# Abbreviations (F-M)

FA
FA is an abbreviation for Football Association (British soccer--a word derived from Association)

FAA
FAA is an abbreviation for Federal Aviation Agency

FACD
FACD is an abbreviation for Foreign Area Customer Dialing

FAJKO
FAJKO is an abbreviation for Federation of All Japan Karate-do Organizations.

FAO
FAO is an abbreviation for Food and Agriculture Organization

FAQ
FAQ is an abbreviation for Frequently Asked Questions

FAR
FAR is an abbreviation for Federal Acquisition Regulations

FAS
FAS is an abbreviation for Foreign Agricultural Service; Free Alongside Ship

FASST
FASST is an abbreviation for Flexible Architecture Standard System Technology

FAST
FAST is an abbreviation for Fast Auroral SnapshoT explorer

FAT
FAT is an abbreviation for Foreign Area Translation

FAX
FAX is an abbreviation for FAcsimile

FB
FB is an abbreviation for Freight Bill

FBI
FBI is an abbreviation for Federal Bureau of Investigation

FC
FC is an abbreviation for Football Club.

FCC
FCC is an abbreviation for Federal Communications Commission; Federal Computer Conference

FCCSET
FCCSET is an abbreviation for Federal Coordinating Committee for Science, Education and Technology (under OSTP)

FCO
FCO is an abbreviation for Field Change Order; Frequency Controlled Oscillator

FCS
FCS is an abbreviation for Frame Check Sequence

FDA
FDA is an abbreviation for Food and Drug Administration

FDDI
FDDI is an abbreviation for Fiber Digital Data Interface; Fiber Distributed Data Interface

FDHD
FDHD is an abbreviation for Floppy Drive High Density

FDIC
FDIC is an abbreviation for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

FDM
FDM is an abbreviation for Frequency Division Multiplexing

FDR
FDR is an abbreviation for Franklin Delano Roosevelt

FE
FE is an abbreviation for Field Engineer (see also CE, SE)

FEA
FEA is an abbreviation for Finite Element Analysis

FEDSIM
FEDSIM is an abbreviation for FEDeral Systems Integration and Management center

FEMA
FEMA is an abbreviation for Federal Emergency Management Agency

FEMF
FEMF is an abbreviation for Foreign EMF

FEPC
FEPC is an abbreviation for Fair Employment Practices Commission

FEPG
FEPG is an abbreviation for Federal Engineering Planning Group (of FNC under EOWG, originally of FRICC)

FERS
FERS is an abbreviation for Federal Employees Retirement System

FET
FET is an abbreviation for Federal Excise Tax; Field Effect Transistor

FFA
FFA is an abbreviation for Future Farmers of America

FFT
FFT is an abbreviation for Fast Fourier Transform; Fast Fourier Transform

FG-A
FG-A is an abbreviation for Feature Group A

FG-B
FG-B is an abbreviation for Feature Group B

FG-D
FG-D is an abbreviation for Feature Group D

FGS
FGS is an abbreviation for Fine Guidance Sensors

FHA
FHA is an abbreviation for Federal Home Administration; Future Homemakers of America

FIB
FIB is an abbreviation for Focused Ion Beam

FICA
FICA is an abbreviation for Federal Insurance Contributions Act

FIDO
FIDO is an abbreviation for Fog Investigation Dispersal Operation

FIFO
FIFO is an abbreviation for First In First Out (as in registers and buffers)

FIH
FIH is an abbreviation for Federation Internationale de Hockey.

FILO
FILO is an abbreviation for First In Last Out (see also FIFO)

FIMS
FIMS is an abbreviation for Forms Interface Management System

FINE
FINE is an abbreviation for FINE Is Not Emacs

FIO
FIO is an abbreviation for Frequency In and Out

FIPS
FIPS is an abbreviation for Federal Information Processing Standard

FIR
FIR is an abbreviation for Far InfraRed; Finite Impulse Response

FIRMR
FIRMR is an abbreviation for Federal Information Resource Management Regulation

FIT
FIT is an abbreviation for Federal Information Technologies, inc.

FITS
FITS is an abbreviation for Flexible Image Transport System

FIX
FIX is an abbreviation for Federal Inter-agency eXchange

FL
FL is an abbreviation for Florida

FLACC
FLACC is an abbreviation for Full Level Algol Checkout Compiler

FLL
FLL is an abbreviation for Fixed Loss Loop

FLOP
FLOP is an abbreviation for FLoating point OPeration

FLOPS
FLOPS is an abbreviation for FLoating-point OPerations per Second

FLRA
FLRA is an abbreviation for Federal Labor Relations Authority

FM
FM is an abbreviation for Frequency Modulation

FMB
FMB is an abbreviation for Federal Maritime Board

FMCS
FMCS is an abbreviation for Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

FMR
FMR is an abbreviation for Follow Me Roaming

FMS
FMS is an abbreviation for Financial Management Service (Treasury Dept); Forms Management System

FNC
FNC is an abbreviation for Federal Networking Council (formerly FRICC)

FO
FO is an abbreviation for Foreign Office; Forward Observer

FOAC
FOAC is an abbreviation for Federal Office Automation Center

FOB
FOB is an abbreviation for Free On Board; Full Of Bull

FOC
FOC is an abbreviation for Faint Object Camera; Free Of Charge

FOIA
FOIA is an abbreviation for Freedom Of Information Act

FOIMS
FOIMS is an abbreviation for Field Office Information Management System

FOOBAR
FOOBAR is an abbreviation for See FUBAR

FOR
FOR is an abbreviation for Free On Rail

FORCS
FORCS is an abbreviation for Faa's Operational Reporting Communication System

FORD
FORD is an abbreviation for Fix Or Repair Daily; Found On Road Dead

FORTRAN
FORTRAN is an abbreviation for FORmula TRANslator

FOS
FOS is an abbreviation for Faint Object Spectrograph

FOSE
FOSE is an abbreviation for Federal Office Systems Exposition

FOT
FOT is an abbreviation for Free On Truck

FOV
FOV is an abbreviation for Field Of View

FPA
FPA is an abbreviation for Floating Point Accelerator

FPC
FPC is an abbreviation for Fish Protein Concentrate

FPE
FPE is an abbreviation for Floating Point Engine

FPHA
FPHA is an abbreviation for Federal Public Housing Authority

FPLA
FPLA is an abbreviation for Field Programmable Logic Array (see PLA)

FPM
FPM is an abbreviation for Feet Per Minute

FPO
FPO is an abbreviation for Field Post Office; Fleet Post Office

Fps
Fps is an abbreviation for Feet Per Second

FPU
FPU is an abbreviation for Floating Point Unit

FQDN
FQDN is an abbreviation for Fully Qualified Domain Name

FR
FR is an abbreviation for Frame Relay

FRACTAL
FRACTAL is an abbreviation for FRACTional dimensionAL

FRED
FRED is an abbreviation for Fred Resembles Emacs Deliberately

FRG
FRG is an abbreviation for Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)

FRICC
FRICC is an abbreviation for Federal Research Internet Coordinating Committee

FROG
FROG is an abbreviation for Free Rocket Over Ground

FRPG
FRPG is an abbreviation for Fantasy Role Playing Game

FRS
FRS is an abbreviation for Federal Reserve System

FS
FS is an abbreviation for Field Service; File System; Full Standard

FSF
FSF is an abbreviation for Free Software Foundation

FSK
FSK is an abbreviation for Frequency Shift Keying

FSLIC
FSLIC is an abbreviation for Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation

FSS
FSS is an abbreviation for Federal Supply Service

FSW
FSW is an abbreviation for Forward Swept Wings

Ft
Ft is an abbreviation for Foot

FTAM
FTAM is an abbreviation for File Transfer And Management (ISO upscale FTP)

FTC
FTC is an abbreviation for Federal Trade Commission

FTL
FTL is an abbreviation for Faster Than Light

FTP
FTP is an abbreviation for File Transfer Protocol

FTS
FTS is an abbreviation for Federal Telecommunications System; Flight Telerobotic Servicer

FUBAR
FUBAR is an abbreviation for Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair; Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair

FUSE
FUSE is an abbreviation for Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer

FW
FW is an abbreviation for Fringeworthy

FWD
FWD is an abbreviation for Front Wheel Drive

FWHM
FWHM is an abbreviation for Full Width at Half Maximum

FX
FX is an abbreviation for Foriegn eXchange

FY
FY is an abbreviation for Fiscal Year

FYI
FYI is an abbreviation for For Your Information

G
G is an abbreviation for General audiences; Gravity

GA
GA is an abbreviation for Gamblers Anonymous; General Assembly; General Average; General of the Army; Georgia

GAAP
GAAP is an abbreviation for Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

GAB
GAB is an abbreviation for Group Audio Bridging

Gaia
Gaia is an abbreviation for Earth's self-sustaining Biosphere

GAN
GAN is an abbreviation for Global Area Network

GAO
GAO is an abbreviation for General Accounting Office

GAR
GAR is an abbreviation for Grand Army of the Republic

GARR
GARR is an abbreviation for Gruppo Arminizzazione Rete por la Ricerca (Italian Research Network Harmonization Group)

GAS
GAS is an abbreviation for Get-Away Special

GATT
GATT is an abbreviation for General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GAW
GAW is an abbreviation for Guaranteed Annual Wage; Guarenteed Annual Wage

GB
GB is an abbreviation for Gangbusters; GigaByte; Great Britain

GBIP
GBIP is an abbreviation for General Purpose Interface Bus

GBT
GBT is an abbreviation for Green Bank Telescope

GC
GC is an abbreviation for Garbage Collection; Gas Chromatograph (or Chromatography)

GCA
GCA is an abbreviation for Ground Controlled Approach

GCC
GCC is an abbreviation for Gnu C Compiler

GCD
GCD is an abbreviation for Ground Controlled Descent

GCL
GCL is an abbreviation for Graphics Command Language

GCM
GCM is an abbreviation for General Court Martial

GCR
GCR is an abbreviation for Group-Coded Recording (magnetic tape, 6250 bpi)

GCT
GCT is an abbreviation for Greenwich Civil Time

GCVS
GCVS is an abbreviation for General Catalog of Variable Stars

GDB
GDB is an abbreviation for Gnu DeBugger

GDP
GDP is an abbreviation for Gross Domestic Product

GDS
GDS is an abbreviation for Great Dark Spot

GE
GE is an abbreviation for General Electric

GEM
GEM is an abbreviation for Giotto Extended Mission; Graphics Environment Manager

GEO
GEO is an abbreviation for Geosynchronous Earth Orbit

GHQ
GHQ is an abbreviation for General HeadQuarters

GHRS
GHRS is an abbreviation for Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph

GHz
GHz is an abbreviation for Giga HertZ

GI
GI is an abbreviation for Galvanized Iron; Gastro Intestinal (as in upper GI); General Issue; Government Issue

GID
GID is an abbreviation for Group ID

GIF
GIF is an abbreviation for Graphics Interchange Format

GIGO
GIGO is an abbreviation for Garbage In Garbage Out

GIN
GIN is an abbreviation for Graphics INput

GISS
GISS is an abbreviation for Goddard Institute for Space Studies

GKS
GKS is an abbreviation for Graphical Kernel Standard; Graphics Kernel System

GM
GM is an abbreviation for Game Master; General Manager; General Motors; Guided Missile

GMBH
GMBH is an abbreviation for Gesellschaft Mit Beschraenkter Haftung

GMC
GMC is an abbreviation for Giant Molecular Cloud

GMD
GMD is an abbreviation for Gesellschaft f\:ur Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung (German Institute for Mathematics and Data Processing)

GMRT
GMRT is an abbreviation for Giant Meter-wave Radio Telescope

GMT
GMT is an abbreviation for Greenwich Mean Time (also called UT)

GNP
GNP is an abbreviation for Gross National Product

GNU
GNU is an abbreviation for GNU's Not Unix

GOES
GOES is an abbreviation for Geostationary Orbiting Environmental Satellite; Geostationary Orbiting Environmental Satellites

GOSIP
GOSIP is an abbreviation for Government OSI Profile; Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile (calls for government procurement of ISO/CCITT products)

GP
GP is an abbreviation for General Practitioner; General Purpose

GPC
GPC is an abbreviation for General Purpose Computer

GPI
GPI is an abbreviation for Graphics Programming Interface

GPIB
GPIB is an abbreviation for General Purpose Interface Bus; General-Purpose Interface Bus

GPL
GPL is an abbreviation for GNU General Public Licence

GPO
GPO is an abbreviation for General Post Office; Government Printing Office

GPS
GPS is an abbreviation for Global Positioning System; Global Positioning System

GQ
GQ is an abbreviation for General Quarters

GRB
GRB is an abbreviation for Gamma Ray Burst(er)

GREP
GREP is an abbreviation for Global Regular Expression Print

GRO
GRO is an abbreviation for Gamma Ray Observatory

GRS
GRS is an abbreviation for Gamma Ray Spectrometer (on Mars Observer); Great Red Spot

GS
GS is an abbreviation for General Schedule; Glide Slope

GSA
GSA is an abbreviation for General Services Administration; General Services Adminstration; Girl Scouts of America

GSBCA
GSBCA is an abbreviation for General Services administration Board of Contract Appeals

GSC
GSC is an abbreviation for Guide Star Catalog (for HST)

GSFC
GSFC is an abbreviation for Goddard Space Flight Center

GSI
GSI is an abbreviation for Gesellschaft f\:ur Schwerionenforschung (German Federal Research Institute for Heavy Ion Research)

GSM
GSM is an abbreviation for Global System Mobile; Groupe Speciale Mobile (Committee Designing preceding)

GSTS
GSTS is an abbreviation for Ground-based Surveillance and Tracking System

GT
GT is an abbreviation for Gross Ton

GTE
GTE is an abbreviation for General Telephone and Electric

GTO
GTO is an abbreviation for Geostationary Transfer Orbit

GTSI
GTSI is an abbreviation for Government Technology Services, inc.

GUI
GUI is an abbreviation for Graphical User Interface

GW
GW is an abbreviation for Gamma World

GWEN
GWEN is an abbreviation for Ground Wave Emergency Network

GWM
GWM is an abbreviation for Generic Window Manager

H
H is an abbreviation for Harn; Height

HACD
HACD is an abbreviation for Home Area Customer Dialing

HAL
HAL is an abbreviation for Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer (movie 2001)

HAM
HAM is an abbreviation for Hold And Modify

HAO
HAO is an abbreviation for High Altitude Observatory

Hb
Hb is an abbreviation for HemogloBin

HBM
HBM is an abbreviation for Her British Majesty; His British Majesty

HBO
HBO is an abbreviation for Home Box Office

HC
HC is an abbreviation for Holy Communion; House of Commons

HCFA
HCFA is an abbreviation for Health Care Financing Administration

HCFC
HCFC is an abbreviation for hydrochlorofluorocarbon

HCL
HCL is an abbreviation for High Cost of Living

HD
HD is an abbreviation for Hard Disk; Heavy Duty; Henry Draper catalog entry

HDA
HDA is an abbreviation for Head Disk Assembly (in winchester disk drives)

HDBV
HDBV is an abbreviation for Host Data Base View

HDL
HDL is an abbreviation for High Density Lipoprotein

HDLC
HDLC is an abbreviation for High-level Data Link Control

HDTV
HDTV is an abbreviation for High Definition Television

HE
HE is an abbreviation for His Eminence; His Excellency

HEAO
HEAO is an abbreviation for High Energy Astronomical Observatory

HEDM
HEDM is an abbreviation for High Energy-Density Matter

HEMP
HEMP is an abbreviation for Help End Marijuana Prohibition

HEO
HEO is an abbreviation for High Earth Orbit

HEPnet
HEPnet is an abbreviation for High Energy Physics network

HERO
HERO is an abbreviation for Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance

HF
HF is an abbreviation for High Fantasy; High Frequency (3-30MHz)

HFE
HFE is an abbreviation for Human Factors Engineering

HFS
HFS is an abbreviation for Hierarchical File System

HGA
HGA is an abbreviation for High Gain Antenna

HHS
HHS is an abbreviation for (US Department of) Health and Human Services

HI
HI is an abbreviation for Hawaii

HIIPS
HIIPS is an abbreviation for Hud Integrated Information Processing Services

HLC
HLC is an abbreviation for Heavy Lift Capability

HLL
HLL is an abbreviation for High-Level Language

HLV
HLV is an abbreviation for Heavy Lift Vehicle

HMC
HMC is an abbreviation for Halley Multicolor Camera (on Giotto)

HMOS
HMOS is an abbreviation for High performance Metal Oxide Semiconductor (see MOS)

HMS
HMS is an abbreviation for His/Her Majesty's Ship

HMT
HMT is an abbreviation for His/Her Majesty's Transport

HNPA
HNPA is an abbreviation for Home Numbering Plan Area

HOBIS
HOBIS is an abbreviation for HOtel Billing Information System

HOL
HOL is an abbreviation for High-Order System

HOTOL
HOTOL is an abbreviation for HOrizontal Take-Off and Landing

HP
HP is an abbreviation for Hewlett Packard, Inc.; High Pressure; Higher Power (sort of an AA "in" term, usually God); Hit Points; HorsePower

HPGe
HPGe is an abbreviation for High Purity Germanium

HPL/T
HPL/T is an abbreviation for High-Productivity Languages/Tools

HQ
HQ is an abbreviation for HeadQuarters

HR
HR is an abbreviation for Hertzsprung-Russell (diagram); House of Representatives

HRH
HRH is an abbreviation for Her Royal Highness; His Royal Highness

HRI
HRI is an abbreviation for High Resolution Imager (on ROSAT)

HS
HS is an abbreviation for High School

HSB
HSB is an abbreviation for Hue, Saturation, Brightness

HSP
HSP is an abbreviation for High Speed Photometer

HST
HST is an abbreviation for Hawaiian Standard Time; Hubble Space Telescope

HT
HT is an abbreviation for High Tension (as in electric power transmission)

HTK
HTK is an abbreviation for Hits To Kill

HUAC
HUAC is an abbreviation for House Unamerican Activities Committee

HUD
HUD is an abbreviation for Heads Up Display; Housing and Urban Development

HUPD
HUPD is an abbreviation for Harvard University Police Department

HUT
HUT is an abbreviation for Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (ASTRO package)

HV
HV is an abbreviation for High Voltage

HVAC
HVAC is an abbreviation for Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

HW2000
HW2000 is an abbreviation for Highway 2000

HWM
HWM is an abbreviation for High-Water Mark

Hz
Hz is an abbreviation for HertZ

I/O
I/O is an abbreviation for Input/Output

IAAF
IAAF is an abbreviation for International Amateur Athletic Federation

IAB
IAB is an abbreviation for Internet Activities Board

IAEA
IAEA is an abbreviation for International Atomic Energy Agency

IANA
IANA is an abbreviation for Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA@ISI.EDU)

IATA
IATA is an abbreviation for International Air Transport Association

IAU
IAU is an abbreviation for International Astronomical Union

IAUC
IAUC is an abbreviation for IAU Circular

IBB
IBB is an abbreviation for International Bowling Board

IBM
IBM is an abbreviation for Ingrained Batch Mentality; International Business Machines, Inc.; Itty Bitty Machines

IBT
IBT is an abbreviation for Illinois Bell Telephone

IC
IC is an abbreviation for Integrated Circuit; Interexchange Carrier (see also IEC, IXC)

ICB
ICB is an abbreviation for Interstate Computer Bank

ICBM
ICBM is an abbreviation for InterContinental Ballistic Missile

ICE
ICE is an abbreviation for In-Circuit Emulator; International Cometary Explorer

ICI
ICI is an abbreviation for Imperial Chemical Industries

ICJ
ICJ is an abbreviation for International Court of Justice

ICL
ICL is an abbreviation for International Computers Ltd.

ICMP
ICMP is an abbreviation for Internet Control Message Protocol

ICP
ICP is an abbreviation for Integrated Channel Processor; Inventory Control Points

ICRC
ICRC is an abbreviation for International Cosmic Ray Conference

ID
ID is an abbreviation for IDentification; Idaho

IDA
IDA is an abbreviation for Intercommunication Data Areas; International Dark-sky Association; International Development Association

IDDD
IDDD is an abbreviation for International Direct Distance Dial

IDE
IDE is an abbreviation for Interactive Development Environments, inc

IDF
IDF is an abbreviation for Intermediate Distributing Frame

IDL
IDL is an abbreviation for Interactive Data Language

IDV
IDV is an abbreviation for Interlibrational Derived Vehicle

IE
IE is an abbreviation for Indo-European

IEC
IEC is an abbreviation for Inter-Exchange Carrier (see also IC, IXC)

IEE
IEE is an abbreviation for Institute of Electrical Engineers

IEEE
IEEE is an abbreviation for Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

IETF
IETF is an abbreviation for Internet Engineering Task Force

IF
IF is an abbreviation for Intermediate Frequency (as in IF stage)

IFB
IFB is an abbreviation for Invitation For Bids

IFC
IFC is an abbreviation for International Finance Corporation; International Freighting Corporation

IFF
IFF is an abbreviation for Identification - Friend or Foe; Interchange File Format

IFLA
IFLA is an abbreviation for International Federation of Library Associations

IFR
IFR is an abbreviation for Instrument Flight Rules

IGES
IGES is an abbreviation for Initial Graphics Exchange Standard

IGM
IGM is an abbreviation for InterGalactic Medium

IGY
IGY is an abbreviation for International Geophysical Year; International Geophysical Year

IHP
IHP is an abbreviation for Indicated HorsePower

IHS
IHS is an abbreviation for Integrated Hospital Support

IIA
IIA is an abbreviation for Information Industry Association

IIE
IIE is an abbreviation for Institute of Industrial Engineers

IIHF
IIHF is an abbreviation for International Ice Hockey Federation

IIL
IIL is an abbreviation for Integrated Injection Logic

ILO
ILO is an abbreviation for International Labor Organization

ILS
ILS is an abbreviation for Instrument Landing System

ILV
ILV is an abbreviation for Industrial Launch Vehicle

IMF
IMF is an abbreviation for International Monetary Fund

IMHO
IMHO is an abbreviation for In My Humble Opinion

IMO
IMO is a computer jargon abbreviation for In My Opinion

IMP
IMP is an abbreviation for Interface Message Processor (replaced by PSN)

IMSL
IMSL is an abbreviation for International Mathematical Subroutine Library

IN
IN is an abbreviation for Indiana

INADS
INADS is an abbreviation for INitialization and ADministration System

INRA
INRA is an abbreviation for Iesus Nazerenus Rex Iudaeorum (Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews)

INRIA
INRIA is an abbreviation for Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique

INS
INS is an abbreviation for Immigration and Naturalization Service

INSTITUTE
INSTITUTE is an abbreviation for INSTITUTE's Name Shows That It's Totally Unrelated To EMACS

INTAP
INTAP is an abbreviation for INteroperability Technology Association for information Processing

INWATS
INWATS is an abbreviation for INward Wide Area Telephone Service

IO
IO is an abbreviation for Input/Output (sometimes I/O)

IOC
IOC is an abbreviation for International Operating Center

IOD
IOD is an abbreviation for Identified Outward Dialing

IOOF
IOOF is an abbreviation for International Order of Odd Fellows

IOTA
IOTA is an abbreviation for Infrared-Optical Telescope Array; International Occultation Timing Association

IOU
IOU is an abbreviation for I Owe you

IP
IP is an abbreviation for Information Provider; Innings Pitched; Intermediate Point; Internet Protocol

IPC
IPC is an abbreviation for Inter-Process Communication

IPE
IPE is an abbreviation for Integrated Programming Environment

IPMS
IPMS is an abbreviation for InterPersonal Message Services

IPS
IPS is an abbreviation for Inertial Pointing System; Information Processing Standards

IPSE
IPSE is an abbreviation for Integrated Project-Support Environment

IQ
IQ is an abbreviation for Intelligence Quotient (see EQ)

IR
IR is an abbreviation for Index Register; Infra-Red

IRA
IRA is an abbreviation for Individual Retirement Account; Irish Republican Army

IRAF
IRAF is an abbreviation for Image Reduction and Analysis Facility

IRAS
IRAS is an abbreviation for InfraRed Astronomical Satellite

IRBM
IRBM is an abbreviation for Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile

IRDS
IRDS is an abbreviation for Information Resource Dictionary Standard; InfraRed Detection Set

IRE
IRE is an abbreviation for Institute of Radio Engineers (old name for the now IEEE, which see)

IRM
IRM is an abbreviation for Information Resources Management

IRMS
IRMS is an abbreviation for Information Resources Management Service

IRS
IRS is an abbreviation for Internal Revenue Service

IRTF
IRTF is an abbreviation for Internet Research Task Force

IS
IS is an abbreviation for Information Systems; International Standard (Beyond the DIS Stage)

ISA
ISA is an abbreviation for Industry-Standard Architecture

ISAM
ISAM is an abbreviation for Indexed Sequential Access Method

ISAS
ISAS is an abbreviation for Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (Japan)

ISBD
ISBD is an abbreviation for International Bibliographic Description

ISC
ISC is an abbreviation for Information Services Center; International Switching Center

ISCH
ISCH is an abbreviation for Interstitial-Cell-Stimulating Hormone (same as LH)

ISDN
ISDN is an abbreviation for Integrated Services Digital Network

ISDT
ISDT is an abbreviation for Integrated Systems Development Tool

ISEE
ISEE is an abbreviation for International Sun Earth Explorer (usually ISEE-3)

ISF
ISF is an abbreviation for Information Systems Factory

ISFUG
ISFUG is an abbreviation for Integrated Software Federal User Group

ISI
ISI is an abbreviation for Information Sciences Institute

ISM
ISM is an abbreviation for InterStellar Medium

ISO
ISO is an abbreviation for Infrared Space Observatory; International Organization for Standardization ; International Standards Organization

ISODE
ISODE is an abbreviation for ISO Development Environment

ISOO
ISOO is an abbreviation for Information Security Oversight Office

ISPM
ISPM is an abbreviation for International Solar Polar Mission; International Solar Polar Mission (now Ulysses)

ISR
ISR is an abbreviation for Institute of Snow Research

ISRG
ISRG is an abbreviation for Independent Space Research Group

ISV
ISV is an abbreviation for Independent Software Vendor

ISY
ISY is an abbreviation for International Space Year

IT
IT is an abbreviation for Industrial Technology; Information Technology

ITC
ITC is an abbreviation for Inter-Task Communication

ITS
ITS is an abbreviation for Incompatible Timesharing System

ITT
ITT is an abbreviation for International Telephone and Telegraph

ITU
ITU is an abbreviation for International Telecommunications Union

ITUSA
ITUSA is an abbreviation for IT Users Standards Association

IUE
IUE is an abbreviation for International Ultraviolet Explorer

IUS
IUS is an abbreviation for Inertial Upper Stage; Inertial Upper Stage

IUV
IUV is an abbreviation for Interlibrational Utility Vehicle

IXC
IXC is an abbreviation for Inter-eXchange Carrier (see also IC, IEC)

IXI
IXI is an abbreviation for International (pan-European) X.25 Infrastructure

JACM
JACM is an abbreviation for Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery

JANET
JANET is an abbreviation for Joint Academic Network (UK)

JBS
JBS is an abbreviation for John Birch Society

JC
JC is an abbreviation for Jesus Christ; Joint Compound (plumbing); Julius Caesar; Junior College

JCA
JCA is an abbreviation for Jewelry Crafts Association

JCAC
JCAC is an abbreviation for Joint Civil Affairs Committee

JCAE
JCAE is an abbreviation for Joint Committee on Atomic Energy

JCEE
JCEE is an abbreviation for Joint Council on Economic Education

JCET
JCET is an abbreviation for Joint Council on Educational Television

JCS
JCS is an abbreviation for Joint Chiefs of Staff

JD
JD is an abbreviation for Justice Department

JDS
JDS is an abbreviation for John Dewey Society

JEM
JEM is an abbreviation for Japanese Experiment Module (for SSF)

JES
JES is an abbreviation for John Ericsson Society

JET
JET is an abbreviation for Joint European Torus (fusion research)

JFK
JFK is an abbreviation for John F. Kennedy; John F. Kennedy (international airport)

JFMIP
JFMIP is an abbreviation for Joint Financial Management Improvement Program

JGR
JGR is an abbreviation for Journal of Geophysical Research; Journal of Geophysical Research

JI
JI is an abbreviation for Justice, Inc.

JIC
JIC is an abbreviation for Joint Intelligence Center; Just in Case

JILA
JILA is an abbreviation for Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics

JIM
JIM is an abbreviation for Job Information Memorandum

JINTACCS
JINTACCS is an abbreviation for Joint INteroperability of TActical Command and Control Systems

JIS
JIS is an abbreviation for Japan Industrial Standards

JISC
JISC is an abbreviation for Japanese Industrial Standards Committee

JIT
JIT is an abbreviation for Just In Time

JMS
JMS is an abbreviation for John Milton Society

JNT
JNT is an abbreviation for Joint Network Team (UK)

JO
JO is an abbreviation for Job Order; Junior Officer

JOVE
JOVE is an abbreviation for Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs

JOVIAL
JOVIAL is an abbreviation for Jules Own Version of the International Algorithmic Language

JPL
JPL is an abbreviation for Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Jet Propulsion Laboratory

JRC
JRC is an abbreviation for Junior Red Cross

JSC
JSC is an abbreviation for Johnson Space Center; Johnson Space Center (NASA)

JSD
JSD is an abbreviation for Jackson System Development

JSRC
JSRC is an abbreviation for Joint Services Review Committee

JTIDS
JTIDS is an abbreviation for Joint Tactical Information Distribution Systems

JV
JV is an abbreviation for Junior Varsity

JvNC
JvNC is an abbreviation for John von Neumann (Super Computer) Center

JvNCnet
JvNCnet is an abbreviation for John von Neumann (Super Computer) Center network

K
K is an abbreviation for Kilo- (metric 1000)

K&R
K&R is an abbreviation for Kernighan and Ritchie, the c programming language

K9
K9 is an abbreviation for canine (K9 corps - army dogs)

KAIST
KAIST is an abbreviation for Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

KAO
KAO is an abbreviation for Kuiper Airborne Observatory

KB
KB is an abbreviation for KiloByte

KC
KC is an abbreviation for King's Counsel (QC when queen reigning); Knights of Columbus

KD
KD is an abbreviation for Kiln Dried; Knocked Down

KDCI
KDCI is an abbreviation for Key Display Call Indicator

KERMIT
KERMIT is an abbreviation for Kl-10 Error-free Reciprocal Micro Interconnect over Tty lines

KET
KET is an abbreviation for Kentucky Educational Television

KHz
KHz is an abbreviation for Kilo HertZ

KI
KI is an abbreviation for Kiwanis International

KIA
KIA is an abbreviation for Killed In Action

KIAS
KIAS is an abbreviation for Knot Indicated Air Speed

Km
Km is an abbreviation for Kilometers

KO
KO is an abbreviation for Knock Out

KP
KP is an abbreviation for Key Pulse; Kitchen Police

KPNO
KPNO is an abbreviation for Kitt Peak National Observatory

KPO
KPO is an abbreviation for KeyPunch Operator

KQC
KQC is an abbreviation for King's College London

KS
KS is an abbreviation for King's Scholar

KSC
KSC is an abbreviation for Kennedy Space Center (NASA)

KSU
KSU is an abbreviation for Key System Unit

KTB
KTB is an abbreviation for Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary (from German)

KTS
KTS is an abbreviation for Key Telephone System

KTU
KTU is an abbreviation for Key Telephone Unit

KWIC
KWIC is an abbreviation for Key Word In Context

KY
KY is an abbreviation for Kentucky

L1
L1 is an abbreviation for Lagrange Point #1 35,000 Miles above moon

L2
L2 is an abbreviation for Lagrange Point #2 40,000 Miles behind moon

L3
L3 is an abbreviation for Lagrange Point #3 (?? 35,000 Miles below moon)

L4
L4 is an abbreviation for Lagrange Point #4 240,000 mile Earth orbit

L5
L5 is an abbreviation for Lagrange Point #5 240,000 mile Earth orbit

LA
LA is an abbreviation for Los Angeles; Louisiana; Low Altitude

LADAR
LADAR is an abbreviation for LAser Detection And Ranging

LAM
LAM is an abbreviation for Master of Liberal Arts

LAMA
LAMA is an abbreviation for Local Automatic Message Accounting

LAN
LAN is an abbreviation for Local Apparent Noon; Local Area Network

LANL
LANL is an abbreviation for Los Alamos (NM) National Laboratory; Los Alamos National Laboratory

LAPB
LAPB is an abbreviation for Link Access Procedure (Balanced)

LAPD
LAPD is an abbreviation for Link Access Procedure (??); Los Angeles (CA, US) Police Department

LAR
LAR is an abbreviation for Local Acquisition Radar

LaRC
LaRC is an abbreviation for Langley Research Center (NASA)

LASER
LASER is an abbreviation for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

LAT
LAT is an abbreviation for Local Apparent Time

LATA
LATA is an abbreviation for Local Access and Transport Area

LAX
LAX is an abbreviation for Los Angeles International Airport

LB
LB is an abbreviation for Light Bomber. LB is an abbreviation for pound.

LBHS
LBHS is an abbreviation for Long Beach High School

LBL
LBL is an abbreviation for Lawrence Berkeley (Calif.) Labs

LBS
LBS is an abbreviation for Pounds

LC
LC is an abbreviation for inductor-Capacitor circuit (as in filters, L is symbol inductance)

LCD
LCD is an abbreviation for Liquid Crystal Display; Lowest Common Denominator

LCDR
LCDR is an abbreviation for Lieutenant Commander

LCL
LCL is an abbreviation for Less than Carload Lot; Lunar Cargo Lander

LCM
LCM is an abbreviation for Least Common Multiple; Life Cycle Management

LCS
LCS is an abbreviation for Laboratory for Computer Science

LCT
LCT is an abbreviation for Landing Craft Tanks

LD
LD is an abbreviation for Long Distance

LDC
LDC is an abbreviation for Long Distance Carrier

LDEF
LDEF is an abbreviation for Long Duration Exposure Facility

LDF
LDF is an abbreviation for Large Deployable Reflector

LDL
LDL is an abbreviation for Low Density Lipoprotein

LDX
LDX is an abbreviation for Long Distance eXtender

LEAP
LEAP is an abbreviation for Low-power Enhanced At Portable

LEC
LEC is an abbreviation for Local Exchange Carrier

LED
LED is an abbreviation for Light Emitting Diode

LEM
LEM is an abbreviation for Lunar Excursion Module

LEO
LEO is an abbreviation for Low Earth Orbit

LEP
LEP is an abbreviation for Large Electron-Positron collider

LeRC
LeRC is an abbreviation for Lewis Research Center

LEST
LEST is an abbreviation for Large Earth-based Solar Telescope

LF
LF is an abbreviation for Low Frequency (30-300KHz)

LFSA
LFSA is an abbreviation for List of Frequently Seen Acronyms (!)

LGA
LGA is an abbreviation for Low Gain Antenna

LGM
LGM is an abbreviation for Little Green Men

LH
LH is an abbreviation for Left Hand; Liquid Hydrogen (also LH2 or LHX); Lower Half; Luteinizing Hormone (same as ISCH)

LHC
LHC is an abbreviation for Large Hadron Collider

LHD
LHD is an abbreviation for Litterarum Humaniorum Doctor (doctor of human letters)

LHS
LHS is an abbreviation for Left Hand Side

LI
LI is an abbreviation for Long Island

LIFIA
LIFIA is an abbreviation for Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale et d'Intelligence Artificielle

LIFO
LIFO is an abbreviation for Last In First Out (see FIFO)

LINC
LINC is an abbreviation for Laboratory INstrument Computer

LISA
LISA is an abbreviation for Large Installation Systems Administration (USENIX specific?)

LISP
LISP is an abbreviation for LISt Processing Language

LIU
LIU is an abbreviation for Line Interface Unit

LL
LL is an abbreviation for Late Latin; Long Lines

LLB
LLB is an abbreviation for Legum Baccalaureus (bachelor of laws)

LLD
LLD is an abbreviation for Legum doctor (doctor of laws)

LLN
LLN is an abbreviation for Line Link Network

LLNL
LLNL is an abbreviation for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories

LLO
LLO is an abbreviation for Low Lunar Orbit

LLOX
LLOX is an abbreviation for Lunar Liquid Oxygen

LLP
LLP is an abbreviation for Line Link Pulsing

LM
LM is an abbreviation for Life Master (Contract Bridge ranking); Lunar Module

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

LMOS
LMOS is an abbreviation for Line Maintenance Operations System

LN2
LN2 is an abbreviation for Liquid N2 (Nitrogen)

LNG
LNG is an abbreviation for Liquified Natural Gas

LOA
LOA is an abbreviation for Lands of Adventure

LOFT
LOFT is an abbreviation for Launch Operations Flight Test

LOOPS
LOOPS is an abbreviation for Lisp Object Oriented Programming System

LOP
LOP is an abbreviation for Lines Of Position

LOSF
LOSF is an abbreviation for Lunar Orbit Staging Facility

LOTS
LOTS is an abbreviation for Low Overhead Timesharing System

LOX
LOX is an abbreviation for Liquid OXygen; Liquid Oxygen

LP
LP is an abbreviation for Long Play(ing) (record); Low Pressure

LPC
LPC is an abbreviation for Linear Predictive Coding (speech processing)

LPDA
LPDA is an abbreviation for Link Problem Determination Aid

LPF
LPF is an abbreviation for League for Programming Freedom

LPG
LPG is an abbreviation for Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Low Pressure Gas

LPL
LPL is an abbreviation for Lunar Personnel Lander

LPN
LPN is an abbreviation for Licensed Practical Nurse

LPP
LPP is an abbreviation for Licensed Program Products

LPR
LPR is an abbreviation for Line PrinteR

LPT
LPT is an abbreviation for Lunar Propellant Tanker

LPV
LPV is an abbreviation for Lunar Piloted Vehicle

LRB
LRB is an abbreviation for Liquid Rocket Booster

LRBM
LRBM is an abbreviation for Long Range Ballistic Missile

LRC
LRC is an abbreviation for Longitudinal Redundancy Character

LRU
LRU is an abbreviation for Least Recently Used; Line Replaceable Unit

LRV
LRV is an abbreviation for Light Rail Vehicle

LS
LS is an abbreviation for Left Side; Letter Signed; Locus Sigilli (place of seal)

LSAP
LSAP is an abbreviation for Logical Service Access Point

LSB
LSB is an abbreviation for Least Significant Bit; Least Significant Byte; Lower Side Band

LSC
LSC is an abbreviation for Lecture Series Committee; LightSpeed C

LSD
LSD is an abbreviation for Least Significant Digit; LySergic acid Diethylamide; pounds (Libra), shillings (Sestertii), and (old) pence (Denarii)

LSI
LSI is an abbreviation for Large Scale Integration

LSP
LSP is an abbreviation for LightSpeed Pascal

LSR
LSR is an abbreviation for Local Standard of Rest

LSS
LSS is an abbreviation for Life Support System; Loop Switching System

LSSD
LSSD is an abbreviation for Level-Sensitive Scan Detection

LT
LT is an abbreviation for Long Ton; Low Tension

LTA
LT is an abbreviation for Lawn Tennis Association

LTC
LTC is an abbreviation for Lieutenant Colonel

LTJG
LTJG is an abbreviation for Lieutenant Junior Grade

LTL
LTL is an abbreviation for Less than Truckload Lot

LTP
LTP is an abbreviation for Lunar Transient Phenomenon

LUG
LUG is an abbreviation for Local Users Group

LUT
LUT is an abbreviation for Look-Up Table

LWM
LWM is an abbreviation for Low-Water Mark

LWT
LWT is an abbreviation for London Weekend Television

LZ
LZ is an abbreviation for Landing Zone

M
M is an abbreviation for meter(s); milli- (metric 1/1000)

M
M is an abbreviation for Mega- (metric 10^6); Miniatures

MA
MA is an abbreviation for Massachusetts

MAAP
MAAP is an abbreviation for Maintenance And Administration Panel

MAC
MAC is an abbreviation for Media Access Control; Medium Access Control; Military Air Command; an MIT interdepartmental lab (stands for many things) (renamed to LCS)

MACSYMA
MACSYMA is an abbreviation for project MAC's SYmbolic MAnipulation System

MAD
MAD is an abbreviation for Mutual Assured Destruction

MADD
MADD is an abbreviation for Mothers Against Drunk Driving

MAG
MAG is an abbreviation for Magazine

MAN
MAN is an abbreviation for Metropolitan Area Network

MAP
MAP is an abbreviation for Manufacturing Automation Protocol

MAP/TOP
MAP/TOP is an abbreviation for Manufacturing Automation Protocol/Technical Office Protocol

MARBI
MARBI is an abbreviation for MAchine Readable form of Bibliographic Information

MARC
MARC is an abbreviation for MAchine Readable card Catalog

MARS
MARS is an abbreviation for Multiuser Archival and Retrieval System

MASC
MASC is an abbreviation for Multiple Award Schedule Contract

MASER
MASER is an abbreviation for Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

MASH
MASH is an abbreviation for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

MAST
MAST is an abbreviation for Multi-Application SOnar Trainer

MAT-CALS
MAT-CALS is an abbreviation for Marine Air Traffic-Control And Landing System

MAU
MAU is an abbreviation for Math Acceleration Unit; Media Access Unit; Medium Access Unit

MB
MB is an abbreviation for Manned Base; MegaByte

MBA
MBA is an abbreviation for Master Business Administration

MBTA
MBTA is an abbreviation for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

MC
MC is an abbreviation for Master of Ceremonies

MCA
MCA is an abbreviation for Micro Channel Architecture

MCAE
MCAE is an abbreviation for Mechanical Computer Aided Engineering

MCC
MCC is an abbreviation for Master Control Console; Microelectronics and Computer technology Corporation; Mission Control Center

MCP
MCP is an abbreviation for Master Control Program and also Male Chauvinist Pig

MCP/AS
MCP/AS is an abbreviation for Master Control Program/Advanced System

MCPO
MCPO is an abbreviation for Master Chief Petty Officer

MCSV
MCSV is an abbreviation for Mars Crew Sortie Vehicle

MD
MD is an abbreviation for Doctor of Medicine; Maryland; Maryland; Medical Doctor; Months after Date

MDAS
MDAS is an abbreviation for Magnetic Drum Auxiliary Sender

MDC
MDC is an abbreviation for Metropolitan District Commision (Mass State Agency)

MDE
MDE is an abbreviation for Modular Design Environment

MDF
MDF is an abbreviation for Main Distribution Frame

MDRE
MDRE is an abbreviation for Mass Driver Reaction Engine

MDT
MDT is an abbreviation for Mean Down Time

ME
ME is an abbreviation for Maine; Mechanical Engineer

MECO
MECO is an abbreviation for Main Engine CutOff

MEd
MEd is an abbreviation for Master of EDucation

MERP
MERP is an abbreviation for Middle-Earth Role Playing

MeV
MeV is an abbreviation for Million Electron Volts

MF
MF is an abbreviation for Medium Frequency (300-3000KHz); Middle French; Multi-Frequency

MFA
MFA is an abbreviation for Master Fine Arts; Museum of Fine Arts

MFJ
MFJ is an abbreviation for Modified Final Judgment

MFLOPS
MFLOPS is an abbreviation for Million FLoating-point OPerations per Second (see also FLOPS)

MFM
MFM is an abbreviation for Modified Frequency Modulation

MFS
MFS is an abbreviation for Macintosh File System

MG
MG is an abbreviation for Machine Gun; Major General; Military Government

MGH
MGH is an abbreviation for Massachusetts General Hospital

MGM
MGM is an abbreviation for Metro-Goldwyn Mayer

MHD
MHD is an abbreviation for MagnetoHydroDynamics

MHS
MHS is an abbreviation for Mail Handling System

MHz
MHz is an abbreviation for Mega HertZ (unit of frequency, 1,000,000 cycles per second)

MI
MI is an abbreviation for Michigan; Military Intelligence

MIA
MIA is an abbreviation for Missing In Action

MIB
MIB is an abbreviation for Management Information Base

MIDI
MIDI is an abbreviation for Musical Instrument Digital Interface

MIFASS
MIFASS is an abbreviation for Marine Integrated Fire And Support System

MILNET
MILNET is an abbreviation for MILitary NETwork

MIM
MIM is an abbreviation for Morality In Media

MIMD
MIMD is an abbreviation for Multiple Instruction, Multiple Data

MINCE
MINCE is an abbreviation for MINCE Is Not Complete Emacs

MIPS
MIPS is an abbreviation for Million Instructions Per Second, supposedly a measurement of cimputing speed.

Mir
Mir is an abbreviation for Peace

MIRV
MIRV is an abbreviation for Multiple Independently-Targetable Reentry Vehicle

MIS
MIS is an abbreviation for Management Information System

MIT
MIT is an abbreviation for Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ML
mL is an abbreviation for milliliter(s)

ML
ML is an abbreviation for Middle Latin

MLA
MLA is an abbreviation for Member of Legislative Assembly (see MPP)

MLD
MLD is an abbreviation for Minimum Lethal Dose

MLL
MLL is an abbreviation for Mars Logistics Lander

MLS
MLS is an abbreviation for Microwave Landing System; Multi-Level Security

MLV
MLV is an abbreviation for Medium Lift Vehicle

MM
MM is an abbreviation for Maryknoll Missioners

Mm
mm is an abbreviation for millimeters

MMES
MMES is an abbreviation for Martin Marietta Energy Systems

MMFS
MMFS is an abbreviation for Manufacturing Message Format Standard

MMH
MMH is an abbreviation for MonoMethyl Hydrazine

MMM
MMM is an abbreviation for see 3M

MMT
MMT is an abbreviation for Multiple Mirror Telescope

MMU
MMU is an abbreviation for Manned Maneuvering Unit; Memory Management Unit

MMW
MMW is an abbreviation for Multi-Mega Watt

MN
MN is an abbreviation for Minnesota

MNA
MNA is an abbreviation for Member of National Assembly (Quebec)

MNP
MNP is an abbreviation for Microcom Networking Protocol

MNRAS
MNRAS is an abbreviation for Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

MO
MO is an abbreviation for Mail Order; Medical Officer; Missouri; Modus Operandi; Money Order

MOC
MOC is an abbreviation for Mars Observer Camera (on Mars Observer)

MOD
MOD is an abbreviation for Ministry of Defence (UK) (sometimes written MoD)

MOL
MOL is an abbreviation for Manned Orbiting Laboratory

MOLA
MOLA is an abbreviation for Mars Observer Laser Altimeter (on Mars Observer)

MOMA
MOMA is an abbreviation for Museum of Modern Art

MOMV
MOMV is an abbreviation for Manned Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle

MOR
MOR is an abbreviation for Middle-Of-the-Road

MOS
MOS is an abbreviation for Metal Oxide Semiconductor

MOSFET
MOSFET is an abbreviation for Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor

MOTAS
MOTAS is an abbreviation for Member Of The Appropriate Sex

MOTIS
MOTIS is an abbreviation for Member Of The Inappropriate Sex; Message-Oriented Text Interchange System

MOTOS
MOTOS is an abbreviation for Member of the Opposite Sex

MOTSS
MOTSS is an abbreviation for Member of the Same Sex

MOTV
MOTV is an abbreviation for Manned Orbital Transfer Vehicle

MOU
MOU is an abbreviation for Memorandum Of Understanding

MOUSE
MOUSE is an abbreviation for Minimum Orbital Unmanned Satellite of Earth

MP
MP is an abbreviation for Melting Point; Member of Parliament; Metropolitan Police and also Military Police

MPC
MPC is an abbreviation for Minor Planets Circular

MPE
MPE is an abbreviation for Mission to Planet Earth

MPG
MPG is an abbreviation for Miles Per Gallon

MPH
MPH is an abbreviation for Miles Per Hour

MPP
MPP is an abbreviation for Member of Provincial Parliament (Canada; also MLA)

MPR
MPR is an abbreviation for Mars Pressurized Rover

MPV
MPV is an abbreviation for Mars Piloted Vehicle

MPW
MPW is an abbreviation for Macintosh Programmer's Workshop

MR
MR is an abbreviation for Miniatures Rules

MRI
MRI is an abbreviation for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

MRP
MRP is an abbreviation for Manufacturing Requirements Planning

MRSR
MRSR is an abbreviation for Mars Rover and Sample Return

MRSRM
MRSRM is an abbreviation for Mars Rover and Sample Return Mission

MS
MS is an abbreviation for ManuScript; Master of Science; Military Science; Motor Ship; Multiple Sclerosis

MS-DOS
MS-DOS is an abbreviation for MicroSoft DOS

MSB
MSB is an abbreviation for Most Significant Bit; Most Significant Byte

MSC
MSC is an abbreviation for MicroSoft C

MSCP
MSCP is an abbreviation for Mass Storage Control Protocol

MSD
MSD is an abbreviation for Most Significant Digit

MSE
MSE is an abbreviation for Mobile Subscriber Equipment

MSFC
MSFC is an abbreviation for (George C.) Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA); Marshall Space Flight Center

MSG
MSG is an abbreviation for MonoSodium Glutamate

MSH
MSH is an abbreviation for Marvel Super Heroes

MSL
MSL is an abbreviation for Mean Sea Level

MSPCA
MSPCA is an abbreviation for Massachussetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

MSPE
MSPE is an abbreviation for Mercenaries, Spies & Private Eyes

MSRP
MSRP is an abbreviation for Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price

MSS
MSS is an abbreviation for Management Support System; ManuScriptS; Mass Storage System; Maximum Segment Size (see also MTU)

MST
MST is an abbreviation for Mountain Standard Time

MT
MT is an abbreviation for Metric Ton; Mountain Time

MTA
MTA is an abbreviation for Message Transfer Agent; Metropolitan Transportation Authority

MTBF
MTBF is an abbreviation for Mean Time Between Failures

MTC
MTC is an abbreviation for Man Tended Capability

MTR
MTR is an abbreviation for Magnetic Tape Recording

MTSO
MTSO is an abbreviation for Mobile Telephone Switching Office

MTTF
MTTF is an abbreviation for Mean Time To Failure

MTTR
MTTR is an abbreviation for Mean Time To Recovery; Mean Time To Repair

MTU
MTU is an abbreviation for Maximum Transfer Unit (see also MSS)

MTV
MTV is an abbreviation for Music TeleVision

MUF
MUF is an abbreviation for Maximum Usable Frequency (max freq during sunspot activity)

MULTICS
MULTICS is an abbreviation for MULTiplex Information Computer Services

MUMPS
MUMPS is an abbreviation for Mgh Utility MultiProgram System

MUNG
MUNG is an abbreviation for Mung Until No Good (see the hacker's dictionary)

MUX
MUX is an abbreviation for MUltipleXor

MVA
MVA is an abbreviation for MegaVolt Ampere

MVS
MVS is an abbreviation for Multiple Virtual Storage

MX
MX is an abbreviation for Missile eXperimental

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