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