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1Abbreviation,Definition
20D,obvious deed
31AM,Air Mechanic 1st Class
41D,One-Dimensional
52AM,Air Mechanic 2nd Class
62D, Two-dimensional
72G, Second-generation mobile (cellular, wireless) telephone system
82LA,Two Letter Acronym
92Lt,2nd Lieutenant
103AM,Air Mechanic 3rd Class
113D, Three-Dimensional
123G, Third-generation mobile telephone system
133i, Investors In Industry (venture capitalists)
143M, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
154D, Four-Dimensional (usually three spatial plus one temporal dimension, sometimes four spatial ones)
164G, Fourth-generation mobile telephone system
174GL, Fourth-generation programming language
184WD, Four-wheel drive
195D,Five-Dimensional
206D,Six-Dimensional
217D,Seven-Dimensional
228D,Eight-Dimensional
239D,Nine-Dimensional
24\a, Atto-
25A, Ampere
26A1C,Airman First Class
27A4,many, including a European standard office paper size; see entry
28A10, Atlantic 10 Conference
29aa, Afar language (ISO 639-1 code)
30aA, Attoampere
31AA- achieved availability,Alcoholics Anonymous, Armed Forces Americas (postal symbol),Aruba (FIPS 10-4 territory code), assembly area,Automobile Association,avenue of approach
32AAAI, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, formerly American Association for Artificial Intelligence
33AAAS, American Association for the Advancement of Science
34AAAV, Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle
35AAC- American Athletic Conference,Army Air Corps (British Army)
36AAD- analogue-analogue-digital (CD quality),Australian Antarctic Division
37AADD,Adult attention deficit disorder
38AADT, annual average daily traffic
39AADAC, Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
40AADC- area air defense commander, amino acid decarboxylase, aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase, Australian Antarctic Data Centre
41AAFC- U.S. Army Air Corps Ferrying Command (1941-1942),All-America Football Conference (1946-1949)
42AAFES, Army and Air Force Exchange Service
43AAI, applied artificial intelligence
44AAIS, advanced airborne interceptor simulator
45AAM, air-to-air missile
46AAMOF, as a matter of fact
47AAN, American Academy of Nursing
48AANEAS, Anglo-Australian Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
49AAODL, Atmospheric Aerosols and Optics Data Library
50AAP- advanced acquisition plan,Allied administrative publication,American Academy of Pediatrics
51AAPC, Accounting and Auditing Policy Committee
52aar, Afar language (ISO 639-2 code)
53AAR- after-action review,Association of American Railroads
54AARP,(i/s) American Association of Retired Persons (now officially known only by the initials)
55AASPEM, advanced air-to-air system performance evaluation model
56AAT, Australian Antarctic Territory
57AAV, Amphibious Assault Vehicle
58AAWC, anti-air warfare commander
59ab, Abkhaz language (ISO 639-1 code)
60AB- Able Seaman (both the rank and the occupation), Alberta (postal symbol)
61ABA- Adriatic Basketball Association,American Bar Association,American Basketball Association,American Beverage Association,American Bicycle Association,American Birding Association,Australian Broadcasting Authority
62ABB, ASEA Brown Boveri (Swiss-Swedish multinational company)
63ABBA, Agnetha, Benny, Björn, Anni-Frid (Swedish pop group)
64ABC- abstinence, be faithful, condoms,Active Body Control,airway, breathing, circulation (see CPR),Alcoholic Beverage Commission,alien big cat,always be careful,American Bird Conservancy,American-born Chinese,American Broadcasting Company,anti-lock brake controller,Associated British Corporation,Atanasoff-Berry Computer,Atlantic Baptist College,atomic, biological, chemical (see NBC),Australian Broadcasting Corporation
65ABCA- American, British and Canadian Armies (originally),Army Bureau of Current Affairs
66ABCS, (U.S.) Army Battle Command System
67ABET, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
68ABFIST, Advanced Bradley Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
69ABGI, Addington-Barker Group International
70ABIN, Agência Brasileira de Inteligência (Brazilian Intelligence Agency)
71abk, Abkhaz language (ISO 639-2 code)
72ABL, American Basketball League
73ABLE, AirBorne Law Enforcement (police air support unit)
74ABM, anti-ballistic missile,Asynchronous Balanced Mode,automated banking machine
75ABMC, American Battle Monuments Commission
76ABN, Australian Business Number (a number issued by the Australian government as registration of a business and used for taxation purposes)
77ABPI, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
78ABRSM, Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
79ABS- acrylonitrile butadiene styrene,anti-lock braking system
80ABSTRIPS, abstraction-based STRIPS
81ABV, Alcohol by volume
82ABW, Aruba (ISO 3166 trigram)
83aC, Attocoulomb
84Ac, Actinium
85AC1,Aircraftman 1st Class
86AC2,Aircraftman 2nd Class
87ACARS, Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System
88ACAS- Aboriginal Children's Advancement Society,Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
89ACC- U.S. Air Combat Command,Air Component Commander,Alpine Club of Canada,Altocumulus castellanus,Area Control Center,Atlantic Coast Conference,Automatic climate control
90ACCA- The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants,Automatic Cloud Cover Assessment
91ACCAC, Awdurdod Cymwysterau, Cwricwlwm ac Asesu Cymru (Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales)
92ACCD,American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
93ACCS, Air Communications and Control Squadron
94ACDA, Arms Control & Disarmament Agency
95ACDC- Alternating Current Direct Current,the name of an Australian rock music band,a term for a bisexual person,A/Cdre,Air Commodore
96ACDT- Apple Certified Desktop Technician, Australian Central Daylight Time
97ACE- Air Combat Emulator (computer game),Allied Command Europe,Armored Combat Earthmover,Automatic Computing Engine
98ACF- Administration for Children and Families,American Car and Foundry,American Culinary Federation
99ACHT, Average Call Hold Time
100ACINT, Acoustic Intelligence
101ACK, Acknowledge (telecommunications; cf. NAK)
102ACL- Access Control List,Anterior cruciate ligament; the initialism can also refer to an injury to this ligament.,Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
103ACLJ, American Center for Law and Justice
104ACLOS, Automatic CLOS (missile control system)
105ACLS, American Council of Learned Societies
106ACLU- American Civil Liberties Union,American Communist Lawyers Union (pejorative slang for the above)
107ACM,many, including Association for Computing Machinery; see entry
108ACMC, (U.S.) Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
109ACN- Airborne Communications Node,Australian Company Number (number issued by the Australian government as registration of a limited liability company)
110ACNA, Anglican Church in North America
111ACO, Airspace Control Order
112ACOBA, Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
113ACOG, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
114ACOM, (U.S.) Atlantic Command
115ACORN, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
116ACP- African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States,Air Control Point
117ACR, Advanced Concepts and Requirements
118ACRI, African Crisis Initiative
119ACRT, Advanced Concepts Research Tool simulator
120ACS- Affiliated Computer Services (NYSE ACS),Alaska Communications Service,American Cancer Society,American Chemical Society,Association of Caribbean States,Australian Computer Society
121ACSC, Army Command and Staff College (various nations)
122ACST, Australian Central Standard Time
123ACST, American Cooperative School of Tunis
124ACT- Adaptive Control of Thought (cognitive model),American College Test (ing Program),Australian Capital Territory (also postal symbol),ACT UP, AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
125ACTD, Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration
126ACTF- (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)
127ACTU, Australian Council of Trade Unions
128ACU, American Conservative Union
129ACUF- BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features, American Conservative Union Foundation
130ACV, Armoured Combat Vehicle
131ADA, Air Defence Artillery,American Dental Association,Assistant District Attorney,Americans with Disabilities Act (see also the similar but non-acronymic Ada programming language)
132ADAGE, Air Defense Air to Ground Engagement (simulation)
133ADAP, AIDS Drug Assistance Program
134ADAS,(a/i) Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey
135ADAT, Alesis Digital Audio Tape (recording format)
136ADatP, Automated Data Processing
137ADATS, Agricultural Development and Training Society,Air Defence Anti-Tank System,Australian Defence Air Traffic System
138ADB, Asian Development Bank
139ADC, Aide De Camp,U.S. Air Defense Command (1946-1992),Apple Display Connector,Program Against Digital Counterfeiting of Currency
140ADCTS, Advanced Distributed Combat Training System
141ADD, Analog Digital Digital (CD quality),Attention-Deficit Disorder,Administration on Developmental Disabilities
142ADDIE, Analyze Design Develop Implement and Evaluate
143ADDNS, Advanced Deployable Day/Night Simulation
144ADF, Australian Defence Force,African Development Foundation
145ADGB,Air Defence of Great Britain
146ADHD, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
147ADHS, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Syndrome
148ADI, Acceptable/Allowable Daily Intake
149ADIZ,(a/i) Air Defence Identification Zone
150ADL, Anti-Defamation League
151ADM, Administrative,,Admiral, and the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps,Archer Daniels Midland,Assistant Deputy Minister
152ADOA,(a/i) Air Defence Operations Area
153ADP, Adenosine DiPhosphate,Army Doctrine Publication (UK, Canada, Australia),Automatic/Automated Data Processing
154ADRG, Arc-second Raster Chart (ARC) Digitized Raster Graphics
155ADS,(a/i) Active Denial System,Astrophysics Data System,Attention Deficit Syndrome
156ADSR, Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release (sound envelope specification)
157ADT, Atlantic Daylight Time (UTC3 hours)
158ADTB, Army Doctrine and Training Bulletin
159ADW, Air Defence Warning
160ae, Avestan language (ISO 639-1 code)
161AE- Armed Forces Africa/Canada/Europe/Middle East (postal symbol),United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code), Artix Entertainment,American Eagle,A&E,(a/i) Arts & Entertainment Network, the original name for the U.S. TV channel now known as A&E Network
162AED, United Arab Emirates dirham (ISO 4217 currency code)
163AEDT, Australian Eastern Daylight Time
164AEF, American Expeditionary Force
165AEGIS, Airborne Early warning Ground environment Interface Segment (fake etymology)
166AESR, Aeronautical Equipment Service Record
167AEST, Australian Eastern Standard Time
168aet, After extra time (Football)
169AEW, Airborne Early Warning,Airborne Electronic Warfare
170af, Afrikaans language (ISO 639-1 code)
171aF, Attofarad
172AF- Afghanistan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram), Air Force,As f*ck
173AFAIC, As Far As I'm Concerned
174AFAICT, As Far As I Can Tell
175AFAIK, As Far As I Know
176AFAIR, As Far As I Remember/Recall
177AFATDS, Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System
178AFC- American Football Conference,Asian Football Confederation
179AFCEA, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
180AFDB, African Development Bank
181AFES, Automatic Fire Extinguishing System
182AFG, Afghanistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
183AFIS- Automated Fingerprint Identification System,American Forces Information Service
184AFIST, Abrams Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
185AFJ, April Fool's Joke
186AFK, Away From Keyboard (Internet chat abbreviation)
187AFL- American Federation of Labor,American Football League — either the 1960s league that merged into the National Football League, or one of several other leagues of American football,Arena Football League,Australian Football League,AFL-CIO, American Federation of Labor,Congress of Industrial Organizations
188AFLAC, American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus
189AFM, Army Field Manual (UK; the U.S. more frequently uses just FM),Atomic Force Microscope,Aviation Fleet Maintenance
190AFN, Afghani (ISO 4217 currency code)
191AFO, Association of Field Ornithologists
192AFOSR, U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research
193AFQT, Armed Forces Qualification Test
194afr, Afrikaans language (ISO 639-2 code)
195AFRC, Air Force Reserve Command
196AFRL, Air Force Research Laboratory
197AFROTC, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
198AFRRI,(i, U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
199AFRTS, Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
200AFS- Active Front Steering,Air Facility Sub-System,Amniotic Fluid-derived Stem cell,AFS&A or AFSA, U.S. Air Force Studies and Analysis
201AFSC- U.S. Air Force Staff College (obsolete; replaced with JFSC),U.S. Air Force Systems Command
202AFSCN, U.S. Air Force Satellite Control Network
203AFSPC, Air Force Space Command
204AFT,American Farmland Trust
205AFV, armoured fighting vehicle
206AFWA- Air Force Weather Agency,Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies,AG[edit]
207ag, Attogram
208Ag, Silver (Latin argentum)
209AGARD, Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development
210AGARDograph, Advanced Guidance for Alliance Research and Development publication
211AGASA, Akeno Giant Air Shower Array (cosmic ray detector)
212AGB, Internal Nintendo initialism (Advanced Game Boy) for Game Boy Advance
213AGC- Apollo Guidance Computer,Automatic Gain Control
214AGC, Adjutant General's Corps (British Army)
215AGDC, Australian Game Developers' Conference
216AGI, Auxiliary Group Intelligence
217AGL, Above Ground Level
218AGM, Annual General Meeting
219AGN, Active Galactic Nucleus
220AGO, Angola (ISO 3166 trigram)
221AGP, Accelerated Graphics Port
222AGRICOLA, Agriculture Online Access
223AGS, Alaska Ground Station (LandSat)
224AGTS, Advanced Gunnery Training System
225AGU, American Geophysical Union
226AGW, Autonomous Guided Weapon
227aH, Attohenry
228Ah, Ampere-hour
229AH, Attack Helicopter
230AHA, American Heart Association
231AHCPR, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (obsolete; replaced with AHRQ)
232AHEC, Australian Health Ethics Committee
233AHPCRC, Army High Performance Computing Research Center
234AHQ,Air Headquarters
235AHRQ, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
236AHS, American Housing Survey
237AI- Air Interdiction,Amnesty International,Artificial Insemination,Artificial Intelligence, Anguilla (ISO 3166 digram)
238AIA- Aerospace Industries Association,American Institute of Architects, Anguilla (ISO 3166 trigram)
239AIAA, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
240AIC- African Independent Church,Animal Identification Coordinator
241AICD, Australian Institute of Company Directors
242AICMFP, And I Claim My Five Pounds
243AID, U.S. Agency for International Development
244AIDS, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
245AIM,many, including AOL Instant Messenger, Australian Institute of Management; see entry
246AIMP, Aurora Incremental Modernization Project
247AIPAC, American Israel Public Affairs Committee
248AIR, Aircraft Inventory Record
249AIRFA, American Indian Religious Freedom Act
250AIRS,(a/i) Aerometric Information Retrieval System (obsolete; replaced with AFS)
251AIS- Australian Institute of Sport,Automatic Identification System
252AISB, (British Society for the Study of) Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour
253aJ, Attojoule
254AJ, Azerbaijan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
255Ajax, Asynchronous JavaScript And XML
256AJD, Astronomical Julian day
257AJP, Allied Joint Publication
258AJPW, All Japan Pro Wrestling
259ak, Akan languages (ISO 639-1 code)
260aK, Attokelvin
261AK, Alaska (postal symbol)
262aka, Akan languages (ISO 639-2 code)
263AKA, Above knee amputation (orthopaedic usage)
264AKDT, Alaska Standard Daylight Saving Time (UTC8 hours)
265AKST, Alaska Standard Time (UTC9 hours)
266aL, Attolitre
267Al, Aluminium
268ALA, Åland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
269ALAP, As Long/Late As Possible
270ALARM, Air-Launched Anti-Radar Missile
271ALB, Albania (ISO 3166 trigram)
272ALD, Accounting Line Designator (nuclear weapon targeting)
273ALERT, Advanced Linked Extended Reconnaissance and Targeting,Attack and Launch Early Reporting to Theatre
274ALF- Africa Leadership Forum,Alien Life Form (cf. ALF (TV series)),Animal Liberation Front
275ALG, Algeria (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
276ALGOL, ALGOrithmic Language
277ALL, Albanian lek (ISO 4217 currency code)
278ALOA, Associated Locksmiths of America, Inc.
279ALOC- Air Lines Of Communication, Average Length of Calls
280ALPA, Air Line Pilots Association
281ALS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis,Automatic Landing System
282ALSHS, Abraham Low Self-Help Systems
283ALSP, Aggregate Level Simulation Protocol
284ALTE, Association of Language Testers in Europe
285ALTACS, Automated decision Logic Tactical Air Combat Simulation
286am- Amharic language (ISO 639-1 code),Attometre
287Am, Americium
288AM-many, including Amplitude Modulation and Ante Meridiem; see entry, Armenia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
289AM1,Airman 1st class
290AMA- American Medical Association,Australian Medical Association
291AMAPS, Aircraft, Missile, Avionics Performance Simulation
292AMC- Adaptive modulation and coding (digital communications),U.S. Air Mobility Command,American Motors Corporation,American Movie Classics (TV network; now known simply by the initials),U.S. Army Materiel Command
293AMCB, U.S. Army/Marine Corps Board
294AMD- Advanced Micro Devices,Age-related Macular Degeneration, Armenian dram (ISO 4217 currency code)
295AMF, Afghan Military Force
296AMFR- Age-specific Marital Fertility Rate,Amplitude Modulation Following Response
297AMFRS- Advanced Multi-Function Radio Frequency System,Automatic Multisensor Feature-based Recognition System
298amh, Amharic language (ISO 639-2 code)
299AML, Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
300AMLCD, Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display
301AMLO- Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexican politician),Anti-Money Laundering Office (Thailand government agency)
302AMO, Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
303AMOLED, Active-matrix organic light-emitting diode
304AMOS- Advanced MOrtar System,Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory
305AMP- Adenosine MonoPhosphate,Automated Mission Planner
306AMRAAM, Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile
307AMRDEC, U.S. Aviation & Missile Research, Development, & Engineering Center
308AMS- Agriculture Marketing Service,American Mathematical Society
309AMSAA,(i/a) U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity
310AMSO,(i/a) U.S. Army Model and Simulation Office
311AMSU,Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
312AMTE, UK Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment (1977-1984)
313an, Aragonese language (ISO 639-1 code)
314aN, Attonewton
315AN- Andorra (FIPS 10-4 country code),Netherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 digram)
316ANA- Administration for Native Americans,Afghan National Army,All Nippon Airways,Anti-Nuclear Anti-body, Australian National Airways,Australian Natives' Association
317ANC, African National Congress
318AND, Andorra (ISO 3166 trigram)
319ANFO, Ammonium nitrate/fuel oil (explosive)
320ANG- Air National Guard, Angola (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166), Netherlands Antillian guilder (ISO 4217 currency code)
321ANGLiCo, Air/Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
322ANL, Argonne National Laboratory
323ANM, Acoustic Noise Monitor
324ANOVA, ANalysis Of VAriance
325ANS, Applied and Natural Sciences
326ANSI, American National Standards Institute
327ANTM, America's Next Top Model
328ANT- Netherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 trigram),Antigua and Barbuda (IOC trigram, but not ISO 3166 or FIFA)
329ANTY,Acronyms, No Thank You
330ANWR, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge /ˈænwɑr/
331ANZ, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group
332ANZAC, Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
333AO, Angola (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram), Approach Officer (submarine),Area of Operations
334AOA, Air Officer in charge of Administration,Argonne National Laboratory, Angolan kwanza (ISO 4217 currency code), Award Of Arms (heraldry)
335AOC, Air Operations Centre,Air Officer Commanding
336AOD, Adrenalin O.D. (punk rock band)
337AOI, Angle Of Incidence Arab Organization for Industrialization
338AOL, America OnLine
339AOR, Area of Responsibility
340AOSTH, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
341AOTS, Attack of the Show!
342AOU, American Ornithologists' Union
343AP- Advanced Placement,Air Publication, Andhra Pradesh (Indian state code), Armed Forces Pacific (postal symbol), Associated Press,Auto Pilot
344APA -
345APB, All Points Bulletin (police jargon)
346APC- Armoured Personnel Carrier,Armour Piercing Capped (ammunition)
347APEC, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
348APCNR, Armour-Piercing, Composite Non-Rigid (ammunition)
349APCR, Armour-Piercing, Composite Rigid (ammunition)
350APDS, Armour-Piercing, Discarding-Sabot (ammunition)
351APEDS, AMSAA Performance Estimates Data System
352APEX, Applied Physics Express
353APFSDS, Armour-Piercing, Fin-Stabilised, Discarding Sabot (ammunition)
354APHA, American Public Health Association
355APHE, Armour-Piercing, High Explosive (ammunition)
356APHIS, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
357API, Application Programming Interface
358APL- A Programming Language,Acute Promyeloid Leukaemia,Anti-Personnel Landmine,Applied Physics Laboratory (Johns Hopkins University)
359APM, Advanced Power Management
360APOD, Aerial Port (Airport) Of Debarkation
361APOE, Aerial Port (Airport) Of Embarkation
362APOLLO, Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation
363APP, Allied Procedural Publication
364APR, Annual Percentage Rate
365APS- Advanced Photo System (cf. APS-C, an image sensor format based on the size of the original APS film frame),American Physical Society,Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome,AQ[edit]
366AQ- AdventureQuest, American Samoa (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Antarctica (ISO 3166 digram), Automatic qualifier, a term used by U.S. sports media from 1998 to 2013 to refer to the six conferences whose champions automatically entered the now-defunct Bowl Championship Series of college football
367AQIM, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
368ar, Arabic language (ISO 639-1 code)
369Ar, Argon
370AR, Argentina (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Arkansas (postal symbol),Armour, Arunachal Pradesh (Indian state code)
371ara, Arabic language (ISO 639-2 code)
372ARAG, Advanced Research and Assessment Group
373ARB, Administrative Review Board
374ARBA,(a/i) Army Review Boards Agency
375ARC, Arc-second Raster Chart,Appalachian Regional Commission
376ARCA, Automobile Racing Club of America
377ARCENT, United States Army Central Command
378ARDA, Advanced Research and Development Activity (became DTO 2006)
379ARE, UK Admiralty Research Establishment (-1991), United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166 trigram)
380ARF, ASEAN Regional Forum
381arg, Aragonese language (ISO 639-2 code)
382ARG, Argentina (ISO 3166 trigram)
383ARH, Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter
384ARI, Acute Respiratory Infection,U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
385ARL, UK Admiralty Research Laboratory (1921-1977),U.S. Army Research Laboratory,UIUC Aviation Research Laboratory
386ARM, Anti-Radiation Missile,Adjustable-rate mortgage, Armenia (ISO 3166 trigram)
387ARNet, Acquisition Reform Network
388ARP, Address Resolution Protocol,Applied Research Programme
389ARPA, Advanced Research Projects Agency
390ARRC, ACE Rapid Reaction Corps
391ARRF, Allied Rapid Reaction Force
392ARRL, American Radio Relay League
393ARS, Agricultural Research Service, Argentine peso (ISO 4217 currency code)
394ARSC, Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
395ARSPACE, U.S. Army Space Command
396ART, Adaptive Resonance Theory,Anti-Retroviral Therapy
397ARTCC, Air Route Traffic Control Center
398as, Adult swim, Assamese language (ISO 639-1 code),Attosecond
399aS, Attosiemens
400As, Arsenic
401AS, American Samoa (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram),Australia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Assam / Asom (Indian state code)
402AS, ActionScript
403ASA, AcetylSalicylic Acid,American Standards Association,Army Security Agency,Atlantic Southeast Airlines
404ASAP, As Soon As Possible
405ASARS, Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System,Airborne Search and Rescue System
406ASB, Associated Student Body,Alternative Service Book (Church of England)
407ASBO, Anti-Social Behaviour Order
408ASCAP, American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
409ASCC, Army Service Component Commander,Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator,Air Standardization Coordinating Committee
410ASCIET, All Services Combat Identification Evaluation Team
411ASCII, American Standard Code for Information Interchange
412ASD, (U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense,autism spectrum disorder
413ASDIC, Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee (Sonar)
414ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations
415ASFAR, Americans for a Society Free of Age Restrictions
416ASG, Area Support Group
417ASIC, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Aviation Security Identification Card
418ASIO, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, Audio stream input output
419ASIP, Advanced System Improvement Program,Army Stationing and Installation Plan,Application-specific instruction-set processor
420asm, Assamese language (ISO 639-2 code)
421ASM, Air-to-Surface Missile, American Samoa (ISO 3166 trigram), American Society for Metals, American Society for Microbiology
422ASMB, American Society for Matrix Biology,Adult Swim Message Board
423ASME, American Society of Mechanical Engineers,American Society of Magazine ors
424ASN, Associate of Science in Nursing
425ASOC,(a/i) Air Sovereignty Operations Centre,Air Support Operations Centre,Airport Security and Operations Centre,Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition,Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus,Australian Standard Offence Classification
426ASP, Active Server Pages,American Society of Primatologists,Ammunition Supply Point,Application Service Provider (cf internet service provider),Astronomical Society of the Pacific,Association of Surfing Professionals
427ASPI, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
428ASR, Alkali-silica reaction,Anti Slip Regulation
429ASRAAM, Advanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile
430ASSC, Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
431AST, Atlantic Standard Time (UTC4 hours)
432ASTIA, Armed Services Technical Information Agency
433ASTM, American Society for Testing and Materials
434ASTREA, Aerial Support To Regional Enforcement Agencies (sheriff's air support unit)
435ASUW, AntiSUrface Warfare
436ASVAB,Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery(taken by juniors in high school in the USA)
437ASW, AntiSubmarine Warfare
438ASWORG, (U.S.) AntiSubmarine Warfare Operations Research Group
439ASX, Advanced Stream Redirector,Australian Securities Exchange
440aT, Attotesla
441At, Astatine
442AT, Anti-Tank, Ashmore and Cartier Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Austria (ISO 3166 digram), Advanced Technology (IBM Personal Computer/AT)
443ATA, Advanced Technology Attachment (IBM Personal Computer),Afghan Transitional Authority,Allen Telescope Array, Antarctica (ISO 3166 trigram)
444ATAC, Air Transportable Acoustic Communications
445ATACMS, Army TACtical Missile System
446ATAPI, Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
447ATAS, Air-To-Air Stinger (missile)
448ATAT, Aiken Tactical Airsoft Team / Star Wars vehicle
449ATB, Active Time Battle, British Antarctic Territory (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1979)
450ATC, Air Traffic Control,Air Training Corps,U.S. Air Transport Command (1942-1948)- Athletic Trainer, Certified (www.nata.org)
451ATCCIS, Army Tactical Command and Control Information System
452ATESS, Aerospace and Telecommunications Engineering Support Squadron
453ATG, Antigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166 and FIFA trigram)
454ATGM, Anti-Tank Guided Missile
455ATGW, Anti-Tank Guided Weapon
456ATI, Allied Telesyn International, Inc., Array Technologies Incorporated. (ATI Technologies)
457Atisbo,a Local Government Area in Nigeria named for constituent communities (Ago-Are, Tede, Irawo, Sabe, Baasi, Ofiki and Owo)
458ATK, Attack
459ATL, Atlanta, Georgia, the largest city and capital of Georgia
460ATLAS, All-Terrain Lifter Army System, Assessment Tool for LAnd Systems
461ATM, Automated Teller Machine,Asynchronous Transfer Mode,At The Moment
462ATN, Dronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1983)
463ATO, Air Tasking Order,Australian Taxation Office
464ATP, Adenosine TriPhosphate,Allied Tactical Publication,Ammunition Transfer Point
465ATSD, (U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense
466ATSDR, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
467ATV, All-Terrain Vehicle
468ATWA, Air, Trees, Water, Animals
469Au, Gold (Latin Aurum)
470AU, African Union (was OAU before 2000),American University, Astronomical Unit,Australia (ISO 3166 digram),Austria (FIPS 10-4 country code)
471AUD, Australian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
472AUS, Australia (ISO 3166 trigram)
473AUSCANNZUKUS, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States (security designation)
474Auslan, Australian Sign Language
475AUT, Austria (ISO 3166 trigram)
476AUTL, Army Universal Task List
477av, Avar language (ISO 639-1 code)
478aV, Attovolt
479Av, Aperture value (photographic mode)
480AV- Anguilla (FIPS 10-4 territory code), Audio-Visual, Aviation
481ava, Avar language (ISO 639-2 code)
482AVA, American Viticultural Area
483AVB, Audio Video Bridging
484AVDLR, Aviation Depot Level Repair
485ave, Avestan language (ISO 639-2 code)
486AVGP, Armoured Vehicle, General Purpose
487AVI, Audio Video Interleave
488AVIM, Aviation Intermediate Maintenance
489AVLB, Armoured Vehicle Launched Body
490AVM- Air Vice-Marshal, Arteriovenous malformation
491AVO, Apprehended Violence Order
492AVP, Arubaanse Volkspartij
493AVP, Association of Volleyball Professionals
494AVRE, Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers
495AVTB- Armoured Vehicle Test Bed, Aviation Test Bed
496AVUM, Aviation Unit Maintenance
497AVVO, Acute Vaginal Venereal Outbreak
498aW, Attowatt
499AW, Aruba (ISO 3166 digram)
500AWA, American Wrestling Association
501AWACS, Airborne Warning And Control System
502AWC, Air Warfare Centre
503AWD,many, including All Wheel Drive; see entry
504AWE,(i/a) Advanced Warfighting Experiment
505AWG, Aruban guilder (ISO 4217 currency code)
506AWOL, Absent Without Official Leave / Absent WithOut Leave (military jargon)
507AWP, Awaiting Parts (SM&R code)
508AWSIM, Air Warfare SIMulation
509AWST, Australian Western Standard Time
510AWW, Above Water Warfare
511AX, Åland Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
512AXP, Ambulance eXchange Point
513ay, Aymara language (ISO 639-1 code)
514AY, Antarctica (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
515AYBABTU, All Your Base Are Belong To Us
516aym, Aymara language (ISO 639-2 code)
517AYU, As Yet Unknown
518az, Azerbaijani language (ISO 639-1 code)
519AZ- Arizona (postal symbol),Azerbaijan (ISO 3166 digram), Alkmaar Zaanstreek (Dutch football club)
520aze, Azerbaijani language (ISO 639-2 code)
521AZE, Azerbaijan (ISO 3166 trigram)
522AZN, Azerbaijani manat (ISO 4217 currency code)
523AZUR, Actions en zone urbaine (French, Urban Operations)
524BAR- Barbados (IOC trigram, but not FIFA or ISO 3166), British American Racing,Browning Automatic Rifle,Buy-American Restrictions,BARD - Binational Agricultural Research and Development fund (between the US and Israel),BARDA - Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency,BART - Bay Area Rapid Transit,BAS - Battalion Aid Station,BASE - Building, Antenna, Span, Earth (parachute from),BASF - Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory, a German chemicals company),BASIC - Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (acronym was added later, originally it was simply Basic),BAT - (a/i) Basic Aid Training,BATF - U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms,BATS - Behavior Analysis Training System - Bradley Advanced Training System,BATTeRS - Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescope for Rapid Survey,BB[edit]
525BB- Barbados (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code), Boys' Brigade (Christian youth organization),Brigitte Bardot (actress),Bumblebee
526BBB- Better Business Bureau,Blood-brain barrier
527BBC- Breeding Bird Census,British Broadcasting Corporation, Bumper to Back of Cab (trucking measurement)
528BBD- Barbadian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code), Bowel Bladder Dysfunction
529BBL- Be Back Later,Bird Banding Laboratory,British Basketball League,BBN - Bolt, Beranek and Newman,BBQ - Barbecue[1]
530BBS- Breeding Bird Survey (North America),Brigade/Battalion Battle Simulation,Bulletin Board System,BBSRC - U.K. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council,BBVA - Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (Spanish bank)
531BBYO,B'nai B'rith Youth Organization
532BC- Before Christ,Blind Copy (in emailers),Boston College, Botswana (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Bechuanaland),British Columbia (postal symbol)
533BCA- Bachelor of Computer Application,Black Coaches & Administrators,BCC - Blind Carbon Copy
534BCCI- Bank of Credit and Commerce International,Board of Control for Cricket in India,BCD - Binary-Coded Decimal
535BCS- Bachelor of Computer Science,Bardeen, Cooper, and Schrieffer superconduction theory,Bowl Championship Series (US college football),BCT - Brigade Combat Team,BD[edit],BD - Bangladesh (ISO 3166 digram) - Bermuda (FIPS 10-4 territory code),BDA - British Dental Association,BDD - Body Dysmorphic Disorder - British Defence Doctrine,Bde - Brigade,BDFL - Benevolent Dictator For Life,BDI - Burundi (ISO 3166 trigram),BDNF - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor,BDO - Battle Dress Overgarment,BDOS - Basic Disk Operating System; part of CP/M,BDS -  - Bachelor of Dental Surgery,BDSM - Bondage and Discipline, Domination and Submission, Sadism and Masochism,BDT - Bangladeshi taka (ISO 4217 currency code) - Bureau de développement des télécommunications (Telecommunication Development Bureau, became ITU-D),BDTA - British Dental Trade Association,BDU - Battle-Dress Uniform,BE[edit],be - Belarusian language (ISO 639-1 code),Be - Beryllium,BE - Belgium (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
536BEA- Banque extérieure d'Algérie,British European Airways (ancestor of British Airways),British Electricity Authority,bel - Belarusian language (ISO 639-2 code),BEL - Belgium (ISO 3166 trigram),BEM - British Empire Medal - Bug-Eyed Monster,ben - Bengali language (ISO 639-2 code),BEN - Benin (ISO 3166 trigram),BEO - Banquet Event Order,BERC - Business Environmental Resource Center,BER - Bit Error Rate
537BH- Bahrain (ISO 3166 digram),Belize (FIPS 10-4 country code),BHD - Bahraini dinar (ISO 4217 currency code),BHR - Bahrain (ISO 3166 trigram)
538BNF- Backus-Naur Form (computing),British National Formulary,BNICE - Biological, Nuclear, Incendiary, Chemical, and Explosive Agents
539BNP- British National Party,Banque Nationale de Paris, a predecessor to today's BNP Paribas,BNS - Bank of Nova Scotia,BNSF - (i/s) Burlington Northern Santa Fe (also AAR reporting mark),BO[edit],bo - Tibetan language (ISO 639-1 code)
540BO- Back Orifice, Belarus (FIPS 10-4 country code), Biarritz Olympique (French rugby union club), Bolivia (ISO 3166 digram), Body odor,BO2k - Back Orifice 2000,BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation (predecessor of British Airways)
541BoAML,Bank of America Merrill Lynch
542BOC- British Orthodontic Society,British Oxygen Company,BÖC - Blue Öyster Cult,bod - Tibetan language (ISO 639-2 code),BOD - Biochemical Oxygen Demand,BODMAS - Brackets, Orders, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction,BOFH - Bastard Operator From Hell,BOGA - Bend Over and Grab Ankles,BOGOF - Buy One, Get One Free
543BOGs, Bunch of Guys
544BOI- Balance Of Investment,Basis Of Issue,BOL - Bolivia (ISO 3166 trigram)
545BOM- Base Object Model,Bill Of Materials,Block of the Month quilting term,Business opportunity meeting,BOP - Balance of Payments,BOPB - Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque (the complete name of the rugby club),BOPD - Barrel of Oil Per Day
546BOQ- Bill Of Quotations,Bachelor Officers' Quarters,Bank Of Queensland,bos - Bosnian language (ISO 639-2 code),BOS - Battlefield Operating System
547BOT- Balance of Trade, Botswana (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166), Build Operate Transfer, Bank of Thailand,BP[edit]
548BP- Battle Position,British Petroleum (today, BP does not officially stand for anything), Solomon Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code; from British Protectorate of the Solomon Islands),Bp - Bishop,BPD - Bipolar Personality Disorder,BPM - Beats Per Minute,BPMo - Business Process Mobility
549BPV- Battlefield Planning Visualization,Bovine papillomavirus,BQ[edit]
550BQ- British Antarctic Territory (former ISO 3166 digram; merged with AQ in 1979),Caribbean Netherlands (current ISO 3166 digram; based on the entity's alternate name of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba),Navassa Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code),BR[edit],br - Breton language (ISO 639-1 code),Br - Bromine
551BR- Brazil (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) - Bihar (Indian state code), British Rail,Break Ranks (marching band term),BRA - Brazil (ISO 3166 trigram),BRAG - Bicycle Ride Across Georgia,BRASS - Breathe, Relax, Aim, Sight, Squeeze (Acronym for using a rifle)
552BRN- Bahrain (IOC trigram, but not FIFA or ISO 3166), Brunei (ISO 3166 trigram),BRSB - Battlefield Reasoning System Brianna,BRU - Brunei (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166),BS[edit],bs - Bosnian language (ISO 639-1 code)
553BS- The Bahamas (ISO 3166 digram),Bassas da India (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Bachelor of Science degree,British subject
554Bullshit-
555BSA- Birmingham Small Arms (motorcycles company),Boy Scouts of America,Brigade Support Area
556BSatCoP,Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins
557BSD- Bahamian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code), Berkeley Software Distribution (distinct from BSoD)
558BSE, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, better known as mad cow disease
559BSNL-Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Bachelor of Science in Nursing,BSoD - Blue Screen of Death (distinct from BSD)
560BSP- Between-Show Promotion,Binary Space Partitioning,Board Support Package,British Standard Pipe (screw thread), Business-sponsored,Bone sialoprotein
561BST- Binary search tree,Blended Sales Tax, Bovine somatotropin, British Summer Time,BSW - British Standard Whitworth (screw thread),BSX - Bendigo Stock Exchange,BT[edit]
562Bt- Baronet,Bacillus thuringiensis
563c, Centi
564C, Carbon,Coulomb,One Hundred (in Roman numerals)
565c2c, the British rail company formerly known as LTS Rail
566C2C, Consumer-To-Consumer electronic commerce,Cam-To-Cam internet chat
567ca, Catalan language (ISO 639-1 code)
568Ca, Calcium
569CA- California (postal symbol),Canada (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Catalonia, Civil Affairs,Close Armour,Cocaine Anonymous,Computer Associates,Counter-Air,Cricket Australia
570CAA- Canadian Automobile Association,(NORAD) Center for Aerospace Analysis,(U.S.) Center for Army Analysis,(U.S.) Clean Air Act,(U.S. Army) Concepts Analysis Agency,Civil Aviation Authority,Colonial Athletic Association
571CAAT- or Campaign Against Arms Trade,Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
572CAC- California Association of Criminalists,Chronic Asymptomatic [Disease] Carrier,CACM Central American Common Market
573CACM, Communications of the ACM
574CAD- Canadian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code), Computer-Aided Design,Computer-Aided Dispatch,Cpplint Anxiety Disorder, Condition suffered by software developers who worry about whether they've left any whitespace on the end of a line
575CADCAM, Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing
576CADPAT, CAnadian Disruptive PATtern
577CADMID, Concept, Assessment, Demonstration, Manufacture, In service, Disposal (life cycle mnemonic)
578CAE- Canadian Aviation Electronics (originally),Certificate in Advanced English
579CAEn,(i/a) Close Action Engagement (constructive simulation)
580CAF- Central African Republic (ISO 3166 trigram), Confederation of African Football (or French Confédération Africaine de Football)
581CAFAD, Combined Arms For Air Defence
582CAFDE- Canadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters,Computer Aided Federation Development Environment
583CAFE, Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard
584CAI, Computer Assisted Instruction
585CAIR, Council on American-Islamic Relations
586CALABARZON, A region in the Philippines: CAvite, LAguna, BAtangas, Rizal, queZON
587CALL, (U.S.) Center for Army Lessons Learned
588CALM, Communications, Air-interface, Long and Medium range
589CalPERS, California Public Employees' Retirement System
590Caltrans, California Department of Transpotation
591CAM- Chemical Agent Monitor,Complementary and alternative medicine,Computer-Aided Manufacturing,Crassulacean acid metabolism (type of photosynthesis)
592CAMRA, CAMpaign for Real Ale
593CAN, Canada (ISO 3166 trigram)
594CANA, Convulsive Antidote, Nerve Agent
595CANDU, CANada Deuterium Uranium (nuclear reactor design)
596Canola, Canadian oil, low acid (referring to a specific cultivar of rapeseed bred to have a low erucic acid content)
597CAP- Combat Air Patrol,Civil Air Patrol,Common [Operating/Operational] Air Picture,Crisis Action Procedures,Common Agricultural Policy (European Union)
598CAPES- CAPability Evaluation System, Combined Arms Planning and Execution System
599CARE- Citizens Association for Racial Equality (former New Zealand organisation), Community database on Accidents on the Roads in Europe, Cooperative for Aid and Relief Everywhere (originally Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe)
600CARMONETTE, Computerized Monte Carlo Simulation
601CARP, Computed Air Release Point
602CART, Championship Auto Racing Teams (now defunct)
603CAS- Chemical Abstracts Service,Chief of the Air Staff,Close Air Support
604CASA, Civil Aviation Safety Authority
605CASE- Cellular ammunition storage equipment,Computer-Aided Software Engineering
606CASS, Command Activated Sonobuoy System
607CASTFOREM, Combined Arms and Support Task FORce Evaluation Model
608CASTOR, Canadian Automatic Small Telescopes for Orbital Research
609cat, Catalan language (ISO 639-2 code)
610CAT- Community Acceptance Testing,Computer-Assisted (or Axial) Tomography
611CATK, Counterattack
612CATS, Computer Active Technology Suspension
613CATT,(a/i) Combined Arms Tactical Trainer
614CAV, Cavalry
615CAW, Canadian Auto Workers (trade union)
616CB- Citizens' Band radio, Cambodia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
617CBC- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,Christmas Bird Count,Cipher-Block Chaining,Cornering Brake Control
618CBE- Commander of the Order of the British Empire,Cab Beside Engine (see truck)
619CBGB, Country, Blue Grass, and Blues (former New York City nightclub)
620CBLA, Comparative bullet lead analysis
621CBN,CardsApp Brand Number
622CBM,many, including Canadian Baptist Ministries and Commodore Business Machines; see entry
623CBML, Coalition Battle Management Language
624CBOL, Consortium for the Barcode of Life
625CBOT, Chicago Board of Trade
626CBR, Case-Based Reasoning
627CBRN, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear (weapon or event)
628CBRNE, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear or [high-yield] Explosive (weapon or event)
629CBS- Columbia Broadcasting System,Corps Battle Simulation
630CBT- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Combat
631CBUS, Columbus, Ohio
632CC,many, including carbon copy; see entry
633CCA, Counter Command Activity
634CCC- Canterbury Clothing Company,Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S., 1930s and 1940s),Corpus Christi College, Oxford
635CCCP- Central Committee of the Communist Party,Cyrillic for SSSR (Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, Russian Союз Советских Социалистических Республик, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
636CCD- Charge-Coupled Device,Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (Catechism)
637CCF, Cartoon Cartoon Fridays
638CCG- Canadian Coast Guard,Collectible Card Game
639CCGC- Canadian Coast Guard Cutter,Canadian Coast Guard College
640CCGH, Canadian Coast Guard Hovercraft
641CCGS- Canadian Coast Guard Ship,Christ Church Grammar School
642CCH, Computer-Controlled Hostile
643CCIF, Comité consultatif international des communications téléphoniques à grande distance (French for International Telephone Consultative Committee, merged with the CCIT in 1956 to form the CCITT)
644CCII- Command and Control Information Infrastructure,Community Capital Investment Initiative
645CCIR- Comité consultatif international pour la radio (French for Consultative Committee on International Radio, became the ITU Radiocommunication Sector, ITU-R, in 1992),Commander's Critical Information Requirements
646CCIT, Comité consultatif international télégraphique (French for International Telegraph Consultative Committee, merged with the CCIF in 1956 to form the CCITT)
647CCITT, Comité consultatif international téléphonique et télégraphique (French for International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee, became the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector, ITU-T, in 1992)
648CCK- Cholecystokinin, Cocos (Keeling) Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
649CCM- Canada Cycle & Motor Co. Ltd. (now split into two separate companies bearing the CCM name, one manufacturing bicycles and the other ice hockey equipment),Contemporary Christian music
650CCOC- Canadian Children's Opera Chorus,Crosley Car Owners Club
651CCOP, Coalition Common Operating/Operational Picture
652CCP- Casualty Collection Point,Communications Checkpoint,Contingency Communications Package
653CCPA, Consumer Credit Protection Act
654CCR, Creedence Clearwater Revival
655CCRAp, Canadian Conservative Reform Alliance party
656CCRP, Command and Control Research Program
657CCRTS, Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium
658CCSCS, Coordinadora de Centrales Sindicales del Cono Sur
659CCSCS, Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems
660CCSK, Cyclic Code Shift Keying
661CCT, Current Commitments Team
662CCTT, Close Combat Tactical Trainer
663cd, Candela
664Cd, Cadmium
665CD,many, including Compact Disc; see entry
666CD1, Cluster of Differentiation 1 (a small gene family)
667CDA, UK Centre for Defence Analysis
668CDC- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (originally (U.S.) Communicable Disease Center),Control Data Corporation,Cult of the Dead Cow
669CDD, Capabilities Development Document
670CDE, Chemical Defence Equipment
671CDEC, U.S. Combat Development Experimentation Center
672CDF- California Department of Forestry [and Fire Protection],Common Data Format, Democratic Republic of Congo franc congolais (ISO 4217 currency code)
673CDipAF, Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance
674CDL, Commercial driver's license
675CDM- Clean Development Mechanism (Kyoto protocol),Cold Dark Matter (astronomy)
676CDMA, Code Division Multiple Access
677CDMSII, Cryogenic Dark Matter Search II
678Cdr, Commander
679CDS- Chief of the Defence Staff,Credit default swap
680Cdt, Commandant
681CDT, Central Daylight Time (UTC5 hours)
682ce, Chechen language (ISO 639-1 code)
683Ce, Cerium
684CE,many, including Christian/Common Era (cf. AD); see entry
685CEA, Campaign Effectiveness Analysis
686CECOM, U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command
687CEI, Competitive Enterprise Institute
688CENTCOM, United States Central Command
689CENTO, Central Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)
690CEO, Chief Executive Officer
691CEP, Circular Error Probable
692CERCLA, U.S. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund)
693CERDEC,U.S. Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center
694CERT, Computer Emergency Response Team
695ces, Czech language (ISO 639-2 code)
696CESS, Centre for Earth Science Studies (India)
697CEWC,(a/i) Council for Education in World Citizenship
698Cf, Californium
699CF- Canadian Forces, Central African Republic (ISO 3166 digram),Republic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code)
700CFA- Cat Fanciers' Association,Chartered Financial Analyst,Colour Filtering Array,County Fire Authority,Covering Force Area
701CFAR- Christine's,Federal Acquisition Regulation
702CFC- ChloroFluoroCarbon,Canadian Fish Company
703CFES, Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System
704CFFZ, Call For Fire Zone
705CFG- Context-free grammar,Control flow graph
706CFHT, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
707CFI, Center for Inquiry (CSICOP)
708CFL- Canadian Football League,Co-ordinated Fire Line
709CFLCC, Coalition Forces Land Component Command
710CFM, Certified Facilities Manager [(IFMA)]http://www.ifma.org/
711CFO, Chief Financial Officer
712CFP- Call for papers,College Football Playoff,Common Fisheries Policy (EU)
713CFRP, Carbon fibre reinforced plastic
714CFS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
715CFSP, Common Foreign and Security Policy
716CFU, Colony Forming Unit in Microbiology
717CFV, Cavalry Fighting Vehicle
718CFZ, Critical Friendly Zone
719CG, Client Group,Computer Graphics,Controls Group, Democratic Republic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code),Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 digram)
720CGDC, Computer Game Developers Conference (became GDC in 1998)
721CGF, Computer-Generated Forces (Simulation)
722CGH, Comparative Genomic Hybridisation
723CGIG, Cross-Government Implementation Group
724CGM, Computer Graphics Metafile
725CGO, Republic of the Congo (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
726CGS, Chief of the General Staff
727CGT, Capital Gains Tax
728ch, Chamorro language (ISO 639-1 code)
729ch,ch(L) is used to denote the Chern character of a line bundle
730CH, Chieftain tank, China (FIPS 10-4 country code),Switzerland (ISO 3166 digram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
731cha, Chamorro language (ISO 639-2 code)
732CHAMPUS, (U.S.) Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (now known as TRICARE)
733CHAOS, Cambridge Heart Anti-Oxidant Study
734CHAPS, Clearing House Automated Payment System
735CHDK, Canon Hack Development Kit (Canon camera firmware hack)
736che, Chechen language (ISO 639-2 code)
737CHE, Switzerland (ISO 3166 trigram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
738CHF, Swiss franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
739CHI, Columbia Helicopters, Inc
740CHI, Computer-Human Interaction
741CHiP, California Highway Patrol
742CHIPS, Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
743CHL, Chile (ISO 3166 trigram)
744CHLA, Core Historical Literature of Agriculture
745CHN, China (ISO 3166 trigram)
746CHOGM, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
747CHP, California Highway Patrol,Combined Heat and Power
748CHPSO, California Hospital Patient Safety Organization
749CHS, Combat Health Support
750CHT, Certified Hand Therapist
751chu, Old Church Slavonic language (ISO 639-2 code)
752chv, Chuvash language (ISO 639-2 code)
753CREN, Christian Real Estate Network Real Estate Association
754Ci, Curie
755CI- Chile (FIPS 10-4 country code),Côte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 digram), Counter-Intelligence,101 (in Roman numerals)
756CIA- Cairo International Airport,Central Intelligence Agency,Culinary Institute of America
757CIAO- Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office,Component-Integrated ACE ORB
758CIB, Complete In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
759CIBC, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
760CID- Combat Identification, Criminal Investigation Division,Criminal Investigations Department
761CID,Certified Interior Designer,A Certified Interior Designer (CID) licensed in New York (USA) plans, designs, supervises and/or consults on various aspects of interior spaces.
762CIEF, Comité international d'enregistrement des fréquences (International Frequency Registration Board)
763CIF, Cost, Insurance, and Freight (Paid) (shipping)
764CIMIC, Civil-Military Co-operation
765CINC, Commander in Chief
766CINEOS, Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey
767CIO- Chief information officer,Congress of Industrial Organizations
768CIP, Combat Identification Panel
769CIPE, (European) Centre for International Political Economy
770CIR, (Commander's) Critical Information Requirements
771CIR, Corotating Interaction Region
772CIS- Canadian Interuniversity Sport,Commonwealth of Independent States,Command and Information System,Communication and Information System
773CISA, (U.S.) C4I Integration Support Activity
774CISB, Complete In Sealed Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
775CISPR, Comité international spécial des perturbations radioélectriques (Special International Committee on Radio Interference)
776CISSP, Certified Information Systems Security Professional
777CITS, Combat Identification Training System
778CIV, Côte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 trigram)
779CIVETS, Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, South Africa (economics)
780CIVPOP, Civilian Population
781CIWS, Close-In Weapon System
782CHRS,Canadian Heart Rhythm Society
783CJ, Cayman Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code), Criminal Justice
784CJC, Canadian Jewish Congress,Cold Junction Compensation
785CJD, Chronological Julian Day,Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
786CJCS, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
787CJO, Chief of Joint Operations
788CJTF, Combined Joint Task Force
789CK, Cocos (Keeling) Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code),Cook Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
790CKA, commonly known as, Canada Kicks Ass
791CKND,Codename: Kids Next Door
792Cl, Chlorine
793CL, Chile (ISO 3166 digram), Co-ordination Line,One Hundred and Fifty (in Roman numerals)
794CLA, Clutterers Anonymous
795CLEC, Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
796CLEMARS, California Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Radio System
797CLI, Command Line Interface/Interpreter
798CLIC, Compact LInear Collider
799CLO, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
800CLOB, Character Large OBject
801CLOS, Command to Line-Of-Sight (missile control system)
802CLOS, Common Lisp Object System
803CLP, Chilean peso (ISO 4217 currency code), Common [Operating/Operational] Land Picture
804CLPFC, CentroLateral PreFrontal Cortex
805CLRP, College Loan Repayment Program
806Cm, Curium
807CM- Cameroon (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram), Cruise Missile, Nine Hundred (in Roman numerals)
808CMA- U.S. Chemical Materials Agency,Country Music Association (also used to refer to the organization's annual awards),Crystal Meth Anonymous
809CMB, Cosmic Microwave Background
810CMBR, Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
811CME, Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
812CMHC, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
813CMIIAW, Correct me if I am wrong
814CMIS- Content Management Interoperability Services,Common management information service
815CMJ, Christopher Martin-Jenkins (BBC sports commentator)
816CML- Chemical, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (formerly Chronic Myeloid Leukemia)
817CMM, Capability Maturity Model
818CMMC, Corps Materiel Management Centre
819CMML- Chronic MyeloMonocytic Leukemia,Continuous Media Markup Language
820CMO, Civil-Military Operations
821CMOC, Civil-Military Operations Centre
822CMOS- Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society,(The) Chicago Manual of Style,Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
823CMP, Common [Operating/Operational] Maritime Picture
824CMP, Canadian Military Pattern truck (World War II)
825CMPD, Chronic Myeloproliferative Disease
826CMPD, Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department
827CMR- Cameroon (ISO 3166 trigram), Coaxial Main Rotors (helicopter type)
828CMS- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,The Chicago Manual of Style
829CMT, Country Music Television
830CMU- Carnegie Mellon University,Central Michigan University,Concrete Masonry Unit
831CMW- Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada,Canadian Manufacturing Week,Canadian Music Week,Catherine McAuley Westmead (school in New South Wales, Australia),Chicago, Missouri and Western (Railway),Compartmented Mode Workstation,Compton's Most Wanted,Continuous Microwave (processing technology),Custom Maintenance Wizard (Microsoft Office Resource Kit)
832CMYK, Cyan Magenta Yellow Key/blacK (colour model)
833CN-(i/s) Canadian National (railway; also the AAR reporting mark for said company), China (ISO 3166 digram),Comoros (FIPS 10-4 country code)
834CNA- Center for Naval Analyses,Certified Network Administrator,Computer Network Attack,Continental (Casualty Company), National (Fire Insurance Company), and American (Casualty Company), the three companies that merged to form what is now known as CNA Financial
835CNBC,(a/i) Consumer News and Business Channel
836CND- Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,Computer Network Defence
837CNE- Canadian National Exhibition,Computer Network Exploitation,Certified Network Engineer
838CNF, Cost and Freight
839CNI, Communications, Navigation and Identification
840CNI, Clinical Nursing Intern
841CNN- Cable News Network,Cellular Nonlinear Network
842CNO, Computer Network Operations
843CNR- Canadian National Railway,Combat Net Radio
844CNV, Copy-Number Variable (genetics)
845CNY, Chinese yuan renminbi (ISO 4217 currency code)
846co, Corsican language (ISO 639-1 code)
847Co, Cobalt
848CO,many, including Central Office (phone company); see entry, Colorado (postal symbol), Commanding Officer (military)
849COA, Certificate/Concept Of Analysis,Course Of Action (military)
850COB, Close Of Business [day]
851COBRA,Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
852COCOM, Combatant Command (military)
853COD, Cash On Delivery, Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 trigram)
854CoDA, Co-Dependents Anonymous
855codec, Coder-Decoder / Compressor-Decompressor / Compression-Decompression algorithm
856COE, Cab Over Engine (see truck),Common Operating Environment (military)
857COEA, Cost Operational Effectiveness Analysis (military)
858COEIA, Combined Operational Effectiveness and Investment Appraisal (military)
859COFT, Conduct Of Fire Trainer (military)
860COG, Centre Of Gravity,Current Operations Group (military), Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 trigram)
861COGENT, Cognitive Objects within a Graphical EnviroNmenT
862COIL, Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser
863COIN, Counter-Insurgency (military)
864COK, Cook Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
865COL, Colombia (ISO 3166 trigram)
866COLA, comp.os.linux.announce,Cost Of Living Adjustment
867COLT, Combat Observation and Lasing Team (military)
868COM, Comoros (ISO 3166 trigram), Component Object Model
869COMECON, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (economic counterpart of the Warsaw Pact, 1949-1991)
870COMMZ, Communications Zone (military)
871COMSEC, Communications Security (military)
872CONAD, U.S. Continental Air Defense Command
873CONCACAF, Confederation Of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football
874CONOPS, Concept of Operations (military)
875CONUS, Continental United States
876COO, Chief Operating Officer
877COP, Colombian peso (ISO 4217 currency code), Common Operating/Operational Picture
878COPE, U.K. Committee On Publication Ethics
879COPUS, U.K. Committee on the Public Understanding of Science
880cor, Cornish language (ISO 639-2 code)
881CORBA, Common Object Request Broker Architecture
882CORD,(i/a) Common Operational Requirements Document
883CORE, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education
884CORG, (U.S.) Combat Operations Research Group
885COROT, COnvection, ROtation and planetary Transits
886cos, Corsican language (ISO 639-2 code),Cosine
887COS, Cooper Ornithological Society
888COSCOM, Corps Support Command (military)
889COSER, COoperative SERvice
890CoT, Car of Tomorrow (former NASCAR race car design)
891COTS, Commercial Off The Shelf
892Coy, Company (military unit)Cow
893CP, Canadian Pacific,Check Point,Command Post,Club Penguin
894CPA, Certified Public Accountant
895CPCU,Certified Property Casualty Underwriter
896CPD, Capabilities Production Document
897CPE, Certificate of Proficiency in English
898CPE, Certified Professional Ergonomist
899CPF, Calibration Parameter File,Canadian Patrol Frigate
900CPG, Clinical Practice Guideline
901CPI, CERDEC Command, Power and Integration
902CPIM, Certification on Production and Inventory Management
903CPIR,Computationally-Private Information Retrieval
904CPON, Certified Pediatric Oncology Nurse
905CPPCC, Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
906CPR, Canadian Pacific Railway
907CPR, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
908CPSM, Continuous Phase Shift Modulation
909CPSU, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
910CPT, Contingency Planning Team
911CPU,Contract Postal Unit
912CPV, Cape Verde (ISO 3166 trigram)
913CPX, Command Post eXercise
914CQ, Carrier Qualification,Central Queensland,Charge of Quarters,Congressional Quarterly,Constellation Airlines (IATA airline designator),Northern Mariana Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
915cr, Cree language (ISO 639-1 code)
916Cr, Chromium
917CR- Coral Sea Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Costa Rica (ISO 3166 digram)
918CRAM, Combined Radiometric Correction Model
919CRC- Central RTI Component,Chemical Rubber Company,Christian Reformed Church,Control and Reporting Centre,Cyclic Redundancy Check, Costa Rican colón (ISO 4217 currency code),Costa Rica (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
920CRD, Capstone Requirements Document
921cre, Cree language (ISO 639-2 code)
922CREB, Cyclic AMP-response Element Binding (protein)
923CREEP, Committee for the Re-Election of the President, a pejorative nickname used by opponents
924CRI- China Radio International, Costa Rica (ISO 3166 trigram)
925CRIPL, Consolidated Remain-In-Place List
926CRM, Cardiac Rhythm Management,Customer Relationship Management
927CRO, Croatia (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
928CRP- Committee for the Re-Election of the President,Control and Reporting Post
929CRT- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy,Cathode Ray Tube,Chinese Remainder Theorem
930CRTC, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
931cs, Czech language (ISO 639-1 code)
932Cs, Caesium
933CS- Combat Support,Computer Scientist, Costa Rica (FIPS 10-4 country code),Serbia and Montenegro (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 2006)
934CSA- Canadian Soccer Association,Canadian Space Agency,Canadian Standards Association,Child Support Agency,Command Staff Advisor,Community-supported agriculture,Confederate States of America,Corps Storage Area, Czech Airlines,C/S/A, CINC, Service, and Agency
935CSC- Closed Spacelike Curve (relativity),Compact system camera,Computer Sciences Corporation,Computer Security Centre,CSCC Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists
936CSERIAC, (U.S. DoD) Crew Systems Ergonomics Information Analysis Center
937CSG, Corps Support Group
938CSI,see entry
939CSICOP, Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (became the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in 2006)
940CSIP, Commercial Stable Image Platform (AMD)
941CSK, Czechoslovakia (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1993)
942CSL, U.K. Central Science Laboratory
943CSPI, Center for Science in the Public Interest
944CSR, Control Supply Rate
945CSR, Corporate Social Responsibility [1]
946CSRC, Conflict Studies Research Centre
947CSRF, Cross-Site Request Forgery
948CSS- Cascading Style Sheets,Catalina Sky Survey,Central Security Service,Combat Service Support,Confederate States Ship,Content-scrambling system,Cross-site scripting
949CSSCS, Combat Service Support Control System
950CST, Central Standard Time (UTC6 hours)
951CT, Computed tomography (medical scan also known as a CAT scan),Central Time zone,Chrono Trigger (Computer/Video games), Connecticut (postal symbol),Canterbury (postal symbol),Chhattisgarh (Indian state code)
952CTBT, Comprehensive [Nuclear] Test Ban Treaty
953CTC, Closed Timelike Curve (relativity),(U.S.) Combat Training Center
954CTDB, Compact Terrain Data Base (file format)
955CTE- Canton and Enderbury Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984), Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
956CTGF, connective tissue growth factor
957CTI, Co-operative Target Identification
958CTIL, Critical Tracked Items List
959CTIS, Central Tire Inflation System
960CTMS, Clinical Trial Management System
961CTO, Chief Technical Officer,Chief Technology Officer
962CTS, Clear-To-Send,Collective Training Standards,Communications Technology Service,Contract Technical Services,Conversation Time Sharing,COSMIC Top Secret
963CTSS, Compatible Time-Sharing System
964CTU, Counter Terrorist Unit (fictional branch of the Central Intelligence Agency in the television action series 24)
965CTVT, Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour
966cu, Old Church Slavonic language (ISO 639-1 code)
967Cu, Copper (Latin Cuprum)
968CU, Carrie Underwood,Cuba (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
969CUB, Cuba (ISO 3166 trigram)
970CUCV, Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle
971CUP, Cuban peso (ISO 4217 currency code)
972CUPS, Common Unix Printing System
973CUPW, Canadian Union of Postal Workers
974CUREA, Consortium for Undergraduate Research and Education in Astronomy
975CuW, Copper-tungsten pseudo-alloy (from the chemical symbols of the two component elements)
976CUW, Curaçao (ISO 3166 trigram)
977cv, Chuvash language (ISO 639-1 code)
978CV,many, including curriculum vitae (résumé); see entry
979CVCC- Combat Vehicle Command and Control,Compound Vortex Controlled Combustion (1970s Honda automobile engine technology)
980CVE, Cape Verde escudo (ISO 4217 currency code)
981CVI, Combat Vehicle Identification
982CVLL, Crypto Variable Logic Label
983CVR, Cockpit Voice Recorder,Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance
984CVS, Concurrent Versions System
985CVSD, Continuous Variable Slope Delta (modulation)
986CVT, Continuously Variable Transmission
987CW, Continuous Wave,Clothes Washer, Cook Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
988CWC, Chemical Weapons Convention
989CWS, Canadian Wildlife Service
990CWRU, Case Western Reserve University
991CX, Christmas Island (ISO 3166 digram),One Hundred and Ten (in Roman numerals)
992CXR, Christmas Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
993cy, Welsh language (ISO 639-1 code)
994CY, Calendar year, Cyprus (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
995cym, Welsh language (ISO 639-2 code)
996CYM, Cayman Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
997CYP, Cyprus (ISO 3166 trigram),Cyprus pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
998CZ, Combat Zone, Czech Republic (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
999CZE, Czech Republic (ISO 3166 trigram)
1000CZK, Czech koruna (ISO 4217 currency code)
1001CZF, (Christian Zombie Fan)
1002CZMA, (US) Coastal Zone Management Act
1003d, Deci
1004D, Deuterium
1005da, Danish language (ISO 639-1 code),deca
1006DA, Denmark (FIPS 10-4 country code), Debtors Anonymous, U.S. Department of the Army,District Attorney
1007DAB,Digital Audio Broadcasting
1008DACT, Data Automated Communications Terminal,Dissimilar Air Combat Training
1009DAES, Defence Acquisition Executive Summary,(UK MoD) Directorate of Analysis, Experimentation and Simulation
1010DAF, Dissolved Air Flotation, a technique used in water treatment
1011DAFIF, Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File
1012DAK, Disney's Animal Kingdom
1013dan, Danish language (ISO 639-2 code)
1014DAO, Division Ammunition Officer
1015DAQ, Data acquisition, Delivered Audio Quality
1016DARE, Drug Abuse Resistance Education
1017DARO,(i/a) (U.S.) Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
1018DARPA, U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
1019DART, Disaster Assistance Response Team,Dublin Area Rapid Transit
1020DAS, Defensive Aids Suite
1021DASD, (U.S.) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
1022DASL, Datapoint's Advanced Systems Language
1023DAU, (U.S.) Defense Acquisition University
1024DAWN, (U.S.) Drug Abuse Warning Network
1025dB, Decibel
1026Db, Dubnium
1027DB, Database,Deutsche Bahn
1028DBA, De Bellis Antiquitatis (miniature wargaming rules)
1029DBBL, (U.S. Army Simulation Center) Dismounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
1030DBCS, Double Byte Character Set
1031DBDO, Desert BDO
1032DBE, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
1033DBF, Detection By Fire (weapon launch signature)
1034DBM, De Bellis Multitudinis (miniature wargaming rules),Detection By Movement (military target)
1035DBR, De Bellis Renationis (miniature wargaming rules)
1036DBRA, Davis-Bacon Related Acts
1037DBS, Direct Broadcast Services (television)
1038DC, da capo,Italian Democrazia Cristiana,Digital Compass,Direct Current, District of Columbia (postal symbol), Douglas Aircraft Company,Dublin Core,Duty Cycle
1039DCA, Defensive Counter Air,Drum Corps Associates, DiChloroAcetate, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (IATA code)
1040DCAA, (U.S.) Defense Contract Audit Agency
1041DCAS, Devon and Cornwall Archery Society
1042DCC, Dallas Christian College
1043DCC, Digital Command Control (model railroading),Direct Client-to-Client (Internet Relay Chat),Dismounted Close Combat
1044DCCP, Datagram Congestion Control Protocol
1045DCD, [Organ] Donation after Cardiac Death
1046DCE, Data Communication Equipment
1047DCFC, Death Cab for Cutie
1048DCI, Detection, Classification and Identification,Drum Corps International,Duellists' Convocation International, now known simply by the initials
1049DCIM, Digital Camera Images
1050DCIMS, Dental Classification Information Management System,Dismounted Combat Identification Marking System
1051DCL,Disney Cruise Line
1052DCN,Deacon
1053DCOM,Disney Channel Original Movie
1054DCOP, Desktop Communication Protocol
1055DCSOPS, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and plans
1056DCW, Digital Chart of the World
1057DCYSC, Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge
1058DD,many, including due diligence and dear daughter (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists, blogs, and bulletin boards); see entry
1059DDA- Digital Differential Analyzer (graphics algorithm),Digital Differential Analyzer,Deputy District Attorney
1060DDD- Data Display Debugger,Digital Digital Digital (CD mastering)
1061DDL, Digital Data Link
1062DDN, U.S. Defense Data Network
1063DDoS, Distributed Denial of Service
1064DDS, Doctor of Dental Surgery
1065DDT- Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (insecticide),Dynamic Debugging Tool (computing),DE[edit]
1066de, German language (ISO 639-1 code)
1067DE, Delaware (postal symbol),Germany (ISO 3166 digram)
1068DEA, Drug Enforcement Administration
1069DEA, Drug Enforcement Agency
1070DEC,(a/i) Department of Environmental Conservation,Digital Equipment Corporation,Disasters Emergency Committee
1071DeCA, (U.S.) Defense Commissary Agency
1072DECSIM, Model DEComposition and SIMulation algorithm,Directed Energy Combat SIMulation
1073DECT, Digital European Cordless Telephone
1074DEFCON, Defence readiness condition
1075DEFRA, (UK) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
1076DELT, Dual Ended Line Test (ing)
1077DEM, Data Exchange Mechanism,Digital Elevation Model
1078DEN, Denmark (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
1079DEPSECDEF, (U.S.) Deputy Secretary of Defense
1080DERA, British Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (1995-2001)
1081DES, Deep Ecliptic Survey
1082deu, German language (ISO 639-2 code)
1083DEU, Germany (ISO 3166 trigram)
1084DFAS, (U.S.) Defense Finance and Accounting Service
1085DFCB, Data Format Control Book
1086DfID, UK Department for International Development
1087DFM, Dynamic Flowgraph Methodology
1088DFM,(ii) Discrete Field Model see Superluminal motion
1089DFSP, Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
1090DfT, UK Department for Transport
1091DFTBA, Don't Forget To Be Awesome- a term commonly used by the Vlogbrothers
1092DGPS, Differential GPS
1093DGZ, Desired Ground Zero
1094DH, dear husband (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists, blogs, and bulletin boards),Designated hitter
1095DHA, DocosaHexaenoic Acid
1096DHHS, (U.S.) Department of Health and Human Services
1097DHL, Dalsey, Hillblom, and Lynn (courier service)
1098DHRA, (U.S.) DoD Human Resources Activity
1099DHS, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
1100DHSS, UK Department of Health and Social Security
1101DHTFYSS, U.S. Don't Have Time For You Silly S****
1102DHY, Dahomey (ISO 3166 trigram; became BEN for Benin in 1977)
1103DIA, U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
1104DIAC, Department of Immigration and Citizenship (Australia) [1]
1105DiC,Design Island Centre (computing usually used in a teaching situation)
1106DICASS, DIrectional Command Activated Sonobuoy System
1107DILLIGAD, Do I Look Like I Give A Damn? (military shorthand, slightly less offensive than the following)
1108DILLIGAF, Do I Look Like I Give A Fuck? (military shorthand)
1109DIF, Data Interchange Format
1110DIFAR, DIrectional Frequency Analysis and Recording
1111DIME, Dense Inert Metal Explosive
1112DIMM, Dual In-line Memory Module (computing)
1113DINKY, Double Income, No Kids Yet
1114DIP, Dual In-line Package (electronics)
1115DIPS, Defense independent pitching statistics
1116DIR, Defence Industrial Research
1117DIS- Defence Intelligence Staff,(U.S.) Defense Investigative Service,Distributed Interactive Simulation,Draft International Standard (ISO)
1118DISA- U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency,Distinguished Individual Service Award
1119DISCOM, Division Support Command
1120DISE, Deployable Intelligence Support Element
1121DISSTAF, DIS Search and Target Acquisition Fidelity experiment
1122DITY,(i/a) Do-It-Yourself
1123div, Dhivehi language (ISO 639-2 code)
1124DIVAD, Division Air Defence
1125DIY, Do It Yourself
1126DJ, Disc Jockey,Dinner Jacket, Djibouti (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1127DJD, Degenerative Joint Disease,Dublin Julian Day,Discoveries in the Judaean Desert
1128DJF, Djibouti franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
1129DJI, Djibouti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1130DJS, Director, Joint Staff
1131DK, Denmark (ISO 3166 digram)
1132DKK, Danish krone (ISO 4217 currency code)
1133DL,Dexter's Laboratory
1134DLA, U.S. Defense Logistics Agency, Dental Laboratories Association
1135DLIC, Detachment Left-In-Contact
1136DLIR, Depot-Level Inspection and Repair
1137DLL, Dynamic Link Library
1138DLPMC, DorsoLateral PreMotor Cortex
1139DLR, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German, German Aerospace Centre),Docklands Light Railway
1140DLRP, Data Link Reference Point
1141DLS, Deep Lens Survey
1142DLSA, (U.S.) Defense Legal Services Agency
1143DLSc, Diploma in Library Science
1144DLSC, U.S. Defense Logistics Services Center,U.S. Defense Logistics Support Command,Department of Library Special Collections (Western Kentucky University Libraries),Direct Loan Servicing Center,Directorate of Land Strategic Concepts (Canada),Dominican Lay Scholars Community
1145DLTBGYD,Don't let the bastards grind you down
1146DM- Dominica (ISO 3166 digram), Dungeon Master (role-playing games)
1147DMA- Designated market area (primarily a U.S. term),U.S. Defense Mapping Agency (became NIMA, then NGA),Direct Memory Access (computing), Dominica (ISO 3166 trigram)
1148DMC, (U.S.) Defense Management Council
1149DMCA,Digital Millennium Copyright Act
1150DMI, Desktop Management Interface (computing)
1151DMM,Digital Multimeter
1152DMOC, Distributed Mission Operations Centre
1153DMPA, (U.S.) Defense Medical Programs Activity
1154DMPFC, DorsoMedial PreFrontal Cortex
1155DMPK, Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
1156DMRB, Design Manual for Roads and Bridges
1157DMS, U.S. Defense Message System
1158DMSP, U.S. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
1159DMT, Dimethyltryptamine
1160DMU, Diesel Multiple Unit, a method of connecting self-propelled railway vehicles together to form a train under the control of one driver.
1161DMV, Department of Motor Vehicles
1162DMZ, DeMilitarized Zone
1163DN, Deacon
1164DNA, U.S. Defense Nuclear Agency,DeoxyriboNucleic Acid,Douglas Noël Adams
1165DNAW, Day Night All Weather
1166DND, Department of National Defence (Canada),Do Not Disturb
1167DNDi, Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
1168DNDO, U.S. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
1169DNM, Defence Nuclear Material
1170DNK, Denmark (ISO 3166 trigram)
1171DNR, Do Not Resuscitate
1172DNS, Domain Name System
1173DO, Dominica (FIPS 10-4 country code),Dominican Republic (ISO 3166 digram), Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
1174DOA, Dead On Arrival,Dead or Alive
1175DOB, Date Of Birth
1176DOD, U.S. Department of Defense
1177DODAF, U.S. Department of Defense Architectural Framework
1178DoDD, U.S. Department of Defense Directive
1179DoDEA, (U.S.) Department of Defense Education Activity
1180DOE,(i/a) U.S. Department of Energy
1181DOHC, Dual-OverHead-Cam engine
1182DOI, Digital Object Identifier,U.S. Department of the Interior
1183DOMS, (U.S.) Director of Military Support
1184DOP, Dominican peso (ISO 4217 currency code)
1185DORA, Defence of the Realm Act
1186DOS, Denial of Service (DoS, cf. DDoS),Density of State,Disk Operating System
1187DOT, Department of Transportation (U.S. federal or state),Damage Over Time (common in World of Warcraft)
1188DOTA,short-form for DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS a popular online epic game
1189DotD, Deal of the Day (marketing gimmick)
1190DOTMLPF, Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership, Personnel, and Facilities (mnemonic)
1191DOW, Died of Wounds
1192DP, Division de production (Algerian petroleum company)
1193DP, Decision Point,Dynamic Programming
1194DPA, UK Defence Procurement Agency
1195DPCO, Double-Pole Change Over
1196DPDT, Double-Pole Double-Throw
1197DPICM, Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition
1198DPKO, UN Department for Peacekeeping Operations
1199DPMO, (U.S.) Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
1200DPPDB, Digital Point Positioning Database
1201DPRE, Displaced Person or Refugee (plural Displaced Persons and Refugees) (originally Displaced Persons, Refugees, Evacuees)
1202DPRK, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
1203DPST, Double-Pole Single-Throw
1204DQ, Dairy Queen, Jarvis Island (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1205DR, Dead Reckoning, Dominican Republic (FIPS 10-4 country code), Danmarks Radio (Danish Broadcasting Corporation)
1206DRA, Defence Research Agency (UK, 1991-1995),Democratic Republic of America
1207DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1208DRDC, Defence Research & Development Canada
1209DREA,(i/a) Defence Research Establishment Atlantic (obsolete 2002)
1210DRES,(i/a) Defence Research Establishment Suffield (obsolete 2002)
1211DRET,(i/a) Defence Research Establishment Toronto (obsolete 2002)
1212DREV,(i/a) Defence Research Establishment Valcartier (obsolete 2002)
1213DRI, Detection, Recognition, Identification,Dietary Reference Intake
1214DRIC,(i/a) (U.S.) Defense Research Information Center
1215DRL, Daytime Running Lights,Dorman Roberts Ltd.
1216DRM, Digital Rights Management
1217DRMS, (U.S.) Defense Revitalization and Marketing Service
1218DRPR, Drawing Practices
1219DRT, Document Related Technologies
1220Ds, Darmstadtium
1221DS- Dear son (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists, blogs, and bulletin boards),Defence Scientist,Direct Support, Dust Storm (METAR Code)
1222DSA- (U.S.) Defense Support Activities,Division Support Area
1223DSAA- (U.S.) Defense Security Assistance Agency,Driving Schools Association of the Americas,DECT Standard Authentication Algorithm
1224DSAS, Disney Sing Along Songs
1225DSB, (U.S.) Defense Science Board
1226DSC- Differential Scanning Calorimeter,Digital Selective Calling,Digital Still Camera,Distinguished Service Cross,Doctor of Surgical Chiropody (obsolete),Document structure convention (PostScript programming),Dynamic Stability Control
1227DSCS, U.S. Defense Satellite Communications System
1228DSCSOC, DSCS Operations Center
1229DSD, Defence Studies Department (King's College, London)
1230DSE, Dry Sheep Equivalent
1231DSG,Direct-Shift Gearbox
1232DSID, Dismounted Soldier Identification System
1233DSL, Digital Subscriber Line
1234DSLR, Digital single-lens reflex (camera)
1235DSM, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
1236DSN, Deep Space Network
1237DSO, Distinguished Service Order (British military decoration)
1238DSP- Defense Standardization Program,Defense Support Program,Digital Signal Processing
1239DSPL, Design Specialists and Plans Language
1240DSR, Deformed Special Relativity
1241DSRV- Deaf Sports Recreation Victoria,Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle
1242DSS- Digitized Sky Survey,Discarding-Sabot Shell (ammunition)
1243DST, Daylight saving time
1244DSTL, British Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
1245DSWA, (U.S.) Defense Special Weapons Agency
1246DTA, Dental Technologists Association
1247DTD, Digital Terrain Data
1248DTE, Data Terminal Equipment,Down To Earth
1249DTG, Date-Time Group
1250DTH, Direct To Home (television)
1251DTI, UK Department of Trade and Industry
1252DTIC, (U.S.) Defense Technical Information Center
1253DTL, Diode-Transistor Logic (electronics)
1254DTMF, Dual-tone multi-frequency signaling
1255DTLOMS, Doctrine, Training, Leader development, Organization, Materiel, and Soldier (mnemonic)
1256DTO, Disruptive Technology Office (was ARDA)
1257DTOMLS, Doctrine, Training, Organization, Materiel, Leader and Soldier development (mnemonic)
1258DTR, Determine The Relationship
1259DTSA, (U.S.) Defense Technology Security Administration
1260DU- Depleted Uranium, Dust (METAR Code)
1261DUI- Data Use Identifier,Data Use Institute,Davis Unified Ignition,Diving Unlimited International,Documento Único de Identidad,Documento Unico de Importación,Driving Under the Influence,Duke University Improv
1262DUMBO, Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass (Brooklyn neighborhood)
1263DUSD, (U.S.) Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense
1264dv, Dhivehi language (ISO 639-1 code)
1265DVD, Digital Versatile Disk (was Digital Video Disk)
1266DVLC, UK Driver and Vehicle Licencing Centre
1267DVM, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
1268DVO, Direct View Optics
1269DVOM,Digital Volt-Ohm Meter
1270DVP,various meanings (disambiguation page)
1271DW, Drum Workshop
1272DWG, Divisional Wargame (military simulation)
1273DWI, Dance With Intensity,Danish West Indies,Diffusion-weighted imaging,Direct water injection,Disaster Welfare Inquiry,Drinking Water Inspectorate,Driving While Intoxicated/Impaired
1274DWM, Doctor Who Magazine
1275DWIM, Do What I Mean
1276DWTS, Dancing with the Stars
1277DWW, Down with Webster
1278DX- Dexterity (role-playing games), DeXtrorphan,Distant (radio), D-Generation X (professional wrestling stable)
1279DXA, Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry
1280DXM, DeXtroMethorphan
1281Dy, Dysprosium
1282DY, Dahomey (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1977)
1283dz, Dzongkha language (ISO 639-1 code)
1284DZ, Algeria (ISO 3166 digram),Drizzle (METAR Code), Drop Zone
1285DZA, Algeria (ISO 3166 trigram)
1286DZD, Algerian dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
1287dzo, Dzongkha language (ISO 639-2 code)
1288E, East
1289EA, Electronic Attack,Emotions Anonymous,Engagement Area,Electronic Arts,Enrolled Agent,Environmental Assessment,Enterprise Architect, Exaampere
1290EABU, Explain Acronyms Before Use
1291EAC, Echelons Above Corps
1292EAPC, Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
1293EASA, European Aviation Safety Agency
1294EAST, Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
1295EBD, Electronic Brake Distribution
1296EBE, Extraterrestrial Biological Entity
1297EBO,(i/a) Effects Based Operations,Encyclopædia Britannica Online,European Board of Ophthalmology
1298EBSA, Employee Benefits Security Administration
1299EBW, Electron Beam Welding
1300EBW, Exploding BridgeWire
1301EC- Ecuador (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code), Electronic Combat,European Community (see EEC), Exacoulomb
1302ECB- England (and Wales) Cricket Board,European Central Bank
1303ECBR, European Coalition for Biomedical Research
1304ECASS, European Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences [1]
1305ECCM, Electronic Counter-Counter-Measures
1306ECFS, Electronic Case Filing System
1307ECG, Electrocardiogram
1308ECHO- Each Community Helps Others (EPA programme),Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization,European Commission Host Organization,European Commission Humanitarian aid Office, Exchange Clearing House,Expanded Characteristic Option, Explanatory Coherence by Harmony Optimization
1309ECHR, European Convention on Human Rights
1310ECJ, European Court of Justice
1311ECL, Emitter Coupled Logic (electronics)
1312ECM- Electronic Counter-Measures,Enterprise Content Management
1313ECommHR, European Commission on Human Rights
1314ECS- Emergency Contact System,Enhanced Chip Set (computing),EOSDIS Core System,Extended Chip Set (computing)
1315ECSC, European Coal and Steel Community (distant ancestor of the EU)
1316ECT, ElectroConvulsive Therapy
1317ECtHR, European Court of Human Rights
1318ECU- Ecuador (ISO 3166 trigram), European Currency Unit (ancestor of the euro)
1319ECW- Eastern Championship Wrestling/Extreme Championship Wrestling,ED[edit]
1320EDA, European Defence Agency
1321EDAC, Error Detection And Correction
1322EDCS, Environmental Data Coding Specification
1323EDD- Earliest due date,Electron-detachment dissociation,Elena Delle Donne (American basketball player),Employment Development Department (California state agency),End-diastolic dimension,Expected Date of Delivery (pregnancy)
1324EDECSIM, Extended Directed Energy Combat Simulation
1325EDGAR, Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings database)
1326EDH, Eastman Dental Hospital
1327EDS- Electronic Data Systems,Electronic Differential System
1328EDSA, Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (a major thoroughfare in Manila with great significance to post-1980 Philippines history)
1329EDT, Eastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC4 hours)
1330EDTA- Electric Drive Transportation Association, EthyleneDiamineTetraAcetic acid,EE[edit]
1331ee, Ewe language (ISO 639-1 code)
1332EE- Estonia (ISO 3166 digram; from the country's native name of Eesti), Electrical engineering,Electrical Engineer,E&E, Escape and Evasion (training)
1333EEC, European Economic Community (predecessor of the EU)
1334EEG, ElectroEncephaloGram
1335EEK, Estonian kroon (ISO 4217 currency code)
1336EENT, End Evening Nautical Twilight
1337EEO, Equal Employment Opportunity
1338EEOC, (U.S.) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1339EEZ, Economic Exclusion Zone or Exclusive Economic Zone
1340EF- Electro-focus (Canon lens mount),Entry Foyer, Exafarad
1341EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation
1342EFL,English as a Foreign Language
1343EFM, Enterprise Feedback Management
1344EFOA, European Fuel Oxygenates Association
1345EFSA, European Food Safety Authority
1346EFT, Electronic Fund Transfer
1347EFTA- European Free Trade Area, European Free Trade Association
1348EFV, Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle
1349EG, Egypt (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1350EGBUS, External Genitalia, Bartholin's glands, Urethra & Skene's glands
1351EGCG, EpiGalloCatechin-3-Gallate
1352EGIS, Erieye Ground Interface Segment
1353EGP, Egyptian pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
1354EGRET, Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope
1355EGY, Egypt (ISO 3166 trigram)
1356EH, Exahenry,Western Sahara (ISO 3166 digram)
1357EHA- Education for All Handicapped Children Act (U.S. federal legislation; since superseded by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), Emotional Health Anonymous
1358EHF, Extremely High Frequency
1359EHR, Equipment History Record
1360Ei, Exbi
1361EI, Ireland (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Éire)
1362EIA, Environmental Impact Assessment
1363EIAH,Environnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain
1364EIAH,Encyclopedia of Iranian Architectural History
1365EIC,East India Company
1366EICS,East India Company's Service
1367eID,electronic ID
1368EIRP, Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
1369EIS, Environmental Impact Statement
1370EJ, Exajoule
1371EK, Equatorial Guinea (FIPS 10-4 country code),Exakelvin
1372EKG, Electrocardiogram (from German Elektrokardiogramm)
1373EKMS, Electronic Key Management System
1374el, Greek language (ISO 639-1 code)
1375EL, Exalitre
1376ELF-(a/i) Earth Liberation Front,Endangered Language Fund,Eritrean Liberation Front,Executable and Linkable Format,Extremely Low Frequency
1377ELINT, Electronic Intelligence
1378ell, Greek language (ISO 639-2 code)
1379ELL, English Language Learner
1380ELM, Edge-Localised Mode (plasma physics)
1381ELO, Electric Light Orchestra
1382ELP- Emerson, Lake & Palmer,European Left Party
1383ELSS, Emergency Life Support Stores
1384ELT, Emergency Locator Transmitter
1385Em, Exametre
1386EM, ElectroMagnetism/ElectroMagnetic
1387EMA,(i/a) European Medicines Agency
1388EMC- Electric Membership Corporation,Electromagnetic Compatibility,Electro-Motive Corporation,European Muon Collaboration,Evergreen Marine Corporation
1389EMCON, (Electromagnetic) Emissions Control
1390EMD- General Motors Electro-Motive Division,Engineering and Manufacturing Development,European Missile Defence
1391EMDG, Euro-Missile Dynamics Group
1392EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
1393EMEA, Europe, Middle East and Africa
1394EMF- Electromotive force,Epsom Mad Funkers (1990s-2000s indie dance band)
1395EMG, ElectroMyoGraph
1396EMO, Emergency Measures Organisation- Emotional
1397EMP, ElectroMagnetic Pulse
1398EMS, Emergency Medical Services
1399EMT, Emergency Medical Technician
1400EMU, Electric Multiple Unit,a method of connecting self-propelled railway vehicles together to form a train under the control of one driver.
1401en, English language (ISO 639-1 code)
1402EN- Corps of Engineers, Estonia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Exanewton
1403ENCODE, Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (human genome data project)
1404ENE, East North-East
1405eng, English language (ISO 639-2 code)
1406ENG, England (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
1407ENT, Ear, Nose and Throat
1408ENTEC, Euro NATO Training Engineer Centre
1409ENVL, Envelope
1410ENY, Enemy
1411eo, Esperanto language (ISO 639-1 code)
1412EO- Electro-Optics,Engagement Operations
1413EOD, Explosive Ordnance Disposal
1414EOG, ElectroOculoGraphy
1415EOS- Earth Observation Satellite,(a/i) Electro-Optical System, Canon's autofocusing system for film and digital SLR cameras, Electrophoresis Operations in Space, a space manufacturing project of the McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company
1416EOSAT, Earth Observation Satellite
1417EOSDIS,(a/i) Earth Observation Satellite Data and Information System
1418EOTS- Electro-Optical Tactical Sensor,(a/i) Eye Of The Storm (World of Warcraft)
1419EOM, End of Message
1420EP, European Parliament
1421EP, Extended play
1422EPA- EicosaPentaenoic Acid, Environmental Protection Agency
1423EPCOT, Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow
1424EPCR- Endothelial protein C receptor,European Professional Club Rugby
1425EPGS, EOS Polar Ground Sites
1426EPIRB,(a/i) Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
1427EPL, English Premier League
1428epo, Esperanto language (ISO 639-2 code)
1429EPOS, Electronic Point Of Sale
1430EPPA, Employee Polygraph Protection Act
1431EPR, European Pressurised [Nuclear] Reactor
1432EPW- Earth Penetrator Weapon/Warhead,Economic and Political Weekly (Indian publication),Enemy Prisoner of War,EQ[edit]
1433EQ, Emotional Quotient
1434EQG, Equatorial Guinea (FIFA trigram, but not IOC or ISO 3166)
1435Er, Erbium
1436ER- Emergency Room, Eritrea (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1437ERA- Earned run average,Engineering Research Associates,Equal Rights Amendment,English Racing Automobiles,European Railway Agency
1438ERCIM,(a/i) European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
1439ERI, Eritrea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1440ERLAWS, Eastern Ruapehu Lahar Alarm and Warning System
1441ERN, Eritrean nakfa (ISO 4217 currency code)
1442EROS, Earth Resources Observation System
1443ERP, Engineer Regulating Point
1444ERR, Eesti Rahvusringhääling
1445ERS, Earth Resources Survey
1446ERTS, Earth Resources Technology Satellite (became Landsat)
1447ERV, Endogenous RetroVirus
1448es, Spanish language (ISO 639-1 code)
1449Es- Einsteinium,Exasecond
1450ES- El Salvador (FIPS 10-4 country code), Electronic warfare Support, Exasiemens,Spain (ISO 3166 digram; from the country's native name of España)
1451ESA- Electro-Spark Alloying,Endangered Species Act,European Space Agency
1452ESC- Embryonic Stem Cell,Electronic Stability Control
1453ESD, ElectroStatic Discharge
1454ESDP, European Security and Defence Policy
1455ESE, East South-East
1456ESH, Western Sahara (ISO 3166 trigram)
1457ESL, English as a Second Language
1458ESM, Electronic warfare Support Measures
1459ESO, European Southern Observatory
1460ESOL, English for Speakers of Other Languages
1461ESP- Electronic Stability Program,Extra-sensory perception, Spain (ISO 3166 trigram)
1462ESPGHAN,European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
1463ESPN, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
1464est, Estonian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1465EST- Eastern Standard Time (UTC5 hours), Estonia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1466ESU, Emergency Services Unit
1467ESV, Engineer Support Vehicle
1468et, Estonian language (ISO 639-1 code)
1469ET- Ethiopia (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1470Exatesla- Extra Terrestrial
1471ETB, Ethiopian Birr (ISO 4217 currency code)
1472ETF, Emergency Task Force (a special police unit, also jocularly said to stand for Extra-Thick Fuzz)
1473ETH, Ethiopia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1474ETI, Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
1475ETLA, Extended TLA
1476ETM- Electronic Technical Manual,Enhanced Thematic Mapper
1477ETOPS, Extended-range Twin-engine Operational Performance Standards (aviation)
1478ETT, Embedded Training Team
1479eu, Basque language (ISO 639-1 code)
1480Eu, Europium
1481EU- Europa Island (FIPS 10-4 country code), European Union
1482EUCOM, (U.S.) European Command
1483EUR, euro (ISO 4217 currency code)
1484eus, Basque language (ISO 639-2 code)
1485EUUSA, European Union and United States of America
1486EV, Exavolt
1487EVA- Earned Value Analysis,Economic value added,Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate,Extra-Vehicular Activity
1488EVIL, Electronic viewfinder (with) interchangeable lens (a type of digital camera)
1489EW, Electronic Warfare, Exawatt
1490ewe, Ewe language (ISO 639-2 code)
1491EWR, Newark Liberty International Airport (IATA airport code)
1492EWTN, Eternal Word Television Network
1493EXFOR, Experimental Force (military)
1494EXREP, Expeditious Repair (SM&R code)
1495EZ, Czech Republic (FIPS 10-4 country code), Extraction Zone
1496f, Femto
1497F, Farad,Fluorine
1498fa, Persian language (ISO 639-1 code)
1499FA,Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
1500fA, Femtoampere
1501FA, Field Artillery,Financial Aid,Football Association (England)
1502FAA, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration,Financial Aid Administrator,Fleet Air Arm,Functional Area Analysis
1503FAAD, Forward Area Air Defence
1504FAADEZ, Forward Area Air Defence Engagement Zone
1505FAAN, Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology
1506FAAFP,Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians
1507FAAN, Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
1508FAAQ,(a/i) Frequently Asked and Anticipated Questions (cf. FAQ)
1509FAASV, Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle
1510FAB, Feline Advisory Bureau (UK feline charity)
1511FAC, Forward Air Controller,Front of Allies for Change,Frontal Affinity Chromatography,Full Aperture Calibrator
1512FACA, (US) Federal Advisory Committee Act
1513FACH, Fuerza Aérea de Chile
1514FACN, Fellow of the American College of Nutrition
1515FACP, Fellow of the American College of Physicians
1516FACS, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Formal Aspects of Computing Science,Fluorescent-activated cell sorting
1517FACTS, Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System
1518FAD, Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide,Fuck A Duck, Funding Authorization Document
1519FAH, Federation of American Hospitals,Fine Arts and Humanities,Foreign Affairs Handbook
1520FAM, Foreign Affairs Manual
1521fao, Faroese language (ISO 639-2 code)
1522FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization
1523FAPA,Fellow of the American Psychological Association
1524FAPHA,Fellow of the American Public Health Association
1525FARP, Forward Arming and Refuelling Point / Forward Area Rearm/refuel Point
1526fas, Persian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1527FAS, Federation of American Scientists,Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
1528FASCAM, Family of Scatterable Mines[1]
1529FASD, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
1530FASEB,(a/i) Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
1531FAT, Field Artillery Tractor,File Allocation Table
1532FAVS, Future Armoured Vehicle System
1533FAW, Football Association of Wales
1534FB,Facebook, An on-line social network
1535FBCS, Fellow of the British Computer Society
1536FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
1537FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
1538FBIDST, Fellow of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
1539FBM, Board foot
1540FBR- Fast Breeder Reactor,Foundation for Biomedical Research,Friedman, Billings, Ramsey (now known as Arlington Asset Investment)
1541FBS-Federal Bureau of Statistics (Pakistan),Fetal bovine serum,Football Bowl Subdivision (U.S. college football),Fukuoka Broadcasting Corporation,FC[edit]
1542fC, Femtocoulomb
1543FC- Fire Control,Football Club, Funnel Cloud (METAR Code)
1544FCA- Fellowship of Christian Athletes,Fiat Chrysler Automobiles,Fraction of Combat Active forces
1545FCC, U.S. Federal Communications Commission
1546FCE, First Certificate in English
1547FCF, Financial Free Cash Flow
1548FCLA,Fraud Claims Law Associate
1549FCM- Federation of Canadian Municipalities,Fogarty's Cove Music
1550FCO, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1551FCS- Football Championship Subdivision (U.S. college football),Future Combat System
1552FCW, Florida Championship Wrestling
1553FCZ, Forward Combat Zone
1554FD, Falun Dafa
1555FDA, Food and Drug Administration (U.S.)
1556FDC, Federal Detention Center (U.S.),Fire Direction Centre
1557FDDI, Fibre Distributed Data Interface
1558FDBK,(I) Feedback
1559FDR, Flight Data Recorder,Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1560Fe, Iron (Latin Ferrum)
1561FE, Fully Exposed (armoured vehicle target, as opposed to Hull-Down)
1562FEAR, First Encounter Assault Recon,False Evidence Appears Real
1563FEAST,(a/i) Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation
1564FEATS, Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies link title
1565FEBA, Forward Edge of the Battle Area
1566FED,(a/i) Field emission display
1567FEDEP, Federation Development Process (Simulation)
1568FEF, Frontal Eye Field (neurophysiology)
1569FEMA-(a/i) Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association,(a/i) U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency,Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association
1570FENS,(a/i) Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
1571FEP, Firepower Enhancement Program,Fleet satellite (FLTSAT) Extremely high frequency (EHF) Package
1572FES, Flywheel Energy Storage
1573FEST, Frankfurt English Speaking Theatre link title
1574FET, Field-effect transistor
1575FEZ,(a/i) Fighter Engagement Zone
1576ff, Fula language (ISO 639-1 code)
1577fF, Femtofarad
1578FF- Final Fantasy, Firefox (Web browser)
1579FFA- Football Federation Australia,Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency,Free-Fire Area,Fusiform Face Area,Future Farmers of America (today the National FFA Organization)
1580FFB, Frum From Birth (referring to an observant Jew born into a religiously observant family)
1581FFC, Free For Chat
1582FFE, Fukuoka Futures Exchange
1583FFG, Guided Missile Frigate (hull classification symbol)
1584FFOV, Forward Field Of View
1585FFS, For Fuck's Sake
1586FFT- Fast Fourier Transform,Final Fantasy Tactics,FG[edit]
1587FG, Falun Gong
1588fg, Femtogram
1589FG, Fog (METAR Code),French Guiana (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1590FGR, Flickr Group Roulette
1591fH, Femtohenry
1592FHFIF, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
1593FHI, Family Health International, Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.
1594fi, Finnish language (ISO 639-1 code)
1595FI, Finland (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1596FIB, Fucking Illinois Bastard (Wisconsin slang, variants exist)
1597FIBUA,(i/a) Fighting In Built-Up Areas
1598FIC, Fellowship for Intentional Community
1599FID, Foreign Internal Defence
1600FIE, Fly-In Echelon
1601FIFO, First In, First Out
1602FIFRA, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
1603FIGJAM, Fuck I'm Good, Just Ask Me
1604fij, Fijian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1605FILO, First In, Last Out (see also LIFO)
1606FIMPT, Fellow of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1607fin, Finnish language (ISO 639-2 code)
1608FIN, Finland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1609FIPS, Federal Information Processing Standard
1610FIRES,Fever Induced Refractory Epilepsy Syndrome or Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome
1611FISH, Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridisation
1612FiST, Fire Support Team
1613FITS, Flexible Image Transport System
1614FIU, Florida International University
1615fj, Fijian language (ISO 639-1 code)
1616fJ, Femtojoule
1617FJ, Fiji (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1618FJD, Fiji dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
1619FJI, Fiji (ISO 3166 trigram)
1620FJN, Financial Job Network
1621fK, Femtokelvin
1622FK, Falkland Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1623FKP, Falkland Islands pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
1624FKSM, Fort Knox Supplemental Manual
1625FKT, Fastest Known Time
1626fL, Femtolitre
1627FL, Florida (postal symbol)
1628FLA, Florida, Front Line Assembly,Future Large Aircraft
1629FLAB, Four-letter abbreviation
1630FLAC,(a/i) Free Lossless Audio Codec
1631FLAC,(a/i) Free Legal Advice Centres
1632FLB, Forward Logistics Base
1633FLET,(a/i) Forward Line of Enemy Troops
1634FLG, Falun Gong
1635FLIP, Flight Information Publication
1636FLIR, Forward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
1637FLK, Falkland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1638FLOT,(a/i) Forward Line of Own Troops
1639FLSA, Fair Labor Standards Act
1640FLQ, Free Legal Questions
1641FLTSAT, Fleet Satellite
1642FLTSATCOM, Fleet Satellite Communication System
1643FLUBOS, Fat, Lazy, Useless, Bag Of Shit
1644FM, Factory Mutual http://fmglobal.com
1645fm, Femtometre
1646Fm, Fermium
1647FM- Federal Magistrate (Australian post-nominal), Federated States of Micronesia (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code), Field Manual,Flight Manager,Frequency Modulation (electronics)
1648FMC- Federal Magistrates' Court (an Australian federal court, formerly FMS),Food Machinery Corporation (original name of the company now known as FMC Corporation)
1649FMCA, Federal Magistrates' Court of Australia (used for citing decisions of the FMC other than family law decisions)
1650FMCAfam, Federal Magistrates' Court of Australia: family (used for citing family law decisions of the FMC)
1651FME, Formal Methods Europe
1652FMECA, Failure Modes and Effect Criticality Analysis
1653FMJD, Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames[2]
1654FMLA, Family Medical Leave Act
1655fMRI, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
1656FMS- Federal Magistrates Service (an Australian federal court, now FMC), Flight Management System,Foreign Military Sales
1657FMSF, False Memory Syndrome Foundation
1658FMTV, Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles
1659FMCG, (Fast Moving Consumer Goods)
1660fN, Femtonewton
1661FNA, Functional Needs Analysis
1662fo, Faroese language (ISO 639-1 code)
1663FO, Faroe Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code), Force Operations (military),Forward Observer,Frame Optional (military symbology)
1664FOAD, Fuck Off And Die
1665FOAF, Friend Of A friend
1666FoB, Free On Board (shipping)
1667FOB,(i/a) Forward Operating Base
1668FOC, Full Operational Capability,First of Class
1669FoE, Friends of the Earth
1670FOGC, Federal Oil and Gas Council
1671FOH, Front Of House
1672FOIA, Freedom of Information Act
1673FOM, Federation Object Model
1674FONSI, Finding of No Significant Impact
1675FOO, Forward Observation Officer
1676FOR, Field Of Regard,Frame Of Reference
1677Fortran, The IBM Mathematical FORmula TRANslating System (programming language)
1678FOS, Florida Ornithological Society,Full Operational Status
1679FoS, Family of Systems
1680FOSE, Fallout 3 Script Extender
1681FOSE, Federal Office Systems Expo
1682FOT, Free on truck
1683FOTA, Fellow of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
1684FOTC,Flight of the Conchords
1685FOUO, For Official Use Only
1686FOV, Field Of View
1687FP, French Polynesia (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1688fps, frames per second (motion pictures, television, computer graphics)
1689FPS- Fire Prevention System,First Person Shooter (computer/video games)
1690FOOP, Friends Of Organ Pipes (Volunteer group)
1691FQ, Baker Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code),French Southern and Antarctic Territories (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1979)
1692FQDN, Fully Qualified Domain Name
1693fr, French language (ISO 639-1 code)
1694Fr, Francium
1695FR, France (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1696fra, French language (ISO 639-2 code)
1697FRA- Federal Railroad Administration, France (ISO 3166 trigram)
1698FRAGO, Fragmentary Order (military)
1699FRAND, Fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (concept in standards-setting and intellectual property law)
1700FRCP- Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
1701FRICBM, Full Range ICBM
1702frr, North Frisian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1703FRO, Faroe Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1704FRS- Fellow of the Royal Society,U.S. Federal Reserve System
1705FRSA, Fellow of the Royal Society of Art
1706fry, West Frisian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1707FRY, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1708fs, Femtosecond
1709fS, Femtosiemens
1710FS- Fire Support (military), French Southern and Antarctic Territories (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1711FSA- Fire Support Area,UK Food Standards Agency,Functional Solution Analysis
1712FSC- Federal Supply Classification, Forest Stewardship Council (ecological pressure group
1713FSCL, Fire Support Co-ordination Line
1714FSE, Fire Support Element
1715FSF, Free Software Foundation
1716FSH, Follicle Stimulating Hormone
1717FSI, Fuel Stratified Injection
1718FSM- Federated States of Micronesia (ISO 3166 trigram), Flying Spaghetti Monster (satirical religion)
1719FSO- Fire Support Officer,Flotilla Staff Officer,Foreign Service Officer
1720FSS, Fire Support Station
1721FSSP, Families of Structurally Similar Proteins
1722FST- Finance Support Team,Finlands Svenska Television (Finland's Swedish-language television),Future Soviet Tank (Cold War era)
1723FSTC, Foreign Science Technology Center (now NGIC)
1724fT, Femtotesla
1725FTC, Federal Trade Commission
1726FTE, Full Time Equivalent
1727FTL, Faster Than Light
1728FTP, File Transfer Protocol
1729FTW, For The Win (a commonly used phrase used online to indicate success) F@#K The World, Forever Together Where ever (gang slogan)
1730FTS, Flight Termination System used during some rocket launches
1731FTS, Fuck That Shit
1732FU, Smoke (METAR Code)
1733FUBAR, Fucked/Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair
1734FUCK, For, Unlawful, Carnal, Knowledge (Van Halen album title)
1735FUD, Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt (marketing strategy)
1736ful, Fula language (ISO 639-2 code)
1737fV, Femtovolt
1738fW, Femtowatt
1739FW, Forward
1740FWC, Football World Cup
1741FWF, Fixed Word Format
1742FWI, French West Indies
1743FWIW, For What It's Worth
1744FWS, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1745FWT, Fresh Water Tank
1746FX, Firefox,Fox Extended, Metropolitan France (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1997),Special effect
1747FXX, Metropolitan France (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1997)
1748fy, West Frisian language (ISO 639-1 code)
1749FY, Fiscal Year, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (NATO country code)
1750FYA, For Your Agenda
1751FYDP, Five-Year Defense Plan (U.S.)
1752FYI, For Your Information
1753FYROM, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
1754FZDZ, Freezing Drizzle (METAR Code)
1755FZFG, Freezing Fog (METAR Code)
1756FZRA, Freezing Rain (METAR Code)
1757g, Gram
1758G, Gauss, General Audiences (movie rating)
1759G1, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Personnel
1760G2, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Intelligence
1761G3,many, including Heckler & Koch G3; see entry, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Operations and Plans
1762G4, Generation Four PowerPC microprocessor, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Logistics
1763G5, Generation Five PowerPC microprocessor, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Public Affairs
1764G6, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Information Technology, Group of 6 (France, Germany, United States, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy) (1975)
1765G7, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Training, Group of 7 (G6 + Canada) (1976)
1766G8, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Finance, Group of 8 (G7 + Russia) (1998)
1767G9, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Civil-Military Co-operation (CIMIC)
1768G10, Group of 10 (G7 + Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland; numbering 11 in fact)
1769G15, Group of 15 (subset of G77, formed 1989: Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Venezuela and Zimbabwe; currently numbers 17)
1770G20, Group of 20 (G8 + Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey + current European Union presiding country) (1999)
1771G24, Group of 24 (subset of G77, formed 1971: Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Iran, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Syria, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela)
1772G77, Group of 77 (issued from the United Nations Conference on Commerce and Development, 1964; currently numbers 133)
1773Ga, Gallium,Gigaannum
1774GA, Gabon (ISO 3166 digram),The Gambia (FIPS 10-4 country code), Gamblers Anonymous,Georgia (postal symbol),Gigaampere,Goa (Indian state code)
1775GAAR, General Anti-Avoidance Rule (tax evasion)
1776GAB, Gabon (ISO 3166 trigram)
1777GABA, Gamma-AminoButyric Acid
1778GAD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
1779GAF, Garfield and Friends
1780GALCIT, Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
1781GAO, U.S. Government Accountability Office
1782GAW, Global Atmospheric Watch
1783GB, Gabon (FIPS 10-4 country code),United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 digram) [glamour boy 7-9/10]
1784GBBC, Great (Global) Backyard Bird Count
1785GBE, Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
1786GBH- Great Bash Heel (Japanese professional wrestling stable),Gregory Bonner Hale (British design and advertising agency),Grievous bodily harm
1787GBP, United Kingdom pound sterling (ISO 4217 currency code)
1788GBR, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1789GBU, Glide-Bomb Unit,Global Business Unit
1790GC- East Germany (NATO country code; obsolete 1990), General classification (cycling),General counsel,George Cross (British civil decoration), Gigacoulomb [Grindr cruise]
1791GCA, Graduate in Claims Administration
1792GCD,see entry
1793GCF, Greatest Common Factor
1794GCI, Ground-controlled interception
1795GCN, Gamma-ray burst Coordination Network
1796GCS, Global Coordinate System
1797GCSE, General Certificate of Secondary Education (UK)
1798gd, Scottish Gaelic language (ISO 639-1 code)
1799Gd, Gadolinium
1800GD, Grenada (ISO 3166 digram)
1801GDC, Game Developers Conference,General Dental Council
1802GDL, Game Definition Language
1803GDP, General Dental Practitioner (UK),Gross Domestic Product
1804GDR, German Democratic Republic (cf. DDR)
1805GDR, General Distribution Release (Microsoft Term for a software service release; between Hotfix and Service Pack)
1806GDW, Game Designers Workshop
1807Ge, Germanium
1808GE, General Electric,Genetic Engineering (cf. GM), Georgia (ISO 3166 digram)
1809GEBCO, General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans
1810GEC, Great Engineering Challenge
1811GED, General Educational Development (high school equivalency credential in the U.S. and Canada)
1812GEEP, Geophysical Equipment Exploration Platform
1813GEL, Georgian lari (ISO 4217 currency code),Gilbert and Ellice Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1977)
1814GEMA, Gas and Electricity Markets Authority,Georgia Emergency Management Agency, Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (German performance rights organisation), Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance
1815GEN, Full General (four stars) in the U.S. Army
1816GEO, Geostationary Earth Orbit, Georgia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1817GEOS, Graphical Environment Operating System
1818GEQ, Equatorial Guinea (IOC trigram, but not FIFA or ISO 3166)
1819GER, Germany (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
1820GeV, Gigaelectron-volt
1821GEV, Ground Effect Vehicle
1822GF- French Guiana (ISO 3166 digram),Gigafarad
1823GFCF- Gluten-free, casein-free diet,Gross fixed capital formation
1824GFCI, Ground Fault Circuit Interruptor (aka GFI)
1825GFDL, GNU Free Documentation License
1826GFE- Girlfriend experience (used in escort services),Good Faith Estimate,Government Furnished Equipment
1827GFI, Ground Fault Interruptor (aka GFCI)
1828GFL, German Football League (Germany's Bundesliga for American football; the English-language name is used in German without translation)
1829GFN, Global Footprint Network
1830GG, Georgia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1831GGK,Good God Karma
1832GGP- General Game Playing,General Growth Properties (U.S. shopping center owner),GH[edit]
1833GH, Ghana (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code),Gigahenry
1834GHA, Ghana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1835GHB, gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid
1836GHC, Ghanan cedi (ISO 4217 currency code)
1837Gi, Gibi
1838GI, Galvanised Iron,Gastro-Intestinal,General Issue, Gibraltar (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code), Government Issue
1839GIB, Gibraltar (ISO 3166 trigram)
1840GIF, Graphics Interchange Format
1841GIG, Global Information Grid
1842GIGO, Garbage In Garbage Out (computing)
1843GIMP, GNU Image Manipulation Program
1844GIN, Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram), Guidelines International Network
1845GINK,Going Insane Not Knowing,orig. Colorado 2010 M.Kalfas
1846GINO, Godzilla In Name Only
1847GIP, Gibraltar pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
1848GIS, Geographic Information System, Google Image Search
1849GISS,(a/i) General Impression of Size and Shape,Goddard Institute for Space Studies
1850GJ, Gigajoule,Grenada (FIPS 10-4 country code),Gujarat (Indian state code)
1851GJD, Geocentric Julian Day
1852GK, Gigakelvin,Guernsey (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1853gl, Galician language (ISO 639-1 code)
1854GL- Gigalitre, Graphics Language, Greenland (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code), Grenade Launcher
1855gla, Scottish Gaelic language (ISO 639-2 code)
1856GLAAD, Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
1857GLAC, General Ledger Accounting Code
1858GLAST, Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
1859GLBA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
1860GLC, Gas-liquid chromatography
1861gle, Irish language (ISO 639-2 code)
1862glg, Galician language (ISO 639-2 code)
1863GLINT- Gallium-arsenide Laser Illuminator for Night TV,Gated Laser Illuminator for Narrow Television, Gated Laser Intensifier (tape),Gospel Literature International,Graphical Linux Installation Tool
1864GLP, Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 trigram)
1865GLUT,(a/i) OpenGL Utility Toolkit
1866glv, Manx language (ISO 639-2 code)
1867GLV, Gained Life Value
1868Gm, Gigametre
1869GM- The Gambia (ISO 3166 digram), GameMaster (role-playing),General Motors,Genetically Modified, Germany (FIPS 10-4 country code), Guru Meditation (computing)
1870GMAC- General Motors Acceptance Corporation, the original name of the company now known as Ally Financial,Graduate Management Admission Council,G-MAC, Great Midwest Athletic Conference
1871GMB- The Gambia (ISO 3166 trigram), General, Municipal, Boilermakers (and Allied Trade Union)
1872GMC- U.K. General Medical Council,Gospel Music Channel
1873GMD, Gambian dalasi (ISO 4217 currency code)
1874GMFSC, Ground Mobile Forces Satellite Communications
1875GMI- Generic Model Interface,Geometry Model Instance
1876GML-Generalized Markup Language,Geography Markup Language,Game Maker Language,Graph Modelling Language,Graphical Motion Language,GUI Markup Language
1877GMO, Genetically Modified Organism
1878GMPCS, Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite
1879GMT- Giant Magellan Telescope,Greenwich Mean Time,GN[edit]
1880gn, Guaraní language (ISO 639-1 code)
1881GN- Giganewton,Guinea (ISO 3166 digram)
1882GNAS, Grand National Archery Society
1883GNB, Guinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 trigram)
1884GNF, Guinean franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
1885GNOME, GNU Network Object Model Environment
1886GNP, Gross National Product
1887GNQ, Equatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1888GnRH, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
1889GNU, GNU's Not Unix
1890GO, Glorioso Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1891GOA- General of the Army (United States only), Gun Owners of America
1892GOAT, Greatest of all time (LL Cool J album title)
1893GOC, General Officer Commanding
1894GOES, Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
1895GOP, Grand Old Party
1896gorp, granola, oats, raisins, peanuts (another name for trail mix), probably a backronym
1897GOSC,(a/i) General Officer Steering Committee
1898GOSH, Great Ormond Street Hospital
1899GOSP, Gas/Oil Separation Plant
1900GOTS, Government off-the-shelf
1901GOYADIN, Get Off Your Arse, Do It Now (anti-procrastination mantra)
1902GP, General Practitioner,General Purpose,Grand Prix, Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1903GPA, Grade Point Average
1904GPC, Global Path Cache
1905GPG, GNU Privacy Guard
1906GPIB, General-Purpose Instrumentation/Interface Bus
1907GPL, GNU General Public License
1908GPMP, General Purpose Macro Processor
1909GPO, General Post Office
1910GPPC, Genetics and Public Policy Center
1911GPR, Ground-Penetrating Radar
1912GPS, General Problem Solver,Global Positioning System
1913GPT, GEC-Plessey Telecommunications,General Purpose Technology,Get Paid To website
1914GQ- Equatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 digram), Gentlemen's Quarterly (the original name of the magazine now known simply as GQ), Guam (FIPS 10-4 territory code),GR[edit]
1915GR, Greece (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Hail (METAR Code)
1916GRAIL, Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
1917GRAS, Generally recognized as safe (FDA list)
1918GRB, Gamma-Ray Burst
1919GRC, Greece (ISO 3166 trigram)
1920GRD, Grenada (ISO 3166 trigram)
1921GRE- Graduate Record Examination, Greece (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
1922grep, [search] Globally for Regular Expression, Print [lines]
1923GRid,Global Release Identifier, a music industry identifier from the RIAA and IFPI
1924GRID, Gay-Related Immune Deficiency (original name of AIDS)
1925GriT, Girl raised in Texas (Woman presenting firm southern traits/beliefs)
1926GRL, Greenland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1927GRN- Grenada (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166), Goods Received Note
1928grn, Guaraní language (ISO 639-2 code)
1929GRP, Graphite-reinforced plastic, see Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer
1930Gs, Gigasecond
1931GS- General Schedule (US civil service pay scale),General Support, Gigasiemens,South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
1932GSR, Gun Shot Residue
1933GSA, U.S. General Services Administration
1934GSD, Graphical Situation Display
1935GSGB,(God send glamour boy 9-10/10)
1936GSK, GlaxoSmithKline [good sexual karma]
1937GSN,(a/i) Game Show Network
1938GSO, General Services Officer (U.S. Department of State)
1939GSOH, Good Sense Of Humour
1940GSP,Georges St-Pierre (Canadian MMA fighter)
1941GSS, Generic Security Services
1942GST, Goods and Services Tax (Australia, Canada, and other countries)
1943GSW, Gunshot wound
1944GT, Gigatesla, Gran Turismo,Grand Touring, Guatemala (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1945GTA, Grand Theft Auto
1946GTB, Get to bed, namely to get a new job after a long time of searching, usually following a phone call
1947GTC, Gran Telescopio Canarias (Spanish, Canaries Great Telescope)
1948GTD, Getting Things Done
1949GTG, Got To Go (Internet chat)
1950GTK, Good To Know (Internet chat)
1951GTGN, Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
1952GTM, Guatemala (ISO 3166 trigram)
1953GTQ, Guatemalan quetzal (ISO 4217 currency code)
1954GTV, Gross Tumor Volume quetzal (ISO 4217 currency code)
1955gu, Gujarati language (ISO 639-1 code)
1956GU, Guam (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
1957GUA, Guatemala (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
1958GUF, French Guiana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1959GUILT, Gangliated Utrophin Immuno Latency Toxin
1960guj, Gujarati language (ISO 639-2 code)
1961GULCR, Grupo de Usuarios de Linux de Costa Rica
1962GUT, Grand Unification Theory
1963gv, Manx language (ISO 639-1 code)
1964GV, Gigavolt,Guinea (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1965GW, Games Workshop,Germ Warfare, Gigawatt, Guided Weapon, Guinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 digram)
1966GWARS, Ground Warfare System (simulation)
1967GWAS, Grand Western Archery Society
1968GWOT, Global War on Terrorism
1969GWS, Gulf War Syndrome,Greater Western Sydney
1970GXA, Global XML Web Services Architecture
1971GXE, Gene-enivronment interaction
1972GXF, General Exchange Format
1973GXH, IATA code of Gannan Xiahe Airport
1974GXL, Graph eXchange Language
1975GXM, Matrox Graphics eXpansion Module
1976GXP, Grid Exit Point, Global Xchange Programme, Indication of highest performance level on some Pontiac vehicles
1977GxP, Good X Practice (X can mean: clinical, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, etc.)
1978GXY, IATA code of Greeley-Weld County Airport
1979GY, Guyana (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1980GYD, Guyana dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
1981GYY, Gary/Chicago International Airport (IATA Airport Code)
1982GZ, Gaza Strip (FIPS 10-4 territory code), Ground Zero
1983GZK, Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cut-off (cosmic ray energies)
1984h, Hecto
1985H, Henry,Hydrogen
1986ha, Hausa language (ISO 639-1 code),Hectare
1987HA, Haiti (FIPS 10-4 country code), High Availability
1988HAARP, High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program
1989HAART, Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy
1990HAI, Human Awareness Institute
1991HAL, Hardware Abstraction Layer
1992HALO, High Altitude Low Opening (parachute jump)
1993HALT- Highly Accelerated Life Test, Hungry Angry Lonely Tired
1994HAM, Amateur radio operator
1995HANS, Head And Neck Support (device used in many race cars)
1996HARM, High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile
1997hat, Haitian Creole language (ISO 639-2 code)
1998HAT,(i/a) Highest Astronomical Tide (nautical charts), Hungarian Automated Telescope
1999hau, Hausa language (ISO 639-2 code)
2000HAW, Heavy Antitank Weapon
2001HAWK, Homing All the Way Killer (air defence system)
2002HAZ, Heat-Affected Zone
2003HAZMAT, Hazardous Materials
2004HBCD, HexaBromoCycloDodecane
2005HBCI, Home Banking Computer Interface
2006HBO, Home Box Office
2007HBR, Harvard Business Review
2008HBT, Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor
2009HBV, Hepatitis B Virus
2010HCCI, Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition
2011HCF, Highest Common Factor
2012HCI, Human-Computer Interaction/Interface
2013HCSC, Higher Command and Staff Course
2014HCT, Higher Colleges of Technology, tertiary education institution in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
2015HD- Henry Draper (star catalogue),Hull-Down (armoured vehicle target, as opposed to Fully Exposed),High Definition,Huntington's Disease
2016HDD- Hard Disk Drive,High-Density Disk
2017HDL, High-Density Lipoprotein
2018HDM, Human Decision-Making
2019HDMI,High Definition Multimedia Interface
2020HDR- Hard disk recorder,Henningson, Durham & Richardson (founders of the engineering and construction firm now known by their initials),High dynamic range, a term used in both digital imaging and 3D rendering,Hot Dry Rock (experimental geothermal technology),Human Development Report (UN publication)
2021HDRA, Henry Doubleday Research Association
2022HDTV, High-Definition Television
2023he, Hebrew language (ISO 639-1 code)
2024He, Helium
2025HE, High Explosive
2026HEAT, High Explosive Anti-Tank (ammunition)
2027heb, Hebrew language (ISO 639-2 code)
2028HEBA, Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association
2029HEER, High-Explosive Extended Range (ammunition)
2030HEIC, Honourable East India Company
2031HEMP, High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
2032HEO- High Earth Orbit, Highly Elliptical Orbit
2033HEOSS, High Earth Orbit Space Surveillance
2034HEP, High-Explosive Plastic (ammunition)
2035HEPA,(a/i) High-Efficiency Particulate Air (filter)
2036her, Herero language (ISO 639-2 code)
2037HESH, High-Explosive, Squash-Head (ammunition)
2038HESV, Heavy Engineering Support Vehicle
2039HETT, Heavy Equipment Transporting Truck / Heavy Equipment Truck Tractor
2040HEU, Highly Enriched Uranium
2041Hewitts, Hills in England, Wales and Ireland over Two Thousand feet (with topographic prominence of at least 30 m)
2042Hf, Hafnium
2043HF, High Frequency
2044HFE, Human Fertilisation and Embryology (UK Act)
2045HFE, The common-emitter current gain in a BJT transistor (also represented by βF). See: BJT
2046HFEA, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (UK)
2047Hg, Mercury (Latin Hydrargyrum)
2048HGC, UK Human Genetics Commission
2049HGF, Human Growth Factor
2050HGTV, Home & Garden Television
2051HHB,Ha Ha Bonk,The noise made when you laugh your head off. Used instead of LOL...
2052hi, Hindi language (ISO 639-1 code)
2053HI, Hawaii (postal symbol)
2054HIH, His (or Her) Imperial Highness
2055HIM, His (or Her) Imperial Majesty
2056HIMAD, High to Medium Altitude Air Defence (see also H/MAD)
2057HIMEZ, High Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
2058HIMYM,How I Met Your Mother
2059hin, Hindi language (ISO 639-2 code)
2060HIPAA, U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
2061Hipparcos, HIgh Precision Parallax COllecting Satellite
2062Hird, Hurd of interfaces representing depth (cf. HURD)
2063HiRISE, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
2064HIT, Health Information Technology
2065HIV, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
2066HIWT, Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
2067HJD, Heliocentric Julian Day
2068HK, Hong Kong (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2069HKD, Hong Kong dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2070HKG, Hong Kong (ISO 3166 trigram)
2071HKS, HyperKinetic Syndrome
2072hL, Hectolitre
2073HL, Holding Line
2074HLA, High Level Architecture (simulation),Human Leukocyte Antigen
2075HLL, High-Level Language
2076HLN, Headline News
2077HLOS, High Level Output Specification
2078HLVW, Heavy Logistics Vehicle, Wheeled
2079HM, Heard Island and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2080HMCE, Her/His Majesty's Customs and Excise (former UK government department; succeeded by HM Revenue and Customs)
2081HMCS- Her/His Majesty's Canadian Ship,Her Majesty's Courts Service (former UK agency; succeeded by Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service)
2082HMD, Heard and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2083HMF, HydroxyMethyl Furfural
2084HMM, Hidden Markov model
2085hmo, Hiri Motu language (ISO 639-2 code)
2086HMO, Health maintenance organization
2087HMP, Her Majesty's Prison
2088HMRC, Her/His Majesty's Revenue and Customs
2089HMS- Helmet-mounted display,Her/His Majesty's Ship (Royal Navy)
2090HMSO, Her Majesty's Stationery Office
2091HMV, His Master's Voice
2092HN, Honduras (ISO 3166 digram)
2093HND, Honduras (ISO 3166 trigram)
2094HNL, Honduran lempira (ISO 4217 currency code)
2095ho, Hiri Motu language (ISO 639-1 code)
2096Ho, Holmium
2097HO, Honduras (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2098HOLLAND, Hope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies
2099HOMES,the Great Lakes; Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
2100HONY,Humans of New York, a photoblog.
2101HOPI, Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure (see Internet2, Abilene Network)
2102HoReCa, Hotel, Restaurant and Catering
2103HORIZON, Hélicoptère d'observation radar et d'investigation sur zone (French, Zone Investigation and Radar Observation Helicopter)
2104HOSTAC, Helicopter Operations from Ships Other Than Aircraft Carriers
2105HOT, Highly Optimised Tolerance
2106HOTAS, Hands on throttle-and-stick
2107HOV, High Occupancy Vehicle
2108hp, horse power
2109HP, Hewlett-Packard,Hindustan Petroleum, Himachal Pradesh (Indian state code)
2110HPA, UK Health Protection Agency
2111HPCL, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
2112HPLC, High Performance Liquid Chromatography
2113HPT, High[er] Payoff Target
2114HPV, Human Papilloma Virus
2115HQ, HeadQuarters, Howland Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2116HQDA, HeadQuarters, Department of the Army
2117hr, Croatian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2118HR- Croatia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram,from the country's native name of Hrvatska), Haryana (Indian state code), Harvard Revised star catalogue,Human Resources
2119HRBL, High-level Representation of Behavior Language (original name of the Herbal language)
2120HRD, Human Resource Development
2121HRED, (U.S. Army Research Laboratory's) Human Research and Engineering Directorate (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland)
2122HRF, High iness Forces
2123HRH, His (or Her) Royal Highness
2124HRK, Croatian kuna (ISO 4217 currency code)
2125HRM, His (or Her) Royal Majesty
2126HRM, Human Resource Management
2127HRT, Hormone Replacement Therapy
2128hrv, Croatian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2129HRV- Croatia (ISO 3166 trigram), High Resolution Visible,HS[edit]
2130Hs, Hassium
2131HSBC, The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
2132HSC, Higher School Certificate
2133HSM, High School Musical
2134HSMAD, Human Science/Modeling and Analysis Data
2135HSN, Home Shopping Network
2136HSPH, Harvard School of Public Health
2137HSS- Health Service Support, High-Speed Steel
2138HSSI, High-Speed Serial Interface
2139HST,see entry
2140HSV- Herpes Simplex Virus,Hue Saturation Value (colour model),HT[edit]
2141ht, Haitian Creole language (ISO 639-1 code)
2142HTA, HyperText Application
2143HTC-High Tech Computer Corporation, original name of the company now known simply as HTC,Horry Telephone Cooperative
2144HTFU, Harden The Fuck Up
2145HTG, Haitian gourde (ISO 4217 currency code)
2146HTH, Hope That Helps
2147HTI, Haiti (ISO 3166 trigram)
2148HTML, HyperText Markup Language
2149HTR, Heated Towel Rail
2150HTS, High-Temperature Superconducting wire
2151HTTP, HyperText Transfer Protocol
2152HU, Hungary (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
2153HUD,(i/a) Head-Up Display,Housing and Urban Development
2154HUF, Hungarian forint (ISO 4217 currency code)
2155HUHA, Head up his/her ass (Marine salute; probably a backcronym)
2156HUMINT, Human Intelligence (military parlance)
2157hun, Hungarian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2158HUN, Hungary (ISO 3166 trigram)
2159HURD, Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons (cf. Hird)
2160HVU, High Value Unit (military)
2161HV, Upper Volta (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1984)
2162HVAC, Heating, ventilation and air conditioning Used in architecture, business and marketing; refers to a building's entire system of heating, moving, or cooling air.
2163HVAP, High Velocity Armour Piercing (ammunition)
2164HVHF,High velocity human factors
2165HVM, High Velocity Missile
2166HVO, Upper Volta (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984)
2167HVP, HarborView Properties,High vacuum process,Hydrolyzed vegetable protein,Human Variome Project,High Velocity Protection,H.V.P. (rapper),High Voltage Protection,High Vapor Pressure,Hub Voice Processor,High-Velocity Projectile,High-Video Pass,High-Velocity Particle
2168HW, Hardware, High Water (nautical charts)
2169HWM, Hardware morphing (computer graphics rendering)
2170HX, IATA code of Hong Kong Airlines, Medical history, Hydrogen halide, Concept automobile by HUMMER
2171HXB, The glycoprotein Tenascian C
2172hy, Armenian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2173hye, Armenian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2174HYS, Harvard, Yale, Stanford (perennially named as the top three law schools in the U.S.)
2175hz, Herero language (ISO 639-1 code)
2176Hz, Hertz
2177HZ, Haze (METAR Code)
2178I, Iodine,One (in Roman numerals)
2179ia, Interlingua language (ISO 639-1 code)
2180IA, Iowa (postal symbol)
2181IAAL, I Am A Lawyer
2182IAB, International Association for Biologicals
2183IACREOT, International Association of Clerks, Recorders, Election Officials, and Treasurers
2184IAD, Ion Assisted Deposition
2185IADS, Integrated Air Defence System
2186IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
2187IAF,{i} Industrial Areas Foundation
2188IAFG, Information Assurance Focus Group
2189IAI, International African Institute,Israel Aircraft Industries
2190IANA, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
2191IANAL, I Am Not A Lawyer
2192IAQ, Indoor air quality,Infrequently Asked Questions
2193IAS, Image Assessment System
2194IASIP, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2195IATA,(a/i) International Air Transport Association
2196IATF,International Automotive Task Force
2197IATSE,International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
2198IAU, International Association of Universities,International Astronomical Union
2199IAUC, International Astronomical Union Circular
2200IAW, In Accordance With
2201IB, International Baccalaureate
2202IBA, Important Bird Area
2203IBD, Inflammatory Bowel Disease
2204IBDM, Information Based Decision Making
2205IBDS, Integrated Biological Detection System,International Business Development Specialist
2206IBM, International Business Machines
2207ibo, Igbo language (ISO 639-2 code)
2208IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (part of the World Bank)
2209IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome
2210IC, Ice Crystals (METAR Code),Iceland (FIPS 10-4 country code), Integrated Circuit,[inner circle]
2211ICANN, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
2212ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
2213ICBM, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
2214ICBN, International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
2215ICC, Integrated Command and Control,International Criminal Court,International Cricket Council,Interstate Commerce Commission,International Chamber of Commerce
2216ICD, Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator,Initial Capabilities Document,International Classification of Diseases
2217ICE,(i/a) In case of emergency
2218ICES,(a/i) International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
2219ICF, Intelligent Community Forum
2220ICM, Improved Conventional Munition,Integrated Collection Management,International Congress of Mathematicians,Iraq Campaign Medal
2221ICMP, Internet Control Message Protocol
2222ICNAF, International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (became NAFO in 1978)
2223ICNI, Integrated Communication, Navigation, and Identification
2224ICO, Intermediate Circular Orbit
2225ICP, Inductively coupled plasma,Insane Clown Posse
2226ICPE,(a/i) International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology, the annual conference of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
2227ICRAF, International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (a.k.a. World Agroforestry Centre since 2002)
2228ICRISAT,(i/a) International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
2229ICRL, Individual Component Repair List
2230ICRS, International Celestial Reference System
2231ICS, In-Country Support,Intelligence and Communications Systems,Interim Contractor Support
2232ICSI, Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
2233ICT, Information and communication technologies
2234ICTH, Island Closest to Heaven/Hell Final Fantasy VIII
2235ICV, Infantry Carrier Vehicle
2236ICW, In Co-ordination With,Indonesia Corruption Watch,Infectious and Chemotherapeutic Waste,Insulating Concrete Wall,Integral Crystalline Waterproofing, Interactive Courseware
2237ICYMI, In Case You Missed It
2238ICZN, International Code of Zoological Nomenclature,International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
2239id, Indonesian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2240ID- Idaho (postal symbol), Identity, Indonesia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram), Infantry Division,Intelligent Design,ID10T Error, Idiot User Error (IT help desk inside joke)
2241IDA- U.S. Institute for Defense Analyses,International Development Association (part of the World Bank
2242IDC, International Data Corporation
2243IDDI, I don't do initialisms (see irony)
2244IDE- Integrated Development Environment,Integrated Drive Electronics
2245IDeA, Improvement and Development Agency, the former name of Local Government Improvement and Development in the United Kingdom
2246IDEA- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (U.S.),International Data Encryption Algorithm,International Design Excellence Awards
2247IDF- Israel Defense Forces,Intel Development Forum,International Dairy Federation
2248IDGAF, I don't give a fuck
2249IDK, I don't know
2250IDKIBTI,I don't know, I'm black, that's it
2251IDL, Interface Definition Language
2252IDN, Indonesia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2253ido, Ido language (ISO 639-2 code)
2254IDR, Indonesian rupiah (ISO 4217 currency code)
2255ie, Interlingue language (ISO 639-1 code)
2256IE, Indo-European languages,Internet Explorer, Ireland (ISO 3166 digram),Iced Earth
2257IEA, International Energy Agency
2258IEC, International Electrotechnical Commission
2259IED, Improvised Explosive Device
2260IELTS, International English Language Testing System
2261IER, Information Exchange Requirement
2262IET, Institution of Engineering and Technology
2263IET,(ii) Initial Entry Training
2264IETF, Internet Engineering Task Force
2265IEW, Intelligence and Electronic Warfare
2266IFAB, International Football Association Board
2267IFAH, International Federation for Animal Health
2268IFAP, International Federation of Agricultural Producers
2269IFC, International Finance Corporation (part of the World Bank), Independent Film Channel
2270IFF, Identification, Friend or Foe,Individually Fresh Frozen,International Flavors and Fragrances
2271IFFN, Identification, Friend, Foe, or Neutral
2272IFO, Identified Flying Object (see also UFO)
2273IFOR, UN Implementation Force, Institute for Operations Research,International Fellowship of Reconciliation
2274IFOV, Instantaneous Field of View
2275IFPI, International Federation of Phonographic Industries
2276IFR, Instrument Flight Rules
2277IFRB, International Frequency Registration Board
2278IFV, Infantry Fighting Vehicle
2279ig, Igbo language (ISO 639-1 code)
2280IG, Inspector General
2281IGNOU, Indira Gandhi National Open University
2282IGS, International Ground Station
2283IGY, Israeli Gay Youth,International Geophysical Year
2284IHH, Idiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
2285IHO,(i/a) International Hydrographic Organization
2286IHR, Institute for Historical Review
2287IHSI,Institutum Historicum Societatis Iesu (Jesuit Historical Institute)
2288ii, Sichuan Yi language (ISO 639-1 code)
2289II, Two (in Roman numerals)
2290IICA, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
2291IIE, Innovative Interstellar Explorer
2292iii, Sichuan Yi language (ISO 639-2 code)
2293III, Three (in Roman numerals)
2294IIRC, If I Recall/Remember Correctly
2295IISS, International Institute for Strategic Studies
2296IIT, Illinois Institute of Technology,Indian Institutes of Technology,Indiana Institute of Technology
2297IJN, Imperial Japanese Navy (World War II)
2298IJWP, Interim Joint Warfare Publication
2299ik, Inupiaq language (ISO 639-1 code)
2300IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad (the company's founder), Elmtaryd (the farm where he was born and raised), Agunnaryd (a village and parish near the farm)
2301iku, Inuktitut language (ISO 639-2 code)
2302IL, Illinois (postal symbol),Israel (ISO 3166 digram)
2303ILC, International Law Commission,International Linear Collider
2304ILDS, Improved Landmine Detection System
2305ile, Interlingue language (ISO 639-2 code)
2306ILO, International Labour Organization
2307ILRI, International Livestock Research Institute
2308ILS, Israeli shekel (ISO 4217 currency code)
2309ILY, IATA code for Islay Airport (Scotland), I Love You [pronounced ILL-LEE]
2310IM- Isle of Man (FIPS 10-4 territory code), Instant Message (internet speech)
2311IMA- Intermediate Maintenance Activity,Institute of Mathematics and Applications
2312IMBD, International Migratory Bird Day
2313IMDb,Internet Movie Database
2314IME, In My Experience
2315IMF- id music file/id's music format (audio file format),Impossible Missions Force, the protagonist organization in the Mission: Impossible media franchise,International Monetary Fund (the most common use for the initialism)
2316IMHO, In My Humble/Honest Opinion, cf. IMO
2317IML, International Mister Leather
2318IMLAST, International Movement for Leisure Activities in Science and Technology,see MILSET
2319IMNM,,Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy a rare, but serious ADR of statins [1]
2320IMNSHO, In My Not So Humble Opinion
2321IMPAC, International Merchant Purchase Authorization Card
2322IMPACT, International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce
2323IMPATT, IMPact Avalanche Transit Time diode
2324IMPT, Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
2325IMRO-Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization,Irish Music Rights Organisation
2326IMRL, Individual Material iness List
2327IMS- Information Management System,International Meat Secretariat,Ion Mobility Spectrometer
2328IMSA- Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy,International Mind Sports Association,International Motor Sports Association
2329IMsL, International Ms. Leather
2330IMT, Integrated Management Tool
2331IMU, International Mathematical Union
2332In, Indium
2333IN, India (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Indiana (postal symbol),Infantry
2334ina, Interlingua language (ISO 639-2 code)
2335INA, Immigration and Nationality Act
2336INAS, International Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
2337INCITS, InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
2338ind, Indonesian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2339IND, India (ISO 3166 trigram)
2340inet, the Internet
2341INDIGO, (U.S.) INtelligence DIvision Gaming Operation
2342INFORMS, (U.S.) Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
2343INFOSEC, Information Security
2344INLA, Irish National Liberation Army
2345INMARSAT, International Maritime Satellite organization
2346INR, Indian rupee (ISO 4217 currency code)
2347INRIA, Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique
2348INS, Immigration and Naturalization Service
2349InSAR, Interferometric synthetic aperture radar
2350INST, Information Standards and Technology
2351INTSUM, Intelligence Summary
2352INTERFET, International Force for East Timor
2353io, Ido language (ISO 639-1 code)
2354IO, British Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2355IOC- Initial Operational Capability,Intergovernmental Oceanic Commission,International Olympic Committee,International Ornithological Congress
2356IOLTA, Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (charitable funding mechanism, especially for legal aid)
2357IOM- Iowa, Ohio, Michigan (soybean origin),Institute of Medicine,International Organisation for Migration,Isle of Man
2358IONA, Islands of the North Atlantic (alternate name for Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, and related islands)
2359IOT, British Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 trigram)
2360IP, Clipperton Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code), Initial Point,Intellectual Property,Internet Protocol
2361IPA, India Pale Ale,International Phonetic Alphabet,Isopropyl alcohol
2362IPB, Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
2363IPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,Independent Police Complaints Commission
2364ipk, Inupiaq language (ISO 639-2 code)
2365IPL, Inferior Parietal Lobule
2366IPO, Initial Public Offering
2367IPR, In Progress Review,Intellectual Property Rights,Intelligence Production Requirement
2368IPT, Integrated Product/Project Team
2369IPTS, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies
2370IPTV, Internet Protocol TeleVision
2371IPW, Interrogation of Prisoners of War
2372IQ, Intelligence Quotient, Iraq (ISO 3166 digram)
2373IQD, Iraqi dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2374Ir, Iridium
2375IR, Infrared,Intelligence requirement (military), Iran (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Iran Air (IATA alpha code) see entry for more
2376IRA, Individual Retirement Account,Irish Republican Army (see also List of organisations known as the Irish Republican Army for groups claiming descent from this organisation)
2377IRAD, Internal Research and Development
2378IRAN,(I) Inspect and Repair As Necessary
2379IRAS, Infrared Astronomical Satellite
2380IRB, International Rugby Board
2381IRBM, Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
2382IRC, International Red Cross,International Reply Coupon,Internet Relay Chat
2383IREA, Intermountain Rural Electric Association
2384IRL, Ireland (ISO 3166 trigram),Industrial Research Limited,Indy Racing League,In real life
2385IRN, Iran (ISO 3166 trigram)
2386IRINN,Islamic Republic of Iran News Network
2387IRO, International Refugee Organisation
2388IRQ, Iraq (ISO 3166 trigram)
2389IRR, Iranian rial (ISO 4217 currency code)
2390IRS, U.S. Internal Revenue Service
2391IRST, Infra-red Search and Track
2392is, Icelandic language (ISO 639-1 code)
2393IS- Iceland (ISO 3166 digram),Israel (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2394ISA- Individual Savings Account,Industry Standard Architecture,Instruction Set Architecture,International Seabed Authority
2395ISAAA, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications
2396ISAF- International Sailing Federation,International Security Assistance Force
2397ISAR, Inverse SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)
2398ISB, Intermediate Staging Base
2399ISBN, International Standard Book Number (ISO 2108)
2400ISCCP, International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
2401ISCII, Indian Standard Code for Information Interchange
2402ISDN,Integrated Services Digital Network
2403ISEF, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
2404ISEN, Internet Search Environment Number
2405ISF, Internal Security Force
2406ISI-Indian Standards Institute, former name of the Bureau of Indian Standards,Inter-Services Intelligence (Pakistan),Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella organization for several Iraqi insurgent groups
2407ISIL,(i/a) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
2408ISIS-(i/a) Institute for Science and International Security,Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
2409ISK, Icelandic krona (ISO 4217 currency code)
2410isl, Icelandic language (ISO 639-2 code)
2411ISL, Iceland (ISO 3166 trigram)
2412ISLN, International Standard Lawyer Number (used initially by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell)
2413ISM- Industrial, scientific or medical, Interstellar medium
2414ISMB, International Society of Matrix Biologists
2415ISMC, Intelligent Sounding Meaningless Conversation
2416ISOGP, Indian Society of Orthodontics for General Practitioners [2]
2417ISP- International Standardized Profile,Internet Service Provider,Information Systems Professional
2418ISPE,(a/i) International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
2419ISR- Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Israel (ISO 3166 trigram)
2420ISRO, Indian Space Research Organisation
2421ISS- International Shorebird Survey (North America),International Space Station
2422ISSCR, International Society for Stem Cell Research
2423ISSN, International standard serial number (ISO 3297)
2424IST- Information System Technology,UCF Institute for Simulation and Training
2425ISTAR, Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance
2426ISTC, Institute of Scientific and Technical Communications (UK)
2427ISTS, Intel Science Talent Search
2428ISU- Integrated Sight Unit,International Skating Union,IT[edit]
2429it, Italian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2430IT- InferoTemporal (neurophysiology),Information Technology, Italy (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2431ita, Italian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2432ITA, Italy (ISO 3166 trigram)
2433ITAG, Inertial Terrain-Aided Guidance
2434ITALY, I'll Truly Always Love You
2435ITAS, Improved Target Acquisition Sight
2436ITC, InferoTemporal Cortex (neurophysiology)
2437ITCZ,(i/p) Intertropical Convergence Zone
2438ITEC, Information Technology Exposition & Conference
2439ITEMS, Interactive Tactical Environment Management System
2440ITER, International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
2441ITF, International Tennis Federation
2442ITK, In The Know
2443ITN, Independent Television News (British)
2444ITS- Incompatible Time-sharing System,Individual Training Standards
2445ITT, International Telephone and Telegraph (U.S.)
2446ITTO, International Tropical Timber Organization
2447ITU- Intent-to-Use,International Telecommunication Union (International Telegraph Union 1865-1932),IU[edit]
2448iu, Inuktitut language (ISO 639-1 code)
2449IUCN, International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union)
2450IUSS, Integrated Undersea Surveillance System,Integrated Unit Simulation System,International Union of Soil Sciences
2451IV, Côte d'Ivoire (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Ivory Coast),Four (in Roman numerals), IntraVenous (as in intravenous drip or intravenous therapy)
2452IVD, Internet Video Device, intra vas device
2453Iveco, Industrial Vehicles Corporation
2454IVF, In Vitro Fertilisation
2455IVI, Interchangeable Virtual Instrument
2456IVIS,(i/a) Inter-Vehicle Information System
2457IVL, Inter-Visibility Line
2458IVM, In Vitro [Oocyte] Maturation
2459IVO, In Vicinity Of
2460IW, Information Warfare
2461IWARS, Infantry Warrior Simulation
2462IWC, International Whaling Commission
2463IWW, Industrial Workers of the World
2464IX, Nine (in Roman numerals)
2465IXT, IntraText digital library; IntraText lexical hypertext
2466IY, Saudi-Iraqi neutral zone (FIPS 10-4 territory code; obsolete 1993)
2467IZ, Iraq (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2468J, Joule
2469J1, Joint [Manpower &] Personnel Directorate
2470J2, Joint Intelligence Directorate
2471J2EE, Java 2 Platform, Enterprise ion
2472J2ME, Java 2 Platform, Micro ion
2473J2SE, Java 2 Platform, Standard ion
2474J3, Joint Operations Directorate
2475J4, Joint Logistics Directorate
2476J5, Joint Strategic Plans & Policy Directorate
2477J6, Joint Information Technology Directorate (Command, Control, Communications & Computer Systems)
2478J7, Joint Operational Plans & Interoperability Directorate
2479J8, Joint Force Structure, Resources, & Assessment Directorate
2480J9, Joint Public Affairs Directorate (Civilian-Military Cooperation)
2481ja, Japanese language (ISO 639-1 code)
2482JA, Japan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2483JAFT, Just A Field Test
2484JAG, Judge Advocate General Corps (military law)
2485JAL, Japan Airlines
2486JALLC, Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (NATO)
2487JAM, Jamaica (ISO 3166 trigram)
2488JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association
2489JANET, Joint Academic Network
2490JANUS, Joint Academic Network Using Satellites (UK),Joint Army Navy Uniform Simulation, Joint Army-Navy Staff,Just ANother Useless Simulation (Note: The U.S. Army Janus simulation is not an acronym)
2491JATO, Jet-Assisted Take-Off
2492jav, Javanese language (ISO 639-2 code)
2493JB, Junior Branch
2494JB, Jail Bait
2495JBFSA, Joint Blue Force Situational Awareness
2496JCDB, Joint Common Data Base
2497JCDS, Joint Chiefs of the Defence Staff
2498JCIDS, Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System
2499JCIET, Joint Combat Identification Evaluation Team
2500JCL, Job Control Language
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