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