PowerShell/Data/Abbr/General.csv
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1Abbr,Term
20D,obvious deed
31AM,Air Mechanic 1st Class
41D,One-Dimensional
52AM,Air Mechanic 2nd Class
62D,Two-dimensional
72G,Second-generation mobile (cellular,wireless) telephone system
82LA,Two Letter Acronym
92Lt,2nd Lieutenant
103AM,Air Mechanic 3rd Class
113D,Three-Dimensional
123G,Third-generation mobile telephone system
133i,Investors In Industry (venture capitalists)
143M,Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
154D,Four-Dimensional (usually three spatial plus one temporal dimension,sometimes four spatial ones)
164G,Fourth-generation mobile telephone system
174WD,Four-wheel drive
185D,Five-Dimensional
196D,Six-Dimensional
207D,Seven-Dimensional
218D,Eight-Dimensional
229D,Nine-Dimensional
23A,Ampere
24A10,Atlantic 10 Conference
25A1C,Airman First Class
26A4,many,including a European standard office paper size; see entry
27AA,achieved availability,Alcoholics Anonymous,Armed Forces Americas (postal symbol),Aruba (FIPS 10-4 territory code),assembly area,Automobile Association,avenue of approach
28aa,Afar language (ISO 639-1 code)
29aA,Attoampere
30AAAI,Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence,formerly American Association for Artificial Intelligence
31AAAS,American Association for the Advancement of Science
32AAAV,Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle
33AAC,American Athletic Conference,Army Air Corps (British Army)
34AAD,analogue-analogue-digital (CD quality),Australian Antarctic Division
35AADAC,Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
36AADC,area air defense commander,amino acid decarboxylase,aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase,Australian Antarctic Data Centre
37AADD,Adult attention deficit disorder
38AADT,annual average daily traffic
39AAFC,U.S. Army Air Corps Ferrying Command (1941-1942),All-America Football Conference (1946-1949)
40AAFES,Army and Air Force Exchange Service
41AAIS,advanced airborne interceptor simulator
42AAM,air-to-air missile
43AAMOF,as a matter of fact
44AAN,American Academy of Nursing
45AANEAS,Anglo-Australian Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
46AAODL,Atmospheric Aerosols and Optics Data Library
47AAP,advanced acquisition plan,Allied administrative publication,American Academy of Pediatrics
48AAPC,Accounting and Auditing Policy Committee
49aar,Afar language (ISO 639-2 code)
50AAR,after-action review,Association of American Railroads
51AARP,(i/s) American Association of Retired Persons (now officially known only by the initials)
52AASPEM,advanced air-to-air system performance evaluation model
53AAT,Australian Antarctic Territory
54AAV,Amphibious Assault Vehicle
55AAWC,anti-air warfare commander
56ab,Abkhaz language (ISO 639-1 code)
57ABA,Adriatic Basketball Association,American Bar Association,American Basketball Association,American Beverage Association,American Bicycle Association,American Birding Association,Australian Broadcasting Authority
58ABB,ASEA Brown Boveri (Swiss-Swedish multinational company)
59ABC,the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet
60ABC,Active Body Control
61ABC,alien big cat
62ABC,always be careful
63ABC,American-born Chinese
64ABC,anti-lock brake controller
65ABCA,American,British and Canadian Armies (originally),Army Bureau of Current Affairs
66ABCS,(U.S.) Army Battle Command System
67ABET,Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
68ABFIST,Advanced Bradley Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
69ABGI,Addington-Barker Group International
70ABIN,Agência Brasileira de Inteligência (Brazilian Intelligence Agency)
71abk,Abkhaz language (ISO 639-2 code)
72ABL,American Basketball League
73ABLE,AirBorne Law Enforcement (police air support unit)
74ABM,anti-ballistic missile,Asynchronous Balanced Mode,automated banking machine
75ABMC,American Battle Monuments Commission
76ABN,Australian Business Number (a number issued by the Australian government as registration of a business and used for taxation purposes)
77ABPI,Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
78ABRSM,Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
79ABSTRIPS,abstraction-based STRIPS
80ABV,Alcohol by volume
81ABW,Aruba (ISO 3166 trigram)
82Ac,Actinium
83aC,Attocoulomb
84AC1,Aircraftman 1st Class
85AC2,Aircraftman 2nd Class
86ACARS,Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System
87ACAS,Aboriginal Children's Advancement Society,Advisory,Conciliation and Arbitration Service
88ACCA,The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants,Automatic Cloud Cover Assessment
89ACCD,American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
90ACCS,Air Communications and Control Squadron
91ACDA,Arms Control & Disarmament Agency
92ACHT,Average Call Hold Time
93ACINT,Acoustic Intelligence
94ACK,Acknowledge (telecommunications; cf. NAK)
95ACLJ,American Center for Law and Justice
96ACLOS,Automatic CLOS (missile control system)
97ACLS,American Council of Learned Societies
98ACMC,(U.S.) Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
99ACNA,Anglican Church in North America
100ACO,Airspace Control Order
101ACOBA,Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
102ACOG,American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
103ACOM,(U.S.) Atlantic Command
104ACORN,Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
105ACR,Advanced Concepts and Requirements
106ACRI,African Crisis Initiative
107ACRT,Advanced Concepts Research Tool simulator
108ACSC,Army Command and Staff College (various nations)
109ACST,American Cooperative School of Tunis
110ACST,Australian Central Standard Time
111ACTD,Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration
112ACTU,Australian Council of Trade Unions
113ACU,American Conservative Union
114ADAGE,Air Defense Air to Ground Engagement (simulation)
115ADAP,AIDS Drug Assistance Program
116ADAS,Asiago-DLR Asteroid Survey
117ADAT,Alesis Digital Audio Tape (recording format)
118ADB,Asian Development Bank
119ADDIE,Analyze Design Develop Implement and Evaluate
120ADDNS,Advanced Deployable Day/Night Simulation
121ADF,Australian Defence Force,African Development Foundation
122ADGB,Air Defence of Great Britain
123ADHD,Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
124ADHS,Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Syndrome
125ADI,Acceptable/Allowable Daily Intake
126ADIZ,Air Defence Identification Zone
127ADL,Anti-Defamation League
128ADOA,Air Defence Operations Area
129ADRG,Arc-second Raster Chart (ARC) Digitized Raster Graphics
130ADT,Atlantic Daylight Time (UTC3 hours)
131ADTB,Army Doctrine and Training Bulletin
132ADW,Air Defence Warning
133ae,Avestan language (ISO 639-1 code)
134AED,United Arab Emirates dirham (ISO 4217 currency code)
135AEDT,Australian Eastern Daylight Time
136AEF,American Expeditionary Force
137AEGIS,Airborne Early warning Ground environment Interface Segment (fake etymology)
138AESR,Aeronautical Equipment Service Record
139AEST,Australian Eastern Standard Time
140aet,After extra time (Football)
141af,Afrikaans language (ISO 639-1 code)
142aF,Attofarad
143AFAIC,As Far As I'm Concerned
144AFAICT,As Far As I Can Tell
145AFAIK,As Far As I Know
146AFAIR,As Far As I Remember/Recall
147AFATDS,Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System
148AFC,American Football Conference,Asian Football Confederation
149AFCEA,Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
150AFDB,African Development Bank
151AFES,Automatic Fire Extinguishing System
152AFG,Afghanistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
153AFIS,Automated Fingerprint Identification System,American Forces Information Service
154AFIST,Abrams Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
155AFJ,April Fool's Joke
156AFK,Away From Keyboard (Internet chat abbreviation)
157AFL,American Federation of Labor,American Football League — either the 1960s league that merged into the National Football League,or one of several other leagues of American football,Arena Football League,Australian Football League,AFL-CIO,American Federation of Labor,Congress of Industrial Organizations
158AFLAC,American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus
159AFM,Army Field Manual (UK; the U.S. more frequently uses just FM),Atomic Force Microscope,Aviation Fleet Maintenance
160AFN,Afghani (ISO 4217 currency code)
161AFO,Association of Field Ornithologists
162AFOSR,U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research
163AFQT,Armed Forces Qualification Test
164afr,Afrikaans language (ISO 639-2 code)
165AFRC,Air Force Reserve Command
166AFRL,Air Force Research Laboratory
167AFROTC,Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
168AFRRI,(i,U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
169AFRTS,Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
170AFS,Active Front Steering,Air Facility Sub-System,Amniotic Fluid-derived Stem cell,AFS&A or AFSA,U.S. Air Force Studies and Analysis
171AFSC,U.S. Air Force Staff College (obsolete; replaced with JFSC),U.S. Air Force Systems Command
172AFSCN,U.S. Air Force Satellite Control Network
173AFSPC,Air Force Space Command
174AFT,American Farmland Trust
175AFV,armoured fighting vehicle
176AFWA,Air Force Weather Agency,Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies,AG[edit]
177ag,Attogram
178Ag,Silver (Latin argentum)
179AGARD,Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development
180AGARDograph,Advanced Guidance for Alliance Research and Development publication
181AGASA,Akeno Giant Air Shower Array (cosmic ray detector)
182AGB,Internal Nintendo initialism (Advanced Game Boy) for Game Boy Advance
183AGC,Adjutant General's Corps (British Army)
184AGC,Apollo Guidance Computer,Automatic Gain Control
185AGDC,Australian Game Developers' Conference
186AGI,Auxiliary Group Intelligence
187AGL,Above Ground Level
188AGM,Annual General Meeting
189AGN,Active Galactic Nucleus
190AGO,Angola (ISO 3166 trigram)
191AGP,Accelerated Graphics Port
192AGRICOLA,Agriculture Online Access
193AGS,Alaska Ground Station (LandSat)
194AGTS,Advanced Gunnery Training System
195AGU,American Geophysical Union
196AGW,Autonomous Guided Weapon
197Ah,Ampere-hour
198AH,Attack Helicopter
199aH,Attohenry
200AHA,American Heart Association
201AHCPR,Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (obsolete; replaced with AHRQ)
202AHEC,Australian Health Ethics Committee
203AHPCRC,Army High Performance Computing Research Center
204AHQ,Air Headquarters
205AHRQ,Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
206AHS,American Housing Survey
207AI,Air Interdiction,Amnesty International,Artificial Insemination,Artificial Intelligence,Anguilla (ISO 3166 digram)
208AIA,Aerospace Industries Association,American Institute of Architects,Anguilla (ISO 3166 trigram)
209AIAA,American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
210AIC,African Independent Church,Animal Identification Coordinator
211AICD,Australian Institute of Company Directors
212AICMFP,And I Claim My Five Pounds
213AID,U.S. Agency for International Development
214AIDS,Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
215AIM,many,including AOL Instant Messenger,Australian Institute of Management; see entry
216AIMP,Aurora Incremental Modernization Project
217AIPAC,American Israel Public Affairs Committee
218AIR,Aircraft Inventory Record
219AIRFA,American Indian Religious Freedom Act
220AIRS,(a/i) Aerometric Information Retrieval System (obsolete; replaced with AFS)
221AIS,Australian Institute of Sport,Automatic Identification System
222AISB,(British Society for the Study of) Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour
223aJ,Attojoule
224AJ,Azerbaijan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
225Ajax,Asynchronous JavaScript And XML
226AJD,Astronomical Julian day
227AJP,Allied Joint Publication
228AJPW,All Japan Pro Wrestling
229ak,Akan languages (ISO 639-1 code)
230AK,Alaska (postal symbol)
231aK,Attokelvin
232AKA,Above knee amputation (orthopaedic usage)
233aka,Akan languages (ISO 639-2 code)
234AKDT,Alaska Standard Daylight Saving Time (UTC8 hours)
235AKST,Alaska Standard Time (UTC9 hours)
236Al,Aluminium
237aL,Attolitre
238ALA,Åland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
239ALAP,As Long/Late As Possible
240ALARM,Air-Launched Anti-Radar Missile
241ALB,Albania (ISO 3166 trigram)
242ALD,Accounting Line Designator (nuclear weapon targeting)
243ALERT,Advanced Linked Extended Reconnaissance and Targeting,Attack and Launch Early Reporting to Theatre
244ALF,Africa Leadership Forum,Alien Life Form (cf. ALF (TV series)),Animal Liberation Front
245ALG,Algeria (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
246ALGOL,ALGOrithmic Language
247ALL,Albanian lek (ISO 4217 currency code)
248ALOA,Associated Locksmiths of America,Inc.
249ALOC,Air Lines Of Communication,Average Length of Calls
250ALPA,Air Line Pilots Association
251ALS,Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis,Automatic Landing System
252ALSHS,Abraham Low Self-Help Systems
253ALSP,Aggregate Level Simulation Protocol
254ALTE,Association of Language Testers in Europe
255Am,Americium
256am,Amharic language (ISO 639-1 code),Attometre
257AM-many,including Amplitude Modulation and Ante Meridiem; see entry,Armenia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
258AM1,Airman 1st class
259AMA,American Medical Association,Australian Medical Association
260AMAPS,Aircraft,Missile,Avionics Performance Simulation
261AMC,Adaptive modulation and coding (digital communications),U.S. Air Mobility Command,American Motors Corporation,American Movie Classics (TV network; now known simply by the initials),U.S. Army Materiel Command
262AMCB,U.S. Army/Marine Corps Board
263AMD,Advanced Micro Devices,Age-related Macular Degeneration,Armenian dram (ISO 4217 currency code)
264AMFR,Age-specific Marital Fertility Rate,Amplitude Modulation Following Response
265AMFRS,Advanced Multi-Function Radio Frequency System,Automatic Multisensor Feature-based Recognition System
266amh,Amharic language (ISO 639-2 code)
267AML,Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
268AMLCD,Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display
269AMLO,Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexican politician),Anti-Money Laundering Office (Thailand government agency)
270AMO,Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
271AMOLED,Active-matrix organic light-emitting diode
272AMOS,Advanced MOrtar System,Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory
273AMP,Adenosine MonoPhosphate,Automated Mission Planner
274AMRAAM,Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile
275AMRDEC,U.S. Aviation & Missile Research,Development,& Engineering Center
276AMS,Agriculture Marketing Service,American Mathematical Society
277AMSAA,U.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity
278AMSO,U.S. Army Model and Simulation Office
279AMSU,Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
280AMTE,UK Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment (1977-1984)
281AN,Andorra (FIPS 10-4 country code),Netherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 digram)
282an,Aragonese language (ISO 639-1 code)
283aN,Attonewton
284ANA,Administration for Native Americans,Afghan National Army,All Nippon Airways,Anti-Nuclear Anti-body,Australian National Airways,Australian Natives' Association
285ANC,African National Congress
286AND,Andorra (ISO 3166 trigram)
287ANFO,Ammonium nitrate/fuel oil (explosive)
288ANG,Air National Guard,Angola (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Netherlands Antillian guilder (ISO 4217 currency code)
289ANGLiCo,Air/Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
290ANL,Argonne National Laboratory
291ANM,Acoustic Noise Monitor
292ANOVA,ANalysis Of VAriance
293ANS,Applied and Natural Sciences
294ANSI,American National Standards Institute
295ANT,Netherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 trigram),Antigua and Barbuda (IOC trigram,but not ISO 3166 or FIFA)
296ANTM,America's Next Top Model
297ANTY,Acronyms,No Thank You
298ANWR,Arctic National Wildlife Refuge /ˈænwɑr/
299ANZ,Australia and New Zealand Banking Group
300ANZAC,Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
301AO,Angola (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Approach Officer (submarine),Area of Operations
302AOA,Air Officer in charge of Administration,Argonne National Laboratory,Angolan kwanza (ISO 4217 currency code),Award Of Arms (heraldry)
303AOC,Air Operations Centre,Air Officer Commanding
304AOD,Adrenalin O.D. (punk rock band)
305AOI,Angle Of Incidence Arab Organization for Industrialization
306AOL,America OnLine
307AOR,Area of Responsibility
308AOSTH,Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
309AOTS,Attack of the Show!
310AOU,American Ornithologists' Union
311AP,Advanced Placement,Air Publication,Andhra Pradesh (Indian state code),Armed Forces Pacific (postal symbol),Associated Press,Auto Pilot
312APA -
313APB,All Points Bulletin (police jargon)
314APC,Armoured Personnel Carrier,Armour Piercing Capped (ammunition)
315APCNR,Armour-Piercing,Composite Non-Rigid (ammunition)
316APCR,Armour-Piercing,Composite Rigid (ammunition)
317APDS,Armour-Piercing,Discarding-Sabot (ammunition)
318APEC,Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
319APEDS,AMSAA Performance Estimates Data System
320APEX,Applied Physics Express
321APFSDS,Armour-Piercing,Fin-Stabilised,Discarding Sabot (ammunition)
322APHA,American Public Health Association
323APHE,Armour-Piercing,High Explosive (ammunition)
324APHIS,Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
325API,Application Programming Interface
326APL,A Programming Language,Acute Promyeloid Leukaemia,Anti-Personnel Landmine,Applied Physics Laboratory (Johns Hopkins University)
327APM,Advanced Power Management
328APOD,Aerial Port (Airport) Of Debarkation
329APOE,Aerial Port (Airport) Of Embarkation
330APOLLO,Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation
331APP,Allied Procedural Publication
332APR,Annual Percentage Rate
333APS,Advanced Photo System (cf. APS-C,an image sensor format based on the size of the original APS film frame),American Physical Society,Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome,AQ[edit]
334AQ,AdventureQuest,American Samoa (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Antarctica (ISO 3166 digram),Automatic qualifier,a term used by U.S. sports media from 1998 to 2013 to refer to the six conferences whose champions automatically entered the now-defunct Bowl Championship Series of college football
335AQIM,Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
336ar,Arabic language (ISO 639-1 code)
337AR,Argentina (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Arkansas (postal symbol),Armour,Arunachal Pradesh (Indian state code)
338Ar,Argon
339ara,Arabic language (ISO 639-2 code)
340ARAG,Advanced Research and Assessment Group
341ARB,Administrative Review Board
342ARBA,(a/i) Army Review Boards Agency
343ARC,Arc-second Raster Chart,Appalachian Regional Commission
344ARCA,Automobile Racing Club of America
345ARCENT,United States Army Central Command
346ARDA,Advanced Research and Development Activity (became DTO 2006)
347ARE,UK Admiralty Research Establishment (-1991),United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166 trigram)
348ARF,ASEAN Regional Forum
349arg,Aragonese language (ISO 639-2 code)
350ARG,Argentina (ISO 3166 trigram)
351ARH,Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter
352ARI,Acute Respiratory Infection,U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
353ARL,UK Admiralty Research Laboratory (1921-1977),U.S. Army Research Laboratory,UIUC Aviation Research Laboratory
354ARM,Anti-Radiation Missile,Adjustable-rate mortgage,Armenia (ISO 3166 trigram)
355ARNet,Acquisition Reform Network
356ARP,Applied Research Programme
357ARPA,Advanced Research Projects Agency
358ARRC,ACE Rapid Reaction Corps
359ARRF,Allied Rapid Reaction Force
360ARRL,American Radio Relay League
361ARS,Agricultural Research Service,Argentine peso (ISO 4217 currency code)
362ARSC,Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
363ARSPACE,U.S. Army Space Command
364ART,Adaptive Resonance Theory,Anti-Retroviral Therapy
365ARTCC,Air Route Traffic Control Center
366AS,ActionScript
367as,Adult swim,Assamese language (ISO 639-1 code),Attosecond
368AS,American Samoa (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram),Australia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Assam / Asom (Indian state code)
369As,Arsenic
370aS,Attosiemens
371ASA,AcetylSalicylic Acid,American Standards Association,Army Security Agency,Atlantic Southeast Airlines
372ASAP,As Soon As Possible
373ASARS,Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System,Airborne Search and Rescue System
374ASB,Associated Student Body,Alternative Service Book (Church of England)
375ASBO,Anti-Social Behaviour Order
376ASCAP,American Society of Composers,Authors,and Publishers
377ASCC,Army Service Component Commander,Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator,Air Standardization Coordinating Committee
378ASCII,American Standard Code for Information Interchange
379ASD,(U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense,autism spectrum disorder
380ASDIC,Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee (Sonar)
381ASEAN,Association of Southeast Asian Nations
382ASFAR,Americans for a Society Free of Age Restrictions
383ASG,Area Support Group
384ASIC,Australian Securities and Investments Commission,Aviation Security Identification Card
385ASIO,Australian Security Intelligence Organisation,Audio stream input output
386ASIP,Advanced System Improvement Program,Army Stationing and Installation Plan,Application-specific instruction-set processor
387ASM,Air-to-Surface Missile,American Samoa (ISO 3166 trigram),American Society for Metals,American Society for Microbiology
388asm,Assamese language (ISO 639-2 code)
389ASMB,American Society for Matrix Biology,Adult Swim Message Board
390ASME,American Society of Mechanical Engineers,American Society of Magazine ors
391ASN,Associate of Science in Nursing
392ASOC,(a/i) Air Sovereignty Operations Centre,Air Support Operations Centre,Airport Security and Operations Centre,Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition,Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus,Australian Standard Offence Classification
393ASP,Active Server Pages,American Society of Primatologists,Ammunition Supply Point,Application Service Provider (cf internet service provider),Astronomical Society of the Pacific,Association of Surfing Professionals
394ASPI,Australian Strategic Policy Institute
395ASR,Alkali-silica reaction,Anti Slip Regulation
396ASRAAM,Advanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile
397ASSC,Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
398AST,Atlantic Standard Time (UTC4 hours)
399ASTIA,Armed Services Technical Information Agency
400ASTM,American Society for Testing and Materials
401ASTREA,Aerial Support To Regional Enforcement Agencies (sheriff's air support unit)
402ASUW,AntiSUrface Warfare
403ASVAB,Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery(taken by juniors in high school in the USA)
404ASW,AntiSubmarine Warfare
405ASWORG,(U.S.) AntiSubmarine Warfare Operations Research Group
406ASX,Advanced Stream Redirector,Australian Securities Exchange
407AT,Anti-Tank,Ashmore and Cartier Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Austria (ISO 3166 digram),Advanced Technology (IBM Personal Computer/AT)
408At,Astatine
409aT,Attotesla
410ATA,Advanced Technology Attachment (IBM Personal Computer),Afghan Transitional Authority,Allen Telescope Array,Antarctica (ISO 3166 trigram)
411ATAC,Air Transportable Acoustic Communications
412ATACMS,Army TACtical Missile System
413ATAPI,Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
414ATAS,Air-To-Air Stinger (missile)
415ATAT,Aiken Tactical Airsoft Team / Star Wars vehicle
416ATB,Active Time Battle,British Antarctic Territory (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1979)
417ATC,Air Traffic Control,Air Training Corps,U.S. Air Transport Command (1942-1948),Athletic Trainer,Certified (www.nata.org)
418ATCCIS,Army Tactical Command and Control Information System
419ATESS,Aerospace and Telecommunications Engineering Support Squadron
420ATG,Antigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166 and FIFA trigram)
421ATGM,Anti-Tank Guided Missile
422ATGW,Anti-Tank Guided Weapon
423ATI,Allied Telesyn International,Inc.,Array Technologies Incorporated. (ATI Technologies)
424Atisbo,a Local Government Area in Nigeria named for constituent communities (Ago-Are,Tede,Irawo,Sabe,Baasi,Ofiki and Owo)
425ATK,Attack
426ATL,Atlanta,Georgia,the largest city and capital of Georgia
427ATLAS,All-Terrain Lifter Army System,Assessment Tool for LAnd Systems
428ATM,Automated Teller Machine,Asynchronous Transfer Mode,At The Moment
429ATN,Dronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1983)
430ATO,Air Tasking Order,Australian Taxation Office
431ATP,Adenosine TriPhosphate,Allied Tactical Publication,Ammunition Transfer Point
432ATSD,(U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense
433ATSDR,Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
434ATV,All-Terrain Vehicle
435ATWA,Air,Trees,Water,Animals
436AU,African Union (was OAU before 2000),American University,Astronomical Unit,Australia (ISO 3166 digram),Austria (FIPS 10-4 country code)
437Au,Gold (Latin Aurum)
438AUD,Australian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
439AUS,Australia (ISO 3166 trigram)
440AUSCANNZUKUS,Australia,Canada,New Zealand,United Kingdom,United States (security designation)
441Auslan,Australian Sign Language
442AUT,Austria (ISO 3166 trigram)
443AUTL,Army Universal Task List
444AV,Anguilla (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Audio-Visual,Aviation
445Av,Aperture value (photographic mode)
446aV,Attovolt
447av,Avar language (ISO 639-1 code)
448AVA,American Viticultural Area
449ava,Avar language (ISO 639-2 code)
450AVB,Audio Video Bridging
451AVDLR,Aviation Depot Level Repair
452ave,Avestan language (ISO 639-2 code)
453AVGP,Armoured Vehicle,General Purpose
454AVI,Audio Video Interleave
455AVIM,Aviation Intermediate Maintenance
456AVLB,Armoured Vehicle Launched Body
457AVM,Air Vice-Marshal,Arteriovenous malformation
458AVO,Apprehended Violence Order
459AVP,Arubaanse Volkspartij
460AVP,Association of Volleyball Professionals
461AVRE,Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers
462AVTB,Armoured Vehicle Test Bed,Aviation Test Bed
463AVUM,Aviation Unit Maintenance
464AVVO,Acute Vaginal Venereal Outbreak
465AW,Aruba (ISO 3166 digram)
466aW,Attowatt
467AWA,American Wrestling Association
468AWACS,Airborne Warning And Control System
469AWC,Air Warfare Centre
470AWD,many,including All Wheel Drive; see entry
471AWE,Advanced Warfighting Experiment
472AWG,Aruban guilder (ISO 4217 currency code)
473AWP,Awaiting Parts (SM&R code)
474AWSIM,Air Warfare SIMulation
475AWST,Australian Western Standard Time
476AWW,Above Water Warfare
477AX,Åland Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
478AXP,Ambulance eXchange Point
479AY,Antarctica (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
480ay,Aymara language (ISO 639-1 code)
481AYBABTU,All Your Base Are Belong To Us
482aym,Aymara language (ISO 639-2 code)
483AYU,As Yet Unknown
484AZ,Arizona (postal symbol),Azerbaijan (ISO 3166 digram),Alkmaar Zaanstreek (Dutch football club)
485az,Azerbaijani language (ISO 639-1 code)
486AZE,Azerbaijan (ISO 3166 trigram)
487aze,Azerbaijani language (ISO 639-2 code)
488AZN,Azerbaijani manat (ISO 4217 currency code)
489AZUR,Actions en zone urbaine (French,Urban Operations)
490BAR,Barbados (IOC trigram,but not FIFA or ISO 3166),British American Racing,Browning Automatic Rifle,Buy-American Restrictions,BARD , Binational Agricultural Research and Development fund (between the US and Israel),BARDA , Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency,BART , Bay Area Rapid Transit,BAS , Battalion Aid Station,BASE , Building,Antenna,Span,Earth (parachute from),BASF , Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory,a German chemicals company),BASIC , Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (acronym was added later,originally it was simply Basic),BAT ,(a/i) Basic Aid Training,BATF , U.S. Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,and Firearms,BATS , Behavior Analysis Training System ,Bradley Advanced Training System,BATTeRS , Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescope for Rapid Survey,BB[edit]
491BB,Barbados (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code),Boys' Brigade (Christian youth organization),Brigitte Bardot (actress),Bumblebee
492BBB,Better Business Bureau,Blood-brain barrier
493BBC,Breeding Bird Census,British Broadcasting Corporation,Bumper to Back of Cab (trucking measurement)
494BBD,Barbadian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code),Bowel Bladder Dysfunction
495BBL,Be Back Later,Bird Banding Laboratory,British Basketball League,BBN , Bolt,Beranek and Newman,BBQ , Barbecue[1]
496BBS,Breeding Bird Survey (North America),Brigade/Battalion Battle Simulation,Bulletin Board System,BBSRC , U.K. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council,BBVA , Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (Spanish bank)
497BBYO,B'nai B'rith Youth Organization
498BC,Before Christ,Blind Copy (in emailers),Boston College,Botswana (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Bechuanaland),British Columbia (postal symbol)
499BCA,Bachelor of Computer Application,Black Coaches & Administrators,BCC , Blind Carbon Copy
500BCCI,Bank of Credit and Commerce International,Board of Control for Cricket in India,BCD , Binary-Coded Decimal
501BEA,Banque extérieure d'Algérie,British European Airways (ancestor of British Airways),British Electricity Authority,bel , Belarusian language (ISO 639-2 code),BEL , Belgium (ISO 3166 trigram),BEM , British Empire Medal ,Bug-Eyed Monster,ben , Bengali language (ISO 639-2 code),BEN , Benin (ISO 3166 trigram),BEO , Banquet Event Order,BERC , Business Environmental Resource Center,BER , Bit Error Rate
502BH,Bahrain (ISO 3166 digram),Belize (FIPS 10-4 country code),BHD , Bahraini dinar (ISO 4217 currency code),BHR , Bahrain (ISO 3166 trigram)
503BNF,Backus-Naur Form (computing),British National Formulary,BNICE , Biological,Nuclear,Incendiary,Chemical,and Explosive Agents
504BNP,British National Party,Banque Nationale de Paris,a predecessor to today's BNP Paribas,BNS , Bank of Nova Scotia,BNSF ,(i/s) Burlington Northern Santa Fe (also AAR reporting mark),BO[edit],bo , Tibetan language (ISO 639-1 code)
505BO,Back Orifice,Belarus (FIPS 10-4 country code),Biarritz Olympique (French rugby union club),Bolivia (ISO 3166 digram),Body odor,BO2k , Back Orifice 2000,BOAC , British Overseas Airways Corporation (predecessor of British Airways)
506BoAML,Bank of America Merrill Lynch
507BOC,British Orthodontic Society,British Oxygen Company,BÖC , Blue Öyster Cult,bod , Tibetan language (ISO 639-2 code),BOD , Biochemical Oxygen Demand,BODMAS , Brackets,Orders,Division,Multiplication,Addition,Subtraction,BOFH , Bastard Operator From Hell,BOGA , Bend Over and Grab Ankles,BOGOF , Buy One,Get One Free
508BOGs,Bunch of Guys
509BOI,Balance Of Investment,Basis Of Issue,BOL , Bolivia (ISO 3166 trigram)
510BOM,Base Object Model,Bill Of Materials,Block of the Month quilting term,Business opportunity meeting,BOP , Balance of Payments,BOPB , Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque (the complete name of the rugby club),BOPD , Barrel of Oil Per Day
511BOQ,Bill Of Quotations,Bachelor Officers' Quarters,Bank Of Queensland,bos , Bosnian language (ISO 639-2 code),BOS , Battlefield Operating System
512BOT,Balance of Trade,Botswana (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Build Operate Transfer,Bank of Thailand,BP[edit]
513BP,Battle Position,British Petroleum (today,BP does not officially stand for anything),Solomon Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code; from British Protectorate of the Solomon Islands),Bp , Bishop,BPD , Bipolar Personality Disorder,BPM , Beats Per Minute,BPMo , Business Process Mobility
514BPV,Battlefield Planning Visualization,Bovine papillomavirus,BQ[edit]
515BQ,British Antarctic Territory (former ISO 3166 digram; merged with AQ in 1979),Caribbean Netherlands (current ISO 3166 digram; based on the entity's alternate name of Bonaire,Sint Eustatius and Saba),Navassa Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code),BR[edit],br , Breton language (ISO 639-1 code),Br , Bromine
516BR,Brazil (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) ,Bihar (Indian state code),British Rail,Break Ranks (marching band term),BRA , Brazil (ISO 3166 trigram),BRAG , Bicycle Ride Across Georgia,BRASS ,Breathe,Relax,Aim,Sight,Squeeze (Acronym for using a rifle)
517BRN,Bahrain (IOC trigram,but not FIFA or ISO 3166),Brunei (ISO 3166 trigram),BRSB , Battlefield Reasoning System Brianna,BRU , Brunei (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),BS[edit],bs , Bosnian language (ISO 639-1 code)
518BS,The Bahamas (ISO 3166 digram),Bassas da India (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Bachelor of Science degree,British subject
519BSA,Birmingham Small Arms (motorcycles company),Boy Scouts of America,Brigade Support Area
520BSatCoP,Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins
521BSD,Bahamian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code),Berkeley Software Distribution (distinct from BSoD)
522BSE,Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy,better known as mad cow disease
523BSNL-Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,Bachelor of Science in Nursing,BSoD , Blue Screen of Death (distinct from BSD)
524BSP,Between-Show Promotion,Binary Space Partitioning,Board Support Package,British Standard Pipe (screw thread),Business-sponsored,Bone sialoprotein
525BST,Binary search tree,Blended Sales Tax,Bovine somatotropin,British Summer Time,BSW , British Standard Whitworth (screw thread),BSX , Bendigo Stock Exchange,BT[edit]
526Bt,Baronet,Bacillus thuringiensis
527Bullshit-
528C,Carbon,Coulomb,One Hundred (in Roman numerals)
529c,Centi
530C2C,Consumer-To-Consumer electronic commerce,Cam-To-Cam internet chat
531c2c,the British rail company formerly known as LTS Rail
532Ca,Calcium
533CA,California (postal symbol),Canada (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Catalonia,Civil Affairs,Close Armour,Cocaine Anonymous,Computer Associates,Counter-Air,Cricket Australia
534ca,Catalan language (ISO 639-1 code)
535CAA,Canadian Automobile Association,(NORAD) Center for Aerospace Analysis,(U.S.) Center for Army Analysis,(U.S.) Clean Air Act,(U.S. Army) Concepts Analysis Agency,Civil Aviation Authority,Colonial Athletic Association
536CAAT,or Campaign Against Arms Trade,Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
537CAC,California Association of Criminalists,Chronic Asymptomatic [Disease] Carrier,CACM Central American Common Market
538CACM,Communications of the ACM
539CAD,Canadian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code),Computer-Aided Design,Computer-Aided Dispatch,Cpplint Anxiety Disorder,Condition suffered by software developers who worry about whether they've left any whitespace on the end of a line
540CADCAM,Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing
541CADMID,Concept,Assessment,Demonstration,Manufacture,In service,Disposal (life cycle mnemonic)
542CADPAT,CAnadian Disruptive PATtern
543CAE,Canadian Aviation Electronics (originally),Certificate in Advanced English
544CAEn,Close Action Engagement (constructive simulation)
545CAF,Central African Republic (ISO 3166 trigram),Confederation of African Football (or French Confédération Africaine de Football)
546CAFAD,Combined Arms For Air Defence
547CAFDE,Canadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters,Computer Aided Federation Development Environment
548CAFE,Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard
549CAI,Computer Assisted Instruction
550CAIR,Council on American-Islamic Relations
551CALABARZON,A region in the Philippines: CAvite,LAguna,BAtangas,Rizal,queZON
552CALL,(U.S.) Center for Army Lessons Learned
553CALM,Communications,Air-interface,Long and Medium range
554CalPERS,California Public Employees' Retirement System
555Caltrans,California Department of Transpotation
556CAM,Chemical Agent Monitor,Complementary and alternative medicine,Computer-Aided Manufacturing,Crassulacean acid metabolism (type of photosynthesis)
557CAMRA,CAMpaign for Real Ale
558CAN,Canada (ISO 3166 trigram)
559CANA,Convulsive Antidote,Nerve Agent
560CANDU,CANada Deuterium Uranium (nuclear reactor design)
561Canola,Canadian oil,low acid (referring to a specific cultivar of rapeseed bred to have a low erucic acid content)
562CAPES,CAPability Evaluation System,Combined Arms Planning and Execution System
563CARE,Citizens Association for Racial Equality (former New Zealand organisation),Community database on Accidents on the Roads in Europe,Cooperative for Aid and Relief Everywhere (originally Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe)
564CARMONETTE,Computerized Monte Carlo Simulation
565CARP,Computed Air Release Point
566CART,Championship Auto Racing Teams (now defunct)
567CAS,Chemical Abstracts Service,Chief of the Air Staff,Close Air Support
568CASA,Civil Aviation Safety Authority
569CASE,Cellular ammunition storage equipment,Computer-Aided Software Engineering
570CASS,Command Activated Sonobuoy System
571CASTFOREM,Combined Arms and Support Task FORce Evaluation Model
572CASTOR,Canadian Automatic Small Telescopes for Orbital Research
573cat,Catalan language (ISO 639-2 code)
574CAT,Community Acceptance Testing,Computer-Assisted (or Axial) Tomography
575CATK,Counterattack
576CATS,Computer Active Technology Suspension
577CATT,(a/i) Combined Arms Tactical Trainer
578CAV,Cavalry
579CAW,Canadian Auto Workers (trade union)
580CB,Citizens' Band radio,Cambodia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
581CBC,Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,Christmas Bird Count,Cipher-Block Chaining,Cornering Brake Control
582CBE,Commander of the Order of the British Empire,Cab Beside Engine (see truck)
583CBGB,Country,Blue Grass,and Blues (former New York City nightclub)
584CBLA,Comparative bullet lead analysis
585CBM,many,including Canadian Baptist Ministries and Commodore Business Machines; see entry
586CBML,Coalition Battle Management Language
587CBN,CardsApp Brand Number
588CBOL,Consortium for the Barcode of Life
589CBOT,Chicago Board of Trade
590CBR,Case-Based Reasoning
591CBRN,Chemical,Biological,Radiological,or Nuclear (weapon or event)
592CBRNE,Chemical,Biological,Radiological,Nuclear or [high-yield] Explosive (weapon or event)
593CBS,Columbia Broadcasting System,Corps Battle Simulation
594CBUS,Columbus,Ohio
595CC,many,including carbon copy; see entry
596CCA,Counter Command Activity
597CCC,Canterbury Clothing Company,Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.,1930s and 1940s),Corpus Christi College,Oxford
598CCCP,Central Committee of the Communist Party,Cyrillic for SSSR (Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik,Russian Союз Советских Социалистических Республик,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
599CCD,Charge-Coupled Device,Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (Catechism)
600CCF,Cartoon Cartoon Fridays
601CCG,Canadian Coast Guard,Collectible Card Game
602CCGC,Canadian Coast Guard Cutter,Canadian Coast Guard College
603CCGH,Canadian Coast Guard Hovercraft
604CCGS,Canadian Coast Guard Ship,Christ Church Grammar School
605CCH,Computer-Controlled Hostile
606CCIF,Comité consultatif international des communications téléphoniques à grande distance (French for International Telephone Consultative Committee,merged with the CCIT in 1956 to form the CCITT)
607CCII,Command and Control Information Infrastructure,Community Capital Investment Initiative
608CCIR,Comité consultatif international pour la radio (French for Consultative Committee on International Radio,became the ITU Radiocommunication Sector,ITU-R,in 1992),Commander's Critical Information Requirements
609CCIT,Comité consultatif international télégraphique (French for International Telegraph Consultative Committee,merged with the CCIF in 1956 to form the CCITT)
610CCITT,Comité consultatif international téléphonique et télégraphique (French for International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee,became the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector,ITU-T,in 1992)
611CCK,Cholecystokinin,Cocos (Keeling) Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
612CCM,Canada Cycle & Motor Co. Ltd. (now split into two separate companies bearing the CCM name,one manufacturing bicycles and the other ice hockey equipment),Contemporary Christian music
613CCOC,Canadian Children's Opera Chorus,Crosley Car Owners Club
614CCOP,Coalition Common Operating/Operational Picture
615CCP,Casualty Collection Point,Communications Checkpoint,Contingency Communications Package
616CCPA,Consumer Credit Protection Act
617CCR,Creedence Clearwater Revival
618CCRAp,Canadian Conservative Reform Alliance party
619CCRP,Command and Control Research Program
620CCRTS,Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium
621CCSCS,Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems
622CCSCS,Coordinadora de Centrales Sindicales del Cono Sur
623CCSK,Cyclic Code Shift Keying
624CCT,Current Commitments Team
625Cd,Cadmium
626cd,Candela
627CD,many,including Compact Disc; see entry
628CD1,Cluster of Differentiation 1 (a small gene family)
629CDA,UK Centre for Defence Analysis
630CDC,Control Data Corporation,Cult of the Dead Cow
631CDD,Capabilities Development Document
632CDE,Chemical Defence Equipment
633CDF,California Department of Forestry [and Fire Protection],Common Data Format,Democratic Republic of Congo franc congolais (ISO 4217 currency code)
634CDipAF,Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance
635CDL,Commercial driver's license
636CDM,Clean Development Mechanism (Kyoto protocol),Cold Dark Matter (astronomy)
637CDMA,Code Division Multiple Access
638CDMSII,Cryogenic Dark Matter Search II
639Cdr,Commander
640CDS,Chief of the Defence Staff,Credit default swap
641CDT,Central Daylight Time (UTC5 hours)
642Cdt,Commandant
643Ce,Cerium
644ce,Chechen language (ISO 639-1 code)
645CE,many,including Christian/Common Era (cf. AD); see entry
646CEA,Campaign Effectiveness Analysis
647CECOM,U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command
648CEI,Competitive Enterprise Institute
649CENTCOM,United States Central Command
650CENTO,Central Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)
651CEO,Chief Executive Officer
652CEP,Circular Error Probable
653CERCLA,U.S. Comprehensive Environmental Response,Compensation,and Liability Act (Superfund)
654CERDEC,U.S. Communications-Electronics Research,Development and Engineering Center
655CERT,Computer Emergency Response Team
656ces,Czech language (ISO 639-2 code)
657CESS,Centre for Earth Science Studies (India)
658CEST,Central European Summer Time
659CET,Central European Time
660CEWC,(a/i) Council for Education in World Citizenship
661Cf,Californium
662CF,Canadian Forces,Central African Republic (ISO 3166 digram),Republic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code)
663CFA,Cat Fanciers' Association,Chartered Financial Analyst,Colour Filtering Array,County Fire Authority,Covering Force Area
664CFAR,Christine's,Federal Acquisition Regulation
665CFC,ChloroFluoroCarbon,Canadian Fish Company
666CFES,Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System
667CFFZ,Call For Fire Zone
668CFG,Context-free grammar,Control flow graph
669CFHT,Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
670CFI,Center for Inquiry (CSICOP)
671CFL,Canadian Football League,Co-ordinated Fire Line
672CFLCC,Coalition Forces Land Component Command
673CFM,Certified Facilities Manager [(IFMA)]http://www.ifma.org/
674CFO,Chief Financial Officer
675CFP,Call for papers,College Football Playoff,Common Fisheries Policy (EU)
676CFRP,Carbon fibre reinforced plastic
677CFS,Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
678CFSP,Common Foreign and Security Policy
679CFU,Colony Forming Unit in Microbiology
680CFV,Cavalry Fighting Vehicle
681CFZ,Critical Friendly Zone
682CG,Client Group,Computer Graphics,Controls Group,Democratic Republic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code),Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 digram)
683CGH,Comparative Genomic Hybridisation
684CGIG,Cross-Government Implementation Group
685CGO,Republic of the Congo (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
686CGS,Chief of the General Staff
687CGT,Capital Gains Tax
688ch,ch(L) is used to denote the Chern character of a line bundle
689ch,Chamorro language (ISO 639-1 code)
690CH,Chieftain tank,China (FIPS 10-4 country code),Switzerland (ISO 3166 digram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
691cha,Chamorro language (ISO 639-2 code)
692CHAMPUS,(U.S.) Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (now known as TRICARE)
693CHAOS,Cambridge Heart Anti-Oxidant Study
694CHAPS,Clearing House Automated Payment System
695CHDK,Canon Hack Development Kit (Canon camera firmware hack)
696che,Chechen language (ISO 639-2 code)
697CHE,Switzerland (ISO 3166 trigram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
698CHF,Swiss franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
699CHI,Columbia Helicopters,Inc
700CHiP,California Highway Patrol
701CHIPS,Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
702CHL,Chile (ISO 3166 trigram)
703CHLA,Core Historical Literature of Agriculture
704CHN,China (ISO 3166 trigram)
705CHOGM,Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
706CHP,California Highway Patrol,Combined Heat and Power
707CHPSO,California Hospital Patient Safety Organization
708CHRS,Canadian Heart Rhythm Society
709CHT,Certified Hand Therapist
710chu,Old Church Slavonic language (ISO 639-2 code)
711chv,Chuvash language (ISO 639-2 code)
712CI,Chile (FIPS 10-4 country code),Côte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 digram),Counter-Intelligence,101 (in Roman numerals)
713Ci,Curie
714CIA,Cairo International Airport,Central Intelligence Agency,Culinary Institute of America
715CIAO,Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office,Component-Integrated ACE ORB
716CIB,Complete In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
717CIBC,Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
718CID,Certified Interior Designer,A Certified Interior Designer (CID) licensed in New York (USA) plans,designs,supervises and/or consults on various aspects of interior spaces.
719CIEF,Comité international d'enregistrement des fréquences (International Frequency Registration Board)
720CIF,Cost,Insurance,and Freight (Paid) (shipping)
721CINC,Commander in Chief
722CINEOS,Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey
723CIO,Chief information officer,Congress of Industrial Organizations
724CIPE,(European) Centre for International Political Economy
725CIR,(Commander's) Critical Information Requirements
726CIR,Corotating Interaction Region
727CIS,Canadian Interuniversity Sport,Commonwealth of Independent States,Command and Information System,Communication and Information System
728CISA,(U.S.) C4I Integration Support Activity
729CISB,Complete In Sealed Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
730CISPR,Comité international spécial des perturbations radioélectriques (Special International Committee on Radio Interference)
731CISSP,Certified Information Systems Security Professional
732CIV,Côte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 trigram)
733CIVETS,Colombia,Indonesia,Vietnam,Egypt,Turkey,South Africa (economics)
734CIVPOP,Civilian Population
735CIWS,Close-In Weapon System
736CJ,Cayman Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code),Criminal Justice
737CJC,Canadian Jewish Congress,Cold Junction Compensation
738CJCS,Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
739CJD,Chronological Julian Day,Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
740CJO,Chief of Joint Operations
741CJTF,Combined Joint Task Force
742CK,Cocos (Keeling) Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code),Cook Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
743CKA,commonly known as, Canada Kicks Ass
744CKND,Codename: Kids Next Door
745CL,Chile (ISO 3166 digram),Co-ordination Line,One Hundred and Fifty (in Roman numerals)
746Cl,Chlorine
747CLA,Clutterers Anonymous
748CLEC,Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
749CLEMARS,California Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Radio System
750CLIC,Compact LInear Collider
751CLO,Cornell Lab of Ornithology
752CLOS,Command to Line-Of-Sight (missile control system)
753CLP,Chilean peso (ISO 4217 currency code),Common [Operating/Operational] Land Picture
754CLPFC,CentroLateral PreFrontal Cortex
755CLRP,College Loan Repayment Program
756CM,Cameroon (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Cruise Missile,Nine Hundred (in Roman numerals)
757Cm,Curium
758CMA,U.S. Chemical Materials Agency,Country Music Association (also used to refer to the organization's annual awards),Crystal Meth Anonymous
759CMHC,Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
760CMIIAW,Correct me if I am wrong
761CMIS,Common management information service
762CMJ,Christopher Martin-Jenkins (BBC sports commentator)
763CML,Chemical,Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (formerly Chronic Myeloid Leukemia)
764CMM,Capability Maturity Model
765CMMC,Corps Materiel Management Centre
766CMML,Chronic MyeloMonocytic Leukemia,Continuous Media Markup Language
767CMOS,Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society,(The) Chicago Manual of Style,Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
768CMP,Common [Operating/Operational] Maritime Picture
769CMPD,Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department
770CMPD,Chronic Myeloproliferative Disease
771CMR,Cameroon (ISO 3166 trigram),Coaxial Main Rotors (helicopter type)
772CMS,Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,The Chicago Manual of Style
773CMT,Country Music Television
774CMU,Carnegie Mellon University,Central Michigan University,Concrete Masonry Unit
775CMW,Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada,Canadian Manufacturing Week,Canadian Music Week,Catherine McAuley Westmead (school in New South Wales,Australia),Chicago,Missouri and Western (Railway),Compartmented Mode Workstation,Compton's Most Wanted,Continuous Microwave (processing technology),Custom Maintenance Wizard (Microsoft Office Resource Kit)
776CMYK,Cyan Magenta Yellow Key/blacK (colour model)
777CN,Canadian National (railway; also the AAR reporting mark for said company),China (ISO 3166 digram),Comoros (FIPS 10-4 country code)
778CNA,Center for Naval Analyses,Certified Network Administrator,Computer Network Attack,Continental (Casualty Company),National (Fire Insurance Company),and American (Casualty Company),the three companies that merged to form what is now known as CNA Financial
779CNBC,(a/i) Consumer News and Business Channel
780CND,Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,Computer Network Defence
781CNE,Canadian National Exhibition,Computer Network Exploitation,Certified Network Engineer
782CNF,Cost and Freight
783CNI,Clinical Nursing Intern
784CNI,Communications,Navigation and Identification
785CNN,Cable News Network,Cellular Nonlinear Network
786CNV,Copy-Number Variable (genetics)
787CNY,Chinese yuan renminbi (ISO 4217 currency code)
788Co,Cobalt
789co,Corsican language (ISO 639-1 code)
790COB,Close Of Business [day]
791COBRA,Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
792COD,Cash On Delivery,Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 trigram)
793CoDA,Co-Dependents Anonymous
794COGENT,Cognitive Objects within a Graphical EnviroNmenT
795COIL,Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser
796COK,Cook Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
797COL,Colombia (ISO 3166 trigram)
798COLA,Cost Of Living Adjustment
799COM,Comoros (ISO 3166 trigram),Component Object Model
800COMECON,Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (economic counterpart of the Warsaw Pact,1949-1991)
801CONAD,U.S. Continental Air Defense Command
802CONCACAF,Confederation Of North,Central American and Caribbean Association Football
803CONUS,Continental United States
804COO,Chief Operating Officer
805COP,Colombian peso (ISO 4217 currency code),Common Operating/Operational Picture
806COPE,U.K. Committee On Publication Ethics
807COPUS,U.K. Committee on the Public Understanding of Science
808cor,Cornish language (ISO 639-2 code)
809CORD,Common Operational Requirements Document
810CORE,Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education
811COROT,COnvection,ROtation and planetary Transits
812COS,Cooper Ornithological Society
813cos,Corsican language (ISO 639-2 code),Cosine
814COSER,COoperative SERvice
815CoT,Car of Tomorrow (former NASCAR race car design)
816COTS,Commercial Off The Shelf
817CP,Canadian Pacific,Check Point,Command Post,Club Penguin
818CPA,Certified Public Accountant
819CPCU,Certified Property Casualty Underwriter
820CPD,Capabilities Production Document
821CPE,Certificate of Proficiency in English
822CPE,Certified Professional Ergonomist
823CPF,Calibration Parameter File,Canadian Patrol Frigate
824CPG,Clinical Practice Guideline
825CPI,CERDEC Command,Power and Integration
826CPIM,Certification on Production and Inventory Management
827CPIR,Computationally-Private Information Retrieval
828CPON,Certified Pediatric Oncology Nurse
829CPPCC,Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
830CPR,Canadian Pacific Railway
831CPR,Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
832CPSM,Continuous Phase Shift Modulation
833CPSU,Communist Party of the Soviet Union
834CPT,Contingency Planning Team
835CPU,Contract Postal Unit
836CPV,Cape Verde (ISO 3166 trigram)
837CPX,Command Post eXercise
838CQ,Carrier Qualification,Central Queensland,Charge of Quarters,Congressional Quarterly,Constellation Airlines (IATA airline designator),Northern Mariana Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
839Cr,Chromium
840CR,Coral Sea Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Costa Rica (ISO 3166 digram)
841cr,Cree language (ISO 639-1 code)
842CRAM,Combined Radiometric Correction Model
843CRC,Central RTI Component,Chemical Rubber Company,Christian Reformed Church,Control and Reporting Centre,Cyclic Redundancy Check,Costa Rican colón (ISO 4217 currency code),Costa Rica (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
844CRD,Capstone Requirements Document
845cre,Cree language (ISO 639-2 code)
846CREB,Cyclic AMP-response Element Binding (protein)
847CREEP,Committee for the Re-Election of the President,a pejorative nickname used by opponents
848CREN,Christian Real Estate Network Real Estate Association
849CRI,China Radio International,Costa Rica (ISO 3166 trigram)
850CRIPL,Consolidated Remain-In-Place List
851CRM,Cardiac Rhythm Management,Customer Relationship Management
852CRO,Croatia (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
853CRP,Committee for the Re-Election of the President,Control and Reporting Post
854CRT,Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy,Cathode Ray Tube,Chinese Remainder Theorem
855CRTC,Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
856Cs,Caesium
857cs,Czech language (ISO 639-1 code)
858CSA,Canadian Soccer Association,Canadian Space Agency,Canadian Standards Association,Child Support Agency,Command Staff Advisor,Community-supported agriculture,Confederate States of America,Corps Storage Area,Czech Airlines,C/S/A,CINC,Service,and Agency
859CSC,Closed Spacelike Curve (relativity),Compact system camera,Computer Sciences Corporation,Computer Security Centre,CSCC Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists
860CSERIAC,(U.S. DoD) Crew Systems Ergonomics Information Analysis Center
861CSG,Corps Support Group
862CSI,see entry
863CSICOP,Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (became the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in 2006)
864CSIP,Commercial Stable Image Platform (AMD)
865CSK,Czechoslovakia (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1993)
866CSL,U.K. Central Science Laboratory
867CSPI,Center for Science in the Public Interest
868CSR,Control Supply Rate
869CSR,Corporate Social Responsibility [1]
870CSRC,Conflict Studies Research Centre
871CSRF,Cross-Site Request Forgery
872CST,Central Standard Time (UTC6 hours)
873CT,Computed tomography (medical scan also known as a CAT scan),Central Time zone,Chrono Trigger (Computer/Video games),Connecticut (postal symbol),Canterbury (postal symbol),Chhattisgarh (Indian state code)
874CTBT,Comprehensive [Nuclear] Test Ban Treaty
875CTDB,Compact Terrain Data Base (file format)
876CTE,Canton and Enderbury Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984),Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
877CTGF,connective tissue growth factor
878CTI,Co-operative Target Identification
879CTIL,Critical Tracked Items List
880CTIS,Central Tire Inflation System
881CTMS,Clinical Trial Management System
882CTO,Chief Technical Officer,Chief Technology Officer
883CTS,Clear-To-Send,Collective Training Standards,Communications Technology Service,Contract Technical Services,Conversation Time Sharing,COSMIC Top Secret
884CTSS,Compatible Time-Sharing System
885CTU,Counter Terrorist Unit (fictional branch of the Central Intelligence Agency in the television action series 24)
886CTVT,Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour
887CU,Carrie Underwood,Cuba (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
888Cu,Copper (Latin Cuprum)
889cu,Old Church Slavonic language (ISO 639-1 code)
890CUB,Cuba (ISO 3166 trigram)
891CUCV,Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle
892CUP,Cuban peso (ISO 4217 currency code)
893CUPS,Common Unix Printing System
894CUPW,Canadian Union of Postal Workers
895CUREA,Consortium for Undergraduate Research and Education in Astronomy
896CuW,Copper-tungsten pseudo-alloy (from the chemical symbols of the two component elements)
897CUW,Curaçao (ISO 3166 trigram)
898cv,Chuvash language (ISO 639-1 code)
899CV,many,including curriculum vitae (résumé); see entry
900CVE,Cape Verde escudo (ISO 4217 currency code)
901CVLL,Crypto Variable Logic Label
902CVSD,Continuous Variable Slope Delta (modulation)
903CVT,Continuously Variable Transmission
904CWC,Chemical Weapons Convention
905CWRU,Case Western Reserve University
906CWS,Canadian Wildlife Service
907CXR,Christmas Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
908cy,Welsh language (ISO 639-1 code)
909CYM,Cayman Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
910cym,Welsh language (ISO 639-2 code)
911CYP,Cyprus (ISO 3166 trigram),Cyprus pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
912CZE,Czech Republic (ISO 3166 trigram)
913CZF,(Christian Zombie Fan)
914CZK,Czech koruna (ISO 4217 currency code)
915CZMA,(US) Coastal Zone Management Act
916d,Deci
917D,Deuterium
918da,Danish language (ISO 639-1 code),deca
919DA,Denmark (FIPS 10-4 country code),Debtors Anonymous,U.S. Department of the Army,District Attorney
920DAES,Defence Acquisition Executive Summary,(UK MoD) Directorate of Analysis,Experimentation and Simulation
921DAF,Dissolved Air Flotation,a technique used in water treatment
922DAFIF,Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File
923DAK,Disney's Animal Kingdom
924dan,Danish language (ISO 639-2 code)
925DAO,Division Ammunition Officer
926DAQ,Data acquisition,Delivered Audio Quality
927DARE,Drug Abuse Resistance Education
928DARO,(U.S.) Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
929DARPA,U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
930DART,Disaster Assistance Response Team,Dublin Area Rapid Transit
931DAS,Defensive Aids Suite
932DASD,(U.S.) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
933DASL,Datapoint's Advanced Systems Language
934DAU,(U.S.) Defense Acquisition University
935DAWN,(U.S.) Drug Abuse Warning Network
936dB,Decibel
937DB,Deutsche Bahn
938Db,Dubnium
939DBA,De Bellis Antiquitatis (miniature wargaming rules)
940DBBL,(U.S. Army Simulation Center) Dismounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
941DBDO,Desert BDO
942DBE,Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
943DBF,Detection By Fire (weapon launch signature)
944DBR,De Bellis Renationis (miniature wargaming rules)
945DBRA,Davis-Bacon Related Acts
946DBS,Direct Broadcast Services (television)
947DC,da capo,Italian Democrazia Cristiana,Digital Compass,Direct Current,District of Columbia (postal symbol),Douglas Aircraft Company,Dublin Core,Duty Cycle
948DCA,Defensive Counter Air,Drum Corps Associates,DiChloroAcetate
949DCAA,(U.S.) Defense Contract Audit Agency
950DCAS,Devon and Cornwall Archery Society
951DCC,Dallas Christian College
952DCD,[Organ] Donation after Cardiac Death
953DCE,Data Communication Equipment
954DCFC,Death Cab for Cutie
955DCI,Detection,Classification and Identification,Drum Corps International,Duellists' Convocation International,now known simply by the initials
956DCL,Disney Cruise Line
957DCN,Deacon
958DCOM,Disney Channel Original Movie
959DCSOPS,Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and plans
960DCW,Digital Chart of the World
961DCYSC,Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge
962DD,many,including due diligence and dear daughter (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists,blogs,and bulletin boards); see entry
963DDA,Deputy District Attorney
964DDN,U.S. Defense Data Network
965DDS,Doctor of Dental Surgery
966DDT,Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (insecticide),Dynamic Debugging Tool (computing),DE[edit]
967DE,Delaware (postal symbol),Germany (ISO 3166 digram)
968de,German language (ISO 639-1 code)
969DEA,Drug Enforcement Administration
970DEA,Drug Enforcement Agency
971DEC,(a/i) Department of Environmental Conservation,Digital Equipment Corporation,Disasters Emergency Committee
972DeCA,(U.S.) Defense Commissary Agency
973DEFCON,Defence readiness condition
974DEFRA,(UK) Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs
975DELT,Dual Ended Line Test (ing)
976DEM,Data Exchange Mechanism,Digital Elevation Model
977DEN,Denmark (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
978DEPSECDEF,(U.S.) Deputy Secretary of Defense
979DERA,British Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (1995-2001)
980DES,Deep Ecliptic Survey
981deu,German language (ISO 639-2 code)
982DEU,Germany (ISO 3166 trigram)
983DFAS,(U.S.) Defense Finance and Accounting Service
984DFCB,Data Format Control Book
985DfID,UK Department for International Development
986DFM,Discrete Field Model see Superluminal motion
987DFM,Dynamic Flowgraph Methodology
988DFSP,Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
989DfT,UK Department for Transport
990DFTBA,Don't Forget To Be Awesome,a term commonly used by the Vlogbrothers
991DGPS,Differential GPS
992DGZ,Desired Ground Zero
993DH,dear husband (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists,blogs,and bulletin boards),Designated hitter
994DHA,DocosaHexaenoic Acid
995DHHS,(U.S.) Department of Health and Human Services
996DHL,Dalsey,Hillblom,and Lynn (courier service)
997DHRA,(U.S.) DoD Human Resources Activity
998DHS,U.S. Department of Homeland Security
999DHSS,UK Department of Health and Social Security
1000DHTFYSS,U.S. Don't Have Time For You Silly S****
1001DHY,Dahomey (ISO 3166 trigram; became BEN for Benin in 1977)
1002DIA,U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
1003DIAC,Department of Immigration and Citizenship (Australia) [1]
1004DiC,Design Island Centre (computing usually used in a teaching situation)
1005DICASS,DIrectional Command Activated Sonobuoy System
1006DIFAR,DIrectional Frequency Analysis and Recording
1007DIME,Dense Inert Metal Explosive
1008DINKY,Double Income,No Kids Yet
1009DIP,Dual In-line Package (electronics)
1010DIPS,Defense independent pitching statistics
1011DIR,Defence Industrial Research
1012DIS,Defence Intelligence Staff,(U.S.) Defense Investigative Service,Distributed Interactive Simulation,Draft International Standard (ISO)
1013DISA,U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency,Distinguished Individual Service Award
1014DISCOM,Division Support Command
1015DISE,Deployable Intelligence Support Element
1016DISSTAF,DIS Search and Target Acquisition Fidelity experiment
1017DITY,Do-It-Yourself
1018div,Dhivehi language (ISO 639-2 code)
1019DIVAD,Division Air Defence
1020DIY,Do It Yourself
1021DJ,Disc Jockey,Dinner Jacket,Djibouti (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1022DJD,Degenerative Joint Disease,Dublin Julian Day,Discoveries in the Judaean Desert
1023DJF,Djibouti franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
1024DJI,Djibouti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1025DJS,Director,Joint Staff
1026DK,Denmark (ISO 3166 digram)
1027DKK,Danish krone (ISO 4217 currency code)
1028DL,Dexter's Laboratory
1029DLA,U.S. Defense Logistics Agency,Dental Laboratories Association
1030DLIC,Detachment Left-In-Contact
1031DLIR,Depot-Level Inspection and Repair
1032DLPMC,DorsoLateral PreMotor Cortex
1033DLR,Deutsches Zentrum für Luft,und Raumfahrt (German,German Aerospace Centre),Docklands Light Railway
1034DLRP,Data Link Reference Point
1035DLS,Deep Lens Survey
1036DLSA,(U.S.) Defense Legal Services Agency
1037DLSc,Diploma in Library Science
1038DLSC,U.S. Defense Logistics Services Center,U.S. Defense Logistics Support Command,Department of Library Special Collections (Western Kentucky University Libraries),Direct Loan Servicing Center,Directorate of Land Strategic Concepts (Canada),Dominican Lay Scholars Community
1039DLTBGYD,Don't let the bastards grind you down
1040DM,Dominica (ISO 3166 digram),Dungeon Master (role-playing games)
1041DMA,Designated market area (primarily a U.S. term),U.S. Defense Mapping Agency (became NIMA,then NGA),Direct Memory Access (computing),Dominica (ISO 3166 trigram)
1042DMC,(U.S.) Defense Management Council
1043DMCA,Digital Millennium Copyright Act
1044DMM,Digital Multimeter
1045DMOC,Distributed Mission Operations Centre
1046DMPA,(U.S.) Defense Medical Programs Activity
1047DMPFC,DorsoMedial PreFrontal Cortex
1048DMPK,Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
1049DMRB,Design Manual for Roads and Bridges
1050DMS,U.S. Defense Message System
1051DMSP,U.S. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
1052DMT,Dimethyltryptamine
1053DMU,Diesel Multiple Unit,a method of connecting self-propelled railway vehicles together to form a train under the control of one driver.
1054DMV,Department of Motor Vehicles
1055DMZ,DeMilitarized Zone
1056DN,Deacon
1057DNA,U.S. Defense Nuclear Agency,DeoxyriboNucleic Acid,Douglas Noël Adams
1058DNAW,Day Night All Weather
1059DND,Department of National Defence (Canada),Do Not Disturb
1060DNDi,Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
1061DNDO,U.S. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
1062DNK,Denmark (ISO 3166 trigram)
1063DNM,Defence Nuclear Material
1064DNR,Do Not Resuscitate
1065DNS,Domain Name System
1066DO,Dominica (FIPS 10-4 country code),Dominican Republic (ISO 3166 digram),Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
1067DOA,Dead On Arrival,Dead or Alive
1068DOB,Date Of Birth
1069DOD,U.S. Department of Defense
1070DODAF,U.S. Department of Defense Architectural Framework
1071DoDD,U.S. Department of Defense Directive
1072DoDEA,(U.S.) Department of Defense Education Activity
1073DOE,U.S. Department of Energy
1074DOHC,Dual-OverHead-Cam engine
1075DOI,U.S. Department of the Interior
1076DOP,Dominican peso (ISO 4217 currency code)
1077DORA,Defence of the Realm Act
1078DOS,Density of State
1079DOT,Department of Transportation (U.S. federal or state),Damage Over Time (common in World of Warcraft)
1080DOTA,short-form for DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS a popular online epic game
1081DotD,Deal of the Day (marketing gimmick)
1082DOTMLPF,Doctrine,Organization,Training,Materiel,Leadership,Personnel,and Facilities (mnemonic)
1083DOW,Died of Wounds
1084DP,Decision Point,Dynamic Programming
1085DP,Division de production (Algerian petroleum company)
1086DPA,UK Defence Procurement Agency
1087DPCO,Double-Pole Change Over
1088DPDT,Double-Pole Double-Throw
1089DPI,Dots Per Inch
1090DPICM,Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition
1091DPKO,UN Department for Peacekeeping Operations
1092DPMO,(U.S.) Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
1093DPPDB,Digital Point Positioning Database
1094DPRE,Displaced Person or Refugee (plural Displaced Persons and Refugees) (originally Displaced Persons,Refugees,Evacuees)
1095DPRK,Democratic People's Republic of Korea
1096DPST,Double-Pole Single-Throw
1097DQ,Dairy Queen,Jarvis Island (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1098DR,Dead Reckoning,Dominican Republic (FIPS 10-4 country code),Danmarks Radio (Danish Broadcasting Corporation)
1099DRA,Defence Research Agency (UK,1991-1995),Democratic Republic of America
1100DRC,Democratic Republic of the Congo
1101DRDC,Defence Research & Development Canada
1102DREA,Defence Research Establishment Atlantic (obsolete 2002)
1103DRES,Defence Research Establishment Suffield (obsolete 2002)
1104DRET,Defence Research Establishment Toronto (obsolete 2002)
1105DREV,Defence Research Establishment Valcartier (obsolete 2002)
1106DRI,Detection,Recognition,Identification,Dietary Reference Intake
1107DRIC,(U.S.) Defense Research Information Center
1108DRL,Daytime Running Lights,Dorman Roberts Ltd.
1109DRMS,(U.S.) Defense Revitalization and Marketing Service
1110DRPR,Drawing Practices
1111DRT,Document Related Technologies
1112Ds,Darmstadtium
1113DS,Dear son (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists,blogs,and bulletin boards),Defence Scientist,Direct Support,Dust Storm (METAR Code)
1114DSA,(U.S.) Defense Support Activities,Division Support Area
1115DSAA,(U.S.) Defense Security Assistance Agency,Driving Schools Association of the Americas,DECT Standard Authentication Algorithm
1116DSAS,Disney Sing Along Songs
1117DSB,(U.S.) Defense Science Board
1118DSC,Differential Scanning Calorimeter,Digital Selective Calling,Digital Still Camera,Distinguished Service Cross,Doctor of Surgical Chiropody (obsolete),Document structure convention (PostScript programming),Dynamic Stability Control
1119DSCS,U.S. Defense Satellite Communications System
1120DSCSOC,DSCS Operations Center
1121DSD,Defence Studies Department (King's College,London)
1122DSE,Dry Sheep Equivalent
1123DSG,Direct-Shift Gearbox
1124DSID,Dismounted Soldier Identification System
1125DSL,Digital Subscriber Line
1126DSLR,Digital single-lens reflex (camera)
1127DSM,Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
1128DSN,Deep Space Network
1129DSP,Defense Standardization Program,Defense Support Program,
1130DSPL,Design Specialists and Plans Language
1131DSR,Deformed Special Relativity
1132DSRV,Deaf Sports Recreation Victoria,Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle
1133DSS,Digitized Sky Survey,Discarding-Sabot Shell (ammunition)
1134DST,Daylight Saving Time
1135DSTL,British Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
1136DSWA,(U.S.) Defense Special Weapons Agency
1137DTA,Dental Technologists Association
1138DTD,Digital Terrain Data
1139DTE,Data Terminal Equipment,Down To Earth
1140DTG,Date-Time Group
1141DTH,Direct To Home (television)
1142DTI,UK Department of Trade and Industry
1143DTIC,(U.S.) Defense Technical Information Center
1144DTL,Diode-Transistor Logic (electronics)
1145DTLOMS,Doctrine,Training,Leader development,Organization,Materiel,and Soldier (mnemonic)
1146DTMF,Dual-tone multi-frequency signaling
1147DTO,Disruptive Technology Office (was ARDA)
1148DTOMLS,Doctrine,Training,Organization,Materiel,Leader and Soldier development (mnemonic)
1149DTR,Determine The Relationship
1150DTSA,(U.S.) Defense Technology Security Administration
1151DU,Depleted Uranium,Dust (METAR Code)
1152DUI,Data Use Identifier,Data Use Institute,Davis Unified Ignition,Diving Unlimited International,Documento Único de Identidad,Documento Unico de Importación,Driving Under the Influence,Duke University Improv
1153DUMBO,Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass (Brooklyn neighborhood)
1154DUSD,(U.S.) Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense
1155dv,Dhivehi language (ISO 639-1 code)
1156DVLC,UK Driver and Vehicle Licencing Centre
1157DVM,Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
1158DVO,Direct View Optics
1159DVOM,Digital Volt-Ohm Meter
1160DVP,various meanings (disambiguation page)
1161DW,Drum Workshop
1162DWI,Dance With Intensity,Danish West Indies,Diffusion-weighted imaging,Direct water injection,Disaster Welfare Inquiry,Drinking Water Inspectorate,Driving While Intoxicated/Impaired
1163DWIM,Do What I Mean
1164DWM,Doctor Who Magazine
1165DWTS,Dancing with the Stars
1166DWW,Down with Webster
1167DX,Dexterity (role-playing games),DeXtrorphan,Distant (radio),D-Generation X (professional wrestling stable)
1168DXA,Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry
1169DXM,DeXtroMethorphan
1170DY,Dahomey (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1977)
1171Dy,Dysprosium
1172DZ,Algeria (ISO 3166 digram),Drizzle (METAR Code),Drop Zone
1173dz,Dzongkha language (ISO 639-1 code)
1174DZA,Algeria (ISO 3166 trigram)
1175DZD,Algerian dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
1176dzo,Dzongkha language (ISO 639-2 code)
1177E,East
1178EA,Electronic Attack,Emotions Anonymous,Engagement Area,Electronic Arts,Enrolled Agent,Environmental Assessment,Enterprise Architect,Exaampere
1179EABU,Explain Acronyms Before Use
1180EAC,Echelons Above Corps
1181EAPC,Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
1182EAST,Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
1183EBD,Electronic Brake Distribution
1184EBE,Extraterrestrial Biological Entity
1185EBO,Effects Based Operations,Encyclopædia Britannica Online,European Board of Ophthalmology
1186EBSA,Employee Benefits Security Administration
1187EBW,Electron Beam Welding
1188EBW,Exploding BridgeWire
1189ECASS,European Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences [1]
1190ECB,England (and Wales) Cricket Board,European Central Bank
1191ECBR,European Coalition for Biomedical Research
1192ECCM,Electronic Counter-Counter-Measures
1193ECFS,Electronic Case Filing System
1194ECG,Electrocardiogram
1195ECHO,Each Community Helps Others (EPA programme),Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization,European Commission Host Organization,European Commission Humanitarian aid Office,Exchange Clearing House,Expanded Characteristic Option,Explanatory Coherence by Harmony Optimization
1196ECHR,European Convention on Human Rights
1197ECJ,European Court of Justice
1198ECL,Emitter Coupled Logic (electronics)
1199ECM,Electronic Counter-Measures,Enterprise Content Management
1200ECommHR,European Commission on Human Rights
1201ECS,Emergency Contact System,Enhanced Chip Set (computing),EOSDIS Core System,Extended Chip Set (computing)
1202ECSC,European Coal and Steel Community (distant ancestor of the EU)
1203ECT,ElectroConvulsive Therapy
1204ECtHR,European Court of Human Rights
1205ECU,Ecuador (ISO 3166 trigram),European Currency Unit (ancestor of the euro)
1206ECW,Eastern Championship Wrestling/Extreme Championship Wrestling,ED[edit]
1207EDA,European Defence Agency
1208EDAC,Error Detection And Correction
1209EDCS,Environmental Data Coding Specification
1210EDD,Earliest due date,Electron-detachment dissociation,Elena Delle Donne (American basketball player),Employment Development Department (California state agency),End-diastolic dimension,Expected Date of Delivery (pregnancy)
1211EDGAR,Electronic Data Gathering,Analysis,and Retrieval (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings database)
1212EDH,Eastman Dental Hospital
1213EDS,Electronic Data Systems,Electronic Differential System
1214EDSA,Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (a major thoroughfare in Manila with great significance to post-1980 Philippines history)
1215EDT,Eastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC4 hours)
1216EDTA,Electric Drive Transportation Association,EthyleneDiamineTetraAcetic acid,EE[edit]
1217EE,Estonia (ISO 3166 digram; from the country's native name of Eesti),Electrical engineering,Electrical Engineer,E&E,Escape and Evasion (training)
1218ee,Ewe language (ISO 639-1 code)
1219EEC,European Economic Community (predecessor of the EU)
1220EEG,ElectroEncephaloGram
1221EEK,Estonian kroon (ISO 4217 currency code)
1222EENT,End Evening Nautical Twilight
1223EEO,Equal Employment Opportunity
1224EEOC,(U.S.) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1225EEZ,Economic Exclusion Zone or Exclusive Economic Zone
1226EF,Electro-focus (Canon lens mount),Entry Foyer,Exafarad
1227EFF,Electronic Frontier Foundation
1228EFL,English as a Foreign Language
1229EFM,Enterprise Feedback Management
1230EFOA,European Fuel Oxygenates Association
1231EFSA,European Food Safety Authority
1232EFT,Electronic Fund Transfer
1233EFTA,European Free Trade Area,European Free Trade Association
1234EFV,Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle
1235EG,Egypt (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1236EGBUS,External Genitalia,Bartholin's glands,Urethra & Skene's glands
1237EGCG,EpiGalloCatechin-3-Gallate
1238EGIS,Erieye Ground Interface Segment
1239EGP,Egyptian pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
1240EGRET,Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope
1241EGY,Egypt (ISO 3166 trigram)
1242EH,Exahenry,Western Sahara (ISO 3166 digram)
1243EHA,Education for All Handicapped Children Act (U.S. federal legislation; since superseded by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act),Emotional Health Anonymous
1244EHF,Extremely High Frequency
1245EHR,Equipment History Record
1246Ei,Exbi
1247EI,Ireland (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Éire)
1248EIA,Environmental Impact Assessment
1249EIAH,Encyclopedia of Iranian Architectural History
1250EIAH,Environnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain
1251EIC,East India Company
1252EICS,East India Company's Service
1253eID,electronic ID
1254EIRP,Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
1255EIS,Environmental Impact Statement
1256EJ,Exajoule
1257EK,Equatorial Guinea (FIPS 10-4 country code),Exakelvin
1258EKG,Electrocardiogram (from German Elektrokardiogramm)
1259EKMS,Electronic Key Management System
1260EL,Exalitre
1261el,Greek language (ISO 639-1 code)
1262ELF-(a/i) Earth Liberation Front,Endangered Language Fund,Eritrean Liberation Front,Executable and Linkable Format,Extremely Low Frequency
1263ELINT,Electronic Intelligence
1264ELL,English Language Learner
1265ell,Greek language (ISO 639-2 code)
1266ELM,Edge-Localised Mode (plasma physics)
1267ELO,Electric Light Orchestra
1268ELP,Emerson,Lake & Palmer,European Left Party
1269ELSS,Emergency Life Support Stores
1270ELT,Emergency Locator Transmitter
1271EM,ElectroMagnetism/ElectroMagnetic
1272Em,Exametre
1273EMA,European Medicines Agency
1274EMC,Electric Membership Corporation,Electromagnetic Compatibility,Electro-Motive Corporation,European Muon Collaboration,Evergreen Marine Corporation
1275EMCON,(Electromagnetic) Emissions Control
1276EMD,General Motors Electro-Motive Division,Engineering and Manufacturing Development,European Missile Defence
1277EMDG,Euro-Missile Dynamics Group
1278EMDR,Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
1279EMF,Electromotive force,Epsom Mad Funkers (1990s-2000s indie dance band)
1280EMG,ElectroMyoGraph
1281EMO,Emergency Measures Organisation, Emotional
1282EMP,ElectroMagnetic Pulse
1283EMS,Emergency Medical Services
1284EMT,Emergency Medical Technician
1285EMU,Electric Multiple Unit,a method of connecting self-propelled railway vehicles together to form a train under the control of one driver.
1286EN,Corps of Engineers,Estonia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Exanewton
1287en,English language (ISO 639-1 code)
1288ENCODE,Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (human genome data project)
1289ENE,East North-East
1290ENG,England (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
1291eng,English language (ISO 639-2 code)
1292ENT,Ear,Nose and Throat
1293ENTEC,Euro NATO Training Engineer Centre
1294ENVL,Envelope
1295ENY,Enemy
1296EO,Electro-Optics,Engagement Operations
1297eo,Esperanto language (ISO 639-1 code)
1298EOD,Explosive Ordnance Disposal
1299EOG,ElectroOculoGraphy
1300EOM,End of Message
1301EOS,Earth Observation Satellite,(a/i) Electro-Optical System,Canon's autofocusing system for film and digital SLR cameras,Electrophoresis Operations in Space,a space manufacturing project of the McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company
1302EOSAT,Earth Observation Satellite
1303EOSDIS,(a/i) Earth Observation Satellite Data and Information System
1304EOTS,Electro-Optical Tactical Sensor,(a/i) Eye Of The Storm (World of Warcraft)
1305EP,European Parliament
1306EP,Extended play
1307EPA,EicosaPentaenoic Acid,Environmental Protection Agency
1308EPCOT,Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow
1309EPCR,Endothelial protein C receptor,European Professional Club Rugby
1310EPGS,EOS Polar Ground Sites
1311EPIRB,(a/i) Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
1312EPL,English Premier League
1313epo,Esperanto language (ISO 639-2 code)
1314EPOS,Electronic Point Of Sale
1315EPPA,Employee Polygraph Protection Act
1316EPR,European Pressurised [Nuclear] Reactor
1317EPW,Earth Penetrator Weapon/Warhead,Economic and Political Weekly (Indian publication),Enemy Prisoner of War,EQ[edit]
1318EQ,Emotional Quotient
1319EQG,Equatorial Guinea (FIFA trigram,but not IOC or ISO 3166)
1320ER,Emergency Room,Eritrea (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1321Er,Erbium
1322ERA,Earned run average,Engineering Research Associates,Equal Rights Amendment,English Racing Automobiles,European Railway Agency
1323ERCIM,(a/i) European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
1324ERI,Eritrea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1325ERLAWS,Eastern Ruapehu Lahar Alarm and Warning System
1326ERN,Eritrean nakfa (ISO 4217 currency code)
1327EROS,Earth Resources Observation System
1328ERP,Engineer Regulating Point
1329ERR,Eesti Rahvusringhääling
1330ERS,Earth Resources Survey
1331ERTS,Earth Resources Technology Satellite (became Landsat)
1332ERV,Endogenous RetroVirus
1333Es,Einsteinium,Exasecond
1334ES,El Salvador (FIPS 10-4 country code),Electronic warfare Support,Exasiemens,Spain (ISO 3166 digram; from the country's native name of España)
1335es,Spanish language (ISO 639-1 code)
1336ESA,Electro-Spark Alloying,Endangered Species Act,European Space Agency
1337ESC,Embryonic Stem Cell,Electronic Stability Control
1338ESD,ElectroStatic Discharge
1339ESDP,European Security and Defence Policy
1340ESE,East South-East
1341ESH,Western Sahara (ISO 3166 trigram)
1342ESL,English as a Second Language
1343ESM,Electronic warfare Support Measures
1344ESO,European Southern Observatory
1345ESOL,English for Speakers of Other Languages
1346ESP,Electronic Stability Program,Extra-sensory perception,Spain (ISO 3166 trigram)
1347ESPGHAN,European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology,Hepatology and Nutrition
1348ESPN,Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
1349EST,Eastern Standard Time (UTC5 hours),Estonia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1350est,Estonian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1351ESU,Emergency Services Unit
1352ESV,Engineer Support Vehicle
1353et,Estonian language (ISO 639-1 code)
1354ET,Ethiopia (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1355ETB,Ethiopian Birr (ISO 4217 currency code)
1356ETF,Emergency Task Force (a special police unit,also jocularly said to stand for Extra-Thick Fuzz)
1357ETH,Ethiopia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1358ETI,Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
1359ETLA,Extended TLA
1360ETM,Electronic Technical Manual,Enhanced Thematic Mapper
1361ETT,Embedded Training Team
1362eu,Basque language (ISO 639-1 code)
1363EU,Europa Island (FIPS 10-4 country code),European Union
1364Eu,Europium
1365EUCOM,(U.S.) European Command
1366EUR,euro (ISO 4217 currency code)
1367eus,Basque language (ISO 639-2 code)
1368EUUSA,European Union and United States of America
1369EV,Exavolt
1370EVA,Earned Value Analysis,Economic value added,Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate,Extra-Vehicular Activity
1371EVIL,Electronic viewfinder (with) interchangeable lens (a type of digital camera)
1372EW,Electronic Warfare,Exawatt
1373ewe,Ewe language (ISO 639-2 code)
1374EWTN,Eternal Word Television Network
1375Exatesla,Extra Terrestrial
1376EXREP,Expeditious Repair (SM&R code)
1377EZ,Czech Republic (FIPS 10-4 country code),Extraction Zone
1378F,Farad,Fluorine
1379f,Femto
1380fA,Femtoampere
1381FA,Field Artillery,Financial Aid,Football Association (England)
1382FA,Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
1383fa,Persian language (ISO 639-1 code)
1384FAAD,Forward Area Air Defence
1385FAADEZ,Forward Area Air Defence Engagement Zone
1386FAAFP,Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians
1387FAAN,Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology
1388FAAN,Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
1389FAAQ,(a/i) Frequently Asked and Anticipated Questions (cf. FAQ)
1390FAASV,Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle
1391FAB,Feline Advisory Bureau (UK feline charity)
1392FAC,Forward Air Controller,Front of Allies for Change,Frontal Affinity Chromatography,Full Aperture Calibrator
1393FACA,(US) Federal Advisory Committee Act
1394FACH,Fuerza Aérea de Chile
1395FACN,Fellow of the American College of Nutrition
1396FACP,Fellow of the American College of Physicians
1397FACS,Fellow of the American College of Surgeons,Formal Aspects of Computing Science,Fluorescent-activated cell sorting
1398FACTS,Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System
1399FAD,Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide,Fuck A Duck,Funding Authorization Document
1400FAH,Federation of American Hospitals,Fine Arts and Humanities,Foreign Affairs Handbook
1401FAM,Foreign Affairs Manual
1402fao,Faroese language (ISO 639-2 code)
1403FAO,Food and Agriculture Organization
1404FAPA,Fellow of the American Psychological Association
1405FAPHA,Fellow of the American Public Health Association
1406FARP,Forward Arming and Refuelling Point / Forward Area Rearm/refuel Point
1407FAS,Federation of American Scientists,Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
1408fas,Persian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1409FASCAM,Family of Scatterable Mines[1]
1410FASD,Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
1411FASEB,(a/i) Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
1412FAT,Field Artillery Tractor
1413FAVS,Future Armoured Vehicle System
1414FAW,Football Association of Wales
1415FB,Facebook,An on-line social network
1416FBCS,Fellow of the British Computer Society
1417FBIDST,Fellow of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
1418FBIS,Foreign Broadcast Information Service
1419FBM,Board foot
1420FBR,Fast Breeder Reactor,Foundation for Biomedical Research,Friedman,Billings,Ramsey (now known as Arlington Asset Investment)
1421FBS-Federal Bureau of Statistics (Pakistan),Fetal bovine serum,Football Bowl Subdivision (U.S. college football),Fukuoka Broadcasting Corporation,FC[edit]
1422fC,Femtocoulomb
1423FC,Fire Control,Football Club,Funnel Cloud (METAR Code)
1424FCC,U.S. Federal Communications Commission
1425FCE,First Certificate in English
1426FCF,Financial Free Cash Flow
1427FCLA,Fraud Claims Law Associate
1428FCM,Federation of Canadian Municipalities,Fogarty's Cove Music
1429FCO,UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1430FCW,Florida Championship Wrestling
1431FD,Falun Dafa
1432FDA,Food and Drug Administration (U.S.)
1433FDBK,(I) Feedback
1434FDC,Federal Detention Center (U.S.),Fire Direction Centre
1435FDR,Flight Data Recorder,Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1436FE,Fully Exposed (armoured vehicle target,as opposed to Hull-Down)
1437Fe,Iron (Latin Ferrum)
1438FEAR,First Encounter Assault Recon,False Evidence Appears Real
1439FEAST,(a/i) Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation
1440FEATS,Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies link title
1441FEBA,Forward Edge of the Battle Area
1442FED,(a/i) Field emission display
1443FEDEP,Federation Development Process (Simulation)
1444FEF,Frontal Eye Field (neurophysiology)
1445FEMA-(a/i) Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association,(a/i) U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency,Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association
1446FENS,(a/i) Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
1447FEP,Firepower Enhancement Program,Fleet satellite (FLTSAT) Extremely high frequency (EHF) Package
1448FES,Flywheel Energy Storage
1449FEST,Frankfurt English Speaking Theatre link title
1450FET,Field-effect transistor
1451FEZ,(a/i) Fighter Engagement Zone
1452fF,Femtofarad
1453FF,Final Fantasy
1454ff,Fula language (ISO 639-1 code)
1455FFA,Football Federation Australia,Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency,Free-Fire Area,Fusiform Face Area,Future Farmers of America (today the National FFA Organization)
1456FFB,Frum From Birth (referring to an observant Jew born into a religiously observant family)
1457FFC,Free For Chat
1458FFE,Fukuoka Futures Exchange
1459FFG,Guided Missile Frigate (hull classification symbol)
1460FFOV,Forward Field Of View
1461FFS,For Fuck's Sake
1462FFT,Final Fantasy Tactics,FG[edit]
1463FG,Falun Gong
1464fg,Femtogram
1465FG,Fog (METAR Code),French Guiana (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1466FGR,Flickr Group Roulette
1467fH,Femtohenry
1468FHFIF,Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
1469FHI,Family Health International,Fuji Heavy Industries,Ltd.
1470FI,Finland (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1471fi,Finnish language (ISO 639-1 code)
1472FIB,Fucking Illinois Bastard (Wisconsin slang,variants exist)
1473FIBUA,Fighting In Built-Up Areas
1474FIC,Fellowship for Intentional Community
1475FID,Foreign Internal Defence
1476FIE,Fly-In Echelon
1477FIFO,First In,First Out
1478FIFRA,Federal Insecticide,Fungicide,and Rodenticide Act
1479FIGJAM,Fuck I'm Good,Just Ask Me
1480fij,Fijian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1481FIMPT,Fellow of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1482FIN,Finland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1483fin,Finnish language (ISO 639-2 code)
1484FIRES,Fever Induced Refractory Epilepsy Syndrome or Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome
1485FISH,Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridisation
1486FiST,Fire Support Team
1487FITS,Flexible Image Transport System
1488FIU,Florida International University
1489fJ,Femtojoule
1490FJ,Fiji (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1491fj,Fijian language (ISO 639-1 code)
1492FJD,Fiji dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
1493FJI,Fiji (ISO 3166 trigram)
1494FJN,Financial Job Network
1495FK,Falkland Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1496fK,Femtokelvin
1497FKP,Falkland Islands pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
1498FKSM,Fort Knox Supplemental Manual
1499FKT,Fastest Known Time
1500fL,Femtolitre
1501FL,Florida (postal symbol)
1502FLA,Florida,Front Line Assembly,Future Large Aircraft
1503FLAB,Four-letter abbreviation
1504FLAC,(a/i) Free Legal Advice Centres
1505FLAC,(a/i) Free Lossless Audio Codec
1506FLB,Forward Logistics Base
1507FLET,(a/i) Forward Line of Enemy Troops
1508FLG,Falun Gong
1509FLIP,Flight Information Publication
1510FLIR,Forward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
1511FLK,Falkland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1512FLOT,(a/i) Forward Line of Own Troops
1513FLQ,Free Legal Questions
1514FLSA,Fair Labor Standards Act
1515FLTSAT,Fleet Satellite
1516FLTSATCOM,Fleet Satellite Communication System
1517FLUBOS,Fat,Lazy,Useless,Bag Of Shit
1518FM,Factory Mutual http://fmglobal.com
1519FM,Federal Magistrate (Australian post-nominal),Federated States of Micronesia (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code),Field Manual,Flight Manager,Frequency Modulation (electronics)
1520fm,Femtometre
1521Fm,Fermium
1522FMC,Federal Magistrates' Court (an Australian federal court,formerly FMS),Food Machinery Corporation (original name of the company now known as FMC Corporation)
1523FMCA,Federal Magistrates' Court of Australia (used for citing decisions of the FMC other than family law decisions)
1524FMCAfam,Federal Magistrates' Court of Australia: family (used for citing family law decisions of the FMC)
1525FMCG,(Fast Moving Consumer Goods)
1526FME,Formal Methods Europe
1527FMECA,Failure Modes and Effect Criticality Analysis
1528FMJD,Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames[2]
1529FMLA,Family Medical Leave Act
1530fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
1531FMSF,False Memory Syndrome Foundation
1532FMTV,Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles
1533fN,Femtonewton
1534FNA,Functional Needs Analysis
1535fo,Faroese language (ISO 639-1 code)
1536FOAD,Fuck Off And Die
1537FOAF,Friend Of A friend
1538FOB,Forward Operating Base
1539FoB,Free On Board (shipping)
1540FOC,Full Operational Capability,First of Class
1541FoE,Friends of the Earth
1542FOGC,Federal Oil and Gas Council
1543FOH,Front Of House
1544FOIA,Freedom of Information Act
1545FOM,Federation Object Model
1546FONSI,Finding of No Significant Impact
1547FOO,Forward Observation Officer
1548FOOP,Friends Of Organ Pipes (Volunteer group)
1549FOR,Field Of Regard,Frame Of Reference
1550FoS,Family of Systems
1551FOS,Florida Ornithological Society,Full Operational Status
1552FOSE,Fallout 3 Script Extender
1553FOSE,Federal Office Systems Expo
1554FOT,Free on truck
1555FOTA,Fellow of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
1556FOTC,Flight of the Conchords
1557FOUO,For Official Use Only
1558FP,French Polynesia (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1559FPS,Fire Prevention System
1560FQ,Baker Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code),French Southern and Antarctic Territories (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1979)
1561FR,France (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1562Fr,Francium
1563fr,French language (ISO 639-1 code)
1564FRA,Federal Railroad Administration,France (ISO 3166 trigram)
1565fra,French language (ISO 639-2 code)
1566FRAND,Fair,reasonable,and non-discriminatory (concept in standards-setting and intellectual property law)
1567FRCP,Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
1568FRICBM,Full Range ICBM
1569FRO,Faroe Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1570frr,North Frisian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1571FRS,Fellow of the Royal Society,U.S. Federal Reserve System
1572FRSA,Fellow of the Royal Society of Art
1573FRY,Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1574fry,West Frisian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1575fs,Femtosecond
1576fS,Femtosiemens
1577FSA,Fire Support Area,UK Food Standards Agency,Functional Solution Analysis
1578FSC,Federal Supply Classification,Forest Stewardship Council (ecological pressure group
1579FSCL,Fire Support Co-ordination Line
1580FSE,Fire Support Element
1581FSF,Free Software Foundation
1582FSH,Follicle Stimulating Hormone
1583FSI,Fuel Stratified Injection
1584FSM,Federated States of Micronesia (ISO 3166 trigram),Flying Spaghetti Monster (satirical religion)
1585FSO,Fire Support Officer,Flotilla Staff Officer,Foreign Service Officer
1586FSS,Fire Support Station
1587FSSP,Families of Structurally Similar Proteins
1588FST,Finance Support Team,Finlands Svenska Television (Finland's Swedish-language television),Future Soviet Tank (Cold War era)
1589FSTC,Foreign Science Technology Center (now NGIC)
1590fT,Femtotesla
1591FTC,Federal Trade Commission
1592FTE,Full Time Equivalent
1593FTL,Faster Than Light
1594FTS,Flight Termination System used during some rocket launches
1595FTS,Fuck That Shit
1596FTW,For The Win (a commonly used phrase used online to indicate success) F@#K The World,Forever Together Where ever (gang slogan)
1597FU,Smoke (METAR Code)
1598FUBAR,Fucked/Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair
1599FUCK,For,Unlawful,Carnal,Knowledge (Van Halen album title)
1600FUD,Fear,Uncertainty & Doubt (marketing strategy)
1601ful,Fula language (ISO 639-2 code)
1602fV,Femtovolt
1603fW,Femtowatt
1604FW,Forward
1605FWC,Football World Cup
1606FWF,Fixed Word Format
1607FWI,French West Indies
1608FWIW,For What It's Worth
1609FWS,U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1610FWT,Fresh Water Tank
1611FX,Firefox,Fox Extended,Metropolitan France (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1997),Special effect
1612FXX,Metropolitan France (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1997)
1613FY,Fiscal Year,Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (NATO country code)
1614fy,West Frisian language (ISO 639-1 code)
1615FYA,For Your Agenda
1616FYDP,Five-Year Defense Plan (U.S.)
1617FYI,For Your Information
1618FYROM,Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
1619FZDZ,Freezing Drizzle (METAR Code)
1620FZFG,Freezing Fog (METAR Code)
1621FZRA,Freezing Rain (METAR Code)
1622G,Gauss,General Audiences (movie rating)
1623g,Gram
1624G1,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Personnel
1625G10,Group of 10 (G7 + Belgium,Netherlands,Sweden,Switzerland; numbering 11 in fact)
1626G15,Group of 15 (subset of G77,formed 1989: Algeria,Argentina,Brazil,Chile,Egypt,India,Indonesia,Jamaica,Kenya,Nigeria,Malaysia,Mexico,Peru,Senegal,Sri Lanka,Venezuela and Zimbabwe; currently numbers 17)
1627G2,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Intelligence
1628G20,Group of 20 (G8 + Argentina,Australia,Brazil,China,India,Indonesia,Mexico,Saudi Arabia,South Africa,South Korea,Turkey + current European Union presiding country) (1999)
1629G24,Group of 24 (subset of G77,formed 1971: Algeria,Argentina,Brazil,Colombia,Côte d'Ivoire,Democratic Republic of the Congo,Egypt,Ethiopia,Gabon,Ghana,Guatemala,India,Iran,Lebanon,Mexico,Nigeria,Pakistan,Peru,Philippines,South Africa,Syria,Sri Lanka,Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela)
1630G3,many,including Heckler & Koch G3; see entry,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Operations and Plans
1631G4,Generation Four PowerPC microprocessor,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Logistics
1632G5,Generation Five PowerPC microprocessor,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Public Affairs
1633G6,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Information Technology,Group of 6 (France,Germany,United States,Japan,United Kingdom,Italy) (1975)
1634G7,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Training,Group of 7 (G6 + Canada) (1976)
1635G77,Group of 77 (issued from the United Nations Conference on Commerce and Development,1964; currently numbers 133)
1636G8,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Finance,Group of 8 (G7 + Russia) (1998)
1637GA,Gabon (ISO 3166 digram),The Gambia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Gamblers Anonymous,Georgia (postal symbol),Gigaampere,Goa (Indian state code)
1638Ga,Gallium,Gigaannum
1639GAAR,General Anti-Avoidance Rule (tax evasion)
1640GAB,Gabon (ISO 3166 trigram)
1641GABA,Gamma-AminoButyric Acid
1642GAD,Generalized Anxiety Disorder
1643GAF,Garfield and Friends
1644GALCIT,Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory,California Institute of Technology
1645GAO,U.S. Government Accountability Office
1646GAW,Global Atmospheric Watch
1647GB,Gabon (FIPS 10-4 country code),United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 digram) [glamour boy 7-9/10]
1648GBBC,Great (Global) Backyard Bird Count
1649GBE,Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
1650GBH,Great Bash Heel (Japanese professional wrestling stable),Gregory Bonner Hale (British design and advertising agency),Grievous bodily harm
1651GBP,United Kingdom pound sterling (ISO 4217 currency code)
1652GBR,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1653GBU,Glide-Bomb Unit,Global Business Unit
1654GC,East Germany (NATO country code; obsolete 1990),General classification (cycling),General counsel,George Cross (British civil decoration),Gigacoulomb [Grindr cruise]
1655GCA,Graduate in Claims Administration
1656GCD,see entry
1657GCF,Greatest Common Factor
1658GCI,Ground-controlled interception
1659GCN,Gamma-ray burst Coordination Network
1660GCS,Global Coordinate System
1661GCSE,General Certificate of Secondary Education (UK)
1662Gd,Gadolinium
1663GD,Grenada (ISO 3166 digram)
1664gd,Scottish Gaelic language (ISO 639-1 code)
1665GDC,Game Developers Conference,General Dental Council
1666GDL,Game Definition Language
1667GDP,General Dental Practitioner (UK),Gross Domestic Product
1668GDR,General Distribution Release (Microsoft Term for a software service release; between Hotfix and Service Pack)
1669GDR,German Democratic Republic (cf. DDR)
1670GDW,Game Designers Workshop
1671GE,General Electric,Genetic Engineering (cf. GM),Georgia (ISO 3166 digram)
1672Ge,Germanium
1673GEBCO,General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans
1674GEC,Great Engineering Challenge
1675GED,General Educational Development (high school equivalency credential in the U.S. and Canada)
1676GEEP,Geophysical Equipment Exploration Platform
1677GEL,Georgian lari (ISO 4217 currency code),Gilbert and Ellice Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1977)
1678GEMA,Gas and Electricity Markets Authority,Georgia Emergency Management Agency,Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs,und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (German performance rights organisation),Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance
1679GEN,Full General (four stars) in the U.S. Army
1680GEO,Geostationary Earth Orbit,Georgia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1681GEQ,Equatorial Guinea (IOC trigram,but not FIFA or ISO 3166)
1682GER,Germany (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
1683GeV,Gigaelectron-volt
1684GEV,Ground Effect Vehicle
1685GF,French Guiana (ISO 3166 digram),Gigafarad
1686GFCF,Gluten-free,casein-free diet,Gross fixed capital formation
1687GFCI,Ground Fault Circuit Interruptor (aka GFI)
1688GFE,Girlfriend experience (used in escort services),Good Faith Estimate,Government Furnished Equipment
1689GFI,Ground Fault Interruptor (aka GFCI)
1690GFL,German Football League (Germany's Bundesliga for American football; the English-language name is used in German without translation)
1691GFN,Global Footprint Network
1692GG,Georgia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1693GGK,Good God Karma
1694GGP,General Game Playing,General Growth Properties (U.S. shopping center owner),GH[edit]
1695GH,Ghana (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code),Gigahenry
1696GHA,Ghana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1697GHB,gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid
1698GHC,Ghanan cedi (ISO 4217 currency code)
1699GI,Galvanised Iron,Gastro-Intestinal,General Issue,Gibraltar (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code),Government Issue
1700Gi,Gibi
1701GIB,Gibraltar (ISO 3166 trigram)
1702GIG,Global Information Grid
1703GIN,Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram),Guidelines International Network
1704GINK,Going Insane Not Knowing,orig. Colorado 2010 M.Kalfas
1705GINO,Godzilla In Name Only
1706GIP,Gibraltar pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
1707GISS,(a/i) General Impression of Size and Shape,Goddard Institute for Space Studies
1708GJ,Gigajoule,Grenada (FIPS 10-4 country code),Gujarat (Indian state code)
1709GJD,Geocentric Julian Day
1710GK,Gigakelvin,Guernsey (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1711gl,Galician language (ISO 639-1 code)
1712GL,Gigalitre,Graphics Language,Greenland (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code),Grenade Launcher
1713gla,Scottish Gaelic language (ISO 639-2 code)
1714GLAAD,Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
1715GLAC,General Ledger Accounting Code
1716GLAST,Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
1717GLBA,Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
1718GLC,Gas-liquid chromatography
1719gle,Irish language (ISO 639-2 code)
1720glg,Galician language (ISO 639-2 code)
1721GLINT,Gallium-arsenide Laser Illuminator for Night TV,Gated Laser Illuminator for Narrow Television,Gated Laser Intensifier (tape),Gospel Literature International,Graphical Linux Installation Tool
1722GLP,Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 trigram)
1723GLV,Gained Life Value
1724glv,Manx language (ISO 639-2 code)
1725Gm,Gigametre
1726GM,The Gambia (ISO 3166 digram),GameMaster (role-playing),General Motors,Genetically Modified,Germany (FIPS 10-4 country code),Guru Meditation (computing)
1727GMAC,General Motors Acceptance Corporation,the original name of the company now known as Ally Financial,Graduate Management Admission Council,G-MAC,Great Midwest Athletic Conference
1728GMB,The Gambia (ISO 3166 trigram),General,Municipal,Boilermakers (and Allied Trade Union)
1729GMC,U.K. General Medical Council,Gospel Music Channel
1730GMD,Gambian dalasi (ISO 4217 currency code)
1731GMFSC,Ground Mobile Forces Satellite Communications
1732GMI,Generic Model Interface,Geometry Model Instance
1733GMO,Genetically Modified Organism
1734GMPCS,Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite
1735GMT,Giant Magellan Telescope,Greenwich Mean Time,GN[edit]
1736GN,Giganewton,Guinea (ISO 3166 digram)
1737gn,Guaraní language (ISO 639-1 code)
1738GNAS,Grand National Archery Society
1739GNB,Guinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 trigram)
1740GNF,Guinean franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
1741GNP,Gross National Product
1742GNQ,Equatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1743GnRH,Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
1744GO,Glorioso Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1745GOA,General of the Army (United States only),Gun Owners of America
1746GOAT,Greatest of all time (LL Cool J album title)
1747GOC,General Officer Commanding
1748GOES,Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
1749GOP,Grand Old Party
1750gorp,granola,oats,raisins,peanuts (another name for trail mix),probably a backronym
1751GOSC,(a/i) General Officer Steering Committee
1752GOSH,Great Ormond Street Hospital
1753GOSP,Gas/Oil Separation Plant
1754GOTS,Government off-the-shelf
1755GOYADIN,Get Off Your Arse,Do It Now (anti-procrastination mantra)
1756GP,General Practitioner,General Purpose,Grand Prix,Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1757GPA,Grade Point Average
1758GPC,Global Path Cache
1759GPIB,General-Purpose Instrumentation/Interface Bus
1760GPO,General Post Office
1761GPPC,Genetics and Public Policy Center
1762GPR,Ground-Penetrating Radar
1763GPS,General Problem Solver,Global Positioning System
1764GPT,GEC-Plessey Telecommunications,General Purpose Technology,Get Paid To website
1765GQ,Equatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 digram),Gentlemen's Quarterly (the original name of the magazine now known simply as GQ),Guam (FIPS 10-4 territory code),GR[edit]
1766GR,Greece (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Hail (METAR Code)
1767GRAIL,Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
1768GRAS,Generally recognized as safe (FDA list)
1769GRB,Gamma-Ray Burst
1770GRC,Greece (ISO 3166 trigram)
1771GRD,Grenada (ISO 3166 trigram)
1772GRE,Graduate Record Examination,Greece (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
1773grep,[search] Globally for Regular Expression,Print [lines]
1774GRID,Gay-Related Immune Deficiency (original name of AIDS)
1775GRid,Global Release Identifier,a music industry identifier from the RIAA and IFPI
1776GriT,Girl raised in Texas (Woman presenting firm southern traits/beliefs)
1777GRL,Greenland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1778GRN,Grenada (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Goods Received Note
1779grn,Guaraní language (ISO 639-2 code)
1780GRP,Graphite-reinforced plastic,see Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer
1781GS,General Schedule (US civil service pay scale),General Support,Gigasiemens,South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
1782Gs,Gigasecond
1783GSA,U.S. General Services Administration
1784GSD,Graphical Situation Display
1785GSGB,(God send glamour boy 9-10/10)
1786GSK,GlaxoSmithKline [good sexual karma]
1787GSN,(a/i) Game Show Network
1788GSO,General Services Officer (U.S. Department of State)
1789GSOH,Good Sense Of Humour
1790GSP,Georges St-Pierre (Canadian MMA fighter)
1791GSR,Gun Shot Residue
1792GSS,Generic Security Services
1793GST,Goods and Services Tax (Australia,Canada,and other countries)
1794GSW,Gunshot wound
1795GT,Gigatesla,Gran Turismo,Grand Touring,Guatemala (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1796GTB,Get to bed,namely to get a new job after a long time of searching,usually following a phone call
1797GTC,Gran Telescopio Canarias (Spanish,Canaries Great Telescope)
1798GTD,Getting Things Done
1799GTG,Got To Go (Internet chat)
1800GTGN,Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
1801GTK,Good To Know (Internet chat)
1802GTM,Guatemala (ISO 3166 trigram)
1803GTQ,Guatemalan quetzal (ISO 4217 currency code)
1804GTV,Gross Tumor Volume quetzal (ISO 4217 currency code)
1805GU,Guam (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
1806gu,Gujarati language (ISO 639-1 code)
1807GUA,Guatemala (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
1808GUF,French Guiana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1809GUILT,Gangliated Utrophin Immuno Latency Toxin
1810guj,Gujarati language (ISO 639-2 code)
1811GULCR,Grupo de Usuarios de Linux de Costa Rica
1812GUT,Grand Unification Theory
1813GV,Gigavolt,Guinea (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1814gv,Manx language (ISO 639-1 code)
1815GW,Games Workshop,Germ Warfare,Gigawatt,Guided Weapon,Guinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 digram)
1816GWARS,Ground Warfare System (simulation)
1817GWAS,Grand Western Archery Society
1818GWOT,Global War on Terrorism
1819GWS,Gulf War Syndrome,Greater Western Sydney
1820GXE,Gene-enivronment interaction
1821GXM,Matrox Graphics eXpansion Module
1822GxP,Good X Practice (X can mean: clinical,manufacturing,pharmaceutical,etc.)
1823GXP,Grid Exit Point,Global Xchange Programme,Indication of highest performance level on some Pontiac vehicles
1824GY,Guyana (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1825GYD,Guyana dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
1826GZ,Gaza Strip (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Ground Zero
1827GZK,Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cut-off (cosmic ray energies)
1828h,Hecto
1829H,Henry,Hydrogen
1830HA,Haiti (FIPS 10-4 country code),High Availability
1831ha,Hausa language (ISO 639-1 code),Hectare
1832HAARP,High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program
1833HAART,Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy
1834HAI,Human Awareness Institute
1835HAL,Hardware Abstraction Layer
1836HALO,High Altitude Low Opening (parachute jump)
1837HALT,Highly Accelerated Life Test,Hungry Angry Lonely Tired
1838HAM,Amateur radio operator
1839HANS,Head And Neck Support (device used in many race cars)
1840HARM,High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile
1841hat,Haitian Creole language (ISO 639-2 code)
1842HAT,Highest Astronomical Tide (nautical charts),Hungarian Automated Telescope
1843hau,Hausa language (ISO 639-2 code)
1844HAW,Heavy Antitank Weapon
1845HAWK,Homing All the Way Killer (air defence system)
1846HAZ,Heat-Affected Zone
1847HAZMAT,Hazardous Materials
1848HBCD,HexaBromoCycloDodecane
1849HBO,Home Box Office
1850HBR,Harvard Business Review
1851HBT,Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor
1852HBV,Hepatitis B Virus
1853HCCI,Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition
1854HCF,Highest Common Factor
1855HCSC,Higher Command and Staff Course
1856HCT,Higher Colleges of Technology,tertiary education institution in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
1857HD,Henry Draper (star catalogue),Hull-Down (armoured vehicle target,as opposed to Fully Exposed),High Definition,Huntington's Disease
1858HDL,High-Density Lipoprotein
1859HDM,Human Decision-Making
1860HDR,Henningson,Durham & Richardson (founders of the engineering and construction firm now known by their initials),High dynamic range,a term used in both digital imaging and 3D rendering,Hot Dry Rock (experimental geothermal technology),Human Development Report (UN publication)
1861HDRA,Henry Doubleday Research Association
1862he,Hebrew language (ISO 639-1 code)
1863He,Helium
1864HE,High Explosive
1865HEAT,High Explosive Anti-Tank (ammunition)
1866heb,Hebrew language (ISO 639-2 code)
1867HEBA,Hellenic Basketball Clubs Association
1868HEER,High-Explosive Extended Range (ammunition)
1869HEIC,Honourable East India Company
1870HEMP,High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
1871HEO,High Earth Orbit,Highly Elliptical Orbit
1872HEOSS,High Earth Orbit Space Surveillance
1873HEP,High-Explosive Plastic (ammunition)
1874HEPA,(a/i) High-Efficiency Particulate Air (filter)
1875her,Herero language (ISO 639-2 code)
1876HESH,High-Explosive,Squash-Head (ammunition)
1877HESV,Heavy Engineering Support Vehicle
1878HETT,Heavy Equipment Transporting Truck / Heavy Equipment Truck Tractor
1879HEU,Highly Enriched Uranium
1880Hewitts,Hills in England,Wales and Ireland over Two Thousand feet (with topographic prominence of at least 30 m)
1881Hf,Hafnium
1882HF,High Frequency
1883HFE,Human Fertilisation and Embryology (UK Act)
1884HFE,The common-emitter current gain in a BJT transistor (also represented by βF). See: BJT
1885HFEA,Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (UK)
1886Hg,Mercury (Latin Hydrargyrum)
1887HGC,UK Human Genetics Commission
1888HGF,Human Growth Factor
1889HGTV,Home & Garden Television
1890HHB,Ha Ha Bonk,The noise made when you laugh your head off. Used instead of LOL...
1891HI,Hawaii (postal symbol)
1892hi,Hindi language (ISO 639-1 code)
1893HIH,His (or Her) Imperial Highness
1894HIM,His (or Her) Imperial Majesty
1895HIMAD,High to Medium Altitude Air Defence (see also H/MAD)
1896HIMEZ,High Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
1897HIMYM,How I Met Your Mother
1898hin,Hindi language (ISO 639-2 code)
1899HIPAA,U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
1900Hipparcos,HIgh Precision Parallax COllecting Satellite
1901Hird,Hurd of interfaces representing depth (cf. HURD)
1902HiRISE,High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
1903HIT,Health Information Technology
1904HIV,Human Immunodeficiency Virus
1905HIWT,Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
1906HJD,Heliocentric Julian Day
1907HK,Hong Kong (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1908HKD,Hong Kong dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
1909HKG,Hong Kong (ISO 3166 trigram)
1910HKS,HyperKinetic Syndrome
1911hL,Hectolitre
1912HL,Holding Line
1913HLA,High Level Architecture (simulation),Human Leukocyte Antigen
1914HLL,High-Level Language
1915HLN,Headline News
1916HLOS,High Level Output Specification
1917HLVW,Heavy Logistics Vehicle,Wheeled
1918HM,Heard Island and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1919HMCE,Her/His Majesty's Customs and Excise (former UK government department; succeeded by HM Revenue and Customs)
1920HMCS,Her/His Majesty's Canadian Ship,Her Majesty's Courts Service (former UK agency; succeeded by Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service)
1921HMD,Heard and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1922HMF,HydroxyMethyl Furfural
1923HMO,Health maintenance organization
1924hmo,Hiri Motu language (ISO 639-2 code)
1925HMP,Her Majesty's Prison
1926HMRC,Her/His Majesty's Revenue and Customs
1927HMS,Helmet-mounted display,Her/His Majesty's Ship (Royal Navy)
1928HMSO,Her Majesty's Stationery Office
1929HMV,His Master's Voice
1930HN,Honduras (ISO 3166 digram)
1931HND,Honduras (ISO 3166 trigram)
1932HNL,Honduran lempira (ISO 4217 currency code)
1933ho,Hiri Motu language (ISO 639-1 code)
1934Ho,Holmium
1935HO,Honduras (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1936HOLLAND,Hope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies
1937HOMES,the Great Lakes; Huron,Ontario,Michigan,Erie,Superior
1938HONY,Humans of New York,a photoblog.
1939HOPI,Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure (see Internet2,Abilene Network)
1940HoReCa,Hotel,Restaurant and Catering
1941HORIZON,Hélicoptère d'observation radar et d'investigation sur zone (French,Zone Investigation and Radar Observation Helicopter)
1942HOSTAC,Helicopter Operations from Ships Other Than Aircraft Carriers
1943HOT,Highly Optimised Tolerance
1944HOTAS,Hands on throttle-and-stick
1945HOV,High Occupancy Vehicle
1946HP,Hewlett-Packard,Hindustan Petroleum,Himachal Pradesh (Indian state code)
1947hp,horse power
1948HPA,UK Health Protection Agency
1949HPCL,Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
1950HPLC,High Performance Liquid Chromatography
1951HPT,High[er] Payoff Target
1952HPV,Human Papilloma Virus
1953HQ,HeadQuarters,Howland Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1954HQDA,HeadQuarters,Department of the Army
1955HR,Croatia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram,from the country's native name of Hrvatska),Haryana (Indian state code),Harvard Revised star catalogue,Human Resources
1956hr,Croatian language (ISO 639-1 code)
1957HRBL,High-level Representation of Behavior Language (original name of the Herbal language)
1958HRD,Human Resource Development
1959HRED,(U.S. Army Research Laboratory's) Human Research and Engineering Directorate (Aberdeen Proving Ground,Maryland)
1960HRF,High iness Forces
1961HRH,His (or Her) Royal Highness
1962HRK,Croatian kuna (ISO 4217 currency code)
1963HRM,His (or Her) Royal Majesty
1964HRM,Human Resource Management
1965HRT,Hormone Replacement Therapy
1966HRV,Croatia (ISO 3166 trigram),High Resolution Visible,HS[edit]
1967hrv,Croatian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1968Hs,Hassium
1969HSBC,The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
1970HSC,Higher School Certificate
1971HSM,High School Musical
1972HSMAD,Human Science/Modeling and Analysis Data
1973HSN,Home Shopping Network
1974HSPH,Harvard School of Public Health
1975HSS,Health Service Support,High-Speed Steel
1976HSSI,High-Speed Serial Interface
1977HST,see entry
1978HSV,Herpes Simplex Virus,Hue Saturation Value (colour model),HT[edit]
1979ht,Haitian Creole language (ISO 639-1 code)
1980HTA,HyperText Application
1981HTC-High Tech Computer Corporation,original name of the company now known simply as HTC,Horry Telephone Cooperative
1982HTFU,Harden The Fuck Up
1983HTG,Haitian gourde (ISO 4217 currency code)
1984HTH,Hope That Helps
1985HTI,Haiti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1986HTML,HyperText Markup Language
1987HTR,Heated Towel Rail
1988HTS,High-Temperature Superconducting wire
1989HTTP,HyperText Transfer Protocol
1990HU,Hungary (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1991HUD,Head-Up Display,Housing and Urban Development
1992HUF,Hungarian forint (ISO 4217 currency code)
1993HUHA,Head up his/her ass (Marine salute; probably a backcronym)
1994hun,Hungarian language (ISO 639-2 code)
1995HUN,Hungary (ISO 3166 trigram)
1996HURD,Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons (cf. Hird)
1997HV,Upper Volta (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1984)
1998HVAC,Heating,ventilation and air conditioning Used in architecture,business and marketing; refers to a building's entire system of heating,moving,or cooling air.
1999HVAP,High Velocity Armour Piercing (ammunition)
2000HVHF,High velocity human factors
2001HVM,High Velocity Missile
2002HVO,Upper Volta (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984)
2003HVP,HarborView Properties,High vacuum process,Hydrolyzed vegetable protein,Human Variome Project,High Velocity Protection,H.V.P. (rapper),High Voltage Protection,High Vapor Pressure,Hub Voice Processor,High-Velocity Projectile,High-Video Pass,High-Velocity Particle
2004HW,Hardware,High Water (nautical charts)
2005HWM,Hardware morphing (computer graphics rendering)
2006HX,IATA code of Hong Kong Airlines,Medical history,Hydrogen halide,Concept automobile by HUMMER
2007HXB,The glycoprotein Tenascian C
2008hy,Armenian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2009hye,Armenian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2010HYS,Harvard,Yale,Stanford (perennially named as the top three law schools in the U.S.)
2011HZ,Haze (METAR Code)
2012hz,Herero language (ISO 639-1 code)
2013Hz,Hertz
2014I,Iodine,One (in Roman numerals)
2015ia,Interlingua language (ISO 639-1 code)
2016IA,Iowa (postal symbol)
2017IAAL,I Am A Lawyer
2018IAB,International Association for Biologicals
2019IACREOT,International Association of Clerks,Recorders,Election Officials,and Treasurers
2020IAD,Ion Assisted Deposition
2021IADS,Integrated Air Defence System
2022IAEA,International Atomic Energy Agency
2023IAF,{i} Industrial Areas Foundation
2024IAFG,Information Assurance Focus Group
2025IAI,International African Institute,Israel Aircraft Industries
2026IANA,Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
2027IANAL,I Am Not A Lawyer
2028IAQ,Indoor air quality,Infrequently Asked Questions
2029IAS,Image Assessment System
2030IASIP,It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2031IATA,(a/i) International Air Transport Association
2032IATF,International Automotive Task Force
2033IATSE,International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
2034IAU,International Association of Universities,International Astronomical Union
2035IAUC,International Astronomical Union Circular
2036IAW,In Accordance With
2037IB,International Baccalaureate
2038IBA,Important Bird Area
2039IBD,Inflammatory Bowel Disease
2040IBDM,Information Based Decision Making
2041IBDS,Integrated Biological Detection System,International Business Development Specialist
2042IBM,International Business Machines
2043ibo,Igbo language (ISO 639-2 code)
2044IBRD,International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (part of the World Bank)
2045IBS,Irritable Bowel Syndrome
2046IC,Ice Crystals (METAR Code),Iceland (FIPS 10-4 country code),Integrated Circuit,[inner circle]
2047ICANN,Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
2048ICAO,International Civil Aviation Organization
2049ICBM,Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
2050ICBN,International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
2051ICC,Integrated Command and Control,International Criminal Court,International Cricket Council,Interstate Commerce Commission,International Chamber of Commerce
2052ICD,Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator,Initial Capabilities Document,International Classification of Diseases
2053ICE,In case of emergency
2054ICES,(a/i) International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
2055ICF,Intelligent Community Forum
2056ICM,Improved Conventional Munition,Integrated Collection Management,International Congress of Mathematicians,Iraq Campaign Medal
2057ICMP,Internet Control Message Protocol
2058ICNAF,International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (became NAFO in 1978)
2059ICNI,Integrated Communication,Navigation,and Identification
2060ICO,Intermediate Circular Orbit
2061ICP,Inductively coupled plasma,Insane Clown Posse
2062ICPE,(a/i) International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology,the annual conference of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
2063ICRAF,International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (a.k.a. World Agroforestry Centre since 2002)
2064ICRISAT,International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
2065ICRL,Individual Component Repair List
2066ICRS,International Celestial Reference System
2067ICS,In-Country Support,Intelligence and Communications Systems,Interim Contractor Support
2068ICSI,Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
2069ICT,Information and communication technologies
2070ICTH,Island Closest to Heaven/Hell Final Fantasy VIII
2071ICV,Infantry Carrier Vehicle
2072ICW,In Co-ordination With,Indonesia Corruption Watch,Infectious and Chemotherapeutic Waste,Insulating Concrete Wall,Integral Crystalline Waterproofing,Interactive Courseware
2073ICYMI,In Case You Missed It
2074ICZN,International Code of Zoological Nomenclature,International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
2075ID,Idaho (postal symbol),Identity,Indonesia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Infantry Division,Intelligent Design,ID10T Error,Idiot User Error (IT help desk inside joke)
2076id,Indonesian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2077IDA,U.S. Institute for Defense Analyses,International Development Association (part of the World Bank
2078IDC,International Data Corporation
2079IDDI,I don't do initialisms (see irony)
2080IDE,Integrated Development Environment,Integrated Drive Electronics
2081IDeA,Improvement and Development Agency,the former name of Local Government Improvement and Development in the United Kingdom
2082IDEA,Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (U.S.),International Data Encryption Algorithm,International Design Excellence Awards
2083IDF,Israel Defense Forces,Intel Development Forum,International Dairy Federation
2084IDGAF,I don't give a fuck
2085IDK,I don't know
2086IDKIBTI,I don't know,I'm black,that's it
2087IDL,Interface Definition Language
2088IDN,Indonesia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2089ido,Ido language (ISO 639-2 code)
2090IDR,Indonesian rupiah (ISO 4217 currency code)
2091IE,Indo-European languages,Internet Explorer,Ireland (ISO 3166 digram),Iced Earth
2092ie,Interlingue language (ISO 639-1 code)
2093IEA,International Energy Agency
2094IEC,International Electrotechnical Commission
2095IED,Improvised Explosive Device
2096IELTS,International English Language Testing System
2097IER,Information Exchange Requirement
2098IET,Initial Entry Training
2099IET,Institution of Engineering and Technology
2100IETF,Internet Engineering Task Force
2101IEW,Intelligence and Electronic Warfare
2102IFAB,International Football Association Board
2103IFAH,International Federation for Animal Health
2104IFAP,International Federation of Agricultural Producers
2105IFC,International Finance Corporation (part of the World Bank),Independent Film Channel
2106IFF,Identification,Friend or Foe,Individually Fresh Frozen,International Flavors and Fragrances
2107IFFN,Identification,Friend,Foe,or Neutral
2108IFO,Identified Flying Object (see also UFO)
2109IFOR,UN Implementation Force,Institute for Operations Research,International Fellowship of Reconciliation
2110IFOV,Instantaneous Field of View
2111IFPI,International Federation of Phonographic Industries
2112IFRB,International Frequency Registration Board
2113IFV,Infantry Fighting Vehicle
2114ig,Igbo language (ISO 639-1 code)
2115IG,Inspector General
2116IGNOU,Indira Gandhi National Open University
2117IGS,International Ground Station
2118IGY,Israeli Gay Youth,International Geophysical Year
2119IHH,Idiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
2120IHO,International Hydrographic Organization
2121IHR,Institute for Historical Review
2122IHSI,Institutum Historicum Societatis Iesu (Jesuit Historical Institute)
2123ii,Sichuan Yi language (ISO 639-1 code)
2124II,Two (in Roman numerals)
2125IICA,Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
2126IIE,Innovative Interstellar Explorer
2127iii,Sichuan Yi language (ISO 639-2 code)
2128III,Three (in Roman numerals)
2129IIRC,If I Recall/Remember Correctly
2130IISS,International Institute for Strategic Studies
2131IIT,Illinois Institute of Technology,Indian Institutes of Technology,Indiana Institute of Technology
2132IJN,Imperial Japanese Navy (World War II)
2133IJWP,Interim Joint Warfare Publication
2134ik,Inupiaq language (ISO 639-1 code)
2135IKEA,Ingvar Kamprad (the company's founder),Elmtaryd (the farm where he was born and raised),Agunnaryd (a village and parish near the farm)
2136iku, Inuktitut language (ISO 639-2 code)
2137IL,Illinois (postal symbol),Israel (ISO 3166 digram)
2138ILC,International Law Commission,International Linear Collider
2139ILDS,Improved Landmine Detection System
2140ile,Interlingue language (ISO 639-2 code)
2141ILO,International Labour Organization
2142ILRI,International Livestock Research Institute
2143ILS,Israeli shekel (ISO 4217 currency code)
2144ILY,I Love You [pronounced ILL-LEE]
2145IM,Isle of Man (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Instant Message (internet speech)
2146IMA,Intermediate Maintenance Activity,Institute of Mathematics and Applications
2147IMBD,International Migratory Bird Day
2148IMDb,Internet Movie Database
2149IME,In My Experience
2150IMF,id music file/id's music format (audio file format),Impossible Missions Force,the protagonist organization in the Mission: Impossible media franchise,International Monetary Fund (the most common use for the initialism)
2151IML,International Mister Leather
2152IMLAST,International Movement for Leisure Activities in Science and Technology,see MILSET
2153IMNM,,Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy a rare,but serious ADR of statins [1]
2154IMNSHO,In My Not So Humble Opinion
2155IMPAC,International Merchant Purchase Authorization Card
2156IMPACT,International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce
2157IMPATT,IMPact Avalanche Transit Time diode
2158IMPT,Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
2159IMRL,Individual Material iness List
2160IMRO-Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization,Irish Music Rights Organisation
2161IMS,Information Management System,International Meat Secretariat,Ion Mobility Spectrometer
2162IMSA,Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy,International Mind Sports Association,International Motor Sports Association
2163IMsL,International Ms. Leather
2164IMT,Integrated Management Tool
2165IMU,International Mathematical Union
2166IN,India (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Indiana (postal symbol),Infantry
2167In,Indium
2168INA,Immigration and Nationality Act
2169ina,Interlingua language (ISO 639-2 code)
2170INAS,International Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
2171INCITS,InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
2172IND,India (ISO 3166 trigram)
2173ind,Indonesian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2174INDIGO,(U.S.) INtelligence DIvision Gaming Operation
2175inet,the Internet
2176INFORMS,(U.S.) Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
2177INFOSEC,Information Security
2178INLA,Irish National Liberation Army
2179INMARSAT,International Maritime Satellite organization
2180INR,Indian rupee (ISO 4217 currency code)
2181INRIA,Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique
2182INS,Immigration and Naturalization Service
2183InSAR,Interferometric synthetic aperture radar
2184INST,Information Standards and Technology
2185INTERFET,International Force for East Timor
2186INTSUM,Intelligence Summary
2187IO,British Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2188io,Ido language (ISO 639-1 code)
2189IOC,Initial Operational Capability,Intergovernmental Oceanic Commission,International Olympic Committee,International Ornithological Congress
2190IOLTA,Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (charitable funding mechanism,especially for legal aid)
2191IOM,Iowa,Ohio,Michigan (soybean origin),Institute of Medicine,International Organisation for Migration,Isle of Man
2192IONA,Islands of the North Atlantic (alternate name for Great Britain,Ireland,the Isle of Man,and related islands)
2193IOT,British Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 trigram)
2194IP,Clipperton Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Initial Point,Intellectual Property,Internet Protocol
2195IPA,India Pale Ale,International Phonetic Alphabet,Isopropyl alcohol
2196IPB,Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
2197IPCC,Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,Independent Police Complaints Commission
2198ipk,Inupiaq language (ISO 639-2 code)
2199IPL,Inferior Parietal Lobule
2200IPO,Initial Public Offering
2201IPR,In Progress Review,Intellectual Property Rights,Intelligence Production Requirement
2202IPT,Integrated Product/Project Team
2203IPTS,Institute for Prospective Technological Studies
2204IPTV,Internet Protocol TeleVision
2205IPW,Interrogation of Prisoners of War
2206IQ,Intelligence Quotient,Iraq (ISO 3166 digram)
2207IQD,Iraqi dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2208Ir,Iridium
2209IRA,Individual Retirement Account,Irish Republican Army (see also List of organisations known as the Irish Republican Army for groups claiming descent from this organisation)
2210IRAD,Internal Research and Development
2211IRAN,(I) Inspect and Repair As Necessary
2212IRAS,Infrared Astronomical Satellite
2213IRB,International Rugby Board
2214IRBM,Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
2215IRC,International Red Cross,International Reply Coupon
2216IREA,Intermountain Rural Electric Association
2217IRINN,Islamic Republic of Iran News Network
2218IRN,Iran (ISO 3166 trigram)
2219IRO,International Refugee Organisation
2220IRQ,Iraq (ISO 3166 trigram)
2221IRR,Iranian rial (ISO 4217 currency code)
2222IRS,U.S. Internal Revenue Service
2223IRST,Infra-red Search and Track
2224IS,Iceland (ISO 3166 digram),Israel (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2225is,Icelandic language (ISO 639-1 code)
2226ISA,Individual Savings Account,Industry Standard Architecture,Instruction Set Architecture,International Seabed Authority
2227ISAAA,International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications
2228ISAF,International Sailing Federation,International Security Assistance Force
2229ISAR,Inverse SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)
2230ISB,Intermediate Staging Base
2231ISBN,International Standard Book Number (ISO 2108)
2232ISCCP,International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
2233ISCII,Indian Standard Code for Information Interchange
2234ISDN,Integrated Services Digital Network
2235ISEF,Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
2236ISEN,Internet Search Environment Number
2237ISF,Internal Security Force
2238ISI-Indian Standards Institute,former name of the Bureau of Indian Standards,Inter-Services Intelligence (Pakistan),Islamic State of Iraq,an umbrella organization for several Iraqi insurgent groups
2239ISIL,Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
2240ISK,Icelandic krona (ISO 4217 currency code)
2241ISL,Iceland (ISO 3166 trigram)
2242isl,Icelandic language (ISO 639-2 code)
2243ISLN,International Standard Lawyer Number (used initially by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell)
2244ISM,Industrial,scientific or medical,Interstellar medium
2245ISMB,International Society of Matrix Biologists
2246ISMC,Intelligent Sounding Meaningless Conversation
2247ISOGP,Indian Society of Orthodontics for General Practitioners [2]
2248ISP,International Standardized Profile,Internet Service Provider,Information Systems Professional
2249ISPE,(a/i) International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
2250ISR,Intelligence,Surveillance and Reconnaissance,Israel (ISO 3166 trigram)
2251ISRO,Indian Space Research Organisation
2252ISS,International Shorebird Survey (North America),International Space Station
2253ISSCR,International Society for Stem Cell Research
2254ISSN,International standard serial number (ISO 3297)
2255IST,Information System Technology,UCF Institute for Simulation and Training
2256ISTAR,Intelligence,Surveillance,Target Acquisition,and Reconnaissance
2257ISTC,Institute of Scientific and Technical Communications (UK)
2258ISTS,Intel Science Talent Search
2259ISU,Integrated Sight Unit,International Skating Union,IT[edit]
2260IT,InferoTemporal (neurophysiology),Information Technology,Italy (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2261it,Italian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2262ita,Italian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2263ITA,Italy (ISO 3166 trigram)
2264ITAG,Inertial Terrain-Aided Guidance
2265ITALY,I'll Truly Always Love You
2266ITAS,Improved Target Acquisition Sight
2267ITC,InferoTemporal Cortex (neurophysiology)
2268ITCZ,Intertropical Convergence Zone
2269ITEC,Information Technology Exposition & Conference
2270ITEMS,Interactive Tactical Environment Management System
2271ITER,International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
2272ITF,International Tennis Federation
2273ITK,In The Know
2274ITN,Independent Television News (British)
2275ITS,Incompatible Time-sharing System,Individual Training Standards
2276ITT,International Telephone and Telegraph (U.S.)
2277ITTO,International Tropical Timber Organization
2278ITU,Intent-to-Use,International Telecommunication Union (International Telegraph Union 1865-1932),IU[edit]
2279iu, Inuktitut language (ISO 639-1 code)
2280IUCN,International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union)
2281IUSS,Integrated Undersea Surveillance System,Integrated Unit Simulation System,International Union of Soil Sciences
2282IV,Côte d'Ivoire (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Ivory Coast),Four (in Roman numerals),IntraVenous (as in intravenous drip or intravenous therapy)
2283IVD,Internet Video Device,intra vas device
2284Iveco,Industrial Vehicles Corporation
2285IVF,In Vitro Fertilisation
2286IVI,Interchangeable Virtual Instrument
2287IVIS,Inter-Vehicle Information System
2288IVL,Inter-Visibility Line
2289IVM,In Vitro [Oocyte] Maturation
2290IVO,In Vicinity Of
2291IW,Information Warfare
2292IWARS,Infantry Warrior Simulation
2293IWC,International Whaling Commission
2294IWW,Industrial Workers of the World
2295IX,Nine (in Roman numerals)
2296IXT,IntraText digital library; IntraText lexical hypertext
2297IY,Saudi-Iraqi neutral zone (FIPS 10-4 territory code; obsolete 1993)
2298IZ,Iraq (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2299J,Joule
2300J1,Joint [Manpower &] Personnel Directorate
2301J2,Joint Intelligence Directorate
2302J2EE,Java 2 Platform,Enterprise ion
2303J2ME,Java 2 Platform,Micro ion
2304J2SE,Java 2 Platform,Standard ion
2305J3,Joint Operations Directorate
2306J4,Joint Logistics Directorate
2307J5,Joint Strategic Plans & Policy Directorate
2308J6,Joint Information Technology Directorate (Command,Control,Communications & Computer Systems)
2309J7,Joint Operational Plans & Interoperability Directorate
2310J8,Joint Force Structure,Resources,& Assessment Directorate
2311JA,Japan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2312ja,Japanese language (ISO 639-1 code)
2313JAFT,Just A Field Test
2314JAL,Japan Airlines
2315JALLC,Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (NATO)
2316JAM,Jamaica (ISO 3166 trigram)
2317JAMA,Journal of the American Medical Association
2318JANET,Joint Academic Network
2319JANUS,Joint Academic Network Using Satellites (UK),Joint Army Navy Uniform Simulation,Joint Army-Navy Staff,Just ANother Useless Simulation (Note: The U.S. Army Janus simulation is not an acronym)
2320JATO,Jet-Assisted Take-Off
2321jav,Javanese language (ISO 639-2 code)
2322JB,Jail Bait
2323JB,Junior Branch
2324JBFSA,Joint Blue Force Situational Awareness
2325JCDB,Joint Common Data Base
2326JCDS,Joint Chiefs of the Defence Staff
2327JCIDS,Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System
2328JCL,Job Control Language
2329JCP,Java Community Process
2330JCPM,Java Child Process Manager,Jesus Christ Prison Ministry
2331JCS,Joint Chiefs of Staff
2332JCW,Juggalo Championship Wrestling
2333JDBC,Java Data Base Connectivity
2334JDCC,UK Joint Doctrine and Concepts Centre,now the Development,Concepts,and Doctrine Centre,DCDC
2335JDEM,Joint Dark Energy Mission
2336JDK,Java Development Kit
2337JDL,Jewish Defense League
2338JDM,Japanese domestic market,referring specifically to automobiles and parts,Java Data Mining,Joint design manufacturing,JE[edit]
2339JE,Jersey (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2340JEB,James Ewell Brown (Stuart),John Ellis Bush
2341JEDP,Jahwist,Elohist,Deuteronomist,Priestly (according to the documentary hypothesis,the sources of the Torah)
2342JEE,Java Platform,Enterprise ion
2343JEFX,Joint Expeditionary Force eXperiment
2344JEPD,Jahwist,Elohist,Priestly,Deuteronomist,Jointly Exhaustive,Pairwise Disjoint
2345JET,Joint European Torus
2346JEZ,Joint Engagement Zone
2347JFACC,Joint Force Air Component Commander
2348JFACTSU,U.S. Joint Forward Air Control Training and Standards Unit
2349JFC,Joint Force Commander
2350JFK,John Fitzgerald Kennedy or the airport named after him.
2351JFLCC,Joint Force Land Component Commander
2352JFMCC,Joint Force Maritime Component Commander
2353JFO,Journal of Field Ornithology
2354JFSOCC,Joint Force Special Operations Component Commander
2355JFTX,Joint Field Training Exercise
2356JH,Japan Highway Public Corporation
2357JH,Jharkhand (Indian state code)
2358JI,Joint Implementation
2359JIB,Joint Information Bureau
2360JIC,Joint Intelligence Centre
2361JINI,Java Intelligent Network Infrastructure
2362JITC,Joint Interoperability Test Command
2363JIVE,Joint Institute for VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) in Europe
2364JJAP,Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
2365JK,Jedi Knight,Just Kidding,Spanair (IATA airline designator),Jammu & Kashmir (Indian state code)
2366JL,Japan Airlines (IATA airline designator)
2367JLA,Justice League of America
2368JM,Jamaica (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2369JMD,Jamaican dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2370JMS,Java Message Service
2371JN,Jan Mayen Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2372JNI,Java Native Interface
2373JNLP,Java Network Launch Protocol
2374JO,Jordan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2375JOA,(a/i) Joint Operations Area
2376JOD,Jordanian dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
2377JOPES,Joint Operations Planning and Execution System
2378JOR,Jordan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2379JOTS,Joint Operations Tactical System
2380JP,Japan (ISO 3166 digram),Justice of the Peace
2381JPL,Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2382JPN,Japan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2383jpn,Japanese language (ISO 639-2 code)
2384JPOW,Joint Project Optic Windmill
2385JPY,Japanese yen (ISO 4217 currency code)
2386JQ,Jetstar Airways (IATA airline designator),Johnny Quick,Johnston Atoll (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Jonny Quest,Joshua Quagmire
2387JRA,Japanese Red Army,Joint Rear Area
2388JRDF,Joint Rapid Deployment Forces
2389JRE,Java Runtime Environment
2390JREF,James Randi Educational Foundation
2391JROC,Joint Requirements Oversight Council
2392JROCM,JROC Memorandum
2393JRRF,Joint Rapid Reaction Force
2394JRSAI,Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
2395JSAP,Japan Society of Applied Physics
2396JSCSC,Joint Services Command and Staff College
2397JSEAD,Joint Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (see SEAD)
2398JSF,Joint Strike Fighter
2399JSIMS,Joint Simulation System
2400JSOA,Joint Special Operations Area
2401JSOTF,Joint Special Operations Task Force
2402JSP,JavaServer Page
2403JSP,Joint Services Publication
2404JSR,Java Specification Request
2405JSS,Joint Support Ship Project
2406JT,Johnston Atoll (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1986),Junior Technician (RAF)
2407JTC,Joint Training Confederation
2408JTF,Joint Task Force
2409JTFEX,Joint Task Force Exercise
2410JTLS,Joint Theater Level Simulation
2411JTMD,Joint Theatre Missile Defence
2412JTN,Johnston Atoll (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
2413JU,Juan de Nova Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2414JUGFET,JUnction Gate Field-Effect Transistor
2415JUICE,JUpiter ICy Moon Explorer
2416JUO,Joint Urban Operations
2417jv,Javanese language (ISO 639-1 code)
2418JV,Joint Venture,Junior Varsity
2419JVM,Java Virtual Machine
2420JW,Jehovah's Witnesses
2421JWARS,Joint Warfare System (simulation)
2422JWP,Joint Warfare Publication
2423JWST,James Webb Space Telescope
2424JY,Japanese Yen
2425JZ,Joint Zone
2426K,Kelvin,Potassium (Latin Kalium),Tanker (aircraft designation code)
2427k,Kilo-
2428K,picokelvin
2429K9,Canine Police Unit
2430ka,Georgian language (ISO 639-1 code)
2431Ka,Kamov Design Bureau
2432kA,Kiloampere
2433KA,Knowledge Acquisition,Karnataka (Indian state code)
2434KAF,Kandahar Air Field
2435kal,Kalaallisut language (ISO 639-2 code)
2436kan,Kannada language (ISO 639-2 code)
2437KARNAC,Knowledge Aided Retrieval in Activity Context
2438KARR,Knight Automated Roving Robot (Knight Rider character)
2439kas,Kashmiri language (ISO 639-2 code)
2440kat,Georgian language (ISO 639-2 code)
2441KATUSA,Korean Augmentation To United States Army
2442kau,Kanuri language (ISO 639-2 code)
2443kaz,Kazakh language (ISO 639-2 code)
2444KAZ,Kazakhstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2445KBE,Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
2446KBO,Kuiper Belt Object
2447KBVB,Koninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond (Dutch for Royal Belgian Football Association)
2448kC,Kilocoulomb
2449KCL,King's College London
2450KCS,Kansas City Southern Railway (AAR reporting mark)
2451KD,Kawasaki Disease,Kraft Dinner
2452KE,Kenya (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Kinetic Energy,Knowledge Engineering
2453KEDO,Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
2454KEN,Kenya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2455KERA,Kentucky Education Reform Act (of 1990)
2456kerma,Kinetic Energy Released in MAterial / in MAtter / per unit MAss
2457KES,Kenyan shilling (ISO 4217 currency code),Killer Elite Squad (Japanese professional wrestling stable)
2458KESR,Kent and East Sussex Railway.
2459KET,Kentucky Educational Television,Key English Test,KF[edit]
2460kF,Kilofarad
2461KFC,Kentucky Fried Chicken
2462KFOR,UN Kosovo Force
2463KFUPM,King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
2464kg,Kilogram,Kongo language (ISO 639-1 code)
2465KG,Kyrgyzstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2466KGO,Knight of the Guelphic Order of Hanover
2467KGS,Kyrgyz som (ISO 4217 currency code)
2468KGZ,Kyrgyzstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2469KH,Cambodia (ISO 3166 digram)
2470kH,Kilohenry
2471KHL,Kontinental Hockey League
2472KHM,Cambodia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2473khm,Khmer language (ISO 639-2 code)
2474KHR,Cambodian riel (ISO 4217 currency code)
2475KHz,Kilohertz
2476ki,Gikuyu language (ISO 639-1 code)
2477Ki,Kibi
2478KI,Kiribati (ISO 3166 digram)
2479KIA,Killed In Action
2480KIDS,Knowledge-based Integrated Design System
2481kik,Gikuyu language (ISO 639-2 code),common typo for LOL
2482kin,Kinyarwanda language (ISO 639-2 code)
2483KIR,Kiribati (ISO 3166 trigram)
2484kir,Kyrgyz language (ISO 639-2 code)
2485KISS,Keep It Simple,Stupid / Keep It Short and Simple,Korean Intelligence Support System
2486KIT,Keep In Touch
2487KITECH,Korean Institute of Industrial Technology
2488KITT,Knight Industries Two Thousand,Knight Industries Three Thousand
2489kJ,Kilojoule
2490kj,Kuanyama language (ISO 639-1 code)
2491kk,Kazakh language (ISO 639-1 code)
2492kK,Kilokelvin
2493KKK,Ku Klux Klan
2494kl,Kalaallisut language (ISO 639-1 code)
2495kL,Kilolitre
2496KL,Kuala Lumpur,Kerala (Indian state code)
2497KLENOT,KLEť Observatory Near Earth and Other unusual objects observations Team and Telescope
2498KLOC,Kilo Lines Of Code
2499KM,Comoros,Knowledge Management
2500km,Khmer language (ISO 639-1 code),Kilometre
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