PowerShell/data/dicts/general.csv
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1TERMMEANING
2e.g.'exempli gratia' in Latin, meaning: 'for example'
30Dobvious deed
41AMAir Mechanic 1st Class
51DOne-Dimensional
62AMAir Mechanic 2nd Class
72DTwo-dimensional
82LATwo Letter Acronym
92Lt2nd Lieutenant
103AMAir Mechanic 3rd Class
113DThree-Dimensional
123GThird-generation mobile telephone system
133iInvestors In Industry (venture capitalists)
143MMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
154GFourth-generation mobile telephone system
164WDFour-wheel drive
175DFive-Dimensional
186DSix-Dimensional
197DSeven-Dimensional
208DEight-Dimensional
219DNine-Dimensional
22AAmpere
23A/CAir Conditioned/Conditioning
24A10Atlantic 10 Conference
25A1CAirman First Class
26A4European standard office paper size
27aAAttoampere
28AAAadministration,authorization,and authentication,American Automobile Association ('Triple-A'),anti-aircraft artillery,Amateur Athletic Association (of England),Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (Spanish,'Assistance,Consulting,and Administration'—Mexican professional wrestling promotion)
29AAASAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
30AAAVAdvanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle
31AADACAlberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
32AADDAdult attention deficit disorder
33AADTannual average daily traffic
34AAFCArmy Air Corps Ferrying Command (USA, 1941-1942), All-America Football Conference (1946-1949)
35AAFESArmy and Air Force Exchange Service
36AAISadvanced airborne interceptor simulator
37AAMair-to-air missile
38AAMOFas a matter of fact
39AANAmerican Academy of Nursing
40AANEASAnglo-Australian Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
41AAODLAtmospheric Aerosols and Optics Data Library
42AAPCAccounting and Auditing Policy Committee
43AARPAmerican Association of Retired Persons (now officially known only by the initials)
44AASPEMadvanced air-to-air system performance evaluation model
45AATAustralian Antarctic Territory
46AAVAmphibious Assault Vehicle
47AAWCanti-air warfare commander
48ABAble Seaman (both the rank and the occupation),Alberta (postal symbol)
49ABBASEA Brown Boveri (Swiss-Swedish multinational company)
50ABBAAgnetha,Benny,Björn,Anni-Frid (Swedish pop group)
51ABCthe first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet
52ABCabstinence, be faithful, condoms
53ABCActive Body Control
54ABCairway, breathing, circulation
55ABCAlcoholic Beverage Commission
56ABCalien big cat
57ABCalways be careful
58ABCAmerican-born Chinese
59ABCanti-lock brake controller
60ABCatomic, biological, chemical
61ABCSArmy Battle Command System (USA)
62ABETAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
63ABFISTAdvanced Bradley Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
64ABGIAddington-Barker Group International
65ABINAgência Brasileira de Inteligência (Brazilian Intelligence Agency)
66ABLAmerican Basketball League
67ABLEAirBorne Law Enforcement (police air support unit)
68ABMCAmerican Battle Monuments Commission
69ABNAustralian Business Number (a number issued by the Australian government as registration of a business and used for taxation purposes)
70ABPIAssociation of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
71ABRSMAssociated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
72ABSanti-lock braking system
73ABSAAmalgamated Banks of South Africa
74ABSTRIPSabstraction-based STRIPS
75ABVAlcohol by volume
76ABWAruba (ISO 3166 trigram)
77AcActinium
78ACAdriamycin-Cyclophosphamide (chemotherapy),Air Conditioning,Aircraftman,Alternating Current,Altocumulus,ante Christum (Latin,'before Christ'; see BC),ante cibum (Latin,'before meals'),Associazione Calcio (Italian,'football (soccer) club')
79aCAttocoulomb
80AC1Aircraftman 1st Class
81AC2Aircraftman 2nd Class
82ACAAffordable Care Act,shorthand for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,commonly called 'Obamacare',Airspace Control Authority,Airspace Co-ordination Area,A Current Affair
83ACABAll cops are bastards
84ACARSAircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System
85ACBAsociación de Clubes de Baloncesto (Spanish for 'Association of Basketball Clubs')
86ACCACAwdurdod Cymwysterau,Cwricwlwm ac Asesu Cymru (Qualifications,Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales)
87ACCDAmerican Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
88ACCSAir Communications and Control Squadron
89ACDAArms Control & Disarmament Agency
90ACDCAlternating Current Direct Current,the name of an Australian rock music band,a term for a bisexual person,A/Cdre,Air Commodore
91ACDTApple Certified Desktop Technician,Australian Central Daylight Time
92ACESAerolíneas Centrales de Colombia (Spanish,'Central Colombian Airlines'),Auxiliary Campus Enterprises and Services of Alfred State College
93ACFAdministration for Children and Families,American Car and Foundry,American Culinary Federation
94ACHTAverage Call Hold Time
95ACINTAcoustic Intelligence
96ACKAcknowledge (telecommunications; cf. NAK)
97ACLAccess Control List,Anterior cruciate ligament; the initialism can also refer to an injury to this ligament.,Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
98ACLJAmerican Center for Law and Justice
99ACLOSAutomatic CLOS (missile control system)
100ACLSAmerican Council of Learned Societies
101ACLUAmerican Civil Liberties Union,American Communist Lawyers Union (pejorative slang for the above)
102ACMmany,including Association for Computing Machinery; see entry
103ACMCAssistant Commandant of the Marine Corps (USA)
104ACNAirborne Communications Node,Australian Company Number (number issued by the Australian government as registration of a limited liability company)
105ACNAAnglican Church in North America
106ACOAirspace Control Order
107ACOBAAdvisory Committee on Business Appointments
108ACOGAmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
109ACOMAtlantic Command (USA)
110ACORNAssociation of Community Organizations for Reform Now
111ACPAfrican,Caribbean and Pacific Group of States,Air Control Point
112ACRAdvanced Concepts and Requirements
113ACRIAfrican Crisis Initiative
114ACRTAdvanced Concepts Research Tool simulator
115ACSAffiliated Computer Services (NYSE ACS),Alaska Communications Service,American Cancer Society,American Chemical Society,Association of Caribbean States,Australian Computer Society
116ACSCArmy Command and Staff College (various nations)
117ACSTAmerican Cooperative School of Tunis
118ACSTAustralian Central Standard Time
119ACTAdaptive Control of Thought (cognitive model),American College Test (ing Program),Australian Capital Territory (also postal symbol),ACT UP,AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
120ACTDAdvanced Concept Technology Demonstration
121ACTFArmy Constructive Training Federation (USA),Australian Children's Television Foundation,ACT-R,ACT-Rational (cognitive model),ACT-R/PM,ACT-R/Perceptual-Motor (cognitive model)
122ACTUAustralian Council of Trade Unions
123ACUAmerican Conservative Union
124ACUFAdvisory Committee on Undersea Features,American Conservative Union Foundation
125ADAnno Domini (Latin for 'In the year of our Lord')
126ADAAir Defence Artillery,American Dental Association,Assistant District Attorney,Americans with Disabilities Act (see also the similar but non-acronymic Ada programming language)
127ADACAllgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (German for 'General German Automobile Club')
128ADAGEAir Defense Air to Ground Engagement (simulation)
129ADAPAIDS Drug Assistance Program
130ADASAsiago-DLR Asteroid Survey
131ADATAlesis Digital Audio Tape (recording format)
132ADATSAgricultural Development and Training Society,Air Defence Anti-Tank System,Australian Defence Air Traffic System
133ADBAsian Development Bank
134ADCAide De Camp,Air Defense Command (USA, 1946-1992),Apple Display Connector,Program Against Digital Counterfeiting of Currency
135ADDAnalog Digital Digital (CD quality),Attention-Deficit Disorder,Administration on Developmental Disabilities
136ADDIEAnalyze Design Develop Implement and Evaluate
137ADDNSAdvanced Deployable Day/Night Simulation
138ADGBAir Defence of Great Britain
139ADHDAttention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
140ADHSAttention-Deficit Hyperactivity Syndrome
141ADIAcceptable/Allowable Daily Intake
142ADLAnti-Defamation League
143ADMAdministrative,,Admiral,and the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps,Archer Daniels Midland,Assistant Deputy Minister
144ADOAAir Defence Operations Area
145ADPAdenosine DiPhosphate,Army Doctrine Publication (UK,Canada,Australia),Automatic/Automated Data Processing
146ADRGArc-second Raster Chart (ARC) Digitized Raster Graphics
147ADSActive Denial System, Astrophysics Data System, Attention Deficit Syndrome
148ADSRAttack,Decay,Sustain,Release (sound envelope specification)
149ADTAtlantic Daylight Time (UTC3 hours)
150ADTBArmy Doctrine and Training Bulletin
151ADWAir Defence Warning
152AEArmed Forces Africa/Canada/Europe/Middle East (postal symbol),United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166 digram),Artix Entertainment,American Eagle,A&E, Arts & Entertainment Network,the original name for the U.S. TV channel now known as A&E Network
153AEDTAustralian Eastern Daylight Time
154AEFAmerican Expeditionary Force
155AEGISAirborne Early warning Ground environment Interface Segment (fake etymology)
156AESRAeronautical Equipment Service Record
157AESTAustralian Eastern Standard Time
158aetAfter extra time (Football)
159AEWAirborne Early Warning,Airborne Electronic Warfare
160AFAfghanistan (ISO 3166 digram),Air Force,As f*ck
161aFAttofarad
162AFAAir Force Academy (USA),Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (Spanish for 'Argentine Football Association')
163AFAICAs Far As I'm Concerned
164AFAICTAs Far As I Can Tell
165AFAIKAs Far As I Know
166AFAIRAs Far As I Remember/Recall
167AFAMAssociazione Friulana di Astronomia e Meteorologia (Italian,'Friuli Association of Astronomy and Meteorology'),Department of African and Afro-American Studies,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — notable for its links to the school's academic-athletic scandal in the 2010s
168AFATDSAdvanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System
169AFCEAArmed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
170AFDBAfrican Development Bank
171AFESAutomatic Fire Extinguishing System
172AFGAfghanistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
173AFIFrench Territory of the Afars and Issas (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1977),'Agencia Federal de Investigaciónes' (México)
174AFISTAbrams Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
175AFJApril Fool's Joke
176AFKAway From Keyboard (Internet chat abbreviation)
177AFLACAmerican Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus
178AFOAssociation of Field Ornithologists
179AFOSRAir Force Office of Scientific Research (USA)
180AFPAgence France-Presse (French,'French Press Agency'), Australian Federal Police
181AFQTArmed Forces Qualification Test
182AFRCAir Force Reserve Command
183AFRLAir Force Research Laboratory
184AFROTCAir Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
185AFRRIArmed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (USA)
186AFRTSArmed Forces Radio and Television Service
187AFSCAir Force Staff College (USA, obsolete; replaced with JFSC), U.S. Air Force Systems Command
188AFSCNAir Force Satellite Control Network (USA)
189AFSPCAir Force Space Command (USA)
190AFTAmerican Farmland Trust
191AFVarmoured fighting vehicle
192AGair gunner,Aktiengesellschaft (German,'incorporated'),Antigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166 digram),Assemblies of God
193agAttogram
194AgSilver (Latin for 'argentum')
195AGAAB Gas-accumulator ('ah-gah',Swedish company),Advanced Graphics Architecture
196AGARDAdvisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development
197AGARDographAdvanced Guidance for Alliance Research and Development publication
198AGASAAkeno Giant Air Shower Array (cosmic ray detector)
199AGBInternal Nintendo initialism (Advanced Game Boy) for Game Boy Advance
200AGCAdjutant General's Corps (British Army)
201AGDCAustralian Game Developers' Conference
202AGIAuxiliary Group Intelligence
203AGMAnnual General Meeting
204AGNActive Galactic Nucleus
205AGOAngola (ISO 3166 trigram)
206AGPAccelerated Graphics Port
207AGRICOLAAgriculture Online Access
208AGSAlaska Ground Station (LandSat)
209AGTSAdvanced Gunnery Training System
210AGUAmerican Geophysical Union
211AGWAutonomous Guided Weapon
212AhAmpere-hour
213AHAttack Helicopter
214aHAttohenry
215AHAAmerican Heart Association
216AHCPRAgency for Health Care Policy and Research (obsolete; replaced with AHRQ)
217AHECAustralian Health Ethics Committee
218AHPCRCArmy High Performance Computing Research Center
219AHQAir Headquarters
220AHRQAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality
221AHSAmerican Housing Survey
222AIAir Interdiction,Amnesty International,Artificial Insemination,Artificial Intelligence,Anguilla (ISO 3166 digram)
223AIAAerospace Industries Association,American Institute of Architects,Anguilla (ISO 3166 trigram)
224AIAAAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
225AICAfrican Independent Church,Animal Identification Coordinator
226AICDAustralian Institute of Company Directors
227AICMFPAnd I Claim My Five Pounds
228AIDAgency for International Development (USA)
229AIDSAcquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
230AIMAustralian Institute of Management
231AIMPAurora Incremental Modernization Project
232AIPACAmerican Israel Public Affairs Committee
233AIRAircraft Inventory Record
234AIRFAAmerican Indian Religious Freedom Act
235AIRSAerometric Information Retrieval System (obsolete; replaced with AFS)
236AISAustralian Institute of Sport,Automatic Identification System
237AISB(British Society for the Study of) Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour
238aJAttojoule
239AjaxAsynchronous JavaScript And XML
240AJDAstronomical Julian day
241AJPAllied Joint Publication
242AJPWAll Japan Pro Wrestling
243AKAlaska (postal symbol)
244aKAttokelvin
245AKAAbove knee amputation (orthopaedic usage)
246AKDTAlaska Standard Daylight Saving Time (UTC8 hours)
247AKPAdalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (Turkish,'Justice and Development Party')
248AKSTAlaska Standard Time (UTC9 hours)
249ALAlabama (postal symbol),Albania (ISO 3166 digram),Anno Lucis (Latin,'Year of Light',in Masonic tradition,most often seen on plaques bearing the founding dates of buildings,in years AD and years AL)
250AlAluminium
251aLAttolitre
252ALAÅland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
253ALAPAs Long/Late As Possible
254ALARMAir-Launched Anti-Radar Missile
255ALBAlbania (ISO 3166 trigram)
256ALDAccounting Line Designator (nuclear weapon targeting)
257ALERTAdvanced Linked Extended Reconnaissance and Targeting,Attack and Launch Early Reporting to Theatre
258ALFAfrica Leadership Forum,Alien Life Form (cf. ALF (TV series)),Animal Liberation Front
259ALGAlgeria (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
260ALGOLALGOrithmic Language
261ALPAAir Line Pilots Association
262ALSAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
263ALSHSAbraham Low Self-Help Systems
264ALSPAggregate Level Simulation Protocol
265ALTEAssociation of Language Testers in Europe
266AmAmericium
267AMAmplitude Modulation and Ante Meridiem; see entry,Armenia (ISO 3166 digram)
268AM1Airman 1st class
269AMCBArmy/Marine Corps Board (USA)
270AMFOMAdvanced Missile Fly Out Model
271AMFRAge-specific Marital Fertility Rate,Amplitude Modulation Following Response
272AMFRSAdvanced Multi-Function Radio Frequency System,Automatic Multisensor Feature-based Recognition System
273AMLAcute Myeloid Leukaemia
274AMLCDActive Matrix Liquid Crystal Display
275AMLOAndrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexican politician),Anti-Money Laundering Office (Thailand government agency)
276AMOAtlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
277AMOLEDActive-matrix organic light-emitting diode
278AMOSAdvanced MOrtar System,Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory
279AMPAdenosine MonoPhosphate,Automated Mission Planner
280AMRAAMAdvanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile
281AMRDECAviation & Missile Research,Development & Engineering Center (USA)
282AMSAgriculture Marketing Service,American Mathematical Society
283AMSAAArmy Materiel Systems Analysis Activity (USA)
284AMSOArmy Model and Simulation Office (USA)
285AMSUAdvanced Microwave Sounding Unit
286AMTEUK Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment (1977-1984)
287ANNetherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 digram)
288aNAttonewton
289ANAAdministration for Native Americans,Afghan National Army,All Nippon Airways,Anti-Nuclear Anti-body,Australian National Airways,Australian Natives' Association
290ANCAfrican National Congress
291ANDAndorra (ISO 3166 trigram)
292ANFOAmmonium nitrate/fuel oil (explosive)
293ANGLiCoAir/Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
294ANLArgonne National Laboratory
295ANMAcoustic Noise Monitor
296ANOVAANalysis Of VAriance
297ANSApplied and Natural Sciences
298ANSIAmerican National Standards Institute
299ANTNetherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 trigram),Antigua and Barbuda (IOC trigram,but not ISO 3166 or FIFA)
300ANTMAmerica's Next Top Model
301ANTYAcronyms,No Thank You
302ANWRArctic National Wildlife Refuge /ˈænwɑr/
303ANZAustralia and New Zealand Banking Group
304ANZACAustralian and New Zealand Army Corps
305AOAngola (ISO 3166 digram),Approach Officer (submarine),Area of Operations
306AOCAir Operations Centre,Air Officer Commanding
307AODAdrenalin O.D. (punk rock band)
308AOIAngle Of Incidence (Arab Organization for Industrialization)
309AOLAmerica OnLine
310AORArea of Responsibility
311AOSTHAdventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
312AOTSAttack of the Show!
313AOUAmerican Ornithologists' Union
314APAdvanced Placement,Air Publication,Andhra Pradesh (Indian state code),Armed Forces Pacific (postal symbol),Associated Press,Auto Pilot
315APACAsia Pacific
316APBAll Points Bulletin (police jargon)
317APCArmoured Personnel Carrier, Armour Piercing Capped (ammunition)
318APCNRArmour-Piercing,Composite Non-Rigid (ammunition)
319APCRArmour-Piercing,Composite Rigid (ammunition)
320APDSArmour-Piercing,Discarding-Sabot (ammunition)
321APECAsia Pacific Economic Cooperation
322APEDSAMSAA Performance Estimates Data System
323APEXApplied Physics Express
324APFSDSArmour-Piercing,Fin-Stabilised,Discarding Sabot (ammunition)
325APHAAmerican Public Health Association
326APHEArmour-Piercing, High Explosive (ammunition)
327APHISAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service
328APLAcute Promyeloid Leukaemia,Anti-Personnel Landmine,Applied Physics Laboratory (Johns Hopkins University)
329APODAerial Port (Airport) Of Debarkation
330APOEAerial Port (Airport) Of Embarkation
331APOLLOApache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation
332APPAllied Procedural Publication
333APRAnnual Percentage Rate
334AQIMAl-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
335ARArgentina (ISO 3166 digram),Arkansas (postal symbol),Armour,Arunachal Pradesh (Indian state code)
336ArArgon
337ARAGAdvanced Research and Assessment Group
338ARBAdministrative Review Board
339ARBAArmy Review Boards Agency
340ARCAAutomobile Racing Club of America
341ARCENTUnited States Army Central Command
342ARDAAdvanced Research and Development Activity (became DTO 2006)
343AREUK Admiralty Research Establishment (-1991),United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166 trigram)
344ARFASEAN Regional Forum
345ARGArgentina (ISO 3166 trigram)
346ARHArmed Reconnaissance Helicopter
347ARIAcute Respiratory Infection,U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
348ARLUK Admiralty Research Laboratory (1921-1977),U.S. Army Research Laboratory,UIUC Aviation Research Laboratory
349ARMAnti-Radiation Missile,Adjustable-rate mortgage,Armenia (ISO 3166 trigram)
350ARNetAcquisition Reform Network
351ARPApplied Research Programme
352ARPAAdvanced Research Projects Agency
353ARRCACE Rapid Reaction Corps
354ARRFAllied Rapid Reaction Force
355ARRLAmerican Radio Relay League
356ARSCArctic Region Supercomputing Center
357ARSPACEArmy Space Command (USA)
358ARTAdaptive Resonance Theory, Anti-Retroviral Therapy
359ARTCCAir Route Traffic Control Center
360ARWGArmy Research Working Group
361ASActionScript
362ASAmerican Samoa (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram),Assam / Asom (Indian state code)
363AsArsenic
364aSAttosiemens
365ASAAcetylSalicylic Acid,American Standards Association,Army Security Agency,Atlantic Southeast Airlines
366ASAPAs Soon As Possible
367ASARSAdvanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System,Airborne Search and Rescue System
368asblassociation sans but lucratif (French 'Non-profit organisation')
369ASBOAnti-Social Behaviour Order
370ASCAPAmerican Society of Composers,Authors,and Publishers
371ASCCArmy Service Component Commander,Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator,Air Standardization Coordinating Committee
372ASCIIAmerican Standard Code for Information Interchange
373ASDAssistant Secretary of Defense (USA), autism spectrum disorder
374ASDICAllied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee (Sonar)
375ASEANAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations
376ASFARAmericans for a Society Free of Age Restrictions
377ASGArea Support Group
378ASICAustralian Securities and Investments Commission,Aviation Security Identification Card
379ASICSAnima sana in corpore sano (Latin for 'A sound mind in a sound body') (athletic shoe manufacturer)
380ASIOAustralian Security Intelligence Organisation,Audio stream input output
381ASIPAdvanced System Improvement Program,Army Stationing and Installation Plan,Application-specific instruction-set processor
382ASLAbove Sea Level,American Sign Language (also known as Ameslan),'Age,Sex,Location?' (Internet slang)
383ASMAir-to-Surface Missile,American Samoa (ISO 3166 trigram),American Society for Metals,American Society for Microbiology
384ASMBAmerican Society for Matrix Biology,Adult Swim Message Board
385ASMEAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers,American Society of Magazine ors
386ASMPAir-Sol Moyenne Portée missile (French 'Medium-range air to surface'),Asymmetric multiprocessing
387ASNAssociate of Science in Nursing
388ASOCAir 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
389ASPActive 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
390ASPIAustralian Strategic Policy Institute
391ASRAlkali-silica reaction,Anti Slip Regulation
392ASRAAMAdvanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile
393ASSCAssociation for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
394ASTAtlantic Standard Time (UTC4 hours)
395ASTIAArmed Services Technical Information Agency
396ASTMAmerican Society for Testing and Materials
397ASTREAAerial Support To Regional Enforcement Agencies (sheriff's air support unit)
398ASUWAntiSUrface Warfare
399ASVABArmed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery(taken by juniors in high school in the USA)
400ASVELAssociation Sportive Villeurbanne Éveil Lyonnais (Association Sportive is French for 'Sporting Association'; the club was founded through the merger of AS Villeurbanne and Éveil Lyonnais)
401ASWAntiSubmarine Warfare
402ASWORGAntiSubmarine Warfare Operations Research Group (USA)
403ASXAdvanced Stream Redirector,Australian Securities Exchange
404ATAnti-Tank,Austria (ISO 3166 digram),Advanced Technology (IBM Personal Computer/AT)
405AtAstatine
406aTAttotesla
407ATAAdvanced Technology Attachment (IBM Personal Computer),Afghan Transitional Authority,Allen Telescope Array,Antarctica (ISO 3166 trigram)
408ATACAir Transportable Acoustic Communications
409ATAPIAdvanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
410ATATAiken Tactical Airsoft Team / Star Wars vehicle
411ATBActive Time Battle,British Antarctic Territory (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1979)
412ATCAir Training Corps, Air Transport Command (USA, 1942-1948), Athletic Trainer,Certified
413ATESSAerospace and Telecommunications Engineering Support Squadron
414ATFFrench Southern Territories (ISO 3166 trigram),(U.S.) Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives
415ATGAntigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166 and FIFA trigram)
416ATGMAnti-Tank Guided Missile
417ATGWAnti-Tank Guided Weapon
418ATKAttack
419ATLAtlanta,Georgia,the largest city and capital of Georgia
420ATLASAll-Terrain Lifter Army System,Assessment Tool for LAnd Systems
421ATMAt The Moment
422ATNDronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1983)
423ATOAir Tasking Order,Australian Taxation Office
424ATPAdenosine TriPhosphate,Allied Tactical Publication,Ammunition Transfer Point
425ATSDAssistant Secretary of Defense (USA)
426ATSDRAgency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
427ATVAll-Terrain Vehicle
428ATWAAir,Trees,Water,Animals
429AUAfrican Union (was OAU before 2000),American University,Astronomical Unit,Australia (ISO 3166 digram)
430AuGold (Latin 'Aurum')
431AUCAb Urbe Condita / Anno Urbis Conditae (Latin for 'from the founding of the city' / 'in the year since the founding of the city') (of Rome),Area Under the Curve (concentration time curve; medicine)
432AUSAustralia (ISO 3166 trigram)
433AUSCANNZUKUSAustralia,Canada,New Zealand,United Kingdom,United States (security designation)
434AuslanAustralian Sign Language
435AUTAustria (ISO 3166 trigram)
436AUTLArmy Universal Task List
437AVAudio-Visual,Aviation
438AvAperture value (photographic mode)
439aVAttovolt
440AVAAmerican Viticultural Area
441AVBAudio Video Bridging
442AVDLRAviation Depot Level Repair
443AVGPArmoured Vehicle, General Purpose
444AVIMAviation Intermediate Maintenance
445AVLBArmoured Vehicle Launched Body
446AVMAir Vice-Marshal, Arteriovenous malformation
447AVOApprehended Violence Order
448AVPArubaanse Volkspartij
449AVPAssociation of Volleyball Professionals
450AVREArmoured Vehicle Royal Engineers
451AVTBArmoured Vehicle Test Bed,Aviation Test Bed
452AVUMAviation Unit Maintenance
453AVVOAcute Vaginal Venereal Outbreak
454AWAruba (ISO 3166 digram)
455aWAttowatt
456AWAAmerican Wrestling Association
457AWCAir Warfare Centre
458AWDAll Wheel Drive
459AWEAdvanced Warfighting Experiment
460AWPAwaiting Parts (SM&R code)
461AWSIMAir Warfare SIMulation
462AWSTAustralian Western Standard Time
463AWWAbove Water Warfare
464AXÅland Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
465AXPAmbulance eXchange Point
466AYBABTUAll Your Base Are Belong To Us
467AYUAs Yet Unknown
468AZArizona (postal symbol),Azerbaijan (ISO 3166 digram),Alkmaar Zaanstreek (Dutch football club)
469AZEAzerbaijan (ISO 3166 trigram)
470AZURActions en zone urbaine (French for: Urban Operations)
471B2BBusiness to Business
472B2CBusiness to Consumer
473B2GBusiness to Government
474B2EBusiness to Employee
475BARBarbados (IOC trigram,but not FIFA or ISO 3166),British American Racing,Browning Automatic Rifle,Buy-American Restrictions,BARD , Binational Agricultural Research and Development fund (between the US and Israel),BARDA , Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency,BART , Bay Area Rapid Transit,BAS , Battalion Aid Station,BASE , Building,Antenna,Span,Earth (parachute from),BASF , Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory,a German chemicals company),BASIC , Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (acronym was added later,originally it was simply Basic),BAT , Basic Aid Training,BATF , U.S. Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,and Firearms,BATS , Behavior Analysis Training System ,Bradley Advanced Training System,BATTeRS , Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescope for Rapid Survey,BB[edit]
476BBBarbados (ISO 3166 digram),Boys' Brigade (Christian youth organization),Brigitte Bardot (actress),Bumblebee
477BBBBetter Business Bureau,Blood-brain barrier
478BBCBreeding Bird Census,British Broadcasting Corporation,Bumper to Back of Cab (trucking measurement)
479BBLBe Back Later,Bird Banding Laboratory,British Basketball League
480BBNBolt,Beranek and Newman
481BBQBarbecue
482BBSBreeding 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)
483BBYOB'nai B'rith Youth Organization
484BCBefore Christ,Blind Copy (in emailers),Boston College,British Columbia (postal symbol)
485BCABachelor of Computer Application,Black Coaches & Administrators
486BCCBlind Carbon Copy
487BCCIBank of Credit and Commerce International,Board of Control for Cricket in India,BCD , Binary-Coded Decimal
488BEABanque extérieure d'Algérie,British European Airways (ancestor of British Airways),British Electricity Authority,bel
489BELBelgium (ISO 3166 trigram)
490BENBenin (ISO 3166 trigram)
491BEOBanquet Event Order
492BERCBusiness Environmental Resource Center
493BERBit Error Rate
494BHBahrain (ISO 3166 digram)
495BHRBahrain (ISO 3166 trigram)
496BNFBackus-Naur Form (computing), British National Formulary
497BNICEBiological,Nuclear,Incendiary,Chemical,and Explosive Agents
498BNPBritish National Party,Banque Nationale de Paris,a predecessor to today's BNP Paribas
499BNSBank of Nova Scotia
500BNSFBurlington Northern Santa Fe (also AAR reporting mark)
501BOBack Orifice,Biarritz Olympique (French rugby union club),Bolivia (ISO 3166 digram),Body odor
502BOACBritish Overseas Airways Corporation (predecessor of British Airways)
503BoAMLBank of America Merrill Lynch
504BOCBritish Orthodontic Society, British Oxygen Company
505BÖCBlue Öyster Cult
506BODMASBrackets,Orders,Division,Multiplication,Addition,Subtraction
507BOFHBastard Operator From Hell
508BOGABend Over and Grab Ankles
509BOGOFBuy One,Get One Free
510BOGsBunch of Guys
511BOIBalance Of Investment,Basis Of Issue
512BOLBolivia (ISO 3166 trigram)
513BOMBase Object Model,Bill Of Materials,Block of the Month quilting term,Business opportunity meeting
514BOPDBarrel of Oil Per Day
515BOSBattlefield Operating System
516BOTBalance of Trade,Botswana (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Build Operate Transfer,Bank of Thailand,BP[edit]
517BPBattle Position,British Petroleum (today,BP does not officially stand for anything),Bp , Bishop,BPD , Bipolar Personality Disorder,BPM , Beats Per Minute,BPMo , Business Process Mobility
518BPVBattlefield Planning Visualization,Bovine papillomavirus
519BQBritish 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)
520BRBrazil (ISO 3166 digram) ,Bihar (Indian state code),British Rail,Break Ranks (marching band term)
521BRABrazil (ISO 3166 trigram)
522BRAGBicycle Ride Across Georgia
523BRASSBreathe,Relax,Aim,Sight,Squeeze (acronym for using a rifle)
524BRICBrazil, Russia, India, and China
525BRICSBrazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa
526BSABirmingham Small Arms (motorcycles company),Boy Scouts of America,Brigade Support Area
527BSatCoPBenjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins
528BSEBovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (better known as mad cow disease)
529BSNBaloncesto Superior Nacional (Spanish,'National Superior Basketball'; top Puerto Rican league),Bank Simpanan Nasional (Malay,'National Savings Bank'; government-owned Malaysian bank)
530BSNLBharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,Bachelor of Science in Nursing
531BSoDBlue Screen of Death (distinct from BSD)
532BSPBetween-Show Promotion,Binary Space Partitioning,Board Support Package,British Standard Pipe (screw thread),Business-sponsored,Bone sialoprotein
533BSTBinary search tree,Blended Sales Tax,Bovine somatotropin,British Summer Time
534BSWBritish Standard Whitworth (screw thread)
535BSXBendigo Stock Exchange
536BTBaal teshuva (Hebrew,'master of repentance') ,used to describe a Jew who adopts Orthodox Judaism as an adult,Bathythermograph,Bhutan (ISO 3166 digram),BitTorrent,British Telecom,the former name of the company now known as BT Group,BTDT , Been There,Done That,Bti , Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis,BTID , Battlefield Target Identification Device,BTIS , Battlefield Target Identification System
537BtBaronet,Bacillus thuringiensis
538BTOBuilt To Order
539BTPBritish Transport Police
540BTRBronetransporter (БТР = Бронетранспортер '(Heavy) Armoured (Personnel) Transporter')
541BTUBritish Thermal Unit
542BTWBy The Way
543BUBurma (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1989)
544BUAVBritish Union for the Abolition of Vivisection
545BUG-EBattlefield Universal Gateway Equipment ('buggy')
546BUNOBureau Number (aircraft serial number)
547BURBurma (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1989)
548BVBackground Vocals -,Battlefield Visualization ,,Bouvet Island (ISO 3166 digram)
549BVDBradley,Voorhees & Day (underwear manufacturer)
550BVRBeyond Visual Range
551BVTBouvet Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
552B&WBabcock & Wilcox, Black and White, Bowers & Wilkins
553BWBring Wedges (ISO digram)
554BWBotswana (ISO 3166 digram)
555BWABotswana (ISO 3166 trigram)
556BWARSBees,Wasps & Ants Recording Society
557BWCBiological and Toxin Weapons Convention
558BWRBoiling-Water Reactor
559BXBase eXchange
560BYBelarus (ISO 3166 digram), Bavaria
561BYOBBring Your Own Bottle (or beer, beverage, or booze) (multiple,but similar,meanings)
562BYOCBring Your Own Computer (play on BYOB)
563BYOFBring Your Own Flask
564BYSByelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1992)
565BYUBrigham Young University
566BZBelize (ISO 3166 digram)
567BZPBenzylpiperazine
568CCarbon, Coulomb, One Hundred (in Roman numerals)
569cCenti
570C2CConsumer-To-Consumer electronic commerce, Cam-To-Cam internet chat
571c2cthe British rail company formerly known as LTS Rail
572CaCalcium
573CACalifornia (postal symbol),Canada (ISO 3166 digram),Catalonia,Civil Affairs,Close Armour,Cocaine Anonymous,Computer Associates,Counter-Air,Cricket Australia
574CAACanadian 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
575CAATCampaign Against Arms Trade,Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
576CACCalifornia Association of Criminalists,Chronic Asymptomatic [Disease] Carrier
577CACMCentral American Common Market
578CACMCommunications of the ACM
579CADCAMComputer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing
580CADMIDConcept,Assessment,Demonstration,Manufacture,In service,Disposal (life cycle mnemonic)
581CADPATCAnadian Disruptive PATtern
582CAECanadian Aviation Electronics (originally),Certificate in Advanced English
583CAEnClose Action Engagement (constructive simulation)
584CAFCentral African Republic (ISO 3166 trigram),Confederation of African Football (or French Confédération Africaine de Football)
585CAFADCombined Arms For Air Defence
586CAFDECanadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters,Computer Aided Federation Development Environment
587CAFECorporate Average Fuel Economy standard
588CAIComputer Assisted Instruction
589CAIRCouncil on American-Islamic Relations
590CALABARZONA region in the Philippines: CAvite,LAguna,BAtangas,Rizal,queZON
591CALLCenter for Army Lessons Learned
592CALMCommunications,Air-interface,Long and Medium range
593CalPERSCalifornia Public Employees' Retirement System
594CaltransCalifornia Department of Transpotation
595CAMChemical Agent Monitor,Complementary and alternative medicine,Computer-Aided Manufacturing,Crassulacean acid metabolism (type of photosynthesis)
596CAMRACAMpaign for Real Ale
597CANCanada (ISO 3166 trigram)
598CANDUCANada Deuterium Uranium (nuclear reactor design)
599CanolaCanadian oil,low acid (referring to a specific cultivar of rapeseed bred to have a low erucic acid content)
600CAPESCAPability Evaluation System,Combined Arms Planning and Execution System
601CARECitizens 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)
602CARMONETTEComputerized Monte Carlo Simulation
603CARPComputed Air Release Point
604CARTChampionship Auto Racing Teams (now defunct)
605CASChemical Abstracts Service,Chief of the Air Staff,Close Air Support
606CASACivil Aviation Safety Authority
607CASECellular ammunition storage equipment,Computer-Aided Software Engineering
608CASSCommand Activated Sonobuoy System
609CASTFOREMCombined Arms and Support Task FORce Evaluation Model
610CASTORCanadian Automatic Small Telescopes for Orbital Research
611CATCommunity Acceptance Testing
612CATKCounterattack
613CATSComputer Active Technology Suspension
614CATTCombined Arms Tactical Trainer
615CAVCavalry
616CAVOKCeiling And Visibility OK ('Kav-okay')
617CAWCanadian Auto Workers (trade union)
618CBCitizens' Band radio
619CBASSECommission on Behavioral And Social Sciences and Education ('sea bass')
620CBCCanadian Broadcasting Corporation,Christmas Bird Count,Cipher-Block Chaining,Cornering Brake Control
621CBECommander of the Order of the British Empire,Cab Beside Engine (see truck)
622CBFConfederação Brasileira de Futebol (Portuguese,'Brazilian Football Confederation')
623CBGBCountry,Blue Grass,and Blues (former New York City nightclub)
624CBLAComparative bullet lead analysis
625CBMCanadian Baptist Ministries
626CBMCommodore Business Machines
627CBMLCoalition Battle Management Language
628CBNCardsApp Brand Number
629CBOLConsortium for the Barcode of Life
630CBOTChicago Board of Trade
631CBPCustoms and Border Protection
632CBRCase-Based Reasoning
633CBRNChemical,Biological,Radiological,or Nuclear (weapon or event)
634CBRNEChemical,Biological,Radiological,Nuclear or [high-yield] Explosive (weapon or event)
635CBSColumbia Broadcasting System,Corps Battle Simulation
636CBUSColumbus,Ohio
637CCcarbon copy
638CCACounter Command Activity
639CCCCanterbury Clothing Company,Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.,1930s and 1940s),Corpus Christi College,Oxford
640CCCPCentral Committee of the Communist Party,Cyrillic for SSSR (Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik,Russian Союз Советских Социалистических Республик,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
641CCDConfraternity of Christian Doctrine (Catechism)
642CCFCartoon Cartoon Fridays
643CCGCanadian Coast Guard,Collectible Card Game
644CCGCCanadian Coast Guard Cutter,Canadian Coast Guard College
645CCGHCanadian Coast Guard Hovercraft
646CCGSCanadian Coast Guard Ship,Christ Church Grammar School
647CCHComputer-Controlled Hostile
648CCIFComité consultatif international des communications téléphoniques à grande distance (French for International Telephone Consultative Committee,merged with the CCIT in 1956 to form the CCITT)
649CCIICommand and Control Information Infrastructure,Community Capital Investment Initiative
650CCIRComité 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
651CCITComité consultatif international télégraphique (French for International Telegraph Consultative Committee,merged with the CCIF in 1956 to form the CCITT)
652CCITTComité consultatif international téléphonique et télégraphique (French for International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee,became the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector,ITU-T,in 1992)
653CCKCholecystokinin,Cocos (Keeling) Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
654CCMCanada 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
655CCOCCanadian Children's Opera Chorus,Crosley Car Owners Club
656CCOPCoalition Common Operating/Operational Picture
657CCPCasualty Collection Point,Communications Checkpoint,Contingency Communications Package
658CCPAConsumer Credit Protection Act
659CCRCreedence Clearwater Revival
660CCRApCanadian Conservative Reform Alliance party
661CCRPCommand and Control Research Program
662CCRTSCommand and Control Research and Technology Symposium
663CCSCSConsultative Committee for Space Data Systems
664CCSCSCoordinadora de Centrales Sindicales del Cono Sur
665CCSILCommand and Control Simulation Interface Language ('cecil')
666CCSKCyclic Code Shift Keying
667CCTCurrent Commitments Team
668CdCadmium
669cdCandela
670CDCompact Disc
671CD1Cluster of Differentiation 1 (a small gene family)
672CDAUK Centre for Defence Analysis
673CDDCapabilities Development Document
674CDEChemical Defence Equipment
675CDIACCarbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center ('see-dee-ack')
676CDipAFCertified Diploma in Accounting and Finance
677CDLCommercial driver's license
678CDMClean Development Mechanism (Kyoto protocol), Cold Dark Matter (astronomy)
679CDMACode Division Multiple Access
680CDMSIICryogenic Dark Matter Search II
681CdrCommander
682CDTCentral Daylight Time (UTC5 hours)
683CdtCommandant
684CeCerium
685CEChristian/Common Era
686CEACampaign Effectiveness Analysis
687CECOMU.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command
688CEDEXCourrier d'entreprise à distribution exceptionnelle (French,'Company Mail with Exceptional Distribution'; 'exceptional' refers to the volume of mail)
689CEGEPCollège d'enseignement général et professionnel (French,'College of General and Vocational Education')
690CEICompetitive Enterprise Institute
691CENTCOMUnited States Central Command
692CENTOCentral Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)
693CENZUBCentre d'entraînement aux actions en zone urbaine (French,'Urban Operations Training Centre')
694CEOChief Executive Officer
695CEPCircular Error Probable
696CEPTConférence européenne des administrations des postes et des télécommunications (French,'European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations')
697CERCLAU.S. Comprehensive Environmental Response,Compensation,and Liability Act (Superfund)
698CERDECU.S. Communications-Electronics Research,Development and Engineering Center
699CERGACentre de recherches en géodynamique et astrométrie (French,'Astrometry and Geodynamics Research Centre')
700CERNCentre européen pour la recherche nucléaire (French,'European Organization for Nuclear Research')
701CERTComputer Emergency Response Team
702CESSCentre for Earth Science Studies (India)
703CESTCentral European Summer Time
704CETCentral European Time
705CEWCCouncil for Education in World Citizenship
706CfCalifornium
707CFCanadian Forces,Central African Republic (ISO 3166 digram)
708CFACat Fanciers' Association,Chartered Financial Analyst,Colour Filtering Array,County Fire Authority,Covering Force Area
709CFARChristine's,Federal Acquisition Regulation
710CFCChloroFluoroCarbon,Canadian Fish Company
711CFESContinuous Flow Electrophoresis System
712CFFZCall For Fire Zone
713CFGContext-free grammar,Control flow graph
714CFHTCanada-France-Hawaii Telescope
715CFICenter for Inquiry (CSICOP)
716CFLCanadian Football League,Co-ordinated Fire Line
717CFLCCCoalition Forces Land Component Command
718CFMCertified Facilities Manager
719CFOChief Financial Officer
720CFPCall for papers, College Football Playoff, Common Fisheries Policy (EU)
721CFRCode of Federal Regulations,Căile Ferate Române (Romanian,'Romanian Railways')
722CFRPCarbon fibre reinforced plastic
723CFSChronic Fatigue Syndrome
724CFSPCommon Foreign and Security Policy
725CFUColony Forming Unit in Microbiology
726CFVCavalry Fighting Vehicle
727CFZCritical Friendly Zone
728CGClient Group,Computer Graphics,Controls Group,Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 digram)
729CGHComparative Genomic Hybridisation
730CGIGCross-Government Implementation Group
731CGORepublic of the Congo (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
732CGSChief of the General Staff
733CGTCapital Gains Tax
734chch(L) is used to denote the Chern character of a line bundle
735CHChieftain tank,Switzerland (ISO 3166 digram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
736CHAOSCambridge Heart Anti-Oxidant Study
737CHAPSClearing House Automated Payment System
738CHDKCanon Hack Development Kit (Canon camera firmware hack)
739CHESwitzerland (ISO 3166 trigram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
740CHIColumbia Helicopters,Inc
741CHiPCalifornia Highway Patrol
742CHIPSCosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
743CHLChile (ISO 3166 trigram)
744CHLACore Historical Literature of Agriculture
745CHNChina (ISO 3166 trigram)
746CHOGMCommonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
747CHPSOCalifornia Hospital Patient Safety Organization
748CHRSCanadian Heart Rhythm Society
749CHTCertified Hand Therapist
750CICôte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 digram),Counter-Intelligence,101 (in Roman numerals)
751CiCurie
752CIACairo International Airport, Culinary Institute of America
753CIAOCritical Infrastructure Assurance Office,Component-Integrated ACE ORB
754CIBComplete In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
755CIBCCanadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
756CICSCustomer Information Control System (IBM mainframe software; 'kicks' or 'C-I-C-S')
757CIDCertified Interior Designer
758CIEFComité international d'enregistrement des fréquences (International Frequency Registration Board)
759CIFCost,Insurance,and Freight (Paid) (shipping)
760CIMMYTCentro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo (Spanish,'International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center')
761CINCCommander in Chief
762CINEOSCampo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey
763CIOChief information officer,Congress of Industrial Organizations
764CIPE(European) Centre for International Political Economy
765CIR(Commander's) Critical Information Requirements
766CIRCorotating Interaction Region
767CISCanadian Interuniversity Sport,Commonwealth of Independent States,Command and Information System,Communication and Information System
768CISAC4I Integration Support Activity (USA)
769CISBComplete In Sealed Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
770CISPRComité international spécial des perturbations radioélectriques (Special International Committee on Radio Interference)
771CISSPCertified Information Systems Security Professional
772CITESConvention on International Trade in Endangered Species (of Wild Fauna and Flora) ('sigh-tease')
773CIVCôte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 trigram)
774CIVETSColombia,Indonesia,Vietnam,Egypt,Turkey,South Africa (economics)
775CIVPOPCivilian Population
776CIWSClose-In Weapon System
777CJCriminal Justice
778CJCCanadian Jewish Congress,Cold Junction Compensation
779CJCSChairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
780CJDChronological Julian Day,Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
781CJOChief of Joint Operations
782CJTFCombined Joint Task Force
783CKCook Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
784CKAcommonly known as, Canada Kicks Ass
785CKNDCodename: Kids Next Door
786CLChile (ISO 3166 digram),Co-ordination Line,One Hundred and Fifty (in Roman numerals)
787ClChlorine
788CLAClutterers Anonymous
789CLECCompetitive Local Exchange Carrier
790CLEMARSCalifornia Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Radio System
791CLICCompact LInear Collider
792CLOCornell Lab of Ornithology
793CLOSCommand to Line-Of-Sight (missile control system)
794CLPFCCentroLateral PreFrontal Cortex
795CLRPCollege Loan Repayment Program
796CMCameroon (ISO 3166 digram),Cruise Missile,Nine Hundred (in Roman numerals)
797CmCurium
798CMAU.S. Chemical Materials Agency,Country Music Association (also used to refer to the organization's annual awards),Crystal Meth Anonymous
799CMHCCanada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
800CMIIAWCorrect me if I am wrong
801CMISCommon management information service
802CMJChristopher Martin-Jenkins (BBC sports commentator)
803CMLLConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (Spanish,'Worldwide Wrestling Council'—Mexican professional wrestling promotion)
804CMMCCorps Materiel Management Centre
805CMMLChronic MyeloMonocytic Leukemia,Continuous Media Markup Language
806CMOSCanadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society,(The) Chicago Manual of Style,Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
807CMPCommon [Operating/Operational] Maritime Picture
808CMPDCharlotte Mecklenburg Police Department
809CMPDChronic Myeloproliferative Disease
810CMRCameroon (ISO 3166 trigram),Coaxial Main Rotors (helicopter type)
811CMSCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services,The Chicago Manual of Style
812CMTCountry Music Television
813CMUCarnegie Mellon University,Central Michigan University,Concrete Masonry Unit
814CMWMarconi'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)
815CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Key/blacK (colour model)
816CNCanadian National (railway; also the AAR reporting mark for said company),China (ISO 3166 digram)
817CNACenter 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
818CNBCConsumer News and Business Channel
819CNDCampaign for Nuclear Disarmament,Computer Network Defence
820CNECanadian National Exhibition,Computer Network Exploitation,Certified Network Engineer
821CNFCost and Freight
822CNIClinical Nursing Intern
823CNICommunications,Navigation and Identification
824CNNCable News Network,Cellular Nonlinear Network
825CNVCopy-Number Variable (genetics)
826CoCobalt
827COBClose Of Business [day]
828COBRAConsolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
829CODCash On Delivery,Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 trigram)
830CoDACo-Dependents Anonymous
831COGENTCognitive Objects within a Graphical EnviroNmenT
832COILChemical Oxygen Iodine Laser
833COKCook Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
834COLColombia (ISO 3166 trigram)
835COLACost Of Living Adjustment
836CONADContinental Air Defense Command (USA)
837CONMEBOLConfederación Sudamericana de Fútbol or Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol (respectively Spanish and Portuguese for 'South American Football Confederation')
838CONUSContinental United States
839COOChief Operating Officer
840COPEU.K. Committee On Publication Ethics
841COPUSU.K. Committee on the Public Understanding of Science
842CORDCommon Operational Requirements Document
843COREConsortium for Oceanographic Research and Education
844COSCooper Ornithological Society
845COSERCOoperative SERvice
846CoTCar of Tomorrow (former NASCAR race car design)
847COTSCommercial Off The Shelf
848CPCanadian Pacific,Check Point,Command Post,Club Penguin
849CPACertified Public Accountant
850CPACConservative Political Action Conference,Cable Public Affairs Channel ('see-pack')
851CPCUCertified Property Casualty Underwriter
852CPDCapabilities Production Document
853CPECertificate of Proficiency in English
854CPECertified Professional Ergonomist
855CPFCalibration Parameter File,Canadian Patrol Frigate
856CPGClinical Practice Guideline
857CPIMCertification on Production and Inventory Management
858CPIRComputationally-Private Information Retrieval
859CPONCertified Pediatric Oncology Nurse
860CPPCCChinese People's Political Consultative Conference
861CPRCanadian Pacific Railway
862CPRCardiopulmonary resuscitation
863CPSMContinuous Phase Shift Modulation
864CPSUCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
865CPTContingency Planning Team
866CPUContract Postal Unit
867CPVCape Verde (ISO 3166 trigram)
868CPXCommand Post eXercise
869CQCarrier Qualification,Central Queensland,Charge of Quarters,Congressional Quarterly,Constellation Airlines (IATA airline designator)
870CQDClose Quarters Drill (Morse distress code preceding SOS: CQ 'calling all stations',D 'Distress'; often incorrectly interpreted as 'Come Quick,Distress')
871CrChromium
872CRCosta Rica (ISO 3166 digram)
873CRAMCombined Radiometric Correction Model
874CRDCapstone Requirements Document
875CREBCyclic AMP-response Element Binding (protein)
876CREEPCommittee for the Re-Election of the President,a pejorative nickname used by opponents
877CRENChristian Real Estate Network Real Estate Association
878CRIChina Radio International,Costa Rica (ISO 3166 trigram)
879CRIPLConsolidated Remain-In-Place List
880CRMCardiac Rhythm Management,Customer Relationship Management
881CROCroatia (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
882CRPCommittee for the Re-Election of the President,Control and Reporting Post
883CRTCardiac Resynchronization Therapy,Cathode Ray Tube,Chinese Remainder Theorem
884CRTCCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
885CsCaesium
886CSACanadian 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
887CSAMChild Sexual Abuse Material
888CSCClosed Spacelike Curve (relativity),Compact system camera,Computer Sciences Corporation,Computer Security Centre,CSCC Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists
889CSERIAC(U.S. DoD) Crew Systems Ergonomics Information Analysis Center
890CSGCorps Support Group
891CSIsee entry
892CSICOPCommittee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (became the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in 2006)
893CSIPCommercial Stable Image Platform (AMD)
894CSISCanadian Security Intelligence Service ('seessiss'),(U.S.) Center for Strategic & International Studies
895CSKCzechoslovakia (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1993)
896CSLU.K. Central Science Laboratory
897CSPICenter for Science in the Public Interest
898CSRControl Supply Rate
899CSRCorporate Social Responsibility
900CSRCConflict Studies Research Centre
901CSRFCross-Site Request Forgery
902CSTCentral Standard Time (UTC6 hours)
903CTComputed 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)
904CTACentral African Republic (FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166 or IOC),Chicago Transit Authority,Comando-Geral de Tecnologia Aerospacial (Portuguese,[Brazilian] 'General Command for Aerospace Technology')
905CTBTComprehensive [Nuclear] Test Ban Treaty
906CTDBCompact Terrain Data Base (file format)
907CTECanton and Enderbury Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984),Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
908CTGFconnective tissue growth factor
909CTICo-operative Target Identification
910CTILCritical Tracked Items List
911CTISCentral Tire Inflation System
912CTMSClinical Trial Management System
913CTOChief Technical Officer,Chief Technology Officer
914CTSClear-To-Send,Collective Training Standards,Communications Technology Service,Contract Technical Services,Conversation Time Sharing,COSMIC Top Secret
915CTSSCompatible Time-Sharing System
916CTUCounter Terrorist Unit (fictional branch of the Central Intelligence Agency in the television action series 24)
917CTVTCanine Transmissible Venereal Tumour
918CUCarrie Underwood, Cuba (ISO 3166 digram)
919CuCopper (Latin 'Cuprum')
920CUBCuba (ISO 3166 trigram)
921CUCVCommercial Utility Cargo Vehicle
922CUNYCity University of New York ('CUE-knee')
923CUPECanadian Union of Public Employees ('CUE-pee')
924CUPSCommon Unix Printing System
925CUPWCanadian Union of Postal Workers
926CUREAConsortium for Undergraduate Research and Education in Astronomy
927CuWCopper-tungsten pseudo-alloy (from the chemical symbols of the two component elements)
928CUWCuraçao (ISO 3166 trigram)
929CVcurriculum vitae (résumé)
930CVLLCrypto Variable Logic Label
931CVSDContinuous Variable Slope Delta (modulation)
932CVTContinuously Variable Transmission
933CWCalendar Week, or: Continuous Wave, or: Clothes Washer
934CWACommunications Workers of America
935CWCChemical Weapons Convention
936CWRUCase Western Reserve University
937CWSCanadian Wildlife Service
938CXChristmas Island (ISO 3166 digram),or: One Hundred and Ten (in Roman numerals)
939CXRChristmas Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
940CYCalendar year, or: Cyprus (ISO 3166 country code digram)
941CYMCayman Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
942CZECzech Republic (ISO 3166 trigram)
943CZF(Christian Zombie Fan)
944CZMA(US) Coastal Zone Management Act
945dDeci
946DDeuterium
947DADebtors Anonymous,U.S. Department of the Army,District Attorney
948DADVSILoi sur le droit dauteur et les droits voisins dans la société de linformation (French,'Law on copyrights and related rights in the information society')
949DAESDefence Acquisition Executive Summary,(UK MoD) Directorate of Analysis,Experimentation and Simulation
950DAFDissolved Air Flotation,a technique used in water treatment
951DAFIFDigital Aeronautical Flight Information File
952DAKDisney's Animal Kingdom
953DAODivision Ammunition Officer
954DAQData acquisition,Delivered Audio Quality
955DAREDrug Abuse Resistance Education
956DARO(U.S.) Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
957DARPAU.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
958DARTDisaster Assistance Response Team,Dublin Area Rapid Transit
959DASDefensive Aids Suite
960DASD(U.S.) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
961DASLDatapoint's Advanced Systems Language
962DAU(U.S.) Defense Acquisition University
963DAWN(U.S.) Drug Abuse Warning Network
964dBDecibel
965DBDeutsche Bahn
966DbDubnium
967DBADe Bellis Antiquitatis (miniature wargaming rules)
968DBBL(U.S. Army Simulation Center) Dismounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
969DBDODesert BDO
970DBEDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
971DBFDetection By Fire (weapon launch signature)
972DBRDe Bellis Renationis (miniature wargaming rules)
973DBRADavis-Bacon Related Acts
974DBSDirect Broadcast Services (television)
975DCda capo,Italian Democrazia Cristiana,Digital Compass,Direct Current,District of Columbia (postal symbol),Douglas Aircraft Company,Dublin Core,Duty Cycle
976DCADefensive Counter Air,Drum Corps Associates,DiChloroAcetate
977DCAA(U.S.) Defense Contract Audit Agency
978DCASDevon and Cornwall Archery Society
979DCCDallas Christian College
980DCD[Organ] Donation after Cardiac Death
981DCEData Communication Equipment
982DCFCDeath Cab for Cutie
983DCIDetection,Classification and Identification,Drum Corps International,Duellists' Convocation International,now known simply by the initials
984DCLDisney Cruise Line
985DCNDeacon
986DCOMDisney Channel Original Movie
987DCSOPSDeputy Chief of Staff for Operations and plans
988DCWDigital Chart of the World
989DCYSCDiscovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge
990DDdue diligence and dear daughter (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists,blogs,and bulletin boards)
991DDADeputy District Attorney
992DDNU.S. Defense Data Network
993DDSDoctor of Dental Surgery
994DDTDichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (insecticide),Dynamic Debugging Tool (computing),DE[edit]
995DEDelaware (postal symbol),Germany (ISO 3166 digram)
996DEADrug Enforcement Administration
997DEADrug Enforcement Agency
998DECDepartment of Environmental Conservation,Digital Equipment Corporation,Disasters Emergency Committee
999DeCA(U.S.) Defense Commissary Agency
1000DEFCONDefence readiness condition
1001DEFRA(UK) Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs
1002DELTDual Ended Line Test (ing)
1003DEMData Exchange Mechanism,Digital Elevation Model
1004DENDenmark (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
1005DEPSECDEF(U.S.) Deputy Secretary of Defense
1006DERABritish Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (1995-2001)
1007DESDeep Ecliptic Survey
1008DEUGermany (ISO 3166 trigram)
1009DFDirect Fire,Direction Finding,Distrito Federal (Spanish and Portuguese for 'federal district')
1010DFAS(U.S.) Defense Finance and Accounting Service
1011DFBDeutscher Fußball-Bund (German for 'German Football Association')
1012DFCBData Format Control Book
1013DfIDUK Department for International Development
1014DFMDiscrete Field Model see Superluminal motion
1015DFMDynamic Flowgraph Methodology
1016DFSPDermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
1017DfTUK Department for Transport
1018DFTBADon't Forget To Be Awesome,a term commonly used by the Vlogbrothers
1019DGDei gratia (Latin,'by the grace of God'),Director-General,Data General
1020DGADirection générale des armées (French 'Armed Forces General Directorate')
1021DGPSDifferential GPS
1022DGZDesired Ground Zero
1023DHADocosaHexaenoic Acid
1024DHHS(U.S.) Department of Health and Human Services
1025DHRA(U.S.) DoD Human Resources Activity
1026DHSSUK Department of Health and Social Security
1027DHTFYSSU.S. Don't Have Time For You Silly S****
1028DHYDahomey (ISO 3166 trigram; became BEN for Benin in 1977)
1029DIAU.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
1030DIACDepartment of Immigration and Citizenship (Australia) [1]
1031DiCDesign Island Centre (computing usually used in a teaching situation)
1032DICASSDIrectional Command Activated Sonobuoy System
1033DIFARDIrectional Frequency Analysis and Recording
1034DIMEDense Inert Metal Explosive
1035DIPDual In-line Package (electronics)
1036DIPSDefense independent pitching statistics
1037DIRDefence Industrial Research
1038DISCOMDivision Support Command
1039DISEDeployable Intelligence Support Element
1040DISSTAFDIS Search and Target Acquisition Fidelity experiment
1041DITYDo-It-Yourself
1042DIVADDivision Air Defence
1043DIYDo It Yourself
1044DJIDjibouti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1045DKDenmark (ISO 3166 digram)
1046DLDexter's Laboratory
1047DLICDetachment Left-In-Contact
1048DLIRDepot-Level Inspection and Repair
1049DLPMCDorsoLateral PreMotor Cortex
1050DLRPData Link Reference Point
1051DLSDeep Lens Survey
1052DLSA(U.S.) Defense Legal Services Agency
1053DLScDiploma in Library Science
1054DLTBGYDDon't let the bastards grind you down
1055DMC(U.S.) Defense Management Council
1056DMCADigital Millennium Copyright Act
1057DMMDigital Multimeter
1058DMOCDistributed Mission Operations Centre
1059DMPA(U.S.) Defense Medical Programs Activity
1060DMPFCDorsoMedial PreFrontal Cortex
1061DMPKDrug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
1062DMRBDesign Manual for Roads and Bridges
1063DMSU.S. Defense Message System
1064DMSPU.S. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
1065DMTDimethyltryptamine
1066DMVDepartment of Motor Vehicles
1067DMZDeMilitarized Zone
1068DNDeacon
1069DNAWDay Night All Weather
1070DNDiDrugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
1071DNDOU.S. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
1072DNKDenmark (ISO 3166 trigram)
1073DNMDefence Nuclear Material
1074DNRDo Not Resuscitate
1075DODominican Republic (ISO 3166 digram),Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
1076DOADead On Arrival,Dead or Alive
1077DOBDate Of Birth
1078DOHCDual-OverHead-Cam engine
1079DOIU.S. Department of the Interior
1080DORADefence of the Realm Act
1081DOSDensity of State
1082DOTDamage Over Time (common in World of Warcraft)
1083DOTAshort-form for DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS a popular online epic game
1084DotDDeal of the Day (marketing gimmick)
1085DOWDied of Wounds
1086DPDivision de production (Algerian petroleum company)
1087DPAUK Defence Procurement Agency
1088DPCODouble-Pole Change Over
1089DPDTDouble-Pole Double-Throw
1090DPIDots Per Inch
1091DPICMDual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition
1092DPKOUN Department for Peacekeeping Operations
1093DPMO(U.S.) Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
1094DPPDBDigital Point Positioning Database
1095DPRKDemocratic People's Republic of Korea
1096DPSTDouble-Pole Single-Throw
1097DQDairy Queen
1098DRDead Reckoning,Danmarks Radio (Danish Broadcasting Corporation)
1099DRCDemocratic Republic of the Congo
1100DRDCDefence Research & Development Canada
1101DREADefence Research Establishment Atlantic (obsolete 2002)
1102DRESDefence Research Establishment Suffield (obsolete 2002)
1103DRETDefence Research Establishment Toronto (obsolete 2002)
1104DREVDefence Research Establishment Valcartier (obsolete 2002)
1105DRIC(U.S.) Defense Research Information Center
1106DRMS(U.S.) Defense Revitalization and Marketing Service
1107DRPRDrawing Practices
1108DRTDocument Related Technologies
1109DsDarmstadtium
1110DSASDisney Sing Along Songs
1111DSB(U.S.) Defense Science Board
1112DSCSU.S. Defense Satellite Communications System
1113DSCSOCDSCS Operations Center
1114DSEDry Sheep Equivalent
1115DSGDirect-Shift Gearbox
1116DSIDDismounted Soldier Identification System
1117DSLDigital Subscriber Line
1118DSLRDigital single-lens reflex (camera)
1119DSMDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
1120DSNDeep Space Network
1121DSPLDesign Specialists and Plans Language
1122DSRDeformed Special Relativity
1123DSTDaylight Saving Time
1124DSTLBritish Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
1125DSWA(U.S.) Defense Special Weapons Agency
1126DTADental Technologists Association
1127DTDDigital Terrain Data
1128DTGDate-Time Group
1129DTHDirect To Home (television)
1130DTIUK Department of Trade and Industry
1131DTIC(U.S.) Defense Technical Information Center
1132DTLDiode-Transistor Logic (electronics)
1133DTMFDual-tone multi-frequency signaling
1134DTODisruptive Technology Office (was ARDA)
1135DTRDetermine The Relationship
1136DTSA(U.S.) Defense Technology Security Administration
1137DUMBODown Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass (Brooklyn neighborhood)
1138DUSD(U.S.) Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense
1139DVLCUK Driver and Vehicle Licencing Centre
1140DVMDoctor of Veterinary Medicine
1141DVODirect View Optics
1142DVOMDigital Volt-Ohm Meter
1143DVPvarious meanings (disambiguation page)
1144DWDrum Workshop
1145DWIMDo What I Mean
1146DWMDoctor Who Magazine
1147DWTSDancing with the Stars
1148DWWDown with Webster
1149DXADual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry
1150DXMDeXtroMethorphan
1151DYDahomey (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1977)
1152DyDysprosium
1153DZAAlgeria (ISO 3166 trigram)
1154EEast
1155EABUExplain Acronyms Before Use
1156EACEchelons Above Corps
1157EAPCEuro-Atlantic Partnership Council
1158EASTExperimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
1159EBDElectronic Brake Distribution
1160EBEExtraterrestrial Biological Entity
1161EBSAEmployee Benefits Security Administration
1162EBWElectron Beam Welding
1163EBWExploding BridgeWire
1164ECASSEuropean Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences [1]
1165ECBREuropean Coalition for Biomedical Research
1166ECCMElectronic Counter-Counter-Measures
1167ECFSElectronic Case Filing System
1168ECGElectrocardiogram
1169ECHREuropean Court on Human Rights
1170ECJEuropean Court of Justice
1171ECLEmitter Coupled Logic (electronics)
1172ECommHREuropean Commission on Human Rights
1173ECSCEuropean Coal and Steel Community (distant ancestor of the EU)
1174ECTElectroConvulsive Therapy
1175ECtHREuropean Court of Human Rights
1176EDAEuropean Defence Agency
1177EDACError Detection And Correction
1178EDCSEnvironmental Data Coding Specification
1179EDHEastman Dental Hospital
1180EDSAEpifanio de los Santos Avenue (a major thoroughfare in Manila with great significance to post-1980 Philippines history)
1181EDTEastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC4 hours)
1182EECEuropean Economic Community (predecessor of the EU)
1183EEGElectroEncephaloGram
1184EENTEnd Evening Nautical Twilight
1185EEOEqual Employment Opportunity
1186EEOC(U.S.) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1187EEZEconomic Exclusion Zone or Exclusive Economic Zone
1188EFFElectronic Frontier Foundation
1189EFLEnglish as a Foreign Language
1190EFMEnterprise Feedback Management
1191EFOAEuropean Fuel Oxygenates Association
1192EFSAEuropean Food Safety Authority
1193EFTElectronic Fund Transfer
1194EFVExpeditionary Fighting Vehicle
1195EGEgypt (ISO 3166 digram)
1196EGCGEpiGalloCatechin-3-Gallate
1197EGISErieye Ground Interface Segment
1198EGRETEnergetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope
1199EGYEgypt (ISO 3166 trigram)
1200EHFExtremely High Frequency
1201EHREquipment History Record
1202EiExbi
1203EIAEnvironmental Impact Assessment
1204EIAHEncyclopedia of Iranian Architectural History
1205EIAHEnvironnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain
1206EICEast India Company
1207EICSEast India Company's Service
1208eIDelectronic ID
1209EIRPEffective Isotropic Radiated Power
1210EISEnvironmental Impact Statement
1211EJExajoule
1212EKExakelvin
1213EKGElectrocardiogram (from German Elektrokardiogramm)
1214EKMSElectronic Key Management System
1215ELExalitre
1216ELINTElectronic Intelligence
1217ELLEnglish Language Learner
1218ELMEdge-Localised Mode (plasma physics)
1219ELOElectric Light Orchestra
1220ELSSEmergency Life Support Stores
1221EMElectroMagnetism/ElectroMagnetic
1222EmExametre
1223EMAEuropean Medicines Agency
1224EMCON(Electromagnetic) Emissions Control
1225EMDGEuro-Missile Dynamics Group
1226EMDREye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
1227EMEAEurope,Middle East and Africa
1228EMGElectroMyoGraph
1229EMPElectroMagnetic Pulse
1230EMSEmergency Medical Services
1231EMTEmergency Medical Technician
1232ENCorps of Engineers,Exanewton
1233ENCODEEncyclopedia of DNA Elements (human genome data project)
1234ENEEast North-East
1235ENGEngland (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
1236ENTECEuro NATO Training Engineer Centre
1237ENVLEnvelope
1238ENYEnemy
1239EODExplosive Ordnance Disposal
1240EOGElectroOculoGraphy
1241EOMEnd of Message
1242EOSATEarth Observation Satellite
1243EOSDISEarth Observation Satellite Data and Information System
1244EPEuropean Parliament
1245EPExtended play
1246EPCOTExperimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow
1247EPGSEOS Polar Ground Sites
1248EPIRBEmergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
1249EPLEnglish Premier League
1250EPOSElectronic Point Of Sale
1251EPPAEmployee Polygraph Protection Act
1252EPREuropean Pressurised [Nuclear] Reactor
1253EQEmotional Quotient
1254ErErbium
1255ERCIMEuropean Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
1256ERIEritrea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1257ERLAWSEastern Ruapehu Lahar Alarm and Warning System
1258EROSEarth Resources Observation System
1259ERPEngineer Regulating Point
1260ERREesti Rahvusringhääling
1261ERSEarth Resources Survey
1262ERTSEarth Resources Technology Satellite (became Landsat)
1263ERVEndogenous RetroVirus
1264ESElectronic warfare Support,Exasiemens,Spain (ISO 3166 digram; from the country's native name of España)
1265ESAElectro-Spark Alloying, Endangered Species Act, European Space Agency
1266ESCEmbryonic Stem Cell, Electronic Stability Control
1267ESDPEuropean Security and Defence Policy
1268ESEEast South-East
1269ESHWestern Sahara (ISO 3166 trigram)
1270ESLEnglish as a Second Language
1271ESMElectronic warfare Support Measures
1272ESOEuropean Southern Observatory
1273ESOLEnglish for Speakers of Other Languages
1274ESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network
1275ESTEastern Standard Time (UTC5 hours), Estonia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1276ESUEmergency Services Unit
1277ESVEngineer Support Vehicle
1278ETEthiopia (ISO 3166 digram)
1279ETHEthiopia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1280ETIExtra-Terrestrial Intelligence
1281ETLAExtended TLA
1282ETMElectronic Technical Manual, Enhanced Thematic Mapper
1283ETTEmbedded Training Team
1284EUEuropean Union
1285EuEuropium
1286EUCOM(U.S.) European Command
1287EUUSAEuropean Union and United States of America
1288EVExavolt
1289EVAEarned Value Analysis, Economic value added, Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate, Extra-Vehicular Activity
1290EVILElectronic viewfinder (with) interchangeable lens (a type of digital camera)
1291EWSDElektronisches Wählsystem Digital (German,'Electronic Digital Switching System')
1292EWTNEternal Word Television Network
1293ExateslaExtra Terrestrial
1294EXREPExpeditious Repair (SM&R code)
1295EZExtraction Zone
1296fFemto
1297fAFemtoampere
1298FAFood Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
1299FAAFinancial Aid Administrator,Fleet Air Arm,Functional Area Analysis
1300FAADForward Area Air Defence
1301FAADEZForward Area Air Defence Engagement Zone
1302FAAFPFellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians
1303FAANFellow of the American Academy of Neurology
1304FAANFellow of the American Academy of Nursing
1305FAAQFrequently Asked and Anticipated Questions
1306FAASVField Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle
1307FABFeline Advisory Bureau (UK feline charity)
1308FACA(US) Federal Advisory Committee Act
1309FACHFuerza Aérea de Chile
1310FACNFellow of the American College of Nutrition
1311FACPFellow of the American College of Physicians
1312FACTSFlexible Alternating Current Transmission System
1313FAMForeign Affairs Manual
1314FAOFood and Agriculture Organization
1315FAPAFellow of the American Psychological Association
1316FAPHAFellow of the American Public Health Association
1317FARPForward Arming and Refuelling Point / Forward Area Rearm/refuel Point
1318FASCAMFamily of Scatterable Mines[1]
1319FASDFetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
1320FASEBFederation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
1321FATField Artillery Tractor
1322FAVSFuture Armoured Vehicle System
1323FAWFootball Association of Wales
1324FBCSFellow of the British Computer Society
1325FBIDSTFellow of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
1326FBISForeign Broadcast Information Service
1327FBMBoard foot
1328fCFemtocoulomb
1329FCCU.S. Federal Communications Commission
1330FCEFirst Certificate in English
1331FCFFinancial Free Cash Flow
1332FCLAFraud Claims Law Associate
1333FCOUK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1334FCWFlorida Championship Wrestling
1335FDFalun Dafa
1336FDBK(I) Feedback
1337FeIron (Latin Ferrum)
1338FEASTForum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation
1339FEATSFestival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies link title
1340FEBAForward Edge of the Battle Area
1341FEDField Emission Display
1342FEDEPFederation Development Process (Simulation)
1343FEFFrontal Eye Field (neurophysiology)
1344FEMAFarm Equipment Manufacturers Association, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency,Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association
1345FENSFederation of European Neuroscience Societies
1346FESFlywheel Energy Storage
1347FESTFrankfurt English Speaking Theatre link title
1348FETField-effect transistor
1349FEZFighter Engagement Zone
1350fFFemtofarad
1351FFFinal Fantasy
1352FFBFrum From Birth (referring to an observant Jew born into a religiously observant family)
1353FFCFree For Chat
1354FFEFukuoka Futures Exchange
1355FFFFédération française de football (French for: French Football Federation)
1356FFGGuided Missile Frigate (hull classification symbol)
1357FFOVForward Field Of View
1358FFRFédération française de rugby (French for: French Rugby (Union) Federation)
1359FFSFor Fuck's Sake
1360FFTFinal Fantasy Tactics
1361FGFalun Gong
1362fgFemtogram
1363FGFog (METAR Code)
1364FGOTUSFirst Gentleman of the United States
1365FGRFlickr Group Roulette
1366fHFemtohenry
1367FHFIFFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends
1368FHIFamily Health International, Fuji Heavy Industries,Ltd.
1369FIFinland (ISO 3166 digram)
1370FIATFabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian for: Italian Car Factory of Turin)
1371FIBFucking Illinois Bastard (Wisconsin slang, variants exist)
1372FIBUAFighting In Built-Up Areas
1373FICFellowship for Intentional Community
1374FIDForeign Internal Defence
1375FIEFly-In Echelon
1376FIFAFédération internationale de football association (French for: International Association Football Federation)
1377FIFeFédération internationale féline (French for: International Feline Federation)
1378FIFOFirst In, First Out
1379FIFRAFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
1380FIGJAMFuck I'm Good, Just Ask Me
1381FIMPTFellow of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1382FINFinland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1383FINAFédération internationale de natation (French for: International Swimming Federation)
1384FIRESFever Induced Refractory Epilepsy Syndrome or Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome
1385FISFédération internationale de ski (French for: International Ski Federation)
1386FISAFédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (French for: International Federation of Rowing Associations)
1387FISHFluorescence In-Situ Hybridisation
1388FiSTFire Support Team
1389FITSFlexible Image Transport System
1390FIUFlorida International University
1391fJFemtojoule
1392FJFiji (ISO 3166 digram)
1393FJIFiji (ISO 3166 trigram)
1394FJNFinancial Job Network
1395FKFalkland Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
1396fKFemtokelvin
1397FKSMFort Knox Supplemental Manual
1398FKTFastest Known Time
1399fLFemtolitre
1400FLFlorida (postal symbol)
1401flfloruit (Latin for: living) (genealogy)
1402FLAFlorida,Front Line Assembly,Future Large Aircraft
1403FLABFour-letter abbreviation
1404FLACFree Legal Advice Centres
1405FLACFree Lossless Audio Codec
1406FLAKFlug-Abwehr-Kanone (German for: Anti-Aircraft Guns)
1407FLBForward Logistics Base
1408FLETForward Line of Enemy Troops
1409FLGFalun Gong
1410FLIPFlight Information Publication
1411FLIRForward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
1412FLKFalkland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1413FLOTForward Line of Own Troops
1414FLOTUSFirst Lady of the United States (the wife of the President of the United States)
1415FLQFree Legal Questions
1416FLQFront de libération du Québec (French for: Québec Liberation Front)
1417FLSAFair Labor Standards Act
1418FLTSATFleet Satellite
1419FLTSATCOMFleet Satellite Communication System
1420FLUBOSFat, Lazy, Useless, Bag Of Shit
1421FMFactory Mutual
1422FMFederal Magistrate (Australian post-nominal),Federated States of Micronesia (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram),Field Manual,Flight Manager,Frequency Modulation (electronics)
1423fmFemtometre
1424FmFermium
1425FMCFederal Magistrates' Court (an Australian federal court,formerly FMS),Food Machinery Corporation (original name of the company now known as FMC Corporation)
1426FMCAFederal Magistrates' Court of Australia (used for citing decisions of the FMC other than family law decisions)
1427FMCAfamFederal Magistrates' Court of Australia: family (used for citing family law decisions of the FMC)
1428FMCGFast Moving Consumer Goods
1429FMEFormal Methods Europe
1430FMECAFailure Modes and Effect Criticality Analysis
1431FMJDFédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames
1432FMLAFamily Medical Leave Act
1433FoEFriends of the Earth
1434FOGCFederal Oil and Gas Council
1435FOHFront Of House
1436FOIAFreedom of Information Act
1437FOMFederation Object Model
1438FONSIFinding of No Significant Impact
1439FOOForward Observation Officer
1440FOOPFriends Of Organ Pipes (Volunteer group)
1441FoSFamily of Systems
1442FOSEFallout 3 Script Extender
1443FOSEFederal Office Systems Expo
1444FOTFree on truck
1445FOTAFellow of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
1446FOTCFlight of the Conchords
1447FOUOFor Official Use Only
1448FPFFederação Portuguesa de Futebol (Portuguese for: Portuguese Football Federation), Final Protective Fire
1449FPSFire Prevention System
1450FQFrench Southern and Antarctic Territories (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1979)
1451FRFrance (ISO 3166 digram)
1452FrFrancium
1453FRAFederal Railroad Administration, France (ISO 3166 trigram)
1454FRANDFair,reasonable,and non-discriminatory (concept in standards-setting and intellectual property law)
1455FRCPFederal Rules of Civil Procedure,Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
1456FRICBMFull Range ICBM
1457FROFaroe Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1458FRSFellow of the Royal Society, U.S. Federal Reserve System
1459FRSAFellow of the Royal Society of Art
1460FRYFederal Republic of Yugoslavia
1461fsFemtosecond
1462fSFemtosiemens
1463FSAFire Support Area, UK Food Standards Agency, Functional Solution Analysis
1464FSCFederal Supply Classification, Forest Stewardship Council (ecological pressure group)
1465FSCLFire Support Co-ordination Line
1466FSEFire Support Element
1467FSFFree Software Foundation
1468FSHFollicle Stimulating Hormone
1469FSIFuel Stratified Injection
1470FSSFire Support Station
1471FSSPFamilies of Structurally Similar Proteins
1472FSTCForeign Science Technology Center (now NGIC)
1473fTFemtotesla
1474FTCFederal Trade Commission
1475FTEFull Time Equivalent
1476FTLFaster Than Light
1477FTSFlight Termination System used during some rocket launches
1478FTSFuck That Shit
1479FUSmoke (METAR Code)
1480FUBARFucked/Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair
1481fVFemtovolt
1482fWFemtowatt
1483FWForward
1484FWCFootball World Cup
1485FWFFixed Word Format
1486FWIFrench West Indies
1487FWIWFor What It's Worth
1488FWSU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1489FWTFresh Water Tank
1490FXXMetropolitan France (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1997)
1491FYAFor Your Agenda
1492FYDPFive-Year Defense Plan (U.S.)
1493FYIFor Your Information
1494FYROMFormer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
1495FZDZFreezing Drizzle (METAR Code)
1496FZFGFreezing Fog (METAR Code)
1497FZRAFreezing Rain (METAR Code)
1498gGram
1499G3Heckler & Koch G3
1500GAARGeneral Anti-Avoidance Rule (tax evasion)
1501GABGabon (ISO 3166 trigram)
1502GABAGamma-AminoButyric Acid
1503GADGeneralized Anxiety Disorder
1504GAFGarfield and Friends
1505GAOU.S. Government Accountability Office
1506GAWGlobal Atmospheric Watch
1507GBUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 digram) [glamour boy 7-9/10]
1508GBBCGreat (Global) Backyard Bird Count
1509GBEKnight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
1510GBRUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1511GCAGraduate in Claims Administration
1512GCDsee entry
1513GCFGreatest Common Factor
1514GCIGround-controlled interception
1515GCNGamma-ray burst Coordination Network
1516GCSGlobal Coordinate System
1517GCSEGeneral Certificate of Secondary Education (UK)
1518GdGadolinium
1519GDGrenada (ISO 3166 digram)
1520GDLGame Definition Language
1521GDRGeneral Distribution Release (Microsoft Term for a software service release; between Hotfix and Service Pack)
1522GDRGerman Democratic Republic (cf. DDR)
1523GDWGame Designers Workshop
1524GeGermanium
1525GEBCOGeneral Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans
1526GECGreat Engineering Challenge
1527GEDGeneral Educational Development (high school equivalency credential in the U.S. and Canada)
1528GEEPGeophysical Equipment Exploration Platform
1529GENFull General (four stars) in the U.S. Army
1530GeVGigaelectron-volt
1531GEVGround Effect Vehicle
1532GFCIGround Fault Circuit Interruptor (aka GFI)
1533GFIGround Fault Interruptor (aka GFCI)
1534GFLGerman Football League (Germany's Bundesliga for American football; the English-language name is used in German without translation)
1535GFNGlobal Footprint Network
1536GFY'good for you' or 'go fuck yourself', depending on the context (Internet chat)
1537GGKGood God Karma
1538GHAGhana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1539GHBgamma-Hydroxybutyric acid
1540GiGibi
1541GIBGibraltar (ISO 3166 trigram)
1542GIGGlobal Information Grid
1543GINOGodzilla In Name Only
1544GISSGeneral Impression of Size and Shape,Goddard Institute for Space Studies
1545GJGigajoule,Gujarat (Indian state code)
1546GJDGeocentric Julian Day
1547GKGigakelvin
1548GLAADGay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
1549GLACGeneral Ledger Accounting Code
1550GLASTGamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
1551GLBAGramm-Leach-Bliley Act
1552GLCGas-liquid chromatography
1553GLPGuadeloupe (ISO 3166 trigram)
1554GLVGained Life Value
1555GmGigametre
1556GMThe Gambia (ISO 3166 digram),GameMaster (role-playing),General Motors,Genetically Modified,Guru Meditation (computing)
1557GMACGeneral Motors Acceptance Corporation,the original name of the company now known as Ally Financial,Graduate Management Admission Council,G-MAC,Great Midwest Athletic Conference
1558GMBThe Gambia (ISO 3166 trigram),General,Municipal,Boilermakers (and Allied Trade Union)
1559GMFSCGround Mobile Forces Satellite Communications
1560GMOGenetically Modified Organism
1561GMPCSGlobal Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite
1562GNASGrand National Archery Society
1563GNBGuinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 trigram)
1564GNPGross National Product
1565GNQEquatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1566GnRHGonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
1567GOAGeneral of the Army (United States only)
1568GOATGreatest Of All Time
1569GOCGeneral Officer Commanding
1570GOESGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
1571GOPGrand Old Party
1572gorpgranola,oats,raisins,peanuts (another name for trail mix),probably a backronym
1573GOSCGeneral Officer Steering Committee
1574GOSHGreat Ormond Street Hospital
1575GOSPGas/Oil Separation Plant
1576GOTSGovernment off-the-shelf
1577GOYADINGet Off Your Arse,Do It Now (anti-procrastination mantra)
1578GPGeneral Practitioner,General Purpose,Grand Prix,Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 digram)
1579GPAGrade Point Average
1580GPCGlobal Path Cache
1581GPIBGeneral-Purpose Instrumentation/Interface Bus
1582GPOGeneral Post Office
1583GPPCGenetics and Public Policy Center
1584GPRGround-Penetrating Radar
1585GPSGeneral Problem Solver,Global Positioning System
1586GPTGeneral Purpose Technology, Get paid to surf (an online business model)
1587GQEquatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 digram),Gentlemen's Quarterly (the original name of the magazine now known simply as GQ),GR[edit]
1588GRGreece (ISO 3166 digram),Hail (METAR Code)
1589GRAILGravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
1590GRASGenerally recognized as safe (FDA list)
1591GRBGamma-Ray Burst
1592GRCGreece (ISO 3166 trigram)
1593GRDGrenada (ISO 3166 trigram)
1594GREGraduate Record Examination,Greece (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
1595grep[search] Globally for Regular Expression,Print [lines]
1596GRIDGay-Related Immune Deficiency (original name of AIDS)
1597GRidGlobal Release Identifier,a music industry identifier from the RIAA and IFPI
1598GriTGirl raised in Texas (Woman presenting firm southern traits/beliefs)
1599GRLGreenland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1600GRNGrenada (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Goods Received Note
1601GsGigasecond
1602GSAU.S. General Services Administration
1603GSDGraphical Situation Display
1604GSGB(God send glamour boy 9-10/10)
1605GSKGlaxoSmithKline [good sexual karma]
1606GSNGame Show Network
1607GSOGeneral Services Officer (U.S. Department of State)
1608GSOHGood Sense Of Humour
1609GSPGeorges St-Pierre (Canadian MMA fighter)
1610GSRGun Shot Residue
1611GSSGeneric Security Services
1612GSTGulf Standard Time, Goods and Services Tax (Australia,Canada,and other countries)
1613GSWGunshot wound
1614GTDGetting Things Done
1615GTGGot To Go (Internet chat)
1616GTGNGetty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
1617GTKGood To Know (Internet chat)
1618GTMGuatemala (ISO 3166 trigram)
1619GUGuam (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
1620GUFFrench Guiana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1621GUILTGangliated Utrophin Immuno Latency Toxin
1622GULCRGrupo de Usuarios de Linux de Costa Rica
1623GUTGrand Unification Theory
1624GVGigavolt
1625GWARSGround Warfare System (simulation)
1626GWASGrand Western Archery Society
1627GWOTGlobal War on Terrorism
1628GXEGene-enivronment interaction
1629GXMMatrox Graphics eXpansion Module
1630GYGuyana (ISO 3166 digram)
1631GZGround Zero
1632GZKGreisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cut-off (cosmic ray energies)
1633hHecto
1634HHenry
1635H1First half of the year
1636H2Second half of the year
1637HAHigh Availability
1638HAARPHigh Frequency Active Auroral Research Program
1639HAARTHighly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy
1640HAIHuman Awareness Institute
1641HALHardware Abstraction Layer
1642HALOHigh Altitude Low Opening (parachute jump)
1643HAMAmateur radio operator
1644HANSHead And Neck Support (device used in many race cars)
1645HARMHigh-speed Anti-Radiation Missile
1646HAWHeavy Antitank Weapon
1647HAWKHoming All the Way Killer (air defence system)
1648HAZHeat-Affected Zone
1649HAZMATHazardous Materials
1650HBCDHexaBromoCycloDodecane
1651HBOHome Box Office
1652HBRHarvard Business Review
1653HBTHeterojunction Bipolar Transistor
1654HBVHepatitis B Virus
1655HCCIHomogeneous Charge Compression Ignition
1656HCFHighest Common Factor
1657HCSCHigher Command and Staff Course
1658HDLHigh-Density Lipoprotein
1659HDMHuman Decision-Making
1660HDRAHenry Doubleday Research Association
1661HeHelium
1662HEHigh Explosive
1663HEATHigh Explosive Anti-Tank (ammunition)
1664HEBAHellenic Basketball Clubs Association
1665HEERHigh-Explosive Extended Range (ammunition)
1666HEICHonourable East India Company
1667HEMPHigh-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
1668HEOSSHigh Earth Orbit Space Surveillance
1669HEPHigh-Explosive Plastic (ammunition)
1670HEPAHigh-Efficiency Particulate Air (filter)
1671HESVHeavy Engineering Support Vehicle
1672HETTHeavy Equipment Transporting Truck / Heavy Equipment Truck Tractor
1673HEUHighly Enriched Uranium
1674HfHafnium
1675HFHigh Frequency
1676HFEHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (UK Act)
1677HFEThe common-emitter current gain in a BJT transistor (also represented by βF). See: BJT
1678HFEAHuman Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (UK)
1679HgMercury (Latin Hydrargyrum)
1680HGCUK Human Genetics Commission
1681HGFHuman Growth Factor
1682HGTVHome & Garden Television
1683HIHawaii (postal symbol)
1684HIHHis (or Her) Imperial Highness
1685HIMHis (or Her) Imperial Majesty
1686HIMADHigh to Medium Altitude Air Defence (see also H/MAD)
1687HIMEZHigh Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
1688HIMYMHow I Met Your Mother
1689HIPAAU.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
1690HipparcosHIgh Precision Parallax COllecting Satellite
1691HirdHurd of interfaces representing depth (cf. HURD)
1692HiRISEHigh Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
1693HITHealth Information Technology
1694HIVHuman Immunodeficiency Virus
1695HIWTHobart Institute of Welding Technology
1696HJDHeliocentric Julian Day
1697HKHong Kong (ISO 3166 digram)
1698HKGHong Kong (ISO 3166 trigram)
1699HKSHyperKinetic Syndrome
1700hLHectolitre
1701HLHolding Line
1702HLLHigh-Level Language
1703HLNHeadline News
1704HLOSHigh Level Output Specification
1705HMHeard Island and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
1706HMCEHer/His Majesty's Customs and Excise (former UK government department; succeeded by HM Revenue and Customs)
1707HMDHeard and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1708HMFHydroxyMethyl Furfural
1709HMOHealth maintenance organization
1710HMPHer Majesty's Prison
1711HMRCHer/His Majesty's Revenue and Customs
1712HMSOHer Majesty's Stationery Office
1713HMVHis Master's Voice
1714HNHonduras (ISO 3166 digram)
1715HNDHonduras (ISO 3166 trigram)
1716HoHolmium
1717HOLLANDHope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies
1718HOSTACHelicopter Operations from Ships Other Than Aircraft Carriers
1719HOTHighly Optimised Tolerance
1720HOTASHands on throttle-and-stick
1721HOVHigh Occupancy Vehicle
1722hphorse power
1723HPAUK Health Protection Agency
1724HPCLHindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
1725HPLCHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography
1726HPTHigh[er] Payoff Target
1727HPVHuman Papilloma Virus
1728HQHeadQuarters
1729HRBLHigh-level Representation of Behavior Language (original name of the Herbal language)
1730HRDHuman Resource Development
1731HRFHigh iness Forces
1732HRHHis (or Her) Royal Highness
1733HRMHis (or Her) Royal Majesty
1734HRMHuman Resource Management
1735HRTHormone Replacement Therapy
1736HsHassium
1737HSBCThe Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
1738HSCHigher School Certificate
1739HSMHigh School Musical
1740HSMADHuman Science/Modeling and Analysis Data
1741HSNHome Shopping Network
1742HSPHHarvard School of Public Health
1743HSSIHigh-Speed Serial Interface
1744HSTsee entry
1745HTAHyperText Application
1746HTFUHarden The Fuck Up
1747HTHHope That Helps
1748HTIHaiti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1749HTRHeated Towel Rail
1750HTSHigh-Temperature Superconducting wire
1751HTTPHyperText Transfer Protocol
1752HUHungary (ISO 3166 digram)
1753HUHAHead up his/her ass (Marine salute; probably a backcronym)
1754HUNHungary (ISO 3166 trigram)
1755HURDHird of Unix-Replacing Daemons (cf. Hird)
1756HVUpper Volta (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1984)
1757HVAPHigh Velocity Armour Piercing (ammunition)
1758HVHFHigh velocity human factors
1759HVMHigh Velocity Missile
1760HVOUpper Volta (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984)
1761HWMHardware morphing (computer graphics rendering)
1762HXBThe glycoprotein Tenascian C
1763HZHaze (METAR Code)
1764HzHertz
1765IAIowa (postal symbol)
1766IAALI Am A Lawyer
1767IABInternational Association for Biologicals
1768IADIon Assisted Deposition
1769IADSIntegrated Air Defence System
1770IAEAInternational Atomic Energy Agency
1771IAF{i} Industrial Areas Foundation
1772IAFGInformation Assurance Focus Group
1773IANAInternet Assigned Numbers Authority
1774IANALI Am Not A Lawyer
1775IASImage Assessment System
1776IASIPIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
1777IATAInternational Air Transport Association
1778IATFInternational Automotive Task Force
1779IATSEInternational Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
1780IAUCInternational Astronomical Union Circular
1781IAWIn Accordance With
1782IBInternational Baccalaureate
1783IBAImportant Bird Area
1784IBDInflammatory Bowel Disease
1785IBDMInformation Based Decision Making
1786IBMInternational Business Machines
1787IBRDInternational Bank for Reconstruction and Development (part of the World Bank)
1788IBSIrritable Bowel Syndrome
1789ICIce Crystals (METAR Code),Integrated Circuit,[inner circle]
1790ICANNInternet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
1791ICAOInternational Civil Aviation Organization
1792ICBMIntercontinental Ballistic Missile
1793ICBNInternational Code of Botanical Nomenclature
1794ICEIn case of emergency, Immigration and Customs Enforcement
1795ICESInternational Council for the Exploration of the Sea
1796ICFIntelligent Community Forum
1797ICMPInternet Control Message Protocol
1798ICNAFInternational Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (became NAFO in 1978)
1799ICOIntermediate Circular Orbit
1800ICPEInternational Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology,the annual conference of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
1801ICRAFInternational Centre for Research in Agroforestry (a.k.a. World Agroforestry Centre since 2002)
1802ICRISATInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
1803ICRLIndividual Component Repair List
1804ICRSInternational Celestial Reference System
1805ICSIIntracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
1806ICTInformation and communication technologies
1807ICTHIsland Closest to Heaven/Hell Final Fantasy VIII
1808ICVInfantry Carrier Vehicle
1809ICYMIIn Case You Missed It
1810IDIdaho (postal symbol),Identity,Indonesia (ISO 3166 digram),Infantry Division,Intelligent Design,ID10T Error,Idiot User Error (IT help desk inside joke)
1811IDCInternational Data Corporation
1812IDDII don't do initialisms (see irony)
1813IDGAFI don't give a fuck
1814IDKI don't know
1815IDLInterface Definition Language
1816IDNIndonesia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1817IEAInternational Energy Agency
1818IECInternational Electrotechnical Commission
1819IEDImprovised Explosive Device
1820IELTSInternational English Language Testing System
1821IERInformation Exchange Requirement
1822IETInitial Entry Training
1823IETInstitution of Engineering and Technology
1824IETFInternet Engineering Task Force
1825IEWIntelligence and Electronic Warfare
1826IFABInternational Football Association Board
1827IFAHInternational Federation for Animal Health
1828IFAPInternational Federation of Agricultural Producers
1829IFOIdentified Flying Object (see also UFO)
1830IFOVInstantaneous Field of View
1831IFPIInternational Federation of Phonographic Industries
1832IFRBInternational Frequency Registration Board
1833IFVInfantry Fighting Vehicle
1834IGInspector General
1835IGNOUIndira Gandhi National Open University
1836IGSInternational Ground Station
1837IHHIdiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
1838IHOInternational Hydrographic Organization
1839IHRInstitute for Historical Review
1840IHSIInstitutum Historicum Societatis Iesu (Jesuit Historical Institute)
1841IITwo (in Roman numerals)
1842IICAInter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
1843IIEInnovative Interstellar Explorer
1844IIIThree (in Roman numerals)
1845IIRCIf I Recall/Remember Correctly
1846IISSInternational Institute for Strategic Studies
1847IJNImperial Japanese Navy (World War II)
1848IJWPInterim Joint Warfare Publication
1849ILDSImproved Landmine Detection System
1850ILOInternational Labour Organization
1851ILRIInternational Livestock Research Institute
1852ILYI Love You [pronounced ILL-LEE]
1853IMInstant Message (internet speech)
1854IMBDInternational Migratory Bird Day
1855IMDbInternet Movie Database
1856IMEIn My Experience
1857IMHOIn My Humble/Honest Opinion
1858IMLInternational Mister Leather
1859IMNSHOIn My Not So Humble Opinion
1860IMPACInternational Merchant Purchase Authorization Card
1861IMPACTInternational Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce
1862IMPATTIMPact Avalanche Transit Time diode
1863IMPTInstitute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1864IMRLIndividual Material iness List
1865IMRO-Internal Macedonian Revolutionary OrganizationIrish Music Rights Organisation
1866IMsLInternational Ms. Leather
1867IMTIntegrated Management Tool
1868IMUInternational Mathematical Union
1869INIndia (ISO 3166 digram),Indiana (postal symbol),Infantry
1870InIndium
1871INAImmigration and Nationality Act
1872INASInternational Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
1873INCITSInterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
1874INDIndia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1875INDIGO(U.S.) INtelligence DIvision Gaming Operation
1876inetthe Internet
1877INFORMS(U.S.) Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
1878INFOSECInformation Security
1879INLAIrish National Liberation Army
1880INMARSATInternational Maritime Satellite organization
1881INRIAInstitut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique
1882INSImmigration and Naturalization Service
1883InSARInterferometric synthetic aperture radar
1884INSTInformation Standards and Technology
1885INTERFETInternational Force for East Timor
1886INTSUMIntelligence Summary
1887IOBritish Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 digram)
1888IOTBritish Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 trigram)
1889IPBIntelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
1890IPLInferior Parietal Lobule
1891IPOInitial Public Offering
1892IPTIntegrated Product/Project Team
1893IPTSInstitute for Prospective Technological Studies
1894IPTVInternet Protocol TeleVision
1895IPWInterrogation of Prisoners of War
1896IrIridium
1897IRADInternal Research and Development
1898IRAN(I) Inspect and Repair As Necessary
1899IRASInfrared Astronomical Satellite
1900IRBInternational Rugby Board
1901IRBMIntermediate Range Ballistic Missile
1902IREAIntermountain Rural Electric Association
1903IRINNIslamic Republic of Iran News Network
1904IRLIreland (ISO 3166 trigram),Industrial Research Limited,Indy Racing League,In real life
1905IRNIran (ISO 3166 trigram)
1906IROInternational Refugee Organisation
1907IRQIraq (ISO 3166 trigram)
1908IRSU.S. Internal Revenue Service
1909IRSTInfra-red Search and Track
1910ISIslamic State, or: Iceland (ISO 3166 digram)
1911ISAAAInternational Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications
1912ISARInverse SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)
1913ISBIntermediate Staging Base
1914ISBNInternational Standard Book Number (ISO 2108)
1915ISCCPInternational Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
1916ISCIIIndian Standard Code for Information Interchange
1917ISDNIntegrated Services Digital Network
1918ISEFIntel International Science and Engineering Fair
1919ISENInternet Search Environment Number
1920ISFInternal Security Force
1921ISILIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant
1922ISISIslamic State of Iraq and Syria, or: Institute for Science and International Security
1923ISLIceland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1924ISLNInternational Standard Lawyer Number (used initially by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell)
1925ISMBInternational Society of Matrix Biologists
1926ISMCIntelligent Sounding Meaningless Conversation
1927ISOGPIndian Society of Orthodontics for General Practitioners [2]
1928ISPEInternational Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
1929ISRIntelligence,Surveillance and Reconnaissance, or: Israel (ISO 3166 trigram)
1930ISROIndian Space Research Organisation
1931ISSCRInternational Society for Stem Cell Research
1932ISSNInternational standard serial number (ISO 3297)
1933ISTCInstitute of Scientific and Technical Communications (UK)
1934ISTSIntel Science Talent Search
1935ITAItaly (ISO 3166 trigram)
1936ITAGInertial Terrain-Aided Guidance
1937ITALYI'll Truly Always Love You
1938ITASImproved Target Acquisition Sight
1939ITCInferoTemporal Cortex (neurophysiology)
1940ITCZIntertropical Convergence Zone
1941ITECInformation Technology Exposition & Conference
1942ITEMSInteractive Tactical Environment Management System
1943ITERInternational Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
1944ITFInternational Tennis Federation
1945ITKIn The Know
1946ITNIndependent Television News (British)
1947ITTInternational Telephone and Telegraph (U.S.)
1948ITTOInternational Tropical Timber Organization
1949IUCNInternational Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union)
1950IVFour (in Roman numerals),IntraVenous (as in intravenous drip or intravenous therapy)
1951IvecoIndustrial Vehicles Corporation
1952IVFIn Vitro Fertilisation
1953IVIInterchangeable Virtual Instrument
1954IVISInter-Vehicle Information System
1955IVLInter-Visibility Line
1956IVMIn Vitro [Oocyte] Maturation
1957IVOIn Vicinity Of
1958IWInformation Warfare
1959IWARSInfantry Warrior Simulation
1960IWCInternational Whaling Commission
1961IWWIndustrial Workers of the World
1962IXNine (in Roman numerals)
1963IXTIntraText digital library; IntraText lexical hypertext
1964JJoule
1965J1Joint [Manpower &] Personnel Directorate
1966J2Joint Intelligence Directorate
1967J3Joint Operations Directorate
1968J4Joint Logistics Directorate
1969J5Joint Strategic Plans & Policy Directorate
1970J7Joint Operational Plans & Interoperability Directorate
1971JAFTJust A Field Test
1972JALJapan Airlines
1973JALLCJoint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (NATO)
1974JAMJamaica (ISO 3166 trigram)
1975JAMAJournal of the American Medical Association
1976JANETJoint Academic Network
1977JATOJet-Assisted Take-Off
1978JBJail Bait
1979JBJunior Branch
1980JBFSAJoint Blue Force Situational Awareness
1981JCDBJoint Common Data Base
1982JCDSJoint Chiefs of the Defence Staff
1983JCIDSJoint Capabilities Integration and Development System
1984JCLJob Control Language
1985JCPJava Community Process
1986JCSJoint Chiefs of Staff
1987JCWJuggalo Championship Wrestling
1988JDBCJava Data Base Connectivity
1989JDEMJoint Dark Energy Mission
1990JDLJewish Defense League
1991JEFXJoint Expeditionary Force eXperiment
1992JETJoint European Torus
1993JEZJoint Engagement Zone
1994JFACCJoint Force Air Component Commander
1995JFACTSUU.S. Joint Forward Air Control Training and Standards Unit
1996JFCJoint Force Commander
1997JFKJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy or the airport named after him.
1998JFLCCJoint Force Land Component Commander
1999JFMCCJoint Force Maritime Component Commander
2000JFOJournal of Field Ornithology
2001JFSOCCJoint Force Special Operations Component Commander
2002JFTXJoint Field Training Exercise
2003JHJapan Highway Public Corporation
2004JHJharkhand (Indian state code)
2005JIJoint Implementation
2006JIBJoint Information Bureau
2007JICJoint Intelligence Centre
2008JINIJava Intelligent Network Infrastructure
2009JITCJoint Interoperability Test Command
2010JIVEJoint Institute for VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) in Europe
2011JJAPJapanese Journal of Applied Physics
2012JLJapan Airlines (IATA airline designator)
2013JLAJustice League of America
2014JMJamaica (ISO 3166 digram)
2015JMSJava Message Service
2016JOJordan (ISO 3166 digram)
2017JOAJoint Operations Area
2018JOPESJoint Operations Planning and Execution System
2019JORJordan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2020JOTSJoint Operations Tactical System
2021JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory
2022JPNJapan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2023JPOWJoint Project Optic Windmill
2024JRDFJoint Rapid Deployment Forces
2025JREJava Runtime Environment
2026JREFJames Randi Educational Foundation
2027JROCJoint Requirements Oversight Council
2028JROCMJROC Memorandum
2029JRRFJoint Rapid Reaction Force
2030JRSAIJournal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
2031JSAPJapan Society of Applied Physics
2032JSCSCJoint Services Command and Staff College
2033JSEADJoint Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (see SEAD)
2034JSFJoint Strike Fighter
2035JSIMSJoint Simulation System
2036JSOAJoint Special Operations Area
2037JSOTFJoint Special Operations Task Force
2038JSPJavaServer Page
2039JSPJoint Services Publication
2040JSRJava Specification Request
2041JSSJoint Support Ship Project
2042JTCJoint Training Confederation
2043JTFJoint Task Force
2044JTFEXJoint Task Force Exercise
2045JTLSJoint Theater Level Simulation
2046JTMDJoint Theatre Missile Defence
2047JTNJohnston Atoll (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
2048JUGFETJUnction Gate Field-Effect Transistor
2049JUICEJUpiter ICy Moon Explorer
2050JUOJoint Urban Operations
2051JVJoint Venture,Junior Varsity
2052JWJehovah's Witnesses
2053JWARSJoint Warfare System (simulation)
2054JWPJoint Warfare Publication
2055JYJapanese Yen
2056JZJoint Zone
2057KKelvin,Potassium (Latin Kalium),Tanker (aircraft designation code)
2058kKilo-
2059Kpicokelvin
2060K9Canine Police Unit
2061KaKamov Design Bureau
2062kAKiloampere
2063KAKnowledge Acquisition,Karnataka (Indian state code)
2064KAFKandahar Air Field
2065KANUKOKAKalaallit Nunaanni Kommunit Kattuffiannit (Kalaallisut, Greenlandic Communities Association
2066KARNACKnowledge Aided Retrieval in Activity Context
2067KARRKnight Automated Roving Robot (Knight Rider character)
2068KATUSAKorean Augmentation To United States Army
2069KAZKazakhstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2070KBEKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
2071KBOKuiper Belt Object
2072KBVBKoninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond (Dutch for Royal Belgian Football Association)
2073kCKilocoulomb
2074KCKKansas City,Kansas,Koma Civakên Kurdistan (Kurdish, Union of Communities in Kurdistan)
2075KCLKing's College London
2076KCMOKansas City,Missouri (pronounced: K-C-Moe)
2077KCSKansas City Southern Railway (AAR reporting mark)
2078KDKawasaki Disease,Kraft Dinner
2079KEKenya (ISO 3166 digram),Kinetic Energy,Knowledge Engineering
2080KEDOKorean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
2081KENKenya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2082KERAKentucky Education Reform Act (of 1990)
2083kermaKinetic Energy Released in MAterial / in MAtter / per unit MAss
2084KESRKent and East Sussex Railway.
2085KETKentucky Educational Television,Key English Test
2086kFKilofarad
2087KFCKentucky Fried Chicken
2088KFORUN Kosovo Force
2089KFUPMKing Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
2090KGKyrgyzstan (ISO 3166 digram)
2091KGOKnight of the Guelphic Order of Hanover
2092KGZKyrgyzstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2093KHCambodia (ISO 3166 digram)
2094kHKilohenry
2095KHLKontinental Hockey League
2096KHMCambodia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2097KHzKilohertz
2098KiKibi
2099KIKiribati (ISO 3166 digram)
2100KIAKilled In Action
2101KIDSKnowledge-based Integrated Design System
2102KIRKiribati (ISO 3166 trigram)
2103KISSKeep It Simple,Stupid / Keep It Short and Simple,Korean Intelligence Support System
2104KITKeep In Touch
2105KITECHKorean Institute of Industrial Technology
2106KITTKnight Industries Two Thousand, Knight Industries Three Thousand
2107kJKilojoule
2108kKKilokelvin
2109KKKKu Klux Klan
2110kLKilolitre
2111KLENOTKLEť Observatory Near Earth and Other unusual objects observations Team and Telescope
2112KLOCKilo Lines Of Code
2113KMComoros,Knowledge Management
2114kNKilonewton
2115KNASaint Kitts and Nevis (ISO 3166 trigram)
2116KNVBKoninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond (Dutch for Royal Dutch Football Association)
2117KOKnocked Out
2118KORRepublic of Korea (ISO 3166 trigram)
2119KPKim Possible
2120KPMGKlynveld,Peat,Marwick,Goerdeler
2121KPNOKitt Peak National Observatory
2122KQKenya Airways (IATA airline designator)
2123KRKiribati (FIPS 10-4 country code), Republic of Korea (ISO 3166 digram)
2124KrKrypton
2125KSKansas (postal symbol)
2126kSKilosiemens
2127KSCKennedy Space Center
2128KSIKilled or Seriously Injured
2129KSUKansas State University
2130KTKnight of the Order of the Thistle, Knights Templar
2131kTKilotesla
2132KTSKnight of the Tower and Sword (of Portugal)
2133KUWKuwait (UNDP country code,IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
2134kVKilovolt
2135KVKosovo
2136kWKilowatt
2137KWKuwait (ISO 3166 digram)
2138KWBKids' WB!
2139KWTKuwait (ISO 3166 trigram)
2140KXCayman Airways (IATA airline designator)
2141KYCayman Islands (ISO 3166 digram), Kentucky (postal symbol)
2142KZKazakhstan (ISO 3166 digram)
2143KZNKwaZulu-Natal
2144LaLanthanum
2145LALaos (ISO 3166 digram), Louisiana (postal symbol), Los Angeles
2146LAASLocal Area Augmentation System, Los Angeles Astronomical Society
2147LABLogistics Assault Base
2148LabVIEWLaboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench
2149LACMALos Angeles County Museum of Art
2150LADLaser Aiming Device
2151LADWLocal Air Defence Warning
2152LAESILocal Authority & Emergency Service Information
2153LANLLos Alamos National Laboratory
2154LAOLaos (ISO 3166 trigram)
2155LARLight Armoured Reconnaissance, Logistics Assistance Representative
2156LARCLivermore Advanced Research Computer (cf. LLNL)
2157LARPLive-Action Role-Playing
2158LaserLight Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (cf. Maser)
2159LATLowest Astronomical Tide (nautical charts),Licensed Athletic Trainer (used in many of the United States; see www.oata.org)
2160LATALocal Access Transport Area
2161LATCHLower Anchors and Tethers for Children (U.S. standard for attachment points for child safety seats in passenger cars)
2162LAVLand Assault Vehicle, Light Armoured Vehicle, Lymphadenopathy-Associated Virus
2163LAWLight Antitank Weapon
2164LAXLos Angeles International Airport, The Latin American Xchange (professional wrestling)
2165LBLebanon (ISO 3166 digram)
2166LBHLight Battlefield Helicopter, Lyman-Birge-Hopfield bands
2167LBJLady Bird Johnson,LeBron James,Light Bulb Joke,Little Beagle Johnson (the dog owned by Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson),Lyndon Baines Johnson
2168LBNLebanon (ISO 3166 trigram)
2169LBNLLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2170LBRLiberia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2171LBSLocation-Based Services
2172LBTLarge Binocular Telescope
2173LBWLeg Before Wicket
2174LBYLibya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2175LCASaint Lucia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2176LCCLand Component Commander
2177LCCPLight Contingency Communications Package
2178LCDLiquid Crystal Display
2179LCMLeast/Lowest Common Multiple
2180LCSLeague of Legends Championship Series
2181LDALateral Drift Apparatus (paratroops)
2182LDCLesser Developing/Developed Country
2183LDLLow-Density Lipoprotein
2184LDVLocal Defence Volunteers (British Home Guard)
2185LDWLane Departure Warning (ADAS)
2186LECLocal Exchange Carrier
2187LEDLight-Emitting Diode
2188LEGADLegal Advice
2189Legslevel emotion gad speed
2190LEMOSSLong-Endurance MObile Submarine Simulator
2191LENLarge Extension Node
2192LEPLarge Electron-Positron collider
2193LERLoss-Exchange Ratio
2194LEULow-Enriched Uranium
2195LFLow Frequency
2196LFOLow Frequency Oscillation / Oscillator
2197LFTRLiquid fluoride thorium reactor
2198LGBLesbian,Gay,Bisexual
2199LGBTLesbian,Gay,Bisexual,Transgender
2200LGBTQLesbian,Gay,Bisexual,Transgender,Queer
2201LGLOLove God,Love Others
2202LGMLittle Green Men
2203LGSLandsat Ground Station
2204LHLuteinising Hormone
2205LHCLarge Hadron Collider
2206LHSLeft Hand Side
2207LIFifty-one (in Roman numerals),Liechtenstein (ISO 3166 digram)
2208LiLithium
2209LIBORLondon Interbank Offered Rate
2210LIBSLaser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
2211LIELiechtenstein (ISO 3166 trigram)
2212LIGOLaser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
2213LINEARLincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
2214LISALaser Interferometer Space Antenna
2215LIVELiquid Inertial Vibration Eliminator
2216LJJLord Justices of Appeal
2217LKSri Lanka (ISO 3166 digram)
2218LKASri Lanka (ISO 3166 trigram)
2219LKR4Linkwitz-Riley 4th order (audio crossover type)
2220LLADLow Level Air Defence
2221LLBLegum Baccalaureus (Latin: Bachelor of Laws)
2222LLCLimited Liability Company
2223LLLTVLow-Light Level Television
2224LLNLLawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2225LLPLimited Liability Partnership
2226LLTRLow-Level Transit Route
2227LMAOLaughing My Ass Off (Internet shorthand)
2228LMBLick My Balls
2229LMFAOLaughing My F**king Ass Off (Internet shorthand,electro-hop duo)
2230LMNLifetime Movie Network
2231LMSLike My Status (Internet shorthand)
2232LMV() Light Motor Vehicle
2233LNERLondon and North Eastern Railway
2234LNGLiquefied Natural Gas
2235LNOLiaison Officer
2236LNRLigue Nationale de Rugby (French for: 'National Rugby League')
2237LOALimit Of Advance
2238LOCLevel of Operational Capability, Limited Operational Capability
2239LODLimit of Detection,see Detection limit
2240LoDLines of Development (UK)
2241LOELevel of Effort
2242LOFARLow Frequency Analysis and Recording
2243LOGPACLogistics Package
2244LOLLaughing Out Loud (Internet shorthand)
2245LOMEZLow Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
2246LONEOSLowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search
2247LOOGYLefty One-Out GuY,a sometimes pejorative nickname for the left-handed specialist in baseball
2248LORTIDLOng Range Target IDentification
2249LOSLine Of Sight
2250LOSATLine-Of-Sight Anti-Tank (missile)
2251LOTALicentiate of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
2252LOTISLivermore Optical Transient Imaging System
2253LOTSLogistics Over-The-Shore
2254LPLinkin Park,Linkup Point,Listening Post,Long Playing record,Louisiana Pacific (cf. LP Field)
2255LPCLinear Predictive Coding
2256LPDLanding Platform Dock (Navy hull classification),Low Probability of Detection
2257LPGLiquefied Petroleum Gas (cf. LNG)
2258LPILow Probability of Intercept
2259LPSLandsat Processing System,LipoPolySaccharide
2260LrLawrencium
2261LRLiberia (ISO 3166 digram)
2262LRCLogistics iness Center
2263LRGWLong-Range Guided Weapon
2264LRICBMLimited Range ICBM
2265LRIPLow Rate Initial Production
2266LRPLogistics Release Point
2267LRPELong-Range Planning Element
2268LRSLong Range Surveillance
2269LRULine-Replaceable Unit
2270LSATLaw School Admission Test (often pronounced as 'el-SAT')
2271LSILarge-Scale Integration
2272LSIFLabour Sponsored Investment Fund
2273LSNDLiquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
2274LSOLesotho (ISO 3166 trigram)
2275LSSTLarge Synoptic Survey Telescope
2276LSTLanding Ship,Tank (World War II; also known,not entirely affectionately,as 'Large Slow Target')
2277LSVWLight Support Vehicle,Wheeled
2278LTLithuania (ISO 3166 digram)
2279LtLieutenant
2280LtCLieutenant-Colonel (U.S.)
2281LTCLong-Term Costing
2282LtdLimited
2283LTDPLong-Term Defence Plan
2284LTGLieutenant General,Lightning (METAR Code)
2285LTILinear Time-Invariant
2286LTMAcronym for Laughing To Myself
2287LTPLong-Term Potentiation
2288LTULithuania (ISO 3166 trigram)
2289LUAcronym Love You
2290LULoonatics Unleashed
2291LuLutetium
2292LUCALast Universal Common Ancestor
2293LUGLinux User Group
2294LULULocally Unwanted Land Use (urbanism)
2295LUTLimited User Test (ing),Local User Terminal
2296LUVWLight Utility Vehicle,Wheeled
2297LUXLuxembourg (ISO 3166 trigram)
2298LVLas Vegas,Latvia (ISO 3166 digram),Launch Vehicle,Leading Vehicle,Leave,Left Ventricle,Level Valve,Linking Verb,Liverpool Victoria
2299LVALatvia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2300LVADLeft Ventricular Assist Device,Low-Velocity Airdrop
2301LVEFLeft Ventricular Ejection Fraction
2302LWLand Warrior,Low Water (nautical charts)
2303LwLawrencium (obsolete 1963)
2304LWRLaser warning receiver
2305LWRCLand Warfare Resources Corporation
2306LWSLand Warrior System
2307LXElectrics (theatrical term)
2308LXLuxembourg (amateur radio ITU prefix),Swiss International Air Lines (IATA code)
2309LYLibya (ISO 3166 digram),Lithuania (amateur radio ITU prefix)
2310LYAOLaugh Your Ass Off
2311LYLASLove You Like A Sister
2312LZBulgaria (amateur radio ITU prefix),Landing Zone
2313MMega-,One thousand (in Roman numerals)
2314mMetre,Milli
2315MAMarijuana Anonymous,Master of Arts,Massachusetts (postal symbol),Megaampere,Morocco (ISO 3166 digram)
2316MaMegaannum
2317mAMilliampere
2318MAAMathematical Association of America
2319MAACMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference
2320MACEMulti-Agent Computing Environment
2321MACHOMAssive Compact Halo Object
2322MADDMothers Against Drunk Driving,MyoAdenylate Deaminase Deficiency,Multiply-Add
2323MAFMaintenance Action Form
2324MAGAMake America Great Again
2325MAGICMajor Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (telescope)
2326MAGNETARMetaprogrammable AGent NETwork ARchitecture
2327MAGTFMarine Air-Ground Task Force
2328MahaszMagyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége (Hungarian for: 'Association of Hungarian Record Companies')
2329MALDMiniature Air-Launched Decoy
2330MANPADSMAN-Portable Air Defence System
2331MANPRINTMANpower and PeRsonnel INTegration
2332MAOMolėtų astronomijos observatorija (Moletai Astronomical Observatory),MonoAmine Oxidase
2333MAOIMonoamine oxidase inhibitor
2334MAPSMonitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship
2335MARMorocco (ISO 3166 trigram)
2336MarBEFMarine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
2337MARCENTUnited States Marine Forces Central Command
2338MARFORCCMarine Force Component Commander
2339MASASMonte Agliale Supernovae and Asteroid Survey
2340MaserMicrowave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
2341MASHMobile Army Surgical Hospital
2342MASINTMeasurement And Signature Intelligence
2343MAVSMobile Artillery Vehicle System
2344MBManitoba (postal symbol),Medal of Bravery (Canada)
2345MBAMain Battle Area,Main Belt Asteroid,Masters of Business Administration
2346MBBL(U.S. Armor Center) Mounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
2347MBCCMigratory Bird Conservation Commission (U.S.)
2348MBCSMulti-Byte Character Set
2349MBIMoody Bible Institute
2350MBIDSTMember of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
2351MBMMeat and Bone Meal
2352MBTMain Battle Tank
2353MBTIMyers-Briggs Type Indicator
2354mCMillicoulomb
2355MCDLModel Composition Definition Language
2356MCFTModified Compression Field Theory
2357MCGMelbourne Cricket Ground
2358MCISMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
2359MCMMine Counter-Measures
2360MCMVMine Counter-Measure Vessel
2361MCRMy Chemical Romance
2362MCSFMarine Corps Security Forces
2363MCTMovement Control Team
2364MCTISMounted Co-operative Target Identification System
2365MdMendelevium
2366MDNAMadonna's 12th studio album title (2012)
2367MDOMembership Driven Organisation
2368MDPMarkov Decision Process
2369MDTMountain Daylight Time (UTC-6 hours)
2370MDVMaldives (ISO 3166 trigram)
2371MeMesserschmitt
2372MEACMid-Eastern Athletic Conference (ME-ac)
2373MECOMain engine cutoff (NASA code for point in Space Shuttle assent when three main engines are shut down prior to External Tank (ET) separation)
2374MEDEVACMedical evacuation
2375MEDSMission Essential Data Set
2376MEGMagnetoEncephaloGraphy
2377MELTMetallic Line/Loop Test (ing)
2378MEMSMicroelectromechanical System
2379MERMars Exploration Rover
2380MERLMitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
2381MESManufacturing Execution Systems
2382METAR[Meteorological] Aviation Routine weather report
2383METOCMeteorological and Oceanographic
2384MeVMegaelectronvolt
2385MEXMexico (ISO 3166 trigram)
2386MEZMissile Engagement Zone
2387MFMegafarad
2388mFMillifarad
2389MGMachine Gun,Madagascar (ISO 3166 digram),Major General,Morris Garage
2390MGPAMMy Gym Partner's a Monkey
2391MGSMobile Gun System
2392mHMillihenry
2393MHCMajor Histocompatibility Complex
2394MHHWMean Higher High Water (nautical charts)
2395MHLMarshall Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2396MHLWMean Higher Low Water (nautical charts)
2397MHRA(UK) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
2398MHWMean High Water (nautical charts)
2399MHWNMean High Water Neaps (nautical charts)
2400MHWSMean High Water Springs (nautical charts)
2401MHzMegahertz
2402MiMebi
2403MIAMissing In Action
2404MICLICMine Clearing Line Charge
2405MICOMMissile Command
2406MIDMidway Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
2407MIDASMan-machine Integration Design and Analysis System
2408MIDIMusical Instrument Digital Interface
2409MIDSMulti-Function Information Distribution System
2410MIFGShallow Fog (METAR Code)
2411MIKEMonitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants
2412MILMan-In-the-Loop
2413MILCMirrorless interchangeable-lens camera
2414MILFMother I'd Like to Fuck
2415MIMOSAMIcroMeasurements Of Satellite Acceleration
2416MIMPTMember of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
2417MIRAMILAN Infra-Red Acquisition (thermal sight)
2418MIRVMultiple Independent Reentry Vehicle
2419MISREPMission Report
2420MISSIMultilevel Information System Security Initiative
2421MITLMan-In-The-Loop
2422MITSsee entry
2423mJMillijoule
2424MJDModified Julian Day
2425mKMillikelvin
2426MKGMichael Kidd-Gilchrist (American basketball player)
2427MKSAMetre-Kilogram-Second-Ampere (system of units)
2428mLMillilitre
2429MLBMajor League Baseball
2430MLCMember of the Legislative Council (in India)
2431MLEMaximum likelihood estimation
2432MLHWMean Lower High Water (nautical charts)
2433MLIMali (ISO 3166 trigram)
2434MLLMajor League Lacrosse
2435MLLWMean Lower Low Water (nautical charts)
2436MLPMy Little Pony
2437MLTMalta (ISO 3166 trigram)
2438MLWMean Low Water (nautical charts)
2439MLWNMean Low Water Neaps (nautical charts)
2440MLWSMean Low Water Springs (nautical charts)
2441MmMegametre
2442mmMillimetre
2443MMEVMulti-Mission Effects Vehicle
2444MMIMagical MonkeyZ Inc.
2445MMIMan-Machine Interface
2446MMIMcLean Meditation Institute
2447MMICMcLean Meditation Institute Certified
2448MMOMassively Multiplayer Online (computer game)
2449MMORMaster of Management in Operations Research
2450MMORPGMassively multiplayer online role-playing game
2451MMPRMighty Morphin Power Rangers
2452MMSMultimission Modular Spacecraft
2453MnManganese
2454mNMillinewton
2455MNBMultinational Brigade
2456MNEMontenegro (ISO 3166 trigram)
2457MNMFMulti-National Maritime Force
2458MNPNorthern Mariana Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2459MNSMission Needs Statement
2460MoMolybdenum
2461MOAMuseum of Art (Brigham Young University)
2462MOCASMechanization Of Contract Administration Services
2463MoDMinistry of Defence (United Kingdom) and various other countries
2464modemModulator-Demodulator
2465MoeMarvel of entertainment
2466MOEMeasure Of Effectiveness
2467MOFMinistry of Finance (Japan)
2468MOFAMinistry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
2469MOIDMinimum Orbital Intersection Distance
2470MOJWAMovement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa
2471MOLOMobile Other Licensed Operator (UK)
2472MOMMaster's Degree in Oriental medicine
2473MOMMessage Oriented Middleware
2474MoMMultiple of the median
2475MoMAMuseum of Modern Art (NYC)
2476MONDModified Newtonian Dynamics
2477MOOMeasure Of Outcome
2478MOPPMission-Oriented Protective Posture
2479MORPMeteorite Observation and Recovery Project
2480MOSFETMetal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
2481MOTMinistry of Transport (UK)
2482MOTAMember of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
2483MOTESSMoving Object and Transient Event Search System
2484MOUMemorandum Of Understanding
2485MOWMaintenance of way (also MW)
2486MOZMozambique (ISO 3166 trigram)
2487MPaMegapascal
2488mPaMillipascal
2489MPAAMotion Picture Association of America
2490MPECMinor Planet Electronic Circular
2491MPEGMotion Pictures (Coding) Experts Group
2492MPEVMulti-Purpose Engineering Vehicle
2493MPFMaritime Prepositioning Force
2494MPFCMedial PreFrontal Cortex
2495MPGMiles Per Gallon
2496MPMCMedial PreMotor Cortex
2497MPSIMember of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
2498MPSoCMultiProcessor System-on-Chip
2499MPSRONMaritime Propositioning Ship Squadron
2500MRMauritania (ISO 3166 digram)
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