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1Abbreviation,Definition
20D,obvious deed
31AM,Air Mechanic 1st Class
41D,One-Dimensional
52AM,Air Mechanic 2nd Class
62D, Two-dimensional
72G, Second-generation mobile (cellular, wireless) telephone system
82LA,Two Letter Acronym
92Lt,2nd Lieutenant
103AM,Air Mechanic 3rd Class
113D, Three-Dimensional
123G, Third-generation mobile telephone system
133i, Investors In Industry (venture capitalists)
143M, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
154D, Four-Dimensional (usually three spatial plus one temporal dimension, sometimes four spatial ones)
164G, Fourth-generation mobile telephone system
174GL, Fourth-generation programming language
184WD, Four-wheel drive
195D,Five-Dimensional
206D,Six-Dimensional
217D,Seven-Dimensional
228D,Eight-Dimensional
239D,Nine-Dimensional
24\a, Atto-
25A, Ampere
26A1C,Airman First Class
27A4,many, including a European standard office paper size; see entry
28A10, Atlantic 10 Conference
29aa, Afar language (ISO 639-1 code)
30aA, Attoampere
31AA- achieved availability,Alcoholics Anonymous, Armed Forces Americas (postal symbol),Aruba (FIPS 10-4 territory code), assembly area,Automobile Association,avenue of approach
32AAAI, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, formerly American Association for Artificial Intelligence
33AAAS, American Association for the Advancement of Science
34AAAV, Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle
35AAC- American Athletic Conference,Army Air Corps (British Army)
36AAD- analogue-analogue-digital (CD quality),Australian Antarctic Division
37AADD,Adult attention deficit disorder
38AADT, annual average daily traffic
39AADAC, Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
40AADC- area air defense commander, amino acid decarboxylase, aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase, Australian Antarctic Data Centre
41AAFC- U.S. Army Air Corps Ferrying Command (1941-1942),All-America Football Conference (1946-1949)
42AAFES, Army and Air Force Exchange Service
43AAI, applied artificial intelligence
44AAIS, advanced airborne interceptor simulator
45AAM, air-to-air missile
46AAMOF, as a matter of fact
47AAN, American Academy of Nursing
48AANEAS, Anglo-Australian Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
49AAODL, Atmospheric Aerosols and Optics Data Library
50AAP- advanced acquisition plan,Allied administrative publication,American Academy of Pediatrics
51AAPC, Accounting and Auditing Policy Committee
52aar, Afar language (ISO 639-2 code)
53AAR- after-action review,Association of American Railroads
54AARP,(i/s) American Association of Retired Persons (now officially known only by the initials)
55AASPEM, advanced air-to-air system performance evaluation model
56AAT, Australian Antarctic Territory
57AAV, Amphibious Assault Vehicle
58AAWC, anti-air warfare commander
59ab, Abkhaz language (ISO 639-1 code)
60AB- Able Seaman (both the rank and the occupation), Alberta (postal symbol)
61ABA- Adriatic Basketball Association,American Bar Association,American Basketball Association,American Beverage Association,American Bicycle Association,American Birding Association,Australian Broadcasting Authority
62ABB, ASEA Brown Boveri (Swiss-Swedish multinational company)
63ABBA, Agnetha, Benny, Björn, Anni-Frid (Swedish pop group)
64ABC- abstinence, be faithful, condoms,Active Body Control,airway, breathing, circulation (see CPR),Alcoholic Beverage Commission,alien big cat,always be careful,American Bird Conservancy,American-born Chinese,American Broadcasting Company,anti-lock brake controller,Associated British Corporation,Atanasoff-Berry Computer,Atlantic Baptist College,atomic, biological, chemical (see NBC),Australian Broadcasting Corporation
65ABCA- American, British and Canadian Armies (originally),Army Bureau of Current Affairs
66ABCS, (U.S.) Army Battle Command System
67ABET, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
68ABFIST, Advanced Bradley Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
69ABGI, Addington-Barker Group International
70ABIN, Agência Brasileira de Inteligência (Brazilian Intelligence Agency)
71abk, Abkhaz language (ISO 639-2 code)
72ABL, American Basketball League
73ABLE, AirBorne Law Enforcement (police air support unit)
74ABM, anti-ballistic missile,Asynchronous Balanced Mode,automated banking machine
75ABMC, American Battle Monuments Commission
76ABN, Australian Business Number (a number issued by the Australian government as registration of a business and used for taxation purposes)
77ABPI, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
78ABRSM, Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
79ABS- acrylonitrile butadiene styrene,anti-lock braking system
80ABSTRIPS, abstraction-based STRIPS
81ABV, Alcohol by volume
82ABW, Aruba (ISO 3166 trigram)
83aC, Attocoulomb
84Ac, Actinium
85AC1,Aircraftman 1st Class
86AC2,Aircraftman 2nd Class
87ACARS, Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System
88ACAS- Aboriginal Children's Advancement Society,Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
89ACCA- The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants,Automatic Cloud Cover Assessment
90ACCAC, Awdurdod Cymwysterau, Cwricwlwm ac Asesu Cymru (Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales)
91ACCD,American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
92ACCS, Air Communications and Control Squadron
93ACDA, Arms Control & Disarmament Agency
94ACDC- Alternating Current Direct Current,the name of an Australian rock music band,a term for a bisexual person,A/Cdre,Air Commodore
95ACDT- Apple Certified Desktop Technician, Australian Central Daylight Time
96ACF- Administration for Children and Families,American Car and Foundry,American Culinary Federation
97ACHT, Average Call Hold Time
98ACINT, Acoustic Intelligence
99ACK, Acknowledge (telecommunications; cf. NAK)
100ACL- Access Control List,Anterior cruciate ligament; the initialism can also refer to an injury to this ligament.,Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
101ACLJ, American Center for Law and Justice
102ACLOS, Automatic CLOS (missile control system)
103ACLS, American Council of Learned Societies
104ACLU- American Civil Liberties Union,American Communist Lawyers Union (pejorative slang for the above)
105ACM,many, including Association for Computing Machinery; see entry
106ACMC, (U.S.) Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
107ACN- Airborne Communications Node,Australian Company Number (number issued by the Australian government as registration of a limited liability company)
108ACNA, Anglican Church in North America
109ACO, Airspace Control Order
110ACOBA, Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
111ACOG, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
112ACOM, (U.S.) Atlantic Command
113ACORN, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
114ACP- African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States,Air Control Point
115ACR, Advanced Concepts and Requirements
116ACRI, African Crisis Initiative
117ACRT, Advanced Concepts Research Tool simulator
118ACS- Affiliated Computer Services (NYSE ACS),Alaska Communications Service,American Cancer Society,American Chemical Society,Association of Caribbean States,Australian Computer Society
119ACSC, Army Command and Staff College (various nations)
120ACST, Australian Central Standard Time
121ACST, American Cooperative School of Tunis
122ACT- Adaptive Control of Thought (cognitive model),American College Test (ing Program),Australian Capital Territory (also postal symbol),ACT UP, AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
123ACTD, Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration
124ACTF- (U.S.) Army Constructive Training Federation,Australian Children's Television Foundation,ACT-R, ACT-Rational (cognitive model),ACT-R/PM, ACT-R/Perceptual-Motor (cognitive model)
125ACTU, Australian Council of Trade Unions
126ACU, American Conservative Union
127ACUF- BGN Advisory Committee on Undersea Features, American Conservative Union Foundation
128ADA, Air Defence Artillery,American Dental Association,Assistant District Attorney,Americans with Disabilities Act (see also the similar but non-acronymic Ada programming language)
129ADAGE, Air Defense Air to Ground Engagement (simulation)
130ADAP, AIDS Drug Assistance Program
131ADAS,(a/i) Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey
132ADAT, Alesis Digital Audio Tape (recording format)
133ADatP, Automated Data Processing
134ADATS, Agricultural Development and Training Society,Air Defence Anti-Tank System,Australian Defence Air Traffic System
135ADB, Asian Development Bank
136ADC, Aide De Camp,U.S. Air Defense Command (1946-1992),Apple Display Connector,Program Against Digital Counterfeiting of Currency
137ADD, Analog Digital Digital (CD quality),Attention-Deficit Disorder,Administration on Developmental Disabilities
138ADDIE, Analyze Design Develop Implement and Evaluate
139ADDNS, Advanced Deployable Day/Night Simulation
140ADF, Australian Defence Force,African Development Foundation
141ADGB,Air Defence of Great Britain
142ADHD, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
143ADHS, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Syndrome
144ADI, Acceptable/Allowable Daily Intake
145ADIZ,(a/i) Air Defence Identification Zone
146ADL, Anti-Defamation League
147ADM, Administrative,,Admiral, and the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps,Archer Daniels Midland,Assistant Deputy Minister
148ADOA,(a/i) Air Defence Operations Area
149ADP, Adenosine DiPhosphate,Army Doctrine Publication (UK, Canada, Australia),Automatic/Automated Data Processing
150ADRG, Arc-second Raster Chart (ARC) Digitized Raster Graphics
151ADS,(a/i) Active Denial System,Astrophysics Data System,Attention Deficit Syndrome
152ADSR, Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release (sound envelope specification)
153ADT, Atlantic Daylight Time (UTC3 hours)
154ADTB, Army Doctrine and Training Bulletin
155ADW, Air Defence Warning
156ae, Avestan language (ISO 639-1 code)
157AE- Armed Forces Africa/Canada/Europe/Middle East (postal symbol),United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code), Artix Entertainment,American Eagle,A&E,(a/i) Arts & Entertainment Network, the original name for the U.S. TV channel now known as A&E Network
158AED, United Arab Emirates dirham (ISO 4217 currency code)
159AEDT, Australian Eastern Daylight Time
160AEF, American Expeditionary Force
161AEGIS, Airborne Early warning Ground environment Interface Segment (fake etymology)
162AESR, Aeronautical Equipment Service Record
163AEST, Australian Eastern Standard Time
164aet, After extra time (Football)
165AEW, Airborne Early Warning,Airborne Electronic Warfare
166af, Afrikaans language (ISO 639-1 code)
167aF, Attofarad
168AF- Afghanistan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram), Air Force,As f*ck
169AFAIC, As Far As I'm Concerned
170AFAICT, As Far As I Can Tell
171AFAIK, As Far As I Know
172AFAIR, As Far As I Remember/Recall
173AFATDS, Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System
174AFC- American Football Conference,Asian Football Confederation
175AFCEA, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
176AFDB, African Development Bank
177AFES, Automatic Fire Extinguishing System
178AFG, Afghanistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
179AFIS- Automated Fingerprint Identification System,American Forces Information Service
180AFIST, Abrams Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
181AFJ, April Fool's Joke
182AFK, Away From Keyboard (Internet chat abbreviation)
183AFL- American Federation of Labor,American Football League — either the 1960s league that merged into the National Football League, or one of several other leagues of American football,Arena Football League,Australian Football League,AFL-CIO, American Federation of Labor,Congress of Industrial Organizations
184AFLAC, American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus
185AFM, Army Field Manual (UK; the U.S. more frequently uses just FM),Atomic Force Microscope,Aviation Fleet Maintenance
186AFN, Afghani (ISO 4217 currency code)
187AFO, Association of Field Ornithologists
188AFOSR, U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research
189AFQT, Armed Forces Qualification Test
190afr, Afrikaans language (ISO 639-2 code)
191AFRC, Air Force Reserve Command
192AFRL, Air Force Research Laboratory
193AFROTC, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
194AFRRI,(i, U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
195AFRTS, Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
196AFS- Active Front Steering,Air Facility Sub-System,Amniotic Fluid-derived Stem cell,AFS&A or AFSA, U.S. Air Force Studies and Analysis
197AFSC- U.S. Air Force Staff College (obsolete; replaced with JFSC),U.S. Air Force Systems Command
198AFSCN, U.S. Air Force Satellite Control Network
199AFSPC, Air Force Space Command
200AFT,American Farmland Trust
201AFV, armoured fighting vehicle
202AFWA- Air Force Weather Agency,Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies,AG[edit]
203ag, Attogram
204Ag, Silver (Latin argentum)
205AGARD, Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development
206AGARDograph, Advanced Guidance for Alliance Research and Development publication
207AGASA, Akeno Giant Air Shower Array (cosmic ray detector)
208AGB, Internal Nintendo initialism (Advanced Game Boy) for Game Boy Advance
209AGC- Apollo Guidance Computer,Automatic Gain Control
210AGC, Adjutant General's Corps (British Army)
211AGDC, Australian Game Developers' Conference
212AGI, Auxiliary Group Intelligence
213AGL, Above Ground Level
214AGM, Annual General Meeting
215AGN, Active Galactic Nucleus
216AGO, Angola (ISO 3166 trigram)
217AGP, Accelerated Graphics Port
218AGRICOLA, Agriculture Online Access
219AGS, Alaska Ground Station (LandSat)
220AGTS, Advanced Gunnery Training System
221AGU, American Geophysical Union
222AGW, Autonomous Guided Weapon
223aH, Attohenry
224Ah, Ampere-hour
225AH, Attack Helicopter
226AHA, American Heart Association
227AHCPR, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (obsolete; replaced with AHRQ)
228AHEC, Australian Health Ethics Committee
229AHPCRC, Army High Performance Computing Research Center
230AHQ,Air Headquarters
231AHRQ, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
232AHS, American Housing Survey
233AI- Air Interdiction,Amnesty International,Artificial Insemination,Artificial Intelligence, Anguilla (ISO 3166 digram)
234AIA- Aerospace Industries Association,American Institute of Architects, Anguilla (ISO 3166 trigram)
235AIAA, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
236AIC- African Independent Church,Animal Identification Coordinator
237AICD, Australian Institute of Company Directors
238AICMFP, And I Claim My Five Pounds
239AID, U.S. Agency for International Development
240AIDS, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
241AIM,many, including AOL Instant Messenger, Australian Institute of Management; see entry
242AIMP, Aurora Incremental Modernization Project
243AIPAC, American Israel Public Affairs Committee
244AIR, Aircraft Inventory Record
245AIRFA, American Indian Religious Freedom Act
246AIRS,(a/i) Aerometric Information Retrieval System (obsolete; replaced with AFS)
247AIS- Australian Institute of Sport,Automatic Identification System
248AISB, (British Society for the Study of) Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour
249aJ, Attojoule
250AJ, Azerbaijan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
251Ajax, Asynchronous JavaScript And XML
252AJD, Astronomical Julian day
253AJP, Allied Joint Publication
254AJPW, All Japan Pro Wrestling
255ak, Akan languages (ISO 639-1 code)
256aK, Attokelvin
257AK, Alaska (postal symbol)
258aka, Akan languages (ISO 639-2 code)
259AKA, Above knee amputation (orthopaedic usage)
260AKDT, Alaska Standard Daylight Saving Time (UTC8 hours)
261AKST, Alaska Standard Time (UTC9 hours)
262aL, Attolitre
263Al, Aluminium
264ALA, Åland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
265ALAP, As Long/Late As Possible
266ALARM, Air-Launched Anti-Radar Missile
267ALB, Albania (ISO 3166 trigram)
268ALD, Accounting Line Designator (nuclear weapon targeting)
269ALERT, Advanced Linked Extended Reconnaissance and Targeting,Attack and Launch Early Reporting to Theatre
270ALF- Africa Leadership Forum,Alien Life Form (cf. ALF (TV series)),Animal Liberation Front
271ALG, Algeria (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
272ALGOL, ALGOrithmic Language
273ALL, Albanian lek (ISO 4217 currency code)
274ALOA, Associated Locksmiths of America, Inc.
275ALOC- Air Lines Of Communication, Average Length of Calls
276ALPA, Air Line Pilots Association
277ALS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis,Automatic Landing System
278ALSHS, Abraham Low Self-Help Systems
279ALSP, Aggregate Level Simulation Protocol
280ALTE, Association of Language Testers in Europe
281am- Amharic language (ISO 639-1 code),Attometre
282Am, Americium
283AM-many, including Amplitude Modulation and Ante Meridiem; see entry, Armenia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
284AM1,Airman 1st class
285AMA- American Medical Association,Australian Medical Association
286AMAPS, Aircraft, Missile, Avionics Performance Simulation
287AMC- Adaptive modulation and coding (digital communications),U.S. Air Mobility Command,American Motors Corporation,American Movie Classics (TV network; now known simply by the initials),U.S. Army Materiel Command
288AMCB, U.S. Army/Marine Corps Board
289AMD- Advanced Micro Devices,Age-related Macular Degeneration, Armenian dram (ISO 4217 currency code)
290AMFR- Age-specific Marital Fertility Rate,Amplitude Modulation Following Response
291AMFRS- Advanced Multi-Function Radio Frequency System,Automatic Multisensor Feature-based Recognition System
292amh, Amharic language (ISO 639-2 code)
293AML, Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
294AMLCD, Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display
295AMLO- Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexican politician),Anti-Money Laundering Office (Thailand government agency)
296AMO, Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
297AMOLED, Active-matrix organic light-emitting diode
298AMOS- Advanced MOrtar System,Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory
299AMP- Adenosine MonoPhosphate,Automated Mission Planner
300AMRAAM, Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile
301AMRDEC, U.S. Aviation & Missile Research, Development, & Engineering Center
302AMS- Agriculture Marketing Service,American Mathematical Society
303AMSAA,(i/a) U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity
304AMSO,(i/a) U.S. Army Model and Simulation Office
305AMSU,Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
306AMTE, UK Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment (1977-1984)
307an, Aragonese language (ISO 639-1 code)
308aN, Attonewton
309AN- Andorra (FIPS 10-4 country code),Netherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 digram)
310ANA- Administration for Native Americans,Afghan National Army,All Nippon Airways,Anti-Nuclear Anti-body, Australian National Airways,Australian Natives' Association
311ANC, African National Congress
312AND, Andorra (ISO 3166 trigram)
313ANFO, Ammonium nitrate/fuel oil (explosive)
314ANG- Air National Guard, Angola (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166), Netherlands Antillian guilder (ISO 4217 currency code)
315ANGLiCo, Air/Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
316ANL, Argonne National Laboratory
317ANM, Acoustic Noise Monitor
318ANOVA, ANalysis Of VAriance
319ANS, Applied and Natural Sciences
320ANSI, American National Standards Institute
321ANTM, America's Next Top Model
322ANT- Netherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 trigram),Antigua and Barbuda (IOC trigram, but not ISO 3166 or FIFA)
323ANTY,Acronyms, No Thank You
324ANWR, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge /ˈænwɑr/
325ANZ, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group
326ANZAC, Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
327AO, Angola (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram), Approach Officer (submarine),Area of Operations
328AOA, Air Officer in charge of Administration,Argonne National Laboratory, Angolan kwanza (ISO 4217 currency code), Award Of Arms (heraldry)
329AOC, Air Operations Centre,Air Officer Commanding
330AOD, Adrenalin O.D. (punk rock band)
331AOI, Angle Of Incidence Arab Organization for Industrialization
332AOL, America OnLine
333AOR, Area of Responsibility
334AOSTH, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
335AOTS, Attack of the Show!
336AOU, American Ornithologists' Union
337AP- Advanced Placement,Air Publication, Andhra Pradesh (Indian state code), Armed Forces Pacific (postal symbol), Associated Press,Auto Pilot
338APA -
339APB, All Points Bulletin (police jargon)
340APC- Armoured Personnel Carrier,Armour Piercing Capped (ammunition)
341APEC, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
342APCNR, Armour-Piercing, Composite Non-Rigid (ammunition)
343APCR, Armour-Piercing, Composite Rigid (ammunition)
344APDS, Armour-Piercing, Discarding-Sabot (ammunition)
345APEDS, AMSAA Performance Estimates Data System
346APEX, Applied Physics Express
347APFSDS, Armour-Piercing, Fin-Stabilised, Discarding Sabot (ammunition)
348APHA, American Public Health Association
349APHE, Armour-Piercing, High Explosive (ammunition)
350APHIS, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
351API, Application Programming Interface
352APL- A Programming Language,Acute Promyeloid Leukaemia,Anti-Personnel Landmine,Applied Physics Laboratory (Johns Hopkins University)
353APM, Advanced Power Management
354APOD, Aerial Port (Airport) Of Debarkation
355APOE, Aerial Port (Airport) Of Embarkation
356APOLLO, Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation
357APP, Allied Procedural Publication
358APR, Annual Percentage Rate
359APS- Advanced Photo System (cf. APS-C, an image sensor format based on the size of the original APS film frame),American Physical Society,Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome,AQ[edit]
360AQ- AdventureQuest, American Samoa (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Antarctica (ISO 3166 digram), Automatic qualifier, a term used by U.S. sports media from 1998 to 2013 to refer to the six conferences whose champions automatically entered the now-defunct Bowl Championship Series of college football
361AQIM, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
362ar, Arabic language (ISO 639-1 code)
363Ar, Argon
364AR, Argentina (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Arkansas (postal symbol),Armour, Arunachal Pradesh (Indian state code)
365ara, Arabic language (ISO 639-2 code)
366ARAG, Advanced Research and Assessment Group
367ARB, Administrative Review Board
368ARBA,(a/i) Army Review Boards Agency
369ARC, Arc-second Raster Chart,Appalachian Regional Commission
370ARCA, Automobile Racing Club of America
371ARCENT, United States Army Central Command
372ARDA, Advanced Research and Development Activity (became DTO 2006)
373ARE, UK Admiralty Research Establishment (-1991), United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166 trigram)
374ARF, ASEAN Regional Forum
375arg, Aragonese language (ISO 639-2 code)
376ARG, Argentina (ISO 3166 trigram)
377ARH, Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter
378ARI, Acute Respiratory Infection,U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
379ARL, UK Admiralty Research Laboratory (1921-1977),U.S. Army Research Laboratory,UIUC Aviation Research Laboratory
380ARM, Anti-Radiation Missile,Adjustable-rate mortgage, Armenia (ISO 3166 trigram)
381ARNet, Acquisition Reform Network
382ARP, Address Resolution Protocol,Applied Research Programme
383ARPA, Advanced Research Projects Agency
384ARRC, ACE Rapid Reaction Corps
385ARRF, Allied Rapid Reaction Force
386ARRL, American Radio Relay League
387ARS, Agricultural Research Service, Argentine peso (ISO 4217 currency code)
388ARSC, Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
389ARSPACE, U.S. Army Space Command
390ART, Adaptive Resonance Theory,Anti-Retroviral Therapy
391ARTCC, Air Route Traffic Control Center
392as, Adult swim, Assamese language (ISO 639-1 code),Attosecond
393aS, Attosiemens
394As, Arsenic
395AS, American Samoa (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram),Australia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Assam / Asom (Indian state code)
396AS, ActionScript
397ASA, AcetylSalicylic Acid,American Standards Association,Army Security Agency,Atlantic Southeast Airlines
398ASAP, As Soon As Possible
399ASARS, Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System,Airborne Search and Rescue System
400ASB, Associated Student Body,Alternative Service Book (Church of England)
401ASBO, Anti-Social Behaviour Order
402ASCAP, American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
403ASCC, Army Service Component Commander,Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator,Air Standardization Coordinating Committee
404ASCII, American Standard Code for Information Interchange
405ASD, (U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense,autism spectrum disorder
406ASDIC, Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee (Sonar)
407ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations
408ASFAR, Americans for a Society Free of Age Restrictions
409ASG, Area Support Group
410ASIC, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Aviation Security Identification Card
411ASIO, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, Audio stream input output
412ASIP, Advanced System Improvement Program,Army Stationing and Installation Plan,Application-specific instruction-set processor
413asm, Assamese language (ISO 639-2 code)
414ASM, Air-to-Surface Missile, American Samoa (ISO 3166 trigram), American Society for Metals, American Society for Microbiology
415ASMB, American Society for Matrix Biology,Adult Swim Message Board
416ASME, American Society of Mechanical Engineers,American Society of Magazine ors
417ASN, Associate of Science in Nursing
418ASOC,(a/i) Air Sovereignty Operations Centre,Air Support Operations Centre,Airport Security and Operations Centre,Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition,Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus,Australian Standard Offence Classification
419ASP, Active Server Pages,American Society of Primatologists,Ammunition Supply Point,Application Service Provider (cf internet service provider),Astronomical Society of the Pacific,Association of Surfing Professionals
420ASPI, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
421ASR, Alkali-silica reaction,Anti Slip Regulation
422ASRAAM, Advanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile
423ASSC, Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
424AST, Atlantic Standard Time (UTC4 hours)
425ASTIA, Armed Services Technical Information Agency
426ASTM, American Society for Testing and Materials
427ASTREA, Aerial Support To Regional Enforcement Agencies (sheriff's air support unit)
428ASUW, AntiSUrface Warfare
429ASVAB,Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery(taken by juniors in high school in the USA)
430ASW, AntiSubmarine Warfare
431ASWORG, (U.S.) AntiSubmarine Warfare Operations Research Group
432ASX, Advanced Stream Redirector,Australian Securities Exchange
433aT, Attotesla
434At, Astatine
435AT, Anti-Tank, Ashmore and Cartier Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Austria (ISO 3166 digram), Advanced Technology (IBM Personal Computer/AT)
436ATA, Advanced Technology Attachment (IBM Personal Computer),Afghan Transitional Authority,Allen Telescope Array, Antarctica (ISO 3166 trigram)
437ATAC, Air Transportable Acoustic Communications
438ATACMS, Army TACtical Missile System
439ATAPI, Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
440ATAS, Air-To-Air Stinger (missile)
441ATAT, Aiken Tactical Airsoft Team / Star Wars vehicle
442ATB, Active Time Battle, British Antarctic Territory (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1979)
443ATC, Air Traffic Control,Air Training Corps,U.S. Air Transport Command (1942-1948)- Athletic Trainer, Certified (www.nata.org)
444ATCCIS, Army Tactical Command and Control Information System
445ATESS, Aerospace and Telecommunications Engineering Support Squadron
446ATG, Antigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166 and FIFA trigram)
447ATGM, Anti-Tank Guided Missile
448ATGW, Anti-Tank Guided Weapon
449ATI, Allied Telesyn International, Inc., Array Technologies Incorporated. (ATI Technologies)
450Atisbo,a Local Government Area in Nigeria named for constituent communities (Ago-Are, Tede, Irawo, Sabe, Baasi, Ofiki and Owo)
451ATK, Attack
452ATL, Atlanta, Georgia, the largest city and capital of Georgia
453ATLAS, All-Terrain Lifter Army System, Assessment Tool for LAnd Systems
454ATM, Automated Teller Machine,Asynchronous Transfer Mode,At The Moment
455ATN, Dronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1983)
456ATO, Air Tasking Order,Australian Taxation Office
457ATP, Adenosine TriPhosphate,Allied Tactical Publication,Ammunition Transfer Point
458ATSD, (U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense
459ATSDR, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
460ATV, All-Terrain Vehicle
461ATWA, Air, Trees, Water, Animals
462Au, Gold (Latin Aurum)
463AU, African Union (was OAU before 2000),American University, Astronomical Unit,Australia (ISO 3166 digram),Austria (FIPS 10-4 country code)
464AUD, Australian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
465AUS, Australia (ISO 3166 trigram)
466AUSCANNZUKUS, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States (security designation)
467Auslan, Australian Sign Language
468AUT, Austria (ISO 3166 trigram)
469AUTL, Army Universal Task List
470av, Avar language (ISO 639-1 code)
471aV, Attovolt
472Av, Aperture value (photographic mode)
473AV- Anguilla (FIPS 10-4 territory code), Audio-Visual, Aviation
474ava, Avar language (ISO 639-2 code)
475AVA, American Viticultural Area
476AVB, Audio Video Bridging
477AVDLR, Aviation Depot Level Repair
478ave, Avestan language (ISO 639-2 code)
479AVGP, Armoured Vehicle, General Purpose
480AVI, Audio Video Interleave
481AVIM, Aviation Intermediate Maintenance
482AVLB, Armoured Vehicle Launched Body
483AVM- Air Vice-Marshal, Arteriovenous malformation
484AVO, Apprehended Violence Order
485AVP, Arubaanse Volkspartij
486AVP, Association of Volleyball Professionals
487AVRE, Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers
488AVTB- Armoured Vehicle Test Bed, Aviation Test Bed
489AVUM, Aviation Unit Maintenance
490AVVO, Acute Vaginal Venereal Outbreak
491aW, Attowatt
492AW, Aruba (ISO 3166 digram)
493AWA, American Wrestling Association
494AWACS, Airborne Warning And Control System
495AWC, Air Warfare Centre
496AWD,many, including All Wheel Drive; see entry
497AWE,(i/a) Advanced Warfighting Experiment
498AWG, Aruban guilder (ISO 4217 currency code)
499AWP, Awaiting Parts (SM&R code)
500AWSIM, Air Warfare SIMulation
501AWST, Australian Western Standard Time
502AWW, Above Water Warfare
503AX, Åland Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
504AXP, Ambulance eXchange Point
505ay, Aymara language (ISO 639-1 code)
506AY, Antarctica (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
507AYBABTU, All Your Base Are Belong To Us
508aym, Aymara language (ISO 639-2 code)
509AYU, As Yet Unknown
510az, Azerbaijani language (ISO 639-1 code)
511AZ- Arizona (postal symbol),Azerbaijan (ISO 3166 digram), Alkmaar Zaanstreek (Dutch football club)
512aze, Azerbaijani language (ISO 639-2 code)
513AZE, Azerbaijan (ISO 3166 trigram)
514AZN, Azerbaijani manat (ISO 4217 currency code)
515AZUR, Actions en zone urbaine (French, Urban Operations)
516BAR- Barbados (IOC trigram, but not FIFA or ISO 3166), British American Racing,Browning Automatic Rifle,Buy-American Restrictions,BARD - Binational Agricultural Research and Development fund (between the US and Israel),BARDA - Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency,BART - Bay Area Rapid Transit,BAS - Battalion Aid Station,BASE - Building, Antenna, Span, Earth (parachute from),BASF - Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory, a German chemicals company),BASIC - Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (acronym was added later, originally it was simply Basic),BAT - (a/i) Basic Aid Training,BATF - U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms,BATS - Behavior Analysis Training System - Bradley Advanced Training System,BATTeRS - Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescope for Rapid Survey,BB[edit]
517BB- Barbados (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code), Boys' Brigade (Christian youth organization),Brigitte Bardot (actress),Bumblebee
518BBB- Better Business Bureau,Blood-brain barrier
519BBC- Breeding Bird Census,British Broadcasting Corporation, Bumper to Back of Cab (trucking measurement)
520BBD- Barbadian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code), Bowel Bladder Dysfunction
521BBL- Be Back Later,Bird Banding Laboratory,British Basketball League,BBN - Bolt, Beranek and Newman,BBQ - Barbecue[1]
522BBS- Breeding Bird Survey (North America),Brigade/Battalion Battle Simulation,Bulletin Board System,BBSRC - U.K. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council,BBVA - Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (Spanish bank)
523BBYO,B'nai B'rith Youth Organization
524BC- Before Christ,Blind Copy (in emailers),Boston College, Botswana (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Bechuanaland),British Columbia (postal symbol)
525BCA- Bachelor of Computer Application,Black Coaches & Administrators,BCC - Blind Carbon Copy
526BCCI- Bank of Credit and Commerce International,Board of Control for Cricket in India,BCD - Binary-Coded Decimal
527BEA- Banque extérieure d'Algérie,British European Airways (ancestor of British Airways),British Electricity Authority,bel - Belarusian language (ISO 639-2 code),BEL - Belgium (ISO 3166 trigram),BEM - British Empire Medal - Bug-Eyed Monster,ben - Bengali language (ISO 639-2 code),BEN - Benin (ISO 3166 trigram),BEO - Banquet Event Order,BERC - Business Environmental Resource Center,BER - Bit Error Rate
528BH- Bahrain (ISO 3166 digram),Belize (FIPS 10-4 country code),BHD - Bahraini dinar (ISO 4217 currency code),BHR - Bahrain (ISO 3166 trigram)
529BNF- Backus-Naur Form (computing),British National Formulary,BNICE - Biological, Nuclear, Incendiary, Chemical, and Explosive Agents
530BNP- British National Party,Banque Nationale de Paris, a predecessor to today's BNP Paribas,BNS - Bank of Nova Scotia,BNSF - (i/s) Burlington Northern Santa Fe (also AAR reporting mark),BO[edit],bo - Tibetan language (ISO 639-1 code)
531BO- Back Orifice, Belarus (FIPS 10-4 country code), Biarritz Olympique (French rugby union club), Bolivia (ISO 3166 digram), Body odor,BO2k - Back Orifice 2000,BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation (predecessor of British Airways)
532BoAML,Bank of America Merrill Lynch
533BOC- British Orthodontic Society,British Oxygen Company,BÖC - Blue Öyster Cult,bod - Tibetan language (ISO 639-2 code),BOD - Biochemical Oxygen Demand,BODMAS - Brackets, Orders, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction,BOFH - Bastard Operator From Hell,BOGA - Bend Over and Grab Ankles,BOGOF - Buy One, Get One Free
534BOGs, Bunch of Guys
535BOI- Balance Of Investment,Basis Of Issue,BOL - Bolivia (ISO 3166 trigram)
536BOM- Base Object Model,Bill Of Materials,Block of the Month quilting term,Business opportunity meeting,BOP - Balance of Payments,BOPB - Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque (the complete name of the rugby club),BOPD - Barrel of Oil Per Day
537BOQ- Bill Of Quotations,Bachelor Officers' Quarters,Bank Of Queensland,bos - Bosnian language (ISO 639-2 code),BOS - Battlefield Operating System
538BOT- Balance of Trade, Botswana (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166), Build Operate Transfer, Bank of Thailand,BP[edit]
539BP- Battle Position,British Petroleum (today, BP does not officially stand for anything), Solomon Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code; from British Protectorate of the Solomon Islands),Bp - Bishop,BPD - Bipolar Personality Disorder,BPM - Beats Per Minute,BPMo - Business Process Mobility
540BPV- Battlefield Planning Visualization,Bovine papillomavirus,BQ[edit]
541BQ- British Antarctic Territory (former ISO 3166 digram; merged with AQ in 1979),Caribbean Netherlands (current ISO 3166 digram; based on the entity's alternate name of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba),Navassa Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code),BR[edit],br - Breton language (ISO 639-1 code),Br - Bromine
542BR- Brazil (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) - Bihar (Indian state code), British Rail,Break Ranks (marching band term),BRA - Brazil (ISO 3166 trigram),BRAG - Bicycle Ride Across Georgia,BRASS - Breathe, Relax, Aim, Sight, Squeeze (Acronym for using a rifle)
543BRN- Bahrain (IOC trigram, but not FIFA or ISO 3166), Brunei (ISO 3166 trigram),BRSB - Battlefield Reasoning System Brianna,BRU - Brunei (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166),BS[edit],bs - Bosnian language (ISO 639-1 code)
544BS- The Bahamas (ISO 3166 digram),Bassas da India (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Bachelor of Science degree,British subject
545Bullshit-
546BSA- Birmingham Small Arms (motorcycles company),Boy Scouts of America,Brigade Support Area
547BSatCoP,Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins
548BSD- Bahamian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code), Berkeley Software Distribution (distinct from BSoD)
549BSE, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, better known as mad cow disease
550BSNL-Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Bachelor of Science in Nursing,BSoD - Blue Screen of Death (distinct from BSD)
551BSP- Between-Show Promotion,Binary Space Partitioning,Board Support Package,British Standard Pipe (screw thread), Business-sponsored,Bone sialoprotein
552BST- Binary search tree,Blended Sales Tax, Bovine somatotropin, British Summer Time,BSW - British Standard Whitworth (screw thread),BSX - Bendigo Stock Exchange,BT[edit]
553Bt- Baronet,Bacillus thuringiensis
554c, Centi
555C, Carbon,Coulomb,One Hundred (in Roman numerals)
556c2c, the British rail company formerly known as LTS Rail
557C2C, Consumer-To-Consumer electronic commerce,Cam-To-Cam internet chat
558ca, Catalan language (ISO 639-1 code)
559Ca, Calcium
560CA- California (postal symbol),Canada (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Catalonia, Civil Affairs,Close Armour,Cocaine Anonymous,Computer Associates,Counter-Air,Cricket Australia
561CAA- Canadian Automobile Association,(NORAD) Center for Aerospace Analysis,(U.S.) Center for Army Analysis,(U.S.) Clean Air Act,(U.S. Army) Concepts Analysis Agency,Civil Aviation Authority,Colonial Athletic Association
562CAAT- or Campaign Against Arms Trade,Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
563CAC- California Association of Criminalists,Chronic Asymptomatic [Disease] Carrier,CACM Central American Common Market
564CACM, Communications of the ACM
565CAD- Canadian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code), Computer-Aided Design,Computer-Aided Dispatch,Cpplint Anxiety Disorder, Condition suffered by software developers who worry about whether they've left any whitespace on the end of a line
566CADCAM, Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing
567CADPAT, CAnadian Disruptive PATtern
568CADMID, Concept, Assessment, Demonstration, Manufacture, In service, Disposal (life cycle mnemonic)
569CAE- Canadian Aviation Electronics (originally),Certificate in Advanced English
570CAEn,(i/a) Close Action Engagement (constructive simulation)
571CAF- Central African Republic (ISO 3166 trigram), Confederation of African Football (or French Confédération Africaine de Football)
572CAFAD, Combined Arms For Air Defence
573CAFDE- Canadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters,Computer Aided Federation Development Environment
574CAFE, Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard
575CAI, Computer Assisted Instruction
576CAIR, Council on American-Islamic Relations
577CALABARZON, A region in the Philippines: CAvite, LAguna, BAtangas, Rizal, queZON
578CALL, (U.S.) Center for Army Lessons Learned
579CALM, Communications, Air-interface, Long and Medium range
580CalPERS, California Public Employees' Retirement System
581Caltrans, California Department of Transpotation
582CAM- Chemical Agent Monitor,Complementary and alternative medicine,Computer-Aided Manufacturing,Crassulacean acid metabolism (type of photosynthesis)
583CAMRA, CAMpaign for Real Ale
584CAN, Canada (ISO 3166 trigram)
585CANA, Convulsive Antidote, Nerve Agent
586CANDU, CANada Deuterium Uranium (nuclear reactor design)
587Canola, Canadian oil, low acid (referring to a specific cultivar of rapeseed bred to have a low erucic acid content)
588CAPES- CAPability Evaluation System, Combined Arms Planning and Execution System
589CARE- Citizens Association for Racial Equality (former New Zealand organisation), Community database on Accidents on the Roads in Europe, Cooperative for Aid and Relief Everywhere (originally Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe)
590CARMONETTE, Computerized Monte Carlo Simulation
591CARP, Computed Air Release Point
592CART, Championship Auto Racing Teams (now defunct)
593CAS- Chemical Abstracts Service,Chief of the Air Staff,Close Air Support
594CASA, Civil Aviation Safety Authority
595CASE- Cellular ammunition storage equipment,Computer-Aided Software Engineering
596CASS, Command Activated Sonobuoy System
597CASTFOREM, Combined Arms and Support Task FORce Evaluation Model
598CASTOR, Canadian Automatic Small Telescopes for Orbital Research
599cat, Catalan language (ISO 639-2 code)
600CAT- Community Acceptance Testing,Computer-Assisted (or Axial) Tomography
601CATK, Counterattack
602CATS, Computer Active Technology Suspension
603CATT,(a/i) Combined Arms Tactical Trainer
604CAV, Cavalry
605CAW, Canadian Auto Workers (trade union)
606CB- Citizens' Band radio, Cambodia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
607CBC- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,Christmas Bird Count,Cipher-Block Chaining,Cornering Brake Control
608CBE- Commander of the Order of the British Empire,Cab Beside Engine (see truck)
609CBGB, Country, Blue Grass, and Blues (former New York City nightclub)
610CBLA, Comparative bullet lead analysis
611CBN,CardsApp Brand Number
612CBM,many, including Canadian Baptist Ministries and Commodore Business Machines; see entry
613CBML, Coalition Battle Management Language
614CBOL, Consortium for the Barcode of Life
615CBOT, Chicago Board of Trade
616CBR, Case-Based Reasoning
617CBRN, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear (weapon or event)
618CBRNE, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear or [high-yield] Explosive (weapon or event)
619CBS- Columbia Broadcasting System,Corps Battle Simulation
620CBUS, Columbus, Ohio
621CC,many, including carbon copy; see entry
622CCA, Counter Command Activity
623CCC- Canterbury Clothing Company,Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S., 1930s and 1940s),Corpus Christi College, Oxford
624CCCP- Central Committee of the Communist Party,Cyrillic for SSSR (Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, Russian Союз Советских Социалистических Республик, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
625CCD- Charge-Coupled Device,Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (Catechism)
626CCF, Cartoon Cartoon Fridays
627CCG- Canadian Coast Guard,Collectible Card Game
628CCGC- Canadian Coast Guard Cutter,Canadian Coast Guard College
629CCGH, Canadian Coast Guard Hovercraft
630CCGS- Canadian Coast Guard Ship,Christ Church Grammar School
631CCH, Computer-Controlled Hostile
632CCIF, Comité consultatif international des communications téléphoniques à grande distance (French for International Telephone Consultative Committee, merged with the CCIT in 1956 to form the CCITT)
633CCII- Command and Control Information Infrastructure,Community Capital Investment Initiative
634CCIR- Comité consultatif international pour la radio (French for Consultative Committee on International Radio, became the ITU Radiocommunication Sector, ITU-R, in 1992),Commander's Critical Information Requirements
635CCIT, Comité consultatif international télégraphique (French for International Telegraph Consultative Committee, merged with the CCIF in 1956 to form the CCITT)
636CCITT, Comité consultatif international téléphonique et télégraphique (French for International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee, became the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector, ITU-T, in 1992)
637CCK- Cholecystokinin, Cocos (Keeling) Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
638CCM- Canada Cycle & Motor Co. Ltd. (now split into two separate companies bearing the CCM name, one manufacturing bicycles and the other ice hockey equipment),Contemporary Christian music
639CCOC- Canadian Children's Opera Chorus,Crosley Car Owners Club
640CCOP, Coalition Common Operating/Operational Picture
641CCP- Casualty Collection Point,Communications Checkpoint,Contingency Communications Package
642CCPA, Consumer Credit Protection Act
643CCR, Creedence Clearwater Revival
644CCRAp, Canadian Conservative Reform Alliance party
645CCRP, Command and Control Research Program
646CCRTS, Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium
647CCSCS, Coordinadora de Centrales Sindicales del Cono Sur
648CCSCS, Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems
649CCSK, Cyclic Code Shift Keying
650CCT, Current Commitments Team
651cd, Candela
652Cd, Cadmium
653CD,many, including Compact Disc; see entry
654CD1, Cluster of Differentiation 1 (a small gene family)
655CDA, UK Centre for Defence Analysis
656CDC- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (originally (U.S.) Communicable Disease Center),Control Data Corporation,Cult of the Dead Cow
657CDD, Capabilities Development Document
658CDE, Chemical Defence Equipment
659CDF- California Department of Forestry [and Fire Protection],Common Data Format, Democratic Republic of Congo franc congolais (ISO 4217 currency code)
660CDipAF, Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance
661CDL, Commercial driver's license
662CDM- Clean Development Mechanism (Kyoto protocol),Cold Dark Matter (astronomy)
663CDMA, Code Division Multiple Access
664CDMSII, Cryogenic Dark Matter Search II
665Cdr, Commander
666CDS- Chief of the Defence Staff,Credit default swap
667Cdt, Commandant
668CDT, Central Daylight Time (UTC5 hours)
669ce, Chechen language (ISO 639-1 code)
670Ce, Cerium
671CE,many, including Christian/Common Era (cf. AD); see entry
672CEA, Campaign Effectiveness Analysis
673CECOM, U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command
674CEI, Competitive Enterprise Institute
675CENTCOM, United States Central Command
676CENTO, Central Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)
677CEO, Chief Executive Officer
678CEP, Circular Error Probable
679CERCLA, U.S. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund)
680CERDEC,U.S. Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center
681CERT, Computer Emergency Response Team
682ces, Czech language (ISO 639-2 code)
683CESS, Centre for Earth Science Studies (India)
684CEWC,(a/i) Council for Education in World Citizenship
685Cf, Californium
686CF- Canadian Forces, Central African Republic (ISO 3166 digram),Republic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code)
687CFA- Cat Fanciers' Association,Chartered Financial Analyst,Colour Filtering Array,County Fire Authority,Covering Force Area
688CFAR- Christine's,Federal Acquisition Regulation
689CFC- ChloroFluoroCarbon,Canadian Fish Company
690CFES, Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System
691CFFZ, Call For Fire Zone
692CFG- Context-free grammar,Control flow graph
693CFHT, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
694CFI, Center for Inquiry (CSICOP)
695CFL- Canadian Football League,Co-ordinated Fire Line
696CFLCC, Coalition Forces Land Component Command
697CFM, Certified Facilities Manager [(IFMA)]http://www.ifma.org/
698CFO, Chief Financial Officer
699CFP- Call for papers,College Football Playoff,Common Fisheries Policy (EU)
700CFRP, Carbon fibre reinforced plastic
701CFS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
702CFSP, Common Foreign and Security Policy
703CFU, Colony Forming Unit in Microbiology
704CFV, Cavalry Fighting Vehicle
705CFZ, Critical Friendly Zone
706CG, Client Group,Computer Graphics,Controls Group, Democratic Republic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code),Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 digram)
707CGDC, Computer Game Developers Conference (became GDC in 1998)
708CGF, Computer-Generated Forces (Simulation)
709CGH, Comparative Genomic Hybridisation
710CGIG, Cross-Government Implementation Group
711CGM, Computer Graphics Metafile
712CGO, Republic of the Congo (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
713CGS, Chief of the General Staff
714CGT, Capital Gains Tax
715ch, Chamorro language (ISO 639-1 code)
716ch,ch(L) is used to denote the Chern character of a line bundle
717CH, Chieftain tank, China (FIPS 10-4 country code),Switzerland (ISO 3166 digram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
718cha, Chamorro language (ISO 639-2 code)
719CHAMPUS, (U.S.) Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (now known as TRICARE)
720CHAOS, Cambridge Heart Anti-Oxidant Study
721CHAPS, Clearing House Automated Payment System
722CHDK, Canon Hack Development Kit (Canon camera firmware hack)
723che, Chechen language (ISO 639-2 code)
724CHE, Switzerland (ISO 3166 trigram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
725CHF, Swiss franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
726CHI, Columbia Helicopters, Inc
727CHI, Computer-Human Interaction
728CHiP, California Highway Patrol
729CHIPS, Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
730CHL, Chile (ISO 3166 trigram)
731CHLA, Core Historical Literature of Agriculture
732CHN, China (ISO 3166 trigram)
733CHOGM, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
734CHP, California Highway Patrol,Combined Heat and Power
735CHPSO, California Hospital Patient Safety Organization
736CHT, Certified Hand Therapist
737chu, Old Church Slavonic language (ISO 639-2 code)
738chv, Chuvash language (ISO 639-2 code)
739CREN, Christian Real Estate Network Real Estate Association
740Ci, Curie
741CI- Chile (FIPS 10-4 country code),Côte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 digram), Counter-Intelligence,101 (in Roman numerals)
742CIA- Cairo International Airport,Central Intelligence Agency,Culinary Institute of America
743CIAO- Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office,Component-Integrated ACE ORB
744CIB, Complete In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
745CIBC, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
746CID,Certified Interior Designer,A Certified Interior Designer (CID) licensed in New York (USA) plans, designs, supervises and/or consults on various aspects of interior spaces.
747CIEF, Comité international d'enregistrement des fréquences (International Frequency Registration Board)
748CIF, Cost, Insurance, and Freight (Paid) (shipping)
749CINC, Commander in Chief
750CINEOS, Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey
751CIO- Chief information officer,Congress of Industrial Organizations
752CIPE, (European) Centre for International Political Economy
753CIR, (Commander's) Critical Information Requirements
754CIR, Corotating Interaction Region
755CIS- Canadian Interuniversity Sport,Commonwealth of Independent States,Command and Information System,Communication and Information System
756CISA, (U.S.) C4I Integration Support Activity
757CISB, Complete In Sealed Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
758CISPR, Comité international spécial des perturbations radioélectriques (Special International Committee on Radio Interference)
759CISSP, Certified Information Systems Security Professional
760CIV, Côte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 trigram)
761CIVETS, Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, South Africa (economics)
762CIVPOP, Civilian Population
763CIWS, Close-In Weapon System
764CHRS,Canadian Heart Rhythm Society
765CJ, Cayman Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code), Criminal Justice
766CJC, Canadian Jewish Congress,Cold Junction Compensation
767CJD, Chronological Julian Day,Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
768CJCS, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
769CJO, Chief of Joint Operations
770CJTF, Combined Joint Task Force
771CK, Cocos (Keeling) Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code),Cook Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
772CKA, commonly known as, Canada Kicks Ass
773CKND,Codename: Kids Next Door
774Cl, Chlorine
775CL, Chile (ISO 3166 digram), Co-ordination Line,One Hundred and Fifty (in Roman numerals)
776CLA, Clutterers Anonymous
777CLEC, Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
778CLEMARS, California Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Radio System
779CLI, Command Line Interface/Interpreter
780CLIC, Compact LInear Collider
781CLO, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
782CLOB, Character Large OBject
783CLOS, Command to Line-Of-Sight (missile control system)
784CLOS, Common Lisp Object System
785CLP, Chilean peso (ISO 4217 currency code), Common [Operating/Operational] Land Picture
786CLPFC, CentroLateral PreFrontal Cortex
787CLRP, College Loan Repayment Program
788Cm, Curium
789CM- Cameroon (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram), Cruise Missile, Nine Hundred (in Roman numerals)
790CMA- U.S. Chemical Materials Agency,Country Music Association (also used to refer to the organization's annual awards),Crystal Meth Anonymous
791CMB, Cosmic Microwave Background
792CMBR, Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
793CME, Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
794CMHC, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
795CMIIAW, Correct me if I am wrong
796CMIS- Content Management Interoperability Services,Common management information service
797CMJ, Christopher Martin-Jenkins (BBC sports commentator)
798CML- Chemical, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (formerly Chronic Myeloid Leukemia)
799CMM, Capability Maturity Model
800CMMC, Corps Materiel Management Centre
801CMML- Chronic MyeloMonocytic Leukemia,Continuous Media Markup Language
802CMOS- Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society,(The) Chicago Manual of Style,Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
803CMP, Common [Operating/Operational] Maritime Picture
804CMPD, Chronic Myeloproliferative Disease
805CMPD, Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department
806CMR- Cameroon (ISO 3166 trigram), Coaxial Main Rotors (helicopter type)
807CMS- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,The Chicago Manual of Style
808CMT, Country Music Television
809CMU- Carnegie Mellon University,Central Michigan University,Concrete Masonry Unit
810CMW- Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada,Canadian Manufacturing Week,Canadian Music Week,Catherine McAuley Westmead (school in New South Wales, Australia),Chicago, Missouri and Western (Railway),Compartmented Mode Workstation,Compton's Most Wanted,Continuous Microwave (processing technology),Custom Maintenance Wizard (Microsoft Office Resource Kit)
811CMYK, Cyan Magenta Yellow Key/blacK (colour model)
812CN-(i/s) Canadian National (railway; also the AAR reporting mark for said company), China (ISO 3166 digram),Comoros (FIPS 10-4 country code)
813CNA- Center for Naval Analyses,Certified Network Administrator,Computer Network Attack,Continental (Casualty Company), National (Fire Insurance Company), and American (Casualty Company), the three companies that merged to form what is now known as CNA Financial
814CNBC,(a/i) Consumer News and Business Channel
815CND- Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,Computer Network Defence
816CNE- Canadian National Exhibition,Computer Network Exploitation,Certified Network Engineer
817CNF, Cost and Freight
818CNI, Communications, Navigation and Identification
819CNI, Clinical Nursing Intern
820CNN- Cable News Network,Cellular Nonlinear Network
821CNO, Computer Network Operations
822CNV, Copy-Number Variable (genetics)
823CNY, Chinese yuan renminbi (ISO 4217 currency code)
824co, Corsican language (ISO 639-1 code)
825Co, Cobalt
826COB, Close Of Business [day]
827COBRA,Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
828COD, Cash On Delivery, Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 trigram)
829CoDA, Co-Dependents Anonymous
830codec, Coder-Decoder / Compressor-Decompressor / Compression-Decompression algorithm
831COGENT, Cognitive Objects within a Graphical EnviroNmenT
832COIL, Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser
833COK, Cook Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
834COL, Colombia (ISO 3166 trigram)
835COLA, comp.os.linux.announce,Cost Of Living Adjustment
836COM, Comoros (ISO 3166 trigram), Component Object Model
837COMECON, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (economic counterpart of the Warsaw Pact, 1949-1991)
838CONAD, U.S. Continental Air Defense Command
839CONCACAF, Confederation Of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football
840CONUS, Continental United States
841COO, Chief Operating Officer
842COP, Colombian peso (ISO 4217 currency code), Common Operating/Operational Picture
843COPE, U.K. Committee On Publication Ethics
844COPUS, U.K. Committee on the Public Understanding of Science
845cor, Cornish language (ISO 639-2 code)
846CORBA, Common Object Request Broker Architecture
847CORD,(i/a) Common Operational Requirements Document
848CORE, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education
849COROT, COnvection, ROtation and planetary Transits
850cos, Corsican language (ISO 639-2 code),Cosine
851COS, Cooper Ornithological Society
852COSER, COoperative SERvice
853CoT, Car of Tomorrow (former NASCAR race car design)
854COTS, Commercial Off The Shelf
855CP, Canadian Pacific,Check Point,Command Post,Club Penguin
856CPA, Certified Public Accountant
857CPCU,Certified Property Casualty Underwriter
858CPD, Capabilities Production Document
859CPE, Certificate of Proficiency in English
860CPE, Certified Professional Ergonomist
861CPF, Calibration Parameter File,Canadian Patrol Frigate
862CPG, Clinical Practice Guideline
863CPI, CERDEC Command, Power and Integration
864CPIM, Certification on Production and Inventory Management
865CPIR,Computationally-Private Information Retrieval
866CPON, Certified Pediatric Oncology Nurse
867CPPCC, Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
868CPR, Canadian Pacific Railway
869CPR, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
870CPSM, Continuous Phase Shift Modulation
871CPSU, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
872CPT, Contingency Planning Team
873CPU,Contract Postal Unit
874CPV, Cape Verde (ISO 3166 trigram)
875CPX, Command Post eXercise
876CQ, Carrier Qualification,Central Queensland,Charge of Quarters,Congressional Quarterly,Constellation Airlines (IATA airline designator),Northern Mariana Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
877cr, Cree language (ISO 639-1 code)
878Cr, Chromium
879CR- Coral Sea Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Costa Rica (ISO 3166 digram)
880CRAM, Combined Radiometric Correction Model
881CRC- Central RTI Component,Chemical Rubber Company,Christian Reformed Church,Control and Reporting Centre,Cyclic Redundancy Check, Costa Rican colón (ISO 4217 currency code),Costa Rica (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
882CRD, Capstone Requirements Document
883cre, Cree language (ISO 639-2 code)
884CREB, Cyclic AMP-response Element Binding (protein)
885CREEP, Committee for the Re-Election of the President, a pejorative nickname used by opponents
886CRI- China Radio International, Costa Rica (ISO 3166 trigram)
887CRIPL, Consolidated Remain-In-Place List
888CRM, Cardiac Rhythm Management,Customer Relationship Management
889CRO, Croatia (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
890CRP- Committee for the Re-Election of the President,Control and Reporting Post
891CRT- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy,Cathode Ray Tube,Chinese Remainder Theorem
892CRTC, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
893cs, Czech language (ISO 639-1 code)
894Cs, Caesium
895CSA- Canadian Soccer Association,Canadian Space Agency,Canadian Standards Association,Child Support Agency,Command Staff Advisor,Community-supported agriculture,Confederate States of America,Corps Storage Area, Czech Airlines,C/S/A, CINC, Service, and Agency
896CSC- Closed Spacelike Curve (relativity),Compact system camera,Computer Sciences Corporation,Computer Security Centre,CSCC Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists
897CSERIAC, (U.S. DoD) Crew Systems Ergonomics Information Analysis Center
898CSG, Corps Support Group
899CSI,see entry
900CSICOP, Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (became the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in 2006)
901CSIP, Commercial Stable Image Platform (AMD)
902CSK, Czechoslovakia (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1993)
903CSL, U.K. Central Science Laboratory
904CSPI, Center for Science in the Public Interest
905CSR, Control Supply Rate
906CSR, Corporate Social Responsibility [1]
907CSRC, Conflict Studies Research Centre
908CSRF, Cross-Site Request Forgery
909CST, Central Standard Time (UTC6 hours)
910CT, Computed tomography (medical scan also known as a CAT scan),Central Time zone,Chrono Trigger (Computer/Video games), Connecticut (postal symbol),Canterbury (postal symbol),Chhattisgarh (Indian state code)
911CTBT, Comprehensive [Nuclear] Test Ban Treaty
912CTDB, Compact Terrain Data Base (file format)
913CTE- Canton and Enderbury Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984), Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
914CTGF, connective tissue growth factor
915CTI, Co-operative Target Identification
916CTIL, Critical Tracked Items List
917CTIS, Central Tire Inflation System
918CTMS, Clinical Trial Management System
919CTO, Chief Technical Officer,Chief Technology Officer
920CTS, Clear-To-Send,Collective Training Standards,Communications Technology Service,Contract Technical Services,Conversation Time Sharing,COSMIC Top Secret
921CTSS, Compatible Time-Sharing System
922CTU, Counter Terrorist Unit (fictional branch of the Central Intelligence Agency in the television action series 24)
923CTVT, Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour
924cu, Old Church Slavonic language (ISO 639-1 code)
925Cu, Copper (Latin Cuprum)
926CU, Carrie Underwood,Cuba (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
927CUB, Cuba (ISO 3166 trigram)
928CUCV, Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle
929CUP, Cuban peso (ISO 4217 currency code)
930CUPS, Common Unix Printing System
931CUPW, Canadian Union of Postal Workers
932CUREA, Consortium for Undergraduate Research and Education in Astronomy
933CuW, Copper-tungsten pseudo-alloy (from the chemical symbols of the two component elements)
934CUW, Curaçao (ISO 3166 trigram)
935cv, Chuvash language (ISO 639-1 code)
936CV,many, including curriculum vitae (résumé); see entry
937CVE, Cape Verde escudo (ISO 4217 currency code)
938CVLL, Crypto Variable Logic Label
939CVS, Concurrent Versions System
940CVSD, Continuous Variable Slope Delta (modulation)
941CVT, Continuously Variable Transmission
942CW, Continuous Wave,Clothes Washer, Cook Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
943CWC, Chemical Weapons Convention
944CWS, Canadian Wildlife Service
945CWRU, Case Western Reserve University
946CX, Christmas Island (ISO 3166 digram),One Hundred and Ten (in Roman numerals)
947CXR, Christmas Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
948cy, Welsh language (ISO 639-1 code)
949CY, Calendar year, Cyprus (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
950cym, Welsh language (ISO 639-2 code)
951CYM, Cayman Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
952CYP, Cyprus (ISO 3166 trigram),Cyprus pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
953CZE, Czech Republic (ISO 3166 trigram)
954CZK, Czech koruna (ISO 4217 currency code)
955CZF, (Christian Zombie Fan)
956CZMA, (US) Coastal Zone Management Act
957d, Deci
958D, Deuterium
959da, Danish language (ISO 639-1 code),deca
960DA, Denmark (FIPS 10-4 country code), Debtors Anonymous, U.S. Department of the Army,District Attorney
961DAB,Digital Audio Broadcasting
962DAES, Defence Acquisition Executive Summary,(UK MoD) Directorate of Analysis, Experimentation and Simulation
963DAF, Dissolved Air Flotation, a technique used in water treatment
964DAFIF, Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File
965DAK, Disney's Animal Kingdom
966dan, Danish language (ISO 639-2 code)
967DAO, Division Ammunition Officer
968DAQ, Data acquisition, Delivered Audio Quality
969DARE, Drug Abuse Resistance Education
970DARO,(i/a) (U.S.) Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
971DARPA, U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
972DART, Disaster Assistance Response Team,Dublin Area Rapid Transit
973DAS, Defensive Aids Suite
974DASD, (U.S.) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
975DASL, Datapoint's Advanced Systems Language
976DAU, (U.S.) Defense Acquisition University
977DAWN, (U.S.) Drug Abuse Warning Network
978dB, Decibel
979Db, Dubnium
980DB, Database,Deutsche Bahn
981DBA, De Bellis Antiquitatis (miniature wargaming rules)
982DBBL, (U.S. Army Simulation Center) Dismounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
983DBCS, Double Byte Character Set
984DBDO, Desert BDO
985DBE, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
986DBF, Detection By Fire (weapon launch signature)
987DBR, De Bellis Renationis (miniature wargaming rules)
988DBRA, Davis-Bacon Related Acts
989DBS, Direct Broadcast Services (television)
990DC, da capo,Italian Democrazia Cristiana,Digital Compass,Direct Current, District of Columbia (postal symbol), Douglas Aircraft Company,Dublin Core,Duty Cycle
991DCA, Defensive Counter Air,Drum Corps Associates, DiChloroAcetate, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (IATA code)
992DCAA, (U.S.) Defense Contract Audit Agency
993DCAS, Devon and Cornwall Archery Society
994DCC, Dallas Christian College
995DCCP, Datagram Congestion Control Protocol
996DCD, [Organ] Donation after Cardiac Death
997DCE, Data Communication Equipment
998DCFC, Death Cab for Cutie
999DCI, Detection, Classification and Identification,Drum Corps International,Duellists' Convocation International, now known simply by the initials
1000DCIM, Digital Camera Images
1001DCL,Disney Cruise Line
1002DCN,Deacon
1003DCOM,Disney Channel Original Movie
1004DCOP, Desktop Communication Protocol
1005DCSOPS, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and plans
1006DCW, Digital Chart of the World
1007DCYSC, Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge
1008DD,many, including due diligence and dear daughter (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists, blogs, and bulletin boards); see entry
1009DDA- Digital Differential Analyzer (graphics algorithm),Digital Differential Analyzer,Deputy District Attorney
1010DDD- Data Display Debugger,Digital Digital Digital (CD mastering)
1011DDL, Digital Data Link
1012DDN, U.S. Defense Data Network
1013DDoS, Distributed Denial of Service
1014DDS, Doctor of Dental Surgery
1015DDT- Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (insecticide),Dynamic Debugging Tool (computing),DE[edit]
1016de, German language (ISO 639-1 code)
1017DE, Delaware (postal symbol),Germany (ISO 3166 digram)
1018DEA, Drug Enforcement Administration
1019DEA, Drug Enforcement Agency
1020DEC,(a/i) Department of Environmental Conservation,Digital Equipment Corporation,Disasters Emergency Committee
1021DeCA, (U.S.) Defense Commissary Agency
1022DECT, Digital European Cordless Telephone
1023DEFCON, Defence readiness condition
1024DEFRA, (UK) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
1025DELT, Dual Ended Line Test (ing)
1026DEM, Data Exchange Mechanism,Digital Elevation Model
1027DEN, Denmark (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
1028DEPSECDEF, (U.S.) Deputy Secretary of Defense
1029DERA, British Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (1995-2001)
1030DES, Deep Ecliptic Survey
1031deu, German language (ISO 639-2 code)
1032DEU, Germany (ISO 3166 trigram)
1033DFAS, (U.S.) Defense Finance and Accounting Service
1034DFCB, Data Format Control Book
1035DfID, UK Department for International Development
1036DFM, Dynamic Flowgraph Methodology
1037DFM,(ii) Discrete Field Model see Superluminal motion
1038DFSP, Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
1039DfT, UK Department for Transport
1040DFTBA, Don't Forget To Be Awesome- a term commonly used by the Vlogbrothers
1041DGPS, Differential GPS
1042DGZ, Desired Ground Zero
1043DH, dear husband (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists, blogs, and bulletin boards),Designated hitter
1044DHA, DocosaHexaenoic Acid
1045DHHS, (U.S.) Department of Health and Human Services
1046DHL, Dalsey, Hillblom, and Lynn (courier service)
1047DHRA, (U.S.) DoD Human Resources Activity
1048DHS, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
1049DHSS, UK Department of Health and Social Security
1050DHTFYSS, U.S. Don't Have Time For You Silly S****
1051DHY, Dahomey (ISO 3166 trigram; became BEN for Benin in 1977)
1052DIA, U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
1053DIAC, Department of Immigration and Citizenship (Australia) [1]
1054DiC,Design Island Centre (computing usually used in a teaching situation)
1055DICASS, DIrectional Command Activated Sonobuoy System
1056DIF, Data Interchange Format
1057DIFAR, DIrectional Frequency Analysis and Recording
1058DIME, Dense Inert Metal Explosive
1059DIMM, Dual In-line Memory Module (computing)
1060DINKY, Double Income, No Kids Yet
1061DIP, Dual In-line Package (electronics)
1062DIPS, Defense independent pitching statistics
1063DIR, Defence Industrial Research
1064DIS- Defence Intelligence Staff,(U.S.) Defense Investigative Service,Distributed Interactive Simulation,Draft International Standard (ISO)
1065DISA- U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency,Distinguished Individual Service Award
1066DISCOM, Division Support Command
1067DISE, Deployable Intelligence Support Element
1068DISSTAF, DIS Search and Target Acquisition Fidelity experiment
1069DITY,(i/a) Do-It-Yourself
1070div, Dhivehi language (ISO 639-2 code)
1071DIVAD, Division Air Defence
1072DIY, Do It Yourself
1073DJ, Disc Jockey,Dinner Jacket, Djibouti (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1074DJD, Degenerative Joint Disease,Dublin Julian Day,Discoveries in the Judaean Desert
1075DJF, Djibouti franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
1076DJI, Djibouti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1077DJS, Director, Joint Staff
1078DK, Denmark (ISO 3166 digram)
1079DKK, Danish krone (ISO 4217 currency code)
1080DL,Dexter's Laboratory
1081DLA, U.S. Defense Logistics Agency, Dental Laboratories Association
1082DLIC, Detachment Left-In-Contact
1083DLIR, Depot-Level Inspection and Repair
1084DLL, Dynamic Link Library
1085DLPMC, DorsoLateral PreMotor Cortex
1086DLR, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German, German Aerospace Centre),Docklands Light Railway
1087DLRP, Data Link Reference Point
1088DLS, Deep Lens Survey
1089DLSA, (U.S.) Defense Legal Services Agency
1090DLSc, Diploma in Library Science
1091DLSC, U.S. Defense Logistics Services Center,U.S. Defense Logistics Support Command,Department of Library Special Collections (Western Kentucky University Libraries),Direct Loan Servicing Center,Directorate of Land Strategic Concepts (Canada),Dominican Lay Scholars Community
1092DLTBGYD,Don't let the bastards grind you down
1093DM- Dominica (ISO 3166 digram), Dungeon Master (role-playing games)
1094DMA- Designated market area (primarily a U.S. term),U.S. Defense Mapping Agency (became NIMA, then NGA),Direct Memory Access (computing), Dominica (ISO 3166 trigram)
1095DMC, (U.S.) Defense Management Council
1096DMCA,Digital Millennium Copyright Act
1097DMI, Desktop Management Interface (computing)
1098DMM,Digital Multimeter
1099DMOC, Distributed Mission Operations Centre
1100DMPA, (U.S.) Defense Medical Programs Activity
1101DMPFC, DorsoMedial PreFrontal Cortex
1102DMPK, Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
1103DMRB, Design Manual for Roads and Bridges
1104DMS, U.S. Defense Message System
1105DMSP, U.S. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
1106DMT, Dimethyltryptamine
1107DMU, Diesel Multiple Unit, a method of connecting self-propelled railway vehicles together to form a train under the control of one driver.
1108DMV, Department of Motor Vehicles
1109DMZ, DeMilitarized Zone
1110DN, Deacon
1111DNA, U.S. Defense Nuclear Agency,DeoxyriboNucleic Acid,Douglas Noël Adams
1112DNAW, Day Night All Weather
1113DND, Department of National Defence (Canada),Do Not Disturb
1114DNDi, Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
1115DNDO, U.S. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
1116DNM, Defence Nuclear Material
1117DNK, Denmark (ISO 3166 trigram)
1118DNR, Do Not Resuscitate
1119DNS, Domain Name System
1120DO, Dominica (FIPS 10-4 country code),Dominican Republic (ISO 3166 digram), Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
1121DOA, Dead On Arrival,Dead or Alive
1122DOB, Date Of Birth
1123DOD, U.S. Department of Defense
1124DODAF, U.S. Department of Defense Architectural Framework
1125DoDD, U.S. Department of Defense Directive
1126DoDEA, (U.S.) Department of Defense Education Activity
1127DOE,(i/a) U.S. Department of Energy
1128DOHC, Dual-OverHead-Cam engine
1129DOI, Digital Object Identifier,U.S. Department of the Interior
1130DOP, Dominican peso (ISO 4217 currency code)
1131DORA, Defence of the Realm Act
1132DOS, Denial of Service (DoS, cf. DDoS),Density of State,Disk Operating System
1133DOT, Department of Transportation (U.S. federal or state),Damage Over Time (common in World of Warcraft)
1134DOTA,short-form for DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS a popular online epic game
1135DotD, Deal of the Day (marketing gimmick)
1136DOTMLPF, Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership, Personnel, and Facilities (mnemonic)
1137DOW, Died of Wounds
1138DP, Division de production (Algerian petroleum company)
1139DP, Decision Point,Dynamic Programming
1140DPA, UK Defence Procurement Agency
1141DPCO, Double-Pole Change Over
1142DPDT, Double-Pole Double-Throw
1143DPICM, Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition
1144DPKO, UN Department for Peacekeeping Operations
1145DPMO, (U.S.) Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
1146DPPDB, Digital Point Positioning Database
1147DPRE, Displaced Person or Refugee (plural Displaced Persons and Refugees) (originally Displaced Persons, Refugees, Evacuees)
1148DPRK, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
1149DPST, Double-Pole Single-Throw
1150DQ, Dairy Queen, Jarvis Island (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1151DR, Dead Reckoning, Dominican Republic (FIPS 10-4 country code), Danmarks Radio (Danish Broadcasting Corporation)
1152DRA, Defence Research Agency (UK, 1991-1995),Democratic Republic of America
1153DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1154DRDC, Defence Research & Development Canada
1155DREA,(i/a) Defence Research Establishment Atlantic (obsolete 2002)
1156DRES,(i/a) Defence Research Establishment Suffield (obsolete 2002)
1157DRET,(i/a) Defence Research Establishment Toronto (obsolete 2002)
1158DREV,(i/a) Defence Research Establishment Valcartier (obsolete 2002)
1159DRI, Detection, Recognition, Identification,Dietary Reference Intake
1160DRIC,(i/a) (U.S.) Defense Research Information Center
1161DRL, Daytime Running Lights,Dorman Roberts Ltd.
1162DRM, Digital Rights Management
1163DRMS, (U.S.) Defense Revitalization and Marketing Service
1164DRPR, Drawing Practices
1165DRT, Document Related Technologies
1166Ds, Darmstadtium
1167DS- Dear son (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists, blogs, and bulletin boards),Defence Scientist,Direct Support, Dust Storm (METAR Code)
1168DSA- (U.S.) Defense Support Activities,Division Support Area
1169DSAA- (U.S.) Defense Security Assistance Agency,Driving Schools Association of the Americas,DECT Standard Authentication Algorithm
1170DSAS, Disney Sing Along Songs
1171DSB, (U.S.) Defense Science Board
1172DSC- Differential Scanning Calorimeter,Digital Selective Calling,Digital Still Camera,Distinguished Service Cross,Doctor of Surgical Chiropody (obsolete),Document structure convention (PostScript programming),Dynamic Stability Control
1173DSCS, U.S. Defense Satellite Communications System
1174DSCSOC, DSCS Operations Center
1175DSD, Defence Studies Department (King's College, London)
1176DSE, Dry Sheep Equivalent
1177DSG,Direct-Shift Gearbox
1178DSID, Dismounted Soldier Identification System
1179DSL, Digital Subscriber Line
1180DSLR, Digital single-lens reflex (camera)
1181DSM, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
1182DSN, Deep Space Network
1183DSP- Defense Standardization Program,Defense Support Program,Digital Signal Processing
1184DSPL, Design Specialists and Plans Language
1185DSR, Deformed Special Relativity
1186DSRV- Deaf Sports Recreation Victoria,Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle
1187DSS- Digitized Sky Survey,Discarding-Sabot Shell (ammunition)
1188DST, Daylight saving time
1189DSTL, British Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
1190DSWA, (U.S.) Defense Special Weapons Agency
1191DTA, Dental Technologists Association
1192DTD, Digital Terrain Data
1193DTE, Data Terminal Equipment,Down To Earth
1194DTG, Date-Time Group
1195DTH, Direct To Home (television)
1196DTI, UK Department of Trade and Industry
1197DTIC, (U.S.) Defense Technical Information Center
1198DTL, Diode-Transistor Logic (electronics)
1199DTMF, Dual-tone multi-frequency signaling
1200DTLOMS, Doctrine, Training, Leader development, Organization, Materiel, and Soldier (mnemonic)
1201DTO, Disruptive Technology Office (was ARDA)
1202DTOMLS, Doctrine, Training, Organization, Materiel, Leader and Soldier development (mnemonic)
1203DTR, Determine The Relationship
1204DTSA, (U.S.) Defense Technology Security Administration
1205DU- Depleted Uranium, Dust (METAR Code)
1206DUI- Data Use Identifier,Data Use Institute,Davis Unified Ignition,Diving Unlimited International,Documento Único de Identidad,Documento Unico de Importación,Driving Under the Influence,Duke University Improv
1207DUMBO, Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass (Brooklyn neighborhood)
1208DUSD, (U.S.) Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense
1209dv, Dhivehi language (ISO 639-1 code)
1210DVD, Digital Versatile Disk (was Digital Video Disk)
1211DVLC, UK Driver and Vehicle Licencing Centre
1212DVM, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
1213DVO, Direct View Optics
1214DVOM,Digital Volt-Ohm Meter
1215DVP,various meanings (disambiguation page)
1216DW, Drum Workshop
1217DWI, Dance With Intensity,Danish West Indies,Diffusion-weighted imaging,Direct water injection,Disaster Welfare Inquiry,Drinking Water Inspectorate,Driving While Intoxicated/Impaired
1218DWM, Doctor Who Magazine
1219DWIM, Do What I Mean
1220DWTS, Dancing with the Stars
1221DWW, Down with Webster
1222DX- Dexterity (role-playing games), DeXtrorphan,Distant (radio), D-Generation X (professional wrestling stable)
1223DXA, Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry
1224DXM, DeXtroMethorphan
1225Dy, Dysprosium
1226DY, Dahomey (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1977)
1227dz, Dzongkha language (ISO 639-1 code)
1228DZ, Algeria (ISO 3166 digram),Drizzle (METAR Code), Drop Zone
1229DZA, Algeria (ISO 3166 trigram)
1230DZD, Algerian dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
1231dzo, Dzongkha language (ISO 639-2 code)
1232E, East
1233EA, Electronic Attack,Emotions Anonymous,Engagement Area,Electronic Arts,Enrolled Agent,Environmental Assessment,Enterprise Architect, Exaampere
1234EABU, Explain Acronyms Before Use
1235EAC, Echelons Above Corps
1236EAPC, Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
1237EASA, European Aviation Safety Agency
1238EAST, Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
1239EBD, Electronic Brake Distribution
1240EBE, Extraterrestrial Biological Entity
1241EBO,(i/a) Effects Based Operations,Encyclopædia Britannica Online,European Board of Ophthalmology
1242EBSA, Employee Benefits Security Administration
1243EBW, Electron Beam Welding
1244EBW, Exploding BridgeWire
1245ECB- England (and Wales) Cricket Board,European Central Bank
1246ECBR, European Coalition for Biomedical Research
1247ECASS, European Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences [1]
1248ECCM, Electronic Counter-Counter-Measures
1249ECFS, Electronic Case Filing System
1250ECG, Electrocardiogram
1251ECHO- Each Community Helps Others (EPA programme),Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization,European Commission Host Organization,European Commission Humanitarian aid Office, Exchange Clearing House,Expanded Characteristic Option, Explanatory Coherence by Harmony Optimization
1252ECHR, European Convention on Human Rights
1253ECJ, European Court of Justice
1254ECL, Emitter Coupled Logic (electronics)
1255ECM- Electronic Counter-Measures,Enterprise Content Management
1256ECommHR, European Commission on Human Rights
1257ECS- Emergency Contact System,Enhanced Chip Set (computing),EOSDIS Core System,Extended Chip Set (computing)
1258ECSC, European Coal and Steel Community (distant ancestor of the EU)
1259ECT, ElectroConvulsive Therapy
1260ECtHR, European Court of Human Rights
1261ECU- Ecuador (ISO 3166 trigram), European Currency Unit (ancestor of the euro)
1262ECW- Eastern Championship Wrestling/Extreme Championship Wrestling,ED[edit]
1263EDA, European Defence Agency
1264EDAC, Error Detection And Correction
1265EDCS, Environmental Data Coding Specification
1266EDD- Earliest due date,Electron-detachment dissociation,Elena Delle Donne (American basketball player),Employment Development Department (California state agency),End-diastolic dimension,Expected Date of Delivery (pregnancy)
1267EDGAR, Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings database)
1268EDH, Eastman Dental Hospital
1269EDS- Electronic Data Systems,Electronic Differential System
1270EDSA, Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (a major thoroughfare in Manila with great significance to post-1980 Philippines history)
1271EDT, Eastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC4 hours)
1272EDTA- Electric Drive Transportation Association, EthyleneDiamineTetraAcetic acid,EE[edit]
1273ee, Ewe language (ISO 639-1 code)
1274EE- Estonia (ISO 3166 digram; from the country's native name of Eesti), Electrical engineering,Electrical Engineer,E&E, Escape and Evasion (training)
1275EEC, European Economic Community (predecessor of the EU)
1276EEG, ElectroEncephaloGram
1277EEK, Estonian kroon (ISO 4217 currency code)
1278EENT, End Evening Nautical Twilight
1279EEO, Equal Employment Opportunity
1280EEOC, (U.S.) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1281EEZ, Economic Exclusion Zone or Exclusive Economic Zone
1282EF- Electro-focus (Canon lens mount),Entry Foyer, Exafarad
1283EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation
1284EFL,English as a Foreign Language
1285EFM, Enterprise Feedback Management
1286EFOA, European Fuel Oxygenates Association
1287EFSA, European Food Safety Authority
1288EFT, Electronic Fund Transfer
1289EFTA- European Free Trade Area, European Free Trade Association
1290EFV, Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle
1291EG, Egypt (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1292EGBUS, External Genitalia, Bartholin's glands, Urethra & Skene's glands
1293EGCG, EpiGalloCatechin-3-Gallate
1294EGIS, Erieye Ground Interface Segment
1295EGP, Egyptian pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
1296EGRET, Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope
1297EGY, Egypt (ISO 3166 trigram)
1298EH, Exahenry,Western Sahara (ISO 3166 digram)
1299EHA- Education for All Handicapped Children Act (U.S. federal legislation; since superseded by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), Emotional Health Anonymous
1300EHF, Extremely High Frequency
1301EHR, Equipment History Record
1302Ei, Exbi
1303EI, Ireland (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Éire)
1304EIA, Environmental Impact Assessment
1305EIAH,Environnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain
1306EIAH,Encyclopedia of Iranian Architectural History
1307EIC,East India Company
1308EICS,East India Company's Service
1309eID,electronic ID
1310EIRP, Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
1311EIS, Environmental Impact Statement
1312EJ, Exajoule
1313EK, Equatorial Guinea (FIPS 10-4 country code),Exakelvin
1314EKG, Electrocardiogram (from German Elektrokardiogramm)
1315EKMS, Electronic Key Management System
1316el, Greek language (ISO 639-1 code)
1317EL, Exalitre
1318ELF-(a/i) Earth Liberation Front,Endangered Language Fund,Eritrean Liberation Front,Executable and Linkable Format,Extremely Low Frequency
1319ELINT, Electronic Intelligence
1320ell, Greek language (ISO 639-2 code)
1321ELL, English Language Learner
1322ELM, Edge-Localised Mode (plasma physics)
1323ELO, Electric Light Orchestra
1324ELP- Emerson, Lake & Palmer,European Left Party
1325ELSS, Emergency Life Support Stores
1326ELT, Emergency Locator Transmitter
1327Em, Exametre
1328EM, ElectroMagnetism/ElectroMagnetic
1329EMA,(i/a) European Medicines Agency
1330EMC- Electric Membership Corporation,Electromagnetic Compatibility,Electro-Motive Corporation,European Muon Collaboration,Evergreen Marine Corporation
1331EMCON, (Electromagnetic) Emissions Control
1332EMD- General Motors Electro-Motive Division,Engineering and Manufacturing Development,European Missile Defence
1333EMDG, Euro-Missile Dynamics Group
1334EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
1335EMEA, Europe, Middle East and Africa
1336EMF- Electromotive force,Epsom Mad Funkers (1990s-2000s indie dance band)
1337EMG, ElectroMyoGraph
1338EMO, Emergency Measures Organisation- Emotional
1339EMP, ElectroMagnetic Pulse
1340EMS, Emergency Medical Services
1341EMT, Emergency Medical Technician
1342EMU, Electric Multiple Unit,a method of connecting self-propelled railway vehicles together to form a train under the control of one driver.
1343en, English language (ISO 639-1 code)
1344EN- Corps of Engineers, Estonia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Exanewton
1345ENCODE, Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (human genome data project)
1346ENE, East North-East
1347eng, English language (ISO 639-2 code)
1348ENG, England (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
1349ENT, Ear, Nose and Throat
1350ENTEC, Euro NATO Training Engineer Centre
1351ENVL, Envelope
1352ENY, Enemy
1353eo, Esperanto language (ISO 639-1 code)
1354EO- Electro-Optics,Engagement Operations
1355EOD, Explosive Ordnance Disposal
1356EOG, ElectroOculoGraphy
1357EOS- Earth Observation Satellite,(a/i) Electro-Optical System, Canon's autofocusing system for film and digital SLR cameras, Electrophoresis Operations in Space, a space manufacturing project of the McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company
1358EOSAT, Earth Observation Satellite
1359EOSDIS,(a/i) Earth Observation Satellite Data and Information System
1360EOTS- Electro-Optical Tactical Sensor,(a/i) Eye Of The Storm (World of Warcraft)
1361EOM, End of Message
1362EP, European Parliament
1363EP, Extended play
1364EPA- EicosaPentaenoic Acid, Environmental Protection Agency
1365EPCOT, Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow
1366EPCR- Endothelial protein C receptor,European Professional Club Rugby
1367EPGS, EOS Polar Ground Sites
1368EPIRB,(a/i) Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
1369EPL, English Premier League
1370epo, Esperanto language (ISO 639-2 code)
1371EPOS, Electronic Point Of Sale
1372EPPA, Employee Polygraph Protection Act
1373EPR, European Pressurised [Nuclear] Reactor
1374EPW- Earth Penetrator Weapon/Warhead,Economic and Political Weekly (Indian publication),Enemy Prisoner of War,EQ[edit]
1375EQ, Emotional Quotient
1376EQG, Equatorial Guinea (FIFA trigram, but not IOC or ISO 3166)
1377Er, Erbium
1378ER- Emergency Room, Eritrea (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1379ERA- Earned run average,Engineering Research Associates,Equal Rights Amendment,English Racing Automobiles,European Railway Agency
1380ERCIM,(a/i) European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
1381ERI, Eritrea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1382ERLAWS, Eastern Ruapehu Lahar Alarm and Warning System
1383ERN, Eritrean nakfa (ISO 4217 currency code)
1384EROS, Earth Resources Observation System
1385ERP, Engineer Regulating Point
1386ERR, Eesti Rahvusringhääling
1387ERS, Earth Resources Survey
1388ERTS, Earth Resources Technology Satellite (became Landsat)
1389ERV, Endogenous RetroVirus
1390es, Spanish language (ISO 639-1 code)
1391Es- Einsteinium,Exasecond
1392ES- El Salvador (FIPS 10-4 country code), Electronic warfare Support, Exasiemens,Spain (ISO 3166 digram; from the country's native name of España)
1393ESA- Electro-Spark Alloying,Endangered Species Act,European Space Agency
1394ESC- Embryonic Stem Cell,Electronic Stability Control
1395ESD, ElectroStatic Discharge
1396ESDP, European Security and Defence Policy
1397ESE, East South-East
1398ESH, Western Sahara (ISO 3166 trigram)
1399ESL, English as a Second Language
1400ESM, Electronic warfare Support Measures
1401ESO, European Southern Observatory
1402ESOL, English for Speakers of Other Languages
1403ESP- Electronic Stability Program,Extra-sensory perception, Spain (ISO 3166 trigram)
1404ESPGHAN,European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
1405ESPN, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
1406est, Estonian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1407EST- Eastern Standard Time (UTC5 hours), Estonia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1408ESU, Emergency Services Unit
1409ESV, Engineer Support Vehicle
1410et, Estonian language (ISO 639-1 code)
1411ET- Ethiopia (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1412Exatesla- Extra Terrestrial
1413ETB, Ethiopian Birr (ISO 4217 currency code)
1414ETF, Emergency Task Force (a special police unit, also jocularly said to stand for Extra-Thick Fuzz)
1415ETH, Ethiopia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1416ETI, Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
1417ETLA, Extended TLA
1418ETM- Electronic Technical Manual,Enhanced Thematic Mapper
1419ETOPS, Extended-range Twin-engine Operational Performance Standards (aviation)
1420ETT, Embedded Training Team
1421eu, Basque language (ISO 639-1 code)
1422Eu, Europium
1423EU- Europa Island (FIPS 10-4 country code), European Union
1424EUCOM, (U.S.) European Command
1425EUR, euro (ISO 4217 currency code)
1426eus, Basque language (ISO 639-2 code)
1427EUUSA, European Union and United States of America
1428EV, Exavolt
1429EVA- Earned Value Analysis,Economic value added,Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate,Extra-Vehicular Activity
1430EVIL, Electronic viewfinder (with) interchangeable lens (a type of digital camera)
1431EW, Electronic Warfare, Exawatt
1432ewe, Ewe language (ISO 639-2 code)
1433EWR, Newark Liberty International Airport (IATA airport code)
1434EWTN, Eternal Word Television Network
1435EXREP, Expeditious Repair (SM&R code)
1436EZ, Czech Republic (FIPS 10-4 country code), Extraction Zone
1437f, Femto
1438F, Farad,Fluorine
1439fa, Persian language (ISO 639-1 code)
1440FA,Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
1441fA, Femtoampere
1442FA, Field Artillery,Financial Aid,Football Association (England)
1443FAA, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration,Financial Aid Administrator,Fleet Air Arm,Functional Area Analysis
1444FAAD, Forward Area Air Defence
1445FAADEZ, Forward Area Air Defence Engagement Zone
1446FAAN, Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology
1447FAAFP,Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians
1448FAAN, Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
1449FAAQ,(a/i) Frequently Asked and Anticipated Questions (cf. FAQ)
1450FAASV, Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle
1451FAB, Feline Advisory Bureau (UK feline charity)
1452FAC, Forward Air Controller,Front of Allies for Change,Frontal Affinity Chromatography,Full Aperture Calibrator
1453FACA, (US) Federal Advisory Committee Act
1454FACH, Fuerza Aérea de Chile
1455FACN, Fellow of the American College of Nutrition
1456FACP, Fellow of the American College of Physicians
1457FACS, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Formal Aspects of Computing Science,Fluorescent-activated cell sorting
1458FACTS, Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System
1459FAD, Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide,Fuck A Duck, Funding Authorization Document
1460FAH, Federation of American Hospitals,Fine Arts and Humanities,Foreign Affairs Handbook
1461FAM, Foreign Affairs Manual
1462fao, Faroese language (ISO 639-2 code)
1463FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization
1464FAPA,Fellow of the American Psychological Association
1465FAPHA,Fellow of the American Public Health Association
1466FARP, Forward Arming and Refuelling Point / Forward Area Rearm/refuel Point
1467fas, Persian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1468FAS, Federation of American Scientists,Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
1469FASCAM, Family of Scatterable Mines[1]
1470FASD, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
1471FASEB,(a/i) Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
1472FAT, Field Artillery Tractor,File Allocation Table
1473FAVS, Future Armoured Vehicle System
1474FAW, Football Association of Wales
1475FB,Facebook, An on-line social network
1476FBCS, Fellow of the British Computer Society
1477FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
1478FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
1479FBIDST, Fellow of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
1480FBM, Board foot
1481FBR- Fast Breeder Reactor,Foundation for Biomedical Research,Friedman, Billings, Ramsey (now known as Arlington Asset Investment)
1482FBS-Federal Bureau of Statistics (Pakistan),Fetal bovine serum,Football Bowl Subdivision (U.S. college football),Fukuoka Broadcasting Corporation,FC[edit]
1483fC, Femtocoulomb
1484FC- Fire Control,Football Club, Funnel Cloud (METAR Code)
1485FCC, U.S. Federal Communications Commission
1486FCE, First Certificate in English
1487FCF, Financial Free Cash Flow
1488FCLA,Fraud Claims Law Associate
1489FCM- Federation of Canadian Municipalities,Fogarty's Cove Music
1490FCO, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1491FCW, Florida Championship Wrestling
1492FD, Falun Dafa
1493FDA, Food and Drug Administration (U.S.)
1494FDC, Federal Detention Center (U.S.),Fire Direction Centre
1495FDDI, Fibre Distributed Data Interface
1496FDBK,(I) Feedback
1497FDR, Flight Data Recorder,Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1498Fe, Iron (Latin Ferrum)
1499FE, Fully Exposed (armoured vehicle target, as opposed to Hull-Down)
1500FEAR, First Encounter Assault Recon,False Evidence Appears Real
1501FEAST,(a/i) Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation
1502FEATS, Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies link title
1503FEBA, Forward Edge of the Battle Area
1504FED,(a/i) Field emission display
1505FEDEP, Federation Development Process (Simulation)
1506FEF, Frontal Eye Field (neurophysiology)
1507FEMA-(a/i) Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association,(a/i) U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency,Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association
1508FENS,(a/i) Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
1509FEP, Firepower Enhancement Program,Fleet satellite (FLTSAT) Extremely high frequency (EHF) Package
1510FES, Flywheel Energy Storage
1511FEST, Frankfurt English Speaking Theatre link title
1512FET, Field-effect transistor
1513FEZ,(a/i) Fighter Engagement Zone
1514ff, Fula language (ISO 639-1 code)
1515fF, Femtofarad
1516FF- Final Fantasy, Firefox (Web browser)
1517FFA- Football Federation Australia,Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency,Free-Fire Area,Fusiform Face Area,Future Farmers of America (today the National FFA Organization)
1518FFB, Frum From Birth (referring to an observant Jew born into a religiously observant family)
1519FFC, Free For Chat
1520FFE, Fukuoka Futures Exchange
1521FFG, Guided Missile Frigate (hull classification symbol)
1522FFOV, Forward Field Of View
1523FFS, For Fuck's Sake
1524FFT- Fast Fourier Transform,Final Fantasy Tactics,FG[edit]
1525FG, Falun Gong
1526fg, Femtogram
1527FG, Fog (METAR Code),French Guiana (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1528FGR, Flickr Group Roulette
1529fH, Femtohenry
1530FHFIF, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
1531FHI, Family Health International, Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.
1532fi, Finnish language (ISO 639-1 code)
1533FI, Finland (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1534FIB, Fucking Illinois Bastard (Wisconsin slang, variants exist)
1535FIBUA,(i/a) Fighting In Built-Up Areas
1536FIC, Fellowship for Intentional Community
1537FID, Foreign Internal Defence
1538FIE, Fly-In Echelon
1539FIFO, First In, First Out
1540FIFRA, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
1541FIGJAM, Fuck I'm Good, Just Ask Me
1542fij, Fijian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1543FILO, First In, Last Out (see also LIFO)
1544FIMPT, Fellow of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1545fin, Finnish language (ISO 639-2 code)
1546FIN, Finland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1547FIPS, Federal Information Processing Standard
1548FIRES,Fever Induced Refractory Epilepsy Syndrome or Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome
1549FISH, Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridisation
1550FiST, Fire Support Team
1551FITS, Flexible Image Transport System
1552FIU, Florida International University
1553fj, Fijian language (ISO 639-1 code)
1554fJ, Femtojoule
1555FJ, Fiji (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1556FJD, Fiji dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
1557FJI, Fiji (ISO 3166 trigram)
1558FJN, Financial Job Network
1559fK, Femtokelvin
1560FK, Falkland Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1561FKP, Falkland Islands pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
1562FKSM, Fort Knox Supplemental Manual
1563FKT, Fastest Known Time
1564fL, Femtolitre
1565FL, Florida (postal symbol)
1566FLA, Florida, Front Line Assembly,Future Large Aircraft
1567FLAB, Four-letter abbreviation
1568FLAC,(a/i) Free Lossless Audio Codec
1569FLAC,(a/i) Free Legal Advice Centres
1570FLB, Forward Logistics Base
1571FLET,(a/i) Forward Line of Enemy Troops
1572FLG, Falun Gong
1573FLIP, Flight Information Publication
1574FLIR, Forward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
1575FLK, Falkland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1576FLOT,(a/i) Forward Line of Own Troops
1577FLSA, Fair Labor Standards Act
1578FLQ, Free Legal Questions
1579FLTSAT, Fleet Satellite
1580FLTSATCOM, Fleet Satellite Communication System
1581FLUBOS, Fat, Lazy, Useless, Bag Of Shit
1582FM, Factory Mutual http://fmglobal.com
1583fm, Femtometre
1584Fm, Fermium
1585FM- Federal Magistrate (Australian post-nominal), Federated States of Micronesia (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code), Field Manual,Flight Manager,Frequency Modulation (electronics)
1586FMC- Federal Magistrates' Court (an Australian federal court, formerly FMS),Food Machinery Corporation (original name of the company now known as FMC Corporation)
1587FMCA, Federal Magistrates' Court of Australia (used for citing decisions of the FMC other than family law decisions)
1588FMCAfam, Federal Magistrates' Court of Australia: family (used for citing family law decisions of the FMC)
1589FME, Formal Methods Europe
1590FMECA, Failure Modes and Effect Criticality Analysis
1591FMJD, Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames[2]
1592FMLA, Family Medical Leave Act
1593fMRI, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
1594FMSF, False Memory Syndrome Foundation
1595FMTV, Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles
1596FMCG, (Fast Moving Consumer Goods)
1597fN, Femtonewton
1598FNA, Functional Needs Analysis
1599fo, Faroese language (ISO 639-1 code)
1600FOAD, Fuck Off And Die
1601FOAF, Friend Of A friend
1602FoB, Free On Board (shipping)
1603FOB,(i/a) Forward Operating Base
1604FOC, Full Operational Capability,First of Class
1605FoE, Friends of the Earth
1606FOGC, Federal Oil and Gas Council
1607FOH, Front Of House
1608FOIA, Freedom of Information Act
1609FOM, Federation Object Model
1610FONSI, Finding of No Significant Impact
1611FOO, Forward Observation Officer
1612FOR, Field Of Regard,Frame Of Reference
1613Fortran, The IBM Mathematical FORmula TRANslating System (programming language)
1614FOS, Florida Ornithological Society,Full Operational Status
1615FoS, Family of Systems
1616FOSE, Fallout 3 Script Extender
1617FOSE, Federal Office Systems Expo
1618FOT, Free on truck
1619FOTA, Fellow of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
1620FOTC,Flight of the Conchords
1621FOUO, For Official Use Only
1622FOV, Field Of View
1623FP, French Polynesia (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1624fps, frames per second (motion pictures, television, computer graphics)
1625FPS- Fire Prevention System,First Person Shooter (computer/video games)
1626FOOP, Friends Of Organ Pipes (Volunteer group)
1627FQ, Baker Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code),French Southern and Antarctic Territories (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1979)
1628FQDN, Fully Qualified Domain Name
1629fr, French language (ISO 639-1 code)
1630Fr, Francium
1631FR, France (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1632fra, French language (ISO 639-2 code)
1633FRA- Federal Railroad Administration, France (ISO 3166 trigram)
1634FRAND, Fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (concept in standards-setting and intellectual property law)
1635FRCP- Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
1636FRICBM, Full Range ICBM
1637frr, North Frisian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1638FRO, Faroe Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1639FRS- Fellow of the Royal Society,U.S. Federal Reserve System
1640FRSA, Fellow of the Royal Society of Art
1641fry, West Frisian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1642FRY, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1643fs, Femtosecond
1644fS, Femtosiemens
1645FSA- Fire Support Area,UK Food Standards Agency,Functional Solution Analysis
1646FSC- Federal Supply Classification, Forest Stewardship Council (ecological pressure group
1647FSCL, Fire Support Co-ordination Line
1648FSE, Fire Support Element
1649FSF, Free Software Foundation
1650FSH, Follicle Stimulating Hormone
1651FSI, Fuel Stratified Injection
1652FSM- Federated States of Micronesia (ISO 3166 trigram), Flying Spaghetti Monster (satirical religion)
1653FSO- Fire Support Officer,Flotilla Staff Officer,Foreign Service Officer
1654FSS, Fire Support Station
1655FSSP, Families of Structurally Similar Proteins
1656FST- Finance Support Team,Finlands Svenska Television (Finland's Swedish-language television),Future Soviet Tank (Cold War era)
1657FSTC, Foreign Science Technology Center (now NGIC)
1658fT, Femtotesla
1659FTC, Federal Trade Commission
1660FTE, Full Time Equivalent
1661FTL, Faster Than Light
1662FTP, File Transfer Protocol
1663FTW, For The Win (a commonly used phrase used online to indicate success) F@#K The World, Forever Together Where ever (gang slogan)
1664FTS, Flight Termination System used during some rocket launches
1665FTS, Fuck That Shit
1666FU, Smoke (METAR Code)
1667FUBAR, Fucked/Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair
1668FUCK, For, Unlawful, Carnal, Knowledge (Van Halen album title)
1669FUD, Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt (marketing strategy)
1670ful, Fula language (ISO 639-2 code)
1671fV, Femtovolt
1672fW, Femtowatt
1673FW, Forward
1674FWC, Football World Cup
1675FWF, Fixed Word Format
1676FWI, French West Indies
1677FWIW, For What It's Worth
1678FWS, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1679FWT, Fresh Water Tank
1680FX, Firefox,Fox Extended, Metropolitan France (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1997),Special effect
1681FXX, Metropolitan France (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1997)
1682fy, West Frisian language (ISO 639-1 code)
1683FY, Fiscal Year, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (NATO country code)
1684FYA, For Your Agenda
1685FYDP, Five-Year Defense Plan (U.S.)
1686FYI, For Your Information
1687FYROM, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
1688FZDZ, Freezing Drizzle (METAR Code)
1689FZFG, Freezing Fog (METAR Code)
1690FZRA, Freezing Rain (METAR Code)
1691g, Gram
1692G, Gauss, General Audiences (movie rating)
1693G1, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Personnel
1694G2, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Intelligence
1695G3,many, including Heckler & Koch G3; see entry, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Operations and Plans
1696G4, Generation Four PowerPC microprocessor, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Logistics
1697G5, Generation Five PowerPC microprocessor, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Public Affairs
1698G6, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Information Technology, Group of 6 (France, Germany, United States, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy) (1975)
1699G7, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Training, Group of 7 (G6 + Canada) (1976)
1700G8, Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Finance, Group of 8 (G7 + Russia) (1998)
1701G10, Group of 10 (G7 + Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland; numbering 11 in fact)
1702G15, Group of 15 (subset of G77, formed 1989: Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Venezuela and Zimbabwe; currently numbers 17)
1703G20, Group of 20 (G8 + Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey + current European Union presiding country) (1999)
1704G24, Group of 24 (subset of G77, formed 1971: Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Iran, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Syria, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela)
1705G77, Group of 77 (issued from the United Nations Conference on Commerce and Development, 1964; currently numbers 133)
1706Ga, Gallium,Gigaannum
1707GA, Gabon (ISO 3166 digram),The Gambia (FIPS 10-4 country code), Gamblers Anonymous,Georgia (postal symbol),Gigaampere,Goa (Indian state code)
1708GAAR, General Anti-Avoidance Rule (tax evasion)
1709GAB, Gabon (ISO 3166 trigram)
1710GABA, Gamma-AminoButyric Acid
1711GAD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
1712GAF, Garfield and Friends
1713GALCIT, Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
1714GAO, U.S. Government Accountability Office
1715GAW, Global Atmospheric Watch
1716GB, Gabon (FIPS 10-4 country code),United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 digram) [glamour boy 7-9/10]
1717GBBC, Great (Global) Backyard Bird Count
1718GBE, Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
1719GBH- Great Bash Heel (Japanese professional wrestling stable),Gregory Bonner Hale (British design and advertising agency),Grievous bodily harm
1720GBP, United Kingdom pound sterling (ISO 4217 currency code)
1721GBR, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1722GBU, Glide-Bomb Unit,Global Business Unit
1723GC- East Germany (NATO country code; obsolete 1990), General classification (cycling),General counsel,George Cross (British civil decoration), Gigacoulomb [Grindr cruise]
1724GCA, Graduate in Claims Administration
1725GCD,see entry
1726GCF, Greatest Common Factor
1727GCI, Ground-controlled interception
1728GCN, Gamma-ray burst Coordination Network
1729GCS, Global Coordinate System
1730GCSE, General Certificate of Secondary Education (UK)
1731gd, Scottish Gaelic language (ISO 639-1 code)
1732Gd, Gadolinium
1733GD, Grenada (ISO 3166 digram)
1734GDC, Game Developers Conference,General Dental Council
1735GDL, Game Definition Language
1736GDP, General Dental Practitioner (UK),Gross Domestic Product
1737GDR, German Democratic Republic (cf. DDR)
1738GDR, General Distribution Release (Microsoft Term for a software service release; between Hotfix and Service Pack)
1739GDW, Game Designers Workshop
1740Ge, Germanium
1741GE, General Electric,Genetic Engineering (cf. GM), Georgia (ISO 3166 digram)
1742GEBCO, General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans
1743GEC, Great Engineering Challenge
1744GED, General Educational Development (high school equivalency credential in the U.S. and Canada)
1745GEEP, Geophysical Equipment Exploration Platform
1746GEL, Georgian lari (ISO 4217 currency code),Gilbert and Ellice Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1977)
1747GEMA, Gas and Electricity Markets Authority,Georgia Emergency Management Agency, Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (German performance rights organisation), Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance
1748GEN, Full General (four stars) in the U.S. Army
1749GEO, Geostationary Earth Orbit, Georgia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1750GEOS, Graphical Environment Operating System
1751GEQ, Equatorial Guinea (IOC trigram, but not FIFA or ISO 3166)
1752GER, Germany (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
1753GeV, Gigaelectron-volt
1754GEV, Ground Effect Vehicle
1755GF- French Guiana (ISO 3166 digram),Gigafarad
1756GFCF- Gluten-free, casein-free diet,Gross fixed capital formation
1757GFCI, Ground Fault Circuit Interruptor (aka GFI)
1758GFDL, GNU Free Documentation License
1759GFE- Girlfriend experience (used in escort services),Good Faith Estimate,Government Furnished Equipment
1760GFI, Ground Fault Interruptor (aka GFCI)
1761GFL, German Football League (Germany's Bundesliga for American football; the English-language name is used in German without translation)
1762GFN, Global Footprint Network
1763GG, Georgia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1764GGK,Good God Karma
1765GGP- General Game Playing,General Growth Properties (U.S. shopping center owner),GH[edit]
1766GH, Ghana (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code),Gigahenry
1767GHA, Ghana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1768GHB, gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid
1769GHC, Ghanan cedi (ISO 4217 currency code)
1770Gi, Gibi
1771GI, Galvanised Iron,Gastro-Intestinal,General Issue, Gibraltar (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code), Government Issue
1772GIB, Gibraltar (ISO 3166 trigram)
1773GIF, Graphics Interchange Format
1774GIG, Global Information Grid
1775GIGO, Garbage In Garbage Out (computing)
1776GIMP, GNU Image Manipulation Program
1777GIN, Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram), Guidelines International Network
1778GINK,Going Insane Not Knowing,orig. Colorado 2010 M.Kalfas
1779GINO, Godzilla In Name Only
1780GIP, Gibraltar pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
1781GIS, Geographic Information System, Google Image Search
1782GISS,(a/i) General Impression of Size and Shape,Goddard Institute for Space Studies
1783GJ, Gigajoule,Grenada (FIPS 10-4 country code),Gujarat (Indian state code)
1784GJD, Geocentric Julian Day
1785GK, Gigakelvin,Guernsey (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1786gl, Galician language (ISO 639-1 code)
1787GL- Gigalitre, Graphics Language, Greenland (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code), Grenade Launcher
1788gla, Scottish Gaelic language (ISO 639-2 code)
1789GLAAD, Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
1790GLAC, General Ledger Accounting Code
1791GLAST, Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
1792GLBA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
1793GLC, Gas-liquid chromatography
1794gle, Irish language (ISO 639-2 code)
1795glg, Galician language (ISO 639-2 code)
1796GLINT- Gallium-arsenide Laser Illuminator for Night TV,Gated Laser Illuminator for Narrow Television, Gated Laser Intensifier (tape),Gospel Literature International,Graphical Linux Installation Tool
1797GLP, Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 trigram)
1798GLUT,(a/i) OpenGL Utility Toolkit
1799glv, Manx language (ISO 639-2 code)
1800GLV, Gained Life Value
1801Gm, Gigametre
1802GM- The Gambia (ISO 3166 digram), GameMaster (role-playing),General Motors,Genetically Modified, Germany (FIPS 10-4 country code), Guru Meditation (computing)
1803GMAC- General Motors Acceptance Corporation, the original name of the company now known as Ally Financial,Graduate Management Admission Council,G-MAC, Great Midwest Athletic Conference
1804GMB- The Gambia (ISO 3166 trigram), General, Municipal, Boilermakers (and Allied Trade Union)
1805GMC- U.K. General Medical Council,Gospel Music Channel
1806GMD, Gambian dalasi (ISO 4217 currency code)
1807GMFSC, Ground Mobile Forces Satellite Communications
1808GMI- Generic Model Interface,Geometry Model Instance
1809GML-Generalized Markup Language,Geography Markup Language,Game Maker Language,Graph Modelling Language,Graphical Motion Language,GUI Markup Language
1810GMO, Genetically Modified Organism
1811GMPCS, Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite
1812GMT- Giant Magellan Telescope,Greenwich Mean Time,GN[edit]
1813gn, Guaraní language (ISO 639-1 code)
1814GN- Giganewton,Guinea (ISO 3166 digram)
1815GNAS, Grand National Archery Society
1816GNB, Guinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 trigram)
1817GNF, Guinean franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
1818GNOME, GNU Network Object Model Environment
1819GNP, Gross National Product
1820GNQ, Equatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1821GnRH, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
1822GNU, GNU's Not Unix
1823GO, Glorioso Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1824GOA- General of the Army (United States only), Gun Owners of America
1825GOAT, Greatest of all time (LL Cool J album title)
1826GOC, General Officer Commanding
1827GOES, Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
1828GOP, Grand Old Party
1829gorp, granola, oats, raisins, peanuts (another name for trail mix), probably a backronym
1830GOSC,(a/i) General Officer Steering Committee
1831GOSH, Great Ormond Street Hospital
1832GOSP, Gas/Oil Separation Plant
1833GOTS, Government off-the-shelf
1834GOYADIN, Get Off Your Arse, Do It Now (anti-procrastination mantra)
1835GP, General Practitioner,General Purpose,Grand Prix, Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1836GPA, Grade Point Average
1837GPC, Global Path Cache
1838GPG, GNU Privacy Guard
1839GPIB, General-Purpose Instrumentation/Interface Bus
1840GPL, GNU General Public License
1841GPMP, General Purpose Macro Processor
1842GPO, General Post Office
1843GPPC, Genetics and Public Policy Center
1844GPR, Ground-Penetrating Radar
1845GPS, General Problem Solver,Global Positioning System
1846GPT, GEC-Plessey Telecommunications,General Purpose Technology,Get Paid To website
1847GQ- Equatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 digram), Gentlemen's Quarterly (the original name of the magazine now known simply as GQ), Guam (FIPS 10-4 territory code),GR[edit]
1848GR, Greece (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Hail (METAR Code)
1849GRAIL, Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
1850GRAS, Generally recognized as safe (FDA list)
1851GRB, Gamma-Ray Burst
1852GRC, Greece (ISO 3166 trigram)
1853GRD, Grenada (ISO 3166 trigram)
1854GRE- Graduate Record Examination, Greece (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
1855grep, [search] Globally for Regular Expression, Print [lines]
1856GRid,Global Release Identifier, a music industry identifier from the RIAA and IFPI
1857GRID, Gay-Related Immune Deficiency (original name of AIDS)
1858GriT, Girl raised in Texas (Woman presenting firm southern traits/beliefs)
1859GRL, Greenland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1860GRN- Grenada (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166), Goods Received Note
1861grn, Guaraní language (ISO 639-2 code)
1862GRP, Graphite-reinforced plastic, see Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer
1863Gs, Gigasecond
1864GS- General Schedule (US civil service pay scale),General Support, Gigasiemens,South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
1865GSR, Gun Shot Residue
1866GSA, U.S. General Services Administration
1867GSD, Graphical Situation Display
1868GSGB,(God send glamour boy 9-10/10)
1869GSK, GlaxoSmithKline [good sexual karma]
1870GSN,(a/i) Game Show Network
1871GSO, General Services Officer (U.S. Department of State)
1872GSOH, Good Sense Of Humour
1873GSP,Georges St-Pierre (Canadian MMA fighter)
1874GSS, Generic Security Services
1875GST, Goods and Services Tax (Australia, Canada, and other countries)
1876GSW, Gunshot wound
1877GT, Gigatesla, Gran Turismo,Grand Touring, Guatemala (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1878GTA, Grand Theft Auto
1879GTB, Get to bed, namely to get a new job after a long time of searching, usually following a phone call
1880GTC, Gran Telescopio Canarias (Spanish, Canaries Great Telescope)
1881GTD, Getting Things Done
1882GTG, Got To Go (Internet chat)
1883GTK, Good To Know (Internet chat)
1884GTGN, Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
1885GTM, Guatemala (ISO 3166 trigram)
1886GTQ, Guatemalan quetzal (ISO 4217 currency code)
1887GTV, Gross Tumor Volume quetzal (ISO 4217 currency code)
1888gu, Gujarati language (ISO 639-1 code)
1889GU, Guam (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
1890GUA, Guatemala (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
1891GUF, French Guiana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1892GUILT, Gangliated Utrophin Immuno Latency Toxin
1893guj, Gujarati language (ISO 639-2 code)
1894GULCR, Grupo de Usuarios de Linux de Costa Rica
1895GUT, Grand Unification Theory
1896gv, Manx language (ISO 639-1 code)
1897GV, Gigavolt,Guinea (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1898GW, Games Workshop,Germ Warfare, Gigawatt, Guided Weapon, Guinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 digram)
1899GWARS, Ground Warfare System (simulation)
1900GWAS, Grand Western Archery Society
1901GWOT, Global War on Terrorism
1902GWS, Gulf War Syndrome,Greater Western Sydney
1903GXA, Global XML Web Services Architecture
1904GXE, Gene-enivronment interaction
1905GXF, General Exchange Format
1906GXH, IATA code of Gannan Xiahe Airport
1907GXL, Graph eXchange Language
1908GXM, Matrox Graphics eXpansion Module
1909GXP, Grid Exit Point, Global Xchange Programme, Indication of highest performance level on some Pontiac vehicles
1910GxP, Good X Practice (X can mean: clinical, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, etc.)
1911GXY, IATA code of Greeley-Weld County Airport
1912GY, Guyana (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1913GYD, Guyana dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
1914GYY, Gary/Chicago International Airport (IATA Airport Code)
1915GZ, Gaza Strip (FIPS 10-4 territory code), Ground Zero
1916GZK, Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cut-off (cosmic ray energies)
1917h, Hecto
1918H, Henry,Hydrogen
1919ha, Hausa language (ISO 639-1 code),Hectare
1920HA, Haiti (FIPS 10-4 country code), High Availability
1921HAARP, High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program
1922HAART, Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy
1923HAI, Human Awareness Institute
1924HAL, Hardware Abstraction Layer
1925HALO, High Altitude Low Opening (parachute jump)
1926HALT- Highly Accelerated Life Test, Hungry Angry Lonely Tired
1927HAM, Amateur radio operator
1928HANS, Head And Neck Support (device used in many race cars)
1929HARM, High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile
1930hat, Haitian Creole language (ISO 639-2 code)
1931HAT,(i/a) Highest Astronomical Tide (nautical charts), Hungarian Automated Telescope
1932hau, Hausa language (ISO 639-2 code)
1933HAW, Heavy Antitank Weapon
1934HAWK, Homing All the Way Killer (air defence system)
1935HAZ, Heat-Affected Zone
1936HAZMAT, Hazardous Materials
1937HBCD, HexaBromoCycloDodecane
1938HBCI, Home Banking Computer Interface
1939HBO, Home Box Office
1940HBR, Harvard Business Review
1941HBT, Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor
1942HBV, Hepatitis B Virus
1943HCCI, Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition
1944HCF, Highest Common Factor
1945HCI, Human-Computer Interaction/Interface
1946HCSC, Higher Command and Staff Course
1947HCT, Higher Colleges of Technology, tertiary education institution in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
1948HD- Henry Draper (star catalogue),Hull-Down (armoured vehicle target, as opposed to Fully Exposed),High Definition,Huntington's Disease
1949HDD- Hard Disk Drive,High-Density Disk
1950HDL, High-Density Lipoprotein
1951HDM, Human Decision-Making
1952HDMI,High Definition Multimedia Interface
1953HDR- Hard disk recorder,Henningson, Durham & Richardson (founders of the engineering and construction firm now known by their initials),High dynamic range, a term used in both digital imaging and 3D rendering,Hot Dry Rock (experimental geothermal technology),Human Development Report (UN publication)
1954HDRA, Henry Doubleday Research Association
1955HDTV, High-Definition Television
1956he, Hebrew language (ISO 639-1 code)
1957He, Helium
1958HE, High Explosive
1959HEAT, High Explosive Anti-Tank (ammunition)
1960heb, Hebrew language (ISO 639-2 code)
1961HEBA, Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association
1962HEER, High-Explosive Extended Range (ammunition)
1963HEIC, Honourable East India Company
1964HEMP, High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
1965HEO- High Earth Orbit, Highly Elliptical Orbit
1966HEOSS, High Earth Orbit Space Surveillance
1967HEP, High-Explosive Plastic (ammunition)
1968HEPA,(a/i) High-Efficiency Particulate Air (filter)
1969her, Herero language (ISO 639-2 code)
1970HESH, High-Explosive, Squash-Head (ammunition)
1971HESV, Heavy Engineering Support Vehicle
1972HETT, Heavy Equipment Transporting Truck / Heavy Equipment Truck Tractor
1973HEU, Highly Enriched Uranium
1974Hewitts, Hills in England, Wales and Ireland over Two Thousand feet (with topographic prominence of at least 30 m)
1975Hf, Hafnium
1976HF, High Frequency
1977HFE, Human Fertilisation and Embryology (UK Act)
1978HFE, The common-emitter current gain in a BJT transistor (also represented by βF). See: BJT
1979HFEA, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (UK)
1980Hg, Mercury (Latin Hydrargyrum)
1981HGC, UK Human Genetics Commission
1982HGF, Human Growth Factor
1983HGTV, Home & Garden Television
1984HHB,Ha Ha Bonk,The noise made when you laugh your head off. Used instead of LOL...
1985hi, Hindi language (ISO 639-1 code)
1986HI, Hawaii (postal symbol)
1987HIH, His (or Her) Imperial Highness
1988HIM, His (or Her) Imperial Majesty
1989HIMAD, High to Medium Altitude Air Defence (see also H/MAD)
1990HIMEZ, High Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
1991HIMYM,How I Met Your Mother
1992hin, Hindi language (ISO 639-2 code)
1993HIPAA, U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
1994Hipparcos, HIgh Precision Parallax COllecting Satellite
1995Hird, Hurd of interfaces representing depth (cf. HURD)
1996HiRISE, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
1997HIT, Health Information Technology
1998HIV, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
1999HIWT, Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
2000HJD, Heliocentric Julian Day
2001HK, Hong Kong (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2002HKD, Hong Kong dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2003HKG, Hong Kong (ISO 3166 trigram)
2004HKS, HyperKinetic Syndrome
2005hL, Hectolitre
2006HL, Holding Line
2007HLA, High Level Architecture (simulation),Human Leukocyte Antigen
2008HLL, High-Level Language
2009HLN, Headline News
2010HLOS, High Level Output Specification
2011HLVW, Heavy Logistics Vehicle, Wheeled
2012HM, Heard Island and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2013HMCE, Her/His Majesty's Customs and Excise (former UK government department; succeeded by HM Revenue and Customs)
2014HMCS- Her/His Majesty's Canadian Ship,Her Majesty's Courts Service (former UK agency; succeeded by Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service)
2015HMD, Heard and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2016HMF, HydroxyMethyl Furfural
2017HMM, Hidden Markov model
2018hmo, Hiri Motu language (ISO 639-2 code)
2019HMO, Health maintenance organization
2020HMP, Her Majesty's Prison
2021HMRC, Her/His Majesty's Revenue and Customs
2022HMS- Helmet-mounted display,Her/His Majesty's Ship (Royal Navy)
2023HMSO, Her Majesty's Stationery Office
2024HMV, His Master's Voice
2025HN, Honduras (ISO 3166 digram)
2026HND, Honduras (ISO 3166 trigram)
2027HNL, Honduran lempira (ISO 4217 currency code)
2028ho, Hiri Motu language (ISO 639-1 code)
2029Ho, Holmium
2030HO, Honduras (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2031HOLLAND, Hope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies
2032HOMES,the Great Lakes; Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
2033HONY,Humans of New York, a photoblog.
2034HOPI, Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure (see Internet2, Abilene Network)
2035HoReCa, Hotel, Restaurant and Catering
2036HORIZON, Hélicoptère d'observation radar et d'investigation sur zone (French, Zone Investigation and Radar Observation Helicopter)
2037HOSTAC, Helicopter Operations from Ships Other Than Aircraft Carriers
2038HOT, Highly Optimised Tolerance
2039HOTAS, Hands on throttle-and-stick
2040HOV, High Occupancy Vehicle
2041hp, horse power
2042HP, Hewlett-Packard,Hindustan Petroleum, Himachal Pradesh (Indian state code)
2043HPA, UK Health Protection Agency
2044HPCL, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
2045HPLC, High Performance Liquid Chromatography
2046HPT, High[er] Payoff Target
2047HPV, Human Papilloma Virus
2048HQ, HeadQuarters, Howland Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2049HQDA, HeadQuarters, Department of the Army
2050hr, Croatian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2051HR- Croatia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram,from the country's native name of Hrvatska), Haryana (Indian state code), Harvard Revised star catalogue,Human Resources
2052HRBL, High-level Representation of Behavior Language (original name of the Herbal language)
2053HRD, Human Resource Development
2054HRED, (U.S. Army Research Laboratory's) Human Research and Engineering Directorate (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland)
2055HRF, High iness Forces
2056HRH, His (or Her) Royal Highness
2057HRK, Croatian kuna (ISO 4217 currency code)
2058HRM, His (or Her) Royal Majesty
2059HRM, Human Resource Management
2060HRT, Hormone Replacement Therapy
2061hrv, Croatian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2062HRV- Croatia (ISO 3166 trigram), High Resolution Visible,HS[edit]
2063Hs, Hassium
2064HSBC, The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
2065HSC, Higher School Certificate
2066HSM, High School Musical
2067HSMAD, Human Science/Modeling and Analysis Data
2068HSN, Home Shopping Network
2069HSPH, Harvard School of Public Health
2070HSS- Health Service Support, High-Speed Steel
2071HSSI, High-Speed Serial Interface
2072HST,see entry
2073HSV- Herpes Simplex Virus,Hue Saturation Value (colour model),HT[edit]
2074ht, Haitian Creole language (ISO 639-1 code)
2075HTA, HyperText Application
2076HTC-High Tech Computer Corporation, original name of the company now known simply as HTC,Horry Telephone Cooperative
2077HTFU, Harden The Fuck Up
2078HTG, Haitian gourde (ISO 4217 currency code)
2079HTH, Hope That Helps
2080HTI, Haiti (ISO 3166 trigram)
2081HTML, HyperText Markup Language
2082HTR, Heated Towel Rail
2083HTS, High-Temperature Superconducting wire
2084HTTP, HyperText Transfer Protocol
2085HU, Hungary (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
2086HUD,(i/a) Head-Up Display,Housing and Urban Development
2087HUF, Hungarian forint (ISO 4217 currency code)
2088HUHA, Head up his/her ass (Marine salute; probably a backcronym)
2089hun, Hungarian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2090HUN, Hungary (ISO 3166 trigram)
2091HURD, Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons (cf. Hird)
2092HV, Upper Volta (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1984)
2093HVAC, Heating, ventilation and air conditioning Used in architecture, business and marketing; refers to a building's entire system of heating, moving, or cooling air.
2094HVAP, High Velocity Armour Piercing (ammunition)
2095HVHF,High velocity human factors
2096HVM, High Velocity Missile
2097HVO, Upper Volta (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984)
2098HVP, HarborView Properties,High vacuum process,Hydrolyzed vegetable protein,Human Variome Project,High Velocity Protection,H.V.P. (rapper),High Voltage Protection,High Vapor Pressure,Hub Voice Processor,High-Velocity Projectile,High-Video Pass,High-Velocity Particle
2099HW, Hardware, High Water (nautical charts)
2100HWM, Hardware morphing (computer graphics rendering)
2101HX, IATA code of Hong Kong Airlines, Medical history, Hydrogen halide, Concept automobile by HUMMER
2102HXB, The glycoprotein Tenascian C
2103hy, Armenian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2104hye, Armenian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2105HYS, Harvard, Yale, Stanford (perennially named as the top three law schools in the U.S.)
2106hz, Herero language (ISO 639-1 code)
2107Hz, Hertz
2108HZ, Haze (METAR Code)
2109I, Iodine,One (in Roman numerals)
2110ia, Interlingua language (ISO 639-1 code)
2111IA, Iowa (postal symbol)
2112IAAL, I Am A Lawyer
2113IAB, International Association for Biologicals
2114IACREOT, International Association of Clerks, Recorders, Election Officials, and Treasurers
2115IAD, Ion Assisted Deposition
2116IADS, Integrated Air Defence System
2117IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
2118IAF,{i} Industrial Areas Foundation
2119IAFG, Information Assurance Focus Group
2120IAI, International African Institute,Israel Aircraft Industries
2121IANA, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
2122IANAL, I Am Not A Lawyer
2123IAQ, Indoor air quality,Infrequently Asked Questions
2124IAS, Image Assessment System
2125IASIP, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2126IATA,(a/i) International Air Transport Association
2127IATF,International Automotive Task Force
2128IATSE,International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
2129IAU, International Association of Universities,International Astronomical Union
2130IAUC, International Astronomical Union Circular
2131IAW, In Accordance With
2132IB, International Baccalaureate
2133IBA, Important Bird Area
2134IBD, Inflammatory Bowel Disease
2135IBDM, Information Based Decision Making
2136IBDS, Integrated Biological Detection System,International Business Development Specialist
2137IBM, International Business Machines
2138ibo, Igbo language (ISO 639-2 code)
2139IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (part of the World Bank)
2140IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome
2141IC, Ice Crystals (METAR Code),Iceland (FIPS 10-4 country code), Integrated Circuit,[inner circle]
2142ICANN, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
2143ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
2144ICBM, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
2145ICBN, International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
2146ICC, Integrated Command and Control,International Criminal Court,International Cricket Council,Interstate Commerce Commission,International Chamber of Commerce
2147ICD, Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator,Initial Capabilities Document,International Classification of Diseases
2148ICE,(i/a) In case of emergency
2149ICES,(a/i) International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
2150ICF, Intelligent Community Forum
2151ICM, Improved Conventional Munition,Integrated Collection Management,International Congress of Mathematicians,Iraq Campaign Medal
2152ICMP, Internet Control Message Protocol
2153ICNAF, International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (became NAFO in 1978)
2154ICNI, Integrated Communication, Navigation, and Identification
2155ICO, Intermediate Circular Orbit
2156ICP, Inductively coupled plasma,Insane Clown Posse
2157ICPE,(a/i) International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology, the annual conference of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
2158ICRAF, International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (a.k.a. World Agroforestry Centre since 2002)
2159ICRISAT,(i/a) International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
2160ICRL, Individual Component Repair List
2161ICRS, International Celestial Reference System
2162ICS, In-Country Support,Intelligence and Communications Systems,Interim Contractor Support
2163ICSI, Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
2164ICT, Information and communication technologies
2165ICTH, Island Closest to Heaven/Hell Final Fantasy VIII
2166ICV, Infantry Carrier Vehicle
2167ICW, In Co-ordination With,Indonesia Corruption Watch,Infectious and Chemotherapeutic Waste,Insulating Concrete Wall,Integral Crystalline Waterproofing, Interactive Courseware
2168ICYMI, In Case You Missed It
2169ICZN, International Code of Zoological Nomenclature,International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
2170id, Indonesian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2171ID- Idaho (postal symbol), Identity, Indonesia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram), Infantry Division,Intelligent Design,ID10T Error, Idiot User Error (IT help desk inside joke)
2172IDA- U.S. Institute for Defense Analyses,International Development Association (part of the World Bank
2173IDC, International Data Corporation
2174IDDI, I don't do initialisms (see irony)
2175IDE- Integrated Development Environment,Integrated Drive Electronics
2176IDeA, Improvement and Development Agency, the former name of Local Government Improvement and Development in the United Kingdom
2177IDEA- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (U.S.),International Data Encryption Algorithm,International Design Excellence Awards
2178IDF- Israel Defense Forces,Intel Development Forum,International Dairy Federation
2179IDGAF, I don't give a fuck
2180IDK, I don't know
2181IDKIBTI,I don't know, I'm black, that's it
2182IDL, Interface Definition Language
2183IDN, Indonesia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2184ido, Ido language (ISO 639-2 code)
2185IDR, Indonesian rupiah (ISO 4217 currency code)
2186ie, Interlingue language (ISO 639-1 code)
2187IE, Indo-European languages,Internet Explorer, Ireland (ISO 3166 digram),Iced Earth
2188IEA, International Energy Agency
2189IEC, International Electrotechnical Commission
2190IED, Improvised Explosive Device
2191IELTS, International English Language Testing System
2192IER, Information Exchange Requirement
2193IET, Institution of Engineering and Technology
2194IET,(ii) Initial Entry Training
2195IETF, Internet Engineering Task Force
2196IEW, Intelligence and Electronic Warfare
2197IFAB, International Football Association Board
2198IFAH, International Federation for Animal Health
2199IFAP, International Federation of Agricultural Producers
2200IFC, International Finance Corporation (part of the World Bank), Independent Film Channel
2201IFF, Identification, Friend or Foe,Individually Fresh Frozen,International Flavors and Fragrances
2202IFFN, Identification, Friend, Foe, or Neutral
2203IFO, Identified Flying Object (see also UFO)
2204IFOR, UN Implementation Force, Institute for Operations Research,International Fellowship of Reconciliation
2205IFOV, Instantaneous Field of View
2206IFPI, International Federation of Phonographic Industries
2207IFR, Instrument Flight Rules
2208IFRB, International Frequency Registration Board
2209IFV, Infantry Fighting Vehicle
2210ig, Igbo language (ISO 639-1 code)
2211IG, Inspector General
2212IGNOU, Indira Gandhi National Open University
2213IGS, International Ground Station
2214IGY, Israeli Gay Youth,International Geophysical Year
2215IHH, Idiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
2216IHO,(i/a) International Hydrographic Organization
2217IHR, Institute for Historical Review
2218IHSI,Institutum Historicum Societatis Iesu (Jesuit Historical Institute)
2219ii, Sichuan Yi language (ISO 639-1 code)
2220II, Two (in Roman numerals)
2221IICA, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
2222IIE, Innovative Interstellar Explorer
2223iii, Sichuan Yi language (ISO 639-2 code)
2224III, Three (in Roman numerals)
2225IIRC, If I Recall/Remember Correctly
2226IISS, International Institute for Strategic Studies
2227IIT, Illinois Institute of Technology,Indian Institutes of Technology,Indiana Institute of Technology
2228IJN, Imperial Japanese Navy (World War II)
2229IJWP, Interim Joint Warfare Publication
2230ik, Inupiaq language (ISO 639-1 code)
2231IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad (the company's founder), Elmtaryd (the farm where he was born and raised), Agunnaryd (a village and parish near the farm)
2232iku, Inuktitut language (ISO 639-2 code)
2233IL, Illinois (postal symbol),Israel (ISO 3166 digram)
2234ILC, International Law Commission,International Linear Collider
2235ILDS, Improved Landmine Detection System
2236ile, Interlingue language (ISO 639-2 code)
2237ILO, International Labour Organization
2238ILRI, International Livestock Research Institute
2239ILS, Israeli shekel (ISO 4217 currency code)
2240ILY, IATA code for Islay Airport (Scotland), I Love You [pronounced ILL-LEE]
2241IM- Isle of Man (FIPS 10-4 territory code), Instant Message (internet speech)
2242IMA- Intermediate Maintenance Activity,Institute of Mathematics and Applications
2243IMBD, International Migratory Bird Day
2244IMDb,Internet Movie Database
2245IME, In My Experience
2246IMF- id music file/id's music format (audio file format),Impossible Missions Force, the protagonist organization in the Mission: Impossible media franchise,International Monetary Fund (the most common use for the initialism)
2247IMHO, In My Humble/Honest Opinion, cf. IMO
2248IML, International Mister Leather
2249IMLAST, International Movement for Leisure Activities in Science and Technology,see MILSET
2250IMNM,,Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy a rare, but serious ADR of statins [1]
2251IMNSHO, In My Not So Humble Opinion
2252IMPAC, International Merchant Purchase Authorization Card
2253IMPACT, International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce
2254IMPATT, IMPact Avalanche Transit Time diode
2255IMPT, Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
2256IMRO-Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization,Irish Music Rights Organisation
2257IMRL, Individual Material iness List
2258IMS- Information Management System,International Meat Secretariat,Ion Mobility Spectrometer
2259IMSA- Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy,International Mind Sports Association,International Motor Sports Association
2260IMsL, International Ms. Leather
2261IMT, Integrated Management Tool
2262IMU, International Mathematical Union
2263In, Indium
2264IN, India (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Indiana (postal symbol),Infantry
2265ina, Interlingua language (ISO 639-2 code)
2266INA, Immigration and Nationality Act
2267INAS, International Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
2268INCITS, InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
2269ind, Indonesian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2270IND, India (ISO 3166 trigram)
2271inet, the Internet
2272INDIGO, (U.S.) INtelligence DIvision Gaming Operation
2273INFORMS, (U.S.) Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
2274INFOSEC, Information Security
2275INLA, Irish National Liberation Army
2276INMARSAT, International Maritime Satellite organization
2277INR, Indian rupee (ISO 4217 currency code)
2278INRIA, Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique
2279INS, Immigration and Naturalization Service
2280InSAR, Interferometric synthetic aperture radar
2281INST, Information Standards and Technology
2282INTSUM, Intelligence Summary
2283INTERFET, International Force for East Timor
2284io, Ido language (ISO 639-1 code)
2285IO, British Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2286IOC- Initial Operational Capability,Intergovernmental Oceanic Commission,International Olympic Committee,International Ornithological Congress
2287IOLTA, Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (charitable funding mechanism, especially for legal aid)
2288IOM- Iowa, Ohio, Michigan (soybean origin),Institute of Medicine,International Organisation for Migration,Isle of Man
2289IONA, Islands of the North Atlantic (alternate name for Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, and related islands)
2290IOT, British Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 trigram)
2291IP, Clipperton Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code), Initial Point,Intellectual Property,Internet Protocol
2292IPA, India Pale Ale,International Phonetic Alphabet,Isopropyl alcohol
2293IPB, Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
2294IPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,Independent Police Complaints Commission
2295ipk, Inupiaq language (ISO 639-2 code)
2296IPL, Inferior Parietal Lobule
2297IPO, Initial Public Offering
2298IPR, In Progress Review,Intellectual Property Rights,Intelligence Production Requirement
2299IPT, Integrated Product/Project Team
2300IPTS, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies
2301IPTV, Internet Protocol TeleVision
2302IPW, Interrogation of Prisoners of War
2303IQ, Intelligence Quotient, Iraq (ISO 3166 digram)
2304IQD, Iraqi dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2305Ir, Iridium
2306IRA, Individual Retirement Account,Irish Republican Army (see also List of organisations known as the Irish Republican Army for groups claiming descent from this organisation)
2307IRAD, Internal Research and Development
2308IRAN,(I) Inspect and Repair As Necessary
2309IRAS, Infrared Astronomical Satellite
2310IRB, International Rugby Board
2311IRBM, Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
2312IRC, International Red Cross,International Reply Coupon,Internet Relay Chat
2313IREA, Intermountain Rural Electric Association
2314IRL, Ireland (ISO 3166 trigram),Industrial Research Limited,Indy Racing League,In real life
2315IRN, Iran (ISO 3166 trigram)
2316IRINN,Islamic Republic of Iran News Network
2317IRO, International Refugee Organisation
2318IRQ, Iraq (ISO 3166 trigram)
2319IRR, Iranian rial (ISO 4217 currency code)
2320IRS, U.S. Internal Revenue Service
2321IRST, Infra-red Search and Track
2322is, Icelandic language (ISO 639-1 code)
2323IS- Iceland (ISO 3166 digram),Israel (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2324ISA- Individual Savings Account,Industry Standard Architecture,Instruction Set Architecture,International Seabed Authority
2325ISAAA, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications
2326ISAF- International Sailing Federation,International Security Assistance Force
2327ISAR, Inverse SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)
2328ISB, Intermediate Staging Base
2329ISBN, International Standard Book Number (ISO 2108)
2330ISCCP, International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
2331ISCII, Indian Standard Code for Information Interchange
2332ISDN,Integrated Services Digital Network
2333ISEF, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
2334ISEN, Internet Search Environment Number
2335ISF, Internal Security Force
2336ISI-Indian Standards Institute, former name of the Bureau of Indian Standards,Inter-Services Intelligence (Pakistan),Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella organization for several Iraqi insurgent groups
2337ISIL,(i/a) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
2338ISIS-(i/a) Institute for Science and International Security,Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
2339ISK, Icelandic krona (ISO 4217 currency code)
2340isl, Icelandic language (ISO 639-2 code)
2341ISL, Iceland (ISO 3166 trigram)
2342ISLN, International Standard Lawyer Number (used initially by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell)
2343ISM- Industrial, scientific or medical, Interstellar medium
2344ISMB, International Society of Matrix Biologists
2345ISMC, Intelligent Sounding Meaningless Conversation
2346ISOGP, Indian Society of Orthodontics for General Practitioners [2]
2347ISP- International Standardized Profile,Internet Service Provider,Information Systems Professional
2348ISPE,(a/i) International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
2349ISR- Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Israel (ISO 3166 trigram)
2350ISRO, Indian Space Research Organisation
2351ISS- International Shorebird Survey (North America),International Space Station
2352ISSCR, International Society for Stem Cell Research
2353ISSN, International standard serial number (ISO 3297)
2354IST- Information System Technology,UCF Institute for Simulation and Training
2355ISTAR, Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance
2356ISTC, Institute of Scientific and Technical Communications (UK)
2357ISTS, Intel Science Talent Search
2358ISU- Integrated Sight Unit,International Skating Union,IT[edit]
2359it, Italian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2360IT- InferoTemporal (neurophysiology),Information Technology, Italy (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2361ita, Italian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2362ITA, Italy (ISO 3166 trigram)
2363ITAG, Inertial Terrain-Aided Guidance
2364ITALY, I'll Truly Always Love You
2365ITAS, Improved Target Acquisition Sight
2366ITC, InferoTemporal Cortex (neurophysiology)
2367ITCZ,(i/p) Intertropical Convergence Zone
2368ITEC, Information Technology Exposition & Conference
2369ITEMS, Interactive Tactical Environment Management System
2370ITER, International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
2371ITF, International Tennis Federation
2372ITK, In The Know
2373ITN, Independent Television News (British)
2374ITS- Incompatible Time-sharing System,Individual Training Standards
2375ITT, International Telephone and Telegraph (U.S.)
2376ITTO, International Tropical Timber Organization
2377ITU- Intent-to-Use,International Telecommunication Union (International Telegraph Union 1865-1932),IU[edit]
2378iu, Inuktitut language (ISO 639-1 code)
2379IUCN, International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union)
2380IUSS, Integrated Undersea Surveillance System,Integrated Unit Simulation System,International Union of Soil Sciences
2381IV, Côte d'Ivoire (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Ivory Coast),Four (in Roman numerals), IntraVenous (as in intravenous drip or intravenous therapy)
2382IVD, Internet Video Device, intra vas device
2383Iveco, Industrial Vehicles Corporation
2384IVF, In Vitro Fertilisation
2385IVI, Interchangeable Virtual Instrument
2386IVIS,(i/a) Inter-Vehicle Information System
2387IVL, Inter-Visibility Line
2388IVM, In Vitro [Oocyte] Maturation
2389IVO, In Vicinity Of
2390IW, Information Warfare
2391IWARS, Infantry Warrior Simulation
2392IWC, International Whaling Commission
2393IWW, Industrial Workers of the World
2394IX, Nine (in Roman numerals)
2395IXT, IntraText digital library; IntraText lexical hypertext
2396IY, Saudi-Iraqi neutral zone (FIPS 10-4 territory code; obsolete 1993)
2397IZ, Iraq (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2398J, Joule
2399J1, Joint [Manpower &] Personnel Directorate
2400J2, Joint Intelligence Directorate
2401J2EE, Java 2 Platform, Enterprise ion
2402J2ME, Java 2 Platform, Micro ion
2403J2SE, Java 2 Platform, Standard ion
2404J3, Joint Operations Directorate
2405J4, Joint Logistics Directorate
2406J5, Joint Strategic Plans & Policy Directorate
2407J6, Joint Information Technology Directorate (Command, Control, Communications & Computer Systems)
2408J7, Joint Operational Plans & Interoperability Directorate
2409J8, Joint Force Structure, Resources, & Assessment Directorate
2410ja, Japanese language (ISO 639-1 code)
2411JA, Japan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2412JAFT, Just A Field Test
2413JAL, Japan Airlines
2414JALLC, Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (NATO)
2415JAM, Jamaica (ISO 3166 trigram)
2416JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association
2417JANET, Joint Academic Network
2418JANUS, Joint Academic Network Using Satellites (UK),Joint Army Navy Uniform Simulation, Joint Army-Navy Staff,Just ANother Useless Simulation (Note: The U.S. Army Janus simulation is not an acronym)
2419JATO, Jet-Assisted Take-Off
2420jav, Javanese language (ISO 639-2 code)
2421JB, Junior Branch
2422JB, Jail Bait
2423JBFSA, Joint Blue Force Situational Awareness
2424JCDB, Joint Common Data Base
2425JCDS, Joint Chiefs of the Defence Staff
2426JCIDS, Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System
2427JCL, Job Control Language
2428JCP, Java Community Process
2429JCPM, Java Child Process Manager,Jesus Christ Prison Ministry
2430JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
2431JCW, Juggalo Championship Wrestling
2432JDBC, Java Data Base Connectivity
2433JDCC, UK Joint Doctrine and Concepts Centre, now the Development, Concepts, and Doctrine Centre, DCDC
2434JDEM, Joint Dark Energy Mission
2435JDK, Java Development Kit
2436JDL, Jewish Defense League
2437JDM- Japanese domestic market, referring specifically to automobiles and parts,Java Data Mining,Joint design manufacturing,JE[edit]
2438JE, Jersey (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2439JEB- James Ewell Brown (Stuart),John Ellis Bush
2440JEDP, Jahwist, Elohist, Deuteronomist, Priestly (according to the documentary hypothesis, the sources of the Torah)
2441JEE, Java Platform, Enterprise ion
2442JEFX, Joint Expeditionary Force eXperiment
2443JEPD- Jahwist, Elohist, Priestly, Deuteronomist,Jointly Exhaustive, Pairwise Disjoint
2444JET, Joint European Torus
2445JEZ, Joint Engagement Zone
2446JFACC, Joint Force Air Component Commander
2447JFACTSU, U.S. Joint Forward Air Control Training and Standards Unit
2448JFC, Joint Force Commander
2449JFK, John Fitzgerald Kennedy or the airport named after him.
2450JFLCC, Joint Force Land Component Commander
2451JFMCC, Joint Force Maritime Component Commander
2452JFO, Journal of Field Ornithology
2453JFSOCC, Joint Force Special Operations Component Commander
2454JFTX, Joint Field Training Exercise
2455JH, Japan Highway Public Corporation
2456JH, Jharkhand (Indian state code)
2457JI, Joint Implementation
2458JIB, Joint Information Bureau
2459JIC, Joint Intelligence Centre
2460JINI, Java Intelligent Network Infrastructure
2461JITC, Joint Interoperability Test Command
2462JIVE, Joint Institute for VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) in Europe
2463JJAP, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
2464JK, Jedi Knight,Just Kidding, Spanair (IATA airline designator),Jammu & Kashmir (Indian state code)
2465JL, Japan Airlines (IATA airline designator)
2466JLA, Justice League of America
2467JM, Jamaica (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2468JMD, Jamaican dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2469JMS, Java Message Service
2470JN, Jan Mayen Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2471JNI, Java Native Interface
2472JNLP, Java Network Launch Protocol
2473JO, Jordan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2474JOA,(a/i) Joint Operations Area
2475JOD, Jordanian dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2476JOPES, Joint Operations Planning and Execution System
2477JOR, Jordan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2478JOTS, Joint Operations Tactical System
2479JSP, Joint Services Publication
2480JP, Japan (ISO 3166 digram), Justice of the Peace
2481JPL, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2482jpn, Japanese language (ISO 639-2 code)
2483JPN, Japan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2484JPOW, Joint Project Optic Windmill
2485JPY, Japanese yen (ISO 4217 currency code)
2486JQ, Jetstar Airways (IATA airline designator), Johnny Quick, Johnston Atoll (FIPS 10-4 territory code), Jonny Quest,Joshua Quagmire
2487JRA, Japanese Red Army,Joint Rear Area
2488JRDF, Joint Rapid Deployment Forces
2489JRE, Java Runtime Environment
2490JREF, James Randi Educational Foundation
2491JROC, Joint Requirements Oversight Council
2492JROCM, JROC Memorandum
2493JRRF, Joint Rapid Reaction Force
2494JRSAI,Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
2495JSAP, Japan Society of Applied Physics
2496JSCSC, Joint Services Command and Staff College
2497JSEAD, Joint Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (see SEAD)
2498JSF, Joint Strike Fighter
2499JSIMS, Joint Simulation System
2500JSOA, Joint Special Operations Area
2501JSOTF, Joint Special Operations Task Force
2502JSP, JavaServer Page
2503JSR, Java Specification Request
2504JSS, Joint Support Ship Project
2505JT, Johnston Atoll (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1986), Junior Technician (RAF)
2506JTC, Joint Training Confederation
2507JTF, Joint Task Force
2508JTFEX, Joint Task Force Exercise
2509JTLS, Joint Theater Level Simulation
2510JTMD, Joint Theatre Missile Defence
2511JTN, Johnston Atoll (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
2512JU, Juan de Nova Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2513JUGFET, JUnction Gate Field-Effect Transistor
2514JUICE, JUpiter ICy Moon Explorer
2515JUO, Joint Urban Operations
2516jv, Javanese language (ISO 639-1 code)
2517JV, Joint Venture,Junior Varsity
2518JVM, Java Virtual Machine
2519JW, Jehovah's Witnesses
2520JWARS, Joint Warfare System (simulation)
2521JWP, Joint Warfare Publication
2522JWST, James Webb Space Telescope
2523JY, Japanese Yen
2524JZ, Joint Zone
2525k, Kilo-
2526K, Kelvin,Potassium (Latin Kalium),Tanker (aircraft designation code)
2527K9, Canine Police Unit
2528ka, Georgian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2529kA, Kiloampere
2530Ka, Kamov Design Bureau
2531KA, Knowledge Acquisition, Karnataka (Indian state code)
2532KAF,(i/a) Kandahar Air Field
2533kal, Kalaallisut language (ISO 639-2 code)
2534kan, Kannada language (ISO 639-2 code)
2535KARNAC, Knowledge Aided Retrieval in Activity Context
2536KARR, Knight Automated Roving Robot (Knight Rider character)
2537kas, Kashmiri language (ISO 639-2 code)
2538kat, Georgian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2539KATUSA, Korean Augmentation To United States Army
2540kau, Kanuri language (ISO 639-2 code)
2541kaz, Kazakh language (ISO 639-2 code)
2542KAZ, Kazakhstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2543KBE, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
2544KBO, Kuiper Belt Object
2545KBVB, Koninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond (Dutch for Royal Belgian Football Association)
2546kC, Kilocoulomb
2547KCL, King's College London
2548KCS, Kansas City Southern Railway (AAR reporting mark)
2549KD, Kawasaki Disease,Kraft Dinner
2550KE- Kenya (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram), Kinetic Energy,Knowledge Engineering
2551KEDO, Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
2552KEN, Kenya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2553KERA, Kentucky Education Reform Act (of 1990)
2554kerma, Kinetic Energy Released in MAterial / in MAtter / per unit MAss
2555KES- Kenyan shilling (ISO 4217 currency code), Killer Elite Squad (Japanese professional wrestling stable)
2556KESR, Kent and East Sussex Railway.
2557KET- Kentucky Educational Television, Key English Test,KF[edit]
2558kF, Kilofarad
2559KFC, Kentucky Fried Chicken
2560KFOR, UN Kosovo Force
2561KFUPM,King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
2562kg, Kilogram,Kongo language (ISO 639-1 code)
2563KG, Kyrgyzstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2564KGO,Knight of the Guelphic Order of Hanover
2565KGS, Kyrgyz som (ISO 4217 currency code)
2566KGZ, Kyrgyzstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2567kH, Kilohenry
2568KH, Cambodia (ISO 3166 digram)
2569khm, Khmer language (ISO 639-2 code)
2570KHL, Kontinental Hockey League
2571KHM, Cambodia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2572KHR, Cambodian riel (ISO 4217 currency code)
2573KHz, Kilohertz
2574ki, Gikuyu language (ISO 639-1 code)
2575Ki, Kibi
2576KI, Kiribati (ISO 3166 digram)
2577KIA, Killed In Action
2578KIDS, Knowledge-based Integrated Design System
2579kik, Gikuyu language (ISO 639-2 code), common typo for LOL
2580kin, Kinyarwanda language (ISO 639-2 code)
2581kir, Kyrgyz language (ISO 639-2 code)
2582KIR, Kiribati (ISO 3166 trigram)
2583KISS, Keep It Simple, Stupid / Keep It Short and Simple,Korean Intelligence Support System
2584KITECH, Korean Institute of Industrial Technology
2585KITT, Knight Industries Two Thousand,Knight Industries Three Thousand
2586KIT,Keep In Touch
2587kj, Kuanyama language (ISO 639-1 code)
2588kJ, Kilojoule
2589kk, Kazakh language (ISO 639-1 code)
2590kK, Kilokelvin
2591KKK, Ku Klux Klan
2592kl, Kalaallisut language (ISO 639-1 code)
2593kL, Kilolitre
2594KL, Kuala Lumpur, Kerala (Indian state code)
2595KLENOT, KLEť Observatory Near Earth and Other unusual objects observations Team and Telescope
2596KLOC, Kilo Lines Of Code
2597km, Khmer language (ISO 639-1 code),Kilometre
2598KM, Comoros, Knowledge Management
2599KMF, Comoro franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
2600KMR, Kwajalein Missile Range
2601kn, Kannada language (ISO 639-1 code)
2602kN, Kilonewton
2603KN, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (FIPS 10-4 country code),Saint Kitts and Nevis (ISO 3166 digram)
2604KNA, Saint Kitts and Nevis (ISO 3166 trigram)
2605KNVB, Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond (Dutch for Royal Dutch Football Association)
2606ko, Korean language (ISO 639-1 code)
2607KO, Knocked Out
2608kom, Komi language (ISO 639-2 code)
2609kon, Kongo language (ISO 639-2 code)
2610kor, Korean language (ISO 639-2 code)
2611KOR, Republic of Korea (ISO 3166 trigram)
2612KP, Kim Possible
2613KPMG, Klynveld, Peat, Marwick, Goerdeler
2614KPNO, Kitt Peak National Observatory
2615KPW, North Korean won (ISO 4217 currency code)
2616KQ, Kenya Airways (IATA airline designator),Kingman Reef (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2617kr, Kanuri language (ISO 639-1 code)
2618Kr, Krypton
2619KR, Kiribati (FIPS 10-4 country code),Republic of Korea (ISO 3166 digram)
2620KRW, South Korean won (ISO 4217 currency code)
2621ks- Kashmiri language (ISO 639-1 code),Kilosecond
2622kS, Kilosiemens
2623KS- Kansas (postal symbol),Republic of Korea (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2624KSC, Kennedy Space Center
2625KSI, Killed or Seriously Injured
2626KSM- Korean Service Medal,Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
2627KSU, Kansas State University
2628kT, Kilotesla
2629KT, Christmas Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code), Knight of the Order of the Thistle,Knights Templar
2630KTS, Knight of the Tower and Sword (of Portugal)
2631ku, Kurdish language (ISO 639-1 code)
2632KU, Kuwait (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2633kua, Kuanyama language (ISO 639-2 code)
2634KUL, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Flemish, Catholic University of Leuven)
2635kur, Kurdish language (ISO 639-2 code)
2636KUW, Kuwait (UNDP country code, IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
2637kv, Komi language (ISO 639-1 code)
2638kV, Kilovolt
2639KV, Kosovo
2640KVM, Keyboard, Video, Mouse switch
2641kw, Cornish language (ISO 639-1 code)
2642kW, Kilowatt
2643KW, Kuwait (ISO 3166 digram)
2644KWB,Kids' WB!
2645KWD, Kuwaiti dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2646KWT, Kuwait (ISO 3166 trigram)
2647KX, Cayman Airways (IATA airline designator)
2648ky, Kyrgyz language (ISO 639-1 code)
2649KY- Cayman Islands (ISO 3166 digram),Kentucky (postal symbol)
2650KYD, Cayman Islands dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2651KZ, Kazakhstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2652KZN, KwaZulu-Natal
2653KZT, Kazakh tenge (ISO 4217 currency code)
2654la, Latin language (ISO 639-1 code)
2655La, Lanthanum
2656LA- Laos (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Louisiana (postal symbol), Los Angeles
2657LAAS- Local Area Augmentation System,Los Angeles Astronomical Society
2658LAB, Logistics Assault Base
2659LabVIEW, Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench
2660LACMA,(a/i) Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2661LAD, Laser Aiming Device
2662LADW, Local Air Defence Warning
2663LAESI, Local Authority & Emergency Service Information
2664LAK, Laotian kip (ISO 4217 currency code)
2665LAMP,(multiple meanings)
2666LAN, Local Area Network
2667LANL, Los Alamos National Laboratory
2668lao, Lao language (ISO 639-2 code)
2669LAO, Laos (ISO 3166 trigram)
2670LAPD, Los Angeles Police Department
2671LAR- Light Armoured Reconnaissance,Logistics Assistance Representative
2672LARC, Livermore Advanced Research Computer (cf. LLNL)
2673LARP, Live-Action Role-Playing
2674LAS, McCarran International Airport (Las Vegas, Nevada)
2675Laser, Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (cf. Maser)
2676lat, Latin language (ISO 639-2 code)
2677LAT-(i/a) Lowest Astronomical Tide (nautical charts),Licensed Athletic Trainer (used in many of the United States; see www.oata.org)
2678LATA, Local Access Transport Area
2679LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (U.S. standard for attachment points for child safety seats in passenger cars)
2680lav, Latvian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2681LAV- Land Assault Vehicle,Light Armoured Vehicle,Lymphadenopathy-Associated Virus
2682LAW, Light Antitank Weapon
2683LAX- Los Angeles International Airport, The Latin American Xchange (professional wrestling),LB[edit]
2684lb- pound (Latin librum),Luxembourgish language (ISO 639-1 code)
2685LB, Lebanon (ISO 3166 digram)
2686LBH- Light Battlefield Helicopter,Lyman-Birge-Hopfield bands
2687LBJ- Lady Bird Johnson,LeBron James,Light Bulb Joke,Little Beagle Johnson (the dog owned by Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson),Lyndon Baines Johnson
2688LBN, Lebanon (ISO 3166 trigram)
2689LBNL, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2690LBP, Lebanese pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
2691LBR, Liberia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2692LBS, Location-Based Services
2693lbs, pounds (plural form of lb, see above)
2694LBT, Large Binocular Telescope
2695LBW, Leg Before Wicket
2696LBY, Libya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2697LC, Line of Contact, Saint Lucia (ISO 3166 digram)
2698LCA, Saint Lucia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2699LCC, Land Component Commander
2700LCCP, Light Contingency Communications Package
2701LCD, Liquid Crystal Display
2702LCE, Leaving Certificate Examination,Load Carrying Equipment,London Commodity Exchange
2703LCM, Least/Lowest Common Multiple
2704LCol, Lieutenant-Colonel (Canada, UK)
2705LCS,League of Legends Championship Series
2706LD- Laser Designator,Limited Deployment,Line of Departure
2707LDA, Lateral Drift Apparatus (paratroops)
2708LDC, Lesser Developing/Developed Country
2709LDL, Low-Density Lipoprotein
2710LDV, Local Defence Volunteers (British Home Guard)
2711LDW,Lane Departure Warning (ADAS)
2712LE, Lebanon (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2713LEC, Local Exchange Carrier
2714LED, Light-Emitting Diode
2715Legs, level emotion gad speed
2716LEGAD, Legal Advice
2717LEMOSS, Long-Endurance MObile Submarine Simulator
2718LEN, Large Extension Node
2719LEO, Low Earth orbit
2720LEP, Large Electron-Positron collider
2721LER, Loss-Exchange Ratio
2722LEU, Low-Enriched Uranium
2723LF, Low Frequency
2724LFO, Low Frequency Oscillation / Oscillator
2725LFTR, Liquid fluoride thorium reactor
2726lg, Luganda (ISO 639-1 code)
2727LG, Latvia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2728LGB- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,Laser-guided bomb, self-explanatory
2729LGBT, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
2730LGLO, Love God, Love Others
2731LGM, Little Green Men
2732LGS, Landsat Ground Station
2733LH, Lithuania (FIPS 10-4 country code), Luteinising Hormone
2734LHC, Large Hadron Collider
2735LHS, Left Hand Side
2736li, Limburgish language (ISO 639-1 code)
2737Li, Lithium
2738LI, Fifty-one (in Roman numerals), Liberia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Liechtenstein (ISO 3166 digram)
2739LIBOR, London Interbank Offered Rate
2740LIBS, Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
2741LIE, Liechtenstein (ISO 3166 trigram)
2742LIFO, Last In, First Out
2743LIGO, Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
2744lim, Limburgish language (ISO 639-2 code)
2745lin, Lingala language (ISO 639-2 code)
2746LINEAR, Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
2747LISA, Laser Interferometer Space Antenna
2748lit, Lithuanian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2749LITAS, Low Intensity Two Colour Approach System (aviation)
2750LIVE, Liquid Inertial Vibration Eliminator
2751LJ- La Jolla,Larry Johnson (both the American football and basketball players of that name),LaserJet (HP printer brand),Library Journal,Linux Journal,LiveJournal,Ljubljana,Lord Justice of Appeal, Sierra National Airlines (IATA code)
2752LJJ, Lord Justices of Appeal
2753LK, Sri Lanka (ISO 3166 digram)
2754LKA, Sri Lanka (ISO 3166 trigram)
2755LKR, Sri Lanka rupee (ISO 4217 currency code)
2756LKR4, Linkwitz-Riley 4th order (audio crossover type)
2757LL, Land Line (telephone),Last Log,Late Latin,Left Limit,Lex Luthor (Superman character),Light Line,Limited Liability,Linked List,Little League
2758LLAD, Low Level Air Defence
2759LLB, Legum Baccalaureus (Latin: Bachelor of Laws)
2760LLC, Limited Liability Company
2761LLGC, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru (National Library of Wales),London Lesbian and Gay Centre
2762LLLTV, Low-Light Level Television
2763LLNL, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2764LLP, Limited Liability Partnership
2765LLTI, Limiting Long-Term Illness,Long Lead Time Item
2766LLTR, Low-Level Transit Route
2767LMAO, Laughing My Ass Off (Internet shorthand)
2768LMFAO, Laughing My F**king Ass Off (Internet shorthand, electro-hop duo)
2769LMB, Lick My Balls
2770LMN,(a/i) Lifetime Movie Network
2771LMS, London Mathematical Society,London, Midland and Scottish (Railway)
2772LMS, Like My Status (Internet shorthand)
2773LMV,() Light Motor Vehicle
2774ln- Lingala language (ISO 639-1 code),Natural logarithm
2775LNER, London and North Eastern Railway
2776LNG, Liquefied Natural Gas
2777LNO, Liaison Officer
2778lo, Lao language (ISO 639-1 code)
2779LO, Slovakia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2780LOA, Limit Of Advance
2781LOC,(a/i) Level of Operational Capability,Limited Operational Capability,Lines Of Code,Lines Of Communication,see entry
2782LOD,Limit of Detection,see Detection limit
2783LoD, Lines of Development (UK)
2784LOFAR, Low Frequency Analysis and Recording
2785LOGPAC, Logistics Package
2786LOL, Laughing Out Loud (Internet shorthand)
2787LOMEZ, Low Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
2788LONEOS, Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search
2789LOOGY,(p/a) Lefty One-Out GuY, a sometimes pejorative nickname for the left-handed specialist in baseball
2790LORTID, LOng Range Target IDentification
2791LOS, Line Of Sight
2792LOSAT, Line-Of-Sight Anti-Tank (missile)
2793LOTA, Licentiate of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
2794LOTIS, Livermore Optical Transient Imaging System
2795LOTS, Logistics Over-The-Shore
2796LP, Linkin Park,Linkup Point,Listening Post,Long Playing record,Louisiana Pacific (cf. LP Field)
2797LPC, Linear Predictive Coding
2798LPD, Landing Platform Dock (Navy hull classification),Low Probability of Detection
2799LPG, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cf. LNG)
2800LPI, Low Probability of Intercept
2801LPS, Landsat Processing System, LipoPolySaccharide
2802LQ, Palmyra Atoll (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2803Lr, Lawrencium
2804LR, Liberia (ISO 3166 digram)
2805LRC, Logistics iness Center
2806LRD, Liberian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2807LRF, Laser rangefinder, Low iness Forces
2808LRGW, Long-Range Guided Weapon
2809LRICBM, Limited Range ICBM
2810LRIP, Low Rate Initial Production
2811LRP, Logistics Release Point
2812LRPE, Long-Range Planning Element
2813LRS, Long Range Surveillance
2814LRU, Line-Replaceable Unit
2815LSE- Least Squares Estimate/Error,London School of Economics,London Stock Exchange
2816LSI, Large-Scale Integration
2817LSIF, Labour Sponsored Investment Fund
2818LSL, Lesotho loti (ISO 4217 currency code)
2819LSND, Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
2820LSO, Lesotho (ISO 3166 trigram)
2821LSST, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
2822LSVW, Light Support Vehicle, Wheeled
2823lt, Lithuanian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2824Lt, Lieutenant
2825LtC, Lieutenant-Colonel (U.S.)
2826LT, Lesotho (FIPS 10-4 country code),Lithuania (ISO 3166 digram)
2827LTC, Long-Term Costing
2828Ltd, Limited
2829LTDP, Long-Term Defence Plan
2830LTG, Lieutenant General, Lightning (METAR Code)
2831LTI, Linear Time-Invariant
2832LTM,Acronym for Laughing To Myself
2833LTL, Lithuanian litas (ISO 4217 currency code)
2834LTP, Long-Term Potentiation
2835LTU, Lithuania (ISO 3166 trigram)
2836ltz, Luxembourgish language (ISO 639-2 code)
2837lu, Tshiluba language (ISO 639-1 code)
2838Lu, Lutetium
2839LU, Acronym Love You
2840LU,Loonatics Unleashed
2841lub, Tshiluba language (ISO 639-2 code)
2842LUCA, Last Universal Common Ancestor
2843lug, Luganda (ISO 639-2 code)
2844LUG, Linux User Group
2845LULU, Locally Unwanted Land Use (urbanism)
2846LUT, Limited User Test (ing),Local User Terminal
2847LUVW, Light Utility Vehicle, Wheeled
2848LUX, Luxembourg (ISO 3166 trigram)
2849lv, Latvian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2850LV- Las Vegas, Latvia (ISO 3166 digram), Launch Vehicle,Leading Vehicle, Leave, Left Ventricle,Level Valve,Linking Verb,Liverpool Victoria
2851LVA, Latvia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2852LVAD- Left Ventricular Assist Device, Low-Velocity Airdrop
2853LVEF, Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
2854LVL, Latvian lats (ISO 4217 currency code)
2855Lw, Lawrencium (obsolete 1963)
2856LW, Land Warrior,Low Water (nautical charts)
2857LWR, Laser warning receiver
2858LWRC, Land Warfare Resources Corporation
2859LWS, Land Warrior System
2860LX, Luxembourg (amateur radio ITU prefix),Swiss International Air Lines (IATA code)
2861LX, Electrics (theatrical term)
2862LY, Libya (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Lithuania (amateur radio ITU prefix)
2863LYAO,Laugh Your Ass Off
2864LYD, Libyan dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2865LYLAS, Love You Like A Sister
2866LZ, Bulgaria (amateur radio ITU prefix), Landing Zone
2867m, Metre,Milli
2868M, Mega-,One thousand (in Roman numerals)
2869mA, Milliampere
2870Ma, Megaannum
2871MA- Madagascar (FIPS 10-4 country code), Marijuana Anonymous, Master of Arts,Massachusetts (postal symbol),Megaampere,Morocco (ISO 3166 digram)
2872MAA, Mathematical Association of America
2873MAAC, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
2874MACE, Multi-Agent Computing Environment
2875MACHO, MAssive Compact Halo Object
2876MAD- Magnetic Anomaly Detector, Moroccan dirham (ISO 4217 currency code), Mutual Assured Destruction
2877MADD- Mothers Against Drunk Driving,MyoAdenylate Deaminase Deficiency, Multiply-Add
2878MAF, Maintenance Action Form
2879MAFF, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (various countries)
2880MAGIC, Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (telescope)
2881MAGNETAR, Metaprogrammable AGent NETwork ARchitecture
2882MAGTF, Marine Air-Ground Task Force
2883mah, Marshallese language (ISO 639-2 code)
2884mal, Malayalam language (ISO 639-2 code)
2885MALD, Miniature Air-Launched Decoy
2886MANPADS, MAN-Portable Air Defence System
2887MANPRINT, MANpower and PeRsonnel INTegration
2888MAO-(i/a) Molėtų astronomijos observatorija (Moletai Astronomical Observatory), MonoAmine Oxidase
2889MAOI, Monoamine oxidase inhibitor
2890MAPS, Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship
2891mar, Marathi language (ISO 639-2 code)
2892MAR, Morocco (ISO 3166 trigram)
2893MarBEF, Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
2894MARC- MAchine able Cataloging (often also defined as MAchine able Code),Mailing list ARChive,Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition,Mid-America Regional Council
2895MARCENT, United States Marine Forces Central Command
2896MARFORCC, Marine Force Component Commander
2897MARRS, Martyn Young, Alex Ayuli, Rudy Tambala, Russell Smith, and Steve Young (British electronic music act)
2898MASAS, Monte Agliale Supernovae and Asteroid Survey
2899Maser, Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
2900MASH, Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
2901MASINT, Measurement And Signature Intelligence
2902MATREX, Modeling Architecture for Technology, Research & EXperimentation
2903MAVS,(a/i) Mobile Artillery Vehicle System
2904MAW, Malawi (IOC trigram, but not FIFA or ISO 3166)
2905MB, Manitoba (postal symbol),Martinique (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Medal of Bravery (Canada)
2906MBA, Main Battle Area,Main Belt Asteroid,Masters of Business Administration
2907MBI, Moody Bible Institute
2908MBBL, (U.S. Armor Center) Mounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
2909MBCC, Migratory Bird Conservation Commission (U.S.)
2910MBCS, Multi-Byte Character Set
2911MBE, Member of the Order of the British Empire, Multistate Bar Examination (U.S.)
2912MBIDST, Member of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
2913MBM, Meat and Bone Meal
2914mbsf,metres below sea floor,[1][2] a depth convention used in paleontology and oceanography
2915MBT, Main Battle Tank
2916MBTA, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority,Migratory Bird Treaty Act (U.S.)
2917MBTI, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
2918mC, Millicoulomb
2919MCA- Master of Computer Applications,Micro Channel Architecture,MultiChannel Analyzer,Music Corporation of America, the original name of the now-defunct MCA Inc.
2920MCC- Marylebone Cricket Club,Mission Control Center,Motor Control Center,Movement Control Centre
2921MCD- Minimal Cerebral Dysfunction,Minor civil division (U.S. Census term)
2922MCDL, Model Composition Definition Language
2923MCFT, Modified Compression Field Theory
2924MCG, Melbourne Cricket Ground
2925MCI, Microwave Communications, Inc.
2926MCIS, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
2927MCM, Mine Counter-Measures
2928MCMV, Mine Counter-Measure Vessel
2929MCNC- Microelectronics Center of North Carolina, Mixing Condensation Nucleus Counter
2930MCP- Maintenance Collection Point,Male Chauvinist Pig
2931MCR, My Chemical Romance
2932MCSF, Marine Corps Security Forces
2933MCT, Movement Control Team
2934MCTIS, Mounted Co-operative Target Identification System
2935MCU- Marine Corps University,Marvel Cinematic Universe,Medium close-up (camera direction in British TV scripts), Microcontroller unit, Milk clotting units,Ming Chuan University,Minimum coded unit (digital imaging),Multipoint control unit,Municipal Credit Union (New York),MD[edit]
2936Md, Mendelevium
2937MDA- Main Defensive Action/Area, Moldova (ISO 3166 trigram),Muscular Dystrophy Association
2938MDF- Main distribution frame,Medium-density fiberboard
2939MDG- Madagascar (ISO 3166 trigram), UN Millennium Development Goal
2940MDL, Moldovan leu (ISO 4217 currency code)
2941MDM- Michigan Dartmouth MIT telescope consortium,Master data management
2942MDNA, Madonna's 12th studio album title (2012)
2943MDO, Membership Driven Organisation
2944MDP, Markov Decision Process
2945MDT, Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-6 hours)
2946MDV, Maldives (ISO 3166 trigram)
2947Me, Messerschmitt
2948ME, Maine (postal symbol), Mechanical engineer[ing],Medical examiner,Middle East, Middle East Airlines (IATA code), Memory Effect,Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
2949MEA, Maine Educational Assessment,Middle East Airlines,Millennium Ecosystem Assessment,Minimum en route altitude,Mono-ethanol Amine,Multilateral Environmental Agreement
2950MEAC, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (ME-ac)
2951MEC- Maine Central Railroad,Manta, Ecuador (IATA location identifier), Model European Council,Mountain East Conference,Mountain Equipment Co-op
2952MECC, Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (later Corporation, dissolved 1999)
2953MECCA, Milwaukee Exposition Convention Center and Arena, a former name for the sports venue now known as UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena
2954MECO, Main engine cutoff (NASA code for point in Space Shuttle assent when three main engines are shut down prior to External Tank (ET) separation)
2955MEDEVAC, Medical evacuation
2956MEDLI, Mars Science Laboratory Entry, Descent, and Landing Instrumentation, Medical & Scientific Libraries of Long Island, Model for Effluent Disposal using Land Irrigation
2957MEDS, Mission Essential Data Set
2958MEF, U.S. Marine Expeditionary Force,Minimum essential facility,Mission essential force
2959MEG, MagnetoEncephaloGraphy
2960MEI, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
2961MEK, Magyar Elektronikus Konyvtar,Message encryption key,Methyl ethyl ketone, Mujahideen al-Khalq
2962MEL, Maya Embedded Language,Michigan Electronic Library
2963MELT, Metallic Line/Loop Test (ing)
2964MEM, Message Exchange Mechanism, Microelectromechanical
2965MEMS, Microelectromechanical System
2966MEO, Medium earth orbit,Most efficient organization
2967MER, Mars Exploration Rover
2968MERL, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
2969MES, Marconi Electronic Systems,Medium Edison screw
2970MESSENGER, MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging
2971MET, Meteorological, Middle European Time
2972METAR, [Meteorological] Aviation Routine weather report
2973METOC, Meteorological and Oceanographic
2974MEU, U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit,Maximum Expected Utility
2975MeV, Megaelectronvolt
2976MEV, Medical Evacuation Vehicle,Musica Elettronica Viva
2977MEX, Mexico (ISO 3166 trigram)
2978MEZ, Missile Engagement Zone
2979MES, Manufacturing Execution Systems
2980mF, Millifarad
2981MF, Mayotte (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Megafarad
2982MFSB, Mother, Father, Sister, Brother (1970s Philadelphia studio musicians collective)
2983mg, Malagasy language (ISO 639-1 code),Milligram
2984Mg, Magnesium,Megagram
2985MG, Machine Gun, Madagascar (ISO 3166 digram), Major General, Mongolia (FIPS 10-4 country code), Morris Garage
2986MGA, Malagasy ariary (ISO 4217 currency code)
2987MGB, Medium Girder Bridge, Motor Gun Boat
2988MGM, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Montgomery, Alabama (Airport Code)
2989MGPAM,My Gym Partner's a Monkey
2990MGS, Mobile Gun System
2991mh, Marshallese language (ISO 639-1 code)
2992mH, Millihenry
2993MH, Marshall Islands (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram),Megahenry,Montserrat (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2994MHC, Major Histocompatibility Complex
2995MHHW, Mean Higher High Water (nautical charts)
2996MHL, Marshall Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2997MHLW, Mean Higher Low Water (nautical charts)
2998MHRA, (UK) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
2999MHW, Mean High Water (nautical charts)
3000MHWN, Mean High Water Neaps (nautical charts)
3001MHWS, Mean High Water Springs (nautical charts)
3002MHz, Megahertz
3003mi, Māori language (ISO 639-1 code)
3004Mi, Mebi
3005MIA, Missing In Action
3006MIAA- Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association,Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association,Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association,Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
3007MIB- Men In Black,Mint In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
3008MICLIC, Mine Clearing Line Charge
3009MICOM, Missile Command
3010MID, Midway Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
3011MIDI, Musical Instrument Digital Interface
3012MIDAS, Man-machine Integration Design and Analysis System
3013MIDS, Multi-Function Information Distribution System
3014MIFG, Shallow Fog (METAR Code)
3015MIKE, Monitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants
3016MIL, Man-In-the-Loop
3017MILC, Mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera
3018MILF- Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Mother I'd Like to Fuck
3019MIMAROPA, Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan (a region in the Philippines)
3020MIMOSA, MIcroMeasurements Of Satellite Acceleration
3021MIMPT, Member of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
3022MIP- Multilateral Interoperability Programme,Multiple Identity Poster
3023MIRA, MILAN Infra-Red Acquisition (thermal sight)
3024MIRV, Multiple Independent Reentry Vehicle
3025MIS- Management Information Systems,Museum Information System
3026MISREP, Mission Report
3027MISSI, Multilevel Information System Security Initiative
3028MIT- Massachusetts Institute of Technology,methylisothiazoline,Milli Istihbarad Teskilati (Intelligence service of Turkey)
3029MITL, Man-In-The-Loop
3030MITS,see entry
3031mJ, Millijoule
3032MJ- Megajoule, Michael Jordan
3033MJD, Modified Julian Day
3034mk, Macedonian language (ISO 639-1 code)
3035mK, Millikelvin
3036mkd, Macedonian language (ISO 639-2 code)
3037MKD- Macedonian denar (ISO 4217 currency code),Republic of Macedonia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3038MKG, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (American basketball player)
3039MKS- Metre-Kilogram-Second (system of units), MKS Inc. software company
3040MKSA, Metre-Kilogram-Second-Ampere (system of units)
3041ml, Malayalam language (ISO 639-1 code)
3042mL, Millilitre
3043ML- Mali (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram), Maximum Likelihood, Megalitre
3044MLA- Martial Law Administration of Bangladesh,Master of Landscape Architecture,Medical Library Association,Member of Legislative Assembly,Modern Language Association,Mutual legal assistance treaty,Myelosis Leucemica Acuta
3045MLB, Major League Baseball
3046MLC, Member of the Legislative Council (in India)
3047MLE, Maximum likelihood estimation
3048mlg, Malagasy language (ISO 639-2 code)
3049MLHW, Mean Lower High Water (nautical charts)
3050MLI, Mali (ISO 3166 trigram)
3051MLK, Martin Luther King, Jr.
3052MLL, Major League Lacrosse
3053MLLW, Mean Lower Low Water (nautical charts)
3054MLP,My Little Pony
3055MLRS, Multiple-Launch Rocket System
3056MLS- Major League Soccer,Multiple Listing Service
3057MLSE- Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (owner of several Toronto-based sports teams),Maximum likelihood sequence estimation
3058MLSR, Missing, Lost or Stolen Report
3059mlt, Maltese language (ISO 639-2 code)
3060MLT, Malta (ISO 3166 trigram)
3061MLVW, Medium Logistics Vehicle, Wheeled
3062MLW, Mean Low Water (nautical charts)
3063MLWN, Mean Low Water Neaps (nautical charts)
3064MLWS, Mean Low Water Springs (nautical charts)
3065mm, Millimetre
3066Mm, Megametre
3067MMA, Mixed martial arts,Moving Mechanical Assembly
3068MMC, Machinist's Mate, Chief (USN rating), Materiel Management Centre
3069MMCM, Machinist's Mate, Master Chief (USN rating), Magnetic Mine Counter Measure
3070MMCS, Machinist's Mate, Senior Chief (USN rating)
3071MMEV, Multi-Mission Effects Vehicle
3072MMI, Man-Machine Interface
3073MMI, McLean Meditation Institute
3074MMIC, Mindfulness & Meditation Instructor, Certified
3075MMIC, McLean Meditation Institute Certified
3076MMI, Magical MonkeyZ Inc.
3077MMK, Burmese kyat (ISO 4217 currency code)
3078MMO, Massively Multiplayer Online (computer game)
3079MMOR, Master of Management in Operations Research
3080MMORPG, Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
3081MMPR,Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
3082MMR, Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine, Myanmar (ISO 3166 trigram)
3083MMS, Multimission Modular Spacecraft
3084MMU, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manned Manoeuvring Unit
3085mn, Mongolian language (ISO 639-1 code)
3086mN, Millinewton
3087Mn, Manganese
3088MN, Meganewton,Minnesota (postal symbol),Monaco (FIPS 10-4 country code),Mongolia (ISO 3166 digram)
3089MNB, Multinational Brigade
3090MND, Motor Neurone Disease, Multinational Division
3091MNE, Montenegro (ISO 3166 trigram)
3092MNG, Multiple-image Network Graphics, Mongolia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3093MNMF, Multi-National Maritime Force
3094MNP, Northern Mariana Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
3095MNS, Mission Needs Statement
3096MNT, Molecular nanotechnology, Mongolian tugrik (ISO 4217 currency code)
3097mo, Moldovan language (ISO 639-1 code)
3098Mo, Molybdenum
3099MOA,Museum of Art (Brigham Young University)
3100MOAB, Massive Ordnance Air Blast (official),Mother Of All Bombs (slang)
3101MOB, Man Over Board,Marching Owl Band,Movable Object Block
3102MOC, Macedonian Orthodox Church,Measure Of Capability,Mission Operations Centre,My Own Creation (Lego)
3103MOCAS, Mechanization Of Contract Administration Services
3104MoD, Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) and various other countries
3105MOD, Magneto-optical disc,Masters of Deception,Minimum Object Distance,Multiple Organ Dysfunction
3106modem, Modulator-Demodulator
3107Moe, Marvel of entertainment
3108MOE, Measure Of Effectiveness
3109MOF,(a/i) Ministry of Finance (Japan)
3110MOFA,(a/i) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
3111MOH,(a/i) Medal of Honor,Music On Hold
3112MOID, Minimum Orbital Intersection Distance
3113MOJWA, Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa
3114mol, Moldovan language (ISO 639-2 code),mole (unit)
3115MOLO, Mobile Other Licensed Operator (UK)
3116MoM, Multiple of the median
3117MOM, Message Oriented Middleware
3118MOM, Master's Degree in Oriental medicine
3119MoMA, Museum of Modern Art (NYC)
3120mon, Mongolian language (ISO 639-2 code)
3121MOND, Modified Newtonian Dynamics
3122MOO, Measure Of Outcome
3123MOP, Macau pataca (ISO 4217 currency code), Measure Of Performance
3124MOPE, Ministry of Population and Environment (Nepal),Most Oppressed People Ever (politics)
3125MOPP,(i/a) Mission-Oriented Protective Posture
3126MORP, Meteorite Observation and Recovery Project
3127MOSFET, Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
3128MOSS, MObile Submarine Simulator, Moving Object Support System
3129MOT, Ministry of Transport (UK)
3130MOTA, Member of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
3131MOTESS, Moving Object and Transient Event Search System
3132MOTO, Mail Order / Telephone Order,Master of the obvious
3133MOU, Memorandum Of Understanding
3134MOVES, Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulation Institute
3135MOW, Maintenance of way (also MW)
3136MOZ, Mozambique (ISO 3166 trigram)
3137mPa, Millipascal
3138MPa, Megapascal
3139MPA, Maritime Patrol Aircraft,Master of Public Administration
3140MPAA, Motion Picture Association of America
3141MPC, Minor Planet Center,Minor Planet Circular
3142MPEC, Minor Planet Electronic Circular
3143MPEG, Motion Pictures (Coding) Experts Group
3144MPEV, Multi-Purpose Engineering Vehicle
3145MPF, Maritime Prepositioning Force
3146MPFC, Medial PreFrontal Cortex
3147MPG, Miles Per Gallon
3148MPMC, Medial PreMotor Cortex
3149MPSI, Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
3150MPSoC, MultiProcessor System-on-Chip
3151MPSRON, Maritime Propositioning Ship Squadron
3152MQ, Martinique (ISO 3166 digram),Midway Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
3153mr, Marathi language (ISO 639-1 code)
3154MR, Mauritania (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
3155MRAV, Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle
3156MRBM, Medium Range Ballistic Missile
3157MRC, Maintenance Requirements Card
3158MRD, Motorized Rifle Division
3159MRGW, Medium-Range Guided Weapon
3160mri, Māori language (ISO 639-2 code)
3161MRI, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
3162MRL, Multiple Rocket Launcher
3163MRO- Maintenance, Repair and Operating,Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mauritanian ouguiya (ISO 4217 currency code)
3164MRPharmS, Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (Great Britain)
3165MRR- Maximum Rock and Roll,Minimum-Risk Route,My Restaurant Rules
3166MRS, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
3167MRSA, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
3168MRT- Mass Rapid Transit — used as either an official or unofficial name for metro systems in Singapore, Kaoshiung, Bangkok, Taipei, Chennai, and Delhi, Mauritania (ISO 3166 trigram)
3169MRTFB, U.S. Major Range and Test Facility Base
3170ms- Malay language (ISO 639-1 code),Millisecond
3171mS, Millisiemens
3172Ms, Megasecond
3173msa, Malay language (ISO 639-2 code)
3174MSB- Main Support Battalion,Most Significant Bit (or Byte)
3175MSD, Minimum Safe Distance
3176MSDB, Multi Source Data Base
3177MSE, Multiple Subscriber Element
3178MSG- MonoSodium Glutamate,Madison Square Garden (either the 1879, 1890, 1925, or current versions of the venue)
3179MSH- Medium Support Helicopter,Mount Saint Helens
3180MSI- Micro-Star International, Multispectral imagery
3181MSIE- Microsoft Internet Explorer,Master of Science in Industrial Engineering
3182MSL- Mars Science Laboratory,Mean Sea Level, Missile
3183MSLP, Mean Sea Level Pressure
3184MSM- Mainstream media, Men who have sex with men,Mount St Mary's School
3185MSN- Microsoft Network,Master of Science in Nursing
3186MSNBC, Microsoft National Broadcasting Company Cable news channel (see also msnbc.com)
3187MSO, Multiple System Operator
3188MSPA- Migrant and Seasonal worker Protection Act, MS Paint Adventures
3189MSPB, Merit Systems Protection Board
3190MSR- Main Supply Route,Module Service Record, Montserrat (ISO 3166 trigram), Motor Schlepp Regulung,Mountain Safety Research (outdoor supplies manufacturer)
3191MSSA, Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
3192MST- Madison Symmetric Torus,Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7 hours),MST3K or MST3k, Mystery Science Theater 3000
3193MSU- Michigan State University,Montana State University,Mountain State University,Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia, a.k.a. MGU),MT[edit]
3194mt, Maltese language (ISO 639-1 code)
3195mT, Millitesla
3196Mt, Meitnerium
3197MTA- Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Boston) (now Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority),Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York)
3198MTBF, Mean time between failures
3199MtF, Male-to-female transsexual
3200MTF- Magnetized target fusion,Medical Treatment Facility,Message Text Format,Modulation transfer function (optics)
3201MTG, Magic: The Gathering
3202MTL- Maltese lira (ISO 4217 currency code), Mean Tide Level (nautical charts)* MTM, Methods-Time Measurement
3203MTP- Maritime Tactical Publication,Materiel Transfer Plan,Mission Training Plan
3204MTQ, Martinique (ISO 3166 trigram)
3205MTS- Maintenance Training System,Manitoba Telecom Services,Michigan Terminal/Timesharing System,Movement Tracking System,Multichannel television sound,Multi-Technical Services
3206MTT, Methylthiazol tetrazolium (assay)
3207MTV- MainosTeleVisio (Finnish commercial TV company),Music TeleVision
3208MTVL, Mobile Tracked Vehicle, Light
3209MTWS, MAGTF Tactical Warfare System
3210MU, Mauritius (ISO 3166 digram),Oman (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Muscat)
3211MUR, Mauritius rupee (ISO 4217 currency code)
3212MUS, Mauritius (ISO 3166 trigram)
3213mV, Millivolt
3214MV, Maldives (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Megavolt, Motor Vehicle,Motor Vessel
3215MVC, Missouri Valley Conference
3216MVFC, Missouri Valley Football Conference
3217MVNO, Mobile virtual network operator
3218MVR, Maldivian rufiyaa (ISO 4217 currency code)
3219mW, Milliwatt
3220MW- Maintenance of way (also MOW), Malawi (ISO 3166 digram), Medium Wave (radio), Megawatt, Mountain West (Conference) (formal initialism since July 2011)
3221MWESH, Machismo Wizards Extended SHelter (operating system)
3222MWI, Malawi (ISO 3166 trigram)
3223MWK, Malawian kwacha (ISO 4217 currency code)
3224MWOA, Mount Wilson Observatory Association
3225MWR, Morale, Welfare, and Recreation
3226MWTB, Mounted Warfare Test Bed
3227MX, Mail Exchange, Mexico (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram), Missile eXperimental
3228MXN, Mexican peso (ISO 4217 currency code)
3229my, Burmese language (ISO 639-1 code)
3230MY, Malaysia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
3231mya, Burmese language (ISO 639-2 code), million years ago
3232MYOB, Mind Your Own Business
3233MYR, Malaysian ringgit (ISO 4217 currency code)
3234MYS, Malaysia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3235MYT, Mayotte (ISO 3166 trigram)
3236MZ, Mach-Zehnder (interferometer), Magnetic Azimuth, Move, Zig (Zero Wing), Mozambique (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
3237MZN, Mozambique metical (ISO 4217 currency code)
3238n, Nano
3239N, Newton,Nitrogen,North
3240N3F, National Fantasy Fan Federation
3241na, Nauruan language (ISO 639-1 code)
3242nA, Nanoampere
3243Na, Sodium (Latin Natrium)
3244NA, Namibia (ISO 3166 digram), Narcotics Anonymous, National Archives,Negative Acknowledge
3245NAA, N-Acetylaspartate
3246NAAD, North American Air Defense
3247NAAFI, Navy, Army and Air Force Institute (UK), No Ambition And Fuckall Interest (RSA army slang)
3248NAAK, Mark I NAAK, Nerve Agent Antidote Kit
3249NAAQS, National Ambient Air Quality Standards
3250NAAWS, NATO Anti-Air Warfare System
3251NAC,(i/a) National Agency Check,U.S. Naval Avionics Center,U.S. Navy Advanced Concepts,North Atlantic Council,Northern Area Command
3252NACA, (U.S.) National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (1915-1958, became NASA)
3253NACC, North Atlantic Cooperation Council
3254NACISA, NATO Communications and Information Systems Agency
3255NACMA, NATO Air Command and Control System Management Agency
3256NACRA, North America Caribbean Rugby Association (more specifically rugby union)
3257NAD, Namibian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
3258NAEC, U.S. Naval Air Engineering Center
3259NAF, NATO Architecture Framework, Naval Air Facility
3260NAFLD, NonAlcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
3261NAFO, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
3262NAFERA, Native American Free Exercise of Religion Act
3263NAFTA, North American Free Trade Agreement
3264NAGPRA, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
3265NAI, Named Area of Interest, Network Access Identifier
3266NAICS, North American Industry Classification System
3267NAIL, Neurotics Anonymous
3268NAILS, National Airspace Integrated Logistics System
3269NAIRU, Non Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment
3270NAK, Negative Acknowledge
3271NAM, Namibia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3272NAMBLA, North American Man-Boy Love Association
3273NAMRL, Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
3274NaN, Not A Number (computing)
3275NAO, UK National Audit Office
3276NAPS, Navy Acquisition Procedures Supplement
3277NARA, (U.S.) National Archives and Records Administration
3278NARAL, National Abortion Rights Action League
3279NARDAC, Naval Regional Data Automation Center
3280NARDIC, U.S. Navy Acquisition Research and Development Information Center
3281NARPV, National Association for Remotely Piloted Vehicles
3282NAS, National Academy of Sciences,National Air Space,National Audubon Society,Naval Air Station,New Attack Submarine
3283NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
3284NASCAR, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing
3285NASDAQ, National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
3286NASED, National Association of State Election Directors [1][2]
3287NASH, Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
3288NASP, National Aerospace Plane
3289NASS, National Association of Secretaries of State [3]
3290NatGeo, National Geographic
3291NATO, National Association of Theatre Owners,North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
3292nau, Nauruan language (ISO 639-2 code)
3293NaUKMA, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
3294nav, Navajo language (ISO 639-2 code)
3295NAV, Navigation[al]
3296NAVCAMS, Naval Communications Area Master Station
3297NAVCC, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
3298NAVCENT, Naval Forces U.S. Central Command
3299NAVDAC, Naval Data Automation Command
3300NAVEUR, Naval Forces U.S. European Command
3301NAVFE, U.S. Naval Forces, Far East
3302NAVFOR, Naval Force
3303NAVMACS, Naval Modular Automatic Communication Subsystem
3304NAVNET, Navy Network
3305NAVS, Non-Cooperative Airborne Vector Scoring
3306NAVSAT, Navigation Satellite
3307NAVSPACECOM, U.S. Navy Space Command
3308NAVSPASUR, U.S. Naval Space Surveillance System
3309NAVSTAR, Navigation Satellite Timing And Ranging
3310NAVTACNET, Navy Tactical Network
3311NAWC, U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center
3312nb, Norwegian Bokmål language (ISO 639-1 code)
3313Nb, Niobium
3314NBA, National Basketball Association
3315NBC, National Broadcasting Corporation,Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical
3316NBCRS, NBC (Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical) Reconnaissance System
3317NBIC, Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information Technology, Cognitive Science
3318nbl, Southern Ndebele language (ISO 639-2 code)
3319NBL, National Basketball League (Australia)
3320NBT, Nitroblue tetrazolium (assay)
3321nC, Nanocoulomb
3322NC- Network Computer, New Caledonia (ISO 3166 digram), Node Centre,Non-Consensual,Normally Closed, North Carolina (postal symbol)
3323NCA, National Command Authority
3324NCAR, U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research
3325NCB, National Codification Bureau
3326NCCAM, U.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
3327NCCUSL, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (U.S.)
3328NCDDR, U.S. National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research
3329NCES- U.S. National Center for Education Statistics,Net-Centric Enterprise Services
3330NCI, U.S. National Cancer Institute
3331NCIS- National Criminal Intelligence Service (British),Naval Criminal Investigative Service (U.S. Navy; see also NCIS, a U.S. TV series based on this unit)
3332NCL, New Caledonia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3333NCLR, National Council of La Raza
3334NCMO, No Commitment Make Out
3335NCND- Non Circumvention & Non Disclosure, Neither Confirm Nor Deny, New Concept New Design
3336NCO, Non-Commissioned Officer
3337NCP, Net Contracted Purchases
3338NCR, National Cash Register Co.
3339NCTR, Non-Co-operative Target Recognition
3340NCW, Network Centric Warfare
3341nd, Northern Ndebele language (ISO 639-1 code)
3342Nd, Neodymium
3343ND- Non-Disclosure, North Dakota (postal symbol)
3344NDAA, U.S. National Defense Authorization Act
3345NDBP, Non-Departmental Public Body (Scotland)
3346NDCC, New Directions Counseling Center (Concord, California)
3347nde, Northern Ndebele language (ISO 639-2 code)
3348ndo, Ndonga language (ISO 639-2 code)
3349NDP, New Democratic Party (Canada)
3350NDS,Nintendo DS
3351NDU, National Defense University (Washington, DC)
3352ne, Nepali language (ISO 639-1 code)
3353Ne, Neon
3354NE- Nebraska (postal symbol),Niger (ISO 3166 digram), North-East
3355NEA- National Education Association (U.S. labor union),Near-Earth Asteroid,Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD)
3356NEAT-Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking,,National Emergency Access Target (Au Health)
3357NED, Netherlands (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
3358NECTEC, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (Thailand)
3359NEI, National Eye Institute,Not Enough Information,Nuclear Energy Institute
3360NEMS, National Energy Modeling System (USDOE-EIA)
3361nep, Nepali language (ISO 639-2 code)
3362NEPA, National Environmental Policy Act
3363NER, Niger (ISO 3166 trigram)
3364NERICA, New Rice for Africa
3365NESDIS, National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service
3366NESP, NSA/CSS Enterprise Standards Program
3367NET, National Educational Television
3368NETCU, (UK) National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit
3369NETL, (US) National Energy Technology Laboratory
3370NETWARS, Network Warfare Simulation
3371NEWS- Navy Electronic Warfare Simulator,North, East, West, South
3372NEX, Navy EXchange
3373nF, Nanofarad
3374NF, Norfolk Island (ISO 3166 digram)
3375NFA- (U.S.) National Firearms Act (often used to refer to the guns and accessories regulated under this law),No-Fire Area
3376NFC- National Football Conference,Near field communication
3377NFER, National Foundation for Educational Research
3378NFG, No Fucking Good
3379NFHS, National Federation of State High School Associations
3380NFI, Not F****** Interested
3381NFK, Norfolk Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
3382NFL- National Football League,No-Fire Line
3383Nfld, Newfoundland
3384NFPA, National Fluid Power Association (United States)
3385NFT, No Further Text
3386ng, Nanogram,Ndonga language (ISO 639-1 code)
3387NG- Natural Gas,Next Generation, Niger (FIPS 10-4 country code),Nigeria (ISO 3166 digram)
3388NGA- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Nigeria (ISO 3166 trigram)
3389NGH,Northern General Hospital
3390NGATS, New Generation Army Targetry System
3391NGN, Nigerian naira (ISO 4217 currency code)
3392NGO, non-governmental organization
3393NGR, Nigeria (IOC trigram, but not ISO 3166 or FIFA)
3394NGS, Naval Gunfire Support
3395nH, Nanohenry
3396NH, New Hampshire (postal symbol),New Hebrides (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1980),Vanuatu (FIPS 10-4 country code; from New Hebrides)
3397NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
3398NHB, New Hebrides (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1980)
3399NHB, No Holds Barred radio (Link)
3400NHL, National Hockey League
3401NHO, Næringslivets Hovedorganisasjon (Confederation of Norwegian Enterprises, a Norwegian employers' organisation)
3402NHRA, National Hot Rod Association
3403NHS, National Health Service (UK)
3404Ni, Nickel
3405NI- Nicaragua (ISO 3166 digram),Nigeria (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3406NIAAA, U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
3407NIAID, National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Disease
3408NIAG, NATO Industrial Advisory Group
3409NIAMD, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases
3410NIB, New In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
3411NIBP, Non-invasive blood pressure monitor
3412NIC- Network Interface Card, Nicaragua (ISO 3166 trigram)
3413NicA, Nicotine Anonymous
3414NICAP, National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena
3415NICE, UK. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
3416NICHD,National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [4]
3417NICP, National Inventory Control Point
3418NIDDK, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
3419NIDRR, National Institute on Disability Research and Rehabilitation
3420NIEHS, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
3421NIG, Niger (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
3422NIH- National Institutes of Health,Not Invented Here
3423NIIN, National Item Identification Number
3424NIMA, National Imagery and Mapping Agency (became NGA)
3425NIMBY, Not In My Back Yard (See NOME)
3426NIMG, Not In My Generation
3427NIMH- National Institute of Medical Herbalists,National Institute of Mental Health
3428NIN, Nine Inch Nails (band)
3429NIO, Nicaraguayan cordoba oro (ISO 4217 currency code)
3430NIPR, National Institute of Polar Research (Japan)
3431NIR, Northern Ireland (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
3432NISAC, U.S. National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center
3433NISCAP, NSA Information System Certification and Accreditation Program
3434NISER, National Institute of Science Education and Research
3435NIST,(a/i) National Institute of Standards and Technology
3436NIT- National Invitation Tournament (U.S. college basketball), National Institutes of Technology (India)
3437NITFS, National Imagery Transmission Format Standard
3438NIU, Niue (ISO 3166 trigram)
3439nJ, Nanojoule
3440NJ, New Jersey (postal symbol)
3441NJHS, National Junior Honor Society
3442NJPW, New Japan Pro Wrestling
3443nK, Nanokelvin
3444NKA,No Known Allergies
3445nl, Dutch language (ISO 639-1 code)
3446nL, Nanolitre
3447NL- Netherlands (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram),Newfoundland and Labrador (postal symbol)
3448NLB, Non-Linear Battlefield
3449nld, Dutch language (ISO 639-2 code)
3450NLD, Netherlands (ISO 3166 trigram)
3451NLF, National Liberation Front (disambiguation)
3452NLL, National Lacrosse League
3453NLP- Natural Language Processing,Neuro-Linguistic Programming (pseudoscience)
3454NLW, Non-Lethal Weapon
3455nm, Nanometre
3456NM, New Mexico (postal symbol)
3457NMCI, Navy Marine Corps Intranet
3458NMCS, Not Mission Capable Supply (SM&R code)
3459NMD, U.S. National Missile Defense
3460NMN, No middle name
3461NMSG, NATO Modelling and Simulation Group
3462NMR, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
3463NMHNFG, Not Made Here, No Fucking Good
3464nn, Norwegian Nynorsk language (ISO 639-1 code)
3465nN, Nanonewton
3466NNE, North North-East
3467nno, Norwegian Nynorsk language (ISO 639-2 code)
3468NNSA, U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration
3469NNW, North North-West
3470no, Norwegian language (ISO 639-1 code)
3471No, Nobelium
3472NO- Nitric Oxide, Normally Open, Norway (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3473NOAA, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
3474NOAF, Norwegian Air Force
3475NOAO, National Optical Astronomy Observatory
3476nob, Norwegian Bokmål language (ISO 639-2 code)
3477NOC, UK. National Oceanography Centre
3478NODEF, NATO Oceanographic Data Exchange Format
3479NOK, Norwegian krone (ISO 4217 currency code)
3480NOLA, New Orleans, Louisiana (LA is the official postal code for Louisiana)
3481NOGI, New Orleans Grande Isle (award for diving)
3482NOLF, Navy OutLying Field
3483NOME,Not on Mars Either
3484NoMBO, Non-mine, Mine-like Bottom Object
3485NOME,Not on Mars Either (see NIMBY)
3486NOPA, National Office Products Alliance,National Office Products Association
3487nor, Norwegian language (ISO 639-2 code)
3488NOR, Norway (ISO 3166 trigram)
3489NORAD, North American Aerospace Defense Command
3490NORCECA, North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation
3491NORELPREF,No religious preference
3492NORTHAG, Northern Army Group
3493NOS- Network Operating System,New Old Stock (Internet auction/trading listings),Nitric Oxide Synthase (enzyme)
3494NOSA, NATO OSI Security Architecture
3495NOTAFLOF, No One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds
3496NOTAM, Notice to Airmen
3497NOW, National Organization for Women
3498Np, Neap tide (nautical charts), Neptunium
3499NP, National Permit,A permit in India for trucks so they can go anywhere in the nation
3500NP, Nepal (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3501NPB, Nippon Professional Baseball
3502NPC, National Postgraduate Committee,National Provincial Championship (New Zealand rugby competition, now defunct),Navigation Planning Chart,Non-Player Character (role-playing games)
3503NPCS, Non-Passenger Coaching stock (in Railways)
3504NPD, Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (German)
3505NPDI, New Product Development and Introduction
3506NPG, Needline/Network Participation Group
3507NPH, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
3508NPL, National Priorities List, Nepal (ISO 3166 trigram)
3509NPOV, Neutral Point Of View
3510NPR, National Public Radio, Nepalese rupee (ISO 4217 currency code)
3511NQ, Dronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1983)
3512NQOCD, Not Quite Our Class, Dear (or Darling). (Upper-class English slang)
3513NPO,nothing by mouth
3514nr, Southern Ndebele language (ISO 639-1 code)
3515NR, Nauru (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3516NRA, National Rifle Association
3517NRAO, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
3518NRC, National Research Council (U.S.),Nuclear Regulatory Commission (U.S.)
3519NRDC, (U.S.) Natural Resources Defense Council
3520NREL, U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
3521NRK, Norsk Rikskringkasting (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)
3522NRMP, National Resident Matching Program (U.S. medicine)
3523NRO, U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
3524NRT, Near Real Time
3525NRTA, National Rat Terrier Association,National Retail Tenants Association,National Retired Teachers Association,Northwest Regional Transmission Association
3526NRU, Nauru (ISO 3166 trigram)
3527ns, Nanosecond
3528nS, Nanosiemens
3529NS- Norfolk Southern Railway (AAR reporting mark),Nova Scotia (postal symbol),Suriname (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3530NSA- U.S. National Security Agency,Naval Support Activity,No Strings Attached
3531NSABB, National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
3532NSAID, Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug
3533NSB, Norges Statsbaner (Norwegian State Railways)
3534NSC,National Security Council
3535NSDL, National Science Digital Library (US)
3536NSG, National System for Geospatial-Intelligence
3537NSN, National Stock Number
3538NSNA, National Student Nurses' Association
3539NSO, National Standardization Office (ABCA)
3540NSS, (U.S.) Naval Simulation System
3541NST, (UK) Nimrod Software Team
3542NSTAC, National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
3543NSW, New South Wales (postal symbol)
3544nT, Nanotesla
3545NT- National Trust (UK), Saudi-Iraqi neutral zone (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1993), New Technology (Windows NT), Northern Territory (Australia) (postal symbol),Northwest Territories (Canada) (postal symbol)
3546NTC- National Training Center,Negative Temperature Coefficient (thermistor)
3547NTDS, Naval Tactical Data System
3548NTP, Network Time Protocol
3549NTR, Network Time Reference
3550NTRA, National Thoroughbred Racing Association
3551NTSB, National Transportation Safety Board
3552NTSC, National Television Standards Committee (colloquially, Never Twice the Same Color)
3553NTV, Non-Tactical Vehicle
3554NTY, (Internet Abbreviations:) Not Tested Yet; (Alternatively) No Thank You
3555NTZ, Iraq-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1993)
3556NU- Nicaragua (FIPS 10-4 country code),Niue (ISO 3166 digram),Nunavut (postal symbol)
3557NUL- Null character (ASCII code of control character),National Urban League
3558NUTS, Nuclear Utilization Target Selection
3559NUWC, U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center
3560nv, Navajo language (ISO 639-1 code)
3561nV, Nanovolt
3562NVEOL, Night Vision and Electro-Optics Laboratory
3563NVESD, CERDEC Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
3564NVG, Night Vision Goggles
3565NVL, Night Vision Laboratory
3566nW, Nanowatt
3567NW, North-West
3568NW, Nuclear Weapon
3569NWA, National Wrestling Alliance
3570NWF, National Wildlife Federation
3571NWFZ, Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone
3572NWHN, U.S. National Women's Health Network
3573nWo, New World Order (see article for explanation of idiosyncratic capitalization)
3574NWOAHM, New Wave of American Heavy Metal
3575NWOBHM, New Wave of British Heavy Metal (sometimes pronounced /n.ˈwɒbm/ as if it were an acronym)
3576NWRA, National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association
3577NWSL, National Women's Soccer League (U.S.)
3578NWT, North-West Territories
3579NXA, 21st arcade game in the Pump It Up series
3580NXD, Native XML
3581NXE, New Xbox Experience
3582NXG, New Cross Gate station
3583NXL, National XBall League
3584NXN, Nike Cross Nationals
3585ny, Chichewa language (ISO 639-1 code)
3586NY, New York (postal symbol)
3587nya, Chichewa language (ISO 639-2 code)
3588NYHA, New York Heart Association
3589NYO, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
3590NYRA, National Youth Rights Association, New York Racing Association (horse racing)
3591NYSE, New York Stock Exchange
3592NZ, New Zealand (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3593NZC, New Zealand Cricket
3594NZD, New Zealand dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
3595NZL, New Zealand (ISO 3166 trigram)
3596NzL,Noze looan (online/event listings)
3597NZOSS, New Zealand Open Source Society
3598NZRU, New Zealand Rugby Union
3599O, Oberst,Observer,Obstacle,Octal,Officer,Official,Oh,Operational,Operator,Oprah (magazine),Outstanding, Oxygen
3600OA, Operational Analysis, Overeaters Anonymous
3601OAC, On Approved Credit
3602OAP,Old Age Pensioner (UK)
3603OAS, Organization of American States
3604OARSI, Osteoarthritis Research Society International
3605OASIS, Objects and Agents for Information Systems and Simulation,Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
3606OASIS, Ontario Agencies Supporting Individuals with Special Needs
3607OASIS, Ontario Association of Sewage Industry Services
3608OASP, Operational Analysis Support Paper/Plan
3609OAU, Organization for African Unity
3610OB, Obedience,Obligation,Obligatory,Obsolete,Obstetrics, Ocean Beach (California),Off Break (cricket),Old Bryanstonian,Order of Battle,Outlet Box (electrical), Overbought (stock market), Oversight Board
3611OBE, Officer of the Order of the British Empire
3612OBS, Observation/Observer,Obsolete,Obstacle, Off Balance Sheet,Optical Burst Switching (IEEE),Organic Brain Syndrome,Organization(al) Breakdown Structure
3613OBSS, Off Board Sensor Systems,Ordo Byantinus Sancti Sepulchri (Byzantine Order of the Holy Sepulchre),Orbiter Boom Sensor System (space shuttle),Origins Billion Star Survey
3614OBX, Outer Banks (North Carolina)
3615oc, Occitan language (ISO 639-1 code)
3616OC, Officer Commanding
3617OCA, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur,Offensive Counter-Air
3618OCD, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
3619OCFS, Oracle Cluster File System
3620OCFS2, Oracle Cluster File System Release 2
3621oci, Occitan language (ISO 639-2 code)
3622OCMCC, [2] Orchard County MCC
3623OCN, Oncology Certified Nurse
3624OCO, Oort Cloud Object
3625OCOKA, Observation, Cover and concealment, Obstacles, Key terrain, and Avenues of approach (mnemonic)
3626OCR, Optical Character Recognition
3627OCS,see entry
3628OD- Old Dragon,Ordnance Datum (nautical charts), Overdose
3629ODAS, OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey
3630ODB- Ol' Dirty Bastard (rapper), One Dirty B*tch/Broad/Babe (professional wrestler), Operational Data Base, Original David Baker (professional poker player; used to distinguish from another professional poker player of the same name), Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
3631ODBC, Open DataBase Connectivity
3632ODI- Office for Disability Issues (UK government agency),One Day International (cricket),Open Data-Link Interface,Oracle Data Integrator,Overseas Development Institute (UK think tank),OE[edit]
3633OEA, (U.S.) Office of Economic Adjustment
3634OED, Oxford English Dictionary
3635OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (international)
3636OEG, Operation Exposure Guidance
3637OEIS, On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
3638OEM, Original Equipment Manufacturer
3639OFA, Occipital Face Area
3640OFDA, U.S Agency for International Development's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
3641OGC, Open Geospatial Consortium
3642OGD, Other Government Department
3643OGO, Other Government Organization
3644OGX,OUARGLA,a petroleum state in the south of Algeria
3645OH, Ohio (postal symbol)
3646OHC, OverHead-Cam engine
3647OHHLA, Original Hip-Hop Lyrics Archive
3648OHIP, Ontario Health Insurance Plan
3649OHMS, On Her (or His) Majesty's Service (also written: O.H.M.S.)
3650OHP, Observatoire de Haute-Provence
3651OHSS, Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
3652OIC, Officer In Charge
3653OIF, Operation Iraqi Freedom
3654OIOC, Oriental & India Office Collections (in the British Library)
3655oj, Anishinaabe language (Ojibwa) (ISO 639-1 code)
3656OJ, Orange Juice,O.J. Simpson
3657oji, Anishinaabe language (Ojibwa) (ISO 639-2 code)
3658OJT,On-the-Job Training
3659OKC, Oklahoma City
3660OLED, Organic Light-Emitting Diode
3661OLS, Operational Linescan System
3662om, Oromo language (ISO 639-1 code)
3663OM, Oman (ISO 3166 digram),Olympique de Marseille (French football club)
3664OMA, Open Mobile Alliance,Operations & Maintenance, Army
3665OMB, U.S. Office of Management and Budget,Ontario Municipal Board, Order of Mapungubwe in Bronze
3666OMD, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1980s pop group)
3667OME, Osaka Mercantile Exchange
3668OMFG, Oh My Fucking God
3669OMG, Oh My God or Or My Gosh
3670OMN, Oman (ISO 3166 trigram)
3671OMNCS, U.S. Office of the Manager for the National Communications System
3672OMP, Order of Mapungubwe in Platinum
3673OMR, Omani rial (ISO 4217 currency code)
3674OMS, Order of Mapungubwe in Silver
3675OMT, Object Model Template
3676OMW, On My Way, Oh My Word
3677ON, Ontario (postal symbol)
3678Onna,Oniong, Nnung Ndem, and Awa, a Local Government Area in Nigeria
3679ONC, Orthopaedic Nurse Certified
3680ONG, Orthodontic National Group
3681ONI, (U.S.) Office of Naval Intelligence
3682ONS, Operational Needs Statement
3683OO, Object Oriented,Over & Out
3684OOO, Out Of the Office
3685OOAD, Object Oriented Analysis and Design
3686OOBE, Out-of-body experience
3687OOCL, Orient Overseas Container Line
3688OODA, Observation, Orientation, Decision, Action loop (a.k.a. Boyd's Loop)
3689OOMF, One Of My Followers
3690OOP, Object-Oriented Programming,Out Of Print
3691OOS, Occupational Overuse Syndrome,OneSAF Objective System,Open Operating System,Out Of Service
3692OOTW, Operations Other Than War
3693OP- Observation Point/Post,Ocean Pacific (surfwear and swimwear brand),Original Poster (internet),Order Point, in inventory management; the inventory state at which more items should be ordered. Often expressed as a part of OP/OQ (when quantity OP is reached, order OQ new items),Overpowered, often used to refer to fictional characters (e.g. Superman) or game mechanics (e.g. the Black Lotus in Magic: the Gathering) that are considered disproportionately strong
3694OPA, Other Procurement, Army
3695OPAC, Online Public Access Catalogue
3696OPCON, Operational control
3697OPCW, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
3698OPEC, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
3699OPFOR, Opposing force
3700OPI- Office of Primary Interest,Open Prepress Interface
3701OPINTEL, Operational Intelligence
3702OPLAN, Operation plan (also OpPlan)
3703OPORD, Operation order
3704OPP- Ontario Provincial Police,Operational Planning Process,Other People's Property/Pussy/Penis (song)
3705OPS- On-base plus slugging (baseball statistics), Operations
3706OPSEC- Operations security,Open Platform for Security
3707OPSI- Overwhelming post splenectomy infection,UK Office of Public Sector Information
3708OPTAR, Operational target
3709OPV, Offshore Patrol Vessel
3710OQ, Order Quantity, in inventory management; the quantity of new items to be ordered. Often expressed as a part of OP/OQ (when quantity OP is reached, order OQ new items)
3711or, Oriya language (ISO 639-1 code)
3712OR, Operating Room (surgery),Operational/Operations Research, Oregon (postal symbol),overreciprocation,when the leader of an inner circle friendship contacts a friend more than is wanted or reasonable
3713ORAU,(a/i) Oak Ridge Associated Universities
3714ORB,(a/i) Object Request Broker
3715ORBAT, Order of Battle
3716ORD, O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois (IATA Airport Code ORD)
3717ORD, Office of Research and Development,Operational Requirements Document
3718ORF, Operational iness Float
3719ori, Oriya language (ISO 639-2 code)
3720ORISE, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
3721orm, Oromo language (ISO 639-2 code)
3722ORNL, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
3723ORR, Oak Ridge Reservation (U.S. DOE),Office of Rail Regulation (UK government),Office of Refugee Resettlement,(CIA) Office of Research and Reports,Operational iness Rate,Operational iness Review
3724ORSA,Oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus,Operations Research Society of America
3725OS, Operating System
3726os, Ossetic language (ISO 639-1 code)
3727Os, Osmium
3728OSA, Order of St. Augustine
3729OSCE, Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
3730OSD, U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense, On-screen Display
3731OSDL, Open Source Development Labs
3732OSE, Own Separate Entrance
3733OSERS, U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
3734OSETI, Optical SETI also Optical SETI
3735OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
3736OSI, Office of Strategic Influence,Ontario Swine Improvement,Open Source Initiative,Open Systems Interconnection
3737OSIA, (U.S.) On-Site Inspection Agency
3738OSL, Open Source License,Optically Stimulated Luminescence,Orbiting Solar Laboratory
3739OSIRIS- Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System (astronomical system on the Rosetta spacecraft),Optical System for Imaging and low Resolution Integrated Spectroscopy (astronomical system on the land-based Gran Telescopio Canarias)
3740OSM, One Saturday Morning
3741OSOTPBOIAS, One Sec, On The Phone, Be Off In A Sec
3742OSPA, Operations Security Professional's Association site of OSPA
3743OSPA, Oregon School Psychologists Association [3]
3744OSRH, Oružane Snage Republike Hrvatske (en: Armed forces of the Republic of Croatia)
3745oss, Ossetic language (ISO 639-2 code)
3746OSS, Office of Strategic Services (1942-1945, forerunner of CIA)
3747OSU, Ohio State University,Oklahoma State University
3748OTA, Office of Technology Assessment,(a/i) Orthodontic Technicians Association
3749OTAC, Orthodontic Technicians Association Conference, Orthodontic Technicians Association Council
3750OTB, Off The Ball, Offtrack Betting, OneSAF Testbed (a descendant of ModSAF)
3751OTC, Over-The-Counter (drugs)
3752OTD, Off the derech (referring to an Orthodox Jew who has stopped practicing the tenets of his or her faith)
3753OTEA, (U.S. Army) Operational Test Evaluation Agency
3754OTI, Office of Transition Initiatives (United States Agency for International Development)
3755OTOH, On The Other Hand
3756OTS,Off the scale, sexually untouchable except for a lot of money.
3757OTSBH, Over The Shoulder Boulder Holder
3758OTW, On The Way
3759OTYBL, Over To You Blue Leader
3760OTYRL, Over To You Red Leader
3761OU, University of Oklahoma
3762OVC, Overcast (METAR Code), Ohio Valley Conference
3763OVV, Optically Visually Violent, or Optically Violently Variable,a type of quasar
3764OW, Old Wykehamist
3765OWN, Oprah Winfrey Network
3766OX, IATA code for Orient Thai Airlines
3767OXC, Optical cross-connect
3768OXF, IATA code for London Oxford Airport
3769OXM, Official Xbox Magazine
3770OXR, IATA code for Oxnard Airport
3771OXT, Oxytocin
3772OZ,(?) Australia
3773p, pico
3774P, Peta,Phosphorus
3775P2P, Peer-to-peer (networking)
3776pa, Punjabi language (ISO 639-1 code)
3777pA, picoampere
3778Pa- pascal,Protactinium
3779PA-(a/i) Pamela Anderson, Panama (ISO 3166 digram),Paraguay (FIPS 10-4 country code), Partial Agonist, Pennsylvania (postal symbol),petampere, PolyAmide (Nylon),Prince Albert piercing,Public Address (vocal amplification system),Public Affairs,PA 6, Nylon 6 (PolyAmide) (similarly for PA 11, 12, 46, 66, 610)
3780PAA, Position Area for Artillery
3781PAB, Panamanian balboa (ISO 4217 currency code)
3782PABX, Private Automated Branch eXchange (company phone system)
3783PAC- Pan Africanist Congress, Partial Solar Calibrator,Patriot Advanced Capabilities,Political action committee,(a/i) Primary Auditory Cortex
3784PACOM, (U.S.) Pacific Command
3785PADD- Personal Access Display Device (as seen in the Star Trek franchise),Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts, used for data collection in the U.S. petroleum industry
3786PADI, Professional Association of Diving Instructors
3787PAEK, PolyArylEtherKetone
3788PAFC, Plymouth Argyle Football Club
3789PAH, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
3790PAHO, Pan American Health Organization
3791PAI- PolyAmide Imide,Pre-Approval Inspection (pharma)
3792PAK, Pakistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
3793Pakistan, Punjab, Afghan states, Kashmir, sIndh, baluchiSTAN
3794PAL- Phase Alternating Line (TV standard), Philippine Airlines
3795PAM,(a/i) Precision Attack Missile
3796Pamida, Patrick, Michael, and David, sons of the department store chain's co-founder Jim Witherspoon
3797PAMELA- Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics, Pedestrian Accessibility and Movement Environment Laboratory
3798pan, Punjabi language (ISO 639-2 code)
3799PANS, Pretty Advanced/Awesome Network Services (cf. POTS)
3800PAPI, Precision Approach Path Indicator (aviation)
3801PAR, Paraguay (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
3802PARC, Palo Alto Research Center
3803PAROS, Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space (treaty)
3804PARP, (NATO Partnership for Peace) Planning And Review Process
3805PARWIG, Power Augmented Ram Wing In Ground (aeroplane wing shape)
3806PAS,See entry
3807PASA, PolyAmide, Semi-Aromatic (Nylon)
3808PASGT, Personnel Armor System, Ground Troops
3809PASR, Personnel Accounting and Strength Reporting
3810PATH, Port Authority Trans-Hudson
3811PAWS- Phased Array Warning System,Progressive Animal Welfare Society
3812PAYD, Pay As You Drive
3813PAYE, Pay As You Earn
3814Pb, Lead (Latin Plumbum)
3815PB, PolyButylene
3816PBA- Philippine Basketball Association,Professional Bowlers Association
3817PBB, PolyBrominated Biphenyl
3818PBCK, Problem Between Chair and Keyboard (computer help desk in-joke)
3819PBD, PolyButaDiene
3820PBDE, PolyBrominated Diphenyl Ether
3821PBI, PolyBenzImidazole
3822PBN, PolyButylene Naphthalate
3823PBOH, Please Become Old History
3824PBR- Pabst Blue Ribbon (beer brand),Professional Bull Riders
3825PBS- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (Australia),Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),Public Broadcasting Services (Malta)
3826PBRT,may stand for: Physically Based Raytracing, an open source software rendering system for physically correct image synthesis.
3827PBT, PolyButylene Terephthalate
3828PBX, Private Branch eXchange (company phone system)
3829pC, picocoulomb
3830PCAS, Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey
3831PCB,see entry
3832PCC- NATO Partnership Coordination Cell,Posterior Cingulate Cortex,Pre-Command Course,Presidents Conference Committee
3833PCCB, Porsche Ceramic Composite Brake
3834PCCIP, President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection
3835PCE, PerChlorEthylene
3836PCI- U.S. Pacific Islands Trust Territory (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986), Peripheral Component Interconnect (computer bus)
3837PCIe, Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (computer bus)
3838PCL, Passive Coherent Location
3839PCMCIA, Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (People Can't Memorise Computer-Industry Acronyms)
3840PCN, Pitcairn Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
3841PCP- phencyclidine,Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (formerly Pneumocystis carinii), Probabilistically Checkable Proof
3842PCPI,Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (AMA)
3843PCR, Polymerase chain reaction
3844PCSSD, Pulaski County Special School District
3845PCT- Pacific Crest Trail,Patent Cooperation Treaty
3846PCTE- Portable Common Tool Environment, Punjab College of Technical Education
3847PCZ, Panama Canal Zone (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1980)
3848Pd, Palladium
3849PD, per diem (Latin: (calculated) by the day),Point of Departure,Police Department,Postal District,Potential Difference,Principal Deputy,Public Domain,Privatdozent
3850PD, Product Director—Example: CERDEC Product Director C4ISR and Network Modernization
3851PDA, Personal Digital Assistant,Predicted Drift Angle,Public Display of Affection,Push-Down Automaton
3852PDD, Past Due Date,Presidential Decision Directive
3853PDF, Panama[nian] Defense Forces (abolished 1990),Portable Document Format,Principal Direction of Fire
3854PDG, President Director General,Product Development Group
3855PDL, Pure Dumb Luck (Texan punk band)
3856PDN, Pull-Down Network
3857PDP, Programmable Data Processor,Performance Development Plan
3858PDQ, Pre-Defined Queries (Siebel packages),Pretty Damn Quick
3859PDRY, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (obsolete since 1990)
3860PDT, Pacific Daylight [Saving] Time (UTC-7 hours)
3861PDU, Police Dog Unit,Power Distribution Unit,Protocol Data Unit
3862PE,Professional Engineer
3863PE, Ice Pellets (old style METAR Code),Peru (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram), Physical Education,Premature Ejaculation, Prince Edward Island (postal code),Price to Earning ratio (used for equity shares),Plant Extract
3864PEBCAC, Problem Exists Between Chair and Computer (IT help desk in-joke)
3865PEBKAC, Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair (ditto)
3866PEEK, PolyEtherEtherKetone
3867PEET, Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy
3868PEI, Prince Edward Island,PolyEtherImide
3869PEK, PolyEtherKetone
3870PEN- Peruvian sol (ISO 4217 currency code), Poets, Essayists and Novelists, the original meaning of the initialism of the organization now known as PEN International,PolyEthylene Naphthalate
3871PEPFAR, President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief
3872PER, Peru (ISO 3166 trigram)
3873perl, usually lower case Practical Extraction and Report Language
3874PES, PolyEtherSulfone
3875PEST, UK Public Engagement with Science and Technology
3876PET,(a/i) Personal Electronic Transactor,Pierre Elliott Trudeau,Positron Emission Tomography (as in PET scan),PolyEthylene Terephthalate (plastic), Preliminary English Test
3877PETA,(a/i) pentaerythritol triacrylate,People Eating Tasty Animals,People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
3878PETE, PolyEthyleneTErephthalate
3879PETP, PolyEthyleneTerePhthalate
3880pF, picofarad
3881PF- French Polynesia (ISO 3166 digram),petafarad, Phenol Formaldehyde (resin),Power forward, a player position in Australian rules football, basketball, and ice hockey
3882PFD, Permanent Fund Dividend = personal flotation device
3883PFE, Permanent Forest Estate
3884PFO, Pissed, Fell Over (medical diagnosis in-joke)
3885PfP, Partnership for Peace
3886pg, picogram
3887Pg, petagram
3888PG -
3889PGCE, Postgraduate Certificate in Education
3890PGD, Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis
3891PGENI, Pharmaco-Genetics for Every Nation Initiative
3892PGH, Pre-implantation Genetic Haplotyping
3893PGK, Papua New Guinea kina (ISO 4217 currency code)
3894PGM, Precision-Guided Munition
3895PGP, Pretty Good Privacy
3896pH, parts of hydrogen (acidity/alkalinity index),picohenry
3897PH, Passive Homing (missile guidance system), petahenry,Philippines (ISO 3166 digram), Probability of Hit,Public Health,Purple Heart
3898PHA, PolyHydroxyAlkanoate, Potentially Hazardous Asteroid
3899PHL, Philippines (ISO 3166 trigram)
3900PHQ,Patient Health Questionnaire
3901PHP, Philippine peso (ISO 4217 currency code), PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (originally Personal Home Page (Tools))
3902pi, Pāli language (ISO 639-1 code)
3903Pi, Pebi
3904PI, PolyImide,PolyIsoprene,Private Investigator
3905PIB, PolyIsoButylene
3906PIC, Person In Charge
3907PICNIC, Problem In Chair Not In Computer
3908PICS, Private Investment Capital Subscription
3909PID, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Plan Identification Number,Positive Identification,Procedural Identification, Procurement Identification Description
3910PIF,(a/i) Partners in Flight
3911PIG, Pipeline Inspection Gauge
3912PIM,(a/i) Parameterized Ionospheric Model,Path of Intended Motion,Pediatric Index of Mortality,Personal Information Manager/Management,Presence and Interworking Mobility,Processor-In-Memory,Program Integration Manager,Protocol Independent Multicast
3913PIN, Personal Identification Number
3914PINF, People In Need Foundation (Czech charitable organisation)
3915PIPA,(a/i) Program on International Policy Attitudes
3916PIR, Priority Intelligence Requirement
3917PIRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army
3918PIREPS, Pilot Reports
3919PITA, Pain In The Ass
3920pJ, picojoule
3921PJ, petajoule
3922PJHQ, Permanent Joint Headquarters
3923K, picokelvin
3924PKA, Previously Known As,Professionally Known As
3925PKE, Partnership of Kindermusik Educators [1] &[2] & [2]
3926PKI, Public Key Infrastructure (cryptography)
3927PKR, Pakistani rupee (ISO 4217 currency code)
3928PKU, Phenylketonuria
3929pl, Polish language (ISO 639-1 code)
3930pL, picolitre
3931PL, Ice Pellets (new style METAR Code), petalitre, Phase Line (Co-ordination Line), Poland (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3932PLAF,(a/i) People's Liberation Armed Forces,Pluggable look and feel,Product Line Architecture Framework
3933PLAID, Precision Location and Identification
3934PLB, Personal Locator Beacon
3935PLC, Public Limited Company (British)
3936PLCC, Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (electronics)
3937PLD, Probable Line of Deployment
3938PLEBS, People Lacking Everyday Basic Skills
3939PLF, Parachute Landing Fall
3940pli, Pāli language (ISO 639-2 code)
3941PLI, Position Location Information,Private Lands Initiative,Professional Liability Insurance
3942PLIF, Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence
3943PLL, Phase-Locked Loop (electronics)
3944PLM, Polarized Light Microscope/Microscopy
3945PLMBA, Phospholipid Bilayer Microarray
3946Pln, Platoon
3947PLN, Polish zloty (ISO 4217 currency code)
3948PLO, Palestine Liberation Organization
3949PLOKTA, Press Lots Of Keys To Abort
3950PLP, Platonic Life Partner
3951PLS, Palletized Loading System,Personal Locator System
3952PLUTO, Pipe Line Under The Ocean
3953PLW, Palau (ISO 3166 trigram)
3954pm, picometre
3955Pm, petametre,Promethium
3956PMC, Primary Motor Cortex
3957PMI, Positive Material Identification
3958PMID, PubMed Identifier
3959PMMA, PolyMethylMethAcrylate
3960PMS, Premenstrual Syndrome
3961PMSL, Piss Myself Laughing (Internet shorthand)
3962PMT,Premenstrual Tension (UK) (see Premenstrual Syndrome)
3963pN, piconewton
3964PN- petanewton,Pitcairn Islands (ISO 3166 diagram)
3965PNAC, Project for the New American Century
3966PNC- Palestinian National Council,Palmerston North City (cf. PNC, a New Zealand rapper from this city),Pittsburgh National Corporation, one of the two companies that merged into today's PNC Financial Services,Provident National Corporation, the other company that merged into PNC Financial Services
3967PNF, Pilot Not Flying (aviation)
3968PNG- Papua New Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram), Portable Network Graphics
3969PNP- Partido Nuevo Progresista,Plug 'N' Play/Pray,Positive Negative Positive
3970PNS, Pensacola, Florida (IATA airport code)
3971PNVS, Pilot Night Vision Sensor
3972Po, Polonium
3973PO, Post Office
3974PO, Purchase Order
3975POCD, Post-Operative Cognitive Dysfunction
3976pod, Plain Old Documentation
3977POD- Payable on Death (banking term, and the full name of American metal band P.O.D.),Point of divergence (alternate or counterfactual history),Port of Debarkation
3978POE, Perl Object Environment,(b) Port Of Embarkation (c) Polyol Ester (d) Power Over Ethernet
3979POETS, Portable Occultation, Eclipse, and Transit electronic-camera System
3980POFF, Plain Old Flat File
3981POG, Passionfruit, Orange and Guava
3982POGO, Project On Government Oversight
3983POI, Program Of Instruction
3984POK,(a/i) Plane Of Knowledge
3985pol, Polish language (ISO 639-2 code)
3986POL- Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants, Poland (ISO 3166 trigram)
3987POLAD, Political Advice
3988POM- Program Objective Memorandum,PolyOxyMethylene
3989POMDP, Partially observable Markov decision process
3990POP-(a/i) Point of Presence,Post Office Protocol,Progesterone Only Pill
3991por, Portuguese language (ISO 639-2 code)
3992POR- Portugal (FIFA and IOC trigram, but not ISO 3166), Proposed Operational Requirement
3993POS-(a/i) Point Of Sale terminal (retail industry transaction computers), Piece Of S**t
3994POSH, Port Outbound Starboard Home (alleged)
3995POSSLQ,Person of the Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters
3996POT,(a/i) Plane Of Tranquility
3997POTS- Plain Old Telephone Service (cf. PANS),Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
3998POV, Point of view
3999POW, Prisoner of war
4000PPA- Parahippocampal Place Area,PolyPhthalAmide
4001PPASC, (U.S.) Plans and Program Analysis Support Center
4002PPCLI, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (regiment)
4003PPG- Pittsburgh Plate Glass (the original name of the company now known as PPG Industries),The Powerpuff Girls
4004PPLI, Precise Participant Location & Identification
4005ppm, Parts Per Million
4006PPM, Parts Per Million
4007PPM, Project Planning and Management
4008PPO, PolyPhenylene Oxide
4009PPP- Point-to-Point Protocol,Purchasing Power Parity
4010PPQ, Pulses Per Quarter (used in music programming, sequencers)
4011PPQN, Pulses Per Quarter Note (ditto)
4012PPQT, Pre-Production Qualification Test
4013PPS- post postscriptum,Precise/Precision Positioning Service (GPS),PolyPhenylene Sulfide
4014PPV, Pay-per-view
4015PQ- Province of Québec (obsolete postal code, replaced by QC), Parti Québécois,PR[edit]
4016Pr, Pastor or Priest
4017Pr, Praseodymium
4018PR- Public Relations, Puerto Rico (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
4019Prb, Presbyter
4020PRBO, Point Reyes Bird Observatory
4021PRC, People's Republic of China
4022PRD, CERDEC Product Realization Directorate
4023PRFG, Partial Fog (METAR Code)
4024PRI, Puerto Rico (ISO 3166 trigram)
4025PRK, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (ISO 3166 trigram)
4026PRM, Personnel iness Management
4027PRT- Portugal (ISO 3166 trigram), Provincial Reconstruction Team
4028PRY, Paraguay (ISO 3166 trigram)
4029ps- Pashto language (ISO 639-1 code),picosecond
4030pS, picosiemens
4031Ps, petasecond
4032PooS,Poo Sniffer (Internet shorthand)
4033PSA- Paralysis Society of America,Pharmaceutical Society of Australia,Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive,Production Services Association,Prostate Specific Antigen,Public Service Announcement,Public Service Association
4034PSC- Personal service corporation,Primary Somatosensory Cortex
4035PSE, Palestinian Territory, Occupied (ISO 3166 trigram)
4036PSG, Pacific Seabird Group
4037PSI, Pounds per square inch
4038PSI,(a/i) Portable Source Initiative
4039PSO- Peace Support Operations,Primary Standardisation Office (ABCA),Protocol Supporting Organization (of the ICANN)
4040PSS, Personnel System Support
4041PST, Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8 hours)
4042PSU, Pennsylvania State University
4043PsyOp, Psychological Operations
4044pt, Portuguese language (ISO 639-1 code)
4045pT, picotesla
4046Pt, Platinum
4047PT, petatesla, Physical Training (in the Army), Portugal (ISO 3166 digram)
4048PTA, Parent-Teacher Association
4049PTAL, Public Transport Accessibility Level
4050PTAN -
4051PTES, People's Trust for Endangered Species
4052PTFE, PolyTetraFluoroEthylene
4053PTI, Pardon the Interruption
4054PTL, Patrol, Primary Target Line
4055PTO, Patent and Trademark Office,Please Turn Over
4056PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
4057Pu, Plutonium
4058PU- Guinea-Bissau (FIPS 10-4 country code), Polyurethane, United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1986)
4059Pub, Publication
4060PUG,(a/i) PET Users Group
4061PUN,(a/i) Pull-Up Network
4062PUP,(a/i) Pull-Up Point
4063PUR, Puerto Rico (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
4064pus, Pashto language (ISO 639-2 code)
4065PUS, United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
4066pV, picovolt
4067PV, petavolt
4068PVC, Permanent Virtual Circuit,PolyVinyl Chloride,Premature Ventricular Contraction,Primary Visual Cortex
4069PvE, Player versus Environment
4070PvP, Player versus Player
4071PVR, Personal Video Recorder
4072PvZ, Plants vs. Zombies
4073pW, picowatt
4074PW- Palau (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
4075petawatt-
4076PWA, Pirates With Attitude
4077PWBA, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
4078PwC, PricewaterhouseCoopers (international accounting firm)
4079PWC, PieceWise Constant (describing a mathematical function)
4080PWL, PieceWise Linear (describing a mathematical function)
4081PWLC, PieceWise Linear and Concave/Convex (describing a mathematical function)
4082PWR, Pressurized Water Reactor
4083PWV, Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging, the original name for the South African province now known as Gauteng, and still used to refer to the metropolitan agglomeration at the core of the province
4084PX, Post eXchange
4085PY, Paraguay (ISO 3166 digram),Person-Year, Portsmouth yardstick
4086PYF, French Polynesia (ISO 3166 trigram)
4087PYG, Paraguayan guaraní (ISO 4217 currency code)
4088PYMWYMI, Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
4089PZ, Panama Canal Zone (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1980), Pickup Zone
4090Q1, First Quarter
4091Q2, Second Quarter
4092Q3, Third Quarter
4093Q4, Fourth Quarter
4094QA, Qatar (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
4095Qantas, Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services
4096QAR, Qatari rial (ISO 4217 currency code)
4097QAT, Qatar (ISO 3166 trigram)
4098QB, Quarterback (football)
4099QC, Quality Control, Québec (postal symbol), Queen's Counsel
4100QCA, Qualifications and Curriculum Authority,Quality Council of Alberta
4101QCD, Quantum ChromoDynamics
4102QDR, Quadrennial Defense Review
4103QEH, Queen Elizabeth's Hospital
4104QFE, Quoted For Emphasis, Local ground level atmospheric pressure (aeronautical Q code)
4105QK, Air Canada Jazz (IATA airline designator)
4106QLD, Queensland, (Australia) (postal symbol)
4107QM, Quality Management,Quantum Mechanics,Queen Mother
4108QNH, Regional mean sea level atmospheric pressure (aeronautical Q code)
4109QPR, Queens Park Rangers F.C. (English football team), Quality-Price Ratio (wine evaluation term)
4110QPS, Quark Publishing System
4111QR, Quake Rally,Qualitative Reasoning,Queensland Rail,Queen's Rangers,Quick Release,Quiet Riot, Qatar Airways (IATA airline designator)
4112QSCAT, Quick Scatterometer satellite
4113QSL, Québec Sign Language
4114QSO, Quasi-Stellar Object
4115QT, Quentin Tarantino,QuickTime,QuikTrip,QT (cute) Software
4116qu, Quechua language (ISO 639-1 code)
4117Quango, (British Commonwealth) QUasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation
4118Quasar, Quasi-stellar radio source
4119QUB,Queen's University Belfast
4120que, Quechua language (ISO 639-2 code)
4121QUIET, Q and U Imaging ExperimenT (Q and U are the Stokes parameters of the CMBR polarization)
4122QZ, Awair (IATA airline designator)
4123R, Reinforcing,Right, Röntgen, Restricted (movie rating)
4124R2I, Resistance to Interrogation
4125R3P, Rearm, Refuel, and Resupply Point
4126Ra, Radium
4127RA, Radio Australia
4128RA, Rain (METAR Code), Rear Area,Reinforced Alert,Republican Army,Right Ascension,Royal Artillery (UK),Royal Academy
4129RAA, Royal Automobile Association,South Australia, Rear Assembly Area
4130RAAF, Royal Australian Air Force
4131Rabobank, Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank (from the two banks that merged to form the modern company)
4132RAC, Royal Automobile Club (in the United Kingdom, renamed RAC plc in 2002)
4133RACK, Risk Aware Consensual Kink (SM phrase)
4134Racon, RAdar beaCON
4135RADA, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
4136Radar, Radio Detection And Ranging
4137RADB, Real America Database,Resource Assessment Database,Reunion Address DataBase,Rice Allelopathy Data Base,Routing Arbiter Database
4138RADb, Routing Assets Data Base
4139RadB, Rad51/Dmc1 homologous protein
4140RADC, Region Air Defence Commander
4141RAE, UK Royal Aircraft Establishment (-1991)
4142RAF, Red Army Faction,Royal Air Force
4143RAG, Raising and Giving,Rocket Antitank Grenade
4144RAGBRAI, Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa
4145RAM,Rolling Airframe Missile,
4146RAM,Royal Air Maroc
4147Ramark, RAdar MARKer
4148RAOC, Rear Area Operation Centre
4149RAP,(a/i) Radio Access Point,Radiological Assistance Program (U.S. Department of Energy),Rear Area Protection,Recognised [Operating/Operational] Air Picture,Recurring Advance Payment,Relational Associative Processor,Reliable Acoustic Path,Rocket-Assisted Projectile,Rule Against Perpetuities
4150RARDE, UK Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment (1962-1991)
4151RARE, Rapid Acquisition with Relaxation Enhancement (MRI technique)
4152RASC, Royal Army Service Corp,Former corps of British Army
4153RATELO, Radiotelephone Operator
4154Rb, Rubidium
4155RB, Running Back (football)
4156RBAR, Row By Agonizing Row,a derogatory way of describing a technique of scanning a set of records in a database to update or examine the contents of each one. This is the technique of last resort in most cases, since most database operations are optimized when using set based analysis instead of the RBAR method.
4157RBI, Runs Batted In
4158RC,see entry
4159RCA- Radio Corporation of America,Root Cause Analysis,Royal Canadian Artillery,Royal City Avenue (famous entertainment zone in Thailand)
4160RCAF, Royal Canadian Air Force
4161RCC, Rescue Co-ordination Centre
4162RCCO, Royal Canadian College of Organists
4163RCHA, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (regiment)
4164RCMP, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
4165RCS- Radar Cross-Section,Reaction Control System,Revision Control System
4166RD,Radio Disney
4167RDA- Research, Development, and Acquisition,Recommended Daily Allowance (Nutrition)
4168RDD, Radiological Dispersion Device
4169RDECOM, (U.S. Army) Research, Development and Engineering Command
4170RDM, Remotely Delivered/Deliverable Mine
4171RDO- Rapid, Decisive Operation,Regular Day Off,Remote Data Objects
4172RDT, Remote Digital Terminal
4173RDV, Remote Detection Vehicle
4174Re, Rhenium
4175RE, Royal Engineers
4176REACH, Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical Substances
4177REACT, Remote Electronically Activated Control Technology
4178REAM, Retired Educators Association of Minnesota
4179RECCE, Reconnaissance
4180REEF, Reef Environmental Education Foundation
4181REM,(i/a) Rapid Eye Movement (sleep phase),Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
4182REME, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
4183RERC, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
4184RES, Radiation Exposure Status, Reserve
4185RESNA, Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America
4186REU, Réunion (ISO 3166 trigram)
4187Rf, Rutherfordium
4188RF, Radio Frequency,Receptive Field (neurophysiology)
4189RFC, Request for Comments,Royal Flying Corps (WWI precursor to RAF)
4190RFD, Request for Documentation
4191RFE, Request for Evaluation
4192RFEF, Real Federación Española de Fútbol (Spanish for Royal Spanish Football Federation)
4193RFF, Right of First Refusal (legal term)
4194RFI, y For Inspection,y For Issue,Request For Information,Radio Frequency Interference
4195RFID, Radio Frequency IDentification
4196RFL, Rugby Football League
4197RFP, Request for Proposal
4198RFQ, Request for Quotation
4199RFT, Request for Tender
4200RFU, Rugby Football Union
4201Rg, Roentgenium
4202RG, Republican Guard
4203RGB, Red Green Blue (colour model)
4204RGBI, Red Green Blue Intensity (ditto)
4205Rh, Rhodium
4206RH, Southern Rhodesia (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1980)
4207RHIC, Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
4208RHLI, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Canadian militia regiment)
4209RHO, Southern Rhodesia (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1980)
4210RHS, Right Hand Side,Redland High School, Royal Horticultural Society,London
4211RHU, Replacement Holding Unit
4212RI, Rex et Imperator, Regina et Imperatrix King-Emperor
4213RI, Rhode Island (postal symbol)
4214RIAA, Recording Industry Association of America
4215RIBA, Royal Institute of British Architects
4216RIF- Reduction In Force (layoffs),Resistance Index for Frostbite,ing Is Fundamental
4217RIFA, Red imported fire ant
4218RILA, Retail Industry Leaders Association
4219RIM- Remote integrated multiplexer, Australian term for a digital loop carrier,Research In Motion, former name of the BlackBerry company,Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (Maoist organization),Royal Indian Marine, former navy of British colonial India
4220RIMVS, Retinal Imaging Machine Vision System
4221RINO, Republican In Name Only[1]
4222RISC, Reduced Instruction Set Computer
4223RISTA, Reconnaissance, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition (see also ISTAR)
4224RWH, Rain Water Harvesting
4225RJD, Reduced Julian Day
4226RKBA,Right to Keep and Bear Arms (Second Amendment to the United States Constitution)
4227RKI, Robert Koch Institute, German governmental research institute in Berlin
4228RKO, Radio-Keith-Orpheum Pictures
4229RL, Release Line,Real Life
4230RLP, Recognised [Operating/Operational] Land Picture
4231RLS, Restless Leg Syndrome
4232RLY, Rally Point
4233RM,see separate disambiguation page
4234rm, Raeto-Romansh language (ISO 639-1 code)
4235RMC, Robert Menzies College
4236RMDA, Records Management and Declassification Agency
4237RMP, Recognised [Operating/Operational] Maritime Picture
4238RMS, Rate-Monotonic Scheduling,Richard M. Stallman,Root-Mean-Square,Royal Mail Ship (e.g. RMS Titanic)
4239rn, Rundi language (Kirundi) (ISO 639-1 code)
4240Rn, Radon
4241RN, Radio Netherlands
4242RN, Royal Navy,Registered Nurse (US)
4243RNA, RiboNucleic Acid
4244RNAD,Royal Naval Armaments Depot (UK)
4245RNPS, Radio Network Planning System
4246RNZ, Radio New Zealand
4247RNZI, Radio New Zealand International
4248ro, Romanian language (ISO 639-1 code)
4249RO, Range Only,Red Orchestra, Romania (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
4250ROA,(a/i) Rate Of Ascent
4251ROC,(i/a) Receiver Operating Characteristic (statistics),Regional Operations Centre,Republic Of China,Roc-A-Fella Records,Regional Organisations of Councils
4252ROD,(a/i) Rate Of Descent,Record Of Decisions,Report Of Discrepancy
4253ROE, Rules Of Engagement
4254roh, Raeto-Romansh language (ISO 639-2 code)
4255ROH, Ring of Honor
4256ROI, Return On Investment, Republic of Ireland.
4257ROFLOL, Rolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud
4258ROK,(a/i) Republic of Korea
4259ROL, Romanian leu (ISO 4217 currency code)
4260ROM, -Only Memory,Refuel On the Move,Royal Ontario Museum
4261ron, Romanian language (ISO 639-2 code)
4262RON, Romanian new leu (ISO 4217 currency code)
4263ROP, Render Output Pipeline
4264ROPE,Research Opportunity and Performance Evidence
4265ROS, Reactive Oxygen Species
4266ROU, Romania (ISO 3166 trigram)
4267ROV, Remotely Operated Vehicle
4268ROW, Right Of Way,Rest Of the World
4269ROZ,(a/i) Restricted Operations Zone
4270RP- Philippines (FIPS 10-4 country code), Release Point,Role-Playing [relationship potential]
4271RPA, Regional Plan Association
4272RPD, Recognition-Primed Decision-making
4273RPF, Rwandan Patriotic Front
4274RPG- (US-CA) Regional Planning Group,Report Program Generator,Rocket Projectile Gun,Rocket-Propelled Grenade,Role-Playing Game
4275RPL, Reverse Polish Lisp
4276rpm, revolutions per minute
4277RPM- Records, Promotion, Music (expansion of the title of a former Canadian music magazine),Red Hat Package Manager
4278RPN, reverse Polish notation
4279rps, revolutions per second
4280RPV, Remotely Piloted Vehicle
4281RQ, Puerto Rico (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
4282RRB, Railroad Retirement Board
4283RRN, Recurrence Rate Number
4284RRP, Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis
4285RRS, Racing Rules of Sailing
4286RRSP, Registered Retirement Savings Plan (Canada; roughly equivalent to the IRA in the U.S.)
4287RS, Russia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
4288RSA- Regimental Support Area,Republic of South Africa,Rivest-Shamir-Adleman encryption, South Africa (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
4289RSD- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Serbian dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
4290RSI, Repetitive Strain Injury
4291RSJ, Rolled Steel Joist (construction)
4292RSN, Real Soon Now (coined by author Jerry Pournelle)
4293RSPB, (UK) Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
4294RSPCA, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
4295RSR, Required Supply Rate
4296RSRE, UK Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (1976-1991)
4297RSRI, Red Sands Research Institute
4298RSS, Really Simple Syndication
4299RSTA, Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition
4300RT, Real Time,Radio Telephone, Return to duty
4301RTA, Road traffic accident (British)
4302RTBF, Radio-Télévision belge de la Communauté française
4303RTCA, RTCA, Inc.
4304RTF, Rich Text Format
4305RTFM, the Fucking/Fine Manual
4306RTG, Radio-isotope Thermoelectric Generator also used for Rubber Tyred Gantry crane
4307RTGS, Royal Thai General System of Transcription,Real Time Gross Settlement
4308RTI, Run-Time Infrastructure (Simulation)
4309RTL,see entry
4310RTLS, Return to Launch Site,period in NASA Space Shuttle assent profile where, during assent, shuttle aborts assent and turns and glides back to landing strip at launch site
4311RTP, Real-time Transport Protocol
4312RTS,see entry
4313RTT, Round Trip Timing
4314RTV, Rapid Terrain Visualization ACTD,Retro Television Network
4315ru, Russian language (ISO 639-1 code)
4316Ru, Ruthenium
4317RU, Russia (ISO 3166 digram)
4318RUB, Russian ruble (ISO 4217 currency code)
4319RUC, Royal Ulster Constabulary
4320run, Rundi language (Kirundi) (ISO 639-2 code)
4321rus, Russian language (ISO 639-2 code)
4322RUS, Russia (ISO 3166 trigram)
4323RUSI, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies
4324RV- Reconnaissance Vehicle,Recreational Vehicle,Re-entry Vehicle,reciprocation void
4325rw, Rwanda language (Kinyarwanda) (ISO 639-1 code)
4326RW, Rwanda (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
4327RWA, Rwanda (ISO 3166 trigram)
4328RWADA, Resident Weighted Average Daily Attendance (New York State term used in public education to indicate the size of a school district, i.e. its number of students)
4329RWF, Rwandan franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
4330RWR, Radar Warning Receiver
4331RWS, Remote Weapon Station
4332RX, Receive
4333SA- Sand (METAR Code),Saudi Arabia (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram), Sexaholics Anonymous, sine anno (Latin, “without year”),Situational awareness,South Africa,(i/s) South Australia (postal symbol), Standards Australia,Sturmabteilung (German, “Storm Detachment”, Nazi forerunner and rival of SS),S.A.,designation for a corporation in many European countries; see article for meanings
4334SAA- Saudi Arabian Airlines, former name of Saudia,Sex Addicts Anonymous,South African Airways,Southern Athletic Association,Standards Association of Australia, a former name of Standards Australia,SAAB — Svenska Aeroplan AB (Swedish aircraft manufacturer; also refers to its former auto manufacturing arm),SAAFR — (a/i) Standard use Army Aircraft Flight Route (“safer”),SAAMI — Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (“sammy”),SAARC — South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation,SAB — Soprano Alto Baritone,Sabena — Société anonyme belge d'exploitation de la navigation aérienne (French for “Belgian Company for Exploiting Aerial Navigation”, 1923-2001),SABIC — Saudi Basic Industries Corporation,SABR — Society for American Baseball Research
4335SAC- Standards Activity Committee (of SISO),U.S. Strategic Air Command (1946-1992),SACAT — Semi Attended Customer Activated Terminal (Supermarket checkout),SACEUR — Supreme Allied Commander EURope,SACLANT — Supreme Allied Commander atLANTic,SACLOS — Semi-Automatic Command to Line of Sight
4336SAD- Safford Regional Airport (IATA code), Seasonal Affective Disorder,Situational Awareness Display,SADD — originally Students Against Drunk Driving, now Students Against Destructive Decisions (U.S. national school-related group)
4337SADL- Situation Awareness Data Link (“saddle”),Structural Architecture Description Language
4338SAE- Society of Automotive Engineers[1],Stamped addressed envelope,SAFER — Steel And Foam Energy Reduction,SAFICT — Software Agents as Facilitators of Interoperability in Collective Training,sag — Sango language (ISO 639-2 code),SAG — Screen Actors Guild,SAGAT — Situation Awareness Global Assessment Technique,SAGE — Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (simulation),SAHB — Sensational Alex Harvey Band,SAIC — Science Applications International Corporation
4339SALT-(a/i) Save A Life Today (SALT) Alert; Emergency Contact System, Southern African Large Telescope,Strategic Arms Limitation s
4340SAM- Sequential-Access Memory,Sociedad Aeronáutica de Medellín,Surface-to-Air Missile
4341san- Sanskrit language (ISO 639-2 code), Storage Area Network
4342SAR- Saudi riyal (ISO 4217 currency code), Search And Rescue,Special Administrative Region,Synthetic Aperture Radar
4343SARA- Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy,Scientific Atlanta Resident Application,Scottish Amateur Rowing Association,Southern African Railway Association,State Administration for Religious Affairs,SARP — Search And Rescue Processor,SARR — (i/a) Search And Rescue Repeater,SARS — Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
4344SART- Search and Rescue Transponder,Situational Awareness Rating Technique,SARU — South African Rugby Union
4345SAS- Scandinavian Airlines System,Second Avenue Subway,Situational Awareness System,Special Air Service,Studies, Analysis and Simulation,Side Angle Side, Statistical Analysis System (original meaning; SAS Institute Inc. has evolved far beyond that scope),SASE — Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope,SASO — Stability and Support Operations,SASOL — Suid Afrikaanse Steenkool en Oli.e. (Afrikaans, “South African Coal and Oil”)
4346SAT- formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test; now known solely by the initials,Small Arms Trainer,SATB — Soprano Alto Tenor Bass,SATNAV — Satellite Navigation (Increasingly common GPS based system in new vehicles),SATs — Standard Assessment Tasks and other similar terms describing tests used in English schools; see National Curriculum assessment#Terminology,SAU — Saudi Arabia (ISO 3166 trigram),SAVAK — Sazamane Etelaat va Amniate Kechvar (Iranian “Security and Intelligence Service”)
4347SAW- Squad Automatic Weapon,Surface acoustic wave,SAWE — Society of Allied Weight Engineers,SB[edit],Sb — Antimony (Latin Stibium)
4348SB- Sexy Bitch,Sexy Bastard,Sexy Boy (disambiguation), Solomon Islands (ISO 3166 digram), Special Warfare Boat Operator
4349SBA- Santa Barbara Airport,Simulation-Based Acquisition,Sovereign Base Area,Student bar association,SBB — German for the Swiss Federal Railways
4350SBD- Solomon Islands dollar (ISO 4217 currency code),Silent But Deadly
4351SBNO, Standing but not operating (in reference to amusement parks)
4352SBS- Special Boat Service,Special Broadcasting Service,Seoul Broadcasting System
4353SBW- Sonny Bill Williams (New Zealand dual-code rugby player),SC[edit],sc — Sardinian language (ISO 639-1 code),Sc — Scandium
4354SC- Cruiser Submarine (US Navy hull classification) c Saint Kitts and Nevis (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Saint Christopher),Seychelles (ISO 3166 digram),South Carolina (postal symbol)
4355SCO- Santa Cruz Operation (initials later used by SCO Group), Scotland (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram), Shanghai Cooperation Organization,SCOTUS — Supreme Court of the United States,SCR — Seychelles rupee (ISO 4217 currency code),SCRAM — Safety Control Rod Axe Man
4356SCS- Scan Correlated Shift,Soil Conservation Service
4357SD- Secure Digital (memory card format),Sheriff's department,Smoke/Decontamination, South Dakota (postal symbol),Sudan (ISO 3166 digram)
4358SDC- Shaft Driven Compressor,U.S. Army Strategic Defense Command (1985-1992),SDG — Sudanese pound (ISO 4217 currency code),SDG — Sum Dum Goy,greasy spoon chinese restaurant,SDH — Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
4359SDHC, Secure Digital High Capacity
4360SDXC, Secure Digital eXtended Capacity
4361SEC- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Security,Southeastern Conference,SECAM — Séquentiel couleur à mémoire (French for “Colour Sequential with Memory”; TV standard, cf. NTSC, PAL),SECDEF — (U.S.) Secretary of Defense,SED — CERDEC Software Engineering Directorate,SEDRIS — Synthetic Environment Data Representation and Interchange Specification,SEE — Small Emplacement Excavator,SEG — Society of Exploration Geophysicists,SEG — Special Escort Group,SEK — Swedish krona (ISO 4217 currency code),Selkent — South East London & Kent Bus Company,SELT — Single Ended Line Test (ing)
4362SEM-(i/a) Sensor Employment Manager,Switch to Email Mode, i.e. stop texting as it is more disruptive by making a sound or vibrating and email instead, for a given time
4363SEN- Senegal (ISO 3166 trigram), Small Extension Node
4364SEP- Somebody Elses Problem,Spherical Error Probable,System Enhancement Package,System Engineering Plan,SEPTA — Southeastern Pennsylvania Rapid-Transit Authority,SERE — Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape,SESSPE — Submarine Escape and Surface Survival Personnel Equipment,SET — Staphylococcal EnteroToxin,SETI — Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence,SETAC — Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
4365SEU- Single Event Upset (solid state physics),Slightly Enriched Uranium,Special Evidence Unit,SF[edit]
4366SF- Fleet Submarine (retired US Navy hull classification), San Francisco,Science fiction, South Africa (FIPS 10-4 country code), Speculative fiction,Special Forces
4367SFA- Sales force automation,Saturated fatty acid,Scottish Football Association,Stephen F. Austin (State University),Sudan Football Association
4368SFE- Supercritical fluid extraction,Sydney Futures Exchange,SFF — Standard File Format,sf&f — Science fiction & fantasy,SFM — Switch to Facebook Mode, i.e. to message someone on Facebook instead of texting as it is less disruptive in the sense of the phone not making sound or vibrating, for a period of time,SFOB — Special Forces Operations Base,SFOR — UN Stabilisation Force (in Bosnia and Herzegovina),SFU — Simon Fraser University (Canada),SG[edit],sg — Sango language (ISO 639-1 code),Sg — Seaborgium
4369SG- Senegal (FIPS 10-4 country code),Singapore (ISO 3166 digram),Snow Grains (METAR Code), Study Group
4370SGC- Server Gated Cryptography, Stargate Command,SGD — Singapore dollar (ISO 4217 currency code),SGML — Standard Generalized Markup Language,SGP — Singapore (ISO 3166 trigram)
4371SGS- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (ISO 3166 trigram), Svalbard Ground Station (Landsat),Société Générale de Surveillance,SH[edit],sh — Serbo-Croatian language (ISO 639-1 code)
4372SH- Saint Helena (ISO 3166 digram), SONATRACH (Algerian petroleum company)
4373SHAC- Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty,Student Health Action Coalition,SHAPE — Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe,SHF — Super High Frequency,SHN — Saint Helena (ISO 3166 trigram)
4374SHO, Showtime (see also sho.com)
4375SI- Slovenia (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram), Socialist International,Sports Illustrated,Système International (French, International System of Units),SIA — Singapore Airlines (ICAO code),SIA — Survivors of Incest Anonymous,SIAM — Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics,SIC — Standard Industrial Classification,SICS — (a/i) Swedish Institute of Computer Science,SIDS — Sudden infant death syndrome,SIDU — select, insert, delete, update. See Create, read, update and delete,SIF — Selective Identification Feature,SIFF — Successor IFF
4376SIIT- Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies (Canadian university),Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (Thai university),Stateless IP/ICMP Translation algorithm,SIMAC — Semantic Interaction with Music Audio Contents,SIMLAS — Soldier Integrated Multipurpose Laser System,SIMM — Single In-line Memory Module,SIMNET — SIMulator NETwork, later SIMulation NETwork,SIMNET-D, SIMNET-Developmental,SIMP — Strongly Interacting Massive Particle
4377SIMPLE- Satellite Interactive Multimedia Platform for Low-cost Earth stations, Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees (as used in SIMPLE IRA), Standard Interface for Multiple Platform Link Evaluation (NATO STANAG 5602),sin — Sinhalese language (ISO 639-2 code),SIN — Social Insurance Number (Canada),SINCGARS — SINgle Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System
4378SIP- Session Initiation Protocol,State Implementation Plan,System Improvement Program,Systematic Investment Plan,SIPP — Self-Invested Personal Pension
4379Siri, Speech Interpretation and Recognition Interface (Apple iOS software)
4380SIRI, Service Interface for Real Time Information
4381SISO- Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization,Society of Independent Show Organizers,SIW — Simulation Interoperability Workshop,SIYSS — Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar,SJ[edit]
4382SK- Saskatchewan (postal symbol),Slovakia (ISO 3166 digram),SKC — Clear Sky (METAR Code),SKK — Slovak koruna (ISO 4217 currency code),SKM — Sikkim (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1975),SL[edit],sl — Slovene language (ISO 639-1 code)
4383SL- Sierra Leone (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram), Start Line
4384SLA- Service Level Agreement,Symbionese Liberation Army,SLAA — Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous,SLAC — Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,SLAN — sine loco, anno, nomine (Latin, “without place, year, or name”),SLAPP — Strategic lawsuit against public participation,SLB — Solomon Islands (ISO 3166 trigram),SLBM — Sea/Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile,SLC — Scan Line Corrector,SLE — Sierra Leone (ISO 3166 trigram),SLI/SLi,(i/s) Scan-Line Interleave,Scalable Link Interface,SLIT — SubLingual ImmunoTherapy,slk — Slovak language (ISO 639-2 code),SLL — Sierra Leone leone (ISO 4217 currency code),SLO — Slovenia (IOC trigram, but not FIFA or ISO 3166)
4385SLOC- Sea Lines Of Communication,Source Lines Of Code,SLORC — State Law and Order Restoration Council (of Burma)
4386SLP- Sea Level Pressure, Super Long Play,slph — Standard litre per hour (air flow),slpm — Standard litre per minute (air flow),slps — Standard litre per second (air flow),SLR — Single-Lens Reflex (camera)
4387SLT- Single Lens Translucent, Speech and language therapist, Solid Logic Technology (electronics),Swing Landing Trainer (paratroops),Secondary lymphoid tissue,slv — Slovenian language (ISO 639-2 code),SLV — El Salvador (ISO 3166 trigram),SM[edit],sm — Samoan language (ISO 639-1 code),Sm — Samarium
4388SM- Sado-Masochism, San Marino (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram), Soldier's Manual, Submarine Minelayer (US Navy hull classification),SMA — Scan Mirror Assembly,SMART — Subject Matter And Requirements Team,SMASS — Small Main-Belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey,SMCT — Soldier's Manual of Common Tasks,SMD — Surface Mount Device,SMDR — Station Message Detail Recording,sme — Northern Sami language (ISO 639-2 code)
4389SME- Scan Mirror Electronics,Subject Matter Expert
4390SMX-many, including: Server Macro Expansion, Solaris MINIX, Spatial multiplexing, Sulfamethoxazole; see entry
4391SMZ-many, including: Silver Mt. Zion, Sulfamethazine, Sulfamethoxazole; see entry,SN[edit],sn — Shona language (ISO 639-1 code),Sn — Tin (Latin Stannum)
4392SN- Senegal (ISO 3166 digram),Singapore (FIPS 10-4 country code),Snow (METAR Code),SuperNova,Screen Name,sna — Shona language (ISO 639-2 code),SNAFU — “Situation Normal — All Fouled/Fucked Up”,SNAP — Supernova/Acceleration Probe,SNCB — Société nationale des chemins de fer de Belgique (French for “Belgian Railways National Society”, NMBS in Dutch),SNCF — Société nationale des chemins de fer français (French for “French Railways National Society”),snd — Sindhi language (ISO 639-2 code),SND — Standard Nomenclature Database,SNE — Synthetic Natural Environment,SNES — Super Nintendo Entertainment System,SNÉTA — Syndicat national pour l'étude des transports aériens (French for “Aerial transport Study National Syndicate”, 1919-1923),SNG — Satellite News Gathering (television)
4393SNL- Saturday Night Live (television), Società Navigazione del Lago di Lugano,SNM — Special Nuclear Material,SNMP — Simple Network Management Protocol,SNOBOL — StriNg Oriented symBOlic Language,SNP — Single-nucleotide polymorphism
4394SNR- SuperNova Remnant,Signal-to-Noise Ratio,SNRI — Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor,SNS — Spallation Neutron Source,SNU — Solar Neutrino Unit,SO[edit],so — Somali language (ISO 639-1 code)
4395SO- Shared Object (Unix),Sheriff's Office,Significant other, Somalia (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
4396SOA- service-oriented architecture, Society of Actuaries, State of the art
4397SOAP- Simple Object Access Protocol,Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (U.S. medical residency matching)
4398SOB- Son Of a Bitch,Same Old Bullshit,SOC — Sector Operations Centre,SOCCSKSARGEN — South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, General Santos City (a region in the Philippines; pronounced “sock-sar-gen”),SOCOM — (U.S.) Special Operations Command
4399SoCon, Southern Conference (U.S. college sports)
4400SOD-(i/a) School Of Dentistry,Statement Of Difference[s],Statement Of Direction,Statement Of Documentation,Statement Of Duty/Duties
4401SOE- Secret Of Evermore,Special Operations Executive (WWII British organization),State Of Emissions (EW)
4402SOF-(a/i) Special Operations Force,Status of Forces,SOFIA — Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy
4403SOGAT- Society of Graphical and Allied Trades,Former British printing union,SOHC — Single-OverHead-Cam engine,SOHO — Solar and Heliospheric Observatory,SOI — Signal Operating Instruction,SOL — Shit Out of Luck,SOLIS — Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the Sun,som — Somali language (ISO 639-2 code)
4404SOM- Simulation Object Model, Somalia (ISO 3166 trigram),Sonar — SOund Navigation And Ranging
4405SOP- Standing/Standard Operating Procedure,State of Play
4406SOR- State Of iness,Statement Of Requirements
4407SOS- Somali shilling (ISO 4217 currency code),Save Our Souls,SOSTAR — Stand-Off Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar,sot — Sotho language (ISO 639-2 code),SOUTHAG — Southern Army Group,SOUTHCOM — (U.S.) Southern Command,SOV — Single Occupant Vehicle,SOW — Statement Of Work,SOWHAT — RESNA Subcommittee on Wheelchairs and Transportation,SOX — Sarbanes-Oxley Act,SP[edit]
4408Sp- Special,Spring tide (nautical charts), sine prole (Latin, “without offspring”)
4409SP- Security Police,Self-Propelled,Shore Patrol, Spain (FIPS 10-4 country code), Start Point,Strong Point,spa — Spanish language (ISO 639-2 code),SPAAG — Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun,SPACECOM — (U.S.) Space Command,Spaser — Surface plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiation,SPC — Secretariat of the Pacific Community,SPCO — Single-Pole Change Over
4410SPL- Scottish Premier League,Superior Parietal Lobule,Sound Pressure Level,SPM — Saint Pierre and Miquelon (ISO 3166 trigram),SPOD — (a/i) Sea Port of Debarkation,SPOE — (a/i) Sea Port of Embarkation,SPOT — Satellite pour l'observation de la Terre (French, “Satellite for Earth Observation”),SPQR — Senatus Populusque Romanus (Latin “The Senate and the People of Rome”),sps — sine prole superstite (Latin, “without surviving issue”),SPS — Standard Positioning Service (GPS),SPST — Single-Pole Single-Throw,SQ[edit],sq — Albanian language (ISO 639-1 code),SQ — Sound Quality,SQ — Standard Quality,sqi — Albanian language (ISO 639-2 code),SQL — (i/a) Structured Query Language (“seek-well”),SQUID — Superconducting QUantum Interference Device,SR[edit],sr — Serbian language (ISO 639-1 code),Sr — Strontium
4411SR- Sound Reinforcement,Supply Route, Suriname (ISO 3166 digram), Sveriges Radio (Swedish Radio Ltd),SR — Sustained release of a drug
4412SRAM- Scott (King), Ray (Day), SAM (Patterson) — founders of bicycle component manufacturer SRAM Corporation, Static Random Access Memory (“ess-ram”),SR-ATGW — Short-Range Anti-Tank Guided Weapon,SRB — Solid Rocket Booster,SRBM — Short-Range Ballistic Missile (cf. IRBM, ICBM),SRC — Scheduled Removal Component,srd — Sardinian language (ISO 639-2 code)
4413SRD- Science Requirements Document, Surinam dollar (ISO 4217 currency code),SREL — Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
4414SRG- SACEUR Rover Group,Special Republican Guard,SRGW — Short-Range Guided Weapon
4415SRL- Savannah River Laboratory,Single Rocket Launcher,Survival Research Labs,SRM — Specified Risk Material,srp — Serbian language (ISO 639-2 code),SRS — Savannah River Site,SRSP — Science and Religion in Schools Project,SRTP — [Secure Real-time Transport Protocol],SS[edit],ss — Swati language (ISO 639-1 code)
4416SSA- Cargo Submarine (US Navy hull classification), Social Security Administration (U.S.),Statistics South Africa,SSB — Single-sideband modulation,SSB — Sacramento Sustainable Business,SSBN — Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine (US Navy hull classification)
4417SSC- Safe, Sane, Consensual (SM phrase),Secondary Somatosensory Cortex,Smaller-Scale Contingency,U.S. Army Soldiers System Center (Natick, Massachusetts),Superconducting Super Collider,SSCCATAGAPP — Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples, And Teens And Gays Against Parasitic Parents (fictional organization from The Simpsons)
4418SSD- Solid-state drive, South Sudan (ISO 3166 trigram),SSDC — U.S. Space and Strategic Defense Command
4419SSDD- Same Shit, Different Day,Single-Sided Double-Density (floppy disk)
4420SSE- South South-East, Streaming SIMD Extensions,SSG — Guided Missile Submarine (retired US Navy hull classification),SSGN — Nuclear-Powered Guided Missile Submarine (US Navy hull classification),SSH — Saffir-Simpson Hurricane scale,SSK — Hunter-Killer Submarine (retired US Navy hull classification),SSKP — Single-Shot Kill Probability,SSL — Secure Sockets Layer,SSM — Surface-to-Surface (Guided) Missile
4421SSN- Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine (US Navy hull classification), SIM Serial Number,Social Security Number (U.S.),Socialist Solidarity Network,Subsystem number (SCCP, SS7),SSNW — Same Shit, New Wrapping,SSO — Submarine Oiler (retired US Navy hull classification),SSP — Submarine Transport (retired US Navy hull classification)
4422SSR- Radar Picket Submarine (retired US Navy hull classification), Solid State Recorder
4423SSRI- Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor,Social Systems Research Institute
4424SSRN- Social Science Research Network, Nuclear-Powered Radar Picket Submarine (retired US Navy hull classification)
4425SSS- Siding Spring Survey,Side Side Side (an acronym for remembering congruent triangles), Sigue Sigue Sputnik (band),S/SSM — Surface-to-Subsurface Missile
4426SST- SuperSonic Transport, Training Submarine (US Navy hull classification),Saturated Suction Temperature (refrigeration cycles),SSTO — Single-Stage To Orbit,SSV — Soft-Skinned Vehicle (i.e., unarmoured),ssw — Swati language (ISO 639-2 code),SSW — South South-West,ST[edit],st — Sotho language (ISO 639-1 code)
4427ST- Saint Lucia (FIPS 10-4 country code),São Tomé and Príncipe (ISO 3166 digram)
4428STA- Scheduled Time of Arrival,Surveillance and Target Acquisition,STAG — (U.S.) Strategy and Tactics Group,STAGE — Scenario Toolkit And Generation Environment,STANAG — (NATO) Standardisation Agreement
4429STAR- Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (NASA),Simulation of Tactical Alternative Responses,Special Threat Analysis and Recognition
4430STAT- Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription (cell biology),Special Tertiary Admissions Test (Australia)
4431STB,Surface Transportation Board[2]
4432STD- São Tomé and Príncipe dobra (ISO 4217 currency code), Sexually Transmitted Disease,STDM — Statistical Time Division Multiplexing,STENTOR — Satellite de télécommunications pour expérimenter de nouvelles technologies en orbite (French, “Orbital New Technology Experimental Telecommunications Satellite”)
4433STFU- Southern Tenant Farmers Union,Stuff You[citation needed],STH — Sonic The Hedgehog
4434STI- Sexually Transmitted Infection,Subaru Tecnica International,STK — Satellite Tool Kit,STM — Short Term Memory,STOL — Short Take-Off and Landing,STOVL — Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing
4435STP- São Tomé and Príncipe (ISO 3166 trigram), Standard Temperature and Pressure,STR — Short Tandem Repeat (DNA analysis),STRATCOM — United States Strategic Command
4436STRICOM- U.S. Army Simulation, Training & Instrumentation Command (1992-),Strike Command (1962-1971),STRIVE — Synthetic Tactical Real-time Interactive Virtual Environment,STSM — Senior Technical Staff Member,Stuka — Sturzkampfflugzeug (German WWII dive bomber),SU[edit],su — Sundanese language (ISO 639-1 code)
4437SU- Soviet Union (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1992),Sudan (FIPS 10-4 country code),SUB — Student Union Building,SuD — Subject under Discussion,SUDC — Swedish United Dawah Center, a salafist Islamic organisation in Sweden
4438SUI- Sonic user interface, Switzerland (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166),SUK — Start Up Kit,sun — Sundanese language (ISO 639-2 code),SUN — ,Soviet Union (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1992),Stanford University Network that led to Sun Microsystems,SUNY — State University of New York (usually pronounced “sue-knee”),SUR — Suriname (ISO 3166 trigram),SURTASS — Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System,SUSAT — Sight Unit Small Arms, Trilux,SUV — Sport Utility Vehicle,SV[edit],sv — Swedish language (ISO 639-1 code)
4439SV- El Salvador (ISO 3166 digram), Sportverein (German for “Sport Association”, as in Hamburger SV and SV Werder Bremen),SVC — Secondary Visual Cortex,SvD — Svenska Dagbladet (Swedish newspaper)
4440SW- South-West ordinal direction,Sweden (FIPS 10-4 country code), Shortwave,swa — Swahili language (ISO 639-2 code)
4441SWA-(i/a) Secure Web Access,South-West Asia,SWAC — Southwestern Athletic Conference,SWALK — Sealed With A Loving Kiss,SWAN — System for Wearable Audio Navigation,SWAP — Surface Waters Acidification Programme,SWAPO — South-West Africa People's Organisation,SWAT — Special Weapons And Tactics,swe — Swedish language (ISO 639-2 code),SWE — Sweden (ISO 3166 trigram)
4442SWF- Shockwave Flash file (“swiff”),Single White Female
4443SWG- Surface Warfare Group,Symbology Working Group,SWHR — Society for Women's Health Research,SWIG — Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator,SWIR — (a/i) Short Wave InfraRed (“ss-why-are” or “swhirr”)
4444SWLABR- She Was Like A Bearded Rainbow,Cream song (Bruce, Clapton and Baker),SWORD — Subjective WORkload Dominance,SWORDS — Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection System,SWOT — Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (mnemonic)
4445SWP- Special Working Party (“swipp”),Systematic Westing Plan (a plan of periodic westing of shares or mutual funds worth a fixed amount of money),Skill With Prizes (UK pub quiz machines — quality titles include: Pub Quiz, Quiz City, Frog in a Liquidizer, Who Wants To Win a Tenner?),SWT — Sea Water Tank,SWV — Sisters With Voices (American female R&B vocal group),SWZ — Swaziland (ISO 3166 trigram),SX[edit],SX — Sonic X
4446T, Tera,Tesla,Tritium
4447ta, Tamil language (ISO 639-1 code)
4448Ta, Tantalum
4449TA, Target Acquisition,Teaching Assistant, Tera-ampere, Territorial Army (UK), Tristan da Cunha (ISO 3166 digram)
4450TAA, Transparency Anti-Aliasing, Trans Australia Airlines
4451TAACOM, U.S. Theater Army Area Command
4452TAADCOORD, Theatre Army Air Defence Co-ordinator
4453TAAR, Trace Amine-Associated Receptor
4454TAC, U.S. Tactical Air Command (1946-1992)
4455TACAN, Tactical Air Navigation
4456TACC, Tactical Air Control Centre,(USAF) Tanker Airlift Control Center
4457TACCO, Tactical Coordinator
4458TACCSF, U.S. Theater Aerospace Command & Control Simulation Facility
4459TACDAR, Tactical Detection And Reporting
4460TACP, Tactical Air Control Party,Technology Applications Certification Program
4461TACSOP, Tactical SOP (Standing Operating Procedure)
4462TADIL, Tactical Digital Information Link
4463TADSS, Training Aids, Devices, Simulators, and Simulations
4464tah, Tahitian language (ISO 639-2 code)
4465TAI, Target[ed] Area of Interest
4466TAJ, Tom and Jerry
4467TAJT, Tom and Jerry Tales
4468TALES, Technical Advice and Lexicon for Enabling Simulation
4469tam, Tamil language (ISO 639-2 code)
4470TAN, Tanzania (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
4471TANJ, There Ain't No Justice (used as expletive in the Ringworld novels)
4472TANP, Terrain-Aware Network Planner
4473TANSTAAFL, There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (coined by author Robert A. Heinlein in his The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
4474TAPPS, Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools
4475TARDIS, Time And Relative Dimension In Space (from Doctor Who)
4476TARP, Transparency Accountability Rights for Parents (coined by Karen Plumridge, founder of Black Ribbon Gold Heart)
4477TAS,Tasmania (postal symbol)
4478TASER, Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle
4479TASM, Tactical Air-to-Surface Missile
4480tat, Tatar language (ISO 639-2 code)
4481TAT, Tourism Authority of Thailand
4482TATP, TriAcetone TriPeroxide
4483TATT, Tired All The Time (medical diagnosis in-joke)
4484Tb, Terbium
4485TB, Tuberculosis
4486TBA, to be announced
4487TBBPA, TetraBromoBisPhenol-A
4488TBC, to be confirmed, to be continued
4489TBD, Torpedo Boat Destroyer
4490TBF,to be fair
4491TBGRI, Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, India
4492TBH, To Be Honest
4493TBL, Turkish Basketball League
4494TBM, Tactical Ballistic Missile,Theatre Ballistic Missile
4495TBS, Turner Broadcasting System
4496TBT, Tributyltin
4497Tc, Technetium
4498TC, Teracoulomb,Turks and Caicos (ISO 3166 digram),United Arab Emirates (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Trucial Coast States)
4499TCA, Transformational Communications Architecture, Turks and Caicos (ISO 3166 trigram)
4500TCAS, Traffic Collision Avoidance System
4501TCAA, Top Counter-Assault Agents
4502TCD, Chad (ISO 3166 trigram)
4503TCG, Trusted Computing Group,Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Gemisi
4504TCHD, Truck Cargo Heavy Duty
4505TCL, Tool Command Language
4506TCM, Turner Classic Movies
4507TCP, Traffic Control Point,Transmission Control Protocol,Trichlorophenol
4508TCU, Texas Christian University
4509TCWMS, Tele-Center Workforce Management System
4510TCW, Tasty Coma Wife
4511TD- Territorial Decoration,Toon Disney,Toronto-Dominion (Bank); see also its U.S. subsidiary, TD Bank, N.A.,Touchdown,Tower Defence A game type, involves defending waves of enemies using tower
4512TDA,The Disney Afternoon
4513TDL, Tactical Data Link
4514TDM, Time-Division Multiplexing
4515TDMA, Time Division Multiple Access
4516TDP, Technology Demonstration Programme
4517TDRS, Tracking Data and Relay Satellite
4518te, Telugu language (ISO 639-1 code)
4519Te, Tellurium
4520TE, Tactical Exploitation, Testosterone to Epitestosterone ratio, Tight end (American football; position generally not used in modern Canadian football)
4521TEAL, Tasman Empire Airways Limited
4522Team, Together everyone achieves more
4523TEAMS, The East African Marine System (fiber optic cable)
4524TED, Technology Entertainment Design prize
4525TEETH, Tried Everything Else, Try Homeopathy (medical diagnosis in-joke)
4526tel, Telugu language (ISO 639-2 code)
4527TEL,(a/i) Transporter, Erector and Launcher
4528TELAR, Transporter, Erector, Launcher And Radar
4529TENCAP, Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities
4530TERS, Tactical Event Reporting System
4531TES, Tactical Event System
4532TEST, Thesaurus of Engineering and Scientific Terms
4533TEU, Twenty-foot equivalent unit (cargo capacity)
4534TeVeS, Tensor Vector Scalar theory
4535TF -
4536TFMPP, Trifluorophenylmethylpiperazine
4537TFR, Total Fertility Rate
4538TFT, Thin-Film Transistor
4539tg, Tajik language (ISO 639-1 code)
4540Tg, Teragram
4541TG, Togo (ISO 3166 digram)
4542TGA, Tonga (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
4543TGIF, Thank God It's Friday, Toes Go In First
4544tgk, Tajik language (ISO 639-2 code)
4545tgl, Tagalog language (ISO 639-2 code)
4546TGO, Togo (ISO 3166 trigram)
4547TGT- Target (also the ticker symbol for Target Corporation), Ticket Granting Ticket (computer security), Tyrese, Ginuwine, Tank,see TGT (group) for their collaboration
4548th, Thai language (ISO 639-1 code)
4549Th, Thorium
4550TH, Terahenry,Thailand (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
4551tha, Thai language (ISO 639-2 code)
4552THA, Thailand (ISO 3166 trigram)
4553THAAD,(a/i) Terminal High Altitude Area Defence
4554THB, Thai baht (ISO 4217 currency code)
4555THEGENTRY, The High-End Group of Earth's New Technologies Research Yield
4556THEL, Tactical High Energy Laser ACTD
4557THG, Tetrahydrogestrinone
4558ti, Tigrinya language (ISO 639-1 code)
4559Ti, Tebi,Titanium
4560TI, Tajikistan (FIPS 10-4 country code), Thermal Imaging,Threat Identification,Training Instructor,Texas Instruments
4561TIA, Total Information Awareness initiative
4562TIA, Transient Ischemic Attack
4563TIALD, Thermal Imaging and Airborne Laser Designation
4564TIBS, Tactical Information Broadcast System
4565TIC, Troops In Contact
4566TIGERS, Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing System
4567TIM, Technical Information Memorandum,Technical Interchange Meeting,Toxic Industrial Material,Telecom Italia Mobile
4568TIMS, Tactical Internet Management System,The Institute of Management Sciences,The International Molinological Society,Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner,Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry,Travel Information Management Services,Tuberculosis Information Management System
4569TINC, There Is No Cabal
4570TINY,That Is, Not You (internet slang)
4571TIP, Thermal Identification Panel
4572tir, Tigrinya language (ISO 639-2 code)
4573tits,Toes in the Sand
4574TJ, Tajikistan (ISO 3166 digram),Terajoule
4575TJD, Truncated Julian Day
4576TJK, Tajikistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
4577TJS, Tajik somoni (ISO 4217 currency code)
4578tk, Turkmen language (ISO 639-1 code)
4579TK, Terakelvin,Tokelau (ISO 3166 digram)
4580TKBL, Türkiye 1. Kadınlar Basketbol Ligi, the Turkish-language name of the Turkish Women's Basketball League
4581TKL, Tokelau (ISO 3166 trigram)
4582TKM, Turkmenistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
4583tl, Tagalog language (ISO 639-1 code)
4584Tl, Thallium
4585TLPM,T1 Line Performance Monitor
4586TL- Team Leader, Teralitre,Timor-Leste (ISO 3166 digram), ThermoLuminescence,TL;DR ,Too long; didnt read.
4587TLATOJL,The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
4588TLA, Three-Letter Abbreviation/Acronym
4589TLAM, Tomahawk Land Attack Missile
4590TLAR- That Looks About Right (chat shorthand),Transporter-Launcher And Radar
4591TLC- Tender Loving Care,The Learning Channel (now known strictly by the initials),Thin Layer Chromatography,T-Boz, Lefteye, Chilli,Tables, Ladders, and Chairs (type of professional wrestling match)
4592TLD- Thermoluminescent Dosimeter,Top-Level Domain
4593TLM- Traditional Latin Mass,Tridentine Latin Mass,Transaction Lifecycle Management
4594TLS- Timor-Leste (ISO 3166 trigram), Times Literary Supplement,TM[edit]
4595Tm- Terametre
4596Thulium-
4597TM- Technical Manual,Theatre Missile,Thematic Mapper, trademark (often written in small superscript type: TM or ™), Turing machine, Turkmenistan (ISO 3166 digram) Tympanic Membrane
4598TMAP,(a/i) Texas Medication Algorithm Project
4599TMC, The Movie Channel
4600TMD, Theatre Missile Defence
4601TMDK, The Mighty Don't Kneel (Australian professional wrestling stable also active in Japan)
4602TMI, Too Much Information
4603TMJ, TemporoMandibular Joint (syndrome)
4604TMM, Turkmen manat (ISO 4217 currency code)
4605TMNT, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
4606TMO- Table Mountain Observatory,Television match official (rugby union)
4607TMP- East Timor (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 2002), Temporary
4608TMPG, Transparent Multi-Platform Gateway
4609TMR, Twin Main Rotors (helicopter type)
4610TMS, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
4611TMT, Thirty Meter Telescope
4612TMTOWTDI, There's Than One Way To Do It (from Perl)
4613tn, Tswana language (ISO 639-1 code)
4614TN- Tennessee (postal symbol),Teranewton,Tonga (FIPS 10-4 country code),Tunisia (ISO 3166 digram)
4615TNA, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
4616TND, Tunisian dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
4617TNO, Trans-Neptunian Object
4618TNT- Thomas Nationwide Transport, an Australian company that was one of the predecessors to the former TNT N.V. and the current TNT Express, TriNitroToluene,(a/i) Turner Network Television,TO[edit]
4619to, Tongan language (ISO 639-1 code)
4620TO- Togo (FIPS 10-4 country code),Tonga (ISO 3166 digram)
4621TOA- Table Of Authorities,Total Obligation Authority (accounting)
4622TOAD- Temporary, Obsolete, Abandoned, or Derelict site (urbanism),Towed Optical Assessment Device
4623TOBS, Time of OBServation
4624TOC-(a/i) Table Of Contents,Tactical Operations Centre, Temporo-Occipital transition Cortex,Top of Concrete,To-do, To-do-List
4625TOG, Togo (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
4626TOGS, Thermal Observation Gunnery Sight
4627TOMS, Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite instrument)
4628ton, Tongan language (ISO 639-2 code)
4629TON, Tonga (ISO 3166 trigram)
4630TOP, Tongan pa'anga (ISO 4217 currency code)
4631TOS- Tape Operating System,Terms of service,The Original Series, used to distinguish the first Star Trek TV series from other parts of the media franchise,Tramiel Operating System
4632TOT, Time On Target
4633TOW, Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (anti-tank missile)
4634TP- East Timor (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 2002),São Tomé and Príncipe (FIPS 10-4 country code), Training Practice,Trident Ploughshares
4635TPE, Chinese Taipei (IOC and FIFA trigram for the country also known as Taiwan)
4636TPI, The point is
4637TPO, Thrombopoietin
4638TPS, The Pennington School
4639TPTB, The Powers That Be (often used to refer to the people responsible for the content of TV series or movies)
4640TQ, Top Qualifier (similar to Pole Position in car racing)
4641tr, Turkish language (ISO 639-1 code)
4642TR, Turkey (ISO 3166 digram)
4643TRA, Technology iness Assessment
4644TRAC, (U.S. Army) TRADOC Analysis Center
4645TRACON, Terminal Radar Approach Control
4646TRADOC, (U.S. Army) Training and Doctrine Command
4647TRAIN, Tourist Railway Association, Inc.
4648TRANSCOM, U.S. Transportation Command
4649TRAP, Tactical Receive equipment and related Applications
4650TRASANA, TRADOC Systems Analysis Agency
4651TRD, Towed Radar Decoy
4652TRIGAT, Third Generation Antitank (missile)
4653TRL, Technology readiness level
4654Trp, Troop
4655TRP, Target Reference Point, Time of Reporting
4656TRU, Transuranic
4657TRUEX, Training in Urban Environment Exercise
4658TRW, Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc.
4659TRY, Turkish lira (ISO 4217 currency code)
4660ts, Tsonga language (ISO 639-1 code)
4661Ts, Terasecond
4662TSA- Theatre Storage Area,Time Slot Allocation,Transportation Security Administration,The Salvation Army
4663TSEC, Transmission Security Encryption Code
4664TSL, Transportation Security Laboratory
4665tsn, Tswana language (ISO 639-2 code)
4666TSN- The Sporting News (historic name of the periodical now known as Sporting News),The Sports Network
4667tso, Tsonga language (ISO 639-2 code)
4668TSO- The Stationery Office (was HMSO until 1996),(U.S.) TRICARE Support Office, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (band)
4669TSOP- Tactical Standing Operation Procedure,The Sound of Philadelphia (classic 1970s R&B instrumental)
4670TSR,many, including Terminate and Stay Resident; see entry
4671TSSIA, The Subject Says It All
4672tt, Tatar language (ISO 639-1 code)
4673TT- Teratesla, Terrestrial Time,Tourist Trophy (Motorcycle sport), Trinidad and Tobago (ISO 3166 digram)
4674TTCT,Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking
4675TTD, Trinidad and Tobago dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
4676TTO, Trinidad and Tobago (ISO 3166 trigram)
4677TTFN, Ta Ta For Now
4678TTL- Tax, Title, License, Through-the-lens (photography),Time 'till live,Time to live,Transistor-transistor logic
4679TTP- Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures,Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura,Trailer Transfer Point
4680TTTEAF,Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
4681TTY, TeleTYpewriter (Printer)
4682TTYL, To You Later (Internet slang)
4683TTZ, Tetrazolium
4684TUC, Trades Union Congress
4685TUG, TeX Users Group
4686TUI,(a/i) Text-based user interface (cf. CLI), among other uses
4687tuk, Turkmen language (ISO 639-2 code)
4688TUN, Tunisia (ISO 3166 trigram)
4689TUNS, Technical University of Nova Scotia
4690Tur, Turkish language (ISO 639-2 code)
4691TUR, Turkey (ISO 3166 trigram)
4692TUSK, Tank Urban Survival Kit
4693TUV, Tuvalu (ISO 3166 trigram)
4694Tv, Time value, a designation seen on some camera dials for shutter priority mode
4695TV- Television, Teravolt, Transvestite, Tuvalu (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
4696TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority
4697TVG-(p/i) Television Games (Network), Tick, Very Good, Often used by School Teachers when marking homework etc. (Tick VG)[1][2]
4698TVR, TreVor (Wilkinson) Racing
4699TVS, Tornado vortex signature
4700tw, Twi language (ISO 639-1 code)
4701TW, Republic of China (Taiwan) (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram),Terawatt
4702TWAIN, Technology Without An Interesting Name
4703TWD, Taiwan dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
4704TWE, Trans World Entertainment
4705twi, Twi language (ISO 639-2 code)
4706TWI, The Welding Institute
4707TWN, Republic of China (Taiwan) (ISO 3166 trigram)
4708TWP, Technical Working Paper
4709TWS, Thermal Weapon Sight,Track While Scan
4710TWIP, Take What Insurance Pays,When a surgeon agrees to accept a lower payment than he ordinarily would for a procedure and not charge the patient the difference
4711TX, Texas (postal symbol),Transmit,Turkmenistan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
4712TXV,Thermostatic Expansion Valve
4713ty, Tahitian language (ISO 639-1 code)
4714TYT,Take Your Time,Internet chat abbreviation
4715TZ, Tanzania (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
4716TZA, Tanzania (ISO 3166 trigram)
4717TZC, Tetrazolium chloride
4718TZS, Tanzanian shilling (ISO 4217 currency code)
4719U, Uranium
4720UA, Ukraine (ISO 3166 digram) Unit of Action
4721UAAP, University Athletic Association of the Philippines
4722UAB, University of Alabama at Birmingham
4723UAE,(i/s) United Arab Emirates (also IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
4724UAH- Ukrainian hryvnia (ISO 4217 currency code), University of Alabama in Huntsville
4725UAV- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle,Unprotected Anal and Vaginal sex,UB[edit]
4726UBC, United Baptist Church,University of British Columbia
4727UBIGEO, Ubicación Geografica (Spanish for Geographical Location)
4728UBS, Unbundled Bitstream Services,United Bank of Switzerland,United Banque Suisse
4729UCBSA, United Cricket Board of South Africa
4730UCF, University of Central Florida
4731UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles
4732UCLES, University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate
4733UCR, University of Costa Rica,University of California, Riverside
4734UCS, Union of Concerned Scientists
4735UCSB, University of California, Santa Barbara
4736UCSD, University of California, San Diego
4737UDAS, Uppsala-DLR Asteroid Survey
4738UDDI, Universal Description, Discovery and Integration
4739UDP, User Datagram Protocol
4740UDT, Underwater Demolition Team
4741UDTS, Uppsala-DLR Trojan Survey
4742UE, Unit of Employment
4743UEFA, Union of European Football Associations
4744UEFI,(i/a) Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
4745UESAC, Uppsala-ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets
4746UFC, Ultimate Fighting Championship
4747UFO, Unidentified Flying Object,United Farmers of Ontario
4748ug, Uyghur language (ISO 639-1 code)
4749UG, Uganda (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
4750UGA, Uganda (ISO 3166 trigram)
4751UGV, Unmanned Ground Vehicle
4752UGX, Ugandan shilling (ISO 4217 currency code)
4753UHF, Ultra High Frequency
4754UHMW, Ultra-High Molecular Weight
4755UHRB, Ultra-High Resolution Building (simulation)
4756UIC, University of Illinois at Chicago
4757UID, User ID
4758uig, Uyghur language (ISO 639-2 code)
4759UIL, University Interscholastic League (governing body for most interscholastic activities, notably sports, in Texas public high schools)
4760UIUC, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
4761UJTL, Universal Joint Task List
4762uk, Ukrainian language (ISO 639-1 code)
4763UK, United Kingdom (also FIPS 10-4 country code),University of Kentucky
4764UKIP, United Kingdom Independence Party
4765ukr, Ukrainian language (ISO 639-2 code)
4766UKR, Ukraine (ISO 3166 trigram)
4767UL, Underwriters Laboratories
4768ULF, Ultra Low Frequency
4769UM, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
4770UMBC, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
4771UMC, United Microelectronics Corporation,University of Missouri-Columbia
4772UMCP, Unit Maintenance Collection Point
4773UMES, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
4774UMI, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
4775UMIST, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
4776UML, Unified Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Nepal,Unified Modeling Language,University of Massachusetts Lowell,User-Mode Linux
4777UMTS, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
4778UN, United Nations
4779UNABOM, University and airline bomber (FBI case name)
4780UNAIDS,(i/a) Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
4781UNAMSIL, United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
4782UNCF, United Negro College Fund
4783UNCLOS, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
4784UNCSGN, United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names
4785UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
4786UNDCP, United Nations Drug Control Programme
4787UNDE,(i/a) Union of National Defence Employees (Canada)
4788UNDP, United Nations Development Programme
4789UNEP, United Nations Environment Programme
4790UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
4791UNFCCC, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
4792UNFICYP, United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
4793UNGEGN, United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
4794UNHCR, United Nations High Commission (er) for Refugees
4795UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund (originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund)
4796UNICRI, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
4797UNIDO, United Nations Industrial Development Organization
4798UNIFEM, United Nations Development Fund for Women (from the French Fonds de développement des Nations unies pour la femme)
4799UNIS, University of Surrey, Guildford, England
4800UNLV, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4801UNMIK, United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
4802UNMOVIC, United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission
4803UNOSOM, United Nations Operations in Somalia
4804UNPROFOR, United Nations Protection Force (in former Yugoslavia)
4805UNRISD, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
4806UNSM, Union of Nova Scotian Municipalities
4807UNTAC, United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
4808UNTAET,(i/a) United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
4809UNU, United Nations University
4810UP- Ukraine (FIPS 10-4 country code),Union Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark), Upper Peninsula (of Michigan),Uttar Pradesh
4811UPC- United Pentecostal Church, Universal Product Code
4812UPdM, Università Popolare della Multimedialità
4813UPDM- Uganda People's Democratic Movement,Unified Modeling Language Profile for DoDAF and MoDAF,Unité de psychiatrie du développement mental,Universal Pattern Decomposition Method,Unix Power Device Management,Unpressurized Docking Mast,Urban Planning, Design and Management
4814UPI, United Press International
4815UPN, United Paramount Network
4816UPS- Uninterruptible Power Supply,United Parcel Service
4817UPTN- Universal Personal Telecommunications Number,Upper Peninsula Telehealth Network
4818UPU, Universal Postal Union
4819ur, Urdu language (ISO 639-1 code)
4820UR, Soviet Union (NATO country code, obsolete 1992)
4821URBSFA, Union royale belge des sociétés de football association (French for Royal Belgian Football Association)
4822urd, Urdu language (ISO 639-2 code)
4823URD, User Requirements Document
4824URI- Uniform Resource Identifier,University of Rhode Island
4825URU, Uruguay (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
4826URY, Uruguay (ISO 3166 trigram)
4827US, United States (also ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
4828USA- United States of America (also ISO 3166 trigram),United States Army
4829USAADAC, U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center, Fort Bliss, Texas
4830USAARMC, U.S. Army ARMor Center, Fort Knox, Kentucky
4831USAAVNC, U.S. Army AViatioN Center, Fort Rucker, Alabama
4832USAF, United States Air Force
4833USAFSPC, U.S. Air Force Space Command
4834USAIC- U.S. Army Infantry Center,U.S. Army Intelligence Center
4835USAID,(a/i) United States Agency for International Development
4836USAP- Union Sportive des Arlequins Perpignanais, United States Antarctic Program
4837USAPATRIOT, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
4838USAREUR, United States Army Europe
4839USB, Universal Serial Bus
4840USC- United States Code,University of South Carolina,University of Southern California
4841USCG, United States Coast Guard
4842USCINCSPACE, United States Commander in Chief, Space Command
4843USD- (U.S.) Under-Secretary of Defense* USD(A&T), (U.S.) Under-Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology), United States dollar (ISO 4217 currency code),USD(AT&L), (U.S.) Under-Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics,USD(C), (U.S.) Under-Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
4844USDA, United States Department of Agriculture
4845USDI, United States Department of the Interior
4846USDOE, United States Department of Energy
4847USDRE, (U.S.) Under-Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (1978-1986)
4848USEC, United States Enrichment Corporation
4849USFL, United States Football League
4850USFWS, United States Fish and Wildlife Service
4851USGS, United States Geological Survey
4852USIA, United States Information Agency
4853USJFCOM, United States Joint Forces Command
4854USL- United Soccer League, a third-level U.S. league. Not to be confused with an earlier league of the same name.,United Soccer Leagues, the organization that operates the above league, plus several other lower-level leagues,University of Southwestern Louisiana, a former name for the school now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette
4855USMC, United States Marine Corps
4856USMNT, United States men's national (soccer) team
4857USN, United States Navy
4858USNA, United States National Arboretum,United States Naval Academy
4859USNB, United States Naval Base
4860USNG, United States National Grid
4861USNH, United States Naval Hospital
4862USNI, United States Naval Institute
4863USNO, U.S. Naval Observatory
4864USNOFS, United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station
4865USNP, United States Newspaper Program
4866USNR, United States Navy Reserve
4867USNS, United States Naval Ship
4868USNZ, University Sport New Zealand
4869USPS, United States Postal Service
4870USPTO, United States Patent and Trademark Office
4871USR- Universal System Resources (/usr, directory in a *NIX filesystem), User
4872USS, United States ship (sometimes meaningless; see Star Trek)
4873USSPACECOM, United States Space Command
4874USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
4875UST, Underground Storage Tank
4876USTRANSCOM, United States Transportation Command
4877USWNT, United States women's national (soccer) team
4878UT, Universal Time
4879UTEP,(a/i) University of Texas at El Paso (pronounced you-tep)
4880UTM, Universal Transverse Mercator (geographical co-ordinate system)
4881UU, Unitarian Universalism,University of Utah,Unseen University
4882UUA, Unitarian Universalist Association
4883UUID, Universally Unique Identifier (see also GUID)
4884UUV, Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
4885UV, Burkina Faso (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Upper Volta), ultraviolet
4886UW, University of Washington
4887UWO, University of Western Ontario
4888UWT, Under Water Telephone
4889UWTG, Under Water Tug
4890UWW, United World Wrestling
4891UXO, Unexploded Ordnance
4892UY, Uruguay (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
4893UYU, Uruguayan peso uruguayo (ISO 4217 currency code)
4894uz, Uzbek language (ISO 639-1 code)
4895UZ, Uzbekistan (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
4896uzb, Uzbek language (ISO 639-2 code)
4897UZB, Uzbekistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
4898UZS, Uzbek som (ISO 4217 currency code)
4899V, 5 (in Roman numerals),Vanadium,Volt
4900VA, Vatican City-State (ISO 3166 digram), Veterans Affairs (U.S. Department of), Virginia (postal symbol), Various Artists
4901VACIS, Vehicle And Container Inspection System
4902VACIS, Victorian Ambulance Clinical Information System
4903VANOS, Variable Nockenwelle System
4904VAO, Vienna Art Orchestra
4905VASIS, Visual Approach Slope Indicator System (aviation)
4906VAT, Value-Added Tax, Vatican City-State (ISO 3166 trigram)
4907VB, Victoria Bitter (beer),Visual Basic
4908VBA, Visual Basic for Applications
4909VC, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram), Victoria Cross
4910VCDS, (Canada) Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff, VAG-COM Diagnostic System
4911vCJD, Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
4912VCJCS, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
4913VCNO, (U.S.) Vice Chief of Naval Operations
4914VCR, Video cassette recorder
4915VCofS, Vice Chief of Staff
4916VCT, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (ISO 3166 trigram)
4917VD, North Vietnam (ISO 3166 digram, obsolete 1977), Venereal Disease
4918VDFS, VisualSVN Distributed File System (VDFS)
4919VDR, North Vietnam (ISO 3166 trigram, obsolete 1977)
4920ve, Venda language (ISO 639-1 code)
4921VE, Venezuela (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
4922VEB, Venezuelan bolívar (ISO 4217 currency code)
4923VEEGA, Venus Earth Earth Gravity Assist manœuvre
4924ven, Venda language (ISO 639-2 code)
4925VEN, Venezuela (ISO 3166 trigram)
4926VERDI, Vittorio Emanuele Re D'Italia (Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy)
4927VERITAS, Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System
4928VFA- Victorian Football Association (historic Australian rules football league), Volatile Fatty Acid
4929VfD, s for deletion (used in Wikipedia)
4930VFL, Victorian Football League, the name of two distinct Australian rules football leagues:
4931VFM, Value For Money
4932VFMO, Very Fast Moving Object (astronomy)
4933VFR, Visual Flight Rules
4934VFT, Virtual Function Table
4935VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars
4936VG, British Virgin Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
4937VGB, British Virgin Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
4938VH1,(a/i) Video Hits One
4939VHF, Very High Frequency
4940vi, Vietnamese language (ISO 639-1 code)
4941VIA, Versatile Interface Adapter
4942VIC, Victoria, Australia (postal symbol), Video Interface Chip,Virginia Intermont College
4943VIDS, Visual Information Display System
4944vie, Vietnamese language (ISO 639-2 code)
4945VII, 7 (in Roman numerals)
4946VIII, 8 (in Roman numerals)
4947VIN,(i/a) Vehicle Identification Number (ISO 3779)
4948VIP, see entry
4949VIR, U.S. Virgin Islands (ISO 3166 trigram),Virgin Atlantic Airways (ICAO code)
4950VIS, Vavoua International School,Vienna Independent Shorts,Viewable Image Size,Visual Instruction Set
4951VISCII, VIetnamese Standard Code for Information Interchange
4952VIT, Vellore Institute of Technology
4953VIVO, Video In Video Out
4954VJ, Video Jockey
4955VK, Australia (ham radio code), Västerbottens-Kuriren, a Swedish daily newspaper
4956VLA, Very Large Array,(UK) Veterinary Laboratories Agency
4957VLAD,(a/i) Vertical Line Array DIFAR
4958VLBA, Very Long Baseline Array
4959VLF, Very Low Frequency
4960VLIW, Very Long Instruction Word
4961VLPFC, VentroLateral PreFrontal Cortex
4962VLPMC, VentroLateral PreMotor Cortex
4963VLSF, Very Loud, Stink-Free
4964VLSI, Very-large-scale integration
4965VLVS, Very Loud, Very Stinky
4966VM, Vietnam (FIPS 10-4 country code)
4967VMF, Variable Message Format
4968VMF,Marine Fighting Squadron of the United States Marine Corps
4969VMN, VentroMedial Nucleus (neurophysiology)
4970VN, Vietnam (ISO 3166 digram)
4971VND, Vietnamese đồng (ISO 4217 currency code)
4972VNIR, Visible and Near InfraRed
4973VNM, Vietnam (ISO 3166 trigram)
4974VNS,see entry
4975VOA, Voice of America
4976vo, Volapük language (ISO 639-1 code)
4977VOC, Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company),Volatile organic compounds
4978VOIP, Voice Over Internet Protocol
4979vol, Volapük language (ISO 639-2 code)
4980VOLT, Visual OpenType Layout Tool
4981VON, Victorian Order of Nurses
4982VOR, VHF Omnidirectional Ranging
4983VOR, Voice of Russia
4984VOX, Voice Operated oscillator
4985VPN, Virtual Private Network
4986VQ, Vector Quantization, U.S. Virgin Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
4987VR, Virtual Reality
4988VRSG, Virtual Reality Scene Generator
4989VSHORAD, Very Short Range Air Defence
4990VSO, Voluntary Services Overseas
4991VSR, Very Special Relativity
4992VT- Vatican City-State (FIPS 10-4 country code),Vermont (postal symbol), Video tape,Virginia Tech
4993VTC, Video Tele-Conference
4994VTEC, Variable valve Timing and Electronic lift Control
4995VTOL, Vertical Take-Off & Landing
4996VU, Vanuatu (ISO 3166 digram), Vedanta University
4997VUB, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgian university)
4998VUT, Vanuatu (ISO 3166 trigram)
4999VUV, Vanuatu vatu (ISO 4217 currency code)
5000VV, Via Voice,Village Voice
5001VVAF, Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation
5002VW, Volkswagen
5003VZ, Verizon Communications (NYSE code)
5004W, Tungsten (from German Wolfram),Watt,West
5005W3C, World Wide Web Consortium
5006wa, Walloon language (ISO 639-1 code)
5007WA- Namibia (FIPS 10-4 country code; from West Africa),Washington state (postal symbol),Western Australia (postal symbol), World Archery (Federation)
5008WAAC, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (Britain) (World War I UK)
5009WAAF, Women's Auxiliary Air Force (World War II UK)
5010WAC- Western Athletic Conference, Women's Auxiliary Corps (World War II Canada),Women's Army Corps (World War II U.S.)
5011WACC, Weighted Average Cost of Capital (accounting)
5012WACS,What-A-Cartoon! Show
5013WAD, Weapons Alert Designator
5014WAGGGS, World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
5015WAGs, Wives And Girlfriends (most notably of England national football team players at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, although the term existed earlier)
5016WAK, Wake Island (ISO 3166 trigram, obsolete 1986)
5017WAL,see entry
5018WAN, Wide area network
5019WAP, Wireless Application Protocol
5020WAPIMA, What a pain in my ass
5021WAR, With All Respect
5022WAsP, Short form of WAAAAP (Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program)
5023WASP- White Anglo-Saxon Protestant,Wide Angle Search for Planets,Women Airforce Service Pilots
5024WAYP, White And Yellow Pages
5025Wb, Weber
5026WB, Warner Bros.,Welcome Back (Internet shorthand)
5027WBA- Warner Bros. Animation,West Bromwich Albion (F.C.),World Boxing Association
5028WBC, World Boxing Council
5029WBE, Work Breakdown Element
5030WBO, World Boxing Organization
5031WC, Water Closet,Winston Churchill,World Cup (sports)
5032WCBO, World Chess Boxing Organisation
5033WCBP, World Center for Birds of Prey
5034WCL, World Confederation of Labour
5035WCS, Weapon Control Status,Wildlife Conservation Society
5036WCW, World Championship Wrestling
5037WDC, Western Design Center,World Data Center
5038WDWR,Walt Disney World Resort
5039WDIN,Wildlife Disease Information Node
5040WEBS, Weapon Effectiveness Battle Simulation
5041WEC, World Extreme Cagefighting
5042WEEE, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
5043WEF, World Economic Forum
5044WEM, West Edmonton Mall
5045WEU, Western European Union
5046WEZ,(a/i) Weapon Engagement Zone
5047WF, Wallis and Futuna Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
5048WFC, Women's Forage Corps (World War II UK)
5049WFD, Weapon of Focused Destruction
5050WFF, Wallops Flight Facility
5051WFP, World Food Program
5052WFZ, Weapons Free Zone
5053WFI,Water for Injection
5054WG, Working Group,Wade-Giles
5055WH, Wehrmacht Heer (German World War II army vehicle licence plate code)
5056WHAM, Wisconsin Hydrogen-Alpha Mapping (telescope)
5057WHI, Women's Health Initiative
5058WHIP, Walks plus hits per inning pitched
5059WHO, World Health Organisation
5060WHS, (U.S.) Washington Headquarters Services
5061WI, Western Sahara (FIPS 10-4 country code),Wisconsin (postal symbol),Women's Institute
5062WIA, Wounded In Action, Wireless Institute of Australia (Amateur Radio)
5063WIIFM, What's in it for me?
5064WIMP, Weakly Interacting Massive Particle,Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointers
5065WIPO,(a/i) World Intellectual Property Organization
5066WIPP, [Nuclear] Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
5067WIYN, Wisconsin Indiana Yale NOAO telescope consortium
5068WK, Wake Island (ISO 3166 digram, obsolete 1986)
5069WKYP, Will Keep You Posted
5070WL, Wehrmacht Luftwaffe (German World War II air force vehicle licence plate code)
5071WLB, Women's Land Brigade (World War II Canada)
5072WLF, Wallis and Futuna Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
5073wln, Walloon language (ISO 639-2 code)
5074WLOG, Without Loss Of Generality (see WOLOG)
5075WM, Wehrmacht Marine (German World War II navy vehicle licence plate code)
5076WMANUS, West Midlands Area National Union of Students
5077WMD, World Movement for Democracy
5078WMI, Wildlife Management Institute
5079WMO, World Meteorological Organization
5080WNA, World Nuclear Association
5081WNIT, Women's National Invitation Tournament
5082WNSD, What's New, Scooby-Doo?
5083WNW, West North-West
5084wo, Wolof language (ISO 639-1 code)
5085WO, Warrant Officer
5086WOF,Width of Fabric
5087WOFT, Waste Of Fucking Time
5088WOFTAM, Waste Of Fucking Time And Money
5089WOI,(a/i) Wheels Of Italy
5090wol, Wolof language (ISO 639-2 code)
5091WOM, Write Only Memory
5092WOS, Wilson Ornithological Society
5093WOSM- World Organization of the Scout Movement,Worldwide Oil Spill Model
5094WOT, Waste Of Time
5095WP, White Phosphorus (ammunition)
5096WPB, War Production Board during World War II
5097WPE, World Pork Expo
5098WPK, Wider Peacekeeping
5099WPT, World Poker Tour,World Premiere Toons
5100WR, Wide Receiver (football)
5101WRAC, Women's Royal Army Corps (World War II UK)
5102WRAIR, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
5103WRC, World Rally Championship
5104WRC,World Religions Conference
5105WRVS, Women's Royal Voluntary Service, now only known by the acronym (UK)
5106WRS, Worldwide Reference System
5107WRT, Writer Response Theory
5108WRT,World Rally Team
5109WRT,Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC (Urban Planning and Design)
5110WRT,Wireless Ronin Technologies (digital signage)
5111WRT,NHS Workforce Review Team
5112WRT,The Linksys routers whose model name start with 'WRT'
5113WRT,Wholesale, Trade, Retail sector, category in employment and economics statistics
5114WRT,Wireless Receiver/Transmitter ( computer networks/IT )
5115WRT,Third party firmware for the Linksys WRT routers and compatible models from other vendors.
5116WRT,Web Runtime (WRT) is a portable application framework developed by Nokia that allows the creation of widgets on the S60 Platform.
5117WS- Samoa (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram; from the country's former name of Western Samoa), Writer to the Signet (a Scottish solicitor)
5118WSC, Weapon System Catalogue
5119WSDL, Web Services Description Language
5120WSJ, (The) Wall Street Journal
5121WSL- White Star Line (shipping company),Women's Super League, used to describe England's top women's association football league and top women's rugby union competition,Workers' Socialist League (UK political party)
5122WSM- Samoa (ISO 3166 trigram; from Western Samoa), Winchester Short Magnum (family of rifle cartridges)
5123WSROC, Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils
5124WSSM, Winchester Super Short Magnum (family of rifle cartridges)
5125WST- Water Soluble Tetrazolium (assay), Samoan tālā (ISO 4217 currency code)
5126WSTC, Women Signallers Territorial Corps (World War II UK)
5127WSW, West South-West
5128WTB, Wales Tourism Board,Warenterminbörse Hannover
5129WTC, World Trade Center
5130WTF, What the fuck?; also What a Terrible Failure (android)
5131WTFH, What The Fucking Hell
5132WTH, What the Hell
5133WTO, World Trade Organization
5134WU, Wabash University,Washington University in St. Louis,Western Union,Windows Update,Work unit,WU Wien (German Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration)
5135WUU2,What you up to,Internet slang popular with teenagers.
5136WUBU2,What you been up to
5137WV, West Virginia (postal symbol)
5138WVA, World Veterinary Association
5139WVIAC, West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
5140WVR, Women's Volunteer Reserve (World War II UK)
5141WVSC, Women's Volunteer Service Corps (World War II Canada)
5142WVU, West Virginia University
5143WW,see entry
5144WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment
5145WWF- World Wide Fund for Nature, from its original name of World Wildlife Fund, which remains the legal name in the U.S. and Canada,World Wrestling Federation
5146WWI, World War I
5147WWII, World War II
5148WWIII, World War III
5149WWS, Wheaton Warrenville South High School
5150WWV, Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis (catalog of the works of Richard Wagner, and callsign of NIST's shortwave radio station in Fort Collins, Colorado)
5151WWW, World Wide Web
5152WWWF, World Wide Wrestling Federation
5153WXO, Weather [Executive] Officer
5154WY, Wyoming (postal symbol)
5155WZ, Swaziland (FIPS 10-4 country code)
5156XAF, BEAC (Banque des états de l'Afrique centrale) Central Africa CFA (Coopération financière en Afrique centrale) franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
5157XAG, Silver Troy ounce (ISO 4217 currency code)
5158XAU, Gold Troy ounce (ISO 4217 currency code)
5159XBA, European Composite Unit (EURCO; Bonds market unit) (ISO 4217 currency code)
5160XBB, European Monetary Unit (E.M.U.; Bonds market unit) (ISO 4217 currency code)
5161XBML, eXtended Business Modelling Language
5162XC, Ninety (in Roman numerals)
5163XCBL, XML Common Business Library
5164XCD, East Caribbean dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
5165XD,Used in chatrooms or email for smiley face. X is the eyes; squinted D is the mouth; XD.
5166Xe, Xenon
5167XF, Automobile made by Jaguar, Truck made by DAF Trucks, IATA code for Vladivostok Air
5168XFA, XML Forms Architecture
5169XFC, Xtreme Fighting Championships
5170XFD, Fighter aircraft made by Douglas
5171Xfe, X File Explorer
5172XFF, X-Forwarded-For
5173XFG, Exfoliation glaucoma
5174XFH, 1932 rototype U.S. Navy fighter aircraft made by Hall, X-ray fluorescence holography
5175XFN, XHTML Friends Network, IATA code for Xiangyang Liuji Airport
5176XFR, Automobile made by Jaguar
5177XFT, X FreeType interface library
5178XFW, IATA code for Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport
5179XG, Automobile made by Hyundai
5180XGA, Extended Graphics Array
5181XGG, IATA code for Gorom Gorom Airport
5182XGN, IATA code for Xangongo Airport
5183XGP, Extreme Game Player
5184XGR, IATA code for Kangiqsualujjuag (Georges River) Airport
5185xh, Xhosa language (ISO 639-1 code)
5186xho, Xhosa language (ISO 639-2 code)
5187XHTML, eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language
5188XHR, eXtra high Image resolution,XMLHTTPRequest
5189XI, Eleven (in Roman numerals)
5190XII, Twelve (in Roman numerals)
5191XIII, Thirteen (in Roman numerals)
5192XIV, Fourteen (in Roman numerals)
5193XIX, Nineteen (in Roman numerals)
5194XJ, Automobile made by Jaguar, Automobile made by Jeep
5195XJL, Amphibian aircraft made by Columbia, Automobile made by Jaguar
5196XJS, Automobile made by Jaguar
5197XK, Automobile made by Jaguar, Automobile made by Jeep, Kell blood group precursor
5198XKA, IATA code for Kantchari Airport
5199XKB, X keyboard extension
5200XKE, Automobile made by Jaguar
5201XKH, IATA code for Xieng Khouang Airport
5202XKR, Automobile made by Jaguar
5203XKS, IATA code for Kasabonika Airport
5204XKY, IATA code for Kaya Airport
5205XL, eXtra Large, Forty (in Roman numerals)
5206XML, eXtensible Markup Language
5207XMSF, eXtensible Modelling and Simulation Framework
5208XN, Christian, Nordic Patent Institute
5209XNA, IATA code for Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport, X-No-Archive, Xeno Nucleic Acid
5210XNC, X Northern Captain
5211XNN, IATA code for Xining Caojiabao Airport
5212XNS, Xerox Network Systems, Extensible Name Service, Christians
5213XNU, X is Not Unix
5214XOF, BCÉAO (Banque centrale des états de l'Afrique de l'Ouest) West African CFA (Communauté financière d'Afrique) franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
5215XP, eXperience Point (role-playing games)
5216XPD, Palladium Troy ounce (ISO 4217 currency code)
5217XPF, CFP franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
5218XPT, Platinum Troy ounce (ISO 4217 currency code)
5219XQJ, XQuery API for Java™
5220XQP, IATA code for Quepos La Managua Airport
5221XQU, IATA code for Qualicum Beach Airport
5222XRML, eXtensible Rights Markup Language
5223XS, Xiaolin Showdown
5224XSL, eXtensible Style Language
5225XTMH,eXtreme Technology Multiprocessor Hyperlanguage
5226XUL, XML User Interface Language
5227XV, Fifteen (in Roman numerals)
5228XVI, Sixteen (in Roman numerals)
5229XVII, Seventeen (in Roman numerals)
5230XVIII, Eighteen (in Roman numerals)
5231XWF, Xcitement Wrestling Federation
5232XWM, X window manager
5233XWN, eXtended WordNet
5234XWS, X Window System
5235XX, Twenty (in Roman numerals)
5236XXX, Hardcore pornography (film rating),Thirty (in Roman numera
5237XYA, IATA code for Yandina Airport
5238Xyl, Xylobium
5239XZA, IATA code for Zabré Airport
5240XZN, Triple square screw driver
5241y, Yocto-
5242Y, Yotta,Yttrium
5243Y2K, Year Two Thousand
5244yA, Yoctoampere
5245Ya, Yottayear
5246YA, Yottaampere, Young Adult
5247YAC,(a/i) Youth-Adult Committee
5248YAFLA, Yet Another Five Letter Abbreviation
5249YAP, Young Aspiring Professional
5250YaBPr, Yet another Brother Pat rant
5251YABSLAG, Yet another boy singing like a girl
5252Yb, Ytterbium
5253YB, Youcef Benzouada (Southern Algerian name)
5254yC, Yoctocoulomb
5255YC, Yottacoulomb
5256YD, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (ISO 3166 digram, obsolete 1990)
5257YDS, Yosemite Decimal System (climbing)
5258YE, Yemen (ISO 3166 digram)
5259YEM, Yemen (ISO 3166 trigram),Manitowaning/Manitoulin East Municipal Airport IATA airport code
5260YER, Yemeni rial (ISO 4217 currency code)
5261yF, Yoctofarad
5262YF, Yottafarad
5263yg, Yoctogram
5264Yg, Yottagram
5265Ygo, Yu-Gi-Oh!
5266YGCO, Yamaneko Group of Comet Observers
5267yH, Yoctohenry
5268YH, Yottahenry
5269YHS,Ya Hoor sur!
5270YHBT, You Have Been Trolled
5271YHIH1, You Heard It Here First (lowercase: yhih1, pronounced yi-hi)
5272YHII,You Have It Inside
5273yi, Yiddish language (ISO 639-1 code)
5274Yi, Yobi
5275YI, Serbia and Montenegro (deprecated FIPS 10-4 country code, now RB (Serbia) and MJ (Montenegro))
5276yid, Yiddish language (ISO 639-2 code)
5277Yippie, Youth International Party + suffix
5278yJ, Yoctojoule
5279YJ, Yottajoule
5280yK, Yoctokelvin
5281YK, Yottakelvin
5282YKYFCW,You know you're from Christchurch when (post-earthquake joke)
5283yL, Yoctolitre
5284YL, Yottalitre
5285ym, Yoctometre
5286Ym, Yottametre
5287YM, Yemen (FIPS 10-4 country code), Your Magazine (originally Young Miss, later Young & Modern)
5288YMCA, Young Men's Christian Association
5289YMD, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (ISO 3166 trigram, obsolete 1990)
5290YMMD, You Make My Day
5291yN, Yoctonewton
5292YN, Yottanewton
5293yo, Yoruba language (ISO 639-1 code)
5294YO, former Yugoslavia (NATO country code, obsolete 1993)
5295YOLO, You Only Live Once
5296yor, Yoruba language (ISO 639-2 code)
5297YPA, Yards per Pass Attempt (football statistic)
5298YPIO, Your Problem Is Obvious
5299YPO, Young Presidents' Organization
5300ys, Yoctosecond
5301yS, Yoctosiemens
5302Ys, Yottasecond
5303YS, Yottasiemens
5304YSA- Single adult (LDS Church),Young Socialist Alliance,Youth Service America
5305YSI, Young Scots for Independence
5306yT, Yoctotesla
5307YT, Mayotte (ISO 3166 digram),Yottatesla,Yukon Territory (postal symbol)
5308YTD, Year-To-Date
5309YTM, Yield to Maturity
5310YTS, Youth Training Scheme
5311YTT,Yoshi Topsy-Turvy
5312YU, York University, former Yugoslavia (ISO 3166 digram, obsolete 2003)
5313YUG, former Yugoslavia (ISO 3166 trigram, obsolete 2003)
5314Yuppie, Young Urban Professional + suffix
5315yV, Yoctovolt
5316YV, Yottavolt
5317yW, Yoctowatt
5318YW, Yottawatt
5319YWCA, Young Women's Christian Association
5320YYH, YuYu Hakusho
5321z, Zepto
5322Z, Zetta
5323za, Zhuang languages (ISO 639-1 code)
5324zA, Zeptoampere
5325ZA, South Africa (ISO 3166 digram),Zambia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Zettaampere
5326ZAF, South Africa (ISO 3166 trigram)
5327ZAMS, Zero age main sequence
5328ZAR, South African rand (ISO 4217 currency code),Zaire (ISO 3166 trigram, obsolete 1997)
5329ZAS,(i/a) Zylinder Abschaltung System
5330ZBT, Zero-Balance Transfer (accounting)
5331zC, Zeptocoulomb
5332ZC, Zettacoulomb
5333ZCM,(n) ZENworks Configuration Management
5334ZCMK, Zone Control Master Key
5335ZCU, Zimbabwe Cricket Union