Abbreviations and Acronyms
Abbreviation (from Latin brevis, meaning short) is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase. For example, the word abbreviation can itself be represented by the abbreviation abbr., abbrv. or abbrev
Acronym "A word formed from the initial letters of a multi-word name." It is subgroup of Abbreviations.
Contraction of a word is made by omitting certain letters or syllables and bringing together the first and last letters or elements. It is also subgroup of abbreviations
Number
1D One Dimensional
2D Two Dimensional
2G Second Generation mobile telephone system
3D Three Dimensional
3G Third Generation mobile telephone system
4G Fourth Generation mobile telephone system
A
AAP Aam Adami Party
AC Alternating Current
ACK Acknowledgement
ADAG Anil Dhirubai Ambani Group
AEWACS Airborne Early Warning and Control System
AFMC Armed Forces Medical College
AIADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
AICTE All India Council for Technical Education
AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Science
AIR All India Radio
AK Avtomat Kalashnikova ,Mikhail Kalashnikov is russian arm designer e.g. AK-47
ALU Arithmetic and Logical Unit
AM Ante Meridian (12AM-12PM)
AM Amplitude modulation
AMEX American Express
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ASAP As Soon as Possible
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations
ASIMO Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility
ASIS Australian Secret Intelligence Service
ASP Active Server Pages
AT&T American Telegraphic and Telephone Co. Ltd.
ATC Air Traffic Control
ATM Automated Teller Machine
ATP Association of Tennis Professionals
ATS Anti-Terrorist Squad (India)
B
B2B Business to Business
B2C Business to Consumer
BARC Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
BCCI Board of Control of Cricket in India
BCG Bacille Calmette Guerin(Vaccine),Boston Consulting Group
BHEL Bharat Heavy Electri-cals Ltd
BHK Bedroom Hall Kitchen
BIOS Basic Input Output System
BIS Bureau of Indian Standards
BIT Binary Digit
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party
BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke
BofA Bank of America
BOI Bank of India
BoP Balance of Payments
BOT Built Operate Transfer
BPL Below Poverty Line
BPO Business process outsourcing
BRICS Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
BRTS Bus Rapid Transport System
BSE Bombay Stock Exchange
BSF Border Security Force
BSNL Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party
C
CA Chartered Accountant
CAD Computer-Aided Design
CAG Comptroller and Auditor General
CAM Computer-Aided Manufacturing
CAT Common Admission Test
CBI Central Bureau Of Investigation
CBSE Central Board of Secondary Education
CD Compact disc
CD ROM Compact Disc read-only memory
CDAC Centre for the Development of Advanced Computing
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CFO Chief Financial Officer
CGI Common Gateway Interface
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CIBIL Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited
CID Criminal Investigation Department
CID Criminal Investigation Department
CMMI Capability Maturity Model Integration
CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
CNBC CONSUMER NEWS AND BUSINESS CHANNEL
CNES French Space Agency
CNG Compressed Natural Gas
CNN Cable News Network
CNSA China National Space Administration
COBOL Common Business-Oriented Language
Comms Communications sector
COMPUTER Common Operating Machine Particularly Used for Trade, Education, and Research
CPI Communist Party of India
CPI(M) Communist Party of India (Marxist)
CPU Central Processing Unit
CQD Come Quick Danger. Message sends from ships during emergency
CRM Customer relationship management
CRPF Central Reserve Police Force
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
CSA Canadian Space Agency
CSIR Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
CTBT Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
CTS Cognizant Technology Solutions
CVR Cockpit Voice Recorder (2 disc of Black box)
D
DBA Database Administrator
DC Direct Current
DGSE Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (French foreign intelligence service )
DHL Dalsey, Larry and Lynn. Founders of DHL which is a global leader in the logistics industry
DLR German Aerospace Center
DMK Dravida Munetra Kazhagam
DNA Deoxyribo-nucleic Acid
DNS Domain Name System
Dr Doctor
DRDO Defense Research and Development Organization
DTH Direct To Home
DVD Digital Video Disc
E
ECS Electronic Clearing System
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
EFT Electronic Fund Transfer
E-mail Electronic Mail
EMI Equated Monthly Instalments
ENT Ear, Nose and Throat
EOD End of Day
EPF Employee Provident Fund
EPL English Premier League
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
ESA European Space Agency
EST Eastern Standard Time
EVM Electronic Voting Machine
F
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FAQ Frequently Asked Question
FBI Federal Bureau Of Investigation
FBW Fly-By-Wire
FD Fixed Deposit
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FDR Flight Data Recorder (1 disc of Black box)
FICCI Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
FIFA International Football Federation (Federation Internationale de Football Association)
FIR First Information Report
FM Frequency modulation
FMCG Fast-moving consumer goods
FTP File Transfer Protocol
FYA For Your Action
FYI For Your Information
G G7 Group of 7 (US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, japan and Canada) G8 includes G7+Russia
GATE Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GE General Electric
GLONASS Russian Global Navigation Satellite System
GM General Motors
GMAT Graduate Management Admission Test
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
GNU GNU's not Unix!
GPRS General Packet Radio Services
GPS Global Positioning System
GSLV Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
H
H&LS Health and life sciences
HAL Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
HBO Home Box Office
HCC Hindustan Construction Company
HD High Definitions
HDD Hard Disc Drive
HDFC Housing Development and Finance Corporation
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HMT Hindustan Machine Tools
HNI High Net-worth Individual
hr Hour
HR Human Resource
HRA House Rent Allowance
HSBC Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
HTC High-Tech Computer
HTML Hyper Text Markup Language
http Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Https Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
HUDCO Housing and Urban Development Corp
I
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
IAF Indian Air Force
IATA International Air Transport Association
IBM International Business Machine
IBN Islamic Broadcasting Network, Indian Broadcasting Network
IBP Indo-Burma Petroleum
IC Integrated Circuit
ICBM Inter Continental Ballistic Missile
ICC International Cricket Council
ICICI Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
ICU Intensive Care Unit
IDBI Industrial Development Bank of India
IEEE Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IELTS International English Language Testing System
IFSC Indian Financial System Code
IGNOU Indira Gandhi National Open University
IIM Indian Institute of Management
IIT Indian Institute of Technology
IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identity
IMF International Monetary Fund
IMPA Internet Message Access Protocol
INC Indian National Congress
INS Indian Naval Services
INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization
IP Internet Protocol
IPL Indian Premier League
IPO Initial Public Offering
IPS Indian Police Service
IQ Intelligence Quotient
IRDA Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
IRNSS India's regional navigation system
ISBN International Standard Book Number
ISD International Subscriber Trunk Dialing
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
ISI Indian Standard Institute, Inter Service Intelligence
ISKON International Society for Krishna Consciousness
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISP Internet service provider
ISRO Indian Space Research Organization
IST Indian Standard Time
ITI Industrial Training Institute
ITR Income Tax Return
J
JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
JD (U) Janata Dal (United)
JEE Joint Entrance Examination
JIT Just In Time
JNNURM Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
JPMC John Pierpont Morgan Chase Bank
K
KARI Korea Aerospace Research Institute
Kbps Kilobit per second
KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken
Kg Kilogram
KGB Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti Russian Security Agency
Km Kilometer
KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler
L
L&T Larsen and Tubro
LAN Local area network
LASER Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LBT Local Body Tax
LBW Leg before Wicket
LCA Light Combat Aircraft
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LCV Light Commercial Vehicle
LED Light Emitting Diode
LIC Life Insurance Corporation (of India)
LLB Bachelor of Laws
LOA Leave of Absence
LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas
LTA Leave Travel Allowance
LTTE Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam
M
M.A. Master of Arts
M.D. Doctor of Medicine
MBA Master of Business Administration
MBBS Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
Mbps Megabits per second
MBT Main Battle Tank
MCC Marylebone Cricket Club
MGM Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
MICR Magnetic ink character recognition
Min Minute
MLA Member of Legislative Assembly
MMS Multimedia Messaging Services
MNS Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
MOCA Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act
MODEM modulator demodulator
MP Member of Parliament
MRF Madras Rubber Factory
MRP Maximum Retail Price
MTCR Missile Technology Control Regime
MUV Multi Utility Vehicle
N
NAAC National Assessment and Accreditation Council
NABARD National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
NABISCO National Biscuit Company
NAFED National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Federation
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASSCOM National Association of Software and Service Companies
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NAV Net Asset Value
NBC National Broadcasting Company
NCP National Congress Party
NCR National Capital Region
NDA National Defense Academy, National Democratic Alliance
NDTV New Delhi Television
NECCO New England Confectionery Company
NGO Non-Governmental Organization non-profit, voluntary citizens' group
NHAI Nation Highway Authority of India
NOC No Objection Certificate
NOFORN No Foreign Nationals
NPA Non-performing Assets
NRI Non Residential Indian
NSA National Security Agency
NSE National Stock Exchange
NTPC National Thermal Power Corporation
NTSB National Transport Safety Board
O
OBC Other Backward Classes
OFC Optical Fiber Cable
ONGC Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
OOP Object Oriented Programming
OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OSS Office of Strategic Services
P
PA Personal Assistant
PAN Permanent Account Number
PCO Public Call Office
PFA Please Find Attachment
PGP Pretty Good Privacy
Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy
PIN Personal Identification Number ,Postal Index Number
PL SQL Procedural Structured Query Language
PM Post Meridiam (12PM-12AM)
PO Post Office, Purchase Order
PPF Public Provident Fund
PPP Purchasing Power Parity
Prof. Professor
PSLV Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
PSP PlayStation Portable
PSPL Persistent System Private Limited
PSU Public Sector Undertakings
PUC Pollution under Control
PWD Public Works Department
Q
QANTAS Queensland and Northern Territory Air Services Ltd
R
R&D Research and Development
RADAR Radio Detection and Ranging
RAM Random Access Memory
RAW Research and Analysis Wing
RBI Reserve Bank of India
RBS Royal Bank Of Scotland
RC Registration Certificate
RFID Radio Frequency Indentifier
RFP Request for Proposal
RIM Research In Motion
RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal
Roscosmos Russian Federal Space Agency
RPG Rocket Propelled Grenade
RPI Republican Party of India
RPM Revolutions Per Minute
RPM Revolutions per minute
RSA Rivest, Shamir and Adleman (Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir and Leonard Adleman developed the RSA encryption algorithm in 1977)
RTF Rich Text Format
RTGS Real Time Gross Settlement
RTI Right to Information
RTO Regional Transport Office
S
SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SAIL Steel Authority of India Limited
SAM Surface to Air Missile
SARS Severe acute respiratory syndrome
SATPHONE Satellite Phone
SBI State Bank of India
SCUBA self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
SDLC Software Development Life Cycle
SEBI Securities and Exchange Board of India
SENSEX Sensitivity Index
SEZ Special Economic Zone
SIM Subscriber Information Module
SIP Systematic Investment Plan
SIS Secret Intelligence Service
SLA Service Level Agreement
SLBM Submarine launched Ballistic Missile
SMPS Switch Mode Power Supply
SMS Short Message Service
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SQL Structured Query Language
SRP State Reserve Police
SSH Secure shell
STD Subscriber Trunk Dialing,Sexually Transmitted Diseases
SUPARCO Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission
SUV Sport Utility Vehicle
SVR Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki)
T
TADA Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act
TBM Tunnel Boring Machine
TC Ticket Collector
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TCS Tata Consulting Services
TDP Telugu Desam Party
TDS Tax Deduct at Source
TELCO Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company
TMC Trinamool Congress
TMC Thousand Million Cubic feet
TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language
TPT Third Party Transfer
TRAI Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
TRP Television Rating Point
TRS Telangana Rashtra Samithi
U
UAE United Arab Emirates
UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UBS Union Bank of Switzerland
UDP User Datagram Protocol
UFO Unidentified Flying Object
UGC University Grants Commission
ULFA United Liberation Front of Asom
ULIP Unit Linked Insurance Plan
UN United Nations
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNICEF United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
UNSC United Nations Security Council
UPA United Progressive Alliance
UPSC Union Public Service Commission
UPSC Union Public Service Commission
URL Uniform Resource Locator
USA The United States of America
USAF United States Air Force
USB Universal Serial Bus
USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
UTC Coordinated Universal Time
V
VAT Value Added Tax
VHDL VHSIC hardware description language
VHSIC very-high-speed integrated circuit
VIP Very Important Person
VISA Visitor Intending to Stay Abroad
VLAN Virtual local area network
VP Vice President
VPN Virtual private network
W
WAN Wide-area network
WHO World Health Organization
WiFi Wireless Fidelity IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi Alliance)
WINE Windows Emulator
WTA World Tennis Association
WTO World Trade Organization
WWE World Wrestling Entertainment
WWF World Wildlife Fund, World Wrestling Federation
www World Wide Web
X
Xmas Christmas
XML Extensible Markup Language
Y
Y2K Year 2 thousand
Z
ZIP Zone Improvement Plan
