Important Abbreviations

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A (Abbreviations Start with letter A)

AC – Alternating Current

AD – Anno Domini (The Year of Our Lord)

ADP – Adenosine Diphosphate

AI – Artificial Intelligence

AIIMS – All India Institute of Medical Sciences

AIDS – Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome

AHQ – Army Headquarters

AMU – Atomic Mass Unit

ANS – Autonomic Nervous System

APJ Abdul Kalam – Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam

ARC – AIDS Related Complex

ASEAN – Association of South East Asian Nations

ASLV – Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle

ATM – Automated Teller Machine

ATP – Adenosine Triphosphate

ATT – Anti-Tubercular Therapy

B (Abbreviations Start with letter B)

B.Ed. – Bachelor of Education

BBC – British Broadcasting Corporation

BCG – Bacillus Calmette–Guérin

BHC – Benzene Hexachloride

BIS – Bureau of Indian Standards

BNSC – British National Space Centre

BPL – Below Poverty Line

BSF – Border Security Force

BSNL – Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

BT – Bachelor of Teaching

BTU – British Thermal Unit

C (Abbreviations Start with letter C)

CAT – Common Admission Test

CBI – Central Bureau of Investigation

CBSE – Central Board of Secondary Education

CCTV – Closed Circuit Television

CD – Compact Disc

CDMA – Code Division Multiple Access

CEO – Chief Executive Officer

CFL – Compact Fluorescent Lamp

CID – Crime Investigation Department

CNG – Compressed Natural Gas

CNS – Central Nervous System

CO – Commanding Officer

CPU – Central Processing Unit

CRPF – Central Reserve Police Force

CSIR – Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

CTBT – Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

D (Abbreviations Start with letter D)

DBMS – Database Management System

DC – Direct Current / Deputy Commissioner (as context allows)

DDT – Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane

DNA – Deoxyribonucleic Acid

DP – Displaced Person

DPI – Director of Public Information

DVD – Digital Versatile Disc

E (Abbreviations Start with letter E)

ECG – Electrocardiogram (used for detecting heart disease)

e.g. – Exempli Gratia (for example)

Email – Electronic Mail

etc. – Et Cetera (and other things)

EVM – Electronic Voting Machine

F (Abbreviations Start with letter F)

FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation

FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions

FIR – First Information Report

Flu – Influenza

FYM – Farmyard Manure

G (Abbreviations Start with letter G)

GAIL – Gas Authority of India Limited

GDP – Gross Domestic Product

GMT – Greenwich Mean Time

GPRS – General Packet Radio Service

GPS – Global Positioning System

GSLV – Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle

GST – Goods and Services Tax

H (Abbreviations Start with letter H)

HCF – Highest Common Factor

HDI – Human Development Index

HIV – Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HMT – Hindustan Machine Tools

HOTS – Higher Order Thinking Skills

HPBOSE – Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education

HRD – Human Resource Development

HTML – HyperText Markup Language

I (Abbreviations Start with letter I)

IAF – Indian Air Force

IAS – Indian Administrative Service

IB – Intelligence Bureau

ICMR – Indian Council of Medical Research

ICSE – Indian Certificate of Secondary Education

i.e. – Id Est (that is)

IGNOU – Indira Gandhi National Open University

IELTS – International English Language Testing System

IMPS – Million Instructions Per Second

INSAT – Indian National Satellite

IQ – Intelligence Quotient

IRDP – Integrated Rural Development Programme

IRS – Indian Remote Sensing Satellite

ISAC – ISRO Satellite Centre

ISI – Indian Standards Institution

ISRO – Indian Space Research Organisation

ITI – Industrial Training Institute

ITM – Inquiry Training Model

J (Abbreviations Start with letter J)

JEE – Joint Entrance Examination

JNU – Jawaharlal Nehru University

K (Abbreviations Start with letter K)

KG – Kindergarten

KYC – Know Your Customer

L (Abbreviations Start with letter L)

LAN – Local Area Network

LCD – Liquid Crystal Display

LED – Light Emitting Diode

LIC – Life Insurance Corporation

LPG – Liquefied Petroleum Gas

LTTE – Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

M (Abbreviations Start with letter M)

MAT – Management Aptitude Test

MBA – Master of Business Administration

MBBS – Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

MD – Doctor of Medicine

MIC – Methyl Isocyanate

MLA – Member of Legislative Assembly

MO – Money Order

MP – Member of Parliament

N (Abbreviations Start with letter N)

NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NCC – National Cadet Corps

NCERT – National Council of Educational Research and Training

NDA – National Defence Academy

NDDB – National Dairy Development Board

NEERI – National Environmental Engineering Research Institute

NET – National Eligibility Test

NGO – Non-Governmental Organisation

NPL – National Physical Laboratory

NSS – National Service Scheme

NTPC – National Thermal Power Corporation

O (Abbreviations Start with letter O)

OBC – Other Backward Classes

OMG – Oh My God

ONGC – Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

ORS – Oral Rehydration Solution

OTEC – Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

OTP – One Time Password

P (Abbreviations Start with letter P)

PAN – Permanent Account Number

PEM – Protein Energy Malnutrition

PFA – Prevention of Food Adulteration Act

PIN – Personal Identification Number / Postal Index Number

PL – Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)

PM – Prime Minister / Post Meridian (as per context)

PMG – Postmaster General

PO – Post Office / Probationary Officer

PTA – Parent Teacher Association

Q (Abbreviations Start with letter Q)

QED – Quod Erat Demonstrandum (Hance Prove the Result

QMS – Quick Mail Service

R (Abbreviations Start with letter R)

RADAR – Radio Detection and Ranging

RAM – Random Access Memory

RBI – Reserve Bank of India

RBC – Red Blood Cells

RNA – Ribonucleic Acid

RSVP – Répondez S’il Vous Plaît (Please Respond)

S (Abbreviations Start with letter S)

SAARC – South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

SET – State Eligibility Test

SFI – Students’ Federation of India

SHM – Simple Harmonic Motion

SIM – Subscriber Identity Module

SIMI – Students’ Islamic Movement of India

SONAR – Sound Navigation and Ranging

SP – Superintendent of Police

SMS – Short Message Service

SSC – Staff Selection Commission

STD – Sexually Transmitted Disease

STD – Subscriber Trunk Dialing

ST – Scheduled Tribe

SUV – Sports Utility Vehicle

T (Abbreviations Start with letter T)

TB – Tuberculosis

U (Abbreviations Start with letter U)

UAE – United Arab Emirates

UGC – University Grants Commission

UNI – United News of India

UNICEF – United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund

UNESCO – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNO – United Nations Organization

UPSC – Union Public Service Commission

UTI – Unit Trust of India

URL – Uniform Resource Locator

USB – Universal Serial Bus

V (Abbreviations Start with letter V)

VIRUS – Vital Information Resources Under Siege

VSSC – Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre

VPN – Virtual Private Network

W (Abbreviations Start with letter W)

WIFI – Wireless Fidelity

WHO – World Health Organization

WTO – World Trade Organization

WWW – World Wide Web

Z (Abbreviations Start with letter Z)

ZIF – Zero Insertion Force

ZIP – Zigzag Inline Package

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