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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, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome
  • initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc
  • 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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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
  • 3i - (i) Investors In Industry (venture capitalists)
  • 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

See List of acronyms and initialisms: A

B

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C

See List of acronyms and initialisms: C

D

See List of acronyms and initialisms: D

E

See List of acronyms and initialisms: E

F

See List of acronyms and initialisms: F

G

See List of acronyms and initialisms: G

H

See List of acronyms and initialisms: H

I

See List of acronyms and initialisms: I

J

J0-9

  • J1 - (s) Joint Personnel Directorate
  • J2 - (s) Joint Intelligence Directorate
  • J2EE - (i) Java 2 Enterprise Edition
  • J2ME - (i) Java 2 Micro Edition
  • J3 - (s) Joint Operations Directorate
  • J4 - (s) Joint Logistics Directorate
  • J5 - (s) Joint Public Affairs Directorate
  • J6 - (s) Joint Information Technology Directorate

JA

JB

  • JB - (i) Junior Branch
  • JBFSA - (i) Joint Blue Force Situational Awareness

JC

JD

JE

JF

JH

JI

  • JIB - (a) Joint Information Bureau
  • JIC - (a) Joint Intelligence Centre
  • JITC - (i) Joint Interoperability Test Command

JK

JL

JM

JN

JO

  • JO - (s) Jordan (FIPS 10-4 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

JQ

JR

JS

JT

JU

JV

JW

JY

JZ

K

K0-9

KA

KB

KC

KD

KE

KF

KG

KH

KI

KK

KL

  • KLENOT - (p) KLEť Observatory Near Earth and Other unusual objects observations Team and Telescope
  • KLM - (i) Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Dutch "Royal Dutch Airlines")
  • KLOC - (a) Kilo Lines Of Code

KM

  • KM - (s) Comoros (ISO 3166 digram) - (i) Knowledge Management
  • KMFDM - (i) Kein mitleid für die mehrheit (German "No pity for the majority" music band)
  • KMR - (i) Kwajalein Missile Range

KN

KO

KP

KQ

KR

KS

KT

KU

  • KU - (s) Kuwait (FIPS 10-4 country code)

KV

KW

KX

KY

KZ

  • KZ - (s) Kazakhstan (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)

L

See List of acronyms and initialisms: L

M

See List of acronyms and initialisms: M

N

See List of acronyms and initialisms: N

O

See List of acronyms and initialisms: O

P

See List of acronyms and initialisms: P

Q

QA

  • QA - (s) Qatar (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
  • Qantas - (a) Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services
  • QAT - (s) Qatar (ISO 3166 trigram)

QC

QD

  • QD - (i) quaque die (Latin, "daily")
  • QDOS - (p) Quick and Dirty Operating System ("cue-doss")

QE

  • QED - (p) quantum electrodynamics - (i) quid es demonstrata or quod erat demonstrandum (Latin, "that proves it" or "which was to be demonstrated")

QF

  • QFE - (i) Quoted For Emphasis - (s) Local ground level atmospheric pressure (aeronautical Q code)

QI

  • QID - (i) quater in die (Latin, "four times daily")
  • QIP - (a) Quadrilateral Interoperability Programme (ancestor of MIP; "quip")

QK

QM

QN

  • QNH - (s) Regional mean sea level atmospheric pressure (aeronautical Q code)

QP

QR

QS

QT

QU

  • Quango - (p) (British Commonwealth) QUasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation
  • Quasar - (p) Quasi-stellar radio source

QV

  • qv - (i) quod vide (Latin "which see")
  • QVC - (i) "Quality, Value, Convenience" (home shopping channel)

QW

  • QWGAOR - (i) Quadripartite Working Group on Army Operational Research ("qwig-a-o-r")

QZ

R

See List of acronyms and initialisms: R

S

See List of acronyms and initialisms: S

T

See List of acronyms and initialisms: T

U

See List of acronyms and initialisms: U

V

VA

VB

VC

VD

VE

VF

VG

VH

VI

VJ

VK

VL

VM

  • VM - (s) Vietnam (FIPS 10-4 country code)
  • VMASC - (i/a) Virginia Modeling Analysis & Simulation Center ("vee-mask")
  • VMF - (i) Variable Message Format

VN

VO

VP

  • VP - (a/i) Vice-President ("veep")
  • VPN - (i) Virtual Private Network

VQ

VR

  • VR - (i) Virtual Reality
  • VRSG - (i) Virtual Reality Scene Generator

VS

  • 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

VU

VV

  • V&V - (i) Verification & Validation
  • VV - (i) Via Voice - Village Voice
  • VV&A - (i) Verification, Validation & Accreditation
  • VVAF - (i) Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation

VW

VZ

W

See List of acronyms and initialisms: W

X

XB

  • XBML - (p) eXtensible Battle Management Language

XC

  • XCBL - (i) XML Common Business Library

XE

XH

XM

  • XML - (p) eXtensible Markup Language
  • XMSF - (p) eXtensible Modelling and Simulation Framework

XO

  • XO - (p) eXecutive Officer

XR

  • XRML - (p) eXtensible Rights Markup Language

XS

  • XSL - (p) eXtensible Style Language

Y

YA

YB

YC

YD

YE

YF

YG

YH

YI

YJ

YK

YM

YN

YO

YR

YS

YT

YU

YV

YW

YY

Z

ZA

ZB

  • ZBT - (i) Zero-Balance Transfer (accounting)

ZC

ZI

ZM

ZN

ZO

  • ZOPFAN - (i) Zone Of Peace, Freedom And Neutrality

ZR

ZU

ZW

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See also

Look up acronym in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Look up initialism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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