Saturday, 1 July 2017

A to Z Full Forms - Abbreviations For All Full Forms



PC : PERSONAL COMPUTER

CPU : CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT

OS : OPERATING SYSTEM

UPS : UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY

RAM : RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY

ROM : READ-ONLY MEMORY

LCD : LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY

LED : LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE

NTFS : NEW TECHNOLOGY FILE SYSTEM

FAT : FILE ALLOCATION TABLE

DOC : DOCUMENT

TXT :TEXT

MS : MICROSOFT

SD : SECURE DIGITAL

MMC : MULTIMEDIA CARD

CD : COMPACT DISC

DVD : DIGITAL VERSATILE DISC

BRD – BD : BLU-RAY DISC

ISO : INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION

DB : DATABASE

IC : INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

SYS : SYSTEM

CONFIG : CONFIGURATION

CTRL : CONTROL

ALT : ALTERNATE

ESC : ESCAPE

DEL : DELETE

NUM LOCK : NUMBER LOCK

FN : FUNCTION

Prnt Scrn : PRINT SCREEN

SysRq : SYSTEM REQUEST

ScrLk : SCROLL LOCK

PgUp : PAGE UP

PgDn : PAGE DOWN

Ins : INSERT

WINXP : WINDOWS XP

WIN7 : WINDOWS 7

SP : SERVICE PACK

CMD : COMMAND

TEMP : TEMPORARY

WMP : WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER

MP3 : MOVING PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP PHASE 3 (MPEG-3)

MPEG : MOVING PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP PHASE (MPEG)

MPEG 1 : MOVING PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP PHASE 1 (MPEG-1)

MPEG 2 : MOVING PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP PHASE 2 (MPEG-2)

JPG : JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERTS GROUP

AVI : AUDIO VIDEO INTERLEAVE

WMV : WINDOWS MEDIA VIDEO

GIF : GRAPHICS INTERCHANGE FORMAT

RGB : RED – GREEN – BLUE

CMYK : CYAN – MAGENTA – YELLOW – KEY (BLACK)

ACPI : ADVANCED CONFIGURATION AND POWER INTERFACE

APM : ADVANCED POWER MANAGEMENT

REGEDIT : REGISTRY EDITOR

PRO : PROFESSIONAL

BAT : BATCH

GPEDIT : GROUP POLICY EDITOR

OSK : ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD

COM : COMPONENT OBJECT MODEL

USB : UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS

IT : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

NET : INTERNET

IP : INTERNET PROTOCOL

AP : ACCESS POINT

DNS : DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM

HTTP : HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL

HTTPS : HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL SECURE

HTML : HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE

PHP : HYPERTEXT PREPROCESSOR

XML : EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE

CSS : CASCADING STYLE SHEETS

ASP : ACTIVE SERVER PAGES

SQL : STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE

WWW : WORLD WIDE WEB

.COM : COMMERCIAL

.NET : NETWORK

.ORG : ORGANIZATION

.EDU : EDUCATIONAL

.GOV : GOVERMENTAL

.INFO : INFORMATION

.BIZ : BUSINESS

.BD : BANGLADESH

.US : UNITED STATE

.UK : UNITED KINGDOM

TLD : TOP-LEVEL DOMAIN

DL : DOWNLOAD

UL : UPLOAD

PR : PAGE RANK

SEO : SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION

CEO : CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

E-MAIL : ELECTRONIC MAIL

SMS : SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE

MMS : MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING SERVICE

PW – PASS – P.CODE – CODE : PASSWORD

AP : ALERTPAY

MB : MONEYBOOKERS

PP : PAYPAL

LR : LIBERTY RESERVE

INFO : INFORMATION

LAN : LOCAL AREA NETWORK

WLAN : WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK

NAT : NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION

UPDATE : UP-TO-DATE

IDM : INTERNET DOWNLOAD MANAGER

DAP : DOWNLOAD ACCELERATOR PLUS

KB : KILOBYTE

MB : MEGA BYTE

GB : GIGA BYTE

GiB : GIBI BYTE

TB : TERA BYTE

TiB : TEBI BYTE

PB : PETA BYTE

PiB : PEBI BYTE

EB : EXA BYTE

EiB : EXBI BYTE

ZB : ZETTA BYTE

ZiB : ZEBI BYTE

YB : YOTTA BYTE

YiB : YOBI BYTE

GOOGLE : GOOGLE IS NOT AN ABBREVIATION . IT IS DISTORTED FORM OF GOOGOL NUMBER (10 TO THE POWER OF 100) , THAT IS 1 FOLLOWED BY 100 ZEROS (0) .

YAHOO : YET ANOTHER HIERARCHICAL OFFICIOUS ORACLE

INTEL : INTEGRATED ELECTRONICS

HP : HEWLETT PACKARD

LG : LIFE’S GOOD

IBM : INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES

IPV4 : INTERNET PROTOCOL VERSION 4

IPV6 : INTERNET PROTOCOL VERSION 6

WI-FI : WIRELESS FIDELITY

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
      
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
     
 
 


ABM: Anti Ballistic Missiles

ABVP: Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad

AC: Alternating Current; Ashoka Chakra

ACU: Asian Currency Union

AD: anno Domini; in the year of Lord Christ

ADB: Asian Development Bank

ADC: Aide-de-Camp; Access Deficit Charge

ADF: Asian Development Fund

ADS: Air Defence Ship

AJT: Advanced Jet Trainer

AG: Accountant General; Adjutant General

AI: Air India

AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

AIIMS: All India Institute of Medical Sciences

AIR: All India Radio; Annual Information Report

AITUC: All India Trade Union Congress

AJT: Advanced Jet Trainer

ALH: Advanced Light Helicopter

AM: ante meridiem; before noon

AMC: Army Medical Corps; Asset Management                             Companies

AME: Associate Member of the Institute of Engineers

APC: Agricultural Prices Commission

APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

APPLE: Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment

APPU: Asian Pacific Postal Union

ARC: Asset Reconstruction Company

ARDR: Agricultural and Rural Debt Relief

ASAT: Anti-Satellite weapon

ASC: Army Service Corps

ASCI: Advanced Strategic Computing Initiative

ASCII: American Standard Code for Information

ASEAN: Association of South-East Asian Nations

ASEM: Asia-Europe Meeting

ASIMO: Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility

ASLV: Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle

ASMA: Antarctica Specially Managed Area

ASSOCHAM: Associated Chambers of Commerce and                              Industry

ATA: Air Time Authority; Allen Telescope Array

ATC: Air Traffic Controller

ATM: Automatic Teller Machine

ATR: Action Taken Report

ATV: Automatic Transfer Vehicle

AUM: Assets Under Management

AVC: Army Veterinary Corps

AVM: Additional Volatility Margin

AWACS: Airborne Warning and Control System


BARC: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation

BC: Before Christ; Board of Control; British Columbia;             Battery Commander

BCG: Bacillus Calmette Guerin—Anti-Tuberculosis                      Vaccine

BICP: Bureau of Industrial Costs and Prices

BIFR: Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction

BIOS: Basic Input Output System

BMD: Ballistic Missile Defence System 

BOLT: BSE On-Line Trading (System)

BOSS: Bharat Operating System Solutions

BPO: Business Process Outsourcing

BPR: Bottom Pressure Records

BRO: Border Road Organisation

BSE: Bombay Stock Exchange

BSF: Border Security Force

BSNL: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd


CA: Chartered Accountant

CABE: Central Advisory Board of Education

C & AG: Comptroller & Auditor General

CAIR:    Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

CAPART : Council for People’s Action and Advancement                     of Rural Technology

CAPES: Computer-Aided Paperless Examination System

CAS: Chief of Army Staff; Chief of Air Staff; Conditional              Access System

CB: Citizen Band (Radio)

CBI: Central Bureau of Investigation

CBFC: Central Board of Film Certification

CCPA: Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs

CD: Conference on Disarmament

C-DAC: The Centre for Development of Advanced                            Computing

CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access

CECA: Comprehensive Economic Cooperation                                 Agreement

CERN: European Organisation for Nuclear Research                      (Pronounced CERN in French)

CFC: Chlorofluro Carbon

CFS: Container Freight Station

CHOGM: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

CIA: Central Intelligence Agency (of U.S.A.)

CIBIL: Credit Information Bureau (India) Ltd

CIC: Chief Information Commissioner

CID: Criminal Investigation Department

C-in-C: Commander-in-Chief

cif: cost, insurance and freight

CIS: Commonwealth of Independent States

CISF: Central Industrial Security Force

CITES: Convention on International Trade in Endangered              Species

CITU: Centre of Indian Trade Unions

CLASS: Computer Literacy and Studies in Schools

CLAWS: Centre for Land Warfare Studies

CM: Command Module; Chief Minister

CMP: Common Minimum Programme

CNG: Compressed Natural Gas

CNN: Cable News Network

CNS: Chief of the Naval Staff

CO: Commanding Officer

COD: Central Ordnance Depot; Cash on Delivery

CPCB: Central Pollution Control Board

CPI: Communist Party of India

CPI(M): Communist Party of India (Marxists)

CPU: Central Processing Unit

CR: Central Railway

CRAC: Cyber Regulation Advisory Council

CRDi: Common Rail Direct injection

CRISIL: Credit Rating Information Services of India                          Limited

CRM: Customer Relationship Management

CRR: Cash Reserve Ratio

CRPF: Central Reserve Police Force

CSIR: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

CTBT: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

CTT: Commodities Transaction Tax

CVRDE: Combat Vehicles Research and Development                       Establishment


DA: Dearness Allowance; Daily Allowance

DAVP: Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity

DC: Deputy Commissioner; Direct Current in Electricity

DDT: Dichloro-Diphenyl Trichloro-ethane (disinfectant)

DIN: Director Information Number

DM: District Magistrate; Deputy Minister

DMIC: Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor

DMK: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (a regional political                 party of Tamil Nadu)

DNA: de-oxyribonucleic acid

DO: Demi-official (letter)

DOD: Department of Ocean Development

DPEP: District Primary Education Programme

DPI: Director of Public Instruction

DRAM: Dynamic Random Access Memory

DRDO: Defence Research and Development                                     Organisation

DST: Daylight Saving Time

DRES: Department of Renewable Energy Sources

DTH: Direct to Home (broadcasting)


ECG: Electro Cardio-gram

ECS: Electronic Clearing Service

ECT: Electro-convulsant Therapy (electric shock                         treatment)

EDUSAT: Education Satellite

EEG: Electro-encephalography

EET: Exempt Exempt Taxation

EFA: Education for All

EFF: Extended Fund Facility

e.g.: exempli gratia; for example

EHTP: Electronic Hardware Technology Parks

ELISA: Enzyme Linked Immuno Solvent Assay (used for               testing AIDS)

EMI: Equated Monthly Instalment

EMS: European Monetary System

EMU: Electric-Multiple Unit; Extra-vehicular Mobility                    Unit; (European) Economic and Monetary Union

E & OE: Errors and Omissions Excepted

EPROM: Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

ER: Eastern Railway

ERM: Exchange Rate Mechanism

ERNET: Educational and Research Network

ESA: European Space Agency

ESCAP: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and                   the Pacific

ESMA: Essential Services Maintenance Act

ESOP: Employee Stock Option Programme

etc.: et cetera (and other things)

EU: European Union

EVM: Electronic Voting Machine


FAO: Food and Agriculture Organisation

FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation (of the U.S.A.)

FCNR: Foreign Currency (non-resident) Accounts
                          Scheme

FDR: Flight Data Recorder; Fixed Deposit Receipt

FEMA: Foreign Exchange Management Act

FERA: Foreign Exchange Regulations Act

FICCI: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and              Industry

FII: Foreign Institutional Investors

FIPB: Foreign Investment Promotion Board (of India)

FLAG: Fibre Optic Link Around the Globe

FM: Field Marshal; Frequency Modulated

FPSB: Financial Planning Standards Boards (India)

FRBM: Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management

FSSA: Food Safety and Standards Authority (of India)

FTA: Free Trade Area

FTP: File Transfer Protocol


GAGAN: GPS-aided Geo-augmented Navigation

GAIL: Gas Authority of India Limited

GAIN: Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

GATS: General Agreement on Trade in Services

GATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GCA: General Currency Area

GCC: Gulf Cooperation Council

GCM: Greatest Common Measure


GEF: Global Environment Fund

GHQ: General Headquarters

GIC: General Insurance Corporation

GIST: Graphics and Intelligence-based Script                                Technology

GMPS: Global Mobile Personal Communications System

GMRT: Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope

GMT: Greenwich Mean Time

GNSS: Global Navigation Satellite System

GNP: Gross National Product

GOC: General Officer Commanding

GPO: General Post Office

GPRS: General Packet Radio System

GPS: Global Positioning System

GSLV: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle

GSP: Generalised Special Preferences

GST: Goods and Service Tax

GSTP: Global System of Trade Preferences


HAWS: High Altitude Warfare School

HCF: Highest Common Factor

HDI: Human Development Index

HDTV: High Definition Television

HE: His (or Her) Excellency; His (or Her) Eminence; High         Explosive; Horizontal Equivalent

HITS: Headend In The Sky

HMMWV: High Mobility Multipurpose-Wheeled Vehicle

HMS: Hybrid Mail Service

HP: Himachal Pradesh; Horizontal Plane; Horse Power

HTML: Hyper Text Markup Language

HTTP: Hypetext Transfer Protocol

HUDCO: Housing and Urban Development Corporation

HVDC: High Voltage Direct Current


IAAI: International Airport Authority of India

IAAS: Indian Audit and Accounts Service

IADF: International Agricultural Development Fund

IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency

IAF: Indian Air Force

IAMC: Indian Army Medical Corps

IAS: Indian Administrative Service

IATA: International Air Transport Association

IATT: Inland Air Travel Tax

IBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction and                           Development

IBEX: Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission

ICANN: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and                      Numbers

ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organisation

ICAR: Indian Council of Agricultural Research

ICCR: Indian Council of Cultural Relations

ICCW: Indian Council for Child Welfare

ICDS: Integrated Child Development Service

ICJ: International Court of Justice (with Headquarters at the Hague)

ICL: Indian Cricket League

ICMR: Indian Council of Medical Research

ICPA: Indian Cricket Players’ Association

ICRC: International Committee of the Red Cross

IDA: International Development Association

IDBI: Industrial Development Bank of India

IDSA: Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis

i.e.: id est; that is

IEA: International Energy Agency

IES: Indian Economic Service

IEX: Indian Energy Exchange

IFRS: International Financial Reporting Standard

IFS: Indian Foreign Service; Indian Forest Service

IFTU: International Federation of Trade Unions

IFWJ: Indian Federation of Working Journalists

IGNOU: Indira Gandhi National Open University

IIPA: Indian Institute of Public Administration

IISS: International Institute of Strategic Studies

IIT: Indian Institutes of Technology

ILO: International Labour Organisation

IMA: Indian Military Academy

IMET: International Military Education Training                              Programme.

IMF: International Monetary Fund

IMO: International Maritime Organisation

IN: Indian Navy; Intelligent Network

INA: Indian National Army

INK: International Newspaper Kiosks

INMARSAT: International Maritime Satellite Organisation

INMAS: Institute of Nuclear Medicines and Allied                              Sciences

INS: Indian Naval Ship; Indian Newspaper Society

INSAS: Indian Small Arms System

INSAT: Indian National Satellite

INTERPOL: International Police Organisation

INTUC: Indian National Trade Union Congress

IOC: International Olympic Committee

IP: Indian Police

IPC: Indian Penal Code

IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPEC: International Programme on Elimination of Child                 Labour

IPR: Intellectual Property Right

IPS: Indian Police Service; Indian Postal Service

IPTV: Internet Protocol Television

IPU: Inter-Parliamentary Union

IQ: Intelligence Quotient

IR: Infra-red

IRA: Insurance Regulatory Authority

IRBM: Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile

IREP: Integrated Rural Energy Planning

IRS: Indian Remote Sensing Satellite; Indian Revenue               Service

ISAF: International Stabilization and Assistance Force (in            Afghanistan)

ISC: Inter-State Council

ISCS: Integrated Smart Card System

ISD: International Subscriber Dialled (telephone)

ISH: Information Super Highway

ISKCON: International Society for Krishna                                            Consciousness

ISO: International Standardisation Organisation

ISP: Internet Service Provider

ISRO: Indian Space Research Organisation

ISS: International Space Station

IST: Indian Standard Time

ISTRAC: ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command                              Network

ITDC: Indian Tourism Development Corporation

ITO: International Trade Organisation; Income-tax Officer

ITU: International Tele-communication Union

IUC: Interconnect User Charge


JCO: Junior Commissioned Officer

JNNURM: Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewal                         Mission

JPC: Joint Parliamentary Committee

JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group

JWG: Joint Working Group

KG: Kindergarten

Kg: Kilogramme

KPO: Knowledge Process Outsourcing

LAC: Line of Actual Control

LCA: Light Combat Aircraft

LDC: Least Developed Countries

LHC: Large Hadron Collider

LIC: Life Insurance Corporation (of India)

LLP: Limited Liability Partnership

LOAC: Line of Actual Control

LTA: Light Transport Aircraft

LTTE: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam


MAT: Minimum Alternative Tax

MER: Mars Exploration Rover

MBBS: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

MCF: Master Control Facility

MEP: Minimum Export Price

MES: Military Engineering Service

METSAT: Meteorological Satellite

MFA: Multi-Fibre Agreement

MFN: Most Favoured Nation

MIP: Moon Impact Probe

MMS: Multimedia Messaging Service

MMTC: Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation of India

MNC: Multi-national Corporation

MNIC: Multi-purpose National Identity Card

MODEM: Modulator-Demodulator

MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging

MRTPC: Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices                         Commission

MRTS: Mass Rapid Transit System

MSA: Maritime Safety Agency

MSCF: Maritime Security Cooperation Framework

Mss: Manuscript

MTCR: Missile Technology Control Regime

MTO: Multilateral Trade Organisation

MVC: Maha Vir Chakra

MUNO: Maha Vir Chakra


NAA: National Airport Authority

NABARD: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural                              Development. (It helps rural development by                       providing re-finance facility).

NACIL: National Aviation Company of India Ltd

NADA: National Anti-Doping Agency

NAEP: National Adult Education Programme

NAFTA: North America Free Trade Agreement

NAG: National Air Guard

NAM: Non-aligned Movement

NAMA: Non-Agriculture Market Access

NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration                  (of the U.S.A.)

NASDAQ: National Association of Securities Dealers                          Automated Quotation

NATA: Natural Aptitude Test for Architecture

NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

NAV: Net Asset Value

NB: Nota bene; note well, or take notice

NCA: Nuclear Command Authority

NCC: National Cadet Corps

NCEP: National Committee on Environmental Planning

NCERT: National Council of Education Research and                      Training

NCR: National Capital Region

NDA: National Defence Academy; National Democratic                Alliance

NDNC: National Do Not Call (Registry)

NDPS: Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances

NDRF: National Disaster Response Force

NDTL: National Dope Testing Laboratory

NeGP: National e-governance Plan

NEDB: North-Eastern Development Bank

NEP: National Education Policy

NEPA: National Environment Protection Authority

NFO: New Fund Offers

NHDP: National Highways Development Project

NHRC: National Human Rights Commission

NIC: National Integration Council

NIFT: National Institute of Fashion Technology

NIO: National Institute of Oceanography

NIS: National Institute of Sports

NIT: National Institute of Technology

NLMA: National Literacy Mission Authority

NMD: Nuclear Missile Defence

NMDC: National Mineral Development Corporation

NPL: National Physical Laboratory

NPR: National Population Register

NPT: (Nuclear) Non-Proliferation Treaty

NRBI: National Rural Bank of India

NREGA: National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

NREP: National Rural Employment Programme

NRF: National Renewal Fund

NRI: Non-Resident Indian

NRR: National Reproduction Rate

NRSA: National Remote Sensing Agency

NSA: National Security Act

NSC: National Service Corps; National Security Council

NSDL: National Securities Depository Limited

NSE: National Stock Exchange

NSR: National Skills Registry

NTPC: National Thermal Power Corporation

NWDA: National Water Development Agency

NWRC: National Water Resources Council


OAS: Organisation of American States

OAU: Organisation of African Unity

OBC: Other Backward Communities

OBU: Offshore Banking Unit

ODA: Official Development Assistance

ODF: Open Document Format

ODS: Ozone Depletion Substances

OECD: Organisation of Economic Co-operation and                       Development

OGL: Open General Licence

OIC: Organisation of Islamic Countries

OIGS: On India Government Service

OIL: Oil India Limited

OM: Order of Merit

ONGC: Oil and Natural Gas Commission

OPEC: Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries

OSCE: Organisation for Security and Cooperation in                      Europe

OSD: Officer on Special Duty

OXML: Open Extended Marking Language


PAC: Political Affairs Committee; Public Accounts                       Committee

PACER: Programme for Acceleration of Commercial                        Energy Research

PAN: Permanent Account Number (of Income-Tax)

PATA: Pacific-Asia Travel Association

PCS: Public Civil Service; Punjab Civil Service

PIB: Press Information Bureau

Pin Code: Postal Index Number Code

PIO: Persons of Indian Origin

PLF: Plant Load Factor

PM: Post Meridiem; after-noon; also Postmaster; Prime            Minister; post-mortem (after death)

PMG: Postmaster General

PN: Participatory Note

PO: Post Office; Postal Order

POPs: Persistent Organic Pollutants; Point of Purchase

POTA: Prevention of Terrorism Act

POW: Prisoner of War

PP: Public Prosecutor; Particular Person

PRO: Public Relations Officer

PS: Post Scriptum; Post Script; written after

PSC: Public Service Commission

PSE: Public Sector Enterprises

PSLV: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

PTA: Preferential Trade Area

PTI: Press Trust of India

PTO: Please Turn Over; Privilege Ticket Order

PUFA: Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids

PVC: Param Vir Chakra

PVSM: Param Vishisht Sewa Medal

PWD: Public Works Department


QMG: Quarter Master General

QR: Quantitative Restriction

RAF: Rapid Action Force

RAM: Random Access Memory

RBI: Reserve Bank of India

RCC: Reinforced Concrete Cement

RDF: Rapid Development Force

RDS: Radio Data Servicing

RDSS: Radio Determination Satellite Service

REACH: Rehabilitate, Educate and Support Street                             Children

RLO: Returned Letter Office

RLV: Reusable Launch Vehicle

RPM: Revolution Per Minute

RPO: Recruitment Process Outsourcing; Regional                        Passport Officer

RRB: Regional Rural Bank

RRPI: Rural Retail Price Index

RSS: Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh

RSVP: Repondez s’il vous plait (Fr.) reply, if you please

RTGS: Real Time Gross Settlement System


SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional Co-                           operation

SAFTA: South Asian Free Trade Area

SAIL: Steel Authority of India Limited

SAPTA: SAARC Preferential Trading Agreement

SARS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

SATNAV: Satellite Navigation (Initiative)

SAVE: SAARC Audio Visual Exchange

SC: Security Council; Supreme Court; Scheduled Caste

SCI: Shipping Corporation of India

SCO: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

SCOPE: Standing Conference on Public Enterprises

SDO: Sub-Divisional Officer

SDR: Special Drawing Rights (created by the World                      Bank)

SEBI: Securities and Exchange Board of India

SFC: Strategic Forces Command

SGPC: Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee

SIDBI: Small Industries Development Bank of India

SIT: Special Investigation Team

SITE: Satellite Instructional Television Experiment

SLR: Statutory Liquidity Ratio

SMS: Short Messaging Service; Subscriber Management            System

SOS: Save Our Souls—distress signal

SPG: Special Protection Group

SPIN: Software Process Improvement Networks

SPV: Solar Photo Voltaic

SQUID: Super-conducting Quantum Interference Device

SRE: Space Capsule Recovery Experiment

SRV: Submarine Rescue Vessel

SSN: Social Security Number

STARS: Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station

START: Strategic Arms Reduction Talks

STEP: Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Park

STT: Securities Transaction Tax

SWAN: State-wide Area Network

SWIFT: Society for Worldwide Financial                                             Telecommunications


TA: Travelling Allowance; Territorial Army

TAAI: Travel Agents Association of India

TACDE: Tactics and Air Combat Development                                    Establishment

TADA: Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention)                    Act

TAPS: Tarapur Atomic Power Station

TB: Tuberculosis

TDC: Transport Development Council

TDS: Tax Deduction at Source

TDSAT: Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal

TERLS: Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station

TIFR: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

TIN: Tax Information Network

TINXSYS: Tax Information Exchange System

TISCO: Tata Iron and Steel Company

TMC: Terrain Mapping Camera

TMO: Telegraphic Money Order

TNT: Tri-nitro-toluene (high explosive)

TPP: 20-Point Programme

TRAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

TRIMs: Trade Related Investment Measures

TRIPS: Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights

TRP: Television Rating Points; Tax Return Preparer

TRYSEM: Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment

TTE: Travelling Ticket Examiner

TTF: Tourism Task Force


UAE: United Arab Emirates

UAV: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

UF: United Front

UFO: Unidentified Flying Object

UGC: University Grants Commission

ULFA: United Liberation Front of Assam

UN: United Nations

UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and                             Development

UNDP: United Nations Development Programme

UNEF: United Nations Emergency Force

UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and                            Cultural Organisation

UNFPO: United Nations Fund for Population Activities

UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for                                  Refugees

UNHRC: United Nations Human Rights Commission

UNI: United News of India

UNICEF: United Nations International Children’s                                (Emergency) Fund

UNIDO: United Nations Industrial Development                                Organisation

UNRRA: United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation                               Administration

UNTAC: United Nations Transitional Authority for                               Cambodia

UPA: United Progressive Alliance

UPSC: Union Public Service Commission

UPTN: Universal Personal Telephone Number

USA: United States of America

USIS: United States Information Service


VAT: Value-added Tax

VC: Vice-Chancellor; Vice Counsel; Victoria Cross; Vir              Chakra

VDIS: Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme

VHRR: Very High Resolution Radiometer

VIP: Very Important Person

VLSI: Very Large Scale Integration

VOIP: Voice Over Internet Protocol

VPN: Virtual Private Network

VPP: Value Payable Post

VRS: Voluntary Retirement Scheme

VSAT: Very Small Aperture Terminals


WADA: World Anti-Doping Agency

WAP: Wireless Application Protocol

WAVE: Wireless Access for Virtual Enterprise

WDF: Wasteland Development Force

WEF: World Economic Forum

WFP: World Food Programme

WFTU: World Federation of Trade Unions

WGIG: Working Group on Internet Governance

WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organisation

WLL: Wireless in Local Loop

WMD: Weapons of Mass Destruction

WR: Western Railway

WTO: World Trade Organisation (previously called GATT); also World Tourism Organisation

XML: eXtensible Markup Language

YMCA: Young Men’s Christian Association

YWCA: Young Women’s Christian Association

HDFC  –Housing Development Finance Corporation

ICICI–Industrial Credit & Investment Corporation of India

SBI–State Bank Of India

ONGC  –Oil & Natural Gas Corporation

HSBC  –Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation

IBP  –Indian British Petroleum

IFFCO  –Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative

UNICEF  –United Nations Children’s Fund

CRY  –Child Relief & You

IDBI  –Industrial Development Bank of India

BARC  –Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

MBBS  –Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery

PhD  –Doctor of Philosophy

I.Q–Intelligence Quotient

A.M–Anti Meridiem.

P.M–Post Meridiem.

e.g–Exempli Gratia.

i.e–Id Est (That is to say)

SMS–Short Messaging Service

ETC–Et cetera (Used to mention the continuation of a 
specific list)

G.I.JOE–Global Integrated Operating Entity

CT SCAN–Computerised Tomography

MRI SCAN–Magnetic Resonance Imaging

MBBS–Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

MD–Doctor of Medicine

PhD–Doctor of Philosophy

TTE–Traveling Ticket and Examiner

FIAT ( AUTOMOBILE COMPANY)–Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino

FAX–Facsimile

GPS–Global Positioning System

JBL–James Bullough Lansing (Founder)

SIM CARD–Subscriber Identity Module

SOS–Save Our Souls

ATKT (Exams)–Allowed To Keep Terms

VFX–Visual Effects

TRP–Television Rating Point

GQ MAGAZINE–Gentlemen Quarterly

AUDI–Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt

SIM–Subscriber Identity Module (SIM card)

PNR–Passanger Name Record

QR Code–Quick Response Code

SAP  –System analysis and program

DLF  –Darbari Lal Foundation Limited

GPRS  –General Packet Radio Service

GSM  –Global System for Mobile Communications

CDMA  –Code Division Multiple Access

IVRS  –Interactive Voice Response System

BMW  –Bavarian Motor Works

ATM  –Automated Teller Machine

AIDS  –Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

AM  –Ante Meridian

PM  –Post Meridian

ASCII  –American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ERP  –Enterprise Resource Planning

BPO  –Business Process Output

BPL  –British Physical Laboratories

LASER  –Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

RADAR  –Radio Detection and Ranging


CTC  –Cost To Company

CT Scan  –Computerized Tomography Scan

MRI  –MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

NASA  –National Aeronautics and Space Agency

SIM  –Subscriber’s Identification Module

STD  –Subscriber Trunk Dialling

ISD  –International Subscriber Dialling

PCO  –Public Call Office

DHL  –Dalsey, Hillblom and Lynn

EPABX  –Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange

SAARC  –South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

URL  –Uniform Resource Locator

HTTP  –Hypertext Transfer Protocol

HTTPS  –Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

USB  –Universal Serial Bus

CBSE  –Central Board of Secondary Education

CBD Belapur  –Central Business District Belapur

USP  –Unique Selling Proposal

FMCG  –Fast Moving Consumer Goods

FAX  –Far Away Xerox, FAX is the shortened form for ‘facsimile’

FICCI  –Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

VAT  –Value Added Tax

GRE  –Graduate Record Examination

GMT  –Greenwich Mean Time

PDF  –Portable Document Format

PNR  –Passenger Name Record

PING  –Packet Internet Groper

PVR  –Priya Village Roadshow

NEWS  –North,East,West, South

NIFTY  –National Stock Exchange’s Fifty

NATO  –North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NASSCOM  –National Association of Software and Service Companies

NGO  –Non Governmental Organisation

NIIT  –National Institute of Information Technology

NRI  –NonResident Indian

MPEG  –Moving Picture Experts Group

GIF  –Graphic Interchange Format

JPEG  –Joint Photographic Experts Group

RSS  –Really Simple Syndication

WIFI–Wireless Fidelity

WWF  –World Wildlife Fund

LLP  –Limited Liability Partnership

LED  –Light Emitting Diode

LCD  –Liquid Crystal Display

CRT  –Cathode Ray Tube

ITC  –Imperial Tobacco Company

ESPN  –Entertainment and Sports Programming Network

RTO  –Regional Transport Office

TDS  –Tax Deduction Source

TCP  –Transmission Control Protocol

IP  –Internet Protocol

TOEFL  –Test Of English as a Foreign Language

GMAT  –Graduate Management Admission Test

GATE  –Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering

GAIL  –Gas Authority of India Limited

SATA  –Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

PATA  –Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment

CIDCO  –City and Industrial Development Corporation of 
Maharashtra Ltd

BBC  –British Broadcasting Channel

CNN  –Cable News Network

CNBC  –Consumer News and Business Channel

AJAX  –Asynchronous JavaScript + XML

MIS  –Management Information System

MICR  –Magnetic Ink Character Recognition

IFSC  –Indian Financial System Code

ISI  –Indian Standards Institute

ISO  –International Organization for Standardization

ISDN  –Integrated Services Digital Network

ISKCON  –International Society for Krishna Consciousness

R S V P–Répondez s’il vous plait

P S–Post script

A S A P–As soon as possible

E T A–Estimated time of arrival

B Y O B–Bring your own bottle

D I Y–Do it yourself

URL–Uniform Resource Locator

USB–Universal Serial Bus

Eg (Example)–Exempli Gratia

IE–Id Est

CAPTCHA-Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell

Computers and Humans Apart

SCUBA–Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

IMAX–Image Maximum

ZIP Code–Zone Improvement Plan Code

OMG–Oh, My God

BYE–Be with you Everytime

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