PowerShell/Data/Abbr/general.csv
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1ABBRMEANING
20Dobvious deed
31AMAir Mechanic 1st Class
41DOne-Dimensional
52AMAir Mechanic 2nd Class
62DTwo-dimensional
72LATwo Letter Acronym
82Lt2nd Lieutenant
93AMAir Mechanic 3rd Class
103DThree-Dimensional
113GThird-generation mobile telephone system
123iInvestors In Industry (venture capitalists)
133MMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
144GFourth-generation mobile telephone system
154WDFour-wheel drive
165DFive-Dimensional
176DSix-Dimensional
187DSeven-Dimensional
198DEight-Dimensional
209DNine-Dimensional
21AAmpere
22A10Atlantic 10 Conference
23A1CAirman First Class
24A4European standard office paper size
25aAAttoampere
26AAAadministration,authorization,and authentication,American Automobile Association ('Triple-A'),anti-aircraft artillery,Amateur Athletic Association (of England),Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (Spanish,'Assistance,Consulting,and Administration'—Mexican professional wrestling promotion)
27AAASAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
28AAAVAdvanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle
29AADACAlberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
30AADDAdult attention deficit disorder
31AADTannual average daily traffic
32AAFESArmy and Air Force Exchange Service
33AAISadvanced airborne interceptor simulator
34AAMair-to-air missile
35AAMOFas a matter of fact
36AANAmerican Academy of Nursing
37AANEASAnglo-Australian Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
38AAODLAtmospheric Aerosols and Optics Data Library
39AAPCAccounting and Auditing Policy Committee
40AARPAmerican Association of Retired Persons (now officially known only by the initials)
41AASPEMadvanced air-to-air system performance evaluation model
42AATAustralian Antarctic Territory
43AAVAmphibious Assault Vehicle
44AAWCanti-air warfare commander
45ABAble Seaman (both the rank and the occupation),Alberta (postal symbol)
46ABBASEA Brown Boveri (Swiss-Swedish multinational company)
47ABBAAgnetha,Benny,Björn,Anni-Frid (Swedish pop group)
48ABCthe first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet
49ABCabstinence, be faithful, condoms
50ABCActive Body Control
51ABCairway, breathing, circulation
52ABCAlcoholic Beverage Commission
53ABCalien big cat
54ABCalways be careful
55ABCAmerican-born Chinese
56ABCanti-lock brake controller
57ABCatomic, biological, chemical
58ABCS(U.S.) Army Battle Command System
59ABETAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
60ABFISTAdvanced Bradley Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
61ABGIAddington-Barker Group International
62ABINAgência Brasileira de Inteligência (Brazilian Intelligence Agency)
63ABLAmerican Basketball League
64ABLEAirBorne Law Enforcement (police air support unit)
65ABMCAmerican Battle Monuments Commission
66ABNAustralian Business Number (a number issued by the Australian government as registration of a business and used for taxation purposes)
67ABPIAssociation of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
68ABRSMAssociated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
69ABSanti-lock braking system
70ABSAAmalgamated Banks of South Africa
71ABSTRIPSabstraction-based STRIPS
72ABVAlcohol by volume
73ABWAruba (ISO 3166 trigram)
74AcActinium
75ACAdriamycin-Cyclophosphamide (chemotherapy),Air Conditioning,Aircraftman,Alternating Current,Altocumulus,ante Christum (Latin,'before Christ'; see BC),ante cibum (Latin,'before meals'),Antigua and Barbuda (FIPS 10-4 country code),Associazione Calcio (Italian,'football (soccer) club'),A/C,Air Conditioned/Conditioning,Aircraft
76aCAttocoulomb
77AC1Aircraftman 1st Class
78AC2Aircraftman 2nd Class
79ACAAffordable Care Act,shorthand for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,commonly called 'Obamacare',Airspace Control Authority,Airspace Co-ordination Area,A Current Affair
80ACARSAircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System
81ACBAsociación de Clubes de Baloncesto (Spanish for 'Association of Basketball Clubs')
82ACCACAwdurdod Cymwysterau,Cwricwlwm ac Asesu Cymru (Qualifications,Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales)
83ACCDAmerican Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
84ACCSAir Communications and Control Squadron
85ACDAArms Control & Disarmament Agency
86ACDCAlternating Current Direct Current,the name of an Australian rock music band,a term for a bisexual person,A/Cdre,Air Commodore
87ACDTApple Certified Desktop Technician,Australian Central Daylight Time
88ACESAerolíneas Centrales de Colombia (Spanish,'Central Colombian Airlines'),Auxiliary Campus Enterprises and Services of Alfred State College
89ACFAdministration for Children and Families,American Car and Foundry,American Culinary Federation
90ACHTAverage Call Hold Time
91ACINTAcoustic Intelligence
92ACKAcknowledge (telecommunications; cf. NAK)
93ACLAccess Control List,Anterior cruciate ligament; the initialism can also refer to an injury to this ligament.,Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
94ACLJAmerican Center for Law and Justice
95ACLOSAutomatic CLOS (missile control system)
96ACLSAmerican Council of Learned Societies
97ACLUAmerican Civil Liberties Union,American Communist Lawyers Union (pejorative slang for the above)
98ACMmany,including Association for Computing Machinery; see entry
99ACMC(U.S.) Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
100ACNAirborne Communications Node,Australian Company Number (number issued by the Australian government as registration of a limited liability company)
101ACNAAnglican Church in North America
102ACOAirspace Control Order
103ACOBAAdvisory Committee on Business Appointments
104ACOGAmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
105ACOM(U.S.) Atlantic Command
106ACORNAssociation of Community Organizations for Reform Now
107ACPAfrican,Caribbean and Pacific Group of States,Air Control Point
108ACRAdvanced Concepts and Requirements
109ACRIAfrican Crisis Initiative
110ACRTAdvanced Concepts Research Tool simulator
111ACSAffiliated Computer Services (NYSE ACS),Alaska Communications Service,American Cancer Society,American Chemical Society,Association of Caribbean States,Australian Computer Society
112ACSCArmy Command and Staff College (various nations)
113ACSTAmerican Cooperative School of Tunis
114ACSTAustralian Central Standard Time
115ACTAdaptive Control of Thought (cognitive model),American College Test (ing Program),Australian Capital Territory (also postal symbol),ACT UP,AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
116ACTDAdvanced Concept Technology Demonstration
117ACTF(U.S.) Army Constructive Training Federation,Australian Children's Television Foundation,ACT-R,ACT-Rational (cognitive model),ACT-R/PM,ACT-R/Perceptual-Motor (cognitive model)
118ACTUAustralian Council of Trade Unions
119ACUAmerican Conservative Union
120ACUFAdvisory Committee on Undersea Features,American Conservative Union Foundation
121ADAnno Domini (Latin for 'In the year of our Lord')
122ADAAir Defence Artillery,American Dental Association,Assistant District Attorney,Americans with Disabilities Act (see also the similar but non-acronymic Ada programming language)
123ADACAllgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (German for 'General German Automobile Club')
124ADAGEAir Defense Air to Ground Engagement (simulation)
125ADAPAIDS Drug Assistance Program
126ADASAsiago-DLR Asteroid Survey
127ADATAlesis Digital Audio Tape (recording format)
128ADATSAgricultural Development and Training Society,Air Defence Anti-Tank System,Australian Defence Air Traffic System
129ADBAsian Development Bank
130ADCAide De Camp,U.S. Air Defense Command (1946-1992),Apple Display Connector,Program Against Digital Counterfeiting of Currency
131ADDAnalog Digital Digital (CD quality),Attention-Deficit Disorder,Administration on Developmental Disabilities
132ADDIEAnalyze Design Develop Implement and Evaluate
133ADDNSAdvanced Deployable Day/Night Simulation
134ADGBAir Defence of Great Britain
135ADHDAttention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
136ADHSAttention-Deficit Hyperactivity Syndrome
137ADIAcceptable/Allowable Daily Intake
138ADLAnti-Defamation League
139ADMAdministrative,,Admiral,and the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps,Archer Daniels Midland,Assistant Deputy Minister
140ADOAAir Defence Operations Area
141ADPAdenosine DiPhosphate,Army Doctrine Publication (UK,Canada,Australia),Automatic/Automated Data Processing
142ADRGArc-second Raster Chart (ARC) Digitized Raster Graphics
143ADSActive Denial System,Astrophysics Data System,Attention Deficit Syndrome
144ADSRAttack,Decay,Sustain,Release (sound envelope specification)
145ADTAtlantic Daylight Time (UTC3 hours)
146ADTBArmy Doctrine and Training Bulletin
147ADWAir Defence Warning
148AEArmed Forces Africa/Canada/Europe/Middle East (postal symbol),United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code),Artix Entertainment,American Eagle,A&E, Arts & Entertainment Network,the original name for the U.S. TV channel now known as A&E Network
149AEDTAustralian Eastern Daylight Time
150AEFAmerican Expeditionary Force
151AEGISAirborne Early warning Ground environment Interface Segment (fake etymology)
152AESRAeronautical Equipment Service Record
153AESTAustralian Eastern Standard Time
154aetAfter extra time (Football)
155AEWAirborne Early Warning,Airborne Electronic Warfare
156AFAfghanistan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Air Force,As f*ck
157aFAttofarad
158AFAU.S. Air Force Academy,Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (Spanish for 'Argentine Football Association')
159AFAICAs Far As I'm Concerned
160AFAICTAs Far As I Can Tell
161AFAIKAs Far As I Know
162AFAIRAs Far As I Remember/Recall
163AFAMAssociazione Friulana di Astronomia e Meteorologia (Italian,'Friuli Association of Astronomy and Meteorology'),Department of African and Afro-American Studies,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — notable for its links to the school's academic-athletic scandal in the 2010s
164AFATDSAdvanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System
165AFCEAArmed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
166AFDBAfrican Development Bank
167AFESAutomatic Fire Extinguishing System
168AFGAfghanistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
169AFIFrench Territory of the Afars and Issas (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1977),'Agencia Federal de Investigaciónes' (México)
170AFISTAbrams Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
171AFJApril Fool's Joke
172AFKAway From Keyboard (Internet chat abbreviation)
173AFLACAmerican Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus
174AFOAssociation of Field Ornithologists
175AFOSRU.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research
176AFPAgence France-Presse (French,'French Press Agency'), Australian Federal Police
177AFQTArmed Forces Qualification Test
178AFRCAir Force Reserve Command
179AFRLAir Force Research Laboratory
180AFROTCAir Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
181AFRRI(U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
182AFRTSArmed Forces Radio and Television Service
183AFSCU.S. Air Force Staff College (obsolete; replaced with JFSC), U.S. Air Force Systems Command
184AFSCNU.S. Air Force Satellite Control Network
185AFSPCAir Force Space Command
186AFTAmerican Farmland Trust
187AFVarmoured fighting vehicle
188AGair gunner,Aktiengesellschaft (German,'incorporated'),Algeria (FIPS 10-4 country code),Antigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166 digram),Assemblies of God
189agAttogram
190AgSilver (Latin for 'argentum')
191AGAAB Gas-accumulator ('ah-gah',Swedish company),Advanced Graphics Architecture
192AGARDAdvisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development
193AGARDographAdvanced Guidance for Alliance Research and Development publication
194AGASAAkeno Giant Air Shower Array (cosmic ray detector)
195AGBInternal Nintendo initialism (Advanced Game Boy) for Game Boy Advance
196AGCAdjutant General's Corps (British Army)
197AGDCAustralian Game Developers' Conference
198AGIAuxiliary Group Intelligence
199AGMAnnual General Meeting
200AGNActive Galactic Nucleus
201AGOAngola (ISO 3166 trigram)
202AGPAccelerated Graphics Port
203AGRICOLAAgriculture Online Access
204AGSAlaska Ground Station (LandSat)
205AGTSAdvanced Gunnery Training System
206AGUAmerican Geophysical Union
207AGWAutonomous Guided Weapon
208AhAmpere-hour
209AHAttack Helicopter
210aHAttohenry
211AHAAmerican Heart Association
212AHCPRAgency for Health Care Policy and Research (obsolete; replaced with AHRQ)
213AHECAustralian Health Ethics Committee
214AHPCRCArmy High Performance Computing Research Center
215AHQAir Headquarters
216AHRQAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality
217AHSAmerican Housing Survey
218AIAir Interdiction,Amnesty International,Artificial Insemination,Artificial Intelligence,Anguilla (ISO 3166 digram)
219AIAAerospace Industries Association,American Institute of Architects,Anguilla (ISO 3166 trigram)
220AIAAAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
221AICAfrican Independent Church,Animal Identification Coordinator
222AICDAustralian Institute of Company Directors
223AICMFPAnd I Claim My Five Pounds
224AIDU.S. Agency for International Development
225AIDSAcquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
226AIMAustralian Institute of Management
227AIMPAurora Incremental Modernization Project
228AIPACAmerican Israel Public Affairs Committee
229AIRAircraft Inventory Record
230AIRFAAmerican Indian Religious Freedom Act
231AIRSAerometric Information Retrieval System (obsolete; replaced with AFS)
232AISAustralian Institute of Sport,Automatic Identification System
233AISB(British Society for the Study of) Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour
234aJAttojoule
235AJAzerbaijan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
236AjaxAsynchronous JavaScript And XML
237AJDAstronomical Julian day
238AJPAllied Joint Publication
239AJPWAll Japan Pro Wrestling
240AKAlaska (postal symbol)
241aKAttokelvin
242AKAAbove knee amputation (orthopaedic usage)
243AKDTAlaska Standard Daylight Saving Time (UTC8 hours)
244AKPAdalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (Turkish,'Justice and Development Party')
245AKSTAlaska Standard Time (UTC9 hours)
246ALAlabama (postal symbol),Albania (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Anno Lucis (Latin,'Year of Light',in Masonic tradition,most often seen on plaques bearing the founding dates of buildings,in years AD and years AL)
247AlAluminium
248aLAttolitre
249ALAÅland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
250ALAPAs Long/Late As Possible
251ALARMAir-Launched Anti-Radar Missile
252ALBAlbania (ISO 3166 trigram)
253ALDAccounting Line Designator (nuclear weapon targeting)
254ALERTAdvanced Linked Extended Reconnaissance and Targeting,Attack and Launch Early Reporting to Theatre
255ALFAfrica Leadership Forum,Alien Life Form (cf. ALF (TV series)),Animal Liberation Front
256ALGAlgeria (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
257ALGOLALGOrithmic Language
258ALPAAir Line Pilots Association
259ALSAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
260ALSHSAbraham Low Self-Help Systems
261ALSPAggregate Level Simulation Protocol
262ALTEAssociation of Language Testers in Europe
263AmAmericium
264AMAmplitude Modulation and Ante Meridiem; see entry,Armenia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
265AM1Airman 1st class
266AMCBU.S. Army/Marine Corps Board
267AMFOMAdvanced Missile Fly Out Model
268AMFRAge-specific Marital Fertility Rate,Amplitude Modulation Following Response
269AMFRSAdvanced Multi-Function Radio Frequency System,Automatic Multisensor Feature-based Recognition System
270AMLAcute Myeloid Leukaemia
271AMLCDActive Matrix Liquid Crystal Display
272AMLOAndrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexican politician),Anti-Money Laundering Office (Thailand government agency)
273AMOAtlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
274AMOLEDActive-matrix organic light-emitting diode
275AMOSAdvanced MOrtar System,Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory
276AMPAdenosine MonoPhosphate,Automated Mission Planner
277AMRAAMAdvanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile
278AMRDECU.S. Aviation & Missile Research,Development,& Engineering Center
279AMSAgriculture Marketing Service,American Mathematical Society
280AMSAAU.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity
281AMSOU.S. Army Model and Simulation Office
282AMSUAdvanced Microwave Sounding Unit
283AMTEUK Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment (1977-1984)
284ANAndorra (FIPS 10-4 country code),Netherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 digram)
285aNAttonewton
286ANAAdministration for Native Americans,Afghan National Army,All Nippon Airways,Anti-Nuclear Anti-body,Australian National Airways,Australian Natives' Association
287ANCAfrican National Congress
288ANDAndorra (ISO 3166 trigram)
289ANFOAmmonium nitrate/fuel oil (explosive)
290ANGLiCoAir/Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
291ANLArgonne National Laboratory
292ANMAcoustic Noise Monitor
293ANOVAANalysis Of VAriance
294ANSApplied and Natural Sciences
295ANSIAmerican National Standards Institute
296ANTNetherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 trigram),Antigua and Barbuda (IOC trigram,but not ISO 3166 or FIFA)
297ANTMAmerica's Next Top Model
298ANTYAcronyms,No Thank You
299ANWRArctic National Wildlife Refuge /ˈænwɑr/
300ANZAustralia and New Zealand Banking Group
301ANZACAustralian and New Zealand Army Corps
302AOAngola (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Approach Officer (submarine),Area of Operations
303AOCAir Operations Centre,Air Officer Commanding
304AODAdrenalin O.D. (punk rock band)
305AOIAngle Of Incidence (Arab Organization for Industrialization)
306AOLAmerica OnLine
307AORArea of Responsibility
308AOSTHAdventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
309AOTSAttack of the Show!
310AOUAmerican Ornithologists' Union
311APAdvanced Placement,Air Publication,Andhra Pradesh (Indian state code),Armed Forces Pacific (postal symbol),Associated Press,Auto Pilot
312APBAll Points Bulletin (police jargon)
313APECAsia Pacific Economic Cooperation
314APEDSAMSAA Performance Estimates Data System
315APEXApplied Physics Express
316APHAAmerican Public Health Association
317APHISAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service
318APLAcute Promyeloid Leukaemia,Anti-Personnel Landmine,Applied Physics Laboratory (Johns Hopkins University)
319APODAerial Port (Airport) Of Debarkation
320APOEAerial Port (Airport) Of Embarkation
321APOLLOApache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation
322APPAllied Procedural Publication
323APRAnnual Percentage Rate
324AQIMAl-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
325ArArgon
326ARAGAdvanced Research and Assessment Group
327ARBAdministrative Review Board
328ARBAArmy Review Boards Agency
329ARCAAutomobile Racing Club of America
330ARCENTUnited States Army Central Command
331ARDAAdvanced Research and Development Activity (became DTO 2006)
332ARFASEAN Regional Forum
333ARGArgentina (ISO 3166 trigram)
334ARHArmed Reconnaissance Helicopter
335ARNetAcquisition Reform Network
336ARPApplied Research Programme
337ARPAAdvanced Research Projects Agency
338ARRCACE Rapid Reaction Corps
339ARRFAllied Rapid Reaction Force
340ARRLAmerican Radio Relay League
341ARSCArctic Region Supercomputing Center
342ARSPACEU.S. Army Space Command
343ARTCCAir Route Traffic Control Center
344ARWGArmy Research Working Group
345ASActionScript
346ASAmerican Samoa (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram),Australia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Assam / Asom (Indian state code)
347AsArsenic
348aSAttosiemens
349ASAAcetylSalicylic Acid,American Standards Association,Army Security Agency,Atlantic Southeast Airlines
350ASAPAs Soon As Possible
351ASARSAdvanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System,Airborne Search and Rescue System
352asblassociation sans but lucratif (French 'Non-profit organisation')
353ASBOAnti-Social Behaviour Order
354ASCAPAmerican Society of Composers,Authors,and Publishers
355ASCCArmy Service Component Commander,Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator,Air Standardization Coordinating Committee
356ASCIIAmerican Standard Code for Information Interchange
357ASD(U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense,autism spectrum disorder
358ASDICAllied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee (Sonar)
359ASEANAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations
360ASFARAmericans for a Society Free of Age Restrictions
361ASGArea Support Group
362ASICAustralian Securities and Investments Commission,Aviation Security Identification Card
363ASICSAnima sana in corpore sano (Latin for 'A sound mind in a sound body') (athletic shoe manufacturer)
364ASIOAustralian Security Intelligence Organisation,Audio stream input output
365ASIPAdvanced System Improvement Program,Army Stationing and Installation Plan,Application-specific instruction-set processor
366ASLAbove Sea Level,American Sign Language (also known as Ameslan),'Age,Sex,Location?' (Internet slang)
367ASMAir-to-Surface Missile,American Samoa (ISO 3166 trigram),American Society for Metals,American Society for Microbiology
368ASMBAmerican Society for Matrix Biology,Adult Swim Message Board
369ASMEAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers,American Society of Magazine ors
370ASMPAir-Sol Moyenne Portée missile (French 'Medium-range air to surface'),Asymmetric multiprocessing
371ASNAssociate of Science in Nursing
372ASOCAir Sovereignty Operations Centre,Air Support Operations Centre,Airport Security and Operations Centre,Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition,Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus,Australian Standard Offence Classification
373ASPActive Server Pages,American Society of Primatologists,Ammunition Supply Point,Application Service Provider (cf internet service provider),Astronomical Society of the Pacific,Association of Surfing Professionals
374ASPIAustralian Strategic Policy Institute
375ASRAlkali-silica reaction,Anti Slip Regulation
376ASRAAMAdvanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile
377ASSCAssociation for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
378ASTAtlantic Standard Time (UTC4 hours)
379ASTIAArmed Services Technical Information Agency
380ASTMAmerican Society for Testing and Materials
381ASTREAAerial Support To Regional Enforcement Agencies (sheriff's air support unit)
382ASUWAntiSUrface Warfare
383ASVABArmed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery(taken by juniors in high school in the USA)
384ASVELAssociation Sportive Villeurbanne Éveil Lyonnais (Association Sportive is French for 'Sporting Association'; the club was founded through the merger of AS Villeurbanne and Éveil Lyonnais)
385ASWAntiSubmarine Warfare
386ASWORG(U.S.) AntiSubmarine Warfare Operations Research Group
387ASXAdvanced Stream Redirector,Australian Securities Exchange
388ATAnti-Tank,Ashmore and Cartier Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Austria (ISO 3166 digram),Advanced Technology (IBM Personal Computer/AT)
389AtAstatine
390aTAttotesla
391ATAAdvanced Technology Attachment (IBM Personal Computer),Afghan Transitional Authority,Allen Telescope Array,Antarctica (ISO 3166 trigram)
392ATACAir Transportable Acoustic Communications
393ATAPIAdvanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
394ATATAiken Tactical Airsoft Team / Star Wars vehicle
395ATBActive Time Battle,British Antarctic Territory (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1979)
396ATCAir Training Corps, U.S. Air Transport Command (1942-1948), Athletic Trainer,Certified
397ATESSAerospace and Telecommunications Engineering Support Squadron
398ATFFrench Southern Territories (ISO 3166 trigram),(U.S.) Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives
399ATGAntigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166 and FIFA trigram)
400ATGMAnti-Tank Guided Missile
401ATGWAnti-Tank Guided Weapon
402ATKAttack
403ATLAtlanta,Georgia,the largest city and capital of Georgia
404ATLASAll-Terrain Lifter Army System,Assessment Tool for LAnd Systems
405ATMAutomated Teller Machine,Asynchronous Transfer Mode,At The Moment
406ATNDronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1983)
407ATOAir Tasking Order,Australian Taxation Office
408ATPAdenosine TriPhosphate,Allied Tactical Publication,Ammunition Transfer Point
409ATSD(U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense
410ATSDRAgency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
411ATVAll-Terrain Vehicle
412ATWAAir,Trees,Water,Animals
413AUAfrican Union (was OAU before 2000),American University,Astronomical Unit,Australia (ISO 3166 digram),Austria (FIPS 10-4 country code)
414AuGold (Latin 'Aurum')
415AUCAb Urbe Condita / Anno Urbis Conditae (Latin for 'from the founding of the city' / 'in the year since the founding of the city') (of Rome),Area Under the Curve (concentration time curve; medicine)
416AUSAustralia (ISO 3166 trigram)
417AUSCANNZUKUSAustralia,Canada,New Zealand,United Kingdom,United States (security designation)
418AuslanAustralian Sign Language
419AUTAustria (ISO 3166 trigram)
420AUTLArmy Universal Task List
421AVAnguilla (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Audio-Visual,Aviation
422AvAperture value (photographic mode)
423aVAttovolt
424AVAAmerican Viticultural Area
425AVBAudio Video Bridging
426AVDLRAviation Depot Level Repair
427AVGPArmoured Vehicle, General Purpose
428AVIMAviation Intermediate Maintenance
429AVLBArmoured Vehicle Launched Body
430AVMAir Vice-Marshal, Arteriovenous malformation
431AVOApprehended Violence Order
432AVPArubaanse Volkspartij
433AVPAssociation of Volleyball Professionals
434AVREArmoured Vehicle Royal Engineers
435AVTBArmoured Vehicle Test Bed,Aviation Test Bed
436AVUMAviation Unit Maintenance
437AVVOAcute Vaginal Venereal Outbreak
438AWAruba (ISO 3166 digram)
439aWAttowatt
440AWAAmerican Wrestling Association
441AWCAir Warfare Centre
442AWDAll Wheel Drive
443AWEAdvanced Warfighting Experiment
444AWPAwaiting Parts (SM&R code)
445AWSIMAir Warfare SIMulation
446AWSTAustralian Western Standard Time
447AWWAbove Water Warfare
448AXÅland Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
449AXPAmbulance eXchange Point
450AYAntarctica (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
451AYBABTUAll Your Base Are Belong To Us
452AYUAs Yet Unknown
453AZArizona (postal symbol),Azerbaijan (ISO 3166 digram),Alkmaar Zaanstreek (Dutch football club)
454AZEAzerbaijan (ISO 3166 trigram)
455AZURActions en zone urbaine (French for: Urban Operations)
456BARBarbados (IOC trigram,but not FIFA or ISO 3166),British American Racing,Browning Automatic Rifle,Buy-American Restrictions,BARD , Binational Agricultural Research and Development fund (between the US and Israel),BARDA , Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency,BART , Bay Area Rapid Transit,BAS , Battalion Aid Station,BASE , Building,Antenna,Span,Earth (parachute from),BASF , Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory,a German chemicals company),BASIC , Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (acronym was added later,originally it was simply Basic),BAT , Basic Aid Training,BATF , U.S. Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,and Firearms,BATS , Behavior Analysis Training System ,Bradley Advanced Training System,BATTeRS , Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescope for Rapid Survey,BB[edit]
457BBBarbados (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code),Boys' Brigade (Christian youth organization),Brigitte Bardot (actress),Bumblebee
458BBBBetter Business Bureau,Blood-brain barrier
459BBCBreeding Bird Census,British Broadcasting Corporation,Bumper to Back of Cab (trucking measurement)
460BBLBe Back Later,Bird Banding Laboratory,British Basketball League
461BBNBolt,Beranek and Newman
462BBQBarbecue
463BBSBreeding Bird Survey (North America),Brigade/Battalion Battle Simulation,Bulletin Board System,BBSRC , U.K. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council,BBVA , Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (Spanish bank)
464BBYOB'nai B'rith Youth Organization
465BCBefore Christ,Blind Copy (in emailers),Boston College,Botswana (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Bechuanaland),British Columbia (postal symbol)
466BCABachelor of Computer Application,Black Coaches & Administrators
467BCCBlind Carbon Copy
468BCCIBank of Credit and Commerce International,Board of Control for Cricket in India,BCD , Binary-Coded Decimal
469BEABanque extérieure d'Algérie,British European Airways (ancestor of British Airways),British Electricity Authority,bel
470BELBelgium (ISO 3166 trigram)
471BENBenin (ISO 3166 trigram)
472BEOBanquet Event Order
473BERCBusiness Environmental Resource Center
474BERBit Error Rate
475BHBahrain (ISO 3166 digram),Belize (FIPS 10-4 country code)
476BHRBahrain (ISO 3166 trigram)
477BNFBackus-Naur Form (computing), British National Formulary
478BNICEBiological,Nuclear,Incendiary,Chemical,and Explosive Agents
479BNPBritish National Party,Banque Nationale de Paris,a predecessor to today's BNP Paribas
480BNSBank of Nova Scotia
481BNSFBurlington Northern Santa Fe (also AAR reporting mark)
482BOBack Orifice,Belarus (FIPS 10-4 country code),Biarritz Olympique (French rugby union club),Bolivia (ISO 3166 digram),Body odor
483BOACBritish Overseas Airways Corporation (predecessor of British Airways)
484BoAMLBank of America Merrill Lynch
485BOCBritish Orthodontic Society, British Oxygen Company
486BÖCBlue Öyster Cult
487BODMASBrackets,Orders,Division,Multiplication,Addition,Subtraction
488BOFHBastard Operator From Hell
489BOGABend Over and Grab Ankles
490BOGOFBuy One,Get One Free
491BOGsBunch of Guys
492BOIBalance Of Investment,Basis Of Issue
493BOLBolivia (ISO 3166 trigram)
494BOMBase Object Model,Bill Of Materials,Block of the Month quilting term,Business opportunity meeting
495BOPDBarrel of Oil Per Day
496BOSBattlefield Operating System
497BOTBalance of Trade,Botswana (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Build Operate Transfer,Bank of Thailand,BP[edit]
498BPBattle Position,British Petroleum (today,BP does not officially stand for anything),Solomon Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code; from British Protectorate of the Solomon Islands),Bp , Bishop,BPD , Bipolar Personality Disorder,BPM , Beats Per Minute,BPMo , Business Process Mobility
499BPVBattlefield Planning Visualization,Bovine papillomavirus
500BQBritish Antarctic Territory (former ISO 3166 digram; merged with AQ in 1979),Caribbean Netherlands (current ISO 3166 digram; based on the entity's alternate name of Bonaire,Sint Eustatius and Saba),Navassa Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
501BRBrazil (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) ,Bihar (Indian state code),British Rail,Break Ranks (marching band term)
502BRABrazil (ISO 3166 trigram)
503BRAGBicycle Ride Across Georgia
504BRASSBreathe,Relax,Aim,Sight,Squeeze (acronym for using a rifle)
505BRICBrazil, Russia, India, and China
506BRICSBrazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa
507BSABirmingham Small Arms (motorcycles company),Boy Scouts of America,Brigade Support Area
508BSatCoPBenjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins
509BSEBovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (better known as mad cow disease)
510BSNBaloncesto Superior Nacional (Spanish,'National Superior Basketball'; top Puerto Rican league),Bank Simpanan Nasional (Malay,'National Savings Bank'; government-owned Malaysian bank)
511BSNLBharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,Bachelor of Science in Nursing
512BSoDBlue Screen of Death (distinct from BSD)
513BSPBetween-Show Promotion,Binary Space Partitioning,Board Support Package,British Standard Pipe (screw thread),Business-sponsored,Bone sialoprotein
514BSTBinary search tree,Blended Sales Tax,Bovine somatotropin,British Summer Time
515BSWBritish Standard Whitworth (screw thread)
516BSXBendigo Stock Exchange
517BTBaal teshuva (Hebrew,'master of repentance') ,used to describe a Jew who adopts Orthodox Judaism as an adult,Bathythermograph,Bhutan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),BitTorrent,British Telecom,the former name of the company now known as BT Group,BTDT , Been There,Done That,Bti , Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis,BTID , Battlefield Target Identification Device,BTIS , Battlefield Target Identification System
518BtBaronet,Bacillus thuringiensis
519BTOBuilt To Order
520BTPBritish Transport Police
521BTRBronetransporter (БТР = Бронетранспортер '(Heavy) Armoured (Personnel) Transporter')
522BTUBritish Thermal Unit
523BTWBy The Way
524BUBulgaria (FIPS 10-4 country code) -,Burma (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1989)
525BUAVBritish Union for the Abolition of Vivisection
526BUG-EBattlefield Universal Gateway Equipment ('buggy')
527BUNOBureau Number (aircraft serial number)
528BURBurma (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1989)
529BVBackground Vocals -,Battlefield Visualization ,,Bouvet Island (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
530BVDBradley,Voorhees & Day (underwear manufacturer)
531BVRBeyond Visual Range
532BVTBouvet Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
533B&WBabcock & Wilcox, Black and White, Bowers & Wilkins
534BWBring Wedges (ISO digram)
535BWBotswana (ISO 3166 digram)
536BWABotswana (ISO 3166 trigram)
537BWARSBees,Wasps & Ants Recording Society
538BWCBiological and Toxin Weapons Convention
539BWRBoiling-Water Reactor
540BXBase eXchange
541BYBurundi (FIPS 10-4 country code), Belarus (ISO 3166 digram), Bavaria
542BYOBBring Your Own Bottle (or beer, beverage, or booze) (multiple,but similar,meanings)
543BYOCBring Your Own Computer (play on BYOB)
544BYOFBring Your Own Flask
545BYSByelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1992)
546BYUBrigham Young University
547BZBelize (ISO 3166 digram)
548BZPBenzylpiperazine
549CCarbon, Coulomb, One Hundred (in Roman numerals)
550cCenti
551C2CConsumer-To-Consumer electronic commerce, Cam-To-Cam internet chat
552c2cthe British rail company formerly known as LTS Rail
553CaCalcium
554CACalifornia (postal symbol),Canada (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Catalonia,Civil Affairs,Close Armour,Cocaine Anonymous,Computer Associates,Counter-Air,Cricket Australia
555CAACanadian Automobile Association,(NORAD) Center for Aerospace Analysis,(U.S.) Center for Army Analysis,(U.S.) Clean Air Act,(U.S. Army) Concepts Analysis Agency,Civil Aviation Authority,Colonial Athletic Association
556CAATCampaign Against Arms Trade,Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
557CACCalifornia Association of Criminalists,Chronic Asymptomatic [Disease] Carrier
558CACMCentral American Common Market
559CACMCommunications of the ACM
560CADCAMComputer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing
561CADMIDConcept,Assessment,Demonstration,Manufacture,In service,Disposal (life cycle mnemonic)
562CADPATCAnadian Disruptive PATtern
563CAECanadian Aviation Electronics (originally),Certificate in Advanced English
564CAEnClose Action Engagement (constructive simulation)
565CAFCentral African Republic (ISO 3166 trigram),Confederation of African Football (or French Confédération Africaine de Football)
566CAFADCombined Arms For Air Defence
567CAFDECanadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters,Computer Aided Federation Development Environment
568CAFECorporate Average Fuel Economy standard
569CAIComputer Assisted Instruction
570CAIRCouncil on American-Islamic Relations
571CALABARZONA region in the Philippines: CAvite,LAguna,BAtangas,Rizal,queZON
572CALLCenter for Army Lessons Learned
573CALMCommunications,Air-interface,Long and Medium range
574CalPERSCalifornia Public Employees' Retirement System
575CaltransCalifornia Department of Transpotation
576CAMChemical Agent Monitor,Complementary and alternative medicine,Computer-Aided Manufacturing,Crassulacean acid metabolism (type of photosynthesis)
577CAMRACAMpaign for Real Ale
578CANCanada (ISO 3166 trigram)
579CANDUCANada Deuterium Uranium (nuclear reactor design)
580CanolaCanadian oil,low acid (referring to a specific cultivar of rapeseed bred to have a low erucic acid content)
581CAPESCAPability Evaluation System,Combined Arms Planning and Execution System
582CARECitizens Association for Racial Equality (former New Zealand organisation),Community database on Accidents on the Roads in Europe,Cooperative for Aid and Relief Everywhere (originally Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe)
583CARMONETTEComputerized Monte Carlo Simulation
584CARPComputed Air Release Point
585CARTChampionship Auto Racing Teams (now defunct)
586CASChemical Abstracts Service,Chief of the Air Staff,Close Air Support
587CASACivil Aviation Safety Authority
588CASECellular ammunition storage equipment,Computer-Aided Software Engineering
589CASSCommand Activated Sonobuoy System
590CASTFOREMCombined Arms and Support Task FORce Evaluation Model
591CASTORCanadian Automatic Small Telescopes for Orbital Research
592CATCommunity Acceptance Testing
593CATKCounterattack
594CATSComputer Active Technology Suspension
595CATTCombined Arms Tactical Trainer
596CAVCavalry
597CAVOKCeiling And Visibility OK ('Kav-okay')
598CAWCanadian Auto Workers (trade union)
599CBCitizens' Band radio,Cambodia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
600CBASSECommission on Behavioral And Social Sciences and Education ('sea bass')
601CBCCanadian Broadcasting Corporation,Christmas Bird Count,Cipher-Block Chaining,Cornering Brake Control
602CBECommander of the Order of the British Empire,Cab Beside Engine (see truck)
603CBFConfederação Brasileira de Futebol (Portuguese,'Brazilian Football Confederation')
604CBGBCountry,Blue Grass,and Blues (former New York City nightclub)
605CBLAComparative bullet lead analysis
606CBMCanadian Baptist Ministries
607CBMCommodore Business Machines
608CBMLCoalition Battle Management Language
609CBNCardsApp Brand Number
610CBOLConsortium for the Barcode of Life
611CBOTChicago Board of Trade
612CBRCase-Based Reasoning
613CBRNChemical,Biological,Radiological,or Nuclear (weapon or event)
614CBRNEChemical,Biological,Radiological,Nuclear or [high-yield] Explosive (weapon or event)
615CBSColumbia Broadcasting System,Corps Battle Simulation
616CBUSColumbus,Ohio
617CCcarbon copy
618CCACounter Command Activity
619CCCCanterbury Clothing Company,Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.,1930s and 1940s),Corpus Christi College,Oxford
620CCCPCentral Committee of the Communist Party,Cyrillic for SSSR (Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik,Russian Союз Советских Социалистических Республик,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
621CCDCharge-Coupled Device,Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (Catechism)
622CCFCartoon Cartoon Fridays
623CCGCanadian Coast Guard,Collectible Card Game
624CCGCCanadian Coast Guard Cutter,Canadian Coast Guard College
625CCGHCanadian Coast Guard Hovercraft
626CCGSCanadian Coast Guard Ship,Christ Church Grammar School
627CCHComputer-Controlled Hostile
628CCIFComité consultatif international des communications téléphoniques à grande distance (French for International Telephone Consultative Committee,merged with the CCIT in 1956 to form the CCITT)
629CCIICommand and Control Information Infrastructure,Community Capital Investment Initiative
630CCIRComité 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
631CCITComité consultatif international télégraphique (French for International Telegraph Consultative Committee,merged with the CCIF in 1956 to form the CCITT)
632CCITTComité consultatif international téléphonique et télégraphique (French for International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee,became the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector,ITU-T,in 1992)
633CCKCholecystokinin,Cocos (Keeling) Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
634CCMCanada 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
635CCOCCanadian Children's Opera Chorus,Crosley Car Owners Club
636CCOPCoalition Common Operating/Operational Picture
637CCPCasualty Collection Point,Communications Checkpoint,Contingency Communications Package
638CCPAConsumer Credit Protection Act
639CCRCreedence Clearwater Revival
640CCRApCanadian Conservative Reform Alliance party
641CCRPCommand and Control Research Program
642CCRTSCommand and Control Research and Technology Symposium
643CCSCSConsultative Committee for Space Data Systems
644CCSCSCoordinadora de Centrales Sindicales del Cono Sur
645CCSILCommand and Control Simulation Interface Language ('cecil')
646CCSKCyclic Code Shift Keying
647CCTCurrent Commitments Team
648CdCadmium
649cdCandela
650CDCompact Disc
651CD1Cluster of Differentiation 1 (a small gene family)
652CDAUK Centre for Defence Analysis
653CDDCapabilities Development Document
654CDEChemical Defence Equipment
655CDIACCarbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center ('see-dee-ack')
656CDipAFCertified Diploma in Accounting and Finance
657CDLCommercial driver's license
658CDMClean Development Mechanism (Kyoto protocol), Cold Dark Matter (astronomy)
659CDMACode Division Multiple Access
660CDMSIICryogenic Dark Matter Search II
661CdrCommander
662CDTCentral Daylight Time (UTC5 hours)
663CdtCommandant
664CeCerium
665CEChristian/Common Era
666CEACampaign Effectiveness Analysis
667CECOMU.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command
668CEDEXCourrier d'entreprise à distribution exceptionnelle (French,'Company Mail with Exceptional Distribution'; 'exceptional' refers to the volume of mail)
669CEGEPCollège d'enseignement général et professionnel (French,'College of General and Vocational Education')
670CEICompetitive Enterprise Institute
671CENTCOMUnited States Central Command
672CENTOCentral Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)
673CENZUBCentre d'entraînement aux actions en zone urbaine (French,'Urban Operations Training Centre')
674CEOChief Executive Officer
675CEPCircular Error Probable
676CEPTConférence européenne des administrations des postes et des télécommunications (French,'European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations')
677CERCLAU.S. Comprehensive Environmental Response,Compensation,and Liability Act (Superfund)
678CERDECU.S. Communications-Electronics Research,Development and Engineering Center
679CERGACentre de recherches en géodynamique et astrométrie (French,'Astrometry and Geodynamics Research Centre')
680CERNCentre européen pour la recherche nucléaire (French,'European Organization for Nuclear Research')
681CERTComputer Emergency Response Team
682CESSCentre for Earth Science Studies (India)
683CESTCentral European Summer Time
684CETCentral European Time
685CEWCCouncil for Education in World Citizenship
686CfCalifornium
687CFCanadian Forces,Central African Republic (ISO 3166 digram),Republic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code)
688CFACat Fanciers' Association,Chartered Financial Analyst,Colour Filtering Array,County Fire Authority,Covering Force Area
689CFARChristine's,Federal Acquisition Regulation
690CFCChloroFluoroCarbon,Canadian Fish Company
691CFESContinuous Flow Electrophoresis System
692CFFZCall For Fire Zone
693CFGContext-free grammar,Control flow graph
694CFHTCanada-France-Hawaii Telescope
695CFICenter for Inquiry (CSICOP)
696CFLCanadian Football League,Co-ordinated Fire Line
697CFLCCCoalition Forces Land Component Command
698CFMCertified Facilities Manager
699CFOChief Financial Officer
700CFPCall for papers, College Football Playoff, Common Fisheries Policy (EU)
701CFRCode of Federal Regulations,Căile Ferate Române (Romanian,'Romanian Railways')
702CFRPCarbon fibre reinforced plastic
703CFSChronic Fatigue Syndrome
704CFSPCommon Foreign and Security Policy
705CFUColony Forming Unit in Microbiology
706CFVCavalry Fighting Vehicle
707CFZCritical Friendly Zone
708CGClient Group,Computer Graphics,Controls Group,Democratic Republic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code),Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 digram)
709CGHComparative Genomic Hybridisation
710CGIGCross-Government Implementation Group
711CGORepublic of the Congo (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
712CGSChief of the General Staff
713CGTCapital Gains Tax
714chch(L) is used to denote the Chern character of a line bundle
715CHChieftain tank,China (FIPS 10-4 country code),Switzerland (ISO 3166 digram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
716CHAMPUS(U.S.) Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (now known as TRICARE)
717CHAOSCambridge Heart Anti-Oxidant Study
718CHAPSClearing House Automated Payment System
719CHDKCanon Hack Development Kit (Canon camera firmware hack)
720CHESwitzerland (ISO 3166 trigram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
721CHIColumbia Helicopters,Inc
722CHiPCalifornia Highway Patrol
723CHIPSCosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
724CHLChile (ISO 3166 trigram)
725CHLACore Historical Literature of Agriculture
726CHNChina (ISO 3166 trigram)
727CHOGMCommonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
728CHPSOCalifornia Hospital Patient Safety Organization
729CHRSCanadian Heart Rhythm Society
730CHTCertified Hand Therapist
731CIChile (FIPS 10-4 country code),Côte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 digram),Counter-Intelligence,101 (in Roman numerals)
732CiCurie
733CIAU.S. Central Intelligence Agency, Cairo International Airport, Culinary Institute of America
734CIAOCritical Infrastructure Assurance Office,Component-Integrated ACE ORB
735CIBComplete In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
736CIBCCanadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
737CICSCustomer Information Control System (IBM mainframe software; 'kicks' or 'C-I-C-S')
738CIDCertified Interior Designer
739CIEFComité international d'enregistrement des fréquences (International Frequency Registration Board)
740CIFCost,Insurance,and Freight (Paid) (shipping)
741CIMMYTCentro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo (Spanish,'International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center')
742CINCCommander in Chief
743CINEOSCampo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey
744CIOChief information officer,Congress of Industrial Organizations
745CIPE(European) Centre for International Political Economy
746CIR(Commander's) Critical Information Requirements
747CIRCorotating Interaction Region
748CISCanadian Interuniversity Sport,Commonwealth of Independent States,Command and Information System,Communication and Information System
749CISA(U.S.) C4I Integration Support Activity
750CISBComplete In Sealed Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
751CISPRComité international spécial des perturbations radioélectriques (Special International Committee on Radio Interference)
752CISSPCertified Information Systems Security Professional
753CITESConvention on International Trade in Endangered Species (of Wild Fauna and Flora) ('sigh-tease')
754CIVCôte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 trigram)
755CIVETSColombia,Indonesia,Vietnam,Egypt,Turkey,South Africa (economics)
756CIVPOPCivilian Population
757CIWSClose-In Weapon System
758CJCayman Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code),Criminal Justice
759CJCCanadian Jewish Congress,Cold Junction Compensation
760CJCSChairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
761CJDChronological Julian Day,Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
762CJOChief of Joint Operations
763CJTFCombined Joint Task Force
764CKCocos (Keeling) Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code),Cook Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
765CKAcommonly known as, Canada Kicks Ass
766CKNDCodename: Kids Next Door
767CLChile (ISO 3166 digram),Co-ordination Line,One Hundred and Fifty (in Roman numerals)
768ClChlorine
769CLAClutterers Anonymous
770CLECCompetitive Local Exchange Carrier
771CLEMARSCalifornia Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Radio System
772CLICCompact LInear Collider
773CLOCornell Lab of Ornithology
774CLOSCommand to Line-Of-Sight (missile control system)
775CLPFCCentroLateral PreFrontal Cortex
776CLRPCollege Loan Repayment Program
777CMCameroon (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Cruise Missile,Nine Hundred (in Roman numerals)
778CmCurium
779CMAU.S. Chemical Materials Agency,Country Music Association (also used to refer to the organization's annual awards),Crystal Meth Anonymous
780CMHCCanada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
781CMIIAWCorrect me if I am wrong
782CMISCommon management information service
783CMJChristopher Martin-Jenkins (BBC sports commentator)
784CMLLConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (Spanish,'Worldwide Wrestling Council'—Mexican professional wrestling promotion)
785CMMCapability Maturity Model
786CMMCCorps Materiel Management Centre
787CMMLChronic MyeloMonocytic Leukemia,Continuous Media Markup Language
788CMOSCanadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society,(The) Chicago Manual of Style,Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
789CMPCommon [Operating/Operational] Maritime Picture
790CMPDCharlotte Mecklenburg Police Department
791CMPDChronic Myeloproliferative Disease
792CMRCameroon (ISO 3166 trigram),Coaxial Main Rotors (helicopter type)
793CMSCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services,The Chicago Manual of Style
794CMTCountry Music Television
795CMUCarnegie Mellon University,Central Michigan University,Concrete Masonry Unit
796CMWMarconi'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)
797CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Key/blacK (colour model)
798CNCanadian National (railway; also the AAR reporting mark for said company),China (ISO 3166 digram),Comoros (FIPS 10-4 country code)
799CNACenter 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
800CNBCConsumer News and Business Channel
801CNDCampaign for Nuclear Disarmament,Computer Network Defence
802CNECanadian National Exhibition,Computer Network Exploitation,Certified Network Engineer
803CNFCost and Freight
804CNIClinical Nursing Intern
805CNICommunications,Navigation and Identification
806CNNCable News Network,Cellular Nonlinear Network
807CNVCopy-Number Variable (genetics)
808CoCobalt
809COBClose Of Business [day]
810COBRAConsolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
811CODCash On Delivery,Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 trigram)
812CoDACo-Dependents Anonymous
813COGENTCognitive Objects within a Graphical EnviroNmenT
814COILChemical Oxygen Iodine Laser
815COKCook Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
816COLColombia (ISO 3166 trigram)
817COLACost Of Living Adjustment
818CONADU.S. Continental Air Defense Command
819CONMEBOLConfederación Sudamericana de Fútbol or Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol (respectively Spanish and Portuguese for 'South American Football Confederation')
820CONUSContinental United States
821COOChief Operating Officer
822COPEU.K. Committee On Publication Ethics
823COPUSU.K. Committee on the Public Understanding of Science
824CORDCommon Operational Requirements Document
825COREConsortium for Oceanographic Research and Education
826COSCooper Ornithological Society
827COSERCOoperative SERvice
828CoTCar of Tomorrow (former NASCAR race car design)
829COTSCommercial Off The Shelf
830CPCanadian Pacific,Check Point,Command Post,Club Penguin
831CPACertified Public Accountant
832CPACConservative Political Action Conference,Cable Public Affairs Channel ('see-pack')
833CPCUCertified Property Casualty Underwriter
834CPDCapabilities Production Document
835CPECertificate of Proficiency in English
836CPECertified Professional Ergonomist
837CPFCalibration Parameter File,Canadian Patrol Frigate
838CPGClinical Practice Guideline
839CPIMCertification on Production and Inventory Management
840CPIRComputationally-Private Information Retrieval
841CPONCertified Pediatric Oncology Nurse
842CPPCCChinese People's Political Consultative Conference
843CPRCanadian Pacific Railway
844CPRCardiopulmonary resuscitation
845CPSMContinuous Phase Shift Modulation
846CPSUCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
847CPTContingency Planning Team
848CPUContract Postal Unit
849CPVCape Verde (ISO 3166 trigram)
850CPXCommand Post eXercise
851CQCarrier Qualification,Central Queensland,Charge of Quarters,Congressional Quarterly,Constellation Airlines (IATA airline designator),Northern Mariana Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
852CQDClose Quarters Drill (Morse distress code preceding SOS: CQ 'calling all stations',D 'Distress'; often incorrectly interpreted as 'Come Quick,Distress')
853CrChromium
854CRCoral Sea Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Costa Rica (ISO 3166 digram)
855CRAMCombined Radiometric Correction Model
856CRDCapstone Requirements Document
857CREBCyclic AMP-response Element Binding (protein)
858CREEPCommittee for the Re-Election of the President,a pejorative nickname used by opponents
859CRENChristian Real Estate Network Real Estate Association
860CRIChina Radio International,Costa Rica (ISO 3166 trigram)
861CRIPLConsolidated Remain-In-Place List
862CRMCardiac Rhythm Management,Customer Relationship Management
863CROCroatia (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
864CRPCommittee for the Re-Election of the President,Control and Reporting Post
865CRTCardiac Resynchronization Therapy,Cathode Ray Tube,Chinese Remainder Theorem
866CRTCCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
867CsCaesium
868CSACanadian 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
869CSCClosed Spacelike Curve (relativity),Compact system camera,Computer Sciences Corporation,Computer Security Centre,CSCC Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists
870CSERIAC(U.S. DoD) Crew Systems Ergonomics Information Analysis Center
871CSGCorps Support Group
872CSIsee entry
873CSICOPCommittee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (became the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in 2006)
874CSIPCommercial Stable Image Platform (AMD)
875CSISCanadian Security Intelligence Service ('seessiss'),(U.S.) Center for Strategic & International Studies
876CSKCzechoslovakia (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1993)
877CSLU.K. Central Science Laboratory
878CSPICenter for Science in the Public Interest
879CSRControl Supply Rate
880CSRCorporate Social Responsibility
881CSRCConflict Studies Research Centre
882CSRFCross-Site Request Forgery
883CSTCentral Standard Time (UTC6 hours)
884CTComputed 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)
885CTACentral African Republic (FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166 or IOC),Chicago Transit Authority,Comando-Geral de Tecnologia Aerospacial (Portuguese,[Brazilian] 'General Command for Aerospace Technology')
886CTBTComprehensive [Nuclear] Test Ban Treaty
887CTDBCompact Terrain Data Base (file format)
888CTECanton and Enderbury Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984),Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
889CTGFconnective tissue growth factor
890CTICo-operative Target Identification
891CTILCritical Tracked Items List
892CTISCentral Tire Inflation System
893CTMSClinical Trial Management System
894CTOChief Technical Officer,Chief Technology Officer
895CTSClear-To-Send,Collective Training Standards,Communications Technology Service,Contract Technical Services,Conversation Time Sharing,COSMIC Top Secret
896CTSSCompatible Time-Sharing System
897CTUCounter Terrorist Unit (fictional branch of the Central Intelligence Agency in the television action series 24)
898CTVTCanine Transmissible Venereal Tumour
899CuCopper (Latin 'Cuprum')
900CUBCuba (ISO 3166 trigram)
901CUCVCommercial Utility Cargo Vehicle
902CUNYCity University of New York ('CUE-knee')
903CUPECanadian Union of Public Employees ('CUE-pee')
904CUPSCommon Unix Printing System
905CUPWCanadian Union of Postal Workers
906CUREAConsortium for Undergraduate Research and Education in Astronomy
907CuWCopper-tungsten pseudo-alloy (from the chemical symbols of the two component elements)
908CUWCuraçao (ISO 3166 trigram)
909CVcurriculum vitae (résumé)
910CVLLCrypto Variable Logic Label
911CVSDContinuous Variable Slope Delta (modulation)
912CVTContinuously Variable Transmission
913CWCalendar Week, or: Continuous Wave, or: Clothes Washer, or: Cook Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
914CWACommunications Workers of America
915CWCChemical Weapons Convention
916CWRUCase Western Reserve University
917CWSCanadian Wildlife Service
918CXChristmas Island (ISO 3166 digram),or: One Hundred and Ten (in Roman numerals)
919CXRChristmas Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
920CYCalendar year, or: Cyprus (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
921CYMCayman Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
922CZECzech Republic (ISO 3166 trigram)
923CZF(Christian Zombie Fan)
924CZMA(US) Coastal Zone Management Act
925dDeci
926DDeuterium
927DADVSILoi sur le droit dauteur et les droits voisins dans la société de linformation (French,'Law on copyrights and related rights in the information society')
928DAESDefence Acquisition Executive Summary,(UK MoD) Directorate of Analysis,Experimentation and Simulation
929DAFDissolved Air Flotation,a technique used in water treatment
930DAFIFDigital Aeronautical Flight Information File
931DAKDisney's Animal Kingdom
932DAODivision Ammunition Officer
933DAQData acquisition,Delivered Audio Quality
934DAREDrug Abuse Resistance Education
935DARO(U.S.) Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
936DARPAU.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
937DARTDisaster Assistance Response Team,Dublin Area Rapid Transit
938DASDefensive Aids Suite
939DASD(U.S.) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
940DASLDatapoint's Advanced Systems Language
941DAU(U.S.) Defense Acquisition University
942DAWN(U.S.) Drug Abuse Warning Network
943dBDecibel
944DBDeutsche Bahn
945DbDubnium
946DBADe Bellis Antiquitatis (miniature wargaming rules)
947DBBL(U.S. Army Simulation Center) Dismounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
948DBDODesert BDO
949DBEDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
950DBFDetection By Fire (weapon launch signature)
951DBRDe Bellis Renationis (miniature wargaming rules)
952DBRADavis-Bacon Related Acts
953DBSDirect Broadcast Services (television)
954DCda capo,Italian Democrazia Cristiana,Digital Compass,Direct Current,District of Columbia (postal symbol),Douglas Aircraft Company,Dublin Core,Duty Cycle
955DCADefensive Counter Air,Drum Corps Associates,DiChloroAcetate
956DCAA(U.S.) Defense Contract Audit Agency
957DCASDevon and Cornwall Archery Society
958DCCDallas Christian College
959DCD[Organ] Donation after Cardiac Death
960DCEData Communication Equipment
961DCFCDeath Cab for Cutie
962DCIDetection,Classification and Identification,Drum Corps International,Duellists' Convocation International,now known simply by the initials
963DCLDisney Cruise Line
964DCNDeacon
965DCOMDisney Channel Original Movie
966DCSOPSDeputy Chief of Staff for Operations and plans
967DCWDigital Chart of the World
968DCYSCDiscovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge
969DDdue diligence and dear daughter (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists,blogs,and bulletin boards)
970DDADeputy District Attorney
971DDNU.S. Defense Data Network
972DDSDoctor of Dental Surgery
973DDTDichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (insecticide),Dynamic Debugging Tool (computing),DE[edit]
974DEDelaware (postal symbol),Germany (ISO 3166 digram)
975DEADrug Enforcement Administration
976DEADrug Enforcement Agency
977DECDepartment of Environmental Conservation,Digital Equipment Corporation,Disasters Emergency Committee
978DeCA(U.S.) Defense Commissary Agency
979DEFCONDefence readiness condition
980DEFRA(UK) Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs
981DELTDual Ended Line Test (ing)
982DEMData Exchange Mechanism,Digital Elevation Model
983DENDenmark (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
984DEPSECDEF(U.S.) Deputy Secretary of Defense
985DERABritish Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (1995-2001)
986DESDeep Ecliptic Survey
987DEUGermany (ISO 3166 trigram)
988DFDirect Fire,Direction Finding,Distrito Federal (Spanish and Portuguese for 'federal district')
989DFAS(U.S.) Defense Finance and Accounting Service
990DFBDeutscher Fußball-Bund (German for 'German Football Association')
991DFCBData Format Control Book
992DfIDUK Department for International Development
993DFMDiscrete Field Model see Superluminal motion
994DFMDynamic Flowgraph Methodology
995DFSPDermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
996DfTUK Department for Transport
997DFTBADon't Forget To Be Awesome,a term commonly used by the Vlogbrothers
998DGDei gratia (Latin,'by the grace of God'),Director-General,Data General
999DGADirection générale des armées (French 'Armed Forces General Directorate')
1000DGPSDifferential GPS
1001DGZDesired Ground Zero
1002DHADocosaHexaenoic Acid
1003DHHS(U.S.) Department of Health and Human Services
1004DHRA(U.S.) DoD Human Resources Activity
1005DHSU.S. Department of Homeland Security
1006DHSSUK Department of Health and Social Security
1007DHTFYSSU.S. Don't Have Time For You Silly S****
1008DHYDahomey (ISO 3166 trigram; became BEN for Benin in 1977)
1009DIAU.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
1010DIACDepartment of Immigration and Citizenship (Australia) [1]
1011DiCDesign Island Centre (computing usually used in a teaching situation)
1012DICASSDIrectional Command Activated Sonobuoy System
1013DIFARDIrectional Frequency Analysis and Recording
1014DIMEDense Inert Metal Explosive
1015DIPDual In-line Package (electronics)
1016DIPSDefense independent pitching statistics
1017DIRDefence Industrial Research
1018DISCOMDivision Support Command
1019DISEDeployable Intelligence Support Element
1020DISSTAFDIS Search and Target Acquisition Fidelity experiment
1021DITYDo-It-Yourself
1022DIVADDivision Air Defence
1023DIYDo It Yourself
1024DJIDjibouti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1025DKDenmark (ISO 3166 digram)
1026DLDexter's Laboratory
1027DLICDetachment Left-In-Contact
1028DLIRDepot-Level Inspection and Repair
1029DLPMCDorsoLateral PreMotor Cortex
1030DLRPData Link Reference Point
1031DLSDeep Lens Survey
1032DLSA(U.S.) Defense Legal Services Agency
1033DLScDiploma in Library Science
1034DLTBGYDDon't let the bastards grind you down
1035DMC(U.S.) Defense Management Council
1036DMCADigital Millennium Copyright Act
1037DMMDigital Multimeter
1038DMOCDistributed Mission Operations Centre
1039DMPA(U.S.) Defense Medical Programs Activity
1040DMPFCDorsoMedial PreFrontal Cortex
1041DMPKDrug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
1042DMRBDesign Manual for Roads and Bridges
1043DMSU.S. Defense Message System
1044DMSPU.S. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
1045DMTDimethyltryptamine
1046DMVDepartment of Motor Vehicles
1047DMZDeMilitarized Zone
1048DNDeacon
1049DNAWDay Night All Weather
1050DNDiDrugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
1051DNDOU.S. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
1052DNKDenmark (ISO 3166 trigram)
1053DNMDefence Nuclear Material
1054DNRDo Not Resuscitate
1055DNSDomain Name System
1056DOBDate Of Birth
1057DODU.S. Department of Defense
1058DODAFU.S. Department of Defense Architectural Framework
1059DoDDU.S. Department of Defense Directive
1060DoDEA(U.S.) Department of Defense Education Activity
1061DOEU.S. Department of Energy
1062DOHCDual-OverHead-Cam engine
1063DOIU.S. Department of the Interior
1064DORADefence of the Realm Act
1065DOSDensity of State
1066DOTAshort-form for DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS a popular online epic game
1067DotDDeal of the Day (marketing gimmick)
1068DOWDied of Wounds
1069DPDivision de production (Algerian petroleum company)
1070DPAUK Defence Procurement Agency
1071DPCODouble-Pole Change Over
1072DPDTDouble-Pole Double-Throw
1073DPIDots Per Inch
1074DPICMDual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition
1075DPKOUN Department for Peacekeeping Operations
1076DPMO(U.S.) Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
1077DPPDBDigital Point Positioning Database
1078DPRKDemocratic People's Republic of Korea
1079DPSTDouble-Pole Single-Throw
1080DRCDemocratic Republic of the Congo
1081DRDCDefence Research & Development Canada
1082DREADefence Research Establishment Atlantic (obsolete 2002)
1083DRESDefence Research Establishment Suffield (obsolete 2002)
1084DRETDefence Research Establishment Toronto (obsolete 2002)
1085DREVDefence Research Establishment Valcartier (obsolete 2002)
1086DRIC(U.S.) Defense Research Information Center
1087DRMS(U.S.) Defense Revitalization and Marketing Service
1088DRPRDrawing Practices
1089DRTDocument Related Technologies
1090DsDarmstadtium
1091DSASDisney Sing Along Songs
1092DSB(U.S.) Defense Science Board
1093DSCSU.S. Defense Satellite Communications System
1094DSCSOCDSCS Operations Center
1095DSEDry Sheep Equivalent
1096DSGDirect-Shift Gearbox
1097DSIDDismounted Soldier Identification System
1098DSLDigital Subscriber Line
1099DSLRDigital single-lens reflex (camera)
1100DSMDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
1101DSNDeep Space Network
1102DSPLDesign Specialists and Plans Language
1103DSRDeformed Special Relativity
1104DSTDaylight Saving Time
1105DSTLBritish Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
1106DSWA(U.S.) Defense Special Weapons Agency
1107DTADental Technologists Association
1108DTDDigital Terrain Data
1109DTGDate-Time Group
1110DTHDirect To Home (television)
1111DTIUK Department of Trade and Industry
1112DTIC(U.S.) Defense Technical Information Center
1113DTLDiode-Transistor Logic (electronics)
1114DTMFDual-tone multi-frequency signaling
1115DTODisruptive Technology Office (was ARDA)
1116DTRDetermine The Relationship
1117DTSA(U.S.) Defense Technology Security Administration
1118DUMBODown Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass (Brooklyn neighborhood)
1119DUSD(U.S.) Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense
1120DVLCUK Driver and Vehicle Licencing Centre
1121DVMDoctor of Veterinary Medicine
1122DVODirect View Optics
1123DVOMDigital Volt-Ohm Meter
1124DVPvarious meanings (disambiguation page)
1125DWDrum Workshop
1126DWIMDo What I Mean
1127DWMDoctor Who Magazine
1128DWTSDancing with the Stars
1129DWWDown with Webster
1130DXADual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry
1131DXMDeXtroMethorphan
1132DYDahomey (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1977)
1133DyDysprosium
1134DZAAlgeria (ISO 3166 trigram)
1135EEast
1136EABUExplain Acronyms Before Use
1137EACEchelons Above Corps
1138EAPCEuro-Atlantic Partnership Council
1139EASTExperimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
1140EBDElectronic Brake Distribution
1141EBEExtraterrestrial Biological Entity
1142EBSAEmployee Benefits Security Administration
1143EBWElectron Beam Welding
1144EBWExploding BridgeWire
1145ECASSEuropean Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences [1]
1146ECBREuropean Coalition for Biomedical Research
1147ECCMElectronic Counter-Counter-Measures
1148ECFSElectronic Case Filing System
1149ECGElectrocardiogram
1150ECHREuropean Convention on Human Rights
1151ECJEuropean Court of Justice
1152ECLEmitter Coupled Logic (electronics)
1153ECommHREuropean Commission on Human Rights
1154ECSCEuropean Coal and Steel Community (distant ancestor of the EU)
1155ECTElectroConvulsive Therapy
1156ECtHREuropean Court of Human Rights
1157EDAEuropean Defence Agency
1158EDACError Detection And Correction
1159EDCSEnvironmental Data Coding Specification
1160EDHEastman Dental Hospital
1161EDSAEpifanio de los Santos Avenue (a major thoroughfare in Manila with great significance to post-1980 Philippines history)
1162EDTEastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC4 hours)
1163EECEuropean Economic Community (predecessor of the EU)
1164EEGElectroEncephaloGram
1165EENTEnd Evening Nautical Twilight
1166EEOEqual Employment Opportunity
1167EEOC(U.S.) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1168EEZEconomic Exclusion Zone or Exclusive Economic Zone
1169EFFElectronic Frontier Foundation
1170EFLEnglish as a Foreign Language
1171EFMEnterprise Feedback Management
1172EFOAEuropean Fuel Oxygenates Association
1173EFSAEuropean Food Safety Authority
1174EFTElectronic Fund Transfer
1175EFVExpeditionary Fighting Vehicle
1176EGEgypt (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1177EGCGEpiGalloCatechin-3-Gallate
1178EGISErieye Ground Interface Segment
1179EGRETEnergetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope
1180EGYEgypt (ISO 3166 trigram)
1181EHFExtremely High Frequency
1182EHREquipment History Record
1183EiExbi
1184EIIreland (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Éire)
1185EIAEnvironmental Impact Assessment
1186EIAHEncyclopedia of Iranian Architectural History
1187EIAHEnvironnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain
1188EICEast India Company
1189EICSEast India Company's Service
1190eIDelectronic ID
1191EIRPEffective Isotropic Radiated Power
1192EISEnvironmental Impact Statement
1193EJExajoule
1194EKGElectrocardiogram (from German Elektrokardiogramm)
1195EKMSElectronic Key Management System
1196ELExalitre
1197ELINTElectronic Intelligence
1198ELLEnglish Language Learner
1199ELMEdge-Localised Mode (plasma physics)
1200ELOElectric Light Orchestra
1201ELSSEmergency Life Support Stores
1202EMElectroMagnetism/ElectroMagnetic
1203EmExametre
1204EMAEuropean Medicines Agency
1205EMCON(Electromagnetic) Emissions Control
1206EMDGEuro-Missile Dynamics Group
1207EMDREye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
1208EMEAEurope,Middle East and Africa
1209EMGElectroMyoGraph
1210EMPElectroMagnetic Pulse
1211EMSEmergency Medical Services
1212EMTEmergency Medical Technician
1213ENCODEEncyclopedia of DNA Elements (human genome data project)
1214ENEEast North-East
1215ENGEngland (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
1216ENTECEuro NATO Training Engineer Centre
1217ENVLEnvelope
1218ENYEnemy
1219EODExplosive Ordnance Disposal
1220EOGElectroOculoGraphy
1221EOMEnd of Message
1222EOSATEarth Observation Satellite
1223EOSDISEarth Observation Satellite Data and Information System
1224EPEuropean Parliament
1225EPExtended play
1226EPCOTExperimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow
1227EPGSEOS Polar Ground Sites
1228EPIRBEmergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
1229EPLEnglish Premier League
1230EPOSElectronic Point Of Sale
1231EPPAEmployee Polygraph Protection Act
1232EPREuropean Pressurised [Nuclear] Reactor
1233EQEmotional Quotient
1234ErErbium
1235ERCIMEuropean Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
1236ERIEritrea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1237ERLAWSEastern Ruapehu Lahar Alarm and Warning System
1238EROSEarth Resources Observation System
1239ERPEngineer Regulating Point
1240ERREesti Rahvusringhääling
1241ERSEarth Resources Survey
1242ERTSEarth Resources Technology Satellite (became Landsat)
1243ERVEndogenous RetroVirus
1244ESDElectroStatic Discharge
1245ESDPEuropean Security and Defence Policy
1246ESEEast South-East
1247ESHWestern Sahara (ISO 3166 trigram)
1248ESLEnglish as a Second Language
1249ESMElectronic warfare Support Measures
1250ESOEuropean Southern Observatory
1251ESOLEnglish for Speakers of Other Languages
1252ESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network
1253ESUEmergency Services Unit
1254ESVEngineer Support Vehicle
1255ETEthiopia (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1256ETHEthiopia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1257ETIExtra-Terrestrial Intelligence
1258ETLAExtended TLA
1259ETTEmbedded Training Team
1260EuEuropium
1261EUCOM(U.S.) European Command
1262EUUSAEuropean Union and United States of America
1263EVExavolt
1264EVILElectronic viewfinder (with) interchangeable lens (a type of digital camera)
1265EWTNEternal Word Television Network
1266ExateslaExtra Terrestrial
1267EXREPExpeditious Repair (SM&R code)
1268fFemto
1269fAFemtoampere
1270FAFood Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
1271FAAFinancial Aid Administrator,Fleet Air Arm,Functional Area Analysis
1272FAADForward Area Air Defence
1273FAADEZForward Area Air Defence Engagement Zone
1274FAAFPFellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians
1275FAANFellow of the American Academy of Neurology
1276FAANFellow of the American Academy of Nursing
1277FAAQFrequently Asked and Anticipated Questions
1278FAASVField Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle
1279FABFeline Advisory Bureau (UK feline charity)
1280FACA(US) Federal Advisory Committee Act
1281FACHFuerza Aérea de Chile
1282FACNFellow of the American College of Nutrition
1283FACPFellow of the American College of Physicians
1284FACTSFlexible Alternating Current Transmission System
1285FAMForeign Affairs Manual
1286FAOFood and Agriculture Organization
1287FAPAFellow of the American Psychological Association
1288FAPHAFellow of the American Public Health Association
1289FARPForward Arming and Refuelling Point / Forward Area Rearm/refuel Point
1290FASCAMFamily of Scatterable Mines[1]
1291FASDFetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
1292FASEBFederation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
1293FATField Artillery Tractor
1294FAVSFuture Armoured Vehicle System
1295FAWFootball Association of Wales
1296FBCSFellow of the British Computer Society
1297FBIDSTFellow of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
1298FBISForeign Broadcast Information Service
1299FBMBoard foot
1300fCFemtocoulomb
1301FCCU.S. Federal Communications Commission
1302FCEFirst Certificate in English
1303FCFFinancial Free Cash Flow
1304FCLAFraud Claims Law Associate
1305FCOUK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1306FCWFlorida Championship Wrestling
1307FDFalun Dafa
1308FDAFood and Drug Administration (U.S.)
1309FDBK(I) Feedback
1310FeIron (Latin Ferrum)
1311FEASTForum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation
1312FEATSFestival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies link title
1313FEBAForward Edge of the Battle Area
1314FEDField Emission Display
1315FEDEPFederation Development Process (Simulation)
1316FEFFrontal Eye Field (neurophysiology)
1317FEMAFarm Equipment Manufacturers Association, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency,Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association
1318FENSFederation of European Neuroscience Societies
1319FESFlywheel Energy Storage
1320FESTFrankfurt English Speaking Theatre link title
1321FETField-effect transistor
1322FEZFighter Engagement Zone
1323fFFemtofarad
1324FFFinal Fantasy
1325FFBFrum From Birth (referring to an observant Jew born into a religiously observant family)
1326FFCFree For Chat
1327FFEFukuoka Futures Exchange
1328FFFFédération française de football (French for: French Football Federation)
1329FFGGuided Missile Frigate (hull classification symbol)
1330FFOVForward Field Of View
1331FFRFédération française de rugby (French for: French Rugby (Union) Federation)
1332FFSFor Fuck's Sake
1333FFTFinal Fantasy Tactics
1334FGFalun Gong
1335fgFemtogram
1336FGFog (METAR Code), French Guiana (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1337FGOTUSFirst Gentleman of the United States
1338FGRFlickr Group Roulette
1339fHFemtohenry
1340FHFIFFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends
1341FHIFamily Health International, Fuji Heavy Industries,Ltd.
1342FIFinland (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1343FIATFabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian for: Italian Car Factory of Turin)
1344FIBFucking Illinois Bastard (Wisconsin slang, variants exist)
1345FIBUAFighting In Built-Up Areas
1346FICFellowship for Intentional Community
1347FIDForeign Internal Defence
1348FIEFly-In Echelon
1349FIFAFédération internationale de football association (French for: International Association Football Federation)
1350FIFeFédération internationale féline (French for: International Feline Federation)
1351FIFOFirst In, First Out
1352FIFRAFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
1353FIGJAMFuck I'm Good, Just Ask Me
1354FIMPTFellow of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1355FINFinland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1356FINAFédération internationale de natation (French for: International Swimming Federation)
1357FIRESFever Induced Refractory Epilepsy Syndrome or Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome
1358FISFédération internationale de ski (French for: International Ski Federation)
1359FISAFédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (French for: International Federation of Rowing Associations)
1360FISHFluorescence In-Situ Hybridisation
1361FiSTFire Support Team
1362FITSFlexible Image Transport System
1363FIUFlorida International University
1364fJFemtojoule
1365FJFiji (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1366FJIFiji (ISO 3166 trigram)
1367FJNFinancial Job Network
1368FKFalkland Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1369fKFemtokelvin
1370FKSMFort Knox Supplemental Manual
1371FKTFastest Known Time
1372fLFemtolitre
1373FLFlorida (postal symbol)
1374flfloruit (Latin for: living) (genealogy)
1375FLAFlorida,Front Line Assembly,Future Large Aircraft
1376FLABFour-letter abbreviation
1377FLACFree Legal Advice Centres
1378FLACFree Lossless Audio Codec
1379FLAKFlug-Abwehr-Kanone (German for: Anti-Aircraft Guns)
1380FLBForward Logistics Base
1381FLETForward Line of Enemy Troops
1382FLGFalun Gong
1383FLIPFlight Information Publication
1384FLIRForward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
1385FLKFalkland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1386FLOTForward Line of Own Troops
1387FLOTUSFirst Lady of the United States (the wife of the President of the United States)
1388FLQFree Legal Questions
1389FLQFront de libération du Québec (French for: Québec Liberation Front)
1390FLSAFair Labor Standards Act
1391FLTSATFleet Satellite
1392FLTSATCOMFleet Satellite Communication System
1393FLUBOSFat, Lazy, Useless, Bag Of Shit
1394FMFactory Mutual
1395FMFederal Magistrate (Australian post-nominal),Federated States of Micronesia (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code),Field Manual,Flight Manager,Frequency Modulation (electronics)
1396fmFemtometre
1397FmFermium
1398FMCFederal Magistrates' Court (an Australian federal court,formerly FMS),Food Machinery Corporation (original name of the company now known as FMC Corporation)
1399FMCAFederal Magistrates' Court of Australia (used for citing decisions of the FMC other than family law decisions)
1400FMCAfamFederal Magistrates' Court of Australia: family (used for citing family law decisions of the FMC)
1401FMCGFast Moving Consumer Goods
1402FMEFormal Methods Europe
1403FMECAFailure Modes and Effect Criticality Analysis
1404FMJDFédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames
1405FMLAFamily Medical Leave Act
1406FoEFriends of the Earth
1407FOGCFederal Oil and Gas Council
1408FOHFront Of House
1409FOIAFreedom of Information Act
1410FOMFederation Object Model
1411FONSIFinding of No Significant Impact
1412FOOForward Observation Officer
1413FOOPFriends Of Organ Pipes (Volunteer group)
1414FoSFamily of Systems
1415FOSEFallout 3 Script Extender
1416FOSEFederal Office Systems Expo
1417FOTFree on truck
1418FOTAFellow of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
1419FOTCFlight of the Conchords
1420FOUOFor Official Use Only
1421FPFrench Polynesia (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1422FPFFederação Portuguesa de Futebol (Portuguese for: Portuguese Football Federation), Final Protective Fire
1423FPSFire Prevention System
1424FQBaker Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code),French Southern and Antarctic Territories (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1979)
1425FRFrance (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1426FrFrancium
1427FRAFederal Railroad Administration, France (ISO 3166 trigram)
1428FRANDFair,reasonable,and non-discriminatory (concept in standards-setting and intellectual property law)
1429FRCPFederal Rules of Civil Procedure,Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
1430FRICBMFull Range ICBM
1431FROFaroe Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1432FRSFellow of the Royal Society, U.S. Federal Reserve System
1433FRSAFellow of the Royal Society of Art
1434FRYFederal Republic of Yugoslavia
1435fsFemtosecond
1436fSFemtosiemens
1437FSAFire Support Area, UK Food Standards Agency, Functional Solution Analysis
1438FSCFederal Supply Classification, Forest Stewardship Council (ecological pressure group)
1439FSCLFire Support Co-ordination Line
1440FSEFire Support Element
1441FSFFree Software Foundation
1442FSHFollicle Stimulating Hormone
1443FSIFuel Stratified Injection
1444FSSFire Support Station
1445FSSPFamilies of Structurally Similar Proteins
1446FSTCForeign Science Technology Center (now NGIC)
1447fTFemtotesla
1448FTCFederal Trade Commission
1449FTEFull Time Equivalent
1450FTLFaster Than Light
1451FTSFlight Termination System used during some rocket launches
1452FTSFuck That Shit
1453FUSmoke (METAR Code)
1454FUBARFucked/Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair
1455fVFemtovolt
1456fWFemtowatt
1457FWForward
1458FWCFootball World Cup
1459FWFFixed Word Format
1460FWIFrench West Indies
1461FWIWFor What It's Worth
1462FWSU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1463FWTFresh Water Tank
1464FXXMetropolitan France (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1997)
1465FYAFor Your Agenda
1466FYDPFive-Year Defense Plan (U.S.)
1467FYIFor Your Information
1468FYROMFormer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
1469FZDZFreezing Drizzle (METAR Code)
1470FZFGFreezing Fog (METAR Code)
1471FZRAFreezing Rain (METAR Code)
1472gGram
1473G3Heckler & Koch G3
1474GAARGeneral Anti-Avoidance Rule (tax evasion)
1475GABGabon (ISO 3166 trigram)
1476GABAGamma-AminoButyric Acid
1477GADGeneralized Anxiety Disorder
1478GAFGarfield and Friends
1479GAOU.S. Government Accountability Office
1480GAWGlobal Atmospheric Watch
1481GBBCGreat (Global) Backyard Bird Count
1482GBEKnight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
1483GBRUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1484GCAGraduate in Claims Administration
1485GCDsee entry
1486GCFGreatest Common Factor
1487GCIGround-controlled interception
1488GCNGamma-ray burst Coordination Network
1489GCSGlobal Coordinate System
1490GCSEGeneral Certificate of Secondary Education (UK)
1491GdGadolinium
1492GDGrenada (ISO 3166 digram)
1493GDLGame Definition Language
1494GDRGeneral Distribution Release (Microsoft Term for a software service release; between Hotfix and Service Pack)
1495GDRGerman Democratic Republic (cf. DDR)
1496GDWGame Designers Workshop
1497GeGermanium
1498GEBCOGeneral Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans
1499GECGreat Engineering Challenge
1500GEDGeneral Educational Development (high school equivalency credential in the U.S. and Canada)
1501GEEPGeophysical Equipment Exploration Platform
1502GENFull General (four stars) in the U.S. Army
1503GeVGigaelectron-volt
1504GEVGround Effect Vehicle
1505GFCIGround Fault Circuit Interruptor (aka GFI)
1506GFIGround Fault Interruptor (aka GFCI)
1507GFLGerman Football League (Germany's Bundesliga for American football; the English-language name is used in German without translation)
1508GFNGlobal Footprint Network
1509GGGeorgia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1510GGKGood God Karma
1511GHAGhana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1512GHBgamma-Hydroxybutyric acid
1513GiGibi
1514GIBGibraltar (ISO 3166 trigram)
1515GIGGlobal Information Grid
1516GINOGodzilla In Name Only
1517GISSGeneral Impression of Size and Shape,Goddard Institute for Space Studies
1518GJDGeocentric Julian Day
1519GLAADGay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
1520GLACGeneral Ledger Accounting Code
1521GLASTGamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
1522GLBAGramm-Leach-Bliley Act
1523GLCGas-liquid chromatography
1524GLPGuadeloupe (ISO 3166 trigram)
1525GLVGained Life Value
1526GmGigametre
1527GMThe Gambia (ISO 3166 digram),GameMaster (role-playing),General Motors,Genetically Modified,Germany (FIPS 10-4 country code),Guru Meditation (computing)
1528GMACGeneral Motors Acceptance Corporation,the original name of the company now known as Ally Financial,Graduate Management Admission Council,G-MAC,Great Midwest Athletic Conference
1529GMBThe Gambia (ISO 3166 trigram),General,Municipal,Boilermakers (and Allied Trade Union)
1530GMFSCGround Mobile Forces Satellite Communications
1531GMOGenetically Modified Organism
1532GMPCSGlobal Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite
1533GNASGrand National Archery Society
1534GNBGuinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 trigram)
1535GNPGross National Product
1536GNQEquatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1537GnRHGonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
1538GOGlorioso Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1539GOAGeneral of the Army (United States only)
1540GOATGreatest Of All Time
1541GOCGeneral Officer Commanding
1542GOESGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
1543GOPGrand Old Party
1544gorpgranola,oats,raisins,peanuts (another name for trail mix),probably a backronym
1545GOSCGeneral Officer Steering Committee
1546GOSHGreat Ormond Street Hospital
1547GOSPGas/Oil Separation Plant
1548GOTSGovernment off-the-shelf
1549GOYADINGet Off Your Arse,Do It Now (anti-procrastination mantra)
1550GPGeneral Practitioner,General Purpose,Grand Prix,Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1551GPAGrade Point Average
1552GPCGlobal Path Cache
1553GPIBGeneral-Purpose Instrumentation/Interface Bus
1554GPOGeneral Post Office
1555GPPCGenetics and Public Policy Center
1556GPRGround-Penetrating Radar
1557GPSGeneral Problem Solver,Global Positioning System
1558GPTGeneral Purpose Technology, Get paid to surf (an online business model)
1559GQEquatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 digram),Gentlemen's Quarterly (the original name of the magazine now known simply as GQ),Guam (FIPS 10-4 territory code),GR[edit]
1560GRGreece (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Hail (METAR Code)
1561GRAILGravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
1562GRASGenerally recognized as safe (FDA list)
1563GRBGamma-Ray Burst
1564GRCGreece (ISO 3166 trigram)
1565GRDGrenada (ISO 3166 trigram)
1566GREGraduate Record Examination,Greece (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
1567grep[search] Globally for Regular Expression,Print [lines]
1568GRIDGay-Related Immune Deficiency (original name of AIDS)
1569GRidGlobal Release Identifier,a music industry identifier from the RIAA and IFPI
1570GriTGirl raised in Texas (Woman presenting firm southern traits/beliefs)
1571GRLGreenland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1572GRNGrenada (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Goods Received Note
1573GsGigasecond
1574GSAU.S. General Services Administration
1575GSDGraphical Situation Display
1576GSGB(God send glamour boy 9-10/10)
1577GSKGlaxoSmithKline [good sexual karma]
1578GSNGame Show Network
1579GSOGeneral Services Officer (U.S. Department of State)
1580GSOHGood Sense Of Humour
1581GSPGeorges St-Pierre (Canadian MMA fighter)
1582GSRGun Shot Residue
1583GSSGeneric Security Services
1584GSWGunshot wound
1585GTDGetting Things Done
1586GTGGot To Go (Internet chat)
1587GTGNGetty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
1588GTKGood To Know (Internet chat)
1589GTMGuatemala (ISO 3166 trigram)
1590GUGuam (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
1591GUFFrench Guiana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1592GUILTGangliated Utrophin Immuno Latency Toxin
1593GULCRGrupo de Usuarios de Linux de Costa Rica
1594GUTGrand Unification Theory
1595GWARSGround Warfare System (simulation)
1596GWASGrand Western Archery Society
1597GWOTGlobal War on Terrorism
1598GXEGene-enivronment interaction
1599GXMMatrox Graphics eXpansion Module
1600GYGuyana (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1601GZKGreisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cut-off (cosmic ray energies)
1602hHecto
1603HHenry
1604H1First half of the year
1605H2Second half of the year
1606HAARPHigh Frequency Active Auroral Research Program
1607HAARTHighly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy
1608HAIHuman Awareness Institute
1609HALHardware Abstraction Layer
1610HALOHigh Altitude Low Opening (parachute jump)
1611HAMAmateur radio operator
1612HANSHead And Neck Support (device used in many race cars)
1613HARMHigh-speed Anti-Radiation Missile
1614HAWHeavy Antitank Weapon
1615HAWKHoming All the Way Killer (air defence system)
1616HAZHeat-Affected Zone
1617HAZMATHazardous Materials
1618HBCDHexaBromoCycloDodecane
1619HBOHome Box Office
1620HBRHarvard Business Review
1621HBTHeterojunction Bipolar Transistor
1622HBVHepatitis B Virus
1623HCCIHomogeneous Charge Compression Ignition
1624HCFHighest Common Factor
1625HCSCHigher Command and Staff Course
1626HDLHigh-Density Lipoprotein
1627HDMHuman Decision-Making
1628HDRAHenry Doubleday Research Association
1629HeHelium
1630HEHigh Explosive
1631HEATHigh Explosive Anti-Tank (ammunition)
1632HEBAHellenic Basketball Clubs Association
1633HEERHigh-Explosive Extended Range (ammunition)
1634HEICHonourable East India Company
1635HEMPHigh-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
1636HEOSSHigh Earth Orbit Space Surveillance
1637HEPHigh-Explosive Plastic (ammunition)
1638HEPAHigh-Efficiency Particulate Air (filter)
1639HESVHeavy Engineering Support Vehicle
1640HETTHeavy Equipment Transporting Truck / Heavy Equipment Truck Tractor
1641HEUHighly Enriched Uranium
1642HfHafnium
1643HFHigh Frequency
1644HFEHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (UK Act)
1645HFEThe common-emitter current gain in a BJT transistor (also represented by βF). See: BJT
1646HFEAHuman Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (UK)
1647HgMercury (Latin Hydrargyrum)
1648HGCUK Human Genetics Commission
1649HGFHuman Growth Factor
1650HGTVHome & Garden Television
1651HIHawaii (postal symbol)
1652HIHHis (or Her) Imperial Highness
1653HIMHis (or Her) Imperial Majesty
1654HIMADHigh to Medium Altitude Air Defence (see also H/MAD)
1655HIMEZHigh Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
1656HIMYMHow I Met Your Mother
1657HIPAAU.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
1658HipparcosHIgh Precision Parallax COllecting Satellite
1659HirdHurd of interfaces representing depth (cf. HURD)
1660HiRISEHigh Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
1661HITHealth Information Technology
1662HIVHuman Immunodeficiency Virus
1663HIWTHobart Institute of Welding Technology
1664HJDHeliocentric Julian Day
1665HKHong Kong (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1666HKGHong Kong (ISO 3166 trigram)
1667HKSHyperKinetic Syndrome
1668hLHectolitre
1669HLHolding Line
1670HLLHigh-Level Language
1671HLNHeadline News
1672HLOSHigh Level Output Specification
1673HMHeard Island and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1674HMCEHer/His Majesty's Customs and Excise (former UK government department; succeeded by HM Revenue and Customs)
1675HMDHeard and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1676HMFHydroxyMethyl Furfural
1677HMOHealth maintenance organization
1678HMPHer Majesty's Prison
1679HMRCHer/His Majesty's Revenue and Customs
1680HMSOHer Majesty's Stationery Office
1681HMVHis Master's Voice
1682HNHonduras (ISO 3166 digram)
1683HNDHonduras (ISO 3166 trigram)
1684HoHolmium
1685HOHonduras (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1686HOLLANDHope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies
1687HOSTACHelicopter Operations from Ships Other Than Aircraft Carriers
1688HOTHighly Optimised Tolerance
1689HOTASHands on throttle-and-stick
1690HOVHigh Occupancy Vehicle
1691hphorse power
1692HPAUK Health Protection Agency
1693HPCLHindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
1694HPLCHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography
1695HPTHigh[er] Payoff Target
1696HPVHuman Papilloma Virus
1697HRBLHigh-level Representation of Behavior Language (original name of the Herbal language)
1698HRDHuman Resource Development
1699HRFHigh iness Forces
1700HRHHis (or Her) Royal Highness
1701HRMHis (or Her) Royal Majesty
1702HRMHuman Resource Management
1703HRTHormone Replacement Therapy
1704HsHassium
1705HSBCThe Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
1706HSCHigher School Certificate
1707HSMHigh School Musical
1708HSMADHuman Science/Modeling and Analysis Data
1709HSNHome Shopping Network
1710HSPHHarvard School of Public Health
1711HSSIHigh-Speed Serial Interface
1712HSTsee entry
1713HTAHyperText Application
1714HTFUHarden The Fuck Up
1715HTHHope That Helps
1716HTIHaiti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1717HTMLHyperText Markup Language
1718HTRHeated Towel Rail
1719HTSHigh-Temperature Superconducting wire
1720HTTPHyperText Transfer Protocol
1721HUHungary (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1722HUHAHead up his/her ass (Marine salute; probably a backcronym)
1723HUNHungary (ISO 3166 trigram)
1724HURDHird of Unix-Replacing Daemons (cf. Hird)
1725HVUpper Volta (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1984)
1726HVAPHigh Velocity Armour Piercing (ammunition)
1727HVHFHigh velocity human factors
1728HVMHigh Velocity Missile
1729HVOUpper Volta (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984)
1730HWMHardware morphing (computer graphics rendering)
1731HXBThe glycoprotein Tenascian C
1732HZHaze (METAR Code)
1733HzHertz
1734IAIowa (postal symbol)
1735IAALI Am A Lawyer
1736IABInternational Association for Biologicals
1737IADIon Assisted Deposition
1738IADSIntegrated Air Defence System
1739IAEAInternational Atomic Energy Agency
1740IAF{i} Industrial Areas Foundation
1741IAFGInformation Assurance Focus Group
1742IANAInternet Assigned Numbers Authority
1743IANALI Am Not A Lawyer
1744IASImage Assessment System
1745IASIPIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
1746IATAInternational Air Transport Association
1747IATFInternational Automotive Task Force
1748IATSEInternational Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
1749IAUCInternational Astronomical Union Circular
1750IAWIn Accordance With
1751IBInternational Baccalaureate
1752IBAImportant Bird Area
1753IBDInflammatory Bowel Disease
1754IBDMInformation Based Decision Making
1755IBMInternational Business Machines
1756IBRDInternational Bank for Reconstruction and Development (part of the World Bank)
1757IBSIrritable Bowel Syndrome
1758ICANNInternet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
1759ICAOInternational Civil Aviation Organization
1760ICBMIntercontinental Ballistic Missile
1761ICBNInternational Code of Botanical Nomenclature
1762ICEIn case of emergency
1763ICESInternational Council for the Exploration of the Sea
1764ICFIntelligent Community Forum
1765ICMPInternet Control Message Protocol
1766ICNAFInternational Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (became NAFO in 1978)
1767ICOIntermediate Circular Orbit
1768ICPEInternational Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology,the annual conference of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
1769ICRAFInternational Centre for Research in Agroforestry (a.k.a. World Agroforestry Centre since 2002)
1770ICRISATInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
1771ICRLIndividual Component Repair List
1772ICRSInternational Celestial Reference System
1773ICSIIntracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
1774ICTInformation and communication technologies
1775ICTHIsland Closest to Heaven/Hell Final Fantasy VIII
1776ICVInfantry Carrier Vehicle
1777ICYMIIn Case You Missed It
1778IDCInternational Data Corporation
1779IDDII don't do initialisms (see irony)
1780IDGAFI don't give a fuck
1781IDKI don't know
1782IDLInterface Definition Language
1783IDNIndonesia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1784IEAInternational Energy Agency
1785IECInternational Electrotechnical Commission
1786IEDImprovised Explosive Device
1787IELTSInternational English Language Testing System
1788IERInformation Exchange Requirement
1789IETInitial Entry Training
1790IETInstitution of Engineering and Technology
1791IETFInternet Engineering Task Force
1792IEWIntelligence and Electronic Warfare
1793IFABInternational Football Association Board
1794IFAHInternational Federation for Animal Health
1795IFAPInternational Federation of Agricultural Producers
1796IFOIdentified Flying Object (see also UFO)
1797IFOVInstantaneous Field of View
1798IFPIInternational Federation of Phonographic Industries
1799IFRBInternational Frequency Registration Board
1800IFVInfantry Fighting Vehicle
1801IGInspector General
1802IGNOUIndira Gandhi National Open University
1803IGSInternational Ground Station
1804IHHIdiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
1805IHOInternational Hydrographic Organization
1806IHRInstitute for Historical Review
1807IHSIInstitutum Historicum Societatis Iesu (Jesuit Historical Institute)
1808IITwo (in Roman numerals)
1809IICAInter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
1810IIEInnovative Interstellar Explorer
1811IIIThree (in Roman numerals)
1812IIRCIf I Recall/Remember Correctly
1813IISSInternational Institute for Strategic Studies
1814IJNImperial Japanese Navy (World War II)
1815IJWPInterim Joint Warfare Publication
1816ILDSImproved Landmine Detection System
1817ILOInternational Labour Organization
1818ILRIInternational Livestock Research Institute
1819ILYI Love You [pronounced ILL-LEE]
1820IMBDInternational Migratory Bird Day
1821IMDbInternet Movie Database
1822IMEIn My Experience
1823IMHOIn My Humble/Honest Opinion
1824IMLInternational Mister Leather
1825IMNSHOIn My Not So Humble Opinion
1826IMPACInternational Merchant Purchase Authorization Card
1827IMPACTInternational Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce
1828IMPATTIMPact Avalanche Transit Time diode
1829IMPTInstitute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1830IMRLIndividual Material iness List
1831IMRO-Internal Macedonian Revolutionary OrganizationIrish Music Rights Organisation
1832IMsLInternational Ms. Leather
1833IMTIntegrated Management Tool
1834IMUInternational Mathematical Union
1835InIndium
1836INAImmigration and Nationality Act
1837INASInternational Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
1838INCITSInterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
1839INDIndia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1840INDIGO(U.S.) INtelligence DIvision Gaming Operation
1841inetthe Internet
1842INFORMS(U.S.) Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
1843INFOSECInformation Security
1844INLAIrish National Liberation Army
1845INMARSATInternational Maritime Satellite organization
1846INRIAInstitut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique
1847INSImmigration and Naturalization Service
1848InSARInterferometric synthetic aperture radar
1849INSTInformation Standards and Technology
1850INTERFETInternational Force for East Timor
1851INTSUMIntelligence Summary
1852IOBritish Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1853IOTBritish Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 trigram)
1854IPBIntelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
1855IPLInferior Parietal Lobule
1856IPOInitial Public Offering
1857IPTIntegrated Product/Project Team
1858IPTSInstitute for Prospective Technological Studies
1859IPTVInternet Protocol TeleVision
1860IPWInterrogation of Prisoners of War
1861IrIridium
1862IRADInternal Research and Development
1863IRAN(I) Inspect and Repair As Necessary
1864IRASInfrared Astronomical Satellite
1865IRBInternational Rugby Board
1866IRBMIntermediate Range Ballistic Missile
1867IREAIntermountain Rural Electric Association
1868IRINNIslamic Republic of Iran News Network
1869IRLIreland (ISO 3166 trigram),Industrial Research Limited,Indy Racing League,In real life
1870IRNIran (ISO 3166 trigram)
1871IROInternational Refugee Organisation
1872IRQIraq (ISO 3166 trigram)
1873IRSU.S. Internal Revenue Service
1874IRSTInfra-red Search and Track
1875ISAAAInternational Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications
1876ISARInverse SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)
1877ISBIntermediate Staging Base
1878ISBNInternational Standard Book Number (ISO 2108)
1879ISCCPInternational Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
1880ISCIIIndian Standard Code for Information Interchange
1881ISDNIntegrated Services Digital Network
1882ISEFIntel International Science and Engineering Fair
1883ISENInternet Search Environment Number
1884ISFInternal Security Force
1885ISILIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant
1886ISISInstitute for Science and International Security, or: Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
1887ISLIceland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1888ISLNInternational Standard Lawyer Number (used initially by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell)
1889ISMBInternational Society of Matrix Biologists
1890ISMCIntelligent Sounding Meaningless Conversation
1891ISOGPIndian Society of Orthodontics for General Practitioners [2]
1892ISPEInternational Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
1893ISROIndian Space Research Organisation
1894ISSCRInternational Society for Stem Cell Research
1895ISSNInternational standard serial number (ISO 3297)
1896ISTCInstitute of Scientific and Technical Communications (UK)
1897ISTSIntel Science Talent Search
1898ITAItaly (ISO 3166 trigram)
1899ITAGInertial Terrain-Aided Guidance
1900ITALYI'll Truly Always Love You
1901ITASImproved Target Acquisition Sight
1902ITCInferoTemporal Cortex (neurophysiology)
1903ITCZIntertropical Convergence Zone
1904ITECInformation Technology Exposition & Conference
1905ITEMSInteractive Tactical Environment Management System
1906ITERInternational Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
1907ITFInternational Tennis Federation
1908ITKIn The Know
1909ITNIndependent Television News (British)
1910ITTInternational Telephone and Telegraph (U.S.)
1911ITTOInternational Tropical Timber Organization
1912IUCNInternational Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union)
1913IvecoIndustrial Vehicles Corporation
1914IVFIn Vitro Fertilisation
1915IVIInterchangeable Virtual Instrument
1916IVISInter-Vehicle Information System
1917IVLInter-Visibility Line
1918IVMIn Vitro [Oocyte] Maturation
1919IVOIn Vicinity Of
1920IWInformation Warfare
1921IWARSInfantry Warrior Simulation
1922IWCInternational Whaling Commission
1923IWWIndustrial Workers of the World
1924IXNine (in Roman numerals)
1925IXTIntraText digital library; IntraText lexical hypertext
1926IYSaudi-Iraqi neutral zone (FIPS 10-4 territory code; obsolete 1993)
1927IZIraq (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1928JJoule
1929J1Joint [Manpower &] Personnel Directorate
1930J2Joint Intelligence Directorate
1931J3Joint Operations Directorate
1932J4Joint Logistics Directorate
1933J5Joint Strategic Plans & Policy Directorate
1934J7Joint Operational Plans & Interoperability Directorate
1935JAJapan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1936JAFTJust A Field Test
1937JALJapan Airlines
1938JALLCJoint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (NATO)
1939JAMJamaica (ISO 3166 trigram)
1940JAMAJournal of the American Medical Association
1941JANETJoint Academic Network
1942JATOJet-Assisted Take-Off
1943JBJail Bait
1944JBJunior Branch
1945JBFSAJoint Blue Force Situational Awareness
1946JCDBJoint Common Data Base
1947JCDSJoint Chiefs of the Defence Staff
1948JCIDSJoint Capabilities Integration and Development System
1949JCLJob Control Language
1950JCPJava Community Process
1951JCSJoint Chiefs of Staff
1952JCWJuggalo Championship Wrestling
1953JDBCJava Data Base Connectivity
1954JDEMJoint Dark Energy Mission
1955JDLJewish Defense League
1956JEJersey (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1957JEFXJoint Expeditionary Force eXperiment
1958JETJoint European Torus
1959JEZJoint Engagement Zone
1960JFACCJoint Force Air Component Commander
1961JFACTSUU.S. Joint Forward Air Control Training and Standards Unit
1962JFCJoint Force Commander
1963JFKJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy or the airport named after him.
1964JFLCCJoint Force Land Component Commander
1965JFMCCJoint Force Maritime Component Commander
1966JFOJournal of Field Ornithology
1967JFSOCCJoint Force Special Operations Component Commander
1968JFTXJoint Field Training Exercise
1969JHJapan Highway Public Corporation
1970JHJharkhand (Indian state code)
1971JIJoint Implementation
1972JIBJoint Information Bureau
1973JICJoint Intelligence Centre
1974JINIJava Intelligent Network Infrastructure
1975JITCJoint Interoperability Test Command
1976JIVEJoint Institute for VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) in Europe
1977JJAPJapanese Journal of Applied Physics
1978JLJapan Airlines (IATA airline designator)
1979JLAJustice League of America
1980JMJamaica (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1981JMSJava Message Service
1982JNJan Mayen Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1983JNIJava Native Interface
1984JNLPJava Network Launch Protocol
1985JOJordan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1986JOAJoint Operations Area
1987JOPESJoint Operations Planning and Execution System
1988JORJordan (ISO 3166 trigram)
1989JOTSJoint Operations Tactical System
1990JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory
1991JPNJapan (ISO 3166 trigram)
1992JPOWJoint Project Optic Windmill
1993JRDFJoint Rapid Deployment Forces
1994JREJava Runtime Environment
1995JREFJames Randi Educational Foundation
1996JROCJoint Requirements Oversight Council
1997JROCMJROC Memorandum
1998JRRFJoint Rapid Reaction Force
1999JRSAIJournal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
2000JSAPJapan Society of Applied Physics
2001JSCSCJoint Services Command and Staff College
2002JSEADJoint Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (see SEAD)
2003JSFJoint Strike Fighter
2004JSIMSJoint Simulation System
2005JSOAJoint Special Operations Area
2006JSOTFJoint Special Operations Task Force
2007JSPJavaServer Page
2008JSPJoint Services Publication
2009JSRJava Specification Request
2010JSSJoint Support Ship Project
2011JTCJoint Training Confederation
2012JTFJoint Task Force
2013JTFEXJoint Task Force Exercise
2014JTLSJoint Theater Level Simulation
2015JTMDJoint Theatre Missile Defence
2016JTNJohnston Atoll (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
2017JUJuan de Nova Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2018JUGFETJUnction Gate Field-Effect Transistor
2019JUICEJUpiter ICy Moon Explorer
2020JUOJoint Urban Operations
2021JVJoint Venture,Junior Varsity
2022JWJehovah's Witnesses
2023JWARSJoint Warfare System (simulation)
2024JWPJoint Warfare Publication
2025JYJapanese Yen
2026JZJoint Zone
2027KKelvin,Potassium (Latin Kalium),Tanker (aircraft designation code)
2028kKilo-
2029Kpicokelvin
2030K9Canine Police Unit
2031KaKamov Design Bureau
2032kAKiloampere
2033KAKnowledge Acquisition,Karnataka (Indian state code)
2034KAFKandahar Air Field
2035KANUKOKAKalaallit Nunaanni Kommunit Kattuffiannit (Kalaallisut, Greenlandic Communities Association
2036KARNACKnowledge Aided Retrieval in Activity Context
2037KARRKnight Automated Roving Robot (Knight Rider character)
2038KATUSAKorean Augmentation To United States Army
2039KAZKazakhstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2040KBEKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
2041KBOKuiper Belt Object
2042KBVBKoninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond (Dutch for Royal Belgian Football Association)
2043kCKilocoulomb
2044KCKKansas City,Kansas,Koma Civakên Kurdistan (Kurdish, Union of Communities in Kurdistan)
2045KCLKing's College London
2046KCMOKansas City,Missouri (pronounced: K-C-Moe)
2047KCSKansas City Southern Railway (AAR reporting mark)
2048KDKawasaki Disease,Kraft Dinner
2049KEKenya (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Kinetic Energy,Knowledge Engineering
2050KEDOKorean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
2051KENKenya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2052KERAKentucky Education Reform Act (of 1990)
2053kermaKinetic Energy Released in MAterial / in MAtter / per unit MAss
2054KESRKent and East Sussex Railway.
2055KETKentucky Educational Television,Key English Test
2056kFKilofarad
2057KFCKentucky Fried Chicken
2058KFORUN Kosovo Force
2059KFUPMKing Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
2060KGKyrgyzstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2061KGOKnight of the Guelphic Order of Hanover
2062KGZKyrgyzstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2063KHCambodia (ISO 3166 digram)
2064kHKilohenry
2065KHLKontinental Hockey League
2066KHMCambodia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2067KHzKilohertz
2068KiKibi
2069KIKiribati (ISO 3166 digram)
2070KIAKilled In Action
2071KIDSKnowledge-based Integrated Design System
2072KIRKiribati (ISO 3166 trigram)
2073KISSKeep It Simple,Stupid / Keep It Short and Simple,Korean Intelligence Support System
2074KITKeep In Touch
2075KITECHKorean Institute of Industrial Technology
2076KITTKnight Industries Two Thousand, Knight Industries Three Thousand
2077kJKilojoule
2078kKKilokelvin
2079KKKKu Klux Klan
2080kLKilolitre
2081KLENOTKLEť Observatory Near Earth and Other unusual objects observations Team and Telescope
2082KLOCKilo Lines Of Code
2083KMComoros,Knowledge Management
2084kNKilonewton
2085KNASaint Kitts and Nevis (ISO 3166 trigram)
2086KNVBKoninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond (Dutch for Royal Dutch Football Association)
2087KOKnocked Out
2088KORRepublic of Korea (ISO 3166 trigram)
2089KPKim Possible
2090KPMGKlynveld,Peat,Marwick,Goerdeler
2091KPNOKitt Peak National Observatory
2092KQKenya Airways (IATA airline designator), Kingman Reef (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2093KRKiribati (FIPS 10-4 country code), Republic of Korea (ISO 3166 digram)
2094KrKrypton
2095KSKansas (postal symbol), Republic of Korea (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2096kSKilosiemens
2097KSCKennedy Space Center
2098KSIKilled or Seriously Injured
2099KSUKansas State University
2100KTChristmas Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code), Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Knights Templar
2101kTKilotesla
2102KTSKnight of the Tower and Sword (of Portugal)
2103KUKuwait (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2104KUWKuwait (UNDP country code,IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
2105kVKilovolt
2106KVKosovo
2107kWKilowatt
2108KWKuwait (ISO 3166 digram)
2109KWBKids' WB!
2110KWTKuwait (ISO 3166 trigram)
2111KXCayman Airways (IATA airline designator)
2112KYCayman Islands (ISO 3166 digram), Kentucky (postal symbol)
2113KZKazakhstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2114KZNKwaZulu-Natal
2115LaLanthanum
2116LALaos (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram), Louisiana (postal symbol), Los Angeles
2117LAASLocal Area Augmentation System, Los Angeles Astronomical Society
2118LABLogistics Assault Base
2119LabVIEWLaboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench
2120LACMALos Angeles County Museum of Art
2121LADLaser Aiming Device
2122LADWLocal Air Defence Warning
2123LAESILocal Authority & Emergency Service Information
2124LANLLos Alamos National Laboratory
2125LAOLaos (ISO 3166 trigram)
2126LARLight Armoured Reconnaissance, Logistics Assistance Representative
2127LARCLivermore Advanced Research Computer (cf. LLNL)
2128LARPLive-Action Role-Playing
2129LaserLight Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (cf. Maser)
2130LATLowest Astronomical Tide (nautical charts),Licensed Athletic Trainer (used in many of the United States; see www.oata.org)
2131LATALocal Access Transport Area
2132LATCHLower Anchors and Tethers for Children (U.S. standard for attachment points for child safety seats in passenger cars)
2133LAVLand Assault Vehicle, Light Armoured Vehicle, Lymphadenopathy-Associated Virus
2134LAWLight Antitank Weapon
2135LAXLos Angeles International Airport, The Latin American Xchange (professional wrestling)
2136LBLebanon (ISO 3166 digram)
2137LBHLight Battlefield Helicopter, Lyman-Birge-Hopfield bands
2138LBJLady Bird Johnson,LeBron James,Light Bulb Joke,Little Beagle Johnson (the dog owned by Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson),Lyndon Baines Johnson
2139LBNLebanon (ISO 3166 trigram)
2140LBNLLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2141LBRLiberia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2142LBSLocation-Based Services
2143LBTLarge Binocular Telescope
2144LBWLeg Before Wicket
2145LBYLibya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2146LCASaint Lucia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2147LCCLand Component Commander
2148LCCPLight Contingency Communications Package
2149LCDLiquid Crystal Display
2150LCMLeast/Lowest Common Multiple
2151LCSLeague of Legends Championship Series
2152LDALateral Drift Apparatus (paratroops)
2153LDCLesser Developing/Developed Country
2154LDLLow-Density Lipoprotein
2155LDVLocal Defence Volunteers (British Home Guard)
2156LDWLane Departure Warning (ADAS)
2157LELebanon (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2158LECLocal Exchange Carrier
2159LEDLight-Emitting Diode
2160LEGADLegal Advice
2161Legslevel emotion gad speed
2162LEMOSSLong-Endurance MObile Submarine Simulator
2163LENLarge Extension Node
2164LEPLarge Electron-Positron collider
2165LERLoss-Exchange Ratio
2166LEULow-Enriched Uranium
2167LFLow Frequency
2168LFOLow Frequency Oscillation / Oscillator
2169LFTRLiquid fluoride thorium reactor
2170LGLatvia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2171LGBLesbian,Gay,Bisexual
2172LGBTLesbian,Gay,Bisexual,Transgender
2173LGBTQLesbian,Gay,Bisexual,Transgender,Queer
2174LGLOLove God,Love Others
2175LGMLittle Green Men
2176LGSLandsat Ground Station
2177LHCLarge Hadron Collider
2178LHSLeft Hand Side
2179LiLithium
2180LIBORLondon Interbank Offered Rate
2181LIBSLaser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
2182LIELiechtenstein (ISO 3166 trigram)
2183LIGOLaser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
2184LINEARLincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
2185LISALaser Interferometer Space Antenna
2186LIVELiquid Inertial Vibration Eliminator
2187LJJLord Justices of Appeal
2188LKSri Lanka (ISO 3166 digram)
2189LKASri Lanka (ISO 3166 trigram)
2190LKR4Linkwitz-Riley 4th order (audio crossover type)
2191LLADLow Level Air Defence
2192LLBLegum Baccalaureus (Latin: Bachelor of Laws)
2193LLCLimited Liability Company
2194LLLTVLow-Light Level Television
2195LLNLLawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2196LLPLimited Liability Partnership
2197LLTRLow-Level Transit Route
2198LMAOLaughing My Ass Off (Internet shorthand)
2199LMBLick My Balls
2200LMFAOLaughing My F**king Ass Off (Internet shorthand,electro-hop duo)
2201LMNLifetime Movie Network
2202LMSLike My Status (Internet shorthand)
2203LMV() Light Motor Vehicle
2204LNERLondon and North Eastern Railway
2205LNGLiquefied Natural Gas
2206LNOLiaison Officer
2207LNRLigue Nationale de Rugby (French for: 'National Rugby League')
2208LOSlovakia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2209LOALimit Of Advance
2210LOCLevel of Operational Capability, Limited Operational Capability
2211LODLimit of Detection,see Detection limit
2212LoDLines of Development (UK)
2213LOFARLow Frequency Analysis and Recording
2214LOGPACLogistics Package
2215LOLLaughing Out Loud (Internet shorthand)
2216LOMEZLow Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
2217LONEOSLowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search
2218LOOGYLefty One-Out GuY,a sometimes pejorative nickname for the left-handed specialist in baseball
2219LORTIDLOng Range Target IDentification
2220LOSLine Of Sight
2221LOSATLine-Of-Sight Anti-Tank (missile)
2222LOTALicentiate of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
2223LOTISLivermore Optical Transient Imaging System
2224LOTSLogistics Over-The-Shore
2225LPLinkin Park,Linkup Point,Listening Post,Long Playing record,Louisiana Pacific (cf. LP Field)
2226LPCLinear Predictive Coding
2227LPDLanding Platform Dock (Navy hull classification),Low Probability of Detection
2228LPGLiquefied Petroleum Gas (cf. LNG)
2229LPILow Probability of Intercept
2230LPSLandsat Processing System,LipoPolySaccharide
2231LQPalmyra Atoll (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2232LrLawrencium
2233LRLiberia (ISO 3166 digram)
2234LRCLogistics iness Center
2235LRGWLong-Range Guided Weapon
2236LRICBMLimited Range ICBM
2237LRIPLow Rate Initial Production
2238LRPLogistics Release Point
2239LRPELong-Range Planning Element
2240LRSLong Range Surveillance
2241LRULine-Replaceable Unit
2242LSATLaw School Admission Test (often pronounced as 'el-SAT')
2243LSILarge-Scale Integration
2244LSIFLabour Sponsored Investment Fund
2245LSNDLiquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
2246LSOLesotho (ISO 3166 trigram)
2247LSSTLarge Synoptic Survey Telescope
2248LSTLanding Ship,Tank (World War II; also known,not entirely affectionately,as 'Large Slow Target')
2249LSVWLight Support Vehicle,Wheeled
2250LTLesotho (FIPS 10-4 country code),Lithuania (ISO 3166 digram)
2251LtLieutenant
2252LtCLieutenant-Colonel (U.S.)
2253LTCLong-Term Costing
2254LtdLimited
2255LTDPLong-Term Defence Plan
2256LTGLieutenant General,Lightning (METAR Code)
2257LTILinear Time-Invariant
2258LTMAcronym for Laughing To Myself
2259LTPLong-Term Potentiation
2260LTULithuania (ISO 3166 trigram)
2261LUAcronym Love You
2262LULoonatics Unleashed
2263LuLutetium
2264LUCALast Universal Common Ancestor
2265LUGLinux User Group
2266LULULocally Unwanted Land Use (urbanism)
2267LUTLimited User Test (ing),Local User Terminal
2268LUVWLight Utility Vehicle,Wheeled
2269LUXLuxembourg (ISO 3166 trigram)
2270LVLas Vegas,Latvia (ISO 3166 digram),Launch Vehicle,Leading Vehicle,Leave,Left Ventricle,Level Valve,Linking Verb,Liverpool Victoria
2271LVALatvia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2272LVADLeft Ventricular Assist Device,Low-Velocity Airdrop
2273LVEFLeft Ventricular Ejection Fraction
2274LWLand Warrior,Low Water (nautical charts)
2275LwLawrencium (obsolete 1963)
2276LWRLaser warning receiver
2277LWRCLand Warfare Resources Corporation
2278LWSLand Warrior System
2279LXElectrics (theatrical term)
2280LXLuxembourg (amateur radio ITU prefix),Swiss International Air Lines (IATA code)
2281LYLibya (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Lithuania (amateur radio ITU prefix)
2282LYAOLaugh Your Ass Off
2283LYLASLove You Like A Sister
2284LZBulgaria (amateur radio ITU prefix),Landing Zone
2285MMega-,One thousand (in Roman numerals)
2286mMetre,Milli
2287MAMadagascar (FIPS 10-4 country code),Marijuana Anonymous,Master of Arts,Massachusetts (postal symbol),Megaampere,Morocco (ISO 3166 digram)
2288MaMegaannum
2289mAMilliampere
2290MAAMathematical Association of America
2291MAACMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference
2292MACEMulti-Agent Computing Environment
2293MACHOMAssive Compact Halo Object
2294MADDMothers Against Drunk Driving,MyoAdenylate Deaminase Deficiency,Multiply-Add
2295MAFMaintenance Action Form
2296MAGICMajor Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (telescope)
2297MAGNETARMetaprogrammable AGent NETwork ARchitecture
2298MAGTFMarine Air-Ground Task Force
2299MahaszMagyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége (Hungarian for: 'Association of Hungarian Record Companies')
2300MALDMiniature Air-Launched Decoy
2301MANPADSMAN-Portable Air Defence System
2302MANPRINTMANpower and PeRsonnel INTegration
2303MAOMolėtų astronomijos observatorija (Moletai Astronomical Observatory),MonoAmine Oxidase
2304MAOIMonoamine oxidase inhibitor
2305MAPSMonitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship
2306MARMorocco (ISO 3166 trigram)
2307MarBEFMarine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
2308MARCENTUnited States Marine Forces Central Command
2309MARFORCCMarine Force Component Commander
2310MASASMonte Agliale Supernovae and Asteroid Survey
2311MaserMicrowave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
2312MASHMobile Army Surgical Hospital
2313MASINTMeasurement And Signature Intelligence
2314MAVSMobile Artillery Vehicle System
2315MBBL(U.S. Armor Center) Mounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
2316MBCCMigratory Bird Conservation Commission (U.S.)
2317MBCSMulti-Byte Character Set
2318MBIMoody Bible Institute
2319MBIDSTMember of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
2320MBMMeat and Bone Meal
2321MBTMain Battle Tank
2322MBTIMyers-Briggs Type Indicator
2323mCMillicoulomb
2324MCDLModel Composition Definition Language
2325MCFTModified Compression Field Theory
2326MCGMelbourne Cricket Ground
2327MCISMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
2328MCMMine Counter-Measures
2329MCMVMine Counter-Measure Vessel
2330MCRMy Chemical Romance
2331MCSFMarine Corps Security Forces
2332MCTMovement Control Team
2333MCTISMounted Co-operative Target Identification System
2334MdMendelevium
2335MDNAMadonna's 12th studio album title (2012)
2336MDOMembership Driven Organisation
2337MDPMarkov Decision Process
2338MDTMountain Daylight Time (UTC-6 hours)
2339MDVMaldives (ISO 3166 trigram)
2340MeMesserschmitt
2341MEACMid-Eastern Athletic Conference (ME-ac)
2342MECOMain engine cutoff (NASA code for point in Space Shuttle assent when three main engines are shut down prior to External Tank (ET) separation)
2343MEDEVACMedical evacuation
2344MEDSMission Essential Data Set
2345MEGMagnetoEncephaloGraphy
2346MELTMetallic Line/Loop Test (ing)
2347MEMSMicroelectromechanical System
2348MERMars Exploration Rover
2349MERLMitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
2350MESManufacturing Execution Systems
2351METAR[Meteorological] Aviation Routine weather report
2352METOCMeteorological and Oceanographic
2353MeVMegaelectronvolt
2354MEXMexico (ISO 3166 trigram)
2355MEZMissile Engagement Zone
2356mFMillifarad
2357MGPAMMy Gym Partner's a Monkey
2358MGSMobile Gun System
2359mHMillihenry
2360MHCMajor Histocompatibility Complex
2361MHHWMean Higher High Water (nautical charts)
2362MHLMarshall Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2363MHLWMean Higher Low Water (nautical charts)
2364MHRA(UK) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
2365MHWMean High Water (nautical charts)
2366MHWNMean High Water Neaps (nautical charts)
2367MHWSMean High Water Springs (nautical charts)
2368MHzMegahertz
2369MiMebi
2370MIAMissing In Action
2371MICLICMine Clearing Line Charge
2372MICOMMissile Command
2373MIDMidway Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
2374MIDASMan-machine Integration Design and Analysis System
2375MIDIMusical Instrument Digital Interface
2376MIDSMulti-Function Information Distribution System
2377MIFGShallow Fog (METAR Code)
2378MIKEMonitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants
2379MILMan-In-the-Loop
2380MILCMirrorless interchangeable-lens camera
2381MILFMother I'd Like to Fuck
2382MIMOSAMIcroMeasurements Of Satellite Acceleration
2383MIMPTMember of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
2384MIRAMILAN Infra-Red Acquisition (thermal sight)
2385MIRVMultiple Independent Reentry Vehicle
2386MISREPMission Report
2387MISSIMultilevel Information System Security Initiative
2388MITLMan-In-The-Loop
2389MITSsee entry
2390mJMillijoule
2391MJDModified Julian Day
2392mKMillikelvin
2393MKGMichael Kidd-Gilchrist (American basketball player)
2394MKSAMetre-Kilogram-Second-Ampere (system of units)
2395mLMillilitre
2396MLBMajor League Baseball
2397MLCMember of the Legislative Council (in India)
2398MLEMaximum likelihood estimation
2399MLHWMean Lower High Water (nautical charts)
2400MLIMali (ISO 3166 trigram)
2401MLLMajor League Lacrosse
2402MLLWMean Lower Low Water (nautical charts)
2403MLPMy Little Pony
2404MLRSMultiple-Launch Rocket System
2405MLTMalta (ISO 3166 trigram)
2406MLWMean Low Water (nautical charts)
2407MLWNMean Low Water Neaps (nautical charts)
2408MLWSMean Low Water Springs (nautical charts)
2409MmMegametre
2410mmMillimetre
2411MMEVMulti-Mission Effects Vehicle
2412MMIMagical MonkeyZ Inc.
2413MMIMan-Machine Interface
2414MMIMcLean Meditation Institute
2415MMICMcLean Meditation Institute Certified
2416MMOMassively Multiplayer Online (computer game)
2417MMORMaster of Management in Operations Research
2418MMORPGMassively multiplayer online role-playing game
2419MMPRMighty Morphin Power Rangers
2420MMSMultimission Modular Spacecraft
2421MnManganese
2422mNMillinewton
2423MNBMultinational Brigade
2424MNEMontenegro (ISO 3166 trigram)
2425MNMFMulti-National Maritime Force
2426MNPNorthern Mariana Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2427MNSMission Needs Statement
2428MoMolybdenum
2429MOAMuseum of Art (Brigham Young University)
2430MOCASMechanization Of Contract Administration Services
2431MoDMinistry of Defence (United Kingdom) and various other countries
2432modemModulator-Demodulator
2433MoeMarvel of entertainment
2434MOEMeasure Of Effectiveness
2435MOFMinistry of Finance (Japan)
2436MOFAMinistry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
2437MOIDMinimum Orbital Intersection Distance
2438MOJWAMovement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa
2439MOLOMobile Other Licensed Operator (UK)
2440MOMMaster's Degree in Oriental medicine
2441MOMMessage Oriented Middleware
2442MoMMultiple of the median
2443MoMAMuseum of Modern Art (NYC)
2444MONDModified Newtonian Dynamics
2445MOOMeasure Of Outcome
2446MOPPMission-Oriented Protective Posture
2447MORPMeteorite Observation and Recovery Project
2448MOSFETMetal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
2449MOTMinistry of Transport (UK)
2450MOTAMember of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
2451MOTESSMoving Object and Transient Event Search System
2452MOUMemorandum Of Understanding
2453MOWMaintenance of way (also MW)
2454MOZMozambique (ISO 3166 trigram)
2455MPaMegapascal
2456mPaMillipascal
2457MPAAMotion Picture Association of America
2458MPECMinor Planet Electronic Circular
2459MPEGMotion Pictures (Coding) Experts Group
2460MPEVMulti-Purpose Engineering Vehicle
2461MPFMaritime Prepositioning Force
2462MPFCMedial PreFrontal Cortex
2463MPGMiles Per Gallon
2464MPMCMedial PreMotor Cortex
2465MPSIMember of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
2466MPSoCMultiProcessor System-on-Chip
2467MPSRONMaritime Propositioning Ship Squadron
2468MRMauritania (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2469MRAVMulti-Role Armoured Vehicle
2470MRBMMedium Range Ballistic Missile
2471MRCMaintenance Requirements Card
2472MRDMotorized Rifle Division
2473MRGWMedium-Range Guided Weapon
2474MRIMagnetic Resonance Imaging
2475MRLMultiple Rocket Launcher
2476MRPharmSMember of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (Great Britain)
2477MRSMagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
2478MRSAMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
2479MRTFBU.S. Major Range and Test Facility Base
2480MsMegasecond
2481mSMillisiemens
2482MSDMinimum Safe Distance
2483MSDBMulti Source Data Base
2484MSEMultiple Subscriber Element
2485MSGMessage
2486MSLPMean Sea Level Pressure
2487MSNBCMicrosoft National Broadcasting Company Cable news channel (see also msnbc.com)
2488MSOMultiple System Operator
2489MSPBMerit Systems Protection Board
2490MSSAMethicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
2491MtMeitnerium
2492mTMillitesla
2493MTBFMean Time Between Failures
2494MtFMale-to-female transsexual
2495MTGMagic: The Gathering
2496MTQMartinique (ISO 3166 trigram)
2497MTTMethylthiazol tetrazolium (assay)
2498MTTFMean Time To Failure
2499MTTRMean Time To Recover
2500MTWSMAGTF Tactical Warfare System
2501MUSMauritius (ISO 3166 trigram)
2502mVMillivolt
2503MVCMissouri Valley Conference
2504MVFCMissouri Valley Football Conference
2505MVNOMobile virtual network operator
2506mWMilliwatt
2507MWESHMachismo Wizards Extended SHelter (operating system)
2508MWIMalawi (ISO 3166 trigram)
2509MWOAMount Wilson Observatory Association
2510MWTBMounted Warfare Test Bed
2511MYMalaysia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2512MYOBMind Your Own Business
2513MYSMalaysia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2514MYTMayotte (ISO 3166 trigram)
2515nNano
2516N/ANot Available, Not Applicable, or: No Answer
2517N3FNational Fantasy Fan Federation
2518nANanoampere
2519NaSodium (Latin Natrium)
2520NAAN-Acetylaspartate
2521NAADNorth American Air Defense
2522NAAQSNational Ambient Air Quality Standards
2523NAAWSNATO Anti-Air Warfare System
2524NACNational Agency Check,U.S. Naval Avionics Center,U.S. Navy Advanced Concepts,North Atlantic Council,Northern Area Command
2525NACCNorth Atlantic Cooperation Council
2526NACISANATO Communications and Information Systems Agency
2527NACMANATO Air Command and Control System Management Agency
2528NACRANorth America Caribbean Rugby Association (more specifically rugby union)
2529NAECU.S. Naval Air Engineering Center
2530NAFERANative American Free Exercise of Religion Act
2531NAFLDNonAlcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
2532NAFONorthwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
2533NAFTANorth American Free Trade Agreement
2534NAGPRANative American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
2535NAICSNorth American Industry Classification System
2536NAILNeurotics Anonymous
2537NAILSNational Airspace Integrated Logistics System
2538NAIRUNon Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment
2539NAKNegative Acknowledge
2540NAMNamibia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2541NAMBLANorth American Man-Boy Love Association
2542NAMRLNaval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
2543NaNNot A Number (computing)
2544NAOUK National Audit Office
2545NAPSNavy Acquisition Procedures Supplement
2546NARA(U.S.) National Archives and Records Administration
2547NARALNational Abortion Rights Action League
2548NARDACNaval Regional Data Automation Center
2549NARDICU.S. Navy Acquisition Research and Development Information Center
2550NARPVNational Association for Remotely Piloted Vehicles
2551NASCARNational Association for Stock Car Auto Racing
2552NASDAQNational Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
2553NASEDNational Association of State Election Directors [1][2]
2554NASHNon-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
2555NASPNational Aerospace Plane
2556NASSNational Association of Secretaries of State [3]
2557NatGeoNational Geographic
2558NaUKMANational University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
2559NAVNavigation[al]
2560NAVCAMSNaval Communications Area Master Station
2561NAVCCNational Audio-Visual Conservation Center
2562NAVCENTNaval Forces U.S. Central Command
2563NAVDACNaval Data Automation Command
2564NAVEURNaval Forces U.S. European Command
2565NAVFORNaval Force
2566NAVMACSNaval Modular Automatic Communication Subsystem
2567NAVNETNavy Network
2568NAVSNon-Cooperative Airborne Vector Scoring
2569NAVSATNavigation Satellite
2570NAVSPACECOMU.S. Navy Space Command
2571NAVSPASURU.S. Naval Space Surveillance System
2572NAVSTARNavigation Satellite Timing And Ranging
2573NAVTACNETNavy Tactical Network
2574NAWCU.S. Naval Air Warfare Center
2575NbNiobium
2576NBANational Basketball Association
2577NBLNational Basketball League (Australia)
2578NBTNitroblue tetrazolium (assay)
2579nCNanocoulomb
2580NCANational Command Authority
2581NCARU.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research
2582NCBNational Codification Bureau
2583NCCAMU.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
2584NCCUSLNational Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (U.S.)
2585NCDDRU.S. National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research
2586NCIU.S. National Cancer Institute
2587NCLNew Caledonia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2588NCLRNational Council of La Raza
2589NCMONo Commitment Make Out
2590NCONon-Commissioned Officer
2591NCPNet Contracted Purchases
2592NCRNational Cash Register Co.
2593NCTRNon-Co-operative Target Recognition
2594NCWNetwork Centric Warfare
2595NdNeodymium
2596NDAAU.S. National Defense Authorization Act
2597NDBPNon-Departmental Public Body (Scotland)
2598NDPNew Democratic Party (Canada)
2599NDSNintendo DS
2600NeNeon
2601NECTECNational Electronics and Computer Technology Center (Thailand)
2602NEMSNational Energy Modeling System (USDOE-EIA)
2603NEPANational Environmental Policy Act
2604NERNiger (ISO 3166 trigram)
2605NERICANew Rice for Africa
2606NESPNSA/CSS Enterprise Standards Program
2607NETNational Educational Television
2608NETCU(UK) National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit
2609NETL(US) National Energy Technology Laboratory
2610NETWARSNetwork Warfare Simulation
2611NEXNavy EXchange
2612nFNanofarad
2613NFNorfolk Island (ISO 3166 digram)
2614NFERNational Foundation for Educational Research
2615NFGNo Fucking Good
2616NFHSNational Federation of State High School Associations
2617NFINot F****** Interested
2618NFKNorfolk Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
2619NfldNewfoundland
2620NFPANational Fluid Power Association (United States)
2621NFTNo Further Text
2622NGAU.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Nigeria (ISO 3166 trigram)
2623NGATSNew Generation Army Targetry System
2624NGHNorthern General Hospital
2625NGOnon-governmental organization
2626NGSNaval Gunfire Support
2627nHNanohenry
2628NHANESNational Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
2629NHBNew Hebrides (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1980)
2630NHBNo Holds Barred radio (Link)
2631NHLNational Hockey League
2632NHRANational Hot Rod Association
2633NHSNational Health Service (UK)
2634NiNickel
2635NIAAAU.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
2636NIAGNATO Industrial Advisory Group
2637NIAIDNational Institute of Allergies and Infectious Disease
2638NIAMDNational Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases
2639NIBNew In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
2640NIBPNon-invasive blood pressure monitor
2641NicANicotine Anonymous
2642NICAPNational Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena
2643NICEUK. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
2644NICHDNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development [4]
2645NICPNational Inventory Control Point
2646NIDDKNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
2647NIDRRNational Institute on Disability Research and Rehabilitation
2648NIEHSNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
2649NIINNational Item Identification Number
2650NIMANational Imagery and Mapping Agency (became NGA)
2651NIMBYNot In My Back Yard (See NOME)
2652NIMGNot In My Generation
2653NINNine Inch Nails (band)
2654NIPRNational Institute of Polar Research (Japan)
2655NIRNorthern Ireland (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
2656NISACU.S. National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center
2657NISCAPNSA Information System Certification and Accreditation Program
2658NISERNational Institute of Science Education and Research
2659NISTNational Institute of Standards and Technology
2660NITFSNational Imagery Transmission Format Standard
2661NIUNiue (ISO 3166 trigram)
2662nJNanojoule
2663NJNew Jersey (postal symbol)
2664NJHSNational Junior Honor Society
2665NJPWNew Japan Pro Wrestling
2666nKNanokelvin
2667NKANo Known Allergies
2668nLNanolitre
2669NLBNon-Linear Battlefield
2670NLDNetherlands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2671NLFNational Liberation Front (disambiguation)
2672NLLNational Lacrosse League
2673NLPNatural Language Processing,Neuro-Linguistic Programming (pseudoscience)
2674NLRBNational Labor Relations Board
2675NLWNon-Lethal Weapon
2676nmNanometre
2677NMNew Mexico (postal symbol)
2678NMCINavy Marine Corps Intranet
2679NMCSNot Mission Capable Supply (SM&R code)
2680NMDU.S. National Missile Defense
2681NMHNFGNot Made Here,No Fucking Good
2682NMNNo middle name
2683NMRNuclear Magnetic Resonance
2684NMSGNATO Modelling and Simulation Group
2685nNNanonewton
2686NNENorth North-East
2687NNSAU.S. National Nuclear Security Administration
2688NNWNorth North-West
2689NONitric Oxide,Normally Open,Norway (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
2690NoNobelium
2691NOAAU.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
2692NOAFNorwegian Air Force
2693NOAONational Optical Astronomy Observatory
2694NOCUK. National Oceanography Centre
2695NODEFNATO Oceanographic Data Exchange Format
2696NOGINew Orleans Grande Isle (award for diving)
2697NOLANew Orleans,Louisiana (LA is the official postal code for Louisiana)
2698NOLFNavy OutLying Field
2699NoMBONon-mine,Mine-like Bottom Object
2700NOMENot on Mars Either
2701NOMENot on Mars Either (see NIMBY)
2702NOPANational Office Products Alliance,National Office Products Association
2703NORNorway (ISO 3166 trigram)
2704NORELPREFNo religious preference
2705NORTHAGNorthern Army Group
2706NOSNetwork Operating System,New Old Stock (Internet auction/trading listings),Nitric Oxide Synthase (enzyme)
2707NOSANATO OSI Security Architecture
2708NOTAFLOFNo One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds
2709NOWNational Organization for Women
2710NPNational Permit,A permit in India for trucks so they can go anywhere in the nation
2711NpNeap tide (nautical charts),Neptunium
2712NPNepal (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
2713NPBNippon Professional Baseball
2714NPCNational Postgraduate Committee,National Provincial Championship (New Zealand rugby competition,now defunct),Navigation Planning Chart
2715NPCSNon-Passenger Coaching stock (in Railways)
2716NPDNationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (German)
2717NPDINew Product Development and Introduction
2718NPGNeedline/Network Participation Group
2719NPHNormal Pressure Hydrocephalus
2720NPLNational Priorities List,Nepal (ISO 3166 trigram)
2721NPOnothing by mouth
2722NPOVNeutral Point Of View
2723NQDronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1983)
2724NQOCDNot Quite Our Class,Dear (or Darling). (Upper-class English slang)
2725NRNauru (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
2726NRANational Rifle Association
2727NRAONational Radio Astronomy Observatory
2728NRC(U.S.) National Research Council,Nuclear Regulatory Commission (U.S.)
2729NRDC(U.S.) Natural Resources Defense Council
2730NREL(U.S.) National Renewable Energy Laboratory
2731NRKNorsk Rikskringkasting (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)
2732NRMPNational Resident Matching Program (U.S. medicine)
2733NRO(U.S.) National Reconnaissance Office
2734NRTNear Real Time
2735NRTANational Rat Terrier Association,National Retail Tenants Association,National Retired Teachers Association,Northwest Regional Transmission Association
2736NRUNauru (ISO 3166 trigram)
2737nsNanosecond
2738nSNanosiemens
2739NSNorfolk Southern Railway (AAR reporting mark),Nova Scotia (postal symbol),Suriname (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2740NSAU.S. National Security Agency,Naval Support Activity,No Strings Attached
2741NSABBNational Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
2742NSAIDNon-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug
2743NSBNorges Statsbaner (Norwegian State Railways)
2744NSCNational Security Council
2745NSDAPNationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (German: 'German National Socialist Workers Party',the formal name of the Nazi Party)
2746NSDLNational Science Digital Library (US)
2747NSGNational System for Geospatial-Intelligence
2748NSNNational Stock Number
2749NSNANational Student Nurses' Association
2750NSONational Standardization Office (ABCA)
2751NSS(U.S.) Naval Simulation System
2752NST(UK) Nimrod Software Team
2753NSTACNational Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
2754NSVNikitin-Sokolov-Volkov heavy machine gun (Russian НСВ Никитина-Соколова-Волкова) ru:ПулеметНСВ-12,7 'Утес'
2755NSWNew South Wales (postal symbol)
2756nTNanotesla
2757NTNational 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)
2758NTCNational Training Center,Negative Temperature Coefficient (thermistor)
2759NTDSNaval Tactical Data System
2760NTPNetwork Time Protocol
2761NTRNetwork Time Reference
2762NTRANational Thoroughbred Racing Association
2763NTSBNational Transportation Safety Board
2764NTSCNational Television Standards Committee (colloquially,Never Twice the Same Color)
2765NTVNon-Tactical Vehicle
2766NTY(Internet Abbreviations:) Not Tested Yet; (Alternatively) No Thank You
2767NTZIraq-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1993)
2768NUNicaragua (FIPS 10-4 country code),Niue (ISO 3166 digram),Nunavut (postal symbol)
2769NULNull character (ASCII code of control character),National Urban League
2770NUTSNuclear Utilization Target Selection
2771NUWCU.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center
2772nVNanovolt
2773NVEOLNight Vision and Electro-Optics Laboratory
2774NVESDCERDEC Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate,Fort Belvoir,Virginia
2775NVGNight Vision Goggles
2776NVLNight Vision Laboratory
2777nWNanowatt
2778NWNorth-West
2779NWNuclear Weapon
2780NWANational Wrestling Alliance
2781NWFNational Wildlife Federation
2782NWFZNuclear-Weapon-Free Zone
2783NWHNU.S. National Women's Health Network
2784nWoNew World Order (see article for explanation of idiosyncratic capitalization)
2785NWOAHMNew Wave of American Heavy Metal
2786NWOBHMNew Wave of British Heavy Metal (sometimes pronounced /n.ˈwɒbm/ as if it were an acronym)
2787NWRANational Wildlife Rehabilitators Association
2788NWSLNational Women's Soccer League (U.S.)
2789NWTNorth-West Territories
2790NXA21st arcade game in the Pump It Up series
2791NXDNative XML
2792NXENew Xbox Experience
2793NXGNew Cross Gate station
2794NXLNational XBall League
2795NXNNike Cross Nationals
2796NYNew York (postal symbol)
2797NYCNew York City
2798NYTNew York Times
2799NYHANew York Heart Association
2800NYONational Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
2801NYSENew York Stock Exchange
2802NZNew Zealand (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
2803NZCNew Zealand Cricket
2804NZLNew Zealand (ISO 3166 trigram)
2805NzLNoze looan (online/event listings)
2806NZOSSNew Zealand Open Source Society
2807NZRUNew Zealand Rugby Union
2808OACOn Approved Credit
2809OAPOld Age Pensioner (UK)
2810OARSIOsteoarthritis Research Society International
2811OASOrganization of American States
2812OASISOntario Agencies Supporting Individuals with Special Needs
2813OASISOntario Association of Sewage Industry Services
2814OASPOperational Analysis Support Paper/Plan
2815OAUOrganization for African Unity
2816OBEOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
2817OBXOuter Banks (North Carolina)
2818OCOfficer Commanding
2819OCDObsessive-Compulsive Disorder
2820OCFSOracle Cluster File System
2821OCFS2Oracle Cluster File System Release 2
2822OCMCC[2] Orchard County MCC
2823OCNOncology Certified Nurse
2824OCOOort Cloud Object
2825OCROptical Character Recognition
2826OCSsee entry
2827ODASOCA-DLR Asteroid Survey
2828ODBCOpen DataBase Connectivity
2829OEA(U.S.) Office of Economic Adjustment
2830OECDOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (international)
2831OEDOxford English Dictionary
2832OEGOperation Exposure Guidance
2833OEISOn-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
2834OEMOriginal Equipment Manufacturer
2835OFAOccipital Face Area
2836OFDAU.S Agency for International Development's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
2837OGCOpen Geospatial Consortium
2838OGDOther Government Department
2839OGOOther Government Organization
2840OHOhio (postal symbol)
2841OHCOverHead-Cam engine
2842OHHLAOriginal Hip-Hop Lyrics Archive
2843OHIPOntario Health Insurance Plan
2844OHMSOn Her (or His) Majesty's Service (also written: O.H.M.S.)
2845OHPObservatoire de Haute-Provence
2846OHSSOvarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
2847OICOfficer In Charge
2848OIFOperation Iraqi Freedom
2849OIOCOriental & India Office Collections (in the British Library)
2850OJTOn-the-Job Training
2851OKCOklahoma City
2852OLEDOrganic Light-Emitting Diode
2853OLSOperational Linescan System
2854OMDOrchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1980s pop group)
2855OMEOsaka Mercantile Exchange
2856OMFGOh My Fucking God
2857OMGOh My God or Or My Gosh
2858OMGWOh My Gosh it's Windy
2859OMNOman (ISO 3166 trigram)
2860OMNCSU.S. Office of the Manager for the National Communications System
2861OMPOrder of Mapungubwe in Platinum
2862OMSOrder of Mapungubwe in Silver
2863OMTObject Model Template
2864ONOntario (postal symbol)
2865ONCOrthopaedic Nurse Certified
2866ONGOrthodontic National Group
2867ONI(U.S.) Office of Naval Intelligence
2868ONSOperational Needs Statement
2869OOADObject Oriented Analysis and Design
2870OOBEOut-of-body experience
2871OOCLOrient Overseas Container Line
2872OODAObservation,Orientation,Decision,Action loop (a.k.a. Boyd's Loop)
2873OOFOut of Facility
2874OOMFOne Of My Followers
2875OOOOut Of the Office
2876OOTWOperations Other Than War
2877OPObservation 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
2878OPACOnline Public Access Catalogue
2879OPCONOperational control
2880OPCWOrganisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
2881OPECOrganization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
2882OPFOROpposing force
2883OPINTELOperational Intelligence
2884OPLANOperation plan (also OpPlan)
2885OPORDOperation order
2886OPSECOperations security,Open Platform for Security
2887OPSIOverwhelming post splenectomy infection,UK Office of Public Sector Information
2888OPTAROperational target
2889OPVOffshore Patrol Vessel
2890OQOrder 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)
2891OROperating 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
2892ORAUOak Ridge Associated Universities
2893ORBObject Request Broker
2894ORBATOrder of Battle
2895ORDOffice of Research and Development,Operational Requirements Document
2896ORFOperational iness Float
2897ORISEOak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
2898ORNLOak Ridge National Laboratory
2899ORROak 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
2900ORSAOxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus,Operations Research Society of America
2901OSOperating System
2902OsOsmium
2903OSAOrder of St. Augustine
2904OSCEOrganisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
2905OSDU.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense,On-screen Display
2906OSDLOpen Source Development Labs
2907OSEOwn Separate Entrance
2908OSERSU.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
2909OSETIOptical SETI also Optical SETI
2910OSHAOccupational Safety and Health Administration
2911OSIOffice of Strategic Influence,Ontario Swine Improvement,Open Source Initiative,Open Systems Interconnection
2912OSIA(U.S.) On-Site Inspection Agency
2913OSIRISOptical,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)
2914OSLOpen Source License, Optically Stimulated Luminescence, Orbiting Solar Laboratory
2915OSMOne Saturday Morning
2916OSOTPBOIASOne Sec,On The Phone,Be Off In A Sec
2917OSPAOperations Security Professional's Association site of OSPA
2918OSPAOregon School Psychologists Association [3]
2919OSRHOružane Snage Republike Hrvatske (en: Armed forces of the Republic of Croatia)
2920OSUOhio State University,Oklahoma State University
2921OTAOffice of Technology Assessment, Orthodontic Technicians Association
2922OTACOrthodontic Technicians Association Conference,Orthodontic Technicians Association Council
2923OTCOver-The-Counter (drugs)
2924OTDOff the derech (referring to an Orthodox Jew who has stopped practicing the tenets of his or her faith)
2925OTEA(U.S. Army) Operational Test Evaluation Agency
2926OTIOffice of Transition Initiatives (United States Agency for International Development)
2927OTOHOn The Other Hand
2928OTSOff the scale,sexually untouchable except for a lot of money
2929OTSBHOver The Shoulder Boulder Holder
2930OTWOn The Way
2931OTYBLOver To You Blue Leader
2932OTYRLOver To You Red Leader
2933OUUniversity of Oklahoma
2934OWOld Wykehamist
2935OWNOprah Winfrey Network
2936OXIATA code for Orient Thai Airlines
2937OXCOptical cross-connect
2938OXMOfficial Xbox Magazine
2939OXTOxytocin
2940OZ(?) Australia
2941ppico
2942P2PPeer-to-peer (networking)
2943pApicoampere
2944PAAPosition Area for Artillery
2945PABXPrivate Automated Branch eXchange (company phone system)
2946PACOM(U.S.) Pacific Command
2947PADIProfessional Association of Diving Instructors
2948PAEKPolyArylEtherKetone
2949PAFCPlymouth Argyle Football Club
2950PAHPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
2951PAHOPan American Health Organization
2952PAKPakistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2953PAMPrecision Attack Missile
2954PANSPretty Advanced/Awesome Network Services (cf. POTS)
2955PARCPalo Alto Research Center
2956PAROSPrevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space (treaty)
2957PARP(NATO Partnership for Peace) Planning And Review Process
2958PARWIGPower Augmented Ram Wing In Ground (aeroplane wing shape)
2959PASSee entry
2960PASRPersonnel Accounting and Strength Reporting
2961PATHPort Authority Trans-Hudson
2962PAYDPay As You Drive
2963PAYEPay As You Earn
2964PbLead (Latin Plumbum)
2965PBPolyButylene
2966PBBPolyBrominated Biphenyl
2967PBCKProblem Between Chair and Keyboard (computer help desk in-joke)
2968PBDPolyButaDiene
2969PBDEPolyBrominated Diphenyl Ether
2970PBIPolyBenzImidazole
2971PBNPolyButylene Naphthalate
2972PBOHPlease Become Old History
2973PBTPolyButylene Terephthalate
2974PBXPrivate Branch eXchange (company phone system)
2975pCpicocoulomb
2976PCASPlanet-Crossing Asteroid Survey
2977PCBsee entry
2978PCCBPorsche Ceramic Composite Brake
2979PCCIPPresident's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection
2980PCEPerChlorEthylene
2981PCIePeripheral Component Interconnect Express (computer bus)
2982PCLPassive Coherent Location
2983PCMCIAPersonal Computer Memory Card International Association (People Can't Memorise Computer-Industry Acronyms)
2984PCNPitcairn Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2985PCPIPhysician Consortium for Performance Improvement (AMA)
2986PCRPolymerase chain reaction
2987PCSSDPulaski County Special School District
2988PCZPanama Canal Zone (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1980)
2989PdPalladium
2990PDProduct Director—Example: CERDEC Product Director C4ISR and Network Modernization
2991PDLPure Dumb Luck (Texan punk band)
2992PDNPull-Down Network
2993PDRYPeople's Democratic Republic of Yemen (obsolete since 1990)
2994PDTPacific Daylight [Saving] Time (UTC-7 hours)
2995PEProfessional Engineer
2996PEBCACProblem Exists Between Chair and Computer (IT help desk in-joke)
2997PEBKACProblem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair (ditto)
2998PEEKPolyEtherEtherKetone
2999PEETPartnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy
3000PEKPolyEtherKetone
3001PEPFARPresident's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief
3002PERPeru (ISO 3166 trigram)
3003perlusually lower case Practical Extraction and Report Language
3004PESPolyEtherSulfone
3005PESTUK Public Engagement with Science and Technology
3006PETEPolyEthyleneTErephthalate
3007PETPPolyEthyleneTerePhthalate
3008pFpicofarad
3009PFDPermanent Fund Dividend = personal flotation device
3010PFEPermanent Forest Estate
3011PfPPartnership for Peace
3012Pgpetagram
3013pgpicogram
3014PGCEPostgraduate Certificate in Education
3015PGDPre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis
3016PGENIPharmaco-Genetics for Every Nation Initiative
3017PGHPre-implantation Genetic Haplotyping
3018PGMPrecision-Guided Munition
3019PGPPretty Good Privacy
3020PHLPhilippines (ISO 3166 trigram)
3021PHQPatient Health Questionnaire
3022PiPebi
3023PIBPolyIsoButylene
3024PICPerson In Charge
3025PICNICProblem In Chair Not In Computer
3026PICSPrivate Investment Capital Subscription
3027PIFPartners in Flight
3028PIGPipeline Inspection Gauge
3029PINPersonal Identification Number
3030PINFPeople In Need Foundation (Czech charitable organisation)
3031PIPAProgram on International Policy Attitudes
3032PIRPriority Intelligence Requirement
3033PIRAProvisional Irish Republican Army
3034PIREPSPilot Reports
3035PITAPain In The Ass
3036PJpetajoule
3037pJpicojoule
3038PJHQPermanent Joint Headquarters
3039PKEPartnership of Kindermusik Educators [1] &[2] & [2]
3040PKIPublic Key Infrastructure (cryptography)
3041PKUPhenylketonuria
3042pLpicolitre
3043PLAIDPrecision Location and Identification
3044PLBPersonal Locator Beacon
3045PLCPublic Limited Company (British)
3046PLCCPlastic Leaded Chip Carrier (electronics)
3047PLDProbable Line of Deployment
3048PLEBSPeople Lacking Everyday Basic Skills
3049PLFParachute Landing Fall
3050PLIFPlanar Laser-Induced Fluorescence
3051PLLPhase-Locked Loop (electronics)
3052PLMPolarized Light Microscope/Microscopy
3053PLMBAPhospholipid Bilayer Microarray
3054PlnPlatoon
3055PLOPalestine Liberation Organization
3056PLOKTAPress Lots Of Keys To Abort
3057PLPPlatonic Life Partner
3058PLUTOPipe Line Under The Ocean
3059PLWPalau (ISO 3166 trigram)
3060pmpicometre
3061PMCPrimary Motor Cortex
3062PMIPositive Material Identification
3063PMIDPubMed Identifier
3064PMMAPolyMethylMethAcrylate
3065PMSPremenstrual Syndrome
3066PMSLPiss Myself Laughing (Internet shorthand)
3067PMTPremenstrual Tension (UK) (see Premenstrual Syndrome)
3068pNpiconewton
3069PNACProject for the New American Century
3070PNVSPilot Night Vision Sensor
3071PoPolonium
3072POPost Office
3073POPurchase Order
3074POCDPost-Operative Cognitive Dysfunction
3075podPlain Old Documentation
3076POFFPlain Old Flat File
3077POGOProject On Government Oversight
3078POIProgram Of Instruction
3079POKPlane Of Knowledge
3080POLADPolitical Advice
3081POMDPPartially observable Markov decision process
3082PooSPoo Sniffer (Internet shorthand)
3083POS- Point Of Sale terminal (retail industry transaction computers)Piece Of S**t
3084POSHPort Outbound Starboard Home (alleged)
3085POSSLQPerson of the Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters
3086POTPlane Of Tranquility
3087POTSPlain Old Telephone Service (cf. PANS),Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
3088POTUSPresident of the United States
3089POVPoint of view
3090POWPrisoner of war
3091PPASC(U.S.) Plans and Program Analysis Support Center
3092PPCLIPrincess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (regiment)
3093PPLIPrecise Participant Location & Identification
3094PPMProject Planning and Management
3095PPOPolyPhenylene Oxide
3096PPQNPulses Per Quarter Note (ditto)
3097PPQTPre-Production Qualification Test
3098PPVPay-per-view
3099PrPastor, Priest
3100PRPublic Relations
3101PrbPresbyter
3102PRBOPoint Reyes Bird Observatory
3103PRCPeople's Republic of China
3104PRDCERDEC Product Realization Directorate
3105PRFGPartial Fog (METAR Code)
3106PRIPuerto Rico (ISO 3166 trigram)
3107PRKDemocratic People's Republic of Korea (ISO 3166 trigram)
3108PRMPersonnel iness Management
3109PRYParaguay (ISO 3166 trigram)
3110Pspetasecond
3111pSpicosiemens
3112PSGPacific Seabird Group
3113PSIPortable Source Initiative
3114PSIPounds per square inch
3115PSSPersonnel System Support
3116PSTPacific Standard Time (UTC-8 hours)
3117PSUPennsylvania State University
3118PsyOpPsychological Operations
3119pTpicotesla
3120PtPlatinum
3121PTAParent-Teacher Association
3122PTALPublic Transport Accessibility Level
3123PTESPeople's Trust for Endangered Species
3124PTFEPolyTetraFluoroEthylene
3125PTIPardon the Interruption
3126PTSDPost-Traumatic Stress Disorder
3127PuPlutonium
3128PubPublication
3129PUGPET Users Group
3130PUNPull-Up Network
3131PUPPull-Up Point
3132PUSUnited States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
3133PVpetavolt
3134pVpicovolt
3135PvEPlayer versus Environment
3136PvPPlayer versus Player
3137PVRPersonal Video Recorder
3138PvZPlants vs. Zombies
3139PWPalau (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
3140pWpicowatt
3141PWAPirates With Attitude
3142PWBAPension and Welfare Benefits Administration
3143PWCPieceWise Constant (describing a mathematical function)
3144PwCPricewaterhouseCoopers (international accounting firm)
3145PWLPieceWise Linear (describing a mathematical function)
3146PWLCPieceWise Linear and Concave/Convex (describing a mathematical function)
3147PWRPressurized Water Reactor
3148PXPost eXchange
3149PYFFrench Polynesia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3150PYMWYMIPut Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
3151Q1First quarter of the year
3152Q2Second quarter of the year
3153Q3Third quarter of the year
3154Q4Fourth quarter of the year
3155QAQatar (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
3156QantasQueensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services
3157QATQatar (ISO 3166 trigram)
3158QBQuarterback (football)
3159QCDQuantum ChromoDynamics
3160QDquaque die (Latin for 'daily')
3161QDRQuadrennial Defense Review
3162QEHQueen Elizabeth's Hospital
3163QKAir Canada Jazz (IATA airline designator)
3164QNHRegional mean sea level atmospheric pressure (aeronautical Q code)
3165QPSQuark Publishing System
3166QSquantum sufficit (Latin, 'as much as suffices')
3167QSCATQuick Scatterometer satellite
3168QSLQuébec Sign Language
3169QSOQuasi-Stellar Object
3170Quango(British Commonwealth) QUasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation
3171QuasarQuasi-stellar radio source
3172QUBQueen's University Belfast
3173QUIETQ and U Imaging ExperimenT (Q and U are the Stokes parameters of the CMBR polarization)
3174qvquod vide (Latin, 'which see')
3175QZAwair (IATA airline designator)
3176R2IResistance to Interrogation
3177RARadio Australia
3178RaRadium
3179RAAFRoyal Australian Air Force
3180RabobankRaiffeisen-Boerenleenbank (from the two banks that merged to form the modern company)
3181RACKRisk Aware Consensual Kink (SM phrase)
3182RaconRAdar beaCON
3183RADARoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
3184RadarRadio Detection And Ranging
3185RadBRad51/Dmc1 homologous protein
3186RADbRouting Assets Data Base
3187RADCRegion Air Defence Commander
3188RAEUK Royal Aircraft Establishment (-1991)
3189RAGBRAIRegister's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa
3190RAMRoyal Air Maroc
3191RamarkRAdar MARKer
3192RAOCRear Area Operation Centre
3193RARDEUK Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment (1962-1991)
3194RARERapid Acquisition with Relaxation Enhancement (MRI technique)
3195RATELORadiotelephone Operator
3196RbRubidium
3197RBRunning Back (football)
3198RBIRuns Batted In
3199RCsee entry
3200RCAFRoyal Canadian Air Force
3201RCCRescue Co-ordination Centre
3202RCCORoyal Canadian College of Organists
3203RCHARoyal Canadian Horse Artillery (regiment)
3204RCMPRoyal Canadian Mounted Police
3205RDRadio Disney
3206RDDRadiological Dispersion Device
3207RDMRemotely Delivered/Deliverable Mine
3208RDTRemote Digital Terminal
3209RDVRemote Detection Vehicle
3210ReRhenium
3211RERoyal Engineers
3212REACTRemote Electronically Activated Control Technology
3213REAMRetired Educators Association of Minnesota
3214RECCEReconnaissance
3215REEFReef Environmental Education Foundation
3216REMRapid Eye Movement (sleep phase),Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
3217REMERoyal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
3218RERCRehabilitation Engineering Research Center
3219RESNARehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America
3220REURéunion (ISO 3166 trigram)
3221RfRutherfordium
3222RFDRequest for Documentation
3223RFERequest for Evaluation
3224RFEFReal Federación Española de Fútbol (Spanish for Royal Spanish Football Federation)
3225RFFRight of First Refusal (legal term)
3226RFIDRadio Frequency IDentification
3227RFLRugby Football League
3228RFPRequest for Proposal
3229RFQRequest for Quotation
3230RFTRequest for Tender
3231RFURugby Football Union
3232RGRepublican Guard
3233RgRoentgenium
3234RGBRed Green Blue (colour model)
3235RGBIRed Green Blue Intensity (ditto)
3236RhRhodium
3237RHSouthern Rhodesia (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1980)
3238RHICRelativistic Heavy Ion Collider
3239RHLIRoyal Hamilton Light Infantry (Canadian militia regiment)
3240RHOSouthern Rhodesia (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1980)
3241RHUReplacement Holding Unit
3242RIRhode Island (postal symbol)
3243RIAARecording Industry Association of America
3244RIBARoyal Institute of British Architects
3245RIFARed imported fire ant
3246RILARetail Industry Leaders Association
3247RIMVSRetinal Imaging Machine Vision System
3248RINORepublican In Name Only[1]
3249RIPRelief In Place,requiesca[n]t in pace (Latin for 'may he/she/they rest in peace')
3250RISCReduced Instruction Set Computer
3251RJDReduced Julian Day
3252RKBARight to Keep and Bear Arms (Second Amendment to the United States Constitution)
3253RKORadio-Keith-Orpheum Pictures
3254RLPRecognised [Operating/Operational] Land Picture
3255RLSRestless Leg Syndrome
3256RLYRally Point
3257RMsee separate disambiguation page
3258RMCRobert Menzies College
3259RMDARecords Management and Declassification Agency
3260RMPRecognised [Operating/Operational] Maritime Picture
3261RNRadio Netherlands
3262RnRadon
3263RNARiboNucleic Acid
3264RNADRoyal Naval Armaments Depot (UK)
3265RNPSRadio Network Planning System
3266RNZRadio New Zealand
3267RNZIRadio New Zealand International
3268ROARate Of Ascent
3269ROERules Of Engagement
3270ROFLOLRolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud
3271ROHRing of Honor
3272ROKRepublic of Korea
3273ROPRender Output Pipeline
3274ROPEResearch Opportunity and Performance Evidence
3275ROSReactive Oxygen Species
3276ROURomania (ISO 3166 trigram)
3277ROVRemotely Operated Vehicle
3278ROZRestricted Operations Zone
3279RPARegional Plan Association
3280RPDRecognition-Primed Decision-making
3281RPFRwandan Patriotic Front
3282RPLReverse Polish Lisp
3283rpmrevolutions per minute
3284RPNreverse Polish notation
3285rpsrevolutions per second
3286RPVRemotely Piloted Vehicle
3287RQPuerto Rico (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
3288RRBRailroad Retirement Board
3289RRNRecurrence Rate Number
3290RRPRecurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis
3291RRSRacing Rules of Sailing
3292RRSPRegistered Retirement Savings Plan (Canada; roughly equivalent to the IRA in the U.S.)
3293RSRussia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3294RSIRepetitive Strain Injury
3295RSJRolled Steel Joist (construction)
3296RSNReal Soon Now (coined by author Jerry Pournelle)
3297RSPB(UK) Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
3298RSPCARoyal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
3299RSRRequired Supply Rate
3300RSREUK Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (1976-1991)
3301RSRIRed Sands Research Institute
3302RSSReally Simple Syndication
3303RTARoad traffic accident (British)
3304RTBFRadio-Télévision belge de la Communauté française
3305RTFRich Text Format
3306RTFMthe Fucking/Fine Manual
3307RTGRadio-isotope Thermoelectric Generator also used for Rubber Tyred Gantry crane
3308RTIRun-Time Infrastructure (Simulation)
3309RTLsee entry
3310RTPReal-time Transport Protocol
3311RTSsee entry
3312RTTRound Trip Timing
3313RURussia (ISO 3166 digram)
3314RuRuthenium
3315RUCRoyal Ulster Constabulary
3316RUSRussia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3317RUSIRoyal United Services Institute for Defence Studies
3318RWRwanda (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3319RWARwanda (ISO 3166 trigram)
3320RWHRain Water Harvesting
3321RWRRadar Warning Receiver
3322RWSRemote Weapon Station
3323RxMedical prescription (possibly from Latin 'recipere','to take': see entry)
3324RXReceive
3325SARSSevere Acute Respiratory Syndrome
3326SBNOStanding but not operating (in reference to amusement parks)
3327SCOTUSSupreme Court of the United States
3328SCROTUSSo-called Ruler of the United States
3329SDHCSecure Digital High Capacity
3330SDXCSecure Digital eXtended Capacity
3331SGSenegal (FIPS 10-4 country code), Singapore (ISO 3166 digram), Snow Grains (METAR Code), Study Group
3332SGOTUSSecond Gentleman of the United States
3333SHOShowtime (see also sho.com)
3334SIRIService Interface for Real Time Information
3335SiriSpeech Interpretation and Recognition Interface (Apple iOS software)
3336SLOTUSSecond Lady of the United States (the vice president's wife)
3337SoConSouthern Conference (U.S. college sports)
3338SSCSafe,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)
3339SSDSouth Sudan (ISO 3166 trigram)
3340SSDCU.S. Space and Strategic Defense Command
3341STBSurface Transportation Board[2]
3342SWACSouthwestern Athletic Conference
3343SWANSystem for Wearable Audio Navigation
3344SWATSpecial Weapons And Tactics
3345SWFSingle White Female
3346TaTantalum
3347TAACOMU.S. Theater Army Area Command
3348TAADCOORDTheatre Army Air Defence Co-ordinator
3349TAARTrace Amine-Associated Receptor
3350TACU.S. Tactical Air Command (1946-1992)
3351TACANTactical Air Navigation
3352TACCOTactical Coordinator
3353TACCSFU.S. Theater Aerospace Command & Control Simulation Facility
3354TACDARTactical Detection And Reporting
3355TACSOPTactical SOP (Standing Operating Procedure)
3356TADILTactical Digital Information Link
3357TAITarget[ed] Area of Interest
3358TAJTom and Jerry
3359TAJTTom and Jerry Tales
3360TALESTechnical Advice and Lexicon for Enabling Simulation
3361TANJThere Ain't No Justice (used as expletive in the Ringworld novels)
3362TANPTerrain-Aware Network Planner
3363TANSTAAFLThere Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (coined by author Robert A. Heinlein in his The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
3364TAPPSTexas Association of Private and Parochial Schools
3365TARDISTime And Relative Dimension In Space (from Doctor Who)
3366TASTasmania (postal symbol)
3367TASERThomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle
3368TASMTactical Air-to-Surface Missile
3369TATTourism Authority of Thailand
3370TATPTriAcetone TriPeroxide
3371TATTTired All The Time (medical diagnosis in-joke)
3372TbTerbium
3373TBTuberculosis
3374TBAto be announced
3375TBBPATetraBromoBisPhenol-A
3376TBDto be done, or: to be documented, or: to be determined, or: to be decided
3377TBFto be fair
3378TBHTo Be Honest
3379TBLTurkish Basketball League
3380TBSTurner Broadcasting System
3381TBTTributyltin
3382TcTechnetium
3383TCAATop Counter-Assault Agents
3384TCASTraffic Collision Avoidance System
3385TCCCSTactical Command,Control and Communication System
3386TCDChad (ISO 3166 trigram)
3387TCHDTruck Cargo Heavy Duty
3388TCLTool Command Language
3389TCMTurner Classic Movies
3390TCUTexas Christian University
3391TCWTasty Coma Wife
3392TCWMSTele-Center Workforce Management System
3393TDAThe Disney Afternoon
3394TDLTactical Data Link
3395TDMTime-Division Multiplexing
3396TDMATime Division Multiple Access
3397TDPTechnology Demonstration Programme
3398TDRSTracking Data and Relay Satellite
3399TeTellurium
3400TEALTasman Empire Airways Limited
3401TeamTogether everyone achieves more
3402TEAMSThe East African Marine System (fiber optic cable)
3403TEDTechnology Entertainment Design prize
3404TENCAPTactical Exploitation of National Capabilities
3405TERSTactical Event Reporting System
3406TESTactical Event System
3407TESTThesaurus of Engineering and Scientific Terms
3408TEUTwenty-foot equivalent unit (cargo capacity)
3409TeVeSTensor Vector Scalar theory
3410TFMPPTrifluorophenylmethylpiperazine
3411TFRTotal Fertility Rate
3412TFTThin-Film Transistor
3413TgTeragram
3414TGTogo (ISO 3166 digram)
3415TGOTogo (ISO 3166 trigram)
3416ThThorium
3417THAThailand (ISO 3166 trigram)
3418THAADTerminal High Altitude Area Defence
3419THEGENTRYThe High-End Group of Earth's New Technologies Research Yield
3420THELTactical High Energy Laser ACTD
3421THGTetrahydrogestrinone
3422TIATotal Information Awareness initiative
3423TIATransient Ischemic Attack
3424TIALDThermal Imaging and Airborne Laser Designation
3425TIBSTactical Information Broadcast System
3426TICTroops In Contact
3427TIGERSTopologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing System
3428TINCThere Is No Cabal
3429TIPThermal Identification Panel
3430titsToes in the Sand
3431TJDTruncated Julian Day
3432TJKTajikistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
3433TKLTokelau (ISO 3166 trigram)
3434TKMTurkmenistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
3435TlThallium
3436TLAThree-Letter Abbreviation/Acronym
3437TLAMTomahawk Land Attack Missile
3438TLATOJLThe Life and Times of Juniper Lee
3439TLPMT1 Line Performance Monitor
3440TmTerametre
3441TMAPTexas Medication Algorithm Project
3442TMCThe Movie Channel
3443TMDTheatre Missile Defence
3444TMDKThe Mighty Don't Kneel (Australian professional wrestling stable also active in Japan)
3445TMIToo Much Information
3446TMJTemporoMandibular Joint (syndrome)
3447TMNTTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
3448TMPGTransparent Multi-Platform Gateway
3449TMRTwin Main Rotors (helicopter type)
3450TMSTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation
3451TMTThirty Meter Telescope
3452TMTOWTDIThere's Than One Way To Do It (from Perl)
3453TNATotal Nonstop Action Wrestling
3454TNOTrans-Neptunian Object
3455TOBSTime of OBServation
3456TOCTable Of Contents, Tactical Operations Centre, Temporo-Occipital transition Cortex, Top of Concrete
3457TOGTogo (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
3458TOGSThermal Observation Gunnery Sight
3459TOMSTotal Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite instrument)
3460TONTonga (ISO 3166 trigram)
3461TOSTape 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
3462TOTTime On Target
3463TOWTube-launched,Optically tracked,Wire-guided (anti-tank missile)
3464TPEast Timor (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 2002),São Tomé and Príncipe (FIPS 10-4 country code),Training Practice,Trident Ploughshares
3465TPEChinese Taipei (IOC and FIFA trigram for the country also known as Taiwan)
3466TPIThe point is
3467TPOThrombopoietin
3468TPSThe Pennington School
3469TPTBThe Powers That Be (often used to refer to the people responsible for the content of TV series or movies)
3470TQTop Qualifier (similar to Pole Position in car racing)
3471TRATechnology iness Assessment
3472TRAC(U.S. Army) TRADOC Analysis Center
3473TRACONTerminal Radar Approach Control
3474TRADOC(U.S. Army) Training and Doctrine Command
3475TRANSCOMU.S. Transportation Command
3476TRAPTactical Receive equipment and related Applications
3477TRASANATRADOC Systems Analysis Agency
3478TRDTowed Radar Decoy
3479TRIGATThird Generation Antitank (missile)
3480TRLTechnology readiness level
3481TrpTroop
3482TRUTransuranic
3483TRUEXTraining in Urban Environment Exercise
3484TRWThompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc.
3485TsTerasecond
3486TSTerasiemens,Thunderstorm (METAR code),Tunisia (FIPS 10-4 country code),TinySex,Transsexual, Tough Sh*t
3487TSATheatre Storage Area,Time Slot Allocation,Transportation Security Administration,The Salvation Army
3488TSECTransmission Security Encryption Code
3489TSLTransportation Security Laboratory
3490TSNThe Sporting News (historic name of the periodical now known as Sporting News),The Sports Network
3491TSOThe Stationery Office (was HMSO until 1996),(U.S.) TRICARE Support Office,Trans-Siberian Orchestra (band)
3492TSOPTactical Standing Operation Procedure,The Sound of Philadelphia (classic 1970s R&B instrumental)
3493TSRTerminate and Stay Resident
3494TSSIAThe Subject Says It All
3495TTTeratesla,Terrestrial Time,Tourist Trophy (Motorcycle sport),Trinidad and Tobago (ISO 3166 digram)
3496TTCTTorrance Tests of Creative Thinking
3497TTFNTa Ta For Now
3498TTLTax,Title,License,Through-the-lens (photography),Time 'till live,Time to live,Transistor-transistor logic
3499TTOTrinidad and Tobago (ISO 3166 trigram)
3500TTPTactics,Techniques,and Procedures,Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura,Trailer Transfer Point
3501TTTEAFThomas the Tank Engine and Friends
3502TTYTeleTYpewriter (Printer)
3503TTYLTo You Later (Internet slang)
3504TTZTetrazolium
3505TUTechnische Universität (German for 'Technical University'),Thammasat University (Thailand),Turkey (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3506TUCTrades Union Congress
3507TUGTeX Users Group
3508TUIText-based user interface (cf. CLI),among other uses
3509TUMTechnische Universität München (Germany)
3510TUNTunisia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3511TUNSTechnical University of Nova Scotia
3512TURTurkey (ISO 3166 trigram)
3513TUSKTank Urban Survival Kit
3514TUVTuvalu (ISO 3166 trigram)
3515TVTelevision,Teravolt,Transvestite,Tuvalu (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3516TvTime value,a designation seen on some camera dials for shutter priority mode
3517TVATennessee Valley Authority
3518TVGTelevision Games (Network),Tick,Very Good,Often used by School Teachers when marking homework etc. (Tick VG)[1][2]
3519TVRTreVor (Wilkinson) Racing
3520TVSTornado vortex signature
3521TWRepublic of China (Taiwan) (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram),Terawatt
3522TWAINTechnology Without An Interesting Name
3523TWETrans World Entertainment
3524TWIThe Welding Institute
3525TWIPTake 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
3526TWNRepublic of China (Taiwan) (ISO 3166 trigram)
3527TWPTechnical Working Paper
3528TWSThermal Weapon Sight,Track While Scan
3529TXTexas (postal symbol),Transmit,Turkmenistan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3530TXVThermostatic Expansion Valve
3531TYTTake Your Time,Internet chat abbreviation
3532TZTanzania (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3533TZATanzania (ISO 3166 trigram)
3534TZCTetrazolium chloride
3535UUranium
3536UAUnit of Action
3537UAAPUniversity Athletic Association of the Philippines
3538UABUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
3539UAPUnidentified Areal Phenomana
3540UAVUnmanned Aerial Vehicle,Unprotected Anal and Vaginal sex,UB[edit]
3541UBCUnited Baptist Church,University of British Columbia
3542UBIUniversal Basic Income
3543UBIGEOUbicación Geografica (Spanish for Geographical Location)
3544UBSUnbundled Bitstream Services,United Bank of Switzerland,United Banque Suisse
3545UCBSAUnited Cricket Board of South Africa
3546UCFUniversity of Central Florida
3547UCLAUniversity of California at Los Angeles
3548UCLESUniversity of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate
3549UCRUniversity of California at Riverside
3550UCRUniversity of Costa Rica
3551UCSUnion of Concerned Scientists
3552UCSBUniversity of California at Santa Barbara
3553UCSDUniversity of California at San Diego
3554UDASUppsala-DLR Asteroid Survey
3555UDDIUniversal Description,Discovery and Integration
3556UDTSUppsala-DLR Trojan Survey
3557UEUnit of Employment
3558UEFAUnion of European Football Associations
3559UESACUppsala-ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets
3560UFCUltimate Fighting Championship
3561UFOUnidentified Flying Object, or: United Farmers of Ontario
3562UGVUnmanned Ground Vehicle
3563UHFUltra High Frequency
3564UHMWUltra-High Molecular Weight
3565UHRBUltra-High Resolution Building (simulation)
3566UICUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
3567UIDUser ID
3568UIUCUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3569UJTLUniversal Joint Task List
3570UKIPUnited Kingdom Independence Party
3571UKRUkraine (ISO 3166 trigram)
3572ULUnderwriters Laboratories
3573ULFUltra Low Frequency
3574UMU.S. Minor Outlying Islands (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
3575UMCPUnit Maintenance Collection Point
3576UMESUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore
3577UMIU.S. Minor Outlying Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
3578UMISTUniversity of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
3579UMTSUniversal Mobile Telecommunications System
3580UNUnited Nations
3581UNABOMUniversity and airline bomber (FBI case name)
3582UNAIDSJoint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
3583UNAMSILUnited Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
3584UNCFUnited Negro College Fund
3585UNCLOSUnited Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
3586UNCSGNUnited Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names
3587UNCTADUnited Nations Conference on Trade and Development
3588UNDCPUnited Nations Drug Control Programme
3589UNDEUnion of National Defence Employees (Canada)
3590UNDPUnited Nations Development Programme
3591UNEPUnited Nations Environment Programme
3592UNFCCCUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
3593UNFICYPUnited Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
3594UNGEGNUnited Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
3595UNHCRUnited Nations High Commission (er) for Refugees
3596UNICEFUnited Nations Children's Fund (originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund)
3597UNICRIUnited Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
3598UNIDOUnited Nations Industrial Development Organization
3599UNIFEMUnited Nations Development Fund for Women (from the French Fonds de développement des Nations unies pour la femme)
3600UNLVUniversity of Nevada,Las Vegas
3601UNMIKUnited Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
3602UNOSOMUnited Nations Operations in Somalia
3603UNPROFORUnited Nations Protection Force (in former Yugoslavia)
3604UNRISDUnited Nations Research Institute for Social Development
3605UNSMUnion of Nova Scotian Municipalities
3606UNTACUnited Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
3607UNTAETUnited Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
3608UNUUnited Nations University
3609UPdMUniversità Popolare della Multimedialità
3610UPFUniversitat Pompeu Fabra (Catalan for: 'Pompeu Fabra University')
3611UPIUnited Press International
3612UPNUnited Paramount Network
3613UPUUniversal Postal Union
3614URSoviet Union (NATO country code,obsolete 1992)
3615URBSFAUnion royale belge des sociétés de football association (French for Royal Belgian Football Association)
3616URDUser Requirements Document
3617URIUniversity of Rhode Island
3618URUUruguay (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
3619URYUruguay (ISO 3166 trigram)
3620USUnited States (also ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3621USAUnited States of America (also ISO 3166 trigram), United States Army
3622USAADACU.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center,Fort Bliss,Texas
3623USAARMCU.S. Army ARMor Center,Fort Knox,Kentucky
3624USAAVNCU.S. Army AViatioN Center,Fort Rucker,Alabama
3625USAFSPCU.S. Air Force Space Command
3626USAICU.S. Army Infantry Center,U.S. Army Intelligence Center
3627USAIDUnited States Agency for International Development
3628USAPUnion Sportive des Arlequins Perpignanais,United States Antarctic Program
3629USAPATRIOTUniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
3630USAREURUnited States Army Europe
3631USBUniversal Serial Bus
3632USCUnited States Code,University of South Carolina,University of Southern California
3633USCGUnited States Coast Guard
3634USCINCSPACEUnited States Commander in Chief,Space Command
3635USDAUnited States Department of Agriculture
3636USDIUnited States Department of the Interior
3637USDOEUnited States Department of Energy
3638USDRE(U.S.) Under-Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (1978-1986)
3639USECUnited States Enrichment Corporation
3640USFLUnited States Football League
3641USFWSUnited States Fish and Wildlife Service
3642USGSUnited States Geological Survey
3643USIAUnited States Information Agency
3644USJFCOMUnited States Joint Forces Command
3645USLUnited 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
3646USMCUnited States Marine Corps
3647USMNTUnited States men's national (soccer) team
3648USNUnited States Navy
3649USNAUnited States National Arboretum,United States Naval Academy
3650USNBUnited States Naval Base
3651USNGUnited States National Grid
3652USNHUnited States Naval Hospital
3653USNIUnited States Naval Institute
3654USNOU.S. Naval Observatory
3655USNOFSUnited States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station
3656USNPUnited States Newspaper Program
3657USNRUnited States Navy Reserve
3658USNSUnited States Naval Ship
3659USNYUniversity of the State of New York (usually pronounced 'use-knee')
3660USNZUniversity Sport New Zealand
3661USPSUnited States Postal Service
3662USPTOUnited States Patent and Trademark Office
3663USRUser
3664USSUnited States ship (sometimes meaningless; see Star Trek)
3665USSPACECOMUnited States Space Command
3666USSRUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics
3667USTUnderground Storage Tank
3668USTRANSCOMUnited States Transportation Command
3669USWNTUnited States women's national (soccer) team
3670UTUniversal Time
3671UTEPUniversity of Texas at El Paso (pronounced you-tep)
3672UTMUniversal Transverse Mercator (geographical co-ordinate system)
3673UUAUnitarian Universalist Association
3674UUIDUniversally Unique Identifier (see also GUID)
3675UUVUnmanned Underwater Vehicle
3676UWUniversity of Washington
3677UWOUniversity of Western Ontario
3678UWTUnder Water Telephone
3679UWTGUnder Water Tug
3680UWWUnited World Wrestling
3681UXOUnexploded Ordnance
3682UYUruguay (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3683UZUzbekistan (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3684UZBUzbekistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
3685VACISVehicle And Container Inspection System
3686VACISVictorian Ambulance Clinical Information System
3687VANOSVariable Nockenwelle System
3688VAOVienna Art Orchestra
3689VATVatican City-State (ISO 3166 trigram)
3690VBAVisual Basic for Applications
3691vCJDVariant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
3692VCNO(U.S.) Vice Chief of Naval Operations
3693VCofSVice Chief of Staff
3694VCRVideo cassette recorder
3695VCTSaint Vincent and the Grenadines (ISO 3166 trigram)
3696VDFSVisualSVN Distributed File System (VDFS)
3697VEVenezuela (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
3698VEEGAVenus Earth Earth Gravity Assist manœuvre
3699VENVenezuela (ISO 3166 trigram)
3700VERITASVery Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System
3701VfDs for deletion (used in Wikipedia)
3702VFMValue For Money
3703VFMOVery Fast Moving Object (astronomy)
3704VFTVirtual Function Table
3705VFWVeterans of Foreign Wars
3706VGBritish Virgin Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
3707VGBBritish Virgin Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
3708VH1Video Hits One
3709VHFVery High Frequency
3710VIAVersatile Interface Adapter
3711VIDSVisual Information Display System
3712VII7 (in Roman numerals)
3713VIII8 (in Roman numerals)
3714VINVehicle Identification Number (ISO 3779)
3715VIPVery Important Person
3716VISCIIVIetnamese Standard Code for Information Interchange
3717VITVellore Institute of Technology
3718VIVOVideo In Video Out
3719VJVideo Jockey
3720VLADVertical Line Array DIFAR
3721VLBAVery Long Baseline Array
3722VLFVery Low Frequency
3723VLIWVery Long Instruction Word
3724VLPFCVentroLateral PreFrontal Cortex
3725VLPMCVentroLateral PreMotor Cortex
3726VLSIVery-large-scale integration
3727VMVietnam (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3728VMFMarine Fighting Squadron of the United States Marine Corps
3729VMFVariable Message Format
3730VMNVentroMedial Nucleus (neurophysiology)
3731VNVietnam (ISO 3166 digram)
3732VNIRVisible and Near InfraRed
3733VNMVietnam (ISO 3166 trigram)
3734VNSsee entry
3735VOAVoice of America
3736VOIPVoice Over Internet Protocol
3737VOLTVisual OpenType Layout Tool
3738VONVictorian Order of Nurses
3739VORVoice of Russia
3740VOXVoice Operated oscillator
3741VPOTUSVice President of the United States
3742VRVirtual Reality
3743VRSGVirtual Reality Scene Generator
3744VSATVery Small Aperture Terminal ('vee-satt')
3745VSHORADVery Short Range Air Defence
3746VSOVoluntary Services Overseas
3747VSRVery Special Relativity
3748VTCVideo Tele-Conference
3749VTECVariable valve Timing and Electronic lift Control
3750VUVanuatu (ISO 3166 digram), Vedanta University
3751VUBVrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgian university)
3752VUTVanuatu (ISO 3166 trigram)
3753VVVia Voice,Village Voice
3754VVAFVietnam Veterans of America Foundation
3755VWVolkswagen
3756VZVerizon Communications (NYSE code)
3757WTungsten (from German Wolfram),Watt,West
3758W3CWorld Wide Web Consortium
3759WANamibia (FIPS 10-4 country code; from West Africa),Washington state (postal symbol),Western Australia (postal symbol),World Archery (Federation)
3760WAACWomen's Army Auxiliary Corps (Britain) (World War I UK)
3761WAAFWomen's Auxiliary Air Force (World War II UK)
3762WACWestern Athletic Conference,Women's Auxiliary Corps (World War II Canada),Women's Army Corps (World War II U.S.)
3763WACCWeighted Average Cost of Capital (accounting)
3764WACSWhat-A-Cartoon! Show
3765WADWeapons Alert Designator
3766WAGGGSWorld Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
3767WAGsWives And Girlfriends (most notably of England national football team players at the 2006 FIFA World Cup,although the term existed earlier)
3768WALsee entry
3769WAPIMAWhat a pain in my ass
3770WARWith All Respect
3771WAsPShort form of WAAAAP (Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program)
3772WAYPWhite And Yellow Pages
3773WBWarner Bros.,Welcome Back (Internet shorthand)
3774WbWeber
3775WBAWarner Bros. Animation,West Bromwich Albion (F.C.),World Boxing Association
3776WBCWorld Boxing Council
3777WBEWork Breakdown Element
3778WBOWorld Boxing Organization
3779WCWater Closet,Winston Churchill,World Cup (sports)
3780WCBOWorld Chess Boxing Organisation
3781WCBPWorld Center for Birds of Prey
3782WCLWorld Confederation of Labour
3783WCSWeapon Control Status,Wildlife Conservation Society
3784WCWWorld Championship Wrestling
3785WDCWestern Design Center,World Data Center
3786WDINWildlife Disease Information Node
3787WDWRWalt Disney World Resort
3788WEBSWeapon Effectiveness Battle Simulation
3789WECWorld Extreme Cagefighting
3790WEEEWaste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
3791WEFWorld Economic Forum
3792WEMWest Edmonton Mall
3793WEUWestern European Union
3794WEZWeapon Engagement Zone
3795WFWallis and Futuna Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
3796WFCWomen's Forage Corps (World War II UK)
3797WFDWeapon of Focused Destruction
3798WFFWallops Flight Facility
3799WFIWater for Injection
3800WFHWorking from home
3801WFPWorld Food Program
3802WFZWeapons Free Zone
3803WHWehrmacht Heer (German World War II army vehicle licence plate code)
3804WHAMWisconsin Hydrogen-Alpha Mapping (telescope)
3805WHIWomen's Health Initiative
3806WHIPWalks plus hits per inning pitched
3807WHOWorld Health Organisation
3808WHS(U.S.) Washington Headquarters Services
3809WIWestern Sahara (FIPS 10-4 country code),Wisconsin (postal symbol),Women's Institute
3810WIAWounded In Action,Wireless Institute of Australia (Amateur Radio)
3811WIIFMWhat's in it for me?
3812WIMPWeakly Interacting Massive Particle, Windows,Icons,Menus,Pointers
3813WIPWork In Progress
3814WIPOWorld Intellectual Property Organization
3815WIPP[Nuclear] Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
3816WIYNWisconsin Indiana Yale NOAO telescope consortium
3817WKWake Island (ISO 3166 digram,obsolete 1986)
3818WKYPWill Keep You Posted
3819WLWehrmacht Luftwaffe (German World War II air force vehicle licence plate code)
3820WLBWomen's Land Brigade (World War II Canada)
3821WLFWallis and Futuna Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
3822WLOGWithout Loss Of Generality (see WOLOG)
3823WMWehrmacht Marine (German World War II navy vehicle licence plate code)
3824WMANUSWest Midlands Area National Union of Students
3825WMDWorld Movement for Democracy
3826WMIWildlife Management Institute
3827WMOWorld Meteorological Organization
3828WNAWorld Nuclear Association
3829WNFWill Not Fix
3830WNITWomen's National Invitation Tournament
3831WNSDWhat's New,Scooby-Doo?
3832WNWWest North-West
3833WOWarrant Officer
3834WOFWidth of Fabric
3835WOFTWaste Of Fucking Time
3836WOFTAMWaste Of Fucking Time And Money
3837WOIWheels Of Italy
3838WOMWrite Only Memory
3839WOSWilson Ornithological Society
3840WOSMWorld Organization of the Scout Movement, Worldwide Oil Spill Model
3841WOTWaste Of Time
3842WPWhite Phosphorus (ammunition)
3843WPBWar Production Board during World War II
3844WPEWorld Pork Expo
3845WPKWider Peacekeeping
3846WPTWorld Poker Tour,World Premiere Toons
3847WRWide Receiver (football)
3848WRACWomen's Royal Army Corps (World War II UK)
3849WRAIRWalter Reed Army Institute of Research
3850WRBWWRMWe Best What We Most
3851WRCWorld Rally Championship
3852WRCWorld Religions Conference
3853WRNGWarning
3854WRSWorldwide Reference System
3855WRTWith respect to (especially in fields such as Mathematics)
3856WRTNHS Workforce Review Team
3857WRTThe Linksys routers whose model name start with 'WRT'
3858WRTThird party firmware for the Linksys WRT routers and compatible models from other vendors.
3859WRTWallace Roberts & Todd,LLC (Urban Planning and Design)
3860WRTWeb Runtime (WRT) is a portable application framework developed by Nokia that allows the creation of widgets on the S60 Platform.
3861WRTWholesale,Trade,Retail sector,category in employment and economics statistics
3862WRTWireless Receiver/Transmitter (computer networks/IT)
3863WRTWireless Ronin Technologies (digital signage)
3864WRTWorld Rally Team
3865WRTWriter Response Theory
3866WRVSWomen's Royal Voluntary Service,now only known by the acronym (UK)
3867WSSamoa (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)
3868WSCWeapon System Catalogue
3869WSDLWeb Services Description Language
3870WSJ(The) Wall Street Journal
3871WSLWhite 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)
3872WSROCWestern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils
3873WSSMWinchester Super Short Magnum (family of rifle cartridges)
3874WSTCWomen Signallers Territorial Corps (World War II UK)
3875WSWWest South-West
3876WTBWales Tourism Board,Warenterminbörse Hannover
3877WTCWorld Trade Center
3878WTFWhat the fuck?; also What a Terrible Failure (android)
3879WTFHWhat The Fucking Hell
3880WTHWhat the Hell
3881WTOWorld Trade Organization
3882WUWabash University,Washington University in St. Louis,Western Union,Windows Update,Work unit,WU Wien (German Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien,Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration)
3883WUBU2What you been up to
3884WUU2What you up to (Internet slang popular with teenagers)
3885WVWest Virginia (postal symbol)
3886WVAWorld Veterinary Association
3887WVIACWest Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
3888WVRWomen's Volunteer Reserve (World War II UK)
3889WVSCWomen's Volunteer Service Corps (World War II Canada)
3890WVUWest Virginia University
3891WWsee entry
3892WWEWorld Wrestling Entertainment
3893WWIWorld War I
3894WWIIWorld War II
3895WWIIIWorld War III
3896WWJDWhat would Jesus do?
3897WWSWheaton Warrenville South High School
3898WWWFWorld Wide Wrestling Federation
3899WXOWeather [Executive] Officer
3900WYWyoming (postal symbol)
3901WZSwaziland (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3902XBMLeXtended Business Modelling Language
3903XCNinety (in Roman numerals)
3904XCBLXML Common Business Library
3905XDUsed in chatrooms or email for smiley face. X is the eyes; squinted D is the mouth; XD.
3906XeXenon
3907XFAXML Forms Architecture
3908XFCXtreme Fighting Championships
3909XFDFighter aircraft made by Douglas
3910XfeX File Explorer
3911XFFX-Forwarded-For
3912XFGExfoliation glaucoma
3913XFRAutomobile made by Jaguar
3914XFTX FreeType interface library
3915XGAutomobile made by Hyundai
3916XGAExtended Graphics Array
3917XGPExtreme Game Player
3918XHTMLeXtensible Hypertext Markup Language
3919XIEleven (in Roman numerals)
3920XIITwelve (in Roman numerals)
3921XIIIThirteen (in Roman numerals)
3922XIVFourteen (in Roman numerals)
3923XIXNineteen (in Roman numerals)
3924XJSAutomobile made by Jaguar
3925XKBX keyboard extension
3926XKEAutomobile made by Jaguar
3927XKRAutomobile made by Jaguar
3928XMLeXtensible Markup Language
3929XMSFeXtensible Modelling and Simulation Framework
3930XNAX-No-Archive,Xeno Nucleic Acid
3931XNCX Northern Captain
3932XNUX is Not Unix
3933XPeXperience Point (role-playing games)
3934XQJXQuery API for Java™
3935XRAYX-Ray
3936XRMLeXtensible Rights Markup Language
3937XSXiaolin Showdown
3938XSLeXtensible Style Language
3939XTMHeXtreme Technology Multiprocessor Hyperlanguage
3940XULXML User Interface Language
3941XVFifteen (in Roman numerals)
3942XVISixteen (in Roman numerals)
3943XVIISeventeen (in Roman numerals)
3944XVIIIEighteen (in Roman numerals)
3945XWFXcitement Wrestling Federation
3946XXTwenty (in Roman numerals)
3947XylXylobium
3948XZNTriple square screw driver
3949yYocto-
3950Y2KYear Two Thousand
3951yAYoctoampere
3952YaYottayear
3953YaBPrYet another Brother Pat rant
3954YABSLAGYet another boy singing like a girl
3955YACYouth-Adult Committee
3956YAFLAYet Another Five Letter Abbreviation
3957YAPYoung Aspiring Professional
3958YBYoucef Benzouada (Southern Algerian name)
3959YbYtterbium
3960yCYoctocoulomb
3961YCYottacoulomb
3962YDSYosemite Decimal System (climbing)
3963YEYemen (ISO 3166 digram)
3964YEMYemen (ISO 3166 trigram)
3965yFYoctofarad
3966YFYottafarad
3967ygYoctogram
3968YgYottagram
3969YGCOYamaneko Group of Comet Observers
3970YgoYu-Gi-Oh!
3971yHYoctohenry
3972YHYottahenry
3973YHBTYou Have Been Trolled
3974YHIIYou Have It Inside
3975YHSYa Hoor sur!
3976YiYobi
3977YippieYouth International Party + suffix
3978yJYoctojoule
3979YJYottajoule
3980yKYoctokelvin
3981YKYottakelvin
3982YKYFCWYou know you're from Christchurch when (post-earthquake joke)
3983yLYoctolitre
3984YLYottalitre
3985ymYoctometre
3986YmYottametre
3987YMMDYou Make My Day
3988yNYoctonewton
3989YNYottanewton
3990YOLOYou Only Live Once
3991YPAYards per Pass Attempt (football statistic)
3992YPIOYour Problem Is Obvious
3993YPOYoung Presidents' Organization
3994ysYoctosecond
3995ySYoctosiemens
3996YsYottasecond
3997YSYottasiemens
3998YSIYoung Scots for Independence
3999yTYoctotesla
4000YTDYear-To-Date
4001YTMYield to Maturity
4002YTSYouth Training Scheme
4003YTTYoshi Topsy-Turvy
4004YuppieYoung Urban Professional + suffix
4005yVYoctovolt
4006YVYottavolt
4007yWYoctowatt
4008YWYottawatt
4009YYHYuYu Hakusho
4010zZepto
4011ZZetta
4012zAZeptoampere
4013ZAFSouth Africa (ISO 3166 trigram)
4014ZAMSZero age main sequence
4015ZASZylinder Abschaltung System
4016ZBTZero-Balance Transfer (accounting)
4017zCZeptocoulomb
4018ZCZettacoulomb
4019ZCM(n) ZENworks Configuration Management
4020ZCMKZone Control Master Key
4021ZCUZimbabwe Cricket Union
4022\aAtto-