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)
853CQDClose Quarters Drill (Morse distress code preceding SOS: CQ 'calling all stations',D 'Distress'; often incorrectly interpreted as 'Come Quick,Distress')
854CrChromium
855CRCoral Sea Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Costa Rica (ISO 3166 digram)
856CRAMCombined Radiometric Correction Model
857CRDCapstone Requirements Document
858CREBCyclic AMP-response Element Binding (protein)
859CREEPCommittee for the Re-Election of the President,a pejorative nickname used by opponents
860CRENChristian Real Estate Network Real Estate Association
861CRIChina Radio International,Costa Rica (ISO 3166 trigram)
862CRIPLConsolidated Remain-In-Place List
863CRMCardiac Rhythm Management,Customer Relationship Management
864CROCroatia (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
865CRPCommittee for the Re-Election of the President,Control and Reporting Post
866CRTCardiac Resynchronization Therapy,Cathode Ray Tube,Chinese Remainder Theorem
867CRTCCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
868CsCaesium
869CSACanadian Soccer Association,Canadian Space Agency,Canadian Standards Association,Child Support Agency,Command Staff Advisor,Community-supported agriculture,Confederate States of America,Corps Storage Area,Czech Airlines,C/S/A,CINC,Service,and Agency
870CSCClosed Spacelike Curve (relativity),Compact system camera,Computer Sciences Corporation,Computer Security Centre,CSCC Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists
871CSERIAC(U.S. DoD) Crew Systems Ergonomics Information Analysis Center
872CSGCorps Support Group
873CSIsee entry
874CSICOPCommittee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (became the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in 2006)
875CSIPCommercial Stable Image Platform (AMD)
876CSISCanadian Security Intelligence Service ('seessiss'),(U.S.) Center for Strategic & International Studies
877CSKCzechoslovakia (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1993)
878CSLU.K. Central Science Laboratory
879CSPICenter for Science in the Public Interest
880CSRControl Supply Rate
881CSRCorporate Social Responsibility
882CSRCConflict Studies Research Centre
883CSRFCross-Site Request Forgery
884CSTCentral Standard Time (UTC6 hours)
885CTComputed tomography (medical scan also known as a CAT scan),Central Time zone,Chrono Trigger (Computer/Video games),Connecticut (postal symbol),Canterbury (postal symbol),Chhattisgarh (Indian state code)
886CTBTComprehensive [Nuclear] Test Ban Treaty
887CTDBCompact Terrain Data Base (file format)
888CTGFconnective tissue growth factor
889CTICo-operative Target Identification
890CTILCritical Tracked Items List
891CTISCentral Tire Inflation System
892CTMSClinical Trial Management System
893CTSSCompatible Time-Sharing System
894CTUCounter Terrorist Unit (fictional branch of the Central Intelligence Agency in the television action series 24)
895CTVTCanine Transmissible Venereal Tumour
896CuCopper (Latin Cuprum)
897CUBCuba (ISO 3166 trigram)
898CUCVCommercial Utility Cargo Vehicle
899CUPSCommon Unix Printing System
900CUPWCanadian Union of Postal Workers
901CUREAConsortium for Undergraduate Research and Education in Astronomy
902CuWCopper-tungsten pseudo-alloy (from the chemical symbols of the two component elements)
903CUWCuraçao (ISO 3166 trigram)
904CVcurriculum vitae (résumé)
905CVLLCrypto Variable Logic Label
906CVSDContinuous Variable Slope Delta (modulation)
907CVTContinuously Variable Transmission
908CWCalendar Week, or: Continuous Wave, or: Clothes Washer, or: Cook Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
909CWCChemical Weapons Convention
910CWRUCase Western Reserve University
911CWSCanadian Wildlife Service
912CXChristmas Island (ISO 3166 digram),or: One Hundred and Ten (in Roman numerals)
913CXRChristmas Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
914CYCalendar year, or: Cyprus (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
915CYMCayman Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
916CZECzech Republic (ISO 3166 trigram)
917CZF(Christian Zombie Fan)
918CZMA(US) Coastal Zone Management Act
919dDeci
920DDeuterium
921DAFIFDigital Aeronautical Flight Information File
922DAKDisney's Animal Kingdom
923DAODivision Ammunition Officer
924DAREDrug Abuse Resistance Education
925DARO(U.S.) Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
926DARPAU.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
927DASDefensive Aids Suite
928DASD(U.S.) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
929DASLDatapoint's Advanced Systems Language
930DAU(U.S.) Defense Acquisition University
931DAWN(U.S.) Drug Abuse Warning Network
932dBDecibel
933DBDeutsche Bahn
934DbDubnium
935DBADe Bellis Antiquitatis (miniature wargaming rules)
936DBBL(U.S. Army Simulation Center) Dismounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
937DBDODesert BDO
938DBEDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
939DBFDetection By Fire (weapon launch signature)
940DBRDe Bellis Renationis (miniature wargaming rules)
941DBRADavis-Bacon Related Acts
942DBSDirect Broadcast Services (television)
943DCAA(U.S.) Defense Contract Audit Agency
944DCASDevon and Cornwall Archery Society
945DCCDallas Christian College
946DCD[Organ] Donation after Cardiac Death
947DCEData Communication Equipment
948DCFCDeath Cab for Cutie
949DCLDisney Cruise Line
950DCNDeacon
951DCOMDisney Channel Original Movie
952DCSOPSDeputy Chief of Staff for Operations and plans
953DCWDigital Chart of the World
954DCYSCDiscovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge
955DDdue diligence and dear daughter (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists,blogs,and bulletin boards)
956DDADeputy District Attorney
957DDNU.S. Defense Data Network
958DDSDoctor of Dental Surgery
959DEADrug Enforcement Administration
960DEADrug Enforcement Agency
961DeCA(U.S.) Defense Commissary Agency
962DEFCONDefence readiness condition
963DELTDual Ended Line Test (ing)
964DEPSECDEF(U.S.) Deputy Secretary of Defense
965DERABritish Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (1995-2001)
966DESDeep Ecliptic Survey
967DEUGermany (ISO 3166 trigram)
968DFAS(U.S.) Defense Finance and Accounting Service
969DFCBData Format Control Book
970DfIDUK Department for International Development
971DFMDiscrete Field Model see Superluminal motion
972DFMDynamic Flowgraph Methodology
973DFSPDermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
974DfTUK Department for Transport
975DGPSDifferential GPS
976DGZDesired Ground Zero
977DHADocosaHexaenoic Acid
978DHHS(U.S.) Department of Health and Human Services
979DHRA(U.S.) DoD Human Resources Activity
980DHSU.S. Department of Homeland Security
981DHSSUK Department of Health and Social Security
982DHTFYSSU.S. Don't Have Time For You Silly S****
983DHYDahomey (ISO 3166 trigram; became BEN for Benin in 1977)
984DIAU.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
985DIACDepartment of Immigration and Citizenship (Australia) [1]
986DiCDesign Island Centre (computing usually used in a teaching situation)
987DICASSDIrectional Command Activated Sonobuoy System
988DIFARDIrectional Frequency Analysis and Recording
989DIMEDense Inert Metal Explosive
990DIPDual In-line Package (electronics)
991DIPSDefense independent pitching statistics
992DIRDefence Industrial Research
993DISCOMDivision Support Command
994DISEDeployable Intelligence Support Element
995DISSTAFDIS Search and Target Acquisition Fidelity experiment
996DITYDo-It-Yourself
997DIVADDivision Air Defence
998DIYDo It Yourself
999DJIDjibouti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1000DKDenmark (ISO 3166 digram)
1001DLDexter's Laboratory
1002DLICDetachment Left-In-Contact
1003DLIRDepot-Level Inspection and Repair
1004DLPMCDorsoLateral PreMotor Cortex
1005DLRPData Link Reference Point
1006DLSDeep Lens Survey
1007DLSA(U.S.) Defense Legal Services Agency
1008DLScDiploma in Library Science
1009DLTBGYDDon't let the bastards grind you down
1010DMC(U.S.) Defense Management Council
1011DMCADigital Millennium Copyright Act
1012DMMDigital Multimeter
1013DMOCDistributed Mission Operations Centre
1014DMPA(U.S.) Defense Medical Programs Activity
1015DMPFCDorsoMedial PreFrontal Cortex
1016DMPKDrug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
1017DMRBDesign Manual for Roads and Bridges
1018DMSU.S. Defense Message System
1019DMSPU.S. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
1020DMTDimethyltryptamine
1021DMVDepartment of Motor Vehicles
1022DMZDeMilitarized Zone
1023DNDeacon
1024DNAWDay Night All Weather
1025DNDiDrugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
1026DNDOU.S. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
1027DNKDenmark (ISO 3166 trigram)
1028DNMDefence Nuclear Material
1029DNRDo Not Resuscitate
1030DNSDomain Name System
1031DOBDate Of Birth
1032DODU.S. Department of Defense
1033DODAFU.S. Department of Defense Architectural Framework
1034DoDDU.S. Department of Defense Directive
1035DoDEA(U.S.) Department of Defense Education Activity
1036DOEU.S. Department of Energy
1037DOHCDual-OverHead-Cam engine
1038DOIU.S. Department of the Interior
1039DORADefence of the Realm Act
1040DOSDensity of State
1041DOTAshort-form for DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS a popular online epic game
1042DotDDeal of the Day (marketing gimmick)
1043DOWDied of Wounds
1044DPDivision de production (Algerian petroleum company)
1045DPAUK Defence Procurement Agency
1046DPCODouble-Pole Change Over
1047DPDTDouble-Pole Double-Throw
1048DPIDots Per Inch
1049DPICMDual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition
1050DPKOUN Department for Peacekeeping Operations
1051DPMO(U.S.) Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
1052DPPDBDigital Point Positioning Database
1053DPRKDemocratic People's Republic of Korea
1054DPSTDouble-Pole Single-Throw
1055DRCDemocratic Republic of the Congo
1056DRDCDefence Research & Development Canada
1057DREADefence Research Establishment Atlantic (obsolete 2002)
1058DRESDefence Research Establishment Suffield (obsolete 2002)
1059DRETDefence Research Establishment Toronto (obsolete 2002)
1060DREVDefence Research Establishment Valcartier (obsolete 2002)
1061DRIC(U.S.) Defense Research Information Center
1062DRMS(U.S.) Defense Revitalization and Marketing Service
1063DRPRDrawing Practices
1064DRTDocument Related Technologies
1065DsDarmstadtium
1066DSASDisney Sing Along Songs
1067DSB(U.S.) Defense Science Board
1068DSCSU.S. Defense Satellite Communications System
1069DSCSOCDSCS Operations Center
1070DSEDry Sheep Equivalent
1071DSGDirect-Shift Gearbox
1072DSIDDismounted Soldier Identification System
1073DSLDigital Subscriber Line
1074DSLRDigital single-lens reflex (camera)
1075DSMDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
1076DSNDeep Space Network
1077DSPLDesign Specialists and Plans Language
1078DSRDeformed Special Relativity
1079DSTDaylight Saving Time
1080DSTLBritish Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
1081DSWA(U.S.) Defense Special Weapons Agency
1082DTADental Technologists Association
1083DTDDigital Terrain Data
1084DTGDate-Time Group
1085DTHDirect To Home (television)
1086DTIUK Department of Trade and Industry
1087DTIC(U.S.) Defense Technical Information Center
1088DTLDiode-Transistor Logic (electronics)
1089DTMFDual-tone multi-frequency signaling
1090DTODisruptive Technology Office (was ARDA)
1091DTRDetermine The Relationship
1092DTSA(U.S.) Defense Technology Security Administration
1093DUMBODown Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass (Brooklyn neighborhood)
1094DUSD(U.S.) Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense
1095DVLCUK Driver and Vehicle Licencing Centre
1096DVMDoctor of Veterinary Medicine
1097DVODirect View Optics
1098DVOMDigital Volt-Ohm Meter
1099DVPvarious meanings (disambiguation page)
1100DWDrum Workshop
1101DWIMDo What I Mean
1102DWMDoctor Who Magazine
1103DWTSDancing with the Stars
1104DWWDown with Webster
1105DXADual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry
1106DXMDeXtroMethorphan
1107DYDahomey (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1977)
1108DyDysprosium
1109DZAAlgeria (ISO 3166 trigram)
1110EEast
1111EABUExplain Acronyms Before Use
1112EACEchelons Above Corps
1113EAPCEuro-Atlantic Partnership Council
1114EASTExperimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
1115EBDElectronic Brake Distribution
1116EBEExtraterrestrial Biological Entity
1117EBSAEmployee Benefits Security Administration
1118EBWElectron Beam Welding
1119EBWExploding BridgeWire
1120ECASSEuropean Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences [1]
1121ECBREuropean Coalition for Biomedical Research
1122ECCMElectronic Counter-Counter-Measures
1123ECFSElectronic Case Filing System
1124ECGElectrocardiogram
1125ECHREuropean Convention on Human Rights
1126ECJEuropean Court of Justice
1127ECLEmitter Coupled Logic (electronics)
1128ECommHREuropean Commission on Human Rights
1129ECSCEuropean Coal and Steel Community (distant ancestor of the EU)
1130ECTElectroConvulsive Therapy
1131ECtHREuropean Court of Human Rights
1132EDAEuropean Defence Agency
1133EDACError Detection And Correction
1134EDCSEnvironmental Data Coding Specification
1135EDHEastman Dental Hospital
1136EDSAEpifanio de los Santos Avenue (a major thoroughfare in Manila with great significance to post-1980 Philippines history)
1137EDTEastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC4 hours)
1138EECEuropean Economic Community (predecessor of the EU)
1139EEGElectroEncephaloGram
1140EENTEnd Evening Nautical Twilight
1141EEOEqual Employment Opportunity
1142EEOC(U.S.) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1143EEZEconomic Exclusion Zone or Exclusive Economic Zone
1144EFFElectronic Frontier Foundation
1145EFLEnglish as a Foreign Language
1146EFMEnterprise Feedback Management
1147EFOAEuropean Fuel Oxygenates Association
1148EFSAEuropean Food Safety Authority
1149EFTElectronic Fund Transfer
1150EFVExpeditionary Fighting Vehicle
1151EGEgypt (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1152EGCGEpiGalloCatechin-3-Gallate
1153EGISErieye Ground Interface Segment
1154EGRETEnergetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope
1155EGYEgypt (ISO 3166 trigram)
1156EHFExtremely High Frequency
1157EHREquipment History Record
1158EiExbi
1159EIIreland (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Éire)
1160EIAEnvironmental Impact Assessment
1161EIAHEncyclopedia of Iranian Architectural History
1162EIAHEnvironnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain
1163EICEast India Company
1164EICSEast India Company's Service
1165eIDelectronic ID
1166EIRPEffective Isotropic Radiated Power
1167EISEnvironmental Impact Statement
1168EJExajoule
1169EKGElectrocardiogram (from German Elektrokardiogramm)
1170EKMSElectronic Key Management System
1171ELExalitre
1172ELINTElectronic Intelligence
1173ELLEnglish Language Learner
1174ELMEdge-Localised Mode (plasma physics)
1175ELOElectric Light Orchestra
1176ELSSEmergency Life Support Stores
1177EMElectroMagnetism/ElectroMagnetic
1178EmExametre
1179EMAEuropean Medicines Agency
1180EMCON(Electromagnetic) Emissions Control
1181EMDGEuro-Missile Dynamics Group
1182EMDREye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
1183EMEAEurope,Middle East and Africa
1184EMGElectroMyoGraph
1185EMPElectroMagnetic Pulse
1186EMSEmergency Medical Services
1187EMTEmergency Medical Technician
1188ENCODEEncyclopedia of DNA Elements (human genome data project)
1189ENEEast North-East
1190ENGEngland (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
1191ENTECEuro NATO Training Engineer Centre
1192ENVLEnvelope
1193ENYEnemy
1194EODExplosive Ordnance Disposal
1195EOGElectroOculoGraphy
1196EOMEnd of Message
1197EOSATEarth Observation Satellite
1198EOSDISEarth Observation Satellite Data and Information System
1199EPEuropean Parliament
1200EPExtended play
1201EPCOTExperimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow
1202EPGSEOS Polar Ground Sites
1203EPIRBEmergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
1204EPLEnglish Premier League
1205EPOSElectronic Point Of Sale
1206EPPAEmployee Polygraph Protection Act
1207EPREuropean Pressurised [Nuclear] Reactor
1208EQEmotional Quotient
1209ErErbium
1210ERCIMEuropean Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
1211ERIEritrea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1212ERLAWSEastern Ruapehu Lahar Alarm and Warning System
1213EROSEarth Resources Observation System
1214ERPEngineer Regulating Point
1215ERREesti Rahvusringhääling
1216ERSEarth Resources Survey
1217ERTSEarth Resources Technology Satellite (became Landsat)
1218ERVEndogenous RetroVirus
1219ESDElectroStatic Discharge
1220ESDPEuropean Security and Defence Policy
1221ESEEast South-East
1222ESHWestern Sahara (ISO 3166 trigram)
1223ESLEnglish as a Second Language
1224ESMElectronic warfare Support Measures
1225ESOEuropean Southern Observatory
1226ESOLEnglish for Speakers of Other Languages
1227ESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network
1228ESUEmergency Services Unit
1229ESVEngineer Support Vehicle
1230ETEthiopia (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1231ETHEthiopia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1232ETIExtra-Terrestrial Intelligence
1233ETLAExtended TLA
1234ETTEmbedded Training Team
1235EuEuropium
1236EUCOM(U.S.) European Command
1237EUUSAEuropean Union and United States of America
1238EVExavolt
1239EVILElectronic viewfinder (with) interchangeable lens (a type of digital camera)
1240EWTNEternal Word Television Network
1241ExateslaExtra Terrestrial
1242EXREPExpeditious Repair (SM&R code)
1243fFemto
1244fAFemtoampere
1245FAFood Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
1246FAAFinancial Aid Administrator,Fleet Air Arm,Functional Area Analysis
1247FAADForward Area Air Defence
1248FAADEZForward Area Air Defence Engagement Zone
1249FAAFPFellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians
1250FAANFellow of the American Academy of Neurology
1251FAANFellow of the American Academy of Nursing
1252FAAQFrequently Asked and Anticipated Questions
1253FAASVField Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle
1254FABFeline Advisory Bureau (UK feline charity)
1255FACA(US) Federal Advisory Committee Act
1256FACHFuerza Aérea de Chile
1257FACNFellow of the American College of Nutrition
1258FACPFellow of the American College of Physicians
1259FACTSFlexible Alternating Current Transmission System
1260FAMForeign Affairs Manual
1261FAOFood and Agriculture Organization
1262FAPAFellow of the American Psychological Association
1263FAPHAFellow of the American Public Health Association
1264FARPForward Arming and Refuelling Point / Forward Area Rearm/refuel Point
1265FASCAMFamily of Scatterable Mines[1]
1266FASDFetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
1267FASEBFederation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
1268FATField Artillery Tractor
1269FAVSFuture Armoured Vehicle System
1270FAWFootball Association of Wales
1271FBCSFellow of the British Computer Society
1272FBIDSTFellow of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
1273FBISForeign Broadcast Information Service
1274FBMBoard foot
1275fCFemtocoulomb
1276FCCU.S. Federal Communications Commission
1277FCEFirst Certificate in English
1278FCFFinancial Free Cash Flow
1279FCLAFraud Claims Law Associate
1280FCOUK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1281FCWFlorida Championship Wrestling
1282FDFalun Dafa
1283FDAFood and Drug Administration (U.S.)
1284FDBK(I) Feedback
1285FeIron (Latin Ferrum)
1286FEASTForum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation
1287FEATSFestival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies link title
1288FEBAForward Edge of the Battle Area
1289FEDField Emission Display
1290FEDEPFederation Development Process (Simulation)
1291FEFFrontal Eye Field (neurophysiology)
1292FEMAFarm Equipment Manufacturers Association, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency,Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association
1293FENSFederation of European Neuroscience Societies
1294FESFlywheel Energy Storage
1295FESTFrankfurt English Speaking Theatre link title
1296FETField-effect transistor
1297FEZFighter Engagement Zone
1298fFFemtofarad
1299FFFinal Fantasy
1300FFBFrum From Birth (referring to an observant Jew born into a religiously observant family)
1301FFCFree For Chat
1302FFEFukuoka Futures Exchange
1303FFFFédération française de football (French for: French Football Federation)
1304FFGGuided Missile Frigate (hull classification symbol)
1305FFOVForward Field Of View
1306FFRFédération française de rugby (French for: French Rugby (Union) Federation)
1307FFSFor Fuck's Sake
1308FFTFinal Fantasy Tactics
1309FGFalun Gong
1310fgFemtogram
1311FGFog (METAR Code), French Guiana (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1312FGOTUSFirst Gentleman of the United States
1313FGRFlickr Group Roulette
1314fHFemtohenry
1315FHFIFFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends
1316FHIFamily Health International, Fuji Heavy Industries,Ltd.
1317FIFinland (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1318FIATFabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian for: Italian Car Factory of Turin)
1319FIBFucking Illinois Bastard (Wisconsin slang, variants exist)
1320FIBUAFighting In Built-Up Areas
1321FICFellowship for Intentional Community
1322FIDForeign Internal Defence
1323FIEFly-In Echelon
1324FIFAFédération internationale de football association (French for: International Association Football Federation)
1325FIFeFédération internationale féline (French for: International Feline Federation)
1326FIFOFirst In, First Out
1327FIFRAFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
1328FIGJAMFuck I'm Good, Just Ask Me
1329FIMPTFellow of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1330FINFinland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1331FINAFédération internationale de natation (French for: International Swimming Federation)
1332FIRESFever Induced Refractory Epilepsy Syndrome or Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome
1333FISFédération internationale de ski (French for: International Ski Federation)
1334FISAFédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (French for: International Federation of Rowing Associations)
1335FISHFluorescence In-Situ Hybridisation
1336FiSTFire Support Team
1337FITSFlexible Image Transport System
1338FIUFlorida International University
1339fJFemtojoule
1340FJFiji (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1341FJIFiji (ISO 3166 trigram)
1342FJNFinancial Job Network
1343FKFalkland Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1344fKFemtokelvin
1345FKSMFort Knox Supplemental Manual
1346FKTFastest Known Time
1347fLFemtolitre
1348FLFlorida (postal symbol)
1349flfloruit (Latin for: living) (genealogy)
1350FLAFlorida,Front Line Assembly,Future Large Aircraft
1351FLABFour-letter abbreviation
1352FLACFree Legal Advice Centres
1353FLACFree Lossless Audio Codec
1354FLAKFlug-Abwehr-Kanone (German for: Anti-Aircraft Guns)
1355FLBForward Logistics Base
1356FLETForward Line of Enemy Troops
1357FLGFalun Gong
1358FLIPFlight Information Publication
1359FLIRForward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
1360FLKFalkland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1361FLOTForward Line of Own Troops
1362FLOTUSFirst Lady of the United States (the wife of the President of the United States)
1363FLQFree Legal Questions
1364FLQFront de libération du Québec (French for: Québec Liberation Front)
1365FLSAFair Labor Standards Act
1366FLTSATFleet Satellite
1367FLTSATCOMFleet Satellite Communication System
1368FLUBOSFat, Lazy, Useless, Bag Of Shit
1369FMFactory Mutual
1370FMFederal 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)
1371fmFemtometre
1372FmFermium
1373FMCFederal Magistrates' Court (an Australian federal court,formerly FMS),Food Machinery Corporation (original name of the company now known as FMC Corporation)
1374FMCAFederal Magistrates' Court of Australia (used for citing decisions of the FMC other than family law decisions)
1375FMCAfamFederal Magistrates' Court of Australia: family (used for citing family law decisions of the FMC)
1376FMCGFast Moving Consumer Goods
1377FMEFormal Methods Europe
1378FMECAFailure Modes and Effect Criticality Analysis
1379FMJDFédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames
1380FMLAFamily Medical Leave Act
1381FoEFriends of the Earth
1382FOGCFederal Oil and Gas Council
1383FOHFront Of House
1384FOIAFreedom of Information Act
1385FOMFederation Object Model
1386FONSIFinding of No Significant Impact
1387FOOForward Observation Officer
1388FOOPFriends Of Organ Pipes (Volunteer group)
1389FoSFamily of Systems
1390FOSEFallout 3 Script Extender
1391FOSEFederal Office Systems Expo
1392FOTFree on truck
1393FOTAFellow of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
1394FOTCFlight of the Conchords
1395FOUOFor Official Use Only
1396FPFrench Polynesia (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1397FPFFederação Portuguesa de Futebol (Portuguese for: Portuguese Football Federation), Final Protective Fire
1398FPSFire Prevention System
1399FQBaker Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code),French Southern and Antarctic Territories (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1979)
1400FRFrance (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1401FrFrancium
1402FRAFederal Railroad Administration, France (ISO 3166 trigram)
1403FRANDFair,reasonable,and non-discriminatory (concept in standards-setting and intellectual property law)
1404FRCPFederal Rules of Civil Procedure,Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
1405FRICBMFull Range ICBM
1406FROFaroe Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1407FRSFellow of the Royal Society, U.S. Federal Reserve System
1408FRSAFellow of the Royal Society of Art
1409FRYFederal Republic of Yugoslavia
1410fsFemtosecond
1411fSFemtosiemens
1412FSAFire Support Area, UK Food Standards Agency, Functional Solution Analysis
1413FSCFederal Supply Classification, Forest Stewardship Council (ecological pressure group)
1414FSCLFire Support Co-ordination Line
1415FSEFire Support Element
1416FSFFree Software Foundation
1417FSHFollicle Stimulating Hormone
1418FSIFuel Stratified Injection
1419FSSFire Support Station
1420FSSPFamilies of Structurally Similar Proteins
1421FSTCForeign Science Technology Center (now NGIC)
1422fTFemtotesla
1423FTCFederal Trade Commission
1424FTEFull Time Equivalent
1425FTLFaster Than Light
1426FTSFlight Termination System used during some rocket launches
1427FTSFuck That Shit
1428FUSmoke (METAR Code)
1429FUBARFucked/Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair
1430fVFemtovolt
1431fWFemtowatt
1432FWForward
1433FWCFootball World Cup
1434FWFFixed Word Format
1435FWIFrench West Indies
1436FWIWFor What It's Worth
1437FWSU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1438FWTFresh Water Tank
1439FXXMetropolitan France (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1997)
1440FYAFor Your Agenda
1441FYDPFive-Year Defense Plan (U.S.)
1442FYIFor Your Information
1443FYROMFormer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
1444FZDZFreezing Drizzle (METAR Code)
1445FZFGFreezing Fog (METAR Code)
1446FZRAFreezing Rain (METAR Code)
1447gGram
1448G3Heckler & Koch G3
1449GAARGeneral Anti-Avoidance Rule (tax evasion)
1450GABGabon (ISO 3166 trigram)
1451GABAGamma-AminoButyric Acid
1452GADGeneralized Anxiety Disorder
1453GAFGarfield and Friends
1454GAOU.S. Government Accountability Office
1455GAWGlobal Atmospheric Watch
1456GBBCGreat (Global) Backyard Bird Count
1457GBEKnight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
1458GBRUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1459GCAGraduate in Claims Administration
1460GCDsee entry
1461GCFGreatest Common Factor
1462GCIGround-controlled interception
1463GCNGamma-ray burst Coordination Network
1464GCSGlobal Coordinate System
1465GCSEGeneral Certificate of Secondary Education (UK)
1466GdGadolinium
1467GDGrenada (ISO 3166 digram)
1468GDLGame Definition Language
1469GDRGeneral Distribution Release (Microsoft Term for a software service release; between Hotfix and Service Pack)
1470GDRGerman Democratic Republic (cf. DDR)
1471GDWGame Designers Workshop
1472GeGermanium
1473GEBCOGeneral Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans
1474GECGreat Engineering Challenge
1475GEDGeneral Educational Development (high school equivalency credential in the U.S. and Canada)
1476GEEPGeophysical Equipment Exploration Platform
1477GENFull General (four stars) in the U.S. Army
1478GeVGigaelectron-volt
1479GEVGround Effect Vehicle
1480GFCIGround Fault Circuit Interruptor (aka GFI)
1481GFIGround Fault Interruptor (aka GFCI)
1482GFLGerman Football League (Germany's Bundesliga for American football; the English-language name is used in German without translation)
1483GFNGlobal Footprint Network
1484GGGeorgia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1485GGKGood God Karma
1486GHAGhana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1487GHBgamma-Hydroxybutyric acid
1488GiGibi
1489GIBGibraltar (ISO 3166 trigram)
1490GIGGlobal Information Grid
1491GINOGodzilla In Name Only
1492GISSGeneral Impression of Size and Shape,Goddard Institute for Space Studies
1493GJDGeocentric Julian Day
1494GLAADGay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
1495GLACGeneral Ledger Accounting Code
1496GLASTGamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
1497GLBAGramm-Leach-Bliley Act
1498GLCGas-liquid chromatography
1499GLPGuadeloupe (ISO 3166 trigram)
1500GLVGained Life Value
1501GmGigametre
1502GMThe Gambia (ISO 3166 digram),GameMaster (role-playing),General Motors,Genetically Modified,Germany (FIPS 10-4 country code),Guru Meditation (computing)
1503GMACGeneral Motors Acceptance Corporation,the original name of the company now known as Ally Financial,Graduate Management Admission Council,G-MAC,Great Midwest Athletic Conference
1504GMBThe Gambia (ISO 3166 trigram),General,Municipal,Boilermakers (and Allied Trade Union)
1505GMFSCGround Mobile Forces Satellite Communications
1506GMOGenetically Modified Organism
1507GMPCSGlobal Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite
1508GNASGrand National Archery Society
1509GNBGuinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 trigram)
1510GNPGross National Product
1511GNQEquatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1512GnRHGonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
1513GOGlorioso Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1514GOAGeneral of the Army (United States only)
1515GOATGreatest Of All Time
1516GOCGeneral Officer Commanding
1517GOESGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
1518GOPGrand Old Party
1519gorpgranola,oats,raisins,peanuts (another name for trail mix),probably a backronym
1520GOSCGeneral Officer Steering Committee
1521GOSHGreat Ormond Street Hospital
1522GOSPGas/Oil Separation Plant
1523GOTSGovernment off-the-shelf
1524GOYADINGet Off Your Arse,Do It Now (anti-procrastination mantra)
1525GPGeneral Practitioner,General Purpose,Grand Prix,Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1526GPAGrade Point Average
1527GPCGlobal Path Cache
1528GPIBGeneral-Purpose Instrumentation/Interface Bus
1529GPOGeneral Post Office
1530GPPCGenetics and Public Policy Center
1531GPRGround-Penetrating Radar
1532GPSGeneral Problem Solver,Global Positioning System
1533GPTGeneral Purpose Technology, Get paid to surf (an online business model)
1534GQEquatorial 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]
1535GRGreece (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Hail (METAR Code)
1536GRAILGravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
1537GRASGenerally recognized as safe (FDA list)
1538GRBGamma-Ray Burst
1539GRCGreece (ISO 3166 trigram)
1540GRDGrenada (ISO 3166 trigram)
1541GREGraduate Record Examination,Greece (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
1542grep[search] Globally for Regular Expression,Print [lines]
1543GRIDGay-Related Immune Deficiency (original name of AIDS)
1544GRidGlobal Release Identifier,a music industry identifier from the RIAA and IFPI
1545GriTGirl raised in Texas (Woman presenting firm southern traits/beliefs)
1546GRLGreenland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1547GRNGrenada (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Goods Received Note
1548GsGigasecond
1549GSAU.S. General Services Administration
1550GSDGraphical Situation Display
1551GSGB(God send glamour boy 9-10/10)
1552GSKGlaxoSmithKline [good sexual karma]
1553GSNGame Show Network
1554GSOGeneral Services Officer (U.S. Department of State)
1555GSOHGood Sense Of Humour
1556GSPGeorges St-Pierre (Canadian MMA fighter)
1557GSRGun Shot Residue
1558GSSGeneric Security Services
1559GSWGunshot wound
1560GTDGetting Things Done
1561GTGGot To Go (Internet chat)
1562GTGNGetty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
1563GTKGood To Know (Internet chat)
1564GTMGuatemala (ISO 3166 trigram)
1565GUGuam (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
1566GUFFrench Guiana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1567GUILTGangliated Utrophin Immuno Latency Toxin
1568GULCRGrupo de Usuarios de Linux de Costa Rica
1569GUTGrand Unification Theory
1570GWARSGround Warfare System (simulation)
1571GWASGrand Western Archery Society
1572GWOTGlobal War on Terrorism
1573GXEGene-enivronment interaction
1574GXMMatrox Graphics eXpansion Module
1575GYGuyana (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1576GZKGreisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cut-off (cosmic ray energies)
1577hHecto
1578HAARPHigh Frequency Active Auroral Research Program
1579HAARTHighly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy
1580HAIHuman Awareness Institute
1581HALHardware Abstraction Layer
1582HALOHigh Altitude Low Opening (parachute jump)
1583HAMAmateur radio operator
1584HANSHead And Neck Support (device used in many race cars)
1585HARMHigh-speed Anti-Radiation Missile
1586HAWHeavy Antitank Weapon
1587HAWKHoming All the Way Killer (air defence system)
1588HAZHeat-Affected Zone
1589HAZMATHazardous Materials
1590HBCDHexaBromoCycloDodecane
1591HBOHome Box Office
1592HBRHarvard Business Review
1593HBTHeterojunction Bipolar Transistor
1594HBVHepatitis B Virus
1595HCCIHomogeneous Charge Compression Ignition
1596HCFHighest Common Factor
1597HCSCHigher Command and Staff Course
1598HDLHigh-Density Lipoprotein
1599HDMHuman Decision-Making
1600HDRAHenry Doubleday Research Association
1601HeHelium
1602HEHigh Explosive
1603HEATHigh Explosive Anti-Tank (ammunition)
1604HEBAHellenic Basketball Clubs Association
1605HEERHigh-Explosive Extended Range (ammunition)
1606HEICHonourable East India Company
1607HEMPHigh-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
1608HEOSSHigh Earth Orbit Space Surveillance
1609HEPHigh-Explosive Plastic (ammunition)
1610HEPAHigh-Efficiency Particulate Air (filter)
1611HESVHeavy Engineering Support Vehicle
1612HETTHeavy Equipment Transporting Truck / Heavy Equipment Truck Tractor
1613HEUHighly Enriched Uranium
1614HfHafnium
1615HFHigh Frequency
1616HFEHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (UK Act)
1617HFEThe common-emitter current gain in a BJT transistor (also represented by βF). See: BJT
1618HFEAHuman Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (UK)
1619HgMercury (Latin Hydrargyrum)
1620HGCUK Human Genetics Commission
1621HGFHuman Growth Factor
1622HGTVHome & Garden Television
1623HIHawaii (postal symbol)
1624HIHHis (or Her) Imperial Highness
1625HIMHis (or Her) Imperial Majesty
1626HIMADHigh to Medium Altitude Air Defence (see also H/MAD)
1627HIMEZHigh Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
1628HIMYMHow I Met Your Mother
1629HIPAAU.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
1630HipparcosHIgh Precision Parallax COllecting Satellite
1631HirdHurd of interfaces representing depth (cf. HURD)
1632HiRISEHigh Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
1633HITHealth Information Technology
1634HIVHuman Immunodeficiency Virus
1635HIWTHobart Institute of Welding Technology
1636HJDHeliocentric Julian Day
1637HKHong Kong (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1638HKGHong Kong (ISO 3166 trigram)
1639HKSHyperKinetic Syndrome
1640hLHectolitre
1641HLHolding Line
1642HLLHigh-Level Language
1643HLNHeadline News
1644HLOSHigh Level Output Specification
1645HMHeard Island and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1646HMCEHer/His Majesty's Customs and Excise (former UK government department; succeeded by HM Revenue and Customs)
1647HMDHeard and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1648HMFHydroxyMethyl Furfural
1649HMOHealth maintenance organization
1650HMPHer Majesty's Prison
1651HMRCHer/His Majesty's Revenue and Customs
1652HMSOHer Majesty's Stationery Office
1653HMVHis Master's Voice
1654HNHonduras (ISO 3166 digram)
1655HNDHonduras (ISO 3166 trigram)
1656HoHolmium
1657HOHonduras (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1658HOLLANDHope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies
1659HOSTACHelicopter Operations from Ships Other Than Aircraft Carriers
1660HOTHighly Optimised Tolerance
1661HOTASHands on throttle-and-stick
1662HOVHigh Occupancy Vehicle
1663hphorse power
1664HPAUK Health Protection Agency
1665HPCLHindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
1666HPLCHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography
1667HPTHigh[er] Payoff Target
1668HPVHuman Papilloma Virus
1669HRBLHigh-level Representation of Behavior Language (original name of the Herbal language)
1670HRDHuman Resource Development
1671HRFHigh iness Forces
1672HRHHis (or Her) Royal Highness
1673HRMHis (or Her) Royal Majesty
1674HRMHuman Resource Management
1675HRTHormone Replacement Therapy
1676HsHassium
1677HSBCThe Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
1678HSCHigher School Certificate
1679HSMHigh School Musical
1680HSMADHuman Science/Modeling and Analysis Data
1681HSNHome Shopping Network
1682HSPHHarvard School of Public Health
1683HSSIHigh-Speed Serial Interface
1684HSTsee entry
1685HTAHyperText Application
1686HTFUHarden The Fuck Up
1687HTHHope That Helps
1688HTIHaiti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1689HTMLHyperText Markup Language
1690HTRHeated Towel Rail
1691HTSHigh-Temperature Superconducting wire
1692HTTPHyperText Transfer Protocol
1693HUHungary (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1694HUHAHead up his/her ass (Marine salute; probably a backcronym)
1695HUNHungary (ISO 3166 trigram)
1696HURDHird of Unix-Replacing Daemons (cf. Hird)
1697HVUpper Volta (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1984)
1698HVAPHigh Velocity Armour Piercing (ammunition)
1699HVHFHigh velocity human factors
1700HVMHigh Velocity Missile
1701HVOUpper Volta (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984)
1702HWMHardware morphing (computer graphics rendering)
1703HXBThe glycoprotein Tenascian C
1704HZHaze (METAR Code)
1705HzHertz
1706IAIowa (postal symbol)
1707IAALI Am A Lawyer
1708IABInternational Association for Biologicals
1709IADIon Assisted Deposition
1710IADSIntegrated Air Defence System
1711IAEAInternational Atomic Energy Agency
1712IAF{i} Industrial Areas Foundation
1713IAFGInformation Assurance Focus Group
1714IANAInternet Assigned Numbers Authority
1715IANALI Am Not A Lawyer
1716IASImage Assessment System
1717IASIPIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
1718IATAInternational Air Transport Association
1719IATFInternational Automotive Task Force
1720IATSEInternational Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
1721IAUCInternational Astronomical Union Circular
1722IAWIn Accordance With
1723IBInternational Baccalaureate
1724IBAImportant Bird Area
1725IBDInflammatory Bowel Disease
1726IBDMInformation Based Decision Making
1727IBMInternational Business Machines
1728IBRDInternational Bank for Reconstruction and Development (part of the World Bank)
1729IBSIrritable Bowel Syndrome
1730ICANNInternet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
1731ICAOInternational Civil Aviation Organization
1732ICBMIntercontinental Ballistic Missile
1733ICBNInternational Code of Botanical Nomenclature
1734ICEIn case of emergency
1735ICESInternational Council for the Exploration of the Sea
1736ICFIntelligent Community Forum
1737ICMPInternet Control Message Protocol
1738ICNAFInternational Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (became NAFO in 1978)
1739ICOIntermediate Circular Orbit
1740ICPEInternational Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology,the annual conference of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
1741ICRAFInternational Centre for Research in Agroforestry (a.k.a. World Agroforestry Centre since 2002)
1742ICRISATInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
1743ICRLIndividual Component Repair List
1744ICRSInternational Celestial Reference System
1745ICSIIntracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
1746ICTInformation and communication technologies
1747ICTHIsland Closest to Heaven/Hell Final Fantasy VIII
1748ICVInfantry Carrier Vehicle
1749ICYMIIn Case You Missed It
1750IDCInternational Data Corporation
1751IDDII don't do initialisms (see irony)
1752IDGAFI don't give a fuck
1753IDKI don't know
1754IDLInterface Definition Language
1755IDNIndonesia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1756IEAInternational Energy Agency
1757IECInternational Electrotechnical Commission
1758IEDImprovised Explosive Device
1759IELTSInternational English Language Testing System
1760IERInformation Exchange Requirement
1761IETInitial Entry Training
1762IETInstitution of Engineering and Technology
1763IETFInternet Engineering Task Force
1764IEWIntelligence and Electronic Warfare
1765IFABInternational Football Association Board
1766IFAHInternational Federation for Animal Health
1767IFAPInternational Federation of Agricultural Producers
1768IFOIdentified Flying Object (see also UFO)
1769IFOVInstantaneous Field of View
1770IFPIInternational Federation of Phonographic Industries
1771IFRBInternational Frequency Registration Board
1772IFVInfantry Fighting Vehicle
1773IGInspector General
1774IGNOUIndira Gandhi National Open University
1775IGSInternational Ground Station
1776IHHIdiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
1777IHOInternational Hydrographic Organization
1778IHRInstitute for Historical Review
1779IHSIInstitutum Historicum Societatis Iesu (Jesuit Historical Institute)
1780IITwo (in Roman numerals)
1781IICAInter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
1782IIEInnovative Interstellar Explorer
1783IIIThree (in Roman numerals)
1784IIRCIf I Recall/Remember Correctly
1785IISSInternational Institute for Strategic Studies
1786IJNImperial Japanese Navy (World War II)
1787IJWPInterim Joint Warfare Publication
1788ILDSImproved Landmine Detection System
1789ILOInternational Labour Organization
1790ILRIInternational Livestock Research Institute
1791ILYI Love You [pronounced ILL-LEE]
1792IMBDInternational Migratory Bird Day
1793IMDbInternet Movie Database
1794IMEIn My Experience
1795IMHOIn My Humble/Honest Opinion
1796IMLInternational Mister Leather
1797IMNSHOIn My Not So Humble Opinion
1798IMPACInternational Merchant Purchase Authorization Card
1799IMPACTInternational Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce
1800IMPATTIMPact Avalanche Transit Time diode
1801IMPTInstitute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1802IMRLIndividual Material iness List
1803IMRO-Internal Macedonian Revolutionary OrganizationIrish Music Rights Organisation
1804IMsLInternational Ms. Leather
1805IMTIntegrated Management Tool
1806IMUInternational Mathematical Union
1807InIndium
1808INAImmigration and Nationality Act
1809INASInternational Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
1810INCITSInterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
1811INDIndia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1812INDIGO(U.S.) INtelligence DIvision Gaming Operation
1813inetthe Internet
1814INFORMS(U.S.) Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
1815INFOSECInformation Security
1816INLAIrish National Liberation Army
1817INMARSATInternational Maritime Satellite organization
1818INRIAInstitut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique
1819INSImmigration and Naturalization Service
1820InSARInterferometric synthetic aperture radar
1821INSTInformation Standards and Technology
1822INTERFETInternational Force for East Timor
1823INTSUMIntelligence Summary
1824IOBritish Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1825IOTBritish Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 trigram)
1826IPBIntelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
1827IPLInferior Parietal Lobule
1828IPOInitial Public Offering
1829IPTIntegrated Product/Project Team
1830IPTSInstitute for Prospective Technological Studies
1831IPTVInternet Protocol TeleVision
1832IPWInterrogation of Prisoners of War
1833IrIridium
1834IRADInternal Research and Development
1835IRAN(I) Inspect and Repair As Necessary
1836IRASInfrared Astronomical Satellite
1837IRBInternational Rugby Board
1838IRBMIntermediate Range Ballistic Missile
1839IREAIntermountain Rural Electric Association
1840IRINNIslamic Republic of Iran News Network
1841IRLIreland (ISO 3166 trigram),Industrial Research Limited,Indy Racing League,In real life
1842IRNIran (ISO 3166 trigram)
1843IROInternational Refugee Organisation
1844IRQIraq (ISO 3166 trigram)
1845IRSU.S. Internal Revenue Service
1846IRSTInfra-red Search and Track
1847ISAAAInternational Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications
1848ISARInverse SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)
1849ISBIntermediate Staging Base
1850ISBNInternational Standard Book Number (ISO 2108)
1851ISCCPInternational Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
1852ISCIIIndian Standard Code for Information Interchange
1853ISDNIntegrated Services Digital Network
1854ISEFIntel International Science and Engineering Fair
1855ISENInternet Search Environment Number
1856ISFInternal Security Force
1857ISILIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant
1858ISISInstitute for Science and International Security, or: Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
1859ISLIceland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1860ISLNInternational Standard Lawyer Number (used initially by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell)
1861ISMBInternational Society of Matrix Biologists
1862ISMCIntelligent Sounding Meaningless Conversation
1863ISOGPIndian Society of Orthodontics for General Practitioners [2]
1864ISPEInternational Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
1865ISROIndian Space Research Organisation
1866ISSCRInternational Society for Stem Cell Research
1867ISSNInternational standard serial number (ISO 3297)
1868ISTCInstitute of Scientific and Technical Communications (UK)
1869ISTSIntel Science Talent Search
1870ITAItaly (ISO 3166 trigram)
1871ITAGInertial Terrain-Aided Guidance
1872ITALYI'll Truly Always Love You
1873ITASImproved Target Acquisition Sight
1874ITCInferoTemporal Cortex (neurophysiology)
1875ITCZIntertropical Convergence Zone
1876ITECInformation Technology Exposition & Conference
1877ITEMSInteractive Tactical Environment Management System
1878ITERInternational Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
1879ITFInternational Tennis Federation
1880ITKIn The Know
1881ITNIndependent Television News (British)
1882ITTInternational Telephone and Telegraph (U.S.)
1883ITTOInternational Tropical Timber Organization
1884IUCNInternational Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union)
1885IvecoIndustrial Vehicles Corporation
1886IVFIn Vitro Fertilisation
1887IVIInterchangeable Virtual Instrument
1888IVISInter-Vehicle Information System
1889IVLInter-Visibility Line
1890IVMIn Vitro [Oocyte] Maturation
1891IVOIn Vicinity Of
1892IWInformation Warfare
1893IWARSInfantry Warrior Simulation
1894IWCInternational Whaling Commission
1895IWWIndustrial Workers of the World
1896IXNine (in Roman numerals)
1897IXTIntraText digital library; IntraText lexical hypertext
1898IYSaudi-Iraqi neutral zone (FIPS 10-4 territory code; obsolete 1993)
1899IZIraq (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1900JJoule
1901J1Joint [Manpower &] Personnel Directorate
1902J2Joint Intelligence Directorate
1903J3Joint Operations Directorate
1904J4Joint Logistics Directorate
1905J5Joint Strategic Plans & Policy Directorate
1906J7Joint Operational Plans & Interoperability Directorate
1907JAJapan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1908JAFTJust A Field Test
1909JALJapan Airlines
1910JALLCJoint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (NATO)
1911JAMJamaica (ISO 3166 trigram)
1912JAMAJournal of the American Medical Association
1913JANETJoint Academic Network
1914JATOJet-Assisted Take-Off
1915JBJail Bait
1916JBJunior Branch
1917JBFSAJoint Blue Force Situational Awareness
1918JCDBJoint Common Data Base
1919JCDSJoint Chiefs of the Defence Staff
1920JCIDSJoint Capabilities Integration and Development System
1921JCLJob Control Language
1922JCPJava Community Process
1923JCSJoint Chiefs of Staff
1924JCWJuggalo Championship Wrestling
1925JDBCJava Data Base Connectivity
1926JDEMJoint Dark Energy Mission
1927JDLJewish Defense League
1928JEJersey (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1929JEFXJoint Expeditionary Force eXperiment
1930JETJoint European Torus
1931JEZJoint Engagement Zone
1932JFACCJoint Force Air Component Commander
1933JFACTSUU.S. Joint Forward Air Control Training and Standards Unit
1934JFCJoint Force Commander
1935JFKJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy or the airport named after him.
1936JFLCCJoint Force Land Component Commander
1937JFMCCJoint Force Maritime Component Commander
1938JFOJournal of Field Ornithology
1939JFSOCCJoint Force Special Operations Component Commander
1940JFTXJoint Field Training Exercise
1941JHJapan Highway Public Corporation
1942JHJharkhand (Indian state code)
1943JIJoint Implementation
1944JIBJoint Information Bureau
1945JICJoint Intelligence Centre
1946JINIJava Intelligent Network Infrastructure
1947JITCJoint Interoperability Test Command
1948JIVEJoint Institute for VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) in Europe
1949JJAPJapanese Journal of Applied Physics
1950JLJapan Airlines (IATA airline designator)
1951JLAJustice League of America
1952JMJamaica (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1953JMSJava Message Service
1954JNJan Mayen Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1955JNIJava Native Interface
1956JNLPJava Network Launch Protocol
1957JOJordan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1958JOAJoint Operations Area
1959JOPESJoint Operations Planning and Execution System
1960JORJordan (ISO 3166 trigram)
1961JOTSJoint Operations Tactical System
1962JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory
1963JPNJapan (ISO 3166 trigram)
1964JPOWJoint Project Optic Windmill
1965JRDFJoint Rapid Deployment Forces
1966JREJava Runtime Environment
1967JREFJames Randi Educational Foundation
1968JROCJoint Requirements Oversight Council
1969JROCMJROC Memorandum
1970JRRFJoint Rapid Reaction Force
1971JRSAIJournal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
1972JSAPJapan Society of Applied Physics
1973JSCSCJoint Services Command and Staff College
1974JSEADJoint Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (see SEAD)
1975JSFJoint Strike Fighter
1976JSIMSJoint Simulation System
1977JSOAJoint Special Operations Area
1978JSOTFJoint Special Operations Task Force
1979JSPJavaServer Page
1980JSPJoint Services Publication
1981JSRJava Specification Request
1982JSSJoint Support Ship Project
1983JTCJoint Training Confederation
1984JTFJoint Task Force
1985JTFEXJoint Task Force Exercise
1986JTLSJoint Theater Level Simulation
1987JTMDJoint Theatre Missile Defence
1988JTNJohnston Atoll (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
1989JUJuan de Nova Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1990JUGFETJUnction Gate Field-Effect Transistor
1991JUICEJUpiter ICy Moon Explorer
1992JUOJoint Urban Operations
1993JVJoint Venture,Junior Varsity
1994JWJehovah's Witnesses
1995JWARSJoint Warfare System (simulation)
1996JWPJoint Warfare Publication
1997JYJapanese Yen
1998JZJoint Zone
1999KKelvin,Potassium (Latin Kalium),Tanker (aircraft designation code)
2000kKilo-
2001Kpicokelvin
2002K9Canine Police Unit
2003KaKamov Design Bureau
2004kAKiloampere
2005KAKnowledge Acquisition,Karnataka (Indian state code)
2006KAFKandahar Air Field
2007KANUKOKAKalaallit Nunaanni Kommunit Kattuffiannit (Kalaallisut, Greenlandic Communities Association
2008KARNACKnowledge Aided Retrieval in Activity Context
2009KARRKnight Automated Roving Robot (Knight Rider character)
2010KATUSAKorean Augmentation To United States Army
2011KAZKazakhstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2012KBEKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
2013KBOKuiper Belt Object
2014KBVBKoninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond (Dutch for Royal Belgian Football Association)
2015kCKilocoulomb
2016KCKKansas City,Kansas,Koma Civakên Kurdistan (Kurdish, Union of Communities in Kurdistan)
2017KCLKing's College London
2018KCMOKansas City,Missouri (pronounced: K-C-Moe)
2019KCSKansas City Southern Railway (AAR reporting mark)
2020KDKawasaki Disease,Kraft Dinner
2021KEKenya (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Kinetic Energy,Knowledge Engineering
2022KEDOKorean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
2023KENKenya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2024KERAKentucky Education Reform Act (of 1990)
2025kermaKinetic Energy Released in MAterial / in MAtter / per unit MAss
2026KESRKent and East Sussex Railway.
2027KETKentucky Educational Television,Key English Test
2028kFKilofarad
2029KFCKentucky Fried Chicken
2030KFORUN Kosovo Force
2031KFUPMKing Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
2032KGKyrgyzstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2033KGOKnight of the Guelphic Order of Hanover
2034KGZKyrgyzstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2035KHCambodia (ISO 3166 digram)
2036kHKilohenry
2037KHLKontinental Hockey League
2038KHMCambodia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2039KHzKilohertz
2040KiKibi
2041KIKiribati (ISO 3166 digram)
2042KIAKilled In Action
2043KIDSKnowledge-based Integrated Design System
2044KIRKiribati (ISO 3166 trigram)
2045KISSKeep It Simple,Stupid / Keep It Short and Simple,Korean Intelligence Support System
2046KITKeep In Touch
2047KITECHKorean Institute of Industrial Technology
2048KITTKnight Industries Two Thousand, Knight Industries Three Thousand
2049kJKilojoule
2050kKKilokelvin
2051KKKKu Klux Klan
2052kLKilolitre
2053KLENOTKLEť Observatory Near Earth and Other unusual objects observations Team and Telescope
2054KLOCKilo Lines Of Code
2055KMComoros,Knowledge Management
2056kNKilonewton
2057KNASaint Kitts and Nevis (ISO 3166 trigram)
2058KNVBKoninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond (Dutch for Royal Dutch Football Association)
2059KOKnocked Out
2060KORRepublic of Korea (ISO 3166 trigram)
2061KPKim Possible
2062KPMGKlynveld,Peat,Marwick,Goerdeler
2063KPNOKitt Peak National Observatory
2064KQKenya Airways (IATA airline designator), Kingman Reef (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2065KRKiribati (FIPS 10-4 country code), Republic of Korea (ISO 3166 digram)
2066KrKrypton
2067KSKansas (postal symbol), Republic of Korea (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2068kSKilosiemens
2069KSCKennedy Space Center
2070KSIKilled or Seriously Injured
2071KSUKansas State University
2072KTChristmas Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code), Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Knights Templar
2073kTKilotesla
2074KTSKnight of the Tower and Sword (of Portugal)
2075KUKuwait (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2076KUWKuwait (UNDP country code,IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
2077kVKilovolt
2078KVKosovo
2079kWKilowatt
2080KWKuwait (ISO 3166 digram)
2081KWBKids' WB!
2082KWTKuwait (ISO 3166 trigram)
2083KXCayman Airways (IATA airline designator)
2084KYCayman Islands (ISO 3166 digram), Kentucky (postal symbol)
2085KZKazakhstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2086KZNKwaZulu-Natal
2087LaLanthanum
2088LALaos (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram), Louisiana (postal symbol), Los Angeles
2089LAASLocal Area Augmentation System, Los Angeles Astronomical Society
2090LABLogistics Assault Base
2091LabVIEWLaboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench
2092LACMALos Angeles County Museum of Art
2093LADLaser Aiming Device
2094LADWLocal Air Defence Warning
2095LAESILocal Authority & Emergency Service Information
2096LANLocal Area Network
2097LANLLos Alamos National Laboratory
2098LAOLaos (ISO 3166 trigram)
2099LARLight Armoured Reconnaissance, Logistics Assistance Representative
2100LARCLivermore Advanced Research Computer (cf. LLNL)
2101LARPLive-Action Role-Playing
2102LaserLight Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (cf. Maser)
2103LATLowest Astronomical Tide (nautical charts),Licensed Athletic Trainer (used in many of the United States; see www.oata.org)
2104LATALocal Access Transport Area
2105LATCHLower Anchors and Tethers for Children (U.S. standard for attachment points for child safety seats in passenger cars)
2106LAVLand Assault Vehicle, Light Armoured Vehicle, Lymphadenopathy-Associated Virus
2107LAWLight Antitank Weapon
2108LAXLos Angeles International Airport, The Latin American Xchange (professional wrestling)
2109LBLebanon (ISO 3166 digram)
2110LBHLight Battlefield Helicopter, Lyman-Birge-Hopfield bands
2111LBJLady Bird Johnson,LeBron James,Light Bulb Joke,Little Beagle Johnson (the dog owned by Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson),Lyndon Baines Johnson
2112LBNLebanon (ISO 3166 trigram)
2113LBNLLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2114LBRLiberia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2115LBSLocation-Based Services
2116LBTLarge Binocular Telescope
2117LBWLeg Before Wicket
2118LBYLibya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2119LCASaint Lucia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2120LCCLand Component Commander
2121LCCPLight Contingency Communications Package
2122LCDLiquid Crystal Display
2123LCMLeast/Lowest Common Multiple
2124LCSLeague of Legends Championship Series
2125LDALateral Drift Apparatus (paratroops)
2126LDCLesser Developing/Developed Country
2127LDLLow-Density Lipoprotein
2128LDVLocal Defence Volunteers (British Home Guard)
2129LDWLane Departure Warning (ADAS)
2130LELebanon (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2131LECLocal Exchange Carrier
2132LEDLight-Emitting Diode
2133LEGADLegal Advice
2134Legslevel emotion gad speed
2135LEMOSSLong-Endurance MObile Submarine Simulator
2136LENLarge Extension Node
2137LEPLarge Electron-Positron collider
2138LERLoss-Exchange Ratio
2139LEULow-Enriched Uranium
2140LFLow Frequency
2141LFOLow Frequency Oscillation / Oscillator
2142LFTRLiquid fluoride thorium reactor
2143LGLatvia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2144LGMLittle Green Men
2145LGSLandsat Ground Station
2146LHCLarge Hadron Collider
2147LHSLeft Hand Side
2148LiLithium
2149LIBORLondon Interbank Offered Rate
2150LIBSLaser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
2151LIELiechtenstein (ISO 3166 trigram)
2152LIGOLaser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
2153LINEARLincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
2154LISALaser Interferometer Space Antenna
2155LIVELiquid Inertial Vibration Eliminator
2156LJJLord Justices of Appeal
2157LKSri Lanka (ISO 3166 digram)
2158LKASri Lanka (ISO 3166 trigram)
2159LKR4Linkwitz-Riley 4th order (audio crossover type)
2160LLADLow Level Air Defence
2161LLBLegum Baccalaureus (Latin: Bachelor of Laws)
2162LLCLimited Liability Company
2163LLLTVLow-Light Level Television
2164LLNLLawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2165LLPLimited Liability Partnership
2166LLTRLow-Level Transit Route
2167LMAOLaughing My Ass Off (Internet shorthand)
2168LMBLick My Balls
2169LMFAOLaughing My F**king Ass Off (Internet shorthand,electro-hop duo)
2170LMNLifetime Movie Network
2171LMSLike My Status (Internet shorthand)
2172LMV() Light Motor Vehicle
2173LNERLondon and North Eastern Railway
2174LNGLiquefied Natural Gas
2175LNOLiaison Officer
2176LOSlovakia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2177LOALimit Of Advance
2178LOCLevel of Operational Capability,Limited Operational Capability,Lines Of Code,Lines Of Communication,see entry
2179LoDLines of Development (UK)
2180LOFARLow Frequency Analysis and Recording
2181LOGPACLogistics Package
2182LOLLaughing Out Loud (Internet shorthand)
2183LOMEZLow Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
2184LONEOSLowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search
2185LORTIDLOng Range Target IDentification
2186LOSLine Of Sight
2187LOSATLine-Of-Sight Anti-Tank (missile)
2188LOTALicentiate of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
2189LOTISLivermore Optical Transient Imaging System
2190LOTSLogistics Over-The-Shore
2191LPCLinear Predictive Coding
2192LPGLiquefied Petroleum Gas (cf. LNG)
2193LPILow Probability of Intercept
2194LQPalmyra Atoll (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2195LrLawrencium
2196LRLiberia (ISO 3166 digram)
2197LRCLogistics iness Center
2198LRGWLong-Range Guided Weapon
2199LRICBMLimited Range ICBM
2200LRIPLow Rate Initial Production
2201LRPLogistics Release Point
2202LRPELong-Range Planning Element
2203LRSLong Range Surveillance
2204LRULine-Replaceable Unit
2205LSILarge-Scale Integration
2206LSIFLabour Sponsored Investment Fund
2207LSNDLiquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
2208LSOLesotho (ISO 3166 trigram)
2209LSSTLarge Synoptic Survey Telescope
2210LtLieutenant
2211LtCLieutenant-Colonel (U.S.)
2212LTCLong-Term Costing
2213LtdLimited
2214LTDPLong-Term Defence Plan
2215LTILinear Time-Invariant
2216LTMAcronym for Laughing To Myself
2217LTPLong-Term Potentiation
2218LTULithuania (ISO 3166 trigram)
2219LUAcronym Love You
2220LULoonatics Unleashed
2221LuLutetium
2222LUCALast Universal Common Ancestor
2223LUGLinux User Group
2224LULULocally Unwanted Land Use (urbanism)
2225LUXLuxembourg (ISO 3166 trigram)
2226LVALatvia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2227LVEFLeft Ventricular Ejection Fraction
2228LwLawrencium (obsolete 1963)
2229LWRLaser warning receiver
2230LWRCLand Warfare Resources Corporation
2231LWSLand Warrior System
2232LXElectrics (theatrical term)
2233LYAOLaugh Your Ass Off
2234LYLASLove You Like A Sister
2235MaMegaannum
2236mAMilliampere
2237MAAMathematical Association of America
2238MAACMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference
2239MACEMulti-Agent Computing Environment
2240MACHOMAssive Compact Halo Object
2241MAFMaintenance Action Form
2242MAGICMajor Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (telescope)
2243MAGNETARMetaprogrammable AGent NETwork ARchitecture
2244MAGTFMarine Air-Ground Task Force
2245MALDMiniature Air-Launched Decoy
2246MANPADSMAN-Portable Air Defence System
2247MANPRINTMANpower and PeRsonnel INTegration
2248MAOMolėtų astronomijos observatorija (Moletai Astronomical Observatory),MonoAmine Oxidase
2249MAOIMonoamine oxidase inhibitor
2250MAPSMonitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship
2251MARMorocco (ISO 3166 trigram)
2252MarBEFMarine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
2253MARCENTUnited States Marine Forces Central Command
2254MARFORCCMarine Force Component Commander
2255MASASMonte Agliale Supernovae and Asteroid Survey
2256MaserMicrowave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
2257MASHMobile Army Surgical Hospital
2258MASINTMeasurement And Signature Intelligence
2259MAVSMobile Artillery Vehicle System
2260MBBL(U.S. Armor Center) Mounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
2261MBCCMigratory Bird Conservation Commission (U.S.)
2262MBCSMulti-Byte Character Set
2263MBIMoody Bible Institute
2264MBIDSTMember of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
2265MBMMeat and Bone Meal
2266MBTMain Battle Tank
2267MBTIMyers-Briggs Type Indicator
2268mCMillicoulomb
2269MCDLModel Composition Definition Language
2270MCFTModified Compression Field Theory
2271MCGMelbourne Cricket Ground
2272MCISMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
2273MCMMine Counter-Measures
2274MCMVMine Counter-Measure Vessel
2275MCRMy Chemical Romance
2276MCSFMarine Corps Security Forces
2277MCTMovement Control Team
2278MCTISMounted Co-operative Target Identification System
2279MdMendelevium
2280MDNAMadonna's 12th studio album title (2012)
2281MDOMembership Driven Organisation
2282MDPMarkov Decision Process
2283MDTMountain Daylight Time (UTC-6 hours)
2284MDVMaldives (ISO 3166 trigram)
2285MeMesserschmitt
2286MEACMid-Eastern Athletic Conference (ME-ac)
2287MECOMain engine cutoff (NASA code for point in Space Shuttle assent when three main engines are shut down prior to External Tank (ET) separation)
2288MEDEVACMedical evacuation
2289MEDSMission Essential Data Set
2290MEGMagnetoEncephaloGraphy
2291MELTMetallic Line/Loop Test (ing)
2292MEMSMicroelectromechanical System
2293MERMars Exploration Rover
2294MERLMitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
2295MESManufacturing Execution Systems
2296METAR[Meteorological] Aviation Routine weather report
2297METOCMeteorological and Oceanographic
2298MeVMegaelectronvolt
2299MEXMexico (ISO 3166 trigram)
2300MEZMissile Engagement Zone
2301mFMillifarad
2302MGPAMMy Gym Partner's a Monkey
2303MGSMobile Gun System
2304mHMillihenry
2305MHCMajor Histocompatibility Complex
2306MHHWMean Higher High Water (nautical charts)
2307MHLMarshall Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2308MHLWMean Higher Low Water (nautical charts)
2309MHRA(UK) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
2310MHWMean High Water (nautical charts)
2311MHWNMean High Water Neaps (nautical charts)
2312MHWSMean High Water Springs (nautical charts)
2313MHzMegahertz
2314MiMebi
2315MIAMissing In Action
2316MICLICMine Clearing Line Charge
2317MICOMMissile Command
2318MIDMidway Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
2319MIDASMan-machine Integration Design and Analysis System
2320MIDIMusical Instrument Digital Interface
2321MIDSMulti-Function Information Distribution System
2322MIFGShallow Fog (METAR Code)
2323MIKEMonitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants
2324MILMan-In-the-Loop
2325MILCMirrorless interchangeable-lens camera
2326MILFMother I'd Like to Fuck
2327MIMOSAMIcroMeasurements Of Satellite Acceleration
2328MIMPTMember of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
2329MIRAMILAN Infra-Red Acquisition (thermal sight)
2330MIRVMultiple Independent Reentry Vehicle
2331MISREPMission Report
2332MISSIMultilevel Information System Security Initiative
2333MITLMan-In-The-Loop
2334MITSsee entry
2335mJMillijoule
2336MJDModified Julian Day
2337mKMillikelvin
2338MKGMichael Kidd-Gilchrist (American basketball player)
2339MKSAMetre-Kilogram-Second-Ampere (system of units)
2340mLMillilitre
2341MLBMajor League Baseball
2342MLCMember of the Legislative Council (in India)
2343MLEMaximum likelihood estimation
2344MLHWMean Lower High Water (nautical charts)
2345MLIMali (ISO 3166 trigram)
2346MLLMajor League Lacrosse
2347MLLWMean Lower Low Water (nautical charts)
2348MLPMy Little Pony
2349MLRSMultiple-Launch Rocket System
2350MLTMalta (ISO 3166 trigram)
2351MLWMean Low Water (nautical charts)
2352MLWNMean Low Water Neaps (nautical charts)
2353MLWSMean Low Water Springs (nautical charts)
2354MmMegametre
2355mmMillimetre
2356MMEVMulti-Mission Effects Vehicle
2357MMIMagical MonkeyZ Inc.
2358MMIMan-Machine Interface
2359MMIMcLean Meditation Institute
2360MMICMcLean Meditation Institute Certified
2361MMOMassively Multiplayer Online (computer game)
2362MMORMaster of Management in Operations Research
2363MMORPGMassively multiplayer online role-playing game
2364MMPRMighty Morphin Power Rangers
2365MMSMultimission Modular Spacecraft
2366MnManganese
2367mNMillinewton
2368MNBMultinational Brigade
2369MNEMontenegro (ISO 3166 trigram)
2370MNMFMulti-National Maritime Force
2371MNPNorthern Mariana Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2372MNSMission Needs Statement
2373MoMolybdenum
2374MOAMuseum of Art (Brigham Young University)
2375MOCASMechanization Of Contract Administration Services
2376MoDMinistry of Defence (United Kingdom) and various other countries
2377modemModulator-Demodulator
2378MoeMarvel of entertainment
2379MOEMeasure Of Effectiveness
2380MOFMinistry of Finance (Japan)
2381MOFAMinistry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
2382MOIDMinimum Orbital Intersection Distance
2383MOJWAMovement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa
2384MOLOMobile Other Licensed Operator (UK)
2385MOMMaster's Degree in Oriental medicine
2386MOMMessage Oriented Middleware
2387MoMMultiple of the median
2388MoMAMuseum of Modern Art (NYC)
2389MONDModified Newtonian Dynamics
2390MOOMeasure Of Outcome
2391MOPPMission-Oriented Protective Posture
2392MORPMeteorite Observation and Recovery Project
2393MOSFETMetal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
2394MOTMinistry of Transport (UK)
2395MOTAMember of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
2396MOTESSMoving Object and Transient Event Search System
2397MOUMemorandum Of Understanding
2398MOWMaintenance of way (also MW)
2399MOZMozambique (ISO 3166 trigram)
2400MPaMegapascal
2401mPaMillipascal
2402MPAAMotion Picture Association of America
2403MPECMinor Planet Electronic Circular
2404MPEGMotion Pictures (Coding) Experts Group
2405MPEVMulti-Purpose Engineering Vehicle
2406MPFMaritime Prepositioning Force
2407MPFCMedial PreFrontal Cortex
2408MPGMiles Per Gallon
2409MPMCMedial PreMotor Cortex
2410MPSIMember of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
2411MPSoCMultiProcessor System-on-Chip
2412MPSRONMaritime Propositioning Ship Squadron
2413MRMauritania (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2414MRAVMulti-Role Armoured Vehicle
2415MRBMMedium Range Ballistic Missile
2416MRCMaintenance Requirements Card
2417MRDMotorized Rifle Division
2418MRGWMedium-Range Guided Weapon
2419MRIMagnetic Resonance Imaging
2420MRLMultiple Rocket Launcher
2421MRPharmSMember of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (Great Britain)
2422MRSMagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
2423MRSAMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
2424MRTFBU.S. Major Range and Test Facility Base
2425MsMegasecond
2426mSMillisiemens
2427MSDMinimum Safe Distance
2428MSDBMulti Source Data Base
2429MSEMultiple Subscriber Element
2430MSGMessage
2431MSLPMean Sea Level Pressure
2432MSNBCMicrosoft National Broadcasting Company Cable news channel (see also msnbc.com)
2433MSOMultiple System Operator
2434MSPBMerit Systems Protection Board
2435MSSAMethicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
2436MtMeitnerium
2437mTMillitesla
2438MTBFMean time between failures
2439MtFMale-to-female transsexual
2440MTGMagic: The Gathering
2441MTQMartinique (ISO 3166 trigram)
2442MTTMethylthiazol tetrazolium (assay)
2443MTWSMAGTF Tactical Warfare System
2444MUSMauritius (ISO 3166 trigram)
2445mVMillivolt
2446MVCMissouri Valley Conference
2447MVFCMissouri Valley Football Conference
2448MVNOMobile virtual network operator
2449mWMilliwatt
2450MWESHMachismo Wizards Extended SHelter (operating system)
2451MWIMalawi (ISO 3166 trigram)
2452MWOAMount Wilson Observatory Association
2453MWTBMounted Warfare Test Bed
2454MYMalaysia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2455MYOBMind Your Own Business
2456MYSMalaysia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2457MYTMayotte (ISO 3166 trigram)
2458nNano
2459N3FNational Fantasy Fan Federation
2460nANanoampere
2461NaSodium (Latin Natrium)
2462NAAN-Acetylaspartate
2463NAADNorth American Air Defense
2464NAAQSNational Ambient Air Quality Standards
2465NAAWSNATO Anti-Air Warfare System
2466NACNational Agency Check,U.S. Naval Avionics Center,U.S. Navy Advanced Concepts,North Atlantic Council,Northern Area Command
2467NACCNorth Atlantic Cooperation Council
2468NACISANATO Communications and Information Systems Agency
2469NACMANATO Air Command and Control System Management Agency
2470NACRANorth America Caribbean Rugby Association (more specifically rugby union)
2471NAECU.S. Naval Air Engineering Center
2472NAFERANative American Free Exercise of Religion Act
2473NAFLDNonAlcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
2474NAFONorthwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
2475NAFTANorth American Free Trade Agreement
2476NAGPRANative American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
2477NAICSNorth American Industry Classification System
2478NAILNeurotics Anonymous
2479NAILSNational Airspace Integrated Logistics System
2480NAIRUNon Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment
2481NAKNegative Acknowledge
2482NAMNamibia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2483NAMBLANorth American Man-Boy Love Association
2484NAMRLNaval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
2485NaNNot A Number (computing)
2486NAOUK National Audit Office
2487NAPSNavy Acquisition Procedures Supplement
2488NARA(U.S.) National Archives and Records Administration
2489NARALNational Abortion Rights Action League
2490NARDACNaval Regional Data Automation Center
2491NARDICU.S. Navy Acquisition Research and Development Information Center
2492NARPVNational Association for Remotely Piloted Vehicles
2493NASCARNational Association for Stock Car Auto Racing
2494NASDAQNational Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
2495NASEDNational Association of State Election Directors [1][2]
2496NASHNon-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
2497NASPNational Aerospace Plane
2498NASSNational Association of Secretaries of State [3]
2499NatGeoNational Geographic
2500NaUKMANational University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
2501NAVNavigation[al]
2502NAVCAMSNaval Communications Area Master Station
2503NAVCCNational Audio-Visual Conservation Center
2504NAVCENTNaval Forces U.S. Central Command
2505NAVDACNaval Data Automation Command
2506NAVEURNaval Forces U.S. European Command
2507NAVFORNaval Force
2508NAVMACSNaval Modular Automatic Communication Subsystem
2509NAVNETNavy Network
2510NAVSNon-Cooperative Airborne Vector Scoring
2511NAVSATNavigation Satellite
2512NAVSPACECOMU.S. Navy Space Command
2513NAVSPASURU.S. Naval Space Surveillance System
2514NAVSTARNavigation Satellite Timing And Ranging
2515NAVTACNETNavy Tactical Network
2516NAWCU.S. Naval Air Warfare Center
2517NbNiobium
2518NBANational Basketball Association
2519NBLNational Basketball League (Australia)
2520NBTNitroblue tetrazolium (assay)
2521nCNanocoulomb
2522NCANational Command Authority
2523NCARU.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research
2524NCBNational Codification Bureau
2525NCCAMU.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
2526NCCUSLNational Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (U.S.)
2527NCDDRU.S. National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research
2528NCIU.S. National Cancer Institute
2529NCLNew Caledonia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2530NCLRNational Council of La Raza
2531NCMONo Commitment Make Out
2532NCONon-Commissioned Officer
2533NCPNet Contracted Purchases
2534NCRNational Cash Register Co.
2535NCTRNon-Co-operative Target Recognition
2536NCWNetwork Centric Warfare
2537NdNeodymium
2538NDAAU.S. National Defense Authorization Act
2539NDBPNon-Departmental Public Body (Scotland)
2540NDPNew Democratic Party (Canada)
2541NDSNintendo DS
2542NeNeon
2543NECTECNational Electronics and Computer Technology Center (Thailand)
2544NEMSNational Energy Modeling System (USDOE-EIA)
2545NEPANational Environmental Policy Act
2546NERNiger (ISO 3166 trigram)
2547NERICANew Rice for Africa
2548NESPNSA/CSS Enterprise Standards Program
2549NETNational Educational Television
2550NETCU(UK) National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit
2551NETL(US) National Energy Technology Laboratory
2552NETWARSNetwork Warfare Simulation
2553NEXNavy EXchange
2554nFNanofarad
2555NFNorfolk Island (ISO 3166 digram)
2556NFERNational Foundation for Educational Research
2557NFGNo Fucking Good
2558NFHSNational Federation of State High School Associations
2559NFINot F****** Interested
2560NFKNorfolk Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
2561NfldNewfoundland
2562NFPANational Fluid Power Association (United States)
2563NFTNo Further Text
2564NGATSNew Generation Army Targetry System
2565NGHNorthern General Hospital
2566NGOnon-governmental organization
2567NGSNaval Gunfire Support
2568nHNanohenry
2569NHANESNational Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
2570NHBNew Hebrides (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1980)
2571NHBNo Holds Barred radio (Link)
2572NHLNational Hockey League
2573NHRANational Hot Rod Association
2574NHSNational Health Service (UK)
2575NiNickel
2576NIAAAU.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
2577NIAGNATO Industrial Advisory Group
2578NIAIDNational Institute of Allergies and Infectious Disease
2579NIAMDNational Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases
2580NIBNew In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
2581NIBPNon-invasive blood pressure monitor
2582NicANicotine Anonymous
2583NICAPNational Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena
2584NICEUK. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
2585NICHDNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development [4]
2586NICPNational Inventory Control Point
2587NIDDKNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
2588NIDRRNational Institute on Disability Research and Rehabilitation
2589NIEHSNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
2590NIINNational Item Identification Number
2591NIMANational Imagery and Mapping Agency (became NGA)
2592NIMBYNot In My Back Yard (See NOME)
2593NIMGNot In My Generation
2594NINNine Inch Nails (band)
2595NIPRNational Institute of Polar Research (Japan)
2596NIRNorthern Ireland (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
2597NISACU.S. National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center
2598NISCAPNSA Information System Certification and Accreditation Program
2599NISERNational Institute of Science Education and Research
2600NISTNational Institute of Standards and Technology
2601NITFSNational Imagery Transmission Format Standard
2602NIUNiue (ISO 3166 trigram)
2603nJNanojoule
2604NJNew Jersey (postal symbol)
2605NJHSNational Junior Honor Society
2606NJPWNew Japan Pro Wrestling
2607nKNanokelvin
2608NKANo Known Allergies
2609nLNanolitre
2610NLBNon-Linear Battlefield
2611NLDNetherlands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2612NLFNational Liberation Front (disambiguation)
2613NLLNational Lacrosse League
2614NLWNon-Lethal Weapon
2615nmNanometre
2616NMNew Mexico (postal symbol)
2617NMCINavy Marine Corps Intranet
2618NMCSNot Mission Capable Supply (SM&R code)
2619NMDU.S. National Missile Defense
2620NMNNo middle name
2621NMRNuclear Magnetic Resonance
2622NMSGNATO Modelling and Simulation Group
2623nNNanonewton
2624NNENorth North-East
2625NNSAU.S. National Nuclear Security Administration
2626NNWNorth North-West
2627NoNobelium
2628NOAAU.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
2629NOAFNorwegian Air Force
2630NOAONational Optical Astronomy Observatory
2631NOCUK. National Oceanography Centre
2632NODEFNATO Oceanographic Data Exchange Format
2633NOGINew Orleans Grande Isle (award for diving)
2634NOLFNavy OutLying Field
2635NOMENot on Mars Either
2636NOMENot on Mars Either (see NIMBY)
2637NORNorway (ISO 3166 trigram)
2638NORELPREFNo religious preference
2639NORTHAGNorthern Army Group
2640NOSANATO OSI Security Architecture
2641NOTAFLOFNo One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds
2642NOWNational Organization for Women
2643NPNepal (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
2644NPBNippon Professional Baseball
2645NPCSNon-Passenger Coaching stock (in Railways)
2646NPDNationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (German)
2647NPDINew Product Development and Introduction
2648NPGNeedline/Network Participation Group
2649NPHNormal Pressure Hydrocephalus
2650NPOnothing by mouth
2651NPOVNeutral Point Of View
2652NQDronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1983)
2653NRNauru (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
2654NRANational Rifle Association
2655NRAONational Radio Astronomy Observatory
2656NRDC(U.S.) Natural Resources Defense Council
2657NRELU.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
2658NRKNorsk Rikskringkasting (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)
2659NRMPNational Resident Matching Program (U.S. medicine)
2660NROU.S. National Reconnaissance Office
2661NRTNear Real Time
2662NRUNauru (ISO 3166 trigram)
2663nsNanosecond
2664nSNanosiemens
2665NSABBNational Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
2666NSAIDNon-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug
2667NSBNorges Statsbaner (Norwegian State Railways)
2668NSCNational Security Council
2669NSDLNational Science Digital Library (US)
2670NSGNational System for Geospatial-Intelligence
2671NSNNational Stock Number
2672NSNANational Student Nurses' Association
2673NSONational Standardization Office (ABCA)
2674NSS(U.S.) Naval Simulation System
2675NST(UK) Nimrod Software Team
2676NSTACNational Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
2677NSWNew South Wales (postal symbol)
2678nTNanotesla
2679NTDSNaval Tactical Data System
2680NTPNetwork Time Protocol
2681NTRNetwork Time Reference
2682NTRANational Thoroughbred Racing Association
2683NTSBNational Transportation Safety Board
2684NTVNon-Tactical Vehicle
2685NTY(Internet Abbreviations:) Not Tested Yet; (Alternatively) No Thank You
2686NTZIraq-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1993)
2687NUTSNuclear Utilization Target Selection
2688NUWCU.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center
2689nVNanovolt
2690NVEOLNight Vision and Electro-Optics Laboratory
2691NVGNight Vision Goggles
2692NVLNight Vision Laboratory
2693nWNanowatt
2694NWNorth-West
2695NWNuclear Weapon
2696NWANational Wrestling Alliance
2697NWFNational Wildlife Federation
2698NWFZNuclear-Weapon-Free Zone
2699NWHNU.S. National Women's Health Network
2700nWoNew World Order (see article for explanation of idiosyncratic capitalization)
2701NWOAHMNew Wave of American Heavy Metal
2702NWOBHMNew Wave of British Heavy Metal (sometimes pronounced /n.ˈwɒbm/ as if it were an acronym)
2703NWRANational Wildlife Rehabilitators Association
2704NWSLNational Women's Soccer League (U.S.)
2705NWTNorth-West Territories
2706NXA21st arcade game in the Pump It Up series
2707NXDNative XML
2708NXENew Xbox Experience
2709NXGNew Cross Gate station
2710NXLNational XBall League
2711NXNNike Cross Nationals
2712NYNew York (postal symbol)
2713NYCNew York City
2714NYHANew York Heart Association
2715NYONational Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
2716NYSENew York Stock Exchange
2717NZNew Zealand (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
2718NZCNew Zealand Cricket
2719NZLNew Zealand (ISO 3166 trigram)
2720NzLNoze looan (online/event listings)
2721NZOSSNew Zealand Open Source Society
2722NZRUNew Zealand Rugby Union
2723OACOn Approved Credit
2724OAPOld Age Pensioner (UK)
2725OARSIOsteoarthritis Research Society International
2726OASOrganization of American States
2727OASISOntario Agencies Supporting Individuals with Special Needs
2728OASISOntario Association of Sewage Industry Services
2729OASPOperational Analysis Support Paper/Plan
2730OAUOrganization for African Unity
2731OBEOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
2732OBXOuter Banks (North Carolina)
2733OCOfficer Commanding
2734OCDObsessive-Compulsive Disorder
2735OCFSOracle Cluster File System
2736OCFS2Oracle Cluster File System Release 2
2737OCMCC[2] Orchard County MCC
2738OCNOncology Certified Nurse
2739OCOOort Cloud Object
2740OCROptical Character Recognition
2741OCSsee entry
2742ODASOCA-DLR Asteroid Survey
2743ODBCOpen DataBase Connectivity
2744OEA(U.S.) Office of Economic Adjustment
2745OECDOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (international)
2746OEDOxford English Dictionary
2747OEGOperation Exposure Guidance
2748OEISOn-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
2749OEMOriginal Equipment Manufacturer
2750OFAOccipital Face Area
2751OFDAU.S Agency for International Development's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
2752OGCOpen Geospatial Consortium
2753OGDOther Government Department
2754OGOOther Government Organization
2755OHOhio (postal symbol)
2756OHCOverHead-Cam engine
2757OHHLAOriginal Hip-Hop Lyrics Archive
2758OHIPOntario Health Insurance Plan
2759OHMSOn Her (or His) Majesty's Service (also written: O.H.M.S.)
2760OHPObservatoire de Haute-Provence
2761OHSSOvarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
2762OICOfficer In Charge
2763OIFOperation Iraqi Freedom
2764OIOCOriental & India Office Collections (in the British Library)
2765OJTOn-the-Job Training
2766OKCOklahoma City
2767OLEDOrganic Light-Emitting Diode
2768OLSOperational Linescan System
2769OMDOrchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1980s pop group)
2770OMEOsaka Mercantile Exchange
2771OMFGOh My Fucking God
2772OMGOh My God or Or My Gosh
2773OMGWOh My Gosh it's Windy
2774OMNOman (ISO 3166 trigram)
2775OMNCSU.S. Office of the Manager for the National Communications System
2776OMPOrder of Mapungubwe in Platinum
2777OMSOrder of Mapungubwe in Silver
2778OMTObject Model Template
2779ONOntario (postal symbol)
2780ONCOrthopaedic Nurse Certified
2781ONGOrthodontic National Group
2782ONI(U.S.) Office of Naval Intelligence
2783ONSOperational Needs Statement
2784OOADObject Oriented Analysis and Design
2785OOBEOut-of-body experience
2786OOCLOrient Overseas Container Line
2787OODAObservation,Orientation,Decision,Action loop (a.k.a. Boyd's Loop)
2788OOFOut of Facility
2789OOMFOne Of My Followers
2790OOOOut Of the Office
2791OOTWOperations Other Than War
2792OPObservation 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
2793OPACOnline Public Access Catalogue
2794OPCONOperational control
2795OPCWOrganisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
2796OPECOrganization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
2797OPFOROpposing force
2798OPINTELOperational Intelligence
2799OPLANOperation plan (also OpPlan)
2800OPORDOperation order
2801OPSECOperations security,Open Platform for Security
2802OPSIOverwhelming post splenectomy infection,UK Office of Public Sector Information
2803OPTAROperational target
2804OPVOffshore Patrol Vessel
2805OQOrder 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)
2806OROperating 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
2807ORAUOak Ridge Associated Universities
2808ORBObject Request Broker
2809ORBATOrder of Battle
2810ORDOffice of Research and Development,Operational Requirements Document
2811ORFOperational iness Float
2812ORISEOak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
2813ORNLOak Ridge National Laboratory
2814ORROak 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
2815ORSAOxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus,Operations Research Society of America
2816OSOperating System
2817OsOsmium
2818OSAOrder of St. Augustine
2819OSCEOrganisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
2820OSDU.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense,On-screen Display
2821OSDLOpen Source Development Labs
2822OSEOwn Separate Entrance
2823OSERSU.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
2824OSETIOptical SETI also Optical SETI
2825OSHAOccupational Safety and Health Administration
2826OSIOffice of Strategic Influence,Ontario Swine Improvement,Open Source Initiative,Open Systems Interconnection
2827OSIA(U.S.) On-Site Inspection Agency
2828OSIRISOptical,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)
2829OSLOpen Source License, Optically Stimulated Luminescence, Orbiting Solar Laboratory
2830OSMOne Saturday Morning
2831OSOTPBOIASOne Sec,On The Phone,Be Off In A Sec
2832OSPAOperations Security Professional's Association site of OSPA
2833OSPAOregon School Psychologists Association [3]
2834OSRHOružane Snage Republike Hrvatske (en: Armed forces of the Republic of Croatia)
2835OSUOhio State University,Oklahoma State University
2836OTAOffice of Technology Assessment, Orthodontic Technicians Association
2837OTACOrthodontic Technicians Association Conference,Orthodontic Technicians Association Council
2838OTCOver-The-Counter (drugs)
2839OTDOff the derech (referring to an Orthodox Jew who has stopped practicing the tenets of his or her faith)
2840OTEA(U.S. Army) Operational Test Evaluation Agency
2841OTIOffice of Transition Initiatives (United States Agency for International Development)
2842OTOHOn The Other Hand
2843OTSOff the scale,sexually untouchable except for a lot of money
2844OTSBHOver The Shoulder Boulder Holder
2845OTWOn The Way
2846OTYBLOver To You Blue Leader
2847OTYRLOver To You Red Leader
2848OUUniversity of Oklahoma
2849OWOld Wykehamist
2850OWNOprah Winfrey Network
2851OXIATA code for Orient Thai Airlines
2852OXCOptical cross-connect
2853OXMOfficial Xbox Magazine
2854OXTOxytocin
2855OZ(?) Australia
2856ppico
2857P2PPeer-to-peer (networking)
2858pApicoampere
2859PAAPosition Area for Artillery
2860PABXPrivate Automated Branch eXchange (company phone system)
2861PACOM(U.S.) Pacific Command
2862PADIProfessional Association of Diving Instructors
2863PAEKPolyArylEtherKetone
2864PAFCPlymouth Argyle Football Club
2865PAHPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
2866PAHOPan American Health Organization
2867PAKPakistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2868PAMPrecision Attack Missile
2869PANSPretty Advanced/Awesome Network Services (cf. POTS)
2870PARCPalo Alto Research Center
2871PAROSPrevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space (treaty)
2872PARP(NATO Partnership for Peace) Planning And Review Process
2873PARWIGPower Augmented Ram Wing In Ground (aeroplane wing shape)
2874PASSee entry
2875PASRPersonnel Accounting and Strength Reporting
2876PATHPort Authority Trans-Hudson
2877PAYDPay As You Drive
2878PAYEPay As You Earn
2879PbLead (Latin Plumbum)
2880PBPolyButylene
2881PBBPolyBrominated Biphenyl
2882PBCKProblem Between Chair and Keyboard (computer help desk in-joke)
2883PBDPolyButaDiene
2884PBDEPolyBrominated Diphenyl Ether
2885PBIPolyBenzImidazole
2886PBNPolyButylene Naphthalate
2887PBOHPlease Become Old History
2888PBTPolyButylene Terephthalate
2889PBXPrivate Branch eXchange (company phone system)
2890pCpicocoulomb
2891PCASPlanet-Crossing Asteroid Survey
2892PCBsee entry
2893PCCBPorsche Ceramic Composite Brake
2894PCCIPPresident's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection
2895PCEPerChlorEthylene
2896PCIePeripheral Component Interconnect Express (computer bus)
2897PCLPassive Coherent Location
2898PCMCIAPersonal Computer Memory Card International Association (People Can't Memorise Computer-Industry Acronyms)
2899PCNPitcairn Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2900PCPIPhysician Consortium for Performance Improvement (AMA)
2901PCRPolymerase chain reaction
2902PCSSDPulaski County Special School District
2903PCZPanama Canal Zone (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1980)
2904PdPalladium
2905PDProduct Director—Example: CERDEC Product Director C4ISR and Network Modernization
2906PDLPure Dumb Luck (Texan punk band)
2907PDNPull-Down Network
2908PDRYPeople's Democratic Republic of Yemen (obsolete since 1990)
2909PDTPacific Daylight [Saving] Time (UTC-7 hours)
2910PEProfessional Engineer
2911PEBCACProblem Exists Between Chair and Computer (IT help desk in-joke)
2912PEBKACProblem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair (ditto)
2913PEEKPolyEtherEtherKetone
2914PEETPartnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy
2915PEKPolyEtherKetone
2916PEPFARPresident's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief
2917PERPeru (ISO 3166 trigram)
2918perlusually lower case Practical Extraction and Report Language
2919PESPolyEtherSulfone
2920PESTUK Public Engagement with Science and Technology
2921PETEPolyEthyleneTErephthalate
2922PETPPolyEthyleneTerePhthalate
2923pFpicofarad
2924PFDPermanent Fund Dividend = personal flotation device
2925PFEPermanent Forest Estate
2926PfPPartnership for Peace
2927Pgpetagram
2928pgpicogram
2929PGCEPostgraduate Certificate in Education
2930PGDPre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis
2931PGENIPharmaco-Genetics for Every Nation Initiative
2932PGHPre-implantation Genetic Haplotyping
2933PGMPrecision-Guided Munition
2934PGPPretty Good Privacy
2935PHLPhilippines (ISO 3166 trigram)
2936PHQPatient Health Questionnaire
2937PiPebi
2938PIBPolyIsoButylene
2939PICPerson In Charge
2940PICNICProblem In Chair Not In Computer
2941PICSPrivate Investment Capital Subscription
2942PIFPartners in Flight
2943PIGPipeline Inspection Gauge
2944PINPersonal Identification Number
2945PINFPeople In Need Foundation (Czech charitable organisation)
2946PIPAProgram on International Policy Attitudes
2947PIRPriority Intelligence Requirement
2948PIRAProvisional Irish Republican Army
2949PIREPSPilot Reports
2950PITAPain In The Ass
2951PJpetajoule
2952pJpicojoule
2953PJHQPermanent Joint Headquarters
2954PKEPartnership of Kindermusik Educators [1] &[2] & [2]
2955PKIPublic Key Infrastructure (cryptography)
2956PKUPhenylketonuria
2957pLpicolitre
2958PLAIDPrecision Location and Identification
2959PLBPersonal Locator Beacon
2960PLCPublic Limited Company (British)
2961PLCCPlastic Leaded Chip Carrier (electronics)
2962PLDProbable Line of Deployment
2963PLEBSPeople Lacking Everyday Basic Skills
2964PLFParachute Landing Fall
2965PLIFPlanar Laser-Induced Fluorescence
2966PLLPhase-Locked Loop (electronics)
2967PLMPolarized Light Microscope/Microscopy
2968PLMBAPhospholipid Bilayer Microarray
2969PlnPlatoon
2970PLOPalestine Liberation Organization
2971PLOKTAPress Lots Of Keys To Abort
2972PLPPlatonic Life Partner
2973PLUTOPipe Line Under The Ocean
2974PLWPalau (ISO 3166 trigram)
2975pmpicometre
2976PMCPrimary Motor Cortex
2977PMIPositive Material Identification
2978PMIDPubMed Identifier
2979PMMAPolyMethylMethAcrylate
2980PMSPremenstrual Syndrome
2981PMSLPiss Myself Laughing (Internet shorthand)
2982PMTPremenstrual Tension (UK) (see Premenstrual Syndrome)
2983pNpiconewton
2984PNACProject for the New American Century
2985PNVSPilot Night Vision Sensor
2986PoPolonium
2987POPost Office
2988POPurchase Order
2989POCDPost-Operative Cognitive Dysfunction
2990podPlain Old Documentation
2991POFFPlain Old Flat File
2992POGOProject On Government Oversight
2993POIProgram Of Instruction
2994POKPlane Of Knowledge
2995POLADPolitical Advice
2996POMDPPartially observable Markov decision process
2997PooSPoo Sniffer (Internet shorthand)
2998POS- Point Of Sale terminal (retail industry transaction computers)Piece Of S**t
2999POSHPort Outbound Starboard Home (alleged)
3000POSSLQPerson of the Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters
3001POTPlane Of Tranquility
3002POTSPlain Old Telephone Service (cf. PANS),Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
3003POTUSPresident of the United States
3004POVPoint of view
3005POWPrisoner of war
3006PPASC(U.S.) Plans and Program Analysis Support Center
3007PPCLIPrincess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (regiment)
3008PPLIPrecise Participant Location & Identification
3009PPMProject Planning and Management
3010PPOPolyPhenylene Oxide
3011PPQNPulses Per Quarter Note (ditto)
3012PPQTPre-Production Qualification Test
3013PPVPay-per-view
3014PrPastor, Priest
3015PRPublic Relations
3016PrbPresbyter
3017PRBOPoint Reyes Bird Observatory
3018PRCPeople's Republic of China
3019PRDCERDEC Product Realization Directorate
3020PRFGPartial Fog (METAR Code)
3021PRIPuerto Rico (ISO 3166 trigram)
3022PRKDemocratic People's Republic of Korea (ISO 3166 trigram)
3023PRMPersonnel iness Management
3024PRYParaguay (ISO 3166 trigram)
3025Pspetasecond
3026pSpicosiemens
3027PSGPacific Seabird Group
3028PSIPortable Source Initiative
3029PSIPounds per square inch
3030PSSPersonnel System Support
3031PSTPacific Standard Time (UTC-8 hours)
3032PSUPennsylvania State University
3033PsyOpPsychological Operations
3034pTpicotesla
3035PtPlatinum
3036PTAParent-Teacher Association
3037PTALPublic Transport Accessibility Level
3038PTESPeople's Trust for Endangered Species
3039PTFEPolyTetraFluoroEthylene
3040PTIPardon the Interruption
3041PTSDPost-Traumatic Stress Disorder
3042PuPlutonium
3043PubPublication
3044PUGPET Users Group
3045PUNPull-Up Network
3046PUPPull-Up Point
3047PUSUnited States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
3048PVpetavolt
3049pVpicovolt
3050PvEPlayer versus Environment
3051PvPPlayer versus Player
3052PVRPersonal Video Recorder
3053PvZPlants vs. Zombies
3054PWPalau (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
3055pWpicowatt
3056PWAPirates With Attitude
3057PWBAPension and Welfare Benefits Administration
3058PWCPieceWise Constant (describing a mathematical function)
3059PwCPricewaterhouseCoopers (international accounting firm)
3060PWLPieceWise Linear (describing a mathematical function)
3061PWLCPieceWise Linear and Concave/Convex (describing a mathematical function)
3062PWRPressurized Water Reactor
3063PXPost eXchange
3064PYFFrench Polynesia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3065PYMWYMIPut Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
3066Q1First Quarter
3067Q2Second Quarter
3068Q3Third Quarter
3069Q4Fourth Quarter
3070QAQatar (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
3071QantasQueensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services
3072QATQatar (ISO 3166 trigram)
3073QBQuarterback (football)
3074QCDQuantum ChromoDynamics
3075QDRQuadrennial Defense Review
3076QEHQueen Elizabeth's Hospital
3077QKAir Canada Jazz (IATA airline designator)
3078QNHRegional mean sea level atmospheric pressure (aeronautical Q code)
3079QPSQuark Publishing System
3080QSCATQuick Scatterometer satellite
3081QSLQuébec Sign Language
3082QSOQuasi-Stellar Object
3083Quango(British Commonwealth) QUasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation
3084QuasarQuasi-stellar radio source
3085QUBQueen's University Belfast
3086QUIETQ and U Imaging ExperimenT (Q and U are the Stokes parameters of the CMBR polarization)
3087QZAwair (IATA airline designator)
3088R2IResistance to Interrogation
3089RARadio Australia
3090RaRadium
3091RAAFRoyal Australian Air Force
3092RabobankRaiffeisen-Boerenleenbank (from the two banks that merged to form the modern company)
3093RACKRisk Aware Consensual Kink (SM phrase)
3094RaconRAdar beaCON
3095RADARoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
3096RadarRadio Detection And Ranging
3097RadBRad51/Dmc1 homologous protein
3098RADbRouting Assets Data Base
3099RADCRegion Air Defence Commander
3100RAEUK Royal Aircraft Establishment (-1991)
3101RAGBRAIRegister's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa
3102RAMRoyal Air Maroc
3103RamarkRAdar MARKer
3104RAOCRear Area Operation Centre
3105RARDEUK Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment (1962-1991)
3106RARERapid Acquisition with Relaxation Enhancement (MRI technique)
3107RATELORadiotelephone Operator
3108RbRubidium
3109RBRunning Back (football)
3110RBIRuns Batted In
3111RCsee entry
3112RCAFRoyal Canadian Air Force
3113RCCRescue Co-ordination Centre
3114RCCORoyal Canadian College of Organists
3115RCHARoyal Canadian Horse Artillery (regiment)
3116RCMPRoyal Canadian Mounted Police
3117RDRadio Disney
3118RDDRadiological Dispersion Device
3119RDMRemotely Delivered/Deliverable Mine
3120RDTRemote Digital Terminal
3121RDVRemote Detection Vehicle
3122ReRhenium
3123RERoyal Engineers
3124REACTRemote Electronically Activated Control Technology
3125REAMRetired Educators Association of Minnesota
3126RECCEReconnaissance
3127REEFReef Environmental Education Foundation
3128REMRapid Eye Movement (sleep phase),Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
3129REMERoyal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
3130RERCRehabilitation Engineering Research Center
3131RESNARehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America
3132REURéunion (ISO 3166 trigram)
3133RfRutherfordium
3134RFDRequest for Documentation
3135RFERequest for Evaluation
3136RFEFReal Federación Española de Fútbol (Spanish for Royal Spanish Football Federation)
3137RFFRight of First Refusal (legal term)
3138RFIDRadio Frequency IDentification
3139RFLRugby Football League
3140RFPRequest for Proposal
3141RFQRequest for Quotation
3142RFTRequest for Tender
3143RFURugby Football Union
3144RGRepublican Guard
3145RgRoentgenium
3146RGBRed Green Blue (colour model)
3147RGBIRed Green Blue Intensity (ditto)
3148RhRhodium
3149RHSouthern Rhodesia (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1980)
3150RHICRelativistic Heavy Ion Collider
3151RHLIRoyal Hamilton Light Infantry (Canadian militia regiment)
3152RHOSouthern Rhodesia (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1980)
3153RHUReplacement Holding Unit
3154RIRhode Island (postal symbol)
3155RIAARecording Industry Association of America
3156RIBARoyal Institute of British Architects
3157RIFARed imported fire ant
3158RILARetail Industry Leaders Association
3159RIMVSRetinal Imaging Machine Vision System
3160RINORepublican In Name Only[1]
3161RISCReduced Instruction Set Computer
3162RJDReduced Julian Day
3163RKBARight to Keep and Bear Arms (Second Amendment to the United States Constitution)
3164RKORadio-Keith-Orpheum Pictures
3165RLPRecognised [Operating/Operational] Land Picture
3166RLSRestless Leg Syndrome
3167RLYRally Point
3168RMsee separate disambiguation page
3169RMCRobert Menzies College
3170RMDARecords Management and Declassification Agency
3171RMPRecognised [Operating/Operational] Maritime Picture
3172RNRadio Netherlands
3173RnRadon
3174RNARiboNucleic Acid
3175RNADRoyal Naval Armaments Depot (UK)
3176RNPSRadio Network Planning System
3177RNZRadio New Zealand
3178RNZIRadio New Zealand International
3179ROARate Of Ascent
3180ROERules Of Engagement
3181ROFLOLRolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud
3182ROHRing of Honor
3183ROKRepublic of Korea
3184ROPRender Output Pipeline
3185ROPEResearch Opportunity and Performance Evidence
3186ROSReactive Oxygen Species
3187ROURomania (ISO 3166 trigram)
3188ROVRemotely Operated Vehicle
3189ROZRestricted Operations Zone
3190RPARegional Plan Association
3191RPDRecognition-Primed Decision-making
3192RPFRwandan Patriotic Front
3193RPLReverse Polish Lisp
3194rpmrevolutions per minute
3195RPNreverse Polish notation
3196rpsrevolutions per second
3197RPVRemotely Piloted Vehicle
3198RQPuerto Rico (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
3199RRBRailroad Retirement Board
3200RRNRecurrence Rate Number
3201RRPRecurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis
3202RRSRacing Rules of Sailing
3203RRSPRegistered Retirement Savings Plan (Canada; roughly equivalent to the IRA in the U.S.)
3204RSRussia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3205RSIRepetitive Strain Injury
3206RSJRolled Steel Joist (construction)
3207RSNReal Soon Now (coined by author Jerry Pournelle)
3208RSPB(UK) Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
3209RSPCARoyal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
3210RSRRequired Supply Rate
3211RSREUK Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (1976-1991)
3212RSRIRed Sands Research Institute
3213RSSReally Simple Syndication
3214RTARoad traffic accident (British)
3215RTBFRadio-Télévision belge de la Communauté française
3216RTFRich Text Format
3217RTFMthe Fucking/Fine Manual
3218RTGRadio-isotope Thermoelectric Generator also used for Rubber Tyred Gantry crane
3219RTIRun-Time Infrastructure (Simulation)
3220RTLsee entry
3221RTPReal-time Transport Protocol
3222RTSsee entry
3223RTTRound Trip Timing
3224RURussia (ISO 3166 digram)
3225RuRuthenium
3226RUCRoyal Ulster Constabulary
3227RUSRussia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3228RUSIRoyal United Services Institute for Defence Studies
3229RWRwanda (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3230RWARwanda (ISO 3166 trigram)
3231RWHRain Water Harvesting
3232RWRRadar Warning Receiver
3233RWSRemote Weapon Station
3234RXReceive
3235SBNOStanding but not operating (in reference to amusement parks)
3236SCOTUSSupreme Court of the United States
3237SCROTUSSo-called Ruler of the United States
3238SDHCSecure Digital High Capacity
3239SDXCSecure Digital eXtended Capacity
3240SGSenegal (FIPS 10-4 country code), Singapore (ISO 3166 digram), Snow Grains (METAR Code), Study Group
3241SGOTUSSecond Gentleman of the United States
3242SHOShowtime (see also sho.com)
3243SIRIService Interface for Real Time Information
3244SiriSpeech Interpretation and Recognition Interface (Apple iOS software)
3245SLOTUSSecond Lady of the United States (the vice president's wife)
3246SoConSouthern Conference (U.S. college sports)
3247STBSurface Transportation Board[2]
3248SWACSouthwestern Athletic Conference
3249SWANSystem for Wearable Audio Navigation
3250SWATSpecial Weapons And Tactics
3251SWFSingle White Female
3252TaTantalum
3253TAACOMU.S. Theater Army Area Command
3254TAADCOORDTheatre Army Air Defence Co-ordinator
3255TAARTrace Amine-Associated Receptor
3256TACU.S. Tactical Air Command (1946-1992)
3257TACANTactical Air Navigation
3258TACCOTactical Coordinator
3259TACCSFU.S. Theater Aerospace Command & Control Simulation Facility
3260TACDARTactical Detection And Reporting
3261TACSOPTactical SOP (Standing Operating Procedure)
3262TADILTactical Digital Information Link
3263TAITarget[ed] Area of Interest
3264TAJTom and Jerry
3265TAJTTom and Jerry Tales
3266TALESTechnical Advice and Lexicon for Enabling Simulation
3267TANJThere Ain't No Justice (used as expletive in the Ringworld novels)
3268TANPTerrain-Aware Network Planner
3269TANSTAAFLThere Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (coined by author Robert A. Heinlein in his The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
3270TAPPSTexas Association of Private and Parochial Schools
3271TARDISTime And Relative Dimension In Space (from Doctor Who)
3272TASTasmania (postal symbol)
3273TASERThomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle
3274TASMTactical Air-to-Surface Missile
3275TATTourism Authority of Thailand
3276TATPTriAcetone TriPeroxide
3277TATTTired All The Time (medical diagnosis in-joke)
3278TbTerbium
3279TBTuberculosis
3280TBAto be announced
3281TBBPATetraBromoBisPhenol-A
3282TBDto be done, or: to be documented, or: to be determined, or: to be decided
3283TBFto be fair
3284TBHTo Be Honest
3285TBLTurkish Basketball League
3286TBSTurner Broadcasting System
3287TBTTributyltin
3288TcTechnetium
3289TCAATop Counter-Assault Agents
3290TCASTraffic Collision Avoidance System
3291TCCCSTactical Command,Control and Communication System
3292TCDChad (ISO 3166 trigram)
3293TCHDTruck Cargo Heavy Duty
3294TCLTool Command Language
3295TCMTurner Classic Movies
3296TCUTexas Christian University
3297TCWTasty Coma Wife
3298TCWMSTele-Center Workforce Management System
3299TDAThe Disney Afternoon
3300TDLTactical Data Link
3301TDMTime-Division Multiplexing
3302TDMATime Division Multiple Access
3303TDPTechnology Demonstration Programme
3304TDRSTracking Data and Relay Satellite
3305TeTellurium
3306TEALTasman Empire Airways Limited
3307TeamTogether everyone achieves more
3308TEAMSThe East African Marine System (fiber optic cable)
3309TEDTechnology Entertainment Design prize
3310TENCAPTactical Exploitation of National Capabilities
3311TERSTactical Event Reporting System
3312TESTactical Event System
3313TESTThesaurus of Engineering and Scientific Terms
3314TEUTwenty-foot equivalent unit (cargo capacity)
3315TeVeSTensor Vector Scalar theory
3316TFMPPTrifluorophenylmethylpiperazine
3317TFRTotal Fertility Rate
3318TFTThin-Film Transistor
3319TgTeragram
3320TGTogo (ISO 3166 digram)
3321TGOTogo (ISO 3166 trigram)
3322ThThorium
3323THAThailand (ISO 3166 trigram)
3324THAADTerminal High Altitude Area Defence
3325THEGENTRYThe High-End Group of Earth's New Technologies Research Yield
3326THELTactical High Energy Laser ACTD
3327THGTetrahydrogestrinone
3328TIATotal Information Awareness initiative
3329TIATransient Ischemic Attack
3330TIALDThermal Imaging and Airborne Laser Designation
3331TIBSTactical Information Broadcast System
3332TICTroops In Contact
3333TIGERSTopologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing System
3334TINCThere Is No Cabal
3335TIPThermal Identification Panel
3336titsToes in the Sand
3337TJDTruncated Julian Day
3338TJKTajikistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
3339TKLTokelau (ISO 3166 trigram)
3340TKMTurkmenistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
3341TlThallium
3342TLAThree-Letter Abbreviation/Acronym
3343TLAMTomahawk Land Attack Missile
3344TLATOJLThe Life and Times of Juniper Lee
3345TLPMT1 Line Performance Monitor
3346TmTerametre
3347TMAPTexas Medication Algorithm Project
3348TMCThe Movie Channel
3349TMDTheatre Missile Defence
3350TMDKThe Mighty Don't Kneel (Australian professional wrestling stable also active in Japan)
3351TMIToo Much Information
3352TMJTemporoMandibular Joint (syndrome)
3353TMNTTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
3354TMPGTransparent Multi-Platform Gateway
3355TMRTwin Main Rotors (helicopter type)
3356TMSTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation
3357TMTThirty Meter Telescope
3358TMTOWTDIThere's Than One Way To Do It (from Perl)
3359TNATotal Nonstop Action Wrestling
3360TNOTrans-Neptunian Object
3361TOBSTime of OBServation
3362TOCTable Of Contents, Tactical Operations Centre, Temporo-Occipital transition Cortex, Top of Concrete
3363TOGTogo (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
3364TOGSThermal Observation Gunnery Sight
3365TOMSTotal Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite instrument)
3366TONTonga (ISO 3166 trigram)
3367TOSTape 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
3368TOTTime On Target
3369TOWTube-launched,Optically tracked,Wire-guided (anti-tank missile)
3370TPEast Timor (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 2002),São Tomé and Príncipe (FIPS 10-4 country code),Training Practice,Trident Ploughshares
3371TPEChinese Taipei (IOC and FIFA trigram for the country also known as Taiwan)
3372TPIThe point is
3373TPOThrombopoietin
3374TPSThe Pennington School
3375TPTBThe Powers That Be (often used to refer to the people responsible for the content of TV series or movies)
3376TQTop Qualifier (similar to Pole Position in car racing)
3377TRATechnology iness Assessment
3378TRAC(U.S. Army) TRADOC Analysis Center
3379TRACONTerminal Radar Approach Control
3380TRADOC(U.S. Army) Training and Doctrine Command
3381TRANSCOMU.S. Transportation Command
3382TRAPTactical Receive equipment and related Applications
3383TRASANATRADOC Systems Analysis Agency
3384TRDTowed Radar Decoy
3385TRIGATThird Generation Antitank (missile)
3386TRLTechnology readiness level
3387TrpTroop
3388TRUTransuranic
3389TRUEXTraining in Urban Environment Exercise
3390TRWThompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc.
3391TsTerasecond
3392TSTerasiemens,Thunderstorm (METAR code),Tunisia (FIPS 10-4 country code),TinySex,Transsexual, Tough Sh*t
3393TSATheatre Storage Area,Time Slot Allocation,Transportation Security Administration,The Salvation Army
3394TSECTransmission Security Encryption Code
3395TSLTransportation Security Laboratory
3396TSNThe Sporting News (historic name of the periodical now known as Sporting News),The Sports Network
3397TSOThe Stationery Office (was HMSO until 1996),(U.S.) TRICARE Support Office,Trans-Siberian Orchestra (band)
3398TSOPTactical Standing Operation Procedure,The Sound of Philadelphia (classic 1970s R&B instrumental)
3399TSRTerminate and Stay Resident
3400TSSIAThe Subject Says It All
3401TTTeratesla,Terrestrial Time,Tourist Trophy (Motorcycle sport),Trinidad and Tobago (ISO 3166 digram)
3402TTCTTorrance Tests of Creative Thinking
3403TTFNTa Ta For Now
3404TTLTax,Title,License,Through-the-lens (photography),Time 'till live,Time to live,Transistor-transistor logic
3405TTOTrinidad and Tobago (ISO 3166 trigram)
3406TTPTactics,Techniques,and Procedures,Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura,Trailer Transfer Point
3407TTTEAFThomas the Tank Engine and Friends
3408TTYTeleTYpewriter (Printer)
3409TTYLTo You Later (Internet slang)
3410TTZTetrazolium
3411TUTechnische Universität (German for 'Technical University'),Thammasat University (Thailand),Turkey (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3412TUCTrades Union Congress
3413TUGTeX Users Group
3414TUIText-based user interface (cf. CLI),among other uses
3415TUNTunisia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3416TUNSTechnical University of Nova Scotia
3417TURTurkey (ISO 3166 trigram)
3418TUSKTank Urban Survival Kit
3419TUVTuvalu (ISO 3166 trigram)
3420TVTelevision,Teravolt,Transvestite,Tuvalu (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3421TvTime value,a designation seen on some camera dials for shutter priority mode
3422TVATennessee Valley Authority
3423TVGTelevision Games (Network),Tick,Very Good,Often used by School Teachers when marking homework etc. (Tick VG)[1][2]
3424TVRTreVor (Wilkinson) Racing
3425TVSTornado vortex signature
3426TWRepublic of China (Taiwan) (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram),Terawatt
3427TWAINTechnology Without An Interesting Name
3428TWETrans World Entertainment
3429TWIThe Welding Institute
3430TWIPTake 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
3431TWNRepublic of China (Taiwan) (ISO 3166 trigram)
3432TWPTechnical Working Paper
3433TWSThermal Weapon Sight,Track While Scan
3434TXTexas (postal symbol),Transmit,Turkmenistan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3435TXVThermostatic Expansion Valve
3436TYTTake Your Time,Internet chat abbreviation
3437TZTanzania (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3438TZATanzania (ISO 3166 trigram)
3439TZCTetrazolium chloride
3440UUranium
3441UAUkraine (ISO 3166 digram) Unit of Action
3442UAAPUniversity Athletic Association of the Philippines
3443UABUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
3444UAVUnmanned Aerial Vehicle,Unprotected Anal and Vaginal sex,UB[edit]
3445UBCUnited Baptist Church,University of British Columbia
3446UBIGEOUbicación Geografica (Spanish for Geographical Location)
3447UBSUnbundled Bitstream Services,United Bank of Switzerland,United Banque Suisse
3448UCBSAUnited Cricket Board of South Africa
3449UCFUniversity of Central Florida
3450UCLAUniversity of California at Los Angeles
3451UCLESUniversity of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate
3452UCRUniversity of California at Riverside
3453UCRUniversity of Costa Rica
3454UCSUnion of Concerned Scientists
3455UCSBUniversity of California at Santa Barbara
3456UCSDUniversity of California at San Diego
3457UDASUppsala-DLR Asteroid Survey
3458UDDIUniversal Description,Discovery and Integration
3459UDTSUppsala-DLR Trojan Survey
3460UEUnit of Employment
3461UEFAUnion of European Football Associations
3462UESACUppsala-ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets
3463UFCUltimate Fighting Championship
3464UFOUnidentified Flying Object, or: United Farmers of Ontario
3465UGUganda (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3466UGAUganda (ISO 3166 trigram)
3467UGVUnmanned Ground Vehicle
3468UHFUltra High Frequency
3469UHMWUltra-High Molecular Weight
3470UHRBUltra-High Resolution Building (simulation)
3471UICUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
3472UIDUser ID
3473UIUCUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3474UJTLUniversal Joint Task List
3475UKIPUnited Kingdom Independence Party
3476UKRUkraine (ISO 3166 trigram)
3477ULUnderwriters Laboratories
3478ULFUltra Low Frequency
3479UMU.S. Minor Outlying Islands (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
3480UMCPUnit Maintenance Collection Point
3481UMESUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore
3482UMIU.S. Minor Outlying Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
3483UMISTUniversity of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
3484UMTSUniversal Mobile Telecommunications System
3485UNUnited Nations
3486UNABOMUniversity and airline bomber (FBI case name)
3487UNAIDS(i/a) Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
3488UNAMSILUnited Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
3489UNCFUnited Negro College Fund
3490UNCLOSUnited Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
3491UNCSGNUnited Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names
3492UNCTADUnited Nations Conference on Trade and Development
3493UNDCPUnited Nations Drug Control Programme
3494UNDE(i/a) Union of National Defence Employees (Canada)
3495UNDPUnited Nations Development Programme
3496UNEPUnited Nations Environment Programme
3497UNFCCCUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
3498UNFICYPUnited Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
3499UNGEGNUnited Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
3500UNHCRUnited Nations High Commission (er) for Refugees
3501UNICEFUnited Nations Children's Fund (originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund)
3502UNICRIUnited Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
3503UNIDOUnited Nations Industrial Development Organization
3504UNIFEMUnited Nations Development Fund for Women (from the French Fonds de développement des Nations unies pour la femme)
3505UNMIKUnited Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
3506UNOSOMUnited Nations Operations in Somalia
3507UNPROFORUnited Nations Protection Force (in former Yugoslavia)
3508UNRISDUnited Nations Research Institute for Social Development
3509UNSMUnion of Nova Scotian Municipalities
3510UNTACUnited Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
3511UNTAET(i/a) United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
3512UNUUnited Nations University
3513UPdMUniversità Popolare della Multimedialità
3514UPIUnited Press International
3515UPNUnited Paramount Network
3516UPUUniversal Postal Union
3517URBSFAUnion royale belge des sociétés de football association (French for Royal Belgian Football Association)
3518URDUser Requirements Document
3519URYUruguay (ISO 3166 trigram)
3520USUnited States (also ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3521USAFUnited States Air Force
3522USAFSPCU.S. Air Force Space Command
3523USAIDUnited States Agency for International Development
3524USAPATRIOTUniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
3525USAREURUnited States Army Europe
3526USBUniversal Serial Bus
3527USCGUnited States Coast Guard
3528USDAUnited States Department of Agriculture
3529USDIUnited States Department of the Interior
3530USDOEUnited States Department of Energy
3531USDRE(U.S.) Under-Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (1978-1986)
3532USECUnited States Enrichment Corporation
3533USFLUnited States Football League
3534USFWSUnited States Fish and Wildlife Service
3535USGSUnited States Geological Survey
3536USIAUnited States Information Agency
3537USJFCOMUnited States Joint Forces Command
3538USMCUnited States Marine Corps
3539USMNTUnited States men's national (soccer) team
3540USNUnited States Navy
3541USNBUnited States Naval Base
3542USNGUnited States National Grid
3543USNHUnited States Naval Hospital
3544USNIUnited States Naval Institute
3545USNOU.S. Naval Observatory
3546USNOFSUnited States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station
3547USNPUnited States Newspaper Program
3548USNRUnited States Navy Reserve
3549USNSUnited States Naval Ship
3550USNZUniversity Sport New Zealand
3551USPSUnited States Postal Service
3552USPTOUnited States Patent and Trademark Office
3553USSUnited States ship (sometimes meaningless; see Star Trek)
3554USSPACECOMUnited States Space Command
3555USSRUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics
3556USTUnderground Storage Tank
3557USTRANSCOMUnited States Transportation Command
3558USWNTUnited States women's national (soccer) team
3559UTUniversal Time
3560UTEPUniversity of Texas at El Paso (pronounced you-tep)
3561UTMUniversal Transverse Mercator (geographical co-ordinate system)
3562UUAUnitarian Universalist Association
3563UUIDUniversally Unique Identifier (see also GUID)
3564UUVUnmanned Underwater Vehicle
3565UWUniversity of Washington
3566UWOUniversity of Western Ontario
3567UWTUnder Water Telephone
3568UWTGUnder Water Tug
3569UWWUnited World Wrestling
3570UXOUnexploded Ordnance
3571UYUruguay (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3572UZUzbekistan (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3573UZBUzbekistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
3574VACISVehicle And Container Inspection System
3575VACISVictorian Ambulance Clinical Information System
3576VANOSVariable Nockenwelle System
3577VAOVienna Art Orchestra
3578VBAVisual Basic for Applications
3579vCJDVariant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
3580VCNO(U.S.) Vice Chief of Naval Operations
3581VCofSVice Chief of Staff
3582VCRVideo cassette recorder
3583VCTSaint Vincent and the Grenadines (ISO 3166 trigram)
3584VDFSVisualSVN Distributed File System (VDFS)
3585VEVenezuela (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
3586VEEGAVenus Earth Earth Gravity Assist manœuvre
3587VENVenezuela (ISO 3166 trigram)
3588VERITASVery Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System
3589VfDs for deletion (used in Wikipedia)
3590VFMValue For Money
3591VFMOVery Fast Moving Object (astronomy)
3592VFTVirtual Function Table
3593VFWVeterans of Foreign Wars
3594VGBritish Virgin Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
3595VGBBritish Virgin Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
3596VH1Video Hits One
3597VHFVery High Frequency
3598VIAVersatile Interface Adapter
3599VIDSVisual Information Display System
3600VII7 (in Roman numerals)
3601VIII8 (in Roman numerals)
3602VIN(i/a) Vehicle Identification Number (ISO 3779)
3603VIPVery Important Person
3604VISCIIVIetnamese Standard Code for Information Interchange
3605VITVellore Institute of Technology
3606VIVOVideo In Video Out
3607VJVideo Jockey
3608VLADVertical Line Array DIFAR
3609VLBAVery Long Baseline Array
3610VLFVery Low Frequency
3611VLIWVery Long Instruction Word
3612VLPFCVentroLateral PreFrontal Cortex
3613VLPMCVentroLateral PreMotor Cortex
3614VLSIVery-large-scale integration
3615VMVietnam (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3616VMFMarine Fighting Squadron of the United States Marine Corps
3617VMFVariable Message Format
3618VMNVentroMedial Nucleus (neurophysiology)
3619VNVietnam (ISO 3166 digram)
3620VNIRVisible and Near InfraRed
3621VNMVietnam (ISO 3166 trigram)
3622VNSsee entry
3623VOAVoice of America
3624VOIPVoice Over Internet Protocol
3625VOLTVisual OpenType Layout Tool
3626VONVictorian Order of Nurses
3627VORVoice of Russia
3628VOXVoice Operated oscillator
3629VPOTUSVice President of the United States
3630VPNVirtual Private Network
3631VRVirtual Reality
3632VRSGVirtual Reality Scene Generator
3633VSHORADVery Short Range Air Defence
3634VSOVoluntary Services Overseas
3635VSRVery Special Relativity
3636VTCVideo Tele-Conference
3637VTECVariable valve Timing and Electronic lift Control
3638VTOLVertical Take-Off & Landing
3639VUBVrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgian university)
3640VUTVanuatu (ISO 3166 trigram)
3641VVAFVietnam Veterans of America Foundation
3642VWVolkswagen
3643VZVerizon Communications (NYSE code)
3644W3CWorld Wide Web Consortium
3645WAACWomen's Army Auxiliary Corps (Britain) (World War I UK)
3646WAAFWomen's Auxiliary Air Force (World War II UK)
3647WACCWeighted Average Cost of Capital (accounting)
3648WACSWhat-A-Cartoon! Show
3649WADWeapons Alert Designator
3650WAGGGSWorld Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
3651WALsee entry
3652WANWide area network
3653WAPWireless Application Protocol
3654WAPIMAWhat a pain in my ass
3655WARWith All Respect
3656WAsPShort form of WAAAAP (Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program)
3657WAYPWhite And Yellow Pages
3658WbWeber
3659WBCWorld Boxing Council
3660WBEWork Breakdown Element
3661WBOWorld Boxing Organization
3662WCBOWorld Chess Boxing Organisation
3663WCBPWorld Center for Birds of Prey
3664WCLWorld Confederation of Labour
3665WCWWorld Championship Wrestling
3666WDINWildlife Disease Information Node
3667WDWRWalt Disney World Resort
3668WEBSWeapon Effectiveness Battle Simulation
3669WECWorld Extreme Cagefighting
3670WEEEWaste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
3671WEFWorld Economic Forum
3672WEMWest Edmonton Mall
3673WEUWestern European Union
3674WEZWeapon Engagement Zone
3675WFWallis and Futuna Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
3676WFCWomen's Forage Corps (World War II UK)
3677WFDWeapon of Focused Destruction
3678WFFWallops Flight Facility
3679WFIWater for Injection
3680WFHWorking from home
3681WFPWorld Food Program
3682WFZWeapons Free Zone
3683WHWehrmacht Heer (German World War II army vehicle licence plate code)
3684WHAMWisconsin Hydrogen-Alpha Mapping (telescope)
3685WHIWomen's Health Initiative
3686WHIPWalks plus hits per inning pitched
3687WHOWorld Health Organisation
3688WHS(U.S.) Washington Headquarters Services
3689WIIFMWhat's in it for me?
3690WIPWork In Progress
3691WIPOWorld Intellectual Property Organization
3692WIPP[Nuclear] Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
3693WIYNWisconsin Indiana Yale NOAO telescope consortium
3694WKYPWill Keep You Posted
3695WLWehrmacht Luftwaffe (German World War II air force vehicle licence plate code)
3696WLBWomen's Land Brigade (World War II Canada)
3697WLFWallis and Futuna Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
3698WLOGWithout Loss Of Generality (see WOLOG)
3699WMWehrmacht Marine (German World War II navy vehicle licence plate code)
3700WMANUSWest Midlands Area National Union of Students
3701WMDWorld Movement for Democracy
3702WMIWildlife Management Institute
3703WMOWorld Meteorological Organization
3704WNAWorld Nuclear Association
3705WNFWill Not Fix
3706WNITWomen's National Invitation Tournament
3707WNWWest North-West
3708WOWarrant Officer
3709WOFWidth of Fabric
3710WOFTWaste Of Fucking Time
3711WOFTAMWaste Of Fucking Time And Money
3712WOIWheels Of Italy
3713WOMWrite Only Memory
3714WOSWilson Ornithological Society
3715WOTWaste Of Time
3716WPWhite Phosphorus (ammunition)
3717WPBWar Production Board during World War II
3718WPEWorld Pork Expo
3719WPKWider Peacekeeping
3720WRWide Receiver (football)
3721WRACWomen's Royal Army Corps (World War II UK)
3722WRAIRWalter Reed Army Institute of Research
3723WRBWWRMWe Best What We Most
3724WRCWorld Rally Championship
3725WRCWorld Religions Conference
3726WRNGWarning
3727WRSWorldwide Reference System
3728WRTNHS Workforce Review Team
3729WRTThe Linksys routers whose model name start with 'WRT'
3730WRTThird party firmware for the Linksys WRT routers and compatible models from other vendors.
3731WRTWeb Runtime (WRT) is a portable application framework developed by Nokia that allows the creation of widgets on the S60 Platform.
3732WRTWireless Receiver/Transmitter ( computer networks/IT )
3733WRTWireless Ronin Technologies (digital signage)
3734WRTWorld Rally Team
3735WRTWriter Response Theory
3736WSCWeapon System Catalogue
3737WSDLWeb Services Description Language
3738WSJ(The) Wall Street Journal
3739WSROCWestern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils
3740WSSMWinchester Super Short Magnum (family of rifle cartridges)
3741WSTCWomen Signallers Territorial Corps (World War II UK)
3742WSWWest South-West
3743WTCWorld Trade Center
3744WTFWhat the fuck?; also What a Terrible Failure (android)
3745WTFHWhat The Fucking Hell
3746WTHWhat the Hell
3747WTOWorld Trade Organization
3748WUBU2What you been up to
3749WVWest Virginia (postal symbol)
3750WVAWorld Veterinary Association
3751WVIACWest Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
3752WVRWomen's Volunteer Reserve (World War II UK)
3753WVSCWomen's Volunteer Service Corps (World War II Canada)
3754WVUWest Virginia University
3755WWsee entry
3756WWEWorld Wrestling Entertainment
3757WWIWorld War I
3758WWIIWorld War II
3759WWIIIWorld War III
3760WWJDWhat would Jesus do?
3761WWSWheaton Warrenville South High School
3762WWWFWorld Wide Wrestling Federation
3763WXOWeather [Executive] Officer
3764WYWyoming (postal symbol)
3765WZSwaziland (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3766XBMLeXtended Business Modelling Language
3767XCNinety (in Roman numerals)
3768XCBLXML Common Business Library
3769XDUsed in chatrooms or email for smiley face. X is the eyes; squinted D is the mouth; XD.
3770XeXenon
3771XFAXML Forms Architecture
3772XFCXtreme Fighting Championships
3773XFDFighter aircraft made by Douglas
3774XfeX File Explorer
3775XFFX-Forwarded-For
3776XFGExfoliation glaucoma
3777XFRAutomobile made by Jaguar
3778XFTX FreeType interface library
3779XGAutomobile made by Hyundai
3780XGAExtended Graphics Array
3781XGPExtreme Game Player
3782XHTMLeXtensible Hypertext Markup Language
3783XIEleven (in Roman numerals)
3784XIITwelve (in Roman numerals)
3785XIIIThirteen (in Roman numerals)
3786XIVFourteen (in Roman numerals)
3787XIXNineteen (in Roman numerals)
3788XJSAutomobile made by Jaguar
3789XKBX keyboard extension
3790XKEAutomobile made by Jaguar
3791XKRAutomobile made by Jaguar
3792XMLeXtensible Markup Language
3793XMSFeXtensible Modelling and Simulation Framework
3794XNAX-No-Archive,Xeno Nucleic Acid
3795XNCX Northern Captain
3796XNUX is Not Unix
3797XPeXperience Point (role-playing games)
3798XQJXQuery API for Java™
3799XRAYX-Ray
3800XRMLeXtensible Rights Markup Language
3801XSXiaolin Showdown
3802XSLeXtensible Style Language
3803XTMHeXtreme Technology Multiprocessor Hyperlanguage
3804XULXML User Interface Language
3805XVFifteen (in Roman numerals)
3806XVISixteen (in Roman numerals)
3807XVIISeventeen (in Roman numerals)
3808XVIIIEighteen (in Roman numerals)
3809XWFXcitement Wrestling Federation
3810XXTwenty (in Roman numerals)
3811XylXylobium
3812XZNTriple square screw driver
3813yYocto-
3814Y2KYear Two Thousand
3815yAYoctoampere
3816YaYottayear
3817YaBPrYet another Brother Pat rant
3818YABSLAGYet another boy singing like a girl
3819YACYouth-Adult Committee
3820YAFLAYet Another Five Letter Abbreviation
3821YAPYoung Aspiring Professional
3822YBYoucef Benzouada (Southern Algerian name)
3823YbYtterbium
3824yCYoctocoulomb
3825YCYottacoulomb
3826YDSYosemite Decimal System (climbing)
3827YEYemen (ISO 3166 digram)
3828YEMYemen (ISO 3166 trigram)
3829yFYoctofarad
3830YFYottafarad
3831ygYoctogram
3832YgYottagram
3833YGCOYamaneko Group of Comet Observers
3834YgoYu-Gi-Oh!
3835yHYoctohenry
3836YHYottahenry
3837YHBTYou Have Been Trolled
3838YHIIYou Have It Inside
3839YHSYa Hoor sur!
3840YiYobi
3841YippieYouth International Party + suffix
3842yJYoctojoule
3843YJYottajoule
3844yKYoctokelvin
3845YKYottakelvin
3846YKYFCWYou know you're from Christchurch when (post-earthquake joke)
3847yLYoctolitre
3848YLYottalitre
3849ymYoctometre
3850YmYottametre
3851YMMDYou Make My Day
3852yNYoctonewton
3853YNYottanewton
3854YOLOYou Only Live Once
3855YPAYards per Pass Attempt (football statistic)
3856YPIOYour Problem Is Obvious
3857YPOYoung Presidents' Organization
3858ysYoctosecond
3859ySYoctosiemens
3860YsYottasecond
3861YSYottasiemens
3862YSIYoung Scots for Independence
3863yTYoctotesla
3864YTDYear-To-Date
3865YTMYield to Maturity
3866YTSYouth Training Scheme
3867YTTYoshi Topsy-Turvy
3868YuppieYoung Urban Professional + suffix
3869yVYoctovolt
3870YVYottavolt
3871yWYoctowatt
3872YWYottawatt
3873YYHYuYu Hakusho
3874zZepto
3875ZZetta
3876zAZeptoampere
3877ZAFSouth Africa (ISO 3166 trigram)
3878ZAMSZero age main sequence
3879ZASZylinder Abschaltung System
3880ZBTZero-Balance Transfer (accounting)
3881zCZeptocoulomb
3882ZCZettacoulomb
3883ZCM(n) ZENworks Configuration Management
3884ZCMKZone Control Master Key
3885ZCUZimbabwe Cricket Union
3886\aAtto-