3166 trigram)
2413ME,Maine (postal symbol),Mechanical engineer[ing],Medical examiner,Middle East,Middle East Airlines (IATA code),Memory Effect,Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
2414Me,Messerschmitt
2415MEA,Maine Educational Assessment,Middle East Airlines,Millennium Ecosystem Assessment,Minimum en route altitude,Mono-ethanol Amine,Multilateral Environmental Agreement
2416MEAC,Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (ME-ac)
2417MEC,Maine Central Railroad,Manta,Ecuador (IATA location identifier),Model European Council,Mountain East Conference,Mountain Equipment Co-op
2418MECC,Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (later Corporation,dissolved 1999)
2419MECCA,Milwaukee Exposition Convention Center and Arena,a former name for the sports venue now known as UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
2420MECO,Main engine cutoff (NASA code for point in Space Shuttle assent when three main engines are shut down prior to External Tank (ET) separation)
2421MEDEVAC,Medical evacuation
2422MEDLI,Mars Science Laboratory Entry,Descent,and Landing Instrumentation,Medical & Scientific Libraries of Long Island,Model for Effluent Disposal using Land Irrigation
2423MEDS,Mission Essential Data Set
2424MEF,U.S. Marine Expeditionary Force,Minimum essential facility,Mission essential force
2425MEG,MagnetoEncephaloGraphy
2426MEI,Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,Ltd.
2427MEK,Magyar Elektronikus Konyvtar,Message encryption key,Methyl ethyl ketone,Mujahideen al-Khalq
2428MEL,Maya Embedded Language,Michigan Electronic Library
2429MELT,Metallic Line/Loop Test (ing)
2430MEM,Message Exchange Mechanism,Microelectromechanical
2431MEMS,Microelectromechanical System
2432MEO,Medium earth orbit,Most efficient organization
2433MER,Mars Exploration Rover
2434MERL,Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
2435MES,Manufacturing Execution Systems
2436MES,Marconi Electronic Systems,Medium Edison screw
2437MESSENGER,MErcury Surface,Space ENvironment,GEochemistry and Ranging
2438MET,Meteorological,Middle European Time
2439METAR,[Meteorological] Aviation Routine weather report
2440METOC,Meteorological and Oceanographic
2441MEU,U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit,Maximum Expected Utility
2442MEV,Medical Evacuation Vehicle,Musica Elettronica Viva
2443MeV,Megaelectronvolt
2444MEX,Mexico (ISO 3166 trigram)
2445MEZ,Missile Engagement Zone
2446MF,Mayotte (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Megafarad
2447mF,Millifarad
2448MFSB,Mother,Father,Sister,Brother (1970s Philadelphia studio musicians collective)
2449MG,Machine Gun,Madagascar (ISO 3166 digram),Major General,Mongolia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Morris Garage
2450Mg,Magnesium,Megagram
2451MGB,Medium Girder Bridge,Motor Gun Boat
2452MGM,Metro Goldwyn Mayer,Montgomery,Alabama (Airport Code)
2453MGPAM,My Gym Partner's a Monkey
2454MGS,Mobile Gun System
2455MH,Marshall Islands (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram),Megahenry,Montserrat (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2456mH,Millihenry
2457MHC,Major Histocompatibility Complex
2458MHHW,Mean Higher High Water (nautical charts)
2459MHL,Marshall Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2460MHLW,Mean Higher Low Water (nautical charts)
2461MHRA,(UK) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
2462MHW,Mean High Water (nautical charts)
2463MHWN,Mean High Water Neaps (nautical charts)
2464MHWS,Mean High Water Springs (nautical charts)
2465MHz,Megahertz
2466Mi,Mebi
2467MIA,Missing In Action
2468MIAA,Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association,Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association,Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association,Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
2469MIB,Men In Black,Mint In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
2470MICLIC,Mine Clearing Line Charge
2471MICOM,Missile Command
2472MID,Midway Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
2473MIDAS,Man-machine Integration Design and Analysis System
2474MIDI,Musical Instrument Digital Interface
2475MIDS,Multi-Function Information Distribution System
2476MIFG,Shallow Fog (METAR Code)
2477MIKE,Monitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants
2478MIL,Man-In-the-Loop
2479MILC,Mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera
2480MILF,Mother I'd Like to Fuck
2481MIMAROPA,Mindoro,Marinduque,Romblon,Palawan (a region in the Philippines)
2482MIMOSA,MIcroMeasurements Of Satellite Acceleration
2483MIMPT,Member of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
2484MIP,Multilateral Interoperability Programme,Multiple Identity Poster
2485MIRA,MILAN Infra-Red Acquisition (thermal sight)
2486MIRV,Multiple Independent Reentry Vehicle
2487MIS,Management Information Systems,Museum Information System
2488MISREP,Mission Report
2489MISSI,Multilevel Information System Security Initiative
2490MIT,Massachusetts Institute of Technology,methylisothiazoline,Milli Istihbarad Teskilati (Intelligence service of Turkey)
2491MITL,Man-In-The-Loop
2492MITS,see entry
2493MJ,Megajoule,Michael Jordan
2494mJ,Millijoule
2495MJD,Modified Julian Day
2496mK,Millikelvin
2497MKG,Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (American basketball player)
2498MKS,Metre-Kilogram-Second (system of units),MKS Inc. software company
2499MKSA,Metre-Kilogram-Second-Ampere (system of units)
2500ML,Mali (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Maximum Likelihood,Megalitre
2501mL,Millilitre
2502MLA,Martial Law Administration of Bangladesh,Master of Landscape Architecture,Medical Library Association,Member of Legislative Assembly,Modern Language Association,Mutual legal assistance treaty,Myelosis Leucemica Acuta
2503MLB,Major League Baseball
2504MLC,Member of the Legislative Council (in India)
2505MLE,Maximum likelihood estimation
2506MLHW,Mean Lower High Water (nautical charts)
2507MLI,Mali (ISO 3166 trigram)
2508MLK,Martin Luther King,Jr.
2509MLL,Major League Lacrosse
2510MLLW,Mean Lower Low Water (nautical charts)
2511MLP,My Little Pony
2512MLRS,Multiple-Launch Rocket System
2513MLS,Major League Soccer,Multiple Listing Service
2514MLSE,Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (owner of several Toronto-based sports teams),Maximum likelihood sequence estimation
2515MLSR,Missing,Lost or Stolen Report
2516MLT,Malta (ISO 3166 trigram)
2517MLVW,Medium Logistics Vehicle,Wheeled
2518MLW,Mean Low Water (nautical charts)
2519MLWN,Mean Low Water Neaps (nautical charts)
2520MLWS,Mean Low Water Springs (nautical charts)
2521Mm,Megametre
2522mm,Millimetre
2523MMA,Mixed martial arts,Moving Mechanical Assembly
2524MMC,Machinist's Mate,Chief (USN rating),Materiel Management Centre
2525MMCM,Machinist's Mate,Master Chief (USN rating),Magnetic Mine Counter Measure
2526MMCS,Machinist's Mate,Senior Chief (USN rating)
2527MMEV,Multi-Mission Effects Vehicle
2528MMI,Magical MonkeyZ Inc.
2529MMI,Man-Machine Interface
2530MMI,McLean Meditation Institute
2531MMIC,McLean Meditation Institute Certified
2532MMIC,Mindfulness & Meditation Instructor,Certified
2533MMO,Massively Multiplayer Online (computer game)
2534MMOR,Master of Management in Operations Research
2535MMORPG,Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
2536MMPR,Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
2537MMR,Measles,Mumps and Rubella vaccine,Myanmar (ISO 3166 trigram)
2538MMS,Multimission Modular Spacecraft
2539MMU,Manchester Metropolitan University,Manned Manoeuvring Unit
2540Mn,Manganese
2541MN,Meganewton,Minnesota (postal symbol),Monaco (FIPS 10-4 country code),Mongolia (ISO 3166 digram)
2542mN,Millinewton
2543MNB,Multinational Brigade
2544MND,Motor Neurone Disease,Multinational Division
2545MNE,Montenegro (ISO 3166 trigram)
2546MNG,Multiple-image Network Graphics,Mongolia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2547MNMF,Multi-National Maritime Force
2548MNP,Northern Mariana Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2549MNS,Mission Needs Statement
2550Mo,Molybdenum
2551MOA,Museum of Art (Brigham Young University)
2552MOAB,Massive Ordnance Air Blast (official),Mother Of All Bombs (slang)
2553MOB,Man Over Board,Marching Owl Band,Movable Object Block
2554MOC,Macedonian Orthodox Church,Measure Of Capability,Mission Operations Centre,My Own Creation (Lego)
2555MOCAS,Mechanization Of Contract Administration Services
2556MOD,Magneto-optical disc,Masters of Deception,Minimum Object Distance,Multiple Organ Dysfunction
2557MoD,Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) and various other countries
2558modem,Modulator-Demodulator
2559Moe,Marvel of entertainment
2560MOE,Measure Of Effectiveness
2561MOF,Ministry of Finance (Japan)
2562MOFA,Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
2563MOH, Medal of Honor,Music On Hold
2564MOID,Minimum Orbital Intersection Distance
2565MOJWA,Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa
2566MOLO,Mobile Other Licensed Operator (UK)
2567MOM,Master's Degree in Oriental medicine
2568MOM,Message Oriented Middleware
2569MoM,Multiple of the median
2570MoMA,Museum of Modern Art (NYC)
2571MOND,Modified Newtonian Dynamics
2572MOO,Measure Of Outcome
2573MOPE,Ministry of Population and Environment (Nepal),Most Oppressed People Ever (politics)
2574MOPP,Mission-Oriented Protective Posture
2575MORP,Meteorite Observation and Recovery Project
2576MOSFET,Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
2577MOSS,MObile Submarine Simulator,Moving Object Support System
2578MOT,Ministry of Transport (UK)
2579MOTA,Member of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
2580MOTESS,Moving Object and Transient Event Search System
2581MOTO,Mail Order / Telephone Order,Master of the obvious
2582MOU,Memorandum Of Understanding
2583MOVES,Modeling,Virtual Environments,and Simulation Institute
2584MOW,Maintenance of way (also MW)
2585MOZ,Mozambique (ISO 3166 trigram)
2586MPA,Maritime Patrol Aircraft,Master of Public Administration
2587MPa,Megapascal
2588mPa,Millipascal
2589MPAA,Motion Picture Association of America
2590MPC,Minor Planet Center,Minor Planet Circular
2591MPEC,Minor Planet Electronic Circular
2592MPEG,Motion Pictures (Coding) Experts Group
2593MPEV,Multi-Purpose Engineering Vehicle
2594MPF,Maritime Prepositioning Force
2595MPFC,Medial PreFrontal Cortex
2596MPG,Miles Per Gallon
2597MPMC,Medial PreMotor Cortex
2598MPSI,Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
2599MPSoC,MultiProcessor System-on-Chip
2600MPSRON,Maritime Propositioning Ship Squadron
2601MQ,Martinique (ISO 3166 digram),Midway Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2602MR,Mauritania (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2603MRAV,Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle
2604MRBM,Medium Range Ballistic Missile
2605MRC,Maintenance Requirements Card
2606MRD,Motorized Rifle Division
2607MRGW,Medium-Range Guided Weapon
2608MRI,Magnetic Resonance Imaging
2609MRL,Multiple Rocket Launcher
2610MRPharmS,Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (Great Britain)
2611MRR,Maximum Rock and Roll,Minimum-Risk Route,My Restaurant Rules
2612MRS,Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
2613MRSA,Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
2614MRT,Mass Rapid Transit — used as either an official or unofficial name for metro systems in Singapore,Kaoshiung,Bangkok,Taipei,Chennai,and Delhi,Mauritania (ISO 3166 trigram)
2615MRTFB,U.S. Major Range and Test Facility Base
2616Ms,Megasecond
2617mS,Millisiemens
2618MSB,Main Support Battalion,Most Significant Bit (or Byte)
2619MSD,Minimum Safe Distance
2620MSDB,Multi Source Data Base
2621MSE,Multiple Subscriber Element
2622MSG,Message
2623MSG,MonoSodium Glutamate,Madison Square Garden (either the 1879,1890,1925,or current versions of the venue)
2624MSH,Medium Support Helicopter,Mount Saint Helens
2625MSI,Micro-Star International,Multispectral imagery
2626MSIE,Microsoft Internet Explorer,Master of Science in Industrial Engineering
2627MSL,Mars Science Laboratory,Mean Sea Level,Missile
2628MSLP,Mean Sea Level Pressure
2629MSM,Mainstream media,Men who have sex with men,Mount St Mary's School
2630MSN,Microsoft Network,Master of Science in Nursing
2631MSNBC,Microsoft National Broadcasting Company Cable news channel (see also msnbc.com)
2632MSO,Multiple System Operator
2633MSPA,Migrant and Seasonal worker Protection Act,MS Paint Adventures
2634MSPB,Merit Systems Protection Board
2635MSR,Main Supply Route,Module Service Record,Montserrat (ISO 3166 trigram),Motor Schlepp Regulung,Mountain Safety Research (outdoor supplies manufacturer)
2636MSSA,Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
2637MST,Madison Symmetric Torus,Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7 hours),MST3K or MST3k,Mystery Science Theater 3000
2638MSU,Michigan State University,Montana State University,Mountain State University,Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia,a.k.a. MGU),MT[edit]
2639Mt,Meitnerium
2640mT,Millitesla
2641MTA,Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Boston) (now Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority),Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York)
2642MTBF,Mean time between failures
2643MTF,Magnetized target fusion,Medical Treatment Facility,Message Text Format,Modulation transfer function (optics)
2644MtF,Male-to-female transsexual
2645MTG,Magic: The Gathering
2646MTP,Maritime Tactical Publication,Materiel Transfer Plan,Mission Training Plan
2647MTQ,Martinique (ISO 3166 trigram)
2648MTS,Maintenance Training System,Manitoba Telecom Services,Michigan Terminal/Timesharing System,Movement Tracking System,Multichannel television sound,Multi-Technical Services
2649MTT,Methylthiazol tetrazolium (assay)
2650MTV,MainosTeleVisio (Finnish commercial TV company),Music TeleVision
2651MTVL,Mobile Tracked Vehicle,Light
2652MTWS,MAGTF Tactical Warfare System
2653MU,Mauritius (ISO 3166 digram),Oman (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Muscat)
2654MUS,Mauritius (ISO 3166 trigram)
2655MV,Maldives (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Megavolt,Motor Vehicle,Motor Vessel
2656mV,Millivolt
2657MVC,Missouri Valley Conference
2658MVFC,Missouri Valley Football Conference
2659MVNO,Mobile virtual network operator
2660MW,Maintenance of way (also MOW),Malawi (ISO 3166 digram),Medium Wave (radio),Megawatt,Mountain West (Conference) (formal initialism since July 2011)
2661mW,Milliwatt
2662MWESH,Machismo Wizards Extended SHelter (operating system)
2663MWI,Malawi (ISO 3166 trigram)
2664MWOA,Mount Wilson Observatory Association
2665MWR,Morale,Welfare,and Recreation
2666MWTB,Mounted Warfare Test Bed
2667MX,Mail Exchange,Mexico (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Missile eXperimental
2668MY,Malaysia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2669MYOB,Mind Your Own Business
2670MYS,Malaysia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2671MYT,Mayotte (ISO 3166 trigram)
2672MZ,Mach-Zehnder (interferometer),Magnetic Azimuth,Move,Zig (Zero Wing),Mozambique (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2673n,Nano
2674N,Newton,Nitrogen,North
2675N3F,National Fantasy Fan Federation
2676NA,Namibia (ISO 3166 digram),Narcotics Anonymous,National Archives,Negative Acknowledge
2677nA,Nanoampere
2678Na,Sodium (Latin Natrium)
2679NAA,N-Acetylaspartate
2680NAAD,North American Air Defense
2681NAAFI,Navy,Army and Air Force Institute (UK),No Ambition And Fuckall Interest (RSA army slang)
2682NAAK,Mark I NAAK,Nerve Agent Antidote Kit
2683NAAQS,National Ambient Air Quality Standards
2684NAAWS,NATO Anti-Air Warfare System
2685NACA,(U.S.) National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (1915-1958,became NASA)
2686NACC,North Atlantic Cooperation Council
2687NACISA,NATO Communications and Information Systems Agency
2688NACMA,NATO Air Command and Control System Management Agency
2689NACRA,North America Caribbean Rugby Association (more specifically rugby union)
2690NAEC,U.S. Naval Air Engineering Center
2691NAF,NATO Architecture Framework,Naval Air Facility
2692NAFERA,Native American Free Exercise of Religion Act
2693NAFLD,NonAlcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
2694NAFO,Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
2695NAFTA,North American Free Trade Agreement
2696NAGPRA,Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
2697NAI,Named Area of Interest,Network Access Identifier
2698NAICS,North American Industry Classification System
2699NAIL,Neurotics Anonymous
2700NAILS,National Airspace Integrated Logistics System
2701NAIRU,Non Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment
2702NAK,Negative Acknowledge
2703NAM,Namibia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2704NAMBLA,North American Man-Boy Love Association
2705NAMRL,Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
2706NaN,Not A Number (computing)
2707NAO,UK National Audit Office
2708NAPS,Navy Acquisition Procedures Supplement
2709NARA,(U.S.) National Archives and Records Administration
2710NARAL,National Abortion Rights Action League
2711NARDAC,Naval Regional Data Automation Center
2712NARDIC,U.S. Navy Acquisition Research and Development Information Center
2713NARPV,National Association for Remotely Piloted Vehicles
2714NAS,National Academy of Sciences,National Air Space,National Audubon Society,Naval Air Station,New Attack Submarine
2715NASCAR,National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing
2716NASDAQ,National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
2717NASED,National Association of State Election Directors [1][2]
2718NASH,Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
2719NASP,National Aerospace Plane
2720NASS,National Association of Secretaries of State [3]
2721NatGeo,National Geographic
2722NATO,National Association of Theatre Owners,North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
2723NaUKMA,National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
2724NAV,Navigation[al]
2725NAVCAMS,Naval Communications Area Master Station
2726NAVCC,National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
2727NAVCENT,Naval Forces U.S. Central Command
2728NAVDAC,Naval Data Automation Command
2729NAVEUR,Naval Forces U.S. European Command
2730NAVFE,U.S. Naval Forces,Far East
2731NAVFOR,Naval Force
2732NAVMACS,Naval Modular Automatic Communication Subsystem
2733NAVNET,Navy Network
2734NAVS,Non-Cooperative Airborne Vector Scoring
2735NAVSAT,Navigation Satellite
2736NAVSPACECOM,U.S. Navy Space Command
2737NAVSPASUR,U.S. Naval Space Surveillance System
2738NAVSTAR,Navigation Satellite Timing And Ranging
2739NAVTACNET,Navy Tactical Network
2740NAWC,U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center
2741Nb,Niobium
2742NBA,National Basketball Association
2743NBC,National Broadcasting Corporation,Nuclear,Biological,and Chemical
2744NBCRS,NBC (Nuclear,Biological,and Chemical) Reconnaissance System
2745NBIC,Nanotechnology,Biotechnology,Information Technology,Cognitive Science
2746NBL,National Basketball League (Australia)
2747NBT,Nitroblue tetrazolium (assay)
2748nC,Nanocoulomb
2749NC,Network Computer,New Caledonia (ISO 3166 digram),Node Centre,Non-Consensual,Normally Closed,North Carolina (postal symbol)
2750NCA,National Command Authority
2751NCAR,U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research
2752NCB,National Codification Bureau
2753NCCAM,U.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
2754NCCUSL,National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (U.S.)
2755NCDDR,U.S. National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research
2756NCES,U.S. National Center for Education Statistics,Net-Centric Enterprise Services
2757NCI,U.S. National Cancer Institute
2758NCIS,National Criminal Intelligence Service (British),Naval Criminal Investigative Service (U.S. Navy; see also NCIS,a U.S. TV series based on this unit)
2759NCL,New Caledonia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2760NCLR,National Council of La Raza
2761NCMO,No Commitment Make Out
2762NCND,Non Circumvention & Non Disclosure,Neither Confirm Nor Deny,New Concept New Design
2763NCO,Non-Commissioned Officer
2764NCP,Net Contracted Purchases
2765NCR,National Cash Register Co.
2766NCTR,Non-Co-operative Target Recognition
2767NCW,Network Centric Warfare
2768Nd,Neodymium
2769ND,Non-Disclosure,North Dakota (postal symbol)
2770NDAA,U.S. National Defense Authorization Act
2771NDBP,Non-Departmental Public Body (Scotland)
2772NDCC,New Directions Counseling Center (Concord,California)
2773NDP,New Democratic Party (Canada)
2774NDS,Nintendo DS
2775NDU,National Defense University (Washington,DC)
2776NE,Nebraska (postal symbol),Niger (ISO 3166 digram),North-East
2777Ne,Neon
2778NEA,National Education Association (U.S. labor union),Near-Earth Asteroid,Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD)
2779NEAT-Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking,,National Emergency Access Target (Au Health)
2780NECTEC,National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (Thailand)
2781NED,Netherlands (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
2782NEI,National Eye Institute,Not Enough Information,Nuclear Energy Institute
2783NEMS,National Energy Modeling System (USDOE-EIA)
2784NEPA,National Environmental Policy Act
2785NER,Niger (ISO 3166 trigram)
2786NERICA,New Rice for Africa
2787NESDIS,National Environmental Satellite,Data and Information Service
2788NESP,NSA/CSS Enterprise Standards Program
2789NET,National Educational Television
2790NETCU,(UK) National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit
2791NETL,(US) National Energy Technology Laboratory
2792NETWARS,Network Warfare Simulation
2793NEWS,Navy Electronic Warfare Simulator,North,East,West,South
2794NEX,Navy EXchange
2795nF,Nanofarad
2796NF,Norfolk Island (ISO 3166 digram)
2797NFA,(U.S.) National Firearms Act (often used to refer to the guns and accessories regulated under this law),No-Fire Area
2798NFC,National Football Conference,Near field communication
2799NFER,National Foundation for Educational Research
2800NFG,No Fucking Good
2801NFHS,National Federation of State High School Associations
2802NFI,Not F****** Interested
2803NFK,Norfolk Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
2804Nfld,Newfoundland
2805NFPA,National Fluid Power Association (United States)
2806NFT,No Further Text
2807NG,Natural Gas,Next Generation,Niger (FIPS 10-4 country code),Nigeria (ISO 3166 digram)
2808NGA,National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency,Nigeria (ISO 3166 trigram)
2809NGATS,New Generation Army Targetry System
2810NGH,Northern General Hospital
2811NGO,non-governmental organization
2812NGR,Nigeria (IOC trigram,but not ISO 3166 or FIFA)
2813NGS,Naval Gunfire Support
2814nH,Nanohenry
2815NH,New Hampshire (postal symbol),New Hebrides (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1980),Vanuatu (FIPS 10-4 country code; from New Hebrides)
2816NHANES,National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
2817NHB,New Hebrides (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1980)
2818NHB,No Holds Barred radio (Link)
2819NHL,National Hockey League
2820NHO,Næringslivets Hovedorganisasjon (Confederation of Norwegian Enterprises,a Norwegian employers' organisation)
2821NHRA,National Hot Rod Association
2822NHS,National Health Service (UK)
2823NI,Nicaragua (ISO 3166 digram),Nigeria (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2824Ni,Nickel
2825NIAAA,U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
2826NIAG,NATO Industrial Advisory Group
2827NIAID,National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Disease
2828NIAMD,National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases
2829NIB,New In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
2830NIBP,Non-invasive blood pressure monitor
2831NIC,Network Interface Card,Nicaragua (ISO 3166 trigram)
2832NicA,Nicotine Anonymous
2833NICAP,National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena
2834NICE,UK. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
2835NICHD,National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [4]
2836NICP,National Inventory Control Point
2837NIDDK,National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
2838NIDRR,National Institute on Disability Research and Rehabilitation
2839NIEHS,National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
2840NIG,Niger (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
2841NIH,National Institutes of Health,Not Invented Here
2842NIIN,National Item Identification Number
2843NIMA,National Imagery and Mapping Agency (became NGA)
2844NIMBY,Not In My Back Yard (See NOME)
2845NIMG,Not In My Generation
2846NIMH,National Institute of Medical Herbalists,National Institute of Mental Health
2847NIN,Nine Inch Nails (band)
2848NIPR,National Institute of Polar Research (Japan)
2849NIR,Northern Ireland (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
2850NISAC,U.S. National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center
2851NISCAP,NSA Information System Certification and Accreditation Program
2852NISER,National Institute of Science Education and Research
2853NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology
2854NIT,National Invitation Tournament (U.S. college basketball),National Institutes of Technology (India)
2855NITFS,National Imagery Transmission Format Standard
2856NIU,Niue (ISO 3166 trigram)
2857nJ,Nanojoule
2858NJ,New Jersey (postal symbol)
2859NJHS,National Junior Honor Society
2860NJPW,New Japan Pro Wrestling
2861nK,Nanokelvin
2862NKA,No Known Allergies
2863nL,Nanolitre
2864NL,Netherlands (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram),Newfoundland and Labrador (postal symbol)
2865NLB,Non-Linear Battlefield
2866NLD,Netherlands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2867NLF,National Liberation Front (disambiguation)
2868NLL,National Lacrosse League
2869NLP,Natural Language Processing,Neuro-Linguistic Programming (pseudoscience)
2870NLW,Non-Lethal Weapon
2871nm,Nanometre
2872NM,New Mexico (postal symbol)
2873NMCI,Navy Marine Corps Intranet
2874NMCS,Not Mission Capable Supply (SM&R code)
2875NMD,U.S. National Missile Defense
2876NMHNFG,Not Made Here,No Fucking Good
2877NMN,No middle name
2878NMR,Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
2879NMSG,NATO Modelling and Simulation Group
2880nN,Nanonewton
2881NNE,North North-East
2882NNSA,U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration
2883NNW,North North-West
2884NO,Nitric Oxide,Normally Open,Norway (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
2885No,Nobelium
2886NOAA,U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
2887NOAF,Norwegian Air Force
2888NOAO,National Optical Astronomy Observatory
2889NOC,UK. National Oceanography Centre
2890NODEF,NATO Oceanographic Data Exchange Format
2891NOGI,New Orleans Grande Isle (award for diving)
2892NOLA,New Orleans,Louisiana (LA is the official postal code for Louisiana)
2893NOLF,Navy OutLying Field
2894NoMBO,Non-mine,Mine-like Bottom Object
2895NOME,Not on Mars Either
2896NOME,Not on Mars Either (see NIMBY)
2897NOPA,National Office Products Alliance,National Office Products Association
2898NOR,Norway (ISO 3166 trigram)
2899NORCECA,North,Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation
2900NORELPREF,No religious preference
2901NORTHAG,Northern Army Group
2902NOS,Network Operating System,New Old Stock (Internet auction/trading listings),Nitric Oxide Synthase (enzyme)
2903NOSA,NATO OSI Security Architecture
2904NOTAFLOF,No One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds
2905NOW,National Organization for Women
2906NP,National Permit,A permit in India for trucks so they can go anywhere in the nation
2907Np,Neap tide (nautical charts),Neptunium
2908NP,Nepal (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
2909NPB,Nippon Professional Baseball
2910NPC,National Postgraduate Committee,National Provincial Championship (New Zealand rugby competition,now defunct),Navigation Planning Chart,Non-Player Character (role-playing games)
2911NPCS,Non-Passenger Coaching stock (in Railways)
2912NPD,Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (German)
2913NPDI,New Product Development and Introduction
2914NPG,Needline/Network Participation Group
2915NPH,Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
2916NPL,National Priorities List,Nepal (ISO 3166 trigram)
2917NPO,nothing by mouth
2918NPOV,Neutral Point Of View
2919NQ,Dronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1983)
2920NQOCD,Not Quite Our Class,Dear (or Darling). (Upper-class English slang)
2921NR,Nauru (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
2922NRA,National Rifle Association
2923NRAO,National Radio Astronomy Observatory
2924NRC,National Research Council (U.S.),Nuclear Regulatory Commission (U.S.)
2925NRDC,(U.S.) Natural Resources Defense Council
2926NREL,U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
2927NRK,Norsk Rikskringkasting (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)
2928NRMP,National Resident Matching Program (U.S. medicine)
2929NRO,U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
2930NRT,Near Real Time
2931NRTA,National Rat Terrier Association,National Retail Tenants Association,National Retired Teachers Association,Northwest Regional Transmission Association
2932NRU,Nauru (ISO 3166 trigram)
2933ns,Nanosecond
2934nS,Nanosiemens
2935NS,Norfolk Southern Railway (AAR reporting mark),Nova Scotia (postal symbol),Suriname (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2936NSA,U.S. National Security Agency,Naval Support Activity,No Strings Attached
2937NSABB,National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
2938NSAID,Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug
2939NSB,Norges Statsbaner (Norwegian State Railways)
2940NSC,National Security Council
2941NSDL,National Science Digital Library (US)
2942NSG,National System for Geospatial-Intelligence
2943NSN,National Stock Number
2944NSNA,National Student Nurses' Association
2945NSO,National Standardization Office (ABCA)
2946NSS,(U.S.) Naval Simulation System
2947NST,(UK) Nimrod Software Team
2948NSTAC,National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
2949NSW,New South Wales (postal symbol)
2950nT,Nanotesla
2951NT,National Trust (UK),Saudi-Iraqi neutral zone (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1993),New Technology (Windows NT),Northern Territory (Australia) (postal symbol),Northwest Territories (Canada) (postal symbol)
2952NTC,National Training Center,Negative Temperature Coefficient (thermistor)
2953NTDS,Naval Tactical Data System
2954NTP,Network Time Protocol
2955NTR,Network Time Reference
2956NTRA,National Thoroughbred Racing Association
2957NTSB,National Transportation Safety Board
2958NTSC,National Television Standards Committee (colloquially,Never Twice the Same Color)
2959NTV,Non-Tactical Vehicle
2960NTY,(Internet Abbreviations:) Not Tested Yet; (Alternatively) No Thank You
2961NTZ,Iraq-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1993)
2962NU,Nicaragua (FIPS 10-4 country code),Niue (ISO 3166 digram),Nunavut (postal symbol)
2963NUL,Null character (ASCII code of control character),National Urban League
2964NUTS,Nuclear Utilization Target Selection
2965NUWC,U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center
2966nV,Nanovolt
2967NVEOL,Night Vision and Electro-Optics Laboratory
2968NVESD,CERDEC Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate,Fort Belvoir,Virginia
2969NVG,Night Vision Goggles
2970NVL,Night Vision Laboratory
2971nW,Nanowatt
2972NW,North-West
2973NW,Nuclear Weapon
2974NWA,National Wrestling Alliance
2975NWF,National Wildlife Federation
2976NWFZ,Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone
2977NWHN,U.S. National Women's Health Network
2978nWo,New World Order (see article for explanation of idiosyncratic capitalization)
2979NWOAHM,New Wave of American Heavy Metal
2980NWOBHM,New Wave of British Heavy Metal (sometimes pronounced /n.ˈwɒbm/ as if it were an acronym)
2981NWRA,National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association
2982NWSL,National Women's Soccer League (U.S.)
2983NWT,North-West Territories
2984NXA,21st arcade game in the Pump It Up series
2985NXD,Native XML
2986NXE,New Xbox Experience
2987NXG,New Cross Gate station
2988NXL,National XBall League
2989NXN,Nike Cross Nationals
2990NY,New York (postal symbol)
2991NYC,New York City
2992NYHA,New York Heart Association
2993NYO,National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
2994NYRA,National Youth Rights Association,New York Racing Association (horse racing)
2995NYSE,New York Stock Exchange
2996NZ,New Zealand (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
2997NZC,New Zealand Cricket
2998NZL,New Zealand (ISO 3166 trigram)
2999NzL,Noze looan (online/event listings)
3000NZOSS,New Zealand Open Source Society
3001NZRU,New Zealand Rugby Union
3002O,Oberst,Observer,Obstacle,Octal,Officer,Official,Oh,Operational,Operator,Oprah (magazine),Outstanding,Oxygen
3003OA,Operational Analysis,Overeaters Anonymous
3004OAC,On Approved Credit
3005OAP,Old Age Pensioner (UK)
3006OARSI,Osteoarthritis Research Society International
3007OAS,Organization of American States
3008OASIS,Objects and Agents for Information Systems and Simulation,Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
3009OASIS,Ontario Agencies Supporting Individuals with Special Needs
3010OASIS,Ontario Association of Sewage Industry Services
3011OASP,Operational Analysis Support Paper/Plan
3012OAU,Organization for African Unity
3013OB,Obedience,Obligation,Obligatory,Obsolete,Obstetrics,Ocean Beach (California),Off Break (cricket),Old Bryanstonian,Order of Battle,Outlet Box (electrical),Overbought (stock market),Oversight Board
3014OBE,Officer of the Order of the British Empire
3015OBS,Observation/Observer,Obsolete,Obstacle,Off Balance Sheet,Optical Burst Switching (IEEE),Organic Brain Syndrome,Organization(al) Breakdown Structure
3016OBSS,Off Board Sensor Systems,Ordo Byantinus Sancti Sepulchri (Byzantine Order of the Holy Sepulchre),Orbiter Boom Sensor System (space shuttle),Origins Billion Star Survey
3017OBX,Outer Banks (North Carolina)
3018OC,Officer Commanding
3019OCA,Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur,Offensive Counter-Air
3020OCD,Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
3021OCFS,Oracle Cluster File System
3022OCFS2,Oracle Cluster File System Release 2
3023OCMCC,[2] Orchard County MCC
3024OCN,Oncology Certified Nurse
3025OCO,Oort Cloud Object
3026OCOKA,Observation,Cover and concealment,Obstacles,Key terrain,and Avenues of approach (mnemonic)
3027OCR,Optical Character Recognition
3028OCS,see entry
3029OD,Old Dragon,Ordnance Datum (nautical charts),Overdose
3030ODAS,OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey
3031ODB,Ol' Dirty Bastard (rapper),One Dirty B*tch/Broad/Babe (professional wrestler),Operational Data Base,Original David Baker (professional poker player; used to distinguish from another professional poker player of the same name),Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
3032ODBC,Open DataBase Connectivity
3033ODI,Office for Disability Issues (UK government agency),One Day International (cricket),Open Data-Link Interface,Oracle Data Integrator,Overseas Development Institute (UK think tank),OE[edit]
3034OEA,(U.S.) Office of Economic Adjustment
3035OECD,Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (international)
3036OED,Oxford English Dictionary
3037OEG,Operation Exposure Guidance
3038OEIS,On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
3039OEM,Original Equipment Manufacturer
3040OFA,Occipital Face Area
3041OFDA,U.S Agency for International Development's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
3042OGC,Open Geospatial Consortium
3043OGD,Other Government Department
3044OGO,Other Government Organization
3045OGX,OUARGLA,a petroleum state in the south of Algeria
3046OH,Ohio (postal symbol)
3047OHC,OverHead-Cam engine
3048OHHLA,Original Hip-Hop Lyrics Archive
3049OHIP,Ontario Health Insurance Plan
3050OHMS,On Her (or His) Majesty's Service (also written: O.H.M.S.)
3051OHP,Observatoire de Haute-Provence
3052OHSS,Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
3053OIC,Officer In Charge
3054OIF,Operation Iraqi Freedom
3055OIOC,Oriental & India Office Collections (in the British Library)
3056OJ,Orange Juice,O.J. Simpson
3057OJT,On-the-Job Training
3058OKC,Oklahoma City
3059OLED,Organic Light-Emitting Diode
3060OLS,Operational Linescan System
3061OM,Oman (ISO 3166 digram),Olympique de Marseille (French football club)
3062OMA,Open Mobile Alliance,Operations & Maintenance,Army
3063OMB,U.S. Office of Management and Budget,Ontario Municipal Board,Order of Mapungubwe in Bronze
3064OMD,Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1980s pop group)
3065OME,Osaka Mercantile Exchange
3066OMFG,Oh My Fucking God
3067OMG,Oh My God or Or My Gosh
3068OMN,Oman (ISO 3166 trigram)
3069OMNCS,U.S. Office of the Manager for the National Communications System
3070OMP,Order of Mapungubwe in Platinum
3071OMS,Order of Mapungubwe in Silver
3072OMT,Object Model Template
3073OMW,On My Way,Oh My Word
3074ON,Ontario (postal symbol)
3075ONC,Orthopaedic Nurse Certified
3076ONG,Orthodontic National Group
3077ONI,(U.S.) Office of Naval Intelligence
3078Onna,Oniong,Nnung Ndem,and Awa,a Local Government Area in Nigeria
3079ONS,Operational Needs Statement
3080OO,Object Oriented,Over & Out
3081OOAD,Object Oriented Analysis and Design
3082OOBE,Out-of-body experience
3083OOCL,Orient Overseas Container Line
3084OOF,Out of Facility
3085OOMF,One Of My Followers
3086OOO,Out Of the Office
3087OOP,Object-Oriented Programming,Out Of Print
3088OOS,Occupational Overuse Syndrome,OneSAF Objective System,Open Operating System,Out Of Service
3089OOTW,Operations Other Than War
3090OPA,Other Procurement,Army
3091OPAC,Online Public Access Catalogue
3092OPCON,Operational control
3093OPCW,Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
3094OPEC,Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
3095OPFOR,Opposing force
3096OPI,Office of Primary Interest,Open Prepress Interface
3097OPINTEL,Operational Intelligence
3098OPLAN,Operation plan (also OpPlan)
3099OPORD,Operation order
3100OPP,Ontario Provincial Police,Operational Planning Process,Other People's Property/Pussy/Penis (song)
3101OPS,On-base plus slugging (baseball statistics),Operations
3102OPTAR,Operational target
3103OPV,Offshore Patrol Vessel
3104ORAU,Oak Ridge Associated Universities
3105ORB,Object Request Broker
3106ORBAT,Order of Battle
3107ORF,Operational iness Float
3108ORISE,Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
3109ORNL,Oak Ridge National Laboratory
3110OS,Operating System
3111Os,Osmium
3112OSA,Order of St. Augustine
3113OSCE,Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
3114OSDL,Open Source Development Labs
3115OSE,Own Separate Entrance
3116OSERS,U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
3117OSETI,Optical SETI also Optical SETI
3118OSHA,Occupational Safety and Health Administration
3119OSIA,(U.S.) On-Site Inspection Agency
3120OSM,One Saturday Morning
3121OSPA,Operations Security Professional's Association site of OSPA
3122OSPA,Oregon School Psychologists Association [3]
3123OSRH,Oružane Snage Republike Hrvatske (en: Armed forces of the Republic of Croatia)
3124OSS,Office of Strategic Services (1942-1945,forerunner of CIA)
3125OTB,Off The Ball,Offtrack Betting,OneSAF Testbed (a descendant of ModSAF)
3126OTC,Over-The-Counter (drugs)
3127OTD,Off the derech (referring to an Orthodox Jew who has stopped practicing the tenets of his or her faith)
3128OTEA,(U.S. Army) Operational Test Evaluation Agency
3129OTI,Office of Transition Initiatives (United States Agency for International Development)
3130OTOH,On The Other Hand
3131OTSBH,Over The Shoulder Boulder Holder
3132OTW,On The Way
3133OTYBL,Over To You Blue Leader
3134OTYRL,Over To You Red Leader
3135OU,University of Oklahoma
3136OVC,Overcast (METAR Code),Ohio Valley Conference
3137OVV,Optically Visually Violent,or Optically Violently Variable,a type of quasar
3138OW,Old Wykehamist
3139OWN,Oprah Winfrey Network
3140OX,IATA code for Orient Thai Airlines
3141OXC,Optical cross-connect
3142OXM,Official Xbox Magazine
3143OXT,Oxytocin
3144OZ,(?) Australia
3145P,Peta,Phosphorus
3146p,pico
3147P2P,Peer-to-peer (networking)
3148Pa,pascal,Protactinium
3149pA,picoampere
3150PA- Pamela Anderson,Panama (ISO 3166 digram),Paraguay (FIPS 10-4 country code),Partial Agonist,Pennsylvania (postal symbol),petampere,PolyAmide (Nylon),Prince Albert piercing,Public Address (vocal amplification system),Public Affairs,PA 6,Nylon 6 (PolyAmide) (similarly for PA 11,12,46,66,610)
3151PAA,Position Area for Artillery
3152PABX,Private Automated Branch eXchange (company phone system)
3153PAC,Pan Africanist Congress,Partial Solar Calibrator,Patriot Advanced Capabilities,Political action committee, Primary Auditory Cortex
3154PACOM,(U.S.) Pacific Command
3155PADD,Personal Access Display Device (as seen in the Star Trek franchise),Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts,used for data collection in the U.S. petroleum industry
3156PADI,Professional Association of Diving Instructors
3157PAEK,PolyArylEtherKetone
3158PAFC,Plymouth Argyle Football Club
3159PAH,Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
3160PAHO,Pan American Health Organization
3161PAI,PolyAmide Imide,Pre-Approval Inspection (pharma)
3162PAK,Pakistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
3163Pakistan,Punjab,Afghan states,Kashmir,sIndh,baluchiSTAN
3164PAL,Phase Alternating Line (TV standard),Philippine Airlines
3165PAM, Precision Attack Missile
3166PAMELA,Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics,Pedestrian Accessibility and Movement Environment Laboratory
3167Pamida,Patrick,Michael,and David,sons of the department store chain's co-founder Jim Witherspoon
3168PANS,Pretty Advanced/Awesome Network Services (cf. POTS)
3169PAR,Paraguay (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
3170PARC,Palo Alto Research Center
3171PAROS,Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space (treaty)
3172PARP,(NATO Partnership for Peace) Planning And Review Process
3173PARWIG,Power Augmented Ram Wing In Ground (aeroplane wing shape)
3174PAS,See entry
3175PASA,PolyAmide,Semi-Aromatic (Nylon)
3176PASGT,Personnel Armor System,Ground Troops
3177PASR,Personnel Accounting and Strength Reporting
3178PATH,Port Authority Trans-Hudson
3179PAWS,Phased Array Warning System,Progressive Animal Welfare Society
3180PAYD,Pay As You Drive
3181PAYE,Pay As You Earn
3182Pb,Lead (Latin Plumbum)
3183PB,PolyButylene
3184PBA,Philippine Basketball Association,Professional Bowlers Association
3185PBB,PolyBrominated Biphenyl
3186PBCK,Problem Between Chair and Keyboard (computer help desk in-joke)
3187PBD,PolyButaDiene
3188PBDE,PolyBrominated Diphenyl Ether
3189PBI,PolyBenzImidazole
3190PBN,PolyButylene Naphthalate
3191PBOH,Please Become Old History
3192PBR,Pabst Blue Ribbon (beer brand),Professional Bull Riders
3193PBRT,may stand for: Physically Based Raytracing,an open source software rendering system for physically correct image synthesis.
3194PBS,Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (Australia),Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),Public Broadcasting Services (Malta)
3195PBT,PolyButylene Terephthalate
3196PBX,Private Branch eXchange (company phone system)
3197pC,picocoulomb
3198PCAS,Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey
3199PCB,see entry
3200PCC,NATO Partnership Coordination Cell,Posterior Cingulate Cortex,Pre-Command Course,Presidents Conference Committee
3201PCCB,Porsche Ceramic Composite Brake
3202PCCIP,President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection
3203PCE,PerChlorEthylene
3204PCI,U.S. Pacific Islands Trust Territory (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986),Peripheral Component Interconnect (computer bus)
3205PCIe,Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (computer bus)
3206PCL,Passive Coherent Location
3207PCMCIA,Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (People Can't Memorise Computer-Industry Acronyms)
3208PCN,Pitcairn Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
3209PCP,phencyclidine,Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (formerly Pneumocystis carinii),Probabilistically Checkable Proof
3210PCPI,Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (AMA)
3211PCR,Polymerase chain reaction
3212PCSSD,Pulaski County Special School District
3213PCT,Pacific Crest Trail,Patent Cooperation Treaty
3214PCTE,Portable Common Tool Environment,Punjab College of Technical Education
3215PCZ,Panama Canal Zone (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1980)
3216Pd,Palladium
3217PD,per diem (Latin: (calculated) by the day),Point of Departure,Police Department,Postal District,Potential Difference,Principal Deputy,Public Domain,Privatdozent
3218PD,Product Director—Example: CERDEC Product Director C4ISR and Network Modernization
3219PDA,Personal Digital Assistant,Predicted Drift Angle,Public Display of Affection,Push-Down Automaton
3220PDD,Past Due Date,Presidential Decision Directive
3221PDF,Panama[nian] Defense Forces (abolished 1990),Portable Document Format,Principal Direction of Fire
3222PDG,President Director General,Product Development Group
3223PDL,Pure Dumb Luck (Texan punk band)
3224PDN,Pull-Down Network
3225PDP,Programmable Data Processor,Performance Development Plan
3226PDQ,Pre-Defined Queries (Siebel packages),Pretty Damn Quick
3227PDRY,People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (obsolete since 1990)
3228PDT,Pacific Daylight [Saving] Time (UTC-7 hours)
3229PDU,Police Dog Unit,Power Distribution Unit,Protocol Data Unit
3230PE,Ice Pellets (old style METAR Code),Peru (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram),Physical Education,Premature Ejaculation,Prince Edward Island (postal code),Price to Earning ratio (used for equity shares),Plant Extract
3231PE,Professional Engineer
3232PEBCAC,Problem Exists Between Chair and Computer (IT help desk in-joke)
3233PEBKAC,Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair (ditto)
3234PEEK,PolyEtherEtherKetone
3235PEET,Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy
3236PEI,Prince Edward Island,PolyEtherImide
3237PEK,PolyEtherKetone
3238PEPFAR,President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief
3239PER,Peru (ISO 3166 trigram)
3240perl,usually lower case Practical Extraction and Report Language
3241PES,PolyEtherSulfone
3242PEST,UK Public Engagement with Science and Technology
3243PET, Personal Electronic Transactor,Pierre Elliott Trudeau,Positron Emission Tomography (as in PET scan),PolyEthylene Terephthalate (plastic),Preliminary English Test
3244PETA, pentaerythritol triacrylate,People Eating Tasty Animals,People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
3245petawatt-
3246PETE,PolyEthyleneTErephthalate
3247PETP,PolyEthyleneTerePhthalate
3248PF,French Polynesia (ISO 3166 digram),petafarad,Phenol Formaldehyde (resin),Power forward,a player position in Australian rules football,basketball,and ice hockey
3249pF,picofarad
3250PFD,Permanent Fund Dividend = personal flotation device
3251PFE,Permanent Forest Estate
3252PFO,Pissed,Fell Over (medical diagnosis in-joke)
3253PfP,Partnership for Peace
3254PG -
3255Pg,petagram
3256pg,picogram
3257PGCE,Postgraduate Certificate in Education
3258PGD,Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis
3259PGENI,Pharmaco-Genetics for Every Nation Initiative
3260PGH,Pre-implantation Genetic Haplotyping
3261PGM,Precision-Guided Munition
3262PGP,Pretty Good Privacy
3263pH,parts of hydrogen (acidity/alkalinity index),picohenry
3264PH,Passive Homing (missile guidance system),petahenry,Philippines (ISO 3166 digram),Probability of Hit,Public Health,Purple Heart
3265PHA,PolyHydroxyAlkanoate,Potentially Hazardous Asteroid
3266PHL,Philippines (ISO 3166 trigram)
3267PHQ,Patient Health Questionnaire
3268Pi,Pebi
3269PI,PolyImide,PolyIsoprene,Private Investigator
3270PIB,PolyIsoButylene
3271PIC,Person In Charge
3272PICNIC,Problem In Chair Not In Computer
3273PICS,Private Investment Capital Subscription
3274PID,Pelvic Inflammatory Disease,Plan Identification Number,Positive Identification,Procedural Identification,Procurement Identification Description
3275PIF, Partners in Flight
3276PIG,Pipeline Inspection Gauge
3277PIM, Parameterized Ionospheric Model,Path of Intended Motion,Pediatric Index of Mortality,Personal Information Manager/Management,Presence and Interworking Mobility,Processor-In-Memory,Program Integration Manager,Protocol Independent Multicast
3278PIN,Personal Identification Number
3279PINF,People In Need Foundation (Czech charitable organisation)
3280PIPA, Program on International Policy Attitudes
3281PIR,Priority Intelligence Requirement
3282PIRA,Provisional Irish Republican Army
3283PIREPS,Pilot Reports
3284PITA,Pain In The Ass
3285PJ,petajoule
3286pJ,picojoule
3287PJHQ,Permanent Joint Headquarters
3288PKA,Previously Known As,Professionally Known As
3289PKE,Partnership of Kindermusik Educators [1] &[2] & [2]
3290PKI,Public Key Infrastructure (cryptography)
3291PKU,Phenylketonuria
3292PL,Ice Pellets (new style METAR Code),petalitre,Phase Line (Co-ordination Line),Poland (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3293pL,picolitre
3294PLAF, People's Liberation Armed Forces,Pluggable look and feel,Product Line Architecture Framework
3295PLAID,Precision Location and Identification
3296PLB,Personal Locator Beacon
3297PLC,Public Limited Company (British)
3298PLCC,Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (electronics)
3299PLD,Probable Line of Deployment
3300PLEBS,People Lacking Everyday Basic Skills
3301PLF,Parachute Landing Fall
3302PLI,Position Location Information,Private Lands Initiative,Professional Liability Insurance
3303PLIF,Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence
3304PLL,Phase-Locked Loop (electronics)
3305PLM,Polarized Light Microscope/Microscopy
3306PLMBA,Phospholipid Bilayer Microarray
3307Pln,Platoon
3308PLO,Palestine Liberation Organization
3309PLOKTA,Press Lots Of Keys To Abort
3310PLP,Platonic Life Partner
3311PLS,Palletized Loading System,Personal Locator System
3312PLUTO,Pipe Line Under The Ocean
3313PLW,Palau (ISO 3166 trigram)
3314Pm,petametre,Promethium
3315pm,picometre
3316PMC,Primary Motor Cortex
3317PMI,Positive Material Identification
3318PMID,PubMed Identifier
3319PMMA,PolyMethylMethAcrylate
3320PMS,Premenstrual Syndrome
3321PMSL,Piss Myself Laughing (Internet shorthand)
3322PMT,Premenstrual Tension (UK) (see Premenstrual Syndrome)
3323PN,petanewton,Pitcairn Islands (ISO 3166 diagram)
3324pN,piconewton
3325PNAC,Project for the New American Century
3326PNC,Palestinian National Council,Palmerston North City (cf. PNC,a New Zealand rapper from this city),Pittsburgh National Corporation,one of the two companies that merged into today's PNC Financial Services,Provident National Corporation,the other company that merged into PNC Financial Services
3327PNG,Papua New Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram),Portable Network Graphics
3328PNP,Partido Nuevo Progresista,Plug 'N' Play/Pray,Positive Negative Positive
3329PNVS,Pilot Night Vision Sensor
3330Po,Polonium
3331PO,Post Office
3332PO,Purchase Order
3333POCD,Post-Operative Cognitive Dysfunction
3334POD,Payable on Death (banking term,and the full name of American metal band P.O.D.),Point of divergence (alternate or counterfactual history),Port of Debarkation
3335pod,Plain Old Documentation
3336POE,Perl Object Environment,(b) Port Of Embarkation (c) Polyol Ester (d) Power Over Ethernet
3337POETS,Portable Occultation,Eclipse,and Transit electronic-camera System
3338POFF,Plain Old Flat File
3339POG,Passionfruit,Orange and Guava
3340POGO,Project On Government Oversight
3341POI,Program Of Instruction
3342POK, Plane Of Knowledge
3343POL,Petroleum,Oils and Lubricants,Poland (ISO 3166 trigram)
3344POLAD,Political Advice
3345POM,Program Objective Memorandum,PolyOxyMethylene
3346POMDP,Partially observable Markov decision process
3347PooS,Poo Sniffer (Internet shorthand)
3348POP- Point of Presence,Post Office Protocol,Progesterone Only Pill
3349POR,Portugal (FIFA and IOC trigram,but not ISO 3166),Proposed Operational Requirement
3350POS- Point Of Sale terminal (retail industry transaction computers),Piece Of S**t
3351POSH,Port Outbound Starboard Home (alleged)
3352POSSLQ,Person of the Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters
3353POT, Plane Of Tranquility
3354POTUS,President of the United States
3355POV,Point of view
3356POW,Prisoner of war
3357PPA,Parahippocampal Place Area,PolyPhthalAmide
3358PPASC,(U.S.) Plans and Program Analysis Support Center
3359PPCLI,Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (regiment)
3360PPG,Pittsburgh Plate Glass (the original name of the company now known as PPG Industries),The Powerpuff Girls
3361PPLI,Precise Participant Location & Identification
3362PPM,Project Planning and Management
3363PPO,PolyPhenylene Oxide
3364PPP,Point-to-Point Protocol,Purchasing Power Parity
3365PPQ,Pulses Per Quarter (used in music programming,sequencers)
3366PPQN,Pulses Per Quarter Note (ditto)
3367PPQT,Pre-Production Qualification Test
3368PPS,post postscriptum,Precise/Precision Positioning Service (GPS),PolyPhenylene Sulfide
3369PPV,Pay-per-view
3370PQ,Province of Québec (obsolete postal code,replaced by QC),Parti Québécois,PR[edit]
3371PR,Public Relations
3372Prb,Presbyter
3373PRBO,Point Reyes Bird Observatory
3374PRC,People's Republic of China
3375PRD,CERDEC Product Realization Directorate
3376PRFG,Partial Fog (METAR Code)
3377PRI,Puerto Rico (ISO 3166 trigram)
3378PRK,Democratic People's Republic of Korea (ISO 3166 trigram)
3379PRM,Personnel iness Management
3380PRT,Portugal (ISO 3166 trigram),Provincial Reconstruction Team
3381PRY,Paraguay (ISO 3166 trigram)
3382Ps,petasecond
3383pS,picosiemens
3384PSA,Paralysis Society of America,Pharmaceutical Society of Australia,Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive,Production Services Association,Prostate Specific Antigen,Public Service Announcement,Public Service Association
3385PSC,Personal service corporation,Primary Somatosensory Cortex
3386PSE,Palestinian Territory,Occupied (ISO 3166 trigram)
3387PSG,Pacific Seabird Group
3388PSI, Portable Source Initiative
3389PSI,Pounds per square inch
3390PSO,Peace Support Operations,Primary Standardisation Office (ABCA),Protocol Supporting Organization (of the ICANN)
3391PSS,Personnel System Support
3392PST,Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8 hours)
3393PSU,Pennsylvania State University
3394PsyOp,Psychological Operations
3395PT,petatesla,Physical Training (in the Army),Portugal (ISO 3166 digram)
3396pT,picotesla
3397Pt,Platinum
3398PTA,Parent-Teacher Association
3399PTAL,Public Transport Accessibility Level
3400PTAN -
3401PTES,People's Trust for Endangered Species
3402PTFE,PolyTetraFluoroEthylene
3403PTI,Pardon the Interruption
3404PTL,Patrol,Primary Target Line
3405PTO,Patent and Trademark Office,Please Turn Over
3406PTSD,Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
3407PU,Guinea-Bissau (FIPS 10-4 country code),Polyurethane,United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1986)
3408Pu,Plutonium
3409Pub,Publication
3410PUG, PET Users Group
3411PUN, Pull-Up Network
3412PUP, Pull-Up Point
3413PUR,Puerto Rico (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
3414PUS,United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
3415PV,petavolt
3416pV,picovolt
3417PVC,Permanent Virtual Circuit,PolyVinyl Chloride,Premature Ventricular Contraction,Primary Visual Cortex
3418PvE,Player versus Environment
3419PvP,Player versus Player
3420PVR,Personal Video Recorder
3421PvZ,Plants vs. Zombies
3422PW,Palau (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
3423pW,picowatt
3424PWA,Pirates With Attitude
3425PWBA,Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
3426PWC,PieceWise Constant (describing a mathematical function)
3427PwC,PricewaterhouseCoopers (international accounting firm)
3428PWL,PieceWise Linear (describing a mathematical function)
3429PWLC,PieceWise Linear and Concave/Convex (describing a mathematical function)
3430PWR,Pressurized Water Reactor
3431PWV,Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging,the original name for the South African province now known as Gauteng,and still used to refer to the metropolitan agglomeration at the core of the province
3432PX,Post eXchange
3433PY,Paraguay (ISO 3166 digram),Person-Year,Portsmouth yardstick
3434PYF,French Polynesia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3435PYMWYMI,Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
3436PZ,Panama Canal Zone (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1980),Pickup Zone
3437Q1,First Quarter
3438Q2,Second Quarter
3439Q3,Third Quarter
3440Q4,Fourth Quarter
3441QA,Qatar (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
3442Qantas,Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services
3443QAT,Qatar (ISO 3166 trigram)
3444QB,Quarterback (football)
3445QC,Quality Control,Québec (postal symbol),Queen's Counsel
3446QCA,Qualifications and Curriculum Authority,Quality Council of Alberta
3447QCD,Quantum ChromoDynamics
3448QDR,Quadrennial Defense Review
3449QEH,Queen Elizabeth's Hospital
3450QFE,Quoted For Emphasis,Local ground level atmospheric pressure (aeronautical Q code)
3451QK,Air Canada Jazz (IATA airline designator)
3452QLD,Queensland,(Australia) (postal symbol)
3453QM,Quality Management,Quantum Mechanics,Queen Mother
3454QNH,Regional mean sea level atmospheric pressure (aeronautical Q code)
3455QPR,Queens Park Rangers F.C. (English football team),Quality-Price Ratio (wine evaluation term)
3456QPS,Quark Publishing System
3457QR,Quake Rally,Qualitative Reasoning,Queensland Rail,Queen's Rangers,Quick Release,Quiet Riot,Qatar Airways (IATA airline designator)
3458QSCAT,Quick Scatterometer satellite
3459QSL,Québec Sign Language
3460QSO,Quasi-Stellar Object
3461QT,Quentin Tarantino,QuickTime,QuikTrip,QT (cute) Software
3462Quango,(British Commonwealth) QUasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation
3463Quasar,Quasi-stellar radio source
3464QUB,Queen's University Belfast
3465QUIET,Q and U Imaging ExperimenT (Q and U are the Stokes parameters of the CMBR polarization)
3466QZ,Awair (IATA airline designator)
3467R,Reinforcing,Right,Röntgen,Restricted (movie rating)
3468R2I,Resistance to Interrogation
3469R3P,Rearm,Refuel,and Resupply Point
3470RA,Radio Australia
3471Ra,Radium
3472RA,Rain (METAR Code),Rear Area,Reinforced Alert,Republican Army,Right Ascension,Royal Artillery (UK),Royal Academy
3473RAA,Royal Automobile Association,South Australia,Rear Assembly Area
3474RAAF,Royal Australian Air Force
3475Rabobank,Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank (from the two banks that merged to form the modern company)
3476RAC,Royal Automobile Club (in the United Kingdom,renamed RAC plc in 2002)
3477RACK,Risk Aware Consensual Kink (SM phrase)
3478Racon,RAdar beaCON
3479RADA,Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
3480Radar,Radio Detection And Ranging
3481RadB,Rad51/Dmc1 homologous protein
3482RADB,Real America Database,Resource Assessment Database,Reunion Address DataBase,Rice Allelopathy Data Base,Routing Arbiter Database
3483RADb,Routing Assets Data Base
3484RADC,Region Air Defence Commander
3485RAE,UK Royal Aircraft Establishment (-1991)
3486RAF,Red Army Faction,Royal Air Force
3487RAG,Raising and Giving,Rocket Antitank Grenade
3488RAGBRAI,Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa
3489RAM,Rolling Airframe Missile,
3490RAM,Royal Air Maroc
3491Ramark,RAdar MARKer
3492RAOC,Rear Area Operation Centre
3493RAP, Radio Access Point,Radiological Assistance Program (U.S. Department of Energy),Rear Area Protection,Recognised [Operating/Operational] Air Picture,Recurring Advance Payment,Relational Associative Processor,Reliable Acoustic Path,Rocket-Assisted Projectile,Rule Against Perpetuities
3494RARDE,UK Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment (1962-1991)
3495RARE,Rapid Acquisition with Relaxation Enhancement (MRI technique)
3496RASC,Royal Army Service Corp,Former corps of British Army
3497RATELO,Radiotelephone Operator
3498Rb,Rubidium
3499RB,Running Back (football)
3500RBAR,Row By Agonizing Row,a derogatory way of describing a technique of scanning a set of records in a database to update or examine the contents of each one. This is the technique of last resort in most cases,since most database operations are optimized when using set based analysis instead of the RBAR method.
3501RBI,Runs Batted In
3502RC,see entry
3503RCA,Radio Corporation of America,Root Cause Analysis,Royal Canadian Artillery,Royal City Avenue (famous entertainment zone in Thailand)
3504RCAF,Royal Canadian Air Force
3505RCC,Rescue Co-ordination Centre
3506RCCO,Royal Canadian College of Organists
3507RCHA,Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (regiment)
3508RCMP,Royal Canadian Mounted Police
3509RCS,Radar Cross-Section,Reaction Control System,Revision Control System
3510RD,Radio Disney
3511RDA,Research,Development,and Acquisition,Recommended Daily Allowance (Nutrition)
3512RDD,Radiological Dispersion Device
3513RDECOM,(U.S. Army) Research,Development and Engineering Command
3514RDM,Remotely Delivered/Deliverable Mine
3515RDO,Rapid,Decisive Operation,Regular Day Off,Remote Data Objects
3516RDT,Remote Digital Terminal
3517RDV,Remote Detection Vehicle
3518Re,Rhenium
3519RE,Royal Engineers
3520REACH,Registration,Evaluation,Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical Substances
3521REACT,Remote Electronically Activated Control Technology
3522REAM,Retired Educators Association of Minnesota
3523RECCE,Reconnaissance
3524REEF,Reef Environmental Education Foundation
3525REME,Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
3526RERC,Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
3527RES,Radiation Exposure Status,Reserve
3528RESNA,Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America
3529REU,Réunion (ISO 3166 trigram)
3530RF,Radio Frequency,Receptive Field (neurophysiology)
3531Rf,Rutherfordium
3532RFC,Request for Comments,Royal Flying Corps (WWI precursor to RAF)
3533RFD,Request for Documentation
3534RFE,Request for Evaluation
3535RFEF,Real Federación Española de Fútbol (Spanish for Royal Spanish Football Federation)
3536RFF,Right of First Refusal (legal term)
3537RFI,y For Inspection,y For Issue,Request For Information,Radio Frequency Interference
3538RFID,Radio Frequency IDentification
3539RFL,Rugby Football League
3540RFP,Request for Proposal
3541RFQ,Request for Quotation
3542RFT,Request for Tender
3543RFU,Rugby Football Union
3544RG,Republican Guard
3545Rg,Roentgenium
3546RGB,Red Green Blue (colour model)
3547RGBI,Red Green Blue Intensity (ditto)
3548Rh,Rhodium
3549RH,Southern Rhodesia (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1980)
3550RHIC,Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
3551RHLI,Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Canadian militia regiment)
3552RHO,Southern Rhodesia (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1980)
3553RHS,Right Hand Side,Redland High School,Royal Horticultural Society,London
3554RHU,Replacement Holding Unit
3555RI,Rex et Imperator,Regina et Imperatrix King-Emperor
3556RI,Rhode Island (postal symbol)
3557RIAA,Recording Industry Association of America
3558RIBA,Royal Institute of British Architects
3559RIF,Reduction In Force (layoffs),Resistance Index for Frostbite,ing Is Fundamental
3560RIFA,Red imported fire ant
3561RILA,Retail Industry Leaders Association
3562RIM,Remote integrated multiplexer,Australian term for a digital loop carrier,Research In Motion,former name of the BlackBerry company,Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (Maoist organization),Royal Indian Marine,former navy of British colonial India
3563RIMVS,Retinal Imaging Machine Vision System
3564RINO,Republican In Name Only[1]
3565RISC,Reduced Instruction Set Computer
3566RISTA,Reconnaissance,Intelligence,Surveillance,and Target Acquisition (see also ISTAR)
3567RJD,Reduced Julian Day
3568RKBA,Right to Keep and Bear Arms (Second Amendment to the United States Constitution)
3569RKI,Robert Koch Institute,German governmental research institute in Berlin
3570RKO,Radio-Keith-Orpheum Pictures
3571RL,Release Line,Real Life
3572RLP,Recognised [Operating/Operational] Land Picture
3573RLS,Restless Leg Syndrome
3574RLY,Rally Point
3575RM,see separate disambiguation page
3576RMC,Robert Menzies College
3577RMDA,Records Management and Declassification Agency
3578RMP,Recognised [Operating/Operational] Maritime Picture
3579RMS,Rate-Monotonic Scheduling,Richard M. Stallman,Root-Mean-Square,Royal Mail Ship (e.g. RMS Titanic)
3580RN,Radio Netherlands
3581Rn,Radon
3582RN,Royal Navy,Registered Nurse (US)
3583RNA,RiboNucleic Acid
3584RNAD,Royal Naval Armaments Depot (UK)
3585RNPS,Radio Network Planning System
3586RNZ,Radio New Zealand
3587RNZI,Radio New Zealand International
3588RO,Range Only,Red Orchestra,Romania (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3589ROA, Rate Of Ascent
3590ROC,Receiver Operating Characteristic (statistics),Regional Operations Centre,Republic Of China,Roc-A-Fella Records,Regional Organisations of Councils
3591ROD, Rate Of Descent,Record Of Decisions,Report Of Discrepancy
3592ROE,Rules Of Engagement
3593ROFLOL,Rolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud
3594ROH,Ring of Honor
3595ROI,Return On Investment,Republic of Ireland.
3596ROK, Republic of Korea
3597ROM,-Only Memory,Refuel On the Move,Royal Ontario Museum
3598ROP,Render Output Pipeline
3599ROPE,Research Opportunity and Performance Evidence
3600ROS,Reactive Oxygen Species
3601ROU,Romania (ISO 3166 trigram)
3602ROV,Remotely Operated Vehicle
3603ROW,Right Of Way,Rest Of the World
3604ROZ, Restricted Operations Zone
3605RP,Philippines (FIPS 10-4 country code),Release Point,Role-Playing [relationship potential]
3606RPA,Regional Plan Association
3607RPD,Recognition-Primed Decision-making
3608RPF,Rwandan Patriotic Front
3609RPG,(US-CA) Regional Planning Group,Report Program Generator,Rocket Projectile Gun,Rocket-Propelled Grenade,Role-Playing Game
3610RPL,Reverse Polish Lisp
3611RPM,Records,Promotion,Music (expansion of the title of a former Canadian music magazine),Red Hat Package Manager
3612rpm,revolutions per minute
3613RPN,reverse Polish notation
3614rps,revolutions per second
3615RPV,Remotely Piloted Vehicle
3616RQ,Puerto Rico (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
3617RRB,Railroad Retirement Board
3618RRN,Recurrence Rate Number
3619RRP,Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis
3620RRS,Racing Rules of Sailing
3621RRSP,Registered Retirement Savings Plan (Canada; roughly equivalent to the IRA in the U.S.)
3622RS,Russia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3623RSA,Regimental Support Area,Republic of South Africa,Rivest-Shamir-Adleman encryption,South Africa (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
3624RSI,Repetitive Strain Injury
3625RSJ,Rolled Steel Joist (construction)
3626RSN,Real Soon Now (coined by author Jerry Pournelle)
3627RSPB,(UK) Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
3628RSPCA,Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
3629RSR,Required Supply Rate
3630RSRE,UK Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (1976-1991)
3631RSRI,Red Sands Research Institute
3632RSS,Really Simple Syndication
3633RSTA,Reconnaissance,Surveillance,and Target Acquisition
3634RT,Real Time,Radio Telephone,Return to duty
3635RTA,Road traffic accident (British)
3636RTBF,Radio-Télévision belge de la Communauté française
3637RTCA,RTCA,Inc.
3638RTF,Rich Text Format
3639RTFM, the Fucking/Fine Manual
3640RTG,Radio-isotope Thermoelectric Generator also used for Rubber Tyred Gantry crane
3641RTGS,Royal Thai General System of Transcription,Real Time Gross Settlement
3642RTI,Run-Time Infrastructure (Simulation)
3643RTL,see entry
3644RTLS,Return to Launch Site,period in NASA Space Shuttle assent profile where,during assent,shuttle aborts assent and turns and glides back to landing strip at launch site
3645RTP,Real-time Transport Protocol
3646RTS,see entry
3647RTT,Round Trip Timing
3648RTV,Rapid Terrain Visualization ACTD,Retro Television Network
3649RU,Russia (ISO 3166 digram)
3650Ru,Ruthenium
3651RUC,Royal Ulster Constabulary
3652RUS,Russia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3653RUSI,Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies
3654RV,Reconnaissance Vehicle,Recreational Vehicle,Re-entry Vehicle,reciprocation void
3655RW,Rwanda (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3656RWA,Rwanda (ISO 3166 trigram)
3657RWADA,Resident Weighted Average Daily Attendance (New York State term used in public education to indicate the size of a school district,i.e. its number of students)
3658RWH,Rain Water Harvesting
3659RWR,Radar Warning Receiver
3660RWS,Remote Weapon Station
3661RX,Receive
3662SA,Sand (METAR Code),Saudi Arabia (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram),Sexaholics Anonymous,sine anno (Latin,“without year”),Situational awareness,South Africa,(i/s) South Australia (postal symbol),Standards Australia,Sturmabteilung (German,“Storm Detachment”,Nazi forerunner and rival of SS),S.A.,designation for a corporation in many European countries; see article for meanings
3663SAA,Saudi Arabian Airlines,former name of Saudia,Sex Addicts Anonymous,South African Airways,Southern Athletic Association,Standards Association of Australia,a former name of Standards Australia,SAAB — Svenska Aeroplan AB (Swedish aircraft manufacturer; also refers to its former auto manufacturing arm),SAAFR — Standard use Army Aircraft Flight Route (“safer”),SAAMI — Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (“sammy”),SAARC — South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation,SAB — Soprano Alto Baritone,Sabena — Société anonyme belge d'exploitation de la navigation aérienne (French for “Belgian Company for Exploiting Aerial Navigation”,1923-2001),SABIC — Saudi Basic Industries Corporation,SABR — Society for American Baseball Research
3664SAC,Standards Activity Committee (of SISO),U.S. Strategic Air Command (1946-1992),SACAT — Semi Attended Customer Activated Terminal (Supermarket checkout),SACEUR — Supreme Allied Commander EURope,SACLANT — Supreme Allied Commander atLANTic,SACLOS — Semi-Automatic Command to Line of Sight
3665SAD,Seasonal Affective Disorder,Situational Awareness Display,SADD — originally Students Against Drunk Driving,now Students Against Destructive Decisions (U.S. national school-related group)
3666SADL,Situation Awareness Data Link (“saddle”),Structural Architecture Description Language
3667SALT- Save A Life Today (SALT) Alert; Emergency Contact System,Southern African Large Telescope,Strategic Arms Limitation s
3668SAM,Sequential-Access Memory,Sociedad Aeronáutica de Medellín,Surface-to-Air Missile
3669SARA,Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy,Scientific Atlanta Resident Application,Scottish Amateur Rowing Association,Southern African Railway Association,State Administration for Religious Affairs,SARP — Search And Rescue Processor,SARR — (i/a) Search And Rescue Repeater,SARS — Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
3670SART,Search and Rescue Transponder,Situational Awareness Rating Technique,SARU — South African Rugby Union
3671SAS,Scandinavian Airlines System,Second Avenue Subway,Situational Awareness System,Special Air Service,Studies,Analysis and Simulation,Side Angle Side,Statistical Analysis System (original meaning; SAS Institute Inc. has evolved far beyond that scope),SASE — Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope,SASO — Stability and Support Operations,SASOL — Suid Afrikaanse Steenkool en Oli.e. (Afrikaans,“South African Coal and Oil”)
3672SAT,formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test; now known solely by the initials,Small Arms Trainer,SATB — Soprano Alto Tenor Bass,SATNAV — Satellite Navigation (Increasingly common GPS based system in new vehicles),SATs — Standard Assessment Tasks and other similar terms describing tests used in English schools; see National Curriculum assessment#Terminology,SAU — Saudi Arabia (ISO 3166 trigram),SAVAK — Sazamane Etelaat va Amniate Kechvar (Iranian “Security and Intelligence Service”)
3673SAW,Squad Automatic Weapon,Surface acoustic wave,SAWE — Society of Allied Weight Engineers,SB[edit],Sb — Antimony (Latin Stibium)
3674SB,Sexy Bitch,Sexy Bastard,Sexy Boy (disambiguation),Solomon Islands (ISO 3166 digram),Special Warfare Boat Operator
3675SBA,Santa Barbara Airport,Simulation-Based Acquisition,Sovereign Base Area,Student bar association,SBB — German for the Swiss Federal Railways
3676SBNO,Standing but not operating (in reference to amusement parks)
3677SBS,Special Boat Service,Special Broadcasting Service,Seoul Broadcasting System
3678SC,Cruiser Submarine (US Navy hull classification) c Saint Kitts and Nevis (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Saint Christopher),Seychelles (ISO 3166 digram),South Carolina (postal symbol)
3679SCOTUS,Supreme Court of the United States
3680SCROTUS,So-called Ruler of the United States
3681SCS,Scan Correlated Shift,Soil Conservation Service
3682SD,Secure Digital (memory card format),Sheriff's department,Smoke/Decontamination,South Dakota (postal symbol),Sudan (ISO 3166 digram)
3683SDHC,Secure Digital High Capacity
3684SDXC,Secure Digital eXtended Capacity
3685SEM,Sensor Employment Manager,Switch to Email Mode,i.e. stop texting as it is more disruptive by making a sound or vibrating and email instead,for a given time
3686SEN,Senegal (ISO 3166 trigram),Small Extension Node
3687SEP,Somebody Elses Problem,Spherical Error Probable,System Enhancement Package,System Engineering Plan,SEPTA — Southeastern Pennsylvania Rapid-Transit Authority,SERE — Survival,Evasion,Resistance and Escape,SESSPE — Submarine Escape and Surface Survival Personnel Equipment,SET — Staphylococcal EnteroToxin,SETI — Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence,SETAC — Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
3688SEU,Single Event Upset (solid state physics),Slightly Enriched Uranium,Special Evidence Unit,SF[edit]
3689SF,Fleet Submarine (retired US Navy hull classification),San Francisco,Science fiction,South Africa (FIPS 10-4 country code),Speculative fiction,Special Forces
3690SFA,Sales force automation,Saturated fatty acid,Scottish Football Association,Stephen F. Austin (State University),Sudan Football Association
3691SGOTUS,Second Gentleman of the United States
3692SH,Saint Helena (ISO 3166 digram),SONATRACH (Algerian petroleum company)
3693SHAC,Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty,Student Health Action Coalition,SHAPE — Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe,SHF — Super High Frequency,SHN — Saint Helena (ISO 3166 trigram)
3694SHO,Showtime (see also sho.com)
3695SI,Slovenia (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram),Socialist International,Sports Illustrated,Système International (French,International System of Units),SIA — Singapore Airlines (ICAO code),SIA — Survivors of Incest Anonymous,SIAM — Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics,SIC — Standard Industrial Classification,SICS — Swedish Institute of Computer Science,SIDS — Sudden infant death syndrome,SIDU — select,insert,delete,update. See Create,read,update and delete,SIF — Selective Identification Feature,SIFF — Successor IFF
3696SIIT,Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies (Canadian university),Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (Thai university),Stateless IP/ICMP Translation algorithm,SIMAC — Semantic Interaction with Music Audio Contents,SIMLAS — Soldier Integrated Multipurpose Laser System,SIMM — Single In-line Memory Module,SIMNET — SIMulator NETwork,later SIMulation NETwork,SIMNET-D,SIMNET-Developmental,SIMP — Strongly Interacting Massive Particle
3697SIP,Session Initiation Protocol,State Implementation Plan,System Improvement Program,Systematic Investment Plan,SIPP — Self-Invested Personal Pension
3698SIRI,Service Interface for Real Time Information
3699Siri,Speech Interpretation and Recognition Interface (Apple iOS software)
3700SISO,Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization,Society of Independent Show Organizers,SIW — Simulation Interoperability Workshop,SIYSS — Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar,SJ[edit]
3701SL,Sierra Leone (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram),Start Line
3702SLOTUS,Second Lady of the United States (the vice president's wife)
3703SLOC,Sea Lines Of Communication,Source Lines Of Code,SLORC — State Law and Order Restoration Council (of Burma)
3704SLP,Sea Level Pressure,Super Long Play,slph — Standard litre per hour (air flow),slpm — Standard litre per minute (air flow),slps — Standard litre per second (air flow),SLR — Single-Lens Reflex (camera)
3705SME,Scan Mirror Electronics,Subject Matter Expert
3706SMX-many,including: Server Macro Expansion,Solaris MINIX,Spatial multiplexing,Sulfamethoxazole; see entry
3707SNL,Saturday Night Live (television),Società Navigazione del Lago di Lugano,SNM — Special Nuclear Material,SNMP — Simple Network Management Protocol,SNOBOL — StriNg Oriented symBOlic Language,SNP — Single-nucleotide polymorphism
3708SO,Shared Object (Unix),Sheriff's Office,Significant other,Somalia (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3709SOA,service-oriented architecture,Society of Actuaries,State of the art
3710SOAP,Simple Object Access Protocol,Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (U.S. medical residency matching)
3711SOB,Son Of a Bitch,Same Old Bullshit,SOC — Sector Operations Centre,SOCCSKSARGEN — South Cotabato,Cotabato,Sultan Kudarat,Sarangani,General Santos City (a region in the Philippines; pronounced “sock-sar-gen”),SOCOM — (U.S.) Special Operations Command
3712SoCon,Southern Conference (U.S. college sports)
3713SOD,School Of Dentistry,Statement Of Difference[s],Statement Of Direction,Statement Of Documentation,Statement Of Duty/Duties
3714SOE,Secret Of Evermore,Special Operations Executive (WWII British organization),State Of Emissions (EW)
3715SOF- Special Operations Force,Status of Forces,SOFIA — Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy
3716SOM,Simulation Object Model,Somalia (ISO 3166 trigram),Sonar — SOund Navigation And Ranging
3717SOP,Standing/Standard Operating Procedure,State of Play
3718SOR,State Of iness,Statement Of Requirements
3719Sp,Special,Spring tide (nautical charts),sine prole (Latin,“without offspring”)
3720SR,Sound Reinforcement,Supply Route,Suriname (ISO 3166 digram),Sveriges Radio (Swedish Radio Ltd),SR — Sustained release of a drug
3721SRG,SACEUR Rover Group,Special Republican Guard,SRGW — Short-Range Guided Weapon
3722SSA,Cargo Submarine (US Navy hull classification),Social Security Administration (U.S.),Statistics South Africa,SSB — Single-sideband modulation,SSB — Sacramento Sustainable Business,SSBN — Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine (US Navy hull classification)
3723SSC,Safe,Sane,Consensual (SM phrase),Secondary Somatosensory Cortex,Smaller-Scale Contingency,U.S. Army Soldiers System Center (Natick,Massachusetts),Superconducting Super Collider,SSCCATAGAPP — Singles,Seniors,Childless Couples,And Teens And Gays Against Parasitic Parents (fictional organization from The Simpsons)
3724SSD,Solid-state drive,South Sudan (ISO 3166 trigram),SSDC — U.S. Space and Strategic Defense Command
3725SSDD,Same Shit,Different Day,Single-Sided Double-Density (floppy disk)
3726SSE,South South-East,Streaming SIMD Extensions,SSG — Guided Missile Submarine (retired US Navy hull classification),SSGN — Nuclear-Powered Guided Missile Submarine (US Navy hull classification),SSH — Saffir-Simpson Hurricane scale,SSK — Hunter-Killer Submarine (retired US Navy hull classification),SSKP — Single-Shot Kill Probability,SSL — Secure Sockets Layer,SSM — Surface-to-Surface (Guided) Missile
3727SSN,Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine (US Navy hull classification),SIM Serial Number,Social Security Number (U.S.),Socialist Solidarity Network,Subsystem number (SCCP,SS7),SSNW — Same Shit,New Wrapping,SSO — Submarine Oiler (retired US Navy hull classification),SSP — Submarine Transport (retired US Navy hull classification)
3728SSR,Radar Picket Submarine (retired US Navy hull classification),Solid State Recorder
3729SSRI,Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor,Social Systems Research Institute
3730SSRN,Social Science Research Network,Nuclear-Powered Radar Picket Submarine (retired US Navy hull classification)
3731SSS,Siding Spring Survey,Side Side Side (an acronym for remembering congruent triangles),Sigue Sigue Sputnik (band),S/SSM — Surface-to-Subsurface Missile
3732ST,Saint Lucia (FIPS 10-4 country code),São Tomé and Príncipe (ISO 3166 digram)
3733STA,Scheduled Time of Arrival,Surveillance and Target Acquisition,STAG — (U.S.) Strategy and Tactics Group,STAGE — Scenario Toolkit And Generation Environment,STANAG — (NATO) Standardisation Agreement
3734STAR,Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (NASA),Simulation of Tactical Alternative Responses,Special Threat Analysis and Recognition
3735STAT,Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription (cell biology),Special Tertiary Admissions Test (Australia)
3736STB,Surface Transportation Board[2]
3737STFU,Southern Tenant Farmers Union,Stuff You[citation needed],STH — Sonic The Hedgehog
3738STI,Sexually Transmitted Infection,Subaru Tecnica International,STK — Satellite Tool Kit,STM — Short Term Memory,STOL — Short Take-Off and Landing,STOVL — Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing
3739STP,São Tomé and Príncipe (ISO 3166 trigram),Standard Temperature and Pressure,STR — Short Tandem Repeat (DNA analysis),STRATCOM — United States Strategic Command
3740SU,Soviet Union (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1992),Sudan (FIPS 10-4 country code),SUB — Student Union Building,SuD — Subject under Discussion,SUDC — Swedish United Dawah Center,a salafist Islamic organisation in Sweden
3741SV,El Salvador (ISO 3166 digram),Sportverein (German for “Sport Association”,as in Hamburger SV and SV Werder Bremen),SVC — Secondary Visual Cortex,SvD — Svenska Dagbladet (Swedish newspaper)
3742SWA,Secure Web Access,South-West Asia
3743SWAC,Southwestern Athletic Conference
3744SWALK,Sealed With A Loving Kiss,
3745SWAN,System for Wearable Audio Navigation
3746SWAP,Surface Waters Acidification Programme,
3747SWAPO,South-West Africa People's Organisation,
3748SWAT,Special Weapons And Tactics
3749SWE — Sweden (ISO 3166 trigram)
3750SWF,Single White Female
3751SWG,Surface Warfare Group,Symbology Working Group,SWHR — Society for Women's Health Research,SWIG — Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator,SWIR — Short Wave InfraRed (“ss-why-are” or “swhirr”)
3752SWLABR,She Was Like A Bearded Rainbow,Cream song (Bruce,Clapton and Baker),SWORD — Subjective WORkload Dominance,SWORDS — Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection System,SWOT — Strengths,Weaknesses,Opportunities,Threats (mnemonic)
3753SWP,Special Working Party (“swipp”),Systematic Westing Plan (a plan of periodic westing of shares or mutual funds worth a fixed amount of money),Skill With Prizes (UK pub quiz machines — quality titles include: Pub Quiz,Quiz City,Frog in a Liquidizer,Who Wants To Win a Tenner?),SWT — Sea Water Tank,SWV — Sisters With Voices (American female R&B vocal group),SWZ — Swaziland (ISO 3166 trigram),SX[edit],SX — Sonic X
3754T,Tera,Tesla,Tritium
3755Ta,Tantalum
3756TA,Target Acquisition,Teaching Assistant,Tera-ampere,Territorial Army (UK),Tristan da Cunha (ISO 3166 digram)
3757TAA,Transparency Anti-Aliasing,Trans Australia Airlines
3758TAACOM,U.S. Theater Army Area Command
3759TAADCOORD,Theatre Army Air Defence Co-ordinator
3760TAAR,Trace Amine-Associated Receptor
3761TAC,U.S. Tactical Air Command (1946-1992)
3762TACAN,Tactical Air Navigation
3763TACC,Tactical Air Control Centre,(USAF) Tanker Airlift Control Center
3764TACCO,Tactical Coordinator
3765TACCSF,U.S. Theater Aerospace Command & Control Simulation Facility
3766TACDAR,Tactical Detection And Reporting
3767TACP,Tactical Air Control Party,Technology Applications Certification Program
3768TACSOP,Tactical SOP (Standing Operating Procedure)
3769TADIL,Tactical Digital Information Link
3770TADSS,Training Aids,Devices,Simulators,and Simulations
3771TAI,Target[ed] Area of Interest
3772TAJ,Tom and Jerry
3773TAJT,Tom and Jerry Tales
3774TALES,Technical Advice and Lexicon for Enabling Simulation
3775TAN,Tanzania (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
3776TANJ,There Ain't No Justice (used as expletive in the Ringworld novels)
3777TANP,Terrain-Aware Network Planner
3778TANSTAAFL,There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (coined by author Robert A. Heinlein in his The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
3779TAPPS,Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools
3780TARDIS,Time And Relative Dimension In Space (from Doctor Who)
3781TARP,Transparency Accountability Rights for Parents (coined by Karen Plumridge,founder of Black Ribbon Gold Heart)
3782TAS,Tasmania (postal symbol)
3783TASER,Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle
3784TASM,Tactical Air-to-Surface Missile
3785TAT,Tourism Authority of Thailand
3786TATP,TriAcetone TriPeroxide
3787TATT,Tired All The Time (medical diagnosis in-joke)
3788Tb,Terbium
3789TB,Tuberculosis
3790TBA,to be announced
3791TBBPA,TetraBromoBisPhenol-A
3792TBC,to be confirmed,to be continued
3793TBF,to be fair
3794TBGRI,Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute,India
3795TBH,To Be Honest
3796TBL,Turkish Basketball League
3797TBM,Tactical Ballistic Missile,Theatre Ballistic Missile
3798TBS,Turner Broadcasting System
3799TBT,Tributyltin
3800Tc,Technetium
3801TC,Teracoulomb,Turks and Caicos (ISO 3166 digram),United Arab Emirates (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Trucial Coast States)
3802TCA,Transformational Communications Architecture,Turks and Caicos (ISO 3166 trigram)
3803TCAA,Top Counter-Assault Agents
3804TCAS,Traffic Collision Avoidance System
3805TCD,Chad (ISO 3166 trigram)
3806TCG,Trusted Computing Group,Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Gemisi
3807TCHD,Truck Cargo Heavy Duty
3808TCL,Tool Command Language
3809TCM,Turner Classic Movies
3810TCP,Traffic Control Point,Transmission Control Protocol,Trichlorophenol
3811TCU,Texas Christian University
3812TCW,Tasty Coma Wife
3813TCWMS,Tele-Center Workforce Management System
3814TD,Territorial Decoration,Toon Disney,Toronto-Dominion (Bank); see also its U.S. subsidiary,TD Bank,N.A.,Touchdown,Tower Defence A game type,involves defending waves of enemies using tower
3815TDA,The Disney Afternoon
3816TDL,Tactical Data Link
3817TDM,Time-Division Multiplexing
3818TDMA,Time Division Multiple Access
3819TDP,Technology Demonstration Programme
3820TDRS,Tracking Data and Relay Satellite
3821TE,Tactical Exploitation,Testosterone to Epitestosterone ratio,Tight end (American football; position generally not used in modern Canadian football)
3822Te,Tellurium
3823TEAL,Tasman Empire Airways Limited
3824Team,Together everyone achieves more
3825TEAMS,The East African Marine System (fiber optic cable)
3826TED,Technology Entertainment Design prize
3827TEETH,Tried Everything Else,Try Homeopathy (medical diagnosis in-joke)
3828TEL, Transporter,Erector and Launcher
3829TELAR,Transporter,Erector,Launcher And Radar
3830TENCAP,Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities
3831TERS,Tactical Event Reporting System
3832TES,Tactical Event System
3833TEST,Thesaurus of Engineering and Scientific Terms
3834TEU,Twenty-foot equivalent unit (cargo capacity)
3835TeVeS,Tensor Vector Scalar theory
3836TF -
3837TFMPP,Trifluorophenylmethylpiperazine
3838TFR,Total Fertility Rate
3839TFT,Thin-Film Transistor
3840Tg,Teragram
3841TG,Togo (ISO 3166 digram)
3842TGA,Tonga (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
3843TGIF,Thank God It's Friday,Toes Go In First
3844TGO,Togo (ISO 3166 trigram)
3845TGT,Target (also the ticker symbol for Target Corporation),Ticket Granting Ticket (computer security),Tyrese,Ginuwine,Tank,see TGT (group) for their collaboration
3846TH,Terahenry,Thailand (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3847Th,Thorium
3848THA,Thailand (ISO 3166 trigram)
3849THAAD, Terminal High Altitude Area Defence
3850THEGENTRY,The High-End Group of Earth's New Technologies Research Yield
3851THEL,Tactical High Energy Laser ACTD
3852THG,Tetrahydrogestrinone
3853TI,Tajikistan (FIPS 10-4 country code),Thermal Imaging,Threat Identification,Training Instructor,Texas Instruments
3854Ti,Tebi,Titanium
3855TIA,Total Information Awareness initiative
3856TIA,Transient Ischemic Attack
3857TIALD,Thermal Imaging and Airborne Laser Designation
3858TIBS,Tactical Information Broadcast System
3859TIC,Troops In Contact
3860TIGERS,Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing System
3861TIM,Technical Information Memorandum,Technical Interchange Meeting,Toxic Industrial Material,Telecom Italia Mobile
3862TIMS,Tactical Internet Management System,The Institute of Management Sciences,The International Molinological Society,Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner,Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry,Travel Information Management Services,Tuberculosis Information Management System
3863TINC,There Is No Cabal
3864TINY,That Is,Not You (internet slang)
3865TIP,Thermal Identification Panel
3866tits,Toes in the Sand
3867TJ,Tajikistan (ISO 3166 digram),Terajoule
3868TJD,Truncated Julian Day
3869TJK,Tajikistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
3870TK,Terakelvin,Tokelau (ISO 3166 digram)
3871TKBL,Türkiye 1. Kadınlar Basketbol Ligi,the Turkish-language name of the Turkish Women's Basketball League
3872TKL,Tokelau (ISO 3166 trigram)
3873TKM,Turkmenistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
3874TL,Team Leader,Teralitre,Timor-Leste (ISO 3166 digram),ThermoLuminescence,TL;DR ,Too long; didnt read.
3875Tl,Thallium
3876TLA,Three-Letter Abbreviation/Acronym
3877TLAM,Tomahawk Land Attack Missile
3878TLAR,That Looks About Right (chat shorthand),Transporter-Launcher And Radar
3879TLATOJL,The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
3880TLC,Tender Loving Care,The Learning Channel (now known strictly by the initials),Thin Layer Chromatography,T-Boz,Lefteye,Chilli,Tables,Ladders,and Chairs (type of professional wrestling match)
3881TLD,Thermoluminescent Dosimeter,Top-Level Domain
3882TLM,Traditional Latin Mass,Tridentine Latin Mass,Transaction Lifecycle Management
3883TLPM,T1 Line Performance Monitor
3884TLS,Timor-Leste (ISO 3166 trigram),Times Literary Supplement,TM[edit]
3885TM,Technical Manual,Theatre Missile,Thematic Mapper,trademark (often written in small superscript type: TM or ™),Turing machine,Turkmenistan (ISO 3166 digram) Tympanic Membrane
3886Tm,Terametre
3887TMAP, Texas Medication Algorithm Project
3888TMC,The Movie Channel
3889TMD,Theatre Missile Defence
3890TMDK,The Mighty Don't Kneel (Australian professional wrestling stable also active in Japan)
3891TMI,Too Much Information
3892TMJ,TemporoMandibular Joint (syndrome)
3893TMNT,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
3894TMO,Table Mountain Observatory,Television match official (rugby union)
3895TMP,East Timor (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 2002),Temporary
3896TMPG,Transparent Multi-Platform Gateway
3897TMR,Twin Main Rotors (helicopter type)
3898TMS,Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
3899TMT,Thirty Meter Telescope
3900TMTOWTDI,There's Than One Way To Do It (from Perl)
3901TN,Tennessee (postal symbol),Teranewton,Tonga (FIPS 10-4 country code),Tunisia (ISO 3166 digram)
3902TNA,Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
3903TNO,Trans-Neptunian Object
3904TNT,Thomas Nationwide Transport,an Australian company that was one of the predecessors to the former TNT N.V. and the current TNT Express,TriNitroToluene, Turner Network Television,TO[edit]
3905TOA,Table Of Authorities,Total Obligation Authority (accounting)
3906TOAD,Temporary,Obsolete,Abandoned,or Derelict site (urbanism),Towed Optical Assessment Device
3907TOBS,Time of OBServation
3908TOGS,Thermal Observation Gunnery Sight
3909TOMS,Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite instrument)
3910TON,Tonga (ISO 3166 trigram)
3911TOT,Time On Target
3912TPE,Chinese Taipei (IOC and FIFA trigram for the country also known as Taiwan)
3913TPI,The point is
3914TPO,Thrombopoietin
3915TPS,The Pennington School
3916TPTB,The Powers That Be (often used to refer to the people responsible for the content of TV series or movies)
3917TQ,Top Qualifier (similar to Pole Position in car racing)
3918TRA,Technology iness Assessment
3919TRAC,(U.S. Army) TRADOC Analysis Center
3920TRACON,Terminal Radar Approach Control
3921TRADOC,(U.S. Army) Training and Doctrine Command
3922TRAIN,Tourist Railway Association,Inc.
3923TRANSCOM,U.S. Transportation Command
3924TRAP,Tactical Receive equipment and related Applications
3925TRASANA,TRADOC Systems Analysis Agency
3926TRD,Towed Radar Decoy
3927TRIGAT,Third Generation Antitank (missile)
3928TRL,Technology readiness level
3929TRP,Target Reference Point,Time of Reporting
3930Trp,Troop
3931TRU,Transuranic
3932TRUEX,Training in Urban Environment Exercise
3933TRW,Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc.
3934Ts,Terasecond
3935TSEC,Transmission Security Encryption Code
3936TSL,Transportation Security Laboratory
3937TSR,Terminate and Stay Resident
3938TSSIA,The Subject Says It All
3939TTCT,Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking
3940TTFN,Ta Ta For Now
3941TTO,Trinidad and Tobago (ISO 3166 trigram)
3942TTTEAF,Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
3943TTY,TeleTYpewriter (Printer)
3944TTYL,To You Later (Internet slang)
3945TTZ,Tetrazolium
3946TUC,Trades Union Congress
3947TUG,TeX Users Group
3948TUN,Tunisia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3949TUNS,Technical University of Nova Scotia
3950TUR,Turkey (ISO 3166 trigram)
3951TUSK,Tank Urban Survival Kit
3952TUV,Tuvalu (ISO 3166 trigram)
3953TVA,Tennessee Valley Authority
3954TVR,TreVor (Wilkinson) Racing
3955TVS,Tornado vortex signature
3956TWAIN,Technology Without An Interesting Name
3957TWE,Trans World Entertainment
3958TWI,The Welding Institute
3959TWN,Republic of China (Taiwan) (ISO 3166 trigram)
3960TWP,Technical Working Paper
3961TXV,Thermostatic Expansion Valve
3962TZ,Tanzania (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3963TZA,Tanzania (ISO 3166 trigram)
3964TZC,Tetrazolium chloride
3965U,Uranium
3966UA,Ukraine (ISO 3166 digram) Unit of Action
3967UAAP,University Athletic Association of the Philippines
3968UAB,University of Alabama at Birmingham
3969UAE,United Arab Emirates (also IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
3970UBIGEO,Ubicación Geografica (Spanish for Geographical Location)
3971UCBSA,United Cricket Board of South Africa
3972UCF,University of Central Florida
3973UCLES,University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate
3974UCR,University of Costa Rica
3975UCS,Union of Concerned Scientists
3976UDAS,Uppsala-DLR Asteroid Survey
3977UDTS,Uppsala-DLR Trojan Survey
3978UE,Unit of Employment
3979UEFA,Union of European Football Associations
3980UESAC,Uppsala-ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets
3981UFC,Ultimate Fighting Championship
3982UG,Uganda (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3983UGA,Uganda (ISO 3166 trigram)
3984UGV,Unmanned Ground Vehicle
3985UHF,Ultra High Frequency
3986UHMW,Ultra-High Molecular Weight
3987UHRB,Ultra-High Resolution Building (simulation)
3988UIC,University of Illinois at Chicago
3989UID,User ID
3990UIL,University Interscholastic League (governing body for most interscholastic activities,notably sports,in Texas public high schools)
3991UIUC,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3992UJTL,Universal Joint Task List
3993UK,United Kingdom (also FIPS 10-4 country code),University of Kentucky
3994UKIP,United Kingdom Independence Party
3995UKR,Ukraine (ISO 3166 trigram)
3996UL,Underwriters Laboratories
3997ULF,Ultra Low Frequency
3998UM,U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
3999UMBC,University of Maryland,Baltimore County
4000UMC,United Microelectronics Corporation,University of Missouri-Columbia
4001UMCP,Unit Maintenance Collection Point
4002UMES,University of Maryland Eastern Shore
4003UMI,U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
4004UMIST,University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
4005UML,Unified Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Nepal,Unified Modeling Language,University of Massachusetts Lowell,User-Mode Linux
4006UMTS,Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
4007UN,United Nations
4008UNABOM,University and airline bomber (FBI case name)
4009UNAIDS,(i/a) Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
4010UNAMSIL,United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
4011UNCF,United Negro College Fund
4012UNCLOS,United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
4013UNCSGN,United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names
4014UNCTAD,United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
4015UNDCP,United Nations Drug Control Programme
4016UNDE,(i/a) Union of National Defence Employees (Canada)
4017UNDP,United Nations Development Programme
4018UNEP,United Nations Environment Programme
4019UNESCO,United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization
4020UNFCCC,United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
4021UNFICYP,United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
4022UNGEGN,United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
4023UNHCR,United Nations High Commission (er) for Refugees
4024UNICEF,United Nations Children's Fund (originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund)
4025UNICRI,United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
4026UNIDO,United Nations Industrial Development Organization
4027UNIFEM,United Nations Development Fund for Women (from the French Fonds de développement des Nations unies pour la femme)
4028UNIS,University of Surrey,Guildford,England
4029UNLV,University of Nevada,Las Vegas
4030UNMIK,United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
4031UNMOVIC,United Nations Monitoring,Verification and Inspection Commission
4032UNOSOM,United Nations Operations in Somalia
4033UNPROFOR,United Nations Protection Force (in former Yugoslavia)
4034UNRISD,United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
4035UNSM,Union of Nova Scotian Municipalities
4036UNTAC,United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
4037UNTAET,(i/a) United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
4038UNU,United Nations University
4039UP,Ukraine (FIPS 10-4 country code),Union Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark),Upper Peninsula (of Michigan),Uttar Pradesh
4040UPC,United Pentecostal Church,Universal Product Code
4041UPDM,Uganda People's Democratic Movement,Unified Modeling Language Profile for DoDAF and MoDAF,Unité de psychiatrie du développement mental,Universal Pattern Decomposition Method,Unix Power Device Management,Unpressurized Docking Mast,Urban Planning,Design and Management
4042UPdM,Università Popolare della Multimedialità
4043UPI,United Press International
4044UPN,United Paramount Network
4045UPS,Uninterruptible Power Supply,United Parcel Service
4046UPTN,Universal Personal Telecommunications Number,Upper Peninsula Telehealth Network
4047UPU,Universal Postal Union
4048UR,Soviet Union (NATO country code,obsolete 1992)
4049URBSFA,Union royale belge des sociétés de football association (French for Royal Belgian Football Association)
4050URD,User Requirements Document
4051URI,Uniform Resource Identifier,University of Rhode Island
4052URU,Uruguay (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
4053URY,Uruguay (ISO 3166 trigram)
4054US,United States (also ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
4055USA,United States of America (also ISO 3166 trigram),United States Army
4056USAADAC,U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center,Fort Bliss,Texas
4057USAARMC,U.S. Army ARMor Center,Fort Knox,Kentucky
4058USAAVNC,U.S. Army AViatioN Center,Fort Rucker,Alabama
4059USAF,United States Air Force
4060USAFSPC,U.S. Air Force Space Command
4061USAIC,U.S. Army Infantry Center,U.S. Army Intelligence Center
4062USAID, United States Agency for International Development
4063USAP,Union Sportive des Arlequins Perpignanais,United States Antarctic Program
4064USAPATRIOT,Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
4065USAREUR,United States Army Europe
4066USB,Universal Serial Bus
4067USC,United States Code,University of South Carolina,University of Southern California
4068USCG,United States Coast Guard
4069USCINCSPACE,United States Commander in Chief,Space Command
4070USDA,United States Department of Agriculture
4071USDI,United States Department of the Interior
4072USDOE,United States Department of Energy
4073USDRE,(U.S.) Under-Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (1978-1986)
4074USEC,United States Enrichment Corporation
4075USFL,United States Football League
4076USFWS,United States Fish and Wildlife Service
4077USGS,United States Geological Survey
4078USIA,United States Information Agency
4079USJFCOM,United States Joint Forces Command
4080USL,United Soccer League,a third-level U.S. league. Not to be confused with an earlier league of the same name.,United Soccer Leagues,the organization that operates the above league,plus several other lower-level leagues,University of Southwestern Louisiana,a former name for the school now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette
4081USMC,United States Marine Corps
4082USMNT,United States men's national (soccer) team
4083USN,United States Navy
4084USNA,United States National Arboretum,United States Naval Academy
4085USNB,United States Naval Base
4086USNG,United States National Grid
4087USNH,United States Naval Hospital
4088USNI,United States Naval Institute
4089USNO,U.S. Naval Observatory
4090USNOFS,United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station
4091USNP,United States Newspaper Program
4092USNR,United States Navy Reserve
4093USNS,United States Naval Ship
4094USNZ,University Sport New Zealand
4095USPS,United States Postal Service
4096USPTO,United States Patent and Trademark Office
4097USR,Universal System Resources (/usr,directory in a *NIX filesystem),User
4098USS,United States ship (sometimes meaningless; see Star Trek)
4099USSPACECOM,United States Space Command
4100USSR,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
4101UST,Underground Storage Tank
4102USTRANSCOM,United States Transportation Command
4103USWNT,United States women's national (soccer) team
4104UT,Universal Time
4105UTEP, University of Texas at El Paso (pronounced you-tep)
4106UTM,Universal Transverse Mercator (geographical co-ordinate system)
4107UU,Unitarian Universalism,University of Utah,Unseen University
4108UUA,Unitarian Universalist Association
4109UUID,Universally Unique Identifier (see also GUID)
4110UUV,Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
4111UV,Burkina Faso (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Upper Volta),ultraviolet
4112UW,University of Washington
4113UWO,University of Western Ontario
4114UWT,Under Water Telephone
4115UWTG,Under Water Tug
4116UWW,United World Wrestling
4117UXO,Unexploded Ordnance
4118UY,Uruguay (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
4119UZ,Uzbekistan (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
4120UZB,Uzbekistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
4121V,5 (in Roman numerals),Vanadium,Volt
4122VA,Vatican City-State (ISO 3166 digram),Veterans Affairs (U.S. Department of),Virginia (postal symbol),Various Artists
4123VACIS,Vehicle And Container Inspection System
4124VACIS,Victorian Ambulance Clinical Information System
4125VANOS,Variable Nockenwelle System
4126VAO,Vienna Art Orchestra
4127VAT,Value-Added Tax,Vatican City-State (ISO 3166 trigram)
4128VB,Victoria Bitter (beer),Visual Basic
4129VBA,Visual Basic for Applications
4130VC,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Victoria Cross
4131VCDS,(Canada) Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff,VAG-COM Diagnostic System
4132VCJCS,Vice Chairman,Joint Chiefs of Staff
4133vCJD,Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
4134VCNO,(U.S.) Vice Chief of Naval Operations
4135VCofS,Vice Chief of Staff
4136VCR,Video cassette recorder
4137VCT,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (ISO 3166 trigram)
4138VD,North Vietnam (ISO 3166 digram,obsolete 1977),Venereal Disease
4139VDFS,VisualSVN Distributed File System (VDFS)
4140VDR,North Vietnam (ISO 3166 trigram,obsolete 1977)
4141VE,Venezuela (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
4142VEEGA,Venus Earth Earth Gravity Assist manœuvre
4143VEN,Venezuela (ISO 3166 trigram)
4144VERDI,Vittorio Emanuele Re D'Italia (Victor Emmanuel,King of Italy)
4145VERITAS,Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System
4146VFA,Victorian Football Association (historic Australian rules football league),Volatile Fatty Acid
4147VfD,s for deletion (used in Wikipedia)
4148VFL,Victorian Football League,the name of two distinct Australian rules football leagues:
4149VFM,Value For Money
4150VFMO,Very Fast Moving Object (astronomy)
4151VFT,Virtual Function Table
4152VFW,Veterans of Foreign Wars
4153VG,British Virgin Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
4154VGB,British Virgin Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
4155VH1, Video Hits One
4156VHF,Very High Frequency
4157VIA,Versatile Interface Adapter
4158VIC,Victoria,Australia (postal symbol),Video Interface Chip,Virginia Intermont College
4159VIDS,Visual Information Display System
4160VII,7 (in Roman numerals)
4161VIII,8 (in Roman numerals)
4162VIN,(i/a) Vehicle Identification Number (ISO 3779)
4163VIP,Very Important Person
4164VIR,U.S. Virgin Islands (ISO 3166 trigram),Virgin Atlantic Airways (ICAO code)
4165VIS,Vavoua International School,Vienna Independent Shorts,Viewable Image Size,Visual Instruction Set
4166VISCII,VIetnamese Standard Code for Information Interchange
4167VIT,Vellore Institute of Technology
4168VIVO,Video In Video Out
4169VJ,Video Jockey
4170VK,Australia (ham radio code),Västerbottens-Kuriren,a Swedish daily newspaper
4171VLA,Very Large Array,(UK) Veterinary Laboratories Agency
4172VLAD, Vertical Line Array DIFAR
4173VLBA,Very Long Baseline Array
4174VLF,Very Low Frequency
4175VLIW,Very Long Instruction Word
4176VLPFC,VentroLateral PreFrontal Cortex
4177VLPMC,VentroLateral PreMotor Cortex
4178VLSF,Very Loud,Stink-Free
4179VLSI,Very-large-scale integration
4180VLVS,Very Loud,Very Stinky
4181VM,Vietnam (FIPS 10-4 country code)
4182VMF,Marine Fighting Squadron of the United States Marine Corps
4183VMF,Variable Message Format
4184VMN,VentroMedial Nucleus (neurophysiology)
4185VN,Vietnam (ISO 3166 digram)
4186VNIR,Visible and Near InfraRed
4187VNM,Vietnam (ISO 3166 trigram)
4188VNS,see entry
4189VOA,Voice of America
4190VOC,Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company),Volatile organic compounds
4191VOIP,Voice Over Internet Protocol
4192VOLT,Visual OpenType Layout Tool
4193VON,Victorian Order of Nurses
4194VOR,Voice of Russia
4195VOX,Voice Operated oscillator
4196VPOTUS,Vice President of the United States
4197VPN,Virtual Private Network
4198VQ,Vector Quantization,U.S. Virgin Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
4199VR,Virtual Reality
4200VRSG,Virtual Reality Scene Generator
4201VSHORAD,Very Short Range Air Defence
4202VSO,Voluntary Services Overseas
4203VSR,Very Special Relativity
4204VT,Vatican City-State (FIPS 10-4 country code),Vermont (postal symbol),Video tape,Virginia Tech
4205VTC,Video Tele-Conference
4206VTEC,Variable valve Timing and Electronic lift Control
4207VTOL,Vertical Take-Off & Landing
4208VU,Vanuatu (ISO 3166 digram),Vedanta University
4209VUB,Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgian university)
4210VUT,Vanuatu (ISO 3166 trigram)
4211VV,Via Voice,Village Voice
4212VVAF,Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation
4213VW,Volkswagen
4214VZ,Verizon Communications (NYSE code)
4215W,Tungsten (from German Wolfram),Watt,West
4216W3C,World Wide Web Consortium
4217WA,Namibia (FIPS 10-4 country code; from West Africa),Washington state (postal symbol),Western Australia (postal symbol),World Archery (Federation)
4218WAAC,Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (Britain) (World War I UK)
4219WAAF,Women's Auxiliary Air Force (World War II UK)
4220WAC,Western Athletic Conference,Women's Auxiliary Corps (World War II Canada),Women's Army Corps (World War II U.S.)
4221WACC,Weighted Average Cost of Capital (accounting)
4222WACS,What-A-Cartoon! Show
4223WAD,Weapons Alert Designator
4224WAGGGS,World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
4225WAGs,Wives And Girlfriends (most notably of England national football team players at the 2006 FIFA World Cup,although the term existed earlier)
4226WAK,Wake Island (ISO 3166 trigram,obsolete 1986)
4227WAL,see entry
4228WAN,Wide area network
4229WAP,Wireless Application Protocol
4230WAPIMA,What a pain in my ass
4231WAR,With All Respect
4232WAsP,Short form of WAAAAP (Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program)
4233WASP,White Anglo-Saxon Protestant,Wide Angle Search for Planets,Women Airforce Service Pilots
4234WAYP,White And Yellow Pages
4235WB,Warner Bros.,Welcome Back (Internet shorthand)
4236Wb,Weber
4237WBA,Warner Bros. Animation,West Bromwich Albion (F.C.),World Boxing Association
4238WBC,World Boxing Council
4239WBE,Work Breakdown Element
4240WBO,World Boxing Organization
4241WC,Water Closet,Winston Churchill,World Cup (sports)
4242WCBO,World Chess Boxing Organisation
4243WCBP,World Center for Birds of Prey
4244WCL,World Confederation of Labour
4245WCS,Weapon Control Status,Wildlife Conservation Society
4246WCW,World Championship Wrestling
4247WDC,Western Design Center,World Data Center
4248WDIN,Wildlife Disease Information Node
4249WDWR,Walt Disney World Resort
4250WEBS,Weapon Effectiveness Battle Simulation
4251WEC,World Extreme Cagefighting
4252WEEE,Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
4253WEF,World Economic Forum
4254WEM,West Edmonton Mall
4255WEU,Western European Union
4256WEZ, Weapon Engagement Zone
4257WF,Wallis and Futuna Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
4258WFC,Women's Forage Corps (World War II UK)
4259WFD,Weapon of Focused Destruction
4260WFF,Wallops Flight Facility
4261WFI,Water for Injection
4262WFH,Working from home
4263WFP,World Food Program
4264WFZ,Weapons Free Zone
4265WG,Working Group,Wade-Giles
4266WH,Wehrmacht Heer (German World War II army vehicle licence plate code)
4267WHAM,Wisconsin Hydrogen-Alpha Mapping (telescope)
4268WHI,Women's Health Initiative
4269WHIP,Walks plus hits per inning pitched
4270WHO,World Health Organisation
4271WHS,(U.S.) Washington Headquarters Services
4272WI,Western Sahara (FIPS 10-4 country code),Wisconsin (postal symbol),Women's Institute
4273WIA,Wounded In Action,Wireless Institute of Australia (Amateur Radio)
4274WIIFM,What's in it for me?
4275WIMP,Weakly Interacting Massive Particle,Windows,Icons,Menus,Pointers
4276WIP,Work In Progress
4277WIPO, World Intellectual Property Organization
4278WIPP,[Nuclear] Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
4279WIYN,Wisconsin Indiana Yale NOAO telescope consortium
4280WK,Wake Island (ISO 3166 digram,obsolete 1986)
4281WKYP,Will Keep You Posted
4282WL,Wehrmacht Luftwaffe (German World War II air force vehicle licence plate code)
4283WLB,Women's Land Brigade (World War II Canada)
4284WLF,Wallis and Futuna Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
4285WLOG,Without Loss Of Generality (see WOLOG)
4286WM,Wehrmacht Marine (German World War II navy vehicle licence plate code)
4287WMANUS,West Midlands Area National Union of Students
4288WMD,World Movement for Democracy
4289WMI,Wildlife Management Institute
4290WMO,World Meteorological Organization
4291WNA,World Nuclear Association
4292WNIT,Women's National Invitation Tournament
4293WNSD,What's New,Scooby-Doo?
4294WNW,West North-West
4295WO,Warrant Officer
4296WOF,Width of Fabric
4297WOFT,Waste Of Fucking Time
4298WOFTAM,Waste Of Fucking Time And Money
4299WOI, Wheels Of Italy
4300WOM,Write Only Memory
4301WOS,Wilson Ornithological Society
4302WOSM,World Organization of the Scout Movement,Worldwide Oil Spill Model
4303WOT,Waste Of Time
4304WP,White Phosphorus (ammunition)
4305WPB,War Production Board during World War II
4306WPE,World Pork Expo
4307WPK,Wider Peacekeeping
4308WPT,World Poker Tour,World Premiere Toons
4309WR,Wide Receiver (football)
4310WRAC,Women's Royal Army Corps (World War II UK)
4311WRAIR,Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
4312WRC,World Rally Championship
4313WRC,World Religions Conference
4314WRNG,Warning
4315WRS,Worldwide Reference System
4316WRT,NHS Workforce Review Team
4317WRT,The Linksys routers whose model name start with 'WRT'
4318WRT,Third party firmware for the Linksys WRT routers and compatible models from other vendors.
4319WRT,Wallace Roberts & Todd,LLC (Urban Planning and Design)
4320WRT,Web Runtime (WRT) is a portable application framework developed by Nokia that allows the creation of widgets on the S60 Platform.
4321WRT,Wholesale,Trade,Retail sector,category in employment and economics statistics
4322WRT,Wireless Receiver/Transmitter ( computer networks/IT )
4323WRT,Wireless Ronin Technologies (digital signage)
4324WRT,World Rally Team
4325WRT,Writer Response Theory
4326WRVS,Women's Royal Voluntary Service,now only known by the acronym (UK)
4327WS,Samoa (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram; from the country's former name of Western Samoa),Writer to the Signet (a Scottish solicitor)
4328WSC,Weapon System Catalogue
4329WSDL,Web Services Description Language
4330WSJ,(The) Wall Street Journal
4331WSL,White Star Line (shipping company),Women's Super League,used to describe England's top women's association football league and top women's rugby union competition,Workers' Socialist League (UK political party)
4332WSM,Samoa (ISO 3166 trigram; from Western Samoa),Winchester Short Magnum (family of rifle cartridges)
4333WSROC,Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils
4334WSSM,Winchester Super Short Magnum (family of rifle cartridges)
4335WSTC,Women Signallers Territorial Corps (World War II UK)
4336WSW,West South-West
4337WTB,Wales Tourism Board,Warenterminbörse Hannover
4338WTC,World Trade Center
4339WTF,What the fuck?; also What a Terrible Failure (android)
4340WTFH,What The Fucking Hell
4341WTH,What the Hell
4342WTO,World Trade Organization
4343WU,Wabash University,Washington University in St. Louis,Western Union,Windows Update,Work unit,WU Wien (German Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien,Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration)
4344WUBU2,What you been up to
4345WUU2,What you up to,Internet slang popular with teenagers.
4346WV,West Virginia (postal symbol)
4347WVA,World Veterinary Association
4348WVIAC,West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
4349WVR,Women's Volunteer Reserve (World War II UK)
4350WVSC,Women's Volunteer Service Corps (World War II Canada)
4351WVU,West Virginia University
4352WW,see entry
4353WWE,World Wrestling Entertainment
4354WWF,World Wide Fund for Nature,from its original name of World Wildlife Fund,which remains the legal name in the U.S. and Canada,World Wrestling Federation
4355WWI,World War I
4356WWII,World War II
4357WWIII,World War III
4358WWS,Wheaton Warrenville South High School
4359WWV,Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis (catalog of the works of Richard Wagner,and callsign of NIST's shortwave radio station in Fort Collins,Colorado)
4360WWWF,World Wide Wrestling Federation
4361WXO,Weather [Executive] Officer
4362WY,Wyoming (postal symbol)
4363WZ,Swaziland (FIPS 10-4 country code)
4364XBML,eXtended Business Modelling Language
4365XC,Ninety (in Roman numerals)
4366XCBL,XML Common Business Library
4367XD,Used in chatrooms or email for smiley face. X is the eyes; squinted D is the mouth; XD.
4368Xe,Xenon
4369XF,Automobile made by Jaguar,Truck made by DAF Trucks,IATA code for Vladivostok Air
4370XFA,XML Forms Architecture
4371XFC,Xtreme Fighting Championships
4372XFD,Fighter aircraft made by Douglas
4373Xfe,X File Explorer
4374XFF,X-Forwarded-For
4375XFG,Exfoliation glaucoma
4376XFH,1932 rototype U.S. Navy fighter aircraft made by Hall,X-ray fluorescence holography
4377XFN,XHTML Friends Network,
4378XFR,Automobile made by Jaguar
4379XFT,X FreeType interface library
4380XG,Automobile made by Hyundai
4381XGA,Extended Graphics Array
4382XGP,Extreme Game Player
4383XHR,eXtra high Image resolution,XMLHTTPRequest
4384XHTML,eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language
4385XI,Eleven (in Roman numerals)
4386XII,Twelve (in Roman numerals)
4387XIII,Thirteen (in Roman numerals)
4388XIV,Fourteen (in Roman numerals)
4389XIX,Nineteen (in Roman numerals)
4390XJ,Automobile made by Jaguar,Automobile made by Jeep
4391XJL,Amphibian aircraft made by Columbia,Automobile made by Jaguar
4392XJS,Automobile made by Jaguar
4393XK,Automobile made by Jaguar,Automobile made by Jeep,Kell blood group precursor
4394XKB,X keyboard extension
4395XKE,Automobile made by Jaguar
4396XKR,Automobile made by Jaguar
4397XL,eXtra Large,Forty (in Roman numerals)
4398XML,eXtensible Markup Language
4399XMSF,eXtensible Modelling and Simulation Framework
4400XN,Christian,Nordic Patent Institute
4401XNC,X Northern Captain
4402XNS,Xerox Network Systems,Extensible Name Service,Christians
4403XNU,X is Not Unix
4404XP,eXperience Point (role-playing games)
4405XQJ,XQuery API for Java™
4406XRAY,X-Ray
4407XRML,eXtensible Rights Markup Language
4408XS,Xiaolin Showdown
4409XSL,eXtensible Style Language
4410XTMH,eXtreme Technology Multiprocessor Hyperlanguage
4411XUL,XML User Interface Language
4412XV,Fifteen (in Roman numerals)
4413XVI,Sixteen (in Roman numerals)
4414XVII,Seventeen (in Roman numerals)
4415XVIII,Eighteen (in Roman numerals)
4416XWF,Xcitement Wrestling Federation
4417XX,Twenty (in Roman numerals)
4418XXX,Hardcore pornography (film rating),Thirty (in Roman numera
4419Xyl,Xylobium
4420XZN,Triple square screw driver
4421y,Yocto-
4422Y,Yotta,Yttrium
4423Y2K,Year Two Thousand
4424yA,Yoctoampere
4425YA,Yottaampere,Young Adult
4426Ya,Yottayear
4427YaBPr,Yet another Brother Pat rant
4428YABSLAG,Yet another boy singing like a girl
4429YAC, Youth-Adult Committee
4430YAFLA,Yet Another Five Letter Abbreviation
4431YAP,Young Aspiring Professional
4432YB,Youcef Benzouada (Southern Algerian name)
4433Yb,Ytterbium
4434yC,Yoctocoulomb
4435YC,Yottacoulomb
4436YD,People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (ISO 3166 digram,obsolete 1990)
4437YDS,Yosemite Decimal System (climbing)
4438YE,Yemen (ISO 3166 digram)
4439YEM,Yemen (ISO 3166 trigram)
4440yF,Yoctofarad
4441YF,Yottafarad
4442yg,Yoctogram
4443Yg,Yottagram
4444YGCO,Yamaneko Group of Comet Observers
4445Ygo,Yu-Gi-Oh!
4446yH,Yoctohenry
4447YH,Yottahenry
4448YHBT,You Have Been Trolled
4449YHIH1,You Heard It Here First (lowercase: yhih1,pronounced yi-hi)
4450YHII,You Have It Inside
4451YHS,Ya Hoor sur!
4452YI,Serbia and Montenegro (deprecated FIPS 10-4 country code,now RB (Serbia) and MJ (Montenegro))
4453Yi,Yobi
4454Yippie,Youth International Party + suffix
4455yJ,Yoctojoule
4456YJ,Yottajoule
4457yK,Yoctokelvin
4458YK,Yottakelvin
4459YKYFCW,You know you're from Christchurch when (post-earthquake joke)
4460yL,Yoctolitre
4461YL,Yottalitre
4462YM,Yemen (FIPS 10-4 country code),Your Magazine (originally Young Miss,later Young & Modern)
4463ym,Yoctometre
4464Ym,Yottametre
4465YMD,People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (ISO 3166 trigram,obsolete 1990)
4466YMMD,You Make My Day
4467yN,Yoctonewton
4468YN,Yottanewton
4469YO,former Yugoslavia (NATO country code,obsolete 1993)
4470YOLO,You Only Live Once
4471YPA,Yards per Pass Attempt (football statistic)
4472YPIO,Your Problem Is Obvious
4473YPO,Young Presidents' Organization
4474ys,Yoctosecond
4475yS,Yoctosiemens
4476Ys,Yottasecond
4477YS,Yottasiemens
4478YSA,Single adult (LDS Church),Young Socialist Alliance,Youth Service America
4479YSI,Young Scots for Independence
4480YT,Mayotte (ISO 3166 digram),Yottatesla,Yukon Territory (postal symbol)
4481yT,Yoctotesla
4482YTD,Year-To-Date
4483YTM,Yield to Maturity
4484YTS,Youth Training Scheme
4485YTT,Yoshi Topsy-Turvy
4486YU,York University,former Yugoslavia (ISO 3166 digram,obsolete 2003)
4487YUG,former Yugoslavia (ISO 3166 trigram,obsolete 2003)
4488Yuppie,Young Urban Professional + suffix
4489yV,Yoctovolt
4490YV,Yottavolt
4491yW,Yoctowatt
4492YW,Yottawatt
4493YYH,YuYu Hakusho
4494z,Zepto
4495Z,Zetta
4496ZA,South Africa (ISO 3166 digram),Zambia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Zettaampere
4497zA,Zeptoampere
4498ZAF,South Africa (ISO 3166 trigram)
4499ZAMS,Zero age main sequence
4500ZAS,Zylinder Abschaltung System
4501ZBT,Zero-Balance Transfer (accounting)
4502zC,Zeptocoulomb
4503ZC,Zettacoulomb
4504ZCM,(n) ZENworks Configuration Management
4505ZCMK,Zone Control Master Key
4506ZCU,Zimbabwe Cricket Union
4507\a,Atto-