# Abbreviations (N-Z)

N
N is an abbreviation for North; Notice

NA
NA is an abbreviation for Narcotics Anonymous; North America; Not Applicable

NAACP
NAACP is an abbreviation for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

NAAS
NAAS is an abbreviation for North American Automated Systems co.

NAB
NAB is an abbreviation for National Association of Broadcasters

NABISCO
NABISCO is an abbreviation for NAtional BIScuit COmpany

NACCIRN
NACCIRN is an abbreviation for North American Coordinating Committee for Intercontinental Research Networking (see also CCIRN)

NACS
NACS is an abbreviation for National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors

NAD
NAD is an abbreviation for Network Access Device

NADGE
NADGE is an abbreviation for NATO Air Defense Ground Environment

NAG
NAG is an abbreviation for Numerical Algorithms Group

NAGE
NAGE is an abbreviation for National Association of Government Employees

NAK
NAK is an abbreviation for Negative AcKnowledge

NAM
NAM is an abbreviation for Name and Address Module (cellular phone changeable ROM); National Account Manager; Number Assignment Module (cellular phone changeable ROM)

NANP
NANP is an abbreviation for North American Numbering Plan

NAPAP
NAPAP is an abbreviation for National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program

NAR
NAR is an abbreviation for Nuclear Acoustic Resonance

NARDAC
NARDAC is an abbreviation for NAvy Regional Data Automation Center

NAS
NAS is an abbreviation for National Academy of Sciences; National Advanced Systems

NASA
NASA is an abbreviation for National (US) Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASDA
NASDA is an abbreviation for NAtional (Japan) Space Development Agency

NASM
NASM is an abbreviation for National (US) Air and Space Museum

NASP
NASP is an abbreviation for National (US) AeroSpace Plane

NATO
NATO is an abbreviation for North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NAVDAC
NAVDAC is an abbreviation for NAVal Data Automation Command

NAVSWC
NAVSWC is an abbreviation for NAVal Surface Weapons Center

NB
NB is an abbreviation for New Brunswick; Nota Bene

NBA
NBA is an abbreviation for National (US) Basketball Association

NBC
NBC is an abbreviation for National (US) Broadcasting Company

NBFM
NBFM is an abbreviation for NarrowBand Frequency Modulation

NBO
NBO is an abbreviation for Network Build Out

NBS
NBS is an abbreviation for National Bureau of Standards (renamed NIST)

NBVM
NBVM is an abbreviation for Narrow Band Voice Modulation

NC
NC is an abbreviation for No Charge; No Connection; North Carolina

NCA
NCA is an abbreviation for Network Control Analysis

NCC
NCC is an abbreviation for National (US) Computer Conference; National (US) Council of Churches

NCDC
NCDC is an abbreviation for National (US) Climatic Data Center

NCE
NCE is an abbreviation for New Catholic Edition

NCGA
NCGA is an abbreviation for National (US) Computer Graphics Association

NCI
NCI is an abbreviation for National (US) Cancer Institute

NCIC
NCIC is an abbreviation for National (US) Cartographic Information Center

NCO
NCO is an abbreviation for Non-Commissioned Officer

NCP
NCP is an abbreviation for Network Control Program

NCR
NCR is an abbreviation for National (US?) Cash Register

NCS
NCS is an abbreviation for Network Computing System

NCSA
NCSA is an abbreviation for National (US) Center for Supercomputing Applications

NCSC
NCSC is an abbreviation for National (US) Computer Security Center

NCTL
NCTL is an abbreviation for National Computer and Telecommunications Laboratory

NCV
NCV is an abbreviation for No Commercial Value

ND
ND is an abbreviation for No Date; North Dakota

NDA
NDA is an abbreviation for Non-Disclosure Agreement

NDDL
NDDL is an abbreviation for Neutral Data Definition Language

NDE
NDE is an abbreviation for News Development Environment

NDEA
NDEA is an abbreviation for National (US) Defense Education Act

NDL
NDL is an abbreviation for Network Database Language

NDP
NDP is an abbreviation for New Democratic Party (Canada)

NDSL
NDSL is an abbreviation for National (US) Defense Student Loan; National (US) Direct Student Loan

NDT
NDT is an abbreviation for Newfoundland Daylight Time

NDV
NDV is an abbreviation for NASP Derived Vehicle; NASP Derived Vehicle

NE
NE is an abbreviation for New England; North East

NEAR
NEAR is an abbreviation for National Electronic Accounting and Reporting system

NEARnet
NEARnet is an abbreviation for New England Academic and Research Network

NEB
NEB is an abbreviation for New English Bible

NEC
NEC is an abbreviation for Nippon Electric Company

NEI
NEI is an abbreviation for Not Elsewhere Included

NES
NES is an abbreviation for National Energy Strategy; Not Elsewhere Specified

NESC
NESC is an abbreviation for National Energy Software Center

NET
NET is an abbreviation for NETwork; National (US) Educational Television; New England Telephone

NEWS
NEWS is an abbreviation for Network extensible Window System

NEXRAD
NEXRAD is an abbreviation for NEXt generation weather RADar

NF
NF is an abbreviation for No Funds

NFC
NFC is an abbreviation for National Football Conference

NFFE
NFFE is an abbreviation for National Federation of Federal Employees

NFL
NFL is an abbreviation for National Football League

NFS
NFS is an abbreviation for Network File System

NG
NG is an abbreviation for National Guard; No Good

NGC
NGC is an abbreviation for New General Catalog

NH
NH is an abbreviation for New Hampshire

NHI
NHI is an abbreviation for National Health Insurance

NHL
NHL is an abbreviation for National (Canada) Hockey League

NHLBI
NHLBI is an abbreviation for National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (Bethesda, MD)

NIC
NIC is an abbreviation for Network Information Center

NICMOS
NICMOS is an abbreviation for Near Infrared Camera / Multi Object Spectrometer (HST upgrade)

NIFTP
NIFTP is an abbreviation for (a file transfer network in the UK)

NIH
NIH is an abbreviation for National (US) Institutes of Health; Not Invented Here

NIM
NIM is an abbreviation for Nuclear Instrumentation Module (an electronic instr. standard)

NIMH
NIMH is an abbreviation for National Institute of Mental Health (Rockville, MD)

NIMS
NIMS is an abbreviation for Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer

NIR
NIR is an abbreviation for Near InfraRed

NIS
NIS is an abbreviation for Network Information System (formerly yp)

NISO
NISO is an abbreviation for National Information Standards Organization

NIST
NIST is an abbreviation for National Institute of Standards and Technology (formerly NBS)

NJ
NJ is an abbreviation for New Jersey

NJB
NJB is an abbreviation for New Jersey Bell

NL
NL is an abbreviation for National League (baseball)

NLM
NLM is an abbreviation for National Library of Medicine

NLP
NLP is an abbreviation for Natural Language Processing

NLRB
NLRB is an abbreviation for National Labor Relations Board

NLS
NLS is an abbreviation for Network License Server

NM
NM is an abbreviation for Nautical Mile; New Mexico; Night Message; No Mark; Not Marked

NMOS
NMOS is an abbreviation for N channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor (N-MOS) (see MOS)

NMR
NMR is an abbreviation for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

NMS
NMS is an abbreviation for Network Monitoring Station

NNE
NNE is an abbreviation for North North East

NNTP
NNTP is an abbreviation for Net News Transfer Protocol

NNW
NNW is an abbreviation for North North West

NNX
NNX is an abbreviation for NANP syntax for a three-digit string

NOA
NOA is an abbreviation for NSWC Office Automation

NOAA
NOAA is an abbreviation for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOAO
NOAO is an abbreviation for National (Tucson, AZ, US) Optical Astronomical Observatories

NOC
NOC is an abbreviation for Network Operations Center

NORAD
NORAD is an abbreviation for NORth American Defense Command

NORM
NORM is an abbreviation for Naturally Occuring Radioactive Material

NORML
NORML is an abbreviation for National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws

NOS
NOS is an abbreviation for Not Otherwise Specified

NOSC
NOSC is an abbreviation for Naval Ocean Systems Center

NOTIS
NOTIS is an abbreviation for Network Operator Trouble Information System

NOW
NOW is an abbreviation for Negotiable Order for Withdrawal

NOx
NOx is an abbreviation for Nitrogen Oxides

NP
NP is an abbreviation for No Protest; Nondeterministic-Polynomial; Notary Public; Noun Phrase

NPA
NPA is an abbreviation for Numbering Plan Area (area code)

NPC
NPC is an abbreviation for Non-Player Character (see PC)

NPL
NPL is an abbreviation for National Physical Laboratory (UK); Non-Procedural Language

NPN
NPN is an abbreviation for Negative-Positive-Negative (transistor); NonProtein Nitrogen

NPR
NPR is an abbreviation for National Public Radio; non-Processor Request

NQS
NQS is an abbreviation for Network Queuing System

NRA
NRA is an abbreviation for National Reconstruction Act (FDR era US); National Rifle Association

NRAO
NRAO is an abbreviation for National Radio Astronomical Observatory

NRC
NRC is an abbreviation for National Research Council; Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NRE
NRE is an abbreviation for Non-Recurring Engineering (as in NRE costs)

NREN
NREN is an abbreviation for National (US) Research and Education Network

NRL
NRL is an abbreviation for Naval Research Labs

NRO
NRO is an abbreviation for National Reconnaissance Office; National Reconnaissance Organization

NRZ
NRZ is an abbreviation for Non-Return to Zero

NRZI
NRZI is an abbreviation for Non-Return to Zero Inverted (magnetic tape, 800 bpi)

NS
NS is an abbreviation for Neutron Star; Not Specified; Nova Scotia; Nuclear Ship

NSA
NSA is an abbreviation for National Security Agency

NSAP
NSAP is an abbreviation for Network Service Access Point

NSC
NSC is an abbreviation for National (US) Security Council

NSE
NSE is an abbreviation for Network Software Environment

NSF
NSF is an abbreviation for National (US) Science Foundation

NSS
NSS is an abbreviation for Nodal Switching System

NSSDC
NSSDC is an abbreviation for National Space Science Data Center

NST
NST is an abbreviation for Newfoundland Standard Time

NSTS
NSTS is an abbreviation for National Space Transportation System

NSW
NSW is an abbreviation for New South Wales (Australia)

NSWC
NSWC is an abbreviation for Naval Surface Warfare Center; Naval Surface Weapons Center

NT
NT is an abbreviation for New Testament; Newfoundland Time; Northern Territory

NTEU
NTEU is an abbreviation for National Treasury Employees Union

NTIS
NTIS is an abbreviation for National Technical Information Service

NTN
NTN is an abbreviation for Neutralized Twisted Nematic

NTP
NTP is an abbreviation for Network Time Protocol; Normal Temperature and Pressure (see STP)

NTSB
NTSB is an abbreviation for National Transportation Safety Board

NTSC
NTSC is an abbreviation for National Television Standards Committee; Never Twice Same Color

NTT
NTT is an abbreviation for New Technology Telescope; Nippon Telephone & Telegraph

NU
NU is an abbreviation for Name Unknown

NURBS
NURBS is an abbreviation for NonUniform Rational B-Spline

NUSC
NUSC is an abbreviation for Naval Underwater Systems Center

NV
NV is an abbreviation for Nevada

NW
NW is an abbreviation for North West

NWNET
NWNET is an abbreviation for NorthWestNet

NWS
NWS is an abbreviation for National Weather Service

NWT
NWT is an abbreviation for North West Territories (Australia)

NXX
NXX is an abbreviation for NANP syntax for a three-digit string

NY
NY is an abbreviation for New York

NYC
NYC is an abbreviation for New York City

NYNEX
NYNEX is an abbreviation for New York and New England (Telephone)

NYPD
NYPD is an abbreviation for New York Police Department

NYSE
NYSE is an abbreviation for New York Stock Exchange

NYSERNet
NYSERNet is an abbreviation for New York State Educational and Research Network

NZ
NZ is an abbreviation for New Zealand

NZUSUGI
NZUSUGI is an abbreviation for New Zealand Unix System User Group, Inc.

OA
OA is an abbreviation for Office Automation; Overeaters Anonymous

OAO
OAO is an abbreviation for Orbiting Astronomical Observatory

OAS
OAS is an abbreviation for Organization of American States

OATS
OATS is an abbreviation for Office Automation Technology and Services

OBE
OBE is an abbreviation for Order of the British Empire

OBS
OBS is an abbreviation for Omni Bearing Selector

OC
OC is an abbreviation for Order of Canada

OCDM
OCDM is an abbreviation for Office of Civil Defense and Mobilization

OCI
OCI is an abbreviation for Out of City Indicator

OCLC
OCLC is an abbreviation for Online Computer Library Center (Ohio College Library Catalog); Online Computer Library Center, Inc.

OCO
OCO is an abbreviation for Object Code Only

OCR
OCR is an abbreviation for Optical Character Recognition

OCS
OCS is an abbreviation for Officer Candidate School

OCST
OCST is an abbreviation for Office of Commercial Space Transportation

OD
OD is an abbreviation for Doctor of Optometry; Oculus Dexter (right eye); Officer of the Day; OverDose

ODI
ODI is an abbreviation for Optical Digital Image

ODISS
ODISS is an abbreviation for Optical Digital Image Storage System

ODT
ODT is an abbreviation for Octal Debugging Technique; Online Debugging Technique

OE
OE is an abbreviation for Old English

OED
OED is an abbreviation for Oxford English Dictionary

OEM
OEM is an abbreviation for Original Equipment Manufacturer

OEO
OEO is an abbreviation for Office of Economic Opportunity

OES
OES is an abbreviation for Order of the Eastern Star

OEXP
OEXP is an abbreviation for Office of Exploration

OF
OF is an abbreviation for Old French

OFM
OFM is an abbreviation for Order of Friars Minor

OFS
OFS is an abbreviation for Order of Free State

OG
OG is an abbreviation for Original Gum

OH
OH is an abbreviation for Ohio

OIRA
OIRA is an abbreviation for Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

OIU
OIU is an abbreviation for Office Interface Unit

OJT
OJT is an abbreviation for On the Job Training

OLTP
OLTP is an abbreviation for On-Line Transaction Processing

OMB
OMB is an abbreviation for Office of Management and Budget

OMD
OMD is an abbreviation for Orchestral Manouevers in the Dark

OMS
OMS is an abbreviation for Orbital Maneuvering System

OMV
OMV is an abbreviation for Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle

ON
ON is an abbreviation for Old Norse

ONC
ONC is an abbreviation for Open Network Computing

ONI
ONI is an abbreviation for Office of Naval Intelligence; Operator Number Identification

ONR
ONR is an abbreviation for Office of Naval Research

OOP
OOP is an abbreviation for Object Oriented Programming

OOPART
OOPART is an abbreviation for Out Of Place ARTifact

OOPS
OOPS is an abbreviation for Object-Oriented Programming System

OP
OP is an abbreviation for OFFICEPOWER office automation system, trademark of CCI; Observation Post; Order of Preachers; Out of Print

OPEC
OPEC is an abbreviation for Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

OPF
OPF is an abbreviation for Orbiter Processing Facility

OPM
OPM is an abbreviation for Office of Personnel Management

OPUS
OPUS is an abbreviation for Obvious Password Utility System

OR
OR is an abbreviation for Operating Room; Oregon; Owner's Risk, Own Risk

ORFEUS
ORFEUS is an abbreviation for Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer

ORNL
ORNL is an abbreviation for Oak Ridge National Laboratory

OROM
OROM is an abbreviation for Optical Read Only Memory

OS
OS is an abbreviation for Oculus Sinister (left eye); Operating System; Ordinary Seaman; Out of Stock

OSB
OSB is an abbreviation for Order of St Benedict

OSC
OSC is an abbreviation for Orbital Sciences Corporation

OSCAR
OSCAR is an abbreviation for Orbiting Satelite Carry Amateur Radio (1st launched 12 Dec 1961); Orbiting Satellite Carry Amateur Radio (1st launched 12 Dec 1961); Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio

OSCRL
OSCRL is an abbreviation for Operating System Command Response Language

OSD
OSD is an abbreviation for Office of the Secretary of Defense

OSDIT
OSDIT is an abbreviation for Office of Software Development and Information Technology

OSF
OSF is an abbreviation for Open Software Foundation; Open Systems Foundation; Order of St Francis

OSHA
OSHA is an abbreviation for Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSI
OSI is an abbreviation for Office of Scientific Integrity; Open Systems Interconnection (per ISO; 7 layer model)

OSI/RM
OSI/RM is an abbreviation for Open Systems Interconnection/Reference Model

OSME
OSME is an abbreviation for Open Systems Message Exchange

OSP
OSP is an abbreviation for Optical Storage Processor

OSPFIGP
OSPFIGP is an abbreviation for Open Shortest-Path First Internal Gateway Protocol

OSS
OSS is an abbreviation for Office Support System; Office of Strategic Services (later CIA); Operation Support System

OSSA
OSSA is an abbreviation for Office of Space Science and Applications

OSSE
OSSE is an abbreviation for Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment (on GRO)

OSTP
OSTP is an abbreviation for (White House) Office of Science and Technology Policy; Office of Science and Technology Policy

OT
OT is an abbreviation for Old Testament; OverTime

OT&LF
OT&LF is an abbreviation for Open Taxi & Limousine Foundation

OTA
OTA is an abbreviation for Office of Technical Assistance; Office of Technology Assessment; Optical Telescope Assembly

OTB
OTB is an abbreviation for Off-Track Betting

OTC
OTC is an abbreviation for Over The Counter (stocks)

OTF
OTF is an abbreviation for Open Token Foundation

OTH-B
OTH-B is an abbreviation for Over The Horizon - Backscatter (as in radar)

OTR
OTR is an abbreviation for On The Rag

OTS
OTS is an abbreviation for Officers' Training School

OTV
OTV is an abbreviation for Orbital Transfer Vehicle

OUTWATS
OUTWATS is an abbreviation for OUTward Wide Area Telephone Service

OV
OV is an abbreviation for Orbital Vehicle; Orbiter Vehicle

PA
PA is an abbreviation for Pennsylvania; Per Annum; Play Aid; Power of Attorney; Press Agent; Private Account; Public Address; Purchasing Agent

PABX
PABX is an abbreviation for Private Automatic Branch eXchange

PACCOM
PACCOM is an abbreviation for Pacific Computer Communications network consortium

PACX
PACX is an abbreviation for Private Automatic Computer eXchange

PAD
PAD is an abbreviation for Packet Assembler-Disassembler

PAH
PAH is an abbreviation for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon

PAL
PAL is an abbreviation for Phase Alternation Line-rate; Programmable Array Logic

PAM
PAM is an abbreviation for Payload Assist Module; Pulse Amplification Modulation

PARC
PARC is an abbreviation for Palo Alto Research Center, xerox

PASS
PASS is an abbreviation for Personal Access Satellite System

PATROL
PATROL is an abbreviation for Program for Administrative Traffic Reports On Line

PBM
PBM is an abbreviation for Play By Mail game

PBS
PBS is an abbreviation for Public Broadcasting System

PBX
PBX is an abbreviation for Private Branch eXchange

PC
PC is an abbreviation for Peace Corps; PerCent; PerCentage; Personal Computer (IBM wants you to believe a specific kind); Player Character (see NPC); Post Card; Post Cibum (after meals); Privileged Character; Privy Council; Program Counter; Progressive Conservative party; Providence College

PC-DOS
PC-DOS is an abbreviation for Personal Computer DOS

PC/AT
PC/AT is an abbreviation for Personal Computer/Advanced Technology

PCB
PCB is an abbreviation for PolyChlorinated Biphenyl; Printed Circuit Board

PCI
PCI is an abbreviation for Panel Call Indicator

PCIE
PCIE is an abbreviation for President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency

PCL
PCL is an abbreviation for Printer Command Language

PCM
PCM is an abbreviation for Plug-Compatible Mainframe; Pulse Code Modulation

PCPC
PCPC is an abbreviation for Personal Computers Peripheral Corporation

PCS
PCS is an abbreviation for Permanent Change of Station

PCTE
PCTE is an abbreviation for Portable Common Tools Environment

PCTS
PCTS is an abbreviation for Posix Conformance Test Suite

PD
PD is an abbreviation for Per Diem; Police Department; Potential Difference; Public Domain

PDAD
PDAD is an abbreviation for Proposed Draft ADdendum

PDE
PDE is an abbreviation for Partial Differential Equation

PDES
PDES is an abbreviation for Product Data Exchange Specifications

PDF
PDF is an abbreviation for Program Development Facility

PDL
PDL is an abbreviation for Page Description Language; Program Design Language

PDN
PDN is an abbreviation for Public Data Network

PDP
PDP is an abbreviation for Plasma Display Panel; Programmed Data Processor; Programmed Data Processor

PDQ
PDQ is an abbreviation for Pretty Damned Quick

PDS
PDS is an abbreviation for Premises Distribution System

PDT
PDT is an abbreviation for Pacific Daylight Time

PE
PE is an abbreviation for Phase Encoded; Physical Education; Prince Edward island; Printer's Error; Professional Engineer; Protestant Episcopal

PEI
PEI is an abbreviation for Prince Edward Island

PEP
PEP is an abbreviation for Productivity Enhancement Project

PEPE
PEPE is an abbreviation for Pepe Est Presque Emacs

PERL
PERL is an abbreviation for Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister; Practical Extraction and Report Language

PEX
PEX is an abbreviation for Phigs/phigs+ Extension to X

PFC
PFC is an abbreviation for Plasma Fusion Center

PG
PG is an abbreviation for Parental Guidance

PGA
PGA is an abbreviation for Professional Graphics Adapter; Pure Grain Alcohol; Professional Golfers Association

PHA
PHA is an abbreviation for Pulse Height Analyzer (or Analysis)

PHIGS
PHIGS is an abbreviation for Programmers Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System

PHS
PHS is an abbreviation for Public Health Service

PhysRev Physical Review Journal
PhysRev Physical Review Journal is an abbreviation for - Phys Rev

PI
PI is an abbreviation for Principal Investigator; Priority Interrupt; Private Investigator

PIC
PIC is an abbreviation for Plastic/Polyethelene Insulated Cable; Position Independant Code

PIF
PIF is an abbreviation for Paid In Full

PIT
PIT is an abbreviation for Principal, Interest, and Taxes

PIXEL
PIXEL is an abbreviation for PIcture ELement

PLA
PLA is an abbreviation for Programmable Logic Array

PLATO
PLATO is an abbreviation for Programmed Learning for Automated Teaching Operations

PLC
PLC is an abbreviation for Programmable Logic Controller

PLCC
PLCC is an abbreviation for Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier

PLL
PLL is an abbreviation for Phase-Locked Loop

PLM
PLM is an abbreviation for Programming Language for Microcomputers

PLO
PLO is an abbreviation for Palestine (sic?) Liberation Organization (?); Please Leave On

PLSS
PLSS is an abbreviation for Portable Life Support System

PM
PM is an abbreviation for PayMaster; Police Magistrate; Post Meridiem; Post Meridiem (after noon); PostMaster; PostMortem; Pressurized Module; Preventive Maintenance; Prime Minister; Provost Marshal

PM/X
PM/X is an abbreviation for Presentation Manager for X windows

PMC
PMC is an abbreviation for Permanently Manned Capability

PMIRR
PMIRR is an abbreviation for Pressure Modulated InfraRed Radiometer (on Mars Observer)

PMO
PMO is an abbreviation for Prime Minister's Office

PMOS
PMOS is an abbreviation for P channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor (P-MOS) (see MOS)

PMS
PMS is an abbreviation for PreMenstrual Syndrome

PMT
PMT is an abbreviation for PhotoMultiplier Tube

PN
PN is an abbreviation for Promissory Note

PNP
PNP is an abbreviation for Positive-Negative-Positive (transistor)

PO
PO is an abbreviation for Petty Officer; Post Office; Postal Order; Purchase Order

POC
POC is an abbreviation for Port Of Call

POD
POD is an abbreviation for Pay On Delivery

POE
POE is an abbreviation for Port Of Embarkation; Port Of Entry

POGO
POGO is an abbreviation for Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory

POM
POM is an abbreviation for Phase Of Moon

POP
POP is an abbreviation for Point of Presence; Post Office Protocol

POPS
POPS is an abbreviation for Paperless Order Processing System

POR
POR is an abbreviation for Price On Request

POS
POS is an abbreviation for Point Of Sale; Professional Operating System

POSI
POSI is an abbreviation for Promoting conference for OSI

POSIX
POSIX is an abbreviation for Portable Operating System Interface; Portable Operating System for unIX

POTS
POTS is an abbreviation for Plain Old Telephone Service

POTV
POTV is an abbreviation for Personnel Orbit Transfer Vehicle

POV
POV is an abbreviation for Point Of View

POW
POW is an abbreviation for Prisoner Of War

PP
PP is an abbreviation for Parcel Post; Past Participle; Post Pay (payphone); Primary Point

PPB
PPB is an abbreviation for Parts Per Billion

PPC
PPC is an abbreviation for Pour Prendre Conge' (to take leave)

PPCS
PPCS is an abbreviation for Person to Person, Collect, Special

PPM
PPM is an abbreviation for Parts Per Million

PPN
PPN is an abbreviation for Parameterized Post-Newtonian formalism for general relativity; Project Programmer Number

PPP
PPP is an abbreviation for Point-to-Point Protocol (successor to SLIP )

Pps
pps is an abbreviation for Packets per Second

PPS
PPS is an abbreviation for PostPostScriptum

PPT
PPT is an abbreviation for Parts Per Trillion; Pulse Pair Timing; Punched Paper Tape

PQ
PQ is an abbreviation for Province of Quebec

PR
PR is an abbreviation for PayRoll; Public Relations; Puerto Rico

PRC
PRC is an abbreviation for Planning Research Corporation

PREPnet
PREPnet is an abbreviation for Pennsylvania Research & Economic Partnership Network

PRI
PRI is an abbreviation for Primary Rate Interface (ISDN)

PRN
PRN is an abbreviation for pro re nata

PROFS
PROFS is an abbreviation for PRofessional OFfice System

PROM
PROM is an abbreviation for Programmable Read-Only Memory

PS
PS is an abbreviation for PicoSecond; PostScript; PostScriptum; Power Steering; Power Supply; Proposed Standard; Public School

PSA
PSA is an abbreviation for Problem Statement Analyzer

PSC
PSC is an abbreviation for Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center; Polar Stratospheric Clouds

PSDN
PSDN is an abbreviation for Public Switched Data Network

PSDS
PSDS is an abbreviation for Public Switched Digital Service

PSE
PSE is an abbreviation for Programming Support Environment

PSF
PSF is an abbreviation for Point Spread Function

PSG
PSG is an abbreviation for Platoon SerGeant

PSI
PSI is an abbreviation for Performance Systems International; Power Systems, Incorporated

PSK
PSK is an abbreviation for Phase Shift Keying

PSL
PSL is an abbreviation for Problem Statement Language

PSN
PSN is an abbreviation for Packet Switch Node

PSR
PSR is an abbreviation for Product Specific Realizations; PulSaR

PSS
PSS is an abbreviation for (unknown to me, but something in the UK environment)

PST
PST is an abbreviation for Pacific Standard Time

PSTN
PSTN is an abbreviation for Public Switched Telephone Network

PT
PT is an abbreviation for Pacific Time; Patrol Torpedo (as in PT boat); Physical Therapy; Physical Training

PTA
PTA is an abbreviation for Parent-Teacher Association

PTD
PTD is an abbreviation for Parallel Transfer Disk

PTL
PTL is an abbreviation for Praise The Lord (ministry)

PTN
PTN is an abbreviation for Plant Test Number (actual number assigned for 800 service)

PTO
PTO is an abbreviation for Patent and Trademark Office; Please Turn Over; Power Take-Off

PTT
PTT is an abbreviation for Post, Telephone and Telegraph administration

PTV
PTV is an abbreviation for Passenger Transport Vehicle

PUC
PUC is an abbreviation for Public Utilities Commision

PV
PV is an abbreviation for Photovoltaic

PVC
PVC is an abbreviation for Permanent Virtual Circuit (see also VC); Poly-Vinyl Chloride

PVO
PVO is an abbreviation for Pioneer Venus Orbiter

PW
PW is an abbreviation for Prisoner of War (usually POW)

PWG
PWG is an abbreviation for Permanent Working Group

PX
PX is an abbreviation for Post eXchange (see BX)

Q.v.
q.v. is an abbreviation for ???? (Latin(?): which see)

QAM
QAM is an abbreviation for Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

QC
QC is an abbreviation for Quality Control; Queen's Counsel (KC when queen reigning)

QD
QD is a medical abbreviation for Quaque Die (daily)

QDA
QDA is an abbreviation for Quantity Discount Agreement

QED
QED is an abbreviation for Quod Erat Demonstrandum (which was to be demonstrated)

QEF
QEF is an abbreviation for Quod Erat Faciendum (which was to be done)

QEI
QEI is an abbreviation for Quod Erat Inveniendum (which was to be found out)

QET
QET is an abbreviation for Quantum Effect Transistor

QIC
QIC is an abbreviation for Quarter-Inch Cartridge

QID
QID is an abbreviation for Quater In Die (four times a day)

QLI
QLI is an abbreviation for Query Language Interpreter

QM
QM is an abbreviation for QuarterMaster

QMC
QMC is an abbreviation for QuarterMaster Corps

QMF
QMF is an abbreviation for Query Management Facility

QMG
QMG is an abbreviation for QuarterMaster General

QMS
QMS is an abbreviation for Quality Micro Systems

QNS
QNS is an abbreviation for Quantity Not Sufficient

QSO
QSO is an abbreviation for Quasi-Stellar Object

QWERTY
QWERTY is an abbreviation for first six keys from left on top alphabetic row of standard keyboard

R
R is an abbreviation for Restricted; Rolemaster

R&B
R&B is an abbreviation for Rhythm and Blues (commonly R and B)

R&D
R&D is an abbreviation for Research and Development (commonly R and D)

RA
RA is an abbreviation for Regular Army; Research Assistant; Royal Academy

RAAF
RAAF is an abbreviation for Royal Australian Air Force

RACE
RACE is an abbreviation for Random Access Card Equipment

RACEP
RACEP is an abbreviation for Random Access and Correlation for Extended Performance

RAD
RAD is an abbreviation for Radiation Absorbed Dose; Rapid Access Disk

RADAR
RADAR is an abbreviation for RAdio Detection And Ranging

RADM
RADM is an abbreviation for Rear ADMiral

RAF
RAF is an abbreviation for Royal Air Force

RAM
RAM is an abbreviation for Random Access Memory (R/W); Red Academicia de Mexico (Mexican Academic Network)

RARDE
RARDE is an abbreviation for Royal Armaments Research and Development Establishment

RARE
RARE is an abbreviation for the European Organization of Research Networks

RAS
RAS is an abbreviation for Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability

RASC
RASC is an abbreviation for Residence Account Service Center

RATS
RATS is an abbreviation for Radio Amateur Telecommunications Society

RBC
RBC is an abbreviation for Red Blood Count

RBI
RBI is an abbreviation for Runs Batted In

RBOC
RBOC is an abbreviation for Regional Bell Operating Company

RC
RC is an abbreviation for Red Cross; Regional Center; Resistor-Capacitor circuit (as in filters); Roman Catholic

RCA
RCA is an abbreviation for Radio Corporation of America

RCAF
RCAF is an abbreviation for Royal Canadian Air Force

RCAS
RCAS is an abbreviation for Reserve Component Automation System

RCC
RCC is an abbreviation for Radio Common Carrier

RCMP
RCMP is an abbreviation for Royal Canadian Mounted Police

RCS
RCS is an abbreviation for Reaction Control System

RD
RD is an abbreviation for Rural Delivery

RDA
RDA is an abbreviation for Remote Data Access

RDBMS
RDBMS is an abbreviation for Relational DataBase Management System

RDF
RDF is an abbreviation for Radio Direction Finding

REA
REA is an abbreviation for Rail Express Agency

RECON
RECON is an abbreviation for Reconnaissance

REM
REM is an abbreviation for Rapid Eye Movement

REO
REO is an abbreviation for R. E. Olds; Removable, Erasable, Optical

REXX
REXX is an abbreviation for Restructured EXtended eXecutor

RF
RF is an abbreviation for Radio Frequency; Radio Frequency

RFC
RFC is an abbreviation for Request For Comments (ala ARPA Internet); Rugby Football Club.

RFD
RFD is an abbreviation for Rehoboth (MA) Fire Department; Rural Free Delivery

RFI
RFI is an abbreviation for Radio Frequency Interference; Radio Frequency Interference

RFP
RFP is an abbreviation for Request for Proposal

RFQ
RFQ is an abbreviation for Request for Quote

RFS
RFS is an abbreviation for Remote File System

RGB
RGB is an abbreviation for Red Green Blue

RGP
RGP is an abbreviation for Raster Graphics Processor

RH
RH is an abbreviation for Right Hand

RHC
RHC is an abbreviation for Regional (Bell) Holding Company

RHS
RHS is an abbreviation for Right Hand Side

RI
RI is an abbreviation for Rhode Island

RIACS
RIACS is an abbreviation for Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science (NASA); Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science

RIAS
RIAS is an abbreviation for Radio In the American Sector, berlin

RIF
RIF is an abbreviation for Reading Is Fundamental; Reduction In Force

RILM
RILM is an abbreviation for Repertoire International de Literature Musicale

RIP
RIP is an abbreviation for Rest In Peace (or Requiescat In Pace : latin); Routing Interchange Protocol

RIPE
RIPE is an abbreviation for R\'eseaux IP Europ\'eenne (European IP Networks) (of RARE, q.v.)

RISC
RISC is an abbreviation for Reduced Instruction Set Computer

RITA
RITA is an abbreviation for Recognition of Information Technology Achievement award

RJE
RJE is an abbreviation for Remote Job Entry

RLC
RLC is an abbreviation for Resistor Inductor Capacitor; Rugby League Club.

RLG
RLG is an abbreviation for Research Libraries Group

RLIN
RLIN is an abbreviation for Research Libraries Information Network (run by RLG )

RLL
RLL is an abbreviation for Run Length Limited

RMA
RMA is an abbreviation for Radio Manufacturers' Association; Return Materials Authorization

RMATS
RMATS is an abbreviation for Remote Maintenance Administration and Traffic System

RMS
RMS is an abbreviation for Remote Manipulator System; Richard M. Stallman; Root Mean Square; Royal Mail Ship

RN
RN is an abbreviation for Registered Nurse; Royal Navy

RNA
RNA is an abbreviation for RiboNucleic Acid

RNGC
RNGC is an abbreviation for Revised New General Catalog

RNZAF
RNZAF is an abbreviation for Royal New Zealand Air Force

ROFF
ROFF is an abbreviation for Run-OFF

ROG
ROG is an abbreviation for Receipt Of Goods

ROM
ROM is an abbreviation for Range Of Motion; Read-Only Memory; Rupture Of Membrane (as in birth)

ROSAT
ROSAT is an abbreviation for ROentgen SATellite

ROSE
ROSE is an abbreviation for RATS Open Systems Environment; Remote Operations Service Entity (per ISO/CCITT layer 7)

ROTC
ROTC is an abbreviation for Reserve Officers' Training Corps

ROTS
ROTS is an abbreviation for Rotary Out Trunks Selectors

ROYGBIV
ROYGBIV is an abbreviation for Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet

RPC
RPC is an abbreviation for Remote Procedure Call

RPG
RPG is an abbreviation for RePort Generator; Role Playing Game

RPI
RPI is an abbreviation for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

RPM
RPM is an abbreviation for Revolutions Per Minute

RPN
RPN is an abbreviation for Reverse Polish Notation

RPO
RPO is an abbreviation for Railway Post Office

RPS
RPS is an abbreviation for Revolutions Per Second

RPV
RPV is an abbreviation for Remotely Piloted Vehicle

RQ
RQ is an abbreviation for RuneQuest

RR
RR is an abbreviation for RailRoad; Route Relay; Rural Route

RRO
RRO is an abbreviation for Rate and Route Operator

RS
RS is an abbreviation for Recommended Standard (EIA); Recording Secretary; Revised Status; Right Side; Royal Society

RSCS
RSCS is an abbreviation for Remote Spooling Communications Subsystem

RSFSR
RSFSR is an abbreviation for Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic

RSI
RSI is an abbreviation for Repetetive Strain Injury

RSN
RSN is an abbreviation for Real Soon Now

RSU
RSU is an abbreviation for Remote Switching Unit

RSV
RSV is an abbreviation for Revised Standard Edition

RSVP
RSVP is an abbreviation for Repondez S'il Vous Plait (please reply)

RSWC
RSWC is an abbreviation for Right Side up With Care

RT
RT is an abbreviation for RadioTelephone; RealTime

RTA
RTA is an abbreviation for Remote Trunk Arrangement

RTAC
RTAC is an abbreviation for Regional Technical Assistance Center

RTF
RTF is an abbreviation for Rich Text Format

RTFM
RTFM is an abbreviation for Read The Fucking Manual

RTG
RTG is an abbreviation for Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator; Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator

RTLS
RTLS is an abbreviation for Return To Launch Site (Shuttle abort mode)

RTR
RTR is an abbreviation for Ready to Run; Reel-To-Reel

RTS
RTS is an abbreviation for Request To Send (EIA RS-232-C)

RTTY
RTTY is an abbreviation for Radio Teletype

RU
RU is an abbreviation for Receive Unit

RVD
RVD is an abbreviation for Remote Virtual Disk

RW
RW is an abbreviation for Right Worshipful; Right Worthy

RX
RX is an abbreviation for Receive

Ry
Ry is an abbreviation for Railway

S
S is an abbreviation for South; Supplement

S&C
S&C is an abbreviation for Skull & Crossbones

S/C
S/C is an abbreviation for SpaceCraft

SA
SA is an abbreviation for Salvation Army; Seaman Apprentice; Service Assistant; Sex Appeal; Sine Anno (without date); South Africa; South America; Subject to Approval

SAA
SAA is an abbreviation for South Atlantic Anomaly; South Atlantic Anomaly; Systems Application Architecture

SAC
SAC is an abbreviation for Special Area Code (represent services, not places); Strategic Air Command (see TAC); Strategic Air Command

SADD
SADD is an abbreviation for Students Against Drunk Driving

SAFENET
SAFENET is an abbreviation for Survivable Adaptable Fiberoptic Embedded Network

SAM
SAM is an abbreviation for Surface to Air Missile; Surface-to-Air Missile

SAMA
SAMA is an abbreviation for Step-by-step Automatic Message Accounting

SAMPEX
SAMPEX is an abbreviation for Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle EXplorer

SAMTO
SAMTO is an abbreviation for Space And Missile Test Organization

SAO
SAO is an abbreviation for Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

SAP
SAP is an abbreviation for Second Audio Program; Service Access Point

SAR
SAR is an abbreviation for Search And Rescue; Synthetic Aperture Radar

SARA
SARA is an abbreviation for Satellite pour Astronomie Radio Amateur; Stichting Academisch Rekencentrum Amsterdam (Amsterdam Universities Computing Center)

SAREX
SAREX is an abbreviation for Search and Rescue Exercise; Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment

SARTS
SARTS is an abbreviation for Switched Access Remote Test System

SAS
SAS is an abbreviation for Small Astronomy Satellite; Space Activity Suit

SASE
SASE is an abbreviation for Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope

SASI
SASI is an abbreviation for Shugart Associates Systems Interface

SAT
SAT is an abbreviation for Satellite

SAW
SAW is an abbreviation for Surface Acoustic Wave

SBA
SBA is an abbreviation for Small Business Administration

SC
SC is an abbreviation for Secondary Channel; Sectional Center; South Carolina; SubCommittee

SCA
SCA is an abbreviation for Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

SCAD
SCAD is an abbreviation for Subsonic Cruise Armed Decoy

SCADC
SCADC is an abbreviation for Standard Central Air Data Computer

SCAME
SCAME is an abbreviation for SCreen oriented Anti-Misery Editor

SCAMP
SCAMP is an abbreviation for Single-Chip A-series Mainframe Processor

SCAN
SCAN is an abbreviation for Switched Circuit Automatic Network

SCC
SCC is an abbreviation for Specialized Common Carriers; Switching Control Center

SCCS
SCCS is an abbreviation for Source Code Control System

SCE
SCE is an abbreviation for Signal Conversion Equipment; Structure Chart Editor

SCI
SCI is an abbreviation for SpaceCraft Incorporated

SCIFI
SCIFI is an abbreviation for SCIence FIction (often used pejoratively of what really isn't)

SCO
SCO is an abbreviation for Santa Cruz Operation

SCOOPS
SCOOPS is an abbreviation for SCheme Object Oriented Programming System

SCOTS
SCOTS is an abbreviation for Surveilance and Control Of Transmission Systems

SCSI
SCSI is an abbreviation for Small Computer Systems Interface

SCT
SCT is an abbreviation for Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope

SCUBA
SCUBA is an abbreviation for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

SCUD
SCUD is an abbreviation for Subsonic Cruise Unarmed Decoy

SD
SD is an abbreviation for South Dakota

SDB
SDB is an abbreviation for Source(?) DeBugger

SDI
SDI is an abbreviation for Standard Disk Interconnect; Strategic Defense Initiative

SDIO
SDIO is an abbreviation for Strategic Defense Initiative Organization

SDLC
SDLC is an abbreviation for Synchronous Data Link Control

SDM
SDM is an abbreviation for Sub-rate Data Multiplexer

SDN
SDN is an abbreviation for Software Defined Network; System Development Network (Korea)

SDO
SDO is an abbreviation for Staff Duty Officer

SDSC
SDSC is an abbreviation for San Diego Supercomputer Center

SDV
SDV is an abbreviation for Shuttle Derived Vehicle

SE
SE is an abbreviation for Service Engineer (see also CE, FE); South East

SEATO
SEATO is an abbreviation for SouthEast Asia Treaty Organization

SEC
SEC is an abbreviation for Security Exchange Commission

SECNAV
SECNAV is an abbreviation for SECretary of the NAVy

SED
SED is an abbreviation for Stream EDitor

SEI
SEI is an abbreviation for Software Engineering Institute (Carnegie Mellon); Space Exploration Initiative

SEL
SEL is an abbreviation for Software Engineering Laboratory

SEM
SEM is an abbreviation for Scanning Electron Microscope

SEST
SEST is an abbreviation for Swedish-European Submillimeter Telescope

SETI
SETI is an abbreviation for Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence; Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence

SF
SF is an abbreviation for San Francisco; Science Fiction; Speculative Fiction; Standard Form; Star Frontiers

SFRPG
SFRPG is an abbreviation for Science Fiction Role Playing Game

SG
SG is an abbreviation for StarGuard; SubGroup

SGML
SGML is an abbreviation for Standard Generalized Markup Language

SHAPE
SHAPE is an abbreviation for Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe

SHAR
SHAR is an abbreviation for SHell ARchiver

SHCD
SHCD is an abbreviation for Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective

SHF
SHF is an abbreviation for Super High Frequency (3-30GHz)

SHRPG
SHRPG is an abbreviation for Super Hero Role Playing Game

SI
SI is an abbreviation for Staten Island

SIAM
SIAM is an abbreviation for Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

SID
SID is an abbreviation for Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance

SIG
SIG is an abbreviation for Special Interest Group

SIGCAT
SIGCAT is an abbreviation for Special Interest Group for Cd-rom Applications Technology

SIMD
SIMD is an abbreviation for Single Instruction, Multiple Data

SIMM
SIMM is an abbreviation for Single In-line Memory Module; System Integrated Memory Module

SINE
SINE is an abbreviation for SINE is not EINE

SIPS
SIPS is an abbreviation for Satellite Imagery Processing System

SIR
SIR is an abbreviation for Shuttle Imaging Radar

SIRTF
SIRTF is an abbreviation for Space (formerly Shuttle) InfraRed Telescope Facility; Space Infrared Telescope Facility

SIS
SIS is an abbreviation for Strategic Information System

SISCOM
SISCOM is an abbreviation for Satellite Information System COMpany

SITA
SITA is an abbreviation for Societe Internationale Telecommunications Aeronautiques

SJ
SJ is an abbreviation for Society of Jesus

Skyhook
Skyhook is an abbreviation for Surface to space "elevator" transportation system

SL
SL is an abbreviation for Salvage Loss; Space Launch; SpaceLab

SLA
SLA is an abbreviation for Special Libraries Association; Synchronous Line Adapter

SLAC
SLAC is an abbreviation for Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

SLAN
SLAN is an abbreviation for Sine Loco, Anno, (vel) Nomine (without place, year, or name)

SLAR
SLAR is an abbreviation for Side Looking Airborne Radar; Side-Looking Airborne Radar

SLBM
SLBM is an abbreviation for Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles

SLC
SLC is an abbreviation for Space Launch Complex; Subscriber Loop Carrier

SLDC
SLDC is an abbreviation for Synchronous Data Link Control

SLIP
SLIP is an abbreviation for Serial Line IP (sometimes SL/IP) (see also PPP); Serial Line Internet Protocol

SLP
SLP is an abbreviation for Super Long Play (VHS VCR)

SLS
SLS is an abbreviation for Space(lab) Life Sciences

SM
SM is an abbreviation for Service Mark

SMA
SMA is an abbreviation for Sergeant Major of the Army; Spectrum Manufacturers Association

SMC
SMC is an abbreviation for Small Magellanic Cloud (see LMC); Small Magellanic Cloud

SMD
SMD is an abbreviation for Storage Module Device (interface standard for disk drives); Surface Mounted Devices

SMDR
SMDR is an abbreviation for Station Message Detail Recording

SMDS
SMDS is an abbreviation for Switched Multi-megabit Data Service

SME
SME is an abbreviation for Solar Mesosphere Explorer

SMEGMA
SMEGMA is an abbreviation for Sophisticated Modern Editor with Gloriously Magnificent Abilities

SMERSH
SMERSH is an abbreviation for Abbr. of Russian phrase meaning "Death to the spies."

SMEX
SMEX is an abbreviation for SMall EXplorers

SMILS
SMILS is an abbreviation for Sonobuoy Missile Impact Location System

SMM
SMM is an abbreviation for Solar Maximum Mission (satellite 1980-1989)

SMTP
SMTP is an abbreviation for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SMU
SMU is an abbreviation for Southeastern Massachusetts University; Southern Methodist University

SN
SN is an abbreviation for Science News; Serial Number; Super Nova; SuperNova (e.g., SN1987A)

SNA
SNA is an abbreviation for Systems Network Architecture

SNADS
SNADS is an abbreviation for SNA Distribution Services

SNAFU
SNAFU is an abbreviation for Situation Normal -- All Fouled Up (also more profane versions)

SNAP
SNAP is an abbreviation for Shipboard Non-tactical Automated data Processing program; Sub Network Access Protocol

SNCF
SNCF is an abbreviation for Societe National des Chemins de Fer (French National Railways)

SNF
SNF is an abbreviation for Server-Natural Format

SNMP
SNMP is an abbreviation for Simple Network Management Protocol

SNOBOL
SNOBOL is an abbreviation for StriNg Oriented symbOLic Language

SNPA
SNPA is an abbreviation for SubNetwork Point of Attachment

SNR
SNR is an abbreviation for Signal to Noise Ratio; Signal to Noise Ratio; SuperNova Remnant

SNU
SNU is an abbreviation for Solar Neutrino Units

SO
SO is an abbreviation for Seller's Option; Significant Other; Space Opera; Strike Out

SOAP
SOAP is an abbreviation for Symbolic Optimizing Assembler Program

SOFIA
SOFIA is an abbreviation for Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy

SOH
SOH is an abbreviation for Start Of Header, ASCII control character (dec=01,control-A)

SOHIO
SOHIO is an abbreviation for Standard Oil of oHIO

SOHO
SOHO is an abbreviation for SOlar Heliospheric Observatory

SOL
SOL is an abbreviation for Short on Landing (or, colloquially, Shit Out of Luck)

SONAR
SONAR is an abbreviation for SOund Detection And Ranging

SONET
SONET is an abbreviation for Synchronous Optical Network

SOP
SOP is an abbreviation for Standard Operating Procedure

SOS
SOS is an abbreviation for Save Our Souls (International standard distress call, Morse ...---...); Silicon On Sapphire; Son of Stopgap (editor)

SP
SP is an abbreviation for Shore Patrol; Short Play (VHS VCR); Southern Pacific; Stack Pointer; Star Patrol

SPA
SPA is an abbreviation for Software Publishers Association

SPAG
SPAG is an abbreviation for Standards Promotion and Applications Group

SPAN
SPAN is an abbreviation for Space Physics and Analysis Network (DECnet); Space Physics and Analysis Network

SPAR
SPAR is an abbreviation for Stock Points Adp Replacement

SPARC
SPARC is an abbreviation for Scalable Processor ARChitecture; Standards, Planning, And Requirements Committee

SPAWAR
SPAWAR is an abbreviation for naval SPAce and WARfare command

SPC
SPC is an abbreviation for Software Productivity Consortium

SPCA
SPCA is an abbreviation for Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

SPCC
SPCC is an abbreviation for Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

SPDM
SPDM is an abbreviation for Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator

SPEC
SPEC is an abbreviation for Systems Performance Evaluation Cooperative

SPITBOL
SPITBOL is an abbreviation for SPeedy ImplemenTation of snoBOL

SPNI
SPNI is an abbreviation for Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel

SPOT
SPOT is an abbreviation for Systeme Probatoire pour l'Observation de la Terre

SPS
SPS is an abbreviation for Solar Power Satellite

SPUR
SPUR is an abbreviation for Systech Pluraxial Unplug Repeater

SQIID
SQIID is an abbreviation for Simultaneous Quad Infrared Imaging Device (at NOAO)

SQL
SQL is an abbreviation for Structured Query Language

SQUID
SQUID is an abbreviation for Superconducting QUantum Interference Device

SRAM
SRAM is an abbreviation for Short Range Attack Missile; Static RAM

SRB
SRB is an abbreviation for Solid (fuel) Rocket Booster

SRG
SRG is an abbreviation for Short and Ring Ground (test)

SRI
SRI is an abbreviation for Stanford Research Institute

SRM
SRM is an abbreviation for Solid Rocket Motor

SRO
SRO is an abbreviation for Standing Room Only

SS
SS is an abbreviation for screw steamer; steamship; saints; Sunday School.

SS7
SS7 is an abbreviation for Signalling System #7

SSA
SSA is an abbreviation for Social Security Administration

SSB
SSB is an abbreviation for Single Side Band

SSC
SSC is an abbreviation for Superconducting Super Collider; Solicitor before the Supreme Courts.

SSE
SSE is an abbreviation for South-SouthEast

SSF
SSF is an abbreviation for Space Station Fred (er, Freedom); Space Station Freedom

SSFF
SSFF is an abbreviation for Showcase Software Factory of the Future

SSG
SSG is an abbreviation for Staff SerGeant

SSI
SSI is an abbreviation for Small Scale Integration; Solid-State Imager; Space Services Incorporated; Space Studies Institute; Supplemental Security Income

SSME
SSME is an abbreviation for Space Shuttle Main Engine

SSPF
SSPF is an abbreviation for Space Station Processing Facility

SSPS
SSPS is an abbreviation for Satellite Solar Power Station

SSR
SSR is an abbreviation for Secondary Surveillance Radar; Soviet Socialist Republic

SSRMS
SSRMS is an abbreviation for Space Station Remote Manipulator System

SST
SST is an abbreviation for Spectroscopic Survey Telescope; SuperSonic Transport

SSTO
SSTO is an abbreviation for Single Stage To Orbit

SSTV
SSTV is an abbreviation for Slow Scan TeleVision

SSW
SSW is an abbreviation for South-SouthWest

ST
ST is an abbreviation for Short Ton

STARS
STARS is an abbreviation for Software Technology for Adaptable, Reliable Systems

STD
STD is an abbreviation for Sacrae Theologiae Doctor (doctor of sacred theology); Sexually Transmitted Disease (replaces VD); State Transition Diagram; Subscriber Trunk Dialing (British, and elsewhere; equiv. DDD in USA)

STI
STI is an abbreviation for Standard Tape Interconnect

STILO
STILO is an abbreviation for Scientific and Technical Intelligence Liaison Office

STIS
STIS is an abbreviation for Space Telescope Imaging Spectrometer (to replace FOC and GHRS)

STL
STL is an abbreviation for St Louis (airport designation)

STN
STN is an abbreviation for SuperTwisted Nematic

STOL
STOL is an abbreviation for Short TakeOff and Landing

STP
STP is an abbreviation for Shielded Twisted Pair; Software Through Pictures; Standard Temperature and Pressure (see NTP)

STRPG
STRPG is an abbreviation for Star Trek: The Role-Playing Game

STS
STS is an abbreviation for Space Transportation System (space shuttle)

STScI
STScI is an abbreviation for Space Telescope Science Institute

STV
STV is an abbreviation for Single Transferable Vote; Space Transfer Vehicle

SUM
SUM is an abbreviation for Symantec Utilities for Macintosh

SUN
SUN is an abbreviation for SUN MicroSystems Computer (not an Acronym); Stanford University Network

SUNOCO
SUNOCO is an abbreviation for SUN Oil COmpany

SUNY
SUNY is an abbreviation for State University of New York

SURAnet
SURAnet is an abbreviation for Southeastern Universities Research Association Network

SVID
SVID is an abbreviation for System V Interface Definition

SW
SW is an abbreviation for South West; SuperWorld

SWAS
SWAS is an abbreviation for Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite

SWBT
SWBT is an abbreviation for South Western Bell Telephone

SWF
SWF is an abbreviation for ShortWave Fading

SWIFT
SWIFT is an abbreviation for Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Communications

SWS
SWS is an abbreviation for Scientific Workstation Support

SXS
SXS is an abbreviation for Step by Step switching

T
T is an abbreviation for Traveler

T&T
T&T is an abbreviation for Tunnels & Trolls

T1
T1 is an abbreviation for 1.544Mbps , one of the basic signalling systems 24x64Kb

T3
T3 is an abbreviation for 45Mbps (eq 28 T1 channels)

TA
TA is an abbreviation for Teaching Assistant

TAC
TAC is an abbreviation for Tactical Air Command (see SAC); Terminal Access Controller

TACACS
TACACS is an abbreviation for Terminal Access Controller Access Control System

TACCS
TACCS is an abbreviation for Tactical Army Combat service support Computer System

TAE
TAE is an abbreviation for Transportable Applications Environment

TAL
TAL is an abbreviation for Trans-Atlantic Abort Landing; Transatlantic Abort Landing (Shuttle abort plan)

TANSTAAFL
TANSTAAFL is an abbreviation for There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

TAR
TAR is an abbreviation for Tape ARchiver

TASI
TASI is an abbreviation for Time Assignment Speech Interpolation

TAU
TAU is an abbreviation for Thousand Astronomical Units

TB
TB is an abbreviation for TuBerculosis

TBA
TBA is an abbreviation for To Be Announced

TBD
TBD is an abbreviation for To Be Determined; To Be Done

TC
TC is an abbreviation for Teachers College

TCA
TCA is an abbreviation for Terminal Controlled Airspace

TCP
TCP is an abbreviation for Transmission Control Protocol

TCP/IP
TCP/IP is an abbreviation for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

TCS
TCS is an abbreviation for Thermal Control System

TCSEC
TCSEC is an abbreviation for Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (orange book)

TCT
TCT is an abbreviation for To Challenge Tomorrow

TD
TD is an abbreviation for Tardive Dyskinesia; TouchDown; Treasury Department

TDCC
TDCC is an abbreviation for Transportation Data Coordinating Committee

TDE
TDE is an abbreviation for Transition Diagram Editor

TDI
TDI is an abbreviation for Trusted Database Interpretation

TDM
TDM is an abbreviation for Time-Division Multiplexer

TDR
TDR is an abbreviation for Time Domain Reflectometer

TDRS
TDRS is an abbreviation for Tracking and Data Relay Satellite

TDRSS
TDRSS is an abbreviation for Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System

TDY
TDY is an abbreviation for Temporary DutY

TECO
TECO is an abbreviation for Tape Editor and COrrector; Text Editor and COrrector

TEFLON
TEFLON is an abbreviation for polyTEtraFLuOrethyleNe

TES
TES is an abbreviation for Thermal Emission Spectrometer (on Mars Observer)

TFP
TFP is an abbreviation for Tops Filing Protocol

TFS
TFS is an abbreviation for Translucent File System

TFT
TFT is an abbreviation for The Fantasy Trip; Thin Film Transistor

TG
TG is an abbreviation for Thieves' Guild

TGV
TGV is an abbreviation for Tres Grande Vitesse (French, Very High Speed); Two Guys and a VAX (humorous variant)

THIEF
THIEF is an abbreviation for THief Isn't Even Fine; This Here Isn't Even Fine

THOR
THOR is an abbreviation for Tandy High-intensity Optical Recording

TI
TI is an abbreviation for Texas Instruments

TIA
TIA is an abbreviation for Thanks In Advance; Transient Ischemic Attack

TIC
TIC is an abbreviation for TermInfo Compiler

TID
TID is an abbreviation for Ter In Die (three times a day); Transaction ID

TIFF
TIFF is an abbreviation for Tag Image File Format

TIP
TIP is an abbreviation for Terminal Interface Processor

TIS
TIS is an abbreviation for Trusted Information Systems

TISN
TISN is an abbreviation for Tokyo International Science Network (Japan)

TKO
TKO is an abbreviation for Technical Knock Out

TL
TL is an abbreviation for Total Loss

TLA
TLA is an abbreviation for Three Letter Acronym

TLC
TLC is an abbreviation for Tender Loving Care

TLI
TLI is an abbreviation for Transort-Level Interface

TM
TM is an abbreviation for TradeMark

TMA
TMA is an abbreviation for Tycho Magnetic Anomaly (movie 2001)

TMAC
TMAC is an abbreviation for Treasury department's Multiuser Acquisition Contract

TMIS
TMIS is an abbreviation for Telecommunications Management Information System

TMO
TMO is an abbreviation for Telephone Money Order

TMP
TMP is an abbreviation for The Morrow Project

TMRC
TMRC is an abbreviation for Tech Model Railroad Club; Transportation Modeling Research Center

TN
TN is an abbreviation for Tennessee; Twisted Nematic

TNC
TNC is an abbreviation for Threaded Neill Concelman (connector) (see also BNC)

TNF
TNF is an abbreviation for Tumor Necrosis Factor

TNP
TNP is an abbreviation for Tech Nickel Plate (RR)

TNT
TNT is an abbreviation for TriNitro Toluene

TO
TO is an abbreviation for Telegraph Office; Turn Over

TODS
TODS is an abbreviation for Transactions on Database Systems (ACM)

TOMS
TOMS is an abbreviation for Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer; Transactions on Mathematical Software (ACM)

TOOIS
TOOIS is an abbreviation for Transactions on Office Information Systems (ACM)

TOP
TOP is an abbreviation for Technical Office Protocol

TOPLAS
TOPLAS is an abbreviation for Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems (ACM)

TOPS
TOPS is an abbreviation for Traffic Operator Position System

TOPSMP
TOPSMP is an abbreviation for Traffic Operator Position System Multipurpose

TORES
TORES is an abbreviation for Text ORiented Editing System

TOS
TOS is an abbreviation for Transfer Orbit Stage

TOW
TOW is an abbreviation for Tube launched, Optically tracked, and Wire guided

TOY
TOY is an abbreviation for Time Of Year (clock)

TP
TP is an abbreviation for Transaction Processing; Transport Protocol (ISO/CCITT Transport Services (TP0-TP4))

TP4
TP4 is an abbreviation for Transport Protocol, class 4

TPC
TPC is an abbreviation for The Phone Company

TPI
TPI is an abbreviation for Tracks Per Inch

TPO
TPO is an abbreviation for Traveling Post Office

TPP
TPP is an abbreviation for TetraarylPorPhyrin

TPS
TPS is an abbreviation for Technical Publishing Software; TeleProcessing Services; Thermal Protection System

TR
TR is an abbreviation for Tech Report; Technical Reference

TRG
TRG is an abbreviation for Tip and Ring Ground

TROFF
TROFF is an abbreviation for Text RunOFF, text formatter

TRUSIX
TRUSIX is an abbreviation for TRUSted unIX

TRW
TRW is an abbreviation for Thompson, Ramo, and Woolridge

TS
TS is an abbreviation for Top Secret

TSAP
TSAP is an abbreviation for Transport Service Access Point

TSD
TSD is an abbreviation for Total System Design

TSP
TSP is an abbreviation for Teleprocessing Services Program; Thrift Savings Plan; Time Synchronization Protocol; TriSodium Phosphate

TSR
TSR is an abbreviation for Terminate and Stay Resident

TSS
TSS is an abbreviation for Tethered Satellite System

TSTO
TSTO is an abbreviation for Two Stage to Orbit

TTFN
TTFN is an abbreviation for Tah Tah, For Now

TTL
TTL is an abbreviation for Transistor Transistor Logic

TTMA
TTMA is an abbreviation for Tennessee Tech Microcomputer Association

TTU
TTU is an abbreviation for Tennessee Technological University

TTY
TTY is an abbreviation for TeleTYpe

TUNIS
TUNIS is an abbreviation for Toronto UNIversity System

TV
TV is an abbreviation for TeleVision

TVA
TVA is an abbreviation for Tennessee Valley Authority

TW
TW is an abbreviation for Thieves' World

TWA
TWA is an abbreviation for Trans World Airlines

TWB
TWB is an abbreviation for Terrestrial WideBand

TWIMC
TWIMC is an abbreviation for To Whom It May Concern

TWT
TWT is an abbreviation for Traveling Wave Tube

TWX
TWX is an abbreviation for TeletypeWriter eXchange

TX
TX is an abbreviation for Texas

Tx
Tx is an abbreviation for Transmit

U
U is an abbreviation for Universe

U
u is an abbreviation for micro

UA
UA is an abbreviation for United Artists

UAR
UAR is an abbreviation for United Arab Republic; User Action Routine

UARS
UARS is an abbreviation for Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite

UART
UART is an abbreviation for Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter

UBA
UBA is an abbreviation for UniBus Adapter

UBC
UBC is an abbreviation for Universal Bibliographic Control; University of British Columbia

UBM
UBM is an abbreviation for Unpressurized Berthing Mechanism

UCAR
UCAR is an abbreviation for University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

UCB
UCB is an abbreviation for University of California at Berkeley

UCD
UCD is an abbreviation for Uniform Call Distributor; University of California at Davis

UCI
UCI is an abbreviation for University of California at Irvine

UCL
UCL is an abbreviation for University College London

UCLA
UCLA is an abbreviation for University of California at Los Angeles

UCR
UCR is an abbreviation for University of California at Riverside

UCSB
UCSB is an abbreviation for University of California at Santa Barbara

UCSC
UCSC is an abbreviation for University of California at Santa Cruz

UCSD
UCSD is an abbreviation for University of California at San Diego

UCSF
UCSF is an abbreviation for University of California at San Francisco

UDB
UDB is an abbreviation for Unified DataBase

UDMH
UDMH is an abbreviation for Unsymmetrical DiMethyl Hydrazine

UDP
UDP is an abbreviation for User Datagram Protocol

UEC
UEC is an abbreviation for User Environment Component

UFC
UFC is an abbreviation for United Free Church.

UFO
UFO is an abbreviation for Unidentified Flying Object

UGC
UGC is an abbreviation for Uppsala General Catalog

UH
UH is an abbreviation for Upper Half

UHF
UHF is an abbreviation for Ultra High Frequency (300-3000MHz)

UID
UID is an abbreviation for Unique IDentifier; User IDentification

UIMS
UIMS is an abbreviation for User Interface Management System

UIT
UIT is an abbreviation for Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (Astro package)

UIUC
UIUC is an abbreviation for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

UK
UK is an abbreviation for United Kingdom

UKST
UKST is an abbreviation for United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope

UL
UL is an abbreviation for Underwriters Laboratory

ULANA
ULANA is an abbreviation for Unified Local-Area Network Architecture

UMOC
UMOC is an abbreviation for Ugliest Man On Campus

UMT
UMT is an abbreviation for Universal Military Training

UN
UN is an abbreviation for United Nations

UNESCO
UNESCO is an abbreviation for United Nations Educational, Scientific, & Cultural Organization

UNICEF
UNICEF is an abbreviation for United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (now United Nat. Child. Fund)

UNICS
UNICS is an abbreviation for UNiplex Information Computer Services

UNIX

UNIX is an abbreviation for Not an acronym at all. | Was a joke on MIT's MULTICS.

UNMA

UNMA is an abbreviation for Unified Network Management Architecture

UNO
UNO is an abbreviation for United Nations Organization

UP
UP is an abbreviation for Union Pacific

UPC
UPC is an abbreviation for Universal Product Code

UPI
UPI is an abbreviation for United Press International; United Press International

UPS
UPS is an abbreviation for Uninterruptible Power Supply; United Parcel Service

UR
UR is an abbreviation for University of Rochester

URI
URI is an abbreviation for University of Rhode Island

US
US is an abbreviation for United States (of America)

USA
USA is an abbreviation for Union of South Africa; United States Army; United States of America

USAF
USAF is an abbreviation for United States Air Force

USAFA
USAFA is an abbreviation for United States Air Force Academy (in Colorado Springs)

USAN
USAN is an abbreviation for University Satellite Network

USB
USB is an abbreviation for Upper Side Band

USC
USC is an abbreviation for University of Southern California

USCG
USCG is an abbreviation for United States Coast Guard

USDA
USDA is an abbreviation for United States Department of Agriculture

USES
USES is an abbreviation for United States Employment Service

USFL
USFL is an abbreviation for United States Football League

USGS
USGS is an abbreviation for United States Geological Survey

USIA
USIA is an abbreviation for United States Information Agency

USM
USM is an abbreviation for United States Mail

USMC
USMC is an abbreviation for United States Marine Corps

USMP
USMP is an abbreviation for United States Microgravity Payload

USN
USN is an abbreviation for United States Navy

USO
USO is an abbreviation for United Service Organizations; Unix Software Operation

USP
USP is an abbreviation for United States Pharmacopeia

USPS
USPS is an abbreviation for United States Postal Service

USR
USR is an abbreviation for User Service Routines

USS
USS is an abbreviation for United States Ship

USSR
USSR is an abbreviation for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

USSS
USSS is an abbreviation for User Services and Systems Support

USW
USW is an abbreviation for Und So Weiter

UT
UT is an abbreviation for UTah; Universal Time; University of Tennessee; University of Texas

UTC
UTC is an abbreviation for Coordinated Universal Time; Universal Coordinated Time

UTnet
UTnet is an abbreviation for University of Texas Network

UTP
UTP is an abbreviation for Unshielded Twisted Pair

UUCP
UUCP is an abbreviation for UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program

UUG
UUG is an abbreviation for Unix User Group

UV
UV is an abbreviation for UltraViolet

UVS
UVS is an abbreviation for UltraViolet Spectrometer

UW
UW is an abbreviation for UnderWriter; Univ of Wisconsin

V&H
V&H is an abbreviation for Vertical and Horizontal (CO coordinate tape)

V&V
V&V is an abbreviation for Villains & Vigilantes

VA
VA is an abbreviation for Veterans Administration; Virginia

VAB
VAB is an abbreviation for Vehicle Assembly Building (formerly Vertical Assembly Building)

VAFB
VAFB is an abbreviation for Vandenberg Air Force Base

VAN
VAN is an abbreviation for Value Added Network (e.g. Tymnet, Telenet, etc)

VANS
VANS is an abbreviation for Value-Added Network Services

VAR
VAR is an abbreviation for Value Added Remarketer (reseller)

VASI
VASI is an abbreviation for Visual Approach Slope Indicator

VAT
VAT is an abbreviation for Value Added Tax

VAX
VAX is an abbreviation for Virtual Address eXtended

VAXBI
VAXBI is an abbreviation for VAX Bus Interconnect

VC
VC is an abbreviation for Viet Cong; Virtual Circuit

Vcc
Vcc is an abbreviation for Voltage (Common Cathode?)

VCM
VCM is an abbreviation for Voice Coil Motor

VCO
VCO is an abbreviation for Voltage Controlled Oscillator

VCR
VCR is an abbreviation for VideoCassette Recorder

VCU
VCU is an abbreviation for Virginia Commonwealth University

VD
VD is an abbreviation for Venereal Disease (see also STD)

VDFM
VDFM is an abbreviation for Virtual Disk File Manager

VDI
VDI is an abbreviation for Virtual Device Interface

VDM
VDM is an abbreviation for Vienna Development Method; Virtual Device Metafile

VDT
VDT is an abbreviation for Video Display Terminal

VEEGA
VEEGA is an abbreviation for Venus-Earth-Earth Gravity Assist (Galileo flight path)

VF
VF is an abbreviation for Video Frequency; Voice Frequency

VFO
VFO is an abbreviation for Variable Frequency Oscillator

VFR
VFR is an abbreviation for Visual Flight Rules

VFW
VFW is an abbreviation for Veterans of Foreign Wars; Volunteer Fire Department

VG
VG is an abbreviation for Very Good; Vicar-General

VGA
VGA is an abbreviation for Video Graphics Array

Vgg
Vgg is an abbreviation for Voltage (Gate to Ground?)

VHDL
VHDL is an abbreviation for Vhsic Hardware Description Language

VHF
VHF is an abbreviation for Very High Frequency (30-300MHz)

VHS
VHS is an abbreviation for Video Home System (VCR)

VHSIC
VHSIC is an abbreviation for Very High Speed Integrated Circuit

VI
VI is an abbreviation for VIsual editor

VIABLE
VIABLE is an abbreviation for Vertical Installation Automation BaseLinE

VILE
VILE is an abbreviation for VI Like Emacs

VINE
VINE is an abbreviation for Vine Is Not Emacs

VIP
VIP is an abbreviation for Very Important Person

VISTA
VISTA is an abbreviation for Volunteers In Service To America

VITA
VITA is an abbreviation for Vme International Trade Association

VJ
VJ is an abbreviation for Video Jockey

VL
VL is an abbreviation for Vulgar Latin

VLA
VLA is an abbreviation for Very Large Array

VLBA
VLBA is an abbreviation for Very Long Baseline Array

VLBI
VLBI is an abbreviation for Very Long Baseline Interferometry

VLF
VLF is an abbreviation for Very Low Frequency (3-30KHz)

VLIW
VLIW is an abbreviation for Very Long Instruction Word

VLSI
VLSI is an abbreviation for Very Large Scale Integration

VLT
VLT is an abbreviation for Very Large Telescope

VM
VM is an abbreviation for Virtual Memory

VM/CMS
VM/CMS is an abbreviation for Virtual Machine/Conversational Monitor System

VMM
VMM is an abbreviation for Virtual Memory Manager

VMOS
VMOS is an abbreviation for Vertical Metal Oxide Semiconductor (V-MOS) (see MOS)

VMR
VMR is an abbreviation for Vertical Market Reseller

VMS
VMS is an abbreviation for Vertical Motion Simulator; Virtual Memory System

VOA
VOA is an abbreviation for Voice Of America

VOIR
VOIR is an abbreviation for Venus Orbiting Imaging Radar (superseded by VRM)

VOIS
VOIS is an abbreviation for Voice-Operated Information System

VOQ
VOQ is an abbreviation for Visiting Officer's Quarters

VPI&SU
VPI&SU is an abbreviation for Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

VRC
VRC is an abbreviation for Vertical Redundancy Character

VRM
VRM is an abbreviation for Venus Radar Mapper (now called Magellan); Virtual Resource Manager

VSAT
VSAT is an abbreviation for Very Small Aperture Terminal (satellite dish)

VSX
VSX is an abbreviation for X/open Verification Suite

VTAM
VTAM is an abbreviation for Virtual Telecommunications Access Method

VTOC
VTOC is an abbreviation for Volume Table Of Contents

VTOL
VTOL is an abbreviation for Vertical TakeOff and Landing

VTR
VTR is an abbreviation for VideoTape Recorder

VUP
VUP is an abbreviation for Vax Unit of Performance

VVSS
VVSS is an abbreviation for Vertical Volute Spring Suspension

W
W is an abbreviation for West; Width

WA
WA is an abbreviation for Washington; Western Australia

WAC
WAC is an abbreviation for Womens Air Corps

WAIS
WAIS is an abbreviation for Wide Area Information Server

WARC
WARC is an abbreviation for World Administrative Conference

WATS
WATS is an abbreviation for Wide Area Telephone Service

WB
WB is an abbreviation for Water Ballast; WayBill

WBC
WBC is an abbreviation for White Blood Cells

WC
WC is an abbreviation for Water Closet; Without Charge

WCTU
WCTU is an abbreviation for Women's Christian Temperance Union

WD
WD is an abbreviation for White Dwarf

WECo
WECo is an abbreviation for Western Electric Company (manufacturing arm of AT&T)

WFPC
WFPC is an abbreviation for Wide Field / Planetary Camera

WFPCII
WFPCII is an abbreviation for Replacement for WFPC

WG
WG is an abbreviation for Working Group

WH
WH is an abbreviation for WarHammer

WHBL
WHBL is an abbreviation for World Home Bible League

WHCA
WHCA is an abbreviation for White House Communications Agency

WHO
WHO is an abbreviation for World Health Organization

WI
WI is an abbreviation for Wisconsin

WIMP
WIMP is an abbreviation for Windows/Icons/Mouse Programming(?)

WIPP
WIPP is an abbreviation for (nuclear) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

WIS
WIS is an abbreviation for WWMCCS Information System

WITS
WITS is an abbreviation for Washington Interagency Telecommunications System

WIYN
WIYN is an abbreviation for Wisconsin / Indiana / Yale / NOAO telescope

WMSCR
WMSCR is an abbreviation for Weather Message Switching Center Replacement

WOM
WOM is an abbreviation for Write Only Memory

WOP
WOP is an abbreviation for WithOut Papers

WOPR
WOPR is an abbreviation for War Operations Planned Response (from "Wargames" movie)

WORM
WORM is an abbreviation for Write Once, Read Many times

WOW
WOW is an abbreviation for Worlds of Wonder

WP
WP is an abbreviation for Word Processing and also Working Paper

WPI
WPI is an abbreviation for Worcester Polytechnic Institute

WSI
WSI is an abbreviation for Wafer Scale Integration

WSMR
WSMR is an abbreviation for White Sands Missile Range

WSW
WSW is an abbreviation for West-SouthWest

WTR
WTR is an abbreviation for Western Test Range

WU
WU is an abbreviation for Washington University; Western Union

WUPPE
WUPPE is an abbreviation for Wisconsin Ultraviolet PhotoPolarimter Experiment (Astro package)

WV
WV is an abbreviation for West Virginia

WW
WW is an abbreviation for World War

WWI
WWI is an abbreviation for World War I (The Great War)

WWII
WWII is an abbreviation for World War II

WWMCCS
WWMCCS is an abbreviation for World-Wide Military Command and Control System

WY
WY is an abbreviation for Wyoming

WYSIWIS
WYSIWIS is an abbreviation for What You See Is What I See

WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG is an abbreviation for What You See Is What You Get

XCF
XCF is an abbreviation for eXperimental Computing Facility

XD
XD is an abbreviation for without Dividend

XDR
XDR is an abbreviation for eXternal Data Representation

XFER
XFER is an abbreviation for Transfer

XINU
XINU is an abbreviation for XINU Is Not UNIX

XL
XL is an abbreviation for eXtra Large

XMM
XMM is an abbreviation for X-ray Multi Mirror

XMTR
XMTR is an abbreviation for transMiTteR (the X is for trans)

XNS
XNS is an abbreviation for Xerox Network Services

XO
XO is an abbreviation for eXecutive Officer

XOR
XOR is an abbreviation for eXclusive OR (logical function)

XPORT
XPORT is an abbreviation for Transport

XSECT
XSECT is an abbreviation for cross SECTion

XTAL
XTAL is an abbreviation for crysTAL (another version of x for crys, see XMTR)

XUI
XUI is an abbreviation for X-windows User Interface

XUV
XUV is an abbreviation for eXtreme UltraViolet

YA
YA is an abbreviation for Yet Another

YACC
YACC is an abbreviation for Yet Another Compiler Compiler

YB
YB is an abbreviation for YearBook

YMCA
YMCA is an abbreviation for Young Mens Christian Association

YMHA
YMHA is an abbreviation for Young Mens Hebrew Association

YOB
YOB is an abbreviation for Year Of Birth

YP
YP is an abbreviation for Yellow Pages

YRS
YRS is an abbreviation for Ysgarth Rules System

YSO
YSO is an abbreviation for Young Stellar Object

YST
YST is an abbreviation for Yukon Standard Time

YT
YT is an abbreviation for Yukon Territory; Yukon Time

YTD
YTD is an abbreviation for Year To Date

YWCA
YWCA is an abbreviation for Young Womens Christian Association

YWHA
YWHA is an abbreviation for Young Womens Hebrew Association

Z
Z is an abbreviation for Zenith; Zero; and also Zulu (time)

ZB
ZB is an abbreviation for Zero Beat

ZETA
ZETA is an abbreviation for Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly

ZGS
ZGS is an abbreviation for Zero Gradient Synchrotron

ZI
ZI is an abbreviation for Zonal Index

ZIF
ZIF is an abbreviation for Zero Insertion Force

ZIP
ZIP is a US post office abbreviation for Zone Improvement Plan

ZK
ZK is a navy abbreviation for barrage balloon

ZMRI
ZMRI is an abbreviation for Zinc Metals Research Institute

ZPG
ZPG is an abbreviation for Zero Population Growth

ZPRSN
ZPRSN is an abbreviation for Zurich Provisional Relative Sunspot Number

ZST
ZST is an abbreviation for Zone Standard Time

ZT
ZT is an abbreviation for Zone Time

ZWEI
ZWEI is an abbreviation for Zwei Was Eine Initially

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