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