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1Abbreviation,Definition
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
174GL, Fourth-generation programming language
184WD, Four-wheel drive
195D,Five-Dimensional
206D,Six-Dimensional
217D,Seven-Dimensional
228D,Eight-Dimensional
239D,Nine-Dimensional
24\a, Atto-
25A, Ampere
26A1C,Airman First Class
27A4,many, including a European standard office paper size; see entry
28A10, Atlantic 10 Conference
29aa, Afar language (ISO 639-1 code)
30aA, Attoampere
31AA- achieved availability,Alcoholics Anonymous, Armed Forces Americas (postal symbol),Aruba (FIPS 10-4 territory code), assembly area,Automobile Association,avenue of approach
32AAAI, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, formerly American Association for Artificial Intelligence
33AAAS, American Association for the Advancement of Science
34AAAV, Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle
35AAC- American Athletic Conference,Army Air Corps (British Army)
36AAD- analogue-analogue-digital (CD quality),Australian Antarctic Division
37AADD,Adult attention deficit disorder
38AADT, annual average daily traffic
39AADAC, Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
40AADC- area air defense commander, amino acid decarboxylase, aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase, Australian Antarctic Data Centre
41AAFC- U.S. Army Air Corps Ferrying Command (1941-1942),All-America Football Conference (1946-1949)
42AAFES, Army and Air Force Exchange Service
43AAI, applied artificial intelligence
44AAIS, advanced airborne interceptor simulator
45AAM, air-to-air missile
46AAMOF, as a matter of fact
47AAN, American Academy of Nursing
48AANEAS, Anglo-Australian Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
49AAODL, Atmospheric Aerosols and Optics Data Library
50AAP- advanced acquisition plan,Allied administrative publication,American Academy of Pediatrics
51AAPC, Accounting and Auditing Policy Committee
52aar, Afar language (ISO 639-2 code)
53AAR- after-action review,Association of American Railroads
54AARP,(i/s) American Association of Retired Persons (now officially known only by the initials)
55AASPEM, advanced air-to-air system performance evaluation model
56AAT, Australian Antarctic Territory
57AAV, Amphibious Assault Vehicle
58AAWC, anti-air warfare commander
59ab, Abkhaz language (ISO 639-1 code)
60AB- Able Seaman (both the rank and the occupation), Alberta (postal symbol)
61ABA- Adriatic Basketball Association,American Bar Association,American Basketball Association,American Beverage Association,American Bicycle Association,American Birding Association,Australian Broadcasting Authority
62ABB, ASEA Brown Boveri (Swiss-Swedish multinational company)
63ABBA, Agnetha, Benny, Björn, Anni-Frid (Swedish pop group)
64ABC- abstinence, be faithful, condoms,Active Body Control,airway, breathing, circulation (see CPR),Alcoholic Beverage Commission,alien big cat,always be careful,American Bird Conservancy,American-born Chinese,American Broadcasting Company,anti-lock brake controller,Associated British Corporation,Atanasoff-Berry Computer,Atlantic Baptist College,atomic, biological, chemical (see NBC),Australian Broadcasting Corporation
65ABCA- American, British and Canadian Armies (originally),Army Bureau of Current Affairs
66ABCS, (U.S.) Army Battle Command System
67ABET, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
68ABFIST, Advanced Bradley Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
69ABGI, Addington-Barker Group International
70ABIN, Agência Brasileira de Inteligência (Brazilian Intelligence Agency)
71abk, Abkhaz language (ISO 639-2 code)
72ABL, American Basketball League
73ABLE, AirBorne Law Enforcement (police air support unit)
74ABM, anti-ballistic missile,Asynchronous Balanced Mode,automated banking machine
75ABMC, American Battle Monuments Commission
76ABN, Australian Business Number (a number issued by the Australian government as registration of a business and used for taxation purposes)
77ABPI, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
78ABRSM, Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
79ABS- acrylonitrile butadiene styrene,anti-lock braking system
80ABSTRIPS, abstraction-based STRIPS
81ABV, Alcohol by volume
82ABW, Aruba (ISO 3166 trigram)
83aC, Attocoulomb
84Ac, Actinium
85AC1,Aircraftman 1st Class
86AC2,Aircraftman 2nd Class
87ACARS, Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System
88ACAS- Aboriginal Children's Advancement Society,Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
89ACCA- The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants,Automatic Cloud Cover Assessment
90ACCAC, Awdurdod Cymwysterau, Cwricwlwm ac Asesu Cymru (Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales)
91ACCD,American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
92ACCS, Air Communications and Control Squadron
93ACDA, Arms Control & Disarmament Agency
94ACDC- Alternating Current Direct Current,the name of an Australian rock music band,a term for a bisexual person,A/Cdre,Air Commodore
95ACDT- Apple Certified Desktop Technician, Australian Central Daylight Time
96ACF- Administration for Children and Families,American Car and Foundry,American Culinary Federation
97ACHT, Average Call Hold Time
98ACINT, Acoustic Intelligence
99ACK, Acknowledge (telecommunications; cf. NAK)
100ACL- Access Control List,Anterior cruciate ligament; the initialism can also refer to an injury to this ligament.,Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
101ACLJ, American Center for Law and Justice
102ACLOS, Automatic CLOS (missile control system)
103ACLS, American Council of Learned Societies
104ACLU- American Civil Liberties Union,American Communist Lawyers Union (pejorative slang for the above)
105ACM,many, including Association for Computing Machinery; see entry
106ACMC, (U.S.) Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
107ACN- Airborne Communications Node,Australian Company Number (number issued by the Australian government as registration of a limited liability company)
108ACNA, Anglican Church in North America
109ACO, Airspace Control Order
110ACOBA, Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
111ACOG, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
112ACOM, (U.S.) Atlantic Command
113ACORN, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
114ACP- African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States,Air Control Point
115ACR, Advanced Concepts and Requirements
116ACRI, African Crisis Initiative
117ACRT, Advanced Concepts Research Tool simulator
118ACS- Affiliated Computer Services (NYSE ACS),Alaska Communications Service,American Cancer Society,American Chemical Society,Association of Caribbean States,Australian Computer Society
119ACSC, Army Command and Staff College (various nations)
120ACST, Australian Central Standard Time
121ACST, American Cooperative School of Tunis
122ACT- Adaptive Control of Thought (cognitive model),American College Test (ing Program),Australian Capital Territory (also postal symbol),ACT UP, AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
123ACTD, Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration
124ACTF- (U.S.) Army Constructive Training Federation,Australian Children's Television Foundation,ACT-R, ACT-Rational (cognitive model),ACT-R/PM, ACT-R/Perceptual-Motor (cognitive model)
125ACTU, Australian Council of Trade Unions
126ACU, American Conservative Union
127ACUF- BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features, American Conservative Union Foundation
128ADA, Air Defence Artillery,American Dental Association,Assistant District Attorney,Americans with Disabilities Act (see also the similar but non-acronymic Ada programming language)
129ADAGE, Air Defense Air to Ground Engagement (simulation)
130ADAP, AIDS Drug Assistance Program
131ADAS,(a/i) Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey
132ADAT, Alesis Digital Audio Tape (recording format)
133ADatP, Automated Data Processing
134ADATS, Agricultural Development and Training Society,Air Defence Anti-Tank System,Australian Defence Air Traffic System
135ADB, Asian Development Bank
136ADC, Aide De Camp,U.S. Air Defense Command (1946-1992),Apple Display Connector,Program Against Digital Counterfeiting of Currency
137ADD, Analog Digital Digital (CD quality),Attention-Deficit Disorder,Administration on Developmental Disabilities
138ADDIE, Analyze Design Develop Implement and Evaluate
139ADDNS, Advanced Deployable Day/Night Simulation
140ADF, Australian Defence Force,African Development Foundation
141ADGB,Air Defence of Great Britain
142ADHD, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
143ADHS, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Syndrome
144ADI, Acceptable/Allowable Daily Intake
145ADIZ,(a/i) Air Defence Identification Zone
146ADL, Anti-Defamation League
147ADM, Administrative,,Admiral, and the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps,Archer Daniels Midland,Assistant Deputy Minister
148ADOA,(a/i) Air Defence Operations Area
149ADP, Adenosine DiPhosphate,Army Doctrine Publication (UK, Canada, Australia),Automatic/Automated Data Processing
150ADRG, Arc-second Raster Chart (ARC) Digitized Raster Graphics
151ADS,(a/i) Active Denial System,Astrophysics Data System,Attention Deficit Syndrome
152ADSR, Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release (sound envelope specification)
153ADT, Atlantic Daylight Time (UTC3 hours)
154ADTB, Army Doctrine and Training Bulletin
155ADW, Air Defence Warning
156ae, Avestan language (ISO 639-1 code)
157AE- Armed Forces Africa/Canada/Europe/Middle East (postal symbol),United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code), Artix Entertainment,American Eagle,A&E,(a/i) Arts & Entertainment Network, the original name for the U.S. TV channel now known as A&E Network
158AED, United Arab Emirates dirham (ISO 4217 currency code)
159AEDT, Australian Eastern Daylight Time
160AEF, American Expeditionary Force
161AEGIS, Airborne Early warning Ground environment Interface Segment (fake etymology)
162AESR, Aeronautical Equipment Service Record
163AEST, Australian Eastern Standard Time
164aet, After extra time (Football)
165AEW, Airborne Early Warning,Airborne Electronic Warfare
166af, Afrikaans language (ISO 639-1 code)
167aF, Attofarad
168AF- Afghanistan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram), Air Force,As f*ck
169AFAIC, As Far As I'm Concerned
170AFAICT, As Far As I Can Tell
171AFAIK, As Far As I Know
172AFAIR, As Far As I Remember/Recall
173AFATDS, Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System
174AFC- American Football Conference,Asian Football Confederation
175AFCEA, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
176AFDB, African Development Bank
177AFES, Automatic Fire Extinguishing System
178AFG, Afghanistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
179AFIS- Automated Fingerprint Identification System,American Forces Information Service
180AFIST, Abrams Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
181AFJ, April Fool's Joke
182AFK, Away From Keyboard (Internet chat abbreviation)
183AFL- 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
184AFLAC, American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus
185AFM, Army Field Manual (UK; the U.S. more frequently uses just FM),Atomic Force Microscope,Aviation Fleet Maintenance
186AFN, Afghani (ISO 4217 currency code)
187AFO, Association of Field Ornithologists
188AFOSR, U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research
189AFQT, Armed Forces Qualification Test
190afr, Afrikaans language (ISO 639-2 code)
191AFRC, Air Force Reserve Command
192AFRL, Air Force Research Laboratory
193AFROTC, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
194AFRRI,(i, U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
195AFRTS, Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
196AFS- Active Front Steering,Air Facility Sub-System,Amniotic Fluid-derived Stem cell,AFS&A or AFSA, U.S. Air Force Studies and Analysis
197AFSC- U.S. Air Force Staff College (obsolete; replaced with JFSC),U.S. Air Force Systems Command
198AFSCN, U.S. Air Force Satellite Control Network
199AFSPC, Air Force Space Command
200AFT,American Farmland Trust
201AFV, armoured fighting vehicle
202AFWA- Air Force Weather Agency,Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies,AG[edit]
203ag, Attogram
204Ag, Silver (Latin argentum)
205AGARD, Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development
206AGARDograph, Advanced Guidance for Alliance Research and Development publication
207AGASA, Akeno Giant Air Shower Array (cosmic ray detector)
208AGB, Internal Nintendo initialism (Advanced Game Boy) for Game Boy Advance
209AGC- Apollo Guidance Computer,Automatic Gain Control
210AGC, Adjutant General's Corps (British Army)
211AGDC, Australian Game Developers' Conference
212AGI, Auxiliary Group Intelligence
213AGL, Above Ground Level
214AGM, Annual General Meeting
215AGN, Active Galactic Nucleus
216AGO, Angola (ISO 3166 trigram)
217AGP, Accelerated Graphics Port
218AGRICOLA, Agriculture Online Access
219AGS, Alaska Ground Station (LandSat)
220AGTS, Advanced Gunnery Training System
221AGU, American Geophysical Union
222AGW, Autonomous Guided Weapon
223aH, Attohenry
224Ah, Ampere-hour
225AH, Attack Helicopter
226AHA, American Heart Association
227AHCPR, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (obsolete; replaced with AHRQ)
228AHEC, Australian Health Ethics Committee
229AHPCRC, Army High Performance Computing Research Center
230AHQ,Air Headquarters
231AHRQ, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
232AHS, American Housing Survey
233AI- Air Interdiction,Amnesty International,Artificial Insemination,Artificial Intelligence, Anguilla (ISO 3166 digram)
234AIA- Aerospace Industries Association,American Institute of Architects, Anguilla (ISO 3166 trigram)
235AIAA, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
236AIC- African Independent Church,Animal Identification Coordinator
237AICD, Australian Institute of Company Directors
238AICMFP, And I Claim My Five Pounds
239AID, U.S. Agency for International Development
240AIDS, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
241AIM,many, including AOL Instant Messenger, Australian Institute of Management; see entry
242AIMP, Aurora Incremental Modernization Project
243AIPAC, American Israel Public Affairs Committee
244AIR, Aircraft Inventory Record
245AIRFA, American Indian Religious Freedom Act
246AIRS,(a/i) Aerometric Information Retrieval System (obsolete; replaced with AFS)
247AIS- Australian Institute of Sport,Automatic Identification System
248AISB, (British Society for the Study of) Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour
249aJ, Attojoule
250AJ, Azerbaijan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
251Ajax, Asynchronous JavaScript And XML
252AJD, Astronomical Julian day
253AJP, Allied Joint Publication
254AJPW, All Japan Pro Wrestling
255ak, Akan languages (ISO 639-1 code)
256aK, Attokelvin
257AK, Alaska (postal symbol)
258aka, Akan languages (ISO 639-2 code)
259AKA, Above knee amputation (orthopaedic usage)
260AKDT, Alaska Standard Daylight Saving Time (UTC8 hours)
261AKST, Alaska Standard Time (UTC9 hours)
262aL, Attolitre
263Al, Aluminium
264ALA, Åland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
265ALAP, As Long/Late As Possible
266ALARM, Air-Launched Anti-Radar Missile
267ALB, Albania (ISO 3166 trigram)
268ALD, Accounting Line Designator (nuclear weapon targeting)
269ALERT, Advanced Linked Extended Reconnaissance and Targeting,Attack and Launch Early Reporting to Theatre
270ALF- Africa Leadership Forum,Alien Life Form (cf. ALF (TV series)),Animal Liberation Front
271ALG, Algeria (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
272ALGOL, ALGOrithmic Language
273ALL, Albanian lek (ISO 4217 currency code)
274ALOA, Associated Locksmiths of America, Inc.
275ALOC- Air Lines Of Communication, Average Length of Calls
276ALPA, Air Line Pilots Association
277ALS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis,Automatic Landing System
278ALSHS, Abraham Low Self-Help Systems
279ALSP, Aggregate Level Simulation Protocol
280ALTE, Association of Language Testers in Europe
281am- Amharic language (ISO 639-1 code),Attometre
282Am, Americium
283AM-many, including Amplitude Modulation and Ante Meridiem; see entry, Armenia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
284AM1,Airman 1st class
285AMA- American Medical Association,Australian Medical Association
286AMAPS, Aircraft, Missile, Avionics Performance Simulation
287AMC- 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
288AMCB, U.S. Army/Marine Corps Board
289AMD- Advanced Micro Devices,Age-related Macular Degeneration, Armenian dram (ISO 4217 currency code)
290AMFR- Age-specific Marital Fertility Rate,Amplitude Modulation Following Response
291AMFRS- Advanced Multi-Function Radio Frequency System,Automatic Multisensor Feature-based Recognition System
292amh, Amharic language (ISO 639-2 code)
293AML, Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
294AMLCD, Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display
295AMLO- Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexican politician),Anti-Money Laundering Office (Thailand government agency)
296AMO, Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
297AMOLED, Active-matrix organic light-emitting diode
298AMOS- Advanced MOrtar System,Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory
299AMP- Adenosine MonoPhosphate,Automated Mission Planner
300AMRAAM, Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile
301AMRDEC, U.S. Aviation & Missile Research, Development, & Engineering Center
302AMS- Agriculture Marketing Service,American Mathematical Society
303AMSAA,(i/a) U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity
304AMSO,(i/a) U.S. Army Model and Simulation Office
305AMSU,Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
306AMTE, UK Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment (1977-1984)
307an, Aragonese language (ISO 639-1 code)
308aN, Attonewton
309AN- Andorra (FIPS 10-4 country code),Netherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 digram)
310ANA- Administration for Native Americans,Afghan National Army,All Nippon Airways,Anti-Nuclear Anti-body, Australian National Airways,Australian Natives' Association
311ANC, African National Congress
312AND, Andorra (ISO 3166 trigram)
313ANFO, Ammonium nitrate/fuel oil (explosive)
314ANG- Air National Guard, Angola (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166), Netherlands Antillian guilder (ISO 4217 currency code)
315ANGLiCo, Air/Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
316ANL, Argonne National Laboratory
317ANM, Acoustic Noise Monitor
318ANOVA, ANalysis Of VAriance
319ANS, Applied and Natural Sciences
320ANSI, American National Standards Institute
321ANTM, America's Next Top Model
322ANT- Netherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 trigram),Antigua and Barbuda (IOC trigram, but not ISO 3166 or FIFA)
323ANTY,Acronyms, No Thank You
324ANWR, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge /ˈænwɑr/
325ANZ, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group
326ANZAC, Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
327AO, Angola (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram), Approach Officer (submarine),Area of Operations
328AOA, Air Officer in charge of Administration,Argonne National Laboratory, Angolan kwanza (ISO 4217 currency code), Award Of Arms (heraldry)
329AOC, Air Operations Centre,Air Officer Commanding
330AOD, Adrenalin O.D. (punk rock band)
331AOI, Angle Of Incidence Arab Organization for Industrialization
332AOL, America OnLine
333AOR, Area of Responsibility
334AOSTH, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
335AOTS, Attack of the Show!
336AOU, American Ornithologists' Union
337AP- Advanced Placement,Air Publication, Andhra Pradesh (Indian state code), Armed Forces Pacific (postal symbol), Associated Press,Auto Pilot
338APA -
339APB, All Points Bulletin (police jargon)
340APC- Armoured Personnel Carrier,Armour Piercing Capped (ammunition)
341APEC, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
342APCNR, Armour-Piercing, Composite Non-Rigid (ammunition)
343APCR, Armour-Piercing, Composite Rigid (ammunition)
344APDS, Armour-Piercing, Discarding-Sabot (ammunition)
345APEDS, AMSAA Performance Estimates Data System
346APEX, Applied Physics Express
347APFSDS, Armour-Piercing, Fin-Stabilised, Discarding Sabot (ammunition)
348APHA, American Public Health Association
349APHE, Armour-Piercing, High Explosive (ammunition)
350APHIS, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
351API, Application Programming Interface
352APL- A Programming Language,Acute Promyeloid Leukaemia,Anti-Personnel Landmine,Applied Physics Laboratory (Johns Hopkins University)
353APM, Advanced Power Management
354APOD, Aerial Port (Airport) Of Debarkation
355APOE, Aerial Port (Airport) Of Embarkation
356APOLLO, Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation
357APP, Allied Procedural Publication
358APR, Annual Percentage Rate
359APS- 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]
360AQ- 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
361AQIM, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
362ar, Arabic language (ISO 639-1 code)
363Ar, Argon
364AR, Argentina (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Arkansas (postal symbol),Armour, Arunachal Pradesh (Indian state code)
365ara, Arabic language (ISO 639-2 code)
366ARAG, Advanced Research and Assessment Group
367ARB, Administrative Review Board
368ARBA,(a/i) Army Review Boards Agency
369ARC, Arc-second Raster Chart,Appalachian Regional Commission
370ARCA, Automobile Racing Club of America
371ARCENT, United States Army Central Command
372ARDA, Advanced Research and Development Activity (became DTO 2006)
373ARE, UK Admiralty Research Establishment (-1991), United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166 trigram)
374ARF, ASEAN Regional Forum
375arg, Aragonese language (ISO 639-2 code)
376ARG, Argentina (ISO 3166 trigram)
377ARH, Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter
378ARI, Acute Respiratory Infection,U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
379ARL, UK Admiralty Research Laboratory (1921-1977),U.S. Army Research Laboratory,UIUC Aviation Research Laboratory
380ARM, Anti-Radiation Missile,Adjustable-rate mortgage, Armenia (ISO 3166 trigram)
381ARNet, Acquisition Reform Network
382ARP, Address Resolution Protocol,Applied Research Programme
383ARPA, Advanced Research Projects Agency
384ARRC, ACE Rapid Reaction Corps
385ARRF, Allied Rapid Reaction Force
386ARRL, American Radio Relay League
387ARS, Agricultural Research Service, Argentine peso (ISO 4217 currency code)
388ARSC, Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
389ARSPACE, U.S. Army Space Command
390ART, Adaptive Resonance Theory,Anti-Retroviral Therapy
391ARTCC, Air Route Traffic Control Center
392as, Adult swim, Assamese language (ISO 639-1 code),Attosecond
393aS, Attosiemens
394As, Arsenic
395AS, American Samoa (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram),Australia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Assam / Asom (Indian state code)
396AS, ActionScript
397ASA, AcetylSalicylic Acid,American Standards Association,Army Security Agency,Atlantic Southeast Airlines
398ASAP, As Soon As Possible
399ASARS, Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System,Airborne Search and Rescue System
400ASB, Associated Student Body,Alternative Service Book (Church of England)
401ASBO, Anti-Social Behaviour Order
402ASCAP, American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
403ASCC, Army Service Component Commander,Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator,Air Standardization Coordinating Committee
404ASCII, American Standard Code for Information Interchange
405ASD, (U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense,autism spectrum disorder
406ASDIC, Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee (Sonar)
407ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations
408ASFAR, Americans for a Society Free of Age Restrictions
409ASG, Area Support Group
410ASIC, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Aviation Security Identification Card
411ASIO, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, Audio stream input output
412ASIP, Advanced System Improvement Program,Army Stationing and Installation Plan,Application-specific instruction-set processor
413asm, Assamese language (ISO 639-2 code)
414ASM, Air-to-Surface Missile, American Samoa (ISO 3166 trigram), American Society for Metals, American Society for Microbiology
415ASMB, American Society for Matrix Biology,Adult Swim Message Board
416ASME, American Society of Mechanical Engineers,American Society of Magazine ors
417ASN, Associate of Science in Nursing
418ASOC,(a/i) Air Sovereignty Operations Centre,Air Support Operations Centre,Airport Security and Operations Centre,Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition,Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus,Australian Standard Offence Classification
419ASP, 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
420ASPI, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
421ASR, Alkali-silica reaction,Anti Slip Regulation
422ASRAAM, Advanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile
423ASSC, Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
424AST, Atlantic Standard Time (UTC4 hours)
425ASTIA, Armed Services Technical Information Agency
426ASTM, American Society for Testing and Materials
427ASTREA, Aerial Support To Regional Enforcement Agencies (sheriff's air support unit)
428ASUW, AntiSUrface Warfare
429ASVAB,Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery(taken by juniors in high school in the USA)
430ASW, AntiSubmarine Warfare
431ASWORG, (U.S.) AntiSubmarine Warfare Operations Research Group
432ASX, Advanced Stream Redirector,Australian Securities Exchange
433aT, Attotesla
434At, Astatine
435AT, Anti-Tank, Ashmore and Cartier Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Austria (ISO 3166 digram), Advanced Technology (IBM Personal Computer/AT)
436ATA, Advanced Technology Attachment (IBM Personal Computer),Afghan Transitional Authority,Allen Telescope Array, Antarctica (ISO 3166 trigram)
437ATAC, Air Transportable Acoustic Communications
438ATACMS, Army TACtical Missile System
439ATAPI, Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
440ATAS, Air-To-Air Stinger (missile)
441ATAT, Aiken Tactical Airsoft Team / Star Wars vehicle
442ATB, Active Time Battle, British Antarctic Territory (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1979)
443ATC, Air Traffic Control,Air Training Corps,U.S. Air Transport Command (1942-1948)- Athletic Trainer, Certified (www.nata.org)
444ATCCIS, Army Tactical Command and Control Information System
445ATESS, Aerospace and Telecommunications Engineering Support Squadron
446ATG, Antigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166 and FIFA trigram)
447ATGM, Anti-Tank Guided Missile
448ATGW, Anti-Tank Guided Weapon
449ATI, Allied Telesyn International, Inc., Array Technologies Incorporated. (ATI Technologies)
450Atisbo,a Local Government Area in Nigeria named for constituent communities (Ago-Are, Tede, Irawo, Sabe, Baasi, Ofiki and Owo)
451ATK, Attack
452ATL, Atlanta, Georgia, the largest city and capital of Georgia
453ATLAS, All-Terrain Lifter Army System, Assessment Tool for LAnd Systems
454ATM, Automated Teller Machine,Asynchronous Transfer Mode,At The Moment
455ATN, Dronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1983)
456ATO, Air Tasking Order,Australian Taxation Office
457ATP, Adenosine TriPhosphate,Allied Tactical Publication,Ammunition Transfer Point
458ATSD, (U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense
459ATSDR, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
460ATV, All-Terrain Vehicle
461ATWA, Air, Trees, Water, Animals
462Au, Gold (Latin Aurum)
463AU, African Union (was OAU before 2000),American University, Astronomical Unit,Australia (ISO 3166 digram),Austria (FIPS 10-4 country code)
464AUD, Australian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
465AUS, Australia (ISO 3166 trigram)
466AUSCANNZUKUS, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States (security designation)
467Auslan, Australian Sign Language
468AUT, Austria (ISO 3166 trigram)
469AUTL, Army Universal Task List
470av, Avar language (ISO 639-1 code)
471aV, Attovolt
472Av, Aperture value (photographic mode)
473AV- Anguilla (FIPS 10-4 territory code), Audio-Visual, Aviation
474ava, Avar language (ISO 639-2 code)
475AVA, American Viticultural Area
476AVB, Audio Video Bridging
477AVDLR, Aviation Depot Level Repair
478ave, Avestan language (ISO 639-2 code)
479AVGP, Armoured Vehicle, General Purpose
480AVI, Audio Video Interleave
481AVIM, Aviation Intermediate Maintenance
482AVLB, Armoured Vehicle Launched Body
483AVM- Air Vice-Marshal, Arteriovenous malformation
484AVO, Apprehended Violence Order
485AVP, Arubaanse Volkspartij
486AVP, Association of Volleyball Professionals
487AVRE, Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers
488AVTB- Armoured Vehicle Test Bed, Aviation Test Bed
489AVUM, Aviation Unit Maintenance
490AVVO, Acute Vaginal Venereal Outbreak
491aW, Attowatt
492AW, Aruba (ISO 3166 digram)
493AWA, American Wrestling Association
494AWACS, Airborne Warning And Control System
495AWC, Air Warfare Centre
496AWD,many, including All Wheel Drive; see entry
497AWE,(i/a) Advanced Warfighting Experiment
498AWG, Aruban guilder (ISO 4217 currency code)
499AWP, Awaiting Parts (SM&R code)
500AWSIM, Air Warfare SIMulation
501AWST, Australian Western Standard Time
502AWW, Above Water Warfare
503AX, Åland Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
504AXP, Ambulance eXchange Point
505ay, Aymara language (ISO 639-1 code)
506AY, Antarctica (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
507AYBABTU, All Your Base Are Belong To Us
508aym, Aymara language (ISO 639-2 code)
509AYU, As Yet Unknown
510az, Azerbaijani language (ISO 639-1 code)
511AZ- Arizona (postal symbol),Azerbaijan (ISO 3166 digram), Alkmaar Zaanstreek (Dutch football club)
512aze, Azerbaijani language (ISO 639-2 code)
513AZE, Azerbaijan (ISO 3166 trigram)
514AZN, Azerbaijani manat (ISO 4217 currency code)
515AZUR, Actions en zone urbaine (French, Urban Operations)
516BAR- Barbados (IOC trigram, but not FIFA or ISO 3166), British American Racing,Browning Automatic Rifle,Buy-American Restrictions,BARD - Binational Agricultural Research and Development fund (between the US and Israel),BARDA - Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency,BART - Bay Area Rapid Transit,BAS - Battalion Aid Station,BASE - Building, Antenna, Span, Earth (parachute from),BASF - Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory, a German chemicals company),BASIC - Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (acronym was added later, originally it was simply Basic),BAT - (a/i) Basic Aid Training,BATF - U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms,BATS - Behavior Analysis Training System - Bradley Advanced Training System,BATTeRS - Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescope for Rapid Survey,BB[edit]
517BB- Barbados (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code), Boys' Brigade (Christian youth organization),Brigitte Bardot (actress),Bumblebee
518BBB- Better Business Bureau,Blood-brain barrier
519BBC- Breeding Bird Census,British Broadcasting Corporation, Bumper to Back of Cab (trucking measurement)
520BBD- Barbadian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code), Bowel Bladder Dysfunction
521BBL- Be Back Later,Bird Banding Laboratory,British Basketball League,BBN - Bolt, Beranek and Newman,BBQ - Barbecue[1]
522BBS- Breeding Bird Survey (North America),Brigade/Battalion Battle Simulation,Bulletin Board System,BBSRC - U.K. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council,BBVA - Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (Spanish bank)
523BBYO,B'nai B'rith Youth Organization
524BC- Before Christ,Blind Copy (in emailers),Boston College, Botswana (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Bechuanaland),British Columbia (postal symbol)
525BCA- Bachelor of Computer Application,Black Coaches & Administrators,BCC - Blind Carbon Copy
526BCCI- Bank of Credit and Commerce International,Board of Control for Cricket in India,BCD - Binary-Coded Decimal
527BEA- Banque extérieure d'Algérie,British European Airways (ancestor of British Airways),British Electricity Authority,bel - Belarusian language (ISO 639-2 code),BEL - Belgium (ISO 3166 trigram),BEM - British Empire Medal - Bug-Eyed Monster,ben - Bengali language (ISO 639-2 code),BEN - Benin (ISO 3166 trigram),BEO - Banquet Event Order,BERC - Business Environmental Resource Center,BER - Bit Error Rate
528BH- Bahrain (ISO 3166 digram),Belize (FIPS 10-4 country code),BHD - Bahraini dinar (ISO 4217 currency code),BHR - Bahrain (ISO 3166 trigram)
529BNF- Backus-Naur Form (computing),British National Formulary,BNICE - Biological, Nuclear, Incendiary, Chemical, and Explosive Agents
530BNP- British National Party,Banque Nationale de Paris, a predecessor to today's BNP Paribas,BNS - Bank of Nova Scotia,BNSF - (i/s) Burlington Northern Santa Fe (also AAR reporting mark),BO[edit],bo - Tibetan language (ISO 639-1 code)
531BO- Back Orifice, Belarus (FIPS 10-4 country code), Biarritz Olympique (French rugby union club), Bolivia (ISO 3166 digram), Body odor,BO2k - Back Orifice 2000,BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation (predecessor of British Airways)
532BoAML,Bank of America Merrill Lynch
533BOC- British Orthodontic Society,British Oxygen Company,BÖC - Blue Öyster Cult,bod - Tibetan language (ISO 639-2 code),BOD - Biochemical Oxygen Demand,BODMAS - Brackets, Orders, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction,BOFH - Bastard Operator From Hell,BOGA - Bend Over and Grab Ankles,BOGOF - Buy One, Get One Free
534BOGs, Bunch of Guys
535BOI- Balance Of Investment,Basis Of Issue,BOL - Bolivia (ISO 3166 trigram)
536BOM- Base Object Model,Bill Of Materials,Block of the Month quilting term,Business opportunity meeting,BOP - Balance of Payments,BOPB - Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque (the complete name of the rugby club),BOPD - Barrel of Oil Per Day
537BOQ- Bill Of Quotations,Bachelor Officers' Quarters,Bank Of Queensland,bos - Bosnian language (ISO 639-2 code),BOS - Battlefield Operating System
538BOT- Balance of Trade, Botswana (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166), Build Operate Transfer, Bank of Thailand,BP[edit]
539BP- Battle Position,British Petroleum (today, BP does not officially stand for anything), Solomon Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code; from British Protectorate of the Solomon Islands),Bp - Bishop,BPD - Bipolar Personality Disorder,BPM - Beats Per Minute,BPMo - Business Process Mobility
540BPV- Battlefield Planning Visualization,Bovine papillomavirus,BQ[edit]
541BQ- British Antarctic Territory (former ISO 3166 digram; merged with AQ in 1979),Caribbean Netherlands (current ISO 3166 digram; based on the entity's alternate name of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba),Navassa Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code),BR[edit],br - Breton language (ISO 639-1 code),Br - Bromine
542BR- Brazil (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) - Bihar (Indian state code), British Rail,Break Ranks (marching band term),BRA - Brazil (ISO 3166 trigram),BRAG - Bicycle Ride Across Georgia,BRASS - Breathe, Relax, Aim, Sight, Squeeze (Acronym for using a rifle)
543BRN- Bahrain (IOC trigram, but not FIFA or ISO 3166), Brunei (ISO 3166 trigram),BRSB - Battlefield Reasoning System Brianna,BRU - Brunei (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166),BS[edit],bs - Bosnian language (ISO 639-1 code)
544BS- The Bahamas (ISO 3166 digram),Bassas da India (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Bachelor of Science degree,British subject
545Bullshit-
546BSA- Birmingham Small Arms (motorcycles company),Boy Scouts of America,Brigade Support Area
547BSatCoP,Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins
548BSD- Bahamian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code), Berkeley Software Distribution (distinct from BSoD)
549BSE, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, better known as mad cow disease
550BSNL-Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Bachelor of Science in Nursing,BSoD - Blue Screen of Death (distinct from BSD)
551BSP- Between-Show Promotion,Binary Space Partitioning,Board Support Package,British Standard Pipe (screw thread), Business-sponsored,Bone sialoprotein
552BST- Binary search tree,Blended Sales Tax, Bovine somatotropin, British Summer Time,BSW - British Standard Whitworth (screw thread),BSX - Bendigo Stock Exchange,BT[edit]
553Bt- Baronet,Bacillus thuringiensis
554c, Centi
555C, Carbon,Coulomb,One Hundred (in Roman numerals)
556c2c, the British rail company formerly known as LTS Rail
557C2C, Consumer-To-Consumer electronic commerce,Cam-To-Cam internet chat
558ca, Catalan language (ISO 639-1 code)
559Ca, Calcium
560CA- California (postal symbol),Canada (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Catalonia, Civil Affairs,Close Armour,Cocaine Anonymous,Computer Associates,Counter-Air,Cricket Australia
561CAA- Canadian Automobile Association,(NORAD) Center for Aerospace Analysis,(U.S.) Center for Army Analysis,(U.S.) Clean Air Act,(U.S. Army) Concepts Analysis Agency,Civil Aviation Authority,Colonial Athletic Association
562CAAT- or Campaign Against Arms Trade,Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
563CAC- California Association of Criminalists,Chronic Asymptomatic [Disease] Carrier,CACM Central American Common Market
564CACM, Communications of the ACM
565CAD- Canadian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code), Computer-Aided Design,Computer-Aided Dispatch,Cpplint Anxiety Disorder, Condition suffered by software developers who worry about whether they've left any whitespace on the end of a line
566CADCAM, Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing
567CADPAT, CAnadian Disruptive PATtern
568CADMID, Concept, Assessment, Demonstration, Manufacture, In service, Disposal (life cycle mnemonic)
569CAE- Canadian Aviation Electronics (originally),Certificate in Advanced English
570CAEn,(i/a) Close Action Engagement (constructive simulation)
571CAF- Central African Republic (ISO 3166 trigram), Confederation of African Football (or French Confédération Africaine de Football)
572CAFAD, Combined Arms For Air Defence
573CAFDE- Canadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters,Computer Aided Federation Development Environment
574CAFE, Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard
575CAI, Computer Assisted Instruction
576CAIR, Council on American-Islamic Relations
577CALABARZON, A region in the Philippines: CAvite, LAguna, BAtangas, Rizal, queZON
578CALL, (U.S.) Center for Army Lessons Learned
579CALM, Communications, Air-interface, Long and Medium range
580CalPERS, California Public Employees' Retirement System
581Caltrans, California Department of Transpotation
582CAM- Chemical Agent Monitor,Complementary and alternative medicine,Computer-Aided Manufacturing,Crassulacean acid metabolism (type of photosynthesis)
583CAMRA, CAMpaign for Real Ale
584CAN, Canada (ISO 3166 trigram)
585CANA, Convulsive Antidote, Nerve Agent
586CANDU, CANada Deuterium Uranium (nuclear reactor design)
587Canola, Canadian oil, low acid (referring to a specific cultivar of rapeseed bred to have a low erucic acid content)
588CAPES- CAPability Evaluation System, Combined Arms Planning and Execution System
589CARE- Citizens Association for Racial Equality (former New Zealand organisation), Community database on Accidents on the Roads in Europe, Cooperative for Aid and Relief Everywhere (originally Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe)
590CARMONETTE, Computerized Monte Carlo Simulation
591CARP, Computed Air Release Point
592CART, Championship Auto Racing Teams (now defunct)
593CAS- Chemical Abstracts Service,Chief of the Air Staff,Close Air Support
594CASA, Civil Aviation Safety Authority
595CASE- Cellular ammunition storage equipment,Computer-Aided Software Engineering
596CASS, Command Activated Sonobuoy System
597CASTFOREM, Combined Arms and Support Task FORce Evaluation Model
598CASTOR, Canadian Automatic Small Telescopes for Orbital Research
599cat, Catalan language (ISO 639-2 code)
600CAT- Community Acceptance Testing,Computer-Assisted (or Axial) Tomography
601CATK, Counterattack
602CATS, Computer Active Technology Suspension
603CATT,(a/i) Combined Arms Tactical Trainer
604CAV, Cavalry
605CAW, Canadian Auto Workers (trade union)
606CB- Citizens' Band radio, Cambodia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
607CBC- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,Christmas Bird Count,Cipher-Block Chaining,Cornering Brake Control
608CBE- Commander of the Order of the British Empire,Cab Beside Engine (see truck)
609CBGB, Country, Blue Grass, and Blues (former New York City nightclub)
610CBLA, Comparative bullet lead analysis
611CBN,CardsApp Brand Number
612CBM,many, including Canadian Baptist Ministries and Commodore Business Machines; see entry
613CBML, Coalition Battle Management Language
614CBOL, Consortium for the Barcode of Life
615CBOT, Chicago Board of Trade
616CBR, Case-Based Reasoning
617CBRN, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear (weapon or event)
618CBRNE, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear or [high-yield] Explosive (weapon or event)
619CBS- Columbia Broadcasting System,Corps Battle Simulation
620CBUS, Columbus, Ohio
621CC,many, including carbon copy; see entry
622CCA, Counter Command Activity
623CCC- Canterbury Clothing Company,Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S., 1930s and 1940s),Corpus Christi College, Oxford
624CCCP- Central Committee of the Communist Party,Cyrillic for SSSR (Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, Russian Союз Советских Социалистических Республик, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
625CCD- Charge-Coupled Device,Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (Catechism)
626CCF, Cartoon Cartoon Fridays
627CCG- Canadian Coast Guard,Collectible Card Game
628CCGC- Canadian Coast Guard Cutter,Canadian Coast Guard College
629CCGH, Canadian Coast Guard Hovercraft
630CCGS- Canadian Coast Guard Ship,Christ Church Grammar School
631CCH, Computer-Controlled Hostile
632CCIF, Comité consultatif international des communications téléphoniques à grande distance (French for International Telephone Consultative Committee, merged with the CCIT in 1956 to form the CCITT)
633CCII- Command and Control Information Infrastructure,Community Capital Investment Initiative
634CCIR- Comité consultatif international pour la radio (French for Consultative Committee on International Radio, became the ITU Radiocommunication Sector, ITU-R, in 1992),Commander's Critical Information Requirements
635CCIT, Comité consultatif international télégraphique (French for International Telegraph Consultative Committee, merged with the CCIF in 1956 to form the CCITT)
636CCITT, Comité consultatif international téléphonique et télégraphique (French for International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee, became the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector, ITU-T, in 1992)
637CCK- Cholecystokinin, Cocos (Keeling) Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
638CCM- Canada Cycle & Motor Co. Ltd. (now split into two separate companies bearing the CCM name, one manufacturing bicycles and the other ice hockey equipment),Contemporary Christian music
639CCOC- Canadian Children's Opera Chorus,Crosley Car Owners Club
640CCOP, Coalition Common Operating/Operational Picture
641CCP- Casualty Collection Point,Communications Checkpoint,Contingency Communications Package
642CCPA, Consumer Credit Protection Act
643CCR, Creedence Clearwater Revival
644CCRAp, Canadian Conservative Reform Alliance party
645CCRP, Command and Control Research Program
646CCRTS, Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium
647CCSCS, Coordinadora de Centrales Sindicales del Cono Sur
648CCSCS, Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems
649CCSK, Cyclic Code Shift Keying
650CCT, Current Commitments Team
651cd, Candela
652Cd, Cadmium
653CD,many, including Compact Disc; see entry
654CD1, Cluster of Differentiation 1 (a small gene family)
655CDA, UK Centre for Defence Analysis
656CDC- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (originally (U.S.) Communicable Disease Center),Control Data Corporation,Cult of the Dead Cow
657CDD, Capabilities Development Document
658CDE, Chemical Defence Equipment
659CDF- California Department of Forestry [and Fire Protection],Common Data Format, Democratic Republic of Congo franc congolais (ISO 4217 currency code)
660CDipAF, Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance
661CDL, Commercial driver's license
662CDM- Clean Development Mechanism (Kyoto protocol),Cold Dark Matter (astronomy)
663CDMA, Code Division Multiple Access
664CDMSII, Cryogenic Dark Matter Search II
665Cdr, Commander
666CDS- Chief of the Defence Staff,Credit default swap
667Cdt, Commandant
668CDT, Central Daylight Time (UTC5 hours)
669ce, Chechen language (ISO 639-1 code)
670Ce, Cerium
671CE,many, including Christian/Common Era (cf. AD); see entry
672CEA, Campaign Effectiveness Analysis
673CECOM, U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command
674CEI, Competitive Enterprise Institute
675CENTCOM, United States Central Command
676CENTO, Central Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)
677CEO, Chief Executive Officer
678CEP, Circular Error Probable
679CERCLA, U.S. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund)
680CERDEC,U.S. Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center
681CERT, Computer Emergency Response Team
682ces, Czech language (ISO 639-2 code)
683CESS, Centre for Earth Science Studies (India)
684CEWC,(a/i) Council for Education in World Citizenship
685Cf, Californium
686CF- Canadian Forces, Central African Republic (ISO 3166 digram),Republic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code)
687CFA- Cat Fanciers' Association,Chartered Financial Analyst,Colour Filtering Array,County Fire Authority,Covering Force Area
688CFAR- Christine's,Federal Acquisition Regulation
689CFC- ChloroFluoroCarbon,Canadian Fish Company
690CFES, Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System
691CFFZ, Call For Fire Zone
692CFG- Context-free grammar,Control flow graph
693CFHT, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
694CFI, Center for Inquiry (CSICOP)
695CFL- Canadian Football League,Co-ordinated Fire Line
696CFLCC, Coalition Forces Land Component Command
697CFM, Certified Facilities Manager [(IFMA)]http://www.ifma.org/
698CFO, Chief Financial Officer
699CFP- Call for papers,College Football Playoff,Common Fisheries Policy (EU)
700CFRP, Carbon fibre reinforced plastic
701CFS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
702CFSP, Common Foreign and Security Policy
703CFU, Colony Forming Unit in Microbiology
704CFV, Cavalry Fighting Vehicle
705CFZ, Critical Friendly Zone
706CG, Client Group,Computer Graphics,Controls Group, Democratic Republic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code),Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 digram)
707CGDC, Computer Game Developers Conference (became GDC in 1998)
708CGF, Computer-Generated Forces (Simulation)
709CGH, Comparative Genomic Hybridisation
710CGIG, Cross-Government Implementation Group
711CGM, Computer Graphics Metafile
712CGO, Republic of the Congo (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
713CGS, Chief of the General Staff
714CGT, Capital Gains Tax
715ch, Chamorro language (ISO 639-1 code)
716ch,ch(L) is used to denote the Chern character of a line bundle
717CH, Chieftain tank, China (FIPS 10-4 country code),Switzerland (ISO 3166 digram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
718cha, Chamorro language (ISO 639-2 code)
719CHAMPUS, (U.S.) Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (now known as TRICARE)
720CHAOS, Cambridge Heart Anti-Oxidant Study
721CHAPS, Clearing House Automated Payment System
722CHDK, Canon Hack Development Kit (Canon camera firmware hack)
723che, Chechen language (ISO 639-2 code)
724CHE, Switzerland (ISO 3166 trigram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
725CHF, Swiss franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
726CHI, Columbia Helicopters, Inc
727CHI, Computer-Human Interaction
728CHiP, California Highway Patrol
729CHIPS, Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
730CHL, Chile (ISO 3166 trigram)
731CHLA, Core Historical Literature of Agriculture
732CHN, China (ISO 3166 trigram)
733CHOGM, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
734CHP, California Highway Patrol,Combined Heat and Power
735CHPSO, California Hospital Patient Safety Organization
736CHT, Certified Hand Therapist
737chu, Old Church Slavonic language (ISO 639-2 code)
738chv, Chuvash language (ISO 639-2 code)
739CREN, Christian Real Estate Network Real Estate Association
740Ci, Curie
741CI- Chile (FIPS 10-4 country code),Côte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 digram), Counter-Intelligence,101 (in Roman numerals)
742CIA- Cairo International Airport,Central Intelligence Agency,Culinary Institute of America
743CIAO- Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office,Component-Integrated ACE ORB
744CIB, Complete In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
745CIBC, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
746CID,Certified Interior Designer,A Certified Interior Designer (CID) licensed in New York (USA) plans, designs, supervises and/or consults on various aspects of interior spaces.
747CIEF, Comité international d'enregistrement des fréquences (International Frequency Registration Board)
748CIF, Cost, Insurance, and Freight (Paid) (shipping)
749CINC, Commander in Chief
750CINEOS, Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey
751CIO- Chief information officer,Congress of Industrial Organizations
752CIPE, (European) Centre for International Political Economy
753CIR, (Commander's) Critical Information Requirements
754CIR, Corotating Interaction Region
755CIS- Canadian Interuniversity Sport,Commonwealth of Independent States,Command and Information System,Communication and Information System
756CISA, (U.S.) C4I Integration Support Activity
757CISB, Complete In Sealed Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
758CISPR, Comité international spécial des perturbations radioélectriques (Special International Committee on Radio Interference)
759CISSP, Certified Information Systems Security Professional
760CIV, Côte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 trigram)
761CIVETS, Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, South Africa (economics)
762CIVPOP, Civilian Population
763CIWS, Close-In Weapon System
764CHRS,Canadian Heart Rhythm Society
765CJ, Cayman Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code), Criminal Justice
766CJC, Canadian Jewish Congress,Cold Junction Compensation
767CJD, Chronological Julian Day,Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
768CJCS, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
769CJO, Chief of Joint Operations
770CJTF, Combined Joint Task Force
771CK, Cocos (Keeling) Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code),Cook Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
772CKA, commonly known as, Canada Kicks Ass
773CKND,Codename: Kids Next Door
774Cl, Chlorine
775CL, Chile (ISO 3166 digram), Co-ordination Line,One Hundred and Fifty (in Roman numerals)
776CLA, Clutterers Anonymous
777CLEC, Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
778CLEMARS, California Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Radio System
779CLI, Command Line Interface/Interpreter
780CLIC, Compact LInear Collider
781CLO, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
782CLOB, Character Large OBject
783CLOS, Command to Line-Of-Sight (missile control system)
784CLOS, Common Lisp Object System
785CLP, Chilean peso (ISO 4217 currency code), Common [Operating/Operational] Land Picture
786CLPFC, CentroLateral PreFrontal Cortex
787CLRP, College Loan Repayment Program
788Cm, Curium
789CM- Cameroon (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram), Cruise Missile, Nine Hundred (in Roman numerals)
790CMA- U.S. Chemical Materials Agency,Country Music Association (also used to refer to the organization's annual awards),Crystal Meth Anonymous
791CMB, Cosmic Microwave Background
792CMBR, Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
793CME, Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
794CMHC, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
795CMIIAW, Correct me if I am wrong
796CMIS- Content Management Interoperability Services,Common management information service
797CMJ, Christopher Martin-Jenkins (BBC sports commentator)
798CML- Chemical, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (formerly Chronic Myeloid Leukemia)
799CMM, Capability Maturity Model
800CMMC, Corps Materiel Management Centre
801CMML- Chronic MyeloMonocytic Leukemia,Continuous Media Markup Language
802CMOS- Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society,(The) Chicago Manual of Style,Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
803CMP, Common [Operating/Operational] Maritime Picture
804CMPD, Chronic Myeloproliferative Disease
805CMPD, Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department
806CMR- Cameroon (ISO 3166 trigram), Coaxial Main Rotors (helicopter type)
807CMS- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,The Chicago Manual of Style
808CMT, Country Music Television
809CMU- Carnegie Mellon University,Central Michigan University,Concrete Masonry Unit
810CMW- Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada,Canadian Manufacturing Week,Canadian Music Week,Catherine McAuley Westmead (school in New South Wales, Australia),Chicago, Missouri and Western (Railway),Compartmented Mode Workstation,Compton's Most Wanted,Continuous Microwave (processing technology),Custom Maintenance Wizard (Microsoft Office Resource Kit)
811CMYK, Cyan Magenta Yellow Key/blacK (colour model)
812CN-(i/s) Canadian National (railway; also the AAR reporting mark for said company), China (ISO 3166 digram),Comoros (FIPS 10-4 country code)
813CNA- Center for Naval Analyses,Certified Network Administrator,Computer Network Attack,Continental (Casualty Company), National (Fire Insurance Company), and American (Casualty Company), the three companies that merged to form what is now known as CNA Financial
814CNBC,(a/i) Consumer News and Business Channel
815CND- Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,Computer Network Defence
816CNE- Canadian National Exhibition,Computer Network Exploitation,Certified Network Engineer
817CNF, Cost and Freight
818CNI, Communications, Navigation and Identification
819CNI, Clinical Nursing Intern
820CNN- Cable News Network,Cellular Nonlinear Network
821CNO, Computer Network Operations
822CNV, Copy-Number Variable (genetics)
823CNY, Chinese yuan renminbi (ISO 4217 currency code)
824co, Corsican language (ISO 639-1 code)
825Co, Cobalt
826COB, Close Of Business [day]
827COBRA,Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
828COD, Cash On Delivery, Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 trigram)
829CoDA, Co-Dependents Anonymous
830codec, Coder-Decoder / Compressor-Decompressor / Compression-Decompression algorithm
831COGENT, Cognitive Objects within a Graphical EnviroNmenT
832COIL, Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser
833COK, Cook Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
834COL, Colombia (ISO 3166 trigram)
835COLA, comp.os.linux.announce,Cost Of Living Adjustment
836COM, Comoros (ISO 3166 trigram), Component Object Model
837COMECON, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (economic counterpart of the Warsaw Pact, 1949-1991)
838CONAD, U.S. Continental Air Defense Command
839CONCACAF, Confederation Of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football
840CONUS, Continental United States
841COO, Chief Operating Officer
842COP, Colombian peso (ISO 4217 currency code), Common Operating/Operational Picture
843COPE, U.K. Committee On Publication Ethics
844COPUS, U.K. Committee on the Public Understanding of Science
845cor, Cornish language (ISO 639-2 code)
846CORBA, Common Object Request Broker Architecture
847CORD,(i/a) Common Operational Requirements Document
848CORE, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education
849COROT, COnvection, ROtation and planetary Transits
850cos, Corsican language (ISO 639-2 code),Cosine
851COS, Cooper Ornithological Society
852COSER, COoperative SERvice
853CoT, Car of Tomorrow (former NASCAR race car design)
854COTS, Commercial Off The Shelf
855CP, Canadian Pacific,Check Point,Command Post,Club Penguin
856CPA, Certified Public Accountant
857CPCU,Certified Property Casualty Underwriter
858CPD, Capabilities Production Document
859CPE, Certificate of Proficiency in English
860CPE, Certified Professional Ergonomist
861CPF, Calibration Parameter File,Canadian Patrol Frigate
862CPG, Clinical Practice Guideline
863CPI, CERDEC Command, Power and Integration
864CPIM, Certification on Production and Inventory Management
865CPIR,Computationally-Private Information Retrieval
866CPON, Certified Pediatric Oncology Nurse
867CPPCC, Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
868CPR, Canadian Pacific Railway
869CPR, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
870CPSM, Continuous Phase Shift Modulation
871CPSU, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
872CPT, Contingency Planning Team
873CPU,Contract Postal Unit
874CPV, Cape Verde (ISO 3166 trigram)
875CPX, Command Post eXercise
876CQ, Carrier Qualification,Central Queensland,Charge of Quarters,Congressional Quarterly,Constellation Airlines (IATA airline designator),Northern Mariana Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
877cr, Cree language (ISO 639-1 code)
878Cr, Chromium
879CR- Coral Sea Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Costa Rica (ISO 3166 digram)
880CRAM, Combined Radiometric Correction Model
881CRC- Central RTI Component,Chemical Rubber Company,Christian Reformed Church,Control and Reporting Centre,Cyclic Redundancy Check, Costa Rican colón (ISO 4217 currency code),Costa Rica (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
882CRD, Capstone Requirements Document
883cre, Cree language (ISO 639-2 code)
884CREB, Cyclic AMP-response Element Binding (protein)
885CREEP, Committee for the Re-Election of the President, a pejorative nickname used by opponents
886CRI- China Radio International, Costa Rica (ISO 3166 trigram)
887CRIPL, Consolidated Remain-In-Place List
888CRM, Cardiac Rhythm Management,Customer Relationship Management
889CRO, Croatia (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
890CRP- Committee for the Re-Election of the President,Control and Reporting Post
891CRT- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy,Cathode Ray Tube,Chinese Remainder Theorem
892CRTC, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
893cs, Czech language (ISO 639-1 code)
894Cs, Caesium
895CSA- Canadian Soccer Association,Canadian Space Agency,Canadian Standards Association,Child Support Agency,Command Staff Advisor,Community-supported agriculture,Confederate States of America,Corps Storage Area, Czech Airlines,C/S/A, CINC, Service, and Agency
896CSC- Closed Spacelike Curve (relativity),Compact system camera,Computer Sciences Corporation,Computer Security Centre,CSCC Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists
897CSERIAC, (U.S. DoD) Crew Systems Ergonomics Information Analysis Center
898CSG, Corps Support Group
899CSI,see entry
900CSICOP, Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (became the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in 2006)
901CSIP, Commercial Stable Image Platform (AMD)
902CSK, Czechoslovakia (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1993)
903CSL, U.K. Central Science Laboratory
904CSPI, Center for Science in the Public Interest
905CSR, Control Supply Rate
906CSR, Corporate Social Responsibility [1]
907CSRC, Conflict Studies Research Centre
908CSRF, Cross-Site Request Forgery
909CST, Central Standard Time (UTC6 hours)
910CT, Computed tomography (medical scan also known as a CAT scan),Central Time zone,Chrono Trigger (Computer/Video games), Connecticut (postal symbol),Canterbury (postal symbol),Chhattisgarh (Indian state code)
911CTBT, Comprehensive [Nuclear] Test Ban Treaty
912CTDB, Compact Terrain Data Base (file format)
913CTE- Canton and Enderbury Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984), Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
914CTGF, connective tissue growth factor
915CTI, Co-operative Target Identification
916CTIL, Critical Tracked Items List
917CTIS, Central Tire Inflation System
918CTMS, Clinical Trial Management System
919CTO, Chief Technical Officer,Chief Technology Officer
920CTS, Clear-To-Send,Collective Training Standards,Communications Technology Service,Contract Technical Services,Conversation Time Sharing,COSMIC Top Secret
921CTSS, Compatible Time-Sharing System
922CTU, Counter Terrorist Unit (fictional branch of the Central Intelligence Agency in the television action series 24)
923CTVT, Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour
924cu, Old Church Slavonic language (ISO 639-1 code)
925Cu, Copper (Latin Cuprum)
926CU, Carrie Underwood,Cuba (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
927CUB, Cuba (ISO 3166 trigram)
928CUCV, Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle
929CUP, Cuban peso (ISO 4217 currency code)
930CUPS, Common Unix Printing System
931CUPW, Canadian Union of Postal Workers
932CUREA, Consortium for Undergraduate Research and Education in Astronomy
933CuW, Copper-tungsten pseudo-alloy (from the chemical symbols of the two component elements)
934CUW, Curaçao (ISO 3166 trigram)
935cv, Chuvash language (ISO 639-1 code)
936CV,many, including curriculum vitae (résumé); see entry
937CVE, Cape Verde escudo (ISO 4217 currency code)
938CVLL, Crypto Variable Logic Label
939CVS, Concurrent Versions System
940CVSD, Continuous Variable Slope Delta (modulation)
941CVT, Continuously Variable Transmission
942CW, Continuous Wave,Clothes Washer, Cook Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
943CWC, Chemical Weapons Convention
944CWS, Canadian Wildlife Service
945CWRU, Case Western Reserve University
946CX, Christmas Island (ISO 3166 digram),One Hundred and Ten (in Roman numerals)
947CXR, Christmas Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
948cy, Welsh language (ISO 639-1 code)
949CY, Calendar year, Cyprus (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
950cym, Welsh language (ISO 639-2 code)
951CYM, Cayman Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
952CYP, Cyprus (ISO 3166 trigram),Cyprus pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
953CZE, Czech Republic (ISO 3166 trigram)
954CZK, Czech koruna (ISO 4217 currency code)
955CZF, (Christian Zombie Fan)
956CZMA, (US) Coastal Zone Management Act
957d, Deci
958D, Deuterium
959da, Danish language (ISO 639-1 code),deca
960DA, Denmark (FIPS 10-4 country code), Debtors Anonymous, U.S. Department of the Army,District Attorney
961DAB,Digital Audio Broadcasting
962DAES, Defence Acquisition Executive Summary,(UK MoD) Directorate of Analysis, Experimentation and Simulation
963DAF, Dissolved Air Flotation, a technique used in water treatment
964DAFIF, Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File
965DAK, Disney's Animal Kingdom
966dan, Danish language (ISO 639-2 code)
967DAO, Division Ammunition Officer
968DAQ, Data acquisition, Delivered Audio Quality
969DARE, Drug Abuse Resistance Education
970DARO,(i/a) (U.S.) Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
971DARPA, U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
972DART, Disaster Assistance Response Team,Dublin Area Rapid Transit
973DAS, Defensive Aids Suite
974DASD, (U.S.) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
975DASL, Datapoint's Advanced Systems Language
976DAU, (U.S.) Defense Acquisition University
977DAWN, (U.S.) Drug Abuse Warning Network
978dB, Decibel
979Db, Dubnium
980DB, Database,Deutsche Bahn
981DBA, De Bellis Antiquitatis (miniature wargaming rules)
982DBBL, (U.S. Army Simulation Center) Dismounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
983DBCS, Double Byte Character Set
984DBDO, Desert BDO
985DBE, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
986DBF, Detection By Fire (weapon launch signature)
987DBR, De Bellis Renationis (miniature wargaming rules)
988DBRA, Davis-Bacon Related Acts
989DBS, Direct Broadcast Services (television)
990DC, da capo,Italian Democrazia Cristiana,Digital Compass,Direct Current, District of Columbia (postal symbol), Douglas Aircraft Company,Dublin Core,Duty Cycle
991DCA, Defensive Counter Air,Drum Corps Associates, DiChloroAcetate, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (IATA code)
992DCAA, (U.S.) Defense Contract Audit Agency
993DCAS, Devon and Cornwall Archery Society
994DCC, Dallas Christian College
995DCCP, Datagram Congestion Control Protocol
996DCD, [Organ] Donation after Cardiac Death
997DCE, Data Communication Equipment
998DCFC, Death Cab for Cutie
999DCI, Detection, Classification and Identification,Drum Corps International,Duellists' Convocation International, now known simply by the initials
1000DCIM, Digital Camera Images
1001DCL,Disney Cruise Line
1002DCN,Deacon
1003DCOM,Disney Channel Original Movie
1004DCOP, Desktop Communication Protocol
1005DCSOPS, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and plans
1006DCW, Digital Chart of the World
1007DCYSC, Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge
1008DD,many, including due diligence and dear daughter (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists, blogs, and bulletin boards); see entry
1009DDA- Digital Differential Analyzer (graphics algorithm),Digital Differential Analyzer,Deputy District Attorney
1010DDD- Data Display Debugger,Digital Digital Digital (CD mastering)
1011DDL, Digital Data Link
1012DDN, U.S. Defense Data Network
1013DDoS, Distributed Denial of Service
1014DDS, Doctor of Dental Surgery
1015DDT- Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (insecticide),Dynamic Debugging Tool (computing),DE[edit]
1016de, German language (ISO 639-1 code)
1017DE, Delaware (postal symbol),Germany (ISO 3166 digram)
1018DEA, Drug Enforcement Administration
1019DEA, Drug Enforcement Agency
1020DEC,(a/i) Department of Environmental Conservation,Digital Equipment Corporation,Disasters Emergency Committee
1021DeCA, (U.S.) Defense Commissary Agency
1022DECT, Digital European Cordless Telephone
1023DEFCON, Defence readiness condition
1024DEFRA, (UK) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
1025DELT, Dual Ended Line Test (ing)
1026DEM, Data Exchange Mechanism,Digital Elevation Model
1027DEN, Denmark (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
1028DEPSECDEF, (U.S.) Deputy Secretary of Defense
1029DERA, British Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (1995-2001)
1030DES, Deep Ecliptic Survey
1031deu, German language (ISO 639-2 code)
1032DEU, Germany (ISO 3166 trigram)
1033DFAS, (U.S.) Defense Finance and Accounting Service
1034DFCB, Data Format Control Book
1035DfID, UK Department for International Development
1036DFM, Dynamic Flowgraph Methodology
1037DFM,(ii) Discrete Field Model see Superluminal motion
1038DFSP, Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
1039DfT, UK Department for Transport
1040DFTBA, Don't Forget To Be Awesome- a term commonly used by the Vlogbrothers
1041DGPS, Differential GPS
1042DGZ, Desired Ground Zero
1043DH, dear husband (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists, blogs, and bulletin boards),Designated hitter
1044DHA, DocosaHexaenoic Acid
1045DHHS, (U.S.) Department of Health and Human Services
1046DHL, Dalsey, Hillblom, and Lynn (courier service)
1047DHRA, (U.S.) DoD Human Resources Activity
1048DHS, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
1049DHSS, UK Department of Health and Social Security
1050DHTFYSS, U.S. Don't Have Time For You Silly S****
1051DHY, Dahomey (ISO 3166 trigram; became BEN for Benin in 1977)
1052DIA, U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
1053DIAC, Department of Immigration and Citizenship (Australia) [1]
1054DiC,Design Island Centre (computing usually used in a teaching situation)
1055DICASS, DIrectional Command Activated Sonobuoy System
1056DIF, Data Interchange Format
1057DIFAR, DIrectional Frequency Analysis and Recording
1058DIME, Dense Inert Metal Explosive
1059DIMM, Dual In-line Memory Module (computing)
1060DINKY, Double Income, No Kids Yet
1061DIP, Dual In-line Package (electronics)
1062DIPS, Defense independent pitching statistics
1063DIR, Defence Industrial Research
1064DIS- Defence Intelligence Staff,(U.S.) Defense Investigative Service,Distributed Interactive Simulation,Draft International Standard (ISO)
1065DISA- U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency,Distinguished Individual Service Award
1066DISCOM, Division Support Command
1067DISE, Deployable Intelligence Support Element
1068DISSTAF, DIS Search and Target Acquisition Fidelity experiment
1069DITY,(i/a) Do-It-Yourself
1070div, Dhivehi language (ISO 639-2 code)
1071DIVAD, Division Air Defence
1072DIY, Do It Yourself
1073DJ, Disc Jockey,Dinner Jacket, Djibouti (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1074DJD, Degenerative Joint Disease,Dublin Julian Day,Discoveries in the Judaean Desert
1075DJF, Djibouti franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
1076DJI, Djibouti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1077DJS, Director, Joint Staff
1078DK, Denmark (ISO 3166 digram)
1079DKK, Danish krone (ISO 4217 currency code)
1080DL,Dexter's Laboratory
1081DLA, U.S. Defense Logistics Agency, Dental Laboratories Association
1082DLIC, Detachment Left-In-Contact
1083DLIR, Depot-Level Inspection and Repair
1084DLL, Dynamic Link Library
1085DLPMC, DorsoLateral PreMotor Cortex
1086DLR, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German, German Aerospace Centre),Docklands Light Railway
1087DLRP, Data Link Reference Point
1088DLS, Deep Lens Survey
1089DLSA, (U.S.) Defense Legal Services Agency
1090DLSc, Diploma in Library Science
1091DLSC, 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
1092DLTBGYD,Don't let the bastards grind you down
1093DM- Dominica (ISO 3166 digram), Dungeon Master (role-playing games)
1094DMA- 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)
1095DMC, (U.S.) Defense Management Council
1096DMCA,Digital Millennium Copyright Act
1097DMI, Desktop Management Interface (computing)
1098DMM,Digital Multimeter
1099DMOC, Distributed Mission Operations Centre
1100DMPA, (U.S.) Defense Medical Programs Activity
1101DMPFC, DorsoMedial PreFrontal Cortex
1102DMPK, Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
1103DMRB, Design Manual for Roads and Bridges
1104DMS, U.S. Defense Message System
1105DMSP, U.S. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
1106DMT, Dimethyltryptamine
1107DMU, Diesel Multiple Unit, a method of connecting self-propelled railway vehicles together to form a train under the control of one driver.
1108DMV, Department of Motor Vehicles
1109DMZ, DeMilitarized Zone
1110DN, Deacon
1111DNA, U.S. Defense Nuclear Agency,DeoxyriboNucleic Acid,Douglas Noël Adams
1112DNAW, Day Night All Weather
1113DND, Department of National Defence (Canada),Do Not Disturb
1114DNDi, Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
1115DNDO, U.S. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
1116DNM, Defence Nuclear Material
1117DNK, Denmark (ISO 3166 trigram)
1118DNR, Do Not Resuscitate
1119DNS, Domain Name System
1120DO, Dominica (FIPS 10-4 country code),Dominican Republic (ISO 3166 digram), Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
1121DOA, Dead On Arrival,Dead or Alive
1122DOB, Date Of Birth
1123DOD, U.S. Department of Defense
1124DODAF, U.S. Department of Defense Architectural Framework
1125DoDD, U.S. Department of Defense Directive
1126DoDEA, (U.S.) Department of Defense Education Activity
1127DOE,(i/a) U.S. Department of Energy
1128DOHC, Dual-OverHead-Cam engine
1129DOI, Digital Object Identifier,U.S. Department of the Interior
1130DOP, Dominican peso (ISO 4217 currency code)
1131DORA, Defence of the Realm Act
1132DOS, Denial of Service (DoS, cf. DDoS),Density of State,Disk Operating System
1133DOT, Department of Transportation (U.S. federal or state),Damage Over Time (common in World of Warcraft)
1134DOTA,short-form for DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS a popular online epic game
1135DotD, Deal of the Day (marketing gimmick)
1136DOTMLPF, Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership, Personnel, and Facilities (mnemonic)
1137DOW, Died of Wounds
1138DP, Division de production (Algerian petroleum company)
1139DP, Decision Point,Dynamic Programming
1140DPA, UK Defence Procurement Agency
1141DPCO, Double-Pole Change Over
1142DPDT, Double-Pole Double-Throw
1143DPICM, Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition
1144DPKO, UN Department for Peacekeeping Operations
1145DPMO, (U.S.) Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
1146DPPDB, Digital Point Positioning Database
1147DPRE, Displaced Person or Refugee (plural Displaced Persons and Refugees) (originally Displaced Persons, Refugees, Evacuees)
1148DPRK, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
1149DPST, Double-Pole Single-Throw
1150DQ, Dairy Queen, Jarvis Island (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1151DR, Dead Reckoning, Dominican Republic (FIPS 10-4 country code), Danmarks Radio (Danish Broadcasting Corporation)
1152DRA, Defence Research Agency (UK, 1991-1995),Democratic Republic of America
1153DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1154DRDC, Defence Research & Development Canada
1155DREA,(i/a) Defence Research Establishment Atlantic (obsolete 2002)
1156DRES,(i/a) Defence Research Establishment Suffield (obsolete 2002)
1157DRET,(i/a) Defence Research Establishment Toronto (obsolete 2002)
1158DREV,(i/a) Defence Research Establishment Valcartier (obsolete 2002)
1159DRI, Detection, Recognition, Identification,Dietary Reference Intake
1160DRIC,(i/a) (U.S.) Defense Research Information Center
1161DRL, Daytime Running Lights,Dorman Roberts Ltd.
1162DRM, Digital Rights Management
1163DRMS, (U.S.) Defense Revitalization and Marketing Service
1164DRPR, Drawing Practices
1165DRT, Document Related Technologies
1166Ds, Darmstadtium
1167DS- Dear son (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists, blogs, and bulletin boards),Defence Scientist,Direct Support, Dust Storm (METAR Code)
1168DSA- (U.S.) Defense Support Activities,Division Support Area
1169DSAA- (U.S.) Defense Security Assistance Agency,Driving Schools Association of the Americas,DECT Standard Authentication Algorithm
1170DSAS, Disney Sing Along Songs
1171DSB, (U.S.) Defense Science Board
1172DSC- 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
1173DSCS, U.S. Defense Satellite Communications System
1174DSCSOC, DSCS Operations Center
1175DSD, Defence Studies Department (King's College, London)
1176DSE, Dry Sheep Equivalent
1177DSG,Direct-Shift Gearbox
1178DSID, Dismounted Soldier Identification System
1179DSL, Digital Subscriber Line
1180DSLR, Digital single-lens reflex (camera)
1181DSM, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
1182DSN, Deep Space Network
1183DSP- Defense Standardization Program,Defense Support Program,Digital Signal Processing
1184DSPL, Design Specialists and Plans Language
1185DSR, Deformed Special Relativity
1186DSRV- Deaf Sports Recreation Victoria,Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle
1187DSS- Digitized Sky Survey,Discarding-Sabot Shell (ammunition)
1188DST, Daylight saving time
1189DSTL, British Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
1190DSWA, (U.S.) Defense Special Weapons Agency
1191DTA, Dental Technologists Association
1192DTD, Digital Terrain Data
1193DTE, Data Terminal Equipment,Down To Earth
1194DTG, Date-Time Group
1195DTH, Direct To Home (television)
1196DTI, UK Department of Trade and Industry
1197DTIC, (U.S.) Defense Technical Information Center
1198DTL, Diode-Transistor Logic (electronics)
1199DTMF, Dual-tone multi-frequency signaling
1200DTLOMS, Doctrine, Training, Leader development, Organization, Materiel, and Soldier (mnemonic)
1201DTO, Disruptive Technology Office (was ARDA)
1202DTOMLS, Doctrine, Training, Organization, Materiel, Leader and Soldier development (mnemonic)
1203DTR, Determine The Relationship
1204DTSA, (U.S.) Defense Technology Security Administration
1205DU- Depleted Uranium, Dust (METAR Code)
1206DUI- 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
1207DUMBO, Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass (Brooklyn neighborhood)
1208DUSD, (U.S.) Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense
1209dv, Dhivehi language (ISO 639-1 code)
1210DVD, Digital Versatile Disk (was Digital Video Disk)
1211DVLC, UK Driver and Vehicle Licencing Centre
1212DVM, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
1213DVO, Direct View Optics
1214DVOM,Digital Volt-Ohm Meter
1215DVP,various meanings (disambiguation page)
1216DW, Drum Workshop
1217DWI, Dance With Intensity,Danish West Indies,Diffusion-weighted imaging,Direct water injection,Disaster Welfare Inquiry,Drinking Water Inspectorate,Driving While Intoxicated/Impaired
1218DWM, Doctor Who Magazine
1219DWIM, Do What I Mean
1220DWTS, Dancing with the Stars
1221DWW, Down with Webster
1222DX- Dexterity (role-playing games), DeXtrorphan,Distant (radio), D-Generation X (professional wrestling stable)
1223DXA, Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry
1224DXM, DeXtroMethorphan
1225Dy, Dysprosium
1226DY, Dahomey (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1977)
1227dz, Dzongkha language (ISO 639-1 code)
1228DZ, Algeria (ISO 3166 digram),Drizzle (METAR Code), Drop Zone
1229DZA, Algeria (ISO 3166 trigram)
1230DZD, Algerian dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
1231dzo, Dzongkha language (ISO 639-2 code)
1232E, East
1233EA, Electronic Attack,Emotions Anonymous,Engagement Area,Electronic Arts,Enrolled Agent,Environmental Assessment,Enterprise Architect, Exaampere
1234EABU, Explain Acronyms Before Use
1235EAC, Echelons Above Corps
1236EAPC, Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
1237EASA, European Aviation Safety Agency
1238EAST, Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
1239EBD, Electronic Brake Distribution
1240EBE, Extraterrestrial Biological Entity
1241EBO,(i/a) Effects Based Operations,Encyclopædia Britannica Online,European Board of Ophthalmology
1242EBSA, Employee Benefits Security Administration
1243EBW, Electron Beam Welding
1244EBW, Exploding BridgeWire
1245ECB- England (and Wales) Cricket Board,European Central Bank
1246ECBR, European Coalition for Biomedical Research
1247ECASS, European Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences [1]
1248ECCM, Electronic Counter-Counter-Measures
1249ECFS, Electronic Case Filing System
1250ECG, Electrocardiogram
1251ECHO- 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
1252ECHR, European Convention on Human Rights
1253ECJ, European Court of Justice
1254ECL, Emitter Coupled Logic (electronics)
1255ECM- Electronic Counter-Measures,Enterprise Content Management
1256ECommHR, European Commission on Human Rights
1257ECS- Emergency Contact System,Enhanced Chip Set (computing),EOSDIS Core System,Extended Chip Set (computing)
1258ECSC, European Coal and Steel Community (distant ancestor of the EU)
1259ECT, ElectroConvulsive Therapy
1260ECtHR, European Court of Human Rights
1261ECU- Ecuador (ISO 3166 trigram), European Currency Unit (ancestor of the euro)
1262ECW- Eastern Championship Wrestling/Extreme Championship Wrestling,ED[edit]
1263EDA, European Defence Agency
1264EDAC, Error Detection And Correction
1265EDCS, Environmental Data Coding Specification
1266EDD- 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)
1267EDGAR, Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings database)
1268EDH, Eastman Dental Hospital
1269EDS- Electronic Data Systems,Electronic Differential System
1270EDSA, Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (a major thoroughfare in Manila with great significance to post-1980 Philippines history)
1271EDT, Eastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC4 hours)
1272EDTA- Electric Drive Transportation Association, EthyleneDiamineTetraAcetic acid,EE[edit]
1273ee, Ewe language (ISO 639-1 code)
1274EE- Estonia (ISO 3166 digram; from the country's native name of Eesti), Electrical engineering,Electrical Engineer,E&E, Escape and Evasion (training)
1275EEC, European Economic Community (predecessor of the EU)
1276EEG, ElectroEncephaloGram
1277EEK, Estonian kroon (ISO 4217 currency code)
1278EENT, End Evening Nautical Twilight
1279EEO, Equal Employment Opportunity
1280EEOC, (U.S.) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1281EEZ, Economic Exclusion Zone or Exclusive Economic Zone
1282EF- Electro-focus (Canon lens mount),Entry Foyer, Exafarad
1283EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation
1284EFL,English as a Foreign Language
1285EFM, Enterprise Feedback Management
1286EFOA, European Fuel Oxygenates Association
1287EFSA, European Food Safety Authority
1288EFT, Electronic Fund Transfer
1289EFTA- European Free Trade Area, European Free Trade Association
1290EFV, Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle
1291EG, Egypt (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1292EGBUS, External Genitalia, Bartholin's glands, Urethra & Skene's glands
1293EGCG, EpiGalloCatechin-3-Gallate
1294EGIS, Erieye Ground Interface Segment
1295EGP, Egyptian pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
1296EGRET, Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope
1297EGY, Egypt (ISO 3166 trigram)
1298EH, Exahenry,Western Sahara (ISO 3166 digram)
1299EHA- Education for All Handicapped Children Act (U.S. federal legislation; since superseded by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), Emotional Health Anonymous
1300EHF, Extremely High Frequency
1301EHR, Equipment History Record
1302Ei, Exbi
1303EI, Ireland (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Éire)
1304EIA, Environmental Impact Assessment
1305EIAH,Environnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain
1306EIAH,Encyclopedia of Iranian Architectural History
1307EIC,East India Company
1308EICS,East India Company's Service
1309eID,electronic ID
1310EIRP, Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
1311EIS, Environmental Impact Statement
1312EJ, Exajoule
1313EK, Equatorial Guinea (FIPS 10-4 country code),Exakelvin
1314EKG, Electrocardiogram (from German Elektrokardiogramm)
1315EKMS, Electronic Key Management System
1316el, Greek language (ISO 639-1 code)
1317EL, Exalitre
1318ELF-(a/i) Earth Liberation Front,Endangered Language Fund,Eritrean Liberation Front,Executable and Linkable Format,Extremely Low Frequency
1319ELINT, Electronic Intelligence
1320ell, Greek language (ISO 639-2 code)
1321ELL, English Language Learner
1322ELM, Edge-Localised Mode (plasma physics)
1323ELO, Electric Light Orchestra
1324ELP- Emerson, Lake & Palmer,European Left Party
1325ELSS, Emergency Life Support Stores
1326ELT, Emergency Locator Transmitter
1327Em, Exametre
1328EM, ElectroMagnetism/ElectroMagnetic
1329EMA,(i/a) European Medicines Agency
1330EMC- Electric Membership Corporation,Electromagnetic Compatibility,Electro-Motive Corporation,European Muon Collaboration,Evergreen Marine Corporation
1331EMCON, (Electromagnetic) Emissions Control
1332EMD- General Motors Electro-Motive Division,Engineering and Manufacturing Development,European Missile Defence
1333EMDG, Euro-Missile Dynamics Group
1334EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
1335EMEA, Europe, Middle East and Africa
1336EMF- Electromotive force,Epsom Mad Funkers (1990s-2000s indie dance band)
1337EMG, ElectroMyoGraph
1338EMO, Emergency Measures Organisation- Emotional
1339EMP, ElectroMagnetic Pulse
1340EMS, Emergency Medical Services
1341EMT, Emergency Medical Technician
1342EMU, Electric Multiple Unit,a method of connecting self-propelled railway vehicles together to form a train under the control of one driver.
1343en, English language (ISO 639-1 code)
1344EN- Corps of Engineers, Estonia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Exanewton
1345ENCODE, Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (human genome data project)
1346ENE, East North-East
1347eng, English language (ISO 639-2 code)
1348ENG, England (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
1349ENT, Ear, Nose and Throat
1350ENTEC, Euro NATO Training Engineer Centre
1351ENVL, Envelope
1352ENY, Enemy
1353eo, Esperanto language (ISO 639-1 code)
1354EO- Electro-Optics,Engagement Operations
1355EOD, Explosive Ordnance Disposal
1356EOG, ElectroOculoGraphy
1357EOS- Earth Observation Satellite,(a/i) Electro-Optical System, Canon's autofocusing system for film and digital SLR cameras, Electrophoresis Operations in Space, a space manufacturing project of the McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company
1358EOSAT, Earth Observation Satellite
1359EOSDIS,(a/i) Earth Observation Satellite Data and Information System
1360EOTS- Electro-Optical Tactical Sensor,(a/i) Eye Of The Storm (World of Warcraft)
1361EOM, End of Message
1362EP, European Parliament
1363EP, Extended play
1364EPA- EicosaPentaenoic Acid, Environmental Protection Agency
1365EPCOT, Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow
1366EPCR- Endothelial protein C receptor,European Professional Club Rugby
1367EPGS, EOS Polar Ground Sites
1368EPIRB,(a/i) Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
1369EPL, English Premier League
1370epo, Esperanto language (ISO 639-2 code)
1371EPOS, Electronic Point Of Sale
1372EPPA, Employee Polygraph Protection Act
1373EPR, European Pressurised [Nuclear] Reactor
1374EPW- Earth Penetrator Weapon/Warhead,Economic and Political Weekly (Indian publication),Enemy Prisoner of War,EQ[edit]
1375EQ, Emotional Quotient
1376EQG, Equatorial Guinea (FIFA trigram, but not IOC or ISO 3166)
1377Er, Erbium
1378ER- Emergency Room, Eritrea (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1379ERA- Earned run average,Engineering Research Associates,Equal Rights Amendment,English Racing Automobiles,European Railway Agency
1380ERCIM,(a/i) European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
1381ERI, Eritrea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1382ERLAWS, Eastern Ruapehu Lahar Alarm and Warning System
1383ERN, Eritrean nakfa (ISO 4217 currency code)
1384EROS, Earth Resources Observation System
1385ERP, Engineer Regulating Point
1386ERR, Eesti Rahvusringhääling
1387ERS, Earth Resources Survey
1388ERTS, Earth Resources Technology Satellite (became Landsat)
1389ERV, Endogenous RetroVirus
1390es, Spanish language (ISO 639-1 code)
1391Es- Einsteinium,Exasecond
1392ES- El Salvador (FIPS 10-4 country code), Electronic warfare Support, Exasiemens,Spain (ISO 3166 digram; from the country's native name of España)
1393ESA- Electro-Spark Alloying,Endangered Species Act,European Space Agency
1394ESC- Embryonic Stem Cell,Electronic Stability Control
1395ESD, ElectroStatic Discharge
1396ESDP, European Security and Defence Policy
1397ESE, East South-East
1398ESH, Western Sahara (ISO 3166 trigram)
1399ESL, English as a Second Language
1400ESM, Electronic warfare Support Measures
1401ESO, European Southern Observatory
1402ESOL, English for Speakers of Other Languages
1403ESP- Electronic Stability Program,Extra-sensory perception, Spain (ISO 3166 trigram)
1404ESPGHAN,European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
1405ESPN, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
1406est, Estonian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1407EST- Eastern Standard Time (UTC5 hours), Estonia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1408ESU, Emergency Services Unit
1409ESV, Engineer Support Vehicle
1410et, Estonian language (ISO 639-1 code)
1411ET- Ethiopia (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1412Exatesla- Extra Terrestrial
1413ETB, Ethiopian Birr (ISO 4217 currency code)
1414ETF, Emergency Task Force (a special police unit, also jocularly said to stand for Extra-Thick Fuzz)
1415ETH, Ethiopia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1416ETI, Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
1417ETLA, Extended TLA
1418ETM- Electronic Technical Manual,Enhanced Thematic Mapper
1419ETOPS, Extended-range Twin-engine Operational Performance Standards (aviation)
1420ETT, Embedded Training Team
1421eu, Basque language (ISO 639-1 code)
1422Eu, Europium
1423EU- Europa Island (FIPS 10-4 country code), European Union
1424EUCOM, (U.S.) European Command
1425EUR, euro (ISO 4217 currency code)
1426eus, Basque language (ISO 639-2 code)
1427EUUSA, European Union and United States of America
1428EV, Exavolt
1429EVA- Earned Value Analysis,Economic value added,Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate,Extra-Vehicular Activity
1430EVIL, Electronic viewfinder (with) interchangeable lens (a type of digital camera)
1431EW, Electronic Warfare, Exawatt
1432ewe, Ewe language (ISO 639-2 code)
1433EWR, Newark Liberty International Airport (IATA airport code)
1434EWTN, Eternal Word Television Network
1435EXREP, Expeditious Repair (SM&R code)
1436EZ, Czech Republic (FIPS 10-4 country code), Extraction Zone
1437f, Femto
1438F, Farad,Fluorine
1439fa, Persian language (ISO 639-1 code)
1440FA,Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
1441fA, Femtoampere
1442FA, Field Artillery,Financial Aid,Football Association (England)
1443FAA, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration,Financial Aid Administrator,Fleet Air Arm,Functional Area Analysis
1444FAAD, Forward Area Air Defence
1445FAADEZ, Forward Area Air Defence Engagement Zone
1446FAAN, Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology
1447FAAFP,Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians
1448FAAN, Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
1449FAAQ,(a/i) Frequently Asked and Anticipated Questions (cf. FAQ)
1450FAASV, Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle
1451FAB, Feline Advisory Bureau (UK feline charity)
1452FAC, Forward Air Controller,Front of Allies for Change,Frontal Affinity Chromatography,Full Aperture Calibrator
1453FACA, (US) Federal Advisory Committee Act
1454FACH, Fuerza Aérea de Chile
1455FACN, Fellow of the American College of Nutrition
1456FACP, Fellow of the American College of Physicians
1457FACS, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Formal Aspects of Computing Science,Fluorescent-activated cell sorting
1458FACTS, Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System
1459FAD, Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide,Fuck A Duck, Funding Authorization Document
1460FAH, Federation of American Hospitals,Fine Arts and Humanities,Foreign Affairs Handbook
1461FAM, Foreign Affairs Manual
1462fao, Faroese language (ISO 639-2 code)
1463FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization
1464FAPA,Fellow of the American Psychological Association
1465FAPHA,Fellow of the American Public Health Association
1466FARP, Forward Arming and Refuelling Point / Forward Area Rearm/refuel Point
1467fas, Persian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1468FAS, Federation of American Scientists,Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
1469FASCAM, Family of Scatterable Mines[1]
1470FASD, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
1471FASEB,(a/i) Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
1472FAT, Field Artillery Tractor,File Allocation Table
1473FAVS, Future Armoured Vehicle System
1474FAW, Football Association of Wales
1475FB,Facebook, An on-line social network
1476FBCS, Fellow of the British Computer Society
1477FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
1478FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
1479FBIDST, Fellow of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
1480FBM, Board foot
1481FBR- Fast Breeder Reactor,Foundation for Biomedical Research,Friedman, Billings, Ramsey (now known as Arlington Asset Investment)
1482FBS-Federal Bureau of Statistics (Pakistan),Fetal bovine serum,Football Bowl Subdivision (U.S. college football),Fukuoka Broadcasting Corporation,FC[edit]
1483fC, Femtocoulomb
1484FC- Fire Control,Football Club, Funnel Cloud (METAR Code)
1485FCC, U.S. Federal Communications Commission
1486FCE, First Certificate in English
1487FCF, Financial Free Cash Flow
1488FCLA,Fraud Claims Law Associate
1489FCM- Federation of Canadian Municipalities,Fogarty's Cove Music
1490FCO, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1491FCW, Florida Championship Wrestling
1492FD, Falun Dafa
1493FDA, Food and Drug Administration (U.S.)
1494FDC, Federal Detention Center (U.S.),Fire Direction Centre
1495FDDI, Fibre Distributed Data Interface
1496FDBK,(I) Feedback
1497FDR, Flight Data Recorder,Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1498Fe, Iron (Latin Ferrum)
1499FE, Fully Exposed (armoured vehicle target, as opposed to Hull-Down)
1500FEAR, First Encounter Assault Recon,False Evidence Appears Real
1501FEAST,(a/i) Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation
1502FEATS, Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies link title
1503FEBA, Forward Edge of the Battle Area
1504FED,(a/i) Field emission display
1505FEDEP, Federation Development Process (Simulation)
1506FEF, Frontal Eye Field (neurophysiology)
1507FEMA-(a/i) Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association,(a/i) U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency,Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association
1508FENS,(a/i) Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
1509FEP, Firepower Enhancement Program,Fleet satellite (FLTSAT) Extremely high frequency (EHF) Package
1510FES, Flywheel Energy Storage
1511FEST, Frankfurt English Speaking Theatre link title
1512FET, Field-effect transistor
1513FEZ,(a/i) Fighter Engagement Zone
1514ff, Fula language (ISO 639-1 code)
1515fF, Femtofarad
1516FF- Final Fantasy, Firefox (Web browser)
1517FFA- Football Federation Australia,Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency,Free-Fire Area,Fusiform Face Area,Future Farmers of America (today the National FFA Organization)
1518FFB, Frum From Birth (referring to an observant Jew born into a religiously observant family)
1519FFC, Free For Chat
1520FFE, Fukuoka Futures Exchange
1521FFG, Guided Missile Frigate (hull classification symbol)
1522FFOV, Forward Field Of View
1523FFS, For Fuck's Sake
1524FFT- Fast Fourier Transform,Final Fantasy Tactics,FG[edit]
1525FG, Falun Gong
1526fg, Femtogram
1527FG, Fog (METAR Code),French Guiana (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1528FGR, Flickr Group Roulette
1529fH, Femtohenry
1530FHFIF, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
1531FHI, Family Health International, Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.
1532fi, Finnish language (ISO 639-1 code)
1533FI, Finland (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1534FIB, Fucking Illinois Bastard (Wisconsin slang, variants exist)
1535FIBUA,(i/a) Fighting In Built-Up Areas
1536FIC, Fellowship for Intentional Community
1537FID, Foreign Internal Defence
1538FIE, Fly-In Echelon
1539FIFO, First In, First Out
1540FIFRA, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
1541FIGJAM, Fuck I'm Good, Just Ask Me
1542fij, Fijian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1543FILO, First In, Last Out (see also LIFO)
1544FIMPT, Fellow of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1545fin, Finnish language (ISO 639-2 code)
1546FIN, Finland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1547FIPS, Federal Information Processing Standard
1548FIRES,Fever Induced Refractory Epilepsy Syndrome or Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome
1549FISH, Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridisation
1550FiST, Fire Support Team
1551FITS, Flexible Image Transport System
1552FIU, Florida International University
1553fj, Fijian language (ISO 639-1 code)
1554fJ, Femtojoule
1555FJ, Fiji (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1556FJD, Fiji dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
1557FJI, Fiji (ISO 3166 trigram)
1558FJN, Financial Job Network
1559fK, Femtokelvin
1560FK, Falkland Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1561FKP, Falkland Islands pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
1562FKSM, Fort Knox Supplemental Manual
1563FKT, Fastest Known Time
1564fL, Femtolitre
1565FL, Florida (postal symbol)
1566FLA, Florida, Front Line Assembly,Future Large Aircraft
1567FLAB, Four-letter abbreviation
1568FLAC,(a/i) Free Lossless Audio Codec
1569FLAC,(a/i) Free Legal Advice Centres
1570FLB, Forward Logistics Base
1571FLET,(a/i) Forward Line of Enemy Troops
1572FLG, Falun Gong
1573FLIP, Flight Information Publication
1574FLIR, Forward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
1575FLK, Falkland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1576FLOT,(a/i) Forward Line of Own Troops
1577FLSA, Fair Labor Standards Act
1578FLQ, Free Legal Questions
1579FLTSAT, Fleet Satellite
1580FLTSATCOM, Fleet Satellite Communication System
1581FLUBOS, Fat, Lazy, Useless, Bag Of Shit
1582FM, Factory Mutual http://fmglobal.com
1583fm, Femtometre
1584Fm, Fermium
1585FM- Federal Magistrate (Australian post-nominal), Federated States of Micronesia (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code), Field Manual,Flight Manager,Frequency Modulation (electronics)
1586FMC- Federal Magistrates' Court (an Australian federal court, formerly FMS),Food Machinery Corporation (original name of the company now known as FMC Corporation)
1587FMCA, Federal Magistrates' Court of Australia (used for citing decisions of the FMC other than family law decisions)
1588FMCAfam, Federal Magistrates' Court of Australia: family (used for citing family law decisions of the FMC)
1589FME, Formal Methods Europe
1590FMECA, Failure Modes and Effect Criticality Analysis
1591FMJD, Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames[2]
1592FMLA, Family Medical Leave Act
1593fMRI, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
1594FMSF, False Memory Syndrome Foundation
1595FMTV, Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles
1596FMCG, (Fast Moving Consumer Goods)
1597fN, Femtonewton
1598FNA, Functional Needs Analysis
1599fo, Faroese language (ISO 639-1 code)
1600FOAD, Fuck Off And Die
1601FOAF, Friend Of A friend
1602FoB, Free On Board (shipping)
1603FOB,(i/a) Forward Operating Base
1604FOC, Full Operational Capability,First of Class
1605FoE, Friends of the Earth
1606FOGC, Federal Oil and Gas Council
1607FOH, Front Of House
1608FOIA, Freedom of Information Act
1609FOM, Federation Object Model
1610FONSI, Finding of No Significant Impact
1611FOO, Forward Observation Officer
1612FOR, Field Of Regard,Frame Of Reference
1613Fortran, The IBM Mathematical FORmula TRANslating System (programming language)
1614FOS, Florida Ornithological Society,Full Operational Status
1615FoS, Family of Systems
1616FOSE, Fallout 3 Script Extender
1617FOSE, Federal Office Systems Expo
1618FOT, Free on truck
1619FOTA, Fellow of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
1620FOTC,Flight of the Conchords
1621FOUO, For Official Use Only
1622FOV, Field Of View
1623FP, French Polynesia (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1624fps, frames per second (motion pictures, television, computer graphics)
1625FPS- Fire Prevention System,First Person Shooter (computer/video games)
1626FOOP, Friends Of Organ Pipes (Volunteer group)
1627FQ, Baker Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code),French Southern and Antarctic Territories (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1979)
1628FQDN, Fully Qualified Domain Name
1629fr, French language (ISO 639-1 code)
1630Fr, Francium
1631FR, France (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1632fra, French language (ISO 639-2 code)
1633FRA- Federal Railroad Administration, France (ISO 3166 trigram)
1634FRAND, Fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (concept in standards-setting and intellectual property law)
1635FRCP- Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
1636FRICBM, Full Range ICBM
1637frr, North Frisian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1638FRO, Faroe Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1639FRS- Fellow of the Royal Society,U.S. Federal Reserve System
1640FRSA, Fellow of the Royal Society of Art
1641fry, West Frisian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1642FRY, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1643fs, Femtosecond
1644fS, Femtosiemens
1645FSA- Fire Support Area,UK Food Standards Agency,Functional Solution Analysis
1646FSC- Federal Supply Classification, Forest Stewardship Council (ecological pressure group
1647FSCL, Fire Support Co-ordination Line
1648FSE, Fire Support Element
1649FSF, Free Software Foundation
1650FSH, Follicle Stimulating Hormone
1651FSI, Fuel Stratified Injection
1652FSM- Federated States of Micronesia (ISO 3166 trigram), Flying Spaghetti Monster (satirical religion)
1653FSO- Fire Support Officer,Flotilla Staff Officer,Foreign Service Officer
1654FSS, Fire Support Station
1655FSSP, Families of Structurally Similar Proteins
1656FST- Finance Support Team,Finlands Svenska Television (Finland's Swedish-language television),Future Soviet Tank (Cold War era)
1657FSTC, Foreign Science Technology Center (now NGIC)
1658fT, Femtotesla
1659FTC, Federal Trade Commission
1660FTE, Full Time Equivalent
1661FTL, Faster Than Light
1662FTP, File Transfer Protocol
1663FTW, For The Win (a commonly used phrase used online to indicate success) F@#K The World, Forever Together Where ever (gang slogan)
1664FTS, Flight Termination System used during some rocket launches
1665FTS, Fuck That Shit
1666FU, Smoke (METAR Code)
1667FUBAR, Fucked/Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair
1668FUCK, For, Unlawful, Carnal, Knowledge (Van Halen album title)
1669FUD, Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt (marketing strategy)
1670ful, Fula language (ISO 639-2 code)
1671fV, Femtovolt
1672fW, Femtowatt
1673FW, Forward
1674FWC, Football World Cup
1675FWF, Fixed Word Format
1676FWI, French West Indies
1677FWIW, For What It's Worth
1678FWS, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1679FWT, Fresh Water Tank
1680FX, Firefox,Fox Extended, Metropolitan France (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1997),Special effect
1681FXX, Metropolitan France (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1997)
1682fy, West Frisian language (ISO 639-1 code)
1683FY, Fiscal Year, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (NATO country code)
1684FYA, For Your Agenda
1685FYDP, Five-Year Defense Plan (U.S.)
1686FYI, For Your Information
1687FYROM, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
1688FZDZ, Freezing Drizzle (METAR Code)
1689FZFG, Freezing Fog (METAR Code)
1690FZRA, Freezing Rain (METAR Code)
1691g, Gram
1692G, Gauss, General Audiences (movie rating)
1693G1, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Personnel
1694G2, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Intelligence
1695G3,many, including Heckler & Koch G3; see entry, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Operations and Plans
1696G4, Generation Four PowerPC microprocessor, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Logistics
1697G5, Generation Five PowerPC microprocessor, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Public Affairs
1698G6, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Information Technology, Group of 6 (France, Germany, United States, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy) (1975)
1699G7, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Training, Group of 7 (G6 + Canada) (1976)
1700G8, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Finance, Group of 8 (G7 + Russia) (1998)
1701G10, Group of 10 (G7 + Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland; numbering 11 in fact)
1702G15, 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)
1703G20, Group of 20 (G8 + Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey + current European Union presiding country) (1999)
1704G24, 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)
1705G77, Group of 77 (issued from the United Nations Conference on Commerce and Development, 1964; currently numbers 133)
1706Ga, Gallium,Gigaannum
1707GA, Gabon (ISO 3166 digram),The Gambia (FIPS 10-4 country code), Gamblers Anonymous,Georgia (postal symbol),Gigaampere,Goa (Indian state code)
1708GAAR, General Anti-Avoidance Rule (tax evasion)
1709GAB, Gabon (ISO 3166 trigram)
1710GABA, Gamma-AminoButyric Acid
1711GAD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
1712GAF, Garfield and Friends
1713GALCIT, Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
1714GAO, U.S. Government Accountability Office
1715GAW, Global Atmospheric Watch
1716GB, Gabon (FIPS 10-4 country code),United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 digram) [glamour boy 7-9/10]
1717GBBC, Great (Global) Backyard Bird Count
1718GBE, Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
1719GBH- Great Bash Heel (Japanese professional wrestling stable),Gregory Bonner Hale (British design and advertising agency),Grievous bodily harm
1720GBP, United Kingdom pound sterling (ISO 4217 currency code)
1721GBR, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1722GBU, Glide-Bomb Unit,Global Business Unit
1723GC- East Germany (NATO country code; obsolete 1990), General classification (cycling),General counsel,George Cross (British civil decoration), Gigacoulomb [Grindr cruise]
1724GCA, Graduate in Claims Administration
1725GCD,see entry
1726GCF, Greatest Common Factor
1727GCI, Ground-controlled interception
1728GCN, Gamma-ray burst Coordination Network
1729GCS, Global Coordinate System
1730GCSE, General Certificate of Secondary Education (UK)
1731gd, Scottish Gaelic language (ISO 639-1 code)
1732Gd, Gadolinium
1733GD, Grenada (ISO 3166 digram)
1734GDC, Game Developers Conference,General Dental Council
1735GDL, Game Definition Language
1736GDP, General Dental Practitioner (UK),Gross Domestic Product
1737GDR, German Democratic Republic (cf. DDR)
1738GDR, General Distribution Release (Microsoft Term for a software service release; between Hotfix and Service Pack)
1739GDW, Game Designers Workshop
1740Ge, Germanium
1741GE, General Electric,Genetic Engineering (cf. GM), Georgia (ISO 3166 digram)
1742GEBCO, General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans
1743GEC, Great Engineering Challenge
1744GED, General Educational Development (high school equivalency credential in the U.S. and Canada)
1745GEEP, Geophysical Equipment Exploration Platform
1746GEL, Georgian lari (ISO 4217 currency code),Gilbert and Ellice Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1977)
1747GEMA, Gas and Electricity Markets Authority,Georgia Emergency Management Agency, Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (German performance rights organisation), Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance
1748GEN, Full General (four stars) in the U.S. Army
1749GEO, Geostationary Earth Orbit, Georgia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1750GEOS, Graphical Environment Operating System
1751GEQ, Equatorial Guinea (IOC trigram, but not FIFA or ISO 3166)
1752GER, Germany (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
1753GeV, Gigaelectron-volt
1754GEV, Ground Effect Vehicle
1755GF- French Guiana (ISO 3166 digram),Gigafarad
1756GFCF- Gluten-free, casein-free diet,Gross fixed capital formation
1757GFCI, Ground Fault Circuit Interruptor (aka GFI)
1758GFDL, GNU Free Documentation License
1759GFE- Girlfriend experience (used in escort services),Good Faith Estimate,Government Furnished Equipment
1760GFI, Ground Fault Interruptor (aka GFCI)
1761GFL, German Football League (Germany's Bundesliga for American football; the English-language name is used in German without translation)
1762GFN, Global Footprint Network
1763GG, Georgia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1764GGK,Good God Karma
1765GGP- General Game Playing,General Growth Properties (U.S. shopping center owner),GH[edit]
1766GH, Ghana (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code),Gigahenry
1767GHA, Ghana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1768GHB, gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid
1769GHC, Ghanan cedi (ISO 4217 currency code)
1770Gi, Gibi
1771GI, Galvanised Iron,Gastro-Intestinal,General Issue, Gibraltar (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code), Government Issue
1772GIB, Gibraltar (ISO 3166 trigram)
1773GIF, Graphics Interchange Format
1774GIG, Global Information Grid
1775GIGO, Garbage In Garbage Out (computing)
1776GIMP, GNU Image Manipulation Program
1777GIN, Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram), Guidelines International Network
1778GINK,Going Insane Not Knowing,orig. Colorado 2010 M.Kalfas
1779GINO, Godzilla In Name Only
1780GIP, Gibraltar pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
1781GIS, Geographic Information System, Google Image Search
1782GISS,(a/i) General Impression of Size and Shape,Goddard Institute for Space Studies
1783GJ, Gigajoule,Grenada (FIPS 10-4 country code),Gujarat (Indian state code)
1784GJD, Geocentric Julian Day
1785GK, Gigakelvin,Guernsey (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1786gl, Galician language (ISO 639-1 code)
1787GL- Gigalitre, Graphics Language, Greenland (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code), Grenade Launcher
1788gla, Scottish Gaelic language (ISO 639-2 code)
1789GLAAD, Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
1790GLAC, General Ledger Accounting Code
1791GLAST, Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
1792GLBA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
1793GLC, Gas-liquid chromatography
1794gle, Irish language (ISO 639-2 code)
1795glg, Galician language (ISO 639-2 code)
1796GLINT- Gallium-arsenide Laser Illuminator for Night TV,Gated Laser Illuminator for Narrow Television, Gated Laser Intensifier (tape),Gospel Literature International,Graphical Linux Installation Tool
1797GLP, Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 trigram)
1798GLUT,(a/i) OpenGL Utility Toolkit
1799glv, Manx language (ISO 639-2 code)
1800GLV, Gained Life Value
1801Gm, Gigametre
1802GM- The Gambia (ISO 3166 digram), GameMaster (role-playing),General Motors,Genetically Modified, Germany (FIPS 10-4 country code), Guru Meditation (computing)
1803GMAC- General Motors Acceptance Corporation, the original name of the company now known as Ally Financial,Graduate Management Admission Council,G-MAC, Great Midwest Athletic Conference
1804GMB- The Gambia (ISO 3166 trigram), General, Municipal, Boilermakers (and Allied Trade Union)
1805GMC- U.K. General Medical Council,Gospel Music Channel
1806GMD, Gambian dalasi (ISO 4217 currency code)
1807GMFSC, Ground Mobile Forces Satellite Communications
1808GMI- Generic Model Interface,Geometry Model Instance
1809GML-Generalized Markup Language,Geography Markup Language,Game Maker Language,Graph Modelling Language,Graphical Motion Language,GUI Markup Language
1810GMO, Genetically Modified Organism
1811GMPCS, Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite
1812GMT- Giant Magellan Telescope,Greenwich Mean Time,GN[edit]
1813gn, Guaraní language (ISO 639-1 code)
1814GN- Giganewton,Guinea (ISO 3166 digram)
1815GNAS, Grand National Archery Society
1816GNB, Guinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 trigram)
1817GNF, Guinean franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
1818GNOME, GNU Network Object Model Environment
1819GNP, Gross National Product
1820GNQ, Equatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1821GnRH, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
1822GNU, GNU's Not Unix
1823GO, Glorioso Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1824GOA- General of the Army (United States only), Gun Owners of America
1825GOAT, Greatest of all time (LL Cool J album title)
1826GOC, General Officer Commanding
1827GOES, Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
1828GOP, Grand Old Party
1829gorp, granola, oats, raisins, peanuts (another name for trail mix), probably a backronym
1830GOSC,(a/i) General Officer Steering Committee
1831GOSH, Great Ormond Street Hospital
1832GOSP, Gas/Oil Separation Plant
1833GOTS, Government off-the-shelf
1834GOYADIN, Get Off Your Arse, Do It Now (anti-procrastination mantra)
1835GP, General Practitioner,General Purpose,Grand Prix, Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1836GPA, Grade Point Average
1837GPC, Global Path Cache
1838GPG, GNU Privacy Guard
1839GPIB, General-Purpose Instrumentation/Interface Bus
1840GPL, GNU General Public License
1841GPMP, General Purpose Macro Processor
1842GPO, General Post Office
1843GPPC, Genetics and Public Policy Center
1844GPR, Ground-Penetrating Radar
1845GPS, General Problem Solver,Global Positioning System
1846GPT, GEC-Plessey Telecommunications,General Purpose Technology,Get Paid To website
1847GQ- Equatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 digram), Gentlemen's Quarterly (the original name of the magazine now known simply as GQ), Guam (FIPS 10-4 territory code),GR[edit]
1848GR, Greece (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Hail (METAR Code)
1849GRAIL, Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
1850GRAS, Generally recognized as safe (FDA list)
1851GRB, Gamma-Ray Burst
1852GRC, Greece (ISO 3166 trigram)
1853GRD, Grenada (ISO 3166 trigram)
1854GRE- Graduate Record Examination, Greece (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
1855grep, [search] Globally for Regular Expression, Print [lines]
1856GRid,Global Release Identifier, a music industry identifier from the RIAA and IFPI
1857GRID, Gay-Related Immune Deficiency (original name of AIDS)
1858GriT, Girl raised in Texas (Woman presenting firm southern traits/beliefs)
1859GRL, Greenland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1860GRN- Grenada (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166), Goods Received Note
1861grn, Guaraní language (ISO 639-2 code)
1862GRP, Graphite-reinforced plastic, see Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer
1863Gs, Gigasecond
1864GS- General Schedule (US civil service pay scale),General Support, Gigasiemens,South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
1865GSR, Gun Shot Residue
1866GSA, U.S. General Services Administration
1867GSD, Graphical Situation Display
1868GSGB,(God send glamour boy 9-10/10)
1869GSK, GlaxoSmithKline [good sexual karma]
1870GSN,(a/i) Game Show Network
1871GSO, General Services Officer (U.S. Department of State)
1872GSOH, Good Sense Of Humour
1873GSP,Georges St-Pierre (Canadian MMA fighter)
1874GSS, Generic Security Services
1875GST, Goods and Services Tax (Australia, Canada, and other countries)
1876GSW, Gunshot wound
1877GT, Gigatesla, Gran Turismo,Grand Touring, Guatemala (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1878GTA, Grand Theft Auto
1879GTB, Get to bed, namely to get a new job after a long time of searching, usually following a phone call
1880GTC, Gran Telescopio Canarias (Spanish, Canaries Great Telescope)
1881GTD, Getting Things Done
1882GTG, Got To Go (Internet chat)
1883GTK, Good To Know (Internet chat)
1884GTGN, Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
1885GTM, Guatemala (ISO 3166 trigram)
1886GTQ, Guatemalan quetzal (ISO 4217 currency code)
1887GTV, Gross Tumor Volume quetzal (ISO 4217 currency code)
1888gu, Gujarati language (ISO 639-1 code)
1889GU, Guam (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
1890GUA, Guatemala (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
1891GUF, French Guiana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1892GUILT, Gangliated Utrophin Immuno Latency Toxin
1893guj, Gujarati language (ISO 639-2 code)
1894GULCR, Grupo de Usuarios de Linux de Costa Rica
1895GUT, Grand Unification Theory
1896gv, Manx language (ISO 639-1 code)
1897GV, Gigavolt,Guinea (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1898GW, Games Workshop,Germ Warfare, Gigawatt, Guided Weapon, Guinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 digram)
1899GWARS, Ground Warfare System (simulation)
1900GWAS, Grand Western Archery Society
1901GWOT, Global War on Terrorism
1902GWS, Gulf War Syndrome,Greater Western Sydney
1903GXA, Global XML Web Services Architecture
1904GXE, Gene-enivronment interaction
1905GXF, General Exchange Format
1906GXH, IATA code of Gannan Xiahe Airport
1907GXL, Graph eXchange Language
1908GXM, Matrox Graphics eXpansion Module
1909GXP, Grid Exit Point, Global Xchange Programme, Indication of highest performance level on some Pontiac vehicles
1910GxP, Good X Practice (X can mean: clinical, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, etc.)
1911GXY, IATA code of Greeley-Weld County Airport
1912GY, Guyana (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1913GYD, Guyana dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
1914GYY, Gary/Chicago International Airport (IATA Airport Code)
1915GZ, Gaza Strip (FIPS 10-4 territory code), Ground Zero
1916GZK, Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cut-off (cosmic ray energies)
1917h, Hecto
1918H, Henry,Hydrogen
1919ha, Hausa language (ISO 639-1 code),Hectare
1920HA, Haiti (FIPS 10-4 country code), High Availability
1921HAARP, High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program
1922HAART, Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy
1923HAI, Human Awareness Institute
1924HAL, Hardware Abstraction Layer
1925HALO, High Altitude Low Opening (parachute jump)
1926HALT- Highly Accelerated Life Test, Hungry Angry Lonely Tired
1927HAM, Amateur radio operator
1928HANS, Head And Neck Support (device used in many race cars)
1929HARM, High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile
1930hat, Haitian Creole language (ISO 639-2 code)
1931HAT,(i/a) Highest Astronomical Tide (nautical charts), Hungarian Automated Telescope
1932hau, Hausa language (ISO 639-2 code)
1933HAW, Heavy Antitank Weapon
1934HAWK, Homing All the Way Killer (air defence system)
1935HAZ, Heat-Affected Zone
1936HAZMAT, Hazardous Materials
1937HBCD, HexaBromoCycloDodecane
1938HBCI, Home Banking Computer Interface
1939HBO, Home Box Office
1940HBR, Harvard Business Review
1941HBT, Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor
1942HBV, Hepatitis B Virus
1943HCCI, Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition
1944HCF, Highest Common Factor
1945HCI, Human-Computer Interaction/Interface
1946HCSC, Higher Command and Staff Course
1947HCT, Higher Colleges of Technology, tertiary education institution in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
1948HD- Henry Draper (star catalogue),Hull-Down (armoured vehicle target, as opposed to Fully Exposed),High Definition,Huntington's Disease
1949HDD- Hard Disk Drive,High-Density Disk
1950HDL, High-Density Lipoprotein
1951HDM, Human Decision-Making
1952HDMI,High Definition Multimedia Interface
1953HDR- Hard disk recorder,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)
1954HDRA, Henry Doubleday Research Association
1955HDTV, High-Definition Television
1956he, Hebrew language (ISO 639-1 code)
1957He, Helium
1958HE, High Explosive
1959HEAT, High Explosive Anti-Tank (ammunition)
1960heb, Hebrew language (ISO 639-2 code)
1961HEBA, Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association
1962HEER, High-Explosive Extended Range (ammunition)
1963HEIC, Honourable East India Company
1964HEMP, High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
1965HEO- High Earth Orbit, Highly Elliptical Orbit
1966HEOSS, High Earth Orbit Space Surveillance
1967HEP, High-Explosive Plastic (ammunition)
1968HEPA,(a/i) High-Efficiency Particulate Air (filter)
1969her, Herero language (ISO 639-2 code)
1970HESH, High-Explosive, Squash-Head (ammunition)
1971HESV, Heavy Engineering Support Vehicle
1972HETT, Heavy Equipment Transporting Truck / Heavy Equipment Truck Tractor
1973HEU, Highly Enriched Uranium
1974Hewitts, Hills in England, Wales and Ireland over Two Thousand feet (with topographic prominence of at least 30 m)
1975Hf, Hafnium
1976HF, High Frequency
1977HFE, Human Fertilisation and Embryology (UK Act)
1978HFE, The common-emitter current gain in a BJT transistor (also represented by βF). See: BJT
1979HFEA, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (UK)
1980Hg, Mercury (Latin Hydrargyrum)
1981HGC, UK Human Genetics Commission
1982HGF, Human Growth Factor
1983HGTV, Home & Garden Television
1984HHB,Ha Ha Bonk,The noise made when you laugh your head off. Used instead of LOL...
1985hi, Hindi language (ISO 639-1 code)
1986HI, Hawaii (postal symbol)
1987HIH, His (or Her) Imperial Highness
1988HIM, His (or Her) Imperial Majesty
1989HIMAD, High to Medium Altitude Air Defence (see also H/MAD)
1990HIMEZ, High Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
1991HIMYM,How I Met Your Mother
1992hin, Hindi language (ISO 639-2 code)
1993HIPAA, U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
1994Hipparcos, HIgh Precision Parallax COllecting Satellite
1995Hird, Hurd of interfaces representing depth (cf. HURD)
1996HiRISE, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
1997HIT, Health Information Technology
1998HIV, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
1999HIWT, Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
2000HJD, Heliocentric Julian Day
2001HK, Hong Kong (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2002HKD, Hong Kong dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2003HKG, Hong Kong (ISO 3166 trigram)
2004HKS, HyperKinetic Syndrome
2005hL, Hectolitre
2006HL, Holding Line
2007HLA, High Level Architecture (simulation),Human Leukocyte Antigen
2008HLL, High-Level Language
2009HLN, Headline News
2010HLOS, High Level Output Specification
2011HLVW, Heavy Logistics Vehicle, Wheeled
2012HM, Heard Island and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2013HMCE, Her/His Majesty's Customs and Excise (former UK government department; succeeded by HM Revenue and Customs)
2014HMCS- Her/His Majesty's Canadian Ship,Her Majesty's Courts Service (former UK agency; succeeded by Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service)
2015HMD, Heard and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2016HMF, HydroxyMethyl Furfural
2017HMM, Hidden Markov model
2018hmo, Hiri Motu language (ISO 639-2 code)
2019HMO, Health maintenance organization
2020HMP, Her Majesty's Prison
2021HMRC, Her/His Majesty's Revenue and Customs
2022HMS- Helmet-mounted display,Her/His Majesty's Ship (Royal Navy)
2023HMSO, Her Majesty's Stationery Office
2024HMV, His Master's Voice
2025HN, Honduras (ISO 3166 digram)
2026HND, Honduras (ISO 3166 trigram)
2027HNL, Honduran lempira (ISO 4217 currency code)
2028ho, Hiri Motu language (ISO 639-1 code)
2029Ho, Holmium
2030HO, Honduras (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2031HOLLAND, Hope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies
2032HOMES,the Great Lakes; Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
2033HONY,Humans of New York, a photoblog.
2034HOPI, Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure (see Internet2, Abilene Network)
2035HoReCa, Hotel, Restaurant and Catering
2036HORIZON, Hélicoptère d'observation radar et d'investigation sur zone (French, Zone Investigation and Radar Observation Helicopter)
2037HOSTAC, Helicopter Operations from Ships Other Than Aircraft Carriers
2038HOT, Highly Optimised Tolerance
2039HOTAS, Hands on throttle-and-stick
2040HOV, High Occupancy Vehicle
2041hp, horse power
2042HP, Hewlett-Packard,Hindustan Petroleum, Himachal Pradesh (Indian state code)
2043HPA, UK Health Protection Agency
2044HPCL, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
2045HPLC, High Performance Liquid Chromatography
2046HPT, High[er] Payoff Target
2047HPV, Human Papilloma Virus
2048HQ, HeadQuarters, Howland Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2049HQDA, HeadQuarters, Department of the Army
2050hr, Croatian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2051HR- 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
2052HRBL, High-level Representation of Behavior Language (original name of the Herbal language)
2053HRD, Human Resource Development
2054HRED, (U.S. Army Research Laboratory's) Human Research and Engineering Directorate (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland)
2055HRF, High iness Forces
2056HRH, His (or Her) Royal Highness
2057HRK, Croatian kuna (ISO 4217 currency code)
2058HRM, His (or Her) Royal Majesty
2059HRM, Human Resource Management
2060HRT, Hormone Replacement Therapy
2061hrv, Croatian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2062HRV- Croatia (ISO 3166 trigram), High Resolution Visible,HS[edit]
2063Hs, Hassium
2064HSBC, The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
2065HSC, Higher School Certificate
2066HSM, High School Musical
2067HSMAD, Human Science/Modeling and Analysis Data
2068HSN, Home Shopping Network
2069HSPH, Harvard School of Public Health
2070HSS- Health Service Support, High-Speed Steel
2071HSSI, High-Speed Serial Interface
2072HST,see entry
2073HSV- Herpes Simplex Virus,Hue Saturation Value (colour model),HT[edit]
2074ht, Haitian Creole language (ISO 639-1 code)
2075HTA, HyperText Application
2076HTC-High Tech Computer Corporation, original name of the company now known simply as HTC,Horry Telephone Cooperative
2077HTFU, Harden The Fuck Up
2078HTG, Haitian gourde (ISO 4217 currency code)
2079HTH, Hope That Helps
2080HTI, Haiti (ISO 3166 trigram)
2081HTML, HyperText Markup Language
2082HTR, Heated Towel Rail
2083HTS, High-Temperature Superconducting wire
2084HTTP, HyperText Transfer Protocol
2085HU, Hungary (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
2086HUD,(i/a) Head-Up Display,Housing and Urban Development
2087HUF, Hungarian forint (ISO 4217 currency code)
2088HUHA, Head up his/her ass (Marine salute; probably a backcronym)
2089hun, Hungarian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2090HUN, Hungary (ISO 3166 trigram)
2091HURD, Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons (cf. Hird)
2092HV, Upper Volta (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1984)
2093HVAC, Heating, ventilation and air conditioning Used in architecture, business and marketing; refers to a building's entire system of heating, moving, or cooling air.
2094HVAP, High Velocity Armour Piercing (ammunition)
2095HVHF,High velocity human factors
2096HVM, High Velocity Missile
2097HVO, Upper Volta (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984)
2098HVP, 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
2099HW, Hardware, High Water (nautical charts)
2100HWM, Hardware morphing (computer graphics rendering)
2101HX, IATA code of Hong Kong Airlines, Medical history, Hydrogen halide, Concept automobile by HUMMER
2102HXB, The glycoprotein Tenascian C
2103hy, Armenian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2104hye, Armenian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2105HYS, Harvard, Yale, Stanford (perennially named as the top three law schools in the U.S.)
2106hz, Herero language (ISO 639-1 code)
2107Hz, Hertz
2108HZ, Haze (METAR Code)
2109I, Iodine,One (in Roman numerals)
2110ia, Interlingua language (ISO 639-1 code)
2111IA, Iowa (postal symbol)
2112IAAL, I Am A Lawyer
2113IAB, International Association for Biologicals
2114IACREOT, International Association of Clerks, Recorders, Election Officials, and Treasurers
2115IAD, Ion Assisted Deposition
2116IADS, Integrated Air Defence System
2117IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
2118IAF,{i} Industrial Areas Foundation
2119IAFG, Information Assurance Focus Group
2120IAI, International African Institute,Israel Aircraft Industries
2121IANA, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
2122IANAL, I Am Not A Lawyer
2123IAQ, Indoor air quality,Infrequently Asked Questions
2124IAS, Image Assessment System
2125IASIP, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2126IATA,(a/i) International Air Transport Association
2127IATF,International Automotive Task Force
2128IATSE,International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
2129IAU, International Association of Universities,International Astronomical Union
2130IAUC, International Astronomical Union Circular
2131IAW, In Accordance With
2132IB, International Baccalaureate
2133IBA, Important Bird Area
2134IBD, Inflammatory Bowel Disease
2135IBDM, Information Based Decision Making
2136IBDS, Integrated Biological Detection System,International Business Development Specialist
2137IBM, International Business Machines
2138ibo, Igbo language (ISO 639-2 code)
2139IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (part of the World Bank)
2140IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome
2141IC, Ice Crystals (METAR Code),Iceland (FIPS 10-4 country code), Integrated Circuit,[inner circle]
2142ICANN, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
2143ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
2144ICBM, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
2145ICBN, International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
2146ICC, Integrated Command and Control,International Criminal Court,International Cricket Council,Interstate Commerce Commission,International Chamber of Commerce
2147ICD, Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator,Initial Capabilities Document,International Classification of Diseases
2148ICE,(i/a) In case of emergency
2149ICES,(a/i) International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
2150ICF, Intelligent Community Forum
2151ICM, Improved Conventional Munition,Integrated Collection Management,International Congress of Mathematicians,Iraq Campaign Medal
2152ICMP, Internet Control Message Protocol
2153ICNAF, International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (became NAFO in 1978)
2154ICNI, Integrated Communication, Navigation, and Identification
2155ICO, Intermediate Circular Orbit
2156ICP, Inductively coupled plasma,Insane Clown Posse
2157ICPE,(a/i) International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology, the annual conference of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
2158ICRAF, International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (a.k.a. World Agroforestry Centre since 2002)
2159ICRISAT,(i/a) International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
2160ICRL, Individual Component Repair List
2161ICRS, International Celestial Reference System
2162ICS, In-Country Support,Intelligence and Communications Systems,Interim Contractor Support
2163ICSI, Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
2164ICT, Information and communication technologies
2165ICTH, Island Closest to Heaven/Hell Final Fantasy VIII
2166ICV, Infantry Carrier Vehicle
2167ICW, In Co-ordination With,Indonesia Corruption Watch,Infectious and Chemotherapeutic Waste,Insulating Concrete Wall,Integral Crystalline Waterproofing, Interactive Courseware
2168ICYMI, In Case You Missed It
2169ICZN, International Code of Zoological Nomenclature,International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
2170id, Indonesian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2171ID- 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)
2172IDA- U.S. Institute for Defense Analyses,International Development Association (part of the World Bank
2173IDC, International Data Corporation
2174IDDI, I don't do initialisms (see irony)
2175IDE- Integrated Development Environment,Integrated Drive Electronics
2176IDeA, Improvement and Development Agency, the former name of Local Government Improvement and Development in the United Kingdom
2177IDEA- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (U.S.),International Data Encryption Algorithm,International Design Excellence Awards
2178IDF- Israel Defense Forces,Intel Development Forum,International Dairy Federation
2179IDGAF, I don't give a fuck
2180IDK, I don't know
2181IDKIBTI,I don't know, I'm black, that's it
2182IDL, Interface Definition Language
2183IDN, Indonesia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2184ido, Ido language (ISO 639-2 code)
2185IDR, Indonesian rupiah (ISO 4217 currency code)
2186ie, Interlingue language (ISO 639-1 code)
2187IE, Indo-European languages,Internet Explorer, Ireland (ISO 3166 digram),Iced Earth
2188IEA, International Energy Agency
2189IEC, International Electrotechnical Commission
2190IED, Improvised Explosive Device
2191IELTS, International English Language Testing System
2192IER, Information Exchange Requirement
2193IET, Institution of Engineering and Technology
2194IET,(ii) Initial Entry Training
2195IETF, Internet Engineering Task Force
2196IEW, Intelligence and Electronic Warfare
2197IFAB, International Football Association Board
2198IFAH, International Federation for Animal Health
2199IFAP, International Federation of Agricultural Producers
2200IFC, International Finance Corporation (part of the World Bank), Independent Film Channel
2201IFF, Identification, Friend or Foe,Individually Fresh Frozen,International Flavors and Fragrances
2202IFFN, Identification, Friend, Foe, or Neutral
2203IFO, Identified Flying Object (see also UFO)
2204IFOR, UN Implementation Force, Institute for Operations Research,International Fellowship of Reconciliation
2205IFOV, Instantaneous Field of View
2206IFPI, International Federation of Phonographic Industries
2207IFR, Instrument Flight Rules
2208IFRB, International Frequency Registration Board
2209IFV, Infantry Fighting Vehicle
2210ig, Igbo language (ISO 639-1 code)
2211IG, Inspector General
2212IGNOU, Indira Gandhi National Open University
2213IGS, International Ground Station
2214IGY, Israeli Gay Youth,International Geophysical Year
2215IHH, Idiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
2216IHO,(i/a) International Hydrographic Organization
2217IHR, Institute for Historical Review
2218IHSI,Institutum Historicum Societatis Iesu (Jesuit Historical Institute)
2219ii, Sichuan Yi language (ISO 639-1 code)
2220II, Two (in Roman numerals)
2221IICA, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
2222IIE, Innovative Interstellar Explorer
2223iii, Sichuan Yi language (ISO 639-2 code)
2224III, Three (in Roman numerals)
2225IIRC, If I Recall/Remember Correctly
2226IISS, International Institute for Strategic Studies
2227IIT, Illinois Institute of Technology,Indian Institutes of Technology,Indiana Institute of Technology
2228IJN, Imperial Japanese Navy (World War II)
2229IJWP, Interim Joint Warfare Publication
2230ik, Inupiaq language (ISO 639-1 code)
2231IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad (the company's founder), Elmtaryd (the farm where he was born and raised), Agunnaryd (a village and parish near the farm)
2232iku, Inuktitut language (ISO 639-2 code)
2233IL, Illinois (postal symbol),Israel (ISO 3166 digram)
2234ILC, International Law Commission,International Linear Collider
2235ILDS, Improved Landmine Detection System
2236ile, Interlingue language (ISO 639-2 code)
2237ILO, International Labour Organization
2238ILRI, International Livestock Research Institute
2239ILS, Israeli shekel (ISO 4217 currency code)
2240ILY, IATA code for Islay Airport (Scotland), I Love You [pronounced ILL-LEE]
2241IM- Isle of Man (FIPS 10-4 territory code), Instant Message (internet speech)
2242IMA- Intermediate Maintenance Activity,Institute of Mathematics and Applications
2243IMBD, International Migratory Bird Day
2244IMDb,Internet Movie Database
2245IME, In My Experience
2246IMF- 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)
2247IMHO, In My Humble/Honest Opinion, cf. IMO
2248IML, International Mister Leather
2249IMLAST, International Movement for Leisure Activities in Science and Technology,see MILSET
2250IMNM,,Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy a rare, but serious ADR of statins [1]
2251IMNSHO, In My Not So Humble Opinion
2252IMPAC, International Merchant Purchase Authorization Card
2253IMPACT, International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce
2254IMPATT, IMPact Avalanche Transit Time diode
2255IMPT, Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
2256IMRO-Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization,Irish Music Rights Organisation
2257IMRL, Individual Material iness List
2258IMS- Information Management System,International Meat Secretariat,Ion Mobility Spectrometer
2259IMSA- Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy,International Mind Sports Association,International Motor Sports Association
2260IMsL, International Ms. Leather
2261IMT, Integrated Management Tool
2262IMU, International Mathematical Union
2263In, Indium
2264IN, India (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Indiana (postal symbol),Infantry
2265ina, Interlingua language (ISO 639-2 code)
2266INA, Immigration and Nationality Act
2267INAS, International Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
2268INCITS, InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
2269ind, Indonesian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2270IND, India (ISO 3166 trigram)
2271inet, the Internet
2272INDIGO, (U.S.) INtelligence DIvision Gaming Operation
2273INFORMS, (U.S.) Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
2274INFOSEC, Information Security
2275INLA, Irish National Liberation Army
2276INMARSAT, International Maritime Satellite organization
2277INR, Indian rupee (ISO 4217 currency code)
2278INRIA, Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique
2279INS, Immigration and Naturalization Service
2280InSAR, Interferometric synthetic aperture radar
2281INST, Information Standards and Technology
2282INTSUM, Intelligence Summary
2283INTERFET, International Force for East Timor
2284io, Ido language (ISO 639-1 code)
2285IO, British Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2286IOC- Initial Operational Capability,Intergovernmental Oceanic Commission,International Olympic Committee,International Ornithological Congress
2287IOLTA, Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (charitable funding mechanism, especially for legal aid)
2288IOM- Iowa, Ohio, Michigan (soybean origin),Institute of Medicine,International Organisation for Migration,Isle of Man
2289IONA, Islands of the North Atlantic (alternate name for Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, and related islands)
2290IOT, British Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 trigram)
2291IP, Clipperton Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code), Initial Point,Intellectual Property,Internet Protocol
2292IPA, India Pale Ale,International Phonetic Alphabet,Isopropyl alcohol
2293IPB, Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
2294IPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,Independent Police Complaints Commission
2295ipk, Inupiaq language (ISO 639-2 code)
2296IPL, Inferior Parietal Lobule
2297IPO, Initial Public Offering
2298IPR, In Progress Review,Intellectual Property Rights,Intelligence Production Requirement
2299IPT, Integrated Product/Project Team
2300IPTS, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies
2301IPTV, Internet Protocol TeleVision
2302IPW, Interrogation of Prisoners of War
2303IQ, Intelligence Quotient, Iraq (ISO 3166 digram)
2304IQD, Iraqi dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2305Ir, Iridium
2306IRA, Individual Retirement Account,Irish Republican Army (see also List of organisations known as the Irish Republican Army for groups claiming descent from this organisation)
2307IRAD, Internal Research and Development
2308IRAN,(I) Inspect and Repair As Necessary
2309IRAS, Infrared Astronomical Satellite
2310IRB, International Rugby Board
2311IRBM, Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
2312IRC, International Red Cross,International Reply Coupon,Internet Relay Chat
2313IREA, Intermountain Rural Electric Association
2314IRL, Ireland (ISO 3166 trigram),Industrial Research Limited,Indy Racing League,In real life
2315IRN, Iran (ISO 3166 trigram)
2316IRINN,Islamic Republic of Iran News Network
2317IRO, International Refugee Organisation
2318IRQ, Iraq (ISO 3166 trigram)
2319IRR, Iranian rial (ISO 4217 currency code)
2320IRS, U.S. Internal Revenue Service
2321IRST, Infra-red Search and Track
2322is, Icelandic language (ISO 639-1 code)
2323IS- Iceland (ISO 3166 digram),Israel (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2324ISA- Individual Savings Account,Industry Standard Architecture,Instruction Set Architecture,International Seabed Authority
2325ISAAA, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications
2326ISAF- International Sailing Federation,International Security Assistance Force
2327ISAR, Inverse SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)
2328ISB, Intermediate Staging Base
2329ISBN, International Standard Book Number (ISO 2108)
2330ISCCP, International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
2331ISCII, Indian Standard Code for Information Interchange
2332ISDN,Integrated Services Digital Network
2333ISEF, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
2334ISEN, Internet Search Environment Number
2335ISF, Internal Security Force
2336ISI-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
2337ISIL,(i/a) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
2338ISIS-(i/a) Institute for Science and International Security,Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
2339ISK, Icelandic krona (ISO 4217 currency code)
2340isl, Icelandic language (ISO 639-2 code)
2341ISL, Iceland (ISO 3166 trigram)
2342ISLN, International Standard Lawyer Number (used initially by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell)
2343ISM- Industrial, scientific or medical, Interstellar medium
2344ISMB, International Society of Matrix Biologists
2345ISMC, Intelligent Sounding Meaningless Conversation
2346ISOGP, Indian Society of Orthodontics for General Practitioners [2]
2347ISP- International Standardized Profile,Internet Service Provider,Information Systems Professional
2348ISPE,(a/i) International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
2349ISR- Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Israel (ISO 3166 trigram)
2350ISRO, Indian Space Research Organisation
2351ISS- International Shorebird Survey (North America),International Space Station
2352ISSCR, International Society for Stem Cell Research
2353ISSN, International standard serial number (ISO 3297)
2354IST- Information System Technology,UCF Institute for Simulation and Training
2355ISTAR, Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance
2356ISTC, Institute of Scientific and Technical Communications (UK)
2357ISTS, Intel Science Talent Search
2358ISU- Integrated Sight Unit,International Skating Union,IT[edit]
2359it, Italian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2360IT- InferoTemporal (neurophysiology),Information Technology, Italy (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2361ita, Italian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2362ITA, Italy (ISO 3166 trigram)
2363ITAG, Inertial Terrain-Aided Guidance
2364ITALY, I'll Truly Always Love You
2365ITAS, Improved Target Acquisition Sight
2366ITC, InferoTemporal Cortex (neurophysiology)
2367ITCZ,(i/p) Intertropical Convergence Zone
2368ITEC, Information Technology Exposition & Conference
2369ITEMS, Interactive Tactical Environment Management System
2370ITER, International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
2371ITF, International Tennis Federation
2372ITK, In The Know
2373ITN, Independent Television News (British)
2374ITS- Incompatible Time-sharing System,Individual Training Standards
2375ITT, International Telephone and Telegraph (U.S.)
2376ITTO, International Tropical Timber Organization
2377ITU- Intent-to-Use,International Telecommunication Union (International Telegraph Union 1865-1932),IU[edit]
2378iu, Inuktitut language (ISO 639-1 code)
2379IUCN, International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union)
2380IUSS, Integrated Undersea Surveillance System,Integrated Unit Simulation System,International Union of Soil Sciences
2381IV, Côte d'Ivoire (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Ivory Coast),Four (in Roman numerals), IntraVenous (as in intravenous drip or intravenous therapy)
2382IVD, Internet Video Device, intra vas device
2383Iveco, Industrial Vehicles Corporation
2384IVF, In Vitro Fertilisation
2385IVI, Interchangeable Virtual Instrument
2386IVIS,(i/a) Inter-Vehicle Information System
2387IVL, Inter-Visibility Line
2388IVM, In Vitro [Oocyte] Maturation
2389IVO, In Vicinity Of
2390IW, Information Warfare
2391IWARS, Infantry Warrior Simulation
2392IWC, International Whaling Commission
2393IWW, Industrial Workers of the World
2394IX, Nine (in Roman numerals)
2395IXT, IntraText digital library; IntraText lexical hypertext
2396IY, Saudi-Iraqi neutral zone (FIPS 10-4 territory code; obsolete 1993)
2397IZ, Iraq (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2398J, Joule
2399J1, Joint [Manpower &] Personnel Directorate
2400J2, Joint Intelligence Directorate
2401J2EE, Java 2 Platform, Enterprise ion
2402J2ME, Java 2 Platform, Micro ion
2403J2SE, Java 2 Platform, Standard ion
2404J3, Joint Operations Directorate
2405J4, Joint Logistics Directorate
2406J5, Joint Strategic Plans & Policy Directorate
2407J6, Joint Information Technology Directorate (Command, Control, Communications & Computer Systems)
2408J7, Joint Operational Plans & Interoperability Directorate
2409J8, Joint Force Structure, Resources, & Assessment Directorate
2410ja, Japanese language (ISO 639-1 code)
2411JA, Japan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2412JAFT, Just A Field Test
2413JAL, Japan Airlines
2414JALLC, Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (NATO)
2415JAM, Jamaica (ISO 3166 trigram)
2416JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association
2417JANET, Joint Academic Network
2418JANUS, 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)
2419JATO, Jet-Assisted Take-Off
2420jav, Javanese language (ISO 639-2 code)
2421JB, Junior Branch
2422JB, Jail Bait
2423JBFSA, Joint Blue Force Situational Awareness
2424JCDB, Joint Common Data Base
2425JCDS, Joint Chiefs of the Defence Staff
2426JCIDS, Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System
2427JCL, Job Control Language
2428JCP, Java Community Process
2429JCPM, Java Child Process Manager,Jesus Christ Prison Ministry
2430JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
2431JCW, Juggalo Championship Wrestling
2432JDBC, Java Data Base Connectivity
2433JDCC, UK Joint Doctrine and Concepts Centre, now the Development, Concepts, and Doctrine Centre, DCDC
2434JDEM, Joint Dark Energy Mission
2435JDK, Java Development Kit
2436JDL, Jewish Defense League
2437JDM- Japanese domestic market, referring specifically to automobiles and parts,Java Data Mining,Joint design manufacturing,JE[edit]
2438JE, Jersey (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2439JEB- James Ewell Brown (Stuart),John Ellis Bush
2440JEDP, Jahwist, Elohist, Deuteronomist, Priestly (according to the documentary hypothesis, the sources of the Torah)
2441JEE, Java Platform, Enterprise ion
2442JEFX, Joint Expeditionary Force eXperiment
2443JEPD- Jahwist, Elohist, Priestly, Deuteronomist,Jointly Exhaustive, Pairwise Disjoint
2444JET, Joint European Torus
2445JEZ, Joint Engagement Zone
2446JFACC, Joint Force Air Component Commander
2447JFACTSU, U.S. Joint Forward Air Control Training and Standards Unit
2448JFC, Joint Force Commander
2449JFK, John Fitzgerald Kennedy or the airport named after him.
2450JFLCC, Joint Force Land Component Commander
2451JFMCC, Joint Force Maritime Component Commander
2452JFO, Journal of Field Ornithology
2453JFSOCC, Joint Force Special Operations Component Commander
2454JFTX, Joint Field Training Exercise
2455JH, Japan Highway Public Corporation
2456JH, Jharkhand (Indian state code)
2457JI, Joint Implementation
2458JIB, Joint Information Bureau
2459JIC, Joint Intelligence Centre
2460JINI, Java Intelligent Network Infrastructure
2461JITC, Joint Interoperability Test Command
2462JIVE, Joint Institute for VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) in Europe
2463JJAP, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
2464JK, Jedi Knight,Just Kidding, Spanair (IATA airline designator),Jammu & Kashmir (Indian state code)
2465JL, Japan Airlines (IATA airline designator)
2466JLA, Justice League of America
2467JM, Jamaica (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2468JMD, Jamaican dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2469JMS, Java Message Service
2470JN, Jan Mayen Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2471JNI, Java Native Interface
2472JNLP, Java Network Launch Protocol
2473JO, Jordan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2474JOA,(a/i) Joint Operations Area
2475JOD, Jordanian dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2476JOPES, Joint Operations Planning and Execution System
2477JOR, Jordan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2478JOTS, Joint Operations Tactical System
2479JSP, Joint Services Publication
2480JP, Japan (ISO 3166 digram), Justice of the Peace
2481JPL, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2482jpn, Japanese language (ISO 639-2 code)
2483JPN, Japan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2484JPOW, Joint Project Optic Windmill
2485JPY, Japanese yen (ISO 4217 currency code)
2486JQ, Jetstar Airways (IATA airline designator), Johnny Quick, Johnston Atoll (FIPS 10-4 territory code), Jonny Quest,Joshua Quagmire
2487JRA, Japanese Red Army,Joint Rear Area
2488JRDF, Joint Rapid Deployment Forces
2489JRE, Java Runtime Environment
2490JREF, James Randi Educational Foundation
2491JROC, Joint Requirements Oversight Council
2492JROCM, JROC Memorandum
2493JRRF, Joint Rapid Reaction Force
2494JRSAI,Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
2495JSAP, Japan Society of Applied Physics
2496JSCSC, Joint Services Command and Staff College
2497JSEAD, Joint Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (see SEAD)
2498JSF, Joint Strike Fighter
2499JSIMS, Joint Simulation System
2500JSOA, Joint Special Operations Area
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