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List of acronyms and initialisms

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This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends.

For the purposes of this list:

  • acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as a series of constituent letters
  • initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters
  • pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters means that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
(a) = acronym in the example: SARS – (a) Severe acute respiratory syndrome
(i) = initialism in the example: CD – (i) Compact disc
(p) = pseudo-blend in the example: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
(s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – Megahertz)

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Because of the list's size, acronyms and initialisms beginning with certain characters appear in separate articles.

Please add your own entries, in this page or in the appropriate sub-page. Use a quasi-dictionary order, with lowercase treated the same as uppercase and ignoring non-alphanumeric characters (hyphens and such). This means that only alphanumeric characters have any significance in determining order, and that lowercase letters occupy the same ordering position as uppercase (in tie-breaker cases, list lower case first). For example: Algol appears before ALS. (This differs from a strict ASCII ordering)

Contents

0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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0–9

  • 2D – (i) Two-Dimensional
  • 2.5D – (p) "Two-and-a-half-dee": two-dimensional computer graphics imitating 3D
  • 2G – (i) Second-generation mobile (cellular, wireless) telephone system
  • 2.5G – (p) Second-and-a-half-generation mobile telephone system
  • 3D – (i) Three-dimensional
  • 3G – (i) Third-generation mobile telephone system
  • 3M – (i) Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
  • 4D – (i) Four-dimensional (usually three spatial plus one temporal dimension, sometimes 4 spatial ones)
  • 4G – (i) Fourth-generation mobile telephone system
  • 4GL – (i) Fourth-generation programming language
  • 4WD – (i) Four Wheel Drive (cf. AWD)

A

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B

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C

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D

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E

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F

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G

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H

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I

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J

  • J – (s) Joule
  • J1 – (s) Joint Personnel Directorate
  • J2 – (s) Joint Intelligence Directorate
  • J3 – (s) Joint Operations Directorate
  • J4 – (s) Joint Logistics Directorate
  • J5 – (s) Joint Public Affairs Directorate
  • J6 – (s) Joint Information Technology Directorate

JA-JD

JE-JL

  • Jeb Bush – (a) John Ellis Bush
  • Jeb Stuart – (a) James Ewell Brown (Stuart's given names) Stuart
  • JEZ – (a) Joint Engagement Zone
  • JFACC – (i) Joint Force Air Component Commander
  • JFC – (i) Joint Force Commander
  • JFET – (i/a) Junction Field-Effect Transistor ("jay-fett")
  • JFK – (i) John Fitzgerald Kennedy or the airport named after him.
  • JFLCC – (i) Joint Force Land Component Commander
  • JFMCC – (i) Joint Force Maritime Component Commander
  • JFSOCC – (i) Joint Force Special Operations Component Commander
  • JIB – (a) Joint Information Bureau
  • JIC – (a) Joint Intelligence Centre
  • JITC – (i) Joint Interoperability Test Command

JM-JR

  • JM – (s) Jamaica (NATO country code; ISO 3166 digram)
  • JNLP – (i) Java Network Launch Protocol
  • JO – (s) Jordan (NATO country code; ISO 3166 digram)
  • JOA – (a/i) Joint Operations Area
  • JOPES – (a) Joint Operations Planning and Execution System
  • JOR – (s) Jordan (ISO 3166 trigram)
  • JOTS – (a) Joint Operations Tactical System
  • JP – (s) Japan (ISO 3166 digram)
  • JPEG – (a) Joint Photographic Experts Group ("djay-peg")
  • JPL – (i) Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • JPN – (s) Japan (ISO 3166 trigram)
  • JRA – (i) Japanese Red Army – Joint Rear Area

JS-JZ

  • JSAF – (a) Joint Semi-Automated Forces ("djay-saff")
  • JSD – (i) juris scientiae doctor (Latin, "doctor of science of law")
  • JSEAD – (i) Joint Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (see SEAD)
  • JSOA – (i) Joint Special Operations Area
  • JSOTF – (i) Joint Special Operations Task Force
  • JSS – (i) Joint Support Ship
  • JSTARS – (p) Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System ("djay-starz")
  • JT – (s) Johnston Atoll (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1986)
  • JTAGS – (p) Joint Tactical Ground Station ("djay-tagz")
  • J-TENS – (a) Joint-Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities
  • JTF – (i) Joint Task Force
  • JTIDS – (p) Joint Tactical Information Distribution System ("djay-tidz")
  • JTMD – (i) Joint Theatre Missile Defence
  • JTN – (s) Johnston Atoll (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1986)
  • JTRS – (a/i) Joint Tactical Radio System ("jitters")
  • JUGFET – (p) JUnction Gate Field-Effect Transistor
  • JW – (i) Jehovah's Witnesses
  • JZ – (i) Joint Zone

K

KA-KL

KM-KZ

L

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M

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N

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O

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P

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Q

  • QA – (s) Qatar (NATO country code; ISO 3166 digram)
  • Qantas – (a) Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services
  • QAT – (s) Qatar (ISO 3166 trigram)
  • QC – (i) Quality Control – (s) Québec (postal symbol) – (i) Queen's Counsel
  • QCA – (i) Qualifications and Curriculum Authority – Quality Council of Alberta
  • QCD – (p) Quantum ChromoDynamics
  • QD – (i) quaque die (Latin, "daily")
  • QDOS – (p) Quick and Dirty Operating System ("cue-doss")
  • QED – (p) quantum electrodynamics – (i) quid es demonstrata or quod erat demonstrandum (Latin, "that proves it" or "which was to be demonstrated")
  • QID – (i) quater in die (Latin, "four times daily")
  • QIP – (a) Quadrilateral Interoperability Programme (ancestor of MIP; "quip")
  • QS – (i) quantum sufficit (Latin, "as much as suffices")
  • QSL – (i) Québec sign language
  • QSO – (i) Quasi-Stellar Object
  • QSTAG – (p) Quadripartite Standardization Agreement ("cue-stag")
  • Quango – (p) (British Commonwealth) QUasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation
  • Quasar – (p) Quasi-stellar radio source
  • qv – (i) quod vide (Latin "which see")
  • QWGAOR – (i) Quadripartite Working Group on Army Operational Research ("qwig-a-o-r")

R

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S

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T

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U

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V

VA-VK

VL-VO

VP-VZ

  • VP – (a/i) Vice-President ("veep")
  • VR – (i) Virtual Reality
  • VS – (i) vide supra (Latin, "see above")
  • VSAT – (a) Very Small Aperture Terminal ("vee-satt")
  • VSHORAD – (p) Very Short Range Air Defence
  • VSO – (i) Voluntary Services Overseas
  • V/STOL – (p) Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing ("vee-stoll")
  • VT – (s) Vatican City-State (NATO country code) – Vermont (postal symbol)
  • VTC – (i) Video Tele-Conference
  • VTOL – (i) Vertical Take-Off & Landing
  • VU – (s) Vanuatu (ISO 3166 digram)
  • VUT – (s) Vanuatu (ISO 3166 trigram)
  • VV – (i) Via Voice – Village Voice
  • VV&A – (i) Verification, Validation & Accreditation
  • VVAF – (i) Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation

W

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X

  • Xe – (s) Xenon
  • XBML – (p) eXtensible Battle Management Language
  • XCBL – (i) XML Common Business Library
  • XHTML – (p) eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language
  • XML – (p) eXtensible Markup Language
  • XMSF – (p) eXtensible Modelling and Simulation Framework
  • XO – (i) Executive officer
  • XRML – (p) eXtensible Rights Markup Language
  • XSL – (p) eXtensible Style Language

Y

Z

Dubious entries

Words that may not qualify as acronyms, though (humorous) fake etymology claims them as such (some of these classify as backronyms):

  • Fuck – (a) Fornication under consent of the king – For unlawful carnal knowledge
  • Golf – (a) Gentlemen only, ladies forbidden
  • News – (a) North, east, west and south (a mnemonic)
  • Pom – (a) (Australian English) Prisoner of His Majesty
  • Posh – (a) Port out, starboard home
  • Rap – (a) Rhythm and poetry – Rhythmical African poetry – Rhythmic American Poetry
  • Tip – (a) To insure promptness – (plural) To insure prompt service
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