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