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1ABBRMEANING
20Dobvious deed
31AMAir Mechanic 1st Class
41DOne-Dimensional
52AMAir Mechanic 2nd Class
62DTwo-dimensional
72LATwo Letter Acronym
82Lt2nd Lieutenant
93AMAir Mechanic 3rd Class
103DThree-Dimensional
113GThird-generation mobile telephone system
123iInvestors In Industry (venture capitalists)
133MMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
144GFourth-generation mobile telephone system
154WDFour-wheel drive
165DFive-Dimensional
176DSix-Dimensional
187DSeven-Dimensional
198DEight-Dimensional
209DNine-Dimensional
21AAmpere
22A10Atlantic 10 Conference
23A1CAirman First Class
24A4European standard office paper size
25aAAttoampere
26AAAadministration,authorization,and authentication,American Automobile Association ('Triple-A'),anti-aircraft artillery,Amateur Athletic Association (of England),Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (Spanish,'Assistance,Consulting,and Administration'—Mexican professional wrestling promotion)
27AAASAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
28AAAVAdvanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle
29AADACAlberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
30AADDAdult attention deficit disorder
31AADTannual average daily traffic
32AAFESArmy and Air Force Exchange Service
33AAISadvanced airborne interceptor simulator
34AAMair-to-air missile
35AAMOFas a matter of fact
36AANAmerican Academy of Nursing
37AANEASAnglo-Australian Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
38AAODLAtmospheric Aerosols and Optics Data Library
39AAPCAccounting and Auditing Policy Committee
40AARPAmerican Association of Retired Persons (now officially known only by the initials)
41AASPEMadvanced air-to-air system performance evaluation model
42AATAustralian Antarctic Territory
43AAVAmphibious Assault Vehicle
44AAWCanti-air warfare commander
45ABAble Seaman (both the rank and the occupation),Alberta (postal symbol)
46ABBASEA Brown Boveri (Swiss-Swedish multinational company)
47ABBAAgnetha,Benny,Björn,Anni-Frid (Swedish pop group)
48ABCthe first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet
49ABCabstinence, be faithful, condoms
50ABCActive Body Control
51ABCairway, breathing, circulation
52ABCAlcoholic Beverage Commission
53ABCalien big cat
54ABCalways be careful
55ABCAmerican-born Chinese
56ABCanti-lock brake controller
57ABCatomic, biological, chemical
58ABCS(U.S.) Army Battle Command System
59ABETAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
60ABFISTAdvanced Bradley Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
61ABGIAddington-Barker Group International
62ABINAgência Brasileira de Inteligência (Brazilian Intelligence Agency)
63ABLAmerican Basketball League
64ABLEAirBorne Law Enforcement (police air support unit)
65ABMCAmerican Battle Monuments Commission
66ABNAustralian Business Number (a number issued by the Australian government as registration of a business and used for taxation purposes)
67ABPIAssociation of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
68ABRSMAssociated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
69ABSanti-lock braking system
70ABSAAmalgamated Banks of South Africa
71ABSTRIPSabstraction-based STRIPS
72ABVAlcohol by volume
73ABWAruba (ISO 3166 trigram)
74AcActinium
75ACAdriamycin-Cyclophosphamide (chemotherapy),Air Conditioning,Aircraftman,Alternating Current,Altocumulus,ante Christum (Latin,'before Christ'; see BC),ante cibum (Latin,'before meals'),Antigua and Barbuda (FIPS 10-4 country code),Associazione Calcio (Italian,'football (soccer) club'),A/C,Air Conditioned/Conditioning,Aircraft
76aCAttocoulomb
77AC1Aircraftman 1st Class
78AC2Aircraftman 2nd Class
79ACAAffordable Care Act,shorthand for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,commonly called 'Obamacare',Airspace Control Authority,Airspace Co-ordination Area,A Current Affair
80ACARSAircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System
81ACBAsociación de Clubes de Baloncesto (Spanish for 'Association of Basketball Clubs')
82ACCACAwdurdod Cymwysterau,Cwricwlwm ac Asesu Cymru (Qualifications,Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales)
83ACCDAmerican Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
84ACCSAir Communications and Control Squadron
85ACDAArms Control & Disarmament Agency
86ACDCAlternating Current Direct Current,the name of an Australian rock music band,a term for a bisexual person,A/Cdre,Air Commodore
87ACDTApple Certified Desktop Technician,Australian Central Daylight Time
88ACESAerolíneas Centrales de Colombia (Spanish,'Central Colombian Airlines'),Auxiliary Campus Enterprises and Services of Alfred State College
89ACFAdministration for Children and Families,American Car and Foundry,American Culinary Federation
90ACHTAverage Call Hold Time
91ACINTAcoustic Intelligence
92ACKAcknowledge (telecommunications; cf. NAK)
93ACLAccess Control List,Anterior cruciate ligament; the initialism can also refer to an injury to this ligament.,Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
94ACLJAmerican Center for Law and Justice
95ACLOSAutomatic CLOS (missile control system)
96ACLSAmerican Council of Learned Societies
97ACLUAmerican Civil Liberties Union,American Communist Lawyers Union (pejorative slang for the above)
98ACMmany,including Association for Computing Machinery; see entry
99ACMC(U.S.) Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
100ACNAirborne Communications Node,Australian Company Number (number issued by the Australian government as registration of a limited liability company)
101ACNAAnglican Church in North America
102ACOAirspace Control Order
103ACOBAAdvisory Committee on Business Appointments
104ACOGAmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
105ACOM(U.S.) Atlantic Command
106ACORNAssociation of Community Organizations for Reform Now
107ACPAfrican,Caribbean and Pacific Group of States,Air Control Point
108ACRAdvanced Concepts and Requirements
109ACRIAfrican Crisis Initiative
110ACRTAdvanced Concepts Research Tool simulator
111ACSAffiliated Computer Services (NYSE ACS),Alaska Communications Service,American Cancer Society,American Chemical Society,Association of Caribbean States,Australian Computer Society
112ACSCArmy Command and Staff College (various nations)
113ACSTAmerican Cooperative School of Tunis
114ACSTAustralian Central Standard Time
115ACTAdaptive Control of Thought (cognitive model),American College Test (ing Program),Australian Capital Territory (also postal symbol),ACT UP,AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
116ACTDAdvanced Concept Technology Demonstration
117ACTF(U.S.) Army Constructive Training Federation,Australian Children's Television Foundation,ACT-R,ACT-Rational (cognitive model),ACT-R/PM,ACT-R/Perceptual-Motor (cognitive model)
118ACTUAustralian Council of Trade Unions
119ACUAmerican Conservative Union
120ACUFAdvisory Committee on Undersea Features,American Conservative Union Foundation
121ADAnno Domini (Latin for 'In the year of our Lord')
122ADAAir Defence Artillery,American Dental Association,Assistant District Attorney,Americans with Disabilities Act (see also the similar but non-acronymic Ada programming language)
123ADACAllgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (German for 'General German Automobile Club')
124ADAGEAir Defense Air to Ground Engagement (simulation)
125ADAPAIDS Drug Assistance Program
126ADASAsiago-DLR Asteroid Survey
127ADATAlesis Digital Audio Tape (recording format)
128ADATSAgricultural Development and Training Society,Air Defence Anti-Tank System,Australian Defence Air Traffic System
129ADBAsian Development Bank
130ADCAide De Camp,U.S. Air Defense Command (1946-1992),Apple Display Connector,Program Against Digital Counterfeiting of Currency
131ADDAnalog Digital Digital (CD quality),Attention-Deficit Disorder,Administration on Developmental Disabilities
132ADDIEAnalyze Design Develop Implement and Evaluate
133ADDNSAdvanced Deployable Day/Night Simulation
134ADGBAir Defence of Great Britain
135ADHDAttention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
136ADHSAttention-Deficit Hyperactivity Syndrome
137ADIAcceptable/Allowable Daily Intake
138ADLAnti-Defamation League
139ADMAdministrative,,Admiral,and the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps,Archer Daniels Midland,Assistant Deputy Minister
140ADOAAir Defence Operations Area
141ADPAdenosine DiPhosphate,Army Doctrine Publication (UK,Canada,Australia),Automatic/Automated Data Processing
142ADRGArc-second Raster Chart (ARC) Digitized Raster Graphics
143ADSActive Denial System,Astrophysics Data System,Attention Deficit Syndrome
144ADSRAttack,Decay,Sustain,Release (sound envelope specification)
145ADTAtlantic Daylight Time (UTC3 hours)
146ADTBArmy Doctrine and Training Bulletin
147ADWAir Defence Warning
148AEArmed Forces Africa/Canada/Europe/Middle East (postal symbol),United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code),Artix Entertainment,American Eagle,A&E, Arts & Entertainment Network,the original name for the U.S. TV channel now known as A&E Network
149AEDTAustralian Eastern Daylight Time
150AEFAmerican Expeditionary Force
151AEGISAirborne Early warning Ground environment Interface Segment (fake etymology)
152AESRAeronautical Equipment Service Record
153AESTAustralian Eastern Standard Time
154aetAfter extra time (Football)
155AEWAirborne Early Warning,Airborne Electronic Warfare
156AFAfghanistan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Air Force,As f*ck
157aFAttofarad
158AFAU.S. Air Force Academy,Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (Spanish for 'Argentine Football Association')
159AFAICAs Far As I'm Concerned
160AFAICTAs Far As I Can Tell
161AFAIKAs Far As I Know
162AFAIRAs Far As I Remember/Recall
163AFAMAssociazione Friulana di Astronomia e Meteorologia (Italian,'Friuli Association of Astronomy and Meteorology'),Department of African and Afro-American Studies,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — notable for its links to the school's academic-athletic scandal in the 2010s
164AFATDSAdvanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System
165AFCEAArmed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
166AFDBAfrican Development Bank
167AFESAutomatic Fire Extinguishing System
168AFGAfghanistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
169AFIFrench Territory of the Afars and Issas (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1977),'Agencia Federal de Investigaciónes' (México)
170AFISTAbrams Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
171AFJApril Fool's Joke
172AFKAway From Keyboard (Internet chat abbreviation)
173AFLACAmerican Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus
174AFOAssociation of Field Ornithologists
175AFOSRU.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research
176AFPAgence France-Presse (French,'French Press Agency'), Australian Federal Police
177AFQTArmed Forces Qualification Test
178AFRCAir Force Reserve Command
179AFRLAir Force Research Laboratory
180AFROTCAir Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
181AFRRI(U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
182AFRTSArmed Forces Radio and Television Service
183AFSCU.S. Air Force Staff College (obsolete; replaced with JFSC), U.S. Air Force Systems Command
184AFSCNU.S. Air Force Satellite Control Network
185AFSPCAir Force Space Command
186AFTAmerican Farmland Trust
187AFVarmoured fighting vehicle
188AGair gunner,Aktiengesellschaft (German,'incorporated'),Algeria (FIPS 10-4 country code),Antigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166 digram),Assemblies of God
189agAttogram
190AgSilver (Latin for 'argentum')
191AGAAB Gas-accumulator ('ah-gah',Swedish company),Advanced Graphics Architecture
192AGARDAdvisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development
193AGARDographAdvanced Guidance for Alliance Research and Development publication
194AGASAAkeno Giant Air Shower Array (cosmic ray detector)
195AGBInternal Nintendo initialism (Advanced Game Boy) for Game Boy Advance
196AGCAdjutant General's Corps (British Army)
197AGDCAustralian Game Developers' Conference
198AGIAuxiliary Group Intelligence
199AGMAnnual General Meeting
200AGNActive Galactic Nucleus
201AGOAngola (ISO 3166 trigram)
202AGPAccelerated Graphics Port
203AGRICOLAAgriculture Online Access
204AGSAlaska Ground Station (LandSat)
205AGTSAdvanced Gunnery Training System
206AGUAmerican Geophysical Union
207AGWAutonomous Guided Weapon
208AhAmpere-hour
209AHAttack Helicopter
210aHAttohenry
211AHAAmerican Heart Association
212AHCPRAgency for Health Care Policy and Research (obsolete; replaced with AHRQ)
213AHECAustralian Health Ethics Committee
214AHPCRCArmy High Performance Computing Research Center
215AHQAir Headquarters
216AHRQAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality
217AHSAmerican Housing Survey
218AIAir Interdiction,Amnesty International,Artificial Insemination,Artificial Intelligence,Anguilla (ISO 3166 digram)
219AIAAerospace Industries Association,American Institute of Architects,Anguilla (ISO 3166 trigram)
220AIAAAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
221AICAfrican Independent Church,Animal Identification Coordinator
222AICDAustralian Institute of Company Directors
223AICMFPAnd I Claim My Five Pounds
224AIDU.S. Agency for International Development
225AIDSAcquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
226AIMAustralian Institute of Management
227AIMPAurora Incremental Modernization Project
228AIPACAmerican Israel Public Affairs Committee
229AIRAircraft Inventory Record
230AIRFAAmerican Indian Religious Freedom Act
231AIRSAerometric Information Retrieval System (obsolete; replaced with AFS)
232AISAustralian Institute of Sport,Automatic Identification System
233AISB(British Society for the Study of) Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour
234aJAttojoule
235AJAzerbaijan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
236AjaxAsynchronous JavaScript And XML
237AJDAstronomical Julian day
238AJPAllied Joint Publication
239AJPWAll Japan Pro Wrestling
240AKAlaska (postal symbol)
241aKAttokelvin
242AKAAbove knee amputation (orthopaedic usage)
243AKDTAlaska Standard Daylight Saving Time (UTC8 hours)
244AKPAdalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (Turkish,'Justice and Development Party')
245AKSTAlaska Standard Time (UTC9 hours)
246ALAlabama (postal symbol),Albania (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Anno Lucis (Latin,'Year of Light',in Masonic tradition,most often seen on plaques bearing the founding dates of buildings,in years AD and years AL)
247AlAluminium
248aLAttolitre
249ALAÅland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
250ALAPAs Long/Late As Possible
251ALARMAir-Launched Anti-Radar Missile
252ALBAlbania (ISO 3166 trigram)
253ALDAccounting Line Designator (nuclear weapon targeting)
254ALERTAdvanced Linked Extended Reconnaissance and Targeting,Attack and Launch Early Reporting to Theatre
255ALFAfrica Leadership Forum,Alien Life Form (cf. ALF (TV series)),Animal Liberation Front
256ALGAlgeria (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
257ALGOLALGOrithmic Language
258ALPAAir Line Pilots Association
259ALSAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
260ALSHSAbraham Low Self-Help Systems
261ALSPAggregate Level Simulation Protocol
262ALTEAssociation of Language Testers in Europe
263AmAmericium
264AMAmplitude Modulation and Ante Meridiem; see entry,Armenia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
265AM1Airman 1st class
266AMCBU.S. Army/Marine Corps Board
267AMFOMAdvanced Missile Fly Out Model
268AMFRAge-specific Marital Fertility Rate,Amplitude Modulation Following Response
269AMFRSAdvanced Multi-Function Radio Frequency System,Automatic Multisensor Feature-based Recognition System
270AMLAcute Myeloid Leukaemia
271AMLCDActive Matrix Liquid Crystal Display
272AMLOAndrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexican politician),Anti-Money Laundering Office (Thailand government agency)
273AMOAtlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
274AMOLEDActive-matrix organic light-emitting diode
275AMOSAdvanced MOrtar System,Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory
276AMPAdenosine MonoPhosphate,Automated Mission Planner
277AMRAAMAdvanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile
278AMRDECU.S. Aviation & Missile Research,Development,& Engineering Center
279AMSAgriculture Marketing Service,American Mathematical Society
280AMSAAU.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity
281AMSOU.S. Army Model and Simulation Office
282AMSUAdvanced Microwave Sounding Unit
283AMTEUK Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment (1977-1984)
284ANAndorra (FIPS 10-4 country code),Netherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 digram)
285aNAttonewton
286ANAAdministration for Native Americans,Afghan National Army,All Nippon Airways,Anti-Nuclear Anti-body,Australian National Airways,Australian Natives' Association
287ANCAfrican National Congress
288ANDAndorra (ISO 3166 trigram)
289ANFOAmmonium nitrate/fuel oil (explosive)
290ANGLiCoAir/Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
291ANLArgonne National Laboratory
292ANMAcoustic Noise Monitor
293ANOVAANalysis Of VAriance
294ANSApplied and Natural Sciences
295ANSIAmerican National Standards Institute
296ANTNetherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 trigram),Antigua and Barbuda (IOC trigram,but not ISO 3166 or FIFA)
297ANTMAmerica's Next Top Model
298ANTYAcronyms,No Thank You
299ANWRArctic National Wildlife Refuge /ˈænwɑr/
300ANZAustralia and New Zealand Banking Group
301ANZACAustralian and New Zealand Army Corps
302AOAngola (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Approach Officer (submarine),Area of Operations
303AOCAir Operations Centre,Air Officer Commanding
304AODAdrenalin O.D. (punk rock band)
305AOIAngle Of Incidence (Arab Organization for Industrialization)
306AOLAmerica OnLine
307AORArea of Responsibility
308AOSTHAdventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
309AOTSAttack of the Show!
310AOUAmerican Ornithologists' Union
311APAdvanced Placement,Air Publication,Andhra Pradesh (Indian state code),Armed Forces Pacific (postal symbol),Associated Press,Auto Pilot
312APBAll Points Bulletin (police jargon)
313APECAsia Pacific Economic Cooperation
314APEDSAMSAA Performance Estimates Data System
315APEXApplied Physics Express
316APHAAmerican Public Health Association
317APHISAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service
318APLAcute Promyeloid Leukaemia,Anti-Personnel Landmine,Applied Physics Laboratory (Johns Hopkins University)
319APODAerial Port (Airport) Of Debarkation
320APOEAerial Port (Airport) Of Embarkation
321APOLLOApache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation
322APPAllied Procedural Publication
323APRAnnual Percentage Rate
324AQIMAl-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
325ArArgon
326ARAGAdvanced Research and Assessment Group
327ARBAdministrative Review Board
328ARBAArmy Review Boards Agency
329ARCAAutomobile Racing Club of America
330ARCENTUnited States Army Central Command
331ARDAAdvanced Research and Development Activity (became DTO 2006)
332ARFASEAN Regional Forum
333ARGArgentina (ISO 3166 trigram)
334ARHArmed Reconnaissance Helicopter
335ARNetAcquisition Reform Network
336ARPApplied Research Programme
337ARPAAdvanced Research Projects Agency
338ARRCACE Rapid Reaction Corps
339ARRFAllied Rapid Reaction Force
340ARRLAmerican Radio Relay League
341ARSCArctic Region Supercomputing Center
342ARSPACEU.S. Army Space Command
343ARTCCAir Route Traffic Control Center
344ARWGArmy Research Working Group
345ASActionScript
346ASAmerican Samoa (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram),Australia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Assam / Asom (Indian state code)
347AsArsenic
348aSAttosiemens
349ASAAcetylSalicylic Acid,American Standards Association,Army Security Agency,Atlantic Southeast Airlines
350ASAPAs Soon As Possible
351ASARSAdvanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System,Airborne Search and Rescue System
352asblassociation sans but lucratif (French 'Non-profit organisation')
353ASBOAnti-Social Behaviour Order
354ASCAPAmerican Society of Composers,Authors,and Publishers
355ASCCArmy Service Component Commander,Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator,Air Standardization Coordinating Committee
356ASCIIAmerican Standard Code for Information Interchange
357ASD(U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense,autism spectrum disorder
358ASDICAllied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee (Sonar)
359ASEANAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations
360ASFARAmericans for a Society Free of Age Restrictions
361ASGArea Support Group
362ASICAustralian Securities and Investments Commission,Aviation Security Identification Card
363ASICSAnima sana in corpore sano (Latin for 'A sound mind in a sound body') (athletic shoe manufacturer)
364ASIOAustralian Security Intelligence Organisation,Audio stream input output
365ASIPAdvanced System Improvement Program,Army Stationing and Installation Plan,Application-specific instruction-set processor
366ASLAbove Sea Level,American Sign Language (also known as Ameslan),'Age,Sex,Location?' (Internet slang)
367ASMAir-to-Surface Missile,American Samoa (ISO 3166 trigram),American Society for Metals,American Society for Microbiology
368ASMBAmerican Society for Matrix Biology,Adult Swim Message Board
369ASMEAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers,American Society of Magazine ors
370ASMPAir-Sol Moyenne Portée missile (French 'Medium-range air to surface'),Asymmetric multiprocessing
371ASNAssociate of Science in Nursing
372ASOCAir Sovereignty Operations Centre,Air Support Operations Centre,Airport Security and Operations Centre,Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition,Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus,Australian Standard Offence Classification
373ASPActive Server Pages,American Society of Primatologists,Ammunition Supply Point,Application Service Provider (cf internet service provider),Astronomical Society of the Pacific,Association of Surfing Professionals
374ASPIAustralian Strategic Policy Institute
375ASRAlkali-silica reaction,Anti Slip Regulation
376ASRAAMAdvanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile
377ASSCAssociation for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
378ASTAtlantic Standard Time (UTC4 hours)
379ASTIAArmed Services Technical Information Agency
380ASTMAmerican Society for Testing and Materials
381ASTREAAerial Support To Regional Enforcement Agencies (sheriff's air support unit)
382ASUWAntiSUrface Warfare
383ASVABArmed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery(taken by juniors in high school in the USA)
384ASVELAssociation Sportive Villeurbanne Éveil Lyonnais (Association Sportive is French for 'Sporting Association'; the club was founded through the merger of AS Villeurbanne and Éveil Lyonnais)
385ASWAntiSubmarine Warfare
386ASWORG(U.S.) AntiSubmarine Warfare Operations Research Group
387ASXAdvanced Stream Redirector,Australian Securities Exchange
388ATAnti-Tank,Ashmore and Cartier Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Austria (ISO 3166 digram),Advanced Technology (IBM Personal Computer/AT)
389AtAstatine
390aTAttotesla
391ATAAdvanced Technology Attachment (IBM Personal Computer),Afghan Transitional Authority,Allen Telescope Array,Antarctica (ISO 3166 trigram)
392ATACAir Transportable Acoustic Communications
393ATAPIAdvanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
394ATATAiken Tactical Airsoft Team / Star Wars vehicle
395ATBActive Time Battle,British Antarctic Territory (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1979)
396ATCAir Training Corps, U.S. Air Transport Command (1942-1948), Athletic Trainer,Certified
397ATESSAerospace and Telecommunications Engineering Support Squadron
398ATFFrench Southern Territories (ISO 3166 trigram),(U.S.) Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives
399ATGAntigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166 and FIFA trigram)
400ATGMAnti-Tank Guided Missile
401ATGWAnti-Tank Guided Weapon
402ATKAttack
403ATLAtlanta,Georgia,the largest city and capital of Georgia
404ATLASAll-Terrain Lifter Army System,Assessment Tool for LAnd Systems
405ATMAt The Moment
406ATNDronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1983)
407ATOAir Tasking Order,Australian Taxation Office
408ATPAdenosine TriPhosphate,Allied Tactical Publication,Ammunition Transfer Point
409ATSD(U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense
410ATSDRAgency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
411ATVAll-Terrain Vehicle
412ATWAAir,Trees,Water,Animals
413AUAfrican Union (was OAU before 2000),American University,Astronomical Unit,Australia (ISO 3166 digram),Austria (FIPS 10-4 country code)
414AuGold (Latin 'Aurum')
415AUCAb Urbe Condita / Anno Urbis Conditae (Latin for 'from the founding of the city' / 'in the year since the founding of the city') (of Rome),Area Under the Curve (concentration time curve; medicine)
416AUSAustralia (ISO 3166 trigram)
417AUSCANNZUKUSAustralia,Canada,New Zealand,United Kingdom,United States (security designation)
418AuslanAustralian Sign Language
419AUTAustria (ISO 3166 trigram)
420AUTLArmy Universal Task List
421AVAnguilla (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Audio-Visual,Aviation
422AvAperture value (photographic mode)
423aVAttovolt
424AVAAmerican Viticultural Area
425AVBAudio Video Bridging
426AVDLRAviation Depot Level Repair
427AVGPArmoured Vehicle, General Purpose
428AVIMAviation Intermediate Maintenance
429AVLBArmoured Vehicle Launched Body
430AVMAir Vice-Marshal, Arteriovenous malformation
431AVOApprehended Violence Order
432AVPArubaanse Volkspartij
433AVPAssociation of Volleyball Professionals
434AVREArmoured Vehicle Royal Engineers
435AVTBArmoured Vehicle Test Bed,Aviation Test Bed
436AVUMAviation Unit Maintenance
437AVVOAcute Vaginal Venereal Outbreak
438AWAruba (ISO 3166 digram)
439aWAttowatt
440AWAAmerican Wrestling Association
441AWCAir Warfare Centre
442AWDAll Wheel Drive
443AWEAdvanced Warfighting Experiment
444AWPAwaiting Parts (SM&R code)
445AWSIMAir Warfare SIMulation
446AWSTAustralian Western Standard Time
447AWWAbove Water Warfare
448AXÅland Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
449AXPAmbulance eXchange Point
450AYAntarctica (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
451AYBABTUAll Your Base Are Belong To Us
452AYUAs Yet Unknown
453AZArizona (postal symbol),Azerbaijan (ISO 3166 digram),Alkmaar Zaanstreek (Dutch football club)
454AZEAzerbaijan (ISO 3166 trigram)
455AZURActions en zone urbaine (French for: Urban Operations)
456BARBarbados (IOC trigram,but not FIFA or ISO 3166),British American Racing,Browning Automatic Rifle,Buy-American Restrictions,BARD , Binational Agricultural Research and Development fund (between the US and Israel),BARDA , Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency,BART , Bay Area Rapid Transit,BAS , Battalion Aid Station,BASE , Building,Antenna,Span,Earth (parachute from),BASF , Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory,a German chemicals company),BASIC , Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (acronym was added later,originally it was simply Basic),BAT , Basic Aid Training,BATF , U.S. Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,and Firearms,BATS , Behavior Analysis Training System ,Bradley Advanced Training System,BATTeRS , Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescope for Rapid Survey,BB[edit]
457BBBarbados (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code),Boys' Brigade (Christian youth organization),Brigitte Bardot (actress),Bumblebee
458BBBBetter Business Bureau,Blood-brain barrier
459BBCBreeding Bird Census,British Broadcasting Corporation,Bumper to Back of Cab (trucking measurement)
460BBLBe Back Later,Bird Banding Laboratory,British Basketball League
461BBNBolt,Beranek and Newman
462BBQBarbecue
463BBSBreeding 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)
464BBYOB'nai B'rith Youth Organization
465BCBefore Christ,Blind Copy (in emailers),Boston College,Botswana (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Bechuanaland),British Columbia (postal symbol)
466BCABachelor of Computer Application,Black Coaches & Administrators
467BCCBlind Carbon Copy
468BCCIBank of Credit and Commerce International,Board of Control for Cricket in India,BCD , Binary-Coded Decimal
469BEABanque extérieure d'Algérie,British European Airways (ancestor of British Airways),British Electricity Authority,bel
470BELBelgium (ISO 3166 trigram)
471BENBenin (ISO 3166 trigram)
472BEOBanquet Event Order
473BERCBusiness Environmental Resource Center
474BERBit Error Rate
475BHBahrain (ISO 3166 digram),Belize (FIPS 10-4 country code)
476BHRBahrain (ISO 3166 trigram)
477BNFBackus-Naur Form (computing), British National Formulary
478BNICEBiological,Nuclear,Incendiary,Chemical,and Explosive Agents
479BNPBritish National Party,Banque Nationale de Paris,a predecessor to today's BNP Paribas
480BNSBank of Nova Scotia
481BNSFBurlington Northern Santa Fe (also AAR reporting mark)
482BOBack Orifice,Belarus (FIPS 10-4 country code),Biarritz Olympique (French rugby union club),Bolivia (ISO 3166 digram),Body odor
483BOACBritish Overseas Airways Corporation (predecessor of British Airways)
484BoAMLBank of America Merrill Lynch
485BOCBritish Orthodontic Society, British Oxygen Company
486BÖCBlue Öyster Cult
487BODMASBrackets,Orders,Division,Multiplication,Addition,Subtraction
488BOFHBastard Operator From Hell
489BOGABend Over and Grab Ankles
490BOGOFBuy One,Get One Free
491BOGsBunch of Guys
492BOIBalance Of Investment,Basis Of Issue
493BOLBolivia (ISO 3166 trigram)
494BOMBase Object Model,Bill Of Materials,Block of the Month quilting term,Business opportunity meeting
495BOPDBarrel of Oil Per Day
496BOSBattlefield Operating System
497BOTBalance of Trade,Botswana (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Build Operate Transfer,Bank of Thailand,BP[edit]
498BPBattle 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
499BPVBattlefield Planning Visualization,Bovine papillomavirus
500BQBritish 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)
501BRBrazil (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) ,Bihar (Indian state code),British Rail,Break Ranks (marching band term)
502BRABrazil (ISO 3166 trigram)
503BRAGBicycle Ride Across Georgia
504BRASSBreathe,Relax,Aim,Sight,Squeeze (acronym for using a rifle)
505BRICBrazil, Russia, India, and China
506BRICSBrazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa
507BSABirmingham Small Arms (motorcycles company),Boy Scouts of America,Brigade Support Area
508BSatCoPBenjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins
509BSEBovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (better known as mad cow disease)
510BSNBaloncesto Superior Nacional (Spanish,'National Superior Basketball'; top Puerto Rican league),Bank Simpanan Nasional (Malay,'National Savings Bank'; government-owned Malaysian bank)
511BSNLBharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,Bachelor of Science in Nursing
512BSoDBlue Screen of Death (distinct from BSD)
513BSPBetween-Show Promotion,Binary Space Partitioning,Board Support Package,British Standard Pipe (screw thread),Business-sponsored,Bone sialoprotein
514BSTBinary search tree,Blended Sales Tax,Bovine somatotropin,British Summer Time
515BSWBritish Standard Whitworth (screw thread)
516BSXBendigo Stock Exchange
517BTBaal teshuva (Hebrew,'master of repentance') ,used to describe a Jew who adopts Orthodox Judaism as an adult,Bathythermograph,Bhutan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),BitTorrent,British Telecom,the former name of the company now known as BT Group,BTDT , Been There,Done That,Bti , Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis,BTID , Battlefield Target Identification Device,BTIS , Battlefield Target Identification System
518BtBaronet,Bacillus thuringiensis
519BTOBuilt To Order
520BTPBritish Transport Police
521BTRBronetransporter (БТР = Бронетранспортер '(Heavy) Armoured (Personnel) Transporter')
522BTUBritish Thermal Unit
523BTWBy The Way
524BUBulgaria (FIPS 10-4 country code) -,Burma (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1989)
525BUAVBritish Union for the Abolition of Vivisection
526BUG-EBattlefield Universal Gateway Equipment ('buggy')
527BUNOBureau Number (aircraft serial number)
528BURBurma (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1989)
529BVBackground Vocals -,Battlefield Visualization ,,Bouvet Island (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
530BVDBradley,Voorhees & Day (underwear manufacturer)
531BVRBeyond Visual Range
532BVTBouvet Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
533B&WBabcock & Wilcox, Black and White, Bowers & Wilkins
534BWBring Wedges (ISO digram)
535BWBotswana (ISO 3166 digram)
536BWABotswana (ISO 3166 trigram)
537BWARSBees,Wasps & Ants Recording Society
538BWCBiological and Toxin Weapons Convention
539BWRBoiling-Water Reactor
540BXBase eXchange
541BYBurundi (FIPS 10-4 country code), Belarus (ISO 3166 digram), Bavaria
542BYOBBring Your Own Bottle (or beer, beverage, or booze) (multiple,but similar,meanings)
543BYOCBring Your Own Computer (play on BYOB)
544BYOFBring Your Own Flask
545BYSByelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1992)
546BYUBrigham Young University
547BZBelize (ISO 3166 digram)
548BZPBenzylpiperazine
549CCarbon, Coulomb, One Hundred (in Roman numerals)
550cCenti
551C2CConsumer-To-Consumer electronic commerce, Cam-To-Cam internet chat
552c2cthe British rail company formerly known as LTS Rail
553CaCalcium
554CACalifornia (postal symbol),Canada (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Catalonia,Civil Affairs,Close Armour,Cocaine Anonymous,Computer Associates,Counter-Air,Cricket Australia
555CAACanadian 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
556CAATCampaign Against Arms Trade,Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
557CACCalifornia Association of Criminalists,Chronic Asymptomatic [Disease] Carrier
558CACMCentral American Common Market
559CACMCommunications of the ACM
560CADCAMComputer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing
561CADMIDConcept,Assessment,Demonstration,Manufacture,In service,Disposal (life cycle mnemonic)
562CADPATCAnadian Disruptive PATtern
563CAECanadian Aviation Electronics (originally),Certificate in Advanced English
564CAEnClose Action Engagement (constructive simulation)
565CAFCentral African Republic (ISO 3166 trigram),Confederation of African Football (or French Confédération Africaine de Football)
566CAFADCombined Arms For Air Defence
567CAFDECanadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters,Computer Aided Federation Development Environment
568CAFECorporate Average Fuel Economy standard
569CAIComputer Assisted Instruction
570CAIRCouncil on American-Islamic Relations
571CALABARZONA region in the Philippines: CAvite,LAguna,BAtangas,Rizal,queZON
572CALLCenter for Army Lessons Learned
573CALMCommunications,Air-interface,Long and Medium range
574CalPERSCalifornia Public Employees' Retirement System
575CaltransCalifornia Department of Transpotation
576CAMChemical Agent Monitor,Complementary and alternative medicine,Computer-Aided Manufacturing,Crassulacean acid metabolism (type of photosynthesis)
577CAMRACAMpaign for Real Ale
578CANCanada (ISO 3166 trigram)
579CANDUCANada Deuterium Uranium (nuclear reactor design)
580CanolaCanadian oil,low acid (referring to a specific cultivar of rapeseed bred to have a low erucic acid content)
581CAPESCAPability Evaluation System,Combined Arms Planning and Execution System
582CARECitizens 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)
583CARMONETTEComputerized Monte Carlo Simulation
584CARPComputed Air Release Point
585CARTChampionship Auto Racing Teams (now defunct)
586CASChemical Abstracts Service,Chief of the Air Staff,Close Air Support
587CASACivil Aviation Safety Authority
588CASECellular ammunition storage equipment,Computer-Aided Software Engineering
589CASSCommand Activated Sonobuoy System
590CASTFOREMCombined Arms and Support Task FORce Evaluation Model
591CASTORCanadian Automatic Small Telescopes for Orbital Research
592CATCommunity Acceptance Testing
593CATKCounterattack
594CATSComputer Active Technology Suspension
595CATTCombined Arms Tactical Trainer
596CAVCavalry
597CAVOKCeiling And Visibility OK ('Kav-okay')
598CAWCanadian Auto Workers (trade union)
599CBCitizens' Band radio,Cambodia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
600CBASSECommission on Behavioral And Social Sciences and Education ('sea bass')
601CBCCanadian Broadcasting Corporation,Christmas Bird Count,Cipher-Block Chaining,Cornering Brake Control
602CBECommander of the Order of the British Empire,Cab Beside Engine (see truck)
603CBFConfederação Brasileira de Futebol (Portuguese,'Brazilian Football Confederation')
604CBGBCountry,Blue Grass,and Blues (former New York City nightclub)
605CBLAComparative bullet lead analysis
606CBMCanadian Baptist Ministries
607CBMCommodore Business Machines
608CBMLCoalition Battle Management Language
609CBNCardsApp Brand Number
610CBOLConsortium for the Barcode of Life
611CBOTChicago Board of Trade
612CBPCustoms and Border Protection
613CBRCase-Based Reasoning
614CBRNChemical,Biological,Radiological,or Nuclear (weapon or event)
615CBRNEChemical,Biological,Radiological,Nuclear or [high-yield] Explosive (weapon or event)
616CBSColumbia Broadcasting System,Corps Battle Simulation
617CBUSColumbus,Ohio
618CCcarbon copy
619CCACounter Command Activity
620CCCCanterbury Clothing Company,Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.,1930s and 1940s),Corpus Christi College,Oxford
621CCCPCentral Committee of the Communist Party,Cyrillic for SSSR (Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik,Russian Союз Советских Социалистических Республик,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
622CCDCharge-Coupled Device,Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (Catechism)
623CCFCartoon Cartoon Fridays
624CCGCanadian Coast Guard,Collectible Card Game
625CCGCCanadian Coast Guard Cutter,Canadian Coast Guard College
626CCGHCanadian Coast Guard Hovercraft
627CCGSCanadian Coast Guard Ship,Christ Church Grammar School
628CCHComputer-Controlled Hostile
629CCIFComité consultatif international des communications téléphoniques à grande distance (French for International Telephone Consultative Committee,merged with the CCIT in 1956 to form the CCITT)
630CCIICommand and Control Information Infrastructure,Community Capital Investment Initiative
631CCIRComité consultatif international pour la radio (French for Consultative Committee on International Radio,became the ITU Radiocommunication Sector,ITU-R,in 1992),Commander's Critical Information Requirements
632CCITComité consultatif international télégraphique (French for International Telegraph Consultative Committee,merged with the CCIF in 1956 to form the CCITT)
633CCITTComité consultatif international téléphonique et télégraphique (French for International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee,became the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector,ITU-T,in 1992)
634CCKCholecystokinin,Cocos (Keeling) Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
635CCMCanada Cycle & Motor Co. Ltd. (now split into two separate companies bearing the CCM name,one manufacturing bicycles and the other ice hockey equipment),Contemporary Christian music
636CCOCCanadian Children's Opera Chorus,Crosley Car Owners Club
637CCOPCoalition Common Operating/Operational Picture
638CCPCasualty Collection Point,Communications Checkpoint,Contingency Communications Package
639CCPAConsumer Credit Protection Act
640CCRCreedence Clearwater Revival
641CCRApCanadian Conservative Reform Alliance party
642CCRPCommand and Control Research Program
643CCRTSCommand and Control Research and Technology Symposium
644CCSCSConsultative Committee for Space Data Systems
645CCSCSCoordinadora de Centrales Sindicales del Cono Sur
646CCSILCommand and Control Simulation Interface Language ('cecil')
647CCSKCyclic Code Shift Keying
648CCTCurrent Commitments Team
649CdCadmium
650cdCandela
651CDCompact Disc
652CD1Cluster of Differentiation 1 (a small gene family)
653CDAUK Centre for Defence Analysis
654CDDCapabilities Development Document
655CDEChemical Defence Equipment
656CDIACCarbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center ('see-dee-ack')
657CDipAFCertified Diploma in Accounting and Finance
658CDLCommercial driver's license
659CDMClean Development Mechanism (Kyoto protocol), Cold Dark Matter (astronomy)
660CDMACode Division Multiple Access
661CDMSIICryogenic Dark Matter Search II
662CdrCommander
663CDTCentral Daylight Time (UTC5 hours)
664CdtCommandant
665CeCerium
666CEChristian/Common Era
667CEACampaign Effectiveness Analysis
668CECOMU.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command
669CEDEXCourrier d'entreprise à distribution exceptionnelle (French,'Company Mail with Exceptional Distribution'; 'exceptional' refers to the volume of mail)
670CEGEPCollège d'enseignement général et professionnel (French,'College of General and Vocational Education')
671CEICompetitive Enterprise Institute
672CENTCOMUnited States Central Command
673CENTOCentral Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)
674CENZUBCentre d'entraînement aux actions en zone urbaine (French,'Urban Operations Training Centre')
675CEOChief Executive Officer
676CEPCircular Error Probable
677CEPTConférence européenne des administrations des postes et des télécommunications (French,'European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations')
678CERCLAU.S. Comprehensive Environmental Response,Compensation,and Liability Act (Superfund)
679CERDECU.S. Communications-Electronics Research,Development and Engineering Center
680CERGACentre de recherches en géodynamique et astrométrie (French,'Astrometry and Geodynamics Research Centre')
681CERNCentre européen pour la recherche nucléaire (French,'European Organization for Nuclear Research')
682CERTComputer Emergency Response Team
683CESSCentre for Earth Science Studies (India)
684CESTCentral European Summer Time
685CETCentral European Time
686CEWCCouncil for Education in World Citizenship
687CfCalifornium
688CFCanadian Forces,Central African Republic (ISO 3166 digram),Republic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code)
689CFACat Fanciers' Association,Chartered Financial Analyst,Colour Filtering Array,County Fire Authority,Covering Force Area
690CFARChristine's,Federal Acquisition Regulation
691CFCChloroFluoroCarbon,Canadian Fish Company
692CFESContinuous Flow Electrophoresis System
693CFFZCall For Fire Zone
694CFGContext-free grammar,Control flow graph
695CFHTCanada-France-Hawaii Telescope
696CFICenter for Inquiry (CSICOP)
697CFLCanadian Football League,Co-ordinated Fire Line
698CFLCCCoalition Forces Land Component Command
699CFMCertified Facilities Manager
700CFOChief Financial Officer
701CFPCall for papers, College Football Playoff, Common Fisheries Policy (EU)
702CFRCode of Federal Regulations,Căile Ferate Române (Romanian,'Romanian Railways')
703CFRPCarbon fibre reinforced plastic
704CFSChronic Fatigue Syndrome
705CFSPCommon Foreign and Security Policy
706CFUColony Forming Unit in Microbiology
707CFVCavalry Fighting Vehicle
708CFZCritical Friendly Zone
709CGClient Group,Computer Graphics,Controls Group,Democratic Republic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code),Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 digram)
710CGHComparative Genomic Hybridisation
711CGIGCross-Government Implementation Group
712CGORepublic of the Congo (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
713CGSChief of the General Staff
714CGTCapital Gains Tax
715chch(L) is used to denote the Chern character of a line bundle
716CHChieftain tank,China (FIPS 10-4 country code),Switzerland (ISO 3166 digram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
717CHAMPUS(U.S.) Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (now known as TRICARE)
718CHAOSCambridge Heart Anti-Oxidant Study
719CHAPSClearing House Automated Payment System
720CHDKCanon Hack Development Kit (Canon camera firmware hack)
721CHESwitzerland (ISO 3166 trigram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
722CHIColumbia Helicopters,Inc
723CHiPCalifornia Highway Patrol
724CHIPSCosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
725CHLChile (ISO 3166 trigram)
726CHLACore Historical Literature of Agriculture
727CHNChina (ISO 3166 trigram)
728CHOGMCommonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
729CHPSOCalifornia Hospital Patient Safety Organization
730CHRSCanadian Heart Rhythm Society
731CHTCertified Hand Therapist
732CIChile (FIPS 10-4 country code),Côte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 digram),Counter-Intelligence,101 (in Roman numerals)
733CiCurie
734CIAU.S. Central Intelligence Agency, Cairo International Airport, Culinary Institute of America
735CIAOCritical Infrastructure Assurance Office,Component-Integrated ACE ORB
736CIBComplete In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
737CIBCCanadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
738CICSCustomer Information Control System (IBM mainframe software; 'kicks' or 'C-I-C-S')
739CIDCertified Interior Designer
740CIEFComité international d'enregistrement des fréquences (International Frequency Registration Board)
741CIFCost,Insurance,and Freight (Paid) (shipping)
742CIMMYTCentro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo (Spanish,'International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center')
743CINCCommander in Chief
744CINEOSCampo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey
745CIOChief information officer,Congress of Industrial Organizations
746CIPE(European) Centre for International Political Economy
747CIR(Commander's) Critical Information Requirements
748CIRCorotating Interaction Region
749CISCanadian Interuniversity Sport,Commonwealth of Independent States,Command and Information System,Communication and Information System
750CISA(U.S.) C4I Integration Support Activity
751CISBComplete In Sealed Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
752CISPRComité international spécial des perturbations radioélectriques (Special International Committee on Radio Interference)
753CISSPCertified Information Systems Security Professional
754CITESConvention on International Trade in Endangered Species (of Wild Fauna and Flora) ('sigh-tease')
755CIVCôte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 trigram)
756CIVETSColombia,Indonesia,Vietnam,Egypt,Turkey,South Africa (economics)
757CIVPOPCivilian Population
758CIWSClose-In Weapon System
759CJCayman Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code),Criminal Justice
760CJCCanadian Jewish Congress,Cold Junction Compensation
761CJCSChairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
762CJDChronological Julian Day,Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
763CJOChief of Joint Operations
764CJTFCombined Joint Task Force
765CKCocos (Keeling) Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code),Cook Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
766CKAcommonly known as, Canada Kicks Ass
767CKNDCodename: Kids Next Door
768CLChile (ISO 3166 digram),Co-ordination Line,One Hundred and Fifty (in Roman numerals)
769ClChlorine
770CLAClutterers Anonymous
771CLECCompetitive Local Exchange Carrier
772CLEMARSCalifornia Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Radio System
773CLICCompact LInear Collider
774CLOCornell Lab of Ornithology
775CLOSCommand to Line-Of-Sight (missile control system)
776CLPFCCentroLateral PreFrontal Cortex
777CLRPCollege Loan Repayment Program
778CMCameroon (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Cruise Missile,Nine Hundred (in Roman numerals)
779CmCurium
780CMAU.S. Chemical Materials Agency,Country Music Association (also used to refer to the organization's annual awards),Crystal Meth Anonymous
781CMHCCanada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
782CMIIAWCorrect me if I am wrong
783CMISCommon management information service
784CMJChristopher Martin-Jenkins (BBC sports commentator)
785CMLLConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (Spanish,'Worldwide Wrestling Council'—Mexican professional wrestling promotion)
786CMMCapability Maturity Model
787CMMCCorps Materiel Management Centre
788CMMLChronic MyeloMonocytic Leukemia,Continuous Media Markup Language
789CMOSCanadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society,(The) Chicago Manual of Style,Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
790CMPCommon [Operating/Operational] Maritime Picture
791CMPDCharlotte Mecklenburg Police Department
792CMPDChronic Myeloproliferative Disease
793CMRCameroon (ISO 3166 trigram),Coaxial Main Rotors (helicopter type)
794CMSCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services,The Chicago Manual of Style
795CMTCountry Music Television
796CMUCarnegie Mellon University,Central Michigan University,Concrete Masonry Unit
797CMWMarconi's Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada,Canadian Manufacturing Week,Canadian Music Week,Catherine McAuley Westmead (school in New South Wales,Australia),Chicago,Missouri and Western (Railway),Compartmented Mode Workstation,Compton's Most Wanted,Continuous Microwave (processing technology),Custom Maintenance Wizard (Microsoft Office Resource Kit)
798CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Key/blacK (colour model)
799CNCanadian National (railway; also the AAR reporting mark for said company),China (ISO 3166 digram),Comoros (FIPS 10-4 country code)
800CNACenter for Naval Analyses,Certified Network Administrator,Computer Network Attack,Continental (Casualty Company),National (Fire Insurance Company),and American (Casualty Company),the three companies that merged to form what is now known as CNA Financial
801CNBCConsumer News and Business Channel
802CNDCampaign for Nuclear Disarmament,Computer Network Defence
803CNECanadian National Exhibition,Computer Network Exploitation,Certified Network Engineer
804CNFCost and Freight
805CNIClinical Nursing Intern
806CNICommunications,Navigation and Identification
807CNNCable News Network,Cellular Nonlinear Network
808CNVCopy-Number Variable (genetics)
809CoCobalt
810COBClose Of Business [day]
811COBRAConsolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
812CODCash On Delivery,Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 trigram)
813CoDACo-Dependents Anonymous
814COGENTCognitive Objects within a Graphical EnviroNmenT
815COILChemical Oxygen Iodine Laser
816COKCook Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
817COLColombia (ISO 3166 trigram)
818COLACost Of Living Adjustment
819CONADU.S. Continental Air Defense Command
820CONMEBOLConfederación Sudamericana de Fútbol or Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol (respectively Spanish and Portuguese for 'South American Football Confederation')
821CONUSContinental United States
822COOChief Operating Officer
823COPEU.K. Committee On Publication Ethics
824COPUSU.K. Committee on the Public Understanding of Science
825CORDCommon Operational Requirements Document
826COREConsortium for Oceanographic Research and Education
827COSCooper Ornithological Society
828COSERCOoperative SERvice
829CoTCar of Tomorrow (former NASCAR race car design)
830COTSCommercial Off The Shelf
831CPCanadian Pacific,Check Point,Command Post,Club Penguin
832CPACertified Public Accountant
833CPACConservative Political Action Conference,Cable Public Affairs Channel ('see-pack')
834CPCUCertified Property Casualty Underwriter
835CPDCapabilities Production Document
836CPECertificate of Proficiency in English
837CPECertified Professional Ergonomist
838CPFCalibration Parameter File,Canadian Patrol Frigate
839CPGClinical Practice Guideline
840CPIMCertification on Production and Inventory Management
841CPIRComputationally-Private Information Retrieval
842CPONCertified Pediatric Oncology Nurse
843CPPCCChinese People's Political Consultative Conference
844CPRCanadian Pacific Railway
845CPRCardiopulmonary resuscitation
846CPSMContinuous Phase Shift Modulation
847CPSUCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
848CPTContingency Planning Team
849CPUContract Postal Unit
850CPVCape Verde (ISO 3166 trigram)
851CPXCommand Post eXercise
852CQCarrier Qualification,Central Queensland,Charge of Quarters,Congressional Quarterly,Constellation Airlines (IATA airline designator),Northern Mariana Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
853CQDClose Quarters Drill (Morse distress code preceding SOS: CQ 'calling all stations',D 'Distress'; often incorrectly interpreted as 'Come Quick,Distress')
854CrChromium
855CRCoral Sea Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Costa Rica (ISO 3166 digram)
856CRAMCombined Radiometric Correction Model
857CRDCapstone Requirements Document
858CREBCyclic AMP-response Element Binding (protein)
859CREEPCommittee for the Re-Election of the President,a pejorative nickname used by opponents
860CRENChristian Real Estate Network Real Estate Association
861CRIChina Radio International,Costa Rica (ISO 3166 trigram)
862CRIPLConsolidated Remain-In-Place List
863CRMCardiac Rhythm Management,Customer Relationship Management
864CROCroatia (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
865CRPCommittee for the Re-Election of the President,Control and Reporting Post
866CRTCardiac Resynchronization Therapy,Cathode Ray Tube,Chinese Remainder Theorem
867CRTCCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
868CsCaesium
869CSACanadian Soccer Association,Canadian Space Agency,Canadian Standards Association,Child Support Agency,Command Staff Advisor,Community-supported agriculture,Confederate States of America,Corps Storage Area,Czech Airlines,C/S/A,CINC,Service,and Agency
870CSCClosed Spacelike Curve (relativity),Compact system camera,Computer Sciences Corporation,Computer Security Centre,CSCC Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists
871CSERIAC(U.S. DoD) Crew Systems Ergonomics Information Analysis Center
872CSGCorps Support Group
873CSIsee entry
874CSICOPCommittee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (became the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in 2006)
875CSIPCommercial Stable Image Platform (AMD)
876CSISCanadian Security Intelligence Service ('seessiss'),(U.S.) Center for Strategic & International Studies
877CSKCzechoslovakia (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1993)
878CSLU.K. Central Science Laboratory
879CSPICenter for Science in the Public Interest
880CSRControl Supply Rate
881CSRCorporate Social Responsibility
882CSRCConflict Studies Research Centre
883CSRFCross-Site Request Forgery
884CSTCentral Standard Time (UTC6 hours)
885CTComputed tomography (medical scan also known as a CAT scan),Central Time zone,Chrono Trigger (Computer/Video games),Connecticut (postal symbol),Canterbury (postal symbol),Chhattisgarh (Indian state code)
886CTACentral African Republic (FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166 or IOC),Chicago Transit Authority,Comando-Geral de Tecnologia Aerospacial (Portuguese,[Brazilian] 'General Command for Aerospace Technology')
887CTBTComprehensive [Nuclear] Test Ban Treaty
888CTDBCompact Terrain Data Base (file format)
889CTECanton and Enderbury Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984),Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
890CTGFconnective tissue growth factor
891CTICo-operative Target Identification
892CTILCritical Tracked Items List
893CTISCentral Tire Inflation System
894CTMSClinical Trial Management System
895CTOChief Technical Officer,Chief Technology Officer
896CTSClear-To-Send,Collective Training Standards,Communications Technology Service,Contract Technical Services,Conversation Time Sharing,COSMIC Top Secret
897CTSSCompatible Time-Sharing System
898CTUCounter Terrorist Unit (fictional branch of the Central Intelligence Agency in the television action series 24)
899CTVTCanine Transmissible Venereal Tumour
900CuCopper (Latin 'Cuprum')
901CUBCuba (ISO 3166 trigram)
902CUCVCommercial Utility Cargo Vehicle
903CUNYCity University of New York ('CUE-knee')
904CUPECanadian Union of Public Employees ('CUE-pee')
905CUPSCommon Unix Printing System
906CUPWCanadian Union of Postal Workers
907CUREAConsortium for Undergraduate Research and Education in Astronomy
908CuWCopper-tungsten pseudo-alloy (from the chemical symbols of the two component elements)
909CUWCuraçao (ISO 3166 trigram)
910CVcurriculum vitae (résumé)
911CVLLCrypto Variable Logic Label
912CVSDContinuous Variable Slope Delta (modulation)
913CVTContinuously Variable Transmission
914CWCalendar Week, or: Continuous Wave, or: Clothes Washer, or: Cook Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
915CWACommunications Workers of America
916CWCChemical Weapons Convention
917CWRUCase Western Reserve University
918CWSCanadian Wildlife Service
919CXChristmas Island (ISO 3166 digram),or: One Hundred and Ten (in Roman numerals)
920CXRChristmas Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
921CYCalendar year, or: Cyprus (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
922CYMCayman Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
923CZECzech Republic (ISO 3166 trigram)
924CZF(Christian Zombie Fan)
925CZMA(US) Coastal Zone Management Act
926dDeci
927DDeuterium
928DADVSILoi sur le droit dauteur et les droits voisins dans la société de linformation (French,'Law on copyrights and related rights in the information society')
929DAESDefence Acquisition Executive Summary,(UK MoD) Directorate of Analysis,Experimentation and Simulation
930DAFDissolved Air Flotation,a technique used in water treatment
931DAFIFDigital Aeronautical Flight Information File
932DAKDisney's Animal Kingdom
933DAODivision Ammunition Officer
934DAQData acquisition,Delivered Audio Quality
935DAREDrug Abuse Resistance Education
936DARO(U.S.) Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
937DARPAU.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
938DARTDisaster Assistance Response Team,Dublin Area Rapid Transit
939DASDefensive Aids Suite
940DASD(U.S.) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
941DASLDatapoint's Advanced Systems Language
942DAU(U.S.) Defense Acquisition University
943DAWN(U.S.) Drug Abuse Warning Network
944dBDecibel
945DBDeutsche Bahn
946DbDubnium
947DBADe Bellis Antiquitatis (miniature wargaming rules)
948DBBL(U.S. Army Simulation Center) Dismounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
949DBDODesert BDO
950DBEDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
951DBFDetection By Fire (weapon launch signature)
952DBRDe Bellis Renationis (miniature wargaming rules)
953DBRADavis-Bacon Related Acts
954DBSDirect Broadcast Services (television)
955DCda capo,Italian Democrazia Cristiana,Digital Compass,Direct Current,District of Columbia (postal symbol),Douglas Aircraft Company,Dublin Core,Duty Cycle
956DCADefensive Counter Air,Drum Corps Associates,DiChloroAcetate
957DCAA(U.S.) Defense Contract Audit Agency
958DCASDevon and Cornwall Archery Society
959DCCDallas Christian College
960DCD[Organ] Donation after Cardiac Death
961DCEData Communication Equipment
962DCFCDeath Cab for Cutie
963DCIDetection,Classification and Identification,Drum Corps International,Duellists' Convocation International,now known simply by the initials
964DCLDisney Cruise Line
965DCNDeacon
966DCOMDisney Channel Original Movie
967DCSOPSDeputy Chief of Staff for Operations and plans
968DCWDigital Chart of the World
969DCYSCDiscovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge
970DDdue diligence and dear daughter (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists,blogs,and bulletin boards)
971DDADeputy District Attorney
972DDNU.S. Defense Data Network
973DDSDoctor of Dental Surgery
974DDTDichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (insecticide),Dynamic Debugging Tool (computing),DE[edit]
975DEDelaware (postal symbol),Germany (ISO 3166 digram)
976DEADrug Enforcement Administration
977DEADrug Enforcement Agency
978DECDepartment of Environmental Conservation,Digital Equipment Corporation,Disasters Emergency Committee
979DeCA(U.S.) Defense Commissary Agency
980DEFCONDefence readiness condition
981DEFRA(UK) Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs
982DELTDual Ended Line Test (ing)
983DEMData Exchange Mechanism,Digital Elevation Model
984DENDenmark (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
985DEPSECDEF(U.S.) Deputy Secretary of Defense
986DERABritish Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (1995-2001)
987DESDeep Ecliptic Survey
988DEUGermany (ISO 3166 trigram)
989DFDirect Fire,Direction Finding,Distrito Federal (Spanish and Portuguese for 'federal district')
990DFAS(U.S.) Defense Finance and Accounting Service
991DFBDeutscher Fußball-Bund (German for 'German Football Association')
992DFCBData Format Control Book
993DfIDUK Department for International Development
994DFMDiscrete Field Model see Superluminal motion
995DFMDynamic Flowgraph Methodology
996DFSPDermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
997DfTUK Department for Transport
998DFTBADon't Forget To Be Awesome,a term commonly used by the Vlogbrothers
999DGDei gratia (Latin,'by the grace of God'),Director-General,Data General
1000DGADirection générale des armées (French 'Armed Forces General Directorate')
1001DGPSDifferential GPS
1002DGZDesired Ground Zero
1003DHADocosaHexaenoic Acid
1004DHHS(U.S.) Department of Health and Human Services
1005DHRA(U.S.) DoD Human Resources Activity
1006DHSU.S. Department of Homeland Security
1007DHSSUK Department of Health and Social Security
1008DHTFYSSU.S. Don't Have Time For You Silly S****
1009DHYDahomey (ISO 3166 trigram; became BEN for Benin in 1977)
1010DIAU.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
1011DIACDepartment of Immigration and Citizenship (Australia) [1]
1012DiCDesign Island Centre (computing usually used in a teaching situation)
1013DICASSDIrectional Command Activated Sonobuoy System
1014DIFARDIrectional Frequency Analysis and Recording
1015DIMEDense Inert Metal Explosive
1016DIPDual In-line Package (electronics)
1017DIPSDefense independent pitching statistics
1018DIRDefence Industrial Research
1019DISCOMDivision Support Command
1020DISEDeployable Intelligence Support Element
1021DISSTAFDIS Search and Target Acquisition Fidelity experiment
1022DITYDo-It-Yourself
1023DIVADDivision Air Defence
1024DIYDo It Yourself
1025DJIDjibouti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1026DKDenmark (ISO 3166 digram)
1027DLDexter's Laboratory
1028DLICDetachment Left-In-Contact
1029DLIRDepot-Level Inspection and Repair
1030DLPMCDorsoLateral PreMotor Cortex
1031DLRPData Link Reference Point
1032DLSDeep Lens Survey
1033DLSA(U.S.) Defense Legal Services Agency
1034DLScDiploma in Library Science
1035DLTBGYDDon't let the bastards grind you down
1036DMC(U.S.) Defense Management Council
1037DMCADigital Millennium Copyright Act
1038DMMDigital Multimeter
1039DMOCDistributed Mission Operations Centre
1040DMPA(U.S.) Defense Medical Programs Activity
1041DMPFCDorsoMedial PreFrontal Cortex
1042DMPKDrug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
1043DMRBDesign Manual for Roads and Bridges
1044DMSU.S. Defense Message System
1045DMSPU.S. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
1046DMTDimethyltryptamine
1047DMVDepartment of Motor Vehicles
1048DMZDeMilitarized Zone
1049DNDeacon
1050DNAWDay Night All Weather
1051DNDiDrugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
1052DNDOU.S. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
1053DNKDenmark (ISO 3166 trigram)
1054DNMDefence Nuclear Material
1055DNRDo Not Resuscitate
1056DNSDomain Name System
1057DOBDate Of Birth
1058DODU.S. Department of Defense
1059DODAFU.S. Department of Defense Architectural Framework
1060DoDDU.S. Department of Defense Directive
1061DoDEA(U.S.) Department of Defense Education Activity
1062DOEU.S. Department of Energy
1063DOHCDual-OverHead-Cam engine
1064DOIU.S. Department of the Interior
1065DORADefence of the Realm Act
1066DOSDensity of State
1067DOTAshort-form for DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS a popular online epic game
1068DotDDeal of the Day (marketing gimmick)
1069DOWDied of Wounds
1070DPDivision de production (Algerian petroleum company)
1071DPAUK Defence Procurement Agency
1072DPCODouble-Pole Change Over
1073DPDTDouble-Pole Double-Throw
1074DPIDots Per Inch
1075DPICMDual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition
1076DPKOUN Department for Peacekeeping Operations
1077DPMO(U.S.) Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
1078DPPDBDigital Point Positioning Database
1079DPRKDemocratic People's Republic of Korea
1080DPSTDouble-Pole Single-Throw
1081DRCDemocratic Republic of the Congo
1082DRDCDefence Research & Development Canada
1083DREADefence Research Establishment Atlantic (obsolete 2002)
1084DRESDefence Research Establishment Suffield (obsolete 2002)
1085DRETDefence Research Establishment Toronto (obsolete 2002)
1086DREVDefence Research Establishment Valcartier (obsolete 2002)
1087DRIC(U.S.) Defense Research Information Center
1088DRMS(U.S.) Defense Revitalization and Marketing Service
1089DRPRDrawing Practices
1090DRTDocument Related Technologies
1091DsDarmstadtium
1092DSASDisney Sing Along Songs
1093DSB(U.S.) Defense Science Board
1094DSCSU.S. Defense Satellite Communications System
1095DSCSOCDSCS Operations Center
1096DSEDry Sheep Equivalent
1097DSGDirect-Shift Gearbox
1098DSIDDismounted Soldier Identification System
1099DSLDigital Subscriber Line
1100DSLRDigital single-lens reflex (camera)
1101DSMDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
1102DSNDeep Space Network
1103DSPLDesign Specialists and Plans Language
1104DSRDeformed Special Relativity
1105DSTDaylight Saving Time
1106DSTLBritish Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
1107DSWA(U.S.) Defense Special Weapons Agency
1108DTADental Technologists Association
1109DTDDigital Terrain Data
1110DTGDate-Time Group
1111DTHDirect To Home (television)
1112DTIUK Department of Trade and Industry
1113DTIC(U.S.) Defense Technical Information Center
1114DTLDiode-Transistor Logic (electronics)
1115DTMFDual-tone multi-frequency signaling
1116DTODisruptive Technology Office (was ARDA)
1117DTRDetermine The Relationship
1118DTSA(U.S.) Defense Technology Security Administration
1119DUMBODown Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass (Brooklyn neighborhood)
1120DUSD(U.S.) Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense
1121DVLCUK Driver and Vehicle Licencing Centre
1122DVMDoctor of Veterinary Medicine
1123DVODirect View Optics
1124DVOMDigital Volt-Ohm Meter
1125DVPvarious meanings (disambiguation page)
1126DWDrum Workshop
1127DWIMDo What I Mean
1128DWMDoctor Who Magazine
1129DWTSDancing with the Stars
1130DWWDown with Webster
1131DXADual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry
1132DXMDeXtroMethorphan
1133DYDahomey (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1977)
1134DyDysprosium
1135DZAAlgeria (ISO 3166 trigram)
1136EEast
1137EABUExplain Acronyms Before Use
1138EACEchelons Above Corps
1139EAPCEuro-Atlantic Partnership Council
1140EASTExperimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
1141EBDElectronic Brake Distribution
1142EBEExtraterrestrial Biological Entity
1143EBSAEmployee Benefits Security Administration
1144EBWElectron Beam Welding
1145EBWExploding BridgeWire
1146ECASSEuropean Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences [1]
1147ECBREuropean Coalition for Biomedical Research
1148ECCMElectronic Counter-Counter-Measures
1149ECFSElectronic Case Filing System
1150ECGElectrocardiogram
1151ECHREuropean Convention on Human Rights
1152ECJEuropean Court of Justice
1153ECLEmitter Coupled Logic (electronics)
1154ECommHREuropean Commission on Human Rights
1155ECSCEuropean Coal and Steel Community (distant ancestor of the EU)
1156ECTElectroConvulsive Therapy
1157ECtHREuropean Court of Human Rights
1158EDAEuropean Defence Agency
1159EDACError Detection And Correction
1160EDCSEnvironmental Data Coding Specification
1161EDHEastman Dental Hospital
1162EDSAEpifanio de los Santos Avenue (a major thoroughfare in Manila with great significance to post-1980 Philippines history)
1163EDTEastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC4 hours)
1164EECEuropean Economic Community (predecessor of the EU)
1165EEGElectroEncephaloGram
1166EENTEnd Evening Nautical Twilight
1167EEOEqual Employment Opportunity
1168EEOC(U.S.) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1169EEZEconomic Exclusion Zone or Exclusive Economic Zone
1170EFFElectronic Frontier Foundation
1171EFLEnglish as a Foreign Language
1172EFMEnterprise Feedback Management
1173EFOAEuropean Fuel Oxygenates Association
1174EFSAEuropean Food Safety Authority
1175EFTElectronic Fund Transfer
1176EFVExpeditionary Fighting Vehicle
1177EGEgypt (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1178EGCGEpiGalloCatechin-3-Gallate
1179EGISErieye Ground Interface Segment
1180EGRETEnergetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope
1181EGYEgypt (ISO 3166 trigram)
1182EHFExtremely High Frequency
1183EHREquipment History Record
1184EiExbi
1185EIIreland (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Éire)
1186EIAEnvironmental Impact Assessment
1187EIAHEncyclopedia of Iranian Architectural History
1188EIAHEnvironnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain
1189EICEast India Company
1190EICSEast India Company's Service
1191eIDelectronic ID
1192EIRPEffective Isotropic Radiated Power
1193EISEnvironmental Impact Statement
1194EJExajoule
1195EKGElectrocardiogram (from German Elektrokardiogramm)
1196EKMSElectronic Key Management System
1197ELExalitre
1198ELINTElectronic Intelligence
1199ELLEnglish Language Learner
1200ELMEdge-Localised Mode (plasma physics)
1201ELOElectric Light Orchestra
1202ELSSEmergency Life Support Stores
1203EMElectroMagnetism/ElectroMagnetic
1204EmExametre
1205EMAEuropean Medicines Agency
1206EMCON(Electromagnetic) Emissions Control
1207EMDGEuro-Missile Dynamics Group
1208EMDREye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
1209EMEAEurope,Middle East and Africa
1210EMGElectroMyoGraph
1211EMPElectroMagnetic Pulse
1212EMSEmergency Medical Services
1213EMTEmergency Medical Technician
1214ENCODEEncyclopedia of DNA Elements (human genome data project)
1215ENEEast North-East
1216ENGEngland (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
1217ENTECEuro NATO Training Engineer Centre
1218ENVLEnvelope
1219ENYEnemy
1220EODExplosive Ordnance Disposal
1221EOGElectroOculoGraphy
1222EOMEnd of Message
1223EOSATEarth Observation Satellite
1224EOSDISEarth Observation Satellite Data and Information System
1225EPEuropean Parliament
1226EPExtended play
1227EPCOTExperimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow
1228EPGSEOS Polar Ground Sites
1229EPIRBEmergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
1230EPLEnglish Premier League
1231EPOSElectronic Point Of Sale
1232EPPAEmployee Polygraph Protection Act
1233EPREuropean Pressurised [Nuclear] Reactor
1234EQEmotional Quotient
1235ErErbium
1236ERCIMEuropean Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
1237ERIEritrea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1238ERLAWSEastern Ruapehu Lahar Alarm and Warning System
1239EROSEarth Resources Observation System
1240ERPEngineer Regulating Point
1241ERREesti Rahvusringhääling
1242ERSEarth Resources Survey
1243ERTSEarth Resources Technology Satellite (became Landsat)
1244ERVEndogenous RetroVirus
1245ESDElectroStatic Discharge
1246ESDPEuropean Security and Defence Policy
1247ESEEast South-East
1248ESHWestern Sahara (ISO 3166 trigram)
1249ESLEnglish as a Second Language
1250ESMElectronic warfare Support Measures
1251ESOEuropean Southern Observatory
1252ESOLEnglish for Speakers of Other Languages
1253ESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network
1254ESUEmergency Services Unit
1255ESVEngineer Support Vehicle
1256ETEthiopia (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1257ETHEthiopia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1258ETIExtra-Terrestrial Intelligence
1259ETLAExtended TLA
1260ETTEmbedded Training Team
1261EuEuropium
1262EUCOM(U.S.) European Command
1263EUUSAEuropean Union and United States of America
1264EVExavolt
1265EVILElectronic viewfinder (with) interchangeable lens (a type of digital camera)
1266EWTNEternal Word Television Network
1267ExateslaExtra Terrestrial
1268EXREPExpeditious Repair (SM&R code)
1269fFemto
1270fAFemtoampere
1271FAFood Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
1272FAAFinancial Aid Administrator,Fleet Air Arm,Functional Area Analysis
1273FAADForward Area Air Defence
1274FAADEZForward Area Air Defence Engagement Zone
1275FAAFPFellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians
1276FAANFellow of the American Academy of Neurology
1277FAANFellow of the American Academy of Nursing
1278FAAQFrequently Asked and Anticipated Questions
1279FAASVField Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle
1280FABFeline Advisory Bureau (UK feline charity)
1281FACA(US) Federal Advisory Committee Act
1282FACHFuerza Aérea de Chile
1283FACNFellow of the American College of Nutrition
1284FACPFellow of the American College of Physicians
1285FACTSFlexible Alternating Current Transmission System
1286FAMForeign Affairs Manual
1287FAOFood and Agriculture Organization
1288FAPAFellow of the American Psychological Association
1289FAPHAFellow of the American Public Health Association
1290FARPForward Arming and Refuelling Point / Forward Area Rearm/refuel Point
1291FASCAMFamily of Scatterable Mines[1]
1292FASDFetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
1293FASEBFederation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
1294FATField Artillery Tractor
1295FAVSFuture Armoured Vehicle System
1296FAWFootball Association of Wales
1297FBCSFellow of the British Computer Society
1298FBIDSTFellow of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
1299FBISForeign Broadcast Information Service
1300FBMBoard foot
1301fCFemtocoulomb
1302FCCU.S. Federal Communications Commission
1303FCEFirst Certificate in English
1304FCFFinancial Free Cash Flow
1305FCLAFraud Claims Law Associate
1306FCOUK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1307FCWFlorida Championship Wrestling
1308FDFalun Dafa
1309FDAFood and Drug Administration (U.S.)
1310FDBK(I) Feedback
1311FeIron (Latin Ferrum)
1312FEASTForum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation
1313FEATSFestival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies link title
1314FEBAForward Edge of the Battle Area
1315FEDField Emission Display
1316FEDEPFederation Development Process (Simulation)
1317FEFFrontal Eye Field (neurophysiology)
1318FEMAFarm Equipment Manufacturers Association, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency,Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association
1319FENSFederation of European Neuroscience Societies
1320FESFlywheel Energy Storage
1321FESTFrankfurt English Speaking Theatre link title
1322FETField-effect transistor
1323FEZFighter Engagement Zone
1324fFFemtofarad
1325FFFinal Fantasy
1326FFBFrum From Birth (referring to an observant Jew born into a religiously observant family)
1327FFCFree For Chat
1328FFEFukuoka Futures Exchange
1329FFFFédération française de football (French for: French Football Federation)
1330FFGGuided Missile Frigate (hull classification symbol)
1331FFOVForward Field Of View
1332FFRFédération française de rugby (French for: French Rugby (Union) Federation)
1333FFSFor Fuck's Sake
1334FFTFinal Fantasy Tactics
1335FGFalun Gong
1336fgFemtogram
1337FGFog (METAR Code), French Guiana (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1338FGOTUSFirst Gentleman of the United States
1339FGRFlickr Group Roulette
1340fHFemtohenry
1341FHFIFFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends
1342FHIFamily Health International, Fuji Heavy Industries,Ltd.
1343FIFinland (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1344FIATFabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian for: Italian Car Factory of Turin)
1345FIBFucking Illinois Bastard (Wisconsin slang, variants exist)
1346FIBUAFighting In Built-Up Areas
1347FICFellowship for Intentional Community
1348FIDForeign Internal Defence
1349FIEFly-In Echelon
1350FIFAFédération internationale de football association (French for: International Association Football Federation)
1351FIFeFédération internationale féline (French for: International Feline Federation)
1352FIFOFirst In, First Out
1353FIFRAFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
1354FIGJAMFuck I'm Good, Just Ask Me
1355FIMPTFellow of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1356FINFinland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1357FINAFédération internationale de natation (French for: International Swimming Federation)
1358FIRESFever Induced Refractory Epilepsy Syndrome or Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome
1359FISFédération internationale de ski (French for: International Ski Federation)
1360FISAFédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (French for: International Federation of Rowing Associations)
1361FISHFluorescence In-Situ Hybridisation
1362FiSTFire Support Team
1363FITSFlexible Image Transport System
1364FIUFlorida International University
1365fJFemtojoule
1366FJFiji (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1367FJIFiji (ISO 3166 trigram)
1368FJNFinancial Job Network
1369FKFalkland Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1370fKFemtokelvin
1371FKSMFort Knox Supplemental Manual
1372FKTFastest Known Time
1373fLFemtolitre
1374FLFlorida (postal symbol)
1375flfloruit (Latin for: living) (genealogy)
1376FLAFlorida,Front Line Assembly,Future Large Aircraft
1377FLABFour-letter abbreviation
1378FLACFree Legal Advice Centres
1379FLACFree Lossless Audio Codec
1380FLAKFlug-Abwehr-Kanone (German for: Anti-Aircraft Guns)
1381FLBForward Logistics Base
1382FLETForward Line of Enemy Troops
1383FLGFalun Gong
1384FLIPFlight Information Publication
1385FLIRForward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
1386FLKFalkland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1387FLOTForward Line of Own Troops
1388FLOTUSFirst Lady of the United States (the wife of the President of the United States)
1389FLQFree Legal Questions
1390FLQFront de libération du Québec (French for: Québec Liberation Front)
1391FLSAFair Labor Standards Act
1392FLTSATFleet Satellite
1393FLTSATCOMFleet Satellite Communication System
1394FLUBOSFat, Lazy, Useless, Bag Of Shit
1395FMFactory Mutual
1396FMFederal 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)
1397fmFemtometre
1398FmFermium
1399FMCFederal Magistrates' Court (an Australian federal court,formerly FMS),Food Machinery Corporation (original name of the company now known as FMC Corporation)
1400FMCAFederal Magistrates' Court of Australia (used for citing decisions of the FMC other than family law decisions)
1401FMCAfamFederal Magistrates' Court of Australia: family (used for citing family law decisions of the FMC)
1402FMCGFast Moving Consumer Goods
1403FMEFormal Methods Europe
1404FMECAFailure Modes and Effect Criticality Analysis
1405FMJDFédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames
1406FMLAFamily Medical Leave Act
1407FoEFriends of the Earth
1408FOGCFederal Oil and Gas Council
1409FOHFront Of House
1410FOIAFreedom of Information Act
1411FOMFederation Object Model
1412FONSIFinding of No Significant Impact
1413FOOForward Observation Officer
1414FOOPFriends Of Organ Pipes (Volunteer group)
1415FoSFamily of Systems
1416FOSEFallout 3 Script Extender
1417FOSEFederal Office Systems Expo
1418FOTFree on truck
1419FOTAFellow of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
1420FOTCFlight of the Conchords
1421FOUOFor Official Use Only
1422FPFrench Polynesia (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1423FPFFederação Portuguesa de Futebol (Portuguese for: Portuguese Football Federation), Final Protective Fire
1424FPSFire Prevention System
1425FQBaker Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code),French Southern and Antarctic Territories (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1979)
1426FRFrance (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1427FrFrancium
1428FRAFederal Railroad Administration, France (ISO 3166 trigram)
1429FRANDFair,reasonable,and non-discriminatory (concept in standards-setting and intellectual property law)
1430FRCPFederal Rules of Civil Procedure,Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
1431FRICBMFull Range ICBM
1432FROFaroe Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1433FRSFellow of the Royal Society, U.S. Federal Reserve System
1434FRSAFellow of the Royal Society of Art
1435FRYFederal Republic of Yugoslavia
1436fsFemtosecond
1437fSFemtosiemens
1438FSAFire Support Area, UK Food Standards Agency, Functional Solution Analysis
1439FSCFederal Supply Classification, Forest Stewardship Council (ecological pressure group)
1440FSCLFire Support Co-ordination Line
1441FSEFire Support Element
1442FSFFree Software Foundation
1443FSHFollicle Stimulating Hormone
1444FSIFuel Stratified Injection
1445FSSFire Support Station
1446FSSPFamilies of Structurally Similar Proteins
1447FSTCForeign Science Technology Center (now NGIC)
1448fTFemtotesla
1449FTCFederal Trade Commission
1450FTEFull Time Equivalent
1451FTLFaster Than Light
1452FTSFlight Termination System used during some rocket launches
1453FTSFuck That Shit
1454FUSmoke (METAR Code)
1455FUBARFucked/Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair
1456fVFemtovolt
1457fWFemtowatt
1458FWForward
1459FWCFootball World Cup
1460FWFFixed Word Format
1461FWIFrench West Indies
1462FWIWFor What It's Worth
1463FWSU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1464FWTFresh Water Tank
1465FXXMetropolitan France (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1997)
1466FYAFor Your Agenda
1467FYDPFive-Year Defense Plan (U.S.)
1468FYIFor Your Information
1469FYROMFormer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
1470FZDZFreezing Drizzle (METAR Code)
1471FZFGFreezing Fog (METAR Code)
1472FZRAFreezing Rain (METAR Code)
1473gGram
1474G3Heckler & Koch G3
1475GAARGeneral Anti-Avoidance Rule (tax evasion)
1476GABGabon (ISO 3166 trigram)
1477GABAGamma-AminoButyric Acid
1478GADGeneralized Anxiety Disorder
1479GAFGarfield and Friends
1480GAOU.S. Government Accountability Office
1481GAWGlobal Atmospheric Watch
1482GBBCGreat (Global) Backyard Bird Count
1483GBEKnight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
1484GBRUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1485GCAGraduate in Claims Administration
1486GCDsee entry
1487GCFGreatest Common Factor
1488GCIGround-controlled interception
1489GCNGamma-ray burst Coordination Network
1490GCSGlobal Coordinate System
1491GCSEGeneral Certificate of Secondary Education (UK)
1492GdGadolinium
1493GDGrenada (ISO 3166 digram)
1494GDLGame Definition Language
1495GDRGeneral Distribution Release (Microsoft Term for a software service release; between Hotfix and Service Pack)
1496GDRGerman Democratic Republic (cf. DDR)
1497GDWGame Designers Workshop
1498GeGermanium
1499GEBCOGeneral Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans
1500GECGreat Engineering Challenge
1501GEDGeneral Educational Development (high school equivalency credential in the U.S. and Canada)
1502GEEPGeophysical Equipment Exploration Platform
1503GENFull General (four stars) in the U.S. Army
1504GeVGigaelectron-volt
1505GEVGround Effect Vehicle
1506GFCIGround Fault Circuit Interruptor (aka GFI)
1507GFIGround Fault Interruptor (aka GFCI)
1508GFLGerman Football League (Germany's Bundesliga for American football; the English-language name is used in German without translation)
1509GFNGlobal Footprint Network
1510GGGeorgia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1511GGKGood God Karma
1512GHAGhana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1513GHBgamma-Hydroxybutyric acid
1514GiGibi
1515GIBGibraltar (ISO 3166 trigram)
1516GIGGlobal Information Grid
1517GINOGodzilla In Name Only
1518GISSGeneral Impression of Size and Shape,Goddard Institute for Space Studies
1519GJDGeocentric Julian Day
1520GLAADGay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
1521GLACGeneral Ledger Accounting Code
1522GLASTGamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
1523GLBAGramm-Leach-Bliley Act
1524GLCGas-liquid chromatography
1525GLPGuadeloupe (ISO 3166 trigram)
1526GLVGained Life Value
1527GmGigametre
1528GMThe Gambia (ISO 3166 digram),GameMaster (role-playing),General Motors,Genetically Modified,Germany (FIPS 10-4 country code),Guru Meditation (computing)
1529GMACGeneral Motors Acceptance Corporation,the original name of the company now known as Ally Financial,Graduate Management Admission Council,G-MAC,Great Midwest Athletic Conference
1530GMBThe Gambia (ISO 3166 trigram),General,Municipal,Boilermakers (and Allied Trade Union)
1531GMFSCGround Mobile Forces Satellite Communications
1532GMOGenetically Modified Organism
1533GMPCSGlobal Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite
1534GNASGrand National Archery Society
1535GNBGuinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 trigram)
1536GNPGross National Product
1537GNQEquatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1538GnRHGonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
1539GOGlorioso Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1540GOAGeneral of the Army (United States only)
1541GOATGreatest Of All Time
1542GOCGeneral Officer Commanding
1543GOESGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
1544GOPGrand Old Party
1545gorpgranola,oats,raisins,peanuts (another name for trail mix),probably a backronym
1546GOSCGeneral Officer Steering Committee
1547GOSHGreat Ormond Street Hospital
1548GOSPGas/Oil Separation Plant
1549GOTSGovernment off-the-shelf
1550GOYADINGet Off Your Arse,Do It Now (anti-procrastination mantra)
1551GPGeneral Practitioner,General Purpose,Grand Prix,Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1552GPAGrade Point Average
1553GPCGlobal Path Cache
1554GPIBGeneral-Purpose Instrumentation/Interface Bus
1555GPOGeneral Post Office
1556GPPCGenetics and Public Policy Center
1557GPRGround-Penetrating Radar
1558GPSGeneral Problem Solver,Global Positioning System
1559GPTGeneral Purpose Technology, Get paid to surf (an online business model)
1560GQEquatorial 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]
1561GRGreece (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Hail (METAR Code)
1562GRAILGravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
1563GRASGenerally recognized as safe (FDA list)
1564GRBGamma-Ray Burst
1565GRCGreece (ISO 3166 trigram)
1566GRDGrenada (ISO 3166 trigram)
1567GREGraduate Record Examination,Greece (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
1568grep[search] Globally for Regular Expression,Print [lines]
1569GRIDGay-Related Immune Deficiency (original name of AIDS)
1570GRidGlobal Release Identifier,a music industry identifier from the RIAA and IFPI
1571GriTGirl raised in Texas (Woman presenting firm southern traits/beliefs)
1572GRLGreenland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1573GRNGrenada (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Goods Received Note
1574GsGigasecond
1575GSAU.S. General Services Administration
1576GSDGraphical Situation Display
1577GSGB(God send glamour boy 9-10/10)
1578GSKGlaxoSmithKline [good sexual karma]
1579GSNGame Show Network
1580GSOGeneral Services Officer (U.S. Department of State)
1581GSOHGood Sense Of Humour
1582GSPGeorges St-Pierre (Canadian MMA fighter)
1583GSRGun Shot Residue
1584GSSGeneric Security Services
1585GSWGunshot wound
1586GTDGetting Things Done
1587GTGGot To Go (Internet chat)
1588GTGNGetty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
1589GTKGood To Know (Internet chat)
1590GTMGuatemala (ISO 3166 trigram)
1591GUGuam (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
1592GUFFrench Guiana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1593GUILTGangliated Utrophin Immuno Latency Toxin
1594GULCRGrupo de Usuarios de Linux de Costa Rica
1595GUTGrand Unification Theory
1596GWARSGround Warfare System (simulation)
1597GWASGrand Western Archery Society
1598GWOTGlobal War on Terrorism
1599GXEGene-enivronment interaction
1600GXMMatrox Graphics eXpansion Module
1601GYGuyana (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1602GZKGreisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cut-off (cosmic ray energies)
1603hHecto
1604HHenry
1605H1First half of the year
1606H2Second half of the year
1607HAARPHigh Frequency Active Auroral Research Program
1608HAARTHighly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy
1609HAIHuman Awareness Institute
1610HALHardware Abstraction Layer
1611HALOHigh Altitude Low Opening (parachute jump)
1612HAMAmateur radio operator
1613HANSHead And Neck Support (device used in many race cars)
1614HARMHigh-speed Anti-Radiation Missile
1615HAWHeavy Antitank Weapon
1616HAWKHoming All the Way Killer (air defence system)
1617HAZHeat-Affected Zone
1618HAZMATHazardous Materials
1619HBCDHexaBromoCycloDodecane
1620HBOHome Box Office
1621HBRHarvard Business Review
1622HBTHeterojunction Bipolar Transistor
1623HBVHepatitis B Virus
1624HCCIHomogeneous Charge Compression Ignition
1625HCFHighest Common Factor
1626HCSCHigher Command and Staff Course
1627HDLHigh-Density Lipoprotein
1628HDMHuman Decision-Making
1629HDRAHenry Doubleday Research Association
1630HeHelium
1631HEHigh Explosive
1632HEATHigh Explosive Anti-Tank (ammunition)
1633HEBAHellenic Basketball Clubs Association
1634HEERHigh-Explosive Extended Range (ammunition)
1635HEICHonourable East India Company
1636HEMPHigh-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
1637HEOSSHigh Earth Orbit Space Surveillance
1638HEPHigh-Explosive Plastic (ammunition)
1639HEPAHigh-Efficiency Particulate Air (filter)
1640HESVHeavy Engineering Support Vehicle
1641HETTHeavy Equipment Transporting Truck / Heavy Equipment Truck Tractor
1642HEUHighly Enriched Uranium
1643HfHafnium
1644HFHigh Frequency
1645HFEHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (UK Act)
1646HFEThe common-emitter current gain in a BJT transistor (also represented by βF). See: BJT
1647HFEAHuman Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (UK)
1648HgMercury (Latin Hydrargyrum)
1649HGCUK Human Genetics Commission
1650HGFHuman Growth Factor
1651HGTVHome & Garden Television
1652HIHawaii (postal symbol)
1653HIHHis (or Her) Imperial Highness
1654HIMHis (or Her) Imperial Majesty
1655HIMADHigh to Medium Altitude Air Defence (see also H/MAD)
1656HIMEZHigh Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
1657HIMYMHow I Met Your Mother
1658HIPAAU.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
1659HipparcosHIgh Precision Parallax COllecting Satellite
1660HirdHurd of interfaces representing depth (cf. HURD)
1661HiRISEHigh Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
1662HITHealth Information Technology
1663HIVHuman Immunodeficiency Virus
1664HIWTHobart Institute of Welding Technology
1665HJDHeliocentric Julian Day
1666HKHong Kong (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1667HKGHong Kong (ISO 3166 trigram)
1668HKSHyperKinetic Syndrome
1669hLHectolitre
1670HLHolding Line
1671HLLHigh-Level Language
1672HLNHeadline News
1673HLOSHigh Level Output Specification
1674HMHeard Island and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1675HMCEHer/His Majesty's Customs and Excise (former UK government department; succeeded by HM Revenue and Customs)
1676HMDHeard and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1677HMFHydroxyMethyl Furfural
1678HMOHealth maintenance organization
1679HMPHer Majesty's Prison
1680HMRCHer/His Majesty's Revenue and Customs
1681HMSOHer Majesty's Stationery Office
1682HMVHis Master's Voice
1683HNHonduras (ISO 3166 digram)
1684HNDHonduras (ISO 3166 trigram)
1685HoHolmium
1686HOHonduras (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1687HOLLANDHope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies
1688HOSTACHelicopter Operations from Ships Other Than Aircraft Carriers
1689HOTHighly Optimised Tolerance
1690HOTASHands on throttle-and-stick
1691HOVHigh Occupancy Vehicle
1692hphorse power
1693HPAUK Health Protection Agency
1694HPCLHindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
1695HPLCHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography
1696HPTHigh[er] Payoff Target
1697HPVHuman Papilloma Virus
1698HRBLHigh-level Representation of Behavior Language (original name of the Herbal language)
1699HRDHuman Resource Development
1700HRFHigh iness Forces
1701HRHHis (or Her) Royal Highness
1702HRMHis (or Her) Royal Majesty
1703HRMHuman Resource Management
1704HRTHormone Replacement Therapy
1705HsHassium
1706HSBCThe Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
1707HSCHigher School Certificate
1708HSMHigh School Musical
1709HSMADHuman Science/Modeling and Analysis Data
1710HSNHome Shopping Network
1711HSPHHarvard School of Public Health
1712HSSIHigh-Speed Serial Interface
1713HSTsee entry
1714HTAHyperText Application
1715HTFUHarden The Fuck Up
1716HTHHope That Helps
1717HTIHaiti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1718HTMLHyperText Markup Language
1719HTRHeated Towel Rail
1720HTSHigh-Temperature Superconducting wire
1721HTTPHyperText Transfer Protocol
1722HUHungary (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1723HUHAHead up his/her ass (Marine salute; probably a backcronym)
1724HUNHungary (ISO 3166 trigram)
1725HURDHird of Unix-Replacing Daemons (cf. Hird)
1726HVUpper Volta (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1984)
1727HVAPHigh Velocity Armour Piercing (ammunition)
1728HVHFHigh velocity human factors
1729HVMHigh Velocity Missile
1730HVOUpper Volta (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984)
1731HWMHardware morphing (computer graphics rendering)
1732HXBThe glycoprotein Tenascian C
1733HZHaze (METAR Code)
1734HzHertz
1735IAIowa (postal symbol)
1736IAALI Am A Lawyer
1737IABInternational Association for Biologicals
1738IADIon Assisted Deposition
1739IADSIntegrated Air Defence System
1740IAEAInternational Atomic Energy Agency
1741IAF{i} Industrial Areas Foundation
1742IAFGInformation Assurance Focus Group
1743IANAInternet Assigned Numbers Authority
1744IANALI Am Not A Lawyer
1745IASImage Assessment System
1746IASIPIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
1747IATAInternational Air Transport Association
1748IATFInternational Automotive Task Force
1749IATSEInternational Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
1750IAUCInternational Astronomical Union Circular
1751IAWIn Accordance With
1752IBInternational Baccalaureate
1753IBAImportant Bird Area
1754IBDInflammatory Bowel Disease
1755IBDMInformation Based Decision Making
1756IBMInternational Business Machines
1757IBRDInternational Bank for Reconstruction and Development (part of the World Bank)
1758IBSIrritable Bowel Syndrome
1759ICANNInternet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
1760ICAOInternational Civil Aviation Organization
1761ICBMIntercontinental Ballistic Missile
1762ICBNInternational Code of Botanical Nomenclature
1763ICEIn case of emergency, Immigration and Customs Enforcement
1764ICESInternational Council for the Exploration of the Sea
1765ICFIntelligent Community Forum
1766ICMPInternet Control Message Protocol
1767ICNAFInternational Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (became NAFO in 1978)
1768ICOIntermediate Circular Orbit
1769ICPEInternational Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology,the annual conference of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
1770ICRAFInternational Centre for Research in Agroforestry (a.k.a. World Agroforestry Centre since 2002)
1771ICRISATInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
1772ICRLIndividual Component Repair List
1773ICRSInternational Celestial Reference System
1774ICSIIntracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
1775ICTInformation and communication technologies
1776ICTHIsland Closest to Heaven/Hell Final Fantasy VIII
1777ICVInfantry Carrier Vehicle
1778ICYMIIn Case You Missed It
1779IDCInternational Data Corporation
1780IDDII don't do initialisms (see irony)
1781IDGAFI don't give a fuck
1782IDKI don't know
1783IDLInterface Definition Language
1784IDNIndonesia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1785IEAInternational Energy Agency
1786IECInternational Electrotechnical Commission
1787IEDImprovised Explosive Device
1788IELTSInternational English Language Testing System
1789IERInformation Exchange Requirement
1790IETInitial Entry Training
1791IETInstitution of Engineering and Technology
1792IETFInternet Engineering Task Force
1793IEWIntelligence and Electronic Warfare
1794IFABInternational Football Association Board
1795IFAHInternational Federation for Animal Health
1796IFAPInternational Federation of Agricultural Producers
1797IFOIdentified Flying Object (see also UFO)
1798IFOVInstantaneous Field of View
1799IFPIInternational Federation of Phonographic Industries
1800IFRBInternational Frequency Registration Board
1801IFVInfantry Fighting Vehicle
1802IGInspector General
1803IGNOUIndira Gandhi National Open University
1804IGSInternational Ground Station
1805IHHIdiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
1806IHOInternational Hydrographic Organization
1807IHRInstitute for Historical Review
1808IHSIInstitutum Historicum Societatis Iesu (Jesuit Historical Institute)
1809IITwo (in Roman numerals)
1810IICAInter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
1811IIEInnovative Interstellar Explorer
1812IIIThree (in Roman numerals)
1813IIRCIf I Recall/Remember Correctly
1814IISSInternational Institute for Strategic Studies
1815IJNImperial Japanese Navy (World War II)
1816IJWPInterim Joint Warfare Publication
1817ILDSImproved Landmine Detection System
1818ILOInternational Labour Organization
1819ILRIInternational Livestock Research Institute
1820ILYI Love You [pronounced ILL-LEE]
1821IMBDInternational Migratory Bird Day
1822IMDbInternet Movie Database
1823IMEIn My Experience
1824IMHOIn My Humble/Honest Opinion
1825IMLInternational Mister Leather
1826IMNSHOIn My Not So Humble Opinion
1827IMPACInternational Merchant Purchase Authorization Card
1828IMPACTInternational Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce
1829IMPATTIMPact Avalanche Transit Time diode
1830IMPTInstitute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1831IMRLIndividual Material iness List
1832IMRO-Internal Macedonian Revolutionary OrganizationIrish Music Rights Organisation
1833IMsLInternational Ms. Leather
1834IMTIntegrated Management Tool
1835IMUInternational Mathematical Union
1836InIndium
1837INAImmigration and Nationality Act
1838INASInternational Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
1839INCITSInterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
1840INDIndia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1841INDIGO(U.S.) INtelligence DIvision Gaming Operation
1842inetthe Internet
1843INFORMS(U.S.) Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
1844INFOSECInformation Security
1845INLAIrish National Liberation Army
1846INMARSATInternational Maritime Satellite organization
1847INRIAInstitut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique
1848INSImmigration and Naturalization Service
1849InSARInterferometric synthetic aperture radar
1850INSTInformation Standards and Technology
1851INTERFETInternational Force for East Timor
1852INTSUMIntelligence Summary
1853IOBritish Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1854IOTBritish Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 trigram)
1855IPBIntelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
1856IPLInferior Parietal Lobule
1857IPOInitial Public Offering
1858IPTIntegrated Product/Project Team
1859IPTSInstitute for Prospective Technological Studies
1860IPTVInternet Protocol TeleVision
1861IPWInterrogation of Prisoners of War
1862IrIridium
1863IRADInternal Research and Development
1864IRAN(I) Inspect and Repair As Necessary
1865IRASInfrared Astronomical Satellite
1866IRBInternational Rugby Board
1867IRBMIntermediate Range Ballistic Missile
1868IREAIntermountain Rural Electric Association
1869IRINNIslamic Republic of Iran News Network
1870IRLIreland (ISO 3166 trigram),Industrial Research Limited,Indy Racing League,In real life
1871IRNIran (ISO 3166 trigram)
1872IROInternational Refugee Organisation
1873IRQIraq (ISO 3166 trigram)
1874IRSU.S. Internal Revenue Service
1875IRSTInfra-red Search and Track
1876ISAAAInternational Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications
1877ISARInverse SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)
1878ISBIntermediate Staging Base
1879ISBNInternational Standard Book Number (ISO 2108)
1880ISCCPInternational Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
1881ISCIIIndian Standard Code for Information Interchange
1882ISDNIntegrated Services Digital Network
1883ISEFIntel International Science and Engineering Fair
1884ISENInternet Search Environment Number
1885ISFInternal Security Force
1886ISILIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant
1887ISISInstitute for Science and International Security, or: Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
1888ISLIceland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1889ISLNInternational Standard Lawyer Number (used initially by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell)
1890ISMBInternational Society of Matrix Biologists
1891ISMCIntelligent Sounding Meaningless Conversation
1892ISOGPIndian Society of Orthodontics for General Practitioners [2]
1893ISPEInternational Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
1894ISROIndian Space Research Organisation
1895ISSCRInternational Society for Stem Cell Research
1896ISSNInternational standard serial number (ISO 3297)
1897ISTCInstitute of Scientific and Technical Communications (UK)
1898ISTSIntel Science Talent Search
1899ITAItaly (ISO 3166 trigram)
1900ITAGInertial Terrain-Aided Guidance
1901ITALYI'll Truly Always Love You
1902ITASImproved Target Acquisition Sight
1903ITCInferoTemporal Cortex (neurophysiology)
1904ITCZIntertropical Convergence Zone
1905ITECInformation Technology Exposition & Conference
1906ITEMSInteractive Tactical Environment Management System
1907ITERInternational Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
1908ITFInternational Tennis Federation
1909ITKIn The Know
1910ITNIndependent Television News (British)
1911ITTInternational Telephone and Telegraph (U.S.)
1912ITTOInternational Tropical Timber Organization
1913IUCNInternational Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union)
1914IvecoIndustrial Vehicles Corporation
1915IVFIn Vitro Fertilisation
1916IVIInterchangeable Virtual Instrument
1917IVISInter-Vehicle Information System
1918IVLInter-Visibility Line
1919IVMIn Vitro [Oocyte] Maturation
1920IVOIn Vicinity Of
1921IWInformation Warfare
1922IWARSInfantry Warrior Simulation
1923IWCInternational Whaling Commission
1924IWWIndustrial Workers of the World
1925IXNine (in Roman numerals)
1926IXTIntraText digital library; IntraText lexical hypertext
1927IYSaudi-Iraqi neutral zone (FIPS 10-4 territory code; obsolete 1993)
1928IZIraq (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1929JJoule
1930J1Joint [Manpower &] Personnel Directorate
1931J2Joint Intelligence Directorate
1932J3Joint Operations Directorate
1933J4Joint Logistics Directorate
1934J5Joint Strategic Plans & Policy Directorate
1935J7Joint Operational Plans & Interoperability Directorate
1936JAJapan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1937JAFTJust A Field Test
1938JALJapan Airlines
1939JALLCJoint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (NATO)
1940JAMJamaica (ISO 3166 trigram)
1941JAMAJournal of the American Medical Association
1942JANETJoint Academic Network
1943JATOJet-Assisted Take-Off
1944JBJail Bait
1945JBJunior Branch
1946JBFSAJoint Blue Force Situational Awareness
1947JCDBJoint Common Data Base
1948JCDSJoint Chiefs of the Defence Staff
1949JCIDSJoint Capabilities Integration and Development System
1950JCLJob Control Language
1951JCPJava Community Process
1952JCSJoint Chiefs of Staff
1953JCWJuggalo Championship Wrestling
1954JDBCJava Data Base Connectivity
1955JDEMJoint Dark Energy Mission
1956JDLJewish Defense League
1957JEJersey (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1958JEFXJoint Expeditionary Force eXperiment
1959JETJoint European Torus
1960JEZJoint Engagement Zone
1961JFACCJoint Force Air Component Commander
1962JFACTSUU.S. Joint Forward Air Control Training and Standards Unit
1963JFCJoint Force Commander
1964JFKJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy or the airport named after him.
1965JFLCCJoint Force Land Component Commander
1966JFMCCJoint Force Maritime Component Commander
1967JFOJournal of Field Ornithology
1968JFSOCCJoint Force Special Operations Component Commander
1969JFTXJoint Field Training Exercise
1970JHJapan Highway Public Corporation
1971JHJharkhand (Indian state code)
1972JIJoint Implementation
1973JIBJoint Information Bureau
1974JICJoint Intelligence Centre
1975JINIJava Intelligent Network Infrastructure
1976JITCJoint Interoperability Test Command
1977JIVEJoint Institute for VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) in Europe
1978JJAPJapanese Journal of Applied Physics
1979JLJapan Airlines (IATA airline designator)
1980JLAJustice League of America
1981JMJamaica (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1982JMSJava Message Service
1983JNJan Mayen Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1984JNIJava Native Interface
1985JNLPJava Network Launch Protocol
1986JOJordan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1987JOAJoint Operations Area
1988JOPESJoint Operations Planning and Execution System
1989JORJordan (ISO 3166 trigram)
1990JOTSJoint Operations Tactical System
1991JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory
1992JPNJapan (ISO 3166 trigram)
1993JPOWJoint Project Optic Windmill
1994JRDFJoint Rapid Deployment Forces
1995JREJava Runtime Environment
1996JREFJames Randi Educational Foundation
1997JROCJoint Requirements Oversight Council
1998JROCMJROC Memorandum
1999JRRFJoint Rapid Reaction Force
2000JRSAIJournal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
2001JSAPJapan Society of Applied Physics
2002JSCSCJoint Services Command and Staff College
2003JSEADJoint Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (see SEAD)
2004JSFJoint Strike Fighter
2005JSIMSJoint Simulation System
2006JSOAJoint Special Operations Area
2007JSOTFJoint Special Operations Task Force
2008JSPJavaServer Page
2009JSPJoint Services Publication
2010JSRJava Specification Request
2011JSSJoint Support Ship Project
2012JTCJoint Training Confederation
2013JTFJoint Task Force
2014JTFEXJoint Task Force Exercise
2015JTLSJoint Theater Level Simulation
2016JTMDJoint Theatre Missile Defence
2017JTNJohnston Atoll (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
2018JUJuan de Nova Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2019JUGFETJUnction Gate Field-Effect Transistor
2020JUICEJUpiter ICy Moon Explorer
2021JUOJoint Urban Operations
2022JVJoint Venture,Junior Varsity
2023JWJehovah's Witnesses
2024JWARSJoint Warfare System (simulation)
2025JWPJoint Warfare Publication
2026JYJapanese Yen
2027JZJoint Zone
2028KKelvin,Potassium (Latin Kalium),Tanker (aircraft designation code)
2029kKilo-
2030Kpicokelvin
2031K9Canine Police Unit
2032KaKamov Design Bureau
2033kAKiloampere
2034KAKnowledge Acquisition,Karnataka (Indian state code)
2035KAFKandahar Air Field
2036KANUKOKAKalaallit Nunaanni Kommunit Kattuffiannit (Kalaallisut, Greenlandic Communities Association
2037KARNACKnowledge Aided Retrieval in Activity Context
2038KARRKnight Automated Roving Robot (Knight Rider character)
2039KATUSAKorean Augmentation To United States Army
2040KAZKazakhstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2041KBEKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
2042KBOKuiper Belt Object
2043KBVBKoninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond (Dutch for Royal Belgian Football Association)
2044kCKilocoulomb
2045KCKKansas City,Kansas,Koma Civakên Kurdistan (Kurdish, Union of Communities in Kurdistan)
2046KCLKing's College London
2047KCMOKansas City,Missouri (pronounced: K-C-Moe)
2048KCSKansas City Southern Railway (AAR reporting mark)
2049KDKawasaki Disease,Kraft Dinner
2050KEKenya (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Kinetic Energy,Knowledge Engineering
2051KEDOKorean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
2052KENKenya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2053KERAKentucky Education Reform Act (of 1990)
2054kermaKinetic Energy Released in MAterial / in MAtter / per unit MAss
2055KESRKent and East Sussex Railway.
2056KETKentucky Educational Television,Key English Test
2057kFKilofarad
2058KFCKentucky Fried Chicken
2059KFORUN Kosovo Force
2060KFUPMKing Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
2061KGKyrgyzstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2062KGOKnight of the Guelphic Order of Hanover
2063KGZKyrgyzstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2064KHCambodia (ISO 3166 digram)
2065kHKilohenry
2066KHLKontinental Hockey League
2067KHMCambodia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2068KHzKilohertz
2069KiKibi
2070KIKiribati (ISO 3166 digram)
2071KIAKilled In Action
2072KIDSKnowledge-based Integrated Design System
2073KIRKiribati (ISO 3166 trigram)
2074KISSKeep It Simple,Stupid / Keep It Short and Simple,Korean Intelligence Support System
2075KITKeep In Touch
2076KITECHKorean Institute of Industrial Technology
2077KITTKnight Industries Two Thousand, Knight Industries Three Thousand
2078kJKilojoule
2079kKKilokelvin
2080KKKKu Klux Klan
2081kLKilolitre
2082KLENOTKLEť Observatory Near Earth and Other unusual objects observations Team and Telescope
2083KLOCKilo Lines Of Code
2084KMComoros,Knowledge Management
2085kNKilonewton
2086KNASaint Kitts and Nevis (ISO 3166 trigram)
2087KNVBKoninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond (Dutch for Royal Dutch Football Association)
2088KOKnocked Out
2089KORRepublic of Korea (ISO 3166 trigram)
2090KPKim Possible
2091KPMGKlynveld,Peat,Marwick,Goerdeler
2092KPNOKitt Peak National Observatory
2093KQKenya Airways (IATA airline designator), Kingman Reef (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2094KRKiribati (FIPS 10-4 country code), Republic of Korea (ISO 3166 digram)
2095KrKrypton
2096KSKansas (postal symbol), Republic of Korea (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2097kSKilosiemens
2098KSCKennedy Space Center
2099KSIKilled or Seriously Injured
2100KSUKansas State University
2101KTChristmas Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code), Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Knights Templar
2102kTKilotesla
2103KTSKnight of the Tower and Sword (of Portugal)
2104KUKuwait (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2105KUWKuwait (UNDP country code,IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
2106kVKilovolt
2107KVKosovo
2108kWKilowatt
2109KWKuwait (ISO 3166 digram)
2110KWBKids' WB!
2111KWTKuwait (ISO 3166 trigram)
2112KXCayman Airways (IATA airline designator)
2113KYCayman Islands (ISO 3166 digram), Kentucky (postal symbol)
2114KZKazakhstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2115KZNKwaZulu-Natal
2116LaLanthanum
2117LALaos (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram), Louisiana (postal symbol), Los Angeles
2118LAASLocal Area Augmentation System, Los Angeles Astronomical Society
2119LABLogistics Assault Base
2120LabVIEWLaboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench
2121LACMALos Angeles County Museum of Art
2122LADLaser Aiming Device
2123LADWLocal Air Defence Warning
2124LAESILocal Authority & Emergency Service Information
2125LANLLos Alamos National Laboratory
2126LAOLaos (ISO 3166 trigram)
2127LARLight Armoured Reconnaissance, Logistics Assistance Representative
2128LARCLivermore Advanced Research Computer (cf. LLNL)
2129LARPLive-Action Role-Playing
2130LaserLight Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (cf. Maser)
2131LATLowest Astronomical Tide (nautical charts),Licensed Athletic Trainer (used in many of the United States; see www.oata.org)
2132LATALocal Access Transport Area
2133LATCHLower Anchors and Tethers for Children (U.S. standard for attachment points for child safety seats in passenger cars)
2134LAVLand Assault Vehicle, Light Armoured Vehicle, Lymphadenopathy-Associated Virus
2135LAWLight Antitank Weapon
2136LAXLos Angeles International Airport, The Latin American Xchange (professional wrestling)
2137LBLebanon (ISO 3166 digram)
2138LBHLight Battlefield Helicopter, Lyman-Birge-Hopfield bands
2139LBJLady Bird Johnson,LeBron James,Light Bulb Joke,Little Beagle Johnson (the dog owned by Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson),Lyndon Baines Johnson
2140LBNLebanon (ISO 3166 trigram)
2141LBNLLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2142LBRLiberia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2143LBSLocation-Based Services
2144LBTLarge Binocular Telescope
2145LBWLeg Before Wicket
2146LBYLibya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2147LCASaint Lucia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2148LCCLand Component Commander
2149LCCPLight Contingency Communications Package
2150LCDLiquid Crystal Display
2151LCMLeast/Lowest Common Multiple
2152LCSLeague of Legends Championship Series
2153LDALateral Drift Apparatus (paratroops)
2154LDCLesser Developing/Developed Country
2155LDLLow-Density Lipoprotein
2156LDVLocal Defence Volunteers (British Home Guard)
2157LDWLane Departure Warning (ADAS)
2158LELebanon (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2159LECLocal Exchange Carrier
2160LEDLight-Emitting Diode
2161LEGADLegal Advice
2162Legslevel emotion gad speed
2163LEMOSSLong-Endurance MObile Submarine Simulator
2164LENLarge Extension Node
2165LEPLarge Electron-Positron collider
2166LERLoss-Exchange Ratio
2167LEULow-Enriched Uranium
2168LFLow Frequency
2169LFOLow Frequency Oscillation / Oscillator
2170LFTRLiquid fluoride thorium reactor
2171LGLatvia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2172LGBLesbian,Gay,Bisexual
2173LGBTLesbian,Gay,Bisexual,Transgender
2174LGBTQLesbian,Gay,Bisexual,Transgender,Queer
2175LGLOLove God,Love Others
2176LGMLittle Green Men
2177LGSLandsat Ground Station
2178LHCLarge Hadron Collider
2179LHSLeft Hand Side
2180LiLithium
2181LIBORLondon Interbank Offered Rate
2182LIBSLaser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
2183LIELiechtenstein (ISO 3166 trigram)
2184LIGOLaser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
2185LINEARLincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
2186LISALaser Interferometer Space Antenna
2187LIVELiquid Inertial Vibration Eliminator
2188LJJLord Justices of Appeal
2189LKSri Lanka (ISO 3166 digram)
2190LKASri Lanka (ISO 3166 trigram)
2191LKR4Linkwitz-Riley 4th order (audio crossover type)
2192LLADLow Level Air Defence
2193LLBLegum Baccalaureus (Latin: Bachelor of Laws)
2194LLCLimited Liability Company
2195LLLTVLow-Light Level Television
2196LLNLLawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2197LLPLimited Liability Partnership
2198LLTRLow-Level Transit Route
2199LMAOLaughing My Ass Off (Internet shorthand)
2200LMBLick My Balls
2201LMFAOLaughing My F**king Ass Off (Internet shorthand,electro-hop duo)
2202LMNLifetime Movie Network
2203LMSLike My Status (Internet shorthand)
2204LMV() Light Motor Vehicle
2205LNERLondon and North Eastern Railway
2206LNGLiquefied Natural Gas
2207LNOLiaison Officer
2208LNRLigue Nationale de Rugby (French for: 'National Rugby League')
2209LOSlovakia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2210LOALimit Of Advance
2211LOCLevel of Operational Capability, Limited Operational Capability
2212LODLimit of Detection,see Detection limit
2213LoDLines of Development (UK)
2214LOFARLow Frequency Analysis and Recording
2215LOGPACLogistics Package
2216LOLLaughing Out Loud (Internet shorthand)
2217LOMEZLow Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
2218LONEOSLowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search
2219LOOGYLefty One-Out GuY,a sometimes pejorative nickname for the left-handed specialist in baseball
2220LORTIDLOng Range Target IDentification
2221LOSLine Of Sight
2222LOSATLine-Of-Sight Anti-Tank (missile)
2223LOTALicentiate of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
2224LOTISLivermore Optical Transient Imaging System
2225LOTSLogistics Over-The-Shore
2226LPLinkin Park,Linkup Point,Listening Post,Long Playing record,Louisiana Pacific (cf. LP Field)
2227LPCLinear Predictive Coding
2228LPDLanding Platform Dock (Navy hull classification),Low Probability of Detection
2229LPGLiquefied Petroleum Gas (cf. LNG)
2230LPILow Probability of Intercept
2231LPSLandsat Processing System,LipoPolySaccharide
2232LQPalmyra Atoll (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2233LrLawrencium
2234LRLiberia (ISO 3166 digram)
2235LRCLogistics iness Center
2236LRGWLong-Range Guided Weapon
2237LRICBMLimited Range ICBM
2238LRIPLow Rate Initial Production
2239LRPLogistics Release Point
2240LRPELong-Range Planning Element
2241LRSLong Range Surveillance
2242LRULine-Replaceable Unit
2243LSATLaw School Admission Test (often pronounced as 'el-SAT')
2244LSILarge-Scale Integration
2245LSIFLabour Sponsored Investment Fund
2246LSNDLiquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
2247LSOLesotho (ISO 3166 trigram)
2248LSSTLarge Synoptic Survey Telescope
2249LSTLanding Ship,Tank (World War II; also known,not entirely affectionately,as 'Large Slow Target')
2250LSVWLight Support Vehicle,Wheeled
2251LTLesotho (FIPS 10-4 country code),Lithuania (ISO 3166 digram)
2252LtLieutenant
2253LtCLieutenant-Colonel (U.S.)
2254LTCLong-Term Costing
2255LtdLimited
2256LTDPLong-Term Defence Plan
2257LTGLieutenant General,Lightning (METAR Code)
2258LTILinear Time-Invariant
2259LTMAcronym for Laughing To Myself
2260LTPLong-Term Potentiation
2261LTULithuania (ISO 3166 trigram)
2262LUAcronym Love You
2263LULoonatics Unleashed
2264LuLutetium
2265LUCALast Universal Common Ancestor
2266LUGLinux User Group
2267LULULocally Unwanted Land Use (urbanism)
2268LUTLimited User Test (ing),Local User Terminal
2269LUVWLight Utility Vehicle,Wheeled
2270LUXLuxembourg (ISO 3166 trigram)
2271LVLas Vegas,Latvia (ISO 3166 digram),Launch Vehicle,Leading Vehicle,Leave,Left Ventricle,Level Valve,Linking Verb,Liverpool Victoria
2272LVALatvia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2273LVADLeft Ventricular Assist Device,Low-Velocity Airdrop
2274LVEFLeft Ventricular Ejection Fraction
2275LWLand Warrior,Low Water (nautical charts)
2276LwLawrencium (obsolete 1963)
2277LWRLaser warning receiver
2278LWRCLand Warfare Resources Corporation
2279LWSLand Warrior System
2280LXElectrics (theatrical term)
2281LXLuxembourg (amateur radio ITU prefix),Swiss International Air Lines (IATA code)
2282LYLibya (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Lithuania (amateur radio ITU prefix)
2283LYAOLaugh Your Ass Off
2284LYLASLove You Like A Sister
2285LZBulgaria (amateur radio ITU prefix),Landing Zone
2286MMega-,One thousand (in Roman numerals)
2287mMetre,Milli
2288MAMadagascar (FIPS 10-4 country code),Marijuana Anonymous,Master of Arts,Massachusetts (postal symbol),Megaampere,Morocco (ISO 3166 digram)
2289MaMegaannum
2290mAMilliampere
2291MAAMathematical Association of America
2292MAACMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference
2293MACEMulti-Agent Computing Environment
2294MACHOMAssive Compact Halo Object
2295MADDMothers Against Drunk Driving,MyoAdenylate Deaminase Deficiency,Multiply-Add
2296MAFMaintenance Action Form
2297MAGICMajor Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (telescope)
2298MAGNETARMetaprogrammable AGent NETwork ARchitecture
2299MAGTFMarine Air-Ground Task Force
2300MahaszMagyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége (Hungarian for: 'Association of Hungarian Record Companies')
2301MALDMiniature Air-Launched Decoy
2302MANPADSMAN-Portable Air Defence System
2303MANPRINTMANpower and PeRsonnel INTegration
2304MAOMolėtų astronomijos observatorija (Moletai Astronomical Observatory),MonoAmine Oxidase
2305MAOIMonoamine oxidase inhibitor
2306MAPSMonitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship
2307MARMorocco (ISO 3166 trigram)
2308MarBEFMarine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
2309MARCENTUnited States Marine Forces Central Command
2310MARFORCCMarine Force Component Commander
2311MASASMonte Agliale Supernovae and Asteroid Survey
2312MaserMicrowave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
2313MASHMobile Army Surgical Hospital
2314MASINTMeasurement And Signature Intelligence
2315MAVSMobile Artillery Vehicle System
2316MBBL(U.S. Armor Center) Mounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
2317MBCCMigratory Bird Conservation Commission (U.S.)
2318MBCSMulti-Byte Character Set
2319MBIMoody Bible Institute
2320MBIDSTMember of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
2321MBMMeat and Bone Meal
2322MBTMain Battle Tank
2323MBTIMyers-Briggs Type Indicator
2324mCMillicoulomb
2325MCDLModel Composition Definition Language
2326MCFTModified Compression Field Theory
2327MCGMelbourne Cricket Ground
2328MCISMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
2329MCMMine Counter-Measures
2330MCMVMine Counter-Measure Vessel
2331MCRMy Chemical Romance
2332MCSFMarine Corps Security Forces
2333MCTMovement Control Team
2334MCTISMounted Co-operative Target Identification System
2335MdMendelevium
2336MDNAMadonna's 12th studio album title (2012)
2337MDOMembership Driven Organisation
2338MDPMarkov Decision Process
2339MDTMountain Daylight Time (UTC-6 hours)
2340MDVMaldives (ISO 3166 trigram)
2341MeMesserschmitt
2342MEACMid-Eastern Athletic Conference (ME-ac)
2343MECOMain engine cutoff (NASA code for point in Space Shuttle assent when three main engines are shut down prior to External Tank (ET) separation)
2344MEDEVACMedical evacuation
2345MEDSMission Essential Data Set
2346MEGMagnetoEncephaloGraphy
2347MELTMetallic Line/Loop Test (ing)
2348MEMSMicroelectromechanical System
2349MERMars Exploration Rover
2350MERLMitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
2351MESManufacturing Execution Systems
2352METAR[Meteorological] Aviation Routine weather report
2353METOCMeteorological and Oceanographic
2354MeVMegaelectronvolt
2355MEXMexico (ISO 3166 trigram)
2356MEZMissile Engagement Zone
2357mFMillifarad
2358MGPAMMy Gym Partner's a Monkey
2359MGSMobile Gun System
2360mHMillihenry
2361MHCMajor Histocompatibility Complex
2362MHHWMean Higher High Water (nautical charts)
2363MHLMarshall Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2364MHLWMean Higher Low Water (nautical charts)
2365MHRA(UK) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
2366MHWMean High Water (nautical charts)
2367MHWNMean High Water Neaps (nautical charts)
2368MHWSMean High Water Springs (nautical charts)
2369MHzMegahertz
2370MiMebi
2371MIAMissing In Action
2372MICLICMine Clearing Line Charge
2373MICOMMissile Command
2374MIDMidway Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
2375MIDASMan-machine Integration Design and Analysis System
2376MIDIMusical Instrument Digital Interface
2377MIDSMulti-Function Information Distribution System
2378MIFGShallow Fog (METAR Code)
2379MIKEMonitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants
2380MILMan-In-the-Loop
2381MILCMirrorless interchangeable-lens camera
2382MILFMother I'd Like to Fuck
2383MIMOSAMIcroMeasurements Of Satellite Acceleration
2384MIMPTMember of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
2385MIRAMILAN Infra-Red Acquisition (thermal sight)
2386MIRVMultiple Independent Reentry Vehicle
2387MISREPMission Report
2388MISSIMultilevel Information System Security Initiative
2389MITLMan-In-The-Loop
2390MITSsee entry
2391mJMillijoule
2392MJDModified Julian Day
2393mKMillikelvin
2394MKGMichael Kidd-Gilchrist (American basketball player)
2395MKSAMetre-Kilogram-Second-Ampere (system of units)
2396mLMillilitre
2397MLBMajor League Baseball
2398MLCMember of the Legislative Council (in India)
2399MLEMaximum likelihood estimation
2400MLHWMean Lower High Water (nautical charts)
2401MLIMali (ISO 3166 trigram)
2402MLLMajor League Lacrosse
2403MLLWMean Lower Low Water (nautical charts)
2404MLPMy Little Pony
2405MLRSMultiple-Launch Rocket System
2406MLTMalta (ISO 3166 trigram)
2407MLWMean Low Water (nautical charts)
2408MLWNMean Low Water Neaps (nautical charts)
2409MLWSMean Low Water Springs (nautical charts)
2410MmMegametre
2411mmMillimetre
2412MMEVMulti-Mission Effects Vehicle
2413MMIMagical MonkeyZ Inc.
2414MMIMan-Machine Interface
2415MMIMcLean Meditation Institute
2416MMICMcLean Meditation Institute Certified
2417MMOMassively Multiplayer Online (computer game)
2418MMORMaster of Management in Operations Research
2419MMORPGMassively multiplayer online role-playing game
2420MMPRMighty Morphin Power Rangers
2421MMSMultimission Modular Spacecraft
2422MnManganese
2423mNMillinewton
2424MNBMultinational Brigade
2425MNEMontenegro (ISO 3166 trigram)
2426MNMFMulti-National Maritime Force
2427MNPNorthern Mariana Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2428MNSMission Needs Statement
2429MoMolybdenum
2430MOAMuseum of Art (Brigham Young University)
2431MOCASMechanization Of Contract Administration Services
2432MoDMinistry of Defence (United Kingdom) and various other countries
2433modemModulator-Demodulator
2434MoeMarvel of entertainment
2435MOEMeasure Of Effectiveness
2436MOFMinistry of Finance (Japan)
2437MOFAMinistry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
2438MOIDMinimum Orbital Intersection Distance
2439MOJWAMovement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa
2440MOLOMobile Other Licensed Operator (UK)
2441MOMMaster's Degree in Oriental medicine
2442MOMMessage Oriented Middleware
2443MoMMultiple of the median
2444MoMAMuseum of Modern Art (NYC)
2445MONDModified Newtonian Dynamics
2446MOOMeasure Of Outcome
2447MOPPMission-Oriented Protective Posture
2448MORPMeteorite Observation and Recovery Project
2449MOSFETMetal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
2450MOTMinistry of Transport (UK)
2451MOTAMember of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
2452MOTESSMoving Object and Transient Event Search System
2453MOUMemorandum Of Understanding
2454MOWMaintenance of way (also MW)
2455MOZMozambique (ISO 3166 trigram)
2456MPaMegapascal
2457mPaMillipascal
2458MPAAMotion Picture Association of America
2459MPECMinor Planet Electronic Circular
2460MPEGMotion Pictures (Coding) Experts Group
2461MPEVMulti-Purpose Engineering Vehicle
2462MPFMaritime Prepositioning Force
2463MPFCMedial PreFrontal Cortex
2464MPGMiles Per Gallon
2465MPMCMedial PreMotor Cortex
2466MPSIMember of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
2467MPSoCMultiProcessor System-on-Chip
2468MPSRONMaritime Propositioning Ship Squadron
2469MRMauritania (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2470MRAVMulti-Role Armoured Vehicle
2471MRBMMedium Range Ballistic Missile
2472MRCMaintenance Requirements Card
2473MRDMotorized Rifle Division
2474MRGWMedium-Range Guided Weapon
2475MRIMagnetic Resonance Imaging
2476MRLMultiple Rocket Launcher
2477MRPharmSMember of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (Great Britain)
2478MRSMagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
2479MRSAMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
2480MRTFBU.S. Major Range and Test Facility Base
2481MsMegasecond
2482mSMillisiemens
2483MSDMinimum Safe Distance
2484MSDBMulti Source Data Base
2485MSEMultiple Subscriber Element
2486MSGMessage
2487MSLPMean Sea Level Pressure
2488MSNBCMicrosoft National Broadcasting Company Cable news channel (see also msnbc.com)
2489MSOMultiple System Operator
2490MSPBMerit Systems Protection Board
2491MSSAMethicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
2492MtMeitnerium
2493mTMillitesla
2494MTBFMean Time Between Failures
2495MtFMale-to-female transsexual
2496MTGMagic: The Gathering
2497MTQMartinique (ISO 3166 trigram)
2498MTTMethylthiazol tetrazolium (assay)
2499MTTFMean Time To Failure
2500MTTRMean Time To Recover
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