PowerShell/data/abbr/general.csv
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1ABBRMEANING
2e.g.'exempli gratia' in Latin, meaning: 'for example'
30Dobvious deed
41AMAir Mechanic 1st Class
51DOne-Dimensional
62AMAir Mechanic 2nd Class
72DTwo-dimensional
82LATwo Letter Acronym
92Lt2nd Lieutenant
103AMAir Mechanic 3rd Class
113DThree-Dimensional
123GThird-generation mobile telephone system
133iInvestors In Industry (venture capitalists)
143MMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
154GFourth-generation mobile telephone system
164WDFour-wheel drive
175DFive-Dimensional
186DSix-Dimensional
197DSeven-Dimensional
208DEight-Dimensional
219DNine-Dimensional
22AAmpere
23A/CAir Conditioned/Conditioning
24A10Atlantic 10 Conference
25A1CAirman First Class
26A4European standard office paper size
27aAAttoampere
28AAAadministration,authorization,and authentication,American Automobile Association ('Triple-A'),anti-aircraft artillery,Amateur Athletic Association (of England),Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (Spanish,'Assistance,Consulting,and Administration'—Mexican professional wrestling promotion)
29AAASAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
30AAAVAdvanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle
31AADACAlberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
32AADDAdult attention deficit disorder
33AADTannual average daily traffic
34AAFESArmy and Air Force Exchange Service
35AAISadvanced airborne interceptor simulator
36AAMair-to-air missile
37AAMOFas a matter of fact
38AANAmerican Academy of Nursing
39AANEASAnglo-Australian Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
40AAODLAtmospheric Aerosols and Optics Data Library
41AAPCAccounting and Auditing Policy Committee
42AARPAmerican Association of Retired Persons (now officially known only by the initials)
43AASPEMadvanced air-to-air system performance evaluation model
44AATAustralian Antarctic Territory
45AAVAmphibious Assault Vehicle
46AAWCanti-air warfare commander
47ABAble Seaman (both the rank and the occupation),Alberta (postal symbol)
48ABBASEA Brown Boveri (Swiss-Swedish multinational company)
49ABBAAgnetha,Benny,Björn,Anni-Frid (Swedish pop group)
50ABCthe first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet
51ABCabstinence, be faithful, condoms
52ABCActive Body Control
53ABCairway, breathing, circulation
54ABCAlcoholic Beverage Commission
55ABCalien big cat
56ABCalways be careful
57ABCAmerican-born Chinese
58ABCanti-lock brake controller
59ABCatomic, biological, chemical
60ABCS(U.S.) Army Battle Command System
61ABETAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
62ABFISTAdvanced Bradley Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
63ABGIAddington-Barker Group International
64ABINAgência Brasileira de Inteligência (Brazilian Intelligence Agency)
65ABLAmerican Basketball League
66ABLEAirBorne Law Enforcement (police air support unit)
67ABMCAmerican Battle Monuments Commission
68ABNAustralian Business Number (a number issued by the Australian government as registration of a business and used for taxation purposes)
69ABPIAssociation of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
70ABRSMAssociated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
71ABSanti-lock braking system
72ABSAAmalgamated Banks of South Africa
73ABSTRIPSabstraction-based STRIPS
74ABVAlcohol by volume
75ABWAruba (ISO 3166 trigram)
76AcActinium
77ACAdriamycin-Cyclophosphamide (chemotherapy),Air Conditioning,Aircraftman,Alternating Current,Altocumulus,ante Christum (Latin,'before Christ'; see BC),ante cibum (Latin,'before meals'),Associazione Calcio (Italian,'football (soccer) club')
78aCAttocoulomb
79AC1Aircraftman 1st Class
80AC2Aircraftman 2nd Class
81ACAAffordable Care Act,shorthand for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,commonly called 'Obamacare',Airspace Control Authority,Airspace Co-ordination Area,A Current Affair
82ACARSAircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System
83ACBAsociación de Clubes de Baloncesto (Spanish for 'Association of Basketball Clubs')
84ACCACAwdurdod Cymwysterau,Cwricwlwm ac Asesu Cymru (Qualifications,Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales)
85ACCDAmerican Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
86ACCSAir Communications and Control Squadron
87ACDAArms Control & Disarmament Agency
88ACDCAlternating Current Direct Current,the name of an Australian rock music band,a term for a bisexual person,A/Cdre,Air Commodore
89ACDTApple Certified Desktop Technician,Australian Central Daylight Time
90ACESAerolíneas Centrales de Colombia (Spanish,'Central Colombian Airlines'),Auxiliary Campus Enterprises and Services of Alfred State College
91ACFAdministration for Children and Families,American Car and Foundry,American Culinary Federation
92ACHTAverage Call Hold Time
93ACINTAcoustic Intelligence
94ACKAcknowledge (telecommunications; cf. NAK)
95ACLAccess Control List,Anterior cruciate ligament; the initialism can also refer to an injury to this ligament.,Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
96ACLJAmerican Center for Law and Justice
97ACLOSAutomatic CLOS (missile control system)
98ACLSAmerican Council of Learned Societies
99ACLUAmerican Civil Liberties Union,American Communist Lawyers Union (pejorative slang for the above)
100ACMmany,including Association for Computing Machinery; see entry
101ACMC(U.S.) Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
102ACNAirborne Communications Node,Australian Company Number (number issued by the Australian government as registration of a limited liability company)
103ACNAAnglican Church in North America
104ACOAirspace Control Order
105ACOBAAdvisory Committee on Business Appointments
106ACOGAmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
107ACOM(U.S.) Atlantic Command
108ACORNAssociation of Community Organizations for Reform Now
109ACPAfrican,Caribbean and Pacific Group of States,Air Control Point
110ACRAdvanced Concepts and Requirements
111ACRIAfrican Crisis Initiative
112ACRTAdvanced Concepts Research Tool simulator
113ACSAffiliated Computer Services (NYSE ACS),Alaska Communications Service,American Cancer Society,American Chemical Society,Association of Caribbean States,Australian Computer Society
114ACSCArmy Command and Staff College (various nations)
115ACSTAmerican Cooperative School of Tunis
116ACSTAustralian Central Standard Time
117ACTAdaptive Control of Thought (cognitive model),American College Test (ing Program),Australian Capital Territory (also postal symbol),ACT UP,AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
118ACTDAdvanced Concept Technology Demonstration
119ACTF(U.S.) Army Constructive Training Federation,Australian Children's Television Foundation,ACT-R,ACT-Rational (cognitive model),ACT-R/PM,ACT-R/Perceptual-Motor (cognitive model)
120ACTUAustralian Council of Trade Unions
121ACUAmerican Conservative Union
122ACUFAdvisory Committee on Undersea Features,American Conservative Union Foundation
123ADAnno Domini (Latin for 'In the year of our Lord')
124ADAAir Defence Artillery,American Dental Association,Assistant District Attorney,Americans with Disabilities Act (see also the similar but non-acronymic Ada programming language)
125ADACAllgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (German for 'General German Automobile Club')
126ADAGEAir Defense Air to Ground Engagement (simulation)
127ADAPAIDS Drug Assistance Program
128ADASAsiago-DLR Asteroid Survey
129ADATAlesis Digital Audio Tape (recording format)
130ADATSAgricultural Development and Training Society,Air Defence Anti-Tank System,Australian Defence Air Traffic System
131ADBAsian Development Bank
132ADCAide De Camp,U.S. Air Defense Command (1946-1992),Apple Display Connector,Program Against Digital Counterfeiting of Currency
133ADDAnalog Digital Digital (CD quality),Attention-Deficit Disorder,Administration on Developmental Disabilities
134ADDIEAnalyze Design Develop Implement and Evaluate
135ADDNSAdvanced Deployable Day/Night Simulation
136ADGBAir Defence of Great Britain
137ADHDAttention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
138ADHSAttention-Deficit Hyperactivity Syndrome
139ADIAcceptable/Allowable Daily Intake
140ADLAnti-Defamation League
141ADMAdministrative,,Admiral,and the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps,Archer Daniels Midland,Assistant Deputy Minister
142ADOAAir Defence Operations Area
143ADPAdenosine DiPhosphate,Army Doctrine Publication (UK,Canada,Australia),Automatic/Automated Data Processing
144ADRGArc-second Raster Chart (ARC) Digitized Raster Graphics
145ADSActive Denial System,Astrophysics Data System,Attention Deficit Syndrome
146ADSRAttack,Decay,Sustain,Release (sound envelope specification)
147ADTAtlantic Daylight Time (UTC3 hours)
148ADTBArmy Doctrine and Training Bulletin
149ADWAir Defence Warning
150AEArmed Forces Africa/Canada/Europe/Middle East (postal symbol),United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166 digram),Artix Entertainment,American Eagle,A&E, Arts & Entertainment Network,the original name for the U.S. TV channel now known as A&E Network
151AEDTAustralian Eastern Daylight Time
152AEFAmerican Expeditionary Force
153AEGISAirborne Early warning Ground environment Interface Segment (fake etymology)
154AESRAeronautical Equipment Service Record
155AESTAustralian Eastern Standard Time
156aetAfter extra time (Football)
157AEWAirborne Early Warning,Airborne Electronic Warfare
158AFAfghanistan (ISO 3166 digram),Air Force,As f*ck
159aFAttofarad
160AFAU.S. Air Force Academy,Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (Spanish for 'Argentine Football Association')
161AFAICAs Far As I'm Concerned
162AFAICTAs Far As I Can Tell
163AFAIKAs Far As I Know
164AFAIRAs Far As I Remember/Recall
165AFAMAssociazione Friulana di Astronomia e Meteorologia (Italian,'Friuli Association of Astronomy and Meteorology'),Department of African and Afro-American Studies,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — notable for its links to the school's academic-athletic scandal in the 2010s
166AFATDSAdvanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System
167AFCEAArmed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
168AFDBAfrican Development Bank
169AFESAutomatic Fire Extinguishing System
170AFGAfghanistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
171AFIFrench Territory of the Afars and Issas (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1977),'Agencia Federal de Investigaciónes' (México)
172AFISTAbrams Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
173AFJApril Fool's Joke
174AFKAway From Keyboard (Internet chat abbreviation)
175AFLACAmerican Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus
176AFOAssociation of Field Ornithologists
177AFOSRU.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research
178AFPAgence France-Presse (French,'French Press Agency'), Australian Federal Police
179AFQTArmed Forces Qualification Test
180AFRCAir Force Reserve Command
181AFRLAir Force Research Laboratory
182AFROTCAir Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
183AFRRI(U.S.) Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
184AFRTSArmed Forces Radio and Television Service
185AFSCU.S. Air Force Staff College (obsolete; replaced with JFSC), U.S. Air Force Systems Command
186AFSCNU.S. Air Force Satellite Control Network
187AFSPCAir Force Space Command
188AFTAmerican Farmland Trust
189AFVarmoured fighting vehicle
190AGair gunner,Aktiengesellschaft (German,'incorporated'),Antigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166 digram),Assemblies of God
191agAttogram
192AgSilver (Latin for 'argentum')
193AGAAB Gas-accumulator ('ah-gah',Swedish company),Advanced Graphics Architecture
194AGARDAdvisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development
195AGARDographAdvanced Guidance for Alliance Research and Development publication
196AGASAAkeno Giant Air Shower Array (cosmic ray detector)
197AGBInternal Nintendo initialism (Advanced Game Boy) for Game Boy Advance
198AGCAdjutant General's Corps (British Army)
199AGDCAustralian Game Developers' Conference
200AGIAuxiliary Group Intelligence
201AGMAnnual General Meeting
202AGNActive Galactic Nucleus
203AGOAngola (ISO 3166 trigram)
204AGPAccelerated Graphics Port
205AGRICOLAAgriculture Online Access
206AGSAlaska Ground Station (LandSat)
207AGTSAdvanced Gunnery Training System
208AGUAmerican Geophysical Union
209AGWAutonomous Guided Weapon
210AhAmpere-hour
211AHAttack Helicopter
212aHAttohenry
213AHAAmerican Heart Association
214AHCPRAgency for Health Care Policy and Research (obsolete; replaced with AHRQ)
215AHECAustralian Health Ethics Committee
216AHPCRCArmy High Performance Computing Research Center
217AHQAir Headquarters
218AHRQAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality
219AHSAmerican Housing Survey
220AIAir Interdiction,Amnesty International,Artificial Insemination,Artificial Intelligence,Anguilla (ISO 3166 digram)
221AIAAerospace Industries Association,American Institute of Architects,Anguilla (ISO 3166 trigram)
222AIAAAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
223AICAfrican Independent Church,Animal Identification Coordinator
224AICDAustralian Institute of Company Directors
225AICMFPAnd I Claim My Five Pounds
226AIDU.S. Agency for International Development
227AIDSAcquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
228AIMAustralian Institute of Management
229AIMPAurora Incremental Modernization Project
230AIPACAmerican Israel Public Affairs Committee
231AIRAircraft Inventory Record
232AIRFAAmerican Indian Religious Freedom Act
233AIRSAerometric Information Retrieval System (obsolete; replaced with AFS)
234AISAustralian Institute of Sport,Automatic Identification System
235AISB(British Society for the Study of) Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour
236aJAttojoule
237AjaxAsynchronous JavaScript And XML
238AJDAstronomical Julian day
239AJPAllied Joint Publication
240AJPWAll Japan Pro Wrestling
241AKAlaska (postal symbol)
242aKAttokelvin
243AKAAbove knee amputation (orthopaedic usage)
244AKDTAlaska Standard Daylight Saving Time (UTC8 hours)
245AKPAdalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (Turkish,'Justice and Development Party')
246AKSTAlaska Standard Time (UTC9 hours)
247ALAlabama (postal symbol),Albania (ISO 3166 digram),Anno Lucis (Latin,'Year of Light',in Masonic tradition,most often seen on plaques bearing the founding dates of buildings,in years AD and years AL)
248AlAluminium
249aLAttolitre
250ALAÅland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
251ALAPAs Long/Late As Possible
252ALARMAir-Launched Anti-Radar Missile
253ALBAlbania (ISO 3166 trigram)
254ALDAccounting Line Designator (nuclear weapon targeting)
255ALERTAdvanced Linked Extended Reconnaissance and Targeting,Attack and Launch Early Reporting to Theatre
256ALFAfrica Leadership Forum,Alien Life Form (cf. ALF (TV series)),Animal Liberation Front
257ALGAlgeria (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
258ALGOLALGOrithmic Language
259ALPAAir Line Pilots Association
260ALSAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
261ALSHSAbraham Low Self-Help Systems
262ALSPAggregate Level Simulation Protocol
263ALTEAssociation of Language Testers in Europe
264AmAmericium
265AMAmplitude Modulation and Ante Meridiem; see entry,Armenia (ISO 3166 digram)
266AM1Airman 1st class
267AMCBU.S. Army/Marine Corps Board
268AMFOMAdvanced Missile Fly Out Model
269AMFRAge-specific Marital Fertility Rate,Amplitude Modulation Following Response
270AMFRSAdvanced Multi-Function Radio Frequency System,Automatic Multisensor Feature-based Recognition System
271AMLAcute Myeloid Leukaemia
272AMLCDActive Matrix Liquid Crystal Display
273AMLOAndrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexican politician),Anti-Money Laundering Office (Thailand government agency)
274AMOAtlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
275AMOLEDActive-matrix organic light-emitting diode
276AMOSAdvanced MOrtar System,Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory
277AMPAdenosine MonoPhosphate,Automated Mission Planner
278AMRAAMAdvanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile
279AMRDECU.S. Aviation & Missile Research,Development,& Engineering Center
280AMSAgriculture Marketing Service,American Mathematical Society
281AMSAAU.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity
282AMSOU.S. Army Model and Simulation Office
283AMSUAdvanced Microwave Sounding Unit
284AMTEUK Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment (1977-1984)
285ANNetherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 digram)
286aNAttonewton
287ANAAdministration for Native Americans,Afghan National Army,All Nippon Airways,Anti-Nuclear Anti-body,Australian National Airways,Australian Natives' Association
288ANCAfrican National Congress
289ANDAndorra (ISO 3166 trigram)
290ANFOAmmonium nitrate/fuel oil (explosive)
291ANGLiCoAir/Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
292ANLArgonne National Laboratory
293ANMAcoustic Noise Monitor
294ANOVAANalysis Of VAriance
295ANSApplied and Natural Sciences
296ANSIAmerican National Standards Institute
297ANTNetherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 trigram),Antigua and Barbuda (IOC trigram,but not ISO 3166 or FIFA)
298ANTMAmerica's Next Top Model
299ANTYAcronyms,No Thank You
300ANWRArctic National Wildlife Refuge /ˈænwɑr/
301ANZAustralia and New Zealand Banking Group
302ANZACAustralian and New Zealand Army Corps
303AOAngola (ISO 3166 digram),Approach Officer (submarine),Area of Operations
304AOCAir Operations Centre,Air Officer Commanding
305AODAdrenalin O.D. (punk rock band)
306AOIAngle Of Incidence (Arab Organization for Industrialization)
307AOLAmerica OnLine
308AORArea of Responsibility
309AOSTHAdventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
310AOTSAttack of the Show!
311AOUAmerican Ornithologists' Union
312APAdvanced Placement,Air Publication,Andhra Pradesh (Indian state code),Armed Forces Pacific (postal symbol),Associated Press,Auto Pilot
313APBAll Points Bulletin (police jargon)
314APECAsia Pacific Economic Cooperation
315APEDSAMSAA Performance Estimates Data System
316APEXApplied Physics Express
317APHAAmerican Public Health Association
318APHISAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service
319APLAcute Promyeloid Leukaemia,Anti-Personnel Landmine,Applied Physics Laboratory (Johns Hopkins University)
320APODAerial Port (Airport) Of Debarkation
321APOEAerial Port (Airport) Of Embarkation
322APOLLOApache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation
323APPAllied Procedural Publication
324APRAnnual Percentage Rate
325AQIMAl-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
326ARArgentina (ISO 3166 digram),Arkansas (postal symbol),Armour,Arunachal Pradesh (Indian state code)
327ArArgon
328ARAGAdvanced Research and Assessment Group
329ARBAdministrative Review Board
330ARBAArmy Review Boards Agency
331ARCAAutomobile Racing Club of America
332ARCENTUnited States Army Central Command
333ARDAAdvanced Research and Development Activity (became DTO 2006)
334ARFASEAN Regional Forum
335ARGArgentina (ISO 3166 trigram)
336ARHArmed Reconnaissance Helicopter
337ARNetAcquisition Reform Network
338ARPApplied Research Programme
339ARPAAdvanced Research Projects Agency
340ARRCACE Rapid Reaction Corps
341ARRFAllied Rapid Reaction Force
342ARRLAmerican Radio Relay League
343ARSCArctic Region Supercomputing Center
344ARSPACEU.S. Army Space Command
345ARTCCAir Route Traffic Control Center
346ARWGArmy Research Working Group
347ASActionScript
348ASAmerican Samoa (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram),Assam / Asom (Indian state code)
349AsArsenic
350aSAttosiemens
351ASAAcetylSalicylic Acid,American Standards Association,Army Security Agency,Atlantic Southeast Airlines
352ASAPAs Soon As Possible
353ASARSAdvanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System,Airborne Search and Rescue System
354asblassociation sans but lucratif (French 'Non-profit organisation')
355ASBOAnti-Social Behaviour Order
356ASCAPAmerican Society of Composers,Authors,and Publishers
357ASCCArmy Service Component Commander,Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator,Air Standardization Coordinating Committee
358ASCIIAmerican Standard Code for Information Interchange
359ASD(U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense,autism spectrum disorder
360ASDICAllied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee (Sonar)
361ASEANAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations
362ASFARAmericans for a Society Free of Age Restrictions
363ASGArea Support Group
364ASICAustralian Securities and Investments Commission,Aviation Security Identification Card
365ASICSAnima sana in corpore sano (Latin for 'A sound mind in a sound body') (athletic shoe manufacturer)
366ASIOAustralian Security Intelligence Organisation,Audio stream input output
367ASIPAdvanced System Improvement Program,Army Stationing and Installation Plan,Application-specific instruction-set processor
368ASLAbove Sea Level,American Sign Language (also known as Ameslan),'Age,Sex,Location?' (Internet slang)
369ASMAir-to-Surface Missile,American Samoa (ISO 3166 trigram),American Society for Metals,American Society for Microbiology
370ASMBAmerican Society for Matrix Biology,Adult Swim Message Board
371ASMEAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers,American Society of Magazine ors
372ASMPAir-Sol Moyenne Portée missile (French 'Medium-range air to surface'),Asymmetric multiprocessing
373ASNAssociate of Science in Nursing
374ASOCAir 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
375ASPActive 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
376ASPIAustralian Strategic Policy Institute
377ASRAlkali-silica reaction,Anti Slip Regulation
378ASRAAMAdvanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile
379ASSCAssociation for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
380ASTAtlantic Standard Time (UTC4 hours)
381ASTIAArmed Services Technical Information Agency
382ASTMAmerican Society for Testing and Materials
383ASTREAAerial Support To Regional Enforcement Agencies (sheriff's air support unit)
384ASUWAntiSUrface Warfare
385ASVABArmed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery(taken by juniors in high school in the USA)
386ASVELAssociation Sportive Villeurbanne Éveil Lyonnais (Association Sportive is French for 'Sporting Association'; the club was founded through the merger of AS Villeurbanne and Éveil Lyonnais)
387ASWAntiSubmarine Warfare
388ASWORG(U.S.) AntiSubmarine Warfare Operations Research Group
389ASXAdvanced Stream Redirector,Australian Securities Exchange
390ATAnti-Tank,Austria (ISO 3166 digram),Advanced Technology (IBM Personal Computer/AT)
391AtAstatine
392aTAttotesla
393ATAAdvanced Technology Attachment (IBM Personal Computer),Afghan Transitional Authority,Allen Telescope Array,Antarctica (ISO 3166 trigram)
394ATACAir Transportable Acoustic Communications
395ATAPIAdvanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
396ATATAiken Tactical Airsoft Team / Star Wars vehicle
397ATBActive Time Battle,British Antarctic Territory (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1979)
398ATCAir Training Corps, U.S. Air Transport Command (1942-1948), Athletic Trainer,Certified
399ATESSAerospace and Telecommunications Engineering Support Squadron
400ATFFrench Southern Territories (ISO 3166 trigram),(U.S.) Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives
401ATGAntigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166 and FIFA trigram)
402ATGMAnti-Tank Guided Missile
403ATGWAnti-Tank Guided Weapon
404ATKAttack
405ATLAtlanta,Georgia,the largest city and capital of Georgia
406ATLASAll-Terrain Lifter Army System,Assessment Tool for LAnd Systems
407ATMAt The Moment
408ATNDronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1983)
409ATOAir Tasking Order,Australian Taxation Office
410ATPAdenosine TriPhosphate,Allied Tactical Publication,Ammunition Transfer Point
411ATSD(U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense
412ATSDRAgency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
413ATVAll-Terrain Vehicle
414ATWAAir,Trees,Water,Animals
415AUAfrican Union (was OAU before 2000),American University,Astronomical Unit,Australia (ISO 3166 digram)
416AuGold (Latin 'Aurum')
417AUCAb Urbe Condita / Anno Urbis Conditae (Latin for 'from the founding of the city' / 'in the year since the founding of the city') (of Rome),Area Under the Curve (concentration time curve; medicine)
418AUSAustralia (ISO 3166 trigram)
419AUSCANNZUKUSAustralia,Canada,New Zealand,United Kingdom,United States (security designation)
420AuslanAustralian Sign Language
421AUTAustria (ISO 3166 trigram)
422AUTLArmy Universal Task List
423AVAudio-Visual,Aviation
424AvAperture value (photographic mode)
425aVAttovolt
426AVAAmerican Viticultural Area
427AVBAudio Video Bridging
428AVDLRAviation Depot Level Repair
429AVGPArmoured Vehicle, General Purpose
430AVIMAviation Intermediate Maintenance
431AVLBArmoured Vehicle Launched Body
432AVMAir Vice-Marshal, Arteriovenous malformation
433AVOApprehended Violence Order
434AVPArubaanse Volkspartij
435AVPAssociation of Volleyball Professionals
436AVREArmoured Vehicle Royal Engineers
437AVTBArmoured Vehicle Test Bed,Aviation Test Bed
438AVUMAviation Unit Maintenance
439AVVOAcute Vaginal Venereal Outbreak
440AWAruba (ISO 3166 digram)
441aWAttowatt
442AWAAmerican Wrestling Association
443AWCAir Warfare Centre
444AWDAll Wheel Drive
445AWEAdvanced Warfighting Experiment
446AWPAwaiting Parts (SM&R code)
447AWSIMAir Warfare SIMulation
448AWSTAustralian Western Standard Time
449AWWAbove Water Warfare
450AXÅland Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
451AXPAmbulance eXchange Point
452AYBABTUAll Your Base Are Belong To Us
453AYUAs Yet Unknown
454AZArizona (postal symbol),Azerbaijan (ISO 3166 digram),Alkmaar Zaanstreek (Dutch football club)
455AZEAzerbaijan (ISO 3166 trigram)
456AZURActions en zone urbaine (French for: Urban Operations)
457B2BBusiness to Business
458B2CBusiness to Consumer
459B2GBusiness to Government
460B2EBusiness to Employee
461BARBarbados (IOC trigram,but not FIFA or ISO 3166),British American Racing,Browning Automatic Rifle,Buy-American Restrictions,BARD , Binational Agricultural Research and Development fund (between the US and Israel),BARDA , Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency,BART , Bay Area Rapid Transit,BAS , Battalion Aid Station,BASE , Building,Antenna,Span,Earth (parachute from),BASF , Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory,a German chemicals company),BASIC , Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (acronym was added later,originally it was simply Basic),BAT , Basic Aid Training,BATF , U.S. Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,and Firearms,BATS , Behavior Analysis Training System ,Bradley Advanced Training System,BATTeRS , Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescope for Rapid Survey,BB[edit]
462BBBarbados (ISO 3166 digram),Boys' Brigade (Christian youth organization),Brigitte Bardot (actress),Bumblebee
463BBBBetter Business Bureau,Blood-brain barrier
464BBCBreeding Bird Census,British Broadcasting Corporation,Bumper to Back of Cab (trucking measurement)
465BBLBe Back Later,Bird Banding Laboratory,British Basketball League
466BBNBolt,Beranek and Newman
467BBQBarbecue
468BBSBreeding 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)
469BBYOB'nai B'rith Youth Organization
470BCBefore Christ,Blind Copy (in emailers),Boston College,British Columbia (postal symbol)
471BCABachelor of Computer Application,Black Coaches & Administrators
472BCCBlind Carbon Copy
473BCCIBank of Credit and Commerce International,Board of Control for Cricket in India,BCD , Binary-Coded Decimal
474BEABanque extérieure d'Algérie,British European Airways (ancestor of British Airways),British Electricity Authority,bel
475BELBelgium (ISO 3166 trigram)
476BENBenin (ISO 3166 trigram)
477BEOBanquet Event Order
478BERCBusiness Environmental Resource Center
479BERBit Error Rate
480BHBahrain (ISO 3166 digram)
481BHRBahrain (ISO 3166 trigram)
482BNFBackus-Naur Form (computing), British National Formulary
483BNICEBiological,Nuclear,Incendiary,Chemical,and Explosive Agents
484BNPBritish National Party,Banque Nationale de Paris,a predecessor to today's BNP Paribas
485BNSBank of Nova Scotia
486BNSFBurlington Northern Santa Fe (also AAR reporting mark)
487BOBack Orifice,Biarritz Olympique (French rugby union club),Bolivia (ISO 3166 digram),Body odor
488BOACBritish Overseas Airways Corporation (predecessor of British Airways)
489BoAMLBank of America Merrill Lynch
490BOCBritish Orthodontic Society, British Oxygen Company
491BÖCBlue Öyster Cult
492BODMASBrackets,Orders,Division,Multiplication,Addition,Subtraction
493BOFHBastard Operator From Hell
494BOGABend Over and Grab Ankles
495BOGOFBuy One,Get One Free
496BOGsBunch of Guys
497BOIBalance Of Investment,Basis Of Issue
498BOLBolivia (ISO 3166 trigram)
499BOMBase Object Model,Bill Of Materials,Block of the Month quilting term,Business opportunity meeting
500BOPDBarrel of Oil Per Day
501BOSBattlefield Operating System
502BOTBalance of Trade,Botswana (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Build Operate Transfer,Bank of Thailand,BP[edit]
503BPBattle Position,British Petroleum (today,BP does not officially stand for anything),Bp , Bishop,BPD , Bipolar Personality Disorder,BPM , Beats Per Minute,BPMo , Business Process Mobility
504BPVBattlefield Planning Visualization,Bovine papillomavirus
505BQBritish 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)
506BRBrazil (ISO 3166 digram) ,Bihar (Indian state code),British Rail,Break Ranks (marching band term)
507BRABrazil (ISO 3166 trigram)
508BRAGBicycle Ride Across Georgia
509BRASSBreathe,Relax,Aim,Sight,Squeeze (acronym for using a rifle)
510BRICBrazil, Russia, India, and China
511BRICSBrazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa
512BSABirmingham Small Arms (motorcycles company),Boy Scouts of America,Brigade Support Area
513BSatCoPBenjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins
514BSEBovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (better known as mad cow disease)
515BSNBaloncesto Superior Nacional (Spanish,'National Superior Basketball'; top Puerto Rican league),Bank Simpanan Nasional (Malay,'National Savings Bank'; government-owned Malaysian bank)
516BSNLBharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,Bachelor of Science in Nursing
517BSoDBlue Screen of Death (distinct from BSD)
518BSPBetween-Show Promotion,Binary Space Partitioning,Board Support Package,British Standard Pipe (screw thread),Business-sponsored,Bone sialoprotein
519BSTBinary search tree,Blended Sales Tax,Bovine somatotropin,British Summer Time
520BSWBritish Standard Whitworth (screw thread)
521BSXBendigo Stock Exchange
522BTBaal teshuva (Hebrew,'master of repentance') ,used to describe a Jew who adopts Orthodox Judaism as an adult,Bathythermograph,Bhutan (ISO 3166 digram),BitTorrent,British Telecom,the former name of the company now known as BT Group,BTDT , Been There,Done That,Bti , Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis,BTID , Battlefield Target Identification Device,BTIS , Battlefield Target Identification System
523BtBaronet,Bacillus thuringiensis
524BTOBuilt To Order
525BTPBritish Transport Police
526BTRBronetransporter (БТР = Бронетранспортер '(Heavy) Armoured (Personnel) Transporter')
527BTUBritish Thermal Unit
528BTWBy The Way
529BUBurma (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1989)
530BUAVBritish Union for the Abolition of Vivisection
531BUG-EBattlefield Universal Gateway Equipment ('buggy')
532BUNOBureau Number (aircraft serial number)
533BURBurma (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1989)
534BVBackground Vocals -,Battlefield Visualization ,,Bouvet Island (ISO 3166 digram)
535BVDBradley,Voorhees & Day (underwear manufacturer)
536BVRBeyond Visual Range
537BVTBouvet Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
538B&WBabcock & Wilcox, Black and White, Bowers & Wilkins
539BWBring Wedges (ISO digram)
540BWBotswana (ISO 3166 digram)
541BWABotswana (ISO 3166 trigram)
542BWARSBees,Wasps & Ants Recording Society
543BWCBiological and Toxin Weapons Convention
544BWRBoiling-Water Reactor
545BXBase eXchange
546BYBelarus (ISO 3166 digram), Bavaria
547BYOBBring Your Own Bottle (or beer, beverage, or booze) (multiple,but similar,meanings)
548BYOCBring Your Own Computer (play on BYOB)
549BYOFBring Your Own Flask
550BYSByelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1992)
551BYUBrigham Young University
552BZBelize (ISO 3166 digram)
553BZPBenzylpiperazine
554CCarbon, Coulomb, One Hundred (in Roman numerals)
555cCenti
556C2CConsumer-To-Consumer electronic commerce, Cam-To-Cam internet chat
557c2cthe British rail company formerly known as LTS Rail
558CaCalcium
559CACalifornia (postal symbol),Canada (ISO 3166 digram),Catalonia,Civil Affairs,Close Armour,Cocaine Anonymous,Computer Associates,Counter-Air,Cricket Australia
560CAACanadian 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
561CAATCampaign Against Arms Trade,Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
562CACCalifornia Association of Criminalists,Chronic Asymptomatic [Disease] Carrier
563CACMCentral American Common Market
564CACMCommunications of the ACM
565CADCAMComputer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing
566CADMIDConcept,Assessment,Demonstration,Manufacture,In service,Disposal (life cycle mnemonic)
567CADPATCAnadian Disruptive PATtern
568CAECanadian Aviation Electronics (originally),Certificate in Advanced English
569CAEnClose Action Engagement (constructive simulation)
570CAFCentral African Republic (ISO 3166 trigram),Confederation of African Football (or French Confédération Africaine de Football)
571CAFADCombined Arms For Air Defence
572CAFDECanadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters,Computer Aided Federation Development Environment
573CAFECorporate Average Fuel Economy standard
574CAIComputer Assisted Instruction
575CAIRCouncil on American-Islamic Relations
576CALABARZONA region in the Philippines: CAvite,LAguna,BAtangas,Rizal,queZON
577CALLCenter for Army Lessons Learned
578CALMCommunications,Air-interface,Long and Medium range
579CalPERSCalifornia Public Employees' Retirement System
580CaltransCalifornia Department of Transpotation
581CAMChemical Agent Monitor,Complementary and alternative medicine,Computer-Aided Manufacturing,Crassulacean acid metabolism (type of photosynthesis)
582CAMRACAMpaign for Real Ale
583CANCanada (ISO 3166 trigram)
584CANDUCANada Deuterium Uranium (nuclear reactor design)
585CanolaCanadian oil,low acid (referring to a specific cultivar of rapeseed bred to have a low erucic acid content)
586CAPESCAPability Evaluation System,Combined Arms Planning and Execution System
587CARECitizens 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)
588CARMONETTEComputerized Monte Carlo Simulation
589CARPComputed Air Release Point
590CARTChampionship Auto Racing Teams (now defunct)
591CASChemical Abstracts Service,Chief of the Air Staff,Close Air Support
592CASACivil Aviation Safety Authority
593CASECellular ammunition storage equipment,Computer-Aided Software Engineering
594CASSCommand Activated Sonobuoy System
595CASTFOREMCombined Arms and Support Task FORce Evaluation Model
596CASTORCanadian Automatic Small Telescopes for Orbital Research
597CATCommunity Acceptance Testing
598CATKCounterattack
599CATSComputer Active Technology Suspension
600CATTCombined Arms Tactical Trainer
601CAVCavalry
602CAVOKCeiling And Visibility OK ('Kav-okay')
603CAWCanadian Auto Workers (trade union)
604CBCitizens' Band radio
605CBASSECommission on Behavioral And Social Sciences and Education ('sea bass')
606CBCCanadian Broadcasting Corporation,Christmas Bird Count,Cipher-Block Chaining,Cornering Brake Control
607CBECommander of the Order of the British Empire,Cab Beside Engine (see truck)
608CBFConfederação Brasileira de Futebol (Portuguese,'Brazilian Football Confederation')
609CBGBCountry,Blue Grass,and Blues (former New York City nightclub)
610CBLAComparative bullet lead analysis
611CBMCanadian Baptist Ministries
612CBMCommodore Business Machines
613CBMLCoalition Battle Management Language
614CBNCardsApp Brand Number
615CBOLConsortium for the Barcode of Life
616CBOTChicago Board of Trade
617CBPCustoms and Border Protection
618CBRCase-Based Reasoning
619CBRNChemical,Biological,Radiological,or Nuclear (weapon or event)
620CBRNEChemical,Biological,Radiological,Nuclear or [high-yield] Explosive (weapon or event)
621CBSColumbia Broadcasting System,Corps Battle Simulation
622CBUSColumbus,Ohio
623CCcarbon copy
624CCACounter Command Activity
625CCCCanterbury Clothing Company,Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.,1930s and 1940s),Corpus Christi College,Oxford
626CCCPCentral Committee of the Communist Party,Cyrillic for SSSR (Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik,Russian Союз Советских Социалистических Республик,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
627CCDConfraternity of Christian Doctrine (Catechism)
628CCFCartoon Cartoon Fridays
629CCGCanadian Coast Guard,Collectible Card Game
630CCGCCanadian Coast Guard Cutter,Canadian Coast Guard College
631CCGHCanadian Coast Guard Hovercraft
632CCGSCanadian Coast Guard Ship,Christ Church Grammar School
633CCHComputer-Controlled Hostile
634CCIFComité consultatif international des communications téléphoniques à grande distance (French for International Telephone Consultative Committee,merged with the CCIT in 1956 to form the CCITT)
635CCIICommand and Control Information Infrastructure,Community Capital Investment Initiative
636CCIRComité 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
637CCITComité consultatif international télégraphique (French for International Telegraph Consultative Committee,merged with the CCIF in 1956 to form the CCITT)
638CCITTComité consultatif international téléphonique et télégraphique (French for International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee,became the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector,ITU-T,in 1992)
639CCKCholecystokinin,Cocos (Keeling) Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
640CCMCanada 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
641CCOCCanadian Children's Opera Chorus,Crosley Car Owners Club
642CCOPCoalition Common Operating/Operational Picture
643CCPCasualty Collection Point,Communications Checkpoint,Contingency Communications Package
644CCPAConsumer Credit Protection Act
645CCRCreedence Clearwater Revival
646CCRApCanadian Conservative Reform Alliance party
647CCRPCommand and Control Research Program
648CCRTSCommand and Control Research and Technology Symposium
649CCSCSConsultative Committee for Space Data Systems
650CCSCSCoordinadora de Centrales Sindicales del Cono Sur
651CCSILCommand and Control Simulation Interface Language ('cecil')
652CCSKCyclic Code Shift Keying
653CCTCurrent Commitments Team
654CdCadmium
655cdCandela
656CDCompact Disc
657CD1Cluster of Differentiation 1 (a small gene family)
658CDAUK Centre for Defence Analysis
659CDDCapabilities Development Document
660CDEChemical Defence Equipment
661CDIACCarbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center ('see-dee-ack')
662CDipAFCertified Diploma in Accounting and Finance
663CDLCommercial driver's license
664CDMClean Development Mechanism (Kyoto protocol), Cold Dark Matter (astronomy)
665CDMACode Division Multiple Access
666CDMSIICryogenic Dark Matter Search II
667CdrCommander
668CDTCentral Daylight Time (UTC5 hours)
669CdtCommandant
670CeCerium
671CEChristian/Common Era
672CEACampaign Effectiveness Analysis
673CECOMU.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command
674CEDEXCourrier d'entreprise à distribution exceptionnelle (French,'Company Mail with Exceptional Distribution'; 'exceptional' refers to the volume of mail)
675CEGEPCollège d'enseignement général et professionnel (French,'College of General and Vocational Education')
676CEICompetitive Enterprise Institute
677CENTCOMUnited States Central Command
678CENTOCentral Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)
679CENZUBCentre d'entraînement aux actions en zone urbaine (French,'Urban Operations Training Centre')
680CEOChief Executive Officer
681CEPCircular Error Probable
682CEPTConférence européenne des administrations des postes et des télécommunications (French,'European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations')
683CERCLAU.S. Comprehensive Environmental Response,Compensation,and Liability Act (Superfund)
684CERDECU.S. Communications-Electronics Research,Development and Engineering Center
685CERGACentre de recherches en géodynamique et astrométrie (French,'Astrometry and Geodynamics Research Centre')
686CERNCentre européen pour la recherche nucléaire (French,'European Organization for Nuclear Research')
687CERTComputer Emergency Response Team
688CESSCentre for Earth Science Studies (India)
689CESTCentral European Summer Time
690CETCentral European Time
691CEWCCouncil for Education in World Citizenship
692CfCalifornium
693CFCanadian Forces,Central African Republic (ISO 3166 digram)
694CFACat Fanciers' Association,Chartered Financial Analyst,Colour Filtering Array,County Fire Authority,Covering Force Area
695CFARChristine's,Federal Acquisition Regulation
696CFCChloroFluoroCarbon,Canadian Fish Company
697CFESContinuous Flow Electrophoresis System
698CFFZCall For Fire Zone
699CFGContext-free grammar,Control flow graph
700CFHTCanada-France-Hawaii Telescope
701CFICenter for Inquiry (CSICOP)
702CFLCanadian Football League,Co-ordinated Fire Line
703CFLCCCoalition Forces Land Component Command
704CFMCertified Facilities Manager
705CFOChief Financial Officer
706CFPCall for papers, College Football Playoff, Common Fisheries Policy (EU)
707CFRCode of Federal Regulations,Căile Ferate Române (Romanian,'Romanian Railways')
708CFRPCarbon fibre reinforced plastic
709CFSChronic Fatigue Syndrome
710CFSPCommon Foreign and Security Policy
711CFUColony Forming Unit in Microbiology
712CFVCavalry Fighting Vehicle
713CFZCritical Friendly Zone
714CGClient Group,Computer Graphics,Controls Group,Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 digram)
715CGHComparative Genomic Hybridisation
716CGIGCross-Government Implementation Group
717CGORepublic of the Congo (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
718CGSChief of the General Staff
719CGTCapital Gains Tax
720chch(L) is used to denote the Chern character of a line bundle
721CHChieftain tank,Switzerland (ISO 3166 digram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
722CHAMPUS(U.S.) Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (now known as TRICARE)
723CHAOSCambridge Heart Anti-Oxidant Study
724CHAPSClearing House Automated Payment System
725CHDKCanon Hack Development Kit (Canon camera firmware hack)
726CHESwitzerland (ISO 3166 trigram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
727CHIColumbia Helicopters,Inc
728CHiPCalifornia Highway Patrol
729CHIPSCosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
730CHLChile (ISO 3166 trigram)
731CHLACore Historical Literature of Agriculture
732CHNChina (ISO 3166 trigram)
733CHOGMCommonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
734CHPSOCalifornia Hospital Patient Safety Organization
735CHRSCanadian Heart Rhythm Society
736CHTCertified Hand Therapist
737CICôte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 digram),Counter-Intelligence,101 (in Roman numerals)
738CiCurie
739CIAU.S. Central Intelligence Agency, Cairo International Airport, Culinary Institute of America
740CIAOCritical Infrastructure Assurance Office,Component-Integrated ACE ORB
741CIBComplete In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
742CIBCCanadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
743CICSCustomer Information Control System (IBM mainframe software; 'kicks' or 'C-I-C-S')
744CIDCertified Interior Designer
745CIEFComité international d'enregistrement des fréquences (International Frequency Registration Board)
746CIFCost,Insurance,and Freight (Paid) (shipping)
747CIMMYTCentro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo (Spanish,'International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center')
748CINCCommander in Chief
749CINEOSCampo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey
750CIOChief information officer,Congress of Industrial Organizations
751CIPE(European) Centre for International Political Economy
752CIR(Commander's) Critical Information Requirements
753CIRCorotating Interaction Region
754CISCanadian Interuniversity Sport,Commonwealth of Independent States,Command and Information System,Communication and Information System
755CISA(U.S.) C4I Integration Support Activity
756CISBComplete In Sealed Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
757CISPRComité international spécial des perturbations radioélectriques (Special International Committee on Radio Interference)
758CISSPCertified Information Systems Security Professional
759CITESConvention on International Trade in Endangered Species (of Wild Fauna and Flora) ('sigh-tease')
760CIVCôte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 trigram)
761CIVETSColombia,Indonesia,Vietnam,Egypt,Turkey,South Africa (economics)
762CIVPOPCivilian Population
763CIWSClose-In Weapon System
764CJCriminal Justice
765CJCCanadian Jewish Congress,Cold Junction Compensation
766CJCSChairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
767CJDChronological Julian Day,Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
768CJOChief of Joint Operations
769CJTFCombined Joint Task Force
770CKCook Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
771CKAcommonly known as, Canada Kicks Ass
772CKNDCodename: Kids Next Door
773CLChile (ISO 3166 digram),Co-ordination Line,One Hundred and Fifty (in Roman numerals)
774ClChlorine
775CLAClutterers Anonymous
776CLECCompetitive Local Exchange Carrier
777CLEMARSCalifornia Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Radio System
778CLICCompact LInear Collider
779CLOCornell Lab of Ornithology
780CLOSCommand to Line-Of-Sight (missile control system)
781CLPFCCentroLateral PreFrontal Cortex
782CLRPCollege Loan Repayment Program
783CMCameroon (ISO 3166 digram),Cruise Missile,Nine Hundred (in Roman numerals)
784CmCurium
785CMAU.S. Chemical Materials Agency,Country Music Association (also used to refer to the organization's annual awards),Crystal Meth Anonymous
786CMHCCanada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
787CMIIAWCorrect me if I am wrong
788CMISCommon management information service
789CMJChristopher Martin-Jenkins (BBC sports commentator)
790CMLLConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (Spanish,'Worldwide Wrestling Council'—Mexican professional wrestling promotion)
791CMMCCorps Materiel Management Centre
792CMMLChronic MyeloMonocytic Leukemia,Continuous Media Markup Language
793CMOSCanadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society,(The) Chicago Manual of Style,Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
794CMPCommon [Operating/Operational] Maritime Picture
795CMPDCharlotte Mecklenburg Police Department
796CMPDChronic Myeloproliferative Disease
797CMRCameroon (ISO 3166 trigram),Coaxial Main Rotors (helicopter type)
798CMSCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services,The Chicago Manual of Style
799CMTCountry Music Television
800CMUCarnegie Mellon University,Central Michigan University,Concrete Masonry Unit
801CMWMarconi'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)
802CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Key/blacK (colour model)
803CNCanadian National (railway; also the AAR reporting mark for said company),China (ISO 3166 digram)
804CNACenter 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
805CNBCConsumer News and Business Channel
806CNDCampaign for Nuclear Disarmament,Computer Network Defence
807CNECanadian National Exhibition,Computer Network Exploitation,Certified Network Engineer
808CNFCost and Freight
809CNIClinical Nursing Intern
810CNICommunications,Navigation and Identification
811CNNCable News Network,Cellular Nonlinear Network
812CNVCopy-Number Variable (genetics)
813CoCobalt
814COBClose Of Business [day]
815COBRAConsolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
816CODCash On Delivery,Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 trigram)
817CoDACo-Dependents Anonymous
818COGENTCognitive Objects within a Graphical EnviroNmenT
819COILChemical Oxygen Iodine Laser
820COKCook Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
821COLColombia (ISO 3166 trigram)
822COLACost Of Living Adjustment
823CONADU.S. Continental Air Defense Command
824CONMEBOLConfederación Sudamericana de Fútbol or Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol (respectively Spanish and Portuguese for 'South American Football Confederation')
825CONUSContinental United States
826COOChief Operating Officer
827COPEU.K. Committee On Publication Ethics
828COPUSU.K. Committee on the Public Understanding of Science
829CORDCommon Operational Requirements Document
830COREConsortium for Oceanographic Research and Education
831COSCooper Ornithological Society
832COSERCOoperative SERvice
833CoTCar of Tomorrow (former NASCAR race car design)
834COTSCommercial Off The Shelf
835CPCanadian Pacific,Check Point,Command Post,Club Penguin
836CPACertified Public Accountant
837CPACConservative Political Action Conference,Cable Public Affairs Channel ('see-pack')
838CPCUCertified Property Casualty Underwriter
839CPDCapabilities Production Document
840CPECertificate of Proficiency in English
841CPECertified Professional Ergonomist
842CPFCalibration Parameter File,Canadian Patrol Frigate
843CPGClinical Practice Guideline
844CPIMCertification on Production and Inventory Management
845CPIRComputationally-Private Information Retrieval
846CPONCertified Pediatric Oncology Nurse
847CPPCCChinese People's Political Consultative Conference
848CPRCanadian Pacific Railway
849CPRCardiopulmonary resuscitation
850CPSMContinuous Phase Shift Modulation
851CPSUCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
852CPTContingency Planning Team
853CPUContract Postal Unit
854CPVCape Verde (ISO 3166 trigram)
855CPXCommand Post eXercise
856CQCarrier Qualification,Central Queensland,Charge of Quarters,Congressional Quarterly,Constellation Airlines (IATA airline designator)
857CQDClose Quarters Drill (Morse distress code preceding SOS: CQ 'calling all stations',D 'Distress'; often incorrectly interpreted as 'Come Quick,Distress')
858CrChromium
859CRCosta Rica (ISO 3166 digram)
860CRAMCombined Radiometric Correction Model
861CRDCapstone Requirements Document
862CREBCyclic AMP-response Element Binding (protein)
863CREEPCommittee for the Re-Election of the President,a pejorative nickname used by opponents
864CRENChristian Real Estate Network Real Estate Association
865CRIChina Radio International,Costa Rica (ISO 3166 trigram)
866CRIPLConsolidated Remain-In-Place List
867CRMCardiac Rhythm Management,Customer Relationship Management
868CROCroatia (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
869CRPCommittee for the Re-Election of the President,Control and Reporting Post
870CRTCardiac Resynchronization Therapy,Cathode Ray Tube,Chinese Remainder Theorem
871CRTCCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
872CsCaesium
873CSACanadian 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
874CSCClosed Spacelike Curve (relativity),Compact system camera,Computer Sciences Corporation,Computer Security Centre,CSCC Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists
875CSERIAC(U.S. DoD) Crew Systems Ergonomics Information Analysis Center
876CSGCorps Support Group
877CSIsee entry
878CSICOPCommittee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (became the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in 2006)
879CSIPCommercial Stable Image Platform (AMD)
880CSISCanadian Security Intelligence Service ('seessiss'),(U.S.) Center for Strategic & International Studies
881CSKCzechoslovakia (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1993)
882CSLU.K. Central Science Laboratory
883CSPICenter for Science in the Public Interest
884CSRControl Supply Rate
885CSRCorporate Social Responsibility
886CSRCConflict Studies Research Centre
887CSRFCross-Site Request Forgery
888CSTCentral Standard Time (UTC6 hours)
889CTComputed 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)
890CTACentral African Republic (FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166 or IOC),Chicago Transit Authority,Comando-Geral de Tecnologia Aerospacial (Portuguese,[Brazilian] 'General Command for Aerospace Technology')
891CTBTComprehensive [Nuclear] Test Ban Treaty
892CTDBCompact Terrain Data Base (file format)
893CTECanton and Enderbury Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984),Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
894CTGFconnective tissue growth factor
895CTICo-operative Target Identification
896CTILCritical Tracked Items List
897CTISCentral Tire Inflation System
898CTMSClinical Trial Management System
899CTOChief Technical Officer,Chief Technology Officer
900CTSClear-To-Send,Collective Training Standards,Communications Technology Service,Contract Technical Services,Conversation Time Sharing,COSMIC Top Secret
901CTSSCompatible Time-Sharing System
902CTUCounter Terrorist Unit (fictional branch of the Central Intelligence Agency in the television action series 24)
903CTVTCanine Transmissible Venereal Tumour
904CUCarrie Underwood, Cuba (ISO 3166 digram)
905CuCopper (Latin 'Cuprum')
906CUBCuba (ISO 3166 trigram)
907CUCVCommercial Utility Cargo Vehicle
908CUNYCity University of New York ('CUE-knee')
909CUPECanadian Union of Public Employees ('CUE-pee')
910CUPSCommon Unix Printing System
911CUPWCanadian Union of Postal Workers
912CUREAConsortium for Undergraduate Research and Education in Astronomy
913CuWCopper-tungsten pseudo-alloy (from the chemical symbols of the two component elements)
914CUWCuraçao (ISO 3166 trigram)
915CVcurriculum vitae (résumé)
916CVLLCrypto Variable Logic Label
917CVSDContinuous Variable Slope Delta (modulation)
918CVTContinuously Variable Transmission
919CWCalendar Week, or: Continuous Wave, or: Clothes Washer
920CWACommunications Workers of America
921CWCChemical Weapons Convention
922CWRUCase Western Reserve University
923CWSCanadian Wildlife Service
924CXChristmas Island (ISO 3166 digram),or: One Hundred and Ten (in Roman numerals)
925CXRChristmas Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
926CYCalendar year, or: Cyprus (ISO 3166 country code digram)
927CYMCayman Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
928CZECzech Republic (ISO 3166 trigram)
929CZF(Christian Zombie Fan)
930CZMA(US) Coastal Zone Management Act
931dDeci
932DDeuterium
933DADebtors Anonymous,U.S. Department of the Army,District Attorney
934DADVSILoi sur le droit dauteur et les droits voisins dans la société de linformation (French,'Law on copyrights and related rights in the information society')
935DAESDefence Acquisition Executive Summary,(UK MoD) Directorate of Analysis,Experimentation and Simulation
936DAFDissolved Air Flotation,a technique used in water treatment
937DAFIFDigital Aeronautical Flight Information File
938DAKDisney's Animal Kingdom
939DAODivision Ammunition Officer
940DAQData acquisition,Delivered Audio Quality
941DAREDrug Abuse Resistance Education
942DARO(U.S.) Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
943DARPAU.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
944DARTDisaster Assistance Response Team,Dublin Area Rapid Transit
945DASDefensive Aids Suite
946DASD(U.S.) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
947DASLDatapoint's Advanced Systems Language
948DAU(U.S.) Defense Acquisition University
949DAWN(U.S.) Drug Abuse Warning Network
950dBDecibel
951DBDeutsche Bahn
952DbDubnium
953DBADe Bellis Antiquitatis (miniature wargaming rules)
954DBBL(U.S. Army Simulation Center) Dismounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
955DBDODesert BDO
956DBEDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
957DBFDetection By Fire (weapon launch signature)
958DBRDe Bellis Renationis (miniature wargaming rules)
959DBRADavis-Bacon Related Acts
960DBSDirect Broadcast Services (television)
961DCda capo,Italian Democrazia Cristiana,Digital Compass,Direct Current,District of Columbia (postal symbol),Douglas Aircraft Company,Dublin Core,Duty Cycle
962DCADefensive Counter Air,Drum Corps Associates,DiChloroAcetate
963DCAA(U.S.) Defense Contract Audit Agency
964DCASDevon and Cornwall Archery Society
965DCCDallas Christian College
966DCD[Organ] Donation after Cardiac Death
967DCEData Communication Equipment
968DCFCDeath Cab for Cutie
969DCIDetection,Classification and Identification,Drum Corps International,Duellists' Convocation International,now known simply by the initials
970DCLDisney Cruise Line
971DCNDeacon
972DCOMDisney Channel Original Movie
973DCSOPSDeputy Chief of Staff for Operations and plans
974DCWDigital Chart of the World
975DCYSCDiscovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge
976DDdue diligence and dear daughter (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists,blogs,and bulletin boards)
977DDADeputy District Attorney
978DDNU.S. Defense Data Network
979DDSDoctor of Dental Surgery
980DDTDichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (insecticide),Dynamic Debugging Tool (computing),DE[edit]
981DEDelaware (postal symbol),Germany (ISO 3166 digram)
982DEADrug Enforcement Administration
983DEADrug Enforcement Agency
984DECDepartment of Environmental Conservation,Digital Equipment Corporation,Disasters Emergency Committee
985DeCA(U.S.) Defense Commissary Agency
986DEFCONDefence readiness condition
987DEFRA(UK) Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs
988DELTDual Ended Line Test (ing)
989DEMData Exchange Mechanism,Digital Elevation Model
990DENDenmark (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
991DEPSECDEF(U.S.) Deputy Secretary of Defense
992DERABritish Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (1995-2001)
993DESDeep Ecliptic Survey
994DEUGermany (ISO 3166 trigram)
995DFDirect Fire,Direction Finding,Distrito Federal (Spanish and Portuguese for 'federal district')
996DFAS(U.S.) Defense Finance and Accounting Service
997DFBDeutscher Fußball-Bund (German for 'German Football Association')
998DFCBData Format Control Book
999DfIDUK Department for International Development
1000DFMDiscrete Field Model see Superluminal motion
1001DFMDynamic Flowgraph Methodology
1002DFSPDermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
1003DfTUK Department for Transport
1004DFTBADon't Forget To Be Awesome,a term commonly used by the Vlogbrothers
1005DGDei gratia (Latin,'by the grace of God'),Director-General,Data General
1006DGADirection générale des armées (French 'Armed Forces General Directorate')
1007DGPSDifferential GPS
1008DGZDesired Ground Zero
1009DHADocosaHexaenoic Acid
1010DHHS(U.S.) Department of Health and Human Services
1011DHRA(U.S.) DoD Human Resources Activity
1012DHSU.S. Department of Homeland Security
1013DHSSUK Department of Health and Social Security
1014DHTFYSSU.S. Don't Have Time For You Silly S****
1015DHYDahomey (ISO 3166 trigram; became BEN for Benin in 1977)
1016DIAU.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
1017DIACDepartment of Immigration and Citizenship (Australia) [1]
1018DiCDesign Island Centre (computing usually used in a teaching situation)
1019DICASSDIrectional Command Activated Sonobuoy System
1020DIFARDIrectional Frequency Analysis and Recording
1021DIMEDense Inert Metal Explosive
1022DIPDual In-line Package (electronics)
1023DIPSDefense independent pitching statistics
1024DIRDefence Industrial Research
1025DISCOMDivision Support Command
1026DISEDeployable Intelligence Support Element
1027DISSTAFDIS Search and Target Acquisition Fidelity experiment
1028DITYDo-It-Yourself
1029DIVADDivision Air Defence
1030DIYDo It Yourself
1031DJIDjibouti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1032DKDenmark (ISO 3166 digram)
1033DLDexter's Laboratory
1034DLICDetachment Left-In-Contact
1035DLIRDepot-Level Inspection and Repair
1036DLPMCDorsoLateral PreMotor Cortex
1037DLRPData Link Reference Point
1038DLSDeep Lens Survey
1039DLSA(U.S.) Defense Legal Services Agency
1040DLScDiploma in Library Science
1041DLTBGYDDon't let the bastards grind you down
1042DMC(U.S.) Defense Management Council
1043DMCADigital Millennium Copyright Act
1044DMMDigital Multimeter
1045DMOCDistributed Mission Operations Centre
1046DMPA(U.S.) Defense Medical Programs Activity
1047DMPFCDorsoMedial PreFrontal Cortex
1048DMPKDrug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
1049DMRBDesign Manual for Roads and Bridges
1050DMSU.S. Defense Message System
1051DMSPU.S. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
1052DMTDimethyltryptamine
1053DMVDepartment of Motor Vehicles
1054DMZDeMilitarized Zone
1055DNDeacon
1056DNAWDay Night All Weather
1057DNDiDrugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
1058DNDOU.S. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
1059DNKDenmark (ISO 3166 trigram)
1060DNMDefence Nuclear Material
1061DNRDo Not Resuscitate
1062DNSDomain Name System
1063DODominican Republic (ISO 3166 digram),Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
1064DOADead On Arrival,Dead or Alive
1065DOBDate Of Birth
1066DODU.S. Department of Defense
1067DODAFU.S. Department of Defense Architectural Framework
1068DoDDU.S. Department of Defense Directive
1069DoDEA(U.S.) Department of Defense Education Activity
1070DOEU.S. Department of Energy
1071DOHCDual-OverHead-Cam engine
1072DOIU.S. Department of the Interior
1073DORADefence of the Realm Act
1074DOSDensity of State
1075DOTAshort-form for DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS a popular online epic game
1076DotDDeal of the Day (marketing gimmick)
1077DOWDied of Wounds
1078DPDivision de production (Algerian petroleum company)
1079DPAUK Defence Procurement Agency
1080DPCODouble-Pole Change Over
1081DPDTDouble-Pole Double-Throw
1082DPIDots Per Inch
1083DPICMDual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition
1084DPKOUN Department for Peacekeeping Operations
1085DPMO(U.S.) Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
1086DPPDBDigital Point Positioning Database
1087DPRKDemocratic People's Republic of Korea
1088DPSTDouble-Pole Single-Throw
1089DQDairy Queen
1090DRDead Reckoning,Danmarks Radio (Danish Broadcasting Corporation)
1091DRCDemocratic Republic of the Congo
1092DRDCDefence Research & Development Canada
1093DREADefence Research Establishment Atlantic (obsolete 2002)
1094DRESDefence Research Establishment Suffield (obsolete 2002)
1095DRETDefence Research Establishment Toronto (obsolete 2002)
1096DREVDefence Research Establishment Valcartier (obsolete 2002)
1097DRIC(U.S.) Defense Research Information Center
1098DRMS(U.S.) Defense Revitalization and Marketing Service
1099DRPRDrawing Practices
1100DRTDocument Related Technologies
1101DsDarmstadtium
1102DSASDisney Sing Along Songs
1103DSB(U.S.) Defense Science Board
1104DSCSU.S. Defense Satellite Communications System
1105DSCSOCDSCS Operations Center
1106DSEDry Sheep Equivalent
1107DSGDirect-Shift Gearbox
1108DSIDDismounted Soldier Identification System
1109DSLDigital Subscriber Line
1110DSLRDigital single-lens reflex (camera)
1111DSMDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
1112DSNDeep Space Network
1113DSPLDesign Specialists and Plans Language
1114DSRDeformed Special Relativity
1115DSTDaylight Saving Time
1116DSTLBritish Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
1117DSWA(U.S.) Defense Special Weapons Agency
1118DTADental Technologists Association
1119DTDDigital Terrain Data
1120DTGDate-Time Group
1121DTHDirect To Home (television)
1122DTIUK Department of Trade and Industry
1123DTIC(U.S.) Defense Technical Information Center
1124DTLDiode-Transistor Logic (electronics)
1125DTMFDual-tone multi-frequency signaling
1126DTODisruptive Technology Office (was ARDA)
1127DTRDetermine The Relationship
1128DTSA(U.S.) Defense Technology Security Administration
1129DUMBODown Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass (Brooklyn neighborhood)
1130DUSD(U.S.) Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense
1131DVLCUK Driver and Vehicle Licencing Centre
1132DVMDoctor of Veterinary Medicine
1133DVODirect View Optics
1134DVOMDigital Volt-Ohm Meter
1135DVPvarious meanings (disambiguation page)
1136DWDrum Workshop
1137DWIMDo What I Mean
1138DWMDoctor Who Magazine
1139DWTSDancing with the Stars
1140DWWDown with Webster
1141DXADual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry
1142DXMDeXtroMethorphan
1143DYDahomey (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1977)
1144DyDysprosium
1145DZAAlgeria (ISO 3166 trigram)
1146EEast
1147EABUExplain Acronyms Before Use
1148EACEchelons Above Corps
1149EAPCEuro-Atlantic Partnership Council
1150EASTExperimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
1151EBDElectronic Brake Distribution
1152EBEExtraterrestrial Biological Entity
1153EBSAEmployee Benefits Security Administration
1154EBWElectron Beam Welding
1155EBWExploding BridgeWire
1156ECASSEuropean Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences [1]
1157ECBREuropean Coalition for Biomedical Research
1158ECCMElectronic Counter-Counter-Measures
1159ECFSElectronic Case Filing System
1160ECGElectrocardiogram
1161ECHREuropean Convention on Human Rights
1162ECJEuropean Court of Justice
1163ECLEmitter Coupled Logic (electronics)
1164ECommHREuropean Commission on Human Rights
1165ECSCEuropean Coal and Steel Community (distant ancestor of the EU)
1166ECTElectroConvulsive Therapy
1167ECtHREuropean Court of Human Rights
1168EDAEuropean Defence Agency
1169EDACError Detection And Correction
1170EDCSEnvironmental Data Coding Specification
1171EDHEastman Dental Hospital
1172EDSAEpifanio de los Santos Avenue (a major thoroughfare in Manila with great significance to post-1980 Philippines history)
1173EDTEastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC4 hours)
1174EECEuropean Economic Community (predecessor of the EU)
1175EEGElectroEncephaloGram
1176EENTEnd Evening Nautical Twilight
1177EEOEqual Employment Opportunity
1178EEOC(U.S.) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1179EEZEconomic Exclusion Zone or Exclusive Economic Zone
1180EFFElectronic Frontier Foundation
1181EFLEnglish as a Foreign Language
1182EFMEnterprise Feedback Management
1183EFOAEuropean Fuel Oxygenates Association
1184EFSAEuropean Food Safety Authority
1185EFTElectronic Fund Transfer
1186EFVExpeditionary Fighting Vehicle
1187EGEgypt (ISO 3166 digram)
1188EGCGEpiGalloCatechin-3-Gallate
1189EGISErieye Ground Interface Segment
1190EGRETEnergetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope
1191EGYEgypt (ISO 3166 trigram)
1192EHFExtremely High Frequency
1193EHREquipment History Record
1194EiExbi
1195EIAEnvironmental Impact Assessment
1196EIAHEncyclopedia of Iranian Architectural History
1197EIAHEnvironnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain
1198EICEast India Company
1199EICSEast India Company's Service
1200eIDelectronic ID
1201EIRPEffective Isotropic Radiated Power
1202EISEnvironmental Impact Statement
1203EJExajoule
1204EKExakelvin
1205EKGElectrocardiogram (from German Elektrokardiogramm)
1206EKMSElectronic Key Management System
1207ELExalitre
1208ELINTElectronic Intelligence
1209ELLEnglish Language Learner
1210ELMEdge-Localised Mode (plasma physics)
1211ELOElectric Light Orchestra
1212ELSSEmergency Life Support Stores
1213EMElectroMagnetism/ElectroMagnetic
1214EmExametre
1215EMAEuropean Medicines Agency
1216EMCON(Electromagnetic) Emissions Control
1217EMDGEuro-Missile Dynamics Group
1218EMDREye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
1219EMEAEurope,Middle East and Africa
1220EMGElectroMyoGraph
1221EMPElectroMagnetic Pulse
1222EMSEmergency Medical Services
1223EMTEmergency Medical Technician
1224ENCorps of Engineers,Exanewton
1225ENCODEEncyclopedia of DNA Elements (human genome data project)
1226ENEEast North-East
1227ENGEngland (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
1228ENTECEuro NATO Training Engineer Centre
1229ENVLEnvelope
1230ENYEnemy
1231EODExplosive Ordnance Disposal
1232EOGElectroOculoGraphy
1233EOMEnd of Message
1234EOSATEarth Observation Satellite
1235EOSDISEarth Observation Satellite Data and Information System
1236EPEuropean Parliament
1237EPExtended play
1238EPCOTExperimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow
1239EPGSEOS Polar Ground Sites
1240EPIRBEmergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
1241EPLEnglish Premier League
1242EPOSElectronic Point Of Sale
1243EPPAEmployee Polygraph Protection Act
1244EPREuropean Pressurised [Nuclear] Reactor
1245EQEmotional Quotient
1246ErErbium
1247ERCIMEuropean Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
1248ERIEritrea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1249ERLAWSEastern Ruapehu Lahar Alarm and Warning System
1250EROSEarth Resources Observation System
1251ERPEngineer Regulating Point
1252ERREesti Rahvusringhääling
1253ERSEarth Resources Survey
1254ERTSEarth Resources Technology Satellite (became Landsat)
1255ERVEndogenous RetroVirus
1256ESElectronic warfare Support,Exasiemens,Spain (ISO 3166 digram; from the country's native name of España)
1257ESDElectroStatic Discharge
1258ESDPEuropean Security and Defence Policy
1259ESEEast South-East
1260ESHWestern Sahara (ISO 3166 trigram)
1261ESLEnglish as a Second Language
1262ESMElectronic warfare Support Measures
1263ESOEuropean Southern Observatory
1264ESOLEnglish for Speakers of Other Languages
1265ESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network
1266ESUEmergency Services Unit
1267ESVEngineer Support Vehicle
1268ETEthiopia (ISO 3166 digram)
1269ETHEthiopia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1270ETIExtra-Terrestrial Intelligence
1271ETLAExtended TLA
1272ETTEmbedded Training Team
1273EUEuropean Union
1274EuEuropium
1275EUCOM(U.S.) European Command
1276EUUSAEuropean Union and United States of America
1277EVExavolt
1278EVILElectronic viewfinder (with) interchangeable lens (a type of digital camera)
1279EWTNEternal Word Television Network
1280ExateslaExtra Terrestrial
1281EXREPExpeditious Repair (SM&R code)
1282EZExtraction Zone
1283fFemto
1284fAFemtoampere
1285FAFood Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
1286FAAFinancial Aid Administrator,Fleet Air Arm,Functional Area Analysis
1287FAADForward Area Air Defence
1288FAADEZForward Area Air Defence Engagement Zone
1289FAAFPFellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians
1290FAANFellow of the American Academy of Neurology
1291FAANFellow of the American Academy of Nursing
1292FAAQFrequently Asked and Anticipated Questions
1293FAASVField Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle
1294FABFeline Advisory Bureau (UK feline charity)
1295FACA(US) Federal Advisory Committee Act
1296FACHFuerza Aérea de Chile
1297FACNFellow of the American College of Nutrition
1298FACPFellow of the American College of Physicians
1299FACTSFlexible Alternating Current Transmission System
1300FAMForeign Affairs Manual
1301FAOFood and Agriculture Organization
1302FAPAFellow of the American Psychological Association
1303FAPHAFellow of the American Public Health Association
1304FARPForward Arming and Refuelling Point / Forward Area Rearm/refuel Point
1305FASCAMFamily of Scatterable Mines[1]
1306FASDFetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
1307FASEBFederation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
1308FATField Artillery Tractor
1309FAVSFuture Armoured Vehicle System
1310FAWFootball Association of Wales
1311FBCSFellow of the British Computer Society
1312FBIDSTFellow of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
1313FBISForeign Broadcast Information Service
1314FBMBoard foot
1315fCFemtocoulomb
1316FCCU.S. Federal Communications Commission
1317FCEFirst Certificate in English
1318FCFFinancial Free Cash Flow
1319FCLAFraud Claims Law Associate
1320FCOUK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1321FCWFlorida Championship Wrestling
1322FDFalun Dafa
1323FDAFood and Drug Administration (U.S.)
1324FDBK(I) Feedback
1325FeIron (Latin Ferrum)
1326FEASTForum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation
1327FEATSFestival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies link title
1328FEBAForward Edge of the Battle Area
1329FEDField Emission Display
1330FEDEPFederation Development Process (Simulation)
1331FEFFrontal Eye Field (neurophysiology)
1332FEMAFarm Equipment Manufacturers Association, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency,Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association
1333FENSFederation of European Neuroscience Societies
1334FESFlywheel Energy Storage
1335FESTFrankfurt English Speaking Theatre link title
1336FETField-effect transistor
1337FEZFighter Engagement Zone
1338fFFemtofarad
1339FFFinal Fantasy
1340FFBFrum From Birth (referring to an observant Jew born into a religiously observant family)
1341FFCFree For Chat
1342FFEFukuoka Futures Exchange
1343FFFFédération française de football (French for: French Football Federation)
1344FFGGuided Missile Frigate (hull classification symbol)
1345FFOVForward Field Of View
1346FFRFédération française de rugby (French for: French Rugby (Union) Federation)
1347FFSFor Fuck's Sake
1348FFTFinal Fantasy Tactics
1349FGFalun Gong
1350fgFemtogram
1351FGFog (METAR Code)
1352FGOTUSFirst Gentleman of the United States
1353FGRFlickr Group Roulette
1354fHFemtohenry
1355FHFIFFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends
1356FHIFamily Health International, Fuji Heavy Industries,Ltd.
1357FIFinland (ISO 3166 digram)
1358FIATFabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian for: Italian Car Factory of Turin)
1359FIBFucking Illinois Bastard (Wisconsin slang, variants exist)
1360FIBUAFighting In Built-Up Areas
1361FICFellowship for Intentional Community
1362FIDForeign Internal Defence
1363FIEFly-In Echelon
1364FIFAFédération internationale de football association (French for: International Association Football Federation)
1365FIFeFédération internationale féline (French for: International Feline Federation)
1366FIFOFirst In, First Out
1367FIFRAFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
1368FIGJAMFuck I'm Good, Just Ask Me
1369FIMPTFellow of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1370FINFinland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1371FINAFédération internationale de natation (French for: International Swimming Federation)
1372FIRESFever Induced Refractory Epilepsy Syndrome or Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome
1373FISFédération internationale de ski (French for: International Ski Federation)
1374FISAFédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (French for: International Federation of Rowing Associations)
1375FISHFluorescence In-Situ Hybridisation
1376FiSTFire Support Team
1377FITSFlexible Image Transport System
1378FIUFlorida International University
1379fJFemtojoule
1380FJFiji (ISO 3166 digram)
1381FJIFiji (ISO 3166 trigram)
1382FJNFinancial Job Network
1383FKFalkland Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
1384fKFemtokelvin
1385FKSMFort Knox Supplemental Manual
1386FKTFastest Known Time
1387fLFemtolitre
1388FLFlorida (postal symbol)
1389flfloruit (Latin for: living) (genealogy)
1390FLAFlorida,Front Line Assembly,Future Large Aircraft
1391FLABFour-letter abbreviation
1392FLACFree Legal Advice Centres
1393FLACFree Lossless Audio Codec
1394FLAKFlug-Abwehr-Kanone (German for: Anti-Aircraft Guns)
1395FLBForward Logistics Base
1396FLETForward Line of Enemy Troops
1397FLGFalun Gong
1398FLIPFlight Information Publication
1399FLIRForward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
1400FLKFalkland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1401FLOTForward Line of Own Troops
1402FLOTUSFirst Lady of the United States (the wife of the President of the United States)
1403FLQFree Legal Questions
1404FLQFront de libération du Québec (French for: Québec Liberation Front)
1405FLSAFair Labor Standards Act
1406FLTSATFleet Satellite
1407FLTSATCOMFleet Satellite Communication System
1408FLUBOSFat, Lazy, Useless, Bag Of Shit
1409FMFactory Mutual
1410FMFederal Magistrate (Australian post-nominal),Federated States of Micronesia (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram),Field Manual,Flight Manager,Frequency Modulation (electronics)
1411fmFemtometre
1412FmFermium
1413FMCFederal Magistrates' Court (an Australian federal court,formerly FMS),Food Machinery Corporation (original name of the company now known as FMC Corporation)
1414FMCAFederal Magistrates' Court of Australia (used for citing decisions of the FMC other than family law decisions)
1415FMCAfamFederal Magistrates' Court of Australia: family (used for citing family law decisions of the FMC)
1416FMCGFast Moving Consumer Goods
1417FMEFormal Methods Europe
1418FMECAFailure Modes and Effect Criticality Analysis
1419FMJDFédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames
1420FMLAFamily Medical Leave Act
1421FoEFriends of the Earth
1422FOGCFederal Oil and Gas Council
1423FOHFront Of House
1424FOIAFreedom of Information Act
1425FOMFederation Object Model
1426FONSIFinding of No Significant Impact
1427FOOForward Observation Officer
1428FOOPFriends Of Organ Pipes (Volunteer group)
1429FoSFamily of Systems
1430FOSEFallout 3 Script Extender
1431FOSEFederal Office Systems Expo
1432FOTFree on truck
1433FOTAFellow of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
1434FOTCFlight of the Conchords
1435FOUOFor Official Use Only
1436FPFFederação Portuguesa de Futebol (Portuguese for: Portuguese Football Federation), Final Protective Fire
1437FPSFire Prevention System
1438FQFrench Southern and Antarctic Territories (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1979)
1439FRFrance (ISO 3166 digram)
1440FrFrancium
1441FRAFederal Railroad Administration, France (ISO 3166 trigram)
1442FRANDFair,reasonable,and non-discriminatory (concept in standards-setting and intellectual property law)
1443FRCPFederal Rules of Civil Procedure,Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
1444FRICBMFull Range ICBM
1445FROFaroe Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1446FRSFellow of the Royal Society, U.S. Federal Reserve System
1447FRSAFellow of the Royal Society of Art
1448FRYFederal Republic of Yugoslavia
1449fsFemtosecond
1450fSFemtosiemens
1451FSAFire Support Area, UK Food Standards Agency, Functional Solution Analysis
1452FSCFederal Supply Classification, Forest Stewardship Council (ecological pressure group)
1453FSCLFire Support Co-ordination Line
1454FSEFire Support Element
1455FSFFree Software Foundation
1456FSHFollicle Stimulating Hormone
1457FSIFuel Stratified Injection
1458FSSFire Support Station
1459FSSPFamilies of Structurally Similar Proteins
1460FSTCForeign Science Technology Center (now NGIC)
1461fTFemtotesla
1462FTCFederal Trade Commission
1463FTEFull Time Equivalent
1464FTLFaster Than Light
1465FTSFlight Termination System used during some rocket launches
1466FTSFuck That Shit
1467FUSmoke (METAR Code)
1468FUBARFucked/Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair
1469fVFemtovolt
1470fWFemtowatt
1471FWForward
1472FWCFootball World Cup
1473FWFFixed Word Format
1474FWIFrench West Indies
1475FWIWFor What It's Worth
1476FWSU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1477FWTFresh Water Tank
1478FXXMetropolitan France (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1997)
1479FYAFor Your Agenda
1480FYDPFive-Year Defense Plan (U.S.)
1481FYIFor Your Information
1482FYROMFormer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
1483FZDZFreezing Drizzle (METAR Code)
1484FZFGFreezing Fog (METAR Code)
1485FZRAFreezing Rain (METAR Code)
1486gGram
1487G3Heckler & Koch G3
1488GAARGeneral Anti-Avoidance Rule (tax evasion)
1489GABGabon (ISO 3166 trigram)
1490GABAGamma-AminoButyric Acid
1491GADGeneralized Anxiety Disorder
1492GAFGarfield and Friends
1493GAOU.S. Government Accountability Office
1494GAWGlobal Atmospheric Watch
1495GBUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 digram) [glamour boy 7-9/10]
1496GBBCGreat (Global) Backyard Bird Count
1497GBEKnight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
1498GBRUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1499GCAGraduate in Claims Administration
1500GCDsee entry
1501GCFGreatest Common Factor
1502GCIGround-controlled interception
1503GCNGamma-ray burst Coordination Network
1504GCSGlobal Coordinate System
1505GCSEGeneral Certificate of Secondary Education (UK)
1506GdGadolinium
1507GDGrenada (ISO 3166 digram)
1508GDLGame Definition Language
1509GDRGeneral Distribution Release (Microsoft Term for a software service release; between Hotfix and Service Pack)
1510GDRGerman Democratic Republic (cf. DDR)
1511GDWGame Designers Workshop
1512GeGermanium
1513GEBCOGeneral Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans
1514GECGreat Engineering Challenge
1515GEDGeneral Educational Development (high school equivalency credential in the U.S. and Canada)
1516GEEPGeophysical Equipment Exploration Platform
1517GENFull General (four stars) in the U.S. Army
1518GeVGigaelectron-volt
1519GEVGround Effect Vehicle
1520GFCIGround Fault Circuit Interruptor (aka GFI)
1521GFIGround Fault Interruptor (aka GFCI)
1522GFLGerman Football League (Germany's Bundesliga for American football; the English-language name is used in German without translation)
1523GFNGlobal Footprint Network
1524GFY'good for you' or 'go fuck yourself', depending on the context (Internet chat)
1525GGKGood God Karma
1526GHAGhana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1527GHBgamma-Hydroxybutyric acid
1528GiGibi
1529GIBGibraltar (ISO 3166 trigram)
1530GIGGlobal Information Grid
1531GINOGodzilla In Name Only
1532GISSGeneral Impression of Size and Shape,Goddard Institute for Space Studies
1533GJGigajoule,Gujarat (Indian state code)
1534GJDGeocentric Julian Day
1535GKGigakelvin
1536GLAADGay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
1537GLACGeneral Ledger Accounting Code
1538GLASTGamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
1539GLBAGramm-Leach-Bliley Act
1540GLCGas-liquid chromatography
1541GLPGuadeloupe (ISO 3166 trigram)
1542GLVGained Life Value
1543GmGigametre
1544GMThe Gambia (ISO 3166 digram),GameMaster (role-playing),General Motors,Genetically Modified,Guru Meditation (computing)
1545GMACGeneral Motors Acceptance Corporation,the original name of the company now known as Ally Financial,Graduate Management Admission Council,G-MAC,Great Midwest Athletic Conference
1546GMBThe Gambia (ISO 3166 trigram),General,Municipal,Boilermakers (and Allied Trade Union)
1547GMFSCGround Mobile Forces Satellite Communications
1548GMOGenetically Modified Organism
1549GMPCSGlobal Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite
1550GNASGrand National Archery Society
1551GNBGuinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 trigram)
1552GNPGross National Product
1553GNQEquatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1554GnRHGonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
1555GOAGeneral of the Army (United States only)
1556GOATGreatest Of All Time
1557GOCGeneral Officer Commanding
1558GOESGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
1559GOPGrand Old Party
1560gorpgranola,oats,raisins,peanuts (another name for trail mix),probably a backronym
1561GOSCGeneral Officer Steering Committee
1562GOSHGreat Ormond Street Hospital
1563GOSPGas/Oil Separation Plant
1564GOTSGovernment off-the-shelf
1565GOYADINGet Off Your Arse,Do It Now (anti-procrastination mantra)
1566GPGeneral Practitioner,General Purpose,Grand Prix,Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 digram)
1567GPAGrade Point Average
1568GPCGlobal Path Cache
1569GPIBGeneral-Purpose Instrumentation/Interface Bus
1570GPOGeneral Post Office
1571GPPCGenetics and Public Policy Center
1572GPRGround-Penetrating Radar
1573GPSGeneral Problem Solver,Global Positioning System
1574GPTGeneral Purpose Technology, Get paid to surf (an online business model)
1575GQEquatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 digram),Gentlemen's Quarterly (the original name of the magazine now known simply as GQ),GR[edit]
1576GRGreece (ISO 3166 digram),Hail (METAR Code)
1577GRAILGravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
1578GRASGenerally recognized as safe (FDA list)
1579GRBGamma-Ray Burst
1580GRCGreece (ISO 3166 trigram)
1581GRDGrenada (ISO 3166 trigram)
1582GREGraduate Record Examination,Greece (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
1583grep[search] Globally for Regular Expression,Print [lines]
1584GRIDGay-Related Immune Deficiency (original name of AIDS)
1585GRidGlobal Release Identifier,a music industry identifier from the RIAA and IFPI
1586GriTGirl raised in Texas (Woman presenting firm southern traits/beliefs)
1587GRLGreenland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1588GRNGrenada (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Goods Received Note
1589GsGigasecond
1590GSAU.S. General Services Administration
1591GSDGraphical Situation Display
1592GSGB(God send glamour boy 9-10/10)
1593GSKGlaxoSmithKline [good sexual karma]
1594GSNGame Show Network
1595GSOGeneral Services Officer (U.S. Department of State)
1596GSOHGood Sense Of Humour
1597GSPGeorges St-Pierre (Canadian MMA fighter)
1598GSRGun Shot Residue
1599GSSGeneric Security Services
1600GSWGunshot wound
1601GTDGetting Things Done
1602GTGGot To Go (Internet chat)
1603GTGNGetty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
1604GTKGood To Know (Internet chat)
1605GTMGuatemala (ISO 3166 trigram)
1606GUGuam (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
1607GUFFrench Guiana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1608GUILTGangliated Utrophin Immuno Latency Toxin
1609GULCRGrupo de Usuarios de Linux de Costa Rica
1610GUTGrand Unification Theory
1611GVGigavolt
1612GWARSGround Warfare System (simulation)
1613GWASGrand Western Archery Society
1614GWOTGlobal War on Terrorism
1615GXEGene-enivronment interaction
1616GXMMatrox Graphics eXpansion Module
1617GYGuyana (ISO 3166 digram)
1618GZGround Zero
1619GZKGreisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cut-off (cosmic ray energies)
1620hHecto
1621HHenry
1622H1First half of the year
1623H2Second half of the year
1624HAHigh Availability
1625HAARPHigh Frequency Active Auroral Research Program
1626HAARTHighly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy
1627HAIHuman Awareness Institute
1628HALHardware Abstraction Layer
1629HALOHigh Altitude Low Opening (parachute jump)
1630HAMAmateur radio operator
1631HANSHead And Neck Support (device used in many race cars)
1632HARMHigh-speed Anti-Radiation Missile
1633HAWHeavy Antitank Weapon
1634HAWKHoming All the Way Killer (air defence system)
1635HAZHeat-Affected Zone
1636HAZMATHazardous Materials
1637HBCDHexaBromoCycloDodecane
1638HBOHome Box Office
1639HBRHarvard Business Review
1640HBTHeterojunction Bipolar Transistor
1641HBVHepatitis B Virus
1642HCCIHomogeneous Charge Compression Ignition
1643HCFHighest Common Factor
1644HCSCHigher Command and Staff Course
1645HDLHigh-Density Lipoprotein
1646HDMHuman Decision-Making
1647HDRAHenry Doubleday Research Association
1648HeHelium
1649HEHigh Explosive
1650HEATHigh Explosive Anti-Tank (ammunition)
1651HEBAHellenic Basketball Clubs Association
1652HEERHigh-Explosive Extended Range (ammunition)
1653HEICHonourable East India Company
1654HEMPHigh-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
1655HEOSSHigh Earth Orbit Space Surveillance
1656HEPHigh-Explosive Plastic (ammunition)
1657HEPAHigh-Efficiency Particulate Air (filter)
1658HESVHeavy Engineering Support Vehicle
1659HETTHeavy Equipment Transporting Truck / Heavy Equipment Truck Tractor
1660HEUHighly Enriched Uranium
1661HfHafnium
1662HFHigh Frequency
1663HFEHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (UK Act)
1664HFEThe common-emitter current gain in a BJT transistor (also represented by βF). See: BJT
1665HFEAHuman Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (UK)
1666HgMercury (Latin Hydrargyrum)
1667HGCUK Human Genetics Commission
1668HGFHuman Growth Factor
1669HGTVHome & Garden Television
1670HIHawaii (postal symbol)
1671HIHHis (or Her) Imperial Highness
1672HIMHis (or Her) Imperial Majesty
1673HIMADHigh to Medium Altitude Air Defence (see also H/MAD)
1674HIMEZHigh Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
1675HIMYMHow I Met Your Mother
1676HIPAAU.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
1677HipparcosHIgh Precision Parallax COllecting Satellite
1678HirdHurd of interfaces representing depth (cf. HURD)
1679HiRISEHigh Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
1680HITHealth Information Technology
1681HIVHuman Immunodeficiency Virus
1682HIWTHobart Institute of Welding Technology
1683HJDHeliocentric Julian Day
1684HKHong Kong (ISO 3166 digram)
1685HKGHong Kong (ISO 3166 trigram)
1686HKSHyperKinetic Syndrome
1687hLHectolitre
1688HLHolding Line
1689HLLHigh-Level Language
1690HLNHeadline News
1691HLOSHigh Level Output Specification
1692HMHeard Island and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
1693HMCEHer/His Majesty's Customs and Excise (former UK government department; succeeded by HM Revenue and Customs)
1694HMDHeard and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1695HMFHydroxyMethyl Furfural
1696HMOHealth maintenance organization
1697HMPHer Majesty's Prison
1698HMRCHer/His Majesty's Revenue and Customs
1699HMSOHer Majesty's Stationery Office
1700HMVHis Master's Voice
1701HNHonduras (ISO 3166 digram)
1702HNDHonduras (ISO 3166 trigram)
1703HoHolmium
1704HOLLANDHope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies
1705HOSTACHelicopter Operations from Ships Other Than Aircraft Carriers
1706HOTHighly Optimised Tolerance
1707HOTASHands on throttle-and-stick
1708HOVHigh Occupancy Vehicle
1709hphorse power
1710HPAUK Health Protection Agency
1711HPCLHindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
1712HPLCHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography
1713HPTHigh[er] Payoff Target
1714HPVHuman Papilloma Virus
1715HQHeadQuarters
1716HRBLHigh-level Representation of Behavior Language (original name of the Herbal language)
1717HRDHuman Resource Development
1718HRFHigh iness Forces
1719HRHHis (or Her) Royal Highness
1720HRMHis (or Her) Royal Majesty
1721HRMHuman Resource Management
1722HRTHormone Replacement Therapy
1723HsHassium
1724HSBCThe Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
1725HSCHigher School Certificate
1726HSMHigh School Musical
1727HSMADHuman Science/Modeling and Analysis Data
1728HSNHome Shopping Network
1729HSPHHarvard School of Public Health
1730HSSIHigh-Speed Serial Interface
1731HSTsee entry
1732HTAHyperText Application
1733HTFUHarden The Fuck Up
1734HTHHope That Helps
1735HTIHaiti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1736HTRHeated Towel Rail
1737HTSHigh-Temperature Superconducting wire
1738HTTPHyperText Transfer Protocol
1739HUHungary (ISO 3166 digram)
1740HUHAHead up his/her ass (Marine salute; probably a backcronym)
1741HUNHungary (ISO 3166 trigram)
1742HURDHird of Unix-Replacing Daemons (cf. Hird)
1743HVUpper Volta (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1984)
1744HVAPHigh Velocity Armour Piercing (ammunition)
1745HVHFHigh velocity human factors
1746HVMHigh Velocity Missile
1747HVOUpper Volta (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984)
1748HWMHardware morphing (computer graphics rendering)
1749HXBThe glycoprotein Tenascian C
1750HZHaze (METAR Code)
1751HzHertz
1752IAIowa (postal symbol)
1753IAALI Am A Lawyer
1754IABInternational Association for Biologicals
1755IADIon Assisted Deposition
1756IADSIntegrated Air Defence System
1757IAEAInternational Atomic Energy Agency
1758IAF{i} Industrial Areas Foundation
1759IAFGInformation Assurance Focus Group
1760IANAInternet Assigned Numbers Authority
1761IANALI Am Not A Lawyer
1762IASImage Assessment System
1763IASIPIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
1764IATAInternational Air Transport Association
1765IATFInternational Automotive Task Force
1766IATSEInternational Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
1767IAUCInternational Astronomical Union Circular
1768IAWIn Accordance With
1769IBInternational Baccalaureate
1770IBAImportant Bird Area
1771IBDInflammatory Bowel Disease
1772IBDMInformation Based Decision Making
1773IBMInternational Business Machines
1774IBRDInternational Bank for Reconstruction and Development (part of the World Bank)
1775IBSIrritable Bowel Syndrome
1776ICIce Crystals (METAR Code),Integrated Circuit,[inner circle]
1777ICANNInternet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
1778ICAOInternational Civil Aviation Organization
1779ICBMIntercontinental Ballistic Missile
1780ICBNInternational Code of Botanical Nomenclature
1781ICEIn case of emergency, Immigration and Customs Enforcement
1782ICESInternational Council for the Exploration of the Sea
1783ICFIntelligent Community Forum
1784ICMPInternet Control Message Protocol
1785ICNAFInternational Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (became NAFO in 1978)
1786ICOIntermediate Circular Orbit
1787ICPEInternational Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology,the annual conference of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
1788ICRAFInternational Centre for Research in Agroforestry (a.k.a. World Agroforestry Centre since 2002)
1789ICRISATInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
1790ICRLIndividual Component Repair List
1791ICRSInternational Celestial Reference System
1792ICSIIntracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
1793ICTInformation and communication technologies
1794ICTHIsland Closest to Heaven/Hell Final Fantasy VIII
1795ICVInfantry Carrier Vehicle
1796ICYMIIn Case You Missed It
1797IDIdaho (postal symbol),Identity,Indonesia (ISO 3166 digram),Infantry Division,Intelligent Design,ID10T Error,Idiot User Error (IT help desk inside joke)
1798IDCInternational Data Corporation
1799IDDII don't do initialisms (see irony)
1800IDGAFI don't give a fuck
1801IDKI don't know
1802IDLInterface Definition Language
1803IDNIndonesia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1804IEAInternational Energy Agency
1805IECInternational Electrotechnical Commission
1806IEDImprovised Explosive Device
1807IELTSInternational English Language Testing System
1808IERInformation Exchange Requirement
1809IETInitial Entry Training
1810IETInstitution of Engineering and Technology
1811IETFInternet Engineering Task Force
1812IEWIntelligence and Electronic Warfare
1813IFABInternational Football Association Board
1814IFAHInternational Federation for Animal Health
1815IFAPInternational Federation of Agricultural Producers
1816IFOIdentified Flying Object (see also UFO)
1817IFOVInstantaneous Field of View
1818IFPIInternational Federation of Phonographic Industries
1819IFRBInternational Frequency Registration Board
1820IFVInfantry Fighting Vehicle
1821IGInspector General
1822IGNOUIndira Gandhi National Open University
1823IGSInternational Ground Station
1824IHHIdiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
1825IHOInternational Hydrographic Organization
1826IHRInstitute for Historical Review
1827IHSIInstitutum Historicum Societatis Iesu (Jesuit Historical Institute)
1828IITwo (in Roman numerals)
1829IICAInter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
1830IIEInnovative Interstellar Explorer
1831IIIThree (in Roman numerals)
1832IIRCIf I Recall/Remember Correctly
1833IISSInternational Institute for Strategic Studies
1834IJNImperial Japanese Navy (World War II)
1835IJWPInterim Joint Warfare Publication
1836ILDSImproved Landmine Detection System
1837ILOInternational Labour Organization
1838ILRIInternational Livestock Research Institute
1839ILYI Love You [pronounced ILL-LEE]
1840IMInstant Message (internet speech)
1841IMBDInternational Migratory Bird Day
1842IMDbInternet Movie Database
1843IMEIn My Experience
1844IMHOIn My Humble/Honest Opinion
1845IMLInternational Mister Leather
1846IMNSHOIn My Not So Humble Opinion
1847IMPACInternational Merchant Purchase Authorization Card
1848IMPACTInternational Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce
1849IMPATTIMPact Avalanche Transit Time diode
1850IMPTInstitute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1851IMRLIndividual Material iness List
1852IMRO-Internal Macedonian Revolutionary OrganizationIrish Music Rights Organisation
1853IMsLInternational Ms. Leather
1854IMTIntegrated Management Tool
1855IMUInternational Mathematical Union
1856INIndia (ISO 3166 digram),Indiana (postal symbol),Infantry
1857InIndium
1858INAImmigration and Nationality Act
1859INASInternational Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
1860INCITSInterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
1861INDIndia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1862INDIGO(U.S.) INtelligence DIvision Gaming Operation
1863inetthe Internet
1864INFORMS(U.S.) Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
1865INFOSECInformation Security
1866INLAIrish National Liberation Army
1867INMARSATInternational Maritime Satellite organization
1868INRIAInstitut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique
1869INSImmigration and Naturalization Service
1870InSARInterferometric synthetic aperture radar
1871INSTInformation Standards and Technology
1872INTERFETInternational Force for East Timor
1873INTSUMIntelligence Summary
1874IOBritish Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 digram)
1875IOTBritish Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 trigram)
1876IPBIntelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
1877IPLInferior Parietal Lobule
1878IPOInitial Public Offering
1879IPTIntegrated Product/Project Team
1880IPTSInstitute for Prospective Technological Studies
1881IPTVInternet Protocol TeleVision
1882IPWInterrogation of Prisoners of War
1883IrIridium
1884IRADInternal Research and Development
1885IRAN(I) Inspect and Repair As Necessary
1886IRASInfrared Astronomical Satellite
1887IRBInternational Rugby Board
1888IRBMIntermediate Range Ballistic Missile
1889IREAIntermountain Rural Electric Association
1890IRINNIslamic Republic of Iran News Network
1891IRLIreland (ISO 3166 trigram),Industrial Research Limited,Indy Racing League,In real life
1892IRNIran (ISO 3166 trigram)
1893IROInternational Refugee Organisation
1894IRQIraq (ISO 3166 trigram)
1895IRSU.S. Internal Revenue Service
1896IRSTInfra-red Search and Track
1897ISIceland (ISO 3166 digram)
1898ISAAAInternational Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications
1899ISARInverse SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)
1900ISBIntermediate Staging Base
1901ISBNInternational Standard Book Number (ISO 2108)
1902ISCCPInternational Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
1903ISCIIIndian Standard Code for Information Interchange
1904ISDNIntegrated Services Digital Network
1905ISEFIntel International Science and Engineering Fair
1906ISENInternet Search Environment Number
1907ISFInternal Security Force
1908ISILIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant
1909ISISInstitute for Science and International Security, or: Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
1910ISLIceland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1911ISLNInternational Standard Lawyer Number (used initially by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell)
1912ISMBInternational Society of Matrix Biologists
1913ISMCIntelligent Sounding Meaningless Conversation
1914ISOGPIndian Society of Orthodontics for General Practitioners [2]
1915ISPEInternational Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
1916ISROIndian Space Research Organisation
1917ISSCRInternational Society for Stem Cell Research
1918ISSNInternational standard serial number (ISO 3297)
1919ISTCInstitute of Scientific and Technical Communications (UK)
1920ISTSIntel Science Talent Search
1921ITAItaly (ISO 3166 trigram)
1922ITAGInertial Terrain-Aided Guidance
1923ITALYI'll Truly Always Love You
1924ITASImproved Target Acquisition Sight
1925ITCInferoTemporal Cortex (neurophysiology)
1926ITCZIntertropical Convergence Zone
1927ITECInformation Technology Exposition & Conference
1928ITEMSInteractive Tactical Environment Management System
1929ITERInternational Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
1930ITFInternational Tennis Federation
1931ITKIn The Know
1932ITNIndependent Television News (British)
1933ITTInternational Telephone and Telegraph (U.S.)
1934ITTOInternational Tropical Timber Organization
1935IUCNInternational Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union)
1936IVFour (in Roman numerals),IntraVenous (as in intravenous drip or intravenous therapy)
1937IvecoIndustrial Vehicles Corporation
1938IVFIn Vitro Fertilisation
1939IVIInterchangeable Virtual Instrument
1940IVISInter-Vehicle Information System
1941IVLInter-Visibility Line
1942IVMIn Vitro [Oocyte] Maturation
1943IVOIn Vicinity Of
1944IWInformation Warfare
1945IWARSInfantry Warrior Simulation
1946IWCInternational Whaling Commission
1947IWWIndustrial Workers of the World
1948IXNine (in Roman numerals)
1949IXTIntraText digital library; IntraText lexical hypertext
1950JJoule
1951J1Joint [Manpower &] Personnel Directorate
1952J2Joint Intelligence Directorate
1953J3Joint Operations Directorate
1954J4Joint Logistics Directorate
1955J5Joint Strategic Plans & Policy Directorate
1956J7Joint Operational Plans & Interoperability Directorate
1957JAFTJust A Field Test
1958JALJapan Airlines
1959JALLCJoint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (NATO)
1960JAMJamaica (ISO 3166 trigram)
1961JAMAJournal of the American Medical Association
1962JANETJoint Academic Network
1963JATOJet-Assisted Take-Off
1964JBJail Bait
1965JBJunior Branch
1966JBFSAJoint Blue Force Situational Awareness
1967JCDBJoint Common Data Base
1968JCDSJoint Chiefs of the Defence Staff
1969JCIDSJoint Capabilities Integration and Development System
1970JCLJob Control Language
1971JCPJava Community Process
1972JCSJoint Chiefs of Staff
1973JCWJuggalo Championship Wrestling
1974JDBCJava Data Base Connectivity
1975JDEMJoint Dark Energy Mission
1976JDLJewish Defense League
1977JEFXJoint Expeditionary Force eXperiment
1978JETJoint European Torus
1979JEZJoint Engagement Zone
1980JFACCJoint Force Air Component Commander
1981JFACTSUU.S. Joint Forward Air Control Training and Standards Unit
1982JFCJoint Force Commander
1983JFKJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy or the airport named after him.
1984JFLCCJoint Force Land Component Commander
1985JFMCCJoint Force Maritime Component Commander
1986JFOJournal of Field Ornithology
1987JFSOCCJoint Force Special Operations Component Commander
1988JFTXJoint Field Training Exercise
1989JHJapan Highway Public Corporation
1990JHJharkhand (Indian state code)
1991JIJoint Implementation
1992JIBJoint Information Bureau
1993JICJoint Intelligence Centre
1994JINIJava Intelligent Network Infrastructure
1995JITCJoint Interoperability Test Command
1996JIVEJoint Institute for VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) in Europe
1997JJAPJapanese Journal of Applied Physics
1998JLJapan Airlines (IATA airline designator)
1999JLAJustice League of America
2000JMJamaica (ISO 3166 digram)
2001JMSJava Message Service
2002JOJordan (ISO 3166 digram)
2003JOAJoint Operations Area
2004JOPESJoint Operations Planning and Execution System
2005JORJordan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2006JOTSJoint Operations Tactical System
2007JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory
2008JPNJapan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2009JPOWJoint Project Optic Windmill
2010JRDFJoint Rapid Deployment Forces
2011JREJava Runtime Environment
2012JREFJames Randi Educational Foundation
2013JROCJoint Requirements Oversight Council
2014JROCMJROC Memorandum
2015JRRFJoint Rapid Reaction Force
2016JRSAIJournal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
2017JSAPJapan Society of Applied Physics
2018JSCSCJoint Services Command and Staff College
2019JSEADJoint Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (see SEAD)
2020JSFJoint Strike Fighter
2021JSIMSJoint Simulation System
2022JSOAJoint Special Operations Area
2023JSOTFJoint Special Operations Task Force
2024JSPJavaServer Page
2025JSPJoint Services Publication
2026JSRJava Specification Request
2027JSSJoint Support Ship Project
2028JTCJoint Training Confederation
2029JTFJoint Task Force
2030JTFEXJoint Task Force Exercise
2031JTLSJoint Theater Level Simulation
2032JTMDJoint Theatre Missile Defence
2033JTNJohnston Atoll (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
2034JUGFETJUnction Gate Field-Effect Transistor
2035JUICEJUpiter ICy Moon Explorer
2036JUOJoint Urban Operations
2037JVJoint Venture,Junior Varsity
2038JWJehovah's Witnesses
2039JWARSJoint Warfare System (simulation)
2040JWPJoint Warfare Publication
2041JYJapanese Yen
2042JZJoint Zone
2043KKelvin,Potassium (Latin Kalium),Tanker (aircraft designation code)
2044kKilo-
2045Kpicokelvin
2046K9Canine Police Unit
2047KaKamov Design Bureau
2048kAKiloampere
2049KAKnowledge Acquisition,Karnataka (Indian state code)
2050KAFKandahar Air Field
2051KANUKOKAKalaallit Nunaanni Kommunit Kattuffiannit (Kalaallisut, Greenlandic Communities Association
2052KARNACKnowledge Aided Retrieval in Activity Context
2053KARRKnight Automated Roving Robot (Knight Rider character)
2054KATUSAKorean Augmentation To United States Army
2055KAZKazakhstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2056KBEKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
2057KBOKuiper Belt Object
2058KBVBKoninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond (Dutch for Royal Belgian Football Association)
2059kCKilocoulomb
2060KCKKansas City,Kansas,Koma Civakên Kurdistan (Kurdish, Union of Communities in Kurdistan)
2061KCLKing's College London
2062KCMOKansas City,Missouri (pronounced: K-C-Moe)
2063KCSKansas City Southern Railway (AAR reporting mark)
2064KDKawasaki Disease,Kraft Dinner
2065KEKenya (ISO 3166 digram),Kinetic Energy,Knowledge Engineering
2066KEDOKorean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
2067KENKenya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2068KERAKentucky Education Reform Act (of 1990)
2069kermaKinetic Energy Released in MAterial / in MAtter / per unit MAss
2070KESRKent and East Sussex Railway.
2071KETKentucky Educational Television,Key English Test
2072kFKilofarad
2073KFCKentucky Fried Chicken
2074KFORUN Kosovo Force
2075KFUPMKing Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
2076KGKyrgyzstan (ISO 3166 digram)
2077KGOKnight of the Guelphic Order of Hanover
2078KGZKyrgyzstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2079KHCambodia (ISO 3166 digram)
2080kHKilohenry
2081KHLKontinental Hockey League
2082KHMCambodia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2083KHzKilohertz
2084KiKibi
2085KIKiribati (ISO 3166 digram)
2086KIAKilled In Action
2087KIDSKnowledge-based Integrated Design System
2088KIRKiribati (ISO 3166 trigram)
2089KISSKeep It Simple,Stupid / Keep It Short and Simple,Korean Intelligence Support System
2090KITKeep In Touch
2091KITECHKorean Institute of Industrial Technology
2092KITTKnight Industries Two Thousand, Knight Industries Three Thousand
2093kJKilojoule
2094kKKilokelvin
2095KKKKu Klux Klan
2096kLKilolitre
2097KLENOTKLEť Observatory Near Earth and Other unusual objects observations Team and Telescope
2098KLOCKilo Lines Of Code
2099KMComoros,Knowledge Management
2100kNKilonewton
2101KNASaint Kitts and Nevis (ISO 3166 trigram)
2102KNVBKoninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond (Dutch for Royal Dutch Football Association)
2103KOKnocked Out
2104KORRepublic of Korea (ISO 3166 trigram)
2105KPKim Possible
2106KPMGKlynveld,Peat,Marwick,Goerdeler
2107KPNOKitt Peak National Observatory
2108KQKenya Airways (IATA airline designator)
2109KRKiribati (FIPS 10-4 country code), Republic of Korea (ISO 3166 digram)
2110KrKrypton
2111KSKansas (postal symbol)
2112kSKilosiemens
2113KSCKennedy Space Center
2114KSIKilled or Seriously Injured
2115KSUKansas State University
2116KTKnight of the Order of the Thistle, Knights Templar
2117kTKilotesla
2118KTSKnight of the Tower and Sword (of Portugal)
2119KUWKuwait (UNDP country code,IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
2120kVKilovolt
2121KVKosovo
2122kWKilowatt
2123KWKuwait (ISO 3166 digram)
2124KWBKids' WB!
2125KWTKuwait (ISO 3166 trigram)
2126KXCayman Airways (IATA airline designator)
2127KYCayman Islands (ISO 3166 digram), Kentucky (postal symbol)
2128KZKazakhstan (ISO 3166 digram)
2129KZNKwaZulu-Natal
2130LaLanthanum
2131LALaos (ISO 3166 digram), Louisiana (postal symbol), Los Angeles
2132LAASLocal Area Augmentation System, Los Angeles Astronomical Society
2133LABLogistics Assault Base
2134LabVIEWLaboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench
2135LACMALos Angeles County Museum of Art
2136LADLaser Aiming Device
2137LADWLocal Air Defence Warning
2138LAESILocal Authority & Emergency Service Information
2139LANLLos Alamos National Laboratory
2140LAOLaos (ISO 3166 trigram)
2141LARLight Armoured Reconnaissance, Logistics Assistance Representative
2142LARCLivermore Advanced Research Computer (cf. LLNL)
2143LARPLive-Action Role-Playing
2144LaserLight Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (cf. Maser)
2145LATLowest Astronomical Tide (nautical charts),Licensed Athletic Trainer (used in many of the United States; see www.oata.org)
2146LATALocal Access Transport Area
2147LATCHLower Anchors and Tethers for Children (U.S. standard for attachment points for child safety seats in passenger cars)
2148LAVLand Assault Vehicle, Light Armoured Vehicle, Lymphadenopathy-Associated Virus
2149LAWLight Antitank Weapon
2150LAXLos Angeles International Airport, The Latin American Xchange (professional wrestling)
2151LBLebanon (ISO 3166 digram)
2152LBHLight Battlefield Helicopter, Lyman-Birge-Hopfield bands
2153LBJLady Bird Johnson,LeBron James,Light Bulb Joke,Little Beagle Johnson (the dog owned by Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson),Lyndon Baines Johnson
2154LBNLebanon (ISO 3166 trigram)
2155LBNLLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2156LBRLiberia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2157LBSLocation-Based Services
2158LBTLarge Binocular Telescope
2159LBWLeg Before Wicket
2160LBYLibya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2161LCASaint Lucia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2162LCCLand Component Commander
2163LCCPLight Contingency Communications Package
2164LCDLiquid Crystal Display
2165LCMLeast/Lowest Common Multiple
2166LCSLeague of Legends Championship Series
2167LDALateral Drift Apparatus (paratroops)
2168LDCLesser Developing/Developed Country
2169LDLLow-Density Lipoprotein
2170LDVLocal Defence Volunteers (British Home Guard)
2171LDWLane Departure Warning (ADAS)
2172LECLocal Exchange Carrier
2173LEDLight-Emitting Diode
2174LEGADLegal Advice
2175Legslevel emotion gad speed
2176LEMOSSLong-Endurance MObile Submarine Simulator
2177LENLarge Extension Node
2178LEPLarge Electron-Positron collider
2179LERLoss-Exchange Ratio
2180LEULow-Enriched Uranium
2181LFLow Frequency
2182LFOLow Frequency Oscillation / Oscillator
2183LFTRLiquid fluoride thorium reactor
2184LGBLesbian,Gay,Bisexual
2185LGBTLesbian,Gay,Bisexual,Transgender
2186LGBTQLesbian,Gay,Bisexual,Transgender,Queer
2187LGLOLove God,Love Others
2188LGMLittle Green Men
2189LGSLandsat Ground Station
2190LHLuteinising Hormone
2191LHCLarge Hadron Collider
2192LHSLeft Hand Side
2193LIFifty-one (in Roman numerals),Liechtenstein (ISO 3166 digram)
2194LiLithium
2195LIBORLondon Interbank Offered Rate
2196LIBSLaser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
2197LIELiechtenstein (ISO 3166 trigram)
2198LIGOLaser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
2199LINEARLincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
2200LISALaser Interferometer Space Antenna
2201LIVELiquid Inertial Vibration Eliminator
2202LJJLord Justices of Appeal
2203LKSri Lanka (ISO 3166 digram)
2204LKASri Lanka (ISO 3166 trigram)
2205LKR4Linkwitz-Riley 4th order (audio crossover type)
2206LLADLow Level Air Defence
2207LLBLegum Baccalaureus (Latin: Bachelor of Laws)
2208LLCLimited Liability Company
2209LLLTVLow-Light Level Television
2210LLNLLawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2211LLPLimited Liability Partnership
2212LLTRLow-Level Transit Route
2213LMAOLaughing My Ass Off (Internet shorthand)
2214LMBLick My Balls
2215LMFAOLaughing My F**king Ass Off (Internet shorthand,electro-hop duo)
2216LMNLifetime Movie Network
2217LMSLike My Status (Internet shorthand)
2218LMV() Light Motor Vehicle
2219LNERLondon and North Eastern Railway
2220LNGLiquefied Natural Gas
2221LNOLiaison Officer
2222LNRLigue Nationale de Rugby (French for: 'National Rugby League')
2223LOALimit Of Advance
2224LOCLevel of Operational Capability, Limited Operational Capability
2225LODLimit of Detection,see Detection limit
2226LoDLines of Development (UK)
2227LOFARLow Frequency Analysis and Recording
2228LOGPACLogistics Package
2229LOLLaughing Out Loud (Internet shorthand)
2230LOMEZLow Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
2231LONEOSLowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search
2232LOOGYLefty One-Out GuY,a sometimes pejorative nickname for the left-handed specialist in baseball
2233LORTIDLOng Range Target IDentification
2234LOSLine Of Sight
2235LOSATLine-Of-Sight Anti-Tank (missile)
2236LOTALicentiate of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
2237LOTISLivermore Optical Transient Imaging System
2238LOTSLogistics Over-The-Shore
2239LPLinkin Park,Linkup Point,Listening Post,Long Playing record,Louisiana Pacific (cf. LP Field)
2240LPCLinear Predictive Coding
2241LPDLanding Platform Dock (Navy hull classification),Low Probability of Detection
2242LPGLiquefied Petroleum Gas (cf. LNG)
2243LPILow Probability of Intercept
2244LPSLandsat Processing System,LipoPolySaccharide
2245LrLawrencium
2246LRLiberia (ISO 3166 digram)
2247LRCLogistics iness Center
2248LRGWLong-Range Guided Weapon
2249LRICBMLimited Range ICBM
2250LRIPLow Rate Initial Production
2251LRPLogistics Release Point
2252LRPELong-Range Planning Element
2253LRSLong Range Surveillance
2254LRULine-Replaceable Unit
2255LSATLaw School Admission Test (often pronounced as 'el-SAT')
2256LSILarge-Scale Integration
2257LSIFLabour Sponsored Investment Fund
2258LSNDLiquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
2259LSOLesotho (ISO 3166 trigram)
2260LSSTLarge Synoptic Survey Telescope
2261LSTLanding Ship,Tank (World War II; also known,not entirely affectionately,as 'Large Slow Target')
2262LSVWLight Support Vehicle,Wheeled
2263LTLithuania (ISO 3166 digram)
2264LtLieutenant
2265LtCLieutenant-Colonel (U.S.)
2266LTCLong-Term Costing
2267LtdLimited
2268LTDPLong-Term Defence Plan
2269LTGLieutenant General,Lightning (METAR Code)
2270LTILinear Time-Invariant
2271LTMAcronym for Laughing To Myself
2272LTPLong-Term Potentiation
2273LTULithuania (ISO 3166 trigram)
2274LUAcronym Love You
2275LULoonatics Unleashed
2276LuLutetium
2277LUCALast Universal Common Ancestor
2278LUGLinux User Group
2279LULULocally Unwanted Land Use (urbanism)
2280LUTLimited User Test (ing),Local User Terminal
2281LUVWLight Utility Vehicle,Wheeled
2282LUXLuxembourg (ISO 3166 trigram)
2283LVLas Vegas,Latvia (ISO 3166 digram),Launch Vehicle,Leading Vehicle,Leave,Left Ventricle,Level Valve,Linking Verb,Liverpool Victoria
2284LVALatvia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2285LVADLeft Ventricular Assist Device,Low-Velocity Airdrop
2286LVEFLeft Ventricular Ejection Fraction
2287LWLand Warrior,Low Water (nautical charts)
2288LwLawrencium (obsolete 1963)
2289LWRLaser warning receiver
2290LWRCLand Warfare Resources Corporation
2291LWSLand Warrior System
2292LXElectrics (theatrical term)
2293LXLuxembourg (amateur radio ITU prefix),Swiss International Air Lines (IATA code)
2294LYLibya (ISO 3166 digram),Lithuania (amateur radio ITU prefix)
2295LYAOLaugh Your Ass Off
2296LYLASLove You Like A Sister
2297LZBulgaria (amateur radio ITU prefix),Landing Zone
2298MMega-,One thousand (in Roman numerals)
2299mMetre,Milli
2300MAMarijuana Anonymous,Master of Arts,Massachusetts (postal symbol),Megaampere,Morocco (ISO 3166 digram)
2301MaMegaannum
2302mAMilliampere
2303MAAMathematical Association of America
2304MAACMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference
2305MACEMulti-Agent Computing Environment
2306MACHOMAssive Compact Halo Object
2307MADDMothers Against Drunk Driving,MyoAdenylate Deaminase Deficiency,Multiply-Add
2308MAFMaintenance Action Form
2309MAGICMajor Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (telescope)
2310MAGNETARMetaprogrammable AGent NETwork ARchitecture
2311MAGTFMarine Air-Ground Task Force
2312MahaszMagyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége (Hungarian for: 'Association of Hungarian Record Companies')
2313MALDMiniature Air-Launched Decoy
2314MANPADSMAN-Portable Air Defence System
2315MANPRINTMANpower and PeRsonnel INTegration
2316MAOMolėtų astronomijos observatorija (Moletai Astronomical Observatory),MonoAmine Oxidase
2317MAOIMonoamine oxidase inhibitor
2318MAPSMonitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship
2319MARMorocco (ISO 3166 trigram)
2320MarBEFMarine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
2321MARCENTUnited States Marine Forces Central Command
2322MARFORCCMarine Force Component Commander
2323MASASMonte Agliale Supernovae and Asteroid Survey
2324MaserMicrowave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
2325MASHMobile Army Surgical Hospital
2326MASINTMeasurement And Signature Intelligence
2327MAVSMobile Artillery Vehicle System
2328MBManitoba (postal symbol),Medal of Bravery (Canada)
2329MBAMain Battle Area,Main Belt Asteroid,Masters of Business Administration
2330MBBL(U.S. Armor Center) Mounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
2331MBCCMigratory Bird Conservation Commission (U.S.)
2332MBCSMulti-Byte Character Set
2333MBIMoody Bible Institute
2334MBIDSTMember of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
2335MBMMeat and Bone Meal
2336MBTMain Battle Tank
2337MBTIMyers-Briggs Type Indicator
2338mCMillicoulomb
2339MCDLModel Composition Definition Language
2340MCFTModified Compression Field Theory
2341MCGMelbourne Cricket Ground
2342MCISMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
2343MCMMine Counter-Measures
2344MCMVMine Counter-Measure Vessel
2345MCRMy Chemical Romance
2346MCSFMarine Corps Security Forces
2347MCTMovement Control Team
2348MCTISMounted Co-operative Target Identification System
2349MdMendelevium
2350MDNAMadonna's 12th studio album title (2012)
2351MDOMembership Driven Organisation
2352MDPMarkov Decision Process
2353MDTMountain Daylight Time (UTC-6 hours)
2354MDVMaldives (ISO 3166 trigram)
2355MeMesserschmitt
2356MEACMid-Eastern Athletic Conference (ME-ac)
2357MECOMain engine cutoff (NASA code for point in Space Shuttle assent when three main engines are shut down prior to External Tank (ET) separation)
2358MEDEVACMedical evacuation
2359MEDSMission Essential Data Set
2360MEGMagnetoEncephaloGraphy
2361MELTMetallic Line/Loop Test (ing)
2362MEMSMicroelectromechanical System
2363MERMars Exploration Rover
2364MERLMitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
2365MESManufacturing Execution Systems
2366METAR[Meteorological] Aviation Routine weather report
2367METOCMeteorological and Oceanographic
2368MeVMegaelectronvolt
2369MEXMexico (ISO 3166 trigram)
2370MEZMissile Engagement Zone
2371MFMegafarad
2372mFMillifarad
2373MGMachine Gun,Madagascar (ISO 3166 digram),Major General,Morris Garage
2374MGPAMMy Gym Partner's a Monkey
2375MGSMobile Gun System
2376mHMillihenry
2377MHCMajor Histocompatibility Complex
2378MHHWMean Higher High Water (nautical charts)
2379MHLMarshall Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2380MHLWMean Higher Low Water (nautical charts)
2381MHRA(UK) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
2382MHWMean High Water (nautical charts)
2383MHWNMean High Water Neaps (nautical charts)
2384MHWSMean High Water Springs (nautical charts)
2385MHzMegahertz
2386MiMebi
2387MIAMissing In Action
2388MICLICMine Clearing Line Charge
2389MICOMMissile Command
2390MIDMidway Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
2391MIDASMan-machine Integration Design and Analysis System
2392MIDIMusical Instrument Digital Interface
2393MIDSMulti-Function Information Distribution System
2394MIFGShallow Fog (METAR Code)
2395MIKEMonitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants
2396MILMan-In-the-Loop
2397MILCMirrorless interchangeable-lens camera
2398MILFMother I'd Like to Fuck
2399MIMOSAMIcroMeasurements Of Satellite Acceleration
2400MIMPTMember of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
2401MIRAMILAN Infra-Red Acquisition (thermal sight)
2402MIRVMultiple Independent Reentry Vehicle
2403MISREPMission Report
2404MISSIMultilevel Information System Security Initiative
2405MITLMan-In-The-Loop
2406MITSsee entry
2407mJMillijoule
2408MJDModified Julian Day
2409mKMillikelvin
2410MKGMichael Kidd-Gilchrist (American basketball player)
2411MKSAMetre-Kilogram-Second-Ampere (system of units)
2412mLMillilitre
2413MLBMajor League Baseball
2414MLCMember of the Legislative Council (in India)
2415MLEMaximum likelihood estimation
2416MLHWMean Lower High Water (nautical charts)
2417MLIMali (ISO 3166 trigram)
2418MLLMajor League Lacrosse
2419MLLWMean Lower Low Water (nautical charts)
2420MLPMy Little Pony
2421MLRSMultiple-Launch Rocket System
2422MLTMalta (ISO 3166 trigram)
2423MLWMean Low Water (nautical charts)
2424MLWNMean Low Water Neaps (nautical charts)
2425MLWSMean Low Water Springs (nautical charts)
2426MmMegametre
2427mmMillimetre
2428MMEVMulti-Mission Effects Vehicle
2429MMIMagical MonkeyZ Inc.
2430MMIMan-Machine Interface
2431MMIMcLean Meditation Institute
2432MMICMcLean Meditation Institute Certified
2433MMOMassively Multiplayer Online (computer game)
2434MMORMaster of Management in Operations Research
2435MMORPGMassively multiplayer online role-playing game
2436MMPRMighty Morphin Power Rangers
2437MMSMultimission Modular Spacecraft
2438MnManganese
2439mNMillinewton
2440MNBMultinational Brigade
2441MNEMontenegro (ISO 3166 trigram)
2442MNMFMulti-National Maritime Force
2443MNPNorthern Mariana Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2444MNSMission Needs Statement
2445MoMolybdenum
2446MOAMuseum of Art (Brigham Young University)
2447MOCASMechanization Of Contract Administration Services
2448MoDMinistry of Defence (United Kingdom) and various other countries
2449modemModulator-Demodulator
2450MoeMarvel of entertainment
2451MOEMeasure Of Effectiveness
2452MOFMinistry of Finance (Japan)
2453MOFAMinistry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
2454MOIDMinimum Orbital Intersection Distance
2455MOJWAMovement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa
2456MOLOMobile Other Licensed Operator (UK)
2457MOMMaster's Degree in Oriental medicine
2458MOMMessage Oriented Middleware
2459MoMMultiple of the median
2460MoMAMuseum of Modern Art (NYC)
2461MONDModified Newtonian Dynamics
2462MOOMeasure Of Outcome
2463MOPPMission-Oriented Protective Posture
2464MORPMeteorite Observation and Recovery Project
2465MOSFETMetal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
2466MOTMinistry of Transport (UK)
2467MOTAMember of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
2468MOTESSMoving Object and Transient Event Search System
2469MOUMemorandum Of Understanding
2470MOWMaintenance of way (also MW)
2471MOZMozambique (ISO 3166 trigram)
2472MPaMegapascal
2473mPaMillipascal
2474MPAAMotion Picture Association of America
2475MPECMinor Planet Electronic Circular
2476MPEGMotion Pictures (Coding) Experts Group
2477MPEVMulti-Purpose Engineering Vehicle
2478MPFMaritime Prepositioning Force
2479MPFCMedial PreFrontal Cortex
2480MPGMiles Per Gallon
2481MPMCMedial PreMotor Cortex
2482MPSIMember of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
2483MPSoCMultiProcessor System-on-Chip
2484MPSRONMaritime Propositioning Ship Squadron
2485MRMauritania (ISO 3166 digram)
2486MRAVMulti-Role Armoured Vehicle
2487MRBMMedium Range Ballistic Missile
2488MRCMaintenance Requirements Card
2489MRDMotorized Rifle Division
2490MRGWMedium-Range Guided Weapon
2491MRIMagnetic Resonance Imaging
2492MRLMultiple Rocket Launcher
2493MRPharmSMember of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (Great Britain)
2494MRSMagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
2495MRSAMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
2496MRTFBU.S. Major Range and Test Facility Base
2497MsMegasecond
2498mSMillisiemens
2499MSDMinimum Safe Distance
2500MSDBMulti Source Data Base
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