List of acronyms: E

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This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends  that begin with the letter E.

For the purposes of this list:

  • acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars
  • initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
  • pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
(a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome
(i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc
(p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
(s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – megahertz)

Some terms are spoken as either acronym or initialism, e.g., VoIP, pronounced both as voyp and V-O-I-P.

(Main list of acronyms and initialisms)

E0-9

EA

EB

EC

  • EC - (s) Ecuador (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) - (i) Electronic Combat - European Community (see EEC)
  • ECB - (i) European Central Bank - England (and Wales) Cricket Board
  • ECCM - (i) Electronic Counter-Counter-Measures
  • ECHR - (i) European Convention on Human Rights
  • ECJ - (i) European Court of Justice
  • ECL - (i) Emitter Coupled Logic (electronics)
  • ECM - (i) Electronic Counter-Measures - Enterprise Content Management
  • ECommHR - (p) European Commission on Human Rights
  • ECS - (i) EOSDIS Core System - Extended Chip Set (computing)
  • ECSC - (i) European Coal and Steel Community (distant ancestor of the EU)
  • ECT - (i) ElectroConvulsive Therapy
  • ECtHR - (p) European Court of Human Rights
  • ECU - (s) Ecuador (ISO 3166 trigram) - (i) European Currency Unit (ancestor of the euro)
  • ECW - Eastern Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling

ED

  • EDAC - (a) Error Detection And Correction
  • EDC-DAAC - (i) EROS Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
  • EDECSIM - (p) Extended Directed Energy Combat Simulation
  • EDS - (i) Electronic Data Systems
  • EDT - (i) Eastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC-4 hours)

EE

EF

EG

  • e.g. - (i) exampla gratia (Latin, roughly "for the sake of an example", "for example", "for instance")
  • EG - (s) Egypt (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
  • EGBUS - (i) External Genitalia, Bartholin's glands, Urethra & Skene's glands
  • EGIS - (a) Erieye Ground Interface Segment
  • EGY - (s) Egypt (ISO 3166 trigram)

EH

  • EH - (s) Western Sahara (ISO 3166 digram)
  • EHF - (i) Extremely High Frequency
  • EHR - (i) Equipment History Record

EI

  • EI - (s) Ireland (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Eire)
  • EIC - East India Company
  • eID - electronic ID
  • EIRP - (i) Effective Isotropic Radiated Power

EJ

EK

  • EK - (s) Equatorial Guinea (FIPS 10-4 country code)
  • EKG - (i) Electrocardiogram (from German Elektrokardiogramm)
  • EKMS - (i) Electronic Key Management System

EL

EM

EN

EO

  • EO - (i) Electro-Optics - Engagement Operations
  • EOD - (i) Explosive Ordnance Disposal
  • EOS - (i) Earth Observation Satellite
  • EOSAT - (p) Earth Observation Satellite
  • EOSDIS - (a/i) Earth Observation Satellite Data and Information System
  • EOTS - (i) Electro-Optical Tactical Sensor

EP

  • EP - (i) Electronic Protection
  • EPCOT - (a) Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow
  • EPGS - (i) EOS Polar Ground Sites
  • EPIRB - (a/i) Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
  • EPL - (i) English Premier League
  • EPLRS - (a) Enhanced Position Location Reporting System ("ee-plarz")
  • EPW - (i) Earth Penetrator Weapon/Warhead - Enemy Prisoner of War - Economic and Political Weekly (published from India)

EQ

ER

ES

ET

  • ET - (s) Ethiopia (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) - (i) Extra Terrestrial
  • ETA - (i) Estimated Time of Arrival - (a) Euzkadi Ta Azkatasuna ("etta")
  • et al. - (p) et alii/aliae/alia (Latin, "and others")
  • ETC/RMT - (i) Explosive Transient Camera/Rapidly Moving Telescope
  • ETF - (i) Emergency Task Force (a special police unit, also jocularly said to stand for Extra-Thick Fuzz)
  • ETH - (s) Ethiopia (ISO 3166 trigram)
  • ETLA - (i) Extended TLA
  • ETM - (i) Enhanced Thematic Mapper
  • et seq. - (p) et sequens/sequentes/sequentia (Latin, "and the following one(s)")

EU

EV

EW

EX

  • EXFOR - (p) Experimental Force (military)
  • EXREP - (p) Expeditious Repair (SM&R code)

EY

EZ

  • EZ - (s) Czech Republic (FIPS 10-4 country code) - (i) Extraction Zone
  • EZLN - (a) Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional

See also

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