ABBREVIATION AND ACRONYM
ABBREVIATION:
An abbreviation is derived from Latin
word “brevis”, meaning short is a
shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method. It may consist of a group of
letters or words taken from the full version of the word or phrase. It can not
be read as a word.
Some types of abbreviations are
acronyms (which are pronounceable), initialisms (using initials only), or
grammatical contractions or crasis.
EG: ATM is an abbreviation form of
“Automated Teller Machine”
More examples: BBC, BPO, B SC, CBSE,
DFO, IRS, NGO, RRB, SBI, TRB, UAE, USA, etc…
ACRONYM:
An acronym is a word or name formed
as a type of abbreviation from the initial components of a phrase or a word,
usually individual letters. It is also the shorten form of words like
abbreviation, But acronym letters can be readable as a word.
In other words an abbreviation may be
any type of shortened form, such as words with the middle omitted. for example,
Rd for road or Dr for Doctor, an acronym is a word formed from the first letter
or first few letters of each word in a phrase such as sonar, created from sound
navigation and ranging.
EG: W H O is an abbreviation of “World Health
Organisation” and it can be read as “WHO”, hence it turned into an acronym.
More examples: AIR, CAT, ISRO, NEET,
NEWS, PIN, RADAR, RAM, ROM, SIM, SONAR, UNESCO, etc…
1.
A D : Anno Domini
2.
A G : Accountant General
3.
A I C T E : All India Council of Technical
Education
4.
A I R : All India Radio
5.
A P I : Associaated Press of India
6.
A R : Augment Reality
7.
AAI : Airport Authority of India
8.
AC : Alternating Current Air Conditioner
9.
AC : Assistant Commissioner
10.
AGF : Asian Games Federation
11.
AIDS : Acquired Immuno Deficiency
Syndrome
12.
AIRTW : All India Road Transport Workers
13.
ALU : Arithmetic and Logical Unit
14.
AM : Anti Meridiem
15.
AM : Amplitude Modulated Radio
16.
AMIE : Associate Member of Institute of
Engineers
17.
API : Application Programming Interface
18.
APPLE : Ariane Passanger Payload
Experiment
19.
ASEAN : Association Of South East Asian
Nations
20.
ASLV : Augmented Satelite Launch Vehicle
21.
ATM : Automated Teller Machine
22.
ATP : Association of Tennis
Professionals
23.
AVADI : Armed Vehicles And Ammunition
Depot of India
24.
B A M S : Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medical
Science
25.
B Arch : Bachelor of Architecture
26.
B B C : British Broadcasting Corporation
27.
B C G : Bacillus Calmete Gurrin
28.
B COM : Bachelor of Commurce
29.
B D S : Bachelor Of Dental Science
30.
B E : Bachelor of Engineer
31.
B ED : Bachelor of Education
32.
B F : Broad Forward
33.
B G L : Bachelor of General Laws
34.
B H M S : Bachelor of Homeopathic Medical
Science
35.
B J : Bachelor of Journalism
36.
B O T : Bachelor of Occupational Theraphy
37.
B P T : Bachelor of Physiotheraphy
38.
B S M S : Bachelor of Siddha and Medical
Science
39.
B SC : Bachelor of Science
40.
B V S C : Bachelor of Vetrinary Science
41.
B.A.M : Bachelor of Applied Mathematics
42.
B.AG : Bachelor of Agriculture
43.
B.CS : Bachelor of Corporate
Secretaryship
44.
B.F.A : Bachelor of Fine Arts
45.
B.LIT : Bachelor of Literature
46.
B.M.S : Bachelor of Marine Science
47.
B.Pharm : Bachelor of Pharmacy
48.
B.Tech : Bachelor of Technology
49.
BA : Bachelor of Arts
50.
BARC : Baba Atomic Research Centre
51.
BBA : Bachelor of Business
Administration
52.
BC : Before Christ
53.
BCCI : Board of Control of Cricket in
India
54.
BCI : Bar Council of India
55.
BEO : Block Educational Officer
56.
BHEL : Bhart Heavy Electricals Limited
57.
BIM : BHARATH INTERFACE FOR MONEY
58.
BIT : Birla Institute of Technology
59.
BLISc : Bachelor of Library and
Information Science
60.
BP : Blood Pressure
61.
BP : Blog Posting
62.
BPL : British Physical Laboratories
63.
BPL : Below Poverty Line
64.
BPO : Business process Outstoring
65.
BRICS : Brazil Russia India China and
South Africa
66.
BSF : Border Security Force
67.
BSNL : Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
68.
CA : Chartered Accountant
69.
CBI : Central Bureau Of Investigation
70.
C D : Compact Disc
71.
C I D : Crimanal Investigation Department
72.
C O : Commanding Officer
73.
C P I : Communist Party of India
74.
C S I R : Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research
75.
C.A.R.E : Co-operative for American Relief
To Everywhere
76.
C.D : Comulative Deposit
77.
C.I.A : Central Intelligence Agency
78.
C/O : Carried Over
79.
CAD :
Computer Aided Designing
80.
CAG : Comptroller and Auditor General
of India
81.
CAPTTCHA : Completely Automated Public
Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
82.
CARD : Campaign Against Racial
Discrimination
83.
CAT : Centre for advanced technology
84.
CBSE : Central Board of Secondary
Education
85.
CCTV : Closed Circuit Television
86.
CDMA :
Code Division Multiple
Access
87.
CDT : Craft Design and Technology
88.
CECRI : Central Electro Chemical Research
Institute
89.
CENTO : Central Treaty Organisation
90.
CEO : Chief Education Officer
91.
CFC : Chloro Floro Carbon
92.
CFL : Compact Fluorescent Light
93.
C-in-C : Commander in Chief
94.
CLRI : Central Leather Research
Institute
95.
CM : Chief Minister
96.
CMDA : CHENNAI METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY
97.
CNN : Cable News Network
98.
COFE : Conservation of Foreign Exchange
99.
COMPUTER : Common Oriented Machine
Particularly United and Used Under Technical and Educational Research
100.
CPR : Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation;
101.
CPS : Contributary Pension Scheme
102.
CPU : central processing unit
103.
CRY : Child Rights and You
104.
CSR : Commentary Screne Reader
105.
CTBT : Comprehensive Text Ban Treaty
106.
CVRDE : Combat Vehicle Research And
Development Esstablishment
107.
CWG : Common Wealth Games
108.
D D : Demand Draft, or Doctor of Devinity
109.
D T H : Direct To Home
110.
DA : Dearness Allowance
111.
DC : Direct Current
112.
DC : Deputy Commissioner
113.
DD : Door Darshan Demand Draught
114.
DDT : Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane
115.
DEC : Distance Educational Council
116.
DEO : District Education Officer
117.
DGP : Director General of Police
118.
DJ : Disc Jockey
119.
DNA : Di-oxyribo Nucleic Acid
120.
DNS : DEFERRED NET SETTLEMENT
121.
DNS : Domain Name System
122.
DOB : Date Of Birth
123.
DOTE : Director of technical education
124.
DRO : District Revenue Officer
125.
DRS : Decision Review System
126.
DTCP : DIRECTORATE OF TOWN AND COUNTRY
PLANNING
127.
EandO.E: Errors
and Omissions Excepted
128.
E B : Electricity Board
129.
E B : Electric Board
130.
E C M : European Common Market
131.
E C S : Electronic Clearing Service
132.
E E G : Electro Encephalo Gram
133.
E S N : Electronic Serial Number
134.
EC : Encumbrance Certificate
135.
ECG : Electro Cardio Gram
136.
EMI : Equated Monthly Installment
137.
ESMA : Essential Services Maintenance
Act
138.
ESP : E-mail Service Provider
139.
ESPN : Entertainment and Sports
Programming Network
140.
ETC : etcetera
141.
F B I : Federal Bureau of Investigation
142.
F M : Frequence Modulation Radio
143.
F R C S : Fellow of Royal College of
Surgeons
144.
F1 : Formula One Car Race
145.
FAQ : Frequently Asked Questions
146.
FB : FaceBook
147.
FERA : Foreign Exchange Regulation Act
148.
FIFA : Federational International and
Football Association
149.
FIH : Federation of International
Hockey
150.
FTP : File Transfer Protocol
151.
G A T T : Genral Agreement on Trade and
Tarrifs
152.
G P M : Green Peace Movement
153.
G P O : General Post Office
154.
GATE : Graduate Aptitude Test In
Engineering
155.
GATE : General Aptitude test in
engineering
156.
GATT : General Agreementon on Tariff and
Trade
157.
GDP : Gross Domestic Product
158.
GIF : Graphics Interchange Formate
159.
GMT : Greenwich Mean Time
160.
GOOGLE: Global
Organisation of Oriented Group Language of Earth
161.
GPF : Grand Provident Fund
162.
GPS : Global Positioning System
163.
GSLV : Geo Satellite Lanch Vehicle
164.
GSM : Global System for Mobile
Communication
165.
GST : Goods and Service Tax
166.
H E : His Excellency
167.
H P O : Head Post Office
168.
H S S : Higher Secondary School
169.
HAL : Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
170.
HC : High Court
171.
HD : High-Definition
172.
HDMI : High Definition Multimedia
Interface
173.
HIV : Human Immuno Deficiency Virus
174.
HSC : Higher Secondary Course
175.
HTML : Hyper Text Markup Language
176.
HTTP : Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
177.
HTTPS : Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
Secure
178.
HUDCO : Housing And Urban Development
Corporation
179.
I A S : Indian Administrative Service
180.
I F S C : Indian Financial Security Code
181.
I F S : Indian Foreign Service
182.
I I T : Indian Institute Of Technology
183.
I L O : International Labour Organisation
184.
I M E I : International Mobile Equipment
Identity
185.
I M F : International Monetary Fund
186.
I N A : Indian National Army
187.
I N S : Indian Naval Ship
188.
I P S : Indian Police Service
189.
I Q : Intelligence Quotient
190.
I T I : Indian Institute of Technology
191.
I T : Informational Technology
192.
IAF : Indian Air Force
193.
IBA : International Badminton
Federation
194.
IBF : International Boxing Federation
195.
IBPS : Institute of Banking Personnel
Selection
196.
ICSSR : Indian Council of Social Science
Research
197.
ICT : Information and Communication
Technology
198.
ICU : Intensive care Unit
199.
IES : Institution of Educational
Sciences
200.
IFS : Indian Forest Service
201.
IG : Inspector General
202.
IGNOU : Indira Gandhi National Open
University
203.
IM : Instant Messaging
204.
IMPS : IMMEDIATE PAYMENT SERVICE
205.
INSAT : Indian National Satellite
206.
INSV : Indian Navy Ship Vessel
207.
INTERNET: International
Network
208.
INTERPOL: International
Criminal Police Organisation
209.
INWTC : Indian Naval Waterman ship
Training Centre
210.
IOB : Indian Overseas Bank
211.
IOC : International Olympic Committee
212.
IOS : Iphone Operating System
213.
IP : Internet Protocol
214.
IPC : Indian Penal Code
215.
IPL : Indian Premier League
216.
IRCTC : Indian Railway Catering and
Tourism Corporation
217.
IRS : Indian Railway Service
218.
IRS : Indian Revenue Service
219.
ISBN : International Standard Book
Number
220.
ISD : International Subscriber Dialing
221.
ISL : Indian Super League
222.
ISP : Internet Service Protocol
223.
ISRO :
Indian Space Research
Organisation
224.
IST : Indian Standard Time
225.
J R C : Junior Red Cross
226.
JAWS : Job Access With Speech for blind
users
227.
JD : Joined Director
228.
KG : kilogram
229.
KM PH : KiloMeter Per Hour
230.
KM PS : KiloMeter Per Second
231.
KM : Kilometers
232.
KPO : knowledge Process Outsourcing
233.
L C M : Least Common Multiple
234.
L I C : Life Insurance Corporation
235.
L L B : Bachelors of Law
236.
L P G : Liquefied Petroleum Gas
237.
LAN : Local Area Network
238.
LASER : Light Amplification By
Stimulating Emission Of Radiation
239.
LBW : Leg Before Wicket
240.
LCD : Liquid Crystal Display
241.
LED : Light-Emitting Diode
242.
LG : Lucky Goldstar
243.
Lt.Col : Lieutenant Colonel
244.
Ltd : limited,
245.
M B B S : Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor
of Surgery
246.
M COM : Master of Commurce
247.
M M : Milli Meter
248.
M N C : Multi National Company
249.
M O : Money Ordder
250.
M R C S : Member of the Royal College of
Surgeons
251.
M S : Master of Surgery
252.
M SC : master of Science
253.
M U : Memory Unit
254.
M.L.A : Member of Legislative Assembly
255.
M.P : Member of Parliament
256.
M.Phil : Master of Philosophy
257.
MA :
Master of Arts
258.
MAN : Metropolitan Area Network
259.
MAPP : Madras Atomic Power Project
260.
MAR : Memory Address Register
261.
MC : Master of Ceremony
262.
MCC : Melbourne Cricket Club
263.
MCI : Medical Council of India
264.
MD : Doctor of Medicine
265.
MEA : Ministery of External Affairs
266.
MHRD : Ministry of Human Resource
Development
267.
MICR : MAGNETIC INK CHARACTER
RECOGNITION
268.
MISA : maintenance of Internal Security
Act
269.
MMS : Multimedia Message Service
270.
MR : Mental Retardation -
Rehabilitation
271.
MRI : Magnetic Resonance Imaging
272.
MSW : Master of Social Work
273.
MT : mount
274.
MV.SC : Master of Veterinary Science
275.
N C C : National Cadet Corps
276.
N G O : Non Gazetted Officer
277.
N L C : Neyveli Lignite Corporation
278.
N S S : National Service Scheme
279.
NAAC : National Assessment and
Accreditation Council
280.
NASA : National Aeronautics and Space
Agency
281.
NATO : North Atlantic Treaty
Organisation
282.
NB : Nota Bene
283.
NBA : National Basketball Association
284.
NCTE : National Council for Teachers
Education
285.
NEET : National Eligibility cum Entrance
Test
286.
NEFT : NATIONAL ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER
287.
NFC : Near Field Communication
288.
NH : National Highways
289.
NHL : National Hockey League
290.
NHM : New Heineman Maths a regional language software for typing
291.
NOTA : None Of The Above
292.
NP : National Permit
293.
NRI : Non Resident Indian
294.
NRI : Non-Resident Indian
295.
NVDA : NonVisual Destop Access
296.
O I G S : On Indian Government Service
297.
O N G C : Oil and Natural Gas Commission
298.
OCR : OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION
299.
ODI : One Day International
300.
OMR : OPTICAL MARK RECOGNITION
301.
OPEC : Organisation of Petrol Exporting
Countries
302.
OS : Operating System Open Source
303.
OTG : On-The-Go
304.
OTP : One-Time Password
305.
P O W : Prisoner Of War
306.
P R O : Public Relations Officer
307.
P S U : Public Sector Unit
308.
P T I : Press Trust of India
309.
P T O : Please Turn Over
310.
P W D : Public Works Department
311.
PA : personal Assistant
312.
PAN : Permanent Account Number
313.
PAWS : Progressive Animal Welfare
Society
314.
PC :
Personal Computer
315.
PC :
Police Constable
316.
PCR : Polymerase Chain Reaction
317.
PETA : People for the ethical treatment
of animals
318.
PG : Post graduate
319.
PGA : Professional Golfers' Association
320.
Ph.D : Doctorate in Philosophy
321.
PHD : Doctor of Philosophy
322.
PIN : Postal Index Number
323.
PLI : Postal Life Insurance
324.
PM : Prime Minister
325.
PM : Post Meridiem
326.
PO : Probationary Officers
327.
POSA : Prevention of Smuggling Act
328.
POTA : Prevention of Terrorist
Activities Act
329.
PS : personal secretary
330.
PSLV : Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
331.
PTA : Parent Teacher Association
332.
PTI : Physical Training Instructor
333.
QR Code : Quick Response Code
334.
R M S : Railway Mail Service
335.
R P M : Revolution Per Minute
336.
R P : Received Pronunciation (or) Resource person
337.
R.D : Recurring Deposit
338.
RADAR : Radio Detection And Ranging
339.
RAM : Randam Access Memory
340.
RBI : Reserve Bank of India
341.
RJ : Radio Jockey
342.
RNA : Ribo Nucleic Acid
343.
ROM :
Read Only Memory
344.
RRB : Railway Recruitment Board
345.
RSS Feed : Really Simple Syndication Feed
346.
RTGS : REAL TIME GROSS SETTLEMENT
347.
RTO : Regional Transport Office
348.
S O S : Save Our Soul
349.
S P C A : Society of Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals
350.
SALT : Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
351.
SARRC : South Asian Association For
Regional Co-operation
352.
SBI : State Bank of India
353.
SC : Supreme Court
354.
SCUBA : Self Contained Underwater Breathing
Apparatus
355.
SD Card : Secure Digital Card
356.
SD : Standard-Definition
357.
SEATO : South East Asia Treaty
Organisation
358.
SEATO : Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization
359.
SEBI : Securities and Exchange Board of
India
360.
SFMS : STRUCTURED FINANCIAL MESSAGING
SYSTEM
361.
SI : Sub-Inspector
362.
SIM : Subscriber Identity Module
363.
SLV : Satellite Lanch Vehicle
364.
SMP : Social Media Platform
365.
SMS : Short Message Service
366.
SP : Superintendents of Police
367.
SPL : School Pupil Leader
368.
SR : Southern Railways Service Record
369.
SSB : Services Selection Board
370.
SSLC : Secondary School Leaving
Certificate
371.
STD : Subscriber Trunk Dialling
372.
T B : Tubercle Bacillus
373.
T N P S C : Tamilnadu Public Service
Commission
374.
T S L S : Teacher's School Leaving
Certificate
375.
T T C : Technical Teachers Course
376.
TAFE : Tractor and Farm Equipement
377.
TANSI : Tanmilnadu Small Scale Industries
378.
TC : Transfer Certificate
379.
TELCO : Tata Engineering and Locomotive
Company
380.
TET : Teachers Eligiblity Test
381.
TNSTC : Tamilnadu State Transport
Corporation Limited
382.
TOEFL : Test of English As a Foreign
Language
383.
TRAI : Telecom Regulatory Authority of
India
384.
TRB : Teachers Recruitment Board
385.
TSP : teaspoonful
386.
TTD : Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam
387.
TTE : Travelling Ticket Examiner
388.
U A R :
United Arab Republic
389.
U G : Under Graduate
390.
U P I : UNIFIED PAYMENT INTERFACE
391.
U P S C : Union Public Service Commission
392.
UAE : United Arab Emirates
393.
UGC : University Grants Commission
394.
UK : United Kingdom
395.
UNESCO : United Nations Educational
Scientific and Cultural Organisation
396.
UNICEF : United Nations International
Children Emergency Fund
397.
UNO : United Nations Organisation
398.
UPSC : Union Public Service Commission
399.
URL : Uniform Resource Locator
400.
USA : United States of America
401.
USB : Universal Serial Bus
402.
USSR : Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics
403.
UTF : Unicode Transformation Format
404.
V A O : Village Administrative Officer
405.
V C R : Video Cassette Recorder
406.
V I P : Very Important Person
407.
V P P : Value Payable Post
408.
VAT : Value Added Tax
409.
VC : Visually Challenged
410.
VIBGYOR : Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green,
Yellow, Orange and Red
411.
VIRUS : Vital Information and Resource
Under Siege
412.
VISCOM : Visual Communication
413.
VJ : Video Jockey
414.
VPA : Virtual Personal Assistant
415.
VPN : Virtual Private Network
416.
VPS : Virtual Private Server
417.
VS : versus
418.
W H O : World Health Organisation
419.
W T O : World Trade Organisation
420.
WCDMA : Wide Band Code Devision Multiple
Access
421.
WILL : Wireless In Local Loop
422.
WINDOWS : Wide Interactive Network
Development for Office Work Solution
423.
WWE : World Wrestling Entertainment
424.
WWF : world wide fund
425.
www : world wide web
426.
XML : Extensible Markup Language
427.
Y M C A : Young Men's Christian Association
428.
Y W C A : Young Women's Christian Association
429.
YAHOO : Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle
430.
Z S I : zoological Survey of India
431.
ZIP : Zone Improvement Plan
432.
ZOO : Zoological Park
TITLE BEFORE NAMES:
Mr. – Mister
Mrs. – Mistress
Prof. – Professor
St. – Saint
Rev. – Reverend
Hon. – Honourable
Jr. – Junior
Pres. – President
Stg – Sergeant
Dr. – Doctor