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1ABBRMEANING
20Dobvious deed
31AMAir Mechanic 1st Class
41DOne-Dimensional
52AMAir Mechanic 2nd Class
62DTwo-dimensional
72LATwo Letter Acronym
82Lt2nd Lieutenant
93AMAir Mechanic 3rd Class
103DThree-Dimensional
113GThird-generation mobile telephone system
123iInvestors In Industry (venture capitalists)
133MMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
144GFourth-generation mobile telephone system
154WDFour-wheel drive
165DFive-Dimensional
176DSix-Dimensional
187DSeven-Dimensional
198DEight-Dimensional
209DNine-Dimensional
21AAmpere
22A10Atlantic 10 Conference
23A1CAirman First Class
24A4European standard office paper size
25aAAttoampere
26AAAadministration,authorization,and authentication,American Automobile Association ('Triple-A'),anti-aircraft artillery,Amateur Athletic Association (of England),Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (Spanish,'Assistance,Consulting,and Administration'—Mexican professional wrestling promotion)
27AAASAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
28AAAVAdvanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle
29AADACAlberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
30AADDAdult attention deficit disorder
31AADTannual average daily traffic
32AAFESArmy and Air Force Exchange Service
33AAISadvanced airborne interceptor simulator
34AAMair-to-air missile
35AAMOFas a matter of fact
36AANAmerican Academy of Nursing
37AANEASAnglo-Australian Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
38AAODLAtmospheric Aerosols and Optics Data Library
39AAPCAccounting and Auditing Policy Committee
40AARPAmerican Association of Retired Persons (now officially known only by the initials)
41AASPEMadvanced air-to-air system performance evaluation model
42AATAustralian Antarctic Territory
43AAVAmphibious Assault Vehicle
44AAWCanti-air warfare commander
45ABAble Seaman (both the rank and the occupation),Alberta (postal symbol)
46ABBASEA Brown Boveri (Swiss-Swedish multinational company)
47ABBAAgnetha,Benny,Björn,Anni-Frid (Swedish pop group)
48ABCthe first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet
49ABCabstinence, be faithful, condoms
50ABCActive Body Control
51ABCairway, breathing, circulation
52ABCAlcoholic Beverage Commission
53ABCalien big cat
54ABCalways be careful
55ABCAmerican-born Chinese
56ABCanti-lock brake controller
57ABCatomic, biological, chemical
58ABCS(U.S.) Army Battle Command System
59ABETAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
60ABFISTAdvanced Bradley Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
61ABGIAddington-Barker Group International
62ABINAgência Brasileira de Inteligência (Brazilian Intelligence Agency)
63ABLAmerican Basketball League
64ABLEAirBorne Law Enforcement (police air support unit)
65ABMCAmerican Battle Monuments Commission
66ABNAustralian Business Number (a number issued by the Australian government as registration of a business and used for taxation purposes)
67ABPIAssociation of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
68ABRSMAssociated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
69ABSacrylonitrile butadiene styrene, or: anti-lock braking system
70ABSAAmalgamated Banks of South Africa
71ABSTRIPSabstraction-based STRIPS
72ABVAlcohol by volume
73ABWAruba (ISO 3166 trigram)
74AcActinium
75ACAdriamycin-Cyclophosphamide (chemotherapy),Air Conditioning,Aircraftman,Alternating Current,Altocumulus,ante Christum (Latin,'before Christ'; see BC),ante cibum (Latin,'before meals'),Antigua and Barbuda (FIPS 10-4 country code),Associazione Calcio (Italian,'football (soccer) club'),A/C,Air Conditioned/Conditioning,Aircraft
76aCAttocoulomb
77AC1Aircraftman 1st Class
78AC2Aircraftman 2nd Class
79ACAAffordable Care Act,shorthand for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,commonly called 'Obamacare',Airspace Control Authority,Airspace Co-ordination Area,A Current Affair
80ACARSAircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System
81ACBAsociación de Clubes de Baloncesto (Spanish for 'Association of Basketball Clubs')
82ACCACAwdurdod Cymwysterau,Cwricwlwm ac Asesu Cymru (Qualifications,Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales)
83ACCDAmerican Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
84ACCSAir Communications and Control Squadron
85ACDAArms Control & Disarmament Agency
86ACDCAlternating Current Direct Current,the name of an Australian rock music band,a term for a bisexual person,A/Cdre,Air Commodore
87ACDTApple Certified Desktop Technician,Australian Central Daylight Time
88ACESAerolíneas Centrales de Colombia (Spanish,'Central Colombian Airlines'),Auxiliary Campus Enterprises and Services of Alfred State College
89ACFAdministration for Children and Families,American Car and Foundry,American Culinary Federation
90ACHTAverage Call Hold Time
91ACINTAcoustic Intelligence
92ACKAcknowledge (telecommunications; cf. NAK)
93ACLAccess Control List,Anterior cruciate ligament; the initialism can also refer to an injury to this ligament.,Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
94ACLJAmerican Center for Law and Justice
95ACLOSAutomatic CLOS (missile control system)
96ACLSAmerican Council of Learned Societies
97ACLUAmerican Civil Liberties Union,American Communist Lawyers Union (pejorative slang for the above)
98ACMmany,including Association for Computing Machinery; see entry
99ACMC(U.S.) Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
100ACNAirborne Communications Node,Australian Company Number (number issued by the Australian government as registration of a limited liability company)
101ACNAAnglican Church in North America
102ACOAirspace Control Order
103ACOBAAdvisory Committee on Business Appointments
104ACOGAmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
105ACOM(U.S.) Atlantic Command
106ACORNAssociation of Community Organizations for Reform Now
107ACPAfrican,Caribbean and Pacific Group of States,Air Control Point
108ACRAdvanced Concepts and Requirements
109ACRIAfrican Crisis Initiative
110ACRTAdvanced Concepts Research Tool simulator
111ACSAffiliated Computer Services (NYSE ACS),Alaska Communications Service,American Cancer Society,American Chemical Society,Association of Caribbean States,Australian Computer Society
112ACSCArmy Command and Staff College (various nations)
113ACSTAmerican Cooperative School of Tunis
114ACSTAustralian Central Standard Time
115ACTAdaptive Control of Thought (cognitive model),American College Test (ing Program),Australian Capital Territory (also postal symbol),ACT UP,AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
116ACTDAdvanced Concept Technology Demonstration
117ACTF(U.S.) Army Constructive Training Federation,Australian Children's Television Foundation,ACT-R,ACT-Rational (cognitive model),ACT-R/PM,ACT-R/Perceptual-Motor (cognitive model)
118ACTUAustralian Council of Trade Unions
119ACUAmerican Conservative Union
120ACUFAdvisory Committee on Undersea Features,American Conservative Union Foundation
121ADAir Defence,Andorra (ISO 3166 digram),Anno Domini (Latin,'In the year of our Lord')
122ADAAir Defence Artillery,American Dental Association,Assistant District Attorney,Americans with Disabilities Act (see also the similar but non-acronymic Ada programming language)
123ADACAllgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (German for 'General German Automobile Club')
124ADAGEAir Defense Air to Ground Engagement (simulation)
125ADAPAIDS Drug Assistance Program
126ADASAsiago-DLR Asteroid Survey
127ADATAlesis Digital Audio Tape (recording format)
128ADATSAgricultural Development and Training Society,Air Defence Anti-Tank System,Australian Defence Air Traffic System
129ADBAsian Development Bank
130ADCAide De Camp,U.S. Air Defense Command (1946-1992),Apple Display Connector,Program Against Digital Counterfeiting of Currency
131ADDAnalog Digital Digital (CD quality),Attention-Deficit Disorder,Administration on Developmental Disabilities
132ADDIEAnalyze Design Develop Implement and Evaluate
133ADDNSAdvanced Deployable Day/Night Simulation
134ADGBAir Defence of Great Britain
135ADHDAttention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
136ADHSAttention-Deficit Hyperactivity Syndrome
137ADIAcceptable/Allowable Daily Intake
138ADIZAir Defence Identification Zone
139ADLAnti-Defamation League
140ADMAdministrative,,Admiral,and the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps,Archer Daniels Midland,Assistant Deputy Minister
141ADOAAir Defence Operations Area
142ADPAdenosine DiPhosphate,Army Doctrine Publication (UK,Canada,Australia),Automatic/Automated Data Processing
143ADRGArc-second Raster Chart (ARC) Digitized Raster Graphics
144ADSActive Denial System,Astrophysics Data System,Attention Deficit Syndrome
145ADSRAttack,Decay,Sustain,Release (sound envelope specification)
146ADTAtlantic Daylight Time (UTC3 hours)
147ADTBArmy Doctrine and Training Bulletin
148ADWAir Defence Warning
149AEArmed Forces Africa/Canada/Europe/Middle East (postal symbol),United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code),Artix Entertainment,American Eagle,A&E, Arts & Entertainment Network,the original name for the U.S. TV channel now known as A&E Network
150AEDTAustralian Eastern Daylight Time
151AEFAmerican Expeditionary Force
152AEGISAirborne Early warning Ground environment Interface Segment (fake etymology)
153AESRAeronautical Equipment Service Record
154AESTAustralian Eastern Standard Time
155aetAfter extra time (Football)
156AEWAirborne Early Warning,Airborne Electronic Warfare
157AFAfghanistan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Air Force,As f*ck
158aFAttofarad
159AFAU.S. Air Force Academy,Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (Spanish for 'Argentine Football Association')
160AFAICAs Far As I'm Concerned
161AFAICTAs Far As I Can Tell
162AFAIKAs Far As I Know
163AFAIRAs Far As I Remember/Recall
164AFAMAssociazione Friulana di Astronomia e Meteorologia (Italian,'Friuli Association of Astronomy and Meteorology'),Department of African and Afro-American Studies,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — notable for its links to the school's academic-athletic scandal in the 2010s
165AFATDSAdvanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System
166AFCEAArmed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
167AFDBAfrican Development Bank
168AFESAutomatic Fire Extinguishing System
169AFGAfghanistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
170AFIFrench Territory of the Afars and Issas (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1977),'Agencia Federal de Investigaciónes' (México)
171AFISTAbrams Full Crew Interactive Skills Trainer
172AFJApril Fool's Joke
173AFKAway From Keyboard (Internet chat abbreviation)
174AFLACAmerican Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus
175AFOAssociation of Field Ornithologists
176AFOSRU.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research
177AFPAgence France-Presse (French,'French Press Agency'), Australian Federal Police
178AFQTArmed Forces Qualification Test
179AFRCAir Force Reserve Command
180AFRLAir Force Research Laboratory
181AFROTCAir Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
182AFRTSArmed Forces Radio and Television Service
183AFSCU.S. Air Force Staff College (obsolete; replaced with JFSC), U.S. Air Force Systems Command
184AFSCNU.S. Air Force Satellite Control Network
185AFSPCAir Force Space Command
186AFTAmerican Farmland Trust
187AFVarmoured fighting vehicle
188AGair gunner,Aktiengesellschaft (German,'incorporated'),Algeria (FIPS 10-4 country code),Antigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166 digram),Assemblies of God
189agAttogram
190AgSilver (Latin argentum)
191AGAAB Gas-accumulator ('ah-gah',Swedish company),Advanced Graphics Architecture
192AGARDAdvisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development
193AGARDographAdvanced Guidance for Alliance Research and Development publication
194AGASAAkeno Giant Air Shower Array (cosmic ray detector)
195AGBInternal Nintendo initialism (Advanced Game Boy) for Game Boy Advance
196AGCAdjutant General's Corps (British Army)
197AGDCAustralian Game Developers' Conference
198AGIAuxiliary Group Intelligence
199AGMAnnual General Meeting
200AGNActive Galactic Nucleus
201AGOAngola (ISO 3166 trigram)
202AGPAccelerated Graphics Port
203AGRICOLAAgriculture Online Access
204AGSAlaska Ground Station (LandSat)
205AGTSAdvanced Gunnery Training System
206AGUAmerican Geophysical Union
207AGWAutonomous Guided Weapon
208AhAmpere-hour
209AHAttack Helicopter
210aHAttohenry
211AHAAmerican Heart Association
212AHCPRAgency for Health Care Policy and Research (obsolete; replaced with AHRQ)
213AHECAustralian Health Ethics Committee
214AHPCRCArmy High Performance Computing Research Center
215AHQAir Headquarters
216AHRQAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality
217AHSAmerican Housing Survey
218AIAir Interdiction,Amnesty International,Artificial Insemination,Artificial Intelligence,Anguilla (ISO 3166 digram)
219AIAAerospace Industries Association,American Institute of Architects,Anguilla (ISO 3166 trigram)
220AIAAAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
221AICAfrican Independent Church,Animal Identification Coordinator
222AICDAustralian Institute of Company Directors
223AICMFPAnd I Claim My Five Pounds
224AIDU.S. Agency for International Development
225AIDSAcquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
226AIMAustralian Institute of Management
227AIMPAurora Incremental Modernization Project
228AIPACAmerican Israel Public Affairs Committee
229AIRAircraft Inventory Record
230AIRFAAmerican Indian Religious Freedom Act
231AIRSAerometric Information Retrieval System (obsolete; replaced with AFS)
232AISAustralian Institute of Sport,Automatic Identification System
233AISB(British Society for the Study of) Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour
234aJAttojoule
235AJAzerbaijan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
236AjaxAsynchronous JavaScript And XML
237AJDAstronomical Julian day
238AJPAllied Joint Publication
239AJPWAll Japan Pro Wrestling
240AKAlaska (postal symbol)
241aKAttokelvin
242AKAAbove knee amputation (orthopaedic usage)
243AKDTAlaska Standard Daylight Saving Time (UTC8 hours)
244AKPAdalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (Turkish,'Justice and Development Party')
245AKSTAlaska Standard Time (UTC9 hours)
246ALAlabama (postal symbol),Albania (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Anno Lucis (Latin,'Year of Light',in Masonic tradition,most often seen on plaques bearing the founding dates of buildings,in years AD and years AL)
247AlAluminium
248aLAttolitre
249ALAÅland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
250ALAPAs Long/Late As Possible
251ALARMAir-Launched Anti-Radar Missile
252ALBAlbania (ISO 3166 trigram)
253ALDAccounting Line Designator (nuclear weapon targeting)
254ALERTAdvanced Linked Extended Reconnaissance and Targeting,Attack and Launch Early Reporting to Theatre
255ALFAfrica Leadership Forum,Alien Life Form (cf. ALF (TV series)),Animal Liberation Front
256ALGAlgeria (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
257ALGOLALGOrithmic Language
258ALPAAir Line Pilots Association
259ALSAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
260ALSHSAbraham Low Self-Help Systems
261ALSPAggregate Level Simulation Protocol
262ALTEAssociation of Language Testers in Europe
263AmAmericium
264AMAmplitude Modulation and Ante Meridiem; see entry,Armenia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
265AM1Airman 1st class
266AMCBU.S. Army/Marine Corps Board
267AMFOMAdvanced Missile Fly Out Model
268AMFRAge-specific Marital Fertility Rate,Amplitude Modulation Following Response
269AMFRSAdvanced Multi-Function Radio Frequency System,Automatic Multisensor Feature-based Recognition System
270AMLAcute Myeloid Leukaemia
271AMLCDActive Matrix Liquid Crystal Display
272AMLOAndrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexican politician),Anti-Money Laundering Office (Thailand government agency)
273AMOAtlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
274AMOLEDActive-matrix organic light-emitting diode
275AMOSAdvanced MOrtar System,Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory
276AMPAdenosine MonoPhosphate,Automated Mission Planner
277AMRAAMAdvanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile
278AMRDECU.S. Aviation & Missile Research,Development,& Engineering Center
279AMSAgriculture Marketing Service,American Mathematical Society
280AMSAAU.S. Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity
281AMSOU.S. Army Model and Simulation Office
282AMSUAdvanced Microwave Sounding Unit
283AMTEUK Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment (1977-1984)
284ANAndorra (FIPS 10-4 country code),Netherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 digram)
285aNAttonewton
286ANAAdministration for Native Americans,Afghan National Army,All Nippon Airways,Anti-Nuclear Anti-body,Australian National Airways,Australian Natives' Association
287ANCAfrican National Congress
288ANDAndorra (ISO 3166 trigram)
289ANFOAmmonium nitrate/fuel oil (explosive)
290ANGLiCoAir/Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
291ANLArgonne National Laboratory
292ANMAcoustic Noise Monitor
293ANOVAANalysis Of VAriance
294ANSApplied and Natural Sciences
295ANSIAmerican National Standards Institute
296ANTNetherlands Antilles (ISO 3166 trigram),Antigua and Barbuda (IOC trigram,but not ISO 3166 or FIFA)
297ANTMAmerica's Next Top Model
298ANTYAcronyms,No Thank You
299ANWRArctic National Wildlife Refuge /ˈænwɑr/
300ANZAustralia and New Zealand Banking Group
301ANZACAustralian and New Zealand Army Corps
302AOAngola (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Approach Officer (submarine),Area of Operations
303AOCAir Operations Centre,Air Officer Commanding
304AODAdrenalin O.D. (punk rock band)
305AOIAngle Of Incidence (Arab Organization for Industrialization)
306AOLAmerica OnLine
307AORArea of Responsibility
308AOSTHAdventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
309AOTSAttack of the Show!
310AOUAmerican Ornithologists' Union
311APAdvanced Placement,Air Publication,Andhra Pradesh (Indian state code),Armed Forces Pacific (postal symbol),Associated Press,Auto Pilot
312APBAll Points Bulletin (police jargon)
313APECAsia Pacific Economic Cooperation
314APEDSAMSAA Performance Estimates Data System
315APEXApplied Physics Express
316APHAAmerican Public Health Association
317APHISAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service
318APLAcute Promyeloid Leukaemia,Anti-Personnel Landmine,Applied Physics Laboratory (Johns Hopkins University)
319APODAerial Port (Airport) Of Debarkation
320APOEAerial Port (Airport) Of Embarkation
321APOLLOApache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation
322APPAllied Procedural Publication
323APRAnnual Percentage Rate
324AQIMAl-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
325ArArgon
326ARAGAdvanced Research and Assessment Group
327ARBAdministrative Review Board
328ARBAArmy Review Boards Agency
329ARCAAutomobile Racing Club of America
330ARCENTUnited States Army Central Command
331ARDAAdvanced Research and Development Activity (became DTO 2006)
332ARFASEAN Regional Forum
333ARGArgentina (ISO 3166 trigram)
334ARHArmed Reconnaissance Helicopter
335ARNetAcquisition Reform Network
336ARPApplied Research Programme
337ARPAAdvanced Research Projects Agency
338ARRCACE Rapid Reaction Corps
339ARRFAllied Rapid Reaction Force
340ARRLAmerican Radio Relay League
341ARSCArctic Region Supercomputing Center
342ARSPACEU.S. Army Space Command
343ARTCCAir Route Traffic Control Center
344ARWGArmy Research Working Group
345ASActionScript
346ASAmerican Samoa (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram),Australia (FIPS 10-4 country code),Assam / Asom (Indian state code)
347AsArsenic
348aSAttosiemens
349ASAAcetylSalicylic Acid,American Standards Association,Army Security Agency,Atlantic Southeast Airlines
350ASAPAs Soon As Possible
351ASARSAdvanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System,Airborne Search and Rescue System
352asblassociation sans but lucratif (French 'Non-profit organisation')
353ASBOAnti-Social Behaviour Order
354ASCAPAmerican Society of Composers,Authors,and Publishers
355ASCCArmy Service Component Commander,Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator,Air Standardization Coordinating Committee
356ASCIIAmerican Standard Code for Information Interchange
357ASD(U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense,autism spectrum disorder
358ASDICAllied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee (Sonar)
359ASEANAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations
360ASFARAmericans for a Society Free of Age Restrictions
361ASGArea Support Group
362ASICAustralian Securities and Investments Commission,Aviation Security Identification Card
363ASICSAnima sana in corpore sano (Latin,'A sound mind in a sound body') (athletic shoe manufacturer)
364ASIOAustralian Security Intelligence Organisation,Audio stream input output
365ASIPAdvanced System Improvement Program,Army Stationing and Installation Plan,Application-specific instruction-set processor
366ASLAbove Sea Level,American Sign Language (also known as Ameslan),'Age,Sex,Location?' (Internet slang)
367ASMAir-to-Surface Missile,American Samoa (ISO 3166 trigram),American Society for Metals,American Society for Microbiology
368ASMBAmerican Society for Matrix Biology,Adult Swim Message Board
369ASMEAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers,American Society of Magazine ors
370ASMPAir-Sol Moyenne Portée missile (French 'Medium-range air to surface'),Asymmetric multiprocessing
371ASNAssociate of Science in Nursing
372ASOCAir Sovereignty Operations Centre,Air Support Operations Centre,Airport Security and Operations Centre,Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition,Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus,Australian Standard Offence Classification
373ASPActive Server Pages,American Society of Primatologists,Ammunition Supply Point,Application Service Provider (cf internet service provider),Astronomical Society of the Pacific,Association of Surfing Professionals
374ASPIAustralian Strategic Policy Institute
375ASRAlkali-silica reaction,Anti Slip Regulation
376ASRAAMAdvanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile
377ASSCAssociation for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
378ASTAtlantic Standard Time (UTC4 hours)
379ASTIAArmed Services Technical Information Agency
380ASTMAmerican Society for Testing and Materials
381ASTREAAerial Support To Regional Enforcement Agencies (sheriff's air support unit)
382ASUWAntiSUrface Warfare
383ASVABArmed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery(taken by juniors in high school in the USA)
384ASVELAssociation Sportive Villeurbanne Éveil Lyonnais (Association Sportive is French for 'Sporting Association'; the club was founded through the merger of AS Villeurbanne and Éveil Lyonnais)
385ASWAntiSubmarine Warfare
386ASWORG(U.S.) AntiSubmarine Warfare Operations Research Group
387ASXAdvanced Stream Redirector,Australian Securities Exchange
388ATAnti-Tank,Ashmore and Cartier Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Austria (ISO 3166 digram),Advanced Technology (IBM Personal Computer/AT)
389AtAstatine
390aTAttotesla
391ATAAdvanced Technology Attachment (IBM Personal Computer),Afghan Transitional Authority,Allen Telescope Array,Antarctica (ISO 3166 trigram)
392ATACAir Transportable Acoustic Communications
393ATACMSArmy TACtical Missile System
394ATAPIAdvanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
395ATASAir-To-Air Stinger (missile)
396ATATAiken Tactical Airsoft Team / Star Wars vehicle
397ATBActive Time Battle,British Antarctic Territory (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1979)
398ATCAir Training Corps, U.S. Air Transport Command (1942-1948), Athletic Trainer,Certified
399ATCCISArmy Tactical Command and Control Information System
400ATESSAerospace and Telecommunications Engineering Support Squadron
401ATFFrench Southern Territories (ISO 3166 trigram),(U.S.) Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives
402ATGAntigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166 and FIFA trigram)
403ATGMAnti-Tank Guided Missile
404ATGWAnti-Tank Guided Weapon
405ATKAttack
406ATLAtlanta,Georgia,the largest city and capital of Georgia
407ATLASAll-Terrain Lifter Army System,Assessment Tool for LAnd Systems
408ATMAutomated Teller Machine,Asynchronous Transfer Mode,At The Moment
409ATNDronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1983)
410ATOAir Tasking Order,Australian Taxation Office
411ATPAdenosine TriPhosphate,Allied Tactical Publication,Ammunition Transfer Point
412ATSD(U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense
413ATSDRAgency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
414ATVAll-Terrain Vehicle
415ATWAAir,Trees,Water,Animals
416AUAfrican Union (was OAU before 2000),American University,Astronomical Unit,Australia (ISO 3166 digram),Austria (FIPS 10-4 country code)
417AuGold (Latin Aurum)
418AUCAb Urbe Condita / Anno Urbis Conditae (Latin 'from the founding of the city' / 'in the year since the founding of the city') (of Rome),Area Under the Curve (concentration time curve; medicine)
419AUSAustralia (ISO 3166 trigram)
420AUSCANNZUKUSAustralia,Canada,New Zealand,United Kingdom,United States (security designation)
421AuslanAustralian Sign Language
422AUTAustria (ISO 3166 trigram)
423AUTLArmy Universal Task List
424AVAnguilla (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Audio-Visual,Aviation
425AvAperture value (photographic mode)
426aVAttovolt
427AVAAmerican Viticultural Area
428AVBAudio Video Bridging
429AVDLRAviation Depot Level Repair
430AVGPArmoured Vehicle, General Purpose
431AVIMAviation Intermediate Maintenance
432AVLBArmoured Vehicle Launched Body
433AVMAir Vice-Marshal, Arteriovenous malformation
434AVOApprehended Violence Order
435AVPArubaanse Volkspartij
436AVPAssociation of Volleyball Professionals
437AVREArmoured Vehicle Royal Engineers
438AVTBArmoured Vehicle Test Bed,Aviation Test Bed
439AVUMAviation Unit Maintenance
440AVVOAcute Vaginal Venereal Outbreak
441AWAruba (ISO 3166 digram)
442aWAttowatt
443AWAAmerican Wrestling Association
444AWCAir Warfare Centre
445AWDAll Wheel Drive
446AWEAdvanced Warfighting Experiment
447AWPAwaiting Parts (SM&R code)
448AWSIMAir Warfare SIMulation
449AWSTAustralian Western Standard Time
450AWWAbove Water Warfare
451AXÅland Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
452AXPAmbulance eXchange Point
453AYAntarctica (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
454AYBABTUAll Your Base Are Belong To Us
455AYUAs Yet Unknown
456AZArizona (postal symbol),Azerbaijan (ISO 3166 digram),Alkmaar Zaanstreek (Dutch football club)
457AZEAzerbaijan (ISO 3166 trigram)
458AZURActions en zone urbaine (French for: Urban Operations)
459BARBarbados (IOC trigram,but not FIFA or ISO 3166),British American Racing,Browning Automatic Rifle,Buy-American Restrictions,BARD , Binational Agricultural Research and Development fund (between the US and Israel),BARDA , Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency,BART , Bay Area Rapid Transit,BAS , Battalion Aid Station,BASE , Building,Antenna,Span,Earth (parachute from),BASF , Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory,a German chemicals company),BASIC , Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (acronym was added later,originally it was simply Basic),BAT , Basic Aid Training,BATF , U.S. Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,and Firearms,BATS , Behavior Analysis Training System ,Bradley Advanced Training System,BATTeRS , Bisei Asteroid Tracking Telescope for Rapid Survey,BB[edit]
460BBBarbados (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code),Boys' Brigade (Christian youth organization),Brigitte Bardot (actress),Bumblebee
461BBBBetter Business Bureau,Blood-brain barrier
462BBCBreeding Bird Census,British Broadcasting Corporation,Bumper to Back of Cab (trucking measurement)
463BBLBe Back Later,Bird Banding Laboratory,British Basketball League
464BBNBolt,Beranek and Newman
465BBQBarbecue
466BBSBreeding Bird Survey (North America),Brigade/Battalion Battle Simulation,Bulletin Board System,BBSRC , U.K. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council,BBVA , Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (Spanish bank)
467BBYOB'nai B'rith Youth Organization
468BCBefore Christ,Blind Copy (in emailers),Boston College,Botswana (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Bechuanaland),British Columbia (postal symbol)
469BCABachelor of Computer Application,Black Coaches & Administrators
470BCCBlind Carbon Copy
471BCCIBank of Credit and Commerce International,Board of Control for Cricket in India,BCD , Binary-Coded Decimal
472BEABanque extérieure d'Algérie,British European Airways (ancestor of British Airways),British Electricity Authority,bel
473BELBelgium (ISO 3166 trigram)
474BENBenin (ISO 3166 trigram)
475BEOBanquet Event Order
476BERCBusiness Environmental Resource Center
477BERBit Error Rate
478BHBahrain (ISO 3166 digram),Belize (FIPS 10-4 country code)
479BHRBahrain (ISO 3166 trigram)
480BNFBackus-Naur Form (computing), British National Formulary
481BNICEBiological,Nuclear,Incendiary,Chemical,and Explosive Agents
482BNPBritish National Party,Banque Nationale de Paris,a predecessor to today's BNP Paribas
483BNSBank of Nova Scotia
484BNSFBurlington Northern Santa Fe (also AAR reporting mark)
485BOBack Orifice,Belarus (FIPS 10-4 country code),Biarritz Olympique (French rugby union club),Bolivia (ISO 3166 digram),Body odor
486BOACBritish Overseas Airways Corporation (predecessor of British Airways)
487BoAMLBank of America Merrill Lynch
488BOCBritish Orthodontic Society, British Oxygen Company
489BÖCBlue Öyster Cult
490BODMASBrackets,Orders,Division,Multiplication,Addition,Subtraction
491BOFHBastard Operator From Hell
492BOGABend Over and Grab Ankles
493BOGOFBuy One,Get One Free
494BOGsBunch of Guys
495BOIBalance Of Investment,Basis Of Issue
496BOLBolivia (ISO 3166 trigram)
497BOMBase Object Model,Bill Of Materials,Block of the Month quilting term,Business opportunity meeting
498BOPDBarrel of Oil Per Day
499BOSBattlefield Operating System
500BOTBalance of Trade,Botswana (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Build Operate Transfer,Bank of Thailand,BP[edit]
501BPBattle Position,British Petroleum (today,BP does not officially stand for anything),Solomon Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code; from British Protectorate of the Solomon Islands),Bp , Bishop,BPD , Bipolar Personality Disorder,BPM , Beats Per Minute,BPMo , Business Process Mobility
502BPVBattlefield Planning Visualization,Bovine papillomavirus
503BQBritish Antarctic Territory (former ISO 3166 digram; merged with AQ in 1979),Caribbean Netherlands (current ISO 3166 digram; based on the entity's alternate name of Bonaire,Sint Eustatius and Saba),Navassa Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
504BRBrazil (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) ,Bihar (Indian state code),British Rail,Break Ranks (marching band term)
505BRABrazil (ISO 3166 trigram)
506BRAGBicycle Ride Across Georgia
507BRASSBreathe,Relax,Aim,Sight,Squeeze (acronym for using a rifle)
508BSABirmingham Small Arms (motorcycles company),Boy Scouts of America,Brigade Support Area
509BSatCoPBenjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins
510BSEBovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (better known as mad cow disease)
511BSNBaloncesto Superior Nacional (Spanish,'National Superior Basketball'; top Puerto Rican league),Bank Simpanan Nasional (Malay,'National Savings Bank'; government-owned Malaysian bank)
512BSNLBharat Sanchar Nigam Limited,Bachelor of Science in Nursing
513BSoDBlue Screen of Death (distinct from BSD)
514BSPBetween-Show Promotion,Binary Space Partitioning,Board Support Package,British Standard Pipe (screw thread),Business-sponsored,Bone sialoprotein
515BSTBinary search tree,Blended Sales Tax,Bovine somatotropin,British Summer Time
516BSWBritish Standard Whitworth (screw thread)
517BSXBendigo Stock Exchange
518BTBaal teshuva (Hebrew,'master of repentance') ,used to describe a Jew who adopts Orthodox Judaism as an adult,Bathythermograph,Bhutan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),BitTorrent,British Telecom,the former name of the company now known as BT Group,BTDT , Been There,Done That,Bti , Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis,BTID , Battlefield Target Identification Device,BTIS , Battlefield Target Identification System
519BtBaronet,Bacillus thuringiensis
520BTOBuilt To Order
521BTPBritish Transport Police
522BTRBronetransporter (БТР = Бронетранспортер '(Heavy) Armoured (Personnel) Transporter')
523BTUBritish Thermal Unit
524BTWBy The Way
525BUBulgaria (FIPS 10-4 country code) -,Burma (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1989)
526BUAVBritish Union for the Abolition of Vivisection
527BUG-EBattlefield Universal Gateway Equipment ('buggy')
528BUNOBureau Number (aircraft serial number)
529BURBurma (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1989)
530BVBackground Vocals -,Battlefield Visualization ,,Bouvet Island (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
531BVDBradley,Voorhees & Day (underwear manufacturer)
532BVRBeyond Visual Range
533BVTBouvet Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
534B&WBabcock & Wilcox, Black and White, Bowers & Wilkins
535BWBring Wedges (ISO digram)
536BWBotswana (ISO 3166 digram)
537BWABotswana (ISO 3166 trigram)
538BWARSBees,Wasps & Ants Recording Society
539BWCBiological and Toxin Weapons Convention
540BWRBoiling-Water Reactor
541BXBase eXchange
542BYBurundi (FIPS 10-4 country code), Belarus (ISO 3166 digram), Bavaria
543BYOBBring Your Own Bottle (or beer, beverage, or booze) (multiple,but similar,meanings)
544BYOCBring Your Own Computer (play on BYOB)
545BYOFBring Your Own Flask
546BYSByelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1992)
547BYUBrigham Young University
548BZBelize (ISO 3166 digram)
549BZPBenzylpiperazine
550CCarbon, Coulomb, One Hundred (in Roman numerals)
551cCenti
552C2CConsumer-To-Consumer electronic commerce, Cam-To-Cam internet chat
553c2cthe British rail company formerly known as LTS Rail
554CaCalcium
555CACalifornia (postal symbol),Canada (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Catalonia,Civil Affairs,Close Armour,Cocaine Anonymous,Computer Associates,Counter-Air,Cricket Australia
556CAACanadian Automobile Association,(NORAD) Center for Aerospace Analysis,(U.S.) Center for Army Analysis,(U.S.) Clean Air Act,(U.S. Army) Concepts Analysis Agency,Civil Aviation Authority,Colonial Athletic Association
557CAATCampaign Against Arms Trade,Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
558CACCalifornia Association of Criminalists,Chronic Asymptomatic [Disease] Carrier
559CACMCentral American Common Market
560CACMCommunications of the ACM
561CADCAMComputer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing
562CADMIDConcept,Assessment,Demonstration,Manufacture,In service,Disposal (life cycle mnemonic)
563CADPATCAnadian Disruptive PATtern
564CAECanadian Aviation Electronics (originally),Certificate in Advanced English
565CAEnClose Action Engagement (constructive simulation)
566CAFCentral African Republic (ISO 3166 trigram),Confederation of African Football (or French Confédération Africaine de Football)
567CAFADCombined Arms For Air Defence
568CAFDECanadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters,Computer Aided Federation Development Environment
569CAFECorporate Average Fuel Economy standard
570CAIComputer Assisted Instruction
571CAIRCouncil on American-Islamic Relations
572CALABARZONA region in the Philippines: CAvite,LAguna,BAtangas,Rizal,queZON
573CALLCenter for Army Lessons Learned
574CALMCommunications,Air-interface,Long and Medium range
575CalPERSCalifornia Public Employees' Retirement System
576CaltransCalifornia Department of Transpotation
577CAMChemical Agent Monitor,Complementary and alternative medicine,Computer-Aided Manufacturing,Crassulacean acid metabolism (type of photosynthesis)
578CAMRACAMpaign for Real Ale
579CANCanada (ISO 3166 trigram)
580CANDUCANada Deuterium Uranium (nuclear reactor design)
581CanolaCanadian oil,low acid (referring to a specific cultivar of rapeseed bred to have a low erucic acid content)
582CAPESCAPability Evaluation System,Combined Arms Planning and Execution System
583CARECitizens Association for Racial Equality (former New Zealand organisation),Community database on Accidents on the Roads in Europe,Cooperative for Aid and Relief Everywhere (originally Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe)
584CARMONETTEComputerized Monte Carlo Simulation
585CARPComputed Air Release Point
586CARTChampionship Auto Racing Teams (now defunct)
587CASChemical Abstracts Service,Chief of the Air Staff,Close Air Support
588CASACivil Aviation Safety Authority
589CASECellular ammunition storage equipment,Computer-Aided Software Engineering
590CASSCommand Activated Sonobuoy System
591CASTFOREMCombined Arms and Support Task FORce Evaluation Model
592CASTORCanadian Automatic Small Telescopes for Orbital Research
593CATCommunity Acceptance Testing
594CATKCounterattack
595CATSComputer Active Technology Suspension
596CATTCombined Arms Tactical Trainer
597CAVCavalry
598CAVOKCeiling And Visibility OK ('Kav-okay')
599CAWCanadian Auto Workers (trade union)
600CBCitizens' Band radio,Cambodia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
601CBASSECommission on Behavioral And Social Sciences and Education ('sea bass')
602CBCCanadian Broadcasting Corporation,Christmas Bird Count,Cipher-Block Chaining,Cornering Brake Control
603CBECommander of the Order of the British Empire,Cab Beside Engine (see truck)
604CBFConfederação Brasileira de Futebol (Portuguese,'Brazilian Football Confederation')
605CBGBCountry,Blue Grass,and Blues (former New York City nightclub)
606CBLAComparative bullet lead analysis
607CBMCanadian Baptist Ministries
608CBMCommodore Business Machines
609CBMLCoalition Battle Management Language
610CBNCardsApp Brand Number
611CBOLConsortium for the Barcode of Life
612CBOTChicago Board of Trade
613CBRCase-Based Reasoning
614CBRNChemical,Biological,Radiological,or Nuclear (weapon or event)
615CBRNEChemical,Biological,Radiological,Nuclear or [high-yield] Explosive (weapon or event)
616CBSColumbia Broadcasting System,Corps Battle Simulation
617CBUSColumbus,Ohio
618CCcarbon copy
619CCACounter Command Activity
620CCCCanterbury Clothing Company,Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.,1930s and 1940s),Corpus Christi College,Oxford
621CCCPCentral Committee of the Communist Party,Cyrillic for SSSR (Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik,Russian Союз Советских Социалистических Республик,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
622CCDCharge-Coupled Device,Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (Catechism)
623CCFCartoon Cartoon Fridays
624CCGCanadian Coast Guard,Collectible Card Game
625CCGCCanadian Coast Guard Cutter,Canadian Coast Guard College
626CCGHCanadian Coast Guard Hovercraft
627CCGSCanadian Coast Guard Ship,Christ Church Grammar School
628CCHComputer-Controlled Hostile
629CCIFComité consultatif international des communications téléphoniques à grande distance (French for International Telephone Consultative Committee,merged with the CCIT in 1956 to form the CCITT)
630CCIICommand and Control Information Infrastructure,Community Capital Investment Initiative
631CCIRComité consultatif international pour la radio (French for Consultative Committee on International Radio,became the ITU Radiocommunication Sector,ITU-R,in 1992),Commander's Critical Information Requirements
632CCITComité consultatif international télégraphique (French for International Telegraph Consultative Committee,merged with the CCIF in 1956 to form the CCITT)
633CCITTComité consultatif international téléphonique et télégraphique (French for International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee,became the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector,ITU-T,in 1992)
634CCKCholecystokinin,Cocos (Keeling) Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
635CCMCanada Cycle & Motor Co. Ltd. (now split into two separate companies bearing the CCM name,one manufacturing bicycles and the other ice hockey equipment),Contemporary Christian music
636CCOCCanadian Children's Opera Chorus,Crosley Car Owners Club
637CCOPCoalition Common Operating/Operational Picture
638CCPCasualty Collection Point,Communications Checkpoint,Contingency Communications Package
639CCPAConsumer Credit Protection Act
640CCRCreedence Clearwater Revival
641CCRApCanadian Conservative Reform Alliance party
642CCRPCommand and Control Research Program
643CCRTSCommand and Control Research and Technology Symposium
644CCSCSConsultative Committee for Space Data Systems
645CCSCSCoordinadora de Centrales Sindicales del Cono Sur
646CCSILCommand and Control Simulation Interface Language ('cecil')
647CCSKCyclic Code Shift Keying
648CCTCurrent Commitments Team
649CdCadmium
650cdCandela
651CDCompact Disc
652CD1Cluster of Differentiation 1 (a small gene family)
653CDAUK Centre for Defence Analysis
654CDDCapabilities Development Document
655CDEChemical Defence Equipment
656CDIACCarbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center ('see-dee-ack')
657CDipAFCertified Diploma in Accounting and Finance
658CDLCommercial driver's license
659CDMClean Development Mechanism (Kyoto protocol), Cold Dark Matter (astronomy)
660CDMACode Division Multiple Access
661CDMSIICryogenic Dark Matter Search II
662CdrCommander
663CDTCentral Daylight Time (UTC5 hours)
664CdtCommandant
665CeCerium
666CEChristian/Common Era
667CEACampaign Effectiveness Analysis
668CECOMU.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command
669CEDEXCourrier d'entreprise à distribution exceptionnelle (French,'Company Mail with Exceptional Distribution'; 'exceptional' refers to the volume of mail)
670CEGEPCollège d'enseignement général et professionnel (French,'College of General and Vocational Education')
671CEICompetitive Enterprise Institute
672CENTCOMUnited States Central Command
673CENTOCentral Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)
674CENZUBCentre d'entraînement aux actions en zone urbaine (French,'Urban Operations Training Centre')
675CEOChief Executive Officer
676CEPCircular Error Probable
677CEPTConférence européenne des administrations des postes et des télécommunications (French,'European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations')
678CERCLAU.S. Comprehensive Environmental Response,Compensation,and Liability Act (Superfund)
679CERDECU.S. Communications-Electronics Research,Development and Engineering Center
680CERGACentre de recherches en géodynamique et astrométrie (French,'Astrometry and Geodynamics Research Centre')
681CERNCentre européen pour la recherche nucléaire (French,'European Organization for Nuclear Research')
682CERTComputer Emergency Response Team
683CESSCentre for Earth Science Studies (India)
684CESTCentral European Summer Time
685CETCentral European Time
686CEWCCouncil for Education in World Citizenship
687CfCalifornium
688CFCanadian Forces,Central African Republic (ISO 3166 digram),Republic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code)
689CFACat Fanciers' Association,Chartered Financial Analyst,Colour Filtering Array,County Fire Authority,Covering Force Area
690CFARChristine's,Federal Acquisition Regulation
691CFCChloroFluoroCarbon,Canadian Fish Company
692CFESContinuous Flow Electrophoresis System
693CFFZCall For Fire Zone
694CFGContext-free grammar,Control flow graph
695CFHTCanada-France-Hawaii Telescope
696CFICenter for Inquiry (CSICOP)
697CFLCanadian Football League,Co-ordinated Fire Line
698CFLCCCoalition Forces Land Component Command
699CFMCertified Facilities Manager
700CFOChief Financial Officer
701CFPCall for papers, College Football Playoff, Common Fisheries Policy (EU)
702CFRCode of Federal Regulations,Căile Ferate Române (Romanian,'Romanian Railways')
703CFRPCarbon fibre reinforced plastic
704CFSChronic Fatigue Syndrome
705CFSPCommon Foreign and Security Policy
706CFUColony Forming Unit in Microbiology
707CFVCavalry Fighting Vehicle
708CFZCritical Friendly Zone
709CGClient Group,Computer Graphics,Controls Group,Democratic Republic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code),Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 digram)
710CGHComparative Genomic Hybridisation
711CGIGCross-Government Implementation Group
712CGORepublic of the Congo (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
713CGSChief of the General Staff
714CGTCapital Gains Tax
715chch(L) is used to denote the Chern character of a line bundle
716CHChieftain tank,China (FIPS 10-4 country code),Switzerland (ISO 3166 digram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
717CHAMPUS(U.S.) Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (now known as TRICARE)
718CHAOSCambridge Heart Anti-Oxidant Study
719CHAPSClearing House Automated Payment System
720CHDKCanon Hack Development Kit (Canon camera firmware hack)
721CHESwitzerland (ISO 3166 trigram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica)
722CHIColumbia Helicopters,Inc
723CHiPCalifornia Highway Patrol
724CHIPSCosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
725CHLChile (ISO 3166 trigram)
726CHLACore Historical Literature of Agriculture
727CHNChina (ISO 3166 trigram)
728CHOGMCommonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
729CHPSOCalifornia Hospital Patient Safety Organization
730CHRSCanadian Heart Rhythm Society
731CHTCertified Hand Therapist
732CIChile (FIPS 10-4 country code),Côte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 digram),Counter-Intelligence,101 (in Roman numerals)
733CiCurie
734CIACairo International Airport,Central Intelligence Agency,Culinary Institute of America
735CIAOCritical Infrastructure Assurance Office,Component-Integrated ACE ORB
736CIBComplete In Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
737CIBCCanadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
738CIDCertified Interior Designer
739CIEFComité international d'enregistrement des fréquences (International Frequency Registration Board)
740CINCCommander in Chief
741CINEOSCampo Imperatore Near-Earth Object Survey
742CIPE(European) Centre for International Political Economy
743CIR(Commander's) Critical Information Requirements
744CIRCorotating Interaction Region
745CISCanadian Interuniversity Sport,Commonwealth of Independent States,Command and Information System,Communication and Information System
746CISA(U.S.) C4I Integration Support Activity
747CISBComplete In Sealed Box (Internet auction/trading listings)
748CISPRComité international spécial des perturbations radioélectriques (Special International Committee on Radio Interference)
749CISSPCertified Information Systems Security Professional
750CIVCôte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 trigram)
751CIVPOPCivilian Population
752CIWSClose-In Weapon System
753CJCayman Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code),Criminal Justice
754CJCCanadian Jewish Congress,Cold Junction Compensation
755CJCSChairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
756CJDChronological Julian Day,Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
757CJOChief of Joint Operations
758CJTFCombined Joint Task Force
759CKCocos (Keeling) Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code),Cook Islands (ISO 3166 digram)
760CKAcommonly known as, Canada Kicks Ass
761CKNDCodename: Kids Next Door
762CLChile (ISO 3166 digram),Co-ordination Line,One Hundred and Fifty (in Roman numerals)
763ClChlorine
764CLAClutterers Anonymous
765CLECCompetitive Local Exchange Carrier
766CLEMARSCalifornia Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Radio System
767CLICCompact LInear Collider
768CLOCornell Lab of Ornithology
769CLOSCommand to Line-Of-Sight (missile control system)
770CLPFCCentroLateral PreFrontal Cortex
771CLRPCollege Loan Repayment Program
772CMCameroon (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Cruise Missile,Nine Hundred (in Roman numerals)
773CmCurium
774CMAU.S. Chemical Materials Agency,Country Music Association (also used to refer to the organization's annual awards),Crystal Meth Anonymous
775CMHCCanada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
776CMIIAWCorrect me if I am wrong
777CMISCommon management information service
778CMJChristopher Martin-Jenkins (BBC sports commentator)
779CMMCapability Maturity Model
780CMMCCorps Materiel Management Centre
781CMMLChronic MyeloMonocytic Leukemia,Continuous Media Markup Language
782CMOSCanadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society,(The) Chicago Manual of Style,Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
783CMPCommon [Operating/Operational] Maritime Picture
784CMPDCharlotte Mecklenburg Police Department
785CMPDChronic Myeloproliferative Disease
786CMRCameroon (ISO 3166 trigram),Coaxial Main Rotors (helicopter type)
787CMSCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services,The Chicago Manual of Style
788CMTCountry Music Television
789CMUCarnegie Mellon University,Central Michigan University,Concrete Masonry Unit
790CMWMarconi'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)
791CMYKCyan Magenta Yellow Key/blacK (colour model)
792CNCanadian National (railway; also the AAR reporting mark for said company),China (ISO 3166 digram),Comoros (FIPS 10-4 country code)
793CNACenter 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
794CNBCConsumer News and Business Channel
795CNDCampaign for Nuclear Disarmament,Computer Network Defence
796CNECanadian National Exhibition,Computer Network Exploitation,Certified Network Engineer
797CNFCost and Freight
798CNIClinical Nursing Intern
799CNICommunications,Navigation and Identification
800CNNCable News Network,Cellular Nonlinear Network
801CNVCopy-Number Variable (genetics)
802CoCobalt
803COBClose Of Business [day]
804COBRAConsolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
805CODCash On Delivery,Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 trigram)
806CoDACo-Dependents Anonymous
807COGENTCognitive Objects within a Graphical EnviroNmenT
808COILChemical Oxygen Iodine Laser
809COKCook Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
810COLColombia (ISO 3166 trigram)
811COLACost Of Living Adjustment
812CONADU.S. Continental Air Defense Command
813CONUSContinental United States
814COOChief Operating Officer
815COPEU.K. Committee On Publication Ethics
816COPUSU.K. Committee on the Public Understanding of Science
817CORDCommon Operational Requirements Document
818COREConsortium for Oceanographic Research and Education
819COSCooper Ornithological Society
820COSERCOoperative SERvice
821CoTCar of Tomorrow (former NASCAR race car design)
822COTSCommercial Off The Shelf
823CPCanadian Pacific,Check Point,Command Post,Club Penguin
824CPACertified Public Accountant
825CPCUCertified Property Casualty Underwriter
826CPDCapabilities Production Document
827CPECertificate of Proficiency in English
828CPECertified Professional Ergonomist
829CPFCalibration Parameter File,Canadian Patrol Frigate
830CPGClinical Practice Guideline
831CPIMCertification on Production and Inventory Management
832CPIRComputationally-Private Information Retrieval
833CPONCertified Pediatric Oncology Nurse
834CPPCCChinese People's Political Consultative Conference
835CPRCanadian Pacific Railway
836CPRCardiopulmonary resuscitation
837CPSMContinuous Phase Shift Modulation
838CPSUCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
839CPTContingency Planning Team
840CPUContract Postal Unit
841CPVCape Verde (ISO 3166 trigram)
842CPXCommand Post eXercise
843CQCarrier Qualification,Central Queensland,Charge of Quarters,Congressional Quarterly,Constellation Airlines (IATA airline designator),Northern Mariana Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
844CrChromium
845CRCoral Sea Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Costa Rica (ISO 3166 digram)
846CRAMCombined Radiometric Correction Model
847CRDCapstone Requirements Document
848CREBCyclic AMP-response Element Binding (protein)
849CREEPCommittee for the Re-Election of the President,a pejorative nickname used by opponents
850CRENChristian Real Estate Network Real Estate Association
851CRIChina Radio International,Costa Rica (ISO 3166 trigram)
852CRIPLConsolidated Remain-In-Place List
853CRMCardiac Rhythm Management,Customer Relationship Management
854CROCroatia (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
855CRPCommittee for the Re-Election of the President,Control and Reporting Post
856CRTCardiac Resynchronization Therapy,Cathode Ray Tube,Chinese Remainder Theorem
857CRTCCanadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
858CsCaesium
859CSACanadian 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
860CSCClosed Spacelike Curve (relativity),Compact system camera,Computer Sciences Corporation,Computer Security Centre,CSCC Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists
861CSERIAC(U.S. DoD) Crew Systems Ergonomics Information Analysis Center
862CSGCorps Support Group
863CSIsee entry
864CSICOPCommittee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (became the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in 2006)
865CSIPCommercial Stable Image Platform (AMD)
866CSKCzechoslovakia (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1993)
867CSLU.K. Central Science Laboratory
868CSPICenter for Science in the Public Interest
869CSRControl Supply Rate
870CSRCorporate Social Responsibility
871CSRCConflict Studies Research Centre
872CSRFCross-Site Request Forgery
873CSTCentral Standard Time (UTC6 hours)
874CTComputed 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)
875CTBTComprehensive [Nuclear] Test Ban Treaty
876CTDBCompact Terrain Data Base (file format)
877CTGFconnective tissue growth factor
878CTICo-operative Target Identification
879CTILCritical Tracked Items List
880CTISCentral Tire Inflation System
881CTMSClinical Trial Management System
882CTSSCompatible Time-Sharing System
883CTUCounter Terrorist Unit (fictional branch of the Central Intelligence Agency in the television action series 24)
884CTVTCanine Transmissible Venereal Tumour
885CuCopper (Latin Cuprum)
886CUBCuba (ISO 3166 trigram)
887CUCVCommercial Utility Cargo Vehicle
888CUPSCommon Unix Printing System
889CUPWCanadian Union of Postal Workers
890CUREAConsortium for Undergraduate Research and Education in Astronomy
891CuWCopper-tungsten pseudo-alloy (from the chemical symbols of the two component elements)
892CUWCuraçao (ISO 3166 trigram)
893CVcurriculum vitae (résumé)
894CVLLCrypto Variable Logic Label
895CVSDContinuous Variable Slope Delta (modulation)
896CVTContinuously Variable Transmission
897CWCalendar Week, or: Continuous Wave, or: Clothes Washer, or: Cook Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
898CWCChemical Weapons Convention
899CWRUCase Western Reserve University
900CWSCanadian Wildlife Service
901CXChristmas Island (ISO 3166 digram),or: One Hundred and Ten (in Roman numerals)
902CXRChristmas Island (ISO 3166 trigram)
903CYCalendar year, or: Cyprus (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram)
904CYMCayman Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
905CZECzech Republic (ISO 3166 trigram)
906CZF(Christian Zombie Fan)
907CZMA(US) Coastal Zone Management Act
908dDeci
909DDeuterium
910DAFIFDigital Aeronautical Flight Information File
911DAKDisney's Animal Kingdom
912DAODivision Ammunition Officer
913DAREDrug Abuse Resistance Education
914DARO(U.S.) Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
915DARPAU.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
916DASDefensive Aids Suite
917DASD(U.S.) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
918DASLDatapoint's Advanced Systems Language
919DAU(U.S.) Defense Acquisition University
920DAWN(U.S.) Drug Abuse Warning Network
921dBDecibel
922DBDeutsche Bahn
923DbDubnium
924DBADe Bellis Antiquitatis (miniature wargaming rules)
925DBBL(U.S. Army Simulation Center) Dismounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
926DBDODesert BDO
927DBEDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
928DBFDetection By Fire (weapon launch signature)
929DBRDe Bellis Renationis (miniature wargaming rules)
930DBRADavis-Bacon Related Acts
931DBSDirect Broadcast Services (television)
932DCAA(U.S.) Defense Contract Audit Agency
933DCASDevon and Cornwall Archery Society
934DCCDallas Christian College
935DCD[Organ] Donation after Cardiac Death
936DCEData Communication Equipment
937DCFCDeath Cab for Cutie
938DCLDisney Cruise Line
939DCNDeacon
940DCOMDisney Channel Original Movie
941DCSOPSDeputy Chief of Staff for Operations and plans
942DCWDigital Chart of the World
943DCYSCDiscovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge
944DDdue diligence and dear daughter (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists,blogs,and bulletin boards)
945DDADeputy District Attorney
946DDNU.S. Defense Data Network
947DDSDoctor of Dental Surgery
948DEADrug Enforcement Administration
949DEADrug Enforcement Agency
950DeCA(U.S.) Defense Commissary Agency
951DEFCONDefence readiness condition
952DELTDual Ended Line Test (ing)
953DEPSECDEF(U.S.) Deputy Secretary of Defense
954DERABritish Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (1995-2001)
955DESDeep Ecliptic Survey
956DEUGermany (ISO 3166 trigram)
957DFAS(U.S.) Defense Finance and Accounting Service
958DFCBData Format Control Book
959DfIDUK Department for International Development
960DFMDiscrete Field Model see Superluminal motion
961DFMDynamic Flowgraph Methodology
962DFSPDermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
963DfTUK Department for Transport
964DGPSDifferential GPS
965DGZDesired Ground Zero
966DHADocosaHexaenoic Acid
967DHHS(U.S.) Department of Health and Human Services
968DHRA(U.S.) DoD Human Resources Activity
969DHSU.S. Department of Homeland Security
970DHSSUK Department of Health and Social Security
971DHTFYSSU.S. Don't Have Time For You Silly S****
972DHYDahomey (ISO 3166 trigram; became BEN for Benin in 1977)
973DIAU.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
974DIACDepartment of Immigration and Citizenship (Australia) [1]
975DiCDesign Island Centre (computing usually used in a teaching situation)
976DICASSDIrectional Command Activated Sonobuoy System
977DIFARDIrectional Frequency Analysis and Recording
978DIMEDense Inert Metal Explosive
979DIPDual In-line Package (electronics)
980DIPSDefense independent pitching statistics
981DIRDefence Industrial Research
982DISCOMDivision Support Command
983DISEDeployable Intelligence Support Element
984DISSTAFDIS Search and Target Acquisition Fidelity experiment
985DITYDo-It-Yourself
986DIVADDivision Air Defence
987DIYDo It Yourself
988DJIDjibouti (ISO 3166 trigram)
989DKDenmark (ISO 3166 digram)
990DLDexter's Laboratory
991DLICDetachment Left-In-Contact
992DLIRDepot-Level Inspection and Repair
993DLPMCDorsoLateral PreMotor Cortex
994DLRPData Link Reference Point
995DLSDeep Lens Survey
996DLSA(U.S.) Defense Legal Services Agency
997DLScDiploma in Library Science
998DLTBGYDDon't let the bastards grind you down
999DMC(U.S.) Defense Management Council
1000DMCADigital Millennium Copyright Act
1001DMMDigital Multimeter
1002DMOCDistributed Mission Operations Centre
1003DMPA(U.S.) Defense Medical Programs Activity
1004DMPFCDorsoMedial PreFrontal Cortex
1005DMPKDrug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
1006DMRBDesign Manual for Roads and Bridges
1007DMSU.S. Defense Message System
1008DMSPU.S. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
1009DMTDimethyltryptamine
1010DMVDepartment of Motor Vehicles
1011DMZDeMilitarized Zone
1012DNDeacon
1013DNAWDay Night All Weather
1014DNDiDrugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
1015DNDOU.S. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
1016DNKDenmark (ISO 3166 trigram)
1017DNMDefence Nuclear Material
1018DNRDo Not Resuscitate
1019DNSDomain Name System
1020DOBDate Of Birth
1021DODU.S. Department of Defense
1022DODAFU.S. Department of Defense Architectural Framework
1023DoDDU.S. Department of Defense Directive
1024DoDEA(U.S.) Department of Defense Education Activity
1025DOEU.S. Department of Energy
1026DOHCDual-OverHead-Cam engine
1027DOIU.S. Department of the Interior
1028DORADefence of the Realm Act
1029DOSDensity of State
1030DOTAshort-form for DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS a popular online epic game
1031DotDDeal of the Day (marketing gimmick)
1032DOWDied of Wounds
1033DPDivision de production (Algerian petroleum company)
1034DPAUK Defence Procurement Agency
1035DPCODouble-Pole Change Over
1036DPDTDouble-Pole Double-Throw
1037DPIDots Per Inch
1038DPICMDual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition
1039DPKOUN Department for Peacekeeping Operations
1040DPMO(U.S.) Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
1041DPPDBDigital Point Positioning Database
1042DPRKDemocratic People's Republic of Korea
1043DPSTDouble-Pole Single-Throw
1044DRCDemocratic Republic of the Congo
1045DRDCDefence Research & Development Canada
1046DREADefence Research Establishment Atlantic (obsolete 2002)
1047DRESDefence Research Establishment Suffield (obsolete 2002)
1048DRETDefence Research Establishment Toronto (obsolete 2002)
1049DREVDefence Research Establishment Valcartier (obsolete 2002)
1050DRIC(U.S.) Defense Research Information Center
1051DRMS(U.S.) Defense Revitalization and Marketing Service
1052DRPRDrawing Practices
1053DRTDocument Related Technologies
1054DsDarmstadtium
1055DSASDisney Sing Along Songs
1056DSB(U.S.) Defense Science Board
1057DSCSU.S. Defense Satellite Communications System
1058DSCSOCDSCS Operations Center
1059DSEDry Sheep Equivalent
1060DSGDirect-Shift Gearbox
1061DSIDDismounted Soldier Identification System
1062DSLDigital Subscriber Line
1063DSLRDigital single-lens reflex (camera)
1064DSMDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
1065DSNDeep Space Network
1066DSPLDesign Specialists and Plans Language
1067DSRDeformed Special Relativity
1068DSTDaylight Saving Time
1069DSTLBritish Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
1070DSWA(U.S.) Defense Special Weapons Agency
1071DTADental Technologists Association
1072DTDDigital Terrain Data
1073DTGDate-Time Group
1074DTHDirect To Home (television)
1075DTIUK Department of Trade and Industry
1076DTIC(U.S.) Defense Technical Information Center
1077DTLDiode-Transistor Logic (electronics)
1078DTMFDual-tone multi-frequency signaling
1079DTODisruptive Technology Office (was ARDA)
1080DTRDetermine The Relationship
1081DTSA(U.S.) Defense Technology Security Administration
1082DUMBODown Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass (Brooklyn neighborhood)
1083DUSD(U.S.) Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense
1084DVLCUK Driver and Vehicle Licencing Centre
1085DVMDoctor of Veterinary Medicine
1086DVODirect View Optics
1087DVOMDigital Volt-Ohm Meter
1088DVPvarious meanings (disambiguation page)
1089DWDrum Workshop
1090DWIMDo What I Mean
1091DWMDoctor Who Magazine
1092DWTSDancing with the Stars
1093DWWDown with Webster
1094DXADual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry
1095DXMDeXtroMethorphan
1096DYDahomey (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1977)
1097DyDysprosium
1098DZAAlgeria (ISO 3166 trigram)
1099EEast
1100EABUExplain Acronyms Before Use
1101EACEchelons Above Corps
1102EAPCEuro-Atlantic Partnership Council
1103EASTExperimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
1104EBDElectronic Brake Distribution
1105EBEExtraterrestrial Biological Entity
1106EBSAEmployee Benefits Security Administration
1107EBWElectron Beam Welding
1108EBWExploding BridgeWire
1109ECASSEuropean Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences [1]
1110ECBREuropean Coalition for Biomedical Research
1111ECCMElectronic Counter-Counter-Measures
1112ECFSElectronic Case Filing System
1113ECGElectrocardiogram
1114ECHREuropean Convention on Human Rights
1115ECJEuropean Court of Justice
1116ECLEmitter Coupled Logic (electronics)
1117ECommHREuropean Commission on Human Rights
1118ECSCEuropean Coal and Steel Community (distant ancestor of the EU)
1119ECTElectroConvulsive Therapy
1120ECtHREuropean Court of Human Rights
1121EDAEuropean Defence Agency
1122EDACError Detection And Correction
1123EDCSEnvironmental Data Coding Specification
1124EDHEastman Dental Hospital
1125EDSAEpifanio de los Santos Avenue (a major thoroughfare in Manila with great significance to post-1980 Philippines history)
1126EDTEastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC4 hours)
1127EECEuropean Economic Community (predecessor of the EU)
1128EEGElectroEncephaloGram
1129EENTEnd Evening Nautical Twilight
1130EEOEqual Employment Opportunity
1131EEOC(U.S.) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1132EEZEconomic Exclusion Zone or Exclusive Economic Zone
1133EFFElectronic Frontier Foundation
1134EFLEnglish as a Foreign Language
1135EFMEnterprise Feedback Management
1136EFOAEuropean Fuel Oxygenates Association
1137EFSAEuropean Food Safety Authority
1138EFTElectronic Fund Transfer
1139EFVExpeditionary Fighting Vehicle
1140EGEgypt (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1141EGCGEpiGalloCatechin-3-Gallate
1142EGISErieye Ground Interface Segment
1143EGRETEnergetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope
1144EGYEgypt (ISO 3166 trigram)
1145EHFExtremely High Frequency
1146EHREquipment History Record
1147EiExbi
1148EIIreland (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Éire)
1149EIAEnvironmental Impact Assessment
1150EIAHEncyclopedia of Iranian Architectural History
1151EIAHEnvironnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain
1152EICEast India Company
1153EICSEast India Company's Service
1154eIDelectronic ID
1155EIRPEffective Isotropic Radiated Power
1156EISEnvironmental Impact Statement
1157EJExajoule
1158EKGElectrocardiogram (from German Elektrokardiogramm)
1159EKMSElectronic Key Management System
1160ELExalitre
1161ELINTElectronic Intelligence
1162ELLEnglish Language Learner
1163ELMEdge-Localised Mode (plasma physics)
1164ELOElectric Light Orchestra
1165ELSSEmergency Life Support Stores
1166EMElectroMagnetism/ElectroMagnetic
1167EmExametre
1168EMAEuropean Medicines Agency
1169EMCON(Electromagnetic) Emissions Control
1170EMDGEuro-Missile Dynamics Group
1171EMDREye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
1172EMEAEurope,Middle East and Africa
1173EMGElectroMyoGraph
1174EMPElectroMagnetic Pulse
1175EMSEmergency Medical Services
1176EMTEmergency Medical Technician
1177ENCODEEncyclopedia of DNA Elements (human genome data project)
1178ENEEast North-East
1179ENGEngland (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
1180ENTECEuro NATO Training Engineer Centre
1181ENVLEnvelope
1182ENYEnemy
1183EODExplosive Ordnance Disposal
1184EOGElectroOculoGraphy
1185EOMEnd of Message
1186EOSATEarth Observation Satellite
1187EOSDISEarth Observation Satellite Data and Information System
1188EPEuropean Parliament
1189EPExtended play
1190EPCOTExperimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow
1191EPGSEOS Polar Ground Sites
1192EPIRBEmergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
1193EPLEnglish Premier League
1194EPOSElectronic Point Of Sale
1195EPPAEmployee Polygraph Protection Act
1196EPREuropean Pressurised [Nuclear] Reactor
1197EQEmotional Quotient
1198ErErbium
1199ERCIMEuropean Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
1200ERIEritrea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1201ERLAWSEastern Ruapehu Lahar Alarm and Warning System
1202EROSEarth Resources Observation System
1203ERPEngineer Regulating Point
1204ERREesti Rahvusringhääling
1205ERSEarth Resources Survey
1206ERTSEarth Resources Technology Satellite (became Landsat)
1207ERVEndogenous RetroVirus
1208ESDElectroStatic Discharge
1209ESDPEuropean Security and Defence Policy
1210ESEEast South-East
1211ESHWestern Sahara (ISO 3166 trigram)
1212ESLEnglish as a Second Language
1213ESMElectronic warfare Support Measures
1214ESOEuropean Southern Observatory
1215ESOLEnglish for Speakers of Other Languages
1216ESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network
1217ESUEmergency Services Unit
1218ESVEngineer Support Vehicle
1219ETEthiopia (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1220ETHEthiopia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1221ETIExtra-Terrestrial Intelligence
1222ETLAExtended TLA
1223ETTEmbedded Training Team
1224EuEuropium
1225EUCOM(U.S.) European Command
1226EUUSAEuropean Union and United States of America
1227EVExavolt
1228EVILElectronic viewfinder (with) interchangeable lens (a type of digital camera)
1229EWTNEternal Word Television Network
1230ExateslaExtra Terrestrial
1231EXREPExpeditious Repair (SM&R code)
1232fFemto
1233fAFemtoampere
1234FAFood Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
1235FAAFinancial Aid Administrator,Fleet Air Arm,Functional Area Analysis
1236FAADForward Area Air Defence
1237FAADEZForward Area Air Defence Engagement Zone
1238FAAFPFellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians
1239FAANFellow of the American Academy of Neurology
1240FAANFellow of the American Academy of Nursing
1241FAAQFrequently Asked and Anticipated Questions
1242FAASVField Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle
1243FABFeline Advisory Bureau (UK feline charity)
1244FACA(US) Federal Advisory Committee Act
1245FACHFuerza Aérea de Chile
1246FACNFellow of the American College of Nutrition
1247FACPFellow of the American College of Physicians
1248FACTSFlexible Alternating Current Transmission System
1249FAMForeign Affairs Manual
1250FAOFood and Agriculture Organization
1251FAPAFellow of the American Psychological Association
1252FAPHAFellow of the American Public Health Association
1253FARPForward Arming and Refuelling Point / Forward Area Rearm/refuel Point
1254FASCAMFamily of Scatterable Mines[1]
1255FASDFetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
1256FASEBFederation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
1257FATField Artillery Tractor
1258FAVSFuture Armoured Vehicle System
1259FAWFootball Association of Wales
1260FBCSFellow of the British Computer Society
1261FBIDSTFellow of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
1262FBISForeign Broadcast Information Service
1263FBMBoard foot
1264fCFemtocoulomb
1265FCCU.S. Federal Communications Commission
1266FCEFirst Certificate in English
1267FCFFinancial Free Cash Flow
1268FCLAFraud Claims Law Associate
1269FCOUK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1270FCWFlorida Championship Wrestling
1271FDFalun Dafa
1272FDAFood and Drug Administration (U.S.)
1273FDBK(I) Feedback
1274FeIron (Latin Ferrum)
1275FEASTForum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation
1276FEATSFestival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies link title
1277FEBAForward Edge of the Battle Area
1278FEDField Emission Display
1279FEDEPFederation Development Process (Simulation)
1280FEFFrontal Eye Field (neurophysiology)
1281FEMAFarm Equipment Manufacturers Association, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency,Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association
1282FENSFederation of European Neuroscience Societies
1283FESFlywheel Energy Storage
1284FESTFrankfurt English Speaking Theatre link title
1285FETField-effect transistor
1286FEZFighter Engagement Zone
1287fFFemtofarad
1288FFFinal Fantasy
1289FFBFrum From Birth (referring to an observant Jew born into a religiously observant family)
1290FFCFree For Chat
1291FFEFukuoka Futures Exchange
1292FFFFédération française de football (French for: French Football Federation)
1293FFGGuided Missile Frigate (hull classification symbol)
1294FFOVForward Field Of View
1295FFRFédération française de rugby (French for: French Rugby (Union) Federation)
1296FFSFor Fuck's Sake
1297FFTFinal Fantasy Tactics
1298FGFalun Gong
1299fgFemtogram
1300FGFog (METAR Code), French Guiana (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1301FGOTUSFirst Gentleman of the United States
1302FGRFlickr Group Roulette
1303fHFemtohenry
1304FHFIFFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends
1305FHIFamily Health International, Fuji Heavy Industries,Ltd.
1306FIFinland (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1307FIATFabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian for: Italian Car Factory of Turin)
1308FIBFucking Illinois Bastard (Wisconsin slang, variants exist)
1309FIBUAFighting In Built-Up Areas
1310FICFellowship for Intentional Community
1311FIDForeign Internal Defence
1312FIEFly-In Echelon
1313FIFAFédération internationale de football association (French for: International Association Football Federation)
1314FIFeFédération internationale féline (French for: International Feline Federation)
1315FIFOFirst In, First Out
1316FIFRAFederal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
1317FIGJAMFuck I'm Good, Just Ask Me
1318FIMPTFellow of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1319FINFinland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1320FINAFédération internationale de natation (French for: International Swimming Federation)
1321FIRESFever Induced Refractory Epilepsy Syndrome or Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome
1322FISFédération internationale de ski (French for: International Ski Federation)
1323FISAFédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (French for: International Federation of Rowing Associations)
1324FISHFluorescence In-Situ Hybridisation
1325FiSTFire Support Team
1326FITSFlexible Image Transport System
1327FIUFlorida International University
1328fJFemtojoule
1329FJFiji (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1330FJIFiji (ISO 3166 trigram)
1331FJNFinancial Job Network
1332FKFalkland Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1333fKFemtokelvin
1334FKSMFort Knox Supplemental Manual
1335FKTFastest Known Time
1336fLFemtolitre
1337FLFlorida (postal symbol)
1338flfloruit (Latin for: living) (genealogy)
1339FLAFlorida,Front Line Assembly,Future Large Aircraft
1340FLABFour-letter abbreviation
1341FLACFree Legal Advice Centres
1342FLACFree Lossless Audio Codec
1343FLAKFlug-Abwehr-Kanone (German for: Anti-Aircraft Guns)
1344FLBForward Logistics Base
1345FLETForward Line of Enemy Troops
1346FLGFalun Gong
1347FLIPFlight Information Publication
1348FLIRForward Looking InfraRed (sensor)
1349FLKFalkland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1350FLOTForward Line of Own Troops
1351FLOTUSFirst Lady of the United States (the wife of the President of the United States)
1352FLQFree Legal Questions
1353FLQFront de libération du Québec (French for: Québec Liberation Front)
1354FLSAFair Labor Standards Act
1355FLTSATFleet Satellite
1356FLTSATCOMFleet Satellite Communication System
1357FLUBOSFat, Lazy, Useless, Bag Of Shit
1358FMFactory Mutual
1359FMFederal 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)
1360fmFemtometre
1361FmFermium
1362FMCFederal Magistrates' Court (an Australian federal court,formerly FMS),Food Machinery Corporation (original name of the company now known as FMC Corporation)
1363FMCAFederal Magistrates' Court of Australia (used for citing decisions of the FMC other than family law decisions)
1364FMCAfamFederal Magistrates' Court of Australia: family (used for citing family law decisions of the FMC)
1365FMCGFast Moving Consumer Goods
1366FMEFormal Methods Europe
1367FMECAFailure Modes and Effect Criticality Analysis
1368FMJDFédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames
1369FMLAFamily Medical Leave Act
1370FoEFriends of the Earth
1371FOGCFederal Oil and Gas Council
1372FOHFront Of House
1373FOIAFreedom of Information Act
1374FOMFederation Object Model
1375FONSIFinding of No Significant Impact
1376FOOForward Observation Officer
1377FOOPFriends Of Organ Pipes (Volunteer group)
1378FoSFamily of Systems
1379FOSEFallout 3 Script Extender
1380FOSEFederal Office Systems Expo
1381FOTFree on truck
1382FOTAFellow of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
1383FOTCFlight of the Conchords
1384FOUOFor Official Use Only
1385FPFrench Polynesia (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1386FPFFederação Portuguesa de Futebol (Portuguese for: Portuguese Football Federation), Final Protective Fire
1387FPSFire Prevention System
1388FQBaker Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code),French Southern and Antarctic Territories (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1979)
1389FRFrance (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1390FrFrancium
1391FRAFederal Railroad Administration, France (ISO 3166 trigram)
1392FRANDFair,reasonable,and non-discriminatory (concept in standards-setting and intellectual property law)
1393FRCPFederal Rules of Civil Procedure,Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
1394FRICBMFull Range ICBM
1395FROFaroe Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1396FRSFellow of the Royal Society, U.S. Federal Reserve System
1397FRSAFellow of the Royal Society of Art
1398FRYFederal Republic of Yugoslavia
1399fsFemtosecond
1400fSFemtosiemens
1401FSAFire Support Area, UK Food Standards Agency, Functional Solution Analysis
1402FSCFederal Supply Classification, Forest Stewardship Council (ecological pressure group)
1403FSCLFire Support Co-ordination Line
1404FSEFire Support Element
1405FSFFree Software Foundation
1406FSHFollicle Stimulating Hormone
1407FSIFuel Stratified Injection
1408FSSFire Support Station
1409FSSPFamilies of Structurally Similar Proteins
1410FSTCForeign Science Technology Center (now NGIC)
1411fTFemtotesla
1412FTCFederal Trade Commission
1413FTEFull Time Equivalent
1414FTLFaster Than Light
1415FTSFlight Termination System used during some rocket launches
1416FTSFuck That Shit
1417FUSmoke (METAR Code)
1418FUBARFucked/Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair
1419fVFemtovolt
1420fWFemtowatt
1421FWForward
1422FWCFootball World Cup
1423FWFFixed Word Format
1424FWIFrench West Indies
1425FWIWFor What It's Worth
1426FWSU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1427FWTFresh Water Tank
1428FXXMetropolitan France (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1997)
1429FYAFor Your Agenda
1430FYDPFive-Year Defense Plan (U.S.)
1431FYIFor Your Information
1432FYROMFormer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
1433FZDZFreezing Drizzle (METAR Code)
1434FZFGFreezing Fog (METAR Code)
1435FZRAFreezing Rain (METAR Code)
1436gGram
1437G3Heckler & Koch G3
1438GAARGeneral Anti-Avoidance Rule (tax evasion)
1439GABGabon (ISO 3166 trigram)
1440GABAGamma-AminoButyric Acid
1441GADGeneralized Anxiety Disorder
1442GAFGarfield and Friends
1443GAOU.S. Government Accountability Office
1444GAWGlobal Atmospheric Watch
1445GBBCGreat (Global) Backyard Bird Count
1446GBEKnight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
1447GBRUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1448GCAGraduate in Claims Administration
1449GCDsee entry
1450GCFGreatest Common Factor
1451GCIGround-controlled interception
1452GCNGamma-ray burst Coordination Network
1453GCSGlobal Coordinate System
1454GCSEGeneral Certificate of Secondary Education (UK)
1455GdGadolinium
1456GDGrenada (ISO 3166 digram)
1457GDLGame Definition Language
1458GDRGeneral Distribution Release (Microsoft Term for a software service release; between Hotfix and Service Pack)
1459GDRGerman Democratic Republic (cf. DDR)
1460GDWGame Designers Workshop
1461GeGermanium
1462GEBCOGeneral Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans
1463GECGreat Engineering Challenge
1464GEDGeneral Educational Development (high school equivalency credential in the U.S. and Canada)
1465GEEPGeophysical Equipment Exploration Platform
1466GENFull General (four stars) in the U.S. Army
1467GeVGigaelectron-volt
1468GEVGround Effect Vehicle
1469GFCIGround Fault Circuit Interruptor (aka GFI)
1470GFIGround Fault Interruptor (aka GFCI)
1471GFLGerman Football League (Germany's Bundesliga for American football; the English-language name is used in German without translation)
1472GFNGlobal Footprint Network
1473GGGeorgia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1474GGKGood God Karma
1475GHAGhana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1476GHBgamma-Hydroxybutyric acid
1477GiGibi
1478GIBGibraltar (ISO 3166 trigram)
1479GIGGlobal Information Grid
1480GINOGodzilla In Name Only
1481GISSGeneral Impression of Size and Shape,Goddard Institute for Space Studies
1482GJDGeocentric Julian Day
1483GLAADGay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
1484GLACGeneral Ledger Accounting Code
1485GLASTGamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
1486GLBAGramm-Leach-Bliley Act
1487GLCGas-liquid chromatography
1488GLPGuadeloupe (ISO 3166 trigram)
1489GLVGained Life Value
1490GmGigametre
1491GMThe Gambia (ISO 3166 digram),GameMaster (role-playing),General Motors,Genetically Modified,Germany (FIPS 10-4 country code),Guru Meditation (computing)
1492GMACGeneral Motors Acceptance Corporation,the original name of the company now known as Ally Financial,Graduate Management Admission Council,G-MAC,Great Midwest Athletic Conference
1493GMBThe Gambia (ISO 3166 trigram),General,Municipal,Boilermakers (and Allied Trade Union)
1494GMFSCGround Mobile Forces Satellite Communications
1495GMOGenetically Modified Organism
1496GMPCSGlobal Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite
1497GNASGrand National Archery Society
1498GNBGuinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 trigram)
1499GNPGross National Product
1500GNQEquatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram)
1501GnRHGonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
1502GOGlorioso Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1503GOAGeneral of the Army (United States only)
1504GOATGreatest Of All Time
1505GOCGeneral Officer Commanding
1506GOESGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
1507GOPGrand Old Party
1508gorpgranola,oats,raisins,peanuts (another name for trail mix),probably a backronym
1509GOSCGeneral Officer Steering Committee
1510GOSHGreat Ormond Street Hospital
1511GOSPGas/Oil Separation Plant
1512GOTSGovernment off-the-shelf
1513GOYADINGet Off Your Arse,Do It Now (anti-procrastination mantra)
1514GPGeneral Practitioner,General Purpose,Grand Prix,Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1515GPAGrade Point Average
1516GPCGlobal Path Cache
1517GPIBGeneral-Purpose Instrumentation/Interface Bus
1518GPOGeneral Post Office
1519GPPCGenetics and Public Policy Center
1520GPRGround-Penetrating Radar
1521GPSGeneral Problem Solver,Global Positioning System
1522GPTGeneral Purpose Technology, Get paid to surf (an online business model)
1523GQEquatorial 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]
1524GRGreece (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Hail (METAR Code)
1525GRAILGravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
1526GRASGenerally recognized as safe (FDA list)
1527GRBGamma-Ray Burst
1528GRCGreece (ISO 3166 trigram)
1529GRDGrenada (ISO 3166 trigram)
1530GREGraduate Record Examination,Greece (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
1531grep[search] Globally for Regular Expression,Print [lines]
1532GRIDGay-Related Immune Deficiency (original name of AIDS)
1533GRidGlobal Release Identifier,a music industry identifier from the RIAA and IFPI
1534GriTGirl raised in Texas (Woman presenting firm southern traits/beliefs)
1535GRLGreenland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1536GRNGrenada (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Goods Received Note
1537GsGigasecond
1538GSAU.S. General Services Administration
1539GSDGraphical Situation Display
1540GSGB(God send glamour boy 9-10/10)
1541GSKGlaxoSmithKline [good sexual karma]
1542GSNGame Show Network
1543GSOGeneral Services Officer (U.S. Department of State)
1544GSOHGood Sense Of Humour
1545GSPGeorges St-Pierre (Canadian MMA fighter)
1546GSRGun Shot Residue
1547GSSGeneric Security Services
1548GSWGunshot wound
1549GTDGetting Things Done
1550GTGGot To Go (Internet chat)
1551GTGNGetty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
1552GTKGood To Know (Internet chat)
1553GTMGuatemala (ISO 3166 trigram)
1554GUGuam (postal symbol; ISO 3166 digram)
1555GUFFrench Guiana (ISO 3166 trigram)
1556GUILTGangliated Utrophin Immuno Latency Toxin
1557GULCRGrupo de Usuarios de Linux de Costa Rica
1558GUTGrand Unification Theory
1559GWARSGround Warfare System (simulation)
1560GWASGrand Western Archery Society
1561GWOTGlobal War on Terrorism
1562GXEGene-enivronment interaction
1563GXMMatrox Graphics eXpansion Module
1564GYGuyana (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1565GZKGreisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cut-off (cosmic ray energies)
1566hHecto
1567HAARPHigh Frequency Active Auroral Research Program
1568HAARTHighly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy
1569HAIHuman Awareness Institute
1570HALHardware Abstraction Layer
1571HALOHigh Altitude Low Opening (parachute jump)
1572HAMAmateur radio operator
1573HANSHead And Neck Support (device used in many race cars)
1574HARMHigh-speed Anti-Radiation Missile
1575HAWHeavy Antitank Weapon
1576HAWKHoming All the Way Killer (air defence system)
1577HAZHeat-Affected Zone
1578HAZMATHazardous Materials
1579HBCDHexaBromoCycloDodecane
1580HBOHome Box Office
1581HBRHarvard Business Review
1582HBTHeterojunction Bipolar Transistor
1583HBVHepatitis B Virus
1584HCCIHomogeneous Charge Compression Ignition
1585HCFHighest Common Factor
1586HCSCHigher Command and Staff Course
1587HDLHigh-Density Lipoprotein
1588HDMHuman Decision-Making
1589HDRAHenry Doubleday Research Association
1590HeHelium
1591HEHigh Explosive
1592HEATHigh Explosive Anti-Tank (ammunition)
1593HEBAHellenic Basketball Clubs Association
1594HEERHigh-Explosive Extended Range (ammunition)
1595HEICHonourable East India Company
1596HEMPHigh-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
1597HEOSSHigh Earth Orbit Space Surveillance
1598HEPHigh-Explosive Plastic (ammunition)
1599HEPAHigh-Efficiency Particulate Air (filter)
1600HESVHeavy Engineering Support Vehicle
1601HETTHeavy Equipment Transporting Truck / Heavy Equipment Truck Tractor
1602HEUHighly Enriched Uranium
1603HfHafnium
1604HFHigh Frequency
1605HFEHuman Fertilisation and Embryology (UK Act)
1606HFEThe common-emitter current gain in a BJT transistor (also represented by βF). See: BJT
1607HFEAHuman Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (UK)
1608HgMercury (Latin Hydrargyrum)
1609HGCUK Human Genetics Commission
1610HGFHuman Growth Factor
1611HGTVHome & Garden Television
1612HIHawaii (postal symbol)
1613HIHHis (or Her) Imperial Highness
1614HIMHis (or Her) Imperial Majesty
1615HIMADHigh to Medium Altitude Air Defence (see also H/MAD)
1616HIMEZHigh Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
1617HIMYMHow I Met Your Mother
1618HIPAAU.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
1619HipparcosHIgh Precision Parallax COllecting Satellite
1620HirdHurd of interfaces representing depth (cf. HURD)
1621HiRISEHigh Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
1622HITHealth Information Technology
1623HIVHuman Immunodeficiency Virus
1624HIWTHobart Institute of Welding Technology
1625HJDHeliocentric Julian Day
1626HKHong Kong (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1627HKGHong Kong (ISO 3166 trigram)
1628HKSHyperKinetic Syndrome
1629hLHectolitre
1630HLHolding Line
1631HLLHigh-Level Language
1632HLNHeadline News
1633HLOSHigh Level Output Specification
1634HMHeard Island and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1635HMCEHer/His Majesty's Customs and Excise (former UK government department; succeeded by HM Revenue and Customs)
1636HMDHeard and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
1637HMFHydroxyMethyl Furfural
1638HMOHealth maintenance organization
1639HMPHer Majesty's Prison
1640HMRCHer/His Majesty's Revenue and Customs
1641HMSOHer Majesty's Stationery Office
1642HMVHis Master's Voice
1643HNHonduras (ISO 3166 digram)
1644HNDHonduras (ISO 3166 trigram)
1645HoHolmium
1646HOHonduras (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1647HOLLANDHope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies
1648HOSTACHelicopter Operations from Ships Other Than Aircraft Carriers
1649HOTHighly Optimised Tolerance
1650HOTASHands on throttle-and-stick
1651HOVHigh Occupancy Vehicle
1652hphorse power
1653HPAUK Health Protection Agency
1654HPCLHindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
1655HPLCHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography
1656HPTHigh[er] Payoff Target
1657HPVHuman Papilloma Virus
1658HRBLHigh-level Representation of Behavior Language (original name of the Herbal language)
1659HRDHuman Resource Development
1660HRFHigh iness Forces
1661HRHHis (or Her) Royal Highness
1662HRMHis (or Her) Royal Majesty
1663HRMHuman Resource Management
1664HRTHormone Replacement Therapy
1665HsHassium
1666HSBCThe Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
1667HSCHigher School Certificate
1668HSMHigh School Musical
1669HSMADHuman Science/Modeling and Analysis Data
1670HSNHome Shopping Network
1671HSPHHarvard School of Public Health
1672HSSIHigh-Speed Serial Interface
1673HSTsee entry
1674HTAHyperText Application
1675HTFUHarden The Fuck Up
1676HTHHope That Helps
1677HTIHaiti (ISO 3166 trigram)
1678HTMLHyperText Markup Language
1679HTRHeated Towel Rail
1680HTSHigh-Temperature Superconducting wire
1681HTTPHyperText Transfer Protocol
1682HUHungary (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
1683HUHAHead up his/her ass (Marine salute; probably a backcronym)
1684HUNHungary (ISO 3166 trigram)
1685HURDHird of Unix-Replacing Daemons (cf. Hird)
1686HVUpper Volta (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1984)
1687HVAPHigh Velocity Armour Piercing (ammunition)
1688HVHFHigh velocity human factors
1689HVMHigh Velocity Missile
1690HVOUpper Volta (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1984)
1691HWMHardware morphing (computer graphics rendering)
1692HXBThe glycoprotein Tenascian C
1693HZHaze (METAR Code)
1694HzHertz
1695IAIowa (postal symbol)
1696IAALI Am A Lawyer
1697IABInternational Association for Biologicals
1698IADIon Assisted Deposition
1699IADSIntegrated Air Defence System
1700IAEAInternational Atomic Energy Agency
1701IAF{i} Industrial Areas Foundation
1702IAFGInformation Assurance Focus Group
1703IANAInternet Assigned Numbers Authority
1704IANALI Am Not A Lawyer
1705IASImage Assessment System
1706IASIPIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
1707IATAInternational Air Transport Association
1708IATFInternational Automotive Task Force
1709IATSEInternational Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
1710IAUCInternational Astronomical Union Circular
1711IAWIn Accordance With
1712IBInternational Baccalaureate
1713IBAImportant Bird Area
1714IBDInflammatory Bowel Disease
1715IBDMInformation Based Decision Making
1716IBMInternational Business Machines
1717IBRDInternational Bank for Reconstruction and Development (part of the World Bank)
1718IBSIrritable Bowel Syndrome
1719ICANNInternet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
1720ICAOInternational Civil Aviation Organization
1721ICBMIntercontinental Ballistic Missile
1722ICBNInternational Code of Botanical Nomenclature
1723ICEIn case of emergency
1724ICESInternational Council for the Exploration of the Sea
1725ICFIntelligent Community Forum
1726ICMPInternet Control Message Protocol
1727ICNAFInternational Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (became NAFO in 1978)
1728ICOIntermediate Circular Orbit
1729ICPEInternational Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology,the annual conference of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
1730ICRAFInternational Centre for Research in Agroforestry (a.k.a. World Agroforestry Centre since 2002)
1731ICRISATInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
1732ICRLIndividual Component Repair List
1733ICRSInternational Celestial Reference System
1734ICSIIntracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
1735ICTInformation and communication technologies
1736ICTHIsland Closest to Heaven/Hell Final Fantasy VIII
1737ICVInfantry Carrier Vehicle
1738ICYMIIn Case You Missed It
1739IDCInternational Data Corporation
1740IDDII don't do initialisms (see irony)
1741IDGAFI don't give a fuck
1742IDKI don't know
1743IDLInterface Definition Language
1744IDNIndonesia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1745IEAInternational Energy Agency
1746IECInternational Electrotechnical Commission
1747IEDImprovised Explosive Device
1748IELTSInternational English Language Testing System
1749IERInformation Exchange Requirement
1750IETInitial Entry Training
1751IETInstitution of Engineering and Technology
1752IETFInternet Engineering Task Force
1753IEWIntelligence and Electronic Warfare
1754IFABInternational Football Association Board
1755IFAHInternational Federation for Animal Health
1756IFAPInternational Federation of Agricultural Producers
1757IFOIdentified Flying Object (see also UFO)
1758IFOVInstantaneous Field of View
1759IFPIInternational Federation of Phonographic Industries
1760IFRBInternational Frequency Registration Board
1761IFVInfantry Fighting Vehicle
1762IGInspector General
1763IGNOUIndira Gandhi National Open University
1764IGSInternational Ground Station
1765IHHIdiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
1766IHOInternational Hydrographic Organization
1767IHRInstitute for Historical Review
1768IHSIInstitutum Historicum Societatis Iesu (Jesuit Historical Institute)
1769IITwo (in Roman numerals)
1770IICAInter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
1771IIEInnovative Interstellar Explorer
1772IIIThree (in Roman numerals)
1773IIRCIf I Recall/Remember Correctly
1774IISSInternational Institute for Strategic Studies
1775IJNImperial Japanese Navy (World War II)
1776IJWPInterim Joint Warfare Publication
1777ILDSImproved Landmine Detection System
1778ILOInternational Labour Organization
1779ILRIInternational Livestock Research Institute
1780ILYI Love You [pronounced ILL-LEE]
1781IMBDInternational Migratory Bird Day
1782IMDbInternet Movie Database
1783IMEIn My Experience
1784IMHOIn My Humble/Honest Opinion
1785IMLInternational Mister Leather
1786IMNSHOIn My Not So Humble Opinion
1787IMPACInternational Merchant Purchase Authorization Card
1788IMPACTInternational Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce
1789IMPATTIMPact Avalanche Transit Time diode
1790IMPTInstitute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
1791IMRLIndividual Material iness List
1792IMRO-Internal Macedonian Revolutionary OrganizationIrish Music Rights Organisation
1793IMsLInternational Ms. Leather
1794IMTIntegrated Management Tool
1795IMUInternational Mathematical Union
1796InIndium
1797INAImmigration and Nationality Act
1798INASInternational Near-Earth Asteroid Survey
1799INCITSInterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
1800INDIndia (ISO 3166 trigram)
1801INDIGO(U.S.) INtelligence DIvision Gaming Operation
1802inetthe Internet
1803INFORMS(U.S.) Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
1804INFOSECInformation Security
1805INLAIrish National Liberation Army
1806INMARSATInternational Maritime Satellite organization
1807INRIAInstitut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique
1808INSImmigration and Naturalization Service
1809InSARInterferometric synthetic aperture radar
1810INSTInformation Standards and Technology
1811INTERFETInternational Force for East Timor
1812INTSUMIntelligence Summary
1813IOBritish Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1814IOTBritish Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166 trigram)
1815IPBIntelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
1816IPLInferior Parietal Lobule
1817IPOInitial Public Offering
1818IPTIntegrated Product/Project Team
1819IPTSInstitute for Prospective Technological Studies
1820IPTVInternet Protocol TeleVision
1821IPWInterrogation of Prisoners of War
1822IrIridium
1823IRADInternal Research and Development
1824IRAN(I) Inspect and Repair As Necessary
1825IRASInfrared Astronomical Satellite
1826IRBInternational Rugby Board
1827IRBMIntermediate Range Ballistic Missile
1828IREAIntermountain Rural Electric Association
1829IRINNIslamic Republic of Iran News Network
1830IRLIreland (ISO 3166 trigram),Industrial Research Limited,Indy Racing League,In real life
1831IRNIran (ISO 3166 trigram)
1832IROInternational Refugee Organisation
1833IRQIraq (ISO 3166 trigram)
1834IRSU.S. Internal Revenue Service
1835IRSTInfra-red Search and Track
1836ISAAAInternational Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications
1837ISARInverse SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar)
1838ISBIntermediate Staging Base
1839ISBNInternational Standard Book Number (ISO 2108)
1840ISCCPInternational Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
1841ISCIIIndian Standard Code for Information Interchange
1842ISDNIntegrated Services Digital Network
1843ISEFIntel International Science and Engineering Fair
1844ISENInternet Search Environment Number
1845ISFInternal Security Force
1846ISILIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant
1847ISISInstitute for Science and International Security, or: Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
1848ISLIceland (ISO 3166 trigram)
1849ISLNInternational Standard Lawyer Number (used initially by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell)
1850ISMBInternational Society of Matrix Biologists
1851ISMCIntelligent Sounding Meaningless Conversation
1852ISOGPIndian Society of Orthodontics for General Practitioners [2]
1853ISPEInternational Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
1854ISROIndian Space Research Organisation
1855ISSCRInternational Society for Stem Cell Research
1856ISSNInternational standard serial number (ISO 3297)
1857ISTCInstitute of Scientific and Technical Communications (UK)
1858ISTSIntel Science Talent Search
1859ITAItaly (ISO 3166 trigram)
1860ITAGInertial Terrain-Aided Guidance
1861ITALYI'll Truly Always Love You
1862ITASImproved Target Acquisition Sight
1863ITCInferoTemporal Cortex (neurophysiology)
1864ITCZIntertropical Convergence Zone
1865ITECInformation Technology Exposition & Conference
1866ITEMSInteractive Tactical Environment Management System
1867ITERInternational Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
1868ITFInternational Tennis Federation
1869ITKIn The Know
1870ITNIndependent Television News (British)
1871ITTInternational Telephone and Telegraph (U.S.)
1872ITTOInternational Tropical Timber Organization
1873IUCNInternational Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union)
1874IvecoIndustrial Vehicles Corporation
1875IVFIn Vitro Fertilisation
1876IVIInterchangeable Virtual Instrument
1877IVISInter-Vehicle Information System
1878IVLInter-Visibility Line
1879IVMIn Vitro [Oocyte] Maturation
1880IVOIn Vicinity Of
1881IWInformation Warfare
1882IWARSInfantry Warrior Simulation
1883IWCInternational Whaling Commission
1884IWWIndustrial Workers of the World
1885IXNine (in Roman numerals)
1886IXTIntraText digital library; IntraText lexical hypertext
1887IYSaudi-Iraqi neutral zone (FIPS 10-4 territory code; obsolete 1993)
1888IZIraq (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1889JJoule
1890J1Joint [Manpower &] Personnel Directorate
1891J2Joint Intelligence Directorate
1892J3Joint Operations Directorate
1893J4Joint Logistics Directorate
1894J5Joint Strategic Plans & Policy Directorate
1895J7Joint Operational Plans & Interoperability Directorate
1896JAJapan (FIPS 10-4 country code)
1897JAFTJust A Field Test
1898JALJapan Airlines
1899JALLCJoint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (NATO)
1900JAMJamaica (ISO 3166 trigram)
1901JAMAJournal of the American Medical Association
1902JANETJoint Academic Network
1903JATOJet-Assisted Take-Off
1904JBJail Bait
1905JBJunior Branch
1906JBFSAJoint Blue Force Situational Awareness
1907JCDBJoint Common Data Base
1908JCDSJoint Chiefs of the Defence Staff
1909JCIDSJoint Capabilities Integration and Development System
1910JCLJob Control Language
1911JCPJava Community Process
1912JCSJoint Chiefs of Staff
1913JCWJuggalo Championship Wrestling
1914JDBCJava Data Base Connectivity
1915JDEMJoint Dark Energy Mission
1916JDLJewish Defense League
1917JEJersey (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1918JEFXJoint Expeditionary Force eXperiment
1919JETJoint European Torus
1920JEZJoint Engagement Zone
1921JFACCJoint Force Air Component Commander
1922JFACTSUU.S. Joint Forward Air Control Training and Standards Unit
1923JFCJoint Force Commander
1924JFKJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy or the airport named after him.
1925JFLCCJoint Force Land Component Commander
1926JFMCCJoint Force Maritime Component Commander
1927JFOJournal of Field Ornithology
1928JFSOCCJoint Force Special Operations Component Commander
1929JFTXJoint Field Training Exercise
1930JHJapan Highway Public Corporation
1931JHJharkhand (Indian state code)
1932JIJoint Implementation
1933JIBJoint Information Bureau
1934JICJoint Intelligence Centre
1935JINIJava Intelligent Network Infrastructure
1936JITCJoint Interoperability Test Command
1937JIVEJoint Institute for VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) in Europe
1938JJAPJapanese Journal of Applied Physics
1939JLJapan Airlines (IATA airline designator)
1940JLAJustice League of America
1941JMJamaica (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1942JMSJava Message Service
1943JNJan Mayen Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1944JNIJava Native Interface
1945JNLPJava Network Launch Protocol
1946JOJordan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
1947JOAJoint Operations Area
1948JOPESJoint Operations Planning and Execution System
1949JORJordan (ISO 3166 trigram)
1950JOTSJoint Operations Tactical System
1951JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory
1952JPNJapan (ISO 3166 trigram)
1953JPOWJoint Project Optic Windmill
1954JRDFJoint Rapid Deployment Forces
1955JREJava Runtime Environment
1956JREFJames Randi Educational Foundation
1957JROCJoint Requirements Oversight Council
1958JROCMJROC Memorandum
1959JRRFJoint Rapid Reaction Force
1960JRSAIJournal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
1961JSAPJapan Society of Applied Physics
1962JSCSCJoint Services Command and Staff College
1963JSEADJoint Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (see SEAD)
1964JSFJoint Strike Fighter
1965JSIMSJoint Simulation System
1966JSOAJoint Special Operations Area
1967JSOTFJoint Special Operations Task Force
1968JSPJavaServer Page
1969JSPJoint Services Publication
1970JSRJava Specification Request
1971JSSJoint Support Ship Project
1972JTCJoint Training Confederation
1973JTFJoint Task Force
1974JTFEXJoint Task Force Exercise
1975JTLSJoint Theater Level Simulation
1976JTMDJoint Theatre Missile Defence
1977JTNJohnston Atoll (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
1978JUJuan de Nova Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
1979JUGFETJUnction Gate Field-Effect Transistor
1980JUICEJUpiter ICy Moon Explorer
1981JUOJoint Urban Operations
1982JVJoint Venture,Junior Varsity
1983JWJehovah's Witnesses
1984JWARSJoint Warfare System (simulation)
1985JWPJoint Warfare Publication
1986JYJapanese Yen
1987JZJoint Zone
1988KKelvin,Potassium (Latin Kalium),Tanker (aircraft designation code)
1989kKilo-
1990Kpicokelvin
1991K9Canine Police Unit
1992KaKamov Design Bureau
1993kAKiloampere
1994KAKnowledge Acquisition,Karnataka (Indian state code)
1995KAFKandahar Air Field
1996KANUKOKAKalaallit Nunaanni Kommunit Kattuffiannit (Kalaallisut, Greenlandic Communities Association
1997KARNACKnowledge Aided Retrieval in Activity Context
1998KARRKnight Automated Roving Robot (Knight Rider character)
1999KATUSAKorean Augmentation To United States Army
2000KAZKazakhstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2001KBEKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
2002KBOKuiper Belt Object
2003KBVBKoninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond (Dutch for Royal Belgian Football Association)
2004kCKilocoulomb
2005KCKKansas City,Kansas,Koma Civakên Kurdistan (Kurdish, Union of Communities in Kurdistan)
2006KCLKing's College London
2007KCMOKansas City,Missouri (pronounced: K-C-Moe)
2008KCSKansas City Southern Railway (AAR reporting mark)
2009KDKawasaki Disease,Kraft Dinner
2010KEKenya (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Kinetic Energy,Knowledge Engineering
2011KEDOKorean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
2012KENKenya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2013KERAKentucky Education Reform Act (of 1990)
2014kermaKinetic Energy Released in MAterial / in MAtter / per unit MAss
2015KESRKent and East Sussex Railway.
2016KETKentucky Educational Television,Key English Test
2017kFKilofarad
2018KFCKentucky Fried Chicken
2019KFORUN Kosovo Force
2020KFUPMKing Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
2021KGKyrgyzstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2022KGOKnight of the Guelphic Order of Hanover
2023KGZKyrgyzstan (ISO 3166 trigram)
2024KHCambodia (ISO 3166 digram)
2025kHKilohenry
2026KHLKontinental Hockey League
2027KHMCambodia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2028KHzKilohertz
2029KiKibi
2030KIKiribati (ISO 3166 digram)
2031KIAKilled In Action
2032KIDSKnowledge-based Integrated Design System
2033KIRKiribati (ISO 3166 trigram)
2034KISSKeep It Simple,Stupid / Keep It Short and Simple,Korean Intelligence Support System
2035KITKeep In Touch
2036KITECHKorean Institute of Industrial Technology
2037KITTKnight Industries Two Thousand, Knight Industries Three Thousand
2038kJKilojoule
2039kKKilokelvin
2040KKKKu Klux Klan
2041kLKilolitre
2042KLENOTKLEť Observatory Near Earth and Other unusual objects observations Team and Telescope
2043KLOCKilo Lines Of Code
2044KMComoros,Knowledge Management
2045kNKilonewton
2046KNASaint Kitts and Nevis (ISO 3166 trigram)
2047KNVBKoninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond (Dutch for Royal Dutch Football Association)
2048KOKnocked Out
2049KORRepublic of Korea (ISO 3166 trigram)
2050KPKim Possible
2051KPMGKlynveld,Peat,Marwick,Goerdeler
2052KPNOKitt Peak National Observatory
2053KQKenya Airways (IATA airline designator), Kingman Reef (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2054KRKiribati (FIPS 10-4 country code), Republic of Korea (ISO 3166 digram)
2055KrKrypton
2056KSKansas (postal symbol), Republic of Korea (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2057kSKilosiemens
2058KSCKennedy Space Center
2059KSIKilled or Seriously Injured
2060KSUKansas State University
2061KTChristmas Island (FIPS 10-4 territory code), Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Knights Templar
2062kTKilotesla
2063KTSKnight of the Tower and Sword (of Portugal)
2064KUKuwait (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2065KUWKuwait (UNDP country code,IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)
2066kVKilovolt
2067KVKosovo
2068kWKilowatt
2069KWKuwait (ISO 3166 digram)
2070KWBKids' WB!
2071KWTKuwait (ISO 3166 trigram)
2072KXCayman Airways (IATA airline designator)
2073KYCayman Islands (ISO 3166 digram), Kentucky (postal symbol)
2074KZKazakhstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2075KZNKwaZulu-Natal
2076LaLanthanum
2077LALaos (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram), Louisiana (postal symbol), Los Angeles
2078LAASLocal Area Augmentation System, Los Angeles Astronomical Society
2079LABLogistics Assault Base
2080LabVIEWLaboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench
2081LACMALos Angeles County Museum of Art
2082LADLaser Aiming Device
2083LADWLocal Air Defence Warning
2084LAESILocal Authority & Emergency Service Information
2085LANLocal Area Network
2086LANLLos Alamos National Laboratory
2087LAOLaos (ISO 3166 trigram)
2088LARLight Armoured Reconnaissance, Logistics Assistance Representative
2089LARCLivermore Advanced Research Computer (cf. LLNL)
2090LARPLive-Action Role-Playing
2091LaserLight Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (cf. Maser)
2092LATLowest Astronomical Tide (nautical charts),Licensed Athletic Trainer (used in many of the United States; see www.oata.org)
2093LATALocal Access Transport Area
2094LATCHLower Anchors and Tethers for Children (U.S. standard for attachment points for child safety seats in passenger cars)
2095LAVLand Assault Vehicle, Light Armoured Vehicle, Lymphadenopathy-Associated Virus
2096LAWLight Antitank Weapon
2097LAXLos Angeles International Airport, The Latin American Xchange (professional wrestling)
2098LBLebanon (ISO 3166 digram)
2099LBHLight Battlefield Helicopter, Lyman-Birge-Hopfield bands
2100LBJLady Bird Johnson,LeBron James,Light Bulb Joke,Little Beagle Johnson (the dog owned by Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson),Lyndon Baines Johnson
2101LBNLebanon (ISO 3166 trigram)
2102LBNLLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2103LBRLiberia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2104LBSLocation-Based Services
2105LBTLarge Binocular Telescope
2106LBWLeg Before Wicket
2107LBYLibya (ISO 3166 trigram)
2108LCASaint Lucia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2109LCCLand Component Commander
2110LCCPLight Contingency Communications Package
2111LCDLiquid Crystal Display
2112LCMLeast/Lowest Common Multiple
2113LCSLeague of Legends Championship Series
2114LDALateral Drift Apparatus (paratroops)
2115LDCLesser Developing/Developed Country
2116LDLLow-Density Lipoprotein
2117LDVLocal Defence Volunteers (British Home Guard)
2118LDWLane Departure Warning (ADAS)
2119LELebanon (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2120LECLocal Exchange Carrier
2121LEDLight-Emitting Diode
2122LEGADLegal Advice
2123Legslevel emotion gad speed
2124LEMOSSLong-Endurance MObile Submarine Simulator
2125LENLarge Extension Node
2126LEPLarge Electron-Positron collider
2127LERLoss-Exchange Ratio
2128LEULow-Enriched Uranium
2129LFLow Frequency
2130LFOLow Frequency Oscillation / Oscillator
2131LFTRLiquid fluoride thorium reactor
2132LGLatvia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2133LGMLittle Green Men
2134LGSLandsat Ground Station
2135LHCLarge Hadron Collider
2136LHSLeft Hand Side
2137LiLithium
2138LIBORLondon Interbank Offered Rate
2139LIBSLaser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
2140LIELiechtenstein (ISO 3166 trigram)
2141LIGOLaser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
2142LINEARLincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
2143LISALaser Interferometer Space Antenna
2144LIVELiquid Inertial Vibration Eliminator
2145LJJLord Justices of Appeal
2146LKSri Lanka (ISO 3166 digram)
2147LKASri Lanka (ISO 3166 trigram)
2148LKR4Linkwitz-Riley 4th order (audio crossover type)
2149LLADLow Level Air Defence
2150LLBLegum Baccalaureus (Latin: Bachelor of Laws)
2151LLCLimited Liability Company
2152LLLTVLow-Light Level Television
2153LLNLLawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2154LLPLimited Liability Partnership
2155LLTRLow-Level Transit Route
2156LMAOLaughing My Ass Off (Internet shorthand)
2157LMBLick My Balls
2158LMFAOLaughing My F**king Ass Off (Internet shorthand,electro-hop duo)
2159LMNLifetime Movie Network
2160LMSLike My Status (Internet shorthand)
2161LMV() Light Motor Vehicle
2162LNERLondon and North Eastern Railway
2163LNGLiquefied Natural Gas
2164LNOLiaison Officer
2165LOSlovakia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
2166LOALimit Of Advance
2167LOCLevel of Operational Capability,Limited Operational Capability,Lines Of Code,Lines Of Communication,see entry
2168LoDLines of Development (UK)
2169LOFARLow Frequency Analysis and Recording
2170LOGPACLogistics Package
2171LOLLaughing Out Loud (Internet shorthand)
2172LOMEZLow Altitude Missile Engagement Zone
2173LONEOSLowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search
2174LORTIDLOng Range Target IDentification
2175LOSLine Of Sight
2176LOSATLine-Of-Sight Anti-Tank (missile)
2177LOTALicentiate of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
2178LOTISLivermore Optical Transient Imaging System
2179LOTSLogistics Over-The-Shore
2180LPCLinear Predictive Coding
2181LPGLiquefied Petroleum Gas (cf. LNG)
2182LPILow Probability of Intercept
2183LQPalmyra Atoll (FIPS 10-4 territory code)
2184LrLawrencium
2185LRLiberia (ISO 3166 digram)
2186LRCLogistics iness Center
2187LRGWLong-Range Guided Weapon
2188LRICBMLimited Range ICBM
2189LRIPLow Rate Initial Production
2190LRPLogistics Release Point
2191LRPELong-Range Planning Element
2192LRSLong Range Surveillance
2193LRULine-Replaceable Unit
2194LSILarge-Scale Integration
2195LSIFLabour Sponsored Investment Fund
2196LSNDLiquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector
2197LSOLesotho (ISO 3166 trigram)
2198LSSTLarge Synoptic Survey Telescope
2199LtLieutenant
2200LtCLieutenant-Colonel (U.S.)
2201LTCLong-Term Costing
2202LtdLimited
2203LTDPLong-Term Defence Plan
2204LTILinear Time-Invariant
2205LTMAcronym for Laughing To Myself
2206LTPLong-Term Potentiation
2207LTULithuania (ISO 3166 trigram)
2208LUAcronym Love You
2209LULoonatics Unleashed
2210LuLutetium
2211LUCALast Universal Common Ancestor
2212LUGLinux User Group
2213LULULocally Unwanted Land Use (urbanism)
2214LUXLuxembourg (ISO 3166 trigram)
2215LVALatvia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2216LVEFLeft Ventricular Ejection Fraction
2217LwLawrencium (obsolete 1963)
2218LWRLaser warning receiver
2219LWRCLand Warfare Resources Corporation
2220LWSLand Warrior System
2221LXElectrics (theatrical term)
2222LYAOLaugh Your Ass Off
2223LYLASLove You Like A Sister
2224MaMegaannum
2225mAMilliampere
2226MAAMathematical Association of America
2227MAACMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference
2228MACEMulti-Agent Computing Environment
2229MACHOMAssive Compact Halo Object
2230MAFMaintenance Action Form
2231MAGICMajor Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (telescope)
2232MAGNETARMetaprogrammable AGent NETwork ARchitecture
2233MAGTFMarine Air-Ground Task Force
2234MALDMiniature Air-Launched Decoy
2235MANPADSMAN-Portable Air Defence System
2236MANPRINTMANpower and PeRsonnel INTegration
2237MAOMolėtų astronomijos observatorija (Moletai Astronomical Observatory),MonoAmine Oxidase
2238MAOIMonoamine oxidase inhibitor
2239MAPSMonitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship
2240MARMorocco (ISO 3166 trigram)
2241MarBEFMarine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
2242MARCENTUnited States Marine Forces Central Command
2243MARFORCCMarine Force Component Commander
2244MASASMonte Agliale Supernovae and Asteroid Survey
2245MaserMicrowave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
2246MASHMobile Army Surgical Hospital
2247MASINTMeasurement And Signature Intelligence
2248MAVSMobile Artillery Vehicle System
2249MBBL(U.S. Armor Center) Mounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
2250MBCCMigratory Bird Conservation Commission (U.S.)
2251MBCSMulti-Byte Character Set
2252MBIMoody Bible Institute
2253MBIDSTMember of the British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
2254MBMMeat and Bone Meal
2255MBTMain Battle Tank
2256MBTIMyers-Briggs Type Indicator
2257mCMillicoulomb
2258MCDLModel Composition Definition Language
2259MCFTModified Compression Field Theory
2260MCGMelbourne Cricket Ground
2261MCISMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
2262MCMMine Counter-Measures
2263MCMVMine Counter-Measure Vessel
2264MCRMy Chemical Romance
2265MCSFMarine Corps Security Forces
2266MCTMovement Control Team
2267MCTISMounted Co-operative Target Identification System
2268MdMendelevium
2269MDNAMadonna's 12th studio album title (2012)
2270MDOMembership Driven Organisation
2271MDPMarkov Decision Process
2272MDTMountain Daylight Time (UTC-6 hours)
2273MDVMaldives (ISO 3166 trigram)
2274MeMesserschmitt
2275MEACMid-Eastern Athletic Conference (ME-ac)
2276MECOMain engine cutoff (NASA code for point in Space Shuttle assent when three main engines are shut down prior to External Tank (ET) separation)
2277MEDEVACMedical evacuation
2278MEDSMission Essential Data Set
2279MEGMagnetoEncephaloGraphy
2280MELTMetallic Line/Loop Test (ing)
2281MEMSMicroelectromechanical System
2282MERMars Exploration Rover
2283MERLMitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
2284MESManufacturing Execution Systems
2285METAR[Meteorological] Aviation Routine weather report
2286METOCMeteorological and Oceanographic
2287MeVMegaelectronvolt
2288MEXMexico (ISO 3166 trigram)
2289MEZMissile Engagement Zone
2290mFMillifarad
2291MGPAMMy Gym Partner's a Monkey
2292MGSMobile Gun System
2293mHMillihenry
2294MHCMajor Histocompatibility Complex
2295MHHWMean Higher High Water (nautical charts)
2296MHLMarshall Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2297MHLWMean Higher Low Water (nautical charts)
2298MHRA(UK) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
2299MHWMean High Water (nautical charts)
2300MHWNMean High Water Neaps (nautical charts)
2301MHWSMean High Water Springs (nautical charts)
2302MHzMegahertz
2303MiMebi
2304MIAMissing In Action
2305MICLICMine Clearing Line Charge
2306MICOMMissile Command
2307MIDMidway Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
2308MIDASMan-machine Integration Design and Analysis System
2309MIDIMusical Instrument Digital Interface
2310MIDSMulti-Function Information Distribution System
2311MIFGShallow Fog (METAR Code)
2312MIKEMonitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants
2313MILMan-In-the-Loop
2314MILCMirrorless interchangeable-lens camera
2315MILFMother I'd Like to Fuck
2316MIMOSAMIcroMeasurements Of Satellite Acceleration
2317MIMPTMember of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists
2318MIRAMILAN Infra-Red Acquisition (thermal sight)
2319MIRVMultiple Independent Reentry Vehicle
2320MISREPMission Report
2321MISSIMultilevel Information System Security Initiative
2322MITLMan-In-The-Loop
2323MITSsee entry
2324mJMillijoule
2325MJDModified Julian Day
2326mKMillikelvin
2327MKGMichael Kidd-Gilchrist (American basketball player)
2328MKSAMetre-Kilogram-Second-Ampere (system of units)
2329mLMillilitre
2330MLBMajor League Baseball
2331MLCMember of the Legislative Council (in India)
2332MLEMaximum likelihood estimation
2333MLHWMean Lower High Water (nautical charts)
2334MLIMali (ISO 3166 trigram)
2335MLLMajor League Lacrosse
2336MLLWMean Lower Low Water (nautical charts)
2337MLPMy Little Pony
2338MLRSMultiple-Launch Rocket System
2339MLTMalta (ISO 3166 trigram)
2340MLWMean Low Water (nautical charts)
2341MLWNMean Low Water Neaps (nautical charts)
2342MLWSMean Low Water Springs (nautical charts)
2343MmMegametre
2344mmMillimetre
2345MMEVMulti-Mission Effects Vehicle
2346MMIMagical MonkeyZ Inc.
2347MMIMan-Machine Interface
2348MMIMcLean Meditation Institute
2349MMICMcLean Meditation Institute Certified
2350MMOMassively Multiplayer Online (computer game)
2351MMORMaster of Management in Operations Research
2352MMORPGMassively multiplayer online role-playing game
2353MMPRMighty Morphin Power Rangers
2354MMSMultimission Modular Spacecraft
2355MnManganese
2356mNMillinewton
2357MNBMultinational Brigade
2358MNEMontenegro (ISO 3166 trigram)
2359MNMFMulti-National Maritime Force
2360MNPNorthern Mariana Islands (ISO 3166 trigram)
2361MNSMission Needs Statement
2362MoMolybdenum
2363MOAMuseum of Art (Brigham Young University)
2364MOCASMechanization Of Contract Administration Services
2365MoDMinistry of Defence (United Kingdom) and various other countries
2366modemModulator-Demodulator
2367MoeMarvel of entertainment
2368MOEMeasure Of Effectiveness
2369MOFMinistry of Finance (Japan)
2370MOFAMinistry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
2371MOIDMinimum Orbital Intersection Distance
2372MOJWAMovement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa
2373MOLOMobile Other Licensed Operator (UK)
2374MOMMaster's Degree in Oriental medicine
2375MOMMessage Oriented Middleware
2376MoMMultiple of the median
2377MoMAMuseum of Modern Art (NYC)
2378MONDModified Newtonian Dynamics
2379MOOMeasure Of Outcome
2380MOPPMission-Oriented Protective Posture
2381MORPMeteorite Observation and Recovery Project
2382MOSFETMetal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
2383MOTMinistry of Transport (UK)
2384MOTAMember of the Orthodontic Technicians Association
2385MOTESSMoving Object and Transient Event Search System
2386MOUMemorandum Of Understanding
2387MOWMaintenance of way (also MW)
2388MOZMozambique (ISO 3166 trigram)
2389MPaMegapascal
2390mPaMillipascal
2391MPAAMotion Picture Association of America
2392MPECMinor Planet Electronic Circular
2393MPEGMotion Pictures (Coding) Experts Group
2394MPEVMulti-Purpose Engineering Vehicle
2395MPFMaritime Prepositioning Force
2396MPFCMedial PreFrontal Cortex
2397MPGMiles Per Gallon
2398MPMCMedial PreMotor Cortex
2399MPSIMember of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
2400MPSoCMultiProcessor System-on-Chip
2401MPSRONMaritime Propositioning Ship Squadron
2402MRMauritania (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2403MRAVMulti-Role Armoured Vehicle
2404MRBMMedium Range Ballistic Missile
2405MRCMaintenance Requirements Card
2406MRDMotorized Rifle Division
2407MRGWMedium-Range Guided Weapon
2408MRIMagnetic Resonance Imaging
2409MRLMultiple Rocket Launcher
2410MRPharmSMember of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (Great Britain)
2411MRSMagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
2412MRSAMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
2413MRTFBU.S. Major Range and Test Facility Base
2414MsMegasecond
2415mSMillisiemens
2416MSDMinimum Safe Distance
2417MSDBMulti Source Data Base
2418MSEMultiple Subscriber Element
2419MSGMessage
2420MSLPMean Sea Level Pressure
2421MSNBCMicrosoft National Broadcasting Company Cable news channel (see also msnbc.com)
2422MSOMultiple System Operator
2423MSPBMerit Systems Protection Board
2424MSSAMethicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
2425MtMeitnerium
2426mTMillitesla
2427MTBFMean time between failures
2428MtFMale-to-female transsexual
2429MTGMagic: The Gathering
2430MTQMartinique (ISO 3166 trigram)
2431MTTMethylthiazol tetrazolium (assay)
2432MTWSMAGTF Tactical Warfare System
2433MUSMauritius (ISO 3166 trigram)
2434mVMillivolt
2435MVCMissouri Valley Conference
2436MVFCMissouri Valley Football Conference
2437MVNOMobile virtual network operator
2438mWMilliwatt
2439MWESHMachismo Wizards Extended SHelter (operating system)
2440MWIMalawi (ISO 3166 trigram)
2441MWOAMount Wilson Observatory Association
2442MWTBMounted Warfare Test Bed
2443MYMalaysia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
2444MYOBMind Your Own Business
2445MYSMalaysia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2446MYTMayotte (ISO 3166 trigram)
2447nNano
2448N3FNational Fantasy Fan Federation
2449nANanoampere
2450NaSodium (Latin Natrium)
2451NAAN-Acetylaspartate
2452NAADNorth American Air Defense
2453NAAQSNational Ambient Air Quality Standards
2454NAAWSNATO Anti-Air Warfare System
2455NACNational Agency Check,U.S. Naval Avionics Center,U.S. Navy Advanced Concepts,North Atlantic Council,Northern Area Command
2456NACCNorth Atlantic Cooperation Council
2457NACISANATO Communications and Information Systems Agency
2458NACMANATO Air Command and Control System Management Agency
2459NACRANorth America Caribbean Rugby Association (more specifically rugby union)
2460NAECU.S. Naval Air Engineering Center
2461NAFERANative American Free Exercise of Religion Act
2462NAFLDNonAlcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
2463NAFONorthwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
2464NAFTANorth American Free Trade Agreement
2465NAGPRANative American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
2466NAICSNorth American Industry Classification System
2467NAILNeurotics Anonymous
2468NAILSNational Airspace Integrated Logistics System
2469NAIRUNon Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment
2470NAKNegative Acknowledge
2471NAMNamibia (ISO 3166 trigram)
2472NAMBLANorth American Man-Boy Love Association
2473NAMRLNaval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
2474NaNNot A Number (computing)
2475NAOUK National Audit Office
2476NAPSNavy Acquisition Procedures Supplement
2477NARA(U.S.) National Archives and Records Administration
2478NARALNational Abortion Rights Action League
2479NARDACNaval Regional Data Automation Center
2480NARDICU.S. Navy Acquisition Research and Development Information Center
2481NARPVNational Association for Remotely Piloted Vehicles
2482NASCARNational Association for Stock Car Auto Racing
2483NASDAQNational Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
2484NASEDNational Association of State Election Directors [1][2]
2485NASHNon-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
2486NASPNational Aerospace Plane
2487NASSNational Association of Secretaries of State [3]
2488NatGeoNational Geographic
2489NaUKMANational University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
2490NAVNavigation[al]
2491NAVCAMSNaval Communications Area Master Station
2492NAVCCNational Audio-Visual Conservation Center
2493NAVCENTNaval Forces U.S. Central Command
2494NAVDACNaval Data Automation Command
2495NAVEURNaval Forces U.S. European Command
2496NAVFORNaval Force
2497NAVMACSNaval Modular Automatic Communication Subsystem
2498NAVNETNavy Network
2499NAVSNon-Cooperative Airborne Vector Scoring
2500NAVSATNavigation Satellite
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