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1ABBRMEANING
20Dobvious deed
31AMAir Mechanic 1st Class
41DOne-Dimensional
52AMAir Mechanic 2nd Class
62DTwo-dimensional
72LATwo Letter Acronym
82Lt2nd Lieutenant
93AMAir Mechanic 3rd Class
103DThree-Dimensional
113GThird-generation mobile telephone system
123iInvestors In Industry (venture capitalists)
133MMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
144GFourth-generation mobile telephone system
154WDFour-wheel drive
165DFive-Dimensional
176DSix-Dimensional
187DSeven-Dimensional
198DEight-Dimensional
209DNine-Dimensional
21AAmpere
22A10Atlantic 10 Conference
23A1CAirman First Class
24A4European standard office paper size
25aAAttoampere
26AAAadministration,authorization,and authentication,American Automobile Association ('Triple-A'),anti-aircraft artillery,Amateur Athletic Association (of England),Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (Spanish,'Assistance,Consulting,and Administration'—Mexican professional wrestling promotion)
27AAASAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
28AAAVAdvanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle
29AADACAlberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
30AADDAdult attention deficit disorder
31AADTannual average daily traffic
32AAFESArmy and Air Force Exchange Service
33AAISadvanced airborne interceptor simulator
34AAMair-to-air missile
35AAMOFas a matter of fact
36AANAmerican Academy of Nursing
37AANEASAnglo-Australian Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
38AAODLAtmospheric Aerosols and Optics Data Library
39AAPCAccounting and Auditing Policy Committee
40AARPAmerican Association of Retired Persons (now officially known only by the initials)
41AASPEMadvanced air-to-air system performance evaluation model
42AATAustralian Antarctic Territory
43AAVAmphibious Assault Vehicle
44AAWCanti-air warfare commander
45ABAble Seaman (both the rank and the occupation),Alberta (postal symbol)
46ABBASEA Brown Boveri (Swiss-Swedish multinational company)
47ABBAAgnetha,Benny,Björn,Anni-Frid (Swedish pop group)
48ABCthe first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet
49ABCabstinence, be faithful, condoms
50ABCActive Body Control
51ABCairway, breathing, circulation
52ABCAlcoholic Beverage Commission
53ABCalien big cat
54ABCalways be careful
55ABCAmerican-born Chinese
56ABCanti-lock brake controller
57ABCatomic, biological, chemical
58ABCS(U.S.) Army Battle Command System
59ABETAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
60ABFISTAdvanced Bradley Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
61ABGIAddington-Barker Group International
62ABINAgência Brasileira de Inteligência (Brazilian Intelligence Agency)
63ABLAmerican Basketball League
64ABLEAirBorne Law Enforcement (police air support unit)
65ABMCAmerican Battle Monuments Commission
66ABNAustralian Business Number (a number issued by the Australian government as registration of a business and used for taxation purposes)
67ABPIAssociation of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
68ABRSMAssociated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
69ABSanti-lock braking system
70ABSAAmalgamated Banks of South Africa
71ABSTRIPSabstraction-based STRIPS
72ABVAlcohol by volume
73ABWAruba (ISO 3166 trigram)
74AcActinium
75ACAdriamycin-Cyclophosphamide (chemotherapy),Air Conditioning,Aircraftman,Alternating Current,Altocumulus,ante Christum (Latin,'before Christ'; see BC),ante cibum (Latin,'before meals'),Antigua and Barbuda (FIPS 10-4 country code),Associazione Calcio (Italian,'football (soccer) club'),A/C,Air Conditioned/Conditioning,Aircraft
76aCAttocoulomb
77AC1Aircraftman 1st Class
78AC2Aircraftman 2nd Class
79ACAAffordable Care Act,shorthand for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,commonly called 'Obamacare',Airspace Control Authority,Airspace Co-ordination Area,A Current Affair
80ACARSAircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System
81ACBAsociación de Clubes de Baloncesto (Spanish for 'Association of Basketball Clubs')
82ACCACAwdurdod Cymwysterau,Cwricwlwm ac Asesu Cymru (Qualifications,Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales)
83ACCDAmerican Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
84ACCSAir Communications and Control Squadron
85ACDAArms Control & Disarmament Agency
86ACDCAlternating Current Direct Current,the name of an Australian rock music band,a term for a bisexual person,A/Cdre,Air Commodore
87ACDTApple Certified Desktop Technician,Australian Central Daylight Time
88ACESAerolíneas Centrales de Colombia (Spanish,'Central Colombian Airlines'),Auxiliary Campus Enterprises and Services of Alfred State College
89ACFAdministration for Children and Families,American Car and Foundry,American Culinary Federation
90ACHTAverage Call Hold Time
91ACINTAcoustic Intelligence
92ACKAcknowledge (telecommunications; cf. NAK)
93ACLAccess Control List,Anterior cruciate ligament; the initialism can also refer to an injury to this ligament.,Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
94ACLJAmerican Center for Law and Justice
95ACLOSAutomatic CLOS (missile control system)
96ACLSAmerican Council of Learned Societies
97ACLUAmerican Civil Liberties Union,American Communist Lawyers Union (pejorative slang for the above)
98ACMmany,including Association for Computing Machinery; see entry
99ACMC(U.S.) Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
100ACNAirborne Communications Node,Australian Company Number (number issued by the Australian government as registration of a limited liability company)
101ACNAAnglican Church in North America
102ACOAirspace Control Order
103ACOBAAdvisory Committee on Business Appointments
104ACOGAmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
105ACOM(U.S.) Atlantic Command
106ACORNAssociation of Community Organizations for Reform Now
107ACPAfrican,Caribbean and Pacific Group of States,Air Control Point
108ACRAdvanced Concepts and Requirements
109ACRIAfrican Crisis Initiative
110ACRTAdvanced Concepts Research Tool simulator
111ACSAffiliated Computer Services (NYSE ACS),Alaska Communications Service,American Cancer Society,American Chemical Society,Association of Caribbean States,Australian Computer Society
112ACSCArmy Command and Staff College (various nations)
113ACSTAmerican Cooperative School of Tunis
114ACSTAustralian Central Standard Time
115ACTAdaptive Control of Thought (cognitive model),American College Test (ing Program),Australian Capital Territory (also postal symbol),ACT UP,AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
116ACTDAdvanced Concept Technology Demonstration
117ACTF(U.S.) Army Constructive Training Federation,Australian Children's Television Foundation,ACT-R,ACT-Rational (cognitive model),ACT-R/PM,ACT-R/Perceptual-Motor (cognitive model)
118ACTUAustralian Council of Trade Unions
119ACUAmerican Conservative Union
120ACUFAdvisory Committee on Undersea Features,American Conservative Union Foundation
121ADAir Defence,Andorra (ISO 3166 digram),Anno Domini (Latin for 'In the year of our Lord')
122ADAAir Defence Artillery,American Dental Association,Assistant District Attorney,Americans with Disabilities Act (see also the similar but non-acronymic Ada programming language)
123ADACAllgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (German for 'General German Automobile Club')
124ADAGEAir Defense Air to Ground Engagement (simulation)
125ADAPAIDS Drug Assistance Program
126ADASAsiago-DLR Asteroid Survey
127ADATAlesis Digital Audio Tape (recording format)
128ADATSAgricultural Development and Training Society,Air Defence Anti-Tank System,Australian Defence Air Traffic System
129ADBAsian Development Bank
130ADCAide De Camp,U.S. Air Defense Command (1946-1992),Apple Display Connector,Program Against Digital Counterfeiting of Currency
131ADDAnalog Digital Digital (CD quality),Attention-Deficit Disorder,Administration on Developmental Disabilities
132ADDIEAnalyze Design Develop Implement and Evaluate
133ADDNSAdvanced Deployable Day/Night Simulation
134ADGBAir Defence of Great Britain
135ADHDAttention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
136ADHSAttention-Deficit Hyperactivity Syndrome
137ADIAcceptable/Allowable Daily Intake
138ADIZAir Defence Identification Zone
139ADLAnti-Defamation League
140ADMAdministrative,,Admiral,and the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps,Archer Daniels Midland,Assistant Deputy Minister
141ADOAAir Defence Operations Area
142ADPAdenosine DiPhosphate,Army Doctrine Publication (UK,Canada,Australia),Automatic/Automated Data Processing
143ADRGArc-second Raster Chart (ARC) Digitized Raster Graphics
144ADSActive Denial System,Astrophysics Data System,Attention Deficit Syndrome
145ADSRAttack,Decay,Sustain,Release (sound envelope specification)
146ADTAtlantic Daylight Time (UTC3 hours)
147ADTBArmy Doctrine and Training Bulletin
148ADWAir Defence Warning
149AEArmed Forces Africa/Canada/Europe/Middle East (postal symbol),United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code),Artix Entertainment,American Eagle,A&E, Arts & Entertainment Network,the original name for the U.S. TV channel now known as A&E Network
150AEDTAustralian Eastern Daylight Time
151AEFAmerican Expeditionary Force
152AEGISAirborne Early warning Ground environment Interface Segment (fake etymology)
153AESRAeronautical Equipment Service Record
154AESTAustralian Eastern Standard Time
155aetAfter extra time (Football)
156AEWAirborne Early Warning,Airborne Electronic Warfare
157AFAfghanistan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Air Force,As f*ck
158aFAttofarad
159AFAU.S. Air Force Academy,Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (Spanish for 'Argentine Football Association')
160AFAICAs Far As I'm Concerned
161AFAICTAs Far As I Can Tell
162AFAIKAs Far As I Know
163AFAIRAs Far As I Remember/Recall
164AFAMAssociazione 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
165AFATDSAdvanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System
166AFCEAArmed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
167AFDBAfrican Development Bank
168AFESAutomatic Fire Extinguishing System
169AFGAfghanistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
170AFIFrench Territory of the Afars and Issas (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1977),'Agencia Federal de Investigaciónes' (México)
171AFISTAbrams Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
172AFJApril Fool's Joke
173AFKAway From Keyboard (Internet chat abbreviation)
174AFLACAmerican Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus
175AFOAssociation of Field Ornithologists
176AFOSRU.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research
177AFPAgence France-Presse (French,'French Press Agency'), Australian Federal Police
178AFQTArmed Forces Qualification Test
179AFRCAir Force Reserve Command
180AFRLAir Force Research Laboratory
181AFROTCAir Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
182AFRTSArmed Forces Radio and Television Service
183AFSCU.S. Air Force Staff College (obsolete; replaced with JFSC), U.S. Air Force Systems Command
184AFSCNU.S. Air Force Satellite Control Network
185AFSPCAir Force Space Command
186AFTAmerican Farmland Trust
187AFVarmoured fighting vehicle
188AGair gunner,Aktiengesellschaft (German,'incorporated'),Algeria (FIPS 10-4 country code),Antigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166 digram),Assemblies of God
189agAttogram
190AgSilver (Latin for 'argentum')
191AGAAB Gas-accumulator ('ah-gah',Swedish company),Advanced Graphics Architecture
192AGARDAdvisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development
193AGARDographAdvanced Guidance for Alliance Research and Development publication
194AGASAAkeno Giant Air Shower Array (cosmic ray detector)
195AGBInternal Nintendo initialism (Advanced Game Boy) for Game Boy Advance
196AGCAdjutant General's Corps (British Army)
197AGDCAustralian Game Developers' Conference
198AGIAuxiliary Group Intelligence
199AGMAnnual General Meeting
200AGNActive Galactic Nucleus
201AGOAngola (ISO 3166 trigram)
202AGPAccelerated Graphics Port
203AGRICOLAAgriculture Online Access
204AGSAlaska Ground Station (LandSat)
205AGTSAdvanced Gunnery Training System
206AGUAmerican Geophysical Union
207AGWAutonomous Guided Weapon
208AhAmpere-hour
209AHAttack Helicopter
210aHAttohenry
211AHAAmerican Heart Association
212AHCPRAgency for Health Care Policy and Research (obsolete; replaced with AHRQ)
213AHECAustralian Health Ethics Committee
214AHPCRCArmy High Performance Computing Research Center
215AHQAir Headquarters
216AHRQAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality
217AHSAmerican Housing Survey
218AIAir Interdiction,Amnesty International,Artificial Insemination,Artificial Intelligence,Anguilla (ISO 3166 digram)
219AIAAerospace Industries Association,American Institute of Architects,Anguilla (ISO 3166 trigram)
220AIAAAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
221AICAfrican Independent Church,Animal Identification Coordinator
222AICDAustralian Institute of Company Directors
223AICMFPAnd I Claim My Five Pounds
224AIDU.S. Agency for International Development
225AIDSAcquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
226AIMAustralian Institute of Management
227AIMPAurora Incremental Modernization Project
228AIPACAmerican Israel Public Affairs Committee
229AIRAircraft Inventory Record
230AIRFAAmerican Indian Religious Freedom Act
231AIRSAerometric Information Retrieval System (obsolete; replaced with AFS)
232AISAustralian Institute of Sport,Automatic Identification System
233AISB(British Society for the Study of) Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour
234aJAttojoule
235AJAzerbaijan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
236AjaxAsynchronous JavaScript And XML
237AJDAstronomical Julian day
238AJPAllied Joint Publication
239AJPWAll Japan Pro Wrestling
240AKAlaska (postal symbol)
241aKAttokelvin
242AKAAbove knee amputation (orthopaedic usage)
243AKDTAlaska Standard Daylight Saving Time (UTC8 hours)
244AKPAdalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (Turkish,'Justice and Development Party')
245AKSTAlaska Standard Time (UTC9 hours)
246ALAlabama (postal symbol),Albania (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Anno Lucis (Latin,'Year of Light',in Masonic tradition,most often seen on plaques bearing the founding dates of buildings,in years AD and years AL)
247AlAluminium
248aLAttolitre
249ALAÅland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
250ALAPAs Long/Late As Possible
251ALARMAir-Launched Anti-Radar Missile
252ALBAlbania (ISO 3166 trigram)
253ALDAccounting Line Designator (nuclear weapon targeting)
254ALERTAdvanced Linked Extended Reconnaissance and Targeting,Attack and Launch Early Reporting to Theatre
255ALFAfrica Leadership Forum,Alien Life Form (cf. ALF (TV series)),Animal Liberation Front
256ALGAlgeria (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
257ALGOLALGOrithmic Language
258ALPAAir Line Pilots Association
259ALSAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
260ALSHSAbraham Low Self-Help Systems
261ALSPAggregate Level Simulation Protocol
262ALTEAssociation of Language Testers in Europe
263AmAmericium
264AMAmplitude Modulation and Ante Meridiem; see entry,Armenia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
265AM1Airman 1st class
266AMCBU.S. Army/Marine Corps Board
267AMFOMAdvanced Missile Fly Out Model
268AMFRAge-specific Marital Fertility Rate,Amplitude Modulation Following Response
269AMFRSAdvanced Multi-Function Radio Frequency System,Automatic Multisensor Feature-based Recognition System
270AMLAcute Myeloid Leukaemia
271AMLCDActive Matrix Liquid Crystal Display
272AMLOAndrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexican politician),Anti-Money Laundering Office (Thailand government agency)
273AMOAtlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
274AMOLEDActive-matrix organic light-emitting diode
275AMOSAdvanced MOrtar System,Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory
276AMPAdenosine MonoPhosphate,Automated Mission Planner
277AMRAAMAdvanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile
278AMRDECU.S. Aviation & Missile Research,Development,& Engineering Center
279AMSAgriculture Marketing Service,American Mathematical Society
280AMSAAU.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity
281AMSOU.S. Army Model and Simulation Office
282AMSUAdvanced Microwave Sounding Unit
283AMTEUK Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment (1977-1984)
284ANAndorra (FIPS 10-4 country code),Netherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 digram)
285aNAttonewton
286ANAAdministration for Native Americans,Afghan National Army,All Nippon Airways,Anti-Nuclear Anti-body,Australian National Airways,Australian Natives' Association
287ANCAfrican National Congress
288ANDAndorra (ISO 3166 trigram)
289ANFOAmmonium nitrate/fuel oil (explosive)
290ANGLiCoAir/Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
291ANLArgonne National Laboratory
292ANMAcoustic Noise Monitor
293ANOVAANalysis Of VAriance
294ANSApplied and Natural Sciences
295ANSIAmerican National Standards Institute
296ANTNetherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 trigram),Antigua and Barbuda (IOC trigram,but not ISO 3166 or FIFA)
297ANTMAmerica's Next Top Model
298ANTYAcronyms,No Thank You
299ANWRArctic National Wildlife Refuge /ˈænwɑr/
300ANZAustralia and New Zealand Banking Group
301ANZACAustralian and New Zealand Army Corps
302AOAngola (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Approach Officer (submarine),Area of Operations
303AOCAir Operations Centre,Air Officer Commanding
304AODAdrenalin O.D. (punk rock band)
305AOIAngle Of Incidence (Arab Organization for Industrialization)
306AOLAmerica OnLine
307AORArea of Responsibility
308AOSTHAdventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
309AOTSAttack of the Show!
310AOUAmerican Ornithologists' Union
311APAdvanced Placement,Air Publication,Andhra Pradesh (Indian state code),Armed Forces Pacific (postal symbol),Associated Press,Auto Pilot
312APBAll Points Bulletin (police jargon)
313APECAsia Pacific Economic Cooperation
314APEDSAMSAA Performance Estimates Data System
315APEXApplied Physics Express
316APHAAmerican Public Health Association
317APHISAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service
318APLAcute Promyeloid Leukaemia,Anti-Personnel Landmine,Applied Physics Laboratory (Johns Hopkins University)
319APODAerial Port (Airport) Of Debarkation
320APOEAerial Port (Airport) Of Embarkation
321APOLLOApache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation
322APPAllied Procedural Publication
323APRAnnual Percentage Rate
324AQIMAl-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
325ArArgon
326ARAGAdvanced Research and Assessment Group
327ARBAdministrative Review Board
328ARBAArmy Review Boards Agency
329ARCAAutomobile Racing Club of America
330ARCENTUnited States Army Central Command
331ARDAAdvanced Research and Development Activity (became DTO 2006)
332ARFASEAN Regional Forum
333ARGArgentina (ISO 3166 trigram)
334ARHArmed Reconnaissance Helicopter
335ARNetAcquisition Reform Network
336ARPApplied Research Programme
337ARPAAdvanced Research Projects Agency
338ARRCACE Rapid Reaction Corps
339ARRFAllied Rapid Reaction Force
340ARRLAmerican Radio Relay League
341ARSCArctic Region Supercomputing Center
342ARSPACEU.S. Army Space Command
343ARTCCAir Route Traffic Control Center
344ARWGArmy Research Working Group
345ASActionScript
346ASAmerican Samoa (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram),Australia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Assam / Asom (Indian state code)
347AsArsenic
348aSAttosiemens
349ASAAcetylSalicylic Acid,American Standards Association,Army Security Agency,Atlantic Southeast Airlines
350ASAPAs Soon As Possible
351ASARSAdvanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System,Airborne Search and Rescue System
352asblassociation sans but lucratif (French 'Non-profit organisation')
353ASBOAnti-Social Behaviour Order
354ASCAPAmerican Society of Composers,Authors,and Publishers
355ASCCArmy Service Component Commander,Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator,Air Standardization Coordinating Committee
356ASCIIAmerican Standard Code for Information Interchange
357ASD(U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense,autism spectrum disorder
358ASDICAllied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee (Sonar)
359ASEANAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations
360ASFARAmericans for a Society Free of Age Restrictions
361ASGArea Support Group
362ASICAustralian Securities and Investments Commission,Aviation Security Identification Card
363ASICSAnima sana in corpore sano (Latin for 'A sound mind in a sound body') (athletic shoe manufacturer)
364ASIOAustralian Security Intelligence Organisation,Audio stream input output
365ASIPAdvanced System Improvement Program,Army Stationing and Installation Plan,Application-specific instruction-set processor
366ASLAbove Sea Level,American Sign Language (also known as Ameslan),'Age,Sex,Location?' (Internet slang)
367ASMAir-to-Surface Missile,American Samoa (ISO 3166 trigram),American Society for Metals,American Society for Microbiology
368ASMBAmerican Society for Matrix Biology,Adult Swim Message Board
369ASMEAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers,American Society of Magazine ors
370ASMPAir-Sol Moyenne Portée missile (French 'Medium-range air to surface'),Asymmetric multiprocessing
371ASNAssociate of Science in Nursing
372ASOCAir Sovereignty Operations Centre,Air Support Operations Centre,Airport Security and Operations Centre,Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition,Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus,Australian Standard Offence Classification
373ASPActive Server Pages,American Society of Primatologists,Ammunition Supply Point,Application Service Provider (cf internet service provider),Astronomical Society of the Pacific,Association of Surfing Professionals
374ASPIAustralian Strategic Policy Institute
375ASRAlkali-silica reaction,Anti Slip Regulation
376ASRAAMAdvanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile
377ASSCAssociation for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
378ASTAtlantic Standard Time (UTC4 hours)
379ASTIAArmed Services Technical Information Agency
380ASTMAmerican Society for Testing and Materials
381ASTREAAerial Support To Regional Enforcement Agencies (sheriff's air support unit)
382ASUWAntiSUrface Warfare
383ASVABArmed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery(taken by juniors in high school in the USA)
384ASVELAssociation Sportive Villeurbanne Éveil Lyonnais (Association Sportive is French for 'Sporting Association'; the club was founded through the merger of AS Villeurbanne and Éveil Lyonnais)
385ASWAntiSubmarine Warfare
386ASWORG(U.S.) AntiSubmarine Warfare Operations Research Group
387ASXAdvanced Stream Redirector,Australian Securities Exchange
388ATAnti-Tank,Ashmore and Cartier Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Austria (ISO 3166 digram),Advanced Technology (IBM Personal Computer/AT)
389AtAstatine
390aTAttotesla
391ATAAdvanced Technology Attachment (IBM Personal Computer),Afghan Transitional Authority,Allen Telescope Array,Antarctica (ISO 3166 trigram)
392ATACAir Transportable Acoustic Communications
393ATACMSArmy TACtical Missile System
394ATAPIAdvanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
395ATASAir-To-Air Stinger (missile)
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
399ATCCISArmy Tactical Command and Control Information System
400ATESSAerospace and Telecommunications Engineering Support Squadron
401ATFFrench Southern Territories (ISO 3166 trigram),(U.S.) Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives
402ATGAntigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166 and FIFA trigram)
403ATGMAnti-Tank Guided Missile
404ATGWAnti-Tank Guided Weapon
405ATKAttack
406ATLAtlanta,Georgia,the largest city and capital of Georgia
407ATLASAll-Terrain Lifter Army System,Assessment Tool for LAnd Systems
408ATMAutomated Teller Machine,Asynchronous Transfer Mode,At The Moment
409ATNDronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1983)
410ATOAir Tasking Order,Australian Taxation Office
411ATPAdenosine TriPhosphate,Allied Tactical Publication,Ammunition Transfer Point
412ATSD(U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense
413ATSDRAgency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
414ATVAll-Terrain Vehicle
415ATWAAir,Trees,Water,Animals
416AUAfrican Union (was OAU before 2000),American University,Astronomical Unit,Australia (ISO 3166 digram),Austria (FIPS 10-4 country code)
417AuGold (Latin 'Aurum')
418AUCAb 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)
419AUSAustralia (ISO 3166 trigram)
420AUSCANNZUKUSAustralia,Canada,New Zealand,United Kingdom,United States (security designation)
421AuslanAustralian Sign Language
422AUTAustria (ISO 3166 trigram)
423AUTLArmy Universal Task List
424AVAnguilla (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Audio-Visual,Aviation
425AvAperture value (photographic mode)
426aVAttovolt
427AVAAmerican Viticultural Area
428AVBAudio Video Bridging
429AVDLRAviation Depot Level Repair
430AVGPArmoured Vehicle, General Purpose
431AVIMAviation Intermediate Maintenance
432AVLBArmoured Vehicle Launched Body
433AVMAir Vice-Marshal, Arteriovenous malformation
434AVOApprehended Violence Order
435AVPArubaanse Volkspartij
436AVPAssociation of Volleyball Professionals
437AVREArmoured Vehicle Royal Engineers
438AVTBArmoured Vehicle Test Bed,Aviation Test Bed
439AVUMAviation Unit Maintenance
440AVVOAcute Vaginal Venereal Outbreak
441AWAruba (ISO 3166 digram)
442aWAttowatt
443AWAAmerican Wrestling Association
444AWCAir Warfare Centre
445AWDAll Wheel Drive
446AWEAdvanced Warfighting Experiment
447AWPAwaiting Parts (SM&R code)
448AWSIMAir Warfare SIMulation
449AWSTAustralian Western Standard Time
450AWWAbove Water Warfare
451AXÅland Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
452AXPAmbulance eXchange Point
453AYAntarctica (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
454AYBABTUAll Your Base Are Belong To Us
455AYUAs Yet Unknown
456AZArizona (postal symbol),Azerbaijan (ISO 3166 digram),Alkmaar Zaanstreek (Dutch football club)
457AZEAzerbaijan (ISO 3166 trigram)
458AZURActions en zone urbaine (French for: Urban Operations)
459BARBarbados (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]
460BBBarbados (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code),Boys' Brigade (Christian youth organization),Brigitte Bardot (actress),Bumblebee
461BBBBetter Business Bureau,Blood-brain barrier
462BBCBreeding Bird Census,British Broadcasting Corporation,Bumper to Back of Cab (trucking measurement)
463BBLBe Back Later,Bird Banding Laboratory,British Basketball League
464BBNBolt,Beranek and Newman
465BBQBarbecue
466BBSBreeding 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)
467BBYOB'nai B'rith Youth Organization
468BCBefore Christ,Blind Copy (in emailers),Boston College,Botswana (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Bechuanaland),British Columbia (postal symbol)
469BCABachelor of Computer Application,Black Coaches & Administrators
470BCCBlind Carbon Copy
471BCCIBank of Credit and Commerce International,Board of Control for Cricket in India,BCD , Binary-Coded Decimal
472BEABanque extérieure d'Algérie,British European Airways (ancestor of British Airways),British Electricity Authority,bel
473BELBelgium (ISO 3166 trigram)
474BENBenin (ISO 3166 trigram)
475BEOBanquet Event Order
476BERCBusiness Environmental Resource Center
477BERBit Error Rate
478BHBahrain (ISO 3166 digram),Belize (FIPS 10-4 country code)
479BHRBahrain (ISO 3166 trigram)
480BNFBackus-Naur Form (computing), British National Formulary
481BNICEBiological,Nuclear,Incendiary,Chemical,and Explosive Agents
482BNPBritish National Party,Banque Nationale de Paris,a predecessor to today's BNP Paribas
483BNSBank of Nova Scotia
484BNSFBurlington Northern Santa Fe (also AAR reporting mark)
485BOBack Orifice,Belarus (FIPS 10-4 country code),Biarritz Olympique (French rugby union club),Bolivia (ISO 3166 digram),Body odor
486BOACBritish Overseas Airways Corporation (predecessor of British Airways)
487BoAMLBank of America Merrill Lynch
488BOCBritish Orthodontic Society, British Oxygen Company
489BÖCBlue Öyster Cult
490BODMASBrackets,Orders,Division,Multiplication,Addition,Subtraction
491BOFHBastard Operator From Hell
492BOGABend Over and Grab Ankles
493BOGOFBuy One,Get One Free
494BOGsBunch of Guys
495BOIBalance Of Investment,Basis Of Issue
496BOLBolivia (ISO 3166 trigram)
497BOMBase Object Model,Bill Of Materials,Block of the Month quilting term,Business opportunity meeting
498BOPDBarrel of Oil Per Day
499BOSBattlefield Operating System
500BOTBalance of Trade,Botswana (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Build Operate Transfer,Bank of Thailand,BP[edit]
501BPBattle Position,British Petroleum (today,BP does not officially stand for anything),Solomon Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code; from British Protectorate of the Solomon Islands),Bp , Bishop,BPD , Bipolar Personality Disorder,BPM , Beats Per Minute,BPMo , Business Process Mobility
502BPVBattlefield Planning Visualization,Bovine papillomavirus
503BQBritish Antarctic Territory (former ISO 3166 digram; merged with AQ in 1979),Caribbean Netherlands (current ISO 3166 digram; based on the entity's alternate name of Bonaire,Sint Eustatius and Saba),Navassa Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
504BRBrazil (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) ,Bihar (Indian state code),British Rail,Break Ranks (marching band term)
505BRABrazil (ISO 3166 trigram)
506BRAGBicycle Ride Across Georgia
507BRASSBreathe,Relax,Aim,Sight,Squeeze (acronym for using a rifle)
508BRICBrazil, Russia, India, and China
509BRICSBrazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa
510BSABirmingham Small Arms (motorcycles company),Boy Scouts of America,Brigade Support Area
511BSatCoPBenjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins
512BSEBovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (better known as mad cow disease)
513BSNBaloncesto Superior Nacional (Spanish,'National Superior Basketball'; top Puerto Rican league),Bank Simpanan Nasional (Malay,'National Savings Bank'; government-owned Malaysian bank)
514BSNLBharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,Bachelor of Science in Nursing
515BSoDBlue Screen of Death (distinct from BSD)
516BSPBetween-Show Promotion,Binary Space Partitioning,Board Support Package,British Standard Pipe (screw thread),Business-sponsored,Bone sialoprotein
517BSTBinary search tree,Blended Sales Tax,Bovine somatotropin,British Summer Time
518BSWBritish Standard Whitworth (screw thread)
519BSXBendigo Stock Exchange
520BTBaal teshuva (Hebrew,'master of repentance') ,used to describe a Jew who adopts Orthodox Judaism as an adult,Bathythermograph,Bhutan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),BitTorrent,British Telecom,the former name of the company now known as BT Group,BTDT , Been There,Done That,Bti , Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis,BTID , Battlefield Target Identification Device,BTIS , Battlefield Target Identification System
521BtBaronet,Bacillus thuringiensis
522BTOBuilt To Order
523BTPBritish Transport Police
524BTRBronetransporter (БТР = Бронетранспортер '(Heavy) Armoured (Personnel) Transporter')
525BTUBritish Thermal Unit
526BTWBy The Way
527BUBulgaria (FIPS 10-4 country code) -,Burma (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1989)
528BUAVBritish Union for the Abolition of Vivisection
529BUG-EBattlefield Universal Gateway Equipment ('buggy')
530BUNOBureau Number (aircraft serial number)
531BURBurma (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1989)
532BVBackground Vocals -,Battlefield Visualization ,,Bouvet Island (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
533BVDBradley,Voorhees & Day (underwear manufacturer)
534BVRBeyond Visual Range
535BVTBouvet Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
536B&WBabcock & Wilcox, Black and White, Bowers & Wilkins
537BWBring Wedges (ISO digram)
538BWBotswana (ISO 3166 digram)
539BWABotswana (ISO 3166 trigram)
540BWARSBees,Wasps & Ants Recording Society
541BWCBiological and Toxin Weapons Convention
542BWRBoiling-Water Reactor
543BXBase eXchange
544BYBurundi (FIPS 10-4 country code), Belarus (ISO 3166 digram), Bavaria
545BYOBBring Your Own Bottle (or beer, beverage, or booze) (multiple,but similar,meanings)
546BYOCBring Your Own Computer (play on BYOB)
547BYOFBring Your Own Flask
548BYSByelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1992)
549BYUBrigham Young University
550BZBelize (ISO 3166 digram)
551BZPBenzylpiperazine
552CCarbon, Coulomb, One Hundred (in Roman numerals)
553cCenti
554C2CConsumer-To-Consumer electronic commerce, Cam-To-Cam internet chat
555c2cthe British rail company formerly known as LTS Rail
556CaCalcium
557CACalifornia (postal symbol),Canada (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Catalonia,Civil Affairs,Close Armour,Cocaine Anonymous,Computer Associates,Counter-Air,Cricket Australia
558CAACanadian 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
559CAATCampaign Against Arms Trade,Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
560CACCalifornia Association of Criminalists,Chronic Asymptomatic [Disease] Carrier
561CACMCentral American Common Market
562CACMCommunications of the ACM
563CADCAMComputer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing
564CADMIDConcept,Assessment,Demonstration,Manufacture,In service,Disposal (life cycle mnemonic)
565CADPATCAnadian Disruptive PATtern
566CAECanadian Aviation Electronics (originally),Certificate in Advanced English
567CAEnClose Action Engagement (constructive simulation)
568CAFCentral African Republic (ISO 3166 trigram),Confederation of African Football (or French Confédération Africaine de Football)
569CAFADCombined Arms For Air Defence
570CAFDECanadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters,Computer Aided Federation Development Environment
571CAFECorporate Average Fuel Economy standard
572CAIComputer Assisted Instruction
573CAIRCouncil on American-Islamic Relations
574CALABARZONA region in the Philippines: CAvite,LAguna,BAtangas,Rizal,queZON
575CALLCenter for Army Lessons Learned
576CALMCommunications,Air-interface,Long and Medium range
577CalPERSCalifornia Public Employees' Retirement System
578CaltransCalifornia Department of Transpotation
579CAMChemical Agent Monitor,Complementary and alternative medicine,Computer-Aided Manufacturing,Crassulacean acid metabolism (type of photosynthesis)
580CAMRACAMpaign for Real Ale
581CANCanada (ISO 3166 trigram)
582CANDUCANada Deuterium Uranium (nuclear reactor design)
583CanolaCanadian oil,low acid (referring to a specific cultivar of rapeseed bred to have a low erucic acid content)
584CAPESCAPability Evaluation System,Combined Arms Planning and Execution System
585CARECitizens 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)
586CARMONETTEComputerized Monte Carlo Simulation
587CARPComputed Air Release Point
588CARTChampionship Auto Racing Teams (now defunct)
589CASChemical Abstracts Service,Chief of the Air Staff,Close Air Support
590CASACivil Aviation Safety Authority
591CASECellular ammunition storage equipment,Computer-Aided Software Engineering
592CASSCommand Activated Sonobuoy System
593CASTFOREMCombined Arms and Support Task FORce Evaluation Model
594CASTORCanadian Automatic Small Telescopes for Orbital Research
595CATCommunity Acceptance Testing
596CATKCounterattack
597CATSComputer Active Technology Suspension
598CATTCombined Arms Tactical Trainer
599CAVCavalry
600CAVOKCeiling And Visibility OK ('Kav-okay')
601CAWCanadian Auto Workers (trade union)
602CBCitizens' Band radio,Cambodia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
603CBASSECommission on Behavioral And Social Sciences and Education ('sea bass')
604CBCCanadian Broadcasting Corporation,Christmas Bird Count,Cipher-Block Chaining,Cornering Brake Control
605CBECommander of the Order of the British Empire,Cab Beside Engine (see truck)
606CBFConfederação Brasileira de Futebol (Portuguese,'Brazilian Football Confederation')
607CBGBCountry,Blue Grass,and Blues (former New York City nightclub)
608CBLAComparative bullet lead analysis
609CBMCanadian Baptist Ministries
610CBMCommodore Business Machines
611CBMLCoalition Battle Management Language
612CBNCardsApp Brand Number
613CBOLConsortium for the Barcode of Life
614CBOTChicago Board of Trade
615CBRCase-Based Reasoning
616CBRNChemical,Biological,Radiological,or Nuclear (weapon or event)
617CBRNEChemical,Biological,Radiological,Nuclear or [high-yield] Explosive (weapon or event)
618CBSColumbia Broadcasting System,Corps Battle Simulation
619CBUSColumbus,Ohio
620CCcarbon copy
621CCACounter Command Activity
622CCCCanterbury Clothing Company,Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.,1930s and 1940s),Corpus Christi College,Oxford
623CCCPCentral Committee of the Communist Party,Cyrillic for SSSR (Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik,Russian Союз Советских Социалистических Республик,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
624CCDCharge-Coupled Device,Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (Catechism)
625CCFCartoon Cartoon Fridays
626CCGCanadian Coast Guard,Collectible Card Game
627CCGCCanadian Coast Guard Cutter,Canadian Coast Guard College
628CCGHCanadian Coast Guard Hovercraft
629CCGSCanadian Coast Guard Ship,Christ Church Grammar School
630CCHComputer-Controlled Hostile
631CCIFComité consultatif international des communications téléphoniques à grande distance (French for International Telephone Consultative Committee,merged with the CCIT in 1956 to form the CCITT)
632CCIICommand and Control Information Infrastructure,Community Capital Investment Initiative
633CCIRComité 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
634CCITComité consultatif international télégraphique (French for International Telegraph Consultative Committee,merged with the CCIF in 1956 to form the CCITT)
635CCITTComité consultatif international téléphonique et télégraphique (French for International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee,became the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector,ITU-T,in 1992)
636CCKCholecystokinin,Cocos (Keeling) Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
637CCMCanada 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
638CCOCCanadian Children's Opera Chorus,Crosley Car Owners Club
639CCOPCoalition Common Operating/Operational Picture
640CCPCasualty Collection Point,Communications Checkpoint,Contingency Communications Package
641CCPAConsumer Credit Protection Act
642CCRCreedence Clearwater Revival
643CCRApCanadian Conservative Reform Alliance party
644CCRPCommand and Control Research Program
645CCRTSCommand and Control Research and Technology Symposium
646CCSCSConsultative Committee for Space Data Systems
647CCSCSCoordinadora de Centrales Sindicales del Cono Sur
648CCSILCommand and Control Simulation Interface Language ('cecil')
649CCSKCyclic Code Shift Keying
650CCTCurrent Commitments Team
651CdCadmium
652cdCandela
653CDCompact Disc
654CD1Cluster of Differentiation 1 (a small gene family)
655CDAUK Centre for Defence Analysis
656CDDCapabilities Development Document
657CDEChemical Defence Equipment
658CDIACCarbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center ('see-dee-ack')
659CDipAFCertified Diploma in Accounting and Finance
660CDLCommercial driver's license
661CDMClean Development Mechanism (Kyoto protocol), Cold Dark Matter (astronomy)
662CDMACode Division Multiple Access
663CDMSIICryogenic Dark Matter Search II
664CdrCommander
665CDTCentral Daylight Time (UTC5 hours)
666CdtCommandant
667CeCerium
668CEChristian/Common Era
669CEACampaign Effectiveness Analysis
670CECOMU.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command
671CEDEXCourrier d'entreprise à distribution exceptionnelle (French,'Company Mail with Exceptional Distribution'; 'exceptional' refers to the volume of mail)
672CEGEPCollège d'enseignement général et professionnel (French,'College of General and Vocational Education')
673CEICompetitive Enterprise Institute
674CENTCOMUnited States Central Command
675CENTOCentral Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)
676CENZUBCentre d'entraînement aux actions en zone urbaine (French,'Urban Operations Training Centre')
677CEOChief Executive Officer
678CEPCircular Error Probable
679CEPTConférence européenne des administrations des postes et des télécommunications (French,'European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations')
680CERCLAU.S. Comprehensive Environmental Response,Compensation,and Liability Act (Superfund)
681CERDECU.S. Communications-Electronics Research,Development and Engineering Center
682CERGACentre de recherches en géodynamique et astrométrie (French,'Astrometry and Geodynamics Research Centre')
683CERNCentre européen pour la recherche nucléaire (French,'European Organization for Nuclear Research')
684CERTComputer Emergency Response Team
685CESSCentre for Earth Science Studies (India)
686CESTCentral European Summer Time
687CETCentral European Time
688CEWCCouncil for Education in World Citizenship
689CfCalifornium
690CFCanadian Forces,Central African Republic (ISO 3166 digram),Republic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code)
691CFACat Fanciers' Association,Chartered Financial Analyst,Colour Filtering Array,County Fire Authority,Covering Force Area
692CFARChristine's,Federal Acquisition Regulation
693CFCChloroFluoroCarbon,Canadian Fish Company
694CFESContinuous Flow Electrophoresis System
695CFFZCall For Fire Zone
696CFGContext-free grammar,Control flow graph
697CFHTCanada-France-Hawaii Telescope
698CFICenter for Inquiry (CSICOP)
699CFLCanadian Football League,Co-ordinated Fire Line
700CFLCCCoalition Forces Land Component Command
701CFMCertified Facilities Manager
702CFOChief Financial Officer
703CFPCall for papers, College Football Playoff, Common Fisheries Policy (EU)
704CFRCode of Federal Regulations,Căile Ferate Române (Romanian,'Romanian Railways')
705CFRPCarbon fibre reinforced plastic
706CFSChronic Fatigue Syndrome
707CFSPCommon Foreign and Security Policy
708CFUColony Forming Unit in Microbiology
709CFVCavalry Fighting Vehicle
710CFZCritical Friendly Zone
711CGClient Group,Computer Graphics,Controls Group,Democratic Republic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code),Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 digram)
712CGHComparative Genomic Hybridisation
713CGIGCross-Government Implementation Group
714CGORepublic of the Congo (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
715CGSChief of the General Staff
716CGTCapital Gains Tax
717chch(L) is used to denote the Chern character of a line bundle
718CHChieftain tank,China (FIPS 10-4 country code),Switzerland (ISO 3166 digram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
719CHAMPUS(U.S.) Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (now known as TRICARE)
720CHAOSCambridge Heart Anti-Oxidant Study
721CHAPSClearing House Automated Payment System
722CHDKCanon Hack Development Kit (Canon camera firmware hack)
723CHESwitzerland (ISO 3166 trigram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
724CHIColumbia Helicopters,Inc
725CHiPCalifornia Highway Patrol
726CHIPSCosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
727CHLChile (ISO 3166 trigram)
728CHLACore Historical Literature of Agriculture
729CHNChina (ISO 3166 trigram)
730CHOGMCommonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
731CHPSOCalifornia Hospital Patient Safety Organization
732CHRSCanadian Heart Rhythm Society
733CHTCertified Hand Therapist
734CIChile (FIPS 10-4 country code),Côte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 digram),Counter-Intelligence,101 (in Roman numerals)
735CiCurie
736CIAU.S. Central Intelligence Agency, Cairo International Airport, Culinary Institute of America
737CIAOCritical Infrastructure Assurance Office,Component-Integrated ACE ORB
738CIBComplete In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
739CIBCCanadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
740CICSCustomer Information Control System (IBM mainframe software; 'kicks' or 'C-I-C-S')
741CIDCertified Interior Designer
742CIEFComité international d'enregistrement des fréquences (International Frequency Registration Board)
743CIFCost,Insurance,and Freight (Paid) (shipping)
744CIMMYTCentro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo (Spanish,'International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center')
745CINCCommander in Chief
746CINEOSCampo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey
747CIOChief information officer,Congress of Industrial Organizations
748CIPE(European) Centre for International Political Economy
749CIR(Commander's) Critical Information Requirements
750CIRCorotating Interaction Region
751CISCanadian Interuniversity Sport,Commonwealth of Independent States,Command and Information System,Communication and Information System
752CISA(U.S.) C4I Integration Support Activity
753CISBComplete In Sealed Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
754CISPRComité international spécial des perturbations radioélectriques (Special International Committee on Radio Interference)
755CISSPCertified Information Systems Security Professional
756CITESConvention on International Trade in Endangered Species (of Wild Fauna and Flora) ('sigh-tease')
757CIVCôte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 trigram)
758CIVETSColombia,Indonesia,Vietnam,Egypt,Turkey,South Africa (economics)
759CIVPOPCivilian Population
760CIWSClose-In Weapon System
761CJCayman Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code),Criminal Justice
762CJCCanadian Jewish Congress,Cold Junction Compensation
763CJCSChairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
764CJDChronological Julian Day,Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
765CJOChief of Joint Operations
766CJTFCombined Joint Task Force
767CKCocos (Keeling) Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code),Cook Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
768CKAcommonly known as, Canada Kicks Ass
769CKNDCodename: Kids Next Door
770CLChile (ISO 3166 digram),Co-ordination Line,One Hundred and Fifty (in Roman numerals)
771ClChlorine
772CLAClutterers Anonymous
773CLECCompetitive Local Exchange Carrier
774CLEMARSCalifornia Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Radio System
775CLICCompact LInear Collider
776CLOCornell Lab of Ornithology
777CLOSCommand to Line-Of-Sight (missile control system)
778CLPFCCentroLateral PreFrontal Cortex
779CLRPCollege Loan Repayment Program
780CMCameroon (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Cruise Missile,Nine Hundred (in Roman numerals)
781CmCurium
782CMAU.S. Chemical Materials Agency,Country Music Association (also used to refer to the organization's annual awards),Crystal Meth Anonymous
783CMHCCanada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
784CMIIAWCorrect me if I am wrong
785CMISCommon management information service
786CMJChristopher Martin-Jenkins (BBC sports commentator)
787CMLLConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (Spanish,'Worldwide Wrestling Council'—Mexican professional wrestling promotion)
788CMMCapability Maturity Model
789CMMCCorps Materiel Management Centre
790CMMLChronic MyeloMonocytic Leukemia,Continuous Media Markup Language
791CMOSCanadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society,(The) Chicago Manual of Style,Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
792CMPCommon [Operating/Operational] Maritime Picture
793CMPDCharlotte Mecklenburg Police Department
794CMPDChronic Myeloproliferative Disease
795CMRCameroon (ISO 3166 trigram),Coaxial Main Rotors (helicopter type)
796CMSCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services,The Chicago Manual of Style
797CMTCountry Music Television
798CMUCarnegie Mellon University,Central Michigan University,Concrete Masonry Unit
799CMWMarconi'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)
800CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Key/blacK (colour model)
801CNCanadian National (railway; also the AAR reporting mark for said company),China (ISO 3166 digram),Comoros (FIPS 10-4 country code)
802CNACenter 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
803CNBCConsumer News and Business Channel
804CNDCampaign for Nuclear Disarmament,Computer Network Defence
805CNECanadian National Exhibition,Computer Network Exploitation,Certified Network Engineer
806CNFCost and Freight
807CNIClinical Nursing Intern
808CNICommunications,Navigation and Identification
809CNNCable News Network,Cellular Nonlinear Network
810CNVCopy-Number Variable (genetics)
811CoCobalt
812COBClose Of Business [day]
813COBRAConsolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
814CODCash On Delivery,Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 trigram)
815CoDACo-Dependents Anonymous
816COGENTCognitive Objects within a Graphical EnviroNmenT
817COILChemical Oxygen Iodine Laser
818COKCook Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
819COLColombia (ISO 3166 trigram)
820COLACost Of Living Adjustment
821CONADU.S. Continental Air Defense Command
822CONMEBOLConfederación Sudamericana de Fútbol or Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol (respectively Spanish and Portuguese for 'South American Football Confederation')
823CONUSContinental United States
824COOChief Operating Officer
825COPEU.K. Committee On Publication Ethics
826COPUSU.K. Committee on the Public Understanding of Science
827CORDCommon Operational Requirements Document
828COREConsortium for Oceanographic Research and Education
829COSCooper Ornithological Society
830COSERCOoperative SERvice
831CoTCar of Tomorrow (former NASCAR race car design)
832COTSCommercial Off The Shelf
833CPCanadian Pacific,Check Point,Command Post,Club Penguin
834CPACertified Public Accountant
835CPACConservative Political Action Conference,Cable Public Affairs Channel ('see-pack')
836CPCUCertified Property Casualty Underwriter
837CPDCapabilities Production Document
838CPECertificate of Proficiency in English
839CPECertified Professional Ergonomist
840CPFCalibration Parameter File,Canadian Patrol Frigate
841CPGClinical Practice Guideline
842CPIMCertification on Production and Inventory Management
843CPIRComputationally-Private Information Retrieval
844CPONCertified Pediatric Oncology Nurse
845CPPCCChinese People's Political Consultative Conference
846CPRCanadian Pacific Railway
847CPRCardiopulmonary resuscitation
848CPSMContinuous Phase Shift Modulation
849CPSUCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
850CPTContingency Planning Team
851CPUContract Postal Unit
852CPVCape Verde (ISO 3166 trigram)
853CPXCommand Post eXercise
854CQCarrier Qualification,Central Queensland,Charge of Quarters,Congressional Quarterly,Constellation Airlines (IATA airline designator),Northern Mariana Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
855CQDClose Quarters Drill (Morse distress code preceding SOS: CQ 'calling all stations',D 'Distress'; often incorrectly interpreted as 'Come Quick,Distress')
856CrChromium
857CRCoral Sea Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Costa Rica (ISO 3166 digram)
858CRAMCombined Radiometric Correction Model
859CRDCapstone Requirements Document
860CREBCyclic AMP-response Element Binding (protein)
861CREEPCommittee for the Re-Election of the President,a pejorative nickname used by opponents
862CRENChristian Real Estate Network Real Estate Association
863CRIChina Radio International,Costa Rica (ISO 3166 trigram)
864CRIPLConsolidated Remain-In-Place List
865CRMCardiac Rhythm Management,Customer Relationship Management
866CROCroatia (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
867CRPCommittee for the Re-Election of the President,Control and Reporting Post
868CRTCardiac Resynchronization Therapy,Cathode Ray Tube,Chinese Remainder Theorem
869CRTCCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
870CsCaesium
871CSACanadian 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
872CSCClosed Spacelike Curve (relativity),Compact system camera,Computer Sciences Corporation,Computer Security Centre,CSCC Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists
873CSERIAC(U.S. DoD) Crew Systems Ergonomics Information Analysis Center
874CSGCorps Support Group
875CSIsee entry
876CSICOPCommittee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (became the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in 2006)
877CSIPCommercial Stable Image Platform (AMD)
878CSISCanadian Security Intelligence Service ('seessiss'),(U.S.) Center for Strategic & International Studies
879CSKCzechoslovakia (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1993)
880CSLU.K. Central Science Laboratory
881CSPICenter for Science in the Public Interest
882CSRControl Supply Rate
883CSRCorporate Social Responsibility
884CSRCConflict Studies Research Centre
885CSRFCross-Site Request Forgery
886CSTCentral Standard Time (UTC6 hours)
887CTComputed 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)
888CTACentral 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')
889CTBTComprehensive [Nuclear] Test Ban Treaty
890CTDBCompact Terrain Data Base (file format)
891CTECanton and Enderbury Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984),Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
892CTGFconnective tissue growth factor
893CTICo-operative Target Identification
894CTILCritical Tracked Items List
895CTISCentral Tire Inflation System
896CTMSClinical Trial Management System
897CTOChief Technical Officer,Chief Technology Officer
898CTSClear-To-Send,Collective Training Standards,Communications Technology Service,Contract Technical Services,Conversation Time Sharing,COSMIC Top Secret
899CTSSCompatible Time-Sharing System
900CTUCounter Terrorist Unit (fictional branch of the Central Intelligence Agency in the television action series 24)
901CTVTCanine Transmissible Venereal Tumour
902CuCopper (Latin 'Cuprum')
903CUBCuba (ISO 3166 trigram)
904CUCVCommercial Utility Cargo Vehicle
905CUNYCity University of New York ('CUE-knee')
906CUPECanadian Union of Public Employees ('CUE-pee')
907CUPSCommon Unix Printing System
908CUPWCanadian Union of Postal Workers
909CUREAConsortium for Undergraduate Research and Education in Astronomy
910CuWCopper-tungsten pseudo-alloy (from the chemical symbols of the two component elements)
911CUWCuraçao (ISO 3166 trigram)
912CVcurriculum vitae (résumé)
913CVLLCrypto Variable Logic Label
914CVSDContinuous Variable Slope Delta (modulation)
915CVTContinuously Variable Transmission
916CWCalendar Week, or: Continuous Wave, or: Clothes Washer, or: Cook Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
917CWACommunications Workers of America
918CWCChemical Weapons Convention
919CWRUCase Western Reserve University
920CWSCanadian Wildlife Service
921CXChristmas Island (ISO 3166 digram),or: One Hundred and Ten (in Roman numerals)
922CXRChristmas Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
923CYCalendar year, or: Cyprus (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
924CYMCayman Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
925CZECzech Republic (ISO 3166 trigram)
926CZF(Christian Zombie Fan)
927CZMA(US) Coastal Zone Management Act
928dDeci
929DDeuterium
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
1059DOBDate Of Birth
1060DODU.S. Department of Defense
1061DODAFU.S. Department of Defense Architectural Framework
1062DoDDU.S. Department of Defense Directive
1063DoDEA(U.S.) Department of Defense Education Activity
1064DOEU.S. Department of Energy
1065DOHCDual-OverHead-Cam engine
1066DOIU.S. Department of the Interior
1067DORADefence of the Realm Act
1068DOSDensity of State
1069DOTAshort-form for DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS a popular online epic game
1070DotDDeal of the Day (marketing gimmick)
1071DOWDied of Wounds
1072DPDivision de production (Algerian petroleum company)
1073DPAUK Defence Procurement Agency
1074DPCODouble-Pole Change Over
1075DPDTDouble-Pole Double-Throw
1076DPIDots Per Inch
1077DPICMDual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition
1078DPKOUN Department for Peacekeeping Operations
1079DPMO(U.S.) Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
1080DPPDBDigital Point Positioning Database
1081DPRKDemocratic People's Republic of Korea
1082DPSTDouble-Pole Single-Throw
1083DRCDemocratic Republic of the Congo
1084DRDCDefence Research & Development Canada
1085DREADefence Research Establishment Atlantic (obsolete 2002)
1086DRESDefence Research Establishment Suffield (obsolete 2002)
1087DRETDefence Research Establishment Toronto (obsolete 2002)
1088DREVDefence Research Establishment Valcartier (obsolete 2002)
1089DRIC(U.S.) Defense Research Information Center
1090DRMS(U.S.) Defense Revitalization and Marketing Service
1091DRPRDrawing Practices
1092DRTDocument Related Technologies
1093DsDarmstadtium
1094DSASDisney Sing Along Songs
1095DSB(U.S.) Defense Science Board
1096DSCSU.S. Defense Satellite Communications System
1097DSCSOCDSCS Operations Center
1098DSEDry Sheep Equivalent
1099DSGDirect-Shift Gearbox
1100DSIDDismounted Soldier Identification System
1101DSLDigital Subscriber Line
1102DSLRDigital single-lens reflex (camera)
1103DSMDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
1104DSNDeep Space Network
1105DSPLDesign Specialists and Plans Language
1106DSRDeformed Special Relativity
1107DSTDaylight Saving Time
1108DSTLBritish Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
1109DSWA(U.S.) Defense Special Weapons Agency
1110DTADental Technologists Association
1111DTDDigital Terrain Data
1112DTGDate-Time Group
1113DTHDirect To Home (television)
1114DTIUK Department of Trade and Industry
1115DTIC(U.S.) Defense Technical Information Center
1116DTLDiode-Transistor Logic (electronics)
1117DTMFDual-tone multi-frequency signaling
1118DTODisruptive Technology Office (was ARDA)
1119DTRDetermine The Relationship
1120DTSA(U.S.) Defense Technology Security Administration
1121DUMBODown Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass (Brooklyn neighborhood)
1122DUSD(U.S.) Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense
1123DVLCUK Driver and Vehicle Licencing Centre
1124DVMDoctor of Veterinary Medicine
1125DVODirect View Optics
1126DVOMDigital Volt-Ohm Meter
1127DVPvarious meanings (disambiguation page)
1128DWDrum Workshop
1129DWIMDo What I Mean
1130DWMDoctor Who Magazine
1131DWTSDancing with the Stars
1132DWWDown with Webster
1133DXADual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry
1134DXMDeXtroMethorphan
1135DYDahomey (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1977)
1136DyDysprosium
1137DZAAlgeria (ISO 3166 trigram)
1138EEast
1139EABUExplain Acronyms Before Use
1140EACEchelons Above Corps
1141EAPCEuro-Atlantic Partnership Council
1142EASTExperimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
1143EBDElectronic Brake Distribution
1144EBEExtraterrestrial Biological Entity
1145EBSAEmployee Benefits Security Administration
1146EBWElectron Beam Welding
1147EBWExploding BridgeWire
1148ECASSEuropean Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences [1]
1149ECBREuropean Coalition for Biomedical Research
1150ECCMElectronic Counter-Counter-Measures
1151ECFSElectronic Case Filing System
1152ECGElectrocardiogram
1153ECHREuropean Convention on Human Rights
1154ECJEuropean Court of Justice
1155ECLEmitter Coupled Logic (electronics)
1156ECommHREuropean Commission on Human Rights
1157ECSCEuropean Coal and Steel Community (distant ancestor of the EU)
1158ECTElectroConvulsive Therapy
1159ECtHREuropean Court of Human Rights
1160EDAEuropean Defence Agency
1161EDACError Detection And Correction
1162EDCSEnvironmental Data Coding Specification
1163EDHEastman Dental Hospital
1164EDSAEpifanio de los Santos Avenue (a major thoroughfare in Manila with great significance to post-1980 Philippines history)
1165EDTEastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC4 hours)
1166EECEuropean Economic Community (predecessor of the EU)
1167EEGElectroEncephaloGram
1168EENTEnd Evening Nautical Twilight
1169EEOEqual Employment Opportunity
1170EEOC(U.S.) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1171EEZEconomic Exclusion Zone or Exclusive Economic Zone
1172EFFElectronic Frontier Foundation
1173EFLEnglish as a Foreign Language
1174EFMEnterprise Feedback Management
1175EFOAEuropean Fuel Oxygenates Association
1176EFSAEuropean Food Safety Authority
1177EFTElectronic Fund Transfer
1178EFVExpeditionary Fighting Vehicle
1179EGEgypt (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1180EGCGEpiGalloCatechin-3-Gallate
1181EGISErieye Ground Interface Segment
1182EGRETEnergetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope
1183EGYEgypt (ISO 3166 trigram)
1184EHFExtremely High Frequency
1185EHREquipment History Record
1186EiExbi
1187EIIreland (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Éire)
1188EIAEnvironmental Impact Assessment
1189EIAHEncyclopedia of Iranian Architectural History
1190EIAHEnvironnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain
1191EICEast India Company
1192EICSEast India Company's Service
1193eIDelectronic ID
1194EIRPEffective Isotropic Radiated Power
1195EISEnvironmental Impact Statement
1196EJExajoule
1197EKGElectrocardiogram (from German Elektrokardiogramm)
1198EKMSElectronic Key Management System
1199ELExalitre
1200ELINTElectronic Intelligence
1201ELLEnglish Language Learner
1202ELMEdge-Localised Mode (plasma physics)
1203ELOElectric Light Orchestra
1204ELSSEmergency Life Support Stores
1205EMElectroMagnetism/ElectroMagnetic
1206EmExametre
1207EMAEuropean Medicines Agency
1208EMCON(Electromagnetic) Emissions Control
1209EMDGEuro-Missile Dynamics Group
1210EMDREye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
1211EMEAEurope,Middle East and Africa
1212EMGElectroMyoGraph
1213EMPElectroMagnetic Pulse
1214EMSEmergency Medical Services
1215EMTEmergency Medical Technician
1216ENCODEEncyclopedia of DNA Elements (human genome data project)
1217ENEEast North-East
1218ENGEngland (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
1219ENTECEuro NATO Training Engineer Centre
1220ENVLEnvelope
1221ENYEnemy
1222EODExplosive Ordnance Disposal
1223EOGElectroOculoGraphy
1224EOMEnd of Message
1225EOSATEarth Observation Satellite
1226EOSDISEarth Observation Satellite Data and Information System
1227EPEuropean Parliament
1228EPExtended play
1229EPCOTExperimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow
1230EPGSEOS Polar Ground Sites
1231EPIRBEmergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
1232EPLEnglish Premier League
1233EPOSElectronic Point Of Sale
1234EPPAEmployee Polygraph Protection Act
1235EPREuropean Pressurised [Nuclear] Reactor
1236EQEmotional Quotient
1237ErErbium
1238ERCIMEuropean Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
1239ERIEritrea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1240ERLAWSEastern Ruapehu Lahar Alarm and Warning System
1241EROSEarth Resources Observation System
1242ERPEngineer Regulating Point
1243ERREesti Rahvusringhääling
1244ERSEarth Resources Survey
1245ERTSEarth Resources Technology Satellite (became Landsat)
1246ERVEndogenous RetroVirus
1247ESDElectroStatic Discharge
1248ESDPEuropean Security and Defence Policy
1249ESEEast South-East
1250ESHWestern Sahara (ISO 3166 trigram)
1251ESLEnglish as a Second Language
1252ESMElectronic warfare Support Measures
1253ESOEuropean Southern Observatory
1254ESOLEnglish for Speakers of Other Languages
1255ESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network
1256ESUEmergency Services Unit
1257ESVEngineer Support Vehicle
1258ETEthiopia (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1259ETHEthiopia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1260ETIExtra-Terrestrial Intelligence
1261ETLAExtended TLA
1262ETTEmbedded Training Team
1263EuEuropium
1264EUCOM(U.S.) European Command
1265EUUSAEuropean Union and United States of America
1266EVExavolt
1267EVILElectronic viewfinder (with) interchangeable lens (a type of digital camera)
1268EWTNEternal Word Television Network
1269ExateslaExtra Terrestrial
1270EXREPExpeditious Repair (SM&R code)
1271fFemto
1272fAFemtoampere
1273FAFood Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
1274FAAFinancial Aid Administrator,Fleet Air Arm,Functional Area Analysis
1275FAADForward Area Air Defence
1276FAADEZForward Area Air Defence Engagement Zone
1277FAAFPFellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians
1278FAANFellow of the American Academy of Neurology
1279FAANFellow of the American Academy of Nursing
1280FAAQFrequently Asked and Anticipated Questions
1281FAASVField Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle
1282FABFeline Advisory Bureau (UK feline charity)
1283FACA(US) Federal Advisory Committee Act
1284FACHFuerza Aérea de Chile
1285FACNFellow of the American College of Nutrition
1286FACPFellow of the American College of Physicians
1287FACTSFlexible Alternating Current Transmission System
1288FAMForeign Affairs Manual
1289FAOFood and Agriculture Organization
1290FAPAFellow of the American Psychological Association
1291FAPHAFellow of the American Public Health Association
1292FARPForward Arming and Refuelling Point / Forward Area Rearm/refuel Point
1293FASCAMFamily of Scatterable Mines[1]
1294FASDFetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
1295FASEBFederation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
1296FATField Artillery Tractor
1297FAVSFuture Armoured Vehicle System
1298FAWFootball Association of Wales
1299FBCSFellow of the British Computer Society
1300FBIDSTFellow of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
1301FBISForeign Broadcast Information Service
1302FBMBoard foot
1303fCFemtocoulomb
1304FCCU.S. Federal Communications Commission
1305FCEFirst Certificate in English
1306FCFFinancial Free Cash Flow
1307FCLAFraud Claims Law Associate
1308FCOUK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1309FCWFlorida Championship Wrestling
1310FDFalun Dafa
1311FDAFood and Drug Administration (U.S.)
1312FDBK(I) Feedback
1313FeIron (Latin Ferrum)
1314FEASTForum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation
1315FEATSFestival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies link title
1316FEBAForward Edge of the Battle Area
1317FEDField Emission Display
1318FEDEPFederation Development Process (Simulation)
1319FEFFrontal Eye Field (neurophysiology)
1320FEMAFarm Equipment Manufacturers Association, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency,Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association
1321FENSFederation of European Neuroscience Societies
1322FESFlywheel Energy Storage
1323FESTFrankfurt English Speaking Theatre link title
1324FETField-effect transistor
1325FEZFighter Engagement Zone
1326fFFemtofarad
1327FFFinal Fantasy
1328FFBFrum From Birth (referring to an observant Jew born into a religiously observant family)
1329FFCFree For Chat
1330FFEFukuoka Futures Exchange
1331FFFFédération française de football (French for: French Football Federation)
1332FFGGuided Missile Frigate (hull classification symbol)
1333FFOVForward Field Of View
1334FFRFédération française de rugby (French for: French Rugby (Union) Federation)
1335FFSFor Fuck's Sake
1336FFTFinal Fantasy Tactics
1337FGFalun Gong
1338fgFemtogram
1339FGFog (METAR Code), French Guiana (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1340FGOTUSFirst Gentleman of the United States
1341FGRFlickr Group Roulette
1342fHFemtohenry
1343FHFIFFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends
1344FHIFamily Health International, Fuji Heavy Industries,Ltd.
1345FIFinland (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1346FIATFabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian for: Italian Car Factory of Turin)
1347FIBFucking Illinois Bastard (Wisconsin slang, variants exist)
1348FIBUAFighting In Built-Up Areas
1349FICFellowship for Intentional Community
1350FIDForeign Internal Defence
1351FIEFly-In Echelon
1352FIFAFédération internationale de football association (French for: International Association Football Federation)
1353FIFeFédération internationale féline (French for: International Feline Federation)
1354FIFOFirst In, First Out
1355FIFRAFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
1356FIGJAMFuck I'm Good, Just Ask Me
1357FIMPTFellow of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1358FINFinland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1359FINAFédération internationale de natation (French for: International Swimming Federation)
1360FIRESFever Induced Refractory Epilepsy Syndrome or Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome
1361FISFédération internationale de ski (French for: International Ski Federation)
1362FISAFédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (French for: International Federation of Rowing Associations)
1363FISHFluorescence In-Situ Hybridisation
1364FiSTFire Support Team
1365FITSFlexible Image Transport System
1366FIUFlorida International University
1367fJFemtojoule
1368FJFiji (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1369FJIFiji (ISO 3166 trigram)
1370FJNFinancial Job Network
1371FKFalkland Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1372fKFemtokelvin
1373FKSMFort Knox Supplemental Manual
1374FKTFastest Known Time
1375fLFemtolitre
1376FLFlorida (postal symbol)
1377flfloruit (Latin for: living) (genealogy)
1378FLAFlorida,Front Line Assembly,Future Large Aircraft
1379FLABFour-letter abbreviation
1380FLACFree Legal Advice Centres
1381FLACFree Lossless Audio Codec
1382FLAKFlug-Abwehr-Kanone (German for: Anti-Aircraft Guns)
1383FLBForward Logistics Base
1384FLETForward Line of Enemy Troops
1385FLGFalun Gong
1386FLIPFlight Information Publication
1387FLIRForward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
1388FLKFalkland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1389FLOTForward Line of Own Troops
1390FLOTUSFirst Lady of the United States (the wife of the President of the United States)
1391FLQFree Legal Questions
1392FLQFront de libération du Québec (French for: Québec Liberation Front)
1393FLSAFair Labor Standards Act
1394FLTSATFleet Satellite
1395FLTSATCOMFleet Satellite Communication System
1396FLUBOSFat, Lazy, Useless, Bag Of Shit
1397FMFactory Mutual
1398FMFederal Magistrate (Australian post-nominal),Federated States of Micronesia (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code),Field Manual,Flight Manager,Frequency Modulation (electronics)
1399fmFemtometre
1400FmFermium
1401FMCFederal Magistrates' Court (an Australian federal court,formerly FMS),Food Machinery Corporation (original name of the company now known as FMC Corporation)
1402FMCAFederal Magistrates' Court of Australia (used for citing decisions of the FMC other than family law decisions)
1403FMCAfamFederal Magistrates' Court of Australia: family (used for citing family law decisions of the FMC)
1404FMCGFast Moving Consumer Goods
1405FMEFormal Methods Europe
1406FMECAFailure Modes and Effect Criticality Analysis
1407FMJDFédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames
1408FMLAFamily Medical Leave Act
1409FoEFriends of the Earth
1410FOGCFederal Oil and Gas Council
1411FOHFront Of House
1412FOIAFreedom of Information Act
1413FOMFederation Object Model
1414FONSIFinding of No Significant Impact
1415FOOForward Observation Officer
1416FOOPFriends Of Organ Pipes (Volunteer group)
1417FoSFamily of Systems
1418FOSEFallout 3 Script Extender
1419FOSEFederal Office Systems Expo
1420FOTFree on truck
1421FOTAFellow of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
1422FOTCFlight of the Conchords
1423FOUOFor Official Use Only
1424FPFrench Polynesia (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1425FPFFederação Portuguesa de Futebol (Portuguese for: Portuguese Football Federation), Final Protective Fire
1426FPSFire Prevention System
1427FQBaker Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code),French Southern and Antarctic Territories (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1979)
1428FRFrance (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1429FrFrancium
1430FRAFederal Railroad Administration, France (ISO 3166 trigram)
1431FRANDFair,reasonable,and non-discriminatory (concept in standards-setting and intellectual property law)
1432FRCPFederal Rules of Civil Procedure,Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
1433FRICBMFull Range ICBM
1434FROFaroe Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1435FRSFellow of the Royal Society, U.S. Federal Reserve System
1436FRSAFellow of the Royal Society of Art
1437FRYFederal Republic of Yugoslavia
1438fsFemtosecond
1439fSFemtosiemens
1440FSAFire Support Area, UK Food Standards Agency, Functional Solution Analysis
1441FSCFederal Supply Classification, Forest Stewardship Council (ecological pressure group)
1442FSCLFire Support Co-ordination Line
1443FSEFire Support Element
1444FSFFree Software Foundation
1445FSHFollicle Stimulating Hormone
1446FSIFuel Stratified Injection
1447FSSFire Support Station
1448FSSPFamilies of Structurally Similar Proteins
1449FSTCForeign Science Technology Center (now NGIC)
1450fTFemtotesla
1451FTCFederal Trade Commission
1452FTEFull Time Equivalent
1453FTLFaster Than Light
1454FTSFlight Termination System used during some rocket launches
1455FTSFuck That Shit
1456FUSmoke (METAR Code)
1457FUBARFucked/Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair
1458fVFemtovolt
1459fWFemtowatt
1460FWForward
1461FWCFootball World Cup
1462FWFFixed Word Format
1463FWIFrench West Indies
1464FWIWFor What It's Worth
1465FWSU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1466FWTFresh Water Tank
1467FXXMetropolitan France (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1997)
1468FYAFor Your Agenda
1469FYDPFive-Year Defense Plan (U.S.)
1470FYIFor Your Information
1471FYROMFormer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
1472FZDZFreezing Drizzle (METAR Code)
1473FZFGFreezing Fog (METAR Code)
1474FZRAFreezing Rain (METAR Code)
1475gGram
1476G3Heckler & Koch G3
1477GAARGeneral Anti-Avoidance Rule (tax evasion)
1478GABGabon (ISO 3166 trigram)
1479GABAGamma-AminoButyric Acid
1480GADGeneralized Anxiety Disorder
1481GAFGarfield and Friends
1482GAOU.S. Government Accountability Office
1483GAWGlobal Atmospheric Watch
1484GBBCGreat (Global) Backyard Bird Count
1485GBEKnight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
1486GBRUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1487GCAGraduate in Claims Administration
1488GCDsee entry
1489GCFGreatest Common Factor
1490GCIGround-controlled interception
1491GCNGamma-ray burst Coordination Network
1492GCSGlobal Coordinate System
1493GCSEGeneral Certificate of Secondary Education (UK)
1494GdGadolinium
1495GDGrenada (ISO 3166 digram)
1496GDLGame Definition Language
1497GDRGeneral Distribution Release (Microsoft Term for a software service release; between Hotfix and Service Pack)
1498GDRGerman Democratic Republic (cf. DDR)
1499GDWGame Designers Workshop
1500GeGermanium
1501GEBCOGeneral Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans
1502GECGreat Engineering Challenge
1503GEDGeneral Educational Development (high school equivalency credential in the U.S. and Canada)
1504GEEPGeophysical Equipment Exploration Platform
1505GENFull General (four stars) in the U.S. Army
1506GeVGigaelectron-volt
1507GEVGround Effect Vehicle
1508GFCIGround Fault Circuit Interruptor (aka GFI)
1509GFIGround Fault Interruptor (aka GFCI)
1510GFLGerman Football League (Germany's Bundesliga for American football; the English-language name is used in German without translation)
1511GFNGlobal Footprint Network
1512GGGeorgia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1513GGKGood God Karma
1514GHAGhana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1515GHBgamma-Hydroxybutyric acid
1516GiGibi
1517GIBGibraltar (ISO 3166 trigram)
1518GIGGlobal Information Grid
1519GINOGodzilla In Name Only
1520GISSGeneral Impression of Size and Shape,Goddard Institute for Space Studies
1521GJDGeocentric Julian Day
1522GLAADGay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
1523GLACGeneral Ledger Accounting Code
1524GLASTGamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
1525GLBAGramm-Leach-Bliley Act
1526GLCGas-liquid chromatography
1527GLPGuadeloupe (ISO 3166 trigram)
1528GLVGained Life Value
1529GmGigametre
1530GMThe Gambia (ISO 3166 digram),GameMaster (role-playing),General Motors,Genetically Modified,Germany (FIPS 10-4 country code),Guru Meditation (computing)
1531GMACGeneral Motors Acceptance Corporation,the original name of the company now known as Ally Financial,Graduate Management Admission Council,G-MAC,Great Midwest Athletic Conference
1532GMBThe Gambia (ISO 3166 trigram),General,Municipal,Boilermakers (and Allied Trade Union)
1533GMFSCGround Mobile Forces Satellite Communications
1534GMOGenetically Modified Organism
1535GMPCSGlobal Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite
1536GNASGrand National Archery Society
1537GNBGuinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 trigram)
1538GNPGross National Product
1539GNQEquatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1540GnRHGonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
1541GOGlorioso Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1542GOAGeneral of the Army (United States only)
1543GOATGreatest Of All Time
1544GOCGeneral Officer Commanding
1545GOESGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
1546GOPGrand Old Party
1547gorpgranola,oats,raisins,peanuts (another name for trail mix),probably a backronym
1548GOSCGeneral Officer Steering Committee
1549GOSHGreat Ormond Street Hospital
1550GOSPGas/Oil Separation Plant
1551GOTSGovernment off-the-shelf
1552GOYADINGet Off Your Arse,Do It Now (anti-procrastination mantra)
1553GPGeneral Practitioner,General Purpose,Grand Prix,Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1554GPAGrade Point Average
1555GPCGlobal Path Cache
1556GPIBGeneral-Purpose Instrumentation/Interface Bus
1557GPOGeneral Post Office
1558GPPCGenetics and Public Policy Center
1559GPRGround-Penetrating Radar
1560GPSGeneral Problem Solver,Global Positioning System
1561GPTGeneral Purpose Technology, Get paid to surf (an online business model)
1562GQEquatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 digram),Gentlemen's Quarterly (the original name of the magazine now known simply as GQ),Guam (FIPS 10-4 territory code),GR[edit]
1563GRGreece (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Hail (METAR Code)
1564GRAILGravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
1565GRASGenerally recognized as safe (FDA list)
1566GRBGamma-Ray Burst
1567GRCGreece (ISO 3166 trigram)
1568GRDGrenada (ISO 3166 trigram)
1569GREGraduate Record Examination,Greece (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
1570grep[search] Globally for Regular Expression,Print [lines]
1571GRIDGay-Related Immune Deficiency (original name of AIDS)
1572GRidGlobal Release Identifier,a music industry identifier from the RIAA and IFPI
1573GriTGirl raised in Texas (Woman presenting firm southern traits/beliefs)
1574GRLGreenland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1575GRNGrenada (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Goods Received Note
1576GsGigasecond
1577GSAU.S. General Services Administration
1578GSDGraphical Situation Display
1579GSGB(God send glamour boy 9-10/10)
1580GSKGlaxoSmithKline [good sexual karma]
1581GSNGame Show Network
1582GSOGeneral Services Officer (U.S. Department of State)
1583GSOHGood Sense Of Humour
1584GSPGeorges St-Pierre (Canadian MMA fighter)
1585GSRGun Shot Residue
1586GSSGeneric Security Services
1587GSWGunshot wound
1588GTDGetting Things Done
1589GTGGot To Go (Internet chat)
1590GTGNGetty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
1591GTKGood To Know (Internet chat)
1592GTMGuatemala (ISO 3166 trigram)
1593GUGuam (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
1594GUFFrench Guiana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1595GUILTGangliated Utrophin Immuno Latency Toxin
1596GULCRGrupo de Usuarios de Linux de Costa Rica
1597GUTGrand Unification Theory
1598GWARSGround Warfare System (simulation)
1599GWASGrand Western Archery Society
1600GWOTGlobal War on Terrorism
1601GXEGene-enivronment interaction
1602GXMMatrox Graphics eXpansion Module
1603GYGuyana (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1604GZKGreisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cut-off (cosmic ray energies)
1605hHecto
1606HHenry
1607H1First half of the year
1608H2Second half of the year
1609HAARPHigh Frequency Active Auroral Research Program
1610HAARTHighly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy
1611HAIHuman Awareness Institute
1612HALHardware Abstraction Layer
1613HALOHigh Altitude Low Opening (parachute jump)
1614HAMAmateur radio operator
1615HANSHead And Neck Support (device used in many race cars)
1616HARMHigh-speed Anti-Radiation Missile
1617HAWHeavy Antitank Weapon
1618HAWKHoming All the Way Killer (air defence system)
1619HAZHeat-Affected Zone
1620HAZMATHazardous Materials
1621HBCDHexaBromoCycloDodecane
1622HBOHome Box Office
1623HBRHarvard Business Review
1624HBTHeterojunction Bipolar Transistor
1625HBVHepatitis B Virus
1626HCCIHomogeneous Charge Compression Ignition
1627HCFHighest Common Factor
1628HCSCHigher Command and Staff Course
1629HDLHigh-Density Lipoprotein
1630HDMHuman Decision-Making
1631HDRAHenry Doubleday Research Association
1632HeHelium
1633HEHigh Explosive
1634HEATHigh Explosive Anti-Tank (ammunition)
1635HEBAHellenic Basketball Clubs Association
1636HEERHigh-Explosive Extended Range (ammunition)
1637HEICHonourable East India Company
1638HEMPHigh-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
1639HEOSSHigh Earth Orbit Space Surveillance
1640HEPHigh-Explosive Plastic (ammunition)
1641HEPAHigh-Efficiency Particulate Air (filter)
1642HESVHeavy Engineering Support Vehicle
1643HETTHeavy Equipment Transporting Truck / Heavy Equipment Truck Tractor
1644HEUHighly Enriched Uranium
1645HfHafnium
1646HFHigh Frequency
1647HFEHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (UK Act)
1648HFEThe common-emitter current gain in a BJT transistor (also represented by βF). See: BJT
1649HFEAHuman Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (UK)
1650HgMercury (Latin Hydrargyrum)
1651HGCUK Human Genetics Commission
1652HGFHuman Growth Factor
1653HGTVHome & Garden Television
1654HIHawaii (postal symbol)
1655HIHHis (or Her) Imperial Highness
1656HIMHis (or Her) Imperial Majesty
1657HIMADHigh to Medium Altitude Air Defence (see also H/MAD)
1658HIMEZHigh Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
1659HIMYMHow I Met Your Mother
1660HIPAAU.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
1661HipparcosHIgh Precision Parallax COllecting Satellite
1662HirdHurd of interfaces representing depth (cf. HURD)
1663HiRISEHigh Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
1664HITHealth Information Technology
1665HIVHuman Immunodeficiency Virus
1666HIWTHobart Institute of Welding Technology
1667HJDHeliocentric Julian Day
1668HKHong Kong (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1669HKGHong Kong (ISO 3166 trigram)
1670HKSHyperKinetic Syndrome
1671hLHectolitre
1672HLHolding Line
1673HLLHigh-Level Language
1674HLNHeadline News
1675HLOSHigh Level Output Specification
1676HMHeard Island and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1677HMCEHer/His Majesty's Customs and Excise (former UK government department; succeeded by HM Revenue and Customs)
1678HMDHeard and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1679HMFHydroxyMethyl Furfural
1680HMOHealth maintenance organization
1681HMPHer Majesty's Prison
1682HMRCHer/His Majesty's Revenue and Customs
1683HMSOHer Majesty's Stationery Office
1684HMVHis Master's Voice
1685HNHonduras (ISO 3166 digram)
1686HNDHonduras (ISO 3166 trigram)
1687HoHolmium
1688HOHonduras (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1689HOLLANDHope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies
1690HOSTACHelicopter Operations from Ships Other Than Aircraft Carriers
1691HOTHighly Optimised Tolerance
1692HOTASHands on throttle-and-stick
1693HOVHigh Occupancy Vehicle
1694hphorse power
1695HPAUK Health Protection Agency
1696HPCLHindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
1697HPLCHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography
1698HPTHigh[er] Payoff Target
1699HPVHuman Papilloma Virus
1700HRBLHigh-level Representation of Behavior Language (original name of the Herbal language)
1701HRDHuman Resource Development
1702HRFHigh iness Forces
1703HRHHis (or Her) Royal Highness
1704HRMHis (or Her) Royal Majesty
1705HRMHuman Resource Management
1706HRTHormone Replacement Therapy
1707HsHassium
1708HSBCThe Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
1709HSCHigher School Certificate
1710HSMHigh School Musical
1711HSMADHuman Science/Modeling and Analysis Data
1712HSNHome Shopping Network
1713HSPHHarvard School of Public Health
1714HSSIHigh-Speed Serial Interface
1715HSTsee entry
1716HTAHyperText Application
1717HTFUHarden The Fuck Up
1718HTHHope That Helps
1719HTIHaiti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1720HTMLHyperText Markup Language
1721HTRHeated Towel Rail
1722HTSHigh-Temperature Superconducting wire
1723HTTPHyperText Transfer Protocol
1724HUHungary (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1725HUHAHead up his/her ass (Marine salute; probably a backcronym)
1726HUNHungary (ISO 3166 trigram)
1727HURDHird of Unix-Replacing Daemons (cf. Hird)
1728HVUpper Volta (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1984)
1729HVAPHigh Velocity Armour Piercing (ammunition)
1730HVHFHigh velocity human factors
1731HVMHigh Velocity Missile
1732HVOUpper Volta (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984)
1733HWMHardware morphing (computer graphics rendering)
1734HXBThe glycoprotein Tenascian C
1735HZHaze (METAR Code)
1736HzHertz
1737IAIowa (postal symbol)
1738IAALI Am A Lawyer
1739IABInternational Association for Biologicals
1740IADIon Assisted Deposition
1741IADSIntegrated Air Defence System
1742IAEAInternational Atomic Energy Agency
1743IAF{i} Industrial Areas Foundation
1744IAFGInformation Assurance Focus Group
1745IANAInternet Assigned Numbers Authority
1746IANALI Am Not A Lawyer
1747IASImage Assessment System
1748IASIPIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
1749IATAInternational Air Transport Association
1750IATFInternational Automotive Task Force
1751IATSEInternational Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
1752IAUCInternational Astronomical Union Circular
1753IAWIn Accordance With
1754IBInternational Baccalaureate
1755IBAImportant Bird Area
1756IBDInflammatory Bowel Disease
1757IBDMInformation Based Decision Making
1758IBMInternational Business Machines
1759IBRDInternational Bank for Reconstruction and Development (part of the World Bank)
1760IBSIrritable Bowel Syndrome
1761ICANNInternet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
1762ICAOInternational Civil Aviation Organization
1763ICBMIntercontinental Ballistic Missile
1764ICBNInternational Code of Botanical Nomenclature
1765ICEIn case of emergency
1766ICESInternational Council for the Exploration of the Sea
1767ICFIntelligent Community Forum
1768ICMPInternet Control Message Protocol
1769ICNAFInternational Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (became NAFO in 1978)
1770ICOIntermediate Circular Orbit
1771ICPEInternational Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology,the annual conference of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
1772ICRAFInternational Centre for Research in Agroforestry (a.k.a. World Agroforestry Centre since 2002)
1773ICRISATInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
1774ICRLIndividual Component Repair List
1775ICRSInternational Celestial Reference System
1776ICSIIntracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
1777ICTInformation and communication technologies
1778ICTHIsland Closest to Heaven/Hell Final Fantasy VIII
1779ICVInfantry Carrier Vehicle
1780ICYMIIn Case You Missed It
1781IDCInternational Data Corporation
1782IDDII don't do initialisms (see irony)
1783IDGAFI don't give a fuck
1784IDKI don't know
1785IDLInterface Definition Language
1786IDNIndonesia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1787IEAInternational Energy Agency
1788IECInternational Electrotechnical Commission
1789IEDImprovised Explosive Device
1790IELTSInternational English Language Testing System
1791IERInformation Exchange Requirement
1792IETInitial Entry Training
1793IETInstitution of Engineering and Technology
1794IETFInternet Engineering Task Force
1795IEWIntelligence and Electronic Warfare
1796IFABInternational Football Association Board
1797IFAHInternational Federation for Animal Health
1798IFAPInternational Federation of Agricultural Producers
1799IFOIdentified Flying Object (see also UFO)
1800IFOVInstantaneous Field of View
1801IFPIInternational Federation of Phonographic Industries
1802IFRBInternational Frequency Registration Board
1803IFVInfantry Fighting Vehicle
1804IGInspector General
1805IGNOUIndira Gandhi National Open University
1806IGSInternational Ground Station
1807IHHIdiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
1808IHOInternational Hydrographic Organization
1809IHRInstitute for Historical Review
1810IHSIInstitutum Historicum Societatis Iesu (Jesuit Historical Institute)
1811IITwo (in Roman numerals)
1812IICAInter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
1813IIEInnovative Interstellar Explorer
1814IIIThree (in Roman numerals)
1815IIRCIf I Recall/Remember Correctly
1816IISSInternational Institute for Strategic Studies
1817IJNImperial Japanese Navy (World War II)
1818IJWPInterim Joint Warfare Publication
1819ILDSImproved Landmine Detection System
1820ILOInternational Labour Organization
1821ILRIInternational Livestock Research Institute
1822ILYI Love You [pronounced ILL-LEE]
1823IMBDInternational Migratory Bird Day
1824IMDbInternet Movie Database
1825IMEIn My Experience
1826IMHOIn My Humble/Honest Opinion
1827IMLInternational Mister Leather
1828IMNSHOIn My Not So Humble Opinion
1829IMPACInternational Merchant Purchase Authorization Card
1830IMPACTInternational Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce
1831IMPATTIMPact Avalanche Transit Time diode
1832IMPTInstitute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1833IMRLIndividual Material iness List
1834IMRO-Internal Macedonian Revolutionary OrganizationIrish Music Rights Organisation
1835IMsLInternational Ms. Leather
1836IMTIntegrated Management Tool
1837IMUInternational Mathematical Union
1838InIndium
1839INAImmigration and Nationality Act
1840INASInternational Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
1841INCITSInterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
1842INDIndia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1843INDIGO(U.S.) INtelligence DIvision Gaming Operation
1844inetthe Internet
1845INFORMS(U.S.) Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
1846INFOSECInformation Security
1847INLAIrish National Liberation Army
1848INMARSATInternational Maritime Satellite organization
1849INRIAInstitut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique
1850INSImmigration and Naturalization Service
1851InSARInterferometric synthetic aperture radar
1852INSTInformation Standards and Technology
1853INTERFETInternational Force for East Timor
1854INTSUMIntelligence Summary
1855IOBritish Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1856IOTBritish Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 trigram)
1857IPBIntelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
1858IPLInferior Parietal Lobule
1859IPOInitial Public Offering
1860IPTIntegrated Product/Project Team
1861IPTSInstitute for Prospective Technological Studies
1862IPTVInternet Protocol TeleVision
1863IPWInterrogation of Prisoners of War
1864IrIridium
1865IRADInternal Research and Development
1866IRAN(I) Inspect and Repair As Necessary
1867IRASInfrared Astronomical Satellite
1868IRBInternational Rugby Board
1869IRBMIntermediate Range Ballistic Missile
1870IREAIntermountain Rural Electric Association
1871IRINNIslamic Republic of Iran News Network
1872IRLIreland (ISO 3166 trigram),Industrial Research Limited,Indy Racing League,In real life
1873IRNIran (ISO 3166 trigram)
1874IROInternational Refugee Organisation
1875IRQIraq (ISO 3166 trigram)
1876IRSU.S. Internal Revenue Service
1877IRSTInfra-red Search and Track
1878ISAAAInternational Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications
1879ISARInverse SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)
1880ISBIntermediate Staging Base
1881ISBNInternational Standard Book Number (ISO 2108)
1882ISCCPInternational Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
1883ISCIIIndian Standard Code for Information Interchange
1884ISDNIntegrated Services Digital Network
1885ISEFIntel International Science and Engineering Fair
1886ISENInternet Search Environment Number
1887ISFInternal Security Force
1888ISILIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant
1889ISISInstitute for Science and International Security, or: Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
1890ISLIceland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1891ISLNInternational Standard Lawyer Number (used initially by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell)
1892ISMBInternational Society of Matrix Biologists
1893ISMCIntelligent Sounding Meaningless Conversation
1894ISOGPIndian Society of Orthodontics for General Practitioners [2]
1895ISPEInternational Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
1896ISROIndian Space Research Organisation
1897ISSCRInternational Society for Stem Cell Research
1898ISSNInternational standard serial number (ISO 3297)
1899ISTCInstitute of Scientific and Technical Communications (UK)
1900ISTSIntel Science Talent Search
1901ITAItaly (ISO 3166 trigram)
1902ITAGInertial Terrain-Aided Guidance
1903ITALYI'll Truly Always Love You
1904ITASImproved Target Acquisition Sight
1905ITCInferoTemporal Cortex (neurophysiology)
1906ITCZIntertropical Convergence Zone
1907ITECInformation Technology Exposition & Conference
1908ITEMSInteractive Tactical Environment Management System
1909ITERInternational Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
1910ITFInternational Tennis Federation
1911ITKIn The Know
1912ITNIndependent Television News (British)
1913ITTInternational Telephone and Telegraph (U.S.)
1914ITTOInternational Tropical Timber Organization
1915IUCNInternational Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union)
1916IvecoIndustrial Vehicles Corporation
1917IVFIn Vitro Fertilisation
1918IVIInterchangeable Virtual Instrument
1919IVISInter-Vehicle Information System
1920IVLInter-Visibility Line
1921IVMIn Vitro [Oocyte] Maturation
1922IVOIn Vicinity Of
1923IWInformation Warfare
1924IWARSInfantry Warrior Simulation
1925IWCInternational Whaling Commission
1926IWWIndustrial Workers of the World
1927IXNine (in Roman numerals)
1928IXTIntraText digital library; IntraText lexical hypertext
1929IYSaudi-Iraqi neutral zone (FIPS 10-4 territory code; obsolete 1993)
1930IZIraq (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1931JJoule
1932J1Joint [Manpower &] Personnel Directorate
1933J2Joint Intelligence Directorate
1934J3Joint Operations Directorate
1935J4Joint Logistics Directorate
1936J5Joint Strategic Plans & Policy Directorate
1937J7Joint Operational Plans & Interoperability Directorate
1938JAJapan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1939JAFTJust A Field Test
1940JALJapan Airlines
1941JALLCJoint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (NATO)
1942JAMJamaica (ISO 3166 trigram)
1943JAMAJournal of the American Medical Association
1944JANETJoint Academic Network
1945JATOJet-Assisted Take-Off
1946JBJail Bait
1947JBJunior Branch
1948JBFSAJoint Blue Force Situational Awareness
1949JCDBJoint Common Data Base
1950JCDSJoint Chiefs of the Defence Staff
1951JCIDSJoint Capabilities Integration and Development System
1952JCLJob Control Language
1953JCPJava Community Process
1954JCSJoint Chiefs of Staff
1955JCWJuggalo Championship Wrestling
1956JDBCJava Data Base Connectivity
1957JDEMJoint Dark Energy Mission
1958JDLJewish Defense League
1959JEJersey (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1960JEFXJoint Expeditionary Force eXperiment
1961JETJoint European Torus
1962JEZJoint Engagement Zone
1963JFACCJoint Force Air Component Commander
1964JFACTSUU.S. Joint Forward Air Control Training and Standards Unit
1965JFCJoint Force Commander
1966JFKJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy or the airport named after him.
1967JFLCCJoint Force Land Component Commander
1968JFMCCJoint Force Maritime Component Commander
1969JFOJournal of Field Ornithology
1970JFSOCCJoint Force Special Operations Component Commander
1971JFTXJoint Field Training Exercise
1972JHJapan Highway Public Corporation
1973JHJharkhand (Indian state code)
1974JIJoint Implementation
1975JIBJoint Information Bureau
1976JICJoint Intelligence Centre
1977JINIJava Intelligent Network Infrastructure
1978JITCJoint Interoperability Test Command
1979JIVEJoint Institute for VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) in Europe
1980JJAPJapanese Journal of Applied Physics
1981JLJapan Airlines (IATA airline designator)
1982JLAJustice League of America
1983JMJamaica (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1984JMSJava Message Service
1985JNJan Mayen Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1986JNIJava Native Interface
1987JNLPJava Network Launch Protocol
1988JOJordan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1989JOAJoint Operations Area
1990JOPESJoint Operations Planning and Execution System
1991JORJordan (ISO 3166 trigram)
1992JOTSJoint Operations Tactical System
1993JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory
1994JPNJapan (ISO 3166 trigram)
1995JPOWJoint Project Optic Windmill
1996JRDFJoint Rapid Deployment Forces
1997JREJava Runtime Environment
1998JREFJames Randi Educational Foundation
1999JROCJoint Requirements Oversight Council
2000JROCMJROC Memorandum
2001JRRFJoint Rapid Reaction Force
2002JRSAIJournal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
2003JSAPJapan Society of Applied Physics
2004JSCSCJoint Services Command and Staff College
2005JSEADJoint Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (see SEAD)
2006JSFJoint Strike Fighter
2007JSIMSJoint Simulation System
2008JSOAJoint Special Operations Area
2009JSOTFJoint Special Operations Task Force
2010JSPJavaServer Page
2011JSPJoint Services Publication
2012JSRJava Specification Request
2013JSSJoint Support Ship Project
2014JTCJoint Training Confederation
2015JTFJoint Task Force
2016JTFEXJoint Task Force Exercise
2017JTLSJoint Theater Level Simulation
2018JTMDJoint Theatre Missile Defence
2019JTNJohnston Atoll (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
2020JUJuan de Nova Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2021JUGFETJUnction Gate Field-Effect Transistor
2022JUICEJUpiter ICy Moon Explorer
2023JUOJoint Urban Operations
2024JVJoint Venture,Junior Varsity
2025JWJehovah's Witnesses
2026JWARSJoint Warfare System (simulation)
2027JWPJoint Warfare Publication
2028JYJapanese Yen
2029JZJoint Zone
2030KKelvin,Potassium (Latin Kalium),Tanker (aircraft designation code)
2031kKilo-
2032Kpicokelvin
2033K9Canine Police Unit
2034KaKamov Design Bureau
2035kAKiloampere
2036KAKnowledge Acquisition,Karnataka (Indian state code)
2037KAFKandahar Air Field
2038KANUKOKAKalaallit Nunaanni Kommunit Kattuffiannit (Kalaallisut, Greenlandic Communities Association
2039KARNACKnowledge Aided Retrieval in Activity Context
2040KARRKnight Automated Roving Robot (Knight Rider character)
2041KATUSAKorean Augmentation To United States Army
2042KAZKazakhstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2043KBEKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
2044KBOKuiper Belt Object
2045KBVBKoninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond (Dutch for Royal Belgian Football Association)
2046kCKilocoulomb
2047KCKKansas City,Kansas,Koma Civakên Kurdistan (Kurdish, Union of Communities in Kurdistan)
2048KCLKing's College London
2049KCMOKansas City,Missouri (pronounced: K-C-Moe)
2050KCSKansas City Southern Railway (AAR reporting mark)
2051KDKawasaki Disease,Kraft Dinner
2052KEKenya (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Kinetic Energy,Knowledge Engineering
2053KEDOKorean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
2054KENKenya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2055KERAKentucky Education Reform Act (of 1990)
2056kermaKinetic Energy Released in MAterial / in MAtter / per unit MAss
2057KESRKent and East Sussex Railway.
2058KETKentucky Educational Television,Key English Test
2059kFKilofarad
2060KFCKentucky Fried Chicken
2061KFORUN Kosovo Force
2062KFUPMKing Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
2063KGKyrgyzstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2064KGOKnight of the Guelphic Order of Hanover
2065KGZKyrgyzstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2066KHCambodia (ISO 3166 digram)
2067kHKilohenry
2068KHLKontinental Hockey League
2069KHMCambodia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2070KHzKilohertz
2071KiKibi
2072KIKiribati (ISO 3166 digram)
2073KIAKilled In Action
2074KIDSKnowledge-based Integrated Design System
2075KIRKiribati (ISO 3166 trigram)
2076KISSKeep It Simple,Stupid / Keep It Short and Simple,Korean Intelligence Support System
2077KITKeep In Touch
2078KITECHKorean Institute of Industrial Technology
2079KITTKnight Industries Two Thousand, Knight Industries Three Thousand
2080kJKilojoule
2081kKKilokelvin
2082KKKKu Klux Klan
2083kLKilolitre
2084KLENOTKLEť Observatory Near Earth and Other unusual objects observations Team and Telescope
2085KLOCKilo Lines Of Code
2086KMComoros,Knowledge Management
2087kNKilonewton
2088KNASaint Kitts and Nevis (ISO 3166 trigram)
2089KNVBKoninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond (Dutch for Royal Dutch Football Association)
2090KOKnocked Out
2091KORRepublic of Korea (ISO 3166 trigram)
2092KPKim Possible
2093KPMGKlynveld,Peat,Marwick,Goerdeler
2094KPNOKitt Peak National Observatory
2095KQKenya Airways (IATA airline designator), Kingman Reef (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2096KRKiribati (FIPS 10-4 country code), Republic of Korea (ISO 3166 digram)
2097KrKrypton
2098KSKansas (postal symbol), Republic of Korea (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2099kSKilosiemens
2100KSCKennedy Space Center
2101KSIKilled or Seriously Injured
2102KSUKansas State University
2103KTChristmas Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code), Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Knights Templar
2104kTKilotesla
2105KTSKnight of the Tower and Sword (of Portugal)
2106KUKuwait (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2107KUWKuwait (UNDP country code,IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
2108kVKilovolt
2109KVKosovo
2110kWKilowatt
2111KWKuwait (ISO 3166 digram)
2112KWBKids' WB!
2113KWTKuwait (ISO 3166 trigram)
2114KXCayman Airways (IATA airline designator)
2115KYCayman Islands (ISO 3166 digram), Kentucky (postal symbol)
2116KZKazakhstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2117KZNKwaZulu-Natal
2118LaLanthanum
2119LALaos (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram), Louisiana (postal symbol), Los Angeles
2120LAASLocal Area Augmentation System, Los Angeles Astronomical Society
2121LABLogistics Assault Base
2122LabVIEWLaboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench
2123LACMALos Angeles County Museum of Art
2124LADLaser Aiming Device
2125LADWLocal Air Defence Warning
2126LAESILocal Authority & Emergency Service Information
2127LANLocal Area Network
2128LANLLos Alamos National Laboratory
2129LAOLaos (ISO 3166 trigram)
2130LARLight Armoured Reconnaissance, Logistics Assistance Representative
2131LARCLivermore Advanced Research Computer (cf. LLNL)
2132LARPLive-Action Role-Playing
2133LaserLight Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (cf. Maser)
2134LATLowest Astronomical Tide (nautical charts),Licensed Athletic Trainer (used in many of the United States; see www.oata.org)
2135LATALocal Access Transport Area
2136LATCHLower Anchors and Tethers for Children (U.S. standard for attachment points for child safety seats in passenger cars)
2137LAVLand Assault Vehicle, Light Armoured Vehicle, Lymphadenopathy-Associated Virus
2138LAWLight Antitank Weapon
2139LAXLos Angeles International Airport, The Latin American Xchange (professional wrestling)
2140LBLebanon (ISO 3166 digram)
2141LBHLight Battlefield Helicopter, Lyman-Birge-Hopfield bands
2142LBJLady Bird Johnson,LeBron James,Light Bulb Joke,Little Beagle Johnson (the dog owned by Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson),Lyndon Baines Johnson
2143LBNLebanon (ISO 3166 trigram)
2144LBNLLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2145LBRLiberia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2146LBSLocation-Based Services
2147LBTLarge Binocular Telescope
2148LBWLeg Before Wicket
2149LBYLibya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2150LCASaint Lucia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2151LCCLand Component Commander
2152LCCPLight Contingency Communications Package
2153LCDLiquid Crystal Display
2154LCMLeast/Lowest Common Multiple
2155LCSLeague of Legends Championship Series
2156LDALateral Drift Apparatus (paratroops)
2157LDCLesser Developing/Developed Country
2158LDLLow-Density Lipoprotein
2159LDVLocal Defence Volunteers (British Home Guard)
2160LDWLane Departure Warning (ADAS)
2161LELebanon (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2162LECLocal Exchange Carrier
2163LEDLight-Emitting Diode
2164LEGADLegal Advice
2165Legslevel emotion gad speed
2166LEMOSSLong-Endurance MObile Submarine Simulator
2167LENLarge Extension Node
2168LEPLarge Electron-Positron collider
2169LERLoss-Exchange Ratio
2170LEULow-Enriched Uranium
2171LFLow Frequency
2172LFOLow Frequency Oscillation / Oscillator
2173LFTRLiquid fluoride thorium reactor
2174LGLatvia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2175LGBLesbian,Gay,Bisexual
2176LGBTLesbian,Gay,Bisexual,Transgender
2177LGBTQLesbian,Gay,Bisexual,Transgender,Queer
2178LGLOLove God,Love Others
2179LGMLittle Green Men
2180LGSLandsat Ground Station
2181LHCLarge Hadron Collider
2182LHSLeft Hand Side
2183LiLithium
2184LIBORLondon Interbank Offered Rate
2185LIBSLaser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
2186LIELiechtenstein (ISO 3166 trigram)
2187LIGOLaser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
2188LINEARLincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
2189LISALaser Interferometer Space Antenna
2190LIVELiquid Inertial Vibration Eliminator
2191LJJLord Justices of Appeal
2192LKSri Lanka (ISO 3166 digram)
2193LKASri Lanka (ISO 3166 trigram)
2194LKR4Linkwitz-Riley 4th order (audio crossover type)
2195LLADLow Level Air Defence
2196LLBLegum Baccalaureus (Latin: Bachelor of Laws)
2197LLCLimited Liability Company
2198LLLTVLow-Light Level Television
2199LLNLLawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2200LLPLimited Liability Partnership
2201LLTRLow-Level Transit Route
2202LMAOLaughing My Ass Off (Internet shorthand)
2203LMBLick My Balls
2204LMFAOLaughing My F**king Ass Off (Internet shorthand,electro-hop duo)
2205LMNLifetime Movie Network
2206LMSLike My Status (Internet shorthand)
2207LMV() Light Motor Vehicle
2208LNERLondon and North Eastern Railway
2209LNGLiquefied Natural Gas
2210LNOLiaison Officer
2211LNRLigue Nationale de Rugby (French for: 'National Rugby League')
2212LOSlovakia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2213LOALimit Of Advance
2214LOCLevel of Operational Capability, Limited Operational Capability
2215LODLimit of Detection,see Detection limit
2216LoDLines of Development (UK)
2217LOFARLow Frequency Analysis and Recording
2218LOGPACLogistics Package
2219LOLLaughing Out Loud (Internet shorthand)
2220LOMEZLow Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
2221LONEOSLowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search
2222LOOGYLefty One-Out GuY,a sometimes pejorative nickname for the left-handed specialist in baseball
2223LORTIDLOng Range Target IDentification
2224LOSLine Of Sight
2225LOSATLine-Of-Sight Anti-Tank (missile)
2226LOTALicentiate of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
2227LOTISLivermore Optical Transient Imaging System
2228LOTSLogistics Over-The-Shore
2229LPLinkin Park,Linkup Point,Listening Post,Long Playing record,Louisiana Pacific (cf. LP Field)
2230LPCLinear Predictive Coding
2231LPDLanding Platform Dock (Navy hull classification),Low Probability of Detection
2232LPGLiquefied Petroleum Gas (cf. LNG)
2233LPILow Probability of Intercept
2234LPSLandsat Processing System,LipoPolySaccharide
2235LQPalmyra Atoll (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2236LrLawrencium
2237LRLiberia (ISO 3166 digram)
2238LRCLogistics iness Center
2239LRGWLong-Range Guided Weapon
2240LRICBMLimited Range ICBM
2241LRIPLow Rate Initial Production
2242LRPLogistics Release Point
2243LRPELong-Range Planning Element
2244LRSLong Range Surveillance
2245LRULine-Replaceable Unit
2246LSATLaw School Admission Test (often pronounced as 'el-SAT')
2247LSILarge-Scale Integration
2248LSIFLabour Sponsored Investment Fund
2249LSNDLiquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
2250LSOLesotho (ISO 3166 trigram)
2251LSSTLarge Synoptic Survey Telescope
2252LSTLanding Ship,Tank (World War II; also known,not entirely affectionately,as 'Large Slow Target')
2253LSVWLight Support Vehicle,Wheeled
2254LTLesotho (FIPS 10-4 country code),Lithuania (ISO 3166 digram)
2255LtLieutenant
2256LtCLieutenant-Colonel (U.S.)
2257LTCLong-Term Costing
2258LtdLimited
2259LTDPLong-Term Defence Plan
2260LTGLieutenant General,Lightning (METAR Code)
2261LTILinear Time-Invariant
2262LTMAcronym for Laughing To Myself
2263LTPLong-Term Potentiation
2264LTULithuania (ISO 3166 trigram)
2265LUAcronym Love You
2266LULoonatics Unleashed
2267LuLutetium
2268LUCALast Universal Common Ancestor
2269LUGLinux User Group
2270LULULocally Unwanted Land Use (urbanism)
2271LUTLimited User Test (ing),Local User Terminal
2272LUVWLight Utility Vehicle,Wheeled
2273LUXLuxembourg (ISO 3166 trigram)
2274LVLas Vegas,Latvia (ISO 3166 digram),Launch Vehicle,Leading Vehicle,Leave,Left Ventricle,Level Valve,Linking Verb,Liverpool Victoria
2275LVALatvia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2276LVADLeft Ventricular Assist Device,Low-Velocity Airdrop
2277LVEFLeft Ventricular Ejection Fraction
2278LWLand Warrior,Low Water (nautical charts)
2279LwLawrencium (obsolete 1963)
2280LWRLaser warning receiver
2281LWRCLand Warfare Resources Corporation
2282LWSLand Warrior System
2283LXElectrics (theatrical term)
2284LXLuxembourg (amateur radio ITU prefix),Swiss International Air Lines (IATA code)
2285LYLibya (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Lithuania (amateur radio ITU prefix)
2286LYAOLaugh Your Ass Off
2287LYLASLove You Like A Sister
2288LZBulgaria (amateur radio ITU prefix),Landing Zone
2289MMega-,One thousand (in Roman numerals)
2290mMetre,Milli
2291MAMadagascar (FIPS 10-4 country code),Marijuana Anonymous,Master of Arts,Massachusetts (postal symbol),Megaampere,Morocco (ISO 3166 digram)
2292MaMegaannum
2293mAMilliampere
2294MAAMathematical Association of America
2295MAACMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference
2296MACEMulti-Agent Computing Environment
2297MACHOMAssive Compact Halo Object
2298MADDMothers Against Drunk Driving,MyoAdenylate Deaminase Deficiency,Multiply-Add
2299MAFMaintenance Action Form
2300MAGICMajor Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (telescope)
2301MAGNETARMetaprogrammable AGent NETwork ARchitecture
2302MAGTFMarine Air-Ground Task Force
2303MahaszMagyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége (Hungarian for: 'Association of Hungarian Record Companies')
2304MALDMiniature Air-Launched Decoy
2305MANPADSMAN-Portable Air Defence System
2306MANPRINTMANpower and PeRsonnel INTegration
2307MAOMolėtų astronomijos observatorija (Moletai Astronomical Observatory),MonoAmine Oxidase
2308MAOIMonoamine oxidase inhibitor
2309MAPSMonitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship
2310MARMorocco (ISO 3166 trigram)
2311MarBEFMarine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
2312MARCENTUnited States Marine Forces Central Command
2313MARFORCCMarine Force Component Commander
2314MASASMonte Agliale Supernovae and Asteroid Survey
2315MaserMicrowave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
2316MASHMobile Army Surgical Hospital
2317MASINTMeasurement And Signature Intelligence
2318MAVSMobile Artillery Vehicle System
2319MBBL(U.S. Armor Center) Mounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
2320MBCCMigratory Bird Conservation Commission (U.S.)
2321MBCSMulti-Byte Character Set
2322MBIMoody Bible Institute
2323MBIDSTMember of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
2324MBMMeat and Bone Meal
2325MBTMain Battle Tank
2326MBTIMyers-Briggs Type Indicator
2327mCMillicoulomb
2328MCDLModel Composition Definition Language
2329MCFTModified Compression Field Theory
2330MCGMelbourne Cricket Ground
2331MCISMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
2332MCMMine Counter-Measures
2333MCMVMine Counter-Measure Vessel
2334MCRMy Chemical Romance
2335MCSFMarine Corps Security Forces
2336MCTMovement Control Team
2337MCTISMounted Co-operative Target Identification System
2338MdMendelevium
2339MDNAMadonna's 12th studio album title (2012)
2340MDOMembership Driven Organisation
2341MDPMarkov Decision Process
2342MDTMountain Daylight Time (UTC-6 hours)
2343MDVMaldives (ISO 3166 trigram)
2344MeMesserschmitt
2345MEACMid-Eastern Athletic Conference (ME-ac)
2346MECOMain engine cutoff (NASA code for point in Space Shuttle assent when three main engines are shut down prior to External Tank (ET) separation)
2347MEDEVACMedical evacuation
2348MEDSMission Essential Data Set
2349MEGMagnetoEncephaloGraphy
2350MELTMetallic Line/Loop Test (ing)
2351MEMSMicroelectromechanical System
2352MERMars Exploration Rover
2353MERLMitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
2354MESManufacturing Execution Systems
2355METAR[Meteorological] Aviation Routine weather report
2356METOCMeteorological and Oceanographic
2357MeVMegaelectronvolt
2358MEXMexico (ISO 3166 trigram)
2359MEZMissile Engagement Zone
2360mFMillifarad
2361MGPAMMy Gym Partner's a Monkey
2362MGSMobile Gun System
2363mHMillihenry
2364MHCMajor Histocompatibility Complex
2365MHHWMean Higher High Water (nautical charts)
2366MHLMarshall Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2367MHLWMean Higher Low Water (nautical charts)
2368MHRA(UK) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
2369MHWMean High Water (nautical charts)
2370MHWNMean High Water Neaps (nautical charts)
2371MHWSMean High Water Springs (nautical charts)
2372MHzMegahertz
2373MiMebi
2374MIAMissing In Action
2375MICLICMine Clearing Line Charge
2376MICOMMissile Command
2377MIDMidway Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
2378MIDASMan-machine Integration Design and Analysis System
2379MIDIMusical Instrument Digital Interface
2380MIDSMulti-Function Information Distribution System
2381MIFGShallow Fog (METAR Code)
2382MIKEMonitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants
2383MILMan-In-the-Loop
2384MILCMirrorless interchangeable-lens camera
2385MILFMother I'd Like to Fuck
2386MIMOSAMIcroMeasurements Of Satellite Acceleration
2387MIMPTMember of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
2388MIRAMILAN Infra-Red Acquisition (thermal sight)
2389MIRVMultiple Independent Reentry Vehicle
2390MISREPMission Report
2391MISSIMultilevel Information System Security Initiative
2392MITLMan-In-The-Loop
2393MITSsee entry
2394mJMillijoule
2395MJDModified Julian Day
2396mKMillikelvin
2397MKGMichael Kidd-Gilchrist (American basketball player)
2398MKSAMetre-Kilogram-Second-Ampere (system of units)
2399mLMillilitre
2400MLBMajor League Baseball
2401MLCMember of the Legislative Council (in India)
2402MLEMaximum likelihood estimation
2403MLHWMean Lower High Water (nautical charts)
2404MLIMali (ISO 3166 trigram)
2405MLLMajor League Lacrosse
2406MLLWMean Lower Low Water (nautical charts)
2407MLPMy Little Pony
2408MLRSMultiple-Launch Rocket System
2409MLTMalta (ISO 3166 trigram)
2410MLWMean Low Water (nautical charts)
2411MLWNMean Low Water Neaps (nautical charts)
2412MLWSMean Low Water Springs (nautical charts)
2413MmMegametre
2414mmMillimetre
2415MMEVMulti-Mission Effects Vehicle
2416MMIMagical MonkeyZ Inc.
2417MMIMan-Machine Interface
2418MMIMcLean Meditation Institute
2419MMICMcLean Meditation Institute Certified
2420MMOMassively Multiplayer Online (computer game)
2421MMORMaster of Management in Operations Research
2422MMORPGMassively multiplayer online role-playing game
2423MMPRMighty Morphin Power Rangers
2424MMSMultimission Modular Spacecraft
2425MnManganese
2426mNMillinewton
2427MNBMultinational Brigade
2428MNEMontenegro (ISO 3166 trigram)
2429MNMFMulti-National Maritime Force
2430MNPNorthern Mariana Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2431MNSMission Needs Statement
2432MoMolybdenum
2433MOAMuseum of Art (Brigham Young University)
2434MOCASMechanization Of Contract Administration Services
2435MoDMinistry of Defence (United Kingdom) and various other countries
2436modemModulator-Demodulator
2437MoeMarvel of entertainment
2438MOEMeasure Of Effectiveness
2439MOFMinistry of Finance (Japan)
2440MOFAMinistry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
2441MOIDMinimum Orbital Intersection Distance
2442MOJWAMovement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa
2443MOLOMobile Other Licensed Operator (UK)
2444MOMMaster's Degree in Oriental medicine
2445MOMMessage Oriented Middleware
2446MoMMultiple of the median
2447MoMAMuseum of Modern Art (NYC)
2448MONDModified Newtonian Dynamics
2449MOOMeasure Of Outcome
2450MOPPMission-Oriented Protective Posture
2451MORPMeteorite Observation and Recovery Project
2452MOSFETMetal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
2453MOTMinistry of Transport (UK)
2454MOTAMember of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
2455MOTESSMoving Object and Transient Event Search System
2456MOUMemorandum Of Understanding
2457MOWMaintenance of way (also MW)
2458MOZMozambique (ISO 3166 trigram)
2459MPaMegapascal
2460mPaMillipascal
2461MPAAMotion Picture Association of America
2462MPECMinor Planet Electronic Circular
2463MPEGMotion Pictures (Coding) Experts Group
2464MPEVMulti-Purpose Engineering Vehicle
2465MPFMaritime Prepositioning Force
2466MPFCMedial PreFrontal Cortex
2467MPGMiles Per Gallon
2468MPMCMedial PreMotor Cortex
2469MPSIMember of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
2470MPSoCMultiProcessor System-on-Chip
2471MPSRONMaritime Propositioning Ship Squadron
2472MRMauritania (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2473MRAVMulti-Role Armoured Vehicle
2474MRBMMedium Range Ballistic Missile
2475MRCMaintenance Requirements Card
2476MRDMotorized Rifle Division
2477MRGWMedium-Range Guided Weapon
2478MRIMagnetic Resonance Imaging
2479MRLMultiple Rocket Launcher
2480MRPharmSMember of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (Great Britain)
2481MRSMagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
2482MRSAMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
2483MRTFBU.S. Major Range and Test Facility Base
2484MsMegasecond
2485mSMillisiemens
2486MSDMinimum Safe Distance
2487MSDBMulti Source Data Base
2488MSEMultiple Subscriber Element
2489MSGMessage
2490MSLPMean Sea Level Pressure
2491MSNBCMicrosoft National Broadcasting Company Cable news channel (see also msnbc.com)
2492MSOMultiple System Operator
2493MSPBMerit Systems Protection Board
2494MSSAMethicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
2495MtMeitnerium
2496mTMillitesla
2497MTBFMean Time Between Failures
2498MtFMale-to-female transsexual
2499MTGMagic: The Gathering
2500MTQMartinique (ISO 3166 trigram)
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