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
69ABSanti-lock braking system
70ABSAAmalgamated Banks of South Africa
71ABSTRIPSabstraction-based STRIPS
72ABVAlcohol by volume
73ABWAruba (ISO 3166 trigram)
74AcActinium
75ACAdriamycin-Cyclophosphamide (chemotherapy),Air Conditioning,Aircraftman,Alternating Current,Altocumulus,ante Christum (Latin,'before Christ'; see BC),ante cibum (Latin,'before meals'),Antigua and Barbuda (FIPS 10-4 country code),Associazione Calcio (Italian,'football (soccer) club'),A/C,Air Conditioned/Conditioning,Aircraft
76aCAttocoulomb
77AC1Aircraftman 1st Class
78AC2Aircraftman 2nd Class
79ACAAffordable Care Act,shorthand for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,commonly called 'Obamacare',Airspace Control Authority,Airspace Co-ordination Area,A Current Affair
80ACARSAircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System
81ACBAsociación de Clubes de Baloncesto (Spanish for 'Association of Basketball Clubs')
82ACCACAwdurdod Cymwysterau,Cwricwlwm ac Asesu Cymru (Qualifications,Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales)
83ACCDAmerican Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
84ACCSAir Communications and Control Squadron
85ACDAArms Control & Disarmament Agency
86ACDCAlternating Current Direct Current,the name of an Australian rock music band,a term for a bisexual person,A/Cdre,Air Commodore
87ACDTApple Certified Desktop Technician,Australian Central Daylight Time
88ACESAerolíneas Centrales de Colombia (Spanish,'Central Colombian Airlines'),Auxiliary Campus Enterprises and Services of Alfred State College
89ACFAdministration for Children and Families,American Car and Foundry,American Culinary Federation
90ACHTAverage Call Hold Time
91ACINTAcoustic Intelligence
92ACKAcknowledge (telecommunications; cf. NAK)
93ACLAccess Control List,Anterior cruciate ligament; the initialism can also refer to an injury to this ligament.,Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
94ACLJAmerican Center for Law and Justice
95ACLOSAutomatic CLOS (missile control system)
96ACLSAmerican Council of Learned Societies
97ACLUAmerican Civil Liberties Union,American Communist Lawyers Union (pejorative slang for the above)
98ACMmany,including Association for Computing Machinery; see entry
99ACMC(U.S.) Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
100ACNAirborne Communications Node,Australian Company Number (number issued by the Australian government as registration of a limited liability company)
101ACNAAnglican Church in North America
102ACOAirspace Control Order
103ACOBAAdvisory Committee on Business Appointments
104ACOGAmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
105ACOM(U.S.) Atlantic Command
106ACORNAssociation of Community Organizations for Reform Now
107ACPAfrican,Caribbean and Pacific Group of States,Air Control Point
108ACRAdvanced Concepts and Requirements
109ACRIAfrican Crisis Initiative
110ACRTAdvanced Concepts Research Tool simulator
111ACSAffiliated Computer Services (NYSE ACS),Alaska Communications Service,American Cancer Society,American Chemical Society,Association of Caribbean States,Australian Computer Society
112ACSCArmy Command and Staff College (various nations)
113ACSTAmerican Cooperative School of Tunis
114ACSTAustralian Central Standard Time
115ACTAdaptive Control of Thought (cognitive model),American College Test (ing Program),Australian Capital Territory (also postal symbol),ACT UP,AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
116ACTDAdvanced Concept Technology Demonstration
117ACTF(U.S.) Army Constructive Training Federation,Australian Children's Television Foundation,ACT-R,ACT-Rational (cognitive model),ACT-R/PM,ACT-R/Perceptual-Motor (cognitive model)
118ACTUAustralian Council of Trade Unions
119ACUAmerican Conservative Union
120ACUFAdvisory Committee on Undersea Features,American Conservative Union Foundation
121ADAir Defence,Andorra (ISO 3166 digram),Anno Domini (Latin for 'In the year of our Lord')
122ADAAir Defence Artillery,American Dental Association,Assistant District Attorney,Americans with Disabilities Act (see also the similar but non-acronymic Ada programming language)
123ADACAllgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (German for 'General German Automobile Club')
124ADAGEAir Defense Air to Ground Engagement (simulation)
125ADAPAIDS Drug Assistance Program
126ADASAsiago-DLR Asteroid Survey
127ADATAlesis Digital Audio Tape (recording format)
128ADATSAgricultural Development and Training Society,Air Defence Anti-Tank System,Australian Defence Air Traffic System
129ADBAsian Development Bank
130ADCAide De Camp,U.S. Air Defense Command (1946-1992),Apple Display Connector,Program Against Digital Counterfeiting of Currency
131ADDAnalog Digital Digital (CD quality),Attention-Deficit Disorder,Administration on Developmental Disabilities
132ADDIEAnalyze Design Develop Implement and Evaluate
133ADDNSAdvanced Deployable Day/Night Simulation
134ADGBAir Defence of Great Britain
135ADHDAttention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
136ADHSAttention-Deficit Hyperactivity Syndrome
137ADIAcceptable/Allowable Daily Intake
138ADIZAir Defence Identification Zone
139ADLAnti-Defamation League
140ADMAdministrative,,Admiral,and the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps,Archer Daniels Midland,Assistant Deputy Minister
141ADOAAir Defence Operations Area
142ADPAdenosine DiPhosphate,Army Doctrine Publication (UK,Canada,Australia),Automatic/Automated Data Processing
143ADRGArc-second Raster Chart (ARC) Digitized Raster Graphics
144ADSActive Denial System,Astrophysics Data System,Attention Deficit Syndrome
145ADSRAttack,Decay,Sustain,Release (sound envelope specification)
146ADTAtlantic Daylight Time (UTC3 hours)
147ADTBArmy Doctrine and Training Bulletin
148ADWAir Defence Warning
149AEArmed Forces Africa/Canada/Europe/Middle East (postal symbol),United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code),Artix Entertainment,American Eagle,A&E, Arts & Entertainment Network,the original name for the U.S. TV channel now known as A&E Network
150AEDTAustralian Eastern Daylight Time
151AEFAmerican Expeditionary Force
152AEGISAirborne Early warning Ground environment Interface Segment (fake etymology)
153AESRAeronautical Equipment Service Record
154AESTAustralian Eastern Standard Time
155aetAfter extra time (Football)
156AEWAirborne Early Warning,Airborne Electronic Warfare
157AFAfghanistan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Air Force,As f*ck
158aFAttofarad
159AFAU.S. Air Force Academy,Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (Spanish for 'Argentine Football Association')
160AFAICAs Far As I'm Concerned
161AFAICTAs Far As I Can Tell
162AFAIKAs Far As I Know
163AFAIRAs Far As I Remember/Recall
164AFAMAssociazione Friulana di Astronomia e Meteorologia (Italian,'Friuli Association of Astronomy and Meteorology'),Department of African and Afro-American Studies,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — notable for its links to the school's academic-athletic scandal in the 2010s
165AFATDSAdvanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System
166AFCEAArmed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
167AFDBAfrican Development Bank
168AFESAutomatic Fire Extinguishing System
169AFGAfghanistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
170AFIFrench Territory of the Afars and Issas (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1977),'Agencia Federal de Investigaciónes' (México)
171AFISTAbrams Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
172AFJApril Fool's Joke
173AFKAway From Keyboard (Internet chat abbreviation)
174AFLACAmerican Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus
175AFOAssociation of Field Ornithologists
176AFOSRU.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research
177AFPAgence France-Presse (French,'French Press Agency'), Australian Federal Police
178AFQTArmed Forces Qualification Test
179AFRCAir Force Reserve Command
180AFRLAir Force Research Laboratory
181AFROTCAir Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
182AFRTSArmed Forces Radio and Television Service
183AFSCU.S. Air Force Staff College (obsolete; replaced with JFSC), U.S. Air Force Systems Command
184AFSCNU.S. Air Force Satellite Control Network
185AFSPCAir Force Space Command
186AFTAmerican Farmland Trust
187AFVarmoured fighting vehicle
188AGair gunner,Aktiengesellschaft (German,'incorporated'),Algeria (FIPS 10-4 country code),Antigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166 digram),Assemblies of God
189agAttogram
190AgSilver (Latin for 'argentum')
191AGAAB Gas-accumulator ('ah-gah',Swedish company),Advanced Graphics Architecture
192AGARDAdvisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development
193AGARDographAdvanced Guidance for Alliance Research and Development publication
194AGASAAkeno Giant Air Shower Array (cosmic ray detector)
195AGBInternal Nintendo initialism (Advanced Game Boy) for Game Boy Advance
196AGCAdjutant General's Corps (British Army)
197AGDCAustralian Game Developers' Conference
198AGIAuxiliary Group Intelligence
199AGMAnnual General Meeting
200AGNActive Galactic Nucleus
201AGOAngola (ISO 3166 trigram)
202AGPAccelerated Graphics Port
203AGRICOLAAgriculture Online Access
204AGSAlaska Ground Station (LandSat)
205AGTSAdvanced Gunnery Training System
206AGUAmerican Geophysical Union
207AGWAutonomous Guided Weapon
208AhAmpere-hour
209AHAttack Helicopter
210aHAttohenry
211AHAAmerican Heart Association
212AHCPRAgency for Health Care Policy and Research (obsolete; replaced with AHRQ)
213AHECAustralian Health Ethics Committee
214AHPCRCArmy High Performance Computing Research Center
215AHQAir Headquarters
216AHRQAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality
217AHSAmerican Housing Survey
218AIAir Interdiction,Amnesty International,Artificial Insemination,Artificial Intelligence,Anguilla (ISO 3166 digram)
219AIAAerospace Industries Association,American Institute of Architects,Anguilla (ISO 3166 trigram)
220AIAAAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
221AICAfrican Independent Church,Animal Identification Coordinator
222AICDAustralian Institute of Company Directors
223AICMFPAnd I Claim My Five Pounds
224AIDU.S. Agency for International Development
225AIDSAcquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
226AIMAustralian Institute of Management
227AIMPAurora Incremental Modernization Project
228AIPACAmerican Israel Public Affairs Committee
229AIRAircraft Inventory Record
230AIRFAAmerican Indian Religious Freedom Act
231AIRSAerometric Information Retrieval System (obsolete; replaced with AFS)
232AISAustralian Institute of Sport,Automatic Identification System
233AISB(British Society for the Study of) Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour
234aJAttojoule
235AJAzerbaijan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
236AjaxAsynchronous JavaScript And XML
237AJDAstronomical Julian day
238AJPAllied Joint Publication
239AJPWAll Japan Pro Wrestling
240AKAlaska (postal symbol)
241aKAttokelvin
242AKAAbove knee amputation (orthopaedic usage)
243AKDTAlaska Standard Daylight Saving Time (UTC8 hours)
244AKPAdalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (Turkish,'Justice and Development Party')
245AKSTAlaska Standard Time (UTC9 hours)
246ALAlabama (postal symbol),Albania (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Anno Lucis (Latin,'Year of Light',in Masonic tradition,most often seen on plaques bearing the founding dates of buildings,in years AD and years AL)
247AlAluminium
248aLAttolitre
249ALAÅland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
250ALAPAs Long/Late As Possible
251ALARMAir-Launched Anti-Radar Missile
252ALBAlbania (ISO 3166 trigram)
253ALDAccounting Line Designator (nuclear weapon targeting)
254ALERTAdvanced Linked Extended Reconnaissance and Targeting,Attack and Launch Early Reporting to Theatre
255ALFAfrica Leadership Forum,Alien Life Form (cf. ALF (TV series)),Animal Liberation Front
256ALGAlgeria (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
257ALGOLALGOrithmic Language
258ALPAAir Line Pilots Association
259ALSAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
260ALSHSAbraham Low Self-Help Systems
261ALSPAggregate Level Simulation Protocol
262ALTEAssociation of Language Testers in Europe
263AmAmericium
264AMAmplitude Modulation and Ante Meridiem; see entry,Armenia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
265AM1Airman 1st class
266AMCBU.S. Army/Marine Corps Board
267AMFOMAdvanced Missile Fly Out Model
268AMFRAge-specific Marital Fertility Rate,Amplitude Modulation Following Response
269AMFRSAdvanced Multi-Function Radio Frequency System,Automatic Multisensor Feature-based Recognition System
270AMLAcute Myeloid Leukaemia
271AMLCDActive Matrix Liquid Crystal Display
272AMLOAndrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexican politician),Anti-Money Laundering Office (Thailand government agency)
273AMOAtlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
274AMOLEDActive-matrix organic light-emitting diode
275AMOSAdvanced MOrtar System,Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory
276AMPAdenosine MonoPhosphate,Automated Mission Planner
277AMRAAMAdvanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile
278AMRDECU.S. Aviation & Missile Research,Development,& Engineering Center
279AMSAgriculture Marketing Service,American Mathematical Society
280AMSAAU.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity
281AMSOU.S. Army Model and Simulation Office
282AMSUAdvanced Microwave Sounding Unit
283AMTEUK Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment (1977-1984)
284ANAndorra (FIPS 10-4 country code),Netherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 digram)
285aNAttonewton
286ANAAdministration for Native Americans,Afghan National Army,All Nippon Airways,Anti-Nuclear Anti-body,Australian National Airways,Australian Natives' Association
287ANCAfrican National Congress
288ANDAndorra (ISO 3166 trigram)
289ANFOAmmonium nitrate/fuel oil (explosive)
290ANGLiCoAir/Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
291ANLArgonne National Laboratory
292ANMAcoustic Noise Monitor
293ANOVAANalysis Of VAriance
294ANSApplied and Natural Sciences
295ANSIAmerican National Standards Institute
296ANTNetherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 trigram),Antigua and Barbuda (IOC trigram,but not ISO 3166 or FIFA)
297ANTMAmerica's Next Top Model
298ANTYAcronyms,No Thank You
299ANWRArctic National Wildlife Refuge /ˈænwɑr/
300ANZAustralia and New Zealand Banking Group
301ANZACAustralian and New Zealand Army Corps
302AOAngola (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Approach Officer (submarine),Area of Operations
303AOCAir Operations Centre,Air Officer Commanding
304AODAdrenalin O.D. (punk rock band)
305AOIAngle Of Incidence (Arab Organization for Industrialization)
306AOLAmerica OnLine
307AORArea of Responsibility
308AOSTHAdventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
309AOTSAttack of the Show!
310AOUAmerican Ornithologists' Union
311APAdvanced Placement,Air Publication,Andhra Pradesh (Indian state code),Armed Forces Pacific (postal symbol),Associated Press,Auto Pilot
312APBAll Points Bulletin (police jargon)
313APECAsia Pacific Economic Cooperation
314APEDSAMSAA Performance Estimates Data System
315APEXApplied Physics Express
316APHAAmerican Public Health Association
317APHISAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service
318APLAcute Promyeloid Leukaemia,Anti-Personnel Landmine,Applied Physics Laboratory (Johns Hopkins University)
319APODAerial Port (Airport) Of Debarkation
320APOEAerial Port (Airport) Of Embarkation
321APOLLOApache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation
322APPAllied Procedural Publication
323APRAnnual Percentage Rate
324AQIMAl-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
325ArArgon
326ARAGAdvanced Research and Assessment Group
327ARBAdministrative Review Board
328ARBAArmy Review Boards Agency
329ARCAAutomobile Racing Club of America
330ARCENTUnited States Army Central Command
331ARDAAdvanced Research and Development Activity (became DTO 2006)
332ARFASEAN Regional Forum
333ARGArgentina (ISO 3166 trigram)
334ARHArmed Reconnaissance Helicopter
335ARNetAcquisition Reform Network
336ARPApplied Research Programme
337ARPAAdvanced Research Projects Agency
338ARRCACE Rapid Reaction Corps
339ARRFAllied Rapid Reaction Force
340ARRLAmerican Radio Relay League
341ARSCArctic Region Supercomputing Center
342ARSPACEU.S. Army Space Command
343ARTCCAir Route Traffic Control Center
344ARWGArmy Research Working Group
345ASActionScript
346ASAmerican Samoa (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram),Australia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Assam / Asom (Indian state code)
347AsArsenic
348aSAttosiemens
349ASAAcetylSalicylic Acid,American Standards Association,Army Security Agency,Atlantic Southeast Airlines
350ASAPAs Soon As Possible
351ASARSAdvanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System,Airborne Search and Rescue System
352asblassociation sans but lucratif (French 'Non-profit organisation')
353ASBOAnti-Social Behaviour Order
354ASCAPAmerican Society of Composers,Authors,and Publishers
355ASCCArmy Service Component Commander,Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator,Air Standardization Coordinating Committee
356ASCIIAmerican Standard Code for Information Interchange
357ASD(U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense,autism spectrum disorder
358ASDICAllied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee (Sonar)
359ASEANAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations
360ASFARAmericans for a Society Free of Age Restrictions
361ASGArea Support Group
362ASICAustralian Securities and Investments Commission,Aviation Security Identification Card
363ASICSAnima sana in corpore sano (Latin for 'A sound mind in a sound body') (athletic shoe manufacturer)
364ASIOAustralian Security Intelligence Organisation,Audio stream input output
365ASIPAdvanced System Improvement Program,Army Stationing and Installation Plan,Application-specific instruction-set processor
366ASLAbove Sea Level,American Sign Language (also known as Ameslan),'Age,Sex,Location?' (Internet slang)
367ASMAir-to-Surface Missile,American Samoa (ISO 3166 trigram),American Society for Metals,American Society for Microbiology
368ASMBAmerican Society for Matrix Biology,Adult Swim Message Board
369ASMEAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers,American Society of Magazine ors
370ASMPAir-Sol Moyenne Portée missile (French 'Medium-range air to surface'),Asymmetric multiprocessing
371ASNAssociate of Science in Nursing
372ASOCAir Sovereignty Operations Centre,Air Support Operations Centre,Airport Security and Operations Centre,Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition,Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus,Australian Standard Offence Classification
373ASPActive Server Pages,American Society of Primatologists,Ammunition Supply Point,Application Service Provider (cf internet service provider),Astronomical Society of the Pacific,Association of Surfing Professionals
374ASPIAustralian Strategic Policy Institute
375ASRAlkali-silica reaction,Anti Slip Regulation
376ASRAAMAdvanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile
377ASSCAssociation for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
378ASTAtlantic Standard Time (UTC4 hours)
379ASTIAArmed Services Technical Information Agency
380ASTMAmerican Society for Testing and Materials
381ASTREAAerial Support To Regional Enforcement Agencies (sheriff's air support unit)
382ASUWAntiSUrface Warfare
383ASVABArmed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery(taken by juniors in high school in the USA)
384ASVELAssociation Sportive Villeurbanne Éveil Lyonnais (Association Sportive is French for 'Sporting Association'; the club was founded through the merger of AS Villeurbanne and Éveil Lyonnais)
385ASWAntiSubmarine Warfare
386ASWORG(U.S.) AntiSubmarine Warfare Operations Research Group
387ASXAdvanced Stream Redirector,Australian Securities Exchange
388ATAnti-Tank,Ashmore and Cartier Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Austria (ISO 3166 digram),Advanced Technology (IBM Personal Computer/AT)
389AtAstatine
390aTAttotesla
391ATAAdvanced Technology Attachment (IBM Personal Computer),Afghan Transitional Authority,Allen Telescope Array,Antarctica (ISO 3166 trigram)
392ATACAir Transportable Acoustic Communications
393ATACMSArmy TACtical Missile System
394ATAPIAdvanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
395ATASAir-To-Air Stinger (missile)
396ATATAiken Tactical Airsoft Team / Star Wars vehicle
397ATBActive Time Battle,British Antarctic Territory (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1979)
398ATCAir Training Corps, U.S. Air Transport Command (1942-1948), Athletic Trainer,Certified
399ATCCISArmy Tactical Command and Control Information System
400ATESSAerospace and Telecommunications Engineering Support Squadron
401ATFFrench Southern Territories (ISO 3166 trigram),(U.S.) Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives
402ATGAntigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166 and FIFA trigram)
403ATGMAnti-Tank Guided Missile
404ATGWAnti-Tank Guided Weapon
405ATKAttack
406ATLAtlanta,Georgia,the largest city and capital of Georgia
407ATLASAll-Terrain Lifter Army System,Assessment Tool for LAnd Systems
408ATMAutomated Teller Machine,Asynchronous Transfer Mode,At The Moment
409ATNDronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1983)
410ATOAir Tasking Order,Australian Taxation Office
411ATPAdenosine TriPhosphate,Allied Tactical Publication,Ammunition Transfer Point
412ATSD(U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense
413ATSDRAgency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
414ATVAll-Terrain Vehicle
415ATWAAir,Trees,Water,Animals
416AUAfrican Union (was OAU before 2000),American University,Astronomical Unit,Australia (ISO 3166 digram),Austria (FIPS 10-4 country code)
417AuGold (Latin 'Aurum')
418AUCAb Urbe Condita / Anno Urbis Conditae (Latin for 'from the founding of the city' / 'in the year since the founding of the city') (of Rome),Area Under the Curve (concentration time curve; medicine)
419AUSAustralia (ISO 3166 trigram)
420AUSCANNZUKUSAustralia,Canada,New Zealand,United Kingdom,United States (security designation)
421AuslanAustralian Sign Language
422AUTAustria (ISO 3166 trigram)
423AUTLArmy Universal Task List
424AVAnguilla (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Audio-Visual,Aviation
425AvAperture value (photographic mode)
426aVAttovolt
427AVAAmerican Viticultural Area
428AVBAudio Video Bridging
429AVDLRAviation Depot Level Repair
430AVGPArmoured Vehicle, General Purpose
431AVIMAviation Intermediate Maintenance
432AVLBArmoured Vehicle Launched Body
433AVMAir Vice-Marshal, Arteriovenous malformation
434AVOApprehended Violence Order
435AVPArubaanse Volkspartij
436AVPAssociation of Volleyball Professionals
437AVREArmoured Vehicle Royal Engineers
438AVTBArmoured Vehicle Test Bed,Aviation Test Bed
439AVUMAviation Unit Maintenance
440AVVOAcute Vaginal Venereal Outbreak
441AWAruba (ISO 3166 digram)
442aWAttowatt
443AWAAmerican Wrestling Association
444AWCAir Warfare Centre
445AWDAll Wheel Drive
446AWEAdvanced Warfighting Experiment
447AWPAwaiting Parts (SM&R code)
448AWSIMAir Warfare SIMulation
449AWSTAustralian Western Standard Time
450AWWAbove Water Warfare
451AXÅland Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
452AXPAmbulance eXchange Point
453AYAntarctica (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
454AYBABTUAll Your Base Are Belong To Us
455AYUAs Yet Unknown
456AZArizona (postal symbol),Azerbaijan (ISO 3166 digram),Alkmaar Zaanstreek (Dutch football club)
457AZEAzerbaijan (ISO 3166 trigram)
458AZURActions en zone urbaine (French for: Urban Operations)
459BARBarbados (IOC trigram,but not FIFA or ISO 3166),British American Racing,Browning Automatic Rifle,Buy-American Restrictions,BARD , Binational Agricultural Research and Development fund (between the US and Israel),BARDA , Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency,BART , Bay Area Rapid Transit,BAS , Battalion Aid Station,BASE , Building,Antenna,Span,Earth (parachute from),BASF , Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory,a German chemicals company),BASIC , Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (acronym was added later,originally it was simply Basic),BAT , Basic Aid Training,BATF , U.S. Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,and Firearms,BATS , Behavior Analysis Training System ,Bradley Advanced Training System,BATTeRS , Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescope for Rapid Survey,BB[edit]
460BBBarbados (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code),Boys' Brigade (Christian youth organization),Brigitte Bardot (actress),Bumblebee
461BBBBetter Business Bureau,Blood-brain barrier
462BBCBreeding Bird Census,British Broadcasting Corporation,Bumper to Back of Cab (trucking measurement)
463BBLBe Back Later,Bird Banding Laboratory,British Basketball League
464BBNBolt,Beranek and Newman
465BBQBarbecue
466BBSBreeding Bird Survey (North America),Brigade/Battalion Battle Simulation,Bulletin Board System,BBSRC , U.K. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council,BBVA , Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (Spanish bank)
467BBYOB'nai B'rith Youth Organization
468BCBefore Christ,Blind Copy (in emailers),Boston College,Botswana (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Bechuanaland),British Columbia (postal symbol)
469BCABachelor of Computer Application,Black Coaches & Administrators
470BCCBlind Carbon Copy
471BCCIBank of Credit and Commerce International,Board of Control for Cricket in India,BCD , Binary-Coded Decimal
472BEABanque extérieure d'Algérie,British European Airways (ancestor of British Airways),British Electricity Authority,bel
473BELBelgium (ISO 3166 trigram)
474BENBenin (ISO 3166 trigram)
475BEOBanquet Event Order
476BERCBusiness Environmental Resource Center
477BERBit Error Rate
478BHBahrain (ISO 3166 digram),Belize (FIPS 10-4 country code)
479BHRBahrain (ISO 3166 trigram)
480BNFBackus-Naur Form (computing), British National Formulary
481BNICEBiological,Nuclear,Incendiary,Chemical,and Explosive Agents
482BNPBritish National Party,Banque Nationale de Paris,a predecessor to today's BNP Paribas
483BNSBank of Nova Scotia
484BNSFBurlington Northern Santa Fe (also AAR reporting mark)
485BOBack Orifice,Belarus (FIPS 10-4 country code),Biarritz Olympique (French rugby union club),Bolivia (ISO 3166 digram),Body odor
486BOACBritish Overseas Airways Corporation (predecessor of British Airways)
487BoAMLBank of America Merrill Lynch
488BOCBritish Orthodontic Society, British Oxygen Company
489BÖCBlue Öyster Cult
490BODMASBrackets,Orders,Division,Multiplication,Addition,Subtraction
491BOFHBastard Operator From Hell
492BOGABend Over and Grab Ankles
493BOGOFBuy One,Get One Free
494BOGsBunch of Guys
495BOIBalance Of Investment,Basis Of Issue
496BOLBolivia (ISO 3166 trigram)
497BOMBase Object Model,Bill Of Materials,Block of the Month quilting term,Business opportunity meeting
498BOPDBarrel of Oil Per Day
499BOSBattlefield Operating System
500BOTBalance of Trade,Botswana (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Build Operate Transfer,Bank of Thailand,BP[edit]
501BPBattle Position,British Petroleum (today,BP does not officially stand for anything),Solomon Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code; from British Protectorate of the Solomon Islands),Bp , Bishop,BPD , Bipolar Personality Disorder,BPM , Beats Per Minute,BPMo , Business Process Mobility
502BPVBattlefield Planning Visualization,Bovine papillomavirus
503BQBritish Antarctic Territory (former ISO 3166 digram; merged with AQ in 1979),Caribbean Netherlands (current ISO 3166 digram; based on the entity's alternate name of Bonaire,Sint Eustatius and Saba),Navassa Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
504BRBrazil (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) ,Bihar (Indian state code),British Rail,Break Ranks (marching band term)
505BRABrazil (ISO 3166 trigram)
506BRAGBicycle Ride Across Georgia
507BRASSBreathe,Relax,Aim,Sight,Squeeze (acronym for using a rifle)
508BRICBrazil, Russia, India, and China
509BRICSBrazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa
510BSABirmingham Small Arms (motorcycles company),Boy Scouts of America,Brigade Support Area
511BSatCoPBenjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins
512BSEBovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (better known as mad cow disease)
513BSNBaloncesto Superior Nacional (Spanish,'National Superior Basketball'; top Puerto Rican league),Bank Simpanan Nasional (Malay,'National Savings Bank'; government-owned Malaysian bank)
514BSNLBharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,Bachelor of Science in Nursing
515BSoDBlue Screen of Death (distinct from BSD)
516BSPBetween-Show Promotion,Binary Space Partitioning,Board Support Package,British Standard Pipe (screw thread),Business-sponsored,Bone sialoprotein
517BSTBinary search tree,Blended Sales Tax,Bovine somatotropin,British Summer Time
518BSWBritish Standard Whitworth (screw thread)
519BSXBendigo Stock Exchange
520BTBaal teshuva (Hebrew,'master of repentance') ,used to describe a Jew who adopts Orthodox Judaism as an adult,Bathythermograph,Bhutan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),BitTorrent,British Telecom,the former name of the company now known as BT Group,BTDT , Been There,Done That,Bti , Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis,BTID , Battlefield Target Identification Device,BTIS , Battlefield Target Identification System
521BtBaronet,Bacillus thuringiensis
522BTOBuilt To Order
523BTPBritish Transport Police
524BTRBronetransporter (БТР = Бронетранспортер '(Heavy) Armoured (Personnel) Transporter')
525BTUBritish Thermal Unit
526BTWBy The Way
527BUBulgaria (FIPS 10-4 country code) -,Burma (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1989)
528BUAVBritish Union for the Abolition of Vivisection
529BUG-EBattlefield Universal Gateway Equipment ('buggy')
530BUNOBureau Number (aircraft serial number)
531BURBurma (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1989)
532BVBackground Vocals -,Battlefield Visualization ,,Bouvet Island (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
533BVDBradley,Voorhees & Day (underwear manufacturer)
534BVRBeyond Visual Range
535BVTBouvet Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
536B&WBabcock & Wilcox, Black and White, Bowers & Wilkins
537BWBring Wedges (ISO digram)
538BWBotswana (ISO 3166 digram)
539BWABotswana (ISO 3166 trigram)
540BWARSBees,Wasps & Ants Recording Society
541BWCBiological and Toxin Weapons Convention
542BWRBoiling-Water Reactor
543BXBase eXchange
544BYBurundi (FIPS 10-4 country code), Belarus (ISO 3166 digram), Bavaria
545BYOBBring Your Own Bottle (or beer, beverage, or booze) (multiple,but similar,meanings)
546BYOCBring Your Own Computer (play on BYOB)
547BYOFBring Your Own Flask
548BYSByelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1992)
549BYUBrigham Young University
550BZBelize (ISO 3166 digram)
551BZPBenzylpiperazine
552CCarbon, Coulomb, One Hundred (in Roman numerals)
553cCenti
554C2CConsumer-To-Consumer electronic commerce, Cam-To-Cam internet chat
555c2cthe British rail company formerly known as LTS Rail
556CaCalcium
557CACalifornia (postal symbol),Canada (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Catalonia,Civil Affairs,Close Armour,Cocaine Anonymous,Computer Associates,Counter-Air,Cricket Australia
558CAACanadian Automobile Association,(NORAD) Center for Aerospace Analysis,(U.S.) Center for Army Analysis,(U.S.) Clean Air Act,(U.S. Army) Concepts Analysis Agency,Civil Aviation Authority,Colonial Athletic Association
559CAATCampaign Against Arms Trade,Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
560CACCalifornia Association of Criminalists,Chronic Asymptomatic [Disease] Carrier
561CACMCentral American Common Market
562CACMCommunications of the ACM
563CADCAMComputer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing
564CADMIDConcept,Assessment,Demonstration,Manufacture,In service,Disposal (life cycle mnemonic)
565CADPATCAnadian Disruptive PATtern
566CAECanadian Aviation Electronics (originally),Certificate in Advanced English
567CAEnClose Action Engagement (constructive simulation)
568CAFCentral African Republic (ISO 3166 trigram),Confederation of African Football (or French Confédération Africaine de Football)
569CAFADCombined Arms For Air Defence
570CAFDECanadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters,Computer Aided Federation Development Environment
571CAFECorporate Average Fuel Economy standard
572CAIComputer Assisted Instruction
573CAIRCouncil on American-Islamic Relations
574CALABARZONA region in the Philippines: CAvite,LAguna,BAtangas,Rizal,queZON
575CALLCenter for Army Lessons Learned
576CALMCommunications,Air-interface,Long and Medium range
577CalPERSCalifornia Public Employees' Retirement System
578CaltransCalifornia Department of Transpotation
579CAMChemical Agent Monitor,Complementary and alternative medicine,Computer-Aided Manufacturing,Crassulacean acid metabolism (type of photosynthesis)
580CAMRACAMpaign for Real Ale
581CANCanada (ISO 3166 trigram)
582CANDUCANada Deuterium Uranium (nuclear reactor design)
583CanolaCanadian oil,low acid (referring to a specific cultivar of rapeseed bred to have a low erucic acid content)
584CAPESCAPability Evaluation System,Combined Arms Planning and Execution System
585CARECitizens Association for Racial Equality (former New Zealand organisation),Community database on Accidents on the Roads in Europe,Cooperative for Aid and Relief Everywhere (originally Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe)
586CARMONETTEComputerized Monte Carlo Simulation
587CARPComputed Air Release Point
588CARTChampionship Auto Racing Teams (now defunct)
589CASChemical Abstracts Service,Chief of the Air Staff,Close Air Support
590CASACivil Aviation Safety Authority
591CASECellular ammunition storage equipment,Computer-Aided Software Engineering
592CASSCommand Activated Sonobuoy System
593CASTFOREMCombined Arms and Support Task FORce Evaluation Model
594CASTORCanadian Automatic Small Telescopes for Orbital Research
595CATCommunity Acceptance Testing
596CATKCounterattack
597CATSComputer Active Technology Suspension
598CATTCombined Arms Tactical Trainer
599CAVCavalry
600CAVOKCeiling And Visibility OK ('Kav-okay')
601CAWCanadian Auto Workers (trade union)
602CBCitizens' Band radio,Cambodia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
603CBASSECommission on Behavioral And Social Sciences and Education ('sea bass')
604CBCCanadian Broadcasting Corporation,Christmas Bird Count,Cipher-Block Chaining,Cornering Brake Control
605CBECommander of the Order of the British Empire,Cab Beside Engine (see truck)
606CBFConfederação Brasileira de Futebol (Portuguese,'Brazilian Football Confederation')
607CBGBCountry,Blue Grass,and Blues (former New York City nightclub)
608CBLAComparative bullet lead analysis
609CBMCanadian Baptist Ministries
610CBMCommodore Business Machines
611CBMLCoalition Battle Management Language
612CBNCardsApp Brand Number
613CBOLConsortium for the Barcode of Life
614CBOTChicago Board of Trade
615CBRCase-Based Reasoning
616CBRNChemical,Biological,Radiological,or Nuclear (weapon or event)
617CBRNEChemical,Biological,Radiological,Nuclear or [high-yield] Explosive (weapon or event)
618CBSColumbia Broadcasting System,Corps Battle Simulation
619CBUSColumbus,Ohio
620CCcarbon copy
621CCACounter Command Activity
622CCCCanterbury Clothing Company,Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.,1930s and 1940s),Corpus Christi College,Oxford
623CCCPCentral Committee of the Communist Party,Cyrillic for SSSR (Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik,Russian Союз Советских Социалистических Республик,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
624CCDCharge-Coupled Device,Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (Catechism)
625CCFCartoon Cartoon Fridays
626CCGCanadian Coast Guard,Collectible Card Game
627CCGCCanadian Coast Guard Cutter,Canadian Coast Guard College
628CCGHCanadian Coast Guard Hovercraft
629CCGSCanadian Coast Guard Ship,Christ Church Grammar School
630CCHComputer-Controlled Hostile
631CCIFComité consultatif international des communications téléphoniques à grande distance (French for International Telephone Consultative Committee,merged with the CCIT in 1956 to form the CCITT)
632CCIICommand and Control Information Infrastructure,Community Capital Investment Initiative
633CCIRComité consultatif international pour la radio (French for Consultative Committee on International Radio,became the ITU Radiocommunication Sector,ITU-R,in 1992),Commander's Critical Information Requirements
634CCITComité consultatif international télégraphique (French for International Telegraph Consultative Committee,merged with the CCIF in 1956 to form the CCITT)
635CCITTComité consultatif international téléphonique et télégraphique (French for International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee,became the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector,ITU-T,in 1992)
636CCKCholecystokinin,Cocos (Keeling) Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
637CCMCanada Cycle & Motor Co. Ltd. (now split into two separate companies bearing the CCM name,one manufacturing bicycles and the other ice hockey equipment),Contemporary Christian music
638CCOCCanadian Children's Opera Chorus,Crosley Car Owners Club
639CCOPCoalition Common Operating/Operational Picture
640CCPCasualty Collection Point,Communications Checkpoint,Contingency Communications Package
641CCPAConsumer Credit Protection Act
642CCRCreedence Clearwater Revival
643CCRApCanadian Conservative Reform Alliance party
644CCRPCommand and Control Research Program
645CCRTSCommand and Control Research and Technology Symposium
646CCSCSConsultative Committee for Space Data Systems
647CCSCSCoordinadora de Centrales Sindicales del Cono Sur
648CCSILCommand and Control Simulation Interface Language ('cecil')
649CCSKCyclic Code Shift Keying
650CCTCurrent Commitments Team
651CdCadmium
652cdCandela
653CDCompact Disc
654CD1Cluster of Differentiation 1 (a small gene family)
655CDAUK Centre for Defence Analysis
656CDDCapabilities Development Document
657CDEChemical Defence Equipment
658CDIACCarbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center ('see-dee-ack')
659CDipAFCertified Diploma in Accounting and Finance
660CDLCommercial driver's license
661CDMClean Development Mechanism (Kyoto protocol), Cold Dark Matter (astronomy)
662CDMACode Division Multiple Access
663CDMSIICryogenic Dark Matter Search II
664CdrCommander
665CDTCentral Daylight Time (UTC5 hours)
666CdtCommandant
667CeCerium
668CEChristian/Common Era
669CEACampaign Effectiveness Analysis
670CECOMU.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command
671CEDEXCourrier d'entreprise à distribution exceptionnelle (French,'Company Mail with Exceptional Distribution'; 'exceptional' refers to the volume of mail)
672CEGEPCollège d'enseignement général et professionnel (French,'College of General and Vocational Education')
673CEICompetitive Enterprise Institute
674CENTCOMUnited States Central Command
675CENTOCentral Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)
676CENZUBCentre d'entraînement aux actions en zone urbaine (French,'Urban Operations Training Centre')
677CEOChief Executive Officer
678CEPCircular Error Probable
679CEPTConférence européenne des administrations des postes et des télécommunications (French,'European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations')
680CERCLAU.S. Comprehensive Environmental Response,Compensation,and Liability Act (Superfund)
681CERDECU.S. Communications-Electronics Research,Development and Engineering Center
682CERGACentre de recherches en géodynamique et astrométrie (French,'Astrometry and Geodynamics Research Centre')
683CERNCentre européen pour la recherche nucléaire (French,'European Organization for Nuclear Research')
684CERTComputer Emergency Response Team
685CESSCentre for Earth Science Studies (India)
686CESTCentral European Summer Time
687CETCentral European Time
688CEWCCouncil for Education in World Citizenship
689CfCalifornium
690CFCanadian Forces,Central African Republic (ISO 3166 digram),Republic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code)
691CFACat Fanciers' Association,Chartered Financial Analyst,Colour Filtering Array,County Fire Authority,Covering Force Area
692CFARChristine's,Federal Acquisition Regulation
693CFCChloroFluoroCarbon,Canadian Fish Company
694CFESContinuous Flow Electrophoresis System
695CFFZCall For Fire Zone
696CFGContext-free grammar,Control flow graph
697CFHTCanada-France-Hawaii Telescope
698CFICenter for Inquiry (CSICOP)
699CFLCanadian Football League,Co-ordinated Fire Line
700CFLCCCoalition Forces Land Component Command
701CFMCertified Facilities Manager
702CFOChief Financial Officer
703CFPCall for papers, College Football Playoff, Common Fisheries Policy (EU)
704CFRCode of Federal Regulations,Căile Ferate Române (Romanian,'Romanian Railways')
705CFRPCarbon fibre reinforced plastic
706CFSChronic Fatigue Syndrome
707CFSPCommon Foreign and Security Policy
708CFUColony Forming Unit in Microbiology
709CFVCavalry Fighting Vehicle
710CFZCritical Friendly Zone
711CGClient Group,Computer Graphics,Controls Group,Democratic Republic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code),Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 digram)
712CGHComparative Genomic Hybridisation
713CGIGCross-Government Implementation Group
714CGORepublic of the Congo (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
715CGSChief of the General Staff
716CGTCapital Gains Tax
717chch(L) is used to denote the Chern character of a line bundle
718CHChieftain tank,China (FIPS 10-4 country code),Switzerland (ISO 3166 digram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
719CHAMPUS(U.S.) Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (now known as TRICARE)
720CHAOSCambridge Heart Anti-Oxidant Study
721CHAPSClearing House Automated Payment System
722CHDKCanon Hack Development Kit (Canon camera firmware hack)
723CHESwitzerland (ISO 3166 trigram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
724CHIColumbia Helicopters,Inc
725CHiPCalifornia Highway Patrol
726CHIPSCosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
727CHLChile (ISO 3166 trigram)
728CHLACore Historical Literature of Agriculture
729CHNChina (ISO 3166 trigram)
730CHOGMCommonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
731CHPSOCalifornia Hospital Patient Safety Organization
732CHRSCanadian Heart Rhythm Society
733CHTCertified Hand Therapist
734CIChile (FIPS 10-4 country code),Côte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 digram),Counter-Intelligence,101 (in Roman numerals)
735CiCurie
736CIAU.S. Central Intelligence Agency, Cairo International Airport, Culinary Institute of America
737CIAOCritical Infrastructure Assurance Office,Component-Integrated ACE ORB
738CIBComplete In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
739CIBCCanadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
740CICSCustomer Information Control System (IBM mainframe software; 'kicks' or 'C-I-C-S')
741CIDCertified Interior Designer
742CIEFComité international d'enregistrement des fréquences (International Frequency Registration Board)
743CIFCost,Insurance,and Freight (Paid) (shipping)
744CIMMYTCentro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo (Spanish,'International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center')
745CINCCommander in Chief
746CINEOSCampo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey
747CIOChief information officer,Congress of Industrial Organizations
748CIPE(European) Centre for International Political Economy
749CIR(Commander's) Critical Information Requirements
750CIRCorotating Interaction Region
751CISCanadian Interuniversity Sport,Commonwealth of Independent States,Command and Information System,Communication and Information System
752CISA(U.S.) C4I Integration Support Activity
753CISBComplete In Sealed Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
754CISPRComité international spécial des perturbations radioélectriques (Special International Committee on Radio Interference)
755CISSPCertified Information Systems Security Professional
756CITESConvention on International Trade in Endangered Species (of Wild Fauna and Flora) ('sigh-tease')
757CIVCôte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 trigram)
758CIVETSColombia,Indonesia,Vietnam,Egypt,Turkey,South Africa (economics)
759CIVPOPCivilian Population
760CIWSClose-In Weapon System
761CJCayman Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code),Criminal Justice
762CJCCanadian Jewish Congress,Cold Junction Compensation
763CJCSChairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
764CJDChronological Julian Day,Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
765CJOChief of Joint Operations
766CJTFCombined Joint Task Force
767CKCocos (Keeling) Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code),Cook Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
768CKAcommonly known as, Canada Kicks Ass
769CKNDCodename: Kids Next Door
770CLChile (ISO 3166 digram),Co-ordination Line,One Hundred and Fifty (in Roman numerals)
771ClChlorine
772CLAClutterers Anonymous
773CLECCompetitive Local Exchange Carrier
774CLEMARSCalifornia Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Radio System
775CLICCompact LInear Collider
776CLOCornell Lab of Ornithology
777CLOSCommand to Line-Of-Sight (missile control system)
778CLPFCCentroLateral PreFrontal Cortex
779CLRPCollege Loan Repayment Program
780CMCameroon (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Cruise Missile,Nine Hundred (in Roman numerals)
781CmCurium
782CMAU.S. Chemical Materials Agency,Country Music Association (also used to refer to the organization's annual awards),Crystal Meth Anonymous
783CMHCCanada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
784CMIIAWCorrect me if I am wrong
785CMISCommon management information service
786CMJChristopher Martin-Jenkins (BBC sports commentator)
787CMLLConsejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (Spanish,'Worldwide Wrestling Council'—Mexican professional wrestling promotion)
788CMMCapability Maturity Model
789CMMCCorps Materiel Management Centre
790CMMLChronic MyeloMonocytic Leukemia,Continuous Media Markup Language
791CMOSCanadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society,(The) Chicago Manual of Style,Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
792CMPCommon [Operating/Operational] Maritime Picture
793CMPDCharlotte Mecklenburg Police Department
794CMPDChronic Myeloproliferative Disease
795CMRCameroon (ISO 3166 trigram),Coaxial Main Rotors (helicopter type)
796CMSCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services,The Chicago Manual of Style
797CMTCountry Music Television
798CMUCarnegie Mellon University,Central Michigan University,Concrete Masonry Unit
799CMWMarconi's Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada,Canadian Manufacturing Week,Canadian Music Week,Catherine McAuley Westmead (school in New South Wales,Australia),Chicago,Missouri and Western (Railway),Compartmented Mode Workstation,Compton's Most Wanted,Continuous Microwave (processing technology),Custom Maintenance Wizard (Microsoft Office Resource Kit)
800CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Key/blacK (colour model)
801CNCanadian National (railway; also the AAR reporting mark for said company),China (ISO 3166 digram),Comoros (FIPS 10-4 country code)
802CNACenter for Naval Analyses,Certified Network Administrator,Computer Network Attack,Continental (Casualty Company),National (Fire Insurance Company),and American (Casualty Company),the three companies that merged to form what is now known as CNA Financial
803CNBCConsumer News and Business Channel
804CNDCampaign for Nuclear Disarmament,Computer Network Defence
805CNECanadian National Exhibition,Computer Network Exploitation,Certified Network Engineer
806CNFCost and Freight
807CNIClinical Nursing Intern
808CNICommunications,Navigation and Identification
809CNNCable News Network,Cellular Nonlinear Network
810CNVCopy-Number Variable (genetics)
811CoCobalt
812COBClose Of Business [day]
813COBRAConsolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
814CODCash On Delivery,Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 trigram)
815CoDACo-Dependents Anonymous
816COGENTCognitive Objects within a Graphical EnviroNmenT
817COILChemical Oxygen Iodine Laser
818COKCook Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
819COLColombia (ISO 3166 trigram)
820COLACost Of Living Adjustment
821CONADU.S. Continental Air Defense Command
822CONMEBOLConfederación Sudamericana de Fútbol or Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol (respectively Spanish and Portuguese for 'South American Football Confederation')
823CONUSContinental United States
824COOChief Operating Officer
825COPEU.K. Committee On Publication Ethics
826COPUSU.K. Committee on the Public Understanding of Science
827CORDCommon Operational Requirements Document
828COREConsortium for Oceanographic Research and Education
829COSCooper Ornithological Society
830COSERCOoperative SERvice
831CoTCar of Tomorrow (former NASCAR race car design)
832COTSCommercial Off The Shelf
833CPCanadian Pacific,Check Point,Command Post,Club Penguin
834CPACertified Public Accountant
835CPACConservative Political Action Conference,Cable Public Affairs Channel ('see-pack')
836CPCUCertified Property Casualty Underwriter
837CPDCapabilities Production Document
838CPECertificate of Proficiency in English
839CPECertified Professional Ergonomist
840CPFCalibration Parameter File,Canadian Patrol Frigate
841CPGClinical Practice Guideline
842CPIMCertification on Production and Inventory Management
843CPIRComputationally-Private Information Retrieval
844CPONCertified Pediatric Oncology Nurse
845CPPCCChinese People's Political Consultative Conference
846CPRCanadian Pacific Railway
847CPRCardiopulmonary resuscitation
848CPSMContinuous Phase Shift Modulation
849CPSUCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
850CPTContingency Planning Team
851CPUContract Postal Unit
852CPVCape Verde (ISO 3166 trigram)
853CPXCommand Post eXercise
854CQCarrier Qualification,Central Queensland,Charge of Quarters,Congressional Quarterly,Constellation Airlines (IATA airline designator),Northern Mariana Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
855CQDClose Quarters Drill (Morse distress code preceding SOS: CQ 'calling all stations',D 'Distress'; often incorrectly interpreted as 'Come Quick,Distress')
856CrChromium
857CRCoral Sea Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Costa Rica (ISO 3166 digram)
858CRAMCombined Radiometric Correction Model
859CRDCapstone Requirements Document
860CREBCyclic AMP-response Element Binding (protein)
861CREEPCommittee for the Re-Election of the President,a pejorative nickname used by opponents
862CRENChristian Real Estate Network Real Estate Association
863CRIChina Radio International,Costa Rica (ISO 3166 trigram)
864CRIPLConsolidated Remain-In-Place List
865CRMCardiac Rhythm Management,Customer Relationship Management
866CROCroatia (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
867CRPCommittee for the Re-Election of the President,Control and Reporting Post
868CRTCardiac Resynchronization Therapy,Cathode Ray Tube,Chinese Remainder Theorem
869CRTCCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
870CsCaesium
871CSACanadian Soccer Association,Canadian Space Agency,Canadian Standards Association,Child Support Agency,Command Staff Advisor,Community-supported agriculture,Confederate States of America,Corps Storage Area,Czech Airlines,C/S/A,CINC,Service,and Agency
872CSCClosed Spacelike Curve (relativity),Compact system camera,Computer Sciences Corporation,Computer Security Centre,CSCC Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists
873CSERIAC(U.S. DoD) Crew Systems Ergonomics Information Analysis Center
874CSGCorps Support Group
875CSIsee entry
876CSICOPCommittee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (became the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in 2006)
877CSIPCommercial Stable Image Platform (AMD)
878CSISCanadian Security Intelligence Service ('seessiss'),(U.S.) Center for Strategic & International Studies
879CSKCzechoslovakia (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1993)
880CSLU.K. Central Science Laboratory
881CSPICenter for Science in the Public Interest
882CSRControl Supply Rate
883CSRCorporate Social Responsibility
884CSRCConflict Studies Research Centre
885CSRFCross-Site Request Forgery
886CSTCentral Standard Time (UTC6 hours)
887CTComputed tomography (medical scan also known as a CAT scan),Central Time zone,Chrono Trigger (Computer/Video games),Connecticut (postal symbol),Canterbury (postal symbol),Chhattisgarh (Indian state code)
888CTACentral African Republic (FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166 or IOC),Chicago Transit Authority,Comando-Geral de Tecnologia Aerospacial (Portuguese,[Brazilian] 'General Command for Aerospace Technology')
889CTBTComprehensive [Nuclear] Test Ban Treaty
890CTDBCompact Terrain Data Base (file format)
891CTECanton and Enderbury Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984),Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
892CTGFconnective tissue growth factor
893CTICo-operative Target Identification
894CTILCritical Tracked Items List
895CTISCentral Tire Inflation System
896CTMSClinical Trial Management System
897CTOChief Technical Officer,Chief Technology Officer
898CTSClear-To-Send,Collective Training Standards,Communications Technology Service,Contract Technical Services,Conversation Time Sharing,COSMIC Top Secret
899CTSSCompatible Time-Sharing System
900CTUCounter Terrorist Unit (fictional branch of the Central Intelligence Agency in the television action series 24)
901CTVTCanine Transmissible Venereal Tumour
902CuCopper (Latin 'Cuprum')
903CUBCuba (ISO 3166 trigram)
904CUCVCommercial Utility Cargo Vehicle
905CUNYCity University of New York ('CUE-knee')
906CUPECanadian Union of Public Employees ('CUE-pee')
907CUPSCommon Unix Printing System
908CUPWCanadian Union of Postal Workers
909CUREAConsortium for Undergraduate Research and Education in Astronomy
910CuWCopper-tungsten pseudo-alloy (from the chemical symbols of the two component elements)
911CUWCuraçao (ISO 3166 trigram)
912CVcurriculum vitae (résumé)
913CVLLCrypto Variable Logic Label
914CVSDContinuous Variable Slope Delta (modulation)
915CVTContinuously Variable Transmission
916CWCalendar Week, or: Continuous Wave, or: Clothes Washer, or: Cook Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
917CWCChemical Weapons Convention
918CWRUCase Western Reserve University
919CWSCanadian Wildlife Service
920CXChristmas Island (ISO 3166 digram),or: One Hundred and Ten (in Roman numerals)
921CXRChristmas Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
922CYCalendar year, or: Cyprus (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
923CYMCayman Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
924CZECzech Republic (ISO 3166 trigram)
925CZF(Christian Zombie Fan)
926CZMA(US) Coastal Zone Management Act
927dDeci
928DDeuterium
929DADVSILoi sur le droit dauteur et les droits voisins dans la société de linformation (French,'Law on copyrights and related rights in the information society')
930DAESDefence Acquisition Executive Summary,(UK MoD) Directorate of Analysis,Experimentation and Simulation
931DAFDissolved Air Flotation,a technique used in water treatment
932DAFIFDigital Aeronautical Flight Information File
933DAKDisney's Animal Kingdom
934DAODivision Ammunition Officer
935DAQData acquisition,Delivered Audio Quality
936DAREDrug Abuse Resistance Education
937DARO(U.S.) Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
938DARPAU.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
939DARTDisaster Assistance Response Team,Dublin Area Rapid Transit
940DASDefensive Aids Suite
941DASD(U.S.) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
942DASLDatapoint's Advanced Systems Language
943DAU(U.S.) Defense Acquisition University
944DAWN(U.S.) Drug Abuse Warning Network
945dBDecibel
946DBDeutsche Bahn
947DbDubnium
948DBADe Bellis Antiquitatis (miniature wargaming rules)
949DBBL(U.S. Army Simulation Center) Dismounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
950DBDODesert BDO
951DBEDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
952DBFDetection By Fire (weapon launch signature)
953DBRDe Bellis Renationis (miniature wargaming rules)
954DBRADavis-Bacon Related Acts
955DBSDirect Broadcast Services (television)
956DCda capo,Italian Democrazia Cristiana,Digital Compass,Direct Current,District of Columbia (postal symbol),Douglas Aircraft Company,Dublin Core,Duty Cycle
957DCADefensive Counter Air,Drum Corps Associates,DiChloroAcetate
958DCAA(U.S.) Defense Contract Audit Agency
959DCASDevon and Cornwall Archery Society
960DCCDallas Christian College
961DCD[Organ] Donation after Cardiac Death
962DCEData Communication Equipment
963DCFCDeath Cab for Cutie
964DCIDetection,Classification and Identification,Drum Corps International,Duellists' Convocation International,now known simply by the initials
965DCLDisney Cruise Line
966DCNDeacon
967DCOMDisney Channel Original Movie
968DCSOPSDeputy Chief of Staff for Operations and plans
969DCWDigital Chart of the World
970DCYSCDiscovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge
971DDdue diligence and dear daughter (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists,blogs,and bulletin boards)
972DDADeputy District Attorney
973DDNU.S. Defense Data Network
974DDSDoctor of Dental Surgery
975DDTDichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (insecticide),Dynamic Debugging Tool (computing),DE[edit]
976DEDelaware (postal symbol),Germany (ISO 3166 digram)
977DEADrug Enforcement Administration
978DEADrug Enforcement Agency
979DECDepartment of Environmental Conservation,Digital Equipment Corporation,Disasters Emergency Committee
980DeCA(U.S.) Defense Commissary Agency
981DEFCONDefence readiness condition
982DEFRA(UK) Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs
983DELTDual Ended Line Test (ing)
984DEMData Exchange Mechanism,Digital Elevation Model
985DENDenmark (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
986DEPSECDEF(U.S.) Deputy Secretary of Defense
987DERABritish Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (1995-2001)
988DESDeep Ecliptic Survey
989DEUGermany (ISO 3166 trigram)
990DFDirect Fire,Direction Finding,Distrito Federal (Spanish and Portuguese for 'federal district')
991DFAS(U.S.) Defense Finance and Accounting Service
992DFBDeutscher Fußball-Bund (German for 'German Football Association')
993DFCBData Format Control Book
994DfIDUK Department for International Development
995DFMDiscrete Field Model see Superluminal motion
996DFMDynamic Flowgraph Methodology
997DFSPDermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
998DfTUK Department for Transport
999DFTBADon't Forget To Be Awesome,a term commonly used by the Vlogbrothers
1000DGDei gratia (Latin,'by the grace of God'),Director-General,Data General
1001DGADirection générale des armées (French 'Armed Forces General Directorate')
1002DGPSDifferential GPS
1003DGZDesired Ground Zero
1004DHADocosaHexaenoic Acid
1005DHHS(U.S.) Department of Health and Human Services
1006DHRA(U.S.) DoD Human Resources Activity
1007DHSU.S. Department of Homeland Security
1008DHSSUK Department of Health and Social Security
1009DHTFYSSU.S. Don't Have Time For You Silly S****
1010DHYDahomey (ISO 3166 trigram; became BEN for Benin in 1977)
1011DIAU.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
1012DIACDepartment of Immigration and Citizenship (Australia) [1]
1013DiCDesign Island Centre (computing usually used in a teaching situation)
1014DICASSDIrectional Command Activated Sonobuoy System
1015DIFARDIrectional Frequency Analysis and Recording
1016DIMEDense Inert Metal Explosive
1017DIPDual In-line Package (electronics)
1018DIPSDefense independent pitching statistics
1019DIRDefence Industrial Research
1020DISCOMDivision Support Command
1021DISEDeployable Intelligence Support Element
1022DISSTAFDIS Search and Target Acquisition Fidelity experiment
1023DITYDo-It-Yourself
1024DIVADDivision Air Defence
1025DIYDo It Yourself
1026DJIDjibouti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1027DKDenmark (ISO 3166 digram)
1028DLDexter's Laboratory
1029DLICDetachment Left-In-Contact
1030DLIRDepot-Level Inspection and Repair
1031DLPMCDorsoLateral PreMotor Cortex
1032DLRPData Link Reference Point
1033DLSDeep Lens Survey
1034DLSA(U.S.) Defense Legal Services Agency
1035DLScDiploma in Library Science
1036DLTBGYDDon't let the bastards grind you down
1037DMC(U.S.) Defense Management Council
1038DMCADigital Millennium Copyright Act
1039DMMDigital Multimeter
1040DMOCDistributed Mission Operations Centre
1041DMPA(U.S.) Defense Medical Programs Activity
1042DMPFCDorsoMedial PreFrontal Cortex
1043DMPKDrug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
1044DMRBDesign Manual for Roads and Bridges
1045DMSU.S. Defense Message System
1046DMSPU.S. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
1047DMTDimethyltryptamine
1048DMVDepartment of Motor Vehicles
1049DMZDeMilitarized Zone
1050DNDeacon
1051DNAWDay Night All Weather
1052DNDiDrugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
1053DNDOU.S. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
1054DNKDenmark (ISO 3166 trigram)
1055DNMDefence Nuclear Material
1056DNRDo Not Resuscitate
1057DNSDomain Name System
1058DOBDate Of Birth
1059DODU.S. Department of Defense
1060DODAFU.S. Department of Defense Architectural Framework
1061DoDDU.S. Department of Defense Directive
1062DoDEA(U.S.) Department of Defense Education Activity
1063DOEU.S. Department of Energy
1064DOHCDual-OverHead-Cam engine
1065DOIU.S. Department of the Interior
1066DORADefence of the Realm Act
1067DOSDensity of State
1068DOTAshort-form for DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS a popular online epic game
1069DotDDeal of the Day (marketing gimmick)
1070DOWDied of Wounds
1071DPDivision de production (Algerian petroleum company)
1072DPAUK Defence Procurement Agency
1073DPCODouble-Pole Change Over
1074DPDTDouble-Pole Double-Throw
1075DPIDots Per Inch
1076DPICMDual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition
1077DPKOUN Department for Peacekeeping Operations
1078DPMO(U.S.) Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
1079DPPDBDigital Point Positioning Database
1080DPRKDemocratic People's Republic of Korea
1081DPSTDouble-Pole Single-Throw
1082DRCDemocratic Republic of the Congo
1083DRDCDefence Research & Development Canada
1084DREADefence Research Establishment Atlantic (obsolete 2002)
1085DRESDefence Research Establishment Suffield (obsolete 2002)
1086DRETDefence Research Establishment Toronto (obsolete 2002)
1087DREVDefence Research Establishment Valcartier (obsolete 2002)
1088DRIC(U.S.) Defense Research Information Center
1089DRMS(U.S.) Defense Revitalization and Marketing Service
1090DRPRDrawing Practices
1091DRTDocument Related Technologies
1092DsDarmstadtium
1093DSASDisney Sing Along Songs
1094DSB(U.S.) Defense Science Board
1095DSCSU.S. Defense Satellite Communications System
1096DSCSOCDSCS Operations Center
1097DSEDry Sheep Equivalent
1098DSGDirect-Shift Gearbox
1099DSIDDismounted Soldier Identification System
1100DSLDigital Subscriber Line
1101DSLRDigital single-lens reflex (camera)
1102DSMDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
1103DSNDeep Space Network
1104DSPLDesign Specialists and Plans Language
1105DSRDeformed Special Relativity
1106DSTDaylight Saving Time
1107DSTLBritish Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
1108DSWA(U.S.) Defense Special Weapons Agency
1109DTADental Technologists Association
1110DTDDigital Terrain Data
1111DTGDate-Time Group
1112DTHDirect To Home (television)
1113DTIUK Department of Trade and Industry
1114DTIC(U.S.) Defense Technical Information Center
1115DTLDiode-Transistor Logic (electronics)
1116DTMFDual-tone multi-frequency signaling
1117DTODisruptive Technology Office (was ARDA)
1118DTRDetermine The Relationship
1119DTSA(U.S.) Defense Technology Security Administration
1120DUMBODown Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass (Brooklyn neighborhood)
1121DUSD(U.S.) Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense
1122DVLCUK Driver and Vehicle Licencing Centre
1123DVMDoctor of Veterinary Medicine
1124DVODirect View Optics
1125DVOMDigital Volt-Ohm Meter
1126DVPvarious meanings (disambiguation page)
1127DWDrum Workshop
1128DWIMDo What I Mean
1129DWMDoctor Who Magazine
1130DWTSDancing with the Stars
1131DWWDown with Webster
1132DXADual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry
1133DXMDeXtroMethorphan
1134DYDahomey (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1977)
1135DyDysprosium
1136DZAAlgeria (ISO 3166 trigram)
1137EEast
1138EABUExplain Acronyms Before Use
1139EACEchelons Above Corps
1140EAPCEuro-Atlantic Partnership Council
1141EASTExperimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
1142EBDElectronic Brake Distribution
1143EBEExtraterrestrial Biological Entity
1144EBSAEmployee Benefits Security Administration
1145EBWElectron Beam Welding
1146EBWExploding BridgeWire
1147ECASSEuropean Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences [1]
1148ECBREuropean Coalition for Biomedical Research
1149ECCMElectronic Counter-Counter-Measures
1150ECFSElectronic Case Filing System
1151ECGElectrocardiogram
1152ECHREuropean Convention on Human Rights
1153ECJEuropean Court of Justice
1154ECLEmitter Coupled Logic (electronics)
1155ECommHREuropean Commission on Human Rights
1156ECSCEuropean Coal and Steel Community (distant ancestor of the EU)
1157ECTElectroConvulsive Therapy
1158ECtHREuropean Court of Human Rights
1159EDAEuropean Defence Agency
1160EDACError Detection And Correction
1161EDCSEnvironmental Data Coding Specification
1162EDHEastman Dental Hospital
1163EDSAEpifanio de los Santos Avenue (a major thoroughfare in Manila with great significance to post-1980 Philippines history)
1164EDTEastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC4 hours)
1165EECEuropean Economic Community (predecessor of the EU)
1166EEGElectroEncephaloGram
1167EENTEnd Evening Nautical Twilight
1168EEOEqual Employment Opportunity
1169EEOC(U.S.) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1170EEZEconomic Exclusion Zone or Exclusive Economic Zone
1171EFFElectronic Frontier Foundation
1172EFLEnglish as a Foreign Language
1173EFMEnterprise Feedback Management
1174EFOAEuropean Fuel Oxygenates Association
1175EFSAEuropean Food Safety Authority
1176EFTElectronic Fund Transfer
1177EFVExpeditionary Fighting Vehicle
1178EGEgypt (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1179EGCGEpiGalloCatechin-3-Gallate
1180EGISErieye Ground Interface Segment
1181EGRETEnergetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope
1182EGYEgypt (ISO 3166 trigram)
1183EHFExtremely High Frequency
1184EHREquipment History Record
1185EiExbi
1186EIIreland (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Éire)
1187EIAEnvironmental Impact Assessment
1188EIAHEncyclopedia of Iranian Architectural History
1189EIAHEnvironnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain
1190EICEast India Company
1191EICSEast India Company's Service
1192eIDelectronic ID
1193EIRPEffective Isotropic Radiated Power
1194EISEnvironmental Impact Statement
1195EJExajoule
1196EKGElectrocardiogram (from German Elektrokardiogramm)
1197EKMSElectronic Key Management System
1198ELExalitre
1199ELINTElectronic Intelligence
1200ELLEnglish Language Learner
1201ELMEdge-Localised Mode (plasma physics)
1202ELOElectric Light Orchestra
1203ELSSEmergency Life Support Stores
1204EMElectroMagnetism/ElectroMagnetic
1205EmExametre
1206EMAEuropean Medicines Agency
1207EMCON(Electromagnetic) Emissions Control
1208EMDGEuro-Missile Dynamics Group
1209EMDREye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
1210EMEAEurope,Middle East and Africa
1211EMGElectroMyoGraph
1212EMPElectroMagnetic Pulse
1213EMSEmergency Medical Services
1214EMTEmergency Medical Technician
1215ENCODEEncyclopedia of DNA Elements (human genome data project)
1216ENEEast North-East
1217ENGEngland (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
1218ENTECEuro NATO Training Engineer Centre
1219ENVLEnvelope
1220ENYEnemy
1221EODExplosive Ordnance Disposal
1222EOGElectroOculoGraphy
1223EOMEnd of Message
1224EOSATEarth Observation Satellite
1225EOSDISEarth Observation Satellite Data and Information System
1226EPEuropean Parliament
1227EPExtended play
1228EPCOTExperimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow
1229EPGSEOS Polar Ground Sites
1230EPIRBEmergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
1231EPLEnglish Premier League
1232EPOSElectronic Point Of Sale
1233EPPAEmployee Polygraph Protection Act
1234EPREuropean Pressurised [Nuclear] Reactor
1235EQEmotional Quotient
1236ErErbium
1237ERCIMEuropean Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
1238ERIEritrea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1239ERLAWSEastern Ruapehu Lahar Alarm and Warning System
1240EROSEarth Resources Observation System
1241ERPEngineer Regulating Point
1242ERREesti Rahvusringhääling
1243ERSEarth Resources Survey
1244ERTSEarth Resources Technology Satellite (became Landsat)
1245ERVEndogenous RetroVirus
1246ESDElectroStatic Discharge
1247ESDPEuropean Security and Defence Policy
1248ESEEast South-East
1249ESHWestern Sahara (ISO 3166 trigram)
1250ESLEnglish as a Second Language
1251ESMElectronic warfare Support Measures
1252ESOEuropean Southern Observatory
1253ESOLEnglish for Speakers of Other Languages
1254ESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network
1255ESUEmergency Services Unit
1256ESVEngineer Support Vehicle
1257ETEthiopia (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1258ETHEthiopia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1259ETIExtra-Terrestrial Intelligence
1260ETLAExtended TLA
1261ETTEmbedded Training Team
1262EuEuropium
1263EUCOM(U.S.) European Command
1264EUUSAEuropean Union and United States of America
1265EVExavolt
1266EVILElectronic viewfinder (with) interchangeable lens (a type of digital camera)
1267EWTNEternal Word Television Network
1268ExateslaExtra Terrestrial
1269EXREPExpeditious Repair (SM&R code)
1270fFemto
1271fAFemtoampere
1272FAFood Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
1273FAAFinancial Aid Administrator,Fleet Air Arm,Functional Area Analysis
1274FAADForward Area Air Defence
1275FAADEZForward Area Air Defence Engagement Zone
1276FAAFPFellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians
1277FAANFellow of the American Academy of Neurology
1278FAANFellow of the American Academy of Nursing
1279FAAQFrequently Asked and Anticipated Questions
1280FAASVField Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle
1281FABFeline Advisory Bureau (UK feline charity)
1282FACA(US) Federal Advisory Committee Act
1283FACHFuerza Aérea de Chile
1284FACNFellow of the American College of Nutrition
1285FACPFellow of the American College of Physicians
1286FACTSFlexible Alternating Current Transmission System
1287FAMForeign Affairs Manual
1288FAOFood and Agriculture Organization
1289FAPAFellow of the American Psychological Association
1290FAPHAFellow of the American Public Health Association
1291FARPForward Arming and Refuelling Point / Forward Area Rearm/refuel Point
1292FASCAMFamily of Scatterable Mines[1]
1293FASDFetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
1294FASEBFederation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
1295FATField Artillery Tractor
1296FAVSFuture Armoured Vehicle System
1297FAWFootball Association of Wales
1298FBCSFellow of the British Computer Society
1299FBIDSTFellow of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
1300FBISForeign Broadcast Information Service
1301FBMBoard foot
1302fCFemtocoulomb
1303FCCU.S. Federal Communications Commission
1304FCEFirst Certificate in English
1305FCFFinancial Free Cash Flow
1306FCLAFraud Claims Law Associate
1307FCOUK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1308FCWFlorida Championship Wrestling
1309FDFalun Dafa
1310FDAFood and Drug Administration (U.S.)
1311FDBK(I) Feedback
1312FeIron (Latin Ferrum)
1313FEASTForum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation
1314FEATSFestival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies link title
1315FEBAForward Edge of the Battle Area
1316FEDField Emission Display
1317FEDEPFederation Development Process (Simulation)
1318FEFFrontal Eye Field (neurophysiology)
1319FEMAFarm Equipment Manufacturers Association, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency,Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association
1320FENSFederation of European Neuroscience Societies
1321FESFlywheel Energy Storage
1322FESTFrankfurt English Speaking Theatre link title
1323FETField-effect transistor
1324FEZFighter Engagement Zone
1325fFFemtofarad
1326FFFinal Fantasy
1327FFBFrum From Birth (referring to an observant Jew born into a religiously observant family)
1328FFCFree For Chat
1329FFEFukuoka Futures Exchange
1330FFFFédération française de football (French for: French Football Federation)
1331FFGGuided Missile Frigate (hull classification symbol)
1332FFOVForward Field Of View
1333FFRFédération française de rugby (French for: French Rugby (Union) Federation)
1334FFSFor Fuck's Sake
1335FFTFinal Fantasy Tactics
1336FGFalun Gong
1337fgFemtogram
1338FGFog (METAR Code), French Guiana (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1339FGOTUSFirst Gentleman of the United States
1340FGRFlickr Group Roulette
1341fHFemtohenry
1342FHFIFFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends
1343FHIFamily Health International, Fuji Heavy Industries,Ltd.
1344FIFinland (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1345FIATFabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian for: Italian Car Factory of Turin)
1346FIBFucking Illinois Bastard (Wisconsin slang, variants exist)
1347FIBUAFighting In Built-Up Areas
1348FICFellowship for Intentional Community
1349FIDForeign Internal Defence
1350FIEFly-In Echelon
1351FIFAFédération internationale de football association (French for: International Association Football Federation)
1352FIFeFédération internationale féline (French for: International Feline Federation)
1353FIFOFirst In, First Out
1354FIFRAFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
1355FIGJAMFuck I'm Good, Just Ask Me
1356FIMPTFellow of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1357FINFinland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1358FINAFédération internationale de natation (French for: International Swimming Federation)
1359FIRESFever Induced Refractory Epilepsy Syndrome or Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome
1360FISFédération internationale de ski (French for: International Ski Federation)
1361FISAFédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (French for: International Federation of Rowing Associations)
1362FISHFluorescence In-Situ Hybridisation
1363FiSTFire Support Team
1364FITSFlexible Image Transport System
1365FIUFlorida International University
1366fJFemtojoule
1367FJFiji (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1368FJIFiji (ISO 3166 trigram)
1369FJNFinancial Job Network
1370FKFalkland Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1371fKFemtokelvin
1372FKSMFort Knox Supplemental Manual
1373FKTFastest Known Time
1374fLFemtolitre
1375FLFlorida (postal symbol)
1376flfloruit (Latin for: living) (genealogy)
1377FLAFlorida,Front Line Assembly,Future Large Aircraft
1378FLABFour-letter abbreviation
1379FLACFree Legal Advice Centres
1380FLACFree Lossless Audio Codec
1381FLAKFlug-Abwehr-Kanone (German for: Anti-Aircraft Guns)
1382FLBForward Logistics Base
1383FLETForward Line of Enemy Troops
1384FLGFalun Gong
1385FLIPFlight Information Publication
1386FLIRForward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
1387FLKFalkland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1388FLOTForward Line of Own Troops
1389FLOTUSFirst Lady of the United States (the wife of the President of the United States)
1390FLQFree Legal Questions
1391FLQFront de libération du Québec (French for: Québec Liberation Front)
1392FLSAFair Labor Standards Act
1393FLTSATFleet Satellite
1394FLTSATCOMFleet Satellite Communication System
1395FLUBOSFat, Lazy, Useless, Bag Of Shit
1396FMFactory Mutual
1397FMFederal 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)
1398fmFemtometre
1399FmFermium
1400FMCFederal Magistrates' Court (an Australian federal court,formerly FMS),Food Machinery Corporation (original name of the company now known as FMC Corporation)
1401FMCAFederal Magistrates' Court of Australia (used for citing decisions of the FMC other than family law decisions)
1402FMCAfamFederal Magistrates' Court of Australia: family (used for citing family law decisions of the FMC)
1403FMCGFast Moving Consumer Goods
1404FMEFormal Methods Europe
1405FMECAFailure Modes and Effect Criticality Analysis
1406FMJDFédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames
1407FMLAFamily Medical Leave Act
1408FoEFriends of the Earth
1409FOGCFederal Oil and Gas Council
1410FOHFront Of House
1411FOIAFreedom of Information Act
1412FOMFederation Object Model
1413FONSIFinding of No Significant Impact
1414FOOForward Observation Officer
1415FOOPFriends Of Organ Pipes (Volunteer group)
1416FoSFamily of Systems
1417FOSEFallout 3 Script Extender
1418FOSEFederal Office Systems Expo
1419FOTFree on truck
1420FOTAFellow of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
1421FOTCFlight of the Conchords
1422FOUOFor Official Use Only
1423FPFrench Polynesia (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1424FPFFederação Portuguesa de Futebol (Portuguese for: Portuguese Football Federation), Final Protective Fire
1425FPSFire Prevention System
1426FQBaker Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code),French Southern and Antarctic Territories (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1979)
1427FRFrance (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1428FrFrancium
1429FRAFederal Railroad Administration, France (ISO 3166 trigram)
1430FRANDFair,reasonable,and non-discriminatory (concept in standards-setting and intellectual property law)
1431FRCPFederal Rules of Civil Procedure,Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
1432FRICBMFull Range ICBM
1433FROFaroe Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1434FRSFellow of the Royal Society, U.S. Federal Reserve System
1435FRSAFellow of the Royal Society of Art
1436FRYFederal Republic of Yugoslavia
1437fsFemtosecond
1438fSFemtosiemens
1439FSAFire Support Area, UK Food Standards Agency, Functional Solution Analysis
1440FSCFederal Supply Classification, Forest Stewardship Council (ecological pressure group)
1441FSCLFire Support Co-ordination Line
1442FSEFire Support Element
1443FSFFree Software Foundation
1444FSHFollicle Stimulating Hormone
1445FSIFuel Stratified Injection
1446FSSFire Support Station
1447FSSPFamilies of Structurally Similar Proteins
1448FSTCForeign Science Technology Center (now NGIC)
1449fTFemtotesla
1450FTCFederal Trade Commission
1451FTEFull Time Equivalent
1452FTLFaster Than Light
1453FTSFlight Termination System used during some rocket launches
1454FTSFuck That Shit
1455FUSmoke (METAR Code)
1456FUBARFucked/Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair
1457fVFemtovolt
1458fWFemtowatt
1459FWForward
1460FWCFootball World Cup
1461FWFFixed Word Format
1462FWIFrench West Indies
1463FWIWFor What It's Worth
1464FWSU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1465FWTFresh Water Tank
1466FXXMetropolitan France (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1997)
1467FYAFor Your Agenda
1468FYDPFive-Year Defense Plan (U.S.)
1469FYIFor Your Information
1470FYROMFormer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
1471FZDZFreezing Drizzle (METAR Code)
1472FZFGFreezing Fog (METAR Code)
1473FZRAFreezing Rain (METAR Code)
1474gGram
1475G3Heckler & Koch G3
1476GAARGeneral Anti-Avoidance Rule (tax evasion)
1477GABGabon (ISO 3166 trigram)
1478GABAGamma-AminoButyric Acid
1479GADGeneralized Anxiety Disorder
1480GAFGarfield and Friends
1481GAOU.S. Government Accountability Office
1482GAWGlobal Atmospheric Watch
1483GBBCGreat (Global) Backyard Bird Count
1484GBEKnight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
1485GBRUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1486GCAGraduate in Claims Administration
1487GCDsee entry
1488GCFGreatest Common Factor
1489GCIGround-controlled interception
1490GCNGamma-ray burst Coordination Network
1491GCSGlobal Coordinate System
1492GCSEGeneral Certificate of Secondary Education (UK)
1493GdGadolinium
1494GDGrenada (ISO 3166 digram)
1495GDLGame Definition Language
1496GDRGeneral Distribution Release (Microsoft Term for a software service release; between Hotfix and Service Pack)
1497GDRGerman Democratic Republic (cf. DDR)
1498GDWGame Designers Workshop
1499GeGermanium
1500GEBCOGeneral Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans
1501GECGreat Engineering Challenge
1502GEDGeneral Educational Development (high school equivalency credential in the U.S. and Canada)
1503GEEPGeophysical Equipment Exploration Platform
1504GENFull General (four stars) in the U.S. Army
1505GeVGigaelectron-volt
1506GEVGround Effect Vehicle
1507GFCIGround Fault Circuit Interruptor (aka GFI)
1508GFIGround Fault Interruptor (aka GFCI)
1509GFLGerman Football League (Germany's Bundesliga for American football; the English-language name is used in German without translation)
1510GFNGlobal Footprint Network
1511GGGeorgia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1512GGKGood God Karma
1513GHAGhana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1514GHBgamma-Hydroxybutyric acid
1515GiGibi
1516GIBGibraltar (ISO 3166 trigram)
1517GIGGlobal Information Grid
1518GINOGodzilla In Name Only
1519GISSGeneral Impression of Size and Shape,Goddard Institute for Space Studies
1520GJDGeocentric Julian Day
1521GLAADGay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
1522GLACGeneral Ledger Accounting Code
1523GLASTGamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
1524GLBAGramm-Leach-Bliley Act
1525GLCGas-liquid chromatography
1526GLPGuadeloupe (ISO 3166 trigram)
1527GLVGained Life Value
1528GmGigametre
1529GMThe Gambia (ISO 3166 digram),GameMaster (role-playing),General Motors,Genetically Modified,Germany (FIPS 10-4 country code),Guru Meditation (computing)
1530GMACGeneral Motors Acceptance Corporation,the original name of the company now known as Ally Financial,Graduate Management Admission Council,G-MAC,Great Midwest Athletic Conference
1531GMBThe Gambia (ISO 3166 trigram),General,Municipal,Boilermakers (and Allied Trade Union)
1532GMFSCGround Mobile Forces Satellite Communications
1533GMOGenetically Modified Organism
1534GMPCSGlobal Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite
1535GNASGrand National Archery Society
1536GNBGuinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 trigram)
1537GNPGross National Product
1538GNQEquatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1539GnRHGonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
1540GOGlorioso Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1541GOAGeneral of the Army (United States only)
1542GOATGreatest Of All Time
1543GOCGeneral Officer Commanding
1544GOESGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
1545GOPGrand Old Party
1546gorpgranola,oats,raisins,peanuts (another name for trail mix),probably a backronym
1547GOSCGeneral Officer Steering Committee
1548GOSHGreat Ormond Street Hospital
1549GOSPGas/Oil Separation Plant
1550GOTSGovernment off-the-shelf
1551GOYADINGet Off Your Arse,Do It Now (anti-procrastination mantra)
1552GPGeneral Practitioner,General Purpose,Grand Prix,Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1553GPAGrade Point Average
1554GPCGlobal Path Cache
1555GPIBGeneral-Purpose Instrumentation/Interface Bus
1556GPOGeneral Post Office
1557GPPCGenetics and Public Policy Center
1558GPRGround-Penetrating Radar
1559GPSGeneral Problem Solver,Global Positioning System
1560GPTGeneral Purpose Technology, Get paid to surf (an online business model)
1561GQEquatorial 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]
1562GRGreece (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Hail (METAR Code)
1563GRAILGravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
1564GRASGenerally recognized as safe (FDA list)
1565GRBGamma-Ray Burst
1566GRCGreece (ISO 3166 trigram)
1567GRDGrenada (ISO 3166 trigram)
1568GREGraduate Record Examination,Greece (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
1569grep[search] Globally for Regular Expression,Print [lines]
1570GRIDGay-Related Immune Deficiency (original name of AIDS)
1571GRidGlobal Release Identifier,a music industry identifier from the RIAA and IFPI
1572GriTGirl raised in Texas (Woman presenting firm southern traits/beliefs)
1573GRLGreenland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1574GRNGrenada (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Goods Received Note
1575GsGigasecond
1576GSAU.S. General Services Administration
1577GSDGraphical Situation Display
1578GSGB(God send glamour boy 9-10/10)
1579GSKGlaxoSmithKline [good sexual karma]
1580GSNGame Show Network
1581GSOGeneral Services Officer (U.S. Department of State)
1582GSOHGood Sense Of Humour
1583GSPGeorges St-Pierre (Canadian MMA fighter)
1584GSRGun Shot Residue
1585GSSGeneric Security Services
1586GSWGunshot wound
1587GTDGetting Things Done
1588GTGGot To Go (Internet chat)
1589GTGNGetty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
1590GTKGood To Know (Internet chat)
1591GTMGuatemala (ISO 3166 trigram)
1592GUGuam (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
1593GUFFrench Guiana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1594GUILTGangliated Utrophin Immuno Latency Toxin
1595GULCRGrupo de Usuarios de Linux de Costa Rica
1596GUTGrand Unification Theory
1597GWARSGround Warfare System (simulation)
1598GWASGrand Western Archery Society
1599GWOTGlobal War on Terrorism
1600GXEGene-enivronment interaction
1601GXMMatrox Graphics eXpansion Module
1602GYGuyana (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1603GZKGreisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cut-off (cosmic ray energies)
1604hHecto
1605HHenry
1606H1First half of the year
1607H2Second half of the year
1608HAARPHigh Frequency Active Auroral Research Program
1609HAARTHighly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy
1610HAIHuman Awareness Institute
1611HALHardware Abstraction Layer
1612HALOHigh Altitude Low Opening (parachute jump)
1613HAMAmateur radio operator
1614HANSHead And Neck Support (device used in many race cars)
1615HARMHigh-speed Anti-Radiation Missile
1616HAWHeavy Antitank Weapon
1617HAWKHoming All the Way Killer (air defence system)
1618HAZHeat-Affected Zone
1619HAZMATHazardous Materials
1620HBCDHexaBromoCycloDodecane
1621HBOHome Box Office
1622HBRHarvard Business Review
1623HBTHeterojunction Bipolar Transistor
1624HBVHepatitis B Virus
1625HCCIHomogeneous Charge Compression Ignition
1626HCFHighest Common Factor
1627HCSCHigher Command and Staff Course
1628HDLHigh-Density Lipoprotein
1629HDMHuman Decision-Making
1630HDRAHenry Doubleday Research Association
1631HeHelium
1632HEHigh Explosive
1633HEATHigh Explosive Anti-Tank (ammunition)
1634HEBAHellenic Basketball Clubs Association
1635HEERHigh-Explosive Extended Range (ammunition)
1636HEICHonourable East India Company
1637HEMPHigh-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
1638HEOSSHigh Earth Orbit Space Surveillance
1639HEPHigh-Explosive Plastic (ammunition)
1640HEPAHigh-Efficiency Particulate Air (filter)
1641HESVHeavy Engineering Support Vehicle
1642HETTHeavy Equipment Transporting Truck / Heavy Equipment Truck Tractor
1643HEUHighly Enriched Uranium
1644HfHafnium
1645HFHigh Frequency
1646HFEHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (UK Act)
1647HFEThe common-emitter current gain in a BJT transistor (also represented by βF). See: BJT
1648HFEAHuman Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (UK)
1649HgMercury (Latin Hydrargyrum)
1650HGCUK Human Genetics Commission
1651HGFHuman Growth Factor
1652HGTVHome & Garden Television
1653HIHawaii (postal symbol)
1654HIHHis (or Her) Imperial Highness
1655HIMHis (or Her) Imperial Majesty
1656HIMADHigh to Medium Altitude Air Defence (see also H/MAD)
1657HIMEZHigh Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
1658HIMYMHow I Met Your Mother
1659HIPAAU.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
1660HipparcosHIgh Precision Parallax COllecting Satellite
1661HirdHurd of interfaces representing depth (cf. HURD)
1662HiRISEHigh Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
1663HITHealth Information Technology
1664HIVHuman Immunodeficiency Virus
1665HIWTHobart Institute of Welding Technology
1666HJDHeliocentric Julian Day
1667HKHong Kong (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1668HKGHong Kong (ISO 3166 trigram)
1669HKSHyperKinetic Syndrome
1670hLHectolitre
1671HLHolding Line
1672HLLHigh-Level Language
1673HLNHeadline News
1674HLOSHigh Level Output Specification
1675HMHeard Island and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1676HMCEHer/His Majesty's Customs and Excise (former UK government department; succeeded by HM Revenue and Customs)
1677HMDHeard and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1678HMFHydroxyMethyl Furfural
1679HMOHealth maintenance organization
1680HMPHer Majesty's Prison
1681HMRCHer/His Majesty's Revenue and Customs
1682HMSOHer Majesty's Stationery Office
1683HMVHis Master's Voice
1684HNHonduras (ISO 3166 digram)
1685HNDHonduras (ISO 3166 trigram)
1686HoHolmium
1687HOHonduras (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1688HOLLANDHope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies
1689HOSTACHelicopter Operations from Ships Other Than Aircraft Carriers
1690HOTHighly Optimised Tolerance
1691HOTASHands on throttle-and-stick
1692HOVHigh Occupancy Vehicle
1693hphorse power
1694HPAUK Health Protection Agency
1695HPCLHindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
1696HPLCHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography
1697HPTHigh[er] Payoff Target
1698HPVHuman Papilloma Virus
1699HRBLHigh-level Representation of Behavior Language (original name of the Herbal language)
1700HRDHuman Resource Development
1701HRFHigh iness Forces
1702HRHHis (or Her) Royal Highness
1703HRMHis (or Her) Royal Majesty
1704HRMHuman Resource Management
1705HRTHormone Replacement Therapy
1706HsHassium
1707HSBCThe Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
1708HSCHigher School Certificate
1709HSMHigh School Musical
1710HSMADHuman Science/Modeling and Analysis Data
1711HSNHome Shopping Network
1712HSPHHarvard School of Public Health
1713HSSIHigh-Speed Serial Interface
1714HSTsee entry
1715HTAHyperText Application
1716HTFUHarden The Fuck Up
1717HTHHope That Helps
1718HTIHaiti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1719HTMLHyperText Markup Language
1720HTRHeated Towel Rail
1721HTSHigh-Temperature Superconducting wire
1722HTTPHyperText Transfer Protocol
1723HUHungary (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1724HUHAHead up his/her ass (Marine salute; probably a backcronym)
1725HUNHungary (ISO 3166 trigram)
1726HURDHird of Unix-Replacing Daemons (cf. Hird)
1727HVUpper Volta (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1984)
1728HVAPHigh Velocity Armour Piercing (ammunition)
1729HVHFHigh velocity human factors
1730HVMHigh Velocity Missile
1731HVOUpper Volta (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984)
1732HWMHardware morphing (computer graphics rendering)
1733HXBThe glycoprotein Tenascian C
1734HZHaze (METAR Code)
1735HzHertz
1736IAIowa (postal symbol)
1737IAALI Am A Lawyer
1738IABInternational Association for Biologicals
1739IADIon Assisted Deposition
1740IADSIntegrated Air Defence System
1741IAEAInternational Atomic Energy Agency
1742IAF{i} Industrial Areas Foundation
1743IAFGInformation Assurance Focus Group
1744IANAInternet Assigned Numbers Authority
1745IANALI Am Not A Lawyer
1746IASImage Assessment System
1747IASIPIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
1748IATAInternational Air Transport Association
1749IATFInternational Automotive Task Force
1750IATSEInternational Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
1751IAUCInternational Astronomical Union Circular
1752IAWIn Accordance With
1753IBInternational Baccalaureate
1754IBAImportant Bird Area
1755IBDInflammatory Bowel Disease
1756IBDMInformation Based Decision Making
1757IBMInternational Business Machines
1758IBRDInternational Bank for Reconstruction and Development (part of the World Bank)
1759IBSIrritable Bowel Syndrome
1760ICANNInternet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
1761ICAOInternational Civil Aviation Organization
1762ICBMIntercontinental Ballistic Missile
1763ICBNInternational Code of Botanical Nomenclature
1764ICEIn case of emergency
1765ICESInternational Council for the Exploration of the Sea
1766ICFIntelligent Community Forum
1767ICMPInternet Control Message Protocol
1768ICNAFInternational Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (became NAFO in 1978)
1769ICOIntermediate Circular Orbit
1770ICPEInternational Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology,the annual conference of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
1771ICRAFInternational Centre for Research in Agroforestry (a.k.a. World Agroforestry Centre since 2002)
1772ICRISATInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
1773ICRLIndividual Component Repair List
1774ICRSInternational Celestial Reference System
1775ICSIIntracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
1776ICTInformation and communication technologies
1777ICTHIsland Closest to Heaven/Hell Final Fantasy VIII
1778ICVInfantry Carrier Vehicle
1779ICYMIIn Case You Missed It
1780IDCInternational Data Corporation
1781IDDII don't do initialisms (see irony)
1782IDGAFI don't give a fuck
1783IDKI don't know
1784IDLInterface Definition Language
1785IDNIndonesia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1786IEAInternational Energy Agency
1787IECInternational Electrotechnical Commission
1788IEDImprovised Explosive Device
1789IELTSInternational English Language Testing System
1790IERInformation Exchange Requirement
1791IETInitial Entry Training
1792IETInstitution of Engineering and Technology
1793IETFInternet Engineering Task Force
1794IEWIntelligence and Electronic Warfare
1795IFABInternational Football Association Board
1796IFAHInternational Federation for Animal Health
1797IFAPInternational Federation of Agricultural Producers
1798IFOIdentified Flying Object (see also UFO)
1799IFOVInstantaneous Field of View
1800IFPIInternational Federation of Phonographic Industries
1801IFRBInternational Frequency Registration Board
1802IFVInfantry Fighting Vehicle
1803IGInspector General
1804IGNOUIndira Gandhi National Open University
1805IGSInternational Ground Station
1806IHHIdiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
1807IHOInternational Hydrographic Organization
1808IHRInstitute for Historical Review
1809IHSIInstitutum Historicum Societatis Iesu (Jesuit Historical Institute)
1810IITwo (in Roman numerals)
1811IICAInter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
1812IIEInnovative Interstellar Explorer
1813IIIThree (in Roman numerals)
1814IIRCIf I Recall/Remember Correctly
1815IISSInternational Institute for Strategic Studies
1816IJNImperial Japanese Navy (World War II)
1817IJWPInterim Joint Warfare Publication
1818ILDSImproved Landmine Detection System
1819ILOInternational Labour Organization
1820ILRIInternational Livestock Research Institute
1821ILYI Love You [pronounced ILL-LEE]
1822IMBDInternational Migratory Bird Day
1823IMDbInternet Movie Database
1824IMEIn My Experience
1825IMHOIn My Humble/Honest Opinion
1826IMLInternational Mister Leather
1827IMNSHOIn My Not So Humble Opinion
1828IMPACInternational Merchant Purchase Authorization Card
1829IMPACTInternational Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce
1830IMPATTIMPact Avalanche Transit Time diode
1831IMPTInstitute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1832IMRLIndividual Material iness List
1833IMRO-Internal Macedonian Revolutionary OrganizationIrish Music Rights Organisation
1834IMsLInternational Ms. Leather
1835IMTIntegrated Management Tool
1836IMUInternational Mathematical Union
1837InIndium
1838INAImmigration and Nationality Act
1839INASInternational Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
1840INCITSInterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
1841INDIndia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1842INDIGO(U.S.) INtelligence DIvision Gaming Operation
1843inetthe Internet
1844INFORMS(U.S.) Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
1845INFOSECInformation Security
1846INLAIrish National Liberation Army
1847INMARSATInternational Maritime Satellite organization
1848INRIAInstitut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique
1849INSImmigration and Naturalization Service
1850InSARInterferometric synthetic aperture radar
1851INSTInformation Standards and Technology
1852INTERFETInternational Force for East Timor
1853INTSUMIntelligence Summary
1854IOBritish Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1855IOTBritish Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 trigram)
1856IPBIntelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
1857IPLInferior Parietal Lobule
1858IPOInitial Public Offering
1859IPTIntegrated Product/Project Team
1860IPTSInstitute for Prospective Technological Studies
1861IPTVInternet Protocol TeleVision
1862IPWInterrogation of Prisoners of War
1863IrIridium
1864IRADInternal Research and Development
1865IRAN(I) Inspect and Repair As Necessary
1866IRASInfrared Astronomical Satellite
1867IRBInternational Rugby Board
1868IRBMIntermediate Range Ballistic Missile
1869IREAIntermountain Rural Electric Association
1870IRINNIslamic Republic of Iran News Network
1871IRLIreland (ISO 3166 trigram),Industrial Research Limited,Indy Racing League,In real life
1872IRNIran (ISO 3166 trigram)
1873IROInternational Refugee Organisation
1874IRQIraq (ISO 3166 trigram)
1875IRSU.S. Internal Revenue Service
1876IRSTInfra-red Search and Track
1877ISAAAInternational Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications
1878ISARInverse SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)
1879ISBIntermediate Staging Base
1880ISBNInternational Standard Book Number (ISO 2108)
1881ISCCPInternational Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
1882ISCIIIndian Standard Code for Information Interchange
1883ISDNIntegrated Services Digital Network
1884ISEFIntel International Science and Engineering Fair
1885ISENInternet Search Environment Number
1886ISFInternal Security Force
1887ISILIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant
1888ISISInstitute for Science and International Security, or: Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
1889ISLIceland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1890ISLNInternational Standard Lawyer Number (used initially by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell)
1891ISMBInternational Society of Matrix Biologists
1892ISMCIntelligent Sounding Meaningless Conversation
1893ISOGPIndian Society of Orthodontics for General Practitioners [2]
1894ISPEInternational Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
1895ISROIndian Space Research Organisation
1896ISSCRInternational Society for Stem Cell Research
1897ISSNInternational standard serial number (ISO 3297)
1898ISTCInstitute of Scientific and Technical Communications (UK)
1899ISTSIntel Science Talent Search
1900ITAItaly (ISO 3166 trigram)
1901ITAGInertial Terrain-Aided Guidance
1902ITALYI'll Truly Always Love You
1903ITASImproved Target Acquisition Sight
1904ITCInferoTemporal Cortex (neurophysiology)
1905ITCZIntertropical Convergence Zone
1906ITECInformation Technology Exposition & Conference
1907ITEMSInteractive Tactical Environment Management System
1908ITERInternational Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
1909ITFInternational Tennis Federation
1910ITKIn The Know
1911ITNIndependent Television News (British)
1912ITTInternational Telephone and Telegraph (U.S.)
1913ITTOInternational Tropical Timber Organization
1914IUCNInternational Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union)
1915IvecoIndustrial Vehicles Corporation
1916IVFIn Vitro Fertilisation
1917IVIInterchangeable Virtual Instrument
1918IVISInter-Vehicle Information System
1919IVLInter-Visibility Line
1920IVMIn Vitro [Oocyte] Maturation
1921IVOIn Vicinity Of
1922IWInformation Warfare
1923IWARSInfantry Warrior Simulation
1924IWCInternational Whaling Commission
1925IWWIndustrial Workers of the World
1926IXNine (in Roman numerals)
1927IXTIntraText digital library; IntraText lexical hypertext
1928IYSaudi-Iraqi neutral zone (FIPS 10-4 territory code; obsolete 1993)
1929IZIraq (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1930JJoule
1931J1Joint [Manpower &] Personnel Directorate
1932J2Joint Intelligence Directorate
1933J3Joint Operations Directorate
1934J4Joint Logistics Directorate
1935J5Joint Strategic Plans & Policy Directorate
1936J7Joint Operational Plans & Interoperability Directorate
1937JAJapan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1938JAFTJust A Field Test
1939JALJapan Airlines
1940JALLCJoint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (NATO)
1941JAMJamaica (ISO 3166 trigram)
1942JAMAJournal of the American Medical Association
1943JANETJoint Academic Network
1944JATOJet-Assisted Take-Off
1945JBJail Bait
1946JBJunior Branch
1947JBFSAJoint Blue Force Situational Awareness
1948JCDBJoint Common Data Base
1949JCDSJoint Chiefs of the Defence Staff
1950JCIDSJoint Capabilities Integration and Development System
1951JCLJob Control Language
1952JCPJava Community Process
1953JCSJoint Chiefs of Staff
1954JCWJuggalo Championship Wrestling
1955JDBCJava Data Base Connectivity
1956JDEMJoint Dark Energy Mission
1957JDLJewish Defense League
1958JEJersey (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1959JEFXJoint Expeditionary Force eXperiment
1960JETJoint European Torus
1961JEZJoint Engagement Zone
1962JFACCJoint Force Air Component Commander
1963JFACTSUU.S. Joint Forward Air Control Training and Standards Unit
1964JFCJoint Force Commander
1965JFKJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy or the airport named after him.
1966JFLCCJoint Force Land Component Commander
1967JFMCCJoint Force Maritime Component Commander
1968JFOJournal of Field Ornithology
1969JFSOCCJoint Force Special Operations Component Commander
1970JFTXJoint Field Training Exercise
1971JHJapan Highway Public Corporation
1972JHJharkhand (Indian state code)
1973JIJoint Implementation
1974JIBJoint Information Bureau
1975JICJoint Intelligence Centre
1976JINIJava Intelligent Network Infrastructure
1977JITCJoint Interoperability Test Command
1978JIVEJoint Institute for VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) in Europe
1979JJAPJapanese Journal of Applied Physics
1980JLJapan Airlines (IATA airline designator)
1981JLAJustice League of America
1982JMJamaica (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1983JMSJava Message Service
1984JNJan Mayen Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1985JNIJava Native Interface
1986JNLPJava Network Launch Protocol
1987JOJordan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1988JOAJoint Operations Area
1989JOPESJoint Operations Planning and Execution System
1990JORJordan (ISO 3166 trigram)
1991JOTSJoint Operations Tactical System
1992JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory
1993JPNJapan (ISO 3166 trigram)
1994JPOWJoint Project Optic Windmill
1995JRDFJoint Rapid Deployment Forces
1996JREJava Runtime Environment
1997JREFJames Randi Educational Foundation
1998JROCJoint Requirements Oversight Council
1999JROCMJROC Memorandum
2000JRRFJoint Rapid Reaction Force
2001JRSAIJournal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
2002JSAPJapan Society of Applied Physics
2003JSCSCJoint Services Command and Staff College
2004JSEADJoint Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (see SEAD)
2005JSFJoint Strike Fighter
2006JSIMSJoint Simulation System
2007JSOAJoint Special Operations Area
2008JSOTFJoint Special Operations Task Force
2009JSPJavaServer Page
2010JSPJoint Services Publication
2011JSRJava Specification Request
2012JSSJoint Support Ship Project
2013JTCJoint Training Confederation
2014JTFJoint Task Force
2015JTFEXJoint Task Force Exercise
2016JTLSJoint Theater Level Simulation
2017JTMDJoint Theatre Missile Defence
2018JTNJohnston Atoll (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
2019JUJuan de Nova Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2020JUGFETJUnction Gate Field-Effect Transistor
2021JUICEJUpiter ICy Moon Explorer
2022JUOJoint Urban Operations
2023JVJoint Venture,Junior Varsity
2024JWJehovah's Witnesses
2025JWARSJoint Warfare System (simulation)
2026JWPJoint Warfare Publication
2027JYJapanese Yen
2028JZJoint Zone
2029KKelvin,Potassium (Latin Kalium),Tanker (aircraft designation code)
2030kKilo-
2031Kpicokelvin
2032K9Canine Police Unit
2033KaKamov Design Bureau
2034kAKiloampere
2035KAKnowledge Acquisition,Karnataka (Indian state code)
2036KAFKandahar Air Field
2037KANUKOKAKalaallit Nunaanni Kommunit Kattuffiannit (Kalaallisut, Greenlandic Communities Association
2038KARNACKnowledge Aided Retrieval in Activity Context
2039KARRKnight Automated Roving Robot (Knight Rider character)
2040KATUSAKorean Augmentation To United States Army
2041KAZKazakhstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2042KBEKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
2043KBOKuiper Belt Object
2044KBVBKoninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond (Dutch for Royal Belgian Football Association)
2045kCKilocoulomb
2046KCKKansas City,Kansas,Koma Civakên Kurdistan (Kurdish, Union of Communities in Kurdistan)
2047KCLKing's College London
2048KCMOKansas City,Missouri (pronounced: K-C-Moe)
2049KCSKansas City Southern Railway (AAR reporting mark)
2050KDKawasaki Disease,Kraft Dinner
2051KEKenya (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Kinetic Energy,Knowledge Engineering
2052KEDOKorean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
2053KENKenya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2054KERAKentucky Education Reform Act (of 1990)
2055kermaKinetic Energy Released in MAterial / in MAtter / per unit MAss
2056KESRKent and East Sussex Railway.
2057KETKentucky Educational Television,Key English Test
2058kFKilofarad
2059KFCKentucky Fried Chicken
2060KFORUN Kosovo Force
2061KFUPMKing Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
2062KGKyrgyzstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2063KGOKnight of the Guelphic Order of Hanover
2064KGZKyrgyzstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2065KHCambodia (ISO 3166 digram)
2066kHKilohenry
2067KHLKontinental Hockey League
2068KHMCambodia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2069KHzKilohertz
2070KiKibi
2071KIKiribati (ISO 3166 digram)
2072KIAKilled In Action
2073KIDSKnowledge-based Integrated Design System
2074KIRKiribati (ISO 3166 trigram)
2075KISSKeep It Simple,Stupid / Keep It Short and Simple,Korean Intelligence Support System
2076KITKeep In Touch
2077KITECHKorean Institute of Industrial Technology
2078KITTKnight Industries Two Thousand, Knight Industries Three Thousand
2079kJKilojoule
2080kKKilokelvin
2081KKKKu Klux Klan
2082kLKilolitre
2083KLENOTKLEť Observatory Near Earth and Other unusual objects observations Team and Telescope
2084KLOCKilo Lines Of Code
2085KMComoros,Knowledge Management
2086kNKilonewton
2087KNASaint Kitts and Nevis (ISO 3166 trigram)
2088KNVBKoninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond (Dutch for Royal Dutch Football Association)
2089KOKnocked Out
2090KORRepublic of Korea (ISO 3166 trigram)
2091KPKim Possible
2092KPMGKlynveld,Peat,Marwick,Goerdeler
2093KPNOKitt Peak National Observatory
2094KQKenya Airways (IATA airline designator), Kingman Reef (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2095KRKiribati (FIPS 10-4 country code), Republic of Korea (ISO 3166 digram)
2096KrKrypton
2097KSKansas (postal symbol), Republic of Korea (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2098kSKilosiemens
2099KSCKennedy Space Center
2100KSIKilled or Seriously Injured
2101KSUKansas State University
2102KTChristmas Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code), Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Knights Templar
2103kTKilotesla
2104KTSKnight of the Tower and Sword (of Portugal)
2105KUKuwait (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2106KUWKuwait (UNDP country code,IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
2107kVKilovolt
2108KVKosovo
2109kWKilowatt
2110KWKuwait (ISO 3166 digram)
2111KWBKids' WB!
2112KWTKuwait (ISO 3166 trigram)
2113KXCayman Airways (IATA airline designator)
2114KYCayman Islands (ISO 3166 digram), Kentucky (postal symbol)
2115KZKazakhstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2116KZNKwaZulu-Natal
2117LaLanthanum
2118LALaos (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram), Louisiana (postal symbol), Los Angeles
2119LAASLocal Area Augmentation System, Los Angeles Astronomical Society
2120LABLogistics Assault Base
2121LabVIEWLaboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench
2122LACMALos Angeles County Museum of Art
2123LADLaser Aiming Device
2124LADWLocal Air Defence Warning
2125LAESILocal Authority & Emergency Service Information
2126LANLocal Area Network
2127LANLLos Alamos National Laboratory
2128LAOLaos (ISO 3166 trigram)
2129LARLight Armoured Reconnaissance, Logistics Assistance Representative
2130LARCLivermore Advanced Research Computer (cf. LLNL)
2131LARPLive-Action Role-Playing
2132LaserLight Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (cf. Maser)
2133LATLowest Astronomical Tide (nautical charts),Licensed Athletic Trainer (used in many of the United States; see www.oata.org)
2134LATALocal Access Transport Area
2135LATCHLower Anchors and Tethers for Children (U.S. standard for attachment points for child safety seats in passenger cars)
2136LAVLand Assault Vehicle, Light Armoured Vehicle, Lymphadenopathy-Associated Virus
2137LAWLight Antitank Weapon
2138LAXLos Angeles International Airport, The Latin American Xchange (professional wrestling)
2139LBLebanon (ISO 3166 digram)
2140LBHLight Battlefield Helicopter, Lyman-Birge-Hopfield bands
2141LBJLady Bird Johnson,LeBron James,Light Bulb Joke,Little Beagle Johnson (the dog owned by Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson),Lyndon Baines Johnson
2142LBNLebanon (ISO 3166 trigram)
2143LBNLLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2144LBRLiberia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2145LBSLocation-Based Services
2146LBTLarge Binocular Telescope
2147LBWLeg Before Wicket
2148LBYLibya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2149LCASaint Lucia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2150LCCLand Component Commander
2151LCCPLight Contingency Communications Package
2152LCDLiquid Crystal Display
2153LCMLeast/Lowest Common Multiple
2154LCSLeague of Legends Championship Series
2155LDALateral Drift Apparatus (paratroops)
2156LDCLesser Developing/Developed Country
2157LDLLow-Density Lipoprotein
2158LDVLocal Defence Volunteers (British Home Guard)
2159LDWLane Departure Warning (ADAS)
2160LELebanon (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2161LECLocal Exchange Carrier
2162LEDLight-Emitting Diode
2163LEGADLegal Advice
2164Legslevel emotion gad speed
2165LEMOSSLong-Endurance MObile Submarine Simulator
2166LENLarge Extension Node
2167LEPLarge Electron-Positron collider
2168LERLoss-Exchange Ratio
2169LEULow-Enriched Uranium
2170LFLow Frequency
2171LFOLow Frequency Oscillation / Oscillator
2172LFTRLiquid fluoride thorium reactor
2173LGLatvia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2174LGMLittle Green Men
2175LGSLandsat Ground Station
2176LHCLarge Hadron Collider
2177LHSLeft Hand Side
2178LiLithium
2179LIBORLondon Interbank Offered Rate
2180LIBSLaser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
2181LIELiechtenstein (ISO 3166 trigram)
2182LIGOLaser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
2183LINEARLincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
2184LISALaser Interferometer Space Antenna
2185LIVELiquid Inertial Vibration Eliminator
2186LJJLord Justices of Appeal
2187LKSri Lanka (ISO 3166 digram)
2188LKASri Lanka (ISO 3166 trigram)
2189LKR4Linkwitz-Riley 4th order (audio crossover type)
2190LLADLow Level Air Defence
2191LLBLegum Baccalaureus (Latin: Bachelor of Laws)
2192LLCLimited Liability Company
2193LLLTVLow-Light Level Television
2194LLNLLawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2195LLPLimited Liability Partnership
2196LLTRLow-Level Transit Route
2197LMAOLaughing My Ass Off (Internet shorthand)
2198LMBLick My Balls
2199LMFAOLaughing My F**king Ass Off (Internet shorthand,electro-hop duo)
2200LMNLifetime Movie Network
2201LMSLike My Status (Internet shorthand)
2202LMV() Light Motor Vehicle
2203LNERLondon and North Eastern Railway
2204LNGLiquefied Natural Gas
2205LNOLiaison Officer
2206LOSlovakia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2207LOALimit Of Advance
2208LOCLevel of Operational Capability,Limited Operational Capability,Lines Of Code,Lines Of Communication,see entry
2209LoDLines of Development (UK)
2210LOFARLow Frequency Analysis and Recording
2211LOGPACLogistics Package
2212LOLLaughing Out Loud (Internet shorthand)
2213LOMEZLow Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
2214LONEOSLowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search
2215LORTIDLOng Range Target IDentification
2216LOSLine Of Sight
2217LOSATLine-Of-Sight Anti-Tank (missile)
2218LOTALicentiate of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
2219LOTISLivermore Optical Transient Imaging System
2220LOTSLogistics Over-The-Shore
2221LPCLinear Predictive Coding
2222LPGLiquefied Petroleum Gas (cf. LNG)
2223LPILow Probability of Intercept
2224LQPalmyra Atoll (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2225LrLawrencium
2226LRLiberia (ISO 3166 digram)
2227LRCLogistics iness Center
2228LRGWLong-Range Guided Weapon
2229LRICBMLimited Range ICBM
2230LRIPLow Rate Initial Production
2231LRPLogistics Release Point
2232LRPELong-Range Planning Element
2233LRSLong Range Surveillance
2234LRULine-Replaceable Unit
2235LSILarge-Scale Integration
2236LSIFLabour Sponsored Investment Fund
2237LSNDLiquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
2238LSOLesotho (ISO 3166 trigram)
2239LSSTLarge Synoptic Survey Telescope
2240LtLieutenant
2241LtCLieutenant-Colonel (U.S.)
2242LTCLong-Term Costing
2243LtdLimited
2244LTDPLong-Term Defence Plan
2245LTILinear Time-Invariant
2246LTMAcronym for Laughing To Myself
2247LTPLong-Term Potentiation
2248LTULithuania (ISO 3166 trigram)
2249LUAcronym Love You
2250LULoonatics Unleashed
2251LuLutetium
2252LUCALast Universal Common Ancestor
2253LUGLinux User Group
2254LULULocally Unwanted Land Use (urbanism)
2255LUXLuxembourg (ISO 3166 trigram)
2256LVALatvia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2257LVEFLeft Ventricular Ejection Fraction
2258LwLawrencium (obsolete 1963)
2259LWRLaser warning receiver
2260LWRCLand Warfare Resources Corporation
2261LWSLand Warrior System
2262LXElectrics (theatrical term)
2263LYAOLaugh Your Ass Off
2264LYLASLove You Like A Sister
2265MaMegaannum
2266mAMilliampere
2267MAAMathematical Association of America
2268MAACMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference
2269MACEMulti-Agent Computing Environment
2270MACHOMAssive Compact Halo Object
2271MAFMaintenance Action Form
2272MAGICMajor Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (telescope)
2273MAGNETARMetaprogrammable AGent NETwork ARchitecture
2274MAGTFMarine Air-Ground Task Force
2275MALDMiniature Air-Launched Decoy
2276MANPADSMAN-Portable Air Defence System
2277MANPRINTMANpower and PeRsonnel INTegration
2278MAOMolėtų astronomijos observatorija (Moletai Astronomical Observatory),MonoAmine Oxidase
2279MAOIMonoamine oxidase inhibitor
2280MAPSMonitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship
2281MARMorocco (ISO 3166 trigram)
2282MarBEFMarine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
2283MARCENTUnited States Marine Forces Central Command
2284MARFORCCMarine Force Component Commander
2285MASASMonte Agliale Supernovae and Asteroid Survey
2286MaserMicrowave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
2287MASHMobile Army Surgical Hospital
2288MASINTMeasurement And Signature Intelligence
2289MAVSMobile Artillery Vehicle System
2290MBBL(U.S. Armor Center) Mounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
2291MBCCMigratory Bird Conservation Commission (U.S.)
2292MBCSMulti-Byte Character Set
2293MBIMoody Bible Institute
2294MBIDSTMember of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
2295MBMMeat and Bone Meal
2296MBTMain Battle Tank
2297MBTIMyers-Briggs Type Indicator
2298mCMillicoulomb
2299MCDLModel Composition Definition Language
2300MCFTModified Compression Field Theory
2301MCGMelbourne Cricket Ground
2302MCISMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
2303MCMMine Counter-Measures
2304MCMVMine Counter-Measure Vessel
2305MCRMy Chemical Romance
2306MCSFMarine Corps Security Forces
2307MCTMovement Control Team
2308MCTISMounted Co-operative Target Identification System
2309MdMendelevium
2310MDNAMadonna's 12th studio album title (2012)
2311MDOMembership Driven Organisation
2312MDPMarkov Decision Process
2313MDTMountain Daylight Time (UTC-6 hours)
2314MDVMaldives (ISO 3166 trigram)
2315MeMesserschmitt
2316MEACMid-Eastern Athletic Conference (ME-ac)
2317MECOMain engine cutoff (NASA code for point in Space Shuttle assent when three main engines are shut down prior to External Tank (ET) separation)
2318MEDEVACMedical evacuation
2319MEDSMission Essential Data Set
2320MEGMagnetoEncephaloGraphy
2321MELTMetallic Line/Loop Test (ing)
2322MEMSMicroelectromechanical System
2323MERMars Exploration Rover
2324MERLMitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
2325MESManufacturing Execution Systems
2326METAR[Meteorological] Aviation Routine weather report
2327METOCMeteorological and Oceanographic
2328MeVMegaelectronvolt
2329MEXMexico (ISO 3166 trigram)
2330MEZMissile Engagement Zone
2331mFMillifarad
2332MGPAMMy Gym Partner's a Monkey
2333MGSMobile Gun System
2334mHMillihenry
2335MHCMajor Histocompatibility Complex
2336MHHWMean Higher High Water (nautical charts)
2337MHLMarshall Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2338MHLWMean Higher Low Water (nautical charts)
2339MHRA(UK) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
2340MHWMean High Water (nautical charts)
2341MHWNMean High Water Neaps (nautical charts)
2342MHWSMean High Water Springs (nautical charts)
2343MHzMegahertz
2344MiMebi
2345MIAMissing In Action
2346MICLICMine Clearing Line Charge
2347MICOMMissile Command
2348MIDMidway Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
2349MIDASMan-machine Integration Design and Analysis System
2350MIDIMusical Instrument Digital Interface
2351MIDSMulti-Function Information Distribution System
2352MIFGShallow Fog (METAR Code)
2353MIKEMonitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants
2354MILMan-In-the-Loop
2355MILCMirrorless interchangeable-lens camera
2356MILFMother I'd Like to Fuck
2357MIMOSAMIcroMeasurements Of Satellite Acceleration
2358MIMPTMember of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
2359MIRAMILAN Infra-Red Acquisition (thermal sight)
2360MIRVMultiple Independent Reentry Vehicle
2361MISREPMission Report
2362MISSIMultilevel Information System Security Initiative
2363MITLMan-In-The-Loop
2364MITSsee entry
2365mJMillijoule
2366MJDModified Julian Day
2367mKMillikelvin
2368MKGMichael Kidd-Gilchrist (American basketball player)
2369MKSAMetre-Kilogram-Second-Ampere (system of units)
2370mLMillilitre
2371MLBMajor League Baseball
2372MLCMember of the Legislative Council (in India)
2373MLEMaximum likelihood estimation
2374MLHWMean Lower High Water (nautical charts)
2375MLIMali (ISO 3166 trigram)
2376MLLMajor League Lacrosse
2377MLLWMean Lower Low Water (nautical charts)
2378MLPMy Little Pony
2379MLRSMultiple-Launch Rocket System
2380MLTMalta (ISO 3166 trigram)
2381MLWMean Low Water (nautical charts)
2382MLWNMean Low Water Neaps (nautical charts)
2383MLWSMean Low Water Springs (nautical charts)
2384MmMegametre
2385mmMillimetre
2386MMEVMulti-Mission Effects Vehicle
2387MMIMagical MonkeyZ Inc.
2388MMIMan-Machine Interface
2389MMIMcLean Meditation Institute
2390MMICMcLean Meditation Institute Certified
2391MMOMassively Multiplayer Online (computer game)
2392MMORMaster of Management in Operations Research
2393MMORPGMassively multiplayer online role-playing game
2394MMPRMighty Morphin Power Rangers
2395MMSMultimission Modular Spacecraft
2396MnManganese
2397mNMillinewton
2398MNBMultinational Brigade
2399MNEMontenegro (ISO 3166 trigram)
2400MNMFMulti-National Maritime Force
2401MNPNorthern Mariana Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2402MNSMission Needs Statement
2403MoMolybdenum
2404MOAMuseum of Art (Brigham Young University)
2405MOCASMechanization Of Contract Administration Services
2406MoDMinistry of Defence (United Kingdom) and various other countries
2407modemModulator-Demodulator
2408MoeMarvel of entertainment
2409MOEMeasure Of Effectiveness
2410MOFMinistry of Finance (Japan)
2411MOFAMinistry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
2412MOIDMinimum Orbital Intersection Distance
2413MOJWAMovement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa
2414MOLOMobile Other Licensed Operator (UK)
2415MOMMaster's Degree in Oriental medicine
2416MOMMessage Oriented Middleware
2417MoMMultiple of the median
2418MoMAMuseum of Modern Art (NYC)
2419MONDModified Newtonian Dynamics
2420MOOMeasure Of Outcome
2421MOPPMission-Oriented Protective Posture
2422MORPMeteorite Observation and Recovery Project
2423MOSFETMetal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
2424MOTMinistry of Transport (UK)
2425MOTAMember of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
2426MOTESSMoving Object and Transient Event Search System
2427MOUMemorandum Of Understanding
2428MOWMaintenance of way (also MW)
2429MOZMozambique (ISO 3166 trigram)
2430MPaMegapascal
2431mPaMillipascal
2432MPAAMotion Picture Association of America
2433MPECMinor Planet Electronic Circular
2434MPEGMotion Pictures (Coding) Experts Group
2435MPEVMulti-Purpose Engineering Vehicle
2436MPFMaritime Prepositioning Force
2437MPFCMedial PreFrontal Cortex
2438MPGMiles Per Gallon
2439MPMCMedial PreMotor Cortex
2440MPSIMember of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
2441MPSoCMultiProcessor System-on-Chip
2442MPSRONMaritime Propositioning Ship Squadron
2443MRMauritania (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2444MRAVMulti-Role Armoured Vehicle
2445MRBMMedium Range Ballistic Missile
2446MRCMaintenance Requirements Card
2447MRDMotorized Rifle Division
2448MRGWMedium-Range Guided Weapon
2449MRIMagnetic Resonance Imaging
2450MRLMultiple Rocket Launcher
2451MRPharmSMember of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (Great Britain)
2452MRSMagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
2453MRSAMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
2454MRTFBU.S. Major Range and Test Facility Base
2455MsMegasecond
2456mSMillisiemens
2457MSDMinimum Safe Distance
2458MSDBMulti Source Data Base
2459MSEMultiple Subscriber Element
2460MSGMessage
2461MSLPMean Sea Level Pressure
2462MSNBCMicrosoft National Broadcasting Company Cable news channel (see also msnbc.com)
2463MSOMultiple System Operator
2464MSPBMerit Systems Protection Board
2465MSSAMethicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
2466MtMeitnerium
2467mTMillitesla
2468MTBFMean Time Between Failures
2469MtFMale-to-female transsexual
2470MTGMagic: The Gathering
2471MTQMartinique (ISO 3166 trigram)
2472MTTMethylthiazol tetrazolium (assay)
2473MTTFMean Time To Failure
2474MTTRMean Time To Recover
2475MTWSMAGTF Tactical Warfare System
2476MUSMauritius (ISO 3166 trigram)
2477mVMillivolt
2478MVCMissouri Valley Conference
2479MVFCMissouri Valley Football Conference
2480MVNOMobile virtual network operator
2481mWMilliwatt
2482MWESHMachismo Wizards Extended SHelter (operating system)
2483MWIMalawi (ISO 3166 trigram)
2484MWOAMount Wilson Observatory Association
2485MWTBMounted Warfare Test Bed
2486MYMalaysia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2487MYOBMind Your Own Business
2488MYSMalaysia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2489MYTMayotte (ISO 3166 trigram)
2490nNano
2491N3FNational Fantasy Fan Federation
2492nANanoampere
2493NaSodium (Latin Natrium)
2494NAAN-Acetylaspartate
2495NAADNorth American Air Defense
2496NAAQSNational Ambient Air Quality Standards
2497NAAWSNATO Anti-Air Warfare System
2498NACNational Agency Check,U.S. Naval Avionics Center,U.S. Navy Advanced Concepts,North Atlantic Council,Northern Area Command
2499NACCNorth Atlantic Cooperation Council
2500NACISANATO Communications and Information Systems Agency
2501NACMANATO Air Command and Control System Management Agency
2502NACRANorth America Caribbean Rugby Association (more specifically rugby union)
2503NAECU.S. Naval Air Engineering Center
2504NAFERANative American Free Exercise of Religion Act
2505NAFLDNonAlcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
2506NAFONorthwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
2507NAFTANorth American Free Trade Agreement
2508NAGPRANative American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
2509NAICSNorth American Industry Classification System
2510NAILNeurotics Anonymous
2511NAILSNational Airspace Integrated Logistics System
2512NAIRUNon Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment
2513NAKNegative Acknowledge
2514NAMNamibia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2515NAMBLANorth American Man-Boy Love Association
2516NAMRLNaval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
2517NaNNot A Number (computing)
2518NAOUK National Audit Office
2519NAPSNavy Acquisition Procedures Supplement
2520NARA(U.S.) National Archives and Records Administration
2521NARALNational Abortion Rights Action League
2522NARDACNaval Regional Data Automation Center
2523NARDICU.S. Navy Acquisition Research and Development Information Center
2524NARPVNational Association for Remotely Piloted Vehicles
2525NASCARNational Association for Stock Car Auto Racing
2526NASDAQNational Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
2527NASEDNational Association of State Election Directors [1][2]
2528NASHNon-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
2529NASPNational Aerospace Plane
2530NASSNational Association of Secretaries of State [3]
2531NatGeoNational Geographic
2532NaUKMANational University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
2533NAVNavigation[al]
2534NAVCAMSNaval Communications Area Master Station
2535NAVCCNational Audio-Visual Conservation Center
2536NAVCENTNaval Forces U.S. Central Command
2537NAVDACNaval Data Automation Command
2538NAVEURNaval Forces U.S. European Command
2539NAVFORNaval Force
2540NAVMACSNaval Modular Automatic Communication Subsystem
2541NAVNETNavy Network
2542NAVSNon-Cooperative Airborne Vector Scoring
2543NAVSATNavigation Satellite
2544NAVSPACECOMU.S. Navy Space Command
2545NAVSPASURU.S. Naval Space Surveillance System
2546NAVSTARNavigation Satellite Timing And Ranging
2547NAVTACNETNavy Tactical Network
2548NAWCU.S. Naval Air Warfare Center
2549NbNiobium
2550NBANational Basketball Association
2551NBLNational Basketball League (Australia)
2552NBTNitroblue tetrazolium (assay)
2553nCNanocoulomb
2554NCANational Command Authority
2555NCARU.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research
2556NCBNational Codification Bureau
2557NCCAMU.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
2558NCCUSLNational Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (U.S.)
2559NCDDRU.S. National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research
2560NCIU.S. National Cancer Institute
2561NCLNew Caledonia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2562NCLRNational Council of La Raza
2563NCMONo Commitment Make Out
2564NCONon-Commissioned Officer
2565NCPNet Contracted Purchases
2566NCRNational Cash Register Co.
2567NCTRNon-Co-operative Target Recognition
2568NCWNetwork Centric Warfare
2569NdNeodymium
2570NDAAU.S. National Defense Authorization Act
2571NDBPNon-Departmental Public Body (Scotland)
2572NDPNew Democratic Party (Canada)
2573NDSNintendo DS
2574NeNeon
2575NECTECNational Electronics and Computer Technology Center (Thailand)
2576NEMSNational Energy Modeling System (USDOE-EIA)
2577NEPANational Environmental Policy Act
2578NERNiger (ISO 3166 trigram)
2579NERICANew Rice for Africa
2580NESPNSA/CSS Enterprise Standards Program
2581NETNational Educational Television
2582NETCU(UK) National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit
2583NETL(US) National Energy Technology Laboratory
2584NETWARSNetwork Warfare Simulation
2585NEXNavy EXchange
2586nFNanofarad
2587NFNorfolk Island (ISO 3166 digram)
2588NFERNational Foundation for Educational Research
2589NFGNo Fucking Good
2590NFHSNational Federation of State High School Associations
2591NFINot F****** Interested
2592NFKNorfolk Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
2593NfldNewfoundland
2594NFPANational Fluid Power Association (United States)
2595NFTNo Further Text
2596NGAU.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Nigeria (ISO 3166 trigram)
2597NGATSNew Generation Army Targetry System
2598NGHNorthern General Hospital
2599NGOnon-governmental organization
2600NGSNaval Gunfire Support
2601nHNanohenry
2602NHANESNational Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
2603NHBNew Hebrides (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1980)
2604NHBNo Holds Barred radio (Link)
2605NHLNational Hockey League
2606NHRANational Hot Rod Association
2607NHSNational Health Service (UK)
2608NiNickel
2609NIAAAU.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
2610NIAGNATO Industrial Advisory Group
2611NIAIDNational Institute of Allergies and Infectious Disease
2612NIAMDNational Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases
2613NIBNew In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
2614NIBPNon-invasive blood pressure monitor
2615NicANicotine Anonymous
2616NICAPNational Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena
2617NICEUK. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
2618NICHDNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development [4]
2619NICPNational Inventory Control Point
2620NIDDKNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
2621NIDRRNational Institute on Disability Research and Rehabilitation
2622NIEHSNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
2623NIINNational Item Identification Number
2624NIMANational Imagery and Mapping Agency (became NGA)
2625NIMBYNot In My Back Yard (See NOME)
2626NIMGNot In My Generation
2627NINNine Inch Nails (band)
2628NIPRNational Institute of Polar Research (Japan)
2629NIRNorthern Ireland (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
2630NISACU.S. National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center
2631NISCAPNSA Information System Certification and Accreditation Program
2632NISERNational Institute of Science Education and Research
2633NISTNational Institute of Standards and Technology
2634NITFSNational Imagery Transmission Format Standard
2635NIUNiue (ISO 3166 trigram)
2636nJNanojoule
2637NJNew Jersey (postal symbol)
2638NJHSNational Junior Honor Society
2639NJPWNew Japan Pro Wrestling
2640nKNanokelvin
2641NKANo Known Allergies
2642nLNanolitre
2643NLBNon-Linear Battlefield
2644NLDNetherlands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2645NLFNational Liberation Front (disambiguation)
2646NLLNational Lacrosse League
2647NLWNon-Lethal Weapon
2648nmNanometre
2649NMNew Mexico (postal symbol)
2650NMCINavy Marine Corps Intranet
2651NMCSNot Mission Capable Supply (SM&R code)
2652NMDU.S. National Missile Defense
2653NMNNo middle name
2654NMRNuclear Magnetic Resonance
2655NMSGNATO Modelling and Simulation Group
2656nNNanonewton
2657NNENorth North-East
2658NNSAU.S. National Nuclear Security Administration
2659NNWNorth North-West
2660NoNobelium
2661NOAAU.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
2662NOAFNorwegian Air Force
2663NOAONational Optical Astronomy Observatory
2664NOCUK. National Oceanography Centre
2665NODEFNATO Oceanographic Data Exchange Format
2666NOGINew Orleans Grande Isle (award for diving)
2667NOLFNavy OutLying Field
2668NOMENot on Mars Either
2669NOMENot on Mars Either (see NIMBY)
2670NORNorway (ISO 3166 trigram)
2671NORELPREFNo religious preference
2672NORTHAGNorthern Army Group
2673NOSANATO OSI Security Architecture
2674NOTAFLOFNo One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds
2675NOWNational Organization for Women
2676NPNepal (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
2677NPBNippon Professional Baseball
2678NPCSNon-Passenger Coaching stock (in Railways)
2679NPDNationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (German)
2680NPDINew Product Development and Introduction
2681NPGNeedline/Network Participation Group
2682NPHNormal Pressure Hydrocephalus
2683NPOnothing by mouth
2684NPOVNeutral Point Of View
2685NQDronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1983)
2686NRNauru (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
2687NRANational Rifle Association
2688NRAONational Radio Astronomy Observatory
2689NRDC(U.S.) Natural Resources Defense Council
2690NRELU.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
2691NRKNorsk Rikskringkasting (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)
2692NRMPNational Resident Matching Program (U.S. medicine)
2693NROU.S. National Reconnaissance Office
2694NRTNear Real Time
2695NRUNauru (ISO 3166 trigram)
2696nsNanosecond
2697nSNanosiemens
2698NSABBNational Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
2699NSAIDNon-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug
2700NSBNorges Statsbaner (Norwegian State Railways)
2701NSCNational Security Council
2702NSDLNational Science Digital Library (US)
2703NSGNational System for Geospatial-Intelligence
2704NSNNational Stock Number
2705NSNANational Student Nurses' Association
2706NSONational Standardization Office (ABCA)
2707NSS(U.S.) Naval Simulation System
2708NST(UK) Nimrod Software Team
2709NSTACNational Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
2710NSWNew South Wales (postal symbol)
2711nTNanotesla
2712NTDSNaval Tactical Data System
2713NTPNetwork Time Protocol
2714NTRNetwork Time Reference
2715NTRANational Thoroughbred Racing Association
2716NTSBNational Transportation Safety Board
2717NTVNon-Tactical Vehicle
2718NTY(Internet Abbreviations:) Not Tested Yet; (Alternatively) No Thank You
2719NTZIraq-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1993)
2720NUTSNuclear Utilization Target Selection
2721NUWCU.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center
2722nVNanovolt
2723NVEOLNight Vision and Electro-Optics Laboratory
2724NVGNight Vision Goggles
2725NVLNight Vision Laboratory
2726nWNanowatt
2727NWNorth-West
2728NWNuclear Weapon
2729NWANational Wrestling Alliance
2730NWFNational Wildlife Federation
2731NWFZNuclear-Weapon-Free Zone
2732NWHNU.S. National Women's Health Network
2733nWoNew World Order (see article for explanation of idiosyncratic capitalization)
2734NWOAHMNew Wave of American Heavy Metal
2735NWOBHMNew Wave of British Heavy Metal (sometimes pronounced /n.ˈwɒbm/ as if it were an acronym)
2736NWRANational Wildlife Rehabilitators Association
2737NWSLNational Women's Soccer League (U.S.)
2738NWTNorth-West Territories
2739NXA21st arcade game in the Pump It Up series
2740NXDNative XML
2741NXENew Xbox Experience
2742NXGNew Cross Gate station
2743NXLNational XBall League
2744NXNNike Cross Nationals
2745NYNew York (postal symbol)
2746NYCNew York City
2747NYTNew York Times
2748NYHANew York Heart Association
2749NYONational Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
2750NYSENew York Stock Exchange
2751NZNew Zealand (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
2752NZCNew Zealand Cricket
2753NZLNew Zealand (ISO 3166 trigram)
2754NzLNoze looan (online/event listings)
2755NZOSSNew Zealand Open Source Society
2756NZRUNew Zealand Rugby Union
2757OACOn Approved Credit
2758OAPOld Age Pensioner (UK)
2759OARSIOsteoarthritis Research Society International
2760OASOrganization of American States
2761OASISOntario Agencies Supporting Individuals with Special Needs
2762OASISOntario Association of Sewage Industry Services
2763OASPOperational Analysis Support Paper/Plan
2764OAUOrganization for African Unity
2765OBEOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
2766OBXOuter Banks (North Carolina)
2767OCOfficer Commanding
2768OCDObsessive-Compulsive Disorder
2769OCFSOracle Cluster File System
2770OCFS2Oracle Cluster File System Release 2
2771OCMCC[2] Orchard County MCC
2772OCNOncology Certified Nurse
2773OCOOort Cloud Object
2774OCROptical Character Recognition
2775OCSsee entry
2776ODASOCA-DLR Asteroid Survey
2777ODBCOpen DataBase Connectivity
2778OEA(U.S.) Office of Economic Adjustment
2779OECDOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (international)
2780OEDOxford English Dictionary
2781OEGOperation Exposure Guidance
2782OEISOn-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
2783OEMOriginal Equipment Manufacturer
2784OFAOccipital Face Area
2785OFDAU.S Agency for International Development's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
2786OGCOpen Geospatial Consortium
2787OGDOther Government Department
2788OGOOther Government Organization
2789OHOhio (postal symbol)
2790OHCOverHead-Cam engine
2791OHHLAOriginal Hip-Hop Lyrics Archive
2792OHIPOntario Health Insurance Plan
2793OHMSOn Her (or His) Majesty's Service (also written: O.H.M.S.)
2794OHPObservatoire de Haute-Provence
2795OHSSOvarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
2796OICOfficer In Charge
2797OIFOperation Iraqi Freedom
2798OIOCOriental & India Office Collections (in the British Library)
2799OJTOn-the-Job Training
2800OKCOklahoma City
2801OLEDOrganic Light-Emitting Diode
2802OLSOperational Linescan System
2803OMDOrchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1980s pop group)
2804OMEOsaka Mercantile Exchange
2805OMFGOh My Fucking God
2806OMGOh My God or Or My Gosh
2807OMGWOh My Gosh it's Windy
2808OMNOman (ISO 3166 trigram)
2809OMNCSU.S. Office of the Manager for the National Communications System
2810OMPOrder of Mapungubwe in Platinum
2811OMSOrder of Mapungubwe in Silver
2812OMTObject Model Template
2813ONOntario (postal symbol)
2814ONCOrthopaedic Nurse Certified
2815ONGOrthodontic National Group
2816ONI(U.S.) Office of Naval Intelligence
2817ONSOperational Needs Statement
2818OOADObject Oriented Analysis and Design
2819OOBEOut-of-body experience
2820OOCLOrient Overseas Container Line
2821OODAObservation,Orientation,Decision,Action loop (a.k.a. Boyd's Loop)
2822OOFOut of Facility
2823OOMFOne Of My Followers
2824OOOOut Of the Office
2825OOTWOperations Other Than War
2826OPObservation 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
2827OPACOnline Public Access Catalogue
2828OPCONOperational control
2829OPCWOrganisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
2830OPECOrganization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
2831OPFOROpposing force
2832OPINTELOperational Intelligence
2833OPLANOperation plan (also OpPlan)
2834OPORDOperation order
2835OPSECOperations security,Open Platform for Security
2836OPSIOverwhelming post splenectomy infection,UK Office of Public Sector Information
2837OPTAROperational target
2838OPVOffshore Patrol Vessel
2839OQOrder 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)
2840OROperating 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
2841ORAUOak Ridge Associated Universities
2842ORBObject Request Broker
2843ORBATOrder of Battle
2844ORDOffice of Research and Development,Operational Requirements Document
2845ORFOperational iness Float
2846ORISEOak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
2847ORNLOak Ridge National Laboratory
2848ORROak 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
2849ORSAOxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus,Operations Research Society of America
2850OSOperating System
2851OsOsmium
2852OSAOrder of St. Augustine
2853OSCEOrganisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
2854OSDU.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense,On-screen Display
2855OSDLOpen Source Development Labs
2856OSEOwn Separate Entrance
2857OSERSU.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
2858OSETIOptical SETI also Optical SETI
2859OSHAOccupational Safety and Health Administration
2860OSIOffice of Strategic Influence,Ontario Swine Improvement,Open Source Initiative,Open Systems Interconnection
2861OSIA(U.S.) On-Site Inspection Agency
2862OSIRISOptical,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)
2863OSLOpen Source License, Optically Stimulated Luminescence, Orbiting Solar Laboratory
2864OSMOne Saturday Morning
2865OSOTPBOIASOne Sec,On The Phone,Be Off In A Sec
2866OSPAOperations Security Professional's Association site of OSPA
2867OSPAOregon School Psychologists Association [3]
2868OSRHOružane Snage Republike Hrvatske (en: Armed forces of the Republic of Croatia)
2869OSUOhio State University,Oklahoma State University
2870OTAOffice of Technology Assessment, Orthodontic Technicians Association
2871OTACOrthodontic Technicians Association Conference,Orthodontic Technicians Association Council
2872OTCOver-The-Counter (drugs)
2873OTDOff the derech (referring to an Orthodox Jew who has stopped practicing the tenets of his or her faith)
2874OTEA(U.S. Army) Operational Test Evaluation Agency
2875OTIOffice of Transition Initiatives (United States Agency for International Development)
2876OTOHOn The Other Hand
2877OTSOff the scale,sexually untouchable except for a lot of money
2878OTSBHOver The Shoulder Boulder Holder
2879OTWOn The Way
2880OTYBLOver To You Blue Leader
2881OTYRLOver To You Red Leader
2882OUUniversity of Oklahoma
2883OWOld Wykehamist
2884OWNOprah Winfrey Network
2885OXIATA code for Orient Thai Airlines
2886OXCOptical cross-connect
2887OXMOfficial Xbox Magazine
2888OXTOxytocin
2889OZ(?) Australia
2890ppico
2891P2PPeer-to-peer (networking)
2892pApicoampere
2893PAAPosition Area for Artillery
2894PABXPrivate Automated Branch eXchange (company phone system)
2895PACOM(U.S.) Pacific Command
2896PADIProfessional Association of Diving Instructors
2897PAEKPolyArylEtherKetone
2898PAFCPlymouth Argyle Football Club
2899PAHPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
2900PAHOPan American Health Organization
2901PAKPakistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2902PAMPrecision Attack Missile
2903PANSPretty Advanced/Awesome Network Services (cf. POTS)
2904PARCPalo Alto Research Center
2905PAROSPrevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space (treaty)
2906PARP(NATO Partnership for Peace) Planning And Review Process
2907PARWIGPower Augmented Ram Wing In Ground (aeroplane wing shape)
2908PASSee entry
2909PASRPersonnel Accounting and Strength Reporting
2910PATHPort Authority Trans-Hudson
2911PAYDPay As You Drive
2912PAYEPay As You Earn
2913PbLead (Latin Plumbum)
2914PBPolyButylene
2915PBBPolyBrominated Biphenyl
2916PBCKProblem Between Chair and Keyboard (computer help desk in-joke)
2917PBDPolyButaDiene
2918PBDEPolyBrominated Diphenyl Ether
2919PBIPolyBenzImidazole
2920PBNPolyButylene Naphthalate
2921PBOHPlease Become Old History
2922PBTPolyButylene Terephthalate
2923PBXPrivate Branch eXchange (company phone system)
2924pCpicocoulomb
2925PCASPlanet-Crossing Asteroid Survey
2926PCBsee entry
2927PCCBPorsche Ceramic Composite Brake
2928PCCIPPresident's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection
2929PCEPerChlorEthylene
2930PCIePeripheral Component Interconnect Express (computer bus)
2931PCLPassive Coherent Location
2932PCMCIAPersonal Computer Memory Card International Association (People Can't Memorise Computer-Industry Acronyms)
2933PCNPitcairn Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2934PCPIPhysician Consortium for Performance Improvement (AMA)
2935PCRPolymerase chain reaction
2936PCSSDPulaski County Special School District
2937PCZPanama Canal Zone (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1980)
2938PdPalladium
2939PDProduct Director—Example: CERDEC Product Director C4ISR and Network Modernization
2940PDLPure Dumb Luck (Texan punk band)
2941PDNPull-Down Network
2942PDRYPeople's Democratic Republic of Yemen (obsolete since 1990)
2943PDTPacific Daylight [Saving] Time (UTC-7 hours)
2944PEProfessional Engineer
2945PEBCACProblem Exists Between Chair and Computer (IT help desk in-joke)
2946PEBKACProblem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair (ditto)
2947PEEKPolyEtherEtherKetone
2948PEETPartnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy
2949PEKPolyEtherKetone
2950PEPFARPresident's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief
2951PERPeru (ISO 3166 trigram)
2952perlusually lower case Practical Extraction and Report Language
2953PESPolyEtherSulfone
2954PESTUK Public Engagement with Science and Technology
2955PETEPolyEthyleneTErephthalate
2956PETPPolyEthyleneTerePhthalate
2957pFpicofarad
2958PFDPermanent Fund Dividend = personal flotation device
2959PFEPermanent Forest Estate
2960PfPPartnership for Peace
2961Pgpetagram
2962pgpicogram
2963PGCEPostgraduate Certificate in Education
2964PGDPre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis
2965PGENIPharmaco-Genetics for Every Nation Initiative
2966PGHPre-implantation Genetic Haplotyping
2967PGMPrecision-Guided Munition
2968PGPPretty Good Privacy
2969PHLPhilippines (ISO 3166 trigram)
2970PHQPatient Health Questionnaire
2971PiPebi
2972PIBPolyIsoButylene
2973PICPerson In Charge
2974PICNICProblem In Chair Not In Computer
2975PICSPrivate Investment Capital Subscription
2976PIFPartners in Flight
2977PIGPipeline Inspection Gauge
2978PINPersonal Identification Number
2979PINFPeople In Need Foundation (Czech charitable organisation)
2980PIPAProgram on International Policy Attitudes
2981PIRPriority Intelligence Requirement
2982PIRAProvisional Irish Republican Army
2983PIREPSPilot Reports
2984PITAPain In The Ass
2985PJpetajoule
2986pJpicojoule
2987PJHQPermanent Joint Headquarters
2988PKEPartnership of Kindermusik Educators [1] &[2] & [2]
2989PKIPublic Key Infrastructure (cryptography)
2990PKUPhenylketonuria
2991pLpicolitre
2992PLAIDPrecision Location and Identification
2993PLBPersonal Locator Beacon
2994PLCPublic Limited Company (British)
2995PLCCPlastic Leaded Chip Carrier (electronics)
2996PLDProbable Line of Deployment
2997PLEBSPeople Lacking Everyday Basic Skills
2998PLFParachute Landing Fall
2999PLIFPlanar Laser-Induced Fluorescence
3000PLLPhase-Locked Loop (electronics)
3001PLMPolarized Light Microscope/Microscopy
3002PLMBAPhospholipid Bilayer Microarray
3003PlnPlatoon
3004PLOPalestine Liberation Organization
3005PLOKTAPress Lots Of Keys To Abort
3006PLPPlatonic Life Partner
3007PLUTOPipe Line Under The Ocean
3008PLWPalau (ISO 3166 trigram)
3009pmpicometre
3010PMCPrimary Motor Cortex
3011PMIPositive Material Identification
3012PMIDPubMed Identifier
3013PMMAPolyMethylMethAcrylate
3014PMSPremenstrual Syndrome
3015PMSLPiss Myself Laughing (Internet shorthand)
3016PMTPremenstrual Tension (UK) (see Premenstrual Syndrome)
3017pNpiconewton
3018PNACProject for the New American Century
3019PNVSPilot Night Vision Sensor
3020PoPolonium
3021POPost Office
3022POPurchase Order
3023POCDPost-Operative Cognitive Dysfunction
3024podPlain Old Documentation
3025POFFPlain Old Flat File
3026POGOProject On Government Oversight
3027POIProgram Of Instruction
3028POKPlane Of Knowledge
3029POLADPolitical Advice
3030POMDPPartially observable Markov decision process
3031PooSPoo Sniffer (Internet shorthand)
3032POS- Point Of Sale terminal (retail industry transaction computers)Piece Of S**t
3033POSHPort Outbound Starboard Home (alleged)
3034POSSLQPerson of the Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters
3035POTPlane Of Tranquility
3036POTSPlain Old Telephone Service (cf. PANS),Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
3037POTUSPresident of the United States
3038POVPoint of view
3039POWPrisoner of war
3040PPASC(U.S.) Plans and Program Analysis Support Center
3041PPCLIPrincess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (regiment)
3042PPLIPrecise Participant Location & Identification
3043PPMProject Planning and Management
3044PPOPolyPhenylene Oxide
3045PPQNPulses Per Quarter Note (ditto)
3046PPQTPre-Production Qualification Test
3047PPVPay-per-view
3048PrPastor, Priest
3049PRPublic Relations
3050PrbPresbyter
3051PRBOPoint Reyes Bird Observatory
3052PRCPeople's Republic of China
3053PRDCERDEC Product Realization Directorate
3054PRFGPartial Fog (METAR Code)
3055PRIPuerto Rico (ISO 3166 trigram)
3056PRKDemocratic People's Republic of Korea (ISO 3166 trigram)
3057PRMPersonnel iness Management
3058PRYParaguay (ISO 3166 trigram)
3059Pspetasecond
3060pSpicosiemens
3061PSGPacific Seabird Group
3062PSIPortable Source Initiative
3063PSIPounds per square inch
3064PSSPersonnel System Support
3065PSTPacific Standard Time (UTC-8 hours)
3066PSUPennsylvania State University
3067PsyOpPsychological Operations
3068pTpicotesla
3069PtPlatinum
3070PTAParent-Teacher Association
3071PTALPublic Transport Accessibility Level
3072PTESPeople's Trust for Endangered Species
3073PTFEPolyTetraFluoroEthylene
3074PTIPardon the Interruption
3075PTSDPost-Traumatic Stress Disorder
3076PuPlutonium
3077PubPublication
3078PUGPET Users Group
3079PUNPull-Up Network
3080PUPPull-Up Point
3081PUSUnited States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
3082PVpetavolt
3083pVpicovolt
3084PvEPlayer versus Environment
3085PvPPlayer versus Player
3086PVRPersonal Video Recorder
3087PvZPlants vs. Zombies
3088PWPalau (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
3089pWpicowatt
3090PWAPirates With Attitude
3091PWBAPension and Welfare Benefits Administration
3092PWCPieceWise Constant (describing a mathematical function)
3093PwCPricewaterhouseCoopers (international accounting firm)
3094PWLPieceWise Linear (describing a mathematical function)
3095PWLCPieceWise Linear and Concave/Convex (describing a mathematical function)
3096PWRPressurized Water Reactor
3097PXPost eXchange
3098PYFFrench Polynesia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3099PYMWYMIPut Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
3100Q1First quarter of the year
3101Q2Second quarter of the year
3102Q3Third quarter of the year
3103Q4Fourth quarter of the year
3104QAQatar (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
3105QantasQueensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services
3106QATQatar (ISO 3166 trigram)
3107QBQuarterback (football)
3108QCDQuantum ChromoDynamics
3109QDquaque die (Latin for 'daily')
3110QDRQuadrennial Defense Review
3111QEHQueen Elizabeth's Hospital
3112QKAir Canada Jazz (IATA airline designator)
3113QNHRegional mean sea level atmospheric pressure (aeronautical Q code)
3114QPSQuark Publishing System
3115QSquantum sufficit (Latin, 'as much as suffices')
3116QSCATQuick Scatterometer satellite
3117QSLQuébec Sign Language
3118QSOQuasi-Stellar Object
3119Quango(British Commonwealth) QUasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation
3120QuasarQuasi-stellar radio source
3121QUBQueen's University Belfast
3122QUIETQ and U Imaging ExperimenT (Q and U are the Stokes parameters of the CMBR polarization)
3123qvquod vide (Latin, 'which see')
3124QZAwair (IATA airline designator)
3125R2IResistance to Interrogation
3126RARadio Australia
3127RaRadium
3128RAAFRoyal Australian Air Force
3129RabobankRaiffeisen-Boerenleenbank (from the two banks that merged to form the modern company)
3130RACKRisk Aware Consensual Kink (SM phrase)
3131RaconRAdar beaCON
3132RADARoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
3133RadarRadio Detection And Ranging
3134RadBRad51/Dmc1 homologous protein
3135RADbRouting Assets Data Base
3136RADCRegion Air Defence Commander
3137RAEUK Royal Aircraft Establishment (-1991)
3138RAGBRAIRegister's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa
3139RAMRoyal Air Maroc
3140RamarkRAdar MARKer
3141RAOCRear Area Operation Centre
3142RARDEUK Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment (1962-1991)
3143RARERapid Acquisition with Relaxation Enhancement (MRI technique)
3144RATELORadiotelephone Operator
3145RbRubidium
3146RBRunning Back (football)
3147RBIRuns Batted In
3148RCsee entry
3149RCAFRoyal Canadian Air Force
3150RCCRescue Co-ordination Centre
3151RCCORoyal Canadian College of Organists
3152RCHARoyal Canadian Horse Artillery (regiment)
3153RCMPRoyal Canadian Mounted Police
3154RDRadio Disney
3155RDDRadiological Dispersion Device
3156RDMRemotely Delivered/Deliverable Mine
3157RDTRemote Digital Terminal
3158RDVRemote Detection Vehicle
3159ReRhenium
3160RERoyal Engineers
3161REACTRemote Electronically Activated Control Technology
3162REAMRetired Educators Association of Minnesota
3163RECCEReconnaissance
3164REEFReef Environmental Education Foundation
3165REMRapid Eye Movement (sleep phase),Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
3166REMERoyal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
3167RERCRehabilitation Engineering Research Center
3168RESNARehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America
3169REURéunion (ISO 3166 trigram)
3170RfRutherfordium
3171RFDRequest for Documentation
3172RFERequest for Evaluation
3173RFEFReal Federación Española de Fútbol (Spanish for Royal Spanish Football Federation)
3174RFFRight of First Refusal (legal term)
3175RFIDRadio Frequency IDentification
3176RFLRugby Football League
3177RFPRequest for Proposal
3178RFQRequest for Quotation
3179RFTRequest for Tender
3180RFURugby Football Union
3181RGRepublican Guard
3182RgRoentgenium
3183RGBRed Green Blue (colour model)
3184RGBIRed Green Blue Intensity (ditto)
3185RhRhodium
3186RHSouthern Rhodesia (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1980)
3187RHICRelativistic Heavy Ion Collider
3188RHLIRoyal Hamilton Light Infantry (Canadian militia regiment)
3189RHOSouthern Rhodesia (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1980)
3190RHUReplacement Holding Unit
3191RIRhode Island (postal symbol)
3192RIAARecording Industry Association of America
3193RIBARoyal Institute of British Architects
3194RIFARed imported fire ant
3195RILARetail Industry Leaders Association
3196RIMVSRetinal Imaging Machine Vision System
3197RINORepublican In Name Only[1]
3198RIPRelief In Place,requiesca[n]t in pace (Latin for 'may he/she/they rest in peace')
3199RISCReduced Instruction Set Computer
3200RJDReduced Julian Day
3201RKBARight to Keep and Bear Arms (Second Amendment to the United States Constitution)
3202RKORadio-Keith-Orpheum Pictures
3203RLPRecognised [Operating/Operational] Land Picture
3204RLSRestless Leg Syndrome
3205RLYRally Point
3206RMsee separate disambiguation page
3207RMCRobert Menzies College
3208RMDARecords Management and Declassification Agency
3209RMPRecognised [Operating/Operational] Maritime Picture
3210RNRadio Netherlands
3211RnRadon
3212RNARiboNucleic Acid
3213RNADRoyal Naval Armaments Depot (UK)
3214RNPSRadio Network Planning System
3215RNZRadio New Zealand
3216RNZIRadio New Zealand International
3217ROARate Of Ascent
3218ROERules Of Engagement
3219ROFLOLRolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud
3220ROHRing of Honor
3221ROKRepublic of Korea
3222ROPRender Output Pipeline
3223ROPEResearch Opportunity and Performance Evidence
3224ROSReactive Oxygen Species
3225ROURomania (ISO 3166 trigram)
3226ROVRemotely Operated Vehicle
3227ROZRestricted Operations Zone
3228RPARegional Plan Association
3229RPDRecognition-Primed Decision-making
3230RPFRwandan Patriotic Front
3231RPLReverse Polish Lisp
3232rpmrevolutions per minute
3233RPNreverse Polish notation
3234rpsrevolutions per second
3235RPVRemotely Piloted Vehicle
3236RQPuerto Rico (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
3237RRBRailroad Retirement Board
3238RRNRecurrence Rate Number
3239RRPRecurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis
3240RRSRacing Rules of Sailing
3241RRSPRegistered Retirement Savings Plan (Canada; roughly equivalent to the IRA in the U.S.)
3242RSRussia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3243RSIRepetitive Strain Injury
3244RSJRolled Steel Joist (construction)
3245RSNReal Soon Now (coined by author Jerry Pournelle)
3246RSPB(UK) Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
3247RSPCARoyal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
3248RSRRequired Supply Rate
3249RSREUK Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (1976-1991)
3250RSRIRed Sands Research Institute
3251RSSReally Simple Syndication
3252RTARoad traffic accident (British)
3253RTBFRadio-Télévision belge de la Communauté française
3254RTFRich Text Format
3255RTFMthe Fucking/Fine Manual
3256RTGRadio-isotope Thermoelectric Generator also used for Rubber Tyred Gantry crane
3257RTIRun-Time Infrastructure (Simulation)
3258RTLsee entry
3259RTPReal-time Transport Protocol
3260RTSsee entry
3261RTTRound Trip Timing
3262RURussia (ISO 3166 digram)
3263RuRuthenium
3264RUCRoyal Ulster Constabulary
3265RUSRussia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3266RUSIRoyal United Services Institute for Defence Studies
3267RWRwanda (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3268RWARwanda (ISO 3166 trigram)
3269RWHRain Water Harvesting
3270RWRRadar Warning Receiver
3271RWSRemote Weapon Station
3272RxMedical prescription (possibly from Latin 'recipere','to take': see entry)
3273RXReceive
3274SBNOStanding but not operating (in reference to amusement parks)
3275SCOTUSSupreme Court of the United States
3276SCROTUSSo-called Ruler of the United States
3277SDHCSecure Digital High Capacity
3278SDXCSecure Digital eXtended Capacity
3279SGSenegal (FIPS 10-4 country code), Singapore (ISO 3166 digram), Snow Grains (METAR Code), Study Group
3280SGOTUSSecond Gentleman of the United States
3281SHOShowtime (see also sho.com)
3282SIRIService Interface for Real Time Information
3283SiriSpeech Interpretation and Recognition Interface (Apple iOS software)
3284SLOTUSSecond Lady of the United States (the vice president's wife)
3285SoConSouthern Conference (U.S. college sports)
3286SSCSafe,Sane,Consensual (SM phrase),Secondary Somatosensory Cortex,Smaller-Scale Contingency,U.S. Army Soldiers System Center (Natick,Massachusetts),Superconducting Super Collider,SSCCATAGAPP — Singles,Seniors,Childless Couples,And Teens And Gays Against Parasitic Parents (fictional organization from The Simpsons)
3287SSDSouth Sudan (ISO 3166 trigram)
3288SSDCU.S. Space and Strategic Defense Command
3289STBSurface Transportation Board[2]
3290SWACSouthwestern Athletic Conference
3291SWANSystem for Wearable Audio Navigation
3292SWATSpecial Weapons And Tactics
3293SWFSingle White Female
3294TaTantalum
3295TAACOMU.S. Theater Army Area Command
3296TAADCOORDTheatre Army Air Defence Co-ordinator
3297TAARTrace Amine-Associated Receptor
3298TACU.S. Tactical Air Command (1946-1992)
3299TACANTactical Air Navigation
3300TACCOTactical Coordinator
3301TACCSFU.S. Theater Aerospace Command & Control Simulation Facility
3302TACDARTactical Detection And Reporting
3303TACSOPTactical SOP (Standing Operating Procedure)
3304TADILTactical Digital Information Link
3305TAITarget[ed] Area of Interest
3306TAJTom and Jerry
3307TAJTTom and Jerry Tales
3308TALESTechnical Advice and Lexicon for Enabling Simulation
3309TANJThere Ain't No Justice (used as expletive in the Ringworld novels)
3310TANPTerrain-Aware Network Planner
3311TANSTAAFLThere Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (coined by author Robert A. Heinlein in his The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
3312TAPPSTexas Association of Private and Parochial Schools
3313TARDISTime And Relative Dimension In Space (from Doctor Who)
3314TASTasmania (postal symbol)
3315TASERThomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle
3316TASMTactical Air-to-Surface Missile
3317TATTourism Authority of Thailand
3318TATPTriAcetone TriPeroxide
3319TATTTired All The Time (medical diagnosis in-joke)
3320TbTerbium
3321TBTuberculosis
3322TBAto be announced
3323TBBPATetraBromoBisPhenol-A
3324TBDto be done, or: to be documented, or: to be determined, or: to be decided
3325TBFto be fair
3326TBHTo Be Honest
3327TBLTurkish Basketball League
3328TBSTurner Broadcasting System
3329TBTTributyltin
3330TcTechnetium
3331TCAATop Counter-Assault Agents
3332TCASTraffic Collision Avoidance System
3333TCCCSTactical Command,Control and Communication System
3334TCDChad (ISO 3166 trigram)
3335TCHDTruck Cargo Heavy Duty
3336TCLTool Command Language
3337TCMTurner Classic Movies
3338TCUTexas Christian University
3339TCWTasty Coma Wife
3340TCWMSTele-Center Workforce Management System
3341TDAThe Disney Afternoon
3342TDLTactical Data Link
3343TDMTime-Division Multiplexing
3344TDMATime Division Multiple Access
3345TDPTechnology Demonstration Programme
3346TDRSTracking Data and Relay Satellite
3347TeTellurium
3348TEALTasman Empire Airways Limited
3349TeamTogether everyone achieves more
3350TEAMSThe East African Marine System (fiber optic cable)
3351TEDTechnology Entertainment Design prize
3352TENCAPTactical Exploitation of National Capabilities
3353TERSTactical Event Reporting System
3354TESTactical Event System
3355TESTThesaurus of Engineering and Scientific Terms
3356TEUTwenty-foot equivalent unit (cargo capacity)
3357TeVeSTensor Vector Scalar theory
3358TFMPPTrifluorophenylmethylpiperazine
3359TFRTotal Fertility Rate
3360TFTThin-Film Transistor
3361TgTeragram
3362TGTogo (ISO 3166 digram)
3363TGOTogo (ISO 3166 trigram)
3364ThThorium
3365THAThailand (ISO 3166 trigram)
3366THAADTerminal High Altitude Area Defence
3367THEGENTRYThe High-End Group of Earth's New Technologies Research Yield
3368THELTactical High Energy Laser ACTD
3369THGTetrahydrogestrinone
3370TIATotal Information Awareness initiative
3371TIATransient Ischemic Attack
3372TIALDThermal Imaging and Airborne Laser Designation
3373TIBSTactical Information Broadcast System
3374TICTroops In Contact
3375TIGERSTopologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing System
3376TINCThere Is No Cabal
3377TIPThermal Identification Panel
3378titsToes in the Sand
3379TJDTruncated Julian Day
3380TJKTajikistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
3381TKLTokelau (ISO 3166 trigram)
3382TKMTurkmenistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
3383TlThallium
3384TLAThree-Letter Abbreviation/Acronym
3385TLAMTomahawk Land Attack Missile
3386TLATOJLThe Life and Times of Juniper Lee
3387TLPMT1 Line Performance Monitor
3388TmTerametre
3389TMAPTexas Medication Algorithm Project
3390TMCThe Movie Channel
3391TMDTheatre Missile Defence
3392TMDKThe Mighty Don't Kneel (Australian professional wrestling stable also active in Japan)
3393TMIToo Much Information
3394TMJTemporoMandibular Joint (syndrome)
3395TMNTTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
3396TMPGTransparent Multi-Platform Gateway
3397TMRTwin Main Rotors (helicopter type)
3398TMSTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation
3399TMTThirty Meter Telescope
3400TMTOWTDIThere's Than One Way To Do It (from Perl)
3401TNATotal Nonstop Action Wrestling
3402TNOTrans-Neptunian Object
3403TOBSTime of OBServation
3404TOCTable Of Contents, Tactical Operations Centre, Temporo-Occipital transition Cortex, Top of Concrete
3405TOGTogo (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
3406TOGSThermal Observation Gunnery Sight
3407TOMSTotal Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite instrument)
3408TONTonga (ISO 3166 trigram)
3409TOSTape 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
3410TOTTime On Target
3411TOWTube-launched,Optically tracked,Wire-guided (anti-tank missile)
3412TPEast Timor (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 2002),São Tomé and Príncipe (FIPS 10-4 country code),Training Practice,Trident Ploughshares
3413TPEChinese Taipei (IOC and FIFA trigram for the country also known as Taiwan)
3414TPIThe point is
3415TPOThrombopoietin
3416TPSThe Pennington School
3417TPTBThe Powers That Be (often used to refer to the people responsible for the content of TV series or movies)
3418TQTop Qualifier (similar to Pole Position in car racing)
3419TRATechnology iness Assessment
3420TRAC(U.S. Army) TRADOC Analysis Center
3421TRACONTerminal Radar Approach Control
3422TRADOC(U.S. Army) Training and Doctrine Command
3423TRANSCOMU.S. Transportation Command
3424TRAPTactical Receive equipment and related Applications
3425TRASANATRADOC Systems Analysis Agency
3426TRDTowed Radar Decoy
3427TRIGATThird Generation Antitank (missile)
3428TRLTechnology readiness level
3429TrpTroop
3430TRUTransuranic
3431TRUEXTraining in Urban Environment Exercise
3432TRWThompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc.
3433TsTerasecond
3434TSTerasiemens,Thunderstorm (METAR code),Tunisia (FIPS 10-4 country code),TinySex,Transsexual, Tough Sh*t
3435TSATheatre Storage Area,Time Slot Allocation,Transportation Security Administration,The Salvation Army
3436TSECTransmission Security Encryption Code
3437TSLTransportation Security Laboratory
3438TSNThe Sporting News (historic name of the periodical now known as Sporting News),The Sports Network
3439TSOThe Stationery Office (was HMSO until 1996),(U.S.) TRICARE Support Office,Trans-Siberian Orchestra (band)
3440TSOPTactical Standing Operation Procedure,The Sound of Philadelphia (classic 1970s R&B instrumental)
3441TSRTerminate and Stay Resident
3442TSSIAThe Subject Says It All
3443TTTeratesla,Terrestrial Time,Tourist Trophy (Motorcycle sport),Trinidad and Tobago (ISO 3166 digram)
3444TTCTTorrance Tests of Creative Thinking
3445TTFNTa Ta For Now
3446TTLTax,Title,License,Through-the-lens (photography),Time 'till live,Time to live,Transistor-transistor logic
3447TTOTrinidad and Tobago (ISO 3166 trigram)
3448TTPTactics,Techniques,and Procedures,Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura,Trailer Transfer Point
3449TTTEAFThomas the Tank Engine and Friends
3450TTYTeleTYpewriter (Printer)
3451TTYLTo You Later (Internet slang)
3452TTZTetrazolium
3453TUTechnische Universität (German for 'Technical University'),Thammasat University (Thailand),Turkey (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3454TUCTrades Union Congress
3455TUGTeX Users Group
3456TUIText-based user interface (cf. CLI),among other uses
3457TUMTechnische Universität München (Germany)
3458TUNTunisia (ISO 3166 trigram)
3459TUNSTechnical University of Nova Scotia
3460TURTurkey (ISO 3166 trigram)
3461TUSKTank Urban Survival Kit
3462TUVTuvalu (ISO 3166 trigram)
3463TVTelevision,Teravolt,Transvestite,Tuvalu (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3464TvTime value,a designation seen on some camera dials for shutter priority mode
3465TVATennessee Valley Authority
3466TVGTelevision Games (Network),Tick,Very Good,Often used by School Teachers when marking homework etc. (Tick VG)[1][2]
3467TVRTreVor (Wilkinson) Racing
3468TVSTornado vortex signature
3469TWRepublic of China (Taiwan) (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram),Terawatt
3470TWAINTechnology Without An Interesting Name
3471TWETrans World Entertainment
3472TWIThe Welding Institute
3473TWIPTake 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
3474TWNRepublic of China (Taiwan) (ISO 3166 trigram)
3475TWPTechnical Working Paper
3476TWSThermal Weapon Sight,Track While Scan
3477TXTexas (postal symbol),Transmit,Turkmenistan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3478TXVThermostatic Expansion Valve
3479TYTTake Your Time,Internet chat abbreviation
3480TZTanzania (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3481TZATanzania (ISO 3166 trigram)
3482TZCTetrazolium chloride
3483UUranium
3484UAUnit of Action
3485UAAPUniversity Athletic Association of the Philippines
3486UABUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
3487UAPUnidentified Areal Phenomana
3488UAVUnmanned Aerial Vehicle,Unprotected Anal and Vaginal sex,UB[edit]
3489UBCUnited Baptist Church,University of British Columbia
3490UBIUniversal Basic Income
3491UBIGEOUbicación Geografica (Spanish for Geographical Location)
3492UBSUnbundled Bitstream Services,United Bank of Switzerland,United Banque Suisse
3493UCBSAUnited Cricket Board of South Africa
3494UCFUniversity of Central Florida
3495UCLAUniversity of California at Los Angeles
3496UCLESUniversity of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate
3497UCRUniversity of California at Riverside
3498UCRUniversity of Costa Rica
3499UCSUnion of Concerned Scientists
3500UCSBUniversity of California at Santa Barbara
3501UCSDUniversity of California at San Diego
3502UDASUppsala-DLR Asteroid Survey
3503UDDIUniversal Description,Discovery and Integration
3504UDTSUppsala-DLR Trojan Survey
3505UEUnit of Employment
3506UEFAUnion of European Football Associations
3507UESACUppsala-ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets
3508UFCUltimate Fighting Championship
3509UFOUnidentified Flying Object, or: United Farmers of Ontario
3510UGVUnmanned Ground Vehicle
3511UHFUltra High Frequency
3512UHMWUltra-High Molecular Weight
3513UHRBUltra-High Resolution Building (simulation)
3514UICUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
3515UIDUser ID
3516UIUCUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3517UJTLUniversal Joint Task List
3518UKIPUnited Kingdom Independence Party
3519UKRUkraine (ISO 3166 trigram)
3520ULUnderwriters Laboratories
3521ULFUltra Low Frequency
3522UMU.S. Minor Outlying Islands (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
3523UMCPUnit Maintenance Collection Point
3524UMESUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore
3525UMIU.S. Minor Outlying Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
3526UMISTUniversity of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
3527UMTSUniversal Mobile Telecommunications System
3528UNUnited Nations
3529UNABOMUniversity and airline bomber (FBI case name)
3530UNAIDS(i/a) Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
3531UNAMSILUnited Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
3532UNCFUnited Negro College Fund
3533UNCLOSUnited Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
3534UNCSGNUnited Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names
3535UNCTADUnited Nations Conference on Trade and Development
3536UNDCPUnited Nations Drug Control Programme
3537UNDE(i/a) Union of National Defence Employees (Canada)
3538UNDPUnited Nations Development Programme
3539UNEPUnited Nations Environment Programme
3540UNFCCCUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
3541UNFICYPUnited Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
3542UNGEGNUnited Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
3543UNHCRUnited Nations High Commission (er) for Refugees
3544UNICEFUnited Nations Children's Fund (originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund)
3545UNICRIUnited Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
3546UNIDOUnited Nations Industrial Development Organization
3547UNIFEMUnited Nations Development Fund for Women (from the French Fonds de développement des Nations unies pour la femme)
3548UNMIKUnited Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
3549UNOSOMUnited Nations Operations in Somalia
3550UNPROFORUnited Nations Protection Force (in former Yugoslavia)
3551UNRISDUnited Nations Research Institute for Social Development
3552UNSMUnion of Nova Scotian Municipalities
3553UNTACUnited Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
3554UNTAET(i/a) United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
3555UNUUnited Nations University
3556UPdMUniversità Popolare della Multimedialità
3557UPIUnited Press International
3558UPNUnited Paramount Network
3559UPUUniversal Postal Union
3560URBSFAUnion royale belge des sociétés de football association (French for Royal Belgian Football Association)
3561URDUser Requirements Document
3562URYUruguay (ISO 3166 trigram)
3563USUnited States (also ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3564USAUnited States of America (also ISO 3166 trigram), United States Army
3565USAADACU.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center,Fort Bliss,Texas
3566USAARMCU.S. Army ARMor Center,Fort Knox,Kentucky
3567USAAVNCU.S. Army AViatioN Center,Fort Rucker,Alabama
3568USAFUnited States Air Force
3569USAFSPCU.S. Air Force Space Command
3570USAICU.S. Army Infantry Center,U.S. Army Intelligence Center
3571USAIDUnited States Agency for International Development
3572USAPUnion Sportive des Arlequins Perpignanais,United States Antarctic Program
3573USAPATRIOTUniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
3574USAREURUnited States Army Europe
3575USBUniversal Serial Bus
3576USCUnited States Code,University of South Carolina,University of Southern California
3577USCGUnited States Coast Guard
3578USCINCSPACEUnited States Commander in Chief,Space Command
3579USDAUnited States Department of Agriculture
3580USDIUnited States Department of the Interior
3581USDOEUnited States Department of Energy
3582USDRE(U.S.) Under-Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (1978-1986)
3583USECUnited States Enrichment Corporation
3584USFLUnited States Football League
3585USFWSUnited States Fish and Wildlife Service
3586USGSUnited States Geological Survey
3587USIAUnited States Information Agency
3588USJFCOMUnited States Joint Forces Command
3589USLUnited Soccer League,a third-level U.S. league. Not to be confused with an earlier league of the same name.,United Soccer Leagues,the organization that operates the above league,plus several other lower-level leagues,University of Southwestern Louisiana,a former name for the school now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette
3590USMCUnited States Marine Corps
3591USMNTUnited States men's national (soccer) team
3592USNUnited States Navy
3593USNAUnited States National Arboretum,United States Naval Academy
3594USNBUnited States Naval Base
3595USNGUnited States National Grid
3596USNHUnited States Naval Hospital
3597USNIUnited States Naval Institute
3598USNOU.S. Naval Observatory
3599USNOFSUnited States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station
3600USNPUnited States Newspaper Program
3601USNRUnited States Navy Reserve
3602USNSUnited States Naval Ship
3603USNYUniversity of the State of New York (usually pronounced 'use-knee')
3604USNZUniversity Sport New Zealand
3605USPSUnited States Postal Service
3606USPTOUnited States Patent and Trademark Office
3607USRUser
3608USSUnited States ship (sometimes meaningless; see Star Trek)
3609USSPACECOMUnited States Space Command
3610USSRUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics
3611USTUnderground Storage Tank
3612USTRANSCOMUnited States Transportation Command
3613USWNTUnited States women's national (soccer) team
3614UTUniversal Time
3615UTEPUniversity of Texas at El Paso (pronounced you-tep)
3616UTMUniversal Transverse Mercator (geographical co-ordinate system)
3617UUAUnitarian Universalist Association
3618UUIDUniversally Unique Identifier (see also GUID)
3619UUVUnmanned Underwater Vehicle
3620UWUniversity of Washington
3621UWOUniversity of Western Ontario
3622UWTUnder Water Telephone
3623UWTGUnder Water Tug
3624UWWUnited World Wrestling
3625UXOUnexploded Ordnance
3626UYUruguay (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3627UZUzbekistan (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
3628UZBUzbekistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
3629VACISVehicle And Container Inspection System
3630VACISVictorian Ambulance Clinical Information System
3631VANOSVariable Nockenwelle System
3632VAOVienna Art Orchestra
3633VATVatican City-State (ISO 3166 trigram)
3634VBAVisual Basic for Applications
3635vCJDVariant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
3636VCNO(U.S.) Vice Chief of Naval Operations
3637VCofSVice Chief of Staff
3638VCRVideo cassette recorder
3639VCTSaint Vincent and the Grenadines (ISO 3166 trigram)
3640VDFSVisualSVN Distributed File System (VDFS)
3641VEVenezuela (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
3642VEEGAVenus Earth Earth Gravity Assist manœuvre
3643VENVenezuela (ISO 3166 trigram)
3644VERITASVery Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System
3645VfDs for deletion (used in Wikipedia)
3646VFMValue For Money
3647VFMOVery Fast Moving Object (astronomy)
3648VFTVirtual Function Table
3649VFWVeterans of Foreign Wars
3650VGBritish Virgin Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
3651VGBBritish Virgin Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
3652VH1Video Hits One
3653VHFVery High Frequency
3654VIAVersatile Interface Adapter
3655VIDSVisual Information Display System
3656VII7 (in Roman numerals)
3657VIII8 (in Roman numerals)
3658VIN(i/a) Vehicle Identification Number (ISO 3779)
3659VIPVery Important Person
3660VISCIIVIetnamese Standard Code for Information Interchange
3661VITVellore Institute of Technology
3662VIVOVideo In Video Out
3663VJVideo Jockey
3664VLADVertical Line Array DIFAR
3665VLBAVery Long Baseline Array
3666VLFVery Low Frequency
3667VLIWVery Long Instruction Word
3668VLPFCVentroLateral PreFrontal Cortex
3669VLPMCVentroLateral PreMotor Cortex
3670VLSIVery-large-scale integration
3671VMVietnam (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3672VMFMarine Fighting Squadron of the United States Marine Corps
3673VMFVariable Message Format
3674VMNVentroMedial Nucleus (neurophysiology)
3675VNVietnam (ISO 3166 digram)
3676VNIRVisible and Near InfraRed
3677VNMVietnam (ISO 3166 trigram)
3678VNSsee entry
3679VOAVoice of America
3680VOIPVoice Over Internet Protocol
3681VOLTVisual OpenType Layout Tool
3682VONVictorian Order of Nurses
3683VORVoice of Russia
3684VOXVoice Operated oscillator
3685VPOTUSVice President of the United States
3686VPNVirtual Private Network
3687VRVirtual Reality
3688VRSGVirtual Reality Scene Generator
3689VSHORADVery Short Range Air Defence
3690VSOVoluntary Services Overseas
3691VSRVery Special Relativity
3692VTCVideo Tele-Conference
3693VTECVariable valve Timing and Electronic lift Control
3694VUBVrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgian university)
3695VUTVanuatu (ISO 3166 trigram)
3696VVAFVietnam Veterans of America Foundation
3697VWVolkswagen
3698VZVerizon Communications (NYSE code)
3699W3CWorld Wide Web Consortium
3700WAACWomen's Army Auxiliary Corps (Britain) (World War I UK)
3701WAAFWomen's Auxiliary Air Force (World War II UK)
3702WACCWeighted Average Cost of Capital (accounting)
3703WACSWhat-A-Cartoon! Show
3704WADWeapons Alert Designator
3705WAGGGSWorld Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
3706WALsee entry
3707WANWide area network
3708WAPWireless Application Protocol
3709WAPIMAWhat a pain in my ass
3710WARWith All Respect
3711WAsPShort form of WAAAAP (Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program)
3712WAYPWhite And Yellow Pages
3713WbWeber
3714WBCWorld Boxing Council
3715WBEWork Breakdown Element
3716WBOWorld Boxing Organization
3717WCBOWorld Chess Boxing Organisation
3718WCBPWorld Center for Birds of Prey
3719WCLWorld Confederation of Labour
3720WCWWorld Championship Wrestling
3721WDINWildlife Disease Information Node
3722WDWRWalt Disney World Resort
3723WEBSWeapon Effectiveness Battle Simulation
3724WECWorld Extreme Cagefighting
3725WEEEWaste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
3726WEFWorld Economic Forum
3727WEMWest Edmonton Mall
3728WEUWestern European Union
3729WEZWeapon Engagement Zone
3730WFWallis and Futuna Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
3731WFCWomen's Forage Corps (World War II UK)
3732WFDWeapon of Focused Destruction
3733WFFWallops Flight Facility
3734WFIWater for Injection
3735WFHWorking from home
3736WFPWorld Food Program
3737WFZWeapons Free Zone
3738WHWehrmacht Heer (German World War II army vehicle licence plate code)
3739WHAMWisconsin Hydrogen-Alpha Mapping (telescope)
3740WHIWomen's Health Initiative
3741WHIPWalks plus hits per inning pitched
3742WHOWorld Health Organisation
3743WHS(U.S.) Washington Headquarters Services
3744WIIFMWhat's in it for me?
3745WIPWork In Progress
3746WIPOWorld Intellectual Property Organization
3747WIPP[Nuclear] Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
3748WIYNWisconsin Indiana Yale NOAO telescope consortium
3749WKYPWill Keep You Posted
3750WLWehrmacht Luftwaffe (German World War II air force vehicle licence plate code)
3751WLBWomen's Land Brigade (World War II Canada)
3752WLFWallis and Futuna Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
3753WLOGWithout Loss Of Generality (see WOLOG)
3754WMWehrmacht Marine (German World War II navy vehicle licence plate code)
3755WMANUSWest Midlands Area National Union of Students
3756WMDWorld Movement for Democracy
3757WMIWildlife Management Institute
3758WMOWorld Meteorological Organization
3759WNAWorld Nuclear Association
3760WNFWill Not Fix
3761WNITWomen's National Invitation Tournament
3762WNWWest North-West
3763WOWarrant Officer
3764WOFWidth of Fabric
3765WOFTWaste Of Fucking Time
3766WOFTAMWaste Of Fucking Time And Money
3767WOIWheels Of Italy
3768WOMWrite Only Memory
3769WOSWilson Ornithological Society
3770WOTWaste Of Time
3771WPWhite Phosphorus (ammunition)
3772WPBWar Production Board during World War II
3773WPEWorld Pork Expo
3774WPKWider Peacekeeping
3775WRWide Receiver (football)
3776WRACWomen's Royal Army Corps (World War II UK)
3777WRAIRWalter Reed Army Institute of Research
3778WRBWWRMWe Best What We Most
3779WRCWorld Rally Championship
3780WRCWorld Religions Conference
3781WRNGWarning
3782WRSWorldwide Reference System
3783WRTNHS Workforce Review Team
3784WRTThe Linksys routers whose model name start with 'WRT'
3785WRTThird party firmware for the Linksys WRT routers and compatible models from other vendors.
3786WRTWeb Runtime (WRT) is a portable application framework developed by Nokia that allows the creation of widgets on the S60 Platform.
3787WRTWireless Receiver/Transmitter ( computer networks/IT )
3788WRTWireless Ronin Technologies (digital signage)
3789WRTWorld Rally Team
3790WRTWriter Response Theory
3791WSCWeapon System Catalogue
3792WSDLWeb Services Description Language
3793WSJ(The) Wall Street Journal
3794WSROCWestern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils
3795WSSMWinchester Super Short Magnum (family of rifle cartridges)
3796WSTCWomen Signallers Territorial Corps (World War II UK)
3797WSWWest South-West
3798WTCWorld Trade Center
3799WTFWhat the fuck?; also What a Terrible Failure (android)
3800WTFHWhat The Fucking Hell
3801WTHWhat the Hell
3802WTOWorld Trade Organization
3803WUBU2What you been up to
3804WVWest Virginia (postal symbol)
3805WVAWorld Veterinary Association
3806WVIACWest Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
3807WVRWomen's Volunteer Reserve (World War II UK)
3808WVSCWomen's Volunteer Service Corps (World War II Canada)
3809WVUWest Virginia University
3810WWsee entry
3811WWEWorld Wrestling Entertainment
3812WWIWorld War I
3813WWIIWorld War II
3814WWIIIWorld War III
3815WWJDWhat would Jesus do?
3816WWSWheaton Warrenville South High School
3817WWWFWorld Wide Wrestling Federation
3818WXOWeather [Executive] Officer
3819WYWyoming (postal symbol)
3820WZSwaziland (FIPS 10-4 country code)
3821XBMLeXtended Business Modelling Language
3822XCNinety (in Roman numerals)
3823XCBLXML Common Business Library
3824XDUsed in chatrooms or email for smiley face. X is the eyes; squinted D is the mouth; XD.
3825XeXenon
3826XFAXML Forms Architecture
3827XFCXtreme Fighting Championships
3828XFDFighter aircraft made by Douglas
3829XfeX File Explorer
3830XFFX-Forwarded-For
3831XFGExfoliation glaucoma
3832XFRAutomobile made by Jaguar
3833XFTX FreeType interface library
3834XGAutomobile made by Hyundai
3835XGAExtended Graphics Array
3836XGPExtreme Game Player
3837XHTMLeXtensible Hypertext Markup Language
3838XIEleven (in Roman numerals)
3839XIITwelve (in Roman numerals)
3840XIIIThirteen (in Roman numerals)
3841XIVFourteen (in Roman numerals)
3842XIXNineteen (in Roman numerals)
3843XJSAutomobile made by Jaguar
3844XKBX keyboard extension
3845XKEAutomobile made by Jaguar
3846XKRAutomobile made by Jaguar
3847XMLeXtensible Markup Language
3848XMSFeXtensible Modelling and Simulation Framework
3849XNAX-No-Archive,Xeno Nucleic Acid
3850XNCX Northern Captain
3851XNUX is Not Unix
3852XPeXperience Point (role-playing games)
3853XQJXQuery API for Java™
3854XRAYX-Ray
3855XRMLeXtensible Rights Markup Language
3856XSXiaolin Showdown
3857XSLeXtensible Style Language
3858XTMHeXtreme Technology Multiprocessor Hyperlanguage
3859XULXML User Interface Language
3860XVFifteen (in Roman numerals)
3861XVISixteen (in Roman numerals)
3862XVIISeventeen (in Roman numerals)
3863XVIIIEighteen (in Roman numerals)
3864XWFXcitement Wrestling Federation
3865XXTwenty (in Roman numerals)
3866XylXylobium
3867XZNTriple square screw driver
3868yYocto-
3869Y2KYear Two Thousand
3870yAYoctoampere
3871YaYottayear
3872YaBPrYet another Brother Pat rant
3873YABSLAGYet another boy singing like a girl
3874YACYouth-Adult Committee
3875YAFLAYet Another Five Letter Abbreviation
3876YAPYoung Aspiring Professional
3877YBYoucef Benzouada (Southern Algerian name)
3878YbYtterbium
3879yCYoctocoulomb
3880YCYottacoulomb
3881YDSYosemite Decimal System (climbing)
3882YEYemen (ISO 3166 digram)
3883YEMYemen (ISO 3166 trigram)
3884yFYoctofarad
3885YFYottafarad
3886ygYoctogram
3887YgYottagram
3888YGCOYamaneko Group of Comet Observers
3889YgoYu-Gi-Oh!
3890yHYoctohenry
3891YHYottahenry
3892YHBTYou Have Been Trolled
3893YHIIYou Have It Inside
3894YHSYa Hoor sur!
3895YiYobi
3896YippieYouth International Party + suffix
3897yJYoctojoule
3898YJYottajoule
3899yKYoctokelvin
3900YKYottakelvin
3901YKYFCWYou know you're from Christchurch when (post-earthquake joke)
3902yLYoctolitre
3903YLYottalitre
3904ymYoctometre
3905YmYottametre
3906YMMDYou Make My Day
3907yNYoctonewton
3908YNYottanewton
3909YOLOYou Only Live Once
3910YPAYards per Pass Attempt (football statistic)
3911YPIOYour Problem Is Obvious
3912YPOYoung Presidents' Organization
3913ysYoctosecond
3914ySYoctosiemens
3915YsYottasecond
3916YSYottasiemens
3917YSIYoung Scots for Independence
3918yTYoctotesla
3919YTDYear-To-Date
3920YTMYield to Maturity
3921YTSYouth Training Scheme
3922YTTYoshi Topsy-Turvy
3923YuppieYoung Urban Professional + suffix
3924yVYoctovolt
3925YVYottavolt
3926yWYoctowatt
3927YWYottawatt
3928YYHYuYu Hakusho
3929zZepto
3930ZZetta
3931zAZeptoampere
3932ZAFSouth Africa (ISO 3166 trigram)
3933ZAMSZero age main sequence
3934ZASZylinder Abschaltung System
3935ZBTZero-Balance Transfer (accounting)
3936zCZeptocoulomb
3937ZCZettacoulomb
3938ZCM(n) ZENworks Configuration Management
3939ZCMKZone Control Master Key
3940ZCUZimbabwe Cricket Union
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