Commonly used Abbreviations and Acronyms
Commonly used Abbreviations and Acronyms – Abbreviations are short forms of words or long phrases. They’re everywhere, used in all fields and aspects of life. People often use abbreviations in names or titles to make communication quicker and simpler.
Commonly used Abbreviations and Acronyms
| 1 | 3D — three-dimensional |
| 2 | a. — annum (year) |
| 3 | a.m. — ante meridiem (before noon) |
| 4 | a/c, a.c. — air conditioning |
| 5 | abbrev. — abbreviation |
| 6 | adj. — adjective |
| 7 | adj. — adjective; adjutant |
| 8 | adm. — admiral |
| 9 | adm., admin. — administration; administrator |
| 10 | ADSL — Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
| 11 | adv. — adverb; advocate |
| 12 | advt. — advertisement |
| 13 | Afr. — Africa; Afrikaans |
| 14 | AGM — annual general meeting |
| 15 | AIDS — acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| 16 | Amer. — America(n) |
| 17 | Angl. — Anglican |
| 18 | anon. — anonymous |
| 19 | ans. — answer |
| 20 | Apr. — April |
| 21 | arith. — arithmetic |
| 22 | art. — article |
| 23 | Asap — As soon as possible |
| 24 | ASPCA — American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals |
| 25 | asst. — assistant |
| 26 | ATM — automated teller machine |
| 27 | Aug. — August |
| 28 | ave. — avenue |
| 29 | AWOL — absent without official leave |
| 30 | B/F — brought forward |
| 31 | BAT — British American Tobacco |
| 32 | BBC — British Broadcasting Corporation |
| 33 | BCE — Before the Common Era |
| 34 | Bib. — Bible |
| 35 | biol. — biology |
| 36 | bk. — book; bank |
| 37 | Brit. — Britain; British |
| 38 | bro. — brother |
| 39 | C — Celsius |
| 40 | c — cent(s); circa (about); century |
| 41 | C/B — credit balance |
| 42 | c/d — carried down |
| 43 | C/N — credit note |
| 44 | c/o — care of; corner of |
| 45 | CA — chartered accountant |
| 46 | CA — chartered accountant |
| 47 | CAD — computer-aided design |
| 48 | cal. — calendar |
| 49 | capt. — captain |
| 50 | CD — compact disc |
| 51 | CD-ROM — compact disc read-only memory |
| 52 | CE — Christian Era (previously AD Anno Domini (in the year of our Lord) |
| 53 | cell. — cellular |
| 54 | cent. — century (hundred) |
| 55 | CEO — chief executive officer |
| 56 | cert. — certificate; certified |
| 57 | CIA — Central Intelligence Agency |
| 58 | cm — centimeter/centimetre (Brit.) |
| 59 | co. — company |
| 60 | COD — cash on delivery |
| 61 | CV — Curriculum Vitae |
| 62 | D/N — debit note |
| 63 | Dec. — December |
| 64 | def. — definition |
| 65 | dept. — department |
| 66 | DG — director-general |
| 67 | dict. — dictionary |
| 68 | dir. — director |
| 69 | dist. — district |
| 70 | DIY — do it yourself |
| 71 | DJ — disc jockey |
| 72 | do. — ditto (the same) |
| 73 | doz. — dozen |
| 74 | Dr. — doctor |
| 75 | Dstv — digital satellite television |
| 76 | dt — debit |
| 77 | dup. — duplicate |
| 78 | DVD — digital video disc |
| 79 | e.g. — exempli gratia (for example) |
| 80 | ECG — electrocardiogram |
| 81 | econ. — economic; economy |
| 82 | e-mail — electronic mail |
| 83 | eng. — engineer |
| 84 | Eng. — England; English |
| 85 | esp. — especially |
| 86 | etc. — et cetera (and so forth) |
| 87 | EU — European Union |
| 88 | Eur. — Europe; European |
| 89 | ex. — example |
| 90 | F — Fahrenheit |
| 91 | fax — facsimile |
| 92 | Feb. — February |
| 93 | fig. — figure; figurative |
| 94 | fol. — following (next) |
| 95 | Fr. — France; French |
| 96 | Fri. — Friday |
| 97 | ft — foot; feet |
| 98 | g — gram(s) |
| 99 | gall. — gallon |
| 100 | GB — Great Britain |
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| 101 | GB., Gb — gigabyte(s) |
| 102 | gen. — general |
| 103 | Gen. — Genesis; General |
| 104 | geog. — geography |
| 105 | geol. — geology; geologic(al) |
| 106 | Ger. — Germany; German |
| 107 | GM — general manager |
| 108 | GMT — Greenwich Mean Time |
| 109 | gov. — government ; governor |
| 110 | GP — general practitioner (doctor) |
| 111 | Gr. — Greece; Greek |
| 112 | gram. — grammar |
| 113 | guar. — guarantee |
| 114 | gym. — gymnasium; gymnastic(s) |
| 115 | ha — hectare(s) |
| 116 | HD — high-definition |
| 117 | HDTV — high-definition television |
| 118 | HG — higher grade |
| 119 | hist. — history; historic(al) |
| 120 | HIV — human immune deficiency virus |
| 121 | HM — His (Her) Majesty |
| 122 | HMS — His (Her) Majesty’s Ship |
| 123 | hosp. — hospital |
| 124 | ICU — intensive care unit |
| 125 | ID — identification |
| 126 | illust. — illustrated, illustration |
| 127 | in. — inch(es) |
| 128 | int. — international |
| 129 | Interpol — International Criminal Police |
| 130 | inv. — invoice |
| 131 | IOC — International Olympic Committee |
| 132 | IOU — I owe you |
| 133 | IQ — intelligence quotient |
| 134 | IRC — International Red Cross |
| 135 | ISBN — International Standard Book Number |
| 136 | IT — information technology |
| 137 | ital. — italic |
| 138 | Jan. — January |
| 139 | Jap. — Japan; Japanese |
| 140 | jpeg — joint photographic experts group |
| 141 | Jr., jr. — junior |
| 142 | Jul. — July |
| 143 | Jun. — June |
| 144 | KB, Kb, K, kbyte — kilobyte |
| 145 | kg — kilogram |
| 146 | km — kilometer/kilometre (Brit.) |
| 147 | km/h — kilometer/kilometre (Brit.) per hour |
| 148 | l — liter/litre (Brit.) |
| 149 | lab. — laboratory |
| 150 | LAN — local area network |
| 151 | lang. — language |
| 152 | Lat. — Latin |
| 153 | LCD — Liquid Crystal Display |
| 154 | lib. — library |
| 155 | lit. — literature; literally |
| 156 | Lt. — lieutenant |
| 157 | Ltd — limited |
| 158 | m — meter/metre (Brit.) |
| 159 | Maj. — Major |
| 160 | Maj. Gen. — Major General |
| 161 | Mar. — March |
| 162 | max. — maximum |
| 163 | MD — Managing Director |
| 164 | med. — medical; medicine |
| 165 | memo. — memorandum |
| 166 | mg — milligram(s) |
| 167 | mil — military |
| 168 | min. — minimum; minute(s) |
| 169 | Min. — Minister |
| 170 | ml — milliliter/millilitre (Brit.) |
| 171 | mm — millimeter/millimetre |
| 172 | Mon. — Monday |
| 173 | mph — miles per hour |
| 174 | Mr — Mister |
| 175 | MRC — Medical Research Council |
| 176 | Mrs. — Mistress |
| 177 | Ms — title used for married and single women |
| 178 | MS, ms — manuscript |
| 179 | mun. — municipal; municipality |
| 180 | N.Am — North America; North American |
| 181 | n/a — not applicable |
| 182 | Nam. — Namibia; Namibian |
| 183 | NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| 184 | Nat. — National; Nationalist |
| 185 | NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organiz(s)ation |
| 186 | NB, nb — Nota Bene (take notice) |
| 187 | neg. — negative |
| 188 | Neth. — Netherlands |
| 189 | no. — number |
| 190 | Nov. — November |
| 191 | NT — New Testament |
| 192 | NY — New York |
| 193 | NZ — New Zealand |
| 194 | o.b. — on board |
| 195 | o/a — on account |
| 196 | o/s — out of stock |
| 197 | OBE — Order of the British Empire |
| 198 | obj. — object; objective |
| 199 | Oct. — October |
| 200 | OK — all correct |
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| 201 | Organiz(s)ation |
| 202 | orig. — origin; original |
| 203 | OT — Old Testament |
| 204 | p. — page; per (for); piano (soft) |
| 205 | p.a. — per annum (yearly) |
| 206 | p.h. — per hour |
| 207 | p.m. — post meridiem (afternoon); per month; per minute |
| 208 | p.p. — per person |
| 209 | p.s. — power steering |
| 210 | p.w. — per week |
| 211 | par. — paragraph |
| 212 | Parl. — Parliament |
| 213 | PB — private bag |
| 214 | PC — personal computer |
| 215 | pd. — paid |
| 216 | PIN — personal identification number |
| 217 | PM — Prime Minister |
| 218 | PO — Post Office |
| 219 | pp. — pages |
| 220 | PR — public relations |
| 221 | pres. — president |
| 222 | prim. — primary |
| 223 | PRO — public relations officer |
| 224 | Prof. — professor |
| 225 | pron. — pronoun |
| 226 | prov. — province; provincial |
| 227 | PS — postscriptum (postscript) |
| 228 | pt. — part; point |
| 229 | PTO — please turn over |
| 230 | Pty Ltd — Proprietary Limited |
| 231 | pub. — public |
| 232 | RAM — random access memory |
| 233 | Rd. — road |
| 234 | rec. — receipt |
| 235 | ref. — reference; referee |
| 236 | Rep. — Republic |
| 237 | Rev. — Revelations; Reverend |
| 238 | RIP — rest in peace |
| 239 | ROM — read-only memory |
| 240 | RSA — Republic of South Africa |
| 241 | RSVP — please reply |
| 242 | Russ. — Russia; Russian |
| 243 | S.Am. — South America; South American |
| 244 | SA — South Africa; South African |
| 245 | Sat. — Saturday |
| 246 | Sat. — Saturday |
| 247 | sec. — second(s); secretary |
| 248 | Sept. — September |
| 249 | Sgt. — sergeant |
| 250 | Sms — short message service |
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| 251 | Snr. — senior |
| 252 | soc. — society |
| 253 | SOS — save our souls (last signal for help) |
| 254 | SP — State President |
| 255 | sq. — square |
| 256 | St — Saint |
| 257 | st., str. — street |
| 258 | sta. — station |
| 259 | stat. — statistic(s |
| 260 | subj. — subject |
| 261 | Sun. — Sunday |
| 262 | Sun. — Sunday |
| 263 | supt. — superintendent |
| 264 | syll. — syllable |
| 265 | TB — tuberculosis |
| 266 | tbsp — tablespoon |
| 267 | tel. — telephone |
| 268 | temp. — temperature |
| 269 | Thurs. — Thursday |
| 270 | tsp — teaspoon |
| 271 | tsp — teaspoon |
| 272 | Tues. — Tuesday |
| 273 | TV — television |
| 274 | u.c. — upper case |
| 275 | UFO — unidentified flying object |
| 276 | UK — United Kingdom |
| 277 | UN — United Nations |
| 278 | UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural |
| 279 | univ. — university |
| 280 | US; U.S. — United States of America |
| 281 | USA — United States of America |
| 282 | v. — verse |
| 283 | vb. — verb |
| 284 | vet. — veterinary surgeon |
| 285 | via — through; by way of |
| 286 | VIP — very important person |
| 287 | vol. — volume |
| 288 | vs. — versus (against) |
| 289 | w. — week; wicket |
| 290 | W. — west; westerly; watt(s) |
| 291 | Wed. — Wednesday |
| 292 | wt. — weight |
| 293 | WTC — World Trade Center |
| 294 | WTO —World Trade Organiz(s)ation |
| 295 | WWF — World Wildlife Fund for Nature |
| 296 | WWW, www — World Wide Web |
| 297 | XL. — extra large |
| 298 | yd. — yard(s) |
| 299 | yuppie — young upwardly mobile professional person |
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