PowerShell/Data/Abbr/General.csv
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1Abbr,Term
20D,obvious deed
31AM,Air Mechanic 1st Class
41D,One-Dimensional
52AM,Air Mechanic 2nd Class
62D,Two-dimensional
72G,Second-generation mobile (cellular,wireless) telephone system
82LA,Two Letter Acronym
92Lt,2nd Lieutenant
103AM,Air Mechanic 3rd Class
113D,Three-Dimensional
123G,Third-generation mobile telephone system
133i,Investors In Industry (venture capitalists)
143M,Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
154D,Four-Dimensional (usually three spatial plus one temporal dimension,sometimes four spatial ones)
164G,Fourth-generation mobile telephone system
174WD,Four-wheel drive
185D,Five-Dimensional
196D,Six-Dimensional
207D,Seven-Dimensional
218D,Eight-Dimensional
229D,Nine-Dimensional
23A,Ampere
24A10,Atlantic 10 Conference
25A1C,Airman First Class
26A4,European standard office paper size
27AA,achieved availability,Alcoholics Anonymous,Armed Forces Americas (postal symbol),Aruba (FIPS 10-4 territory code),assembly area,Automobile Association,avenue of approach
28aa,Afar language (ISO 639-1 code)
29aA,Attoampere
30AAAI,Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence,formerly American Association for Artificial Intelligence
31AAAS,American Association for the Advancement of Science
32AAAV,Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle
33AAC,American Athletic Conference,Army Air Corps (British Army)
34AAD,analogue-analogue-digital (CD quality),Australian Antarctic Division
35AADAC,Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
36AADC,area air defense commander,amino acid decarboxylase,aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase,Australian Antarctic Data Centre
37AADD,Adult attention deficit disorder
38AADT,annual average daily traffic
39AAFC,U.S. Army Air Corps Ferrying Command (1941-1942),All-America Football Conference (1946-1949)
40AAFES,Army and Air Force Exchange Service
41AAIS,advanced airborne interceptor simulator
42AAM,air-to-air missile
43AAMOF,as a matter of fact
44AAN,American Academy of Nursing
45AANEAS,Anglo-Australian Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
46AAODL,Atmospheric Aerosols and Optics Data Library
47AAP,advanced acquisition plan,Allied administrative publication,American Academy of Pediatrics
48AAPC,Accounting and Auditing Policy Committee
49aar,Afar language (ISO 639-2 code)
50AAR,after-action review,Association of American Railroads
51AARP,(i/s) American Association of Retired Persons (now officially known only by the initials)
52AASPEM,advanced air-to-air system performance evaluation model
53AAT,Australian Antarctic Territory
54AAV,Amphibious Assault Vehicle
55AAWC,anti-air warfare commander
56ab,Abkhaz language (ISO 639-1 code)
57ABA,Adriatic Basketball Association,American Bar Association,American Basketball Association,American Beverage Association,American Bicycle Association,American Birding Association,Australian Broadcasting Authority
58ABB,ASEA Brown Boveri (Swiss-Swedish multinational company)
59ABC,the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet
60ABC,Active Body Control
61ABC,alien big cat
62ABC,always be careful
63ABC,American-born Chinese
64ABC,anti-lock brake controller
65ABCA,American,British and Canadian Armies (originally),Army Bureau of Current Affairs
66ABCS,(U.S.) Army Battle Command System
67ABET,Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
68ABFIST,Advanced Bradley Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
69ABGI,Addington-Barker Group International
70ABIN,Agência Brasileira de Inteligência (Brazilian Intelligence Agency)
71abk,Abkhaz language (ISO 639-2 code)
72ABL,American Basketball League
73ABLE,AirBorne Law Enforcement (police air support unit)
74ABM,anti-ballistic missile,Asynchronous Balanced Mode,automated banking machine
75ABMC,American Battle Monuments Commission
76ABN,Australian Business Number (a number issued by the Australian government as registration of a business and used for taxation purposes)
77ABPI,Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
78ABRSM,Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
79ABSTRIPS,abstraction-based STRIPS
80ABV,Alcohol by volume
81ABW,Aruba (ISO 3166 trigram)
82Ac,Actinium
83aC,Attocoulomb
84AC1,Aircraftman 1st Class
85AC2,Aircraftman 2nd Class
86ACARS,Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System
87ACAS,Aboriginal Children's Advancement Society,Advisory,Conciliation and Arbitration Service
88ACCA,The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants,Automatic Cloud Cover Assessment
89ACCD,American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
90ACCS,Air Communications and Control Squadron
91ACDA,Arms Control & Disarmament Agency
92ACHT,Average Call Hold Time
93ACINT,Acoustic Intelligence
94ACK,Acknowledge (telecommunications; cf. NAK)
95ACLJ,American Center for Law and Justice
96ACLOS,Automatic CLOS (missile control system)
97ACLS,American Council of Learned Societies
98ACMC,(U.S.) Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
99ACNA,Anglican Church in North America
100ACO,Airspace Control Order
101ACOBA,Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
102ACOG,American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
103ACOM,(U.S.) Atlantic Command
104ACORN,Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
105ACR,Advanced Concepts and Requirements
106ACRI,African Crisis Initiative
107ACRT,Advanced Concepts Research Tool simulator
108ACSC,Army Command and Staff College (various nations)
109ACST,American Cooperative School of Tunis
110ACST,Australian Central Standard Time
111ACTD,Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration
112ACTU,Australian Council of Trade Unions
113ACU,American Conservative Union
114ADAGE,Air Defense Air to Ground Engagement (simulation)
115ADAP,AIDS Drug Assistance Program
116ADAS,Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey
117ADAT,Alesis Digital Audio Tape (recording format)
118ADB,Asian Development Bank
119ADDIE,Analyze Design Develop Implement and Evaluate
120ADDNS,Advanced Deployable Day/Night Simulation
121ADF,Australian Defence Force,African Development Foundation
122ADGB,Air Defence of Great Britain
123ADHD,Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
124ADHS,Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Syndrome
125ADI,Acceptable/Allowable Daily Intake
126ADIZ,Air Defence Identification Zone
127ADL,Anti-Defamation League
128ADOA,Air Defence Operations Area
129ADRG,Arc-second Raster Chart (ARC) Digitized Raster Graphics
130ADT,Atlantic Daylight Time (UTC3 hours)
131ADTB,Army Doctrine and Training Bulletin
132ADW,Air Defence Warning
133ae,Avestan language (ISO 639-1 code)
134AED,United Arab Emirates dirham (ISO 4217 currency code)
135AEDT,Australian Eastern Daylight Time
136AEF,American Expeditionary Force
137AEGIS,Airborne Early warning Ground environment Interface Segment (fake etymology)
138AESR,Aeronautical Equipment Service Record
139AEST,Australian Eastern Standard Time
140aet,After extra time (Football)
141af,Afrikaans language (ISO 639-1 code)
142aF,Attofarad
143AFAIC,As Far As I'm Concerned
144AFAICT,As Far As I Can Tell
145AFAIK,As Far As I Know
146AFAIR,As Far As I Remember/Recall
147AFATDS,Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System
148AFC,American Football Conference,Asian Football Confederation
149AFCEA,Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
150AFDB,African Development Bank
151AFES,Automatic Fire Extinguishing System
152AFG,Afghanistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
153AFIS,Automated Fingerprint Identification System,American Forces Information Service
154AFIST,Abrams Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
155AFJ,April Fool's Joke
156AFK,Away From Keyboard (Internet chat abbreviation)
157AFL,American Federation of Labor,American Football League — either the 1960s league that merged into the National Football League,or one of several other leagues of American football,Arena Football League,Australian Football League,AFL-CIO,American Federation of Labor,Congress of Industrial Organizations
158AFLAC,American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus
159AFM,Army Field Manual (UK; the U.S. more frequently uses just FM),Atomic Force Microscope,Aviation Fleet Maintenance
160AFN,Afghani (ISO 4217 currency code)
161AFO,Association of Field Ornithologists
162AFOSR,U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research
163AFQT,Armed Forces Qualification Test
164afr,Afrikaans language (ISO 639-2 code)
165AFRC,Air Force Reserve Command
166AFRL,Air Force Research Laboratory
167AFROTC,Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
168AFRRI,(i,U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
169AFRTS,Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
170AFS,Active Front Steering,Air Facility Sub-System,Amniotic Fluid-derived Stem cell,AFS&A or AFSA,U.S. Air Force Studies and Analysis
171AFSC,U.S. Air Force Staff College (obsolete; replaced with JFSC),U.S. Air Force Systems Command
172AFSCN,U.S. Air Force Satellite Control Network
173AFSPC,Air Force Space Command
174AFT,American Farmland Trust
175AFV,armoured fighting vehicle
176AFWA,Air Force Weather Agency,Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies,AG[edit]
177ag,Attogram
178Ag,Silver (Latin argentum)
179AGARD,Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development
180AGARDograph,Advanced Guidance for Alliance Research and Development publication
181AGASA,Akeno Giant Air Shower Array (cosmic ray detector)
182AGB,Internal Nintendo initialism (Advanced Game Boy) for Game Boy Advance
183AGC,Adjutant General's Corps (British Army)
184AGC,Apollo Guidance Computer,Automatic Gain Control
185AGDC,Australian Game Developers' Conference
186AGI,Auxiliary Group Intelligence
187AGL,Above Ground Level
188AGM,Annual General Meeting
189AGN,Active Galactic Nucleus
190AGO,Angola (ISO 3166 trigram)
191AGP,Accelerated Graphics Port
192AGRICOLA,Agriculture Online Access
193AGS,Alaska Ground Station (LandSat)
194AGTS,Advanced Gunnery Training System
195AGU,American Geophysical Union
196AGW,Autonomous Guided Weapon
197Ah,Ampere-hour
198AH,Attack Helicopter
199aH,Attohenry
200AHA,American Heart Association
201AHCPR,Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (obsolete; replaced with AHRQ)
202AHEC,Australian Health Ethics Committee
203AHPCRC,Army High Performance Computing Research Center
204AHQ,Air Headquarters
205AHRQ,Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
206AHS,American Housing Survey
207AI,Air Interdiction,Amnesty International,Artificial Insemination,Artificial Intelligence,Anguilla (ISO 3166 digram)
208AIA,Aerospace Industries Association,American Institute of Architects,Anguilla (ISO 3166 trigram)
209AIAA,American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
210AIC,African Independent Church,Animal Identification Coordinator
211AICD,Australian Institute of Company Directors
212AICMFP,And I Claim My Five Pounds
213AID,U.S. Agency for International Development
214AIDS,Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
215AIM,Australian Institute of Management
216AIMP,Aurora Incremental Modernization Project
217AIPAC,American Israel Public Affairs Committee
218AIR,Aircraft Inventory Record
219AIRFA,American Indian Religious Freedom Act
220AIRS,(a/i) Aerometric Information Retrieval System (obsolete; replaced with AFS)
221AIS,Australian Institute of Sport,Automatic Identification System
222AISB,(British Society for the Study of) Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour
223aJ,Attojoule
224AJ,Azerbaijan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
225Ajax,Asynchronous JavaScript And XML
226AJD,Astronomical Julian day
227AJP,Allied Joint Publication
228AJPW,All Japan Pro Wrestling
229ak,Akan languages (ISO 639-1 code)
230AK,Alaska (postal symbol)
231aK,Attokelvin
232AKA,Above knee amputation (orthopaedic usage)
233aka,Akan languages (ISO 639-2 code)
234AKDT,Alaska Standard Daylight Saving Time (UTC8 hours)
235AKST,Alaska Standard Time (UTC9 hours)
236Al,Aluminium
237aL,Attolitre
238ALA,Åland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
239ALAP,As Long/Late As Possible
240ALARM,Air-Launched Anti-Radar Missile
241ALB,Albania (ISO 3166 trigram)
242ALD,Accounting Line Designator (nuclear weapon targeting)
243ALERT,Advanced Linked Extended Reconnaissance and Targeting,Attack and Launch Early Reporting to Theatre
244ALF,Africa Leadership Forum,Alien Life Form (cf. ALF (TV series)),Animal Liberation Front
245ALG,Algeria (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
246ALGOL,ALGOrithmic Language
247ALL,Albanian lek (ISO 4217 currency code)
248ALOA,Associated Locksmiths of America,Inc.
249ALOC,Air Lines Of Communication,Average Length of Calls
250ALPA,Air Line Pilots Association
251ALS,Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis,Automatic Landing System
252ALSHS,Abraham Low Self-Help Systems
253ALSP,Aggregate Level Simulation Protocol
254ALTE,Association of Language Testers in Europe
255Am,Americium
256am,Amharic language (ISO 639-1 code),Attometre
257AM-many,including Amplitude Modulation and Ante Meridiem; see entry,Armenia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
258AM1,Airman 1st class
259AMA,American Medical Association,Australian Medical Association
260AMAPS,Aircraft,Missile,Avionics Performance Simulation
261AMC,Adaptive modulation and coding (digital communications),U.S. Air Mobility Command,American Motors Corporation,American Movie Classics (TV network; now known simply by the initials),U.S. Army Materiel Command
262AMCB,U.S. Army/Marine Corps Board
263AMFR,Age-specific Marital Fertility Rate,Amplitude Modulation Following Response
264AMFRS,Advanced Multi-Function Radio Frequency System,Automatic Multisensor Feature-based Recognition System
265amh,Amharic language (ISO 639-2 code)
266AML,Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
267AMLCD,Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display
268AMLO,Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexican politician),Anti-Money Laundering Office (Thailand government agency)
269AMO,Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
270AMOLED,Active-matrix organic light-emitting diode
271AMOS,Advanced MOrtar System,Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory
272AMP,Adenosine MonoPhosphate,Automated Mission Planner
273AMRAAM,Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile
274AMRDEC,U.S. Aviation & Missile Research,Development,& Engineering Center
275AMS,Agriculture Marketing Service,American Mathematical Society
276AMSAA,U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity
277AMSO,U.S. Army Model and Simulation Office
278AMSU,Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
279AMTE,UK Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment (1977-1984)
280AN,Andorra (FIPS 10-4 country code),Netherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 digram)
281an,Aragonese language (ISO 639-1 code)
282aN,Attonewton
283ANA,Administration for Native Americans,Afghan National Army,All Nippon Airways,Anti-Nuclear Anti-body,Australian National Airways,Australian Natives' Association
284ANC,African National Congress
285AND,Andorra (ISO 3166 trigram)
286ANFO,Ammonium nitrate/fuel oil (explosive)
287ANG,Air National Guard,Angola (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Netherlands Antillian guilder (ISO 4217 currency code)
288ANGLiCo,Air/Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
289ANL,Argonne National Laboratory
290ANM,Acoustic Noise Monitor
291ANOVA,ANalysis Of VAriance
292ANS,Applied and Natural Sciences
293ANSI,American National Standards Institute
294ANT,Netherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 trigram),Antigua and Barbuda (IOC trigram,but not ISO 3166 or FIFA)
295ANTM,America's Next Top Model
296ANTY,Acronyms,No Thank You
297ANWR,Arctic National Wildlife Refuge /ˈænwɑr/
298ANZ,Australia and New Zealand Banking Group
299ANZAC,Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
300AO,Angola (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Approach Officer (submarine),Area of Operations
301AOA,Air Officer in charge of Administration,Argonne National Laboratory,Angolan kwanza (ISO 4217 currency code),Award Of Arms (heraldry)
302AOC,Air Operations Centre,Air Officer Commanding
303AOD,Adrenalin O.D. (punk rock band)
304AOI,Angle Of Incidence Arab Organization for Industrialization
305AOL,America OnLine
306AOR,Area of Responsibility
307AOSTH,Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
308AOTS,Attack of the Show!
309AOU,American Ornithologists' Union
310APB,All Points Bulletin (police jargon)
311APC,Armoured Personnel Carrier,Armour Piercing Capped (ammunition)
312APCNR,Armour-Piercing,Composite Non-Rigid (ammunition)
313APCR,Armour-Piercing,Composite Rigid (ammunition)
314APDS,Armour-Piercing,Discarding-Sabot (ammunition)
315APEC,Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
316APEDS,AMSAA Performance Estimates Data System
317APEX,Applied Physics Express
318APFSDS,Armour-Piercing,Fin-Stabilised,Discarding Sabot (ammunition)
319APHA,American Public Health Association
320APHE,Armour-Piercing,High Explosive (ammunition)
321APHIS,Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
322APOD,Aerial Port (Airport) Of Debarkation
323APOE,Aerial Port (Airport) Of Embarkation
324APOLLO,Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation
325APP,Allied Procedural Publication
326APR,Annual Percentage Rate
327APS,Advanced Photo System (cf. APS-C,an image sensor format based on the size of the original APS film frame),American Physical Society,Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome,AQ[edit]
328AQ,AdventureQuest,American Samoa (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Antarctica (ISO 3166 digram),Automatic qualifier,a term used by U.S. sports media from 1998 to 2013 to refer to the six conferences whose champions automatically entered the now-defunct Bowl Championship Series of college football
329AQIM,Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
330ar,Arabic language (ISO 639-1 code)
331AR,Argentina (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Arkansas (postal symbol),Armour,Arunachal Pradesh (Indian state code)
332Ar,Argon
333ara,Arabic language (ISO 639-2 code)
334ARAG,Advanced Research and Assessment Group
335ARB,Administrative Review Board
336ARBA,(a/i) Army Review Boards Agency
337ARC,Arc-second Raster Chart,Appalachian Regional Commission
338ARCA,Automobile Racing Club of America
339ARCENT,United States Army Central Command
340ARDA,Advanced Research and Development Activity (became DTO 2006)
341ARE,UK Admiralty Research Establishment (-1991),United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166 trigram)
342ARF,ASEAN Regional Forum
343arg,Aragonese language (ISO 639-2 code)
344ARG,Argentina (ISO 3166 trigram)
345ARH,Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter
346ARI,Acute Respiratory Infection,U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
347ARL,UK Admiralty Research Laboratory (1921-1977),U.S. Army Research Laboratory,UIUC Aviation Research Laboratory
348ARM,Anti-Radiation Missile,Adjustable-rate mortgage,Armenia (ISO 3166 trigram)
349ARNet,Acquisition Reform Network
350ARP,Applied Research Programme
351ARPA,Advanced Research Projects Agency
352ARRC,ACE Rapid Reaction Corps
353ARRF,Allied Rapid Reaction Force
354ARRL,American Radio Relay League
355ARS,Agricultural Research Service,Argentine peso (ISO 4217 currency code)
356ARSC,Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
357ARSPACE,U.S. Army Space Command
358ART,Adaptive Resonance Theory,Anti-Retroviral Therapy
359ARTCC,Air Route Traffic Control Center
360AS,ActionScript
361as,Adult swim,Assamese language (ISO 639-1 code),Attosecond
362AS,American Samoa (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram),Australia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Assam / Asom (Indian state code)
363As,Arsenic
364aS,Attosiemens
365ASA,AcetylSalicylic Acid,American Standards Association,Army Security Agency,Atlantic Southeast Airlines
366ASAP,As Soon As Possible
367ASARS,Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System,Airborne Search and Rescue System
368ASB,Associated Student Body,Alternative Service Book (Church of England)
369ASBO,Anti-Social Behaviour Order
370ASCAP,American Society of Composers,Authors,and Publishers
371ASCC,Army Service Component Commander,Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator,Air Standardization Coordinating Committee
372ASCII,American Standard Code for Information Interchange
373ASD,(U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense,autism spectrum disorder
374ASDIC,Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee (Sonar)
375ASEAN,Association of Southeast Asian Nations
376ASFAR,Americans for a Society Free of Age Restrictions
377ASG,Area Support Group
378ASIC,Australian Securities and Investments Commission,Aviation Security Identification Card
379ASIO,Australian Security Intelligence Organisation,Audio stream input output
380ASIP,Advanced System Improvement Program,Army Stationing and Installation Plan,Application-specific instruction-set processor
381ASM,Air-to-Surface Missile,American Samoa (ISO 3166 trigram),American Society for Metals,American Society for Microbiology
382asm,Assamese language (ISO 639-2 code)
383ASMB,American Society for Matrix Biology,Adult Swim Message Board
384ASME,American Society of Mechanical Engineers,American Society of Magazine ors
385ASN,Associate of Science in Nursing
386ASOC,(a/i) Air Sovereignty Operations Centre,Air Support Operations Centre,Airport Security and Operations Centre,Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition,Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus,Australian Standard Offence Classification
387ASP,Active Server Pages,American Society of Primatologists,Ammunition Supply Point,Application Service Provider (cf internet service provider),Astronomical Society of the Pacific,Association of Surfing Professionals
388ASPI,Australian Strategic Policy Institute
389ASR,Alkali-silica reaction,Anti Slip Regulation
390ASRAAM,Advanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile
391ASSC,Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
392AST,Atlantic Standard Time (UTC4 hours)
393ASTIA,Armed Services Technical Information Agency
394ASTM,American Society for Testing and Materials
395ASTREA,Aerial Support To Regional Enforcement Agencies (sheriff's air support unit)
396ASUW,AntiSUrface Warfare
397ASVAB,Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery(taken by juniors in high school in the USA)
398ASW,AntiSubmarine Warfare
399ASWORG,(U.S.) AntiSubmarine Warfare Operations Research Group
400ASX,Advanced Stream Redirector,Australian Securities Exchange
401At,Astatine
402aT,Attotesla
403ATA,Advanced Technology Attachment (IBM Personal Computer),Afghan Transitional Authority,Allen Telescope Array,Antarctica (ISO 3166 trigram)
404ATAC,Air Transportable Acoustic Communications
405ATACMS,Army TACtical Missile System
406ATAPI,Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
407ATAS,Air-To-Air Stinger (missile)
408ATAT,Aiken Tactical Airsoft Team / Star Wars vehicle
409ATB,Active Time Battle,British Antarctic Territory (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1979)
410ATCCIS,Army Tactical Command and Control Information System
411ATESS,Aerospace and Telecommunications Engineering Support Squadron
412ATG,Antigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166 and FIFA trigram)
413ATGM,Anti-Tank Guided Missile
414ATGW,Anti-Tank Guided Weapon
415ATI,Allied Telesyn International,Inc.,Array Technologies Incorporated. (ATI Technologies)
416Atisbo,a Local Government Area in Nigeria named for constituent communities (Ago-Are,Tede,Irawo,Sabe,Baasi,Ofiki and Owo)
417ATK,Attack
418ATLAS,All-Terrain Lifter Army System,Assessment Tool for LAnd Systems
419ATM,Automated Teller Machine,Asynchronous Transfer Mode,At The Moment
420ATN,Dronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1983)
421ATSD,(U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense
422ATSDR,Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
423ATV,All-Terrain Vehicle
424Au,Gold (Latin Aurum)
425AUD,Australian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
426AUS,Australia (ISO 3166 trigram)
427Auslan,Australian Sign Language
428AUT,Austria (ISO 3166 trigram)
429AUTL,Army Universal Task List
430Av,Aperture value (photographic mode)
431aV,Attovolt
432av,Avar language (ISO 639-1 code)
433AVA,American Viticultural Area
434ava,Avar language (ISO 639-2 code)
435AVB,Audio Video Bridging
436AVDLR,Aviation Depot Level Repair
437ave,Avestan language (ISO 639-2 code)
438AVGP,Armoured Vehicle,General Purpose
439AVI,Audio Video Interleave
440AVIM,Aviation Intermediate Maintenance
441AVLB,Armoured Vehicle Launched Body
442AVM,Air Vice-Marshal,Arteriovenous malformation
443AVO,Apprehended Violence Order
444AVP,Arubaanse Volkspartij
445AVP,Association of Volleyball Professionals
446AVRE,Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers
447AVUM,Aviation Unit Maintenance
448AVVO,Acute Vaginal Venereal Outbreak
449AW,Aruba (ISO 3166 digram)
450aW,Attowatt
451AWA,American Wrestling Association
452AWC,Air Warfare Centre
453AWD,All Wheel Drive
454AWE,Advanced Warfighting Experiment
455AWG,Aruban guilder (ISO 4217 currency code)
456AWP,Awaiting Parts (SM&R code)
457AWSIM,Air Warfare SIMulation
458AWST,Australian Western Standard Time
459AWW,Above Water Warfare
460AX,Åland Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
461AXP,Ambulance eXchange Point
462AY,Antarctica (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
463ay,Aymara language (ISO 639-1 code)
464AYBABTU,All Your Base Are Belong To Us
465aym,Aymara language (ISO 639-2 code)
466AYU,As Yet Unknown
467AZ,Arizona (postal symbol),Azerbaijan (ISO 3166 digram),Alkmaar Zaanstreek (Dutch football club)
468az,Azerbaijani language (ISO 639-1 code)
469AZE,Azerbaijan (ISO 3166 trigram)
470aze,Azerbaijani language (ISO 639-2 code)
471AZN,Azerbaijani manat (ISO 4217 currency code)
472AZUR,Actions en zone urbaine (French,Urban Operations)
473BAR,Barbados (IOC trigram,but not FIFA or ISO 3166),British American Racing,Browning Automatic Rifle,Buy-American Restrictions,BARD , Binational Agricultural Research and Development fund (between the US and Israel),BARDA , Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency,BART , Bay Area Rapid Transit,BAS , Battalion Aid Station,BASE , Building,Antenna,Span,Earth (parachute from),BASF , Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory,a German chemicals company),BASIC , Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (acronym was added later,originally it was simply Basic),BAT ,(a/i) Basic Aid Training,BATF , U.S. Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,and Firearms,BATS , Behavior Analysis Training System ,Bradley Advanced Training System,BATTeRS , Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescope for Rapid Survey,BB[edit]
474BB,Barbados (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code),Boys' Brigade (Christian youth organization),Brigitte Bardot (actress),Bumblebee
475BBB,Better Business Bureau,Blood-brain barrier
476BBC,Breeding Bird Census,British Broadcasting Corporation,Bumper to Back of Cab (trucking measurement)
477BBD,Barbadian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code),Bowel Bladder Dysfunction
478BBL,Be Back Later,Bird Banding Laboratory,British Basketball League,BBN , Bolt,Beranek and Newman,BBQ , Barbecue[1]
479BBS,Breeding Bird Survey (North America),Brigade/Battalion Battle Simulation,Bulletin Board System,BBSRC , U.K. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council,BBVA , Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (Spanish bank)
480BBYO,B'nai B'rith Youth Organization
481BC,Before Christ,Blind Copy (in emailers),Boston College,Botswana (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Bechuanaland),British Columbia (postal symbol)
482BCA,Bachelor of Computer Application,Black Coaches & Administrators,BCC , Blind Carbon Copy
483BCCI,Bank of Credit and Commerce International,Board of Control for Cricket in India,BCD , Binary-Coded Decimal
484BEA,Banque extérieure d'Algérie,British European Airways (ancestor of British Airways),British Electricity Authority,bel , Belarusian language (ISO 639-2 code),BEL , Belgium (ISO 3166 trigram),BEM , British Empire Medal ,Bug-Eyed Monster,ben , Bengali language (ISO 639-2 code),BEN , Benin (ISO 3166 trigram),BEO , Banquet Event Order,BERC , Business Environmental Resource Center,BER , Bit Error Rate
485BH,Bahrain (ISO 3166 digram),Belize (FIPS 10-4 country code),BHD , Bahraini dinar (ISO 4217 currency code),BHR , Bahrain (ISO 3166 trigram)
486BNF,Backus-Naur Form (computing),British National Formulary,BNICE , Biological,Nuclear,Incendiary,Chemical,and Explosive Agents
487BNP,British National Party,Banque Nationale de Paris,a predecessor to today's BNP Paribas,BNS , Bank of Nova Scotia,BNSF ,(i/s) Burlington Northern Santa Fe (also AAR reporting mark),BO[edit],bo , Tibetan language (ISO 639-1 code)
488BO,Back Orifice,Belarus (FIPS 10-4 country code),Biarritz Olympique (French rugby union club),Bolivia (ISO 3166 digram),Body odor,BO2k , Back Orifice 2000,BOAC , British Overseas Airways Corporation (predecessor of British Airways)
489BoAML,Bank of America Merrill Lynch
490BOC,British Orthodontic Society,British Oxygen Company,BÖC , Blue Öyster Cult,bod , Tibetan language (ISO 639-2 code),BOD , Biochemical Oxygen Demand,BODMAS , Brackets,Orders,Division,Multiplication,Addition,Subtraction,BOFH , Bastard Operator From Hell,BOGA , Bend Over and Grab Ankles,BOGOF , Buy One,Get One Free
491BOGs,Bunch of Guys
492BOI,Balance Of Investment,Basis Of Issue,BOL , Bolivia (ISO 3166 trigram)
493BOM,Base Object Model,Bill Of Materials,Block of the Month quilting term,Business opportunity meeting,BOP , Balance of Payments,BOPB , Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque (the complete name of the rugby club),BOPD , Barrel of Oil Per Day
494BOQ,Bill Of Quotations,Bachelor Officers' Quarters,Bank Of Queensland,bos , Bosnian language (ISO 639-2 code),BOS , Battlefield Operating System
495BOT,Balance of Trade,Botswana (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Build Operate Transfer,Bank of Thailand,BP[edit]
496BP,Battle Position,British Petroleum (today,BP does not officially stand for anything),Solomon Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code; from British Protectorate of the Solomon Islands),Bp , Bishop,BPD , Bipolar Personality Disorder,BPM , Beats Per Minute,BPMo , Business Process Mobility
497BPV,Battlefield Planning Visualization,Bovine papillomavirus,BQ[edit]
498BQ,British Antarctic Territory (former ISO 3166 digram; merged with AQ in 1979),Caribbean Netherlands (current ISO 3166 digram; based on the entity's alternate name of Bonaire,Sint Eustatius and Saba),Navassa Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code),BR[edit],br , Breton language (ISO 639-1 code),Br , Bromine
499BR,Brazil (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) ,Bihar (Indian state code),British Rail,Break Ranks (marching band term),BRA , Brazil (ISO 3166 trigram),BRAG , Bicycle Ride Across Georgia,BRASS ,Breathe,Relax,Aim,Sight,Squeeze (Acronym for using a rifle)
500BRN,Bahrain (IOC trigram,but not FIFA or ISO 3166),Brunei (ISO 3166 trigram),BRSB , Battlefield Reasoning System Brianna,BRU , Brunei (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),BS[edit],bs , Bosnian language (ISO 639-1 code)
501BS,The Bahamas (ISO 3166 digram),Bassas da India (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Bachelor of Science degree,British subject
502BSA,Birmingham Small Arms (motorcycles company),Boy Scouts of America,Brigade Support Area
503BSatCoP,Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins
504BSD,Bahamian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code),Berkeley Software Distribution (distinct from BSoD)
505BSE,Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy,better known as mad cow disease
506BSNL-Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,Bachelor of Science in Nursing,BSoD , Blue Screen of Death (distinct from BSD)
507BSP,Between-Show Promotion,Binary Space Partitioning,Board Support Package,British Standard Pipe (screw thread),Business-sponsored,Bone sialoprotein
508BST,Binary search tree,Blended Sales Tax,Bovine somatotropin,British Summer Time,BSW , British Standard Whitworth (screw thread),BSX , Bendigo Stock Exchange,BT[edit]
509Bt,Baronet,Bacillus thuringiensis
510Bullshit-
511C,Carbon,Coulomb,One Hundred (in Roman numerals)
512c,Centi
513C2C,Consumer-To-Consumer electronic commerce,Cam-To-Cam internet chat
514c2c,the British rail company formerly known as LTS Rail
515Ca,Calcium
516CA,California (postal symbol),Canada (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Catalonia,Civil Affairs,Close Armour,Cocaine Anonymous,Computer Associates,Counter-Air,Cricket Australia
517ca,Catalan language (ISO 639-1 code)
518CAA,Canadian Automobile Association,(NORAD) Center for Aerospace Analysis,(U.S.) Center for Army Analysis,(U.S.) Clean Air Act,(U.S. Army) Concepts Analysis Agency,Civil Aviation Authority,Colonial Athletic Association
519CAAT,or Campaign Against Arms Trade,Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
520CAC,California Association of Criminalists,Chronic Asymptomatic [Disease] Carrier,CACM Central American Common Market
521CACM,Communications of the ACM
522CAD,Canadian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code),Computer-Aided Design,Computer-Aided Dispatch,Cpplint Anxiety Disorder,Condition suffered by software developers who worry about whether they've left any whitespace on the end of a line
523CADCAM,Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing
524CADMID,Concept,Assessment,Demonstration,Manufacture,In service,Disposal (life cycle mnemonic)
525CADPAT,CAnadian Disruptive PATtern
526CAE,Canadian Aviation Electronics (originally),Certificate in Advanced English
527CAEn,Close Action Engagement (constructive simulation)
528CAF,Central African Republic (ISO 3166 trigram),Confederation of African Football (or French Confédération Africaine de Football)
529CAFAD,Combined Arms For Air Defence
530CAFDE,Canadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters,Computer Aided Federation Development Environment
531CAFE,Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard
532CAI,Computer Assisted Instruction
533CAIR,Council on American-Islamic Relations
534CALABARZON,A region in the Philippines: CAvite,LAguna,BAtangas,Rizal,queZON
535CALL,(U.S.) Center for Army Lessons Learned
536CALM,Communications,Air-interface,Long and Medium range
537CalPERS,California Public Employees' Retirement System
538Caltrans,California Department of Transpotation
539CAM,Chemical Agent Monitor,Complementary and alternative medicine,Computer-Aided Manufacturing,Crassulacean acid metabolism (type of photosynthesis)
540CAMRA,CAMpaign for Real Ale
541CAN,Canada (ISO 3166 trigram)
542CANA,Convulsive Antidote,Nerve Agent
543CANDU,CANada Deuterium Uranium (nuclear reactor design)
544Canola,Canadian oil,low acid (referring to a specific cultivar of rapeseed bred to have a low erucic acid content)
545CAPES,CAPability Evaluation System,Combined Arms Planning and Execution System
546CARE,Citizens Association for Racial Equality (former New Zealand organisation),Community database on Accidents on the Roads in Europe,Cooperative for Aid and Relief Everywhere (originally Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe)
547CARMONETTE,Computerized Monte Carlo Simulation
548CARP,Computed Air Release Point
549CART,Championship Auto Racing Teams (now defunct)
550CAS,Chemical Abstracts Service,Chief of the Air Staff,Close Air Support
551CASA,Civil Aviation Safety Authority
552CASE,Cellular ammunition storage equipment,Computer-Aided Software Engineering
553CASS,Command Activated Sonobuoy System
554CASTFOREM,Combined Arms and Support Task FORce Evaluation Model
555CASTOR,Canadian Automatic Small Telescopes for Orbital Research
556cat,Catalan language (ISO 639-2 code)
557CAT,Community Acceptance Testing,Computer-Assisted (or Axial) Tomography
558CATK,Counterattack
559CATS,Computer Active Technology Suspension
560CATT,(a/i) Combined Arms Tactical Trainer
561CAV,Cavalry
562CAW,Canadian Auto Workers (trade union)
563CB,Citizens' Band radio,Cambodia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
564CBC,Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,Christmas Bird Count,Cipher-Block Chaining,Cornering Brake Control
565CBE,Commander of the Order of the British Empire,Cab Beside Engine (see truck)
566CBGB,Country,Blue Grass,and Blues (former New York City nightclub)
567CBLA,Comparative bullet lead analysis
568CBM,Canadian Baptist Ministries
569CBM,Commodore Business Machines
570CBML,Coalition Battle Management Language
571CBN,CardsApp Brand Number
572CBOL,Consortium for the Barcode of Life
573CBOT,Chicago Board of Trade
574CBR,Case-Based Reasoning
575CBRN,Chemical,Biological,Radiological,or Nuclear (weapon or event)
576CBRNE,Chemical,Biological,Radiological,Nuclear or [high-yield] Explosive (weapon or event)
577CBS,Columbia Broadcasting System,Corps Battle Simulation
578CBUS,Columbus,Ohio
579CC,carbon copy
580CCA,Counter Command Activity
581CCC,Canterbury Clothing Company,Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.,1930s and 1940s),Corpus Christi College,Oxford
582CCCP,Central Committee of the Communist Party,Cyrillic for SSSR (Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik,Russian Союз Советских Социалистических Республик,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
583CCD,Charge-Coupled Device,Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (Catechism)
584CCF,Cartoon Cartoon Fridays
585CCG,Canadian Coast Guard,Collectible Card Game
586CCGC,Canadian Coast Guard Cutter,Canadian Coast Guard College
587CCGH,Canadian Coast Guard Hovercraft
588CCGS,Canadian Coast Guard Ship,Christ Church Grammar School
589CCH,Computer-Controlled Hostile
590CCIF,Comité consultatif international des communications téléphoniques à grande distance (French for International Telephone Consultative Committee,merged with the CCIT in 1956 to form the CCITT)
591CCII,Command and Control Information Infrastructure,Community Capital Investment Initiative
592CCIR,Comité consultatif international pour la radio (French for Consultative Committee on International Radio,became the ITU Radiocommunication Sector,ITU-R,in 1992),Commander's Critical Information Requirements
593CCIT,Comité consultatif international télégraphique (French for International Telegraph Consultative Committee,merged with the CCIF in 1956 to form the CCITT)
594CCITT,Comité consultatif international téléphonique et télégraphique (French for International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee,became the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector,ITU-T,in 1992)
595CCK,Cholecystokinin,Cocos (Keeling) Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
596CCM,Canada Cycle & Motor Co. Ltd. (now split into two separate companies bearing the CCM name,one manufacturing bicycles and the other ice hockey equipment),Contemporary Christian music
597CCOC,Canadian Children's Opera Chorus,Crosley Car Owners Club
598CCOP,Coalition Common Operating/Operational Picture
599CCP,Casualty Collection Point,Communications Checkpoint,Contingency Communications Package
600CCPA,Consumer Credit Protection Act
601CCR,Creedence Clearwater Revival
602CCRAp,Canadian Conservative Reform Alliance party
603CCRP,Command and Control Research Program
604CCRTS,Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium
605CCSCS,Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems
606CCSCS,Coordinadora de Centrales Sindicales del Cono Sur
607CCSK,Cyclic Code Shift Keying
608CCT,Current Commitments Team
609Cd,Cadmium
610cd,Candela
611CD,Compact Disc
612CD1,Cluster of Differentiation 1 (a small gene family)
613CDA,UK Centre for Defence Analysis
614CDC,Control Data Corporation,Cult of the Dead Cow
615CDD,Capabilities Development Document
616CDE,Chemical Defence Equipment
617CDF,California Department of Forestry [and Fire Protection],Common Data Format,Democratic Republic of Congo franc congolais (ISO 4217 currency code)
618CDipAF,Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance
619CDL,Commercial driver's license
620CDM,Clean Development Mechanism (Kyoto protocol),Cold Dark Matter (astronomy)
621CDMA,Code Division Multiple Access
622CDMSII,Cryogenic Dark Matter Search II
623Cdr,Commander
624CDS,Chief of the Defence Staff,Credit default swap
625CDT,Central Daylight Time (UTC5 hours)
626Cdt,Commandant
627Ce,Cerium
628ce,Chechen language (ISO 639-1 code)
629CE,Christian/Common Era
630CEA,Campaign Effectiveness Analysis
631CECOM,U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command
632CEI,Competitive Enterprise Institute
633CENTCOM,United States Central Command
634CENTO,Central Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)
635CEO,Chief Executive Officer
636CEP,Circular Error Probable
637CERCLA,U.S. Comprehensive Environmental Response,Compensation,and Liability Act (Superfund)
638CERDEC,U.S. Communications-Electronics Research,Development and Engineering Center
639CERT,Computer Emergency Response Team
640ces,Czech language (ISO 639-2 code)
641CESS,Centre for Earth Science Studies (India)
642CEST,Central European Summer Time
643CET,Central European Time
644CEWC,(a/i) Council for Education in World Citizenship
645Cf,Californium
646CF,Canadian Forces,Central African Republic (ISO 3166 digram),Republic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code)
647CFA,Cat Fanciers' Association,Chartered Financial Analyst,Colour Filtering Array,County Fire Authority,Covering Force Area
648CFAR,Christine's,Federal Acquisition Regulation
649CFC,ChloroFluoroCarbon,Canadian Fish Company
650CFES,Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System
651CFFZ,Call For Fire Zone
652CFG,Context-free grammar,Control flow graph
653CFHT,Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
654CFI,Center for Inquiry (CSICOP)
655CFL,Canadian Football League,Co-ordinated Fire Line
656CFLCC,Coalition Forces Land Component Command
657CFM,Certified Facilities Manager [(IFMA)]http://www.ifma.org/
658CFO,Chief Financial Officer
659CFP,Call for papers,College Football Playoff,Common Fisheries Policy (EU)
660CFRP,Carbon fibre reinforced plastic
661CFS,Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
662CFSP,Common Foreign and Security Policy
663CFU,Colony Forming Unit in Microbiology
664CFV,Cavalry Fighting Vehicle
665CFZ,Critical Friendly Zone
666CG,Client Group,Computer Graphics,Controls Group,Democratic Republic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code),Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 digram)
667CGH,Comparative Genomic Hybridisation
668CGIG,Cross-Government Implementation Group
669CGO,Republic of the Congo (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
670CGS,Chief of the General Staff
671CGT,Capital Gains Tax
672ch,ch(L) is used to denote the Chern character of a line bundle
673ch,Chamorro language (ISO 639-1 code)
674CH,Chieftain tank,China (FIPS 10-4 country code),Switzerland (ISO 3166 digram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
675cha,Chamorro language (ISO 639-2 code)
676CHAMPUS,(U.S.) Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (now known as TRICARE)
677CHAOS,Cambridge Heart Anti-Oxidant Study
678CHAPS,Clearing House Automated Payment System
679CHDK,Canon Hack Development Kit (Canon camera firmware hack)
680che,Chechen language (ISO 639-2 code)
681CHE,Switzerland (ISO 3166 trigram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
682CHF,Swiss franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
683CHI,Columbia Helicopters,Inc
684CHiP,California Highway Patrol
685CHIPS,Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
686CHL,Chile (ISO 3166 trigram)
687CHLA,Core Historical Literature of Agriculture
688CHN,China (ISO 3166 trigram)
689CHOGM,Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
690CHP,California Highway Patrol,Combined Heat and Power
691CHPSO,California Hospital Patient Safety Organization
692CHRS,Canadian Heart Rhythm Society
693CHT,Certified Hand Therapist
694chu,Old Church Slavonic language (ISO 639-2 code)
695chv,Chuvash language (ISO 639-2 code)
696CI,Chile (FIPS 10-4 country code),Côte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 digram),Counter-Intelligence,101 (in Roman numerals)
697Ci,Curie
698CIA,Cairo International Airport,Central Intelligence Agency,Culinary Institute of America
699CIAO,Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office,Component-Integrated ACE ORB
700CIB,Complete In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
701CIBC,Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
702CID,Certified Interior Designer,A Certified Interior Designer (CID) licensed in New York (USA) plans,designs,supervises and/or consults on various aspects of interior spaces.
703CIEF,Comité international d'enregistrement des fréquences (International Frequency Registration Board)
704CIF,Cost,Insurance,and Freight (Paid) (shipping)
705CINC,Commander in Chief
706CINEOS,Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey
707CIO,Chief information officer,Congress of Industrial Organizations
708CIPE,(European) Centre for International Political Economy
709CIR,(Commander's) Critical Information Requirements
710CIR,Corotating Interaction Region
711CIS,Canadian Interuniversity Sport,Commonwealth of Independent States,Command and Information System,Communication and Information System
712CISA,(U.S.) C4I Integration Support Activity
713CISB,Complete In Sealed Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
714CISPR,Comité international spécial des perturbations radioélectriques (Special International Committee on Radio Interference)
715CISSP,Certified Information Systems Security Professional
716CIV,Côte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 trigram)
717CIVETS,Colombia,Indonesia,Vietnam,Egypt,Turkey,South Africa (economics)
718CIVPOP,Civilian Population
719CIWS,Close-In Weapon System
720CJ,Cayman Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code),Criminal Justice
721CJC,Canadian Jewish Congress,Cold Junction Compensation
722CJCS,Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
723CJD,Chronological Julian Day,Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
724CJO,Chief of Joint Operations
725CJTF,Combined Joint Task Force
726CK,Cocos (Keeling) Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code),Cook Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
727CKA,commonly known as, Canada Kicks Ass
728CKND,Codename: Kids Next Door
729CL,Chile (ISO 3166 digram),Co-ordination Line,One Hundred and Fifty (in Roman numerals)
730Cl,Chlorine
731CLA,Clutterers Anonymous
732CLEC,Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
733CLEMARS,California Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Radio System
734CLIC,Compact LInear Collider
735CLO,Cornell Lab of Ornithology
736CLOS,Command to Line-Of-Sight (missile control system)
737CLP,Chilean peso (ISO 4217 currency code),Common [Operating/Operational] Land Picture
738CLPFC,CentroLateral PreFrontal Cortex
739CLRP,College Loan Repayment Program
740CM,Cameroon (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Cruise Missile,Nine Hundred (in Roman numerals)
741Cm,Curium
742CMA,U.S. Chemical Materials Agency,Country Music Association (also used to refer to the organization's annual awards),Crystal Meth Anonymous
743CMHC,Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
744CMIIAW,Correct me if I am wrong
745CMIS,Common management information service
746CMJ,Christopher Martin-Jenkins (BBC sports commentator)
747CML,Chemical,Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (formerly Chronic Myeloid Leukemia)
748CMM,Capability Maturity Model
749CMMC,Corps Materiel Management Centre
750CMML,Chronic MyeloMonocytic Leukemia,Continuous Media Markup Language
751CMOS,Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society,(The) Chicago Manual of Style,Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
752CMP,Common [Operating/Operational] Maritime Picture
753CMPD,Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department
754CMPD,Chronic Myeloproliferative Disease
755CMR,Cameroon (ISO 3166 trigram),Coaxial Main Rotors (helicopter type)
756CMS,Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,The Chicago Manual of Style
757CMT,Country Music Television
758CMU,Carnegie Mellon University,Central Michigan University,Concrete Masonry Unit
759CMW,Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada,Canadian Manufacturing Week,Canadian Music Week,Catherine McAuley Westmead (school in New South Wales,Australia),Chicago,Missouri and Western (Railway),Compartmented Mode Workstation,Compton's Most Wanted,Continuous Microwave (processing technology),Custom Maintenance Wizard (Microsoft Office Resource Kit)
760CMYK,Cyan Magenta Yellow Key/blacK (colour model)
761CN,Canadian National (railway; also the AAR reporting mark for said company),China (ISO 3166 digram),Comoros (FIPS 10-4 country code)
762CNA,Center for Naval Analyses,Certified Network Administrator,Computer Network Attack,Continental (Casualty Company),National (Fire Insurance Company),and American (Casualty Company),the three companies that merged to form what is now known as CNA Financial
763CNBC,(a/i) Consumer News and Business Channel
764CND,Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,Computer Network Defence
765CNE,Canadian National Exhibition,Computer Network Exploitation,Certified Network Engineer
766CNF,Cost and Freight
767CNI,Clinical Nursing Intern
768CNI,Communications,Navigation and Identification
769CNN,Cable News Network,Cellular Nonlinear Network
770CNV,Copy-Number Variable (genetics)
771CNY,Chinese yuan renminbi (ISO 4217 currency code)
772Co,Cobalt
773co,Corsican language (ISO 639-1 code)
774COB,Close Of Business [day]
775COBRA,Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
776COD,Cash On Delivery,Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 trigram)
777CoDA,Co-Dependents Anonymous
778COGENT,Cognitive Objects within a Graphical EnviroNmenT
779COIL,Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser
780COK,Cook Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
781COL,Colombia (ISO 3166 trigram)
782COLA,Cost Of Living Adjustment
783COM,Comoros (ISO 3166 trigram),Component Object Model
784COMECON,Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (economic counterpart of the Warsaw Pact,1949-1991)
785CONAD,U.S. Continental Air Defense Command
786CONCACAF,Confederation Of North,Central American and Caribbean Association Football
787CONUS,Continental United States
788COO,Chief Operating Officer
789COP,Colombian peso (ISO 4217 currency code),Common Operating/Operational Picture
790COPE,U.K. Committee On Publication Ethics
791COPUS,U.K. Committee on the Public Understanding of Science
792cor,Cornish language (ISO 639-2 code)
793CORD,Common Operational Requirements Document
794CORE,Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education
795COROT,COnvection,ROtation and planetary Transits
796COS,Cooper Ornithological Society
797cos,Corsican language (ISO 639-2 code),Cosine
798COSER,COoperative SERvice
799CoT,Car of Tomorrow (former NASCAR race car design)
800COTS,Commercial Off The Shelf
801CP,Canadian Pacific,Check Point,Command Post,Club Penguin
802CPA,Certified Public Accountant
803CPCU,Certified Property Casualty Underwriter
804CPD,Capabilities Production Document
805CPE,Certificate of Proficiency in English
806CPE,Certified Professional Ergonomist
807CPF,Calibration Parameter File,Canadian Patrol Frigate
808CPG,Clinical Practice Guideline
809CPI,CERDEC Command,Power and Integration
810CPIM,Certification on Production and Inventory Management
811CPIR,Computationally-Private Information Retrieval
812CPON,Certified Pediatric Oncology Nurse
813CPPCC,Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
814CPR,Canadian Pacific Railway
815CPR,Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
816CPSM,Continuous Phase Shift Modulation
817CPSU,Communist Party of the Soviet Union
818CPT,Contingency Planning Team
819CPU,Contract Postal Unit
820CPV,Cape Verde (ISO 3166 trigram)
821CPX,Command Post eXercise
822CQ,Carrier Qualification,Central Queensland,Charge of Quarters,Congressional Quarterly,Constellation Airlines (IATA airline designator),Northern Mariana Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
823Cr,Chromium
824CR,Coral Sea Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Costa Rica (ISO 3166 digram)
825cr,Cree language (ISO 639-1 code)
826CRAM,Combined Radiometric Correction Model
827CRC,Central RTI Component,Chemical Rubber Company,Christian Reformed Church,Control and Reporting Centre,Cyclic Redundancy Check,Costa Rican colón (ISO 4217 currency code),Costa Rica (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
828CRD,Capstone Requirements Document
829cre,Cree language (ISO 639-2 code)
830CREB,Cyclic AMP-response Element Binding (protein)
831CREEP,Committee for the Re-Election of the President,a pejorative nickname used by opponents
832CREN,Christian Real Estate Network Real Estate Association
833CRI,China Radio International,Costa Rica (ISO 3166 trigram)
834CRIPL,Consolidated Remain-In-Place List
835CRM,Cardiac Rhythm Management,Customer Relationship Management
836CRO,Croatia (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
837CRP,Committee for the Re-Election of the President,Control and Reporting Post
838CRT,Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy,Cathode Ray Tube,Chinese Remainder Theorem
839CRTC,Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
840Cs,Caesium
841cs,Czech language (ISO 639-1 code)
842CSA,Canadian Soccer Association,Canadian Space Agency,Canadian Standards Association,Child Support Agency,Command Staff Advisor,Community-supported agriculture,Confederate States of America,Corps Storage Area,Czech Airlines,C/S/A,CINC,Service,and Agency
843CSC,Closed Spacelike Curve (relativity),Compact system camera,Computer Sciences Corporation,Computer Security Centre,CSCC Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists
844CSERIAC,(U.S. DoD) Crew Systems Ergonomics Information Analysis Center
845CSG,Corps Support Group
846CSI,see entry
847CSICOP,Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (became the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in 2006)
848CSIP,Commercial Stable Image Platform (AMD)
849CSK,Czechoslovakia (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1993)
850CSL,U.K. Central Science Laboratory
851CSPI,Center for Science in the Public Interest
852CSR,Control Supply Rate
853CSR,Corporate Social Responsibility [1]
854CSRC,Conflict Studies Research Centre
855CSRF,Cross-Site Request Forgery
856CST,Central Standard Time (UTC6 hours)
857CT,Computed tomography (medical scan also known as a CAT scan),Central Time zone,Chrono Trigger (Computer/Video games),Connecticut (postal symbol),Canterbury (postal symbol),Chhattisgarh (Indian state code)
858CTBT,Comprehensive [Nuclear] Test Ban Treaty
859CTDB,Compact Terrain Data Base (file format)
860CTE,Canton and Enderbury Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984),Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
861CTGF,connective tissue growth factor
862CTI,Co-operative Target Identification
863CTIL,Critical Tracked Items List
864CTIS,Central Tire Inflation System
865CTMS,Clinical Trial Management System
866CTO,Chief Technical Officer,Chief Technology Officer
867CTS,Clear-To-Send,Collective Training Standards,Communications Technology Service,Contract Technical Services,Conversation Time Sharing,COSMIC Top Secret
868CTSS,Compatible Time-Sharing System
869CTU,Counter Terrorist Unit (fictional branch of the Central Intelligence Agency in the television action series 24)
870CTVT,Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour
871CU,Carrie Underwood,Cuba (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
872Cu,Copper (Latin Cuprum)
873cu,Old Church Slavonic language (ISO 639-1 code)
874CUB,Cuba (ISO 3166 trigram)
875CUCV,Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle
876CUP,Cuban peso (ISO 4217 currency code)
877CUPS,Common Unix Printing System
878CUPW,Canadian Union of Postal Workers
879CUREA,Consortium for Undergraduate Research and Education in Astronomy
880CuW,Copper-tungsten pseudo-alloy (from the chemical symbols of the two component elements)
881CUW,Curaçao (ISO 3166 trigram)
882cv,Chuvash language (ISO 639-1 code)
883CV,curriculum vitae (résumé)
884CVE,Cape Verde escudo (ISO 4217 currency code)
885CVLL,Crypto Variable Logic Label
886CVSD,Continuous Variable Slope Delta (modulation)
887CVT,Continuously Variable Transmission
888CWC,Chemical Weapons Convention
889CWRU,Case Western Reserve University
890CWS,Canadian Wildlife Service
891CXR,Christmas Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
892cy,Welsh language (ISO 639-1 code)
893CYM,Cayman Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
894cym,Welsh language (ISO 639-2 code)
895CYP,Cyprus (ISO 3166 trigram),Cyprus pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
896CZE,Czech Republic (ISO 3166 trigram)
897CZF,(Christian Zombie Fan)
898CZK,Czech koruna (ISO 4217 currency code)
899CZMA,(US) Coastal Zone Management Act
900d,Deci
901D,Deuterium
902da,Danish language (ISO 639-1 code),deca
903DA,Denmark (FIPS 10-4 country code),Debtors Anonymous,U.S. Department of the Army,District Attorney
904DAES,Defence Acquisition Executive Summary,(UK MoD) Directorate of Analysis,Experimentation and Simulation
905DAF,Dissolved Air Flotation,a technique used in water treatment
906DAFIF,Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File
907DAK,Disney's Animal Kingdom
908dan,Danish language (ISO 639-2 code)
909DAO,Division Ammunition Officer
910DAQ,Data acquisition,Delivered Audio Quality
911DARE,Drug Abuse Resistance Education
912DARO,(U.S.) Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
913DARPA,U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
914DART,Disaster Assistance Response Team,Dublin Area Rapid Transit
915DAS,Defensive Aids Suite
916DASD,(U.S.) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
917DASL,Datapoint's Advanced Systems Language
918DAU,(U.S.) Defense Acquisition University
919DAWN,(U.S.) Drug Abuse Warning Network
920dB,Decibel
921DB,Deutsche Bahn
922Db,Dubnium
923DBA,De Bellis Antiquitatis (miniature wargaming rules)
924DBBL,(U.S. Army Simulation Center) Dismounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
925DBDO,Desert BDO
926DBE,Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
927DBF,Detection By Fire (weapon launch signature)
928DBR,De Bellis Renationis (miniature wargaming rules)
929DBRA,Davis-Bacon Related Acts
930DBS,Direct Broadcast Services (television)
931DC,da capo,Italian Democrazia Cristiana,Digital Compass,Direct Current,District of Columbia (postal symbol),Douglas Aircraft Company,Dublin Core,Duty Cycle
932DCA,Defensive Counter Air,Drum Corps Associates,DiChloroAcetate
933DCAA,(U.S.) Defense Contract Audit Agency
934DCAS,Devon and Cornwall Archery Society
935DCC,Dallas Christian College
936DCD,[Organ] Donation after Cardiac Death
937DCE,Data Communication Equipment
938DCFC,Death Cab for Cutie
939DCI,Detection,Classification and Identification,Drum Corps International,Duellists' Convocation International,now known simply by the initials
940DCL,Disney Cruise Line
941DCN,Deacon
942DCOM,Disney Channel Original Movie
943DCSOPS,Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and plans
944DCW,Digital Chart of the World
945DCYSC,Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge
946DDA,Deputy District Attorney
947DDN,U.S. Defense Data Network
948DDS,Doctor of Dental Surgery
949DDT,Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (insecticide),Dynamic Debugging Tool (computing),DE[edit]
950DE,Delaware (postal symbol),Germany (ISO 3166 digram)
951de,German language (ISO 639-1 code)
952DEA,Drug Enforcement Administration
953DEA,Drug Enforcement Agency
954DEC,(a/i) Department of Environmental Conservation,Digital Equipment Corporation,Disasters Emergency Committee
955DeCA,(U.S.) Defense Commissary Agency
956DEFCON,Defence readiness condition
957DEFRA,(UK) Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs
958DELT,Dual Ended Line Test (ing)
959DEM,Data Exchange Mechanism,Digital Elevation Model
960DEN,Denmark (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
961DEPSECDEF,(U.S.) Deputy Secretary of Defense
962DERA,British Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (1995-2001)
963DES,Deep Ecliptic Survey
964deu,German language (ISO 639-2 code)
965DEU,Germany (ISO 3166 trigram)
966DFAS,(U.S.) Defense Finance and Accounting Service
967DFCB,Data Format Control Book
968DfID,UK Department for International Development
969DFM,Discrete Field Model see Superluminal motion
970DFM,Dynamic Flowgraph Methodology
971DFSP,Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
972DfT,UK Department for Transport
973DFTBA,Don't Forget To Be Awesome,a term commonly used by the Vlogbrothers
974DGPS,Differential GPS
975DGZ,Desired Ground Zero
976DH,dear husband (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists,blogs,and bulletin boards),Designated hitter
977DHA,DocosaHexaenoic Acid
978DHHS,(U.S.) Department of Health and Human Services
979DHL,Dalsey,Hillblom,and Lynn (courier service)
980DHRA,(U.S.) DoD Human Resources Activity
981DHS,U.S. Department of Homeland Security
982DHSS,UK Department of Health and Social Security
983DHTFYSS,U.S. Don't Have Time For You Silly S****
984DHY,Dahomey (ISO 3166 trigram; became BEN for Benin in 1977)
985DIA,U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
986DIAC,Department of Immigration and Citizenship (Australia) [1]
987DiC,Design Island Centre (computing usually used in a teaching situation)
988DICASS,DIrectional Command Activated Sonobuoy System
989DIFAR,DIrectional Frequency Analysis and Recording
990DIME,Dense Inert Metal Explosive
991DINKY,Double Income,No Kids Yet
992DIP,Dual In-line Package (electronics)
993DIPS,Defense independent pitching statistics
994DIR,Defence Industrial Research
995DIS,Defence Intelligence Staff,(U.S.) Defense Investigative Service,Distributed Interactive Simulation,Draft International Standard (ISO)
996DISA,U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency,Distinguished Individual Service Award
997DISCOM,Division Support Command
998DISE,Deployable Intelligence Support Element
999DISSTAF,DIS Search and Target Acquisition Fidelity experiment
1000DITY,Do-It-Yourself
1001div,Dhivehi language (ISO 639-2 code)
1002DIVAD,Division Air Defence
1003DIY,Do It Yourself
1004DJ,Disc Jockey,Dinner Jacket,Djibouti (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1005DJD,Degenerative Joint Disease,Dublin Julian Day,Discoveries in the Judaean Desert
1006DJF,Djibouti franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
1007DJI,Djibouti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1008DJS,Director,Joint Staff
1009DK,Denmark (ISO 3166 digram)
1010DKK,Danish krone (ISO 4217 currency code)
1011DL,Dexter's Laboratory
1012DLA,U.S. Defense Logistics Agency,Dental Laboratories Association
1013DLIC,Detachment Left-In-Contact
1014DLIR,Depot-Level Inspection and Repair
1015DLPMC,DorsoLateral PreMotor Cortex
1016DLR,Deutsches Zentrum für Luft,und Raumfahrt (German,German Aerospace Centre),Docklands Light Railway
1017DLRP,Data Link Reference Point
1018DLS,Deep Lens Survey
1019DLSA,(U.S.) Defense Legal Services Agency
1020DLSc,Diploma in Library Science
1021DLSC,U.S. Defense Logistics Services Center,U.S. Defense Logistics Support Command,Department of Library Special Collections (Western Kentucky University Libraries),Direct Loan Servicing Center,Directorate of Land Strategic Concepts (Canada),Dominican Lay Scholars Community
1022DLTBGYD,Don't let the bastards grind you down
1023DM,Dominica (ISO 3166 digram),Dungeon Master (role-playing games)
1024DMA,Designated market area (primarily a U.S. term),U.S. Defense Mapping Agency (became NIMA,then NGA),Direct Memory Access (computing),Dominica (ISO 3166 trigram)
1025DMC,(U.S.) Defense Management Council
1026DMCA,Digital Millennium Copyright Act
1027DMM,Digital Multimeter
1028DMOC,Distributed Mission Operations Centre
1029DMPA,(U.S.) Defense Medical Programs Activity
1030DMPFC,DorsoMedial PreFrontal Cortex
1031DMPK,Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
1032DMRB,Design Manual for Roads and Bridges
1033DMS,U.S. Defense Message System
1034DMSP,U.S. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
1035DMT,Dimethyltryptamine
1036DMU,Diesel Multiple Unit,a method of connecting self-propelled railway vehicles together to form a train under the control of one driver.
1037DMV,Department of Motor Vehicles
1038DMZ,DeMilitarized Zone
1039DN,Deacon
1040DNA,U.S. Defense Nuclear Agency,DeoxyriboNucleic Acid,Douglas Noël Adams
1041DNAW,Day Night All Weather
1042DND,Department of National Defence (Canada),Do Not Disturb
1043DNDi,Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
1044DNDO,U.S. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
1045DNK,Denmark (ISO 3166 trigram)
1046DNM,Defence Nuclear Material
1047DNR,Do Not Resuscitate
1048DNS,Domain Name System
1049DO,Dominica (FIPS 10-4 country code),Dominican Republic (ISO 3166 digram),Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
1050DOA,Dead On Arrival,Dead or Alive
1051DOB,Date Of Birth
1052DOD,U.S. Department of Defense
1053DODAF,U.S. Department of Defense Architectural Framework
1054DoDD,U.S. Department of Defense Directive
1055DoDEA,(U.S.) Department of Defense Education Activity
1056DOE,U.S. Department of Energy
1057DOHC,Dual-OverHead-Cam engine
1058DOI,U.S. Department of the Interior
1059DOP,Dominican peso (ISO 4217 currency code)
1060DORA,Defence of the Realm Act
1061DOS,Density of State
1062DOT,Department of Transportation (U.S. federal or state),Damage Over Time (common in World of Warcraft)
1063DOTA,short-form for DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS a popular online epic game
1064DotD,Deal of the Day (marketing gimmick)
1065DOTMLPF,Doctrine,Organization,Training,Materiel,Leadership,Personnel,and Facilities (mnemonic)
1066DOW,Died of Wounds
1067DP,Decision Point,Dynamic Programming
1068DP,Division de production (Algerian petroleum company)
1069DPA,UK Defence Procurement Agency
1070DPCO,Double-Pole Change Over
1071DPDT,Double-Pole Double-Throw
1072DPI,Dots Per Inch
1073DPICM,Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition
1074DPKO,UN Department for Peacekeeping Operations
1075DPMO,(U.S.) Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
1076DPPDB,Digital Point Positioning Database
1077DPRE,Displaced Person or Refugee (plural Displaced Persons and Refugees) (originally Displaced Persons,Refugees,Evacuees)
1078DPRK,Democratic People's Republic of Korea
1079DPST,Double-Pole Single-Throw
1080DQ,Dairy Queen,Jarvis Island (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1081DR,Dead Reckoning,Dominican Republic (FIPS 10-4 country code),Danmarks Radio (Danish Broadcasting Corporation)
1082DRA,Defence Research Agency (UK,1991-1995),Democratic Republic of America
1083DRC,Democratic Republic of the Congo
1084DRDC,Defence Research & Development Canada
1085DREA,Defence Research Establishment Atlantic (obsolete 2002)
1086DRES,Defence Research Establishment Suffield (obsolete 2002)
1087DRET,Defence Research Establishment Toronto (obsolete 2002)
1088DREV,Defence Research Establishment Valcartier (obsolete 2002)
1089DRI,Detection,Recognition,Identification,Dietary Reference Intake
1090DRIC,(U.S.) Defense Research Information Center
1091DRL,Daytime Running Lights,Dorman Roberts Ltd.
1092DRMS,(U.S.) Defense Revitalization and Marketing Service
1093DRPR,Drawing Practices
1094DRT,Document Related Technologies
1095Ds,Darmstadtium
1096DS,Dear son (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists,blogs,and bulletin boards),Defence Scientist,Direct Support,Dust Storm (METAR Code)
1097DSA,(U.S.) Defense Support Activities,Division Support Area
1098DSAA,(U.S.) Defense Security Assistance Agency,Driving Schools Association of the Americas,DECT Standard Authentication Algorithm
1099DSAS,Disney Sing Along Songs
1100DSB,(U.S.) Defense Science Board
1101DSC,Differential Scanning Calorimeter,Digital Selective Calling,Digital Still Camera,Distinguished Service Cross,Doctor of Surgical Chiropody (obsolete),Document structure convention (PostScript programming),Dynamic Stability Control
1102DSCS,U.S. Defense Satellite Communications System
1103DSCSOC,DSCS Operations Center
1104DSD,Defence Studies Department (King's College,London)
1105DSE,Dry Sheep Equivalent
1106DSG,Direct-Shift Gearbox
1107DSID,Dismounted Soldier Identification System
1108DSL,Digital Subscriber Line
1109DSLR,Digital single-lens reflex (camera)
1110DSM,Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
1111DSN,Deep Space Network
1112DSP,Defense Standardization Program,Defense Support Program,
1113DSPL,Design Specialists and Plans Language
1114DSR,Deformed Special Relativity
1115DSRV,Deaf Sports Recreation Victoria,Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle
1116DSS,Digitized Sky Survey,Discarding-Sabot Shell (ammunition)
1117DST,Daylight Saving Time
1118DSTL,British Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
1119DSWA,(U.S.) Defense Special Weapons Agency
1120DTA,Dental Technologists Association
1121DTD,Digital Terrain Data
1122DTE,Data Terminal Equipment,Down To Earth
1123DTG,Date-Time Group
1124DTH,Direct To Home (television)
1125DTI,UK Department of Trade and Industry
1126DTIC,(U.S.) Defense Technical Information Center
1127DTL,Diode-Transistor Logic (electronics)
1128DTLOMS,Doctrine,Training,Leader development,Organization,Materiel,and Soldier (mnemonic)
1129DTMF,Dual-tone multi-frequency signaling
1130DTO,Disruptive Technology Office (was ARDA)
1131DTOMLS,Doctrine,Training,Organization,Materiel,Leader and Soldier development (mnemonic)
1132DTR,Determine The Relationship
1133DTSA,(U.S.) Defense Technology Security Administration
1134DU,Depleted Uranium,Dust (METAR Code)
1135DUI,Data Use Identifier,Data Use Institute,Davis Unified Ignition,Diving Unlimited International,Documento Único de Identidad,Documento Unico de Importación,Driving Under the Influence,Duke University Improv
1136DUMBO,Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass (Brooklyn neighborhood)
1137DUSD,(U.S.) Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense
1138dv,Dhivehi language (ISO 639-1 code)
1139DVLC,UK Driver and Vehicle Licencing Centre
1140DVM,Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
1141DVO,Direct View Optics
1142DVOM,Digital Volt-Ohm Meter
1143DVP,various meanings (disambiguation page)
1144DW,Drum Workshop
1145DWI,Dance With Intensity,Danish West Indies,Diffusion-weighted imaging,Direct water injection,Disaster Welfare Inquiry,Drinking Water Inspectorate,Driving While Intoxicated/Impaired
1146DWIM,Do What I Mean
1147DWM,Doctor Who Magazine
1148DWTS,Dancing with the Stars
1149DWW,Down with Webster
1150DX,Dexterity (role-playing games),DeXtrorphan,Distant (radio),D-Generation X (professional wrestling stable)
1151DXA,Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry
1152DXM,DeXtroMethorphan
1153DY,Dahomey (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1977)
1154Dy,Dysprosium
1155DZ,Algeria (ISO 3166 digram),Drizzle (METAR Code),Drop Zone
1156dz,Dzongkha language (ISO 639-1 code)
1157DZA,Algeria (ISO 3166 trigram)
1158DZD,Algerian dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
1159dzo,Dzongkha language (ISO 639-2 code)
1160E,East
1161EA,Electronic Attack,Emotions Anonymous,Engagement Area,Electronic Arts,Enrolled Agent,Environmental Assessment,Enterprise Architect,Exaampere
1162EABU,Explain Acronyms Before Use
1163EAC,Echelons Above Corps
1164EAPC,Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
1165EAST,Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
1166EBD,Electronic Brake Distribution
1167EBE,Extraterrestrial Biological Entity
1168EBO,Effects Based Operations,Encyclopædia Britannica Online,European Board of Ophthalmology
1169EBSA,Employee Benefits Security Administration
1170EBW,Electron Beam Welding
1171EBW,Exploding BridgeWire
1172ECASS,European Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences [1]
1173ECB,England (and Wales) Cricket Board,European Central Bank
1174ECBR,European Coalition for Biomedical Research
1175ECCM,Electronic Counter-Counter-Measures
1176ECFS,Electronic Case Filing System
1177ECG,Electrocardiogram
1178ECHO,Each Community Helps Others (EPA programme),Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization,European Commission Host Organization,European Commission Humanitarian aid Office,Exchange Clearing House,Expanded Characteristic Option,Explanatory Coherence by Harmony Optimization
1179ECHR,European Convention on Human Rights
1180ECJ,European Court of Justice
1181ECL,Emitter Coupled Logic (electronics)
1182ECM,Electronic Counter-Measures,Enterprise Content Management
1183ECommHR,European Commission on Human Rights
1184ECS,Emergency Contact System,Enhanced Chip Set (computing),EOSDIS Core System,Extended Chip Set (computing)
1185ECSC,European Coal and Steel Community (distant ancestor of the EU)
1186ECT,ElectroConvulsive Therapy
1187ECtHR,European Court of Human Rights
1188ECU,Ecuador (ISO 3166 trigram),European Currency Unit (ancestor of the euro)
1189ECW,Eastern Championship Wrestling/Extreme Championship Wrestling,ED[edit]
1190EDA,European Defence Agency
1191EDAC,Error Detection And Correction
1192EDCS,Environmental Data Coding Specification
1193EDD,Earliest due date,Electron-detachment dissociation,Elena Delle Donne (American basketball player),Employment Development Department (California state agency),End-diastolic dimension,Expected Date of Delivery (pregnancy)
1194EDGAR,Electronic Data Gathering,Analysis,and Retrieval (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings database)
1195EDH,Eastman Dental Hospital
1196EDS,Electronic Data Systems,Electronic Differential System
1197EDSA,Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (a major thoroughfare in Manila with great significance to post-1980 Philippines history)
1198EDT,Eastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC4 hours)
1199EDTA,Electric Drive Transportation Association,EthyleneDiamineTetraAcetic acid,EE[edit]
1200EE,Estonia (ISO 3166 digram; from the country's native name of Eesti),Electrical engineering,Electrical Engineer,E&E,Escape and Evasion (training)
1201ee,Ewe language (ISO 639-1 code)
1202EEC,European Economic Community (predecessor of the EU)
1203EEG,ElectroEncephaloGram
1204EEK,Estonian kroon (ISO 4217 currency code)
1205EENT,End Evening Nautical Twilight
1206EEO,Equal Employment Opportunity
1207EEOC,(U.S.) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1208EEZ,Economic Exclusion Zone or Exclusive Economic Zone
1209EF,Electro-focus (Canon lens mount),Entry Foyer,Exafarad
1210EFF,Electronic Frontier Foundation
1211EFL,English as a Foreign Language
1212EFM,Enterprise Feedback Management
1213EFOA,European Fuel Oxygenates Association
1214EFSA,European Food Safety Authority
1215EFT,Electronic Fund Transfer
1216EFTA,European Free Trade Area,European Free Trade Association
1217EFV,Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle
1218EG,Egypt (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1219EGBUS,External Genitalia,Bartholin's glands,Urethra & Skene's glands
1220EGCG,EpiGalloCatechin-3-Gallate
1221EGIS,Erieye Ground Interface Segment
1222EGP,Egyptian pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
1223EGRET,Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope
1224EGY,Egypt (ISO 3166 trigram)
1225EH,Exahenry,Western Sahara (ISO 3166 digram)
1226EHA,Education for All Handicapped Children Act (U.S. federal legislation; since superseded by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act),Emotional Health Anonymous
1227EHF,Extremely High Frequency
1228EHR,Equipment History Record
1229Ei,Exbi
1230EI,Ireland (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Éire)
1231EIA,Environmental Impact Assessment
1232EIAH,Encyclopedia of Iranian Architectural History
1233EIAH,Environnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain
1234EIC,East India Company
1235EICS,East India Company's Service
1236eID,electronic ID
1237EIRP,Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
1238EIS,Environmental Impact Statement
1239EJ,Exajoule
1240EK,Equatorial Guinea (FIPS 10-4 country code),Exakelvin
1241EKG,Electrocardiogram (from German Elektrokardiogramm)
1242EKMS,Electronic Key Management System
1243EL,Exalitre
1244el,Greek language (ISO 639-1 code)
1245ELF-(a/i) Earth Liberation Front,Endangered Language Fund,Eritrean Liberation Front,Executable and Linkable Format,Extremely Low Frequency
1246ELINT,Electronic Intelligence
1247ELL,English Language Learner
1248ell,Greek language (ISO 639-2 code)
1249ELM,Edge-Localised Mode (plasma physics)
1250ELO,Electric Light Orchestra
1251ELP,Emerson,Lake & Palmer,European Left Party
1252ELSS,Emergency Life Support Stores
1253ELT,Emergency Locator Transmitter
1254EM,ElectroMagnetism/ElectroMagnetic
1255Em,Exametre
1256EMA,European Medicines Agency
1257EMC,Electric Membership Corporation,Electromagnetic Compatibility,Electro-Motive Corporation,European Muon Collaboration,Evergreen Marine Corporation
1258EMCON,(Electromagnetic) Emissions Control
1259EMD,General Motors Electro-Motive Division,Engineering and Manufacturing Development,European Missile Defence
1260EMDG,Euro-Missile Dynamics Group
1261EMDR,Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
1262EMF,Electromotive force,Epsom Mad Funkers (1990s-2000s indie dance band)
1263EMG,ElectroMyoGraph
1264EMO,Emergency Measures Organisation, Emotional
1265EMP,ElectroMagnetic Pulse
1266EMS,Emergency Medical Services
1267EMT,Emergency Medical Technician
1268EMU,Electric Multiple Unit,a method of connecting self-propelled railway vehicles together to form a train under the control of one driver.
1269EN,Corps of Engineers,Estonia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Exanewton
1270en,English language (ISO 639-1 code)
1271ENCODE,Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (human genome data project)
1272ENE,East North-East
1273ENG,England (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
1274eng,English language (ISO 639-2 code)
1275ENT,Ear,Nose and Throat
1276ENTEC,Euro NATO Training Engineer Centre
1277ENVL,Envelope
1278ENY,Enemy
1279EO,Electro-Optics,Engagement Operations
1280eo,Esperanto language (ISO 639-1 code)
1281EOD,Explosive Ordnance Disposal
1282EOG,ElectroOculoGraphy
1283EOM,End of Message
1284EOS,Earth Observation Satellite,(a/i) Electro-Optical System,Canon's autofocusing system for film and digital SLR cameras,Electrophoresis Operations in Space,a space manufacturing project of the McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company
1285EOSAT,Earth Observation Satellite
1286EOSDIS,(a/i) Earth Observation Satellite Data and Information System
1287EOTS,Electro-Optical Tactical Sensor,(a/i) Eye Of The Storm (World of Warcraft)
1288EP,European Parliament
1289EP,Extended play
1290EPA,EicosaPentaenoic Acid,Environmental Protection Agency
1291EPCOT,Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow
1292EPCR,Endothelial protein C receptor,European Professional Club Rugby
1293EPGS,EOS Polar Ground Sites
1294EPIRB,(a/i) Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
1295EPL,English Premier League
1296epo,Esperanto language (ISO 639-2 code)
1297EPOS,Electronic Point Of Sale
1298EPPA,Employee Polygraph Protection Act
1299EPR,European Pressurised [Nuclear] Reactor
1300EPW,Earth Penetrator Weapon/Warhead,Economic and Political Weekly (Indian publication),Enemy Prisoner of War,EQ[edit]
1301EQ,Emotional Quotient
1302EQG,Equatorial Guinea (FIFA trigram,but not IOC or ISO 3166)
1303ER,Emergency Room,Eritrea (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1304Er,Erbium
1305ERA,Earned run average,Engineering Research Associates,Equal Rights Amendment,English Racing Automobiles,European Railway Agency
1306ERCIM,(a/i) European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
1307ERI,Eritrea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1308ERLAWS,Eastern Ruapehu Lahar Alarm and Warning System
1309ERN,Eritrean nakfa (ISO 4217 currency code)
1310EROS,Earth Resources Observation System
1311ERP,Engineer Regulating Point
1312ERR,Eesti Rahvusringhääling
1313ERS,Earth Resources Survey
1314ERTS,Earth Resources Technology Satellite (became Landsat)
1315ERV,Endogenous RetroVirus
1316Es,Einsteinium,Exasecond
1317ES,El Salvador (FIPS 10-4 country code),Electronic warfare Support,Exasiemens,Spain (ISO 3166 digram; from the country's native name of España)
1318es,Spanish language (ISO 639-1 code)
1319ESA,Electro-Spark Alloying,Endangered Species Act,European Space Agency
1320ESC,Embryonic Stem Cell,Electronic Stability Control
1321ESD,ElectroStatic Discharge
1322ESDP,European Security and Defence Policy
1323ESE,East South-East
1324ESH,Western Sahara (ISO 3166 trigram)
1325ESL,English as a Second Language
1326ESM,Electronic warfare Support Measures
1327ESO,European Southern Observatory
1328ESOL,English for Speakers of Other Languages
1329ESP,Electronic Stability Program,Extra-sensory perception,Spain (ISO 3166 trigram)
1330ESPGHAN,European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology,Hepatology and Nutrition
1331ESPN,Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
1332EST,Eastern Standard Time (UTC5 hours),Estonia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1333est,Estonian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1334ESU,Emergency Services Unit
1335ESV,Engineer Support Vehicle
1336et,Estonian language (ISO 639-1 code)
1337ET,Ethiopia (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1338ETB,Ethiopian Birr (ISO 4217 currency code)
1339ETF,Emergency Task Force (a special police unit,also jocularly said to stand for Extra-Thick Fuzz)
1340ETH,Ethiopia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1341ETI,Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
1342ETLA,Extended TLA
1343ETM,Electronic Technical Manual,Enhanced Thematic Mapper
1344ETT,Embedded Training Team
1345eu,Basque language (ISO 639-1 code)
1346EU,Europa Island (FIPS 10-4 country code),European Union
1347Eu,Europium
1348EUCOM,(U.S.) European Command
1349EUR,euro (ISO 4217 currency code)
1350eus,Basque language (ISO 639-2 code)
1351EUUSA,European Union and United States of America
1352EV,Exavolt
1353EVA,Earned Value Analysis,Economic value added,Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate,Extra-Vehicular Activity
1354EVIL,Electronic viewfinder (with) interchangeable lens (a type of digital camera)
1355EW,Electronic Warfare,Exawatt
1356ewe,Ewe language (ISO 639-2 code)
1357EWTN,Eternal Word Television Network
1358Exatesla,Extra Terrestrial
1359EXREP,Expeditious Repair (SM&R code)
1360EZ,Czech Republic (FIPS 10-4 country code),Extraction Zone
1361F,Farad,Fluorine
1362f,Femto
1363fA,Femtoampere
1364FA,Field Artillery,Financial Aid,Football Association (England)
1365FA,Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
1366fa,Persian language (ISO 639-1 code)
1367FAAD,Forward Area Air Defence
1368FAADEZ,Forward Area Air Defence Engagement Zone
1369FAAFP,Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians
1370FAAN,Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology
1371FAAN,Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
1372FAAQ,(a/i) Frequently Asked and Anticipated Questions (cf. FAQ)
1373FAASV,Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle
1374FAB,Feline Advisory Bureau (UK feline charity)
1375FAC,Forward Air Controller,Front of Allies for Change,Frontal Affinity Chromatography,Full Aperture Calibrator
1376FACA,(US) Federal Advisory Committee Act
1377FACH,Fuerza Aérea de Chile
1378FACN,Fellow of the American College of Nutrition
1379FACP,Fellow of the American College of Physicians
1380FACS,Fellow of the American College of Surgeons,Formal Aspects of Computing Science,Fluorescent-activated cell sorting
1381FACTS,Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System
1382FAD,Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide,Fuck A Duck,Funding Authorization Document
1383FAH,Federation of American Hospitals,Fine Arts and Humanities,Foreign Affairs Handbook
1384FAM,Foreign Affairs Manual
1385fao,Faroese language (ISO 639-2 code)
1386FAO,Food and Agriculture Organization
1387FAPA,Fellow of the American Psychological Association
1388FAPHA,Fellow of the American Public Health Association
1389FARP,Forward Arming and Refuelling Point / Forward Area Rearm/refuel Point
1390FAS,Federation of American Scientists,Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
1391fas,Persian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1392FASCAM,Family of Scatterable Mines[1]
1393FASD,Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
1394FASEB,(a/i) Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
1395FAT,Field Artillery Tractor
1396FAVS,Future Armoured Vehicle System
1397FAW,Football Association of Wales
1398FB,Facebook,An on-line social network
1399FBCS,Fellow of the British Computer Society
1400FBIDST,Fellow of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
1401FBIS,Foreign Broadcast Information Service
1402FBM,Board foot
1403FBR,Fast Breeder Reactor,Foundation for Biomedical Research,Friedman,Billings,Ramsey (now known as Arlington Asset Investment)
1404FBS-Federal Bureau of Statistics (Pakistan),Fetal bovine serum,Football Bowl Subdivision (U.S. college football),Fukuoka Broadcasting Corporation,FC[edit]
1405fC,Femtocoulomb
1406FC,Fire Control,Football Club,Funnel Cloud (METAR Code)
1407FCC,U.S. Federal Communications Commission
1408FCE,First Certificate in English
1409FCF,Financial Free Cash Flow
1410FCLA,Fraud Claims Law Associate
1411FCM,Federation of Canadian Municipalities,Fogarty's Cove Music
1412FCO,UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1413FCW,Florida Championship Wrestling
1414FD,Falun Dafa
1415FDA,Food and Drug Administration (U.S.)
1416FDBK,(I) Feedback
1417FDC,Federal Detention Center (U.S.),Fire Direction Centre
1418FDR,Flight Data Recorder,Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1419FE,Fully Exposed (armoured vehicle target,as opposed to Hull-Down)
1420Fe,Iron (Latin Ferrum)
1421FEAR,First Encounter Assault Recon,False Evidence Appears Real
1422FEAST,(a/i) Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation
1423FEATS,Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies link title
1424FEBA,Forward Edge of the Battle Area
1425FED,(a/i) Field emission display
1426FEDEP,Federation Development Process (Simulation)
1427FEF,Frontal Eye Field (neurophysiology)
1428FEMA-(a/i) Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association,(a/i) U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency,Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association
1429FENS,(a/i) Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
1430FEP,Firepower Enhancement Program,Fleet satellite (FLTSAT) Extremely high frequency (EHF) Package
1431FES,Flywheel Energy Storage
1432FEST,Frankfurt English Speaking Theatre link title
1433FET,Field-effect transistor
1434FEZ,(a/i) Fighter Engagement Zone
1435fF,Femtofarad
1436FF,Final Fantasy
1437ff,Fula language (ISO 639-1 code)
1438FFA,Football Federation Australia,Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency,Free-Fire Area,Fusiform Face Area,Future Farmers of America (today the National FFA Organization)
1439FFB,Frum From Birth (referring to an observant Jew born into a religiously observant family)
1440FFC,Free For Chat
1441FFE,Fukuoka Futures Exchange
1442FFG,Guided Missile Frigate (hull classification symbol)
1443FFOV,Forward Field Of View
1444FFS,For Fuck's Sake
1445FFT,Final Fantasy Tactics,FG[edit]
1446FG,Falun Gong
1447fg,Femtogram
1448FG,Fog (METAR Code),French Guiana (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1449FGR,Flickr Group Roulette
1450fH,Femtohenry
1451FHFIF,Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
1452FHI,Family Health International,Fuji Heavy Industries,Ltd.
1453FI,Finland (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1454fi,Finnish language (ISO 639-1 code)
1455FIB,Fucking Illinois Bastard (Wisconsin slang,variants exist)
1456FIBUA,Fighting In Built-Up Areas
1457FIC,Fellowship for Intentional Community
1458FID,Foreign Internal Defence
1459FIE,Fly-In Echelon
1460FIFO,First In,First Out
1461FIFRA,Federal Insecticide,Fungicide,and Rodenticide Act
1462FIGJAM,Fuck I'm Good,Just Ask Me
1463fij,Fijian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1464FIMPT,Fellow of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1465FIN,Finland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1466fin,Finnish language (ISO 639-2 code)
1467FIRES,Fever Induced Refractory Epilepsy Syndrome or Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome
1468FISH,Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridisation
1469FiST,Fire Support Team
1470FITS,Flexible Image Transport System
1471FIU,Florida International University
1472fJ,Femtojoule
1473FJ,Fiji (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1474fj,Fijian language (ISO 639-1 code)
1475FJD,Fiji dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
1476FJI,Fiji (ISO 3166 trigram)
1477FJN,Financial Job Network
1478FK,Falkland Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1479fK,Femtokelvin
1480FKP,Falkland Islands pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
1481FKSM,Fort Knox Supplemental Manual
1482FKT,Fastest Known Time
1483fL,Femtolitre
1484FL,Florida (postal symbol)
1485FLA,Florida,Front Line Assembly,Future Large Aircraft
1486FLAB,Four-letter abbreviation
1487FLAC,(a/i) Free Legal Advice Centres
1488FLAC,(a/i) Free Lossless Audio Codec
1489FLB,Forward Logistics Base
1490FLET,(a/i) Forward Line of Enemy Troops
1491FLG,Falun Gong
1492FLIP,Flight Information Publication
1493FLIR,Forward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
1494FLK,Falkland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1495FLOT,(a/i) Forward Line of Own Troops
1496FLQ,Free Legal Questions
1497FLSA,Fair Labor Standards Act
1498FLTSAT,Fleet Satellite
1499FLTSATCOM,Fleet Satellite Communication System
1500FLUBOS,Fat,Lazy,Useless,Bag Of Shit
1501FM,Factory Mutual http://fmglobal.com
1502FM,Federal Magistrate (Australian post-nominal),Federated States of Micronesia (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code),Field Manual,Flight Manager,Frequency Modulation (electronics)
1503fm,Femtometre
1504Fm,Fermium
1505FMC,Federal Magistrates' Court (an Australian federal court,formerly FMS),Food Machinery Corporation (original name of the company now known as FMC Corporation)
1506FMCA,Federal Magistrates' Court of Australia (used for citing decisions of the FMC other than family law decisions)
1507FMCAfam,Federal Magistrates' Court of Australia: family (used for citing family law decisions of the FMC)
1508FMCG,(Fast Moving Consumer Goods)
1509FME,Formal Methods Europe
1510FMECA,Failure Modes and Effect Criticality Analysis
1511FMJD,Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames[2]
1512FMLA,Family Medical Leave Act
1513fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
1514FMSF,False Memory Syndrome Foundation
1515FMTV,Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles
1516fN,Femtonewton
1517FNA,Functional Needs Analysis
1518fo,Faroese language (ISO 639-1 code)
1519FOAD,Fuck Off And Die
1520FOAF,Friend Of A friend
1521FOB,Forward Operating Base
1522FoB,Free On Board (shipping)
1523FOC,Full Operational Capability,First of Class
1524FoE,Friends of the Earth
1525FOGC,Federal Oil and Gas Council
1526FOH,Front Of House
1527FOIA,Freedom of Information Act
1528FOM,Federation Object Model
1529FONSI,Finding of No Significant Impact
1530FOO,Forward Observation Officer
1531FOOP,Friends Of Organ Pipes (Volunteer group)
1532FOR,Field Of Regard,Frame Of Reference
1533FoS,Family of Systems
1534FOS,Florida Ornithological Society,Full Operational Status
1535FOSE,Fallout 3 Script Extender
1536FOSE,Federal Office Systems Expo
1537FOT,Free on truck
1538FOTA,Fellow of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
1539FOTC,Flight of the Conchords
1540FOUO,For Official Use Only
1541FP,French Polynesia (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1542FPS,Fire Prevention System
1543FQ,Baker Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code),French Southern and Antarctic Territories (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1979)
1544FR,France (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1545Fr,Francium
1546fr,French language (ISO 639-1 code)
1547FRA,Federal Railroad Administration,France (ISO 3166 trigram)
1548fra,French language (ISO 639-2 code)
1549FRAND,Fair,reasonable,and non-discriminatory (concept in standards-setting and intellectual property law)
1550FRCP,Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
1551FRICBM,Full Range ICBM
1552FRO,Faroe Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1553frr,North Frisian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1554FRS,Fellow of the Royal Society,U.S. Federal Reserve System
1555FRSA,Fellow of the Royal Society of Art
1556FRY,Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1557fry,West Frisian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1558fs,Femtosecond
1559fS,Femtosiemens
1560FSA,Fire Support Area,UK Food Standards Agency,Functional Solution Analysis
1561FSC,Federal Supply Classification,Forest Stewardship Council (ecological pressure group
1562FSCL,Fire Support Co-ordination Line
1563FSE,Fire Support Element
1564FSF,Free Software Foundation
1565FSH,Follicle Stimulating Hormone
1566FSI,Fuel Stratified Injection
1567FSM,Federated States of Micronesia (ISO 3166 trigram),Flying Spaghetti Monster (satirical religion)
1568FSO,Fire Support Officer,Flotilla Staff Officer,Foreign Service Officer
1569FSS,Fire Support Station
1570FSSP,Families of Structurally Similar Proteins
1571FST,Finance Support Team,Finlands Svenska Television (Finland's Swedish-language television),Future Soviet Tank (Cold War era)
1572FSTC,Foreign Science Technology Center (now NGIC)
1573fT,Femtotesla
1574FTC,Federal Trade Commission
1575FTE,Full Time Equivalent
1576FTL,Faster Than Light
1577FTS,Flight Termination System used during some rocket launches
1578FTS,Fuck That Shit
1579FTW,For The Win (a commonly used phrase used online to indicate success) F@#K The World,Forever Together Where ever (gang slogan)
1580FU,Smoke (METAR Code)
1581FUBAR,Fucked/Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair
1582FUCK,For,Unlawful,Carnal,Knowledge (Van Halen album title)
1583FUD,Fear,Uncertainty & Doubt (marketing strategy)
1584ful,Fula language (ISO 639-2 code)
1585fV,Femtovolt
1586fW,Femtowatt
1587FW,Forward
1588FWC,Football World Cup
1589FWF,Fixed Word Format
1590FWI,French West Indies
1591FWIW,For What It's Worth
1592FWS,U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1593FWT,Fresh Water Tank
1594FX,Firefox,Fox Extended,Metropolitan France (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1997),Special effect
1595FXX,Metropolitan France (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1997)
1596FY,Fiscal Year,Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (NATO country code)
1597fy,West Frisian language (ISO 639-1 code)
1598FYA,For Your Agenda
1599FYDP,Five-Year Defense Plan (U.S.)
1600FYI,For Your Information
1601FYROM,Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
1602FZDZ,Freezing Drizzle (METAR Code)
1603FZFG,Freezing Fog (METAR Code)
1604FZRA,Freezing Rain (METAR Code)
1605G,Gauss,General Audiences (movie rating)
1606g,Gram
1607G1,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Personnel
1608G10,Group of 10 (G7 + Belgium,Netherlands,Sweden,Switzerland; numbering 11 in fact)
1609G15,Group of 15 (subset of G77,formed 1989: Algeria,Argentina,Brazil,Chile,Egypt,India,Indonesia,Jamaica,Kenya,Nigeria,Malaysia,Mexico,Peru,Senegal,Sri Lanka,Venezuela and Zimbabwe; currently numbers 17)
1610G2,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Intelligence
1611G20,Group of 20 (G8 + Argentina,Australia,Brazil,China,India,Indonesia,Mexico,Saudi Arabia,South Africa,South Korea,Turkey + current European Union presiding country) (1999)
1612G24,Group of 24 (subset of G77,formed 1971: Algeria,Argentina,Brazil,Colombia,Côte d'Ivoire,Democratic Republic of the Congo,Egypt,Ethiopia,Gabon,Ghana,Guatemala,India,Iran,Lebanon,Mexico,Nigeria,Pakistan,Peru,Philippines,South Africa,Syria,Sri Lanka,Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela)
1613G3,Heckler & Koch G3
1614G4,Generation Four PowerPC microprocessor,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Logistics
1615G5,Generation Five PowerPC microprocessor,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Public Affairs
1616G6,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Information Technology,Group of 6 (France,Germany,United States,Japan,United Kingdom,Italy) (1975)
1617G7,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Training,Group of 7 (G6 + Canada) (1976)
1618G77,Group of 77 (issued from the United Nations Conference on Commerce and Development,1964; currently numbers 133)
1619G8,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Finance,Group of 8 (G7 + Russia) (1998)
1620GA,Gabon (ISO 3166 digram),The Gambia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Gamblers Anonymous,Georgia (postal symbol),Gigaampere,Goa (Indian state code)
1621Ga,Gallium,Gigaannum
1622GAAR,General Anti-Avoidance Rule (tax evasion)
1623GAB,Gabon (ISO 3166 trigram)
1624GABA,Gamma-AminoButyric Acid
1625GAD,Generalized Anxiety Disorder
1626GAF,Garfield and Friends
1627GALCIT,Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory,California Institute of Technology
1628GAO,U.S. Government Accountability Office
1629GAW,Global Atmospheric Watch
1630GB,Gabon (FIPS 10-4 country code),United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 digram) [glamour boy 7-9/10]
1631GBBC,Great (Global) Backyard Bird Count
1632GBE,Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
1633GBH,Great Bash Heel (Japanese professional wrestling stable),Gregory Bonner Hale (British design and advertising agency),Grievous bodily harm
1634GBP,United Kingdom pound sterling (ISO 4217 currency code)
1635GBR,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1636GBU,Glide-Bomb Unit,Global Business Unit
1637GC,East Germany (NATO country code; obsolete 1990),General classification (cycling),General counsel,George Cross (British civil decoration),Gigacoulomb [Grindr cruise]
1638GCA,Graduate in Claims Administration
1639GCD,see entry
1640GCF,Greatest Common Factor
1641GCI,Ground-controlled interception
1642GCN,Gamma-ray burst Coordination Network
1643GCS,Global Coordinate System
1644GCSE,General Certificate of Secondary Education (UK)
1645Gd,Gadolinium
1646GD,Grenada (ISO 3166 digram)
1647gd,Scottish Gaelic language (ISO 639-1 code)
1648GDC,Game Developers Conference,General Dental Council
1649GDL,Game Definition Language
1650GDP,General Dental Practitioner (UK),Gross Domestic Product
1651GDR,General Distribution Release (Microsoft Term for a software service release; between Hotfix and Service Pack)
1652GDR,German Democratic Republic (cf. DDR)
1653GDW,Game Designers Workshop
1654GE,General Electric,Genetic Engineering (cf. GM),Georgia (ISO 3166 digram)
1655Ge,Germanium
1656GEBCO,General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans
1657GEC,Great Engineering Challenge
1658GED,General Educational Development (high school equivalency credential in the U.S. and Canada)
1659GEEP,Geophysical Equipment Exploration Platform
1660GEL,Georgian lari (ISO 4217 currency code),Gilbert and Ellice Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1977)
1661GEMA,Gas and Electricity Markets Authority,Georgia Emergency Management Agency,Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs,und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (German performance rights organisation),Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance
1662GEN,Full General (four stars) in the U.S. Army
1663GEO,Geostationary Earth Orbit,Georgia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1664GEQ,Equatorial Guinea (IOC trigram,but not FIFA or ISO 3166)
1665GER,Germany (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
1666GeV,Gigaelectron-volt
1667GEV,Ground Effect Vehicle
1668GF,French Guiana (ISO 3166 digram),Gigafarad
1669GFCF,Gluten-free,casein-free diet,Gross fixed capital formation
1670GFCI,Ground Fault Circuit Interruptor (aka GFI)
1671GFE,Girlfriend experience (used in escort services),Good Faith Estimate,Government Furnished Equipment
1672GFI,Ground Fault Interruptor (aka GFCI)
1673GFL,German Football League (Germany's Bundesliga for American football; the English-language name is used in German without translation)
1674GFN,Global Footprint Network
1675GG,Georgia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1676GGK,Good God Karma
1677GGP,General Game Playing,General Growth Properties (U.S. shopping center owner),GH[edit]
1678GH,Ghana (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code),Gigahenry
1679GHA,Ghana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1680GHB,gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid
1681GHC,Ghanan cedi (ISO 4217 currency code)
1682GI,Galvanised Iron,Gastro-Intestinal,General Issue,Gibraltar (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code),Government Issue
1683Gi,Gibi
1684GIB,Gibraltar (ISO 3166 trigram)
1685GIG,Global Information Grid
1686GIN,Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram),Guidelines International Network
1687GINK,Going Insane Not Knowing,orig. Colorado 2010 M.Kalfas
1688GINO,Godzilla In Name Only
1689GIP,Gibraltar pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
1690GISS,(a/i) General Impression of Size and Shape,Goddard Institute for Space Studies
1691GJ,Gigajoule,Grenada (FIPS 10-4 country code),Gujarat (Indian state code)
1692GJD,Geocentric Julian Day
1693GK,Gigakelvin,Guernsey (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1694gl,Galician language (ISO 639-1 code)
1695GL,Gigalitre,Graphics Language,Greenland (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code),Grenade Launcher
1696gla,Scottish Gaelic language (ISO 639-2 code)
1697GLAAD,Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
1698GLAC,General Ledger Accounting Code
1699GLAST,Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
1700GLBA,Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
1701GLC,Gas-liquid chromatography
1702gle,Irish language (ISO 639-2 code)
1703glg,Galician language (ISO 639-2 code)
1704GLINT,Gallium-arsenide Laser Illuminator for Night TV,Gated Laser Illuminator for Narrow Television,Gated Laser Intensifier (tape),Gospel Literature International,Graphical Linux Installation Tool
1705GLP,Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 trigram)
1706GLV,Gained Life Value
1707glv,Manx language (ISO 639-2 code)
1708Gm,Gigametre
1709GMC,U.K. General Medical Council,Gospel Music Channel
1710GMD,Gambian dalasi (ISO 4217 currency code)
1711GMFSC,Ground Mobile Forces Satellite Communications
1712GMI,Generic Model Interface,Geometry Model Instance
1713GMO,Genetically Modified Organism
1714GMPCS,Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite
1715GMT,Giant Magellan Telescope,Greenwich Mean Time,GN[edit]
1716GN,Giganewton,Guinea (ISO 3166 digram)
1717gn,Guaraní language (ISO 639-1 code)
1718GNAS,Grand National Archery Society
1719GNB,Guinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 trigram)
1720GNF,Guinean franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
1721GNP,Gross National Product
1722GNQ,Equatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1723GnRH,Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
1724GO,Glorioso Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1725GOA,General of the Army (United States only)
1726GOAT,Greatest Of All Time
1727GOC,General Officer Commanding
1728GOES,Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
1729GOP,Grand Old Party
1730GOSC,General Officer Steering Committee
1731GOSH,Great Ormond Street Hospital
1732GOSP,Gas/Oil Separation Plant
1733GOTS,Government off-the-shelf
1734GPA,Grade Point Average
1735GPC,Global Path Cache
1736GPIB,General-Purpose Instrumentation/Interface Bus
1737GPO,General Post Office
1738GPPC,Genetics and Public Policy Center
1739GPR,Ground-Penetrating Radar
1740GRAIL,Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
1741GRAS,Generally recognized as safe (FDA list)
1742GRB,Gamma-Ray Burst
1743GRC,Greece (ISO 3166 trigram)
1744GRD,Grenada (ISO 3166 trigram)
1745GRID,Gay-Related Immune Deficiency (original name of AIDS)
1746GriT,Girl raised in Texas (Woman presenting firm southern traits/beliefs)
1747GRL,Greenland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1748grn,Guaraní language (ISO 639-2 code)
1749GRP,Graphite-reinforced plastic,see Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer
1750GS,General Schedule (US civil service pay scale),General Support,Gigasiemens,South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
1751Gs,Gigasecond
1752GSA,U.S. General Services Administration
1753GSD,Graphical Situation Display
1754GSGB,(God send glamour boy 9-10/10)
1755GSK,GlaxoSmithKline [good sexual karma]
1756GSN,(a/i) Game Show Network
1757GSO,General Services Officer (U.S. Department of State)
1758GSOH,Good Sense Of Humour
1759GSP,Georges St-Pierre (Canadian MMA fighter)
1760GSR,Gun Shot Residue
1761GSS,Generic Security Services
1762GST,Goods and Services Tax (Australia,Canada,and other countries)
1763GSW,Gunshot wound
1764GT,Gigatesla,Gran Turismo,Grand Touring,Guatemala (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1765GTB,Get to bed,namely to get a new job after a long time of searching,usually following a phone call
1766GTC,Gran Telescopio Canarias (Spanish,Canaries Great Telescope)
1767GTD,Getting Things Done
1768GTG,Got To Go (Internet chat)
1769GTGN,Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
1770GTK,Good To Know (Internet chat)
1771GTM,Guatemala (ISO 3166 trigram)
1772GTQ,Guatemalan quetzal (ISO 4217 currency code)
1773GTV,Gross Tumor Volume quetzal (ISO 4217 currency code)
1774GU,Guam (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
1775gu,Gujarati language (ISO 639-1 code)
1776GUA,Guatemala (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
1777GUF,French Guiana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1778GUILT,Gangliated Utrophin Immuno Latency Toxin
1779guj,Gujarati language (ISO 639-2 code)
1780GULCR,Grupo de Usuarios de Linux de Costa Rica
1781GUT,Grand Unification Theory
1782GV,Gigavolt,Guinea (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1783gv,Manx language (ISO 639-1 code)
1784GW,Games Workshop,Germ Warfare,Gigawatt,Guided Weapon,Guinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 digram)
1785GWARS,Ground Warfare System (simulation)
1786GWAS,Grand Western Archery Society
1787GWOT,Global War on Terrorism
1788GWS,Gulf War Syndrome,Greater Western Sydney
1789GXE,Gene-enivronment interaction
1790GXM,Matrox Graphics eXpansion Module
1791GxP,Good X Practice (X can mean: clinical,manufacturing,pharmaceutical,etc.)
1792GXP,Grid Exit Point,Global Xchange Programme,Indication of highest performance level on some Pontiac vehicles
1793GY,Guyana (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1794GYD,Guyana dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
1795GZ,Gaza Strip (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Ground Zero
1796GZK,Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cut-off (cosmic ray energies)
1797h,Hecto
1798H,Henry,Hydrogen
1799HA,Haiti (FIPS 10-4 country code),High Availability
1800ha,Hausa language (ISO 639-1 code),Hectare
1801HAARP,High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program
1802HAART,Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy
1803HAI,Human Awareness Institute
1804HAL,Hardware Abstraction Layer
1805HALO,High Altitude Low Opening (parachute jump)
1806HALT,Highly Accelerated Life Test,Hungry Angry Lonely Tired
1807HAM,Amateur radio operator
1808HANS,Head And Neck Support (device used in many race cars)
1809HARM,High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile
1810hat,Haitian Creole language (ISO 639-2 code)
1811HAT,Highest Astronomical Tide (nautical charts),Hungarian Automated Telescope
1812hau,Hausa language (ISO 639-2 code)
1813HAW,Heavy Antitank Weapon
1814HAWK,Homing All the Way Killer (air defence system)
1815HAZ,Heat-Affected Zone
1816HAZMAT,Hazardous Materials
1817HBCD,HexaBromoCycloDodecane
1818HBO,Home Box Office
1819HBR,Harvard Business Review
1820HBT,Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor
1821HBV,Hepatitis B Virus
1822HCCI,Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition
1823HCF,Highest Common Factor
1824HCSC,Higher Command and Staff Course
1825HCT,Higher Colleges of Technology,tertiary education institution in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
1826HD,Henry Draper (star catalogue),Hull-Down (armoured vehicle target,as opposed to Fully Exposed),High Definition,Huntington's Disease
1827HDL,High-Density Lipoprotein
1828HDM,Human Decision-Making
1829HDR,Henningson,Durham & Richardson (founders of the engineering and construction firm now known by their initials),High dynamic range,a term used in both digital imaging and 3D rendering,Hot Dry Rock (experimental geothermal technology),Human Development Report (UN publication)
1830HDRA,Henry Doubleday Research Association
1831he,Hebrew language (ISO 639-1 code)
1832He,Helium
1833HE,High Explosive
1834HEAT,High Explosive Anti-Tank (ammunition)
1835heb,Hebrew language (ISO 639-2 code)
1836HEBA,Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association
1837HEER,High-Explosive Extended Range (ammunition)
1838HEIC,Honourable East India Company
1839HEMP,High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
1840HEO,High Earth Orbit,Highly Elliptical Orbit
1841HEOSS,High Earth Orbit Space Surveillance
1842HEP,High-Explosive Plastic (ammunition)
1843HEPA,(a/i) High-Efficiency Particulate Air (filter)
1844her,Herero language (ISO 639-2 code)
1845HESH,High-Explosive,Squash-Head (ammunition)
1846HESV,Heavy Engineering Support Vehicle
1847HETT,Heavy Equipment Transporting Truck / Heavy Equipment Truck Tractor
1848HEU,Highly Enriched Uranium
1849Hewitts,Hills in England,Wales and Ireland over Two Thousand feet (with topographic prominence of at least 30 m)
1850Hf,Hafnium
1851HF,High Frequency
1852HFE,Human Fertilisation and Embryology (UK Act)
1853HFE,The common-emitter current gain in a BJT transistor (also represented by βF). See: BJT
1854HFEA,Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (UK)
1855Hg,Mercury (Latin Hydrargyrum)
1856HGC,UK Human Genetics Commission
1857HGF,Human Growth Factor
1858HGTV,Home & Garden Television
1859HHB,Ha Ha Bonk,The noise made when you laugh your head off. Used instead of LOL...
1860HI,Hawaii (postal symbol)
1861hi,Hindi language (ISO 639-1 code)
1862HIH,His (or Her) Imperial Highness
1863HIM,His (or Her) Imperial Majesty
1864HIMAD,High to Medium Altitude Air Defence (see also H/MAD)
1865HIMEZ,High Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
1866HIMYM,How I Met Your Mother
1867hin,Hindi language (ISO 639-2 code)
1868HIPAA,U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
1869Hipparcos,HIgh Precision Parallax COllecting Satellite
1870Hird,Hurd of interfaces representing depth (cf. HURD)
1871HiRISE,High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
1872HIT,Health Information Technology
1873HIV,Human Immunodeficiency Virus
1874HIWT,Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
1875HJD,Heliocentric Julian Day
1876HK,Hong Kong (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1877HKD,Hong Kong dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
1878HKG,Hong Kong (ISO 3166 trigram)
1879HKS,HyperKinetic Syndrome
1880hL,Hectolitre
1881HL,Holding Line
1882HLA,High Level Architecture (simulation),Human Leukocyte Antigen
1883HLL,High-Level Language
1884HLN,Headline News
1885HLOS,High Level Output Specification
1886HLVW,Heavy Logistics Vehicle,Wheeled
1887HM,Heard Island and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1888HMCE,Her/His Majesty's Customs and Excise (former UK government department; succeeded by HM Revenue and Customs)
1889HMCS,Her/His Majesty's Canadian Ship,Her Majesty's Courts Service (former UK agency; succeeded by Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service)
1890HMD,Heard and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1891HMF,HydroxyMethyl Furfural
1892HMO,Health maintenance organization
1893hmo,Hiri Motu language (ISO 639-2 code)
1894HMP,Her Majesty's Prison
1895HMRC,Her/His Majesty's Revenue and Customs
1896HMS,Helmet-mounted display,Her/His Majesty's Ship (Royal Navy)
1897HMSO,Her Majesty's Stationery Office
1898HMV,His Master's Voice
1899HN,Honduras (ISO 3166 digram)
1900HND,Honduras (ISO 3166 trigram)
1901HNL,Honduran lempira (ISO 4217 currency code)
1902ho,Hiri Motu language (ISO 639-1 code)
1903Ho,Holmium
1904HO,Honduras (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1905HOLLAND,Hope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies
1906HOMES,the Great Lakes; Huron,Ontario,Michigan,Erie,Superior
1907HONY,Humans of New York,a photoblog.
1908HOPI,Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure (see Internet2,Abilene Network)
1909HoReCa,Hotel,Restaurant and Catering
1910HORIZON,Hélicoptère d'observation radar et d'investigation sur zone (French,Zone Investigation and Radar Observation Helicopter)
1911HOSTAC,Helicopter Operations from Ships Other Than Aircraft Carriers
1912HOT,Highly Optimised Tolerance
1913HOTAS,Hands on throttle-and-stick
1914HOV,High Occupancy Vehicle
1915HP,Hewlett-Packard,Hindustan Petroleum,Himachal Pradesh (Indian state code)
1916hp,horse power
1917HPA,UK Health Protection Agency
1918HPCL,Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
1919HPLC,High Performance Liquid Chromatography
1920HPT,High[er] Payoff Target
1921HPV,Human Papilloma Virus
1922HQ,HeadQuarters,Howland Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1923HQDA,HeadQuarters,Department of the Army
1924HR,Croatia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram,from the country's native name of Hrvatska),Haryana (Indian state code),Harvard Revised star catalogue,Human Resources
1925hr,Croatian language (ISO 639-1 code)
1926HRBL,High-level Representation of Behavior Language (original name of the Herbal language)
1927HRD,Human Resource Development
1928HRED,(U.S. Army Research Laboratory's) Human Research and Engineering Directorate (Aberdeen Proving Ground,Maryland)
1929HRF,High iness Forces
1930HRH,His (or Her) Royal Highness
1931HRK,Croatian kuna (ISO 4217 currency code)
1932HRM,His (or Her) Royal Majesty
1933HRM,Human Resource Management
1934HRT,Hormone Replacement Therapy
1935HRV,Croatia (ISO 3166 trigram),High Resolution Visible,HS[edit]
1936hrv,Croatian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1937Hs,Hassium
1938HSBC,The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
1939HSC,Higher School Certificate
1940HSM,High School Musical
1941HSMAD,Human Science/Modeling and Analysis Data
1942HSN,Home Shopping Network
1943HSPH,Harvard School of Public Health
1944HSS,Health Service Support,High-Speed Steel
1945HSSI,High-Speed Serial Interface
1946HST,see entry
1947HSV,Herpes Simplex Virus,Hue Saturation Value (colour model),HT[edit]
1948ht,Haitian Creole language (ISO 639-1 code)
1949HTA,HyperText Application
1950HTC-High Tech Computer Corporation,original name of the company now known simply as HTC,Horry Telephone Cooperative
1951HTFU,Harden The Fuck Up
1952HTG,Haitian gourde (ISO 4217 currency code)
1953HTH,Hope That Helps
1954HTI,Haiti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1955HTML,HyperText Markup Language
1956HTR,Heated Towel Rail
1957HTS,High-Temperature Superconducting wire
1958HTTP,HyperText Transfer Protocol
1959HU,Hungary (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1960HUD,Head-Up Display,Housing and Urban Development
1961HUF,Hungarian forint (ISO 4217 currency code)
1962HUHA,Head up his/her ass (Marine salute; probably a backcronym)
1963hun,Hungarian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1964HUN,Hungary (ISO 3166 trigram)
1965HURD,Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons (cf. Hird)
1966HV,Upper Volta (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1984)
1967HVAC,Heating,ventilation and air conditioning Used in architecture,business and marketing; refers to a building's entire system of heating,moving,or cooling air.
1968HVAP,High Velocity Armour Piercing (ammunition)
1969HVHF,High velocity human factors
1970HVM,High Velocity Missile
1971HVO,Upper Volta (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984)
1972HVP,HarborView Properties,High vacuum process,Hydrolyzed vegetable protein,Human Variome Project,High Velocity Protection,H.V.P. (rapper),High Voltage Protection,High Vapor Pressure,Hub Voice Processor,High-Velocity Projectile,High-Video Pass,High-Velocity Particle
1973HW,Hardware,High Water (nautical charts)
1974HWM,Hardware morphing (computer graphics rendering)
1975HX,IATA code of Hong Kong Airlines,Medical history,Hydrogen halide,Concept automobile by HUMMER
1976HXB,The glycoprotein Tenascian C
1977hy,Armenian language (ISO 639-1 code)
1978hye,Armenian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1979HYS,Harvard,Yale,Stanford (perennially named as the top three law schools in the U.S.)
1980HZ,Haze (METAR Code)
1981hz,Herero language (ISO 639-1 code)
1982Hz,Hertz
1983I,Iodine,One (in Roman numerals)
1984ia,Interlingua language (ISO 639-1 code)
1985IA,Iowa (postal symbol)
1986IAAL,I Am A Lawyer
1987IAB,International Association for Biologicals
1988IACREOT,International Association of Clerks,Recorders,Election Officials,and Treasurers
1989IAD,Ion Assisted Deposition
1990IADS,Integrated Air Defence System
1991IAEA,International Atomic Energy Agency
1992IAF,{i} Industrial Areas Foundation
1993IAFG,Information Assurance Focus Group
1994IAI,International African Institute,Israel Aircraft Industries
1995IANA,Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
1996IANAL,I Am Not A Lawyer
1997IAQ,Indoor air quality,Infrequently Asked Questions
1998IAS,Image Assessment System
1999IASIP,It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2000IATA,(a/i) International Air Transport Association
2001IATF,International Automotive Task Force
2002IATSE,International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
2003IAU,International Association of Universities,International Astronomical Union
2004IAUC,International Astronomical Union Circular
2005IAW,In Accordance With
2006IB,International Baccalaureate
2007IBA,Important Bird Area
2008IBD,Inflammatory Bowel Disease
2009IBDM,Information Based Decision Making
2010IBDS,Integrated Biological Detection System,International Business Development Specialist
2011IBM,International Business Machines
2012ibo,Igbo language (ISO 639-2 code)
2013IBRD,International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (part of the World Bank)
2014IBS,Irritable Bowel Syndrome
2015IC,Ice Crystals (METAR Code),Iceland (FIPS 10-4 country code),Integrated Circuit,[inner circle]
2016ICANN,Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
2017ICAO,International Civil Aviation Organization
2018ICBM,Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
2019ICBN,International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
2020ICC,Integrated Command and Control,International Criminal Court,International Cricket Council,Interstate Commerce Commission,International Chamber of Commerce
2021ICD,Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator,Initial Capabilities Document,International Classification of Diseases
2022ICE,In case of emergency
2023ICES,(a/i) International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
2024ICF,Intelligent Community Forum
2025ICM,Improved Conventional Munition,Integrated Collection Management,International Congress of Mathematicians,Iraq Campaign Medal
2026ICMP,Internet Control Message Protocol
2027ICNAF,International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (became NAFO in 1978)
2028ICNI,Integrated Communication,Navigation,and Identification
2029ICO,Intermediate Circular Orbit
2030ICP,Inductively coupled plasma,Insane Clown Posse
2031ICPE,(a/i) International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology,the annual conference of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
2032ICRAF,International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (a.k.a. World Agroforestry Centre since 2002)
2033ICRISAT,International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
2034ICRL,Individual Component Repair List
2035ICRS,International Celestial Reference System
2036ICS,In-Country Support,Intelligence and Communications Systems,Interim Contractor Support
2037ICSI,Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
2038ICT,Information and communication technologies
2039ICTH,Island Closest to Heaven/Hell Final Fantasy VIII
2040ICV,Infantry Carrier Vehicle
2041ICW,In Co-ordination With,Indonesia Corruption Watch,Infectious and Chemotherapeutic Waste,Insulating Concrete Wall,Integral Crystalline Waterproofing,Interactive Courseware
2042ICYMI,In Case You Missed It
2043ICZN,International Code of Zoological Nomenclature,International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
2044ID,Idaho (postal symbol),Identity,Indonesia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Infantry Division,Intelligent Design,ID10T Error,Idiot User Error (IT help desk inside joke)
2045id,Indonesian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2046IDA,U.S. Institute for Defense Analyses,International Development Association (part of the World Bank
2047IDC,International Data Corporation
2048IDDI,I don't do initialisms (see irony)
2049IDE,Integrated Development Environment,Integrated Drive Electronics
2050IDeA,Improvement and Development Agency,the former name of Local Government Improvement and Development in the United Kingdom
2051IDEA,Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (U.S.),International Data Encryption Algorithm,International Design Excellence Awards
2052IDF,Israel Defense Forces,Intel Development Forum,International Dairy Federation
2053IDGAF,I don't give a fuck
2054IDK,I don't know
2055IDKIBTI,I don't know,I'm black,that's it
2056IDL,Interface Definition Language
2057IDN,Indonesia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2058ido,Ido language (ISO 639-2 code)
2059IDR,Indonesian rupiah (ISO 4217 currency code)
2060IE,Indo-European languages,Internet Explorer,Ireland (ISO 3166 digram),Iced Earth
2061ie,Interlingue language (ISO 639-1 code)
2062IEA,International Energy Agency
2063IEC,International Electrotechnical Commission
2064IED,Improvised Explosive Device
2065IELTS,International English Language Testing System
2066IER,Information Exchange Requirement
2067IET,Initial Entry Training
2068IET,Institution of Engineering and Technology
2069IETF,Internet Engineering Task Force
2070IEW,Intelligence and Electronic Warfare
2071IFAB,International Football Association Board
2072IFAH,International Federation for Animal Health
2073IFAP,International Federation of Agricultural Producers
2074IFC,International Finance Corporation (part of the World Bank),Independent Film Channel
2075IFF,Identification,Friend or Foe,Individually Fresh Frozen,International Flavors and Fragrances
2076IFFN,Identification,Friend,Foe,or Neutral
2077IFO,Identified Flying Object (see also UFO)
2078IFOR,UN Implementation Force,Institute for Operations Research,International Fellowship of Reconciliation
2079IFOV,Instantaneous Field of View
2080IFPI,International Federation of Phonographic Industries
2081IFRB,International Frequency Registration Board
2082IFV,Infantry Fighting Vehicle
2083ig,Igbo language (ISO 639-1 code)
2084IG,Inspector General
2085IGNOU,Indira Gandhi National Open University
2086IGS,International Ground Station
2087IGY,Israeli Gay Youth,International Geophysical Year
2088IHH,Idiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
2089IHO,International Hydrographic Organization
2090IHR,Institute for Historical Review
2091IHSI,Institutum Historicum Societatis Iesu (Jesuit Historical Institute)
2092ii,Sichuan Yi language (ISO 639-1 code)
2093II,Two (in Roman numerals)
2094IICA,Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
2095IIE,Innovative Interstellar Explorer
2096iii,Sichuan Yi language (ISO 639-2 code)
2097III,Three (in Roman numerals)
2098IIRC,If I Recall/Remember Correctly
2099IISS,International Institute for Strategic Studies
2100IIT,Illinois Institute of Technology,Indian Institutes of Technology,Indiana Institute of Technology
2101IJN,Imperial Japanese Navy (World War II)
2102IJWP,Interim Joint Warfare Publication
2103ik,Inupiaq language (ISO 639-1 code)
2104IKEA,Ingvar Kamprad (the company's founder),Elmtaryd (the farm where he was born and raised),Agunnaryd (a village and parish near the farm)
2105iku, Inuktitut language (ISO 639-2 code)
2106IL,Illinois (postal symbol),Israel (ISO 3166 digram)
2107ILC,International Law Commission,International Linear Collider
2108ILDS,Improved Landmine Detection System
2109ile,Interlingue language (ISO 639-2 code)
2110ILO,International Labour Organization
2111ILRI,International Livestock Research Institute
2112ILS,Israeli shekel (ISO 4217 currency code)
2113ILY,I Love You [pronounced ILL-LEE]
2114IM,Isle of Man (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Instant Message (internet speech)
2115IMA,Intermediate Maintenance Activity,Institute of Mathematics and Applications
2116IMBD,International Migratory Bird Day
2117IMDb,Internet Movie Database
2118IME,In My Experience
2119IMF,id music file/id's music format (audio file format),Impossible Missions Force,the protagonist organization in the Mission: Impossible media franchise,International Monetary Fund (the most common use for the initialism)
2120IML,International Mister Leather
2121IMLAST,International Movement for Leisure Activities in Science and Technology,see MILSET
2122IMNM,,Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy a rare,but serious ADR of statins [1]
2123IMNSHO,In My Not So Humble Opinion
2124IMPAC,International Merchant Purchase Authorization Card
2125IMPACT,International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce
2126IMPATT,IMPact Avalanche Transit Time diode
2127IMPT,Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
2128IMRL,Individual Material iness List
2129IMRO-Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization,Irish Music Rights Organisation
2130IMS,Information Management System,International Meat Secretariat,Ion Mobility Spectrometer
2131IMSA,Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy,International Mind Sports Association,International Motor Sports Association
2132IMsL,International Ms. Leather
2133IMT,Integrated Management Tool
2134IMU,International Mathematical Union
2135IN,India (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Indiana (postal symbol),Infantry
2136In,Indium
2137INA,Immigration and Nationality Act
2138ina,Interlingua language (ISO 639-2 code)
2139INAS,International Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
2140INCITS,InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
2141IND,India (ISO 3166 trigram)
2142ind,Indonesian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2143INDIGO,(U.S.) INtelligence DIvision Gaming Operation
2144inet,the Internet
2145INFORMS,(U.S.) Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
2146INFOSEC,Information Security
2147INLA,Irish National Liberation Army
2148INMARSAT,International Maritime Satellite organization
2149INR,Indian rupee (ISO 4217 currency code)
2150INRIA,Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique
2151INS,Immigration and Naturalization Service
2152InSAR,Interferometric synthetic aperture radar
2153INST,Information Standards and Technology
2154INTERFET,International Force for East Timor
2155INTSUM,Intelligence Summary
2156IO,British Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2157io,Ido language (ISO 639-1 code)
2158IOC,Initial Operational Capability,Intergovernmental Oceanic Commission,International Olympic Committee,International Ornithological Congress
2159IOLTA,Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (charitable funding mechanism,especially for legal aid)
2160IOM,Iowa,Ohio,Michigan (soybean origin),Institute of Medicine,International Organisation for Migration,Isle of Man
2161IONA,Islands of the North Atlantic (alternate name for Great Britain,Ireland,the Isle of Man,and related islands)
2162IOT,British Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 trigram)
2163IP,Clipperton Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Initial Point,Intellectual Property,Internet Protocol
2164IPA,India Pale Ale,International Phonetic Alphabet,Isopropyl alcohol
2165IPB,Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
2166IPCC,Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,Independent Police Complaints Commission
2167ipk,Inupiaq language (ISO 639-2 code)
2168IPL,Inferior Parietal Lobule
2169IPO,Initial Public Offering
2170IPR,In Progress Review,Intellectual Property Rights,Intelligence Production Requirement
2171IPT,Integrated Product/Project Team
2172IPTS,Institute for Prospective Technological Studies
2173IPTV,Internet Protocol TeleVision
2174IPW,Interrogation of Prisoners of War
2175IQ,Intelligence Quotient,Iraq (ISO 3166 digram)
2176IQD,Iraqi dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2177Ir,Iridium
2178IRA,Individual Retirement Account,Irish Republican Army (see also List of organisations known as the Irish Republican Army for groups claiming descent from this organisation)
2179IRAD,Internal Research and Development
2180IRAN,(I) Inspect and Repair As Necessary
2181IRAS,Infrared Astronomical Satellite
2182IRB,International Rugby Board
2183IRBM,Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
2184IRC,International Red Cross,International Reply Coupon
2185IREA,Intermountain Rural Electric Association
2186IRINN,Islamic Republic of Iran News Network
2187IRN,Iran (ISO 3166 trigram)
2188IRO,International Refugee Organisation
2189IRQ,Iraq (ISO 3166 trigram)
2190IRR,Iranian rial (ISO 4217 currency code)
2191IRS,U.S. Internal Revenue Service
2192IRST,Infra-red Search and Track
2193IS,Iceland (ISO 3166 digram),Israel (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2194is,Icelandic language (ISO 639-1 code)
2195ISA,Individual Savings Account,Industry Standard Architecture,Instruction Set Architecture,International Seabed Authority
2196ISAAA,International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications
2197ISAF,International Sailing Federation,International Security Assistance Force
2198ISAR,Inverse SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)
2199ISB,Intermediate Staging Base
2200ISBN,International Standard Book Number (ISO 2108)
2201ISCCP,International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
2202ISCII,Indian Standard Code for Information Interchange
2203ISDN,Integrated Services Digital Network
2204ISEF,Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
2205ISEN,Internet Search Environment Number
2206ISF,Internal Security Force
2207ISI-Indian Standards Institute,former name of the Bureau of Indian Standards,Inter-Services Intelligence (Pakistan),Islamic State of Iraq,an umbrella organization for several Iraqi insurgent groups
2208ISIL,Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
2209ISK,Icelandic krona (ISO 4217 currency code)
2210ISL,Iceland (ISO 3166 trigram)
2211isl,Icelandic language (ISO 639-2 code)
2212ISLN,International Standard Lawyer Number (used initially by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell)
2213ISM,Industrial,scientific or medical,Interstellar medium
2214ISMB,International Society of Matrix Biologists
2215ISMC,Intelligent Sounding Meaningless Conversation
2216ISOGP,Indian Society of Orthodontics for General Practitioners [2]
2217ISP,International Standardized Profile,Internet Service Provider,Information Systems Professional
2218ISPE,(a/i) International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
2219ISR,Intelligence,Surveillance and Reconnaissance,Israel (ISO 3166 trigram)
2220ISRO,Indian Space Research Organisation
2221ISS,International Shorebird Survey (North America),International Space Station
2222ISSCR,International Society for Stem Cell Research
2223ISSN,International standard serial number (ISO 3297)
2224IST,Information System Technology,UCF Institute for Simulation and Training
2225ISTAR,Intelligence,Surveillance,Target Acquisition,and Reconnaissance
2226ISTC,Institute of Scientific and Technical Communications (UK)
2227ISTS,Intel Science Talent Search
2228ISU,Integrated Sight Unit,International Skating Union,IT[edit]
2229IT,InferoTemporal (neurophysiology),Information Technology,Italy (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2230it,Italian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2231ita,Italian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2232ITA,Italy (ISO 3166 trigram)
2233ITAG,Inertial Terrain-Aided Guidance
2234ITALY,I'll Truly Always Love You
2235ITAS,Improved Target Acquisition Sight
2236ITC,InferoTemporal Cortex (neurophysiology)
2237ITCZ,Intertropical Convergence Zone
2238ITEC,Information Technology Exposition & Conference
2239ITEMS,Interactive Tactical Environment Management System
2240ITER,International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
2241ITF,International Tennis Federation
2242ITK,In The Know
2243ITN,Independent Television News (British)
2244ITS,Incompatible Time-sharing System,Individual Training Standards
2245ITT,International Telephone and Telegraph (U.S.)
2246ITTO,International Tropical Timber Organization
2247ITU,Intent-to-Use,International Telecommunication Union (International Telegraph Union 1865-1932),IU[edit]
2248iu, Inuktitut language (ISO 639-1 code)
2249IUCN,International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union)
2250IUSS,Integrated Undersea Surveillance System,Integrated Unit Simulation System,International Union of Soil Sciences
2251IV,Côte d'Ivoire (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Ivory Coast),Four (in Roman numerals),IntraVenous (as in intravenous drip or intravenous therapy)
2252IVD,Internet Video Device,intra vas device
2253Iveco,Industrial Vehicles Corporation
2254IVF,In Vitro Fertilisation
2255IVI,Interchangeable Virtual Instrument
2256IVIS,Inter-Vehicle Information System
2257IVL,Inter-Visibility Line
2258IVM,In Vitro [Oocyte] Maturation
2259IVO,In Vicinity Of
2260IW,Information Warfare
2261IWARS,Infantry Warrior Simulation
2262IWC,International Whaling Commission
2263IWW,Industrial Workers of the World
2264IX,Nine (in Roman numerals)
2265IXT,IntraText digital library; IntraText lexical hypertext
2266IY,Saudi-Iraqi neutral zone (FIPS 10-4 territory code; obsolete 1993)
2267IZ,Iraq (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2268J,Joule
2269J1,Joint [Manpower &] Personnel Directorate
2270J2,Joint Intelligence Directorate
2271J2EE,Java 2 Platform,Enterprise ion
2272J2ME,Java 2 Platform,Micro ion
2273J2SE,Java 2 Platform,Standard ion
2274J3,Joint Operations Directorate
2275J4,Joint Logistics Directorate
2276J5,Joint Strategic Plans & Policy Directorate
2277J6,Joint Information Technology Directorate (Command,Control,Communications & Computer Systems)
2278J7,Joint Operational Plans & Interoperability Directorate
2279J8,Joint Force Structure,Resources,& Assessment Directorate
2280JA,Japan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2281ja,Japanese language (ISO 639-1 code)
2282JAFT,Just A Field Test
2283JAL,Japan Airlines
2284JALLC,Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (NATO)
2285JAM,Jamaica (ISO 3166 trigram)
2286JAMA,Journal of the American Medical Association
2287JANET,Joint Academic Network
2288JANUS,Joint Academic Network Using Satellites (UK),Joint Army Navy Uniform Simulation,Joint Army-Navy Staff,Just ANother Useless Simulation (Note: The U.S. Army Janus simulation is not an acronym)
2289JATO,Jet-Assisted Take-Off
2290jav,Javanese language (ISO 639-2 code)
2291JB,Jail Bait
2292JB,Junior Branch
2293JBFSA,Joint Blue Force Situational Awareness
2294JCDB,Joint Common Data Base
2295JCDS,Joint Chiefs of the Defence Staff
2296JCIDS,Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System
2297JCL,Job Control Language
2298JCP,Java Community Process
2299JCPM,Java Child Process Manager,Jesus Christ Prison Ministry
2300JCS,Joint Chiefs of Staff
2301JCW,Juggalo Championship Wrestling
2302JDBC,Java Data Base Connectivity
2303JDCC,UK Joint Doctrine and Concepts Centre,now the Development,Concepts,and Doctrine Centre,DCDC
2304JDEM,Joint Dark Energy Mission
2305JDK,Java Development Kit
2306JDL,Jewish Defense League
2307JDM,Japanese domestic market,referring specifically to automobiles and parts,Java Data Mining,Joint design manufacturing,JE[edit]
2308JE,Jersey (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2309JEB,James Ewell Brown (Stuart),John Ellis Bush
2310JEDP,Jahwist,Elohist,Deuteronomist,Priestly (according to the documentary hypothesis,the sources of the Torah)
2311JEE,Java Platform,Enterprise ion
2312JEFX,Joint Expeditionary Force eXperiment
2313JEPD,Jahwist,Elohist,Priestly,Deuteronomist,Jointly Exhaustive,Pairwise Disjoint
2314JET,Joint European Torus
2315JEZ,Joint Engagement Zone
2316JFACC,Joint Force Air Component Commander
2317JFACTSU,U.S. Joint Forward Air Control Training and Standards Unit
2318JFC,Joint Force Commander
2319JFK,John Fitzgerald Kennedy or the airport named after him.
2320JFLCC,Joint Force Land Component Commander
2321JFMCC,Joint Force Maritime Component Commander
2322JFO,Journal of Field Ornithology
2323JFSOCC,Joint Force Special Operations Component Commander
2324JFTX,Joint Field Training Exercise
2325JH,Japan Highway Public Corporation
2326JH,Jharkhand (Indian state code)
2327JI,Joint Implementation
2328JIB,Joint Information Bureau
2329JIC,Joint Intelligence Centre
2330JINI,Java Intelligent Network Infrastructure
2331JITC,Joint Interoperability Test Command
2332JIVE,Joint Institute for VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) in Europe
2333JJAP,Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
2334JK,Jedi Knight,Just Kidding,Spanair (IATA airline designator),Jammu & Kashmir (Indian state code)
2335JL,Japan Airlines (IATA airline designator)
2336JLA,Justice League of America
2337JM,Jamaica (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2338JMD,Jamaican dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2339JMS,Java Message Service
2340JN,Jan Mayen Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2341JNI,Java Native Interface
2342JNLP,Java Network Launch Protocol
2343JO,Jordan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2344JOA,(a/i) Joint Operations Area
2345JOD,Jordanian dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2346JOPES,Joint Operations Planning and Execution System
2347JOR,Jordan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2348JOTS,Joint Operations Tactical System
2349JP,Japan (ISO 3166 digram),Justice of the Peace
2350JPL,Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2351JPN,Japan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2352jpn,Japanese language (ISO 639-2 code)
2353JPOW,Joint Project Optic Windmill
2354JPY,Japanese yen (ISO 4217 currency code)
2355JQ,Jetstar Airways (IATA airline designator),Johnny Quick,Johnston Atoll (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Jonny Quest,Joshua Quagmire
2356JRA,Japanese Red Army,Joint Rear Area
2357JRDF,Joint Rapid Deployment Forces
2358JRE,Java Runtime Environment
2359JREF,James Randi Educational Foundation
2360JROC,Joint Requirements Oversight Council
2361JROCM,JROC Memorandum
2362JRRF,Joint Rapid Reaction Force
2363JRSAI,Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
2364JSAP,Japan Society of Applied Physics
2365JSCSC,Joint Services Command and Staff College
2366JSEAD,Joint Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (see SEAD)
2367JSF,Joint Strike Fighter
2368JSIMS,Joint Simulation System
2369JSOA,Joint Special Operations Area
2370JSOTF,Joint Special Operations Task Force
2371JSP,JavaServer Page
2372JSP,Joint Services Publication
2373JSR,Java Specification Request
2374JSS,Joint Support Ship Project
2375JT,Johnston Atoll (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1986),Junior Technician (RAF)
2376JTC,Joint Training Confederation
2377JTF,Joint Task Force
2378JTFEX,Joint Task Force Exercise
2379JTLS,Joint Theater Level Simulation
2380JTMD,Joint Theatre Missile Defence
2381JTN,Johnston Atoll (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
2382JU,Juan de Nova Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2383JUGFET,JUnction Gate Field-Effect Transistor
2384JUICE,JUpiter ICy Moon Explorer
2385JUO,Joint Urban Operations
2386jv,Javanese language (ISO 639-1 code)
2387JV,Joint Venture,Junior Varsity
2388JVM,Java Virtual Machine
2389JW,Jehovah's Witnesses
2390JWARS,Joint Warfare System (simulation)
2391JWP,Joint Warfare Publication
2392JWST,James Webb Space Telescope
2393JY,Japanese Yen
2394JZ,Joint Zone
2395K,Kelvin,Potassium (Latin Kalium),Tanker (aircraft designation code)
2396k,Kilo-
2397K,picokelvin
2398K9,Canine Police Unit
2399ka,Georgian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2400Ka,Kamov Design Bureau
2401kA,Kiloampere
2402KA,Knowledge Acquisition,Karnataka (Indian state code)
2403KAF,Kandahar Air Field
2404kal,Kalaallisut language (ISO 639-2 code)
2405kan,Kannada language (ISO 639-2 code)
2406KARNAC,Knowledge Aided Retrieval in Activity Context
2407KARR,Knight Automated Roving Robot (Knight Rider character)
2408kas,Kashmiri language (ISO 639-2 code)
2409kat,Georgian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2410KATUSA,Korean Augmentation To United States Army
2411kau,Kanuri language (ISO 639-2 code)
2412kaz,Kazakh language (ISO 639-2 code)
2413KAZ,Kazakhstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2414KBE,Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
2415KBO,Kuiper Belt Object
2416KBVB,Koninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond (Dutch for Royal Belgian Football Association)
2417kC,Kilocoulomb
2418KCL,King's College London
2419KCS,Kansas City Southern Railway (AAR reporting mark)
2420KD,Kawasaki Disease,Kraft Dinner
2421KE,Kenya (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Kinetic Energy,Knowledge Engineering
2422KEDO,Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
2423KEN,Kenya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2424KERA,Kentucky Education Reform Act (of 1990)
2425kerma,Kinetic Energy Released in MAterial / in MAtter / per unit MAss
2426KES,Kenyan shilling (ISO 4217 currency code),Killer Elite Squad (Japanese professional wrestling stable)
2427KESR,Kent and East Sussex Railway.
2428KET,Kentucky Educational Television,Key English Test,KF[edit]
2429kF,Kilofarad
2430KFC,Kentucky Fried Chicken
2431KFOR,UN Kosovo Force
2432KFUPM,King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
2433kg,Kilogram,Kongo language (ISO 639-1 code)
2434KG,Kyrgyzstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2435KGO,Knight of the Guelphic Order of Hanover
2436KGS,Kyrgyz som (ISO 4217 currency code)
2437KGZ,Kyrgyzstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2438KH,Cambodia (ISO 3166 digram)
2439kH,Kilohenry
2440KHL,Kontinental Hockey League
2441KHM,Cambodia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2442khm,Khmer language (ISO 639-2 code)
2443KHR,Cambodian riel (ISO 4217 currency code)
2444KHz,Kilohertz
2445ki,Gikuyu language (ISO 639-1 code)
2446Ki,Kibi
2447KI,Kiribati (ISO 3166 digram)
2448KIA,Killed In Action
2449KIDS,Knowledge-based Integrated Design System
2450kik,Gikuyu language (ISO 639-2 code),common typo for LOL
2451kin,Kinyarwanda language (ISO 639-2 code)
2452KIR,Kiribati (ISO 3166 trigram)
2453kir,Kyrgyz language (ISO 639-2 code)
2454KISS,Keep It Simple,Stupid / Keep It Short and Simple,Korean Intelligence Support System
2455KIT,Keep In Touch
2456KITECH,Korean Institute of Industrial Technology
2457KITT,Knight Industries Two Thousand,Knight Industries Three Thousand
2458kJ,Kilojoule
2459kj,Kuanyama language (ISO 639-1 code)
2460kk,Kazakh language (ISO 639-1 code)
2461kK,Kilokelvin
2462KKK,Ku Klux Klan
2463kl,Kalaallisut language (ISO 639-1 code)
2464kL,Kilolitre
2465KL,Kuala Lumpur,Kerala (Indian state code)
2466KLENOT,KLEť Observatory Near Earth and Other unusual objects observations Team and Telescope
2467KLOC,Kilo Lines Of Code
2468KM,Comoros,Knowledge Management
2469km,Khmer language (ISO 639-1 code),Kilometre
2470KMF,Comoro franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
2471KMR,Kwajalein Missile Range
2472KN,Democratic People's Republic of Korea (FIPS 10-4 country code),Saint Kitts and Nevis (ISO 3166 digram)
2473kn,Kannada language (ISO 639-1 code)
2474kN,Kilonewton
2475KNA,Saint Kitts and Nevis (ISO 3166 trigram)
2476KNVB,Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond (Dutch for Royal Dutch Football Association)
2477KO,Knocked Out
2478ko,Korean language (ISO 639-1 code)
2479kom,Komi language (ISO 639-2 code)
2480kon,Kongo language (ISO 639-2 code)
2481kor,Korean language (ISO 639-2 code)
2482KOR,Republic of Korea (ISO 3166 trigram)
2483KP,Kim Possible
2484KPMG,Klynveld,Peat,Marwick,Goerdeler
2485KPNO,Kitt Peak National Observatory
2486KPW,North Korean won (ISO 4217 currency code)
2487KQ,Kenya Airways (IATA airline designator),Kingman Reef (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2488kr,Kanuri language (ISO 639-1 code)
2489KR,Kiribati (FIPS 10-4 country code),Republic of Korea (ISO 3166 digram)
2490Kr,Krypton
2491KRW,South Korean won (ISO 4217 currency code)
2492KS,Kansas (postal symbol),Republic of Korea (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2493ks,Kashmiri language (ISO 639-1 code),Kilosecond
2494kS,Kilosiemens
2495KSC,Kennedy Space Center
2496KSI,Killed or Seriously Injured
2497KSM,Korean Service Medal,Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
2498KSU,Kansas State University
2499KT,Christmas Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Knight of the Order of the Thistle,Knights Templar
2500kT,Kilotesla
2501KTS,Knight of the Tower and Sword (of Portugal)
2502ku,Kurdish language (ISO 639-1 code)
2503KU,Kuwait (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2504kua,Kuanyama language (ISO 639-2 code)
2505KUL,Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Flemish,Catholic University of Leuven)
2506kur,Kurdish language (ISO 639-2 code)
2507KUW,Kuwait (UNDP country code,IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
2508kV,Kilovolt
2509kv,Komi language (ISO 639-1 code)
2510KV,Kosovo
2511KVM,Keyboard,Video,Mouse switch
2512kw,Cornish language (ISO 639-1 code)
2513kW,Kilowatt
2514KW,Kuwait (ISO 3166 digram)
2515KWB,Kids' WB!
2516KWD,Kuwaiti dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2517KWT,Kuwait (ISO 3166 trigram)
2518KX,Cayman Airways (IATA airline designator)
2519KY,Cayman Islands (ISO 3166 digram),Kentucky (postal symbol)
2520ky,Kyrgyz language (ISO 639-1 code)
2521KYD,Cayman Islands dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2522KZ,Kazakhstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2523KZN,KwaZulu-Natal
2524KZT,Kazakh tenge (ISO 4217 currency code)
2525La,Lanthanum
2526LA,Laos (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Louisiana (postal symbol),Los Angeles
2527la,Latin language (ISO 639-1 code)
2528LAAS,Local Area Augmentation System,Los Angeles Astronomical Society
2529LAB,Logistics Assault Base
2530LabVIEW,Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench
2531LACMA,(a/i) Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2532LAD,Laser Aiming Device
2533LADW,Local Air Defence Warning
2534LAESI,Local Authority & Emergency Service Information
2535LAK,Laotian kip (ISO 4217 currency code)
2536LAMP,(multiple meanings)
2537LAN,Local Area Network
2538LANL,Los Alamos National Laboratory
2539lao,Lao language (ISO 639-2 code)
2540LAO,Laos (ISO 3166 trigram)
2541LAR,Light Armoured Reconnaissance,Logistics Assistance Representative
2542LARC,Livermore Advanced Research Computer (cf. LLNL)
2543LARP,Live-Action Role-Playing
2544LAS,McCarran International Airport (Las Vegas,Nevada)
2545Laser,Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (cf. Maser)
2546lat,Latin language (ISO 639-2 code)
2547LATA,Local Access Transport Area
2548LATCH,Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (U.S. standard for attachment points for child safety seats in passenger cars)
2549LAV,Land Assault Vehicle,Light Armoured Vehicle,Lymphadenopathy-Associated Virus
2550lav,Latvian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2551LAW,Light Antitank Weapon
2552LAX,Los Angeles International Airport,The Latin American Xchange (professional wrestling),LB[edit]
2553LB,Lebanon (ISO 3166 digram)
2554lb,pound (Latin librum),Luxembourgish language (ISO 639-1 code)
2555LBH,Light Battlefield Helicopter,Lyman-Birge-Hopfield bands
2556LBJ,Lady Bird Johnson,LeBron James,Light Bulb Joke,Little Beagle Johnson (the dog owned by Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson),Lyndon Baines Johnson
2557LBN,Lebanon (ISO 3166 trigram)
2558LBNL,Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2559LBP,Lebanese pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
2560LBR,Liberia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2561LBS,Location-Based Services
2562lbs,pounds (plural form of lb,see above)
2563LBT,Large Binocular Telescope
2564LBW,Leg Before Wicket
2565LBY,Libya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2566LC,Line of Contact,Saint Lucia (ISO 3166 digram)
2567LCA,Saint Lucia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2568LCC,Land Component Commander
2569LCCP,Light Contingency Communications Package
2570LCD,Liquid Crystal Display
2571LCE,Leaving Certificate Examination,Load Carrying Equipment,London Commodity Exchange
2572LCM,Least/Lowest Common Multiple
2573LCol,Lieutenant-Colonel (Canada,UK)
2574LCS,League of Legends Championship Series
2575LD,Laser Designator,Limited Deployment,Line of Departure
2576LDA,Lateral Drift Apparatus (paratroops)
2577LDC,Lesser Developing/Developed Country
2578LDL,Low-Density Lipoprotein
2579LDV,Local Defence Volunteers (British Home Guard)
2580LDW,Lane Departure Warning (ADAS)
2581LE,Lebanon (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2582LEC,Local Exchange Carrier
2583LED,Light-Emitting Diode
2584LEGAD,Legal Advice
2585Legs,level emotion gad speed
2586LEMOSS,Long-Endurance MObile Submarine Simulator
2587LEN,Large Extension Node
2588LEP,Large Electron-Positron collider
2589LER,Loss-Exchange Ratio
2590LEU,Low-Enriched Uranium
2591LF,Low Frequency
2592LFO,Low Frequency Oscillation / Oscillator
2593LFTR,Liquid fluoride thorium reactor
2594LG,Latvia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2595lg,Luganda (ISO 639-1 code)
2596LGB,Lesbian,Gay,Bisexual,Laser-guided bomb,self-explanatory
2597LGBT,Lesbian,Gay,Bisexual,Transgender
2598LGLO,Love God,Love Others
2599LGM,Little Green Men
2600LGS,Landsat Ground Station
2601LH,Lithuania (FIPS 10-4 country code),Luteinising Hormone
2602LHC,Large Hadron Collider
2603LHS,Left Hand Side
2604LI,Fifty-one (in Roman numerals),Liberia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Liechtenstein (ISO 3166 digram)
2605li,Limburgish language (ISO 639-1 code)
2606Li,Lithium
2607LIBOR,London Interbank Offered Rate
2608LIBS,Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
2609LIE,Liechtenstein (ISO 3166 trigram)
2610LIFO,Last In,First Out
2611LIGO,Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
2612lim,Limburgish language (ISO 639-2 code)
2613lin,Lingala language (ISO 639-2 code)
2614LINEAR,Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
2615LISA,Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
2616lit,Lithuanian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2617LIVE,Liquid Inertial Vibration Eliminator
2618LJ,La Jolla,Larry Johnson (both the American football and basketball players of that name),LaserJet (HP printer brand),Library Journal,Linux Journal,LiveJournal,Ljubljana,Lord Justice of Appeal,Sierra National Airlines (IATA code)
2619LJJ,Lord Justices of Appeal
2620LK,Sri Lanka (ISO 3166 digram)
2621LKA,Sri Lanka (ISO 3166 trigram)
2622LKR,Sri Lanka rupee (ISO 4217 currency code)
2623LKR4,Linkwitz-Riley 4th order (audio crossover type)
2624LL,Land Line (telephone),Last Log,Late Latin,Left Limit,Lex Luthor (Superman character),Light Line,Limited Liability,Linked List,Little League
2625LLAD,Low Level Air Defence
2626LLB,Legum Baccalaureus (Latin: Bachelor of Laws)
2627LLC,Limited Liability Company
2628LLGC,Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru (National Library of Wales),London Lesbian and Gay Centre
2629LLLTV,Low-Light Level Television
2630LLNL,Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2631LLP,Limited Liability Partnership
2632LLTI,Limiting Long-Term Illness,Long Lead Time Item
2633LLTR,Low-Level Transit Route
2634LMAO,Laughing My Ass Off (Internet shorthand)
2635LMB,Lick My Balls
2636LMFAO,Laughing My F**king Ass Off (Internet shorthand,electro-hop duo)
2637LMN,(a/i) Lifetime Movie Network
2638LMS,Like My Status (Internet shorthand)
2639LMS,London Mathematical Society,London,Midland and Scottish (Railway)
2640LMV,() Light Motor Vehicle
2641ln,Lingala language (ISO 639-1 code),Natural logarithm
2642LNER,London and North Eastern Railway
2643LNG,Liquefied Natural Gas
2644LNO,Liaison Officer
2645lo,Lao language (ISO 639-1 code)
2646LO,Slovakia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2647LOA,Limit Of Advance
2648LOC,(a/i) Level of Operational Capability,Limited Operational Capability,Lines Of Code,Lines Of Communication,see entry
2649LOD,Limit of Detection,see Detection limit
2650LoD,Lines of Development (UK)
2651LOFAR,Low Frequency Analysis and Recording
2652LOGPAC,Logistics Package
2653LOL,Laughing Out Loud (Internet shorthand)
2654LOMEZ,Low Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
2655LONEOS,Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search
2656LOOGY,(p/a) Lefty One-Out GuY,a sometimes pejorative nickname for the left-handed specialist in baseball
2657LORTID,LOng Range Target IDentification
2658LOS,Line Of Sight
2659LOSAT,Line-Of-Sight Anti-Tank (missile)
2660LOTA,Licentiate of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
2661LOTIS,Livermore Optical Transient Imaging System
2662LOTS,Logistics Over-The-Shore
2663LP,Linkin Park,Linkup Point,Listening Post,Long Playing record,Louisiana Pacific (cf. LP Field)
2664LPC,Linear Predictive Coding
2665LPD,Landing Platform Dock (Navy hull classification),Low Probability of Detection
2666LPG,Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cf. LNG)
2667LPI,Low Probability of Intercept
2668LPS,Landsat Processing System,LipoPolySaccharide
2669LQ,Palmyra Atoll (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2670Lr,Lawrencium
2671LR,Liberia (ISO 3166 digram)
2672LRC,Logistics iness Center
2673LRD,Liberian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2674LRF,Laser rangefinder,Low iness Forces
2675LRGW,Long-Range Guided Weapon
2676LRICBM,Limited Range ICBM
2677LRIP,Low Rate Initial Production
2678LRP,Logistics Release Point
2679LRPE,Long-Range Planning Element
2680LRS,Long Range Surveillance
2681LRU,Line-Replaceable Unit
2682LSE,Least Squares Estimate/Error,London School of Economics,London Stock Exchange
2683LSI,Large-Scale Integration
2684LSIF,Labour Sponsored Investment Fund
2685LSL,Lesotho loti (ISO 4217 currency code)
2686LSND,Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
2687LSO,Lesotho (ISO 3166 trigram)
2688LSST,Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
2689LSVW,Light Support Vehicle,Wheeled
2690LT,Lesotho (FIPS 10-4 country code),Lithuania (ISO 3166 digram)
2691Lt,Lieutenant
2692lt,Lithuanian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2693LtC,Lieutenant-Colonel (U.S.)
2694LTC,Long-Term Costing
2695Ltd,Limited
2696LTDP,Long-Term Defence Plan
2697LTG,Lieutenant General,Lightning (METAR Code)
2698LTI,Linear Time-Invariant
2699LTL,Lithuanian litas (ISO 4217 currency code)
2700LTM,Acronym for Laughing To Myself
2701LTP,Long-Term Potentiation
2702LTU,Lithuania (ISO 3166 trigram)
2703ltz,Luxembourgish language (ISO 639-2 code)
2704LU,Acronym Love You
2705LU,Loonatics Unleashed
2706Lu,Lutetium
2707lu,Tshiluba language (ISO 639-1 code)
2708lub,Tshiluba language (ISO 639-2 code)
2709LUCA,Last Universal Common Ancestor
2710LUG,Linux User Group
2711lug,Luganda (ISO 639-2 code)
2712LULU,Locally Unwanted Land Use (urbanism)
2713LUT,Limited User Test (ing),Local User Terminal
2714LUVW,Light Utility Vehicle,Wheeled
2715LUX,Luxembourg (ISO 3166 trigram)
2716LV,Las Vegas,Latvia (ISO 3166 digram),Launch Vehicle,Leading Vehicle,Leave,Left Ventricle,Level Valve,Linking Verb,Liverpool Victoria
2717lv,Latvian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2718LVA,Latvia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2719LVAD,Left Ventricular Assist Device,Low-Velocity Airdrop
2720LVEF,Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
2721LVL,Latvian lats (ISO 4217 currency code)
2722LW,Land Warrior,Low Water (nautical charts)
2723Lw,Lawrencium (obsolete 1963)
2724LWR,Laser warning receiver
2725LWRC,Land Warfare Resources Corporation
2726LWS,Land Warrior System
2727LX,Electrics (theatrical term)
2728LX,Luxembourg (amateur radio ITU prefix),Swiss International Air Lines (IATA code)
2729LY,Libya (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Lithuania (amateur radio ITU prefix)
2730LYAO,Laugh Your Ass Off
2731LYD,Libyan dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2732LYLAS,Love You Like A Sister
2733LZ,Bulgaria (amateur radio ITU prefix),Landing Zone
2734M,Mega-,One thousand (in Roman numerals)
2735m,Metre,Milli
2736MA,Madagascar (FIPS 10-4 country code),Marijuana Anonymous,Master of Arts,Massachusetts (postal symbol),Megaampere,Morocco (ISO 3166 digram)
2737Ma,Megaannum
2738mA,Milliampere
2739MAA,Mathematical Association of America
2740MAAC,Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
2741MACE,Multi-Agent Computing Environment
2742MACHO,MAssive Compact Halo Object
2743MAD,Magnetic Anomaly Detector,Moroccan dirham (ISO 4217 currency code),Mutual Assured Destruction
2744MADD,Mothers Against Drunk Driving,MyoAdenylate Deaminase Deficiency,Multiply-Add
2745MAF,Maintenance Action Form
2746MAFF,Ministry of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries (various countries)
2747MAGIC,Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (telescope)
2748MAGNETAR,Metaprogrammable AGent NETwork ARchitecture
2749MAGTF,Marine Air-Ground Task Force
2750mah,Marshallese language (ISO 639-2 code)
2751mal,Malayalam language (ISO 639-2 code)
2752MALD,Miniature Air-Launched Decoy
2753MANPADS,MAN-Portable Air Defence System
2754MANPRINT,MANpower and PeRsonnel INTegration
2755MAOI,Monoamine oxidase inhibitor
2756MAPS,Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship
2757mar,Marathi language (ISO 639-2 code)
2758MAR,Morocco (ISO 3166 trigram)
2759MarBEF,Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
2760MARC,MAchine able Cataloging (often also defined as MAchine able Code),Mailing list ARChive,Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition,Mid-America Regional Council
2761MARCENT,United States Marine Forces Central Command
2762MARFORCC,Marine Force Component Commander
2763MARRS,Martyn Young,Alex Ayuli,Rudy Tambala,Russell Smith,and Steve Young (British electronic music act)
2764MASAS,Monte Agliale Supernovae and Asteroid Survey
2765Maser,Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
2766MASH,Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
2767MASINT,Measurement And Signature Intelligence
2768MATREX,Modeling Architecture for Technology,Research & EXperimentation
2769MAVS,(a/i) Mobile Artillery Vehicle System
2770MAW,Malawi (IOC trigram,but not FIFA or ISO 3166)
2771MB,Manitoba (postal symbol),Martinique (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Medal of Bravery (Canada)
2772MBA,Main Battle Area,Main Belt Asteroid,Masters of Business Administration
2773MBBL,(U.S. Armor Center) Mounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
2774MBCC,Migratory Bird Conservation Commission (U.S.)
2775MBCS,Multi-Byte Character Set
2776MBE,Member of the Order of the British Empire,Multistate Bar Examination (U.S.)
2777MBI,Moody Bible Institute
2778MBIDST,Member of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
2779MBM,Meat and Bone Meal
2780mbsf,metres below sea floor,[1][2] a depth convention used in paleontology and oceanography
2781MBT,Main Battle Tank
2782MBTA,Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority,Migratory Bird Treaty Act (U.S.)
2783MBTI,Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
2784mC,Millicoulomb
2785MCA,Master of Computer Applications,Micro Channel Architecture,MultiChannel Analyzer,Music Corporation of America,the original name of the now-defunct MCA Inc.
2786MCC,Marylebone Cricket Club,Mission Control Center,Motor Control Center,Movement Control Centre
2787MCD,Minimal Cerebral Dysfunction,Minor civil division (U.S. Census term)
2788MCDL,Model Composition Definition Language
2789MCFT,Modified Compression Field Theory
2790MCG,Melbourne Cricket Ground
2791MCI,Microwave Communications,Inc.
2792MCIS,Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
2793MCM,Mine Counter-Measures
2794MCMV,Mine Counter-Measure Vessel
2795MCNC,Microelectronics Center of North Carolina,Mixing Condensation Nucleus Counter
2796MCP,Maintenance Collection Point,Male Chauvinist Pig
2797MCR,My Chemical Romance
2798MCSF,Marine Corps Security Forces
2799MCT,Movement Control Team
2800MCTIS,Mounted Co-operative Target Identification System
2801MCU,Marine Corps University,Marvel Cinematic Universe,Medium close-up (camera direction in British TV scripts),Microcontroller unit,Milk clotting units,Ming Chuan University,Minimum coded unit (digital imaging),Multipoint control unit,Municipal Credit Union (New York),MD[edit]
2802Md,Mendelevium
2803MDA,Main Defensive Action/Area,Moldova (ISO 3166 trigram),Muscular Dystrophy Association
2804MDF,Main distribution frame,Medium-density fiberboard
2805MDG,Madagascar (ISO 3166 trigram),UN Millennium Development Goal
2806MDL,Moldovan leu (ISO 4217 currency code)
2807MDM,Michigan Dartmouth MIT telescope consortium,Master data management
2808MDNA,Madonna's 12th studio album title (2012)
2809MDO,Membership Driven Organisation
2810MDP,Markov Decision Process
2811MDT,Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-6 hours)
2812MDV,Maldives (ISO 3166 trigram)
2813ME,Maine (postal symbol),Mechanical engineer[ing],Medical examiner,Middle East,Middle East Airlines (IATA code),Memory Effect,Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
2814Me,Messerschmitt
2815MEA,Maine Educational Assessment,Middle East Airlines,Millennium Ecosystem Assessment,Minimum en route altitude,Mono-ethanol Amine,Multilateral Environmental Agreement
2816MEAC,Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (ME-ac)
2817MEC,Maine Central Railroad,Manta,Ecuador (IATA location identifier),Model European Council,Mountain East Conference,Mountain Equipment Co-op
2818MECC,Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (later Corporation,dissolved 1999)
2819MECCA,Milwaukee Exposition Convention Center and Arena,a former name for the sports venue now known as UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
2820MECO,Main engine cutoff (NASA code for point in Space Shuttle assent when three main engines are shut down prior to External Tank (ET) separation)
2821MEDEVAC,Medical evacuation
2822MEDLI,Mars Science Laboratory Entry,Descent,and Landing Instrumentation,Medical & Scientific Libraries of Long Island,Model for Effluent Disposal using Land Irrigation
2823MEDS,Mission Essential Data Set
2824MEF,U.S. Marine Expeditionary Force,Minimum essential facility,Mission essential force
2825MEG,MagnetoEncephaloGraphy
2826MEI,Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,Ltd.
2827MEK,Magyar Elektronikus Konyvtar,Message encryption key,Methyl ethyl ketone,Mujahideen al-Khalq
2828MEL,Maya Embedded Language,Michigan Electronic Library
2829MELT,Metallic Line/Loop Test (ing)
2830MEM,Message Exchange Mechanism,Microelectromechanical
2831MEMS,Microelectromechanical System
2832MEO,Medium earth orbit,Most efficient organization
2833MER,Mars Exploration Rover
2834MERL,Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
2835MES,Manufacturing Execution Systems
2836MES,Marconi Electronic Systems,Medium Edison screw
2837MESSENGER,MErcury Surface,Space ENvironment,GEochemistry and Ranging
2838MET,Meteorological,Middle European Time
2839METAR,[Meteorological] Aviation Routine weather report
2840METOC,Meteorological and Oceanographic
2841MEU,U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit,Maximum Expected Utility
2842MEV,Medical Evacuation Vehicle,Musica Elettronica Viva
2843MeV,Megaelectronvolt
2844MEX,Mexico (ISO 3166 trigram)
2845MEZ,Missile Engagement Zone
2846MF,Mayotte (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Megafarad
2847mF,Millifarad
2848MFSB,Mother,Father,Sister,Brother (1970s Philadelphia studio musicians collective)
2849MG,Machine Gun,Madagascar (ISO 3166 digram),Major General,Mongolia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Morris Garage
2850Mg,Magnesium,Megagram
2851mg,Malagasy language (ISO 639-1 code),Milligram
2852MGA,Malagasy ariary (ISO 4217 currency code)
2853MGB,Medium Girder Bridge,Motor Gun Boat
2854MGM,Metro Goldwyn Mayer,Montgomery,Alabama (Airport Code)
2855MGPAM,My Gym Partner's a Monkey
2856MGS,Mobile Gun System
2857MH,Marshall Islands (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram),Megahenry,Montserrat (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2858mh,Marshallese language (ISO 639-1 code)
2859mH,Millihenry
2860MHC,Major Histocompatibility Complex
2861MHHW,Mean Higher High Water (nautical charts)
2862MHL,Marshall Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2863MHLW,Mean Higher Low Water (nautical charts)
2864MHRA,(UK) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
2865MHW,Mean High Water (nautical charts)
2866MHWN,Mean High Water Neaps (nautical charts)
2867MHWS,Mean High Water Springs (nautical charts)
2868MHz,Megahertz
2869Mi,Mebi
2870mi,Māori language (ISO 639-1 code)
2871MIA,Missing In Action
2872MIAA,Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association,Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association,Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association,Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
2873MIB,Men In Black,Mint In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
2874MICLIC,Mine Clearing Line Charge
2875MICOM,Missile Command
2876MID,Midway Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
2877MIDAS,Man-machine Integration Design and Analysis System
2878MIDI,Musical Instrument Digital Interface
2879MIDS,Multi-Function Information Distribution System
2880MIFG,Shallow Fog (METAR Code)
2881MIKE,Monitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants
2882MIL,Man-In-the-Loop
2883MILC,Mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera
2884MILF,Mother I'd Like to Fuck
2885MIMAROPA,Mindoro,Marinduque,Romblon,Palawan (a region in the Philippines)
2886MIMOSA,MIcroMeasurements Of Satellite Acceleration
2887MIMPT,Member of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
2888MIP,Multilateral Interoperability Programme,Multiple Identity Poster
2889MIRA,MILAN Infra-Red Acquisition (thermal sight)
2890MIRV,Multiple Independent Reentry Vehicle
2891MIS,Management Information Systems,Museum Information System
2892MISREP,Mission Report
2893MISSI,Multilevel Information System Security Initiative
2894MIT,Massachusetts Institute of Technology,methylisothiazoline,Milli Istihbarad Teskilati (Intelligence service of Turkey)
2895MITL,Man-In-The-Loop
2896MITS,see entry
2897MJ,Megajoule,Michael Jordan
2898mJ,Millijoule
2899MJD,Modified Julian Day
2900mk,Macedonian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2901mK,Millikelvin
2902MKD,Macedonian denar (ISO 4217 currency code),Republic of Macedonia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2903mkd,Macedonian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2904MKG,Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (American basketball player)
2905MKS,Metre-Kilogram-Second (system of units),MKS Inc. software company
2906MKSA,Metre-Kilogram-Second-Ampere (system of units)
2907ml,Malayalam language (ISO 639-1 code)
2908ML,Mali (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Maximum Likelihood,Megalitre
2909mL,Millilitre
2910MLA,Martial Law Administration of Bangladesh,Master of Landscape Architecture,Medical Library Association,Member of Legislative Assembly,Modern Language Association,Mutual legal assistance treaty,Myelosis Leucemica Acuta
2911MLB,Major League Baseball
2912MLC,Member of the Legislative Council (in India)
2913MLE,Maximum likelihood estimation
2914mlg,Malagasy language (ISO 639-2 code)
2915MLHW,Mean Lower High Water (nautical charts)
2916MLI,Mali (ISO 3166 trigram)
2917MLK,Martin Luther King,Jr.
2918MLL,Major League Lacrosse
2919MLLW,Mean Lower Low Water (nautical charts)
2920MLP,My Little Pony
2921MLRS,Multiple-Launch Rocket System
2922MLS,Major League Soccer,Multiple Listing Service
2923MLSE,Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (owner of several Toronto-based sports teams),Maximum likelihood sequence estimation
2924MLSR,Missing,Lost or Stolen Report
2925MLT,Malta (ISO 3166 trigram)
2926mlt,Maltese language (ISO 639-2 code)
2927MLVW,Medium Logistics Vehicle,Wheeled
2928MLW,Mean Low Water (nautical charts)
2929MLWN,Mean Low Water Neaps (nautical charts)
2930MLWS,Mean Low Water Springs (nautical charts)
2931Mm,Megametre
2932mm,Millimetre
2933MMA,Mixed martial arts,Moving Mechanical Assembly
2934MMC,Machinist's Mate,Chief (USN rating),Materiel Management Centre
2935MMCM,Machinist's Mate,Master Chief (USN rating),Magnetic Mine Counter Measure
2936MMCS,Machinist's Mate,Senior Chief (USN rating)
2937MMEV,Multi-Mission Effects Vehicle
2938MMI,Magical MonkeyZ Inc.
2939MMI,Man-Machine Interface
2940MMI,McLean Meditation Institute
2941MMIC,McLean Meditation Institute Certified
2942MMIC,Mindfulness & Meditation Instructor,Certified
2943MMK,Burmese kyat (ISO 4217 currency code)
2944MMO,Massively Multiplayer Online (computer game)
2945MMOR,Master of Management in Operations Research
2946MMORPG,Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
2947MMPR,Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
2948MMR,Measles,Mumps and Rubella vaccine,Myanmar (ISO 3166 trigram)
2949MMS,Multimission Modular Spacecraft
2950MMU,Manchester Metropolitan University,Manned Manoeuvring Unit
2951Mn,Manganese
2952MN,Meganewton,Minnesota (postal symbol),Monaco (FIPS 10-4 country code),Mongolia (ISO 3166 digram)
2953mN,Millinewton
2954mn,Mongolian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2955MNB,Multinational Brigade
2956MND,Motor Neurone Disease,Multinational Division
2957MNE,Montenegro (ISO 3166 trigram)
2958MNG,Multiple-image Network Graphics,Mongolia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2959MNMF,Multi-National Maritime Force
2960MNP,Northern Mariana Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2961MNS,Mission Needs Statement
2962MNT,Molecular nanotechnology,Mongolian tugrik (ISO 4217 currency code)
2963mo,Moldovan language (ISO 639-1 code)
2964Mo,Molybdenum
2965MOA,Museum of Art (Brigham Young University)
2966MOAB,Massive Ordnance Air Blast (official),Mother Of All Bombs (slang)
2967MOB,Man Over Board,Marching Owl Band,Movable Object Block
2968MOC,Macedonian Orthodox Church,Measure Of Capability,Mission Operations Centre,My Own Creation (Lego)
2969MOCAS,Mechanization Of Contract Administration Services
2970MOD,Magneto-optical disc,Masters of Deception,Minimum Object Distance,Multiple Organ Dysfunction
2971MoD,Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) and various other countries
2972modem,Modulator-Demodulator
2973Moe,Marvel of entertainment
2974MOE,Measure Of Effectiveness
2975MOF,(a/i) Ministry of Finance (Japan)
2976MOFA,(a/i) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
2977MOH,(a/i) Medal of Honor,Music On Hold
2978MOID,Minimum Orbital Intersection Distance
2979MOJWA,Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa
2980mol,Moldovan language (ISO 639-2 code),mole (unit)
2981MOLO,Mobile Other Licensed Operator (UK)
2982MOM,Master's Degree in Oriental medicine
2983MOM,Message Oriented Middleware
2984MoM,Multiple of the median
2985MoMA,Museum of Modern Art (NYC)
2986mon,Mongolian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2987MOND,Modified Newtonian Dynamics
2988MOO,Measure Of Outcome
2989MOP,Macau pataca (ISO 4217 currency code),Measure Of Performance
2990MOPE,Ministry of Population and Environment (Nepal),Most Oppressed People Ever (politics)
2991MOPP,Mission-Oriented Protective Posture
2992MORP,Meteorite Observation and Recovery Project
2993MOSFET,Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
2994MOSS,MObile Submarine Simulator,Moving Object Support System
2995MOT,Ministry of Transport (UK)
2996MOTA,Member of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
2997MOTESS,Moving Object and Transient Event Search System
2998MOTO,Mail Order / Telephone Order,Master of the obvious
2999MOU,Memorandum Of Understanding
3000MOVES,Modeling,Virtual Environments,and Simulation Institute
3001MOW,Maintenance of way (also MW)
3002MOZ,Mozambique (ISO 3166 trigram)
3003MPA,Maritime Patrol Aircraft,Master of Public Administration
3004MPa,Megapascal
3005mPa,Millipascal
3006MPAA,Motion Picture Association of America
3007MPC,Minor Planet Center,Minor Planet Circular
3008MPEC,Minor Planet Electronic Circular
3009MPEG,Motion Pictures (Coding) Experts Group
3010MPEV,Multi-Purpose Engineering Vehicle
3011MPF,Maritime Prepositioning Force
3012MPFC,Medial PreFrontal Cortex
3013MPG,Miles Per Gallon
3014MPMC,Medial PreMotor Cortex
3015MPSI,Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
3016MPSoC,MultiProcessor System-on-Chip
3017MPSRON,Maritime Propositioning Ship Squadron
3018MQ,Martinique (ISO 3166 digram),Midway Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
3019mr,Marathi language (ISO 639-1 code)
3020MR,Mauritania (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
3021MRAV,Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle
3022MRBM,Medium Range Ballistic Missile
3023MRC,Maintenance Requirements Card
3024MRD,Motorized Rifle Division
3025MRGW,Medium-Range Guided Weapon
3026MRI,Magnetic Resonance Imaging
3027mri,Māori language (ISO 639-2 code)
3028MRL,Multiple Rocket Launcher
3029MRO,Maintenance,Repair and Operating,Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter,Mauritanian ouguiya (ISO 4217 currency code)
3030MRPharmS,Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (Great Britain)
3031MRR,Maximum Rock and Roll,Minimum-Risk Route,My Restaurant Rules
3032MRS,Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
3033MRSA,Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
3034MRT,Mass Rapid Transit — used as either an official or unofficial name for metro systems in Singapore,Kaoshiung,Bangkok,Taipei,Chennai,and Delhi,Mauritania (ISO 3166 trigram)
3035MRTFB,U.S. Major Range and Test Facility Base
3036ms,Malay language (ISO 639-1 code),Millisecond
3037Ms,Megasecond
3038mS,Millisiemens
3039msa,Malay language (ISO 639-2 code)
3040MSB,Main Support Battalion,Most Significant Bit (or Byte)
3041MSD,Minimum Safe Distance
3042MSDB,Multi Source Data Base
3043MSE,Multiple Subscriber Element
3044MSG,Message
3045MSG,MonoSodium Glutamate,Madison Square Garden (either the 1879,1890,1925,or current versions of the venue)
3046MSH,Medium Support Helicopter,Mount Saint Helens
3047MSI,Micro-Star International,Multispectral imagery
3048MSIE,Microsoft Internet Explorer,Master of Science in Industrial Engineering
3049MSL,Mars Science Laboratory,Mean Sea Level,Missile
3050MSLP,Mean Sea Level Pressure
3051MSM,Mainstream media,Men who have sex with men,Mount St Mary's School
3052MSN,Microsoft Network,Master of Science in Nursing
3053MSNBC,Microsoft National Broadcasting Company Cable news channel (see also msnbc.com)
3054MSO,Multiple System Operator
3055MSPA,Migrant and Seasonal worker Protection Act,MS Paint Adventures
3056MSPB,Merit Systems Protection Board
3057MSR,Main Supply Route,Module Service Record,Montserrat (ISO 3166 trigram),Motor Schlepp Regulung,Mountain Safety Research (outdoor supplies manufacturer)
3058MSSA,Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
3059MST,Madison Symmetric Torus,Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7 hours),MST3K or MST3k,Mystery Science Theater 3000
3060MSU,Michigan State University,Montana State University,Mountain State University,Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia,a.k.a. MGU),MT[edit]
3061mt,Maltese language (ISO 639-1 code)
3062Mt,Meitnerium
3063mT,Millitesla
3064MTA,Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Boston) (now Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority),Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York)
3065MTBF,Mean time between failures
3066MTF,Magnetized target fusion,Medical Treatment Facility,Message Text Format,Modulation transfer function (optics)
3067MtF,Male-to-female transsexual
3068MTG,Magic: The Gathering
3069MTL,Maltese lira (ISO 4217 currency code),Mean Tide Level (nautical charts)* MTM,Methods-Time Measurement
3070MTP,Maritime Tactical Publication,Materiel Transfer Plan,Mission Training Plan
3071MTQ,Martinique (ISO 3166 trigram)
3072MTS,Maintenance Training System,Manitoba Telecom Services,Michigan Terminal/Timesharing System,Movement Tracking System,Multichannel television sound,Multi-Technical Services
3073MTT,Methylthiazol tetrazolium (assay)
3074MTV,MainosTeleVisio (Finnish commercial TV company),Music TeleVision
3075MTVL,Mobile Tracked Vehicle,Light
3076MTWS,MAGTF Tactical Warfare System
3077MU,Mauritius (ISO 3166 digram),Oman (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Muscat)
3078MUR,Mauritius rupee (ISO 4217 currency code)
3079MUS,Mauritius (ISO 3166 trigram)
3080MV,Maldives (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Megavolt,Motor Vehicle,Motor Vessel
3081mV,Millivolt
3082MVC,Missouri Valley Conference
3083MVFC,Missouri Valley Football Conference
3084MVNO,Mobile virtual network operator
3085MVR,Maldivian rufiyaa (ISO 4217 currency code)
3086MW,Maintenance of way (also MOW),Malawi (ISO 3166 digram),Medium Wave (radio),Megawatt,Mountain West (Conference) (formal initialism since July 2011)
3087mW,Milliwatt
3088MWESH,Machismo Wizards Extended SHelter (operating system)
3089MWI,Malawi (ISO 3166 trigram)
3090MWK,Malawian kwacha (ISO 4217 currency code)
3091MWOA,Mount Wilson Observatory Association
3092MWR,Morale,Welfare,and Recreation
3093MWTB,Mounted Warfare Test Bed
3094MX,Mail Exchange,Mexico (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Missile eXperimental
3095MXN,Mexican peso (ISO 4217 currency code)
3096my,Burmese language (ISO 639-1 code)
3097MY,Malaysia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
3098mya,Burmese language (ISO 639-2 code),million years ago
3099MYOB,Mind Your Own Business
3100MYR,Malaysian ringgit (ISO 4217 currency code)
3101MYS,Malaysia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3102MYT,Mayotte (ISO 3166 trigram)
3103MZ,Mach-Zehnder (interferometer),Magnetic Azimuth,Move,Zig (Zero Wing),Mozambique (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
3104MZN,Mozambique metical (ISO 4217 currency code)
3105n,Nano
3106N,Newton,Nitrogen,North
3107N3F,National Fantasy Fan Federation
3108NA,Namibia (ISO 3166 digram),Narcotics Anonymous,National Archives,Negative Acknowledge
3109nA,Nanoampere
3110na,Nauruan language (ISO 639-1 code)
3111Na,Sodium (Latin Natrium)
3112NAA,N-Acetylaspartate
3113NAAD,North American Air Defense
3114NAAFI,Navy,Army and Air Force Institute (UK),No Ambition And Fuckall Interest (RSA army slang)
3115NAAK,Mark I NAAK,Nerve Agent Antidote Kit
3116NAAQS,National Ambient Air Quality Standards
3117NAAWS,NATO Anti-Air Warfare System
3118NACA,(U.S.) National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (1915-1958,became NASA)
3119NACC,North Atlantic Cooperation Council
3120NACISA,NATO Communications and Information Systems Agency
3121NACMA,NATO Air Command and Control System Management Agency
3122NACRA,North America Caribbean Rugby Association (more specifically rugby union)
3123NAD,Namibian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
3124NAEC,U.S. Naval Air Engineering Center
3125NAF,NATO Architecture Framework,Naval Air Facility
3126NAFERA,Native American Free Exercise of Religion Act
3127NAFLD,NonAlcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
3128NAFO,Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
3129NAFTA,North American Free Trade Agreement
3130NAGPRA,Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
3131NAI,Named Area of Interest,Network Access Identifier
3132NAICS,North American Industry Classification System
3133NAIL,Neurotics Anonymous
3134NAILS,National Airspace Integrated Logistics System
3135NAIRU,Non Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment
3136NAK,Negative Acknowledge
3137NAM,Namibia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3138NAMBLA,North American Man-Boy Love Association
3139NAMRL,Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
3140NaN,Not A Number (computing)
3141NAO,UK National Audit Office
3142NAPS,Navy Acquisition Procedures Supplement
3143NARA,(U.S.) National Archives and Records Administration
3144NARAL,National Abortion Rights Action League
3145NARDAC,Naval Regional Data Automation Center
3146NARDIC,U.S. Navy Acquisition Research and Development Information Center
3147NARPV,National Association for Remotely Piloted Vehicles
3148NAS,National Academy of Sciences,National Air Space,National Audubon Society,Naval Air Station,New Attack Submarine
3149NASCAR,National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing
3150NASDAQ,National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
3151NASED,National Association of State Election Directors [1][2]
3152NASH,Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
3153NASP,National Aerospace Plane
3154NASS,National Association of Secretaries of State [3]
3155NatGeo,National Geographic
3156NATO,National Association of Theatre Owners,North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
3157nau,Nauruan language (ISO 639-2 code)
3158NaUKMA,National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
3159nav,Navajo language (ISO 639-2 code)
3160NAV,Navigation[al]
3161NAVCAMS,Naval Communications Area Master Station
3162NAVCC,National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
3163NAVCENT,Naval Forces U.S. Central Command
3164NAVDAC,Naval Data Automation Command
3165NAVEUR,Naval Forces U.S. European Command
3166NAVFE,U.S. Naval Forces,Far East
3167NAVFOR,Naval Force
3168NAVMACS,Naval Modular Automatic Communication Subsystem
3169NAVNET,Navy Network
3170NAVS,Non-Cooperative Airborne Vector Scoring
3171NAVSAT,Navigation Satellite
3172NAVSPACECOM,U.S. Navy Space Command
3173NAVSPASUR,U.S. Naval Space Surveillance System
3174NAVSTAR,Navigation Satellite Timing And Ranging
3175NAVTACNET,Navy Tactical Network
3176NAWC,U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center
3177Nb,Niobium
3178nb,Norwegian Bokmål language (ISO 639-1 code)
3179NBA,National Basketball Association
3180NBC,National Broadcasting Corporation,Nuclear,Biological,and Chemical
3181NBCRS,NBC (Nuclear,Biological,and Chemical) Reconnaissance System
3182NBIC,Nanotechnology,Biotechnology,Information Technology,Cognitive Science
3183NBL,National Basketball League (Australia)
3184nbl,Southern Ndebele language (ISO 639-2 code)
3185NBT,Nitroblue tetrazolium (assay)
3186nC,Nanocoulomb
3187NC,Network Computer,New Caledonia (ISO 3166 digram),Node Centre,Non-Consensual,Normally Closed,North Carolina (postal symbol)
3188NCA,National Command Authority
3189NCAR,U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research
3190NCB,National Codification Bureau
3191NCCAM,U.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
3192NCCUSL,National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (U.S.)
3193NCDDR,U.S. National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research
3194NCES,U.S. National Center for Education Statistics,Net-Centric Enterprise Services
3195NCI,U.S. National Cancer Institute
3196NCIS,National Criminal Intelligence Service (British),Naval Criminal Investigative Service (U.S. Navy; see also NCIS,a U.S. TV series based on this unit)
3197NCL,New Caledonia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3198NCLR,National Council of La Raza
3199NCMO,No Commitment Make Out
3200NCND,Non Circumvention & Non Disclosure,Neither Confirm Nor Deny,New Concept New Design
3201NCO,Non-Commissioned Officer
3202NCP,Net Contracted Purchases
3203NCR,National Cash Register Co.
3204NCTR,Non-Co-operative Target Recognition
3205NCW,Network Centric Warfare
3206Nd,Neodymium
3207ND,Non-Disclosure,North Dakota (postal symbol)
3208nd,Northern Ndebele language (ISO 639-1 code)
3209NDAA,U.S. National Defense Authorization Act
3210NDBP,Non-Departmental Public Body (Scotland)
3211NDCC,New Directions Counseling Center (Concord,California)
3212nde,Northern Ndebele language (ISO 639-2 code)
3213ndo,Ndonga language (ISO 639-2 code)
3214NDP,New Democratic Party (Canada)
3215NDS,Nintendo DS
3216NDU,National Defense University (Washington,DC)
3217NE,Nebraska (postal symbol),Niger (ISO 3166 digram),North-East
3218Ne,Neon
3219ne,Nepali language (ISO 639-1 code)
3220NEA,National Education Association (U.S. labor union),Near-Earth Asteroid,Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD)
3221NEAT-Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking,,National Emergency Access Target (Au Health)
3222NECTEC,National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (Thailand)
3223NED,Netherlands (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
3224NEI,National Eye Institute,Not Enough Information,Nuclear Energy Institute
3225NEMS,National Energy Modeling System (USDOE-EIA)
3226nep,Nepali language (ISO 639-2 code)
3227NEPA,National Environmental Policy Act
3228NER,Niger (ISO 3166 trigram)
3229NERICA,New Rice for Africa
3230NESDIS,National Environmental Satellite,Data and Information Service
3231NESP,NSA/CSS Enterprise Standards Program
3232NET,National Educational Television
3233NETCU,(UK) National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit
3234NETL,(US) National Energy Technology Laboratory
3235NETWARS,Network Warfare Simulation
3236NEWS,Navy Electronic Warfare Simulator,North,East,West,South
3237NEX,Navy EXchange
3238nF,Nanofarad
3239NF,Norfolk Island (ISO 3166 digram)
3240NFA,(U.S.) National Firearms Act (often used to refer to the guns and accessories regulated under this law),No-Fire Area
3241NFC,National Football Conference,Near field communication
3242NFER,National Foundation for Educational Research
3243NFG,No Fucking Good
3244NFHS,National Federation of State High School Associations
3245NFI,Not F****** Interested
3246NFK,Norfolk Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
3247Nfld,Newfoundland
3248NFPA,National Fluid Power Association (United States)
3249NFT,No Further Text
3250ng,Nanogram,Ndonga language (ISO 639-1 code)
3251NG,Natural Gas,Next Generation,Niger (FIPS 10-4 country code),Nigeria (ISO 3166 digram)
3252NGA,National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency,Nigeria (ISO 3166 trigram)
3253NGATS,New Generation Army Targetry System
3254NGH,Northern General Hospital
3255NGN,Nigerian naira (ISO 4217 currency code)
3256NGO,non-governmental organization
3257NGR,Nigeria (IOC trigram,but not ISO 3166 or FIFA)
3258NGS,Naval Gunfire Support
3259nH,Nanohenry
3260NH,New Hampshire (postal symbol),New Hebrides (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1980),Vanuatu (FIPS 10-4 country code; from New Hebrides)
3261NHANES,National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
3262NHB,New Hebrides (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1980)
3263NHB,No Holds Barred radio (Link)
3264NHL,National Hockey League
3265NHO,Næringslivets Hovedorganisasjon (Confederation of Norwegian Enterprises,a Norwegian employers' organisation)
3266NHRA,National Hot Rod Association
3267NHS,National Health Service (UK)
3268NI,Nicaragua (ISO 3166 digram),Nigeria (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3269Ni,Nickel
3270NIAAA,U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
3271NIAG,NATO Industrial Advisory Group
3272NIAID,National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Disease
3273NIAMD,National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases
3274NIB,New In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
3275NIBP,Non-invasive blood pressure monitor
3276NIC,Network Interface Card,Nicaragua (ISO 3166 trigram)
3277NicA,Nicotine Anonymous
3278NICAP,National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena
3279NICE,UK. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
3280NICHD,National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [4]
3281NICP,National Inventory Control Point
3282NIDDK,National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
3283NIDRR,National Institute on Disability Research and Rehabilitation
3284NIEHS,National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
3285NIG,Niger (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
3286NIH,National Institutes of Health,Not Invented Here
3287NIIN,National Item Identification Number
3288NIMA,National Imagery and Mapping Agency (became NGA)
3289NIMBY,Not In My Back Yard (See NOME)
3290NIMG,Not In My Generation
3291NIMH,National Institute of Medical Herbalists,National Institute of Mental Health
3292NIN,Nine Inch Nails (band)
3293NIO,Nicaraguayan cordoba oro (ISO 4217 currency code)
3294NIPR,National Institute of Polar Research (Japan)
3295NIR,Northern Ireland (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
3296NISAC,U.S. National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center
3297NISCAP,NSA Information System Certification and Accreditation Program
3298NISER,National Institute of Science Education and Research
3299NIST,(a/i) National Institute of Standards and Technology
3300NIT,National Invitation Tournament (U.S. college basketball),National Institutes of Technology (India)
3301NITFS,National Imagery Transmission Format Standard
3302NIU,Niue (ISO 3166 trigram)
3303nJ,Nanojoule
3304NJ,New Jersey (postal symbol)
3305NJHS,National Junior Honor Society
3306NJPW,New Japan Pro Wrestling
3307nK,Nanokelvin
3308NKA,No Known Allergies
3309nl,Dutch language (ISO 639-1 code)
3310nL,Nanolitre
3311NL,Netherlands (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram),Newfoundland and Labrador (postal symbol)
3312NLB,Non-Linear Battlefield
3313nld,Dutch language (ISO 639-2 code)
3314NLD,Netherlands (ISO 3166 trigram)
3315NLF,National Liberation Front (disambiguation)
3316NLL,National Lacrosse League
3317NLP,Natural Language Processing,Neuro-Linguistic Programming (pseudoscience)
3318NLW,Non-Lethal Weapon
3319nm,Nanometre
3320NM,New Mexico (postal symbol)
3321NMCI,Navy Marine Corps Intranet
3322NMCS,Not Mission Capable Supply (SM&R code)
3323NMD,U.S. National Missile Defense
3324NMHNFG,Not Made Here,No Fucking Good
3325NMN,No middle name
3326NMR,Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
3327NMSG,NATO Modelling and Simulation Group
3328nN,Nanonewton
3329nn,Norwegian Nynorsk language (ISO 639-1 code)
3330NNE,North North-East
3331nno,Norwegian Nynorsk language (ISO 639-2 code)
3332NNSA,U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration
3333NNW,North North-West
3334NO,Nitric Oxide,Normally Open,Norway (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3335No,Nobelium
3336no,Norwegian language (ISO 639-1 code)
3337NOAA,U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
3338NOAF,Norwegian Air Force
3339NOAO,National Optical Astronomy Observatory
3340nob,Norwegian Bokmål language (ISO 639-2 code)
3341NOC,UK. National Oceanography Centre
3342NODEF,NATO Oceanographic Data Exchange Format
3343NOGI,New Orleans Grande Isle (award for diving)
3344NOK,Norwegian krone (ISO 4217 currency code)
3345NOLA,New Orleans,Louisiana (LA is the official postal code for Louisiana)
3346NOLF,Navy OutLying Field
3347NoMBO,Non-mine,Mine-like Bottom Object
3348NOME,Not on Mars Either
3349NOME,Not on Mars Either (see NIMBY)
3350NOPA,National Office Products Alliance,National Office Products Association
3351NOR,Norway (ISO 3166 trigram)
3352nor,Norwegian language (ISO 639-2 code)
3353NORCECA,North,Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation
3354NORELPREF,No religious preference
3355NORTHAG,Northern Army Group
3356NOS,Network Operating System,New Old Stock (Internet auction/trading listings),Nitric Oxide Synthase (enzyme)
3357NOSA,NATO OSI Security Architecture
3358NOTAFLOF,No One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds
3359NOTAM,Notice to Airmen
3360NOW,National Organization for Women
3361NP,National Permit,A permit in India for trucks so they can go anywhere in the nation
3362Np,Neap tide (nautical charts),Neptunium
3363NP,Nepal (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3364NPB,Nippon Professional Baseball
3365NPC,National Postgraduate Committee,National Provincial Championship (New Zealand rugby competition,now defunct),Navigation Planning Chart,Non-Player Character (role-playing games)
3366NPCS,Non-Passenger Coaching stock (in Railways)
3367NPD,Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (German)
3368NPDI,New Product Development and Introduction
3369NPG,Needline/Network Participation Group
3370NPH,Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
3371NPL,National Priorities List,Nepal (ISO 3166 trigram)
3372NPO,nothing by mouth
3373NPOV,Neutral Point Of View
3374NPR,National Public Radio,Nepalese rupee (ISO 4217 currency code)
3375NQ,Dronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1983)
3376NQOCD,Not Quite Our Class,Dear (or Darling). (Upper-class English slang)
3377NR,Nauru (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3378nr,Southern Ndebele language (ISO 639-1 code)
3379NRA,National Rifle Association
3380NRAO,National Radio Astronomy Observatory
3381NRC,National Research Council (U.S.),Nuclear Regulatory Commission (U.S.)
3382NRDC,(U.S.) Natural Resources Defense Council
3383NREL,U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
3384NRK,Norsk Rikskringkasting (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)
3385NRMP,National Resident Matching Program (U.S. medicine)
3386NRO,U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
3387NRT,Near Real Time
3388NRTA,National Rat Terrier Association,National Retail Tenants Association,National Retired Teachers Association,Northwest Regional Transmission Association
3389NRU,Nauru (ISO 3166 trigram)
3390ns,Nanosecond
3391nS,Nanosiemens
3392NS,Norfolk Southern Railway (AAR reporting mark),Nova Scotia (postal symbol),Suriname (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3393NSA,U.S. National Security Agency,Naval Support Activity,No Strings Attached
3394NSABB,National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
3395NSAID,Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug
3396NSB,Norges Statsbaner (Norwegian State Railways)
3397NSC,National Security Council
3398NSDL,National Science Digital Library (US)
3399NSG,National System for Geospatial-Intelligence
3400NSN,National Stock Number
3401NSNA,National Student Nurses' Association
3402NSO,National Standardization Office (ABCA)
3403NSS,(U.S.) Naval Simulation System
3404NST,(UK) Nimrod Software Team
3405NSTAC,National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
3406NSW,New South Wales (postal symbol)
3407nT,Nanotesla
3408NT,National Trust (UK),Saudi-Iraqi neutral zone (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1993),New Technology (Windows NT),Northern Territory (Australia) (postal symbol),Northwest Territories (Canada) (postal symbol)
3409NTC,National Training Center,Negative Temperature Coefficient (thermistor)
3410NTDS,Naval Tactical Data System
3411NTP,Network Time Protocol
3412NTR,Network Time Reference
3413NTRA,National Thoroughbred Racing Association
3414NTSB,National Transportation Safety Board
3415NTSC,National Television Standards Committee (colloquially,Never Twice the Same Color)
3416NTV,Non-Tactical Vehicle
3417NTY,(Internet Abbreviations:) Not Tested Yet; (Alternatively) No Thank You
3418NTZ,Iraq-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1993)
3419NU,Nicaragua (FIPS 10-4 country code),Niue (ISO 3166 digram),Nunavut (postal symbol)
3420NUL,Null character (ASCII code of control character),National Urban League
3421NUTS,Nuclear Utilization Target Selection
3422NUWC,U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center
3423nV,Nanovolt
3424nv,Navajo language (ISO 639-1 code)
3425NVEOL,Night Vision and Electro-Optics Laboratory
3426NVESD,CERDEC Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate,Fort Belvoir,Virginia
3427NVG,Night Vision Goggles
3428NVL,Night Vision Laboratory
3429nW,Nanowatt
3430NW,North-West
3431NW,Nuclear Weapon
3432NWA,National Wrestling Alliance
3433NWF,National Wildlife Federation
3434NWFZ,Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone
3435NWHN,U.S. National Women's Health Network
3436nWo,New World Order (see article for explanation of idiosyncratic capitalization)
3437NWOAHM,New Wave of American Heavy Metal
3438NWOBHM,New Wave of British Heavy Metal (sometimes pronounced /n.ˈwɒbm/ as if it were an acronym)
3439NWRA,National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association
3440NWSL,National Women's Soccer League (U.S.)
3441NWT,North-West Territories
3442NXA,21st arcade game in the Pump It Up series
3443NXD,Native XML
3444NXE,New Xbox Experience
3445NXG,New Cross Gate station
3446NXL,National XBall League
3447NXN,Nike Cross Nationals
3448ny,Chichewa language (ISO 639-1 code)
3449NY,New York (postal symbol)
3450nya,Chichewa language (ISO 639-2 code)
3451NYC,New York City
3452NYHA,New York Heart Association
3453NYO,National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
3454NYRA,National Youth Rights Association,New York Racing Association (horse racing)
3455NYSE,New York Stock Exchange
3456NZ,New Zealand (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3457NZC,New Zealand Cricket
3458NZD,New Zealand dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
3459NZL,New Zealand (ISO 3166 trigram)
3460NzL,Noze looan (online/event listings)
3461NZOSS,New Zealand Open Source Society
3462NZRU,New Zealand Rugby Union
3463O,Oberst,Observer,Obstacle,Octal,Officer,Official,Oh,Operational,Operator,Oprah (magazine),Outstanding,Oxygen
3464OA,Operational Analysis,Overeaters Anonymous
3465OAC,On Approved Credit
3466OAP,Old Age Pensioner (UK)
3467OARSI,Osteoarthritis Research Society International
3468OAS,Organization of American States
3469OASIS,Objects and Agents for Information Systems and Simulation,Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
3470OASIS,Ontario Agencies Supporting Individuals with Special Needs
3471OASIS,Ontario Association of Sewage Industry Services
3472OASP,Operational Analysis Support Paper/Plan
3473OAU,Organization for African Unity
3474OB,Obedience,Obligation,Obligatory,Obsolete,Obstetrics,Ocean Beach (California),Off Break (cricket),Old Bryanstonian,Order of Battle,Outlet Box (electrical),Overbought (stock market),Oversight Board
3475OBE,Officer of the Order of the British Empire
3476OBS,Observation/Observer,Obsolete,Obstacle,Off Balance Sheet,Optical Burst Switching (IEEE),Organic Brain Syndrome,Organization(al) Breakdown Structure
3477OBSS,Off Board Sensor Systems,Ordo Byantinus Sancti Sepulchri (Byzantine Order of the Holy Sepulchre),Orbiter Boom Sensor System (space shuttle),Origins Billion Star Survey
3478OBX,Outer Banks (North Carolina)
3479oc,Occitan language (ISO 639-1 code)
3480OC,Officer Commanding
3481OCA,Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur,Offensive Counter-Air
3482OCD,Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
3483OCFS,Oracle Cluster File System
3484OCFS2,Oracle Cluster File System Release 2
3485oci,Occitan language (ISO 639-2 code)
3486OCMCC,[2] Orchard County MCC
3487OCN,Oncology Certified Nurse
3488OCO,Oort Cloud Object
3489OCOKA,Observation,Cover and concealment,Obstacles,Key terrain,and Avenues of approach (mnemonic)
3490OCR,Optical Character Recognition
3491OCS,see entry
3492OD,Old Dragon,Ordnance Datum (nautical charts),Overdose
3493ODAS,OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey
3494ODB,Ol' Dirty Bastard (rapper),One Dirty B*tch/Broad/Babe (professional wrestler),Operational Data Base,Original David Baker (professional poker player; used to distinguish from another professional poker player of the same name),Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
3495ODBC,Open DataBase Connectivity
3496ODI,Office for Disability Issues (UK government agency),One Day International (cricket),Open Data-Link Interface,Oracle Data Integrator,Overseas Development Institute (UK think tank),OE[edit]
3497OEA,(U.S.) Office of Economic Adjustment
3498OECD,Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (international)
3499OED,Oxford English Dictionary
3500OEG,Operation Exposure Guidance
3501OEIS,On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
3502OEM,Original Equipment Manufacturer
3503OFA,Occipital Face Area
3504OFDA,U.S Agency for International Development's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
3505OGC,Open Geospatial Consortium
3506OGD,Other Government Department
3507OGO,Other Government Organization
3508OGX,OUARGLA,a petroleum state in the south of Algeria
3509OH,Ohio (postal symbol)
3510OHC,OverHead-Cam engine
3511OHHLA,Original Hip-Hop Lyrics Archive
3512OHIP,Ontario Health Insurance Plan
3513OHMS,On Her (or His) Majesty's Service (also written: O.H.M.S.)
3514OHP,Observatoire de Haute-Provence
3515OHSS,Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
3516OIC,Officer In Charge
3517OIF,Operation Iraqi Freedom
3518OIOC,Oriental & India Office Collections (in the British Library)
3519oj,Anishinaabe language (Ojibwa) (ISO 639-1 code)
3520OJ,Orange Juice,O.J. Simpson
3521oji,Anishinaabe language (Ojibwa) (ISO 639-2 code)
3522OJT,On-the-Job Training
3523OKC,Oklahoma City
3524OLED,Organic Light-Emitting Diode
3525OLS,Operational Linescan System
3526OM,Oman (ISO 3166 digram),Olympique de Marseille (French football club)
3527om,Oromo language (ISO 639-1 code)
3528OMA,Open Mobile Alliance,Operations & Maintenance,Army
3529OMB,U.S. Office of Management and Budget,Ontario Municipal Board,Order of Mapungubwe in Bronze
3530OMD,Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1980s pop group)
3531OME,Osaka Mercantile Exchange
3532OMFG,Oh My Fucking God
3533OMG,Oh My God or Or My Gosh
3534OMN,Oman (ISO 3166 trigram)
3535OMNCS,U.S. Office of the Manager for the National Communications System
3536OMP,Order of Mapungubwe in Platinum
3537OMR,Omani rial (ISO 4217 currency code)
3538OMS,Order of Mapungubwe in Silver
3539OMT,Object Model Template
3540OMW,On My Way,Oh My Word
3541ON,Ontario (postal symbol)
3542ONC,Orthopaedic Nurse Certified
3543ONG,Orthodontic National Group
3544ONI,(U.S.) Office of Naval Intelligence
3545Onna,Oniong,Nnung Ndem,and Awa,a Local Government Area in Nigeria
3546ONS,Operational Needs Statement
3547OO,Object Oriented,Over & Out
3548OOAD,Object Oriented Analysis and Design
3549OOBE,Out-of-body experience
3550OOCL,Orient Overseas Container Line
3551OODA,Observation,Orientation,Decision,Action loop (a.k.a. Boyd's Loop)
3552OOMF,One Of My Followers
3553OOO,Out Of the Office
3554OOP,Object-Oriented Programming,Out Of Print
3555OOS,Occupational Overuse Syndrome,OneSAF Objective System,Open Operating System,Out Of Service
3556OOTW,Operations Other Than War
3557OP,Observation Point/Post,Ocean Pacific (surfwear and swimwear brand),Original Poster (internet),Order Point,in inventory management; the inventory state at which more items should be ordered. Often expressed as a part of OP/OQ (when quantity OP is reached,order OQ new items),Overpowered,often used to refer to fictional characters (e.g. Superman) or game mechanics (e.g. the Black Lotus in Magic: the Gathering) that are considered disproportionately strong
3558OPA,Other Procurement,Army
3559OPAC,Online Public Access Catalogue
3560OPCON,Operational control
3561OPCW,Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
3562OPEC,Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
3563OPFOR,Opposing force
3564OPI,Office of Primary Interest,Open Prepress Interface
3565OPINTEL,Operational Intelligence
3566OPLAN,Operation plan (also OpPlan)
3567OPORD,Operation order
3568OPP,Ontario Provincial Police,Operational Planning Process,Other People's Property/Pussy/Penis (song)
3569OPS,On-base plus slugging (baseball statistics),Operations
3570OPSEC,Operations security,Open Platform for Security
3571OPSI,Overwhelming post splenectomy infection,UK Office of Public Sector Information
3572OPTAR,Operational target
3573OPV,Offshore Patrol Vessel
3574OQ,Order Quantity,in inventory management; the quantity of new items to be ordered. Often expressed as a part of OP/OQ (when quantity OP is reached,order OQ new items)
3575OR,Operating Room (surgery),Operational/Operations Research,Oregon (postal symbol),overreciprocation,when the leader of an inner circle friendship contacts a friend more than is wanted or reasonable
3576or,Oriya language (ISO 639-1 code)
3577ORAU,(a/i) Oak Ridge Associated Universities
3578ORB,(a/i) Object Request Broker
3579ORBAT,Order of Battle
3580ORD,Office of Research and Development,Operational Requirements Document
3581ORF,Operational iness Float
3582ori,Oriya language (ISO 639-2 code)
3583ORISE,Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
3584orm,Oromo language (ISO 639-2 code)
3585ORNL,Oak Ridge National Laboratory
3586ORR,Oak Ridge Reservation (U.S. DOE),Office of Rail Regulation (UK government),Office of Refugee Resettlement,(CIA) Office of Research and Reports,Operational iness Rate,Operational iness Review
3587ORSA,Oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus,Operations Research Society of America
3588OS,Operating System
3589Os,Osmium
3590os,Ossetic language (ISO 639-1 code)
3591OSA,Order of St. Augustine
3592OSCE,Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
3593OSD,U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense,On-screen Display
3594OSDL,Open Source Development Labs
3595OSE,Own Separate Entrance
3596OSERS,U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
3597OSETI,Optical SETI also Optical SETI
3598OSHA,Occupational Safety and Health Administration
3599OSI,Office of Strategic Influence,Ontario Swine Improvement,Open Source Initiative,Open Systems Interconnection
3600OSIA,(U.S.) On-Site Inspection Agency
3601OSIRIS,Optical,Spectroscopic,and Infrared Remote Imaging System (astronomical system on the Rosetta spacecraft),Optical System for Imaging and low Resolution Integrated Spectroscopy (astronomical system on the land-based Gran Telescopio Canarias)
3602OSL,Open Source License,Optically Stimulated Luminescence,Orbiting Solar Laboratory
3603OSM,One Saturday Morning
3604OSOTPBOIAS,One Sec,On The Phone,Be Off In A Sec
3605OSPA,Operations Security Professional's Association site of OSPA
3606OSPA,Oregon School Psychologists Association [3]
3607OSRH,Oružane Snage Republike Hrvatske (en: Armed forces of the Republic of Croatia)
3608OSS,Office of Strategic Services (1942-1945,forerunner of CIA)
3609oss,Ossetic language (ISO 639-2 code)
3610OSU,Ohio State University,Oklahoma State University
3611OTA,Office of Technology Assessment,(a/i) Orthodontic Technicians Association
3612OTAC,Orthodontic Technicians Association Conference,Orthodontic Technicians Association Council
3613OTB,Off The Ball,Offtrack Betting,OneSAF Testbed (a descendant of ModSAF)
3614OTC,Over-The-Counter (drugs)
3615OTD,Off the derech (referring to an Orthodox Jew who has stopped practicing the tenets of his or her faith)
3616OTEA,(U.S. Army) Operational Test Evaluation Agency
3617OTI,Office of Transition Initiatives (United States Agency for International Development)
3618OTOH,On The Other Hand
3619OTS,Off the scale,sexually untouchable except for a lot of money.
3620OTSBH,Over The Shoulder Boulder Holder
3621OTW,On The Way
3622OTYBL,Over To You Blue Leader
3623OTYRL,Over To You Red Leader
3624OU,University of Oklahoma
3625OVC,Overcast (METAR Code),Ohio Valley Conference
3626OVV,Optically Visually Violent,or Optically Violently Variable,a type of quasar
3627OW,Old Wykehamist
3628OWN,Oprah Winfrey Network
3629OX,IATA code for Orient Thai Airlines
3630OXC,Optical cross-connect
3631OXM,Official Xbox Magazine
3632OXT,Oxytocin
3633OZ,(?) Australia
3634P,Peta,Phosphorus
3635p,pico
3636P2P,Peer-to-peer (networking)
3637Pa,pascal,Protactinium
3638pA,picoampere
3639pa,Punjabi language (ISO 639-1 code)
3640PA-(a/i) Pamela Anderson,Panama (ISO 3166 digram),Paraguay (FIPS 10-4 country code),Partial Agonist,Pennsylvania (postal symbol),petampere,PolyAmide (Nylon),Prince Albert piercing,Public Address (vocal amplification system),Public Affairs,PA 6,Nylon 6 (PolyAmide) (similarly for PA 11,12,46,66,610)
3641PAA,Position Area for Artillery
3642PAB,Panamanian balboa (ISO 4217 currency code)
3643PABX,Private Automated Branch eXchange (company phone system)
3644PAC,Pan Africanist Congress,Partial Solar Calibrator,Patriot Advanced Capabilities,Political action committee,(a/i) Primary Auditory Cortex
3645PACOM,(U.S.) Pacific Command
3646PADD,Personal Access Display Device (as seen in the Star Trek franchise),Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts,used for data collection in the U.S. petroleum industry
3647PADI,Professional Association of Diving Instructors
3648PAEK,PolyArylEtherKetone
3649PAFC,Plymouth Argyle Football Club
3650PAH,Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
3651PAHO,Pan American Health Organization
3652PAI,PolyAmide Imide,Pre-Approval Inspection (pharma)
3653PAK,Pakistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
3654Pakistan,Punjab,Afghan states,Kashmir,sIndh,baluchiSTAN
3655PAL,Phase Alternating Line (TV standard),Philippine Airlines
3656PAM,(a/i) Precision Attack Missile
3657PAMELA,Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics,Pedestrian Accessibility and Movement Environment Laboratory
3658Pamida,Patrick,Michael,and David,sons of the department store chain's co-founder Jim Witherspoon
3659pan,Punjabi language (ISO 639-2 code)
3660PANS,Pretty Advanced/Awesome Network Services (cf. POTS)
3661PAR,Paraguay (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
3662PARC,Palo Alto Research Center
3663PAROS,Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space (treaty)
3664PARP,(NATO Partnership for Peace) Planning And Review Process
3665PARWIG,Power Augmented Ram Wing In Ground (aeroplane wing shape)
3666PAS,See entry
3667PASA,PolyAmide,Semi-Aromatic (Nylon)
3668PASGT,Personnel Armor System,Ground Troops
3669PASR,Personnel Accounting and Strength Reporting
3670PATH,Port Authority Trans-Hudson
3671PAWS,Phased Array Warning System,Progressive Animal Welfare Society
3672PAYD,Pay As You Drive
3673PAYE,Pay As You Earn
3674Pb,Lead (Latin Plumbum)
3675PB,PolyButylene
3676PBA,Philippine Basketball Association,Professional Bowlers Association
3677PBB,PolyBrominated Biphenyl
3678PBCK,Problem Between Chair and Keyboard (computer help desk in-joke)
3679PBD,PolyButaDiene
3680PBDE,PolyBrominated Diphenyl Ether
3681PBI,PolyBenzImidazole
3682PBN,PolyButylene Naphthalate
3683PBOH,Please Become Old History
3684PBR,Pabst Blue Ribbon (beer brand),Professional Bull Riders
3685PBRT,may stand for: Physically Based Raytracing,an open source software rendering system for physically correct image synthesis.
3686PBS,Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (Australia),Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),Public Broadcasting Services (Malta)
3687PBT,PolyButylene Terephthalate
3688PBX,Private Branch eXchange (company phone system)
3689pC,picocoulomb
3690PCAS,Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey
3691PCB,see entry
3692PCC,NATO Partnership Coordination Cell,Posterior Cingulate Cortex,Pre-Command Course,Presidents Conference Committee
3693PCCB,Porsche Ceramic Composite Brake
3694PCCIP,President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection
3695PCE,PerChlorEthylene
3696PCI,U.S. Pacific Islands Trust Territory (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986),Peripheral Component Interconnect (computer bus)
3697PCIe,Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (computer bus)
3698PCL,Passive Coherent Location
3699PCMCIA,Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (People Can't Memorise Computer-Industry Acronyms)
3700PCN,Pitcairn Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
3701PCP,phencyclidine,Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (formerly Pneumocystis carinii),Probabilistically Checkable Proof
3702PCPI,Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (AMA)
3703PCR,Polymerase chain reaction
3704PCSSD,Pulaski County Special School District
3705PCT,Pacific Crest Trail,Patent Cooperation Treaty
3706PCTE,Portable Common Tool Environment,Punjab College of Technical Education
3707PCZ,Panama Canal Zone (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1980)
3708Pd,Palladium
3709PD,per diem (Latin: (calculated) by the day),Point of Departure,Police Department,Postal District,Potential Difference,Principal Deputy,Public Domain,Privatdozent
3710PD,Product Director—Example: CERDEC Product Director C4ISR and Network Modernization
3711PDA,Personal Digital Assistant,Predicted Drift Angle,Public Display of Affection,Push-Down Automaton
3712PDD,Past Due Date,Presidential Decision Directive
3713PDF,Panama[nian] Defense Forces (abolished 1990),Portable Document Format,Principal Direction of Fire
3714PDG,President Director General,Product Development Group
3715PDL,Pure Dumb Luck (Texan punk band)
3716PDN,Pull-Down Network
3717PDP,Programmable Data Processor,Performance Development Plan
3718PDQ,Pre-Defined Queries (Siebel packages),Pretty Damn Quick
3719PDRY,People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (obsolete since 1990)
3720PDT,Pacific Daylight [Saving] Time (UTC-7 hours)
3721PDU,Police Dog Unit,Power Distribution Unit,Protocol Data Unit
3722PE,Ice Pellets (old style METAR Code),Peru (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram),Physical Education,Premature Ejaculation,Prince Edward Island (postal code),Price to Earning ratio (used for equity shares),Plant Extract
3723PE,Professional Engineer
3724PEBCAC,Problem Exists Between Chair and Computer (IT help desk in-joke)
3725PEBKAC,Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair (ditto)
3726PEEK,PolyEtherEtherKetone
3727PEET,Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy
3728PEI,Prince Edward Island,PolyEtherImide
3729PEK,PolyEtherKetone
3730PEN,Peruvian sol (ISO 4217 currency code),Poets,Essayists and Novelists,the original meaning of the initialism of the organization now known as PEN International,PolyEthylene Naphthalate
3731PEPFAR,President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief
3732PER,Peru (ISO 3166 trigram)
3733perl,usually lower case Practical Extraction and Report Language
3734PES,PolyEtherSulfone
3735PEST,UK Public Engagement with Science and Technology
3736PET,(a/i) Personal Electronic Transactor,Pierre Elliott Trudeau,Positron Emission Tomography (as in PET scan),PolyEthylene Terephthalate (plastic),Preliminary English Test
3737PETA,(a/i) pentaerythritol triacrylate,People Eating Tasty Animals,People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
3738petawatt-
3739PETE,PolyEthyleneTErephthalate
3740PETP,PolyEthyleneTerePhthalate
3741PF,French Polynesia (ISO 3166 digram),petafarad,Phenol Formaldehyde (resin),Power forward,a player position in Australian rules football,basketball,and ice hockey
3742pF,picofarad
3743PFD,Permanent Fund Dividend = personal flotation device
3744PFE,Permanent Forest Estate
3745PFO,Pissed,Fell Over (medical diagnosis in-joke)
3746PfP,Partnership for Peace
3747PG -
3748Pg,petagram
3749pg,picogram
3750PGCE,Postgraduate Certificate in Education
3751PGD,Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis
3752PGENI,Pharmaco-Genetics for Every Nation Initiative
3753PGH,Pre-implantation Genetic Haplotyping
3754PGK,Papua New Guinea kina (ISO 4217 currency code)
3755PGM,Precision-Guided Munition
3756PGP,Pretty Good Privacy
3757pH,parts of hydrogen (acidity/alkalinity index),picohenry
3758PH,Passive Homing (missile guidance system),petahenry,Philippines (ISO 3166 digram),Probability of Hit,Public Health,Purple Heart
3759PHA,PolyHydroxyAlkanoate,Potentially Hazardous Asteroid
3760PHL,Philippines (ISO 3166 trigram)
3761PHP,Philippine peso (ISO 4217 currency code),PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (originally Personal Home Page (Tools))
3762PHQ,Patient Health Questionnaire
3763Pi,Pebi
3764PI,PolyImide,PolyIsoprene,Private Investigator
3765pi,Pāli language (ISO 639-1 code)
3766PIB,PolyIsoButylene
3767PIC,Person In Charge
3768PICNIC,Problem In Chair Not In Computer
3769PICS,Private Investment Capital Subscription
3770PID,Pelvic Inflammatory Disease,Plan Identification Number,Positive Identification,Procedural Identification,Procurement Identification Description
3771PIF,(a/i) Partners in Flight
3772PIG,Pipeline Inspection Gauge
3773PIM,(a/i) Parameterized Ionospheric Model,Path of Intended Motion,Pediatric Index of Mortality,Personal Information Manager/Management,Presence and Interworking Mobility,Processor-In-Memory,Program Integration Manager,Protocol Independent Multicast
3774PIN,Personal Identification Number
3775PINF,People In Need Foundation (Czech charitable organisation)
3776PIPA,(a/i) Program on International Policy Attitudes
3777PIR,Priority Intelligence Requirement
3778PIRA,Provisional Irish Republican Army
3779PIREPS,Pilot Reports
3780PITA,Pain In The Ass
3781PJ,petajoule
3782pJ,picojoule
3783PJHQ,Permanent Joint Headquarters
3784PKA,Previously Known As,Professionally Known As
3785PKE,Partnership of Kindermusik Educators [1] &[2] & [2]
3786PKI,Public Key Infrastructure (cryptography)
3787PKR,Pakistani rupee (ISO 4217 currency code)
3788PKU,Phenylketonuria
3789PL,Ice Pellets (new style METAR Code),petalitre,Phase Line (Co-ordination Line),Poland (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3790pL,picolitre
3791pl,Polish language (ISO 639-1 code)
3792PLAF,(a/i) People's Liberation Armed Forces,Pluggable look and feel,Product Line Architecture Framework
3793PLAID,Precision Location and Identification
3794PLB,Personal Locator Beacon
3795PLC,Public Limited Company (British)
3796PLCC,Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (electronics)
3797PLD,Probable Line of Deployment
3798PLEBS,People Lacking Everyday Basic Skills
3799PLF,Parachute Landing Fall
3800PLI,Position Location Information,Private Lands Initiative,Professional Liability Insurance
3801pli,Pāli language (ISO 639-2 code)
3802PLIF,Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence
3803PLL,Phase-Locked Loop (electronics)
3804PLM,Polarized Light Microscope/Microscopy
3805PLMBA,Phospholipid Bilayer Microarray
3806Pln,Platoon
3807PLN,Polish zloty (ISO 4217 currency code)
3808PLO,Palestine Liberation Organization
3809PLOKTA,Press Lots Of Keys To Abort
3810PLP,Platonic Life Partner
3811PLS,Palletized Loading System,Personal Locator System
3812PLUTO,Pipe Line Under The Ocean
3813PLW,Palau (ISO 3166 trigram)
3814Pm,petametre,Promethium
3815pm,picometre
3816PMC,Primary Motor Cortex
3817PMI,Positive Material Identification
3818PMID,PubMed Identifier
3819PMMA,PolyMethylMethAcrylate
3820PMS,Premenstrual Syndrome
3821PMSL,Piss Myself Laughing (Internet shorthand)
3822PMT,Premenstrual Tension (UK) (see Premenstrual Syndrome)
3823PN,petanewton,Pitcairn Islands (ISO 3166 diagram)
3824pN,piconewton
3825PNAC,Project for the New American Century
3826PNC,Palestinian National Council,Palmerston North City (cf. PNC,a New Zealand rapper from this city),Pittsburgh National Corporation,one of the two companies that merged into today's PNC Financial Services,Provident National Corporation,the other company that merged into PNC Financial Services
3827PNG,Papua New Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram),Portable Network Graphics
3828PNP,Partido Nuevo Progresista,Plug 'N' Play/Pray,Positive Negative Positive
3829PNVS,Pilot Night Vision Sensor
3830Po,Polonium
3831PO,Post Office
3832PO,Purchase Order
3833POCD,Post-Operative Cognitive Dysfunction
3834POD,Payable on Death (banking term,and the full name of American metal band P.O.D.),Point of divergence (alternate or counterfactual history),Port of Debarkation
3835pod,Plain Old Documentation
3836POE,Perl Object Environment,(b) Port Of Embarkation (c) Polyol Ester (d) Power Over Ethernet
3837POETS,Portable Occultation,Eclipse,and Transit electronic-camera System
3838POFF,Plain Old Flat File
3839POG,Passionfruit,Orange and Guava
3840POGO,Project On Government Oversight
3841POI,Program Of Instruction
3842POK,(a/i) Plane Of Knowledge
3843POL,Petroleum,Oils and Lubricants,Poland (ISO 3166 trigram)
3844pol,Polish language (ISO 639-2 code)
3845POLAD,Political Advice
3846POM,Program Objective Memorandum,PolyOxyMethylene
3847POMDP,Partially observable Markov decision process
3848PooS,Poo Sniffer (Internet shorthand)
3849POP-(a/i) Point of Presence,Post Office Protocol,Progesterone Only Pill
3850POR,Portugal (FIFA and IOC trigram,but not ISO 3166),Proposed Operational Requirement
3851por,Portuguese language (ISO 639-2 code)
3852POS-(a/i) Point Of Sale terminal (retail industry transaction computers),Piece Of S**t
3853POSH,Port Outbound Starboard Home (alleged)
3854POSSLQ,Person of the Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters
3855POT,(a/i) Plane Of Tranquility
3856POTS,Plain Old Telephone Service (cf. PANS),Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
3857POV,Point of view
3858POW,Prisoner of war
3859PPA,Parahippocampal Place Area,PolyPhthalAmide
3860PPASC,(U.S.) Plans and Program Analysis Support Center
3861PPCLI,Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (regiment)
3862PPG,Pittsburgh Plate Glass (the original name of the company now known as PPG Industries),The Powerpuff Girls
3863PPLI,Precise Participant Location & Identification
3864ppm,Parts Per Million
3865PPM,Parts Per Million
3866PPM,Project Planning and Management
3867PPO,PolyPhenylene Oxide
3868PPP,Point-to-Point Protocol,Purchasing Power Parity
3869PPQ,Pulses Per Quarter (used in music programming,sequencers)
3870PPQN,Pulses Per Quarter Note (ditto)
3871PPQT,Pre-Production Qualification Test
3872PPS,post postscriptum,Precise/Precision Positioning Service (GPS),PolyPhenylene Sulfide
3873PPV,Pay-per-view
3874PQ,Province of Québec (obsolete postal code,replaced by QC),Parti Québécois,PR[edit]
3875Pr,Pastor or Priest
3876Pr,Praseodymium
3877PR,Public Relations,Puerto Rico (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
3878Prb,Presbyter
3879PRBO,Point Reyes Bird Observatory
3880PRC,People's Republic of China
3881PRD,CERDEC Product Realization Directorate
3882PRFG,Partial Fog (METAR Code)
3883PRI,Puerto Rico (ISO 3166 trigram)
3884PRK,Democratic People's Republic of Korea (ISO 3166 trigram)
3885PRM,Personnel iness Management
3886PRT,Portugal (ISO 3166 trigram),Provincial Reconstruction Team
3887PRY,Paraguay (ISO 3166 trigram)
3888ps,Pashto language (ISO 639-1 code),picosecond
3889Ps,petasecond
3890pS,picosiemens
3891PSA,Paralysis Society of America,Pharmaceutical Society of Australia,Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive,Production Services Association,Prostate Specific Antigen,Public Service Announcement,Public Service Association
3892PSC,Personal service corporation,Primary Somatosensory Cortex
3893PSE,Palestinian Territory,Occupied (ISO 3166 trigram)
3894PSG,Pacific Seabird Group
3895PSI,(a/i) Portable Source Initiative
3896PSI,Pounds per square inch
3897PSO,Peace Support Operations,Primary Standardisation Office (ABCA),Protocol Supporting Organization (of the ICANN)
3898PSS,Personnel System Support
3899PST,Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8 hours)
3900PSU,Pennsylvania State University
3901PsyOp,Psychological Operations
3902PT,petatesla,Physical Training (in the Army),Portugal (ISO 3166 digram)
3903pT,picotesla
3904Pt,Platinum
3905pt,Portuguese language (ISO 639-1 code)
3906PTA,Parent-Teacher Association
3907PTAL,Public Transport Accessibility Level
3908PTAN -
3909PTES,People's Trust for Endangered Species
3910PTFE,PolyTetraFluoroEthylene
3911PTI,Pardon the Interruption
3912PTL,Patrol,Primary Target Line
3913PTO,Patent and Trademark Office,Please Turn Over
3914PTSD,Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
3915PU,Guinea-Bissau (FIPS 10-4 country code),Polyurethane,United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1986)
3916Pu,Plutonium
3917Pub,Publication
3918PUG,(a/i) PET Users Group
3919PUN,(a/i) Pull-Up Network
3920PUP,(a/i) Pull-Up Point
3921PUR,Puerto Rico (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
3922pus,Pashto language (ISO 639-2 code)
3923PUS,United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
3924PV,petavolt
3925pV,picovolt
3926PVC,Permanent Virtual Circuit,PolyVinyl Chloride,Premature Ventricular Contraction,Primary Visual Cortex
3927PvE,Player versus Environment
3928PvP,Player versus Player
3929PVR,Personal Video Recorder
3930PvZ,Plants vs. Zombies
3931PW,Palau (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
3932pW,picowatt
3933PWA,Pirates With Attitude
3934PWBA,Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
3935PWC,PieceWise Constant (describing a mathematical function)
3936PwC,PricewaterhouseCoopers (international accounting firm)
3937PWL,PieceWise Linear (describing a mathematical function)
3938PWLC,PieceWise Linear and Concave/Convex (describing a mathematical function)
3939PWR,Pressurized Water Reactor
3940PWV,Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging,the original name for the South African province now known as Gauteng,and still used to refer to the metropolitan agglomeration at the core of the province
3941PX,Post eXchange
3942PY,Paraguay (ISO 3166 digram),Person-Year,Portsmouth yardstick
3943PYF,French Polynesia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3944PYG,Paraguayan guaraní (ISO 4217 currency code)
3945PYMWYMI,Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
3946PZ,Panama Canal Zone (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1980),Pickup Zone
3947Q1,First Quarter
3948Q2,Second Quarter
3949Q3,Third Quarter
3950Q4,Fourth Quarter
3951QA,Qatar (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
3952Qantas,Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services
3953QAR,Qatari rial (ISO 4217 currency code)
3954QAT,Qatar (ISO 3166 trigram)
3955QB,Quarterback (football)
3956QC,Quality Control,Québec (postal symbol),Queen's Counsel
3957QCA,Qualifications and Curriculum Authority,Quality Council of Alberta
3958QCD,Quantum ChromoDynamics
3959QDR,Quadrennial Defense Review
3960QEH,Queen Elizabeth's Hospital
3961QFE,Quoted For Emphasis,Local ground level atmospheric pressure (aeronautical Q code)
3962QK,Air Canada Jazz (IATA airline designator)
3963QLD,Queensland,(Australia) (postal symbol)
3964QM,Quality Management,Quantum Mechanics,Queen Mother
3965QNH,Regional mean sea level atmospheric pressure (aeronautical Q code)
3966QPR,Queens Park Rangers F.C. (English football team),Quality-Price Ratio (wine evaluation term)
3967QPS,Quark Publishing System
3968QR,Quake Rally,Qualitative Reasoning,Queensland Rail,Queen's Rangers,Quick Release,Quiet Riot,Qatar Airways (IATA airline designator)
3969QSCAT,Quick Scatterometer satellite
3970QSL,Québec Sign Language
3971QSO,Quasi-Stellar Object
3972QT,Quentin Tarantino,QuickTime,QuikTrip,QT (cute) Software
3973qu,Quechua language (ISO 639-1 code)
3974Quango,(British Commonwealth) QUasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation
3975Quasar,Quasi-stellar radio source
3976QUB,Queen's University Belfast
3977que,Quechua language (ISO 639-2 code)
3978QUIET,Q and U Imaging ExperimenT (Q and U are the Stokes parameters of the CMBR polarization)
3979QZ,Awair (IATA airline designator)
3980R,Reinforcing,Right,Röntgen,Restricted (movie rating)
3981R2I,Resistance to Interrogation
3982R3P,Rearm,Refuel,and Resupply Point
3983RA,Radio Australia
3984Ra,Radium
3985RA,Rain (METAR Code),Rear Area,Reinforced Alert,Republican Army,Right Ascension,Royal Artillery (UK),Royal Academy
3986RAA,Royal Automobile Association,South Australia,Rear Assembly Area
3987RAAF,Royal Australian Air Force
3988Rabobank,Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank (from the two banks that merged to form the modern company)
3989RAC,Royal Automobile Club (in the United Kingdom,renamed RAC plc in 2002)
3990RACK,Risk Aware Consensual Kink (SM phrase)
3991Racon,RAdar beaCON
3992RADA,Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
3993Radar,Radio Detection And Ranging
3994RadB,Rad51/Dmc1 homologous protein
3995RADB,Real America Database,Resource Assessment Database,Reunion Address DataBase,Rice Allelopathy Data Base,Routing Arbiter Database
3996RADb,Routing Assets Data Base
3997RADC,Region Air Defence Commander
3998RAE,UK Royal Aircraft Establishment (-1991)
3999RAF,Red Army Faction,Royal Air Force
4000RAG,Raising and Giving,Rocket Antitank Grenade
4001RAGBRAI,Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa
4002RAM,Rolling Airframe Missile,
4003RAM,Royal Air Maroc
4004Ramark,RAdar MARKer
4005RAOC,Rear Area Operation Centre
4006RAP,(a/i) Radio Access Point,Radiological Assistance Program (U.S. Department of Energy),Rear Area Protection,Recognised [Operating/Operational] Air Picture,Recurring Advance Payment,Relational Associative Processor,Reliable Acoustic Path,Rocket-Assisted Projectile,Rule Against Perpetuities
4007RARDE,UK Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment (1962-1991)
4008RARE,Rapid Acquisition with Relaxation Enhancement (MRI technique)
4009RASC,Royal Army Service Corp,Former corps of British Army
4010RATELO,Radiotelephone Operator
4011Rb,Rubidium
4012RB,Running Back (football)
4013RBAR,Row By Agonizing Row,a derogatory way of describing a technique of scanning a set of records in a database to update or examine the contents of each one. This is the technique of last resort in most cases,since most database operations are optimized when using set based analysis instead of the RBAR method.
4014RBI,Runs Batted In
4015RC,see entry
4016RCA,Radio Corporation of America,Root Cause Analysis,Royal Canadian Artillery,Royal City Avenue (famous entertainment zone in Thailand)
4017RCAF,Royal Canadian Air Force
4018RCC,Rescue Co-ordination Centre
4019RCCO,Royal Canadian College of Organists
4020RCHA,Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (regiment)
4021RCMP,Royal Canadian Mounted Police
4022RCS,Radar Cross-Section,Reaction Control System,Revision Control System
4023RD,Radio Disney
4024RDA,Research,Development,and Acquisition,Recommended Daily Allowance (Nutrition)
4025RDD,Radiological Dispersion Device
4026RDECOM,(U.S. Army) Research,Development and Engineering Command
4027RDM,Remotely Delivered/Deliverable Mine
4028RDO,Rapid,Decisive Operation,Regular Day Off,Remote Data Objects
4029RDT,Remote Digital Terminal
4030RDV,Remote Detection Vehicle
4031Re,Rhenium
4032RE,Royal Engineers
4033REACH,Registration,Evaluation,Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical Substances
4034REACT,Remote Electronically Activated Control Technology
4035REAM,Retired Educators Association of Minnesota
4036RECCE,Reconnaissance
4037REEF,Reef Environmental Education Foundation
4038REME,Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
4039RERC,Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
4040RES,Radiation Exposure Status,Reserve
4041RESNA,Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America
4042REU,Réunion (ISO 3166 trigram)
4043RF,Radio Frequency,Receptive Field (neurophysiology)
4044Rf,Rutherfordium
4045RFC,Request for Comments,Royal Flying Corps (WWI precursor to RAF)
4046RFD,Request for Documentation
4047RFE,Request for Evaluation
4048RFEF,Real Federación Española de Fútbol (Spanish for Royal Spanish Football Federation)
4049RFF,Right of First Refusal (legal term)
4050RFI,y For Inspection,y For Issue,Request For Information,Radio Frequency Interference
4051RFID,Radio Frequency IDentification
4052RFL,Rugby Football League
4053RFP,Request for Proposal
4054RFQ,Request for Quotation
4055RFT,Request for Tender
4056RFU,Rugby Football Union
4057RG,Republican Guard
4058Rg,Roentgenium
4059RGB,Red Green Blue (colour model)
4060RGBI,Red Green Blue Intensity (ditto)
4061Rh,Rhodium
4062RH,Southern Rhodesia (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1980)
4063RHIC,Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
4064RHLI,Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Canadian militia regiment)
4065RHO,Southern Rhodesia (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1980)
4066RHS,Right Hand Side,Redland High School,Royal Horticultural Society,London
4067RHU,Replacement Holding Unit
4068RI,Rex et Imperator,Regina et Imperatrix King-Emperor
4069RI,Rhode Island (postal symbol)
4070RIAA,Recording Industry Association of America
4071RIBA,Royal Institute of British Architects
4072RIF,Reduction In Force (layoffs),Resistance Index for Frostbite,ing Is Fundamental
4073RIFA,Red imported fire ant
4074RILA,Retail Industry Leaders Association
4075RIM,Remote integrated multiplexer,Australian term for a digital loop carrier,Research In Motion,former name of the BlackBerry company,Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (Maoist organization),Royal Indian Marine,former navy of British colonial India
4076RIMVS,Retinal Imaging Machine Vision System
4077RINO,Republican In Name Only[1]
4078RISC,Reduced Instruction Set Computer
4079RISTA,Reconnaissance,Intelligence,Surveillance,and Target Acquisition (see also ISTAR)
4080RJD,Reduced Julian Day
4081RKBA,Right to Keep and Bear Arms (Second Amendment to the United States Constitution)
4082RKI,Robert Koch Institute,German governmental research institute in Berlin
4083RKO,Radio-Keith-Orpheum Pictures
4084RL,Release Line,Real Life
4085RLP,Recognised [Operating/Operational] Land Picture
4086RLS,Restless Leg Syndrome
4087RLY,Rally Point
4088rm,Raeto-Romansh language (ISO 639-1 code)
4089RM,see separate disambiguation page
4090RMC,Robert Menzies College
4091RMDA,Records Management and Declassification Agency
4092RMP,Recognised [Operating/Operational] Maritime Picture
4093RMS,Rate-Monotonic Scheduling,Richard M. Stallman,Root-Mean-Square,Royal Mail Ship (e.g. RMS Titanic)
4094RN,Radio Netherlands
4095Rn,Radon
4096RN,Royal Navy,Registered Nurse (US)
4097rn,Rundi language (Kirundi) (ISO 639-1 code)
4098RNA,RiboNucleic Acid
4099RNAD,Royal Naval Armaments Depot (UK)
4100RNPS,Radio Network Planning System
4101RNZ,Radio New Zealand
4102RNZI,Radio New Zealand International
4103RO,Range Only,Red Orchestra,Romania (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
4104ro,Romanian language (ISO 639-1 code)
4105ROA,(a/i) Rate Of Ascent
4106ROC,Receiver Operating Characteristic (statistics),Regional Operations Centre,Republic Of China,Roc-A-Fella Records,Regional Organisations of Councils
4107ROD,(a/i) Rate Of Descent,Record Of Decisions,Report Of Discrepancy
4108ROE,Rules Of Engagement
4109ROFLOL,Rolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud
4110roh,Raeto-Romansh language (ISO 639-2 code)
4111ROH,Ring of Honor
4112ROI,Return On Investment,Republic of Ireland.
4113ROK,(a/i) Republic of Korea
4114ROL,Romanian leu (ISO 4217 currency code)
4115ROM,-Only Memory,Refuel On the Move,Royal Ontario Museum
4116ron,Romanian language (ISO 639-2 code)
4117RON,Romanian new leu (ISO 4217 currency code)
4118ROP,Render Output Pipeline
4119ROPE,Research Opportunity and Performance Evidence
4120ROS,Reactive Oxygen Species
4121ROU,Romania (ISO 3166 trigram)
4122ROV,Remotely Operated Vehicle
4123ROW,Right Of Way,Rest Of the World
4124ROZ,(a/i) Restricted Operations Zone
4125RP,Philippines (FIPS 10-4 country code),Release Point,Role-Playing [relationship potential]
4126RPA,Regional Plan Association
4127RPD,Recognition-Primed Decision-making
4128RPF,Rwandan Patriotic Front
4129RPG,(US-CA) Regional Planning Group,Report Program Generator,Rocket Projectile Gun,Rocket-Propelled Grenade,Role-Playing Game
4130RPL,Reverse Polish Lisp
4131RPM,Records,Promotion,Music (expansion of the title of a former Canadian music magazine),Red Hat Package Manager
4132rpm,revolutions per minute
4133RPN,reverse Polish notation
4134rps,revolutions per second
4135RPV,Remotely Piloted Vehicle
4136RQ,Puerto Rico (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
4137RRB,Railroad Retirement Board
4138RRN,Recurrence Rate Number
4139RRP,Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis
4140RRS,Racing Rules of Sailing
4141RRSP,Registered Retirement Savings Plan (Canada; roughly equivalent to the IRA in the U.S.)
4142RS,Russia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
4143RSA,Regimental Support Area,Republic of South Africa,Rivest-Shamir-Adleman encryption,South Africa (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
4144RSD,Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy,Serbian dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
4145RSI,Repetitive Strain Injury
4146RSJ,Rolled Steel Joist (construction)
4147RSN,Real Soon Now (coined by author Jerry Pournelle)
4148RSPB,(UK) Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
4149RSPCA,Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
4150RSR,Required Supply Rate
4151RSRE,UK Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (1976-1991)
4152RSRI,Red Sands Research Institute
4153RSS,Really Simple Syndication
4154RSTA,Reconnaissance,Surveillance,and Target Acquisition
4155RT,Real Time,Radio Telephone,Return to duty
4156RTA,Road traffic accident (British)
4157RTBF,Radio-Télévision belge de la Communauté française
4158RTCA,RTCA,Inc.
4159RTF,Rich Text Format
4160RTFM, the Fucking/Fine Manual
4161RTG,Radio-isotope Thermoelectric Generator also used for Rubber Tyred Gantry crane
4162RTGS,Royal Thai General System of Transcription,Real Time Gross Settlement
4163RTI,Run-Time Infrastructure (Simulation)
4164RTL,see entry
4165RTLS,Return to Launch Site,period in NASA Space Shuttle assent profile where,during assent,shuttle aborts assent and turns and glides back to landing strip at launch site
4166RTP,Real-time Transport Protocol
4167RTS,see entry
4168RTT,Round Trip Timing
4169RTV,Rapid Terrain Visualization ACTD,Retro Television Network
4170RU,Russia (ISO 3166 digram)
4171ru,Russian language (ISO 639-1 code)
4172Ru,Ruthenium
4173RUB,Russian ruble (ISO 4217 currency code)
4174RUC,Royal Ulster Constabulary
4175run,Rundi language (Kirundi) (ISO 639-2 code)
4176RUS,Russia (ISO 3166 trigram)
4177rus,Russian language (ISO 639-2 code)
4178RUSI,Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies
4179RV,Reconnaissance Vehicle,Recreational Vehicle,Re-entry Vehicle,reciprocation void
4180RW,Rwanda (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
4181rw,Rwanda language (Kinyarwanda) (ISO 639-1 code)
4182RWA,Rwanda (ISO 3166 trigram)
4183RWADA,Resident Weighted Average Daily Attendance (New York State term used in public education to indicate the size of a school district,i.e. its number of students)
4184RWF,Rwandan franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
4185RWH,Rain Water Harvesting
4186RWR,Radar Warning Receiver
4187RWS,Remote Weapon Station
4188RX,Receive
4189SA,Sand (METAR Code),Saudi Arabia (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram),Sexaholics Anonymous,sine anno (Latin,“without year”),Situational awareness,South Africa,(i/s) South Australia (postal symbol),Standards Australia,Sturmabteilung (German,“Storm Detachment”,Nazi forerunner and rival of SS),S.A.,designation for a corporation in many European countries; see article for meanings
4190SAA,Saudi Arabian Airlines,former name of Saudia,Sex Addicts Anonymous,South African Airways,Southern Athletic Association,Standards Association of Australia,a former name of Standards Australia,SAAB — Svenska Aeroplan AB (Swedish aircraft manufacturer; also refers to its former auto manufacturing arm),SAAFR — (a/i) Standard use Army Aircraft Flight Route (“safer”),SAAMI — Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (“sammy”),SAARC — South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation,SAB — Soprano Alto Baritone,Sabena — Société anonyme belge d'exploitation de la navigation aérienne (French for “Belgian Company for Exploiting Aerial Navigation”,1923-2001),SABIC — Saudi Basic Industries Corporation,SABR — Society for American Baseball Research
4191SAC,Standards Activity Committee (of SISO),U.S. Strategic Air Command (1946-1992),SACAT — Semi Attended Customer Activated Terminal (Supermarket checkout),SACEUR — Supreme Allied Commander EURope,SACLANT — Supreme Allied Commander atLANTic,SACLOS — Semi-Automatic Command to Line of Sight
4192SAD,Seasonal Affective Disorder,Situational Awareness Display,SADD — originally Students Against Drunk Driving,now Students Against Destructive Decisions (U.S. national school-related group)
4193SADL,Situation Awareness Data Link (“saddle”),Structural Architecture Description Language
4194SAE,Society of Automotive Engineers[1],Stamped addressed envelope,SAFER — Steel And Foam Energy Reduction,SAFICT — Software Agents as Facilitators of Interoperability in Collective Training,sag — Sango language (ISO 639-2 code),SAG — Screen Actors Guild,SAGAT — Situation Awareness Global Assessment Technique,SAGE — Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (simulation),SAHB — Sensational Alex Harvey Band,SAIC — Science Applications International Corporation
4195SALT-(a/i) Save A Life Today (SALT) Alert; Emergency Contact System,Southern African Large Telescope,Strategic Arms Limitation s
4196SAM,Sequential-Access Memory,Sociedad Aeronáutica de Medellín,Surface-to-Air Missile
4197san,Sanskrit language (ISO 639-2 code),Storage Area Network
4198SAR,Saudi riyal (ISO 4217 currency code),Search And Rescue,Special Administrative Region,Synthetic Aperture Radar
4199SARA,Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy,Scientific Atlanta Resident Application,Scottish Amateur Rowing Association,Southern African Railway Association,State Administration for Religious Affairs,SARP — Search And Rescue Processor,SARR — (i/a) Search And Rescue Repeater,SARS — Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
4200SART,Search and Rescue Transponder,Situational Awareness Rating Technique,SARU — South African Rugby Union
4201SAS,Scandinavian Airlines System,Second Avenue Subway,Situational Awareness System,Special Air Service,Studies,Analysis and Simulation,Side Angle Side,Statistical Analysis System (original meaning; SAS Institute Inc. has evolved far beyond that scope),SASE — Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope,SASO — Stability and Support Operations,SASOL — Suid Afrikaanse Steenkool en Oli.e. (Afrikaans,“South African Coal and Oil”)
4202SAT,formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test; now known solely by the initials,Small Arms Trainer,SATB — Soprano Alto Tenor Bass,SATNAV — Satellite Navigation (Increasingly common GPS based system in new vehicles),SATs — Standard Assessment Tasks and other similar terms describing tests used in English schools; see National Curriculum assessment#Terminology,SAU — Saudi Arabia (ISO 3166 trigram),SAVAK — Sazamane Etelaat va Amniate Kechvar (Iranian “Security and Intelligence Service”)
4203SAW,Squad Automatic Weapon,Surface acoustic wave,SAWE — Society of Allied Weight Engineers,SB[edit],Sb — Antimony (Latin Stibium)
4204SB,Sexy Bitch,Sexy Bastard,Sexy Boy (disambiguation),Solomon Islands (ISO 3166 digram),Special Warfare Boat Operator
4205SBA,Santa Barbara Airport,Simulation-Based Acquisition,Sovereign Base Area,Student bar association,SBB — German for the Swiss Federal Railways
4206SBD,Solomon Islands dollar (ISO 4217 currency code),Silent But Deadly
4207SBNO,Standing but not operating (in reference to amusement parks)
4208SBS,Special Boat Service,Special Broadcasting Service,Seoul Broadcasting System
4209SBW,Sonny Bill Williams (New Zealand dual-code rugby player),SC[edit],sc — Sardinian language (ISO 639-1 code),Sc — Scandium
4210SC,Cruiser Submarine (US Navy hull classification) c Saint Kitts and Nevis (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Saint Christopher),Seychelles (ISO 3166 digram),South Carolina (postal symbol)
4211SCO,Santa Cruz Operation (initials later used by SCO Group),Scotland (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram),Shanghai Cooperation Organization,SCOTUS — Supreme Court of the United States,SCR — Seychelles rupee (ISO 4217 currency code),SCRAM — Safety Control Rod Axe Man
4212SCS,Scan Correlated Shift,Soil Conservation Service
4213SD,Secure Digital (memory card format),Sheriff's department,Smoke/Decontamination,South Dakota (postal symbol),Sudan (ISO 3166 digram)
4214SDC,Shaft Driven Compressor,U.S. Army Strategic Defense Command (1985-1992),SDG — Sudanese pound (ISO 4217 currency code),SDG — Sum Dum Goy,greasy spoon chinese restaurant,SDH — Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
4215SDHC,Secure Digital High Capacity
4216SDXC,Secure Digital eXtended Capacity
4217SEC,U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,Security,Southeastern Conference,SECAM — Séquentiel couleur à mémoire (French for “Colour Sequential with Memory”; TV standard,cf. NTSC,PAL),SECDEF — (U.S.) Secretary of Defense,SED — CERDEC Software Engineering Directorate,SEDRIS — Synthetic Environment Data Representation and Interchange Specification,SEE — Small Emplacement Excavator,SEG — Society of Exploration Geophysicists,SEG — Special Escort Group,SEK — Swedish krona (ISO 4217 currency code),Selkent — South East London & Kent Bus Company,SELT — Single Ended Line Test (ing)
4218SEM,Sensor Employment Manager,Switch to Email Mode,i.e. stop texting as it is more disruptive by making a sound or vibrating and email instead,for a given time
4219SEN,Senegal (ISO 3166 trigram),Small Extension Node
4220SEP,Somebody Elses Problem,Spherical Error Probable,System Enhancement Package,System Engineering Plan,SEPTA — Southeastern Pennsylvania Rapid-Transit Authority,SERE — Survival,Evasion,Resistance and Escape,SESSPE — Submarine Escape and Surface Survival Personnel Equipment,SET — Staphylococcal EnteroToxin,SETI — Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence,SETAC — Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
4221SEU,Single Event Upset (solid state physics),Slightly Enriched Uranium,Special Evidence Unit,SF[edit]
4222SF,Fleet Submarine (retired US Navy hull classification),San Francisco,Science fiction,South Africa (FIPS 10-4 country code),Speculative fiction,Special Forces
4223SFA,Sales force automation,Saturated fatty acid,Scottish Football Association,Stephen F. Austin (State University),Sudan Football Association
4224SFE,Supercritical fluid extraction,Sydney Futures Exchange,SFF — Standard File Format,sf&f — Science fiction & fantasy,SFM — Switch to Facebook Mode,i.e. to message someone on Facebook instead of texting as it is less disruptive in the sense of the phone not making sound or vibrating,for a period of time,SFOB — Special Forces Operations Base,SFOR — UN Stabilisation Force (in Bosnia and Herzegovina),SFU — Simon Fraser University (Canada),SG[edit],sg — Sango language (ISO 639-1 code),Sg — Seaborgium
4225SG,Senegal (FIPS 10-4 country code),Singapore (ISO 3166 digram),Snow Grains (METAR Code),Study Group
4226SGC,Server Gated Cryptography,Stargate Command,SGD — Singapore dollar (ISO 4217 currency code),SGML — Standard Generalized Markup Language,SGP — Singapore (ISO 3166 trigram)
4227SGS,South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (ISO 3166 trigram),Svalbard Ground Station (Landsat),Société Générale de Surveillance,SH[edit],sh — Serbo-Croatian language (ISO 639-1 code)
4228SH,Saint Helena (ISO 3166 digram),SONATRACH (Algerian petroleum company)
4229SHAC,Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty,Student Health Action Coalition,SHAPE — Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe,SHF — Super High Frequency,SHN — Saint Helena (ISO 3166 trigram)
4230SHO,Showtime (see also sho.com)
4231SI,Slovenia (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram),Socialist International,Sports Illustrated,Système International (French,International System of Units),SIA — Singapore Airlines (ICAO code),SIA — Survivors of Incest Anonymous,SIAM — Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics,SIC — Standard Industrial Classification,SICS — (a/i) Swedish Institute of Computer Science,SIDS — Sudden infant death syndrome,SIDU — select,insert,delete,update. See Create,read,update and delete,SIF — Selective Identification Feature,SIFF — Successor IFF
4232SIIT,Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies (Canadian university),Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (Thai university),Stateless IP/ICMP Translation algorithm,SIMAC — Semantic Interaction with Music Audio Contents,SIMLAS — Soldier Integrated Multipurpose Laser System,SIMM — Single In-line Memory Module,SIMNET — SIMulator NETwork,later SIMulation NETwork,SIMNET-D,SIMNET-Developmental,SIMP — Strongly Interacting Massive Particle
4233SIMPLE,Satellite Interactive Multimedia Platform for Low-cost Earth stations,Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees (as used in SIMPLE IRA),Standard Interface for Multiple Platform Link Evaluation (NATO STANAG 5602),sin — Sinhalese language (ISO 639-2 code),SIN — Social Insurance Number (Canada),SINCGARS — SINgle Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System
4234SIP,Session Initiation Protocol,State Implementation Plan,System Improvement Program,Systematic Investment Plan,SIPP — Self-Invested Personal Pension
4235SIRI,Service Interface for Real Time Information
4236Siri,Speech Interpretation and Recognition Interface (Apple iOS software)
4237SISO,Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization,Society of Independent Show Organizers,SIW — Simulation Interoperability Workshop,SIYSS — Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar,SJ[edit]
4238SK,Saskatchewan (postal symbol),Slovakia (ISO 3166 digram),SKC — Clear Sky (METAR Code),SKK — Slovak koruna (ISO 4217 currency code),SKM — Sikkim (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1975),SL[edit],sl — Slovene language (ISO 639-1 code)
4239SL,Sierra Leone (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram),Start Line
4240SLA,Service Level Agreement,Symbionese Liberation Army,SLAA — Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous,SLAC — Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,SLAN — sine loco,anno,nomine (Latin,“without place,year,or name”),SLAPP — Strategic lawsuit against public participation,SLB — Solomon Islands (ISO 3166 trigram),SLBM — Sea/Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile,SLC — Scan Line Corrector,SLE — Sierra Leone (ISO 3166 trigram),SLI/SLi,(i/s) Scan-Line Interleave,Scalable Link Interface,SLIT — SubLingual ImmunoTherapy,slk — Slovak language (ISO 639-2 code),SLL — Sierra Leone leone (ISO 4217 currency code),SLO — Slovenia (IOC trigram,but not FIFA or ISO 3166)
4241SLOC,Sea Lines Of Communication,Source Lines Of Code,SLORC — State Law and Order Restoration Council (of Burma)
4242SLP,Sea Level Pressure,Super Long Play,slph — Standard litre per hour (air flow),slpm — Standard litre per minute (air flow),slps — Standard litre per second (air flow),SLR — Single-Lens Reflex (camera)
4243SLT,Single Lens Translucent,Speech and language therapist,Solid Logic Technology (electronics),Swing Landing Trainer (paratroops),Secondary lymphoid tissue,slv — Slovenian language (ISO 639-2 code),SLV — El Salvador (ISO 3166 trigram),SM[edit],sm — Samoan language (ISO 639-1 code),Sm — Samarium
4244SM,Sado-Masochism,San Marino (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram),Soldier's Manual,Submarine Minelayer (US Navy hull classification),SMA — Scan Mirror Assembly,SMART — Subject Matter And Requirements Team,SMASS — Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey,SMCT — Soldier's Manual of Common Tasks,SMD — Surface Mount Device,SMDR — Station Message Detail Recording,sme — Northern Sami language (ISO 639-2 code)
4245SME,Scan Mirror Electronics,Subject Matter Expert
4246SMX-many,including: Server Macro Expansion,Solaris MINIX,Spatial multiplexing,Sulfamethoxazole; see entry
4247SMZ-many,including: Silver Mt. Zion,Sulfamethazine,Sulfamethoxazole; see entry,SN[edit],sn — Shona language (ISO 639-1 code),Sn — Tin (Latin Stannum)
4248SN,Senegal (ISO 3166 digram),Singapore (FIPS 10-4 country code),Snow (METAR Code),SuperNova,Screen Name,sna — Shona language (ISO 639-2 code),SNAFU — “Situation Normal — All Fouled/Fucked Up”,SNAP — Supernova/Acceleration Probe,SNCB — Société nationale des chemins de fer de Belgique (French for “Belgian Railways National Society”,NMBS in Dutch),SNCF — Société nationale des chemins de fer français (French for “French Railways National Society”),snd — Sindhi language (ISO 639-2 code),SND — Standard Nomenclature Database,SNE — Synthetic Natural Environment,SNES — Super Nintendo Entertainment System,SNÉTA — Syndicat national pour l'étude des transports aériens (French for “Aerial transport Study National Syndicate”,1919-1923),SNG — Satellite News Gathering (television)
4249SNL,Saturday Night Live (television),Società Navigazione del Lago di Lugano,SNM — Special Nuclear Material,SNMP — Simple Network Management Protocol,SNOBOL — StriNg Oriented symBOlic Language,SNP — Single-nucleotide polymorphism
4250SNR,SuperNova Remnant,Signal-to-Noise Ratio,SNRI — Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor,SNS — Spallation Neutron Source,SNU — Solar Neutrino Unit,SO[edit],so — Somali language (ISO 639-1 code)
4251SO,Shared Object (Unix),Sheriff's Office,Significant other,Somalia (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
4252SOA,service-oriented architecture,Society of Actuaries,State of the art
4253SOAP,Simple Object Access Protocol,Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (U.S. medical residency matching)
4254SOB,Son Of a Bitch,Same Old Bullshit,SOC — Sector Operations Centre,SOCCSKSARGEN — South Cotabato,Cotabato,Sultan Kudarat,Sarangani,General Santos City (a region in the Philippines; pronounced “sock-sar-gen”),SOCOM — (U.S.) Special Operations Command
4255SoCon,Southern Conference (U.S. college sports)
4256SOD,School Of Dentistry,Statement Of Difference[s],Statement Of Direction,Statement Of Documentation,Statement Of Duty/Duties
4257SOE,Secret Of Evermore,Special Operations Executive (WWII British organization),State Of Emissions (EW)
4258SOF-(a/i) Special Operations Force,Status of Forces,SOFIA — Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy
4259SOGAT,Society of Graphical and Allied Trades,Former British printing union,SOHC — Single-OverHead-Cam engine,SOHO — Solar and Heliospheric Observatory,SOI — Signal Operating Instruction,SOL — Shit Out of Luck,SOLIS — Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the Sun,som — Somali language (ISO 639-2 code)
4260SOM,Simulation Object Model,Somalia (ISO 3166 trigram),Sonar — SOund Navigation And Ranging
4261SOP,Standing/Standard Operating Procedure,State of Play
4262SOR,State Of iness,Statement Of Requirements
4263SOS,Somali shilling (ISO 4217 currency code),Save Our Souls,SOSTAR — Stand-Off Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar,sot — Sotho language (ISO 639-2 code),SOUTHAG — Southern Army Group,SOUTHCOM — (U.S.) Southern Command,SOV — Single Occupant Vehicle,SOW — Statement Of Work,SOWHAT — RESNA Subcommittee on Wheelchairs and Transportation,SOX — Sarbanes-Oxley Act,SP[edit]
4264SP,Security Police,Self-Propelled,Shore Patrol,Spain (FIPS 10-4 country code),Start Point,Strong Point,spa — Spanish language (ISO 639-2 code),SPAAG — Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun,SPACECOM — (U.S.) Space Command,Spaser — Surface plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiation,SPC — Secretariat of the Pacific Community,SPCO — Single-Pole Change Over
4265Sp,Special,Spring tide (nautical charts),sine prole (Latin,“without offspring”)
4266SPL,Scottish Premier League,Superior Parietal Lobule,Sound Pressure Level,SPM — Saint Pierre and Miquelon (ISO 3166 trigram),SPOD — (a/i) Sea Port of Debarkation,SPOE — (a/i) Sea Port of Embarkation,SPOT — Satellite pour l'observation de la Terre (French,“Satellite for Earth Observation”),SPQR — Senatus Populusque Romanus (Latin “The Senate and the People of Rome”),sps — sine prole superstite (Latin,“without surviving issue”),SPS — Standard Positioning Service (GPS),SPST — Single-Pole Single-Throw,SQ[edit],sq — Albanian language (ISO 639-1 code),SQ — Sound Quality,SQ — Standard Quality,sqi — Albanian language (ISO 639-2 code),SQL — (i/a) Structured Query Language (“seek-well”),SQUID — Superconducting QUantum Interference Device,SR[edit],sr — Serbian language (ISO 639-1 code),Sr — Strontium
4267SR,Sound Reinforcement,Supply Route,Suriname (ISO 3166 digram),Sveriges Radio (Swedish Radio Ltd),SR — Sustained release of a drug
4268SRAM,Scott (King),Ray (Day),SAM (Patterson) — founders of bicycle component manufacturer SRAM Corporation,Static Random Access Memory (“ess-ram”),SR-ATGW — Short-Range Anti-Tank Guided Weapon,SRB — Solid Rocket Booster,SRBM — Short-Range Ballistic Missile (cf. IRBM,ICBM),SRC — Scheduled Removal Component,srd — Sardinian language (ISO 639-2 code)
4269SRD,Science Requirements Document,Surinam dollar (ISO 4217 currency code),SREL — Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
4270SRG,SACEUR Rover Group,Special Republican Guard,SRGW — Short-Range Guided Weapon
4271SRL,Savannah River Laboratory,Single Rocket Launcher,Survival Research Labs,SRM — Specified Risk Material,srp — Serbian language (ISO 639-2 code),SRS — Savannah River Site,SRSP — Science and Religion in Schools Project,SRTP — [Secure Real-time Transport Protocol],SS[edit],ss — Swati language (ISO 639-1 code)
4272SSA,Cargo Submarine (US Navy hull classification),Social Security Administration (U.S.),Statistics South Africa,SSB — Single-sideband modulation,SSB — Sacramento Sustainable Business,SSBN — Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine (US Navy hull classification)
4273SSC,Safe,Sane,Consensual (SM phrase),Secondary Somatosensory Cortex,Smaller-Scale Contingency,U.S. Army Soldiers System Center (Natick,Massachusetts),Superconducting Super Collider,SSCCATAGAPP — Singles,Seniors,Childless Couples,And Teens And Gays Against Parasitic Parents (fictional organization from The Simpsons)
4274SSD,Solid-state drive,South Sudan (ISO 3166 trigram),SSDC — U.S. Space and Strategic Defense Command
4275SSDD,Same Shit,Different Day,Single-Sided Double-Density (floppy disk)
4276SSE,South South-East,Streaming SIMD Extensions,SSG — Guided Missile Submarine (retired US Navy hull classification),SSGN — Nuclear-Powered Guided Missile Submarine (US Navy hull classification),SSH — Saffir-Simpson Hurricane scale,SSK — Hunter-Killer Submarine (retired US Navy hull classification),SSKP — Single-Shot Kill Probability,SSL — Secure Sockets Layer,SSM — Surface-to-Surface (Guided) Missile
4277SSN,Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine (US Navy hull classification),SIM Serial Number,Social Security Number (U.S.),Socialist Solidarity Network,Subsystem number (SCCP,SS7),SSNW — Same Shit,New Wrapping,SSO — Submarine Oiler (retired US Navy hull classification),SSP — Submarine Transport (retired US Navy hull classification)
4278SSR,Radar Picket Submarine (retired US Navy hull classification),Solid State Recorder
4279SSRI,Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor,Social Systems Research Institute
4280SSRN,Social Science Research Network,Nuclear-Powered Radar Picket Submarine (retired US Navy hull classification)
4281SSS,Siding Spring Survey,Side Side Side (an acronym for remembering congruent triangles),Sigue Sigue Sputnik (band),S/SSM — Surface-to-Subsurface Missile
4282SST,SuperSonic Transport,Training Submarine (US Navy hull classification),Saturated Suction Temperature (refrigeration cycles),SSTO — Single-Stage To Orbit,SSV — Soft-Skinned Vehicle (i.e.,unarmoured),ssw — Swati language (ISO 639-2 code),SSW — South South-West,ST[edit],st — Sotho language (ISO 639-1 code)
4283ST,Saint Lucia (FIPS 10-4 country code),São Tomé and Príncipe (ISO 3166 digram)
4284STA,Scheduled Time of Arrival,Surveillance and Target Acquisition,STAG — (U.S.) Strategy and Tactics Group,STAGE — Scenario Toolkit And Generation Environment,STANAG — (NATO) Standardisation Agreement
4285STAR,Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (NASA),Simulation of Tactical Alternative Responses,Special Threat Analysis and Recognition
4286STAT,Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription (cell biology),Special Tertiary Admissions Test (Australia)
4287STB,Surface Transportation Board[2]
4288STD,São Tomé and Príncipe dobra (ISO 4217 currency code),Sexually Transmitted Disease,STDM — Statistical Time Division Multiplexing,STENTOR — Satellite de télécommunications pour expérimenter de nouvelles technologies en orbite (French,“Orbital New Technology Experimental Telecommunications Satellite”)
4289STFU,Southern Tenant Farmers Union,Stuff You[citation needed],STH — Sonic The Hedgehog
4290STI,Sexually Transmitted Infection,Subaru Tecnica International,STK — Satellite Tool Kit,STM — Short Term Memory,STOL — Short Take-Off and Landing,STOVL — Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing
4291STP,São Tomé and Príncipe (ISO 3166 trigram),Standard Temperature and Pressure,STR — Short Tandem Repeat (DNA analysis),STRATCOM — United States Strategic Command
4292STRICOM,U.S. Army Simulation,Training & Instrumentation Command (1992-),Strike Command (1962-1971),STRIVE — Synthetic Tactical Real-time Interactive Virtual Environment,STSM — Senior Technical Staff Member,Stuka — Sturzkampfflugzeug (German WWII dive bomber),SU[edit],su — Sundanese language (ISO 639-1 code)
4293SU,Soviet Union (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1992),Sudan (FIPS 10-4 country code),SUB — Student Union Building,SuD — Subject under Discussion,SUDC — Swedish United Dawah Center,a salafist Islamic organisation in Sweden
4294SUI,Sonic user interface,Switzerland (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),SUK — Start Up Kit,sun — Sundanese language (ISO 639-2 code),SUN — ,Soviet Union (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1992),Stanford University Network that led to Sun Microsystems,SUNY — State University of New York (usually pronounced “sue-knee”),SUR — Suriname (ISO 3166 trigram),SURTASS — Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System,SUSAT — Sight Unit Small Arms,Trilux,SUV — Sport Utility Vehicle,SV[edit],sv — Swedish language (ISO 639-1 code)
4295SV,El Salvador (ISO 3166 digram),Sportverein (German for “Sport Association”,as in Hamburger SV and SV Werder Bremen),SVC — Secondary Visual Cortex,SvD — Svenska Dagbladet (Swedish newspaper)
4296SW,South-West ordinal direction,Sweden (FIPS 10-4 country code),Shortwave,swa — Swahili language (ISO 639-2 code)
4297SWA,Secure Web Access,South-West Asia
4298SWAC,Southwestern Athletic Conference
4299SWALK,Sealed With A Loving Kiss,
4300SWAN,System for Wearable Audio Navigation
4301SWAP,Surface Waters Acidification Programme,
4302SWAPO,South-West Africa People's Organisation,
4303SWAT,Special Weapons And Tactics
4304SWE — Sweden (ISO 3166 trigram)
4305swe,Swedish language (ISO 639-2 code)
4306SWF,Single White Female
4307SWG,Surface Warfare Group,Symbology Working Group,SWHR — Society for Women's Health Research,SWIG — Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator,SWIR — (a/i) Short Wave InfraRed (“ss-why-are” or “swhirr”)
4308SWLABR,She Was Like A Bearded Rainbow,Cream song (Bruce,Clapton and Baker),SWORD — Subjective WORkload Dominance,SWORDS — Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection System,SWOT — Strengths,Weaknesses,Opportunities,Threats (mnemonic)
4309SWP,Special Working Party (“swipp”),Systematic Westing Plan (a plan of periodic westing of shares or mutual funds worth a fixed amount of money),Skill With Prizes (UK pub quiz machines — quality titles include: Pub Quiz,Quiz City,Frog in a Liquidizer,Who Wants To Win a Tenner?),SWT — Sea Water Tank,SWV — Sisters With Voices (American female R&B vocal group),SWZ — Swaziland (ISO 3166 trigram),SX[edit],SX — Sonic X
4310T,Tera,Tesla,Tritium
4311ta,Tamil language (ISO 639-1 code)
4312Ta,Tantalum
4313TA,Target Acquisition,Teaching Assistant,Tera-ampere,Territorial Army (UK),Tristan da Cunha (ISO 3166 digram)
4314TAA,Transparency Anti-Aliasing,Trans Australia Airlines
4315TAACOM,U.S. Theater Army Area Command
4316TAADCOORD,Theatre Army Air Defence Co-ordinator
4317TAAR,Trace Amine-Associated Receptor
4318TAC,U.S. Tactical Air Command (1946-1992)
4319TACAN,Tactical Air Navigation
4320TACC,Tactical Air Control Centre,(USAF) Tanker Airlift Control Center
4321TACCO,Tactical Coordinator
4322TACCSF,U.S. Theater Aerospace Command & Control Simulation Facility
4323TACDAR,Tactical Detection And Reporting
4324TACP,Tactical Air Control Party,Technology Applications Certification Program
4325TACSOP,Tactical SOP (Standing Operating Procedure)
4326TADIL,Tactical Digital Information Link
4327TADSS,Training Aids,Devices,Simulators,and Simulations
4328tah,Tahitian language (ISO 639-2 code)
4329TAI,Target[ed] Area of Interest
4330TAJ,Tom and Jerry
4331TAJT,Tom and Jerry Tales
4332TALES,Technical Advice and Lexicon for Enabling Simulation
4333tam,Tamil language (ISO 639-2 code)
4334TAN,Tanzania (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
4335TANJ,There Ain't No Justice (used as expletive in the Ringworld novels)
4336TANP,Terrain-Aware Network Planner
4337TANSTAAFL,There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (coined by author Robert A. Heinlein in his The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
4338TAPPS,Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools
4339TARDIS,Time And Relative Dimension In Space (from Doctor Who)
4340TARP,Transparency Accountability Rights for Parents (coined by Karen Plumridge,founder of Black Ribbon Gold Heart)
4341TAS,Tasmania (postal symbol)
4342TASER,Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle
4343TASM,Tactical Air-to-Surface Missile
4344tat,Tatar language (ISO 639-2 code)
4345TAT,Tourism Authority of Thailand
4346TATP,TriAcetone TriPeroxide
4347TATT,Tired All The Time (medical diagnosis in-joke)
4348Tb,Terbium
4349TB,Tuberculosis
4350TBA,to be announced
4351TBBPA,TetraBromoBisPhenol-A
4352TBC,to be confirmed,to be continued
4353TBF,to be fair
4354TBGRI,Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute,India
4355TBH,To Be Honest
4356TBL,Turkish Basketball League
4357TBM,Tactical Ballistic Missile,Theatre Ballistic Missile
4358TBS,Turner Broadcasting System
4359TBT,Tributyltin
4360Tc,Technetium
4361TC,Teracoulomb,Turks and Caicos (ISO 3166 digram),United Arab Emirates (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Trucial Coast States)
4362TCA,Transformational Communications Architecture,Turks and Caicos (ISO 3166 trigram)
4363TCAA,Top Counter-Assault Agents
4364TCAS,Traffic Collision Avoidance System
4365TCD,Chad (ISO 3166 trigram)
4366TCG,Trusted Computing Group,Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Gemisi
4367TCHD,Truck Cargo Heavy Duty
4368TCL,Tool Command Language
4369TCM,Turner Classic Movies
4370TCP,Traffic Control Point,Transmission Control Protocol,Trichlorophenol
4371TCU,Texas Christian University
4372TCW,Tasty Coma Wife
4373TCWMS,Tele-Center Workforce Management System
4374TD,Territorial Decoration,Toon Disney,Toronto-Dominion (Bank); see also its U.S. subsidiary,TD Bank,N.A.,Touchdown,Tower Defence A game type,involves defending waves of enemies using tower
4375TDA,The Disney Afternoon
4376TDL,Tactical Data Link
4377TDM,Time-Division Multiplexing
4378TDMA,Time Division Multiple Access
4379TDP,Technology Demonstration Programme
4380TDRS,Tracking Data and Relay Satellite
4381TE,Tactical Exploitation,Testosterone to Epitestosterone ratio,Tight end (American football; position generally not used in modern Canadian football)
4382Te,Tellurium
4383te,Telugu language (ISO 639-1 code)
4384TEAL,Tasman Empire Airways Limited
4385Team,Together everyone achieves more
4386TEAMS,The East African Marine System (fiber optic cable)
4387TED,Technology Entertainment Design prize
4388TEETH,Tried Everything Else,Try Homeopathy (medical diagnosis in-joke)
4389TEL,(a/i) Transporter,Erector and Launcher
4390tel,Telugu language (ISO 639-2 code)
4391TELAR,Transporter,Erector,Launcher And Radar
4392TENCAP,Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities
4393TERS,Tactical Event Reporting System
4394TES,Tactical Event System
4395TEST,Thesaurus of Engineering and Scientific Terms
4396TEU,Twenty-foot equivalent unit (cargo capacity)
4397TeVeS,Tensor Vector Scalar theory
4398TF -
4399TFMPP,Trifluorophenylmethylpiperazine
4400TFR,Total Fertility Rate
4401TFT,Thin-Film Transistor
4402tg,Tajik language (ISO 639-1 code)
4403Tg,Teragram
4404TG,Togo (ISO 3166 digram)
4405TGA,Tonga (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
4406TGIF,Thank God It's Friday,Toes Go In First
4407tgk,Tajik language (ISO 639-2 code)
4408tgl,Tagalog language (ISO 639-2 code)
4409TGO,Togo (ISO 3166 trigram)
4410TGT,Target (also the ticker symbol for Target Corporation),Ticket Granting Ticket (computer security),Tyrese,Ginuwine,Tank,see TGT (group) for their collaboration
4411TH,Terahenry,Thailand (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
4412th,Thai language (ISO 639-1 code)
4413Th,Thorium
4414tha,Thai language (ISO 639-2 code)
4415THA,Thailand (ISO 3166 trigram)
4416THAAD,(a/i) Terminal High Altitude Area Defence
4417THB,Thai baht (ISO 4217 currency code)
4418THEGENTRY,The High-End Group of Earth's New Technologies Research Yield
4419THEL,Tactical High Energy Laser ACTD
4420THG,Tetrahydrogestrinone
4421TI,Tajikistan (FIPS 10-4 country code),Thermal Imaging,Threat Identification,Training Instructor,Texas Instruments
4422Ti,Tebi,Titanium
4423ti,Tigrinya language (ISO 639-1 code)
4424TIA,Total Information Awareness initiative
4425TIA,Transient Ischemic Attack
4426TIALD,Thermal Imaging and Airborne Laser Designation
4427TIBS,Tactical Information Broadcast System
4428TIC,Troops In Contact
4429TIGERS,Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing System
4430TIM,Technical Information Memorandum,Technical Interchange Meeting,Toxic Industrial Material,Telecom Italia Mobile
4431TIMS,Tactical Internet Management System,The Institute of Management Sciences,The International Molinological Society,Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner,Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry,Travel Information Management Services,Tuberculosis Information Management System
4432TINC,There Is No Cabal
4433TINY,That Is,Not You (internet slang)
4434TIP,Thermal Identification Panel
4435tir,Tigrinya language (ISO 639-2 code)
4436tits,Toes in the Sand
4437TJ,Tajikistan (ISO 3166 digram),Terajoule
4438TJD,Truncated Julian Day
4439TJK,Tajikistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
4440TJS,Tajik somoni (ISO 4217 currency code)
4441TK,Terakelvin,Tokelau (ISO 3166 digram)
4442tk,Turkmen language (ISO 639-1 code)
4443TKBL,Türkiye 1. Kadınlar Basketbol Ligi,the Turkish-language name of the Turkish Women's Basketball League
4444TKL,Tokelau (ISO 3166 trigram)
4445TKM,Turkmenistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
4446tl,Tagalog language (ISO 639-1 code)
4447TL,Team Leader,Teralitre,Timor-Leste (ISO 3166 digram),ThermoLuminescence,TL;DR ,Too long; didnt read.
4448Tl,Thallium
4449TLA,Three-Letter Abbreviation/Acronym
4450TLAM,Tomahawk Land Attack Missile
4451TLAR,That Looks About Right (chat shorthand),Transporter-Launcher And Radar
4452TLATOJL,The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
4453TLC,Tender Loving Care,The Learning Channel (now known strictly by the initials),Thin Layer Chromatography,T-Boz,Lefteye,Chilli,Tables,Ladders,and Chairs (type of professional wrestling match)
4454TLD,Thermoluminescent Dosimeter,Top-Level Domain
4455TLM,Traditional Latin Mass,Tridentine Latin Mass,Transaction Lifecycle Management
4456TLPM,T1 Line Performance Monitor
4457TLS,Timor-Leste (ISO 3166 trigram),Times Literary Supplement,TM[edit]
4458TM,Technical Manual,Theatre Missile,Thematic Mapper,trademark (often written in small superscript type: TM or ™),Turing machine,Turkmenistan (ISO 3166 digram) Tympanic Membrane
4459Tm,Terametre
4460TMAP,(a/i) Texas Medication Algorithm Project
4461TMC,The Movie Channel
4462TMD,Theatre Missile Defence
4463TMDK,The Mighty Don't Kneel (Australian professional wrestling stable also active in Japan)
4464TMI,Too Much Information
4465TMJ,TemporoMandibular Joint (syndrome)
4466TMM,Turkmen manat (ISO 4217 currency code)
4467TMNT,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
4468TMO,Table Mountain Observatory,Television match official (rugby union)
4469TMP,East Timor (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 2002),Temporary
4470TMPG,Transparent Multi-Platform Gateway
4471TMR,Twin Main Rotors (helicopter type)
4472TMS,Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
4473TMT,Thirty Meter Telescope
4474TMTOWTDI,There's Than One Way To Do It (from Perl)
4475TN,Tennessee (postal symbol),Teranewton,Tonga (FIPS 10-4 country code),Tunisia (ISO 3166 digram)
4476tn,Tswana language (ISO 639-1 code)
4477TNA,Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
4478TND,Tunisian dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
4479TNO,Trans-Neptunian Object
4480TNT,Thomas Nationwide Transport,an Australian company that was one of the predecessors to the former TNT N.V. and the current TNT Express,TriNitroToluene,(a/i) Turner Network Television,TO[edit]
4481TO,Togo (FIPS 10-4 country code),Tonga (ISO 3166 digram)
4482to,Tongan language (ISO 639-1 code)
4483TOA,Table Of Authorities,Total Obligation Authority (accounting)
4484TOAD,Temporary,Obsolete,Abandoned,or Derelict site (urbanism),Towed Optical Assessment Device
4485TOBS,Time of OBServation
4486TOC-(a/i) Table Of Contents,Tactical Operations Centre,Temporo-Occipital transition Cortex,Top of Concrete,To-do,To-do-List
4487TOG,Togo (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
4488TOGS,Thermal Observation Gunnery Sight
4489TOMS,Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite instrument)
4490TON,Tonga (ISO 3166 trigram)
4491ton,Tongan language (ISO 639-2 code)
4492TOP,Tongan pa'anga (ISO 4217 currency code)
4493TOS,Tape Operating System,Terms of service,The Original Series,used to distinguish the first Star Trek TV series from other parts of the media franchise,Tramiel Operating System
4494TOT,Time On Target
4495TOW,Tube-launched,Optically tracked,Wire-guided (anti-tank missile)
4496TP,East Timor (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 2002),São Tomé and Príncipe (FIPS 10-4 country code),Training Practice,Trident Ploughshares
4497TPE,Chinese Taipei (IOC and FIFA trigram for the country also known as Taiwan)
4498TPI,The point is
4499TPO,Thrombopoietin
4500TPS,The Pennington School
4501TPTB,The Powers That Be (often used to refer to the people responsible for the content of TV series or movies)
4502TQ,Top Qualifier (similar to Pole Position in car racing)
4503TR,Turkey (ISO 3166 digram)
4504tr,Turkish language (ISO 639-1 code)
4505TRA,Technology iness Assessment
4506TRAC,(U.S. Army) TRADOC Analysis Center
4507TRACON,Terminal Radar Approach Control
4508TRADOC,(U.S. Army) Training and Doctrine Command
4509TRAIN,Tourist Railway Association,Inc.
4510TRANSCOM,U.S. Transportation Command
4511TRAP,Tactical Receive equipment and related Applications
4512TRASANA,TRADOC Systems Analysis Agency
4513TRD,Towed Radar Decoy
4514TRIGAT,Third Generation Antitank (missile)
4515TRL,Technology readiness level
4516TRP,Target Reference Point,Time of Reporting
4517Trp,Troop
4518TRU,Transuranic
4519TRUEX,Training in Urban Environment Exercise
4520TRW,Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc.
4521TRY,Turkish lira (ISO 4217 currency code)
4522Ts,Terasecond
4523ts,Tsonga language (ISO 639-1 code)
4524TSA,Theatre Storage Area,Time Slot Allocation,Transportation Security Administration,The Salvation Army
4525TSEC,Transmission Security Encryption Code
4526TSL,Transportation Security Laboratory
4527TSN,The Sporting News (historic name of the periodical now known as Sporting News),The Sports Network
4528tsn,Tswana language (ISO 639-2 code)
4529TSO,The Stationery Office (was HMSO until 1996),(U.S.) TRICARE Support Office,Trans-Siberian Orchestra (band)
4530tso,Tsonga language (ISO 639-2 code)
4531TSOP,Tactical Standing Operation Procedure,The Sound of Philadelphia (classic 1970s R&B instrumental)
4532TSR,Terminate and Stay Resident
4533TSSIA,The Subject Says It All
4534tt,Tatar language (ISO 639-1 code)
4535TT,Teratesla,Terrestrial Time,Tourist Trophy (Motorcycle sport),Trinidad and Tobago (ISO 3166 digram)
4536TTCT,Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking
4537TTD,Trinidad and Tobago dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
4538TTFN,Ta Ta For Now
4539TTL,Tax,Title,License,Through-the-lens (photography),Time 'till live,Time to live,Transistor-transistor logic
4540TTO,Trinidad and Tobago (ISO 3166 trigram)
4541TTP,Tactics,Techniques,and Procedures,Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura,Trailer Transfer Point
4542TTTEAF,Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
4543TTY,TeleTYpewriter (Printer)
4544TTYL, To You Later (Internet slang)
4545TTZ,Tetrazolium
4546TUC,Trades Union Congress
4547TUG,TeX Users Group
4548TUI,(a/i) Text-based user interface (cf. CLI),among other uses
4549tuk,Turkmen language (ISO 639-2 code)
4550TUN,Tunisia (ISO 3166 trigram)
4551TUNS,Technical University of Nova Scotia
4552TUR,Turkey (ISO 3166 trigram)
4553Tur,Turkish language (ISO 639-2 code)
4554TUSK,Tank Urban Survival Kit
4555TUV,Tuvalu (ISO 3166 trigram)
4556TV,Television,Teravolt,Transvestite,Tuvalu (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
4557Tv,Time value,a designation seen on some camera dials for shutter priority mode
4558TVA,Tennessee Valley Authority
4559TVG-(p/i) Television Games (Network),Tick,Very Good,Often used by School Teachers when marking homework etc. (Tick VG)[1][2]
4560TVR,TreVor (Wilkinson) Racing
4561TVS,Tornado vortex signature
4562TW,Republic of China (Taiwan) (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram),Terawatt
4563tw,Twi language (ISO 639-1 code)
4564TWAIN,Technology Without An Interesting Name
4565TWD,Taiwan dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
4566TWE,Trans World Entertainment
4567TWI,The Welding Institute
4568twi,Twi language (ISO 639-2 code)
4569TWIP,Take What Insurance Pays,When a surgeon agrees to accept a lower payment than he ordinarily would for a procedure and not charge the patient the difference
4570TWN,Republic of China (Taiwan) (ISO 3166 trigram)
4571TWP,Technical Working Paper
4572TWS,Thermal Weapon Sight,Track While Scan
4573TX,Texas (postal symbol),Transmit,Turkmenistan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
4574TXV,Thermostatic Expansion Valve
4575ty,Tahitian language (ISO 639-1 code)
4576TYT,Take Your Time,Internet chat abbreviation
4577TZ,Tanzania (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
4578TZA,Tanzania (ISO 3166 trigram)
4579TZC,Tetrazolium chloride
4580TZS,Tanzanian shilling (ISO 4217 currency code)
4581U,Uranium
4582UA,Ukraine (ISO 3166 digram) Unit of Action
4583UAAP,University Athletic Association of the Philippines
4584UAB,University of Alabama at Birmingham
4585UAE,United Arab Emirates (also IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
4586UAH,Ukrainian hryvnia (ISO 4217 currency code),University of Alabama in Huntsville
4587UAV,Unmanned Aerial Vehicle,Unprotected Anal and Vaginal sex,UB[edit]
4588UBC,United Baptist Church,University of British Columbia
4589UBIGEO,Ubicación Geografica (Spanish for Geographical Location)
4590UBS,Unbundled Bitstream Services,United Bank of Switzerland,United Banque Suisse
4591UCBSA,United Cricket Board of South Africa
4592UCF,University of Central Florida
4593UCLES,University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate
4594UCR,University of Costa Rica
4595UCS,Union of Concerned Scientists
4596UDAS,Uppsala-DLR Asteroid Survey
4597UDTS,Uppsala-DLR Trojan Survey
4598UE,Unit of Employment
4599UEFA,Union of European Football Associations
4600UESAC,Uppsala-ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets
4601UFC,Ultimate Fighting Championship
4602UG,Uganda (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
4603ug,Uyghur language (ISO 639-1 code)
4604UGA,Uganda (ISO 3166 trigram)
4605UGV,Unmanned Ground Vehicle
4606UGX,Ugandan shilling (ISO 4217 currency code)
4607UHF,Ultra High Frequency
4608UHMW,Ultra-High Molecular Weight
4609UHRB,Ultra-High Resolution Building (simulation)
4610UIC,University of Illinois at Chicago
4611UID,User ID
4612uig,Uyghur language (ISO 639-2 code)
4613UIL,University Interscholastic League (governing body for most interscholastic activities,notably sports,in Texas public high schools)
4614UIUC,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
4615UJTL,Universal Joint Task List
4616uk,Ukrainian language (ISO 639-1 code)
4617UK,United Kingdom (also FIPS 10-4 country code),University of Kentucky
4618UKIP,United Kingdom Independence Party
4619UKR,Ukraine (ISO 3166 trigram)
4620ukr,Ukrainian language (ISO 639-2 code)
4621UL,Underwriters Laboratories
4622ULF,Ultra Low Frequency
4623UM,U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
4624UMBC,University of Maryland,Baltimore County
4625UMC,United Microelectronics Corporation,University of Missouri-Columbia
4626UMCP,Unit Maintenance Collection Point
4627UMES,University of Maryland Eastern Shore
4628UMI,U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
4629UMIST,University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
4630UML,Unified Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Nepal,Unified Modeling Language,University of Massachusetts Lowell,User-Mode Linux
4631UMTS,Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
4632UN,United Nations
4633UNABOM,University and airline bomber (FBI case name)
4634UNAIDS,(i/a) Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
4635UNAMSIL,United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
4636UNCF,United Negro College Fund
4637UNCLOS,United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
4638UNCSGN,United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names
4639UNCTAD,United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
4640UNDCP,United Nations Drug Control Programme
4641UNDE,(i/a) Union of National Defence Employees (Canada)
4642UNDP,United Nations Development Programme
4643UNEP,United Nations Environment Programme
4644UNESCO,United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization
4645UNFCCC,United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
4646UNFICYP,United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
4647UNGEGN,United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
4648UNHCR,United Nations High Commission (er) for Refugees
4649UNICEF,United Nations Children's Fund (originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund)
4650UNICRI,United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
4651UNIDO,United Nations Industrial Development Organization
4652UNIFEM,United Nations Development Fund for Women (from the French Fonds de développement des Nations unies pour la femme)
4653UNIS,University of Surrey,Guildford,England
4654UNLV,University of Nevada,Las Vegas
4655UNMIK,United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
4656UNMOVIC,United Nations Monitoring,Verification and Inspection Commission
4657UNOSOM,United Nations Operations in Somalia
4658UNPROFOR,United Nations Protection Force (in former Yugoslavia)
4659UNRISD,United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
4660UNSM,Union of Nova Scotian Municipalities
4661UNTAC,United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
4662UNTAET,(i/a) United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
4663UNU,United Nations University
4664UP,Ukraine (FIPS 10-4 country code),Union Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark),Upper Peninsula (of Michigan),Uttar Pradesh
4665UPC,United Pentecostal Church,Universal Product Code
4666UPDM,Uganda People's Democratic Movement,Unified Modeling Language Profile for DoDAF and MoDAF,Unité de psychiatrie du développement mental,Universal Pattern Decomposition Method,Unix Power Device Management,Unpressurized Docking Mast,Urban Planning,Design and Management
4667UPdM,Università Popolare della Multimedialità
4668UPI,United Press International
4669UPN,United Paramount Network
4670UPS,Uninterruptible Power Supply,United Parcel Service
4671UPTN,Universal Personal Telecommunications Number,Upper Peninsula Telehealth Network
4672UPU,Universal Postal Union
4673UR,Soviet Union (NATO country code,obsolete 1992)
4674ur,Urdu language (ISO 639-1 code)
4675URBSFA,Union royale belge des sociétés de football association (French for Royal Belgian Football Association)
4676urd,Urdu language (ISO 639-2 code)
4677URD,User Requirements Document
4678URI,Uniform Resource Identifier,University of Rhode Island
4679URU,Uruguay (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
4680URY,Uruguay (ISO 3166 trigram)
4681US,United States (also ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
4682USA,United States of America (also ISO 3166 trigram),United States Army
4683USAADAC,U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center,Fort Bliss,Texas
4684USAARMC,U.S. Army ARMor Center,Fort Knox,Kentucky
4685USAAVNC,U.S. Army AViatioN Center,Fort Rucker,Alabama
4686USAF,United States Air Force
4687USAFSPC,U.S. Air Force Space Command
4688USAIC,U.S. Army Infantry Center,U.S. Army Intelligence Center
4689USAID,(a/i) United States Agency for International Development
4690USAP,Union Sportive des Arlequins Perpignanais,United States Antarctic Program
4691USAPATRIOT,Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
4692USAREUR,United States Army Europe
4693USB,Universal Serial Bus
4694USC,United States Code,University of South Carolina,University of Southern California
4695USCG,United States Coast Guard
4696USCINCSPACE,United States Commander in Chief,Space Command
4697USD,(U.S.) Under-Secretary of Defense* USD(A&T),(U.S.) Under-Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology),United States dollar (ISO 4217 currency code),USD(AT&L),(U.S.) Under-Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,Technology,and Logistics,USD(C),(U.S.) Under-Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
4698USDA,United States Department of Agriculture
4699USDI,United States Department of the Interior
4700USDOE,United States Department of Energy
4701USDRE,(U.S.) Under-Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (1978-1986)
4702USEC,United States Enrichment Corporation
4703USFL,United States Football League
4704USFWS,United States Fish and Wildlife Service
4705USGS,United States Geological Survey
4706USIA,United States Information Agency
4707USJFCOM,United States Joint Forces Command
4708USL,United Soccer League,a third-level U.S. league. Not to be confused with an earlier league of the same name.,United Soccer Leagues,the organization that operates the above league,plus several other lower-level leagues,University of Southwestern Louisiana,a former name for the school now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette
4709USMC,United States Marine Corps
4710USMNT,United States men's national (soccer) team
4711USN,United States Navy
4712USNA,United States National Arboretum,United States Naval Academy
4713USNB,United States Naval Base
4714USNG,United States National Grid
4715USNH,United States Naval Hospital
4716USNI,United States Naval Institute
4717USNO,U.S. Naval Observatory
4718USNOFS,United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station
4719USNP,United States Newspaper Program
4720USNR,United States Navy Reserve
4721USNS,United States Naval Ship
4722USNZ,University Sport New Zealand
4723USPS,United States Postal Service
4724USPTO,United States Patent and Trademark Office
4725USR,Universal System Resources (/usr,directory in a *NIX filesystem),User
4726USS,United States ship (sometimes meaningless; see Star Trek)
4727USSPACECOM,United States Space Command
4728USSR,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
4729UST,Underground Storage Tank
4730USTRANSCOM,United States Transportation Command
4731USWNT,United States women's national (soccer) team
4732UT,Universal Time
4733UTEP,(a/i) University of Texas at El Paso (pronounced you-tep)
4734UTM,Universal Transverse Mercator (geographical co-ordinate system)
4735UU,Unitarian Universalism,University of Utah,Unseen University
4736UUA,Unitarian Universalist Association
4737UUID,Universally Unique Identifier (see also GUID)
4738UUV,Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
4739UV,Burkina Faso (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Upper Volta),ultraviolet
4740UW,University of Washington
4741UWO,University of Western Ontario
4742UWT,Under Water Telephone
4743UWTG,Under Water Tug
4744UWW,United World Wrestling
4745UXO,Unexploded Ordnance
4746UY,Uruguay (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
4747UYU,Uruguayan peso uruguayo (ISO 4217 currency code)
4748uz,Uzbek language (ISO 639-1 code)
4749UZ,Uzbekistan (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
4750uzb,Uzbek language (ISO 639-2 code)
4751UZB,Uzbekistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
4752UZS,Uzbek som (ISO 4217 currency code)
4753V,5 (in Roman numerals),Vanadium,Volt
4754VA,Vatican City-State (ISO 3166 digram),Veterans Affairs (U.S. Department of),Virginia (postal symbol),Various Artists
4755VACIS,Vehicle And Container Inspection System
4756VACIS,Victorian Ambulance Clinical Information System
4757VANOS,Variable Nockenwelle System
4758VAO,Vienna Art Orchestra
4759VAT,Value-Added Tax,Vatican City-State (ISO 3166 trigram)
4760VB,Victoria Bitter (beer),Visual Basic
4761VBA,Visual Basic for Applications
4762VC,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Victoria Cross
4763VCDS,(Canada) Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff,VAG-COM Diagnostic System
4764VCJCS,Vice Chairman,Joint Chiefs of Staff
4765vCJD,Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
4766VCNO,(U.S.) Vice Chief of Naval Operations
4767VCofS,Vice Chief of Staff
4768VCR,Video cassette recorder
4769VCT,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (ISO 3166 trigram)
4770VD,North Vietnam (ISO 3166 digram,obsolete 1977),Venereal Disease
4771VDFS,VisualSVN Distributed File System (VDFS)
4772VDR,North Vietnam (ISO 3166 trigram,obsolete 1977)
4773ve,Venda language (ISO 639-1 code)
4774VE,Venezuela (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
4775VEB,Venezuelan bolívar (ISO 4217 currency code)
4776VEEGA,Venus Earth Earth Gravity Assist manœuvre
4777ven,Venda language (ISO 639-2 code)
4778VEN,Venezuela (ISO 3166 trigram)
4779VERDI,Vittorio Emanuele Re D'Italia (Victor Emmanuel,King of Italy)
4780VERITAS,Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System
4781VFA,Victorian Football Association (historic Australian rules football league),Volatile Fatty Acid
4782VfD,s for deletion (used in Wikipedia)
4783VFL,Victorian Football League,the name of two distinct Australian rules football leagues:
4784VFM,Value For Money
4785VFMO,Very Fast Moving Object (astronomy)
4786VFT,Virtual Function Table
4787VFW,Veterans of Foreign Wars
4788VG,British Virgin Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
4789VGB,British Virgin Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
4790VH1,(a/i) Video Hits One
4791VHF,Very High Frequency
4792vi,Vietnamese language (ISO 639-1 code)
4793VIA,Versatile Interface Adapter
4794VIC,Victoria,Australia (postal symbol),Video Interface Chip,Virginia Intermont College
4795VIDS,Visual Information Display System
4796vie,Vietnamese language (ISO 639-2 code)
4797VII,7 (in Roman numerals)
4798VIII,8 (in Roman numerals)
4799VIN,(i/a) Vehicle Identification Number (ISO 3779)
4800VIP,Very Important Person
4801VIR,U.S. Virgin Islands (ISO 3166 trigram),Virgin Atlantic Airways (ICAO code)
4802VIS,Vavoua International School,Vienna Independent Shorts,Viewable Image Size,Visual Instruction Set
4803VISCII,VIetnamese Standard Code for Information Interchange
4804VIT,Vellore Institute of Technology
4805VIVO,Video In Video Out
4806VJ,Video Jockey
4807VK,Australia (ham radio code),Västerbottens-Kuriren,a Swedish daily newspaper
4808VLA,Very Large Array,(UK) Veterinary Laboratories Agency
4809VLAD,(a/i) Vertical Line Array DIFAR
4810VLBA,Very Long Baseline Array
4811VLF,Very Low Frequency
4812VLIW,Very Long Instruction Word
4813VLPFC,VentroLateral PreFrontal Cortex
4814VLPMC,VentroLateral PreMotor Cortex
4815VLSF,Very Loud,Stink-Free
4816VLSI,Very-large-scale integration
4817VLVS,Very Loud,Very Stinky
4818VM,Vietnam (FIPS 10-4 country code)
4819VMF,Marine Fighting Squadron of the United States Marine Corps
4820VMF,Variable Message Format
4821VMN,VentroMedial Nucleus (neurophysiology)
4822VN,Vietnam (ISO 3166 digram)
4823VND,Vietnamese đồng (ISO 4217 currency code)
4824VNIR,Visible and Near InfraRed
4825VNM,Vietnam (ISO 3166 trigram)
4826VNS,see entry
4827vo,Volapük language (ISO 639-1 code)
4828VOA,Voice of America
4829VOC,Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company),Volatile organic compounds
4830VOIP,Voice Over Internet Protocol
4831vol,Volapük language (ISO 639-2 code)
4832VOLT,Visual OpenType Layout Tool
4833VON,Victorian Order of Nurses
4834VOR,VHF Omnidirectional Ranging
4835VOR,Voice of Russia
4836VOX,Voice Operated oscillator
4837VPN,Virtual Private Network
4838VQ,Vector Quantization,U.S. Virgin Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
4839VR,Virtual Reality
4840VRSG,Virtual Reality Scene Generator
4841VSHORAD,Very Short Range Air Defence
4842VSO,Voluntary Services Overseas
4843VSR,Very Special Relativity
4844VT,Vatican City-State (FIPS 10-4 country code),Vermont (postal symbol),Video tape,Virginia Tech
4845VTC,Video Tele-Conference
4846VTEC,Variable valve Timing and Electronic lift Control
4847VTOL,Vertical Take-Off & Landing
4848VU,Vanuatu (ISO 3166 digram),Vedanta University
4849VUB,Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgian university)
4850VUT,Vanuatu (ISO 3166 trigram)
4851VUV,Vanuatu vatu (ISO 4217 currency code)
4852VV,Via Voice,Village Voice
4853VVAF,Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation
4854VW,Volkswagen
4855VZ,Verizon Communications (NYSE code)
4856W,Tungsten (from German Wolfram),Watt,West
4857W3C,World Wide Web Consortium
4858WA,Namibia (FIPS 10-4 country code; from West Africa),Washington state (postal symbol),Western Australia (postal symbol),World Archery (Federation)
4859wa,Walloon language (ISO 639-1 code)
4860WAAC,Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (Britain) (World War I UK)
4861WAAF,Women's Auxiliary Air Force (World War II UK)
4862WAC,Western Athletic Conference,Women's Auxiliary Corps (World War II Canada),Women's Army Corps (World War II U.S.)
4863WACC,Weighted Average Cost of Capital (accounting)
4864WACS,What-A-Cartoon! Show
4865WAD,Weapons Alert Designator
4866WAGGGS,World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
4867WAGs,Wives And Girlfriends (most notably of England national football team players at the 2006 FIFA World Cup,although the term existed earlier)
4868WAK,Wake Island (ISO 3166 trigram,obsolete 1986)
4869WAL,see entry
4870WAN,Wide area network
4871WAP,Wireless Application Protocol
4872WAPIMA,What a pain in my ass
4873WAR,With All Respect
4874WAsP,Short form of WAAAAP (Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program)
4875WASP,White Anglo-Saxon Protestant,Wide Angle Search for Planets,Women Airforce Service Pilots
4876WAYP,White And Yellow Pages
4877WB,Warner Bros.,Welcome Back (Internet shorthand)
4878Wb,Weber
4879WBA,Warner Bros. Animation,West Bromwich Albion (F.C.),World Boxing Association
4880WBC,World Boxing Council
4881WBE,Work Breakdown Element
4882WBO,World Boxing Organization
4883WC,Water Closet,Winston Churchill,World Cup (sports)
4884WCBO,World Chess Boxing Organisation
4885WCBP,World Center for Birds of Prey
4886WCL,World Confederation of Labour
4887WCS,Weapon Control Status,Wildlife Conservation Society
4888WCW,World Championship Wrestling
4889WDC,Western Design Center,World Data Center
4890WDIN,Wildlife Disease Information Node
4891WDWR,Walt Disney World Resort
4892WEBS,Weapon Effectiveness Battle Simulation
4893WEC,World Extreme Cagefighting
4894WEEE,Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
4895WEF,World Economic Forum
4896WEM,West Edmonton Mall
4897WEU,Western European Union
4898WEZ,(a/i) Weapon Engagement Zone
4899WF,Wallis and Futuna Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
4900WFC,Women's Forage Corps (World War II UK)
4901WFD,Weapon of Focused Destruction
4902WFF,Wallops Flight Facility
4903WFI,Water for Injection
4904WFP,World Food Program
4905WFZ,Weapons Free Zone
4906WG,Working Group,Wade-Giles
4907WH,Wehrmacht Heer (German World War II army vehicle licence plate code)
4908WHAM,Wisconsin Hydrogen-Alpha Mapping (telescope)
4909WHI,Women's Health Initiative
4910WHIP,Walks plus hits per inning pitched
4911WHO,World Health Organisation
4912WHS,(U.S.) Washington Headquarters Services
4913WI,Western Sahara (FIPS 10-4 country code),Wisconsin (postal symbol),Women's Institute
4914WIA,Wounded In Action,Wireless Institute of Australia (Amateur Radio)
4915WIIFM,What's in it for me?
4916WIMP,Weakly Interacting Massive Particle,Windows,Icons,Menus,Pointers
4917WIP,Work In Progress
4918WIPO,(a/i) World Intellectual Property Organization
4919WIPP,[Nuclear] Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
4920WIYN,Wisconsin Indiana Yale NOAO telescope consortium
4921WK,Wake Island (ISO 3166 digram,obsolete 1986)
4922WKYP,Will Keep You Posted
4923WL,Wehrmacht Luftwaffe (German World War II air force vehicle licence plate code)
4924WLB,Women's Land Brigade (World War II Canada)
4925WLF,Wallis and Futuna Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
4926wln,Walloon language (ISO 639-2 code)
4927WLOG,Without Loss Of Generality (see WOLOG)
4928WM,Wehrmacht Marine (German World War II navy vehicle licence plate code)
4929WMANUS,West Midlands Area National Union of Students
4930WMD,World Movement for Democracy
4931WMI,Wildlife Management Institute
4932WMO,World Meteorological Organization
4933WNA,World Nuclear Association
4934WNIT,Women's National Invitation Tournament
4935WNSD,What's New,Scooby-Doo?
4936WNW,West North-West
4937WO,Warrant Officer
4938wo,Wolof language (ISO 639-1 code)
4939WOF,Width of Fabric
4940WOFT,Waste Of Fucking Time
4941WOFTAM,Waste Of Fucking Time And Money
4942WOI,(a/i) Wheels Of Italy
4943wol,Wolof language (ISO 639-2 code)
4944WOM,Write Only Memory
4945WOS,Wilson Ornithological Society
4946WOSM,World Organization of the Scout Movement,Worldwide Oil Spill Model
4947WOT,Waste Of Time
4948WP,White Phosphorus (ammunition)
4949WPB,War Production Board during World War II
4950WPE,World Pork Expo
4951WPK,Wider Peacekeeping
4952WPT,World Poker Tour,World Premiere Toons
4953WR,Wide Receiver (football)
4954WRAC,Women's Royal Army Corps (World War II UK)
4955WRAIR,Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
4956WRC,World Rally Championship
4957WRC,World Religions Conference
4958WRNG,Warning
4959WRS,Worldwide Reference System
4960WRT,NHS Workforce Review Team
4961WRT,The Linksys routers whose model name start with 'WRT'
4962WRT,Third party firmware for the Linksys WRT routers and compatible models from other vendors.
4963WRT,Wallace Roberts & Todd,LLC (Urban Planning and Design)
4964WRT,Web Runtime (WRT) is a portable application framework developed by Nokia that allows the creation of widgets on the S60 Platform.
4965WRT,Wholesale,Trade,Retail sector,category in employment and economics statistics
4966WRT,Wireless Receiver/Transmitter ( computer networks/IT )
4967WRT,Wireless Ronin Technologies (digital signage)
4968WRT,World Rally Team
4969WRT,Writer Response Theory
4970WRVS,Women's Royal Voluntary Service,now only known by the acronym (UK)
4971WS,Samoa (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram; from the country's former name of Western Samoa),Writer to the Signet (a Scottish solicitor)
4972WSC,Weapon System Catalogue
4973WSDL,Web Services Description Language
4974WSJ,(The) Wall Street Journal
4975WSL,White Star Line (shipping company),Women's Super League,used to describe England's top women's association football league and top women's rugby union competition,Workers' Socialist League (UK political party)
4976WSM,Samoa (ISO 3166 trigram; from Western Samoa),Winchester Short Magnum (family of rifle cartridges)
4977WSROC,Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils
4978WSSM,Winchester Super Short Magnum (family of rifle cartridges)
4979WST,Water Soluble Tetrazolium (assay),Samoan tālā (ISO 4217 currency code)
4980WSTC,Women Signallers Territorial Corps (World War II UK)
4981WSW,West South-West
4982WTB,Wales Tourism Board,Warenterminbörse Hannover
4983WTC,World Trade Center
4984WTF,What the fuck?; also What a Terrible Failure (android)
4985WTFH,What The Fucking Hell
4986WTH,What the Hell
4987WTO,World Trade Organization
4988WU,Wabash University,Washington University in St. Louis,Western Union,Windows Update,Work unit,WU Wien (German Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien,Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration)
4989WUBU2,What you been up to
4990WUU2,What you up to,Internet slang popular with teenagers.
4991WV,West Virginia (postal symbol)
4992WVA,World Veterinary Association
4993WVIAC,West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
4994WVR,Women's Volunteer Reserve (World War II UK)
4995WVSC,Women's Volunteer Service Corps (World War II Canada)
4996WVU,West Virginia University
4997WW,see entry
4998WWE,World Wrestling Entertainment
4999WWF,World Wide Fund for Nature,from its original name of World Wildlife Fund,which remains the legal name in the U.S. and Canada,World Wrestling Federation
5000WWI,World War I
5001WWII,World War II
5002WWIII,World War III
5003WWS,Wheaton Warrenville South High School
5004WWV,Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis (catalog of the works of Richard Wagner,and callsign of NIST's shortwave radio station in Fort Collins,Colorado)
5005WWWF,World Wide Wrestling Federation
5006WXO,Weather [Executive] Officer
5007WY,Wyoming (postal symbol)
5008WZ,Swaziland (FIPS 10-4 country code)
5009XAF,BEAC (Banque des états de l'Afrique centrale) Central Africa CFA (Coopération financière en Afrique centrale) franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
5010XAG,Silver Troy ounce (ISO 4217 currency code)
5011XAU,Gold Troy ounce (ISO 4217 currency code)
5012XBA,European Composite Unit (EURCO; Bonds market unit) (ISO 4217 currency code)
5013XBB,European Monetary Unit (E.M.U.; Bonds market unit) (ISO 4217 currency code)
5014XBML,eXtended Business Modelling Language
5015XC,Ninety (in Roman numerals)
5016XCBL,XML Common Business Library
5017XCD,East Caribbean dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
5018XD,Used in chatrooms or email for smiley face. X is the eyes; squinted D is the mouth; XD.
5019Xe,Xenon
5020XF,Automobile made by Jaguar,Truck made by DAF Trucks,IATA code for Vladivostok Air
5021XFA,XML Forms Architecture
5022XFC,Xtreme Fighting Championships
5023XFD,Fighter aircraft made by Douglas
5024Xfe,X File Explorer
5025XFF,X-Forwarded-For
5026XFG,Exfoliation glaucoma
5027XFH,1932 rototype U.S. Navy fighter aircraft made by Hall,X-ray fluorescence holography
5028XFN,XHTML Friends Network,
5029XFR,Automobile made by Jaguar
5030XFT,X FreeType interface library
5031XG,Automobile made by Hyundai
5032XGA,Extended Graphics Array
5033XGP,Extreme Game Player
5034xh,Xhosa language (ISO 639-1 code)
5035xho,Xhosa language (ISO 639-2 code)
5036XHR,eXtra high Image resolution,XMLHTTPRequest
5037XHTML,eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language
5038XI,Eleven (in Roman numerals)
5039XII,Twelve (in Roman numerals)
5040XIII,Thirteen (in Roman numerals)
5041XIV,Fourteen (in Roman numerals)
5042XIX,Nineteen (in Roman numerals)
5043XJ,Automobile made by Jaguar,Automobile made by Jeep
5044XJL,Amphibian aircraft made by Columbia,Automobile made by Jaguar
5045XJS,Automobile made by Jaguar
5046XK,Automobile made by Jaguar,Automobile made by Jeep,Kell blood group precursor
5047XKB,X keyboard extension
5048XKE,Automobile made by Jaguar
5049XKR,Automobile made by Jaguar
5050XL,eXtra Large,Forty (in Roman numerals)
5051XML,eXtensible Markup Language
5052XMSF,eXtensible Modelling and Simulation Framework
5053XN,Christian,Nordic Patent Institute
5054XNC,X Northern Captain
5055XNS,Xerox Network Systems,Extensible Name Service,Christians
5056XNU,X is Not Unix
5057XOF,BCÉAO (Banque centrale des états de l'Afrique de l'Ouest) West African CFA (Communauté financière d'Afrique) franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
5058XP,eXperience Point (role-playing games)
5059XPD,Palladium Troy ounce (ISO 4217 currency code)
5060XPF,CFP franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
5061XPT,Platinum Troy ounce (ISO 4217 currency code)
5062XQJ,XQuery API for Java™
5063XRAY,X-Ray
5064XRML,eXtensible Rights Markup Language
5065XS,Xiaolin Showdown
5066XSL,eXtensible Style Language
5067XTMH,eXtreme Technology Multiprocessor Hyperlanguage
5068XUL,XML User Interface Language
5069XV,Fifteen (in Roman numerals)
5070XVI,Sixteen (in Roman numerals)
5071XVII,Seventeen (in Roman numerals)
5072XVIII,Eighteen (in Roman numerals)
5073XWF,Xcitement Wrestling Federation
5074XX,Twenty (in Roman numerals)
5075XXX,Hardcore pornography (film rating),Thirty (in Roman numera
5076Xyl,Xylobium
5077XZN,Triple square screw driver
5078y,Yocto-
5079Y,Yotta,Yttrium
5080Y2K,Year Two Thousand
5081yA,Yoctoampere
5082YA,Yottaampere,Young Adult
5083Ya,Yottayear
5084YaBPr,Yet another Brother Pat rant
5085YABSLAG,Yet another boy singing like a girl
5086YAC,(a/i) Youth-Adult Committee
5087YAFLA,Yet Another Five Letter Abbreviation
5088YAP,Young Aspiring Professional
5089YB,Youcef Benzouada (Southern Algerian name)
5090Yb,Ytterbium
5091yC,Yoctocoulomb
5092YC,Yottacoulomb
5093YD,People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (ISO 3166 digram,obsolete 1990)
5094YDS,Yosemite Decimal System (climbing)
5095YE,Yemen (ISO 3166 digram)
5096YEM,Yemen (ISO 3166 trigram)
5097YER,Yemeni rial (ISO 4217 currency code)
5098yF,Yoctofarad
5099YF,Yottafarad
5100yg,Yoctogram
5101Yg,Yottagram
5102YGCO,Yamaneko Group of Comet Observers
5103Ygo,Yu-Gi-Oh!
5104yH,Yoctohenry
5105YH,Yottahenry
5106YHBT,You Have Been Trolled
5107YHIH1,You Heard It Here First (lowercase: yhih1,pronounced yi-hi)
5108YHII,You Have It Inside
5109YHS,Ya Hoor sur!
5110YI,Serbia and Montenegro (deprecated FIPS 10-4 country code,now RB (Serbia) and MJ (Montenegro))
5111yi,Yiddish language (ISO 639-1 code)
5112Yi,Yobi
5113yid,Yiddish language (ISO 639-2 code)
5114Yippie,Youth International Party + suffix
5115yJ,Yoctojoule
5116YJ,Yottajoule
5117yK,Yoctokelvin
5118YK,Yottakelvin
5119YKYFCW,You know you're from Christchurch when (post-earthquake joke)
5120yL,Yoctolitre
5121YL,Yottalitre
5122YM,Yemen (FIPS 10-4 country code),Your Magazine (originally Young Miss,later Young & Modern)
5123ym,Yoctometre
5124Ym,Yottametre
5125YMD,People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (ISO 3166 trigram,obsolete 1990)
5126YMMD,You Make My Day
5127yN,Yoctonewton
5128YN,Yottanewton
5129YO,former Yugoslavia (NATO country code,obsolete 1993)
5130yo,Yoruba language (ISO 639-1 code)
5131YOLO,You Only Live Once
5132yor,Yoruba language (ISO 639-2 code)
5133YPA,Yards per Pass Attempt (football statistic)
5134YPIO,Your Problem Is Obvious
5135YPO,Young Presidents' Organization
5136ys,Yoctosecond
5137yS,Yoctosiemens
5138Ys,Yottasecond
5139YS,Yottasiemens
5140YSA,Single adult (LDS Church),Young Socialist Alliance,Youth Service America
5141YSI,Young Scots for Independence
5142YT,Mayotte (ISO 3166 digram),Yottatesla,Yukon Territory (postal symbol)
5143yT,Yoctotesla
5144YTD,Year-To-Date
5145YTM,Yield to Maturity
5146YTS,Youth Training Scheme
5147YTT,Yoshi Topsy-Turvy
5148YU,York University,former Yugoslavia (ISO 3166 digram,obsolete 2003)
5149YUG,former Yugoslavia (ISO 3166 trigram,obsolete 2003)
5150Yuppie,Young Urban Professional + suffix
5151yV,Yoctovolt
5152YV,Yottavolt
5153yW,Yoctowatt
5154YW,Yottawatt
5155YYH,YuYu Hakusho
5156z,Zepto
5157Z,Zetta
5158ZA,South Africa (ISO 3166 digram),Zambia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Zettaampere
5159zA,Zeptoampere
5160za,Zhuang languages (ISO 639-1 code)
5161ZAF,South Africa (ISO 3166 trigram)
5162ZAMS,Zero age main sequence
5163ZAR,South African rand (ISO 4217 currency code),Zaire (ISO 3166 trigram,obsolete 1997)
5164ZAS,Zylinder Abschaltung System
5165ZBT,Zero-Balance Transfer (accounting)
5166zC,Zeptocoulomb
5167ZC,Zettacoulomb
5168ZCM,(n) ZENworks Configuration Management
5169ZCMK,Zone Control Master Key
5170ZCU,Zimbabwe Cricket Union
5171\a,Atto-