| Abbreviation |
Interpretations |
|
A |
| ABC |
Atomic Biological and Chemical (Warfare) |
| AIIMS |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences |
| APCTT |
Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology |
| ASLV |
Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle |
| AAFI |
The Amateur Atheletic Federation of India |
| AIFF |
All India Football Federation |
| ATM |
Automated Teller Machine, Adobe Type Manager |
| ASEAN |
Association of South East Asian Nations |
| APEC |
Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation |
| AT&T |
American Telegraphic and Telephone Co. Ltd |
| AA |
Alcoholic Anonymous |
| AGP |
Accelerated Graphics Port |
| AINEC |
All India Newspaper Editor’s Conference |
| ARMD |
Age Related Muscular Disease |
| AAPSO |
Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organisation |
| AICTE |
All India Council for Technical Education |
| ANC |
African National Congress |
| ASSOCHAM |
Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
| ARPANET |
Advanced Research Project Agency Network |
| ADBS |
Advance Data Broadcasting System |
| AIDS |
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AMIE |
Associated Member of Institute of Engineers |
| ANERT |
Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technology |
| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| ATC |
Air Traffic Control |
|
B |
| BCG |
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (anti TB Vaccine) |
| BIFR |
Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction |
| BIS |
Bank for International Settlement |
| BARC |
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre |
| BENELUX |
Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg |
| BIND |
Berkeley Internat Name Domain |
| BCWA |
British Council of World Affair |
| BBS |
Bulletin Board Service |
| BHP |
Brake Horse Power |
| BRO |
Border Road Organisation |
| CAPART |
Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology |
|
C |
| CFC |
Chloro Fluoro Carbon |
| CID |
Criminal Investigation Department |
| CNC |
Computerized Numeric Control |
| COPRA |
Consumer Protection Act |
| CTBT |
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty |
| CHOGM |
Common Heads of Government Meeting |
| CSIR |
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |
| C&R |
Control and Reporting |
| CAT |
Career Aptitude Test, Common Admission Test, Computerized Avial Tomo-graphy |
| CFL |
Compact Fluorescent Lamps |
| COFEPOSA |
Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Act |
| CPR |
Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation |
| C&W |
Cable and Wireless |
| CBFC |
Central Board of Film Certification |
| CII |
Confederation of Independent State |
| CIS |
Commonwealth of Independent State |
| C-in-c |
Commander in Chief |
| CERN |
Council European Research Nucleare (European Laboratory for Nuclear Research) |
| CFSL |
Central Forensic Science Laboratory |
| COMSAT |
Communications Satellite Corporation |
| CRIS |
Centre for Railway Information System |
| CVR |
Cockpit Voice Recorder |
| CCS |
Casuality Clearing Station |
| CNG |
Compressed Natural Gas |
| CCW |
Convention of Conventional Weapon |
| CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency |
| CARE |
Co-operative for American Relief Everywhere |
| CONCORD |
Council of North Indian States for Co-operation and Regional Development |
| CRISIL |
Credit Rating Information Services of India Ltd |
| CASTDI |
Conference on the Application of Science and Technology to the Development of India |
| CWPC |
Central Water and Power Commission |
| CRR |
Cash Reserve Ratio |
| CRY |
Child Relief for You |
| CAG |
Comptroller and Auditor General of India |
| CITU |
Centre of Indian Trade Unions |
|
D |
| DNA |
Deoxyribo-nucleic Acid |
| DTH |
Direct to Home Service |
| DDT |
Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane |
| DPEP |
District Primary Education Programme |
|
E |
| ECR |
Electron Cyclotron Resonance |
| EOU |
Export Oriented Unit |
| EPZ |
Export Processing Zone |
| ESA |
European Space Agency |
| EUTELSAT |
European Telecommunications Satellite |
| ESRO |
European Space Research Organisation |
| E&OE |
Errors and Omissions Excepted |
| EFTA |
European Free Trade Association |
| ER&DC |
Electronic Research and Development Centre |
| ESR |
Electron Spin Resonance |
| ECA |
Essential Commodities Act |
| ELISA |
Enzyme Linked Immuno-Sorbant Assay |
| ERNET |
Educational and Research Network |
| EURATOM |
European Atomic Community |
| ECG |
Electro Cardiogram |
| EMRC |
Educational Media Research Centre |
| ESCAP |
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| ESIS |
Employee State Insurance Scheme |
| EEG |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
| EPABX |
Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange |
| ESMA |
Essential Services Maintenance Act |
| EEC |
European Economic Community |
| EMG |
Electro Myograph |
|
F |
| FCI |
Food Corporation of India, Fertilizer Corporation of India |
| FIL |
First Institutional Investors |
| FLC |
Foreign Legal Consultant |
| FII |
Foreign Institutional Investor |
| FAQ |
Fair Average Quality, Frequently Asked Questions |
| FCRA |
Foreign Contribution Regulation Act |
| FIR |
First Information Report |
| FM |
Frequency Modulation, Finance Ministry |
| FBTR |
Fast Breeder Test Reactor |
| FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| FIDE |
Federation Internationale d’Eches |
| FIRE |
Fully Integrated Robotised Engine |
| FMCT |
Fissile Material Cut off Treaty |
| FBTR |
Fast Breeder Test Reactor |
| FIFA |
International Football Federation (Federation Internationale de football Association) |
| FLAG |
Fibre optic Link Around the Globe |
| FPS |
Foot Pound Second, Fair Prince Shop |
| FBW |
Fly-By-Wire |
|
G |
| GMT |
Greenwich Mean Time |
| GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
| GAAP |
Generally Accepted Accounting Practices |
| GRAM |
Geo Referenced Area Management |
| GATE |
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering |
| GSLV |
Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle |
|
H |
| HPRT |
High Resolution Picture Transmissions |
| HSRRSS |
High Spatial Resolution Remote Sensing Satellite |
| HIV |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HSD |
High Speed Diesel |
|
I |
| IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
| ILO |
International Labour Organisation |
| IOC |
Indian Oil Corporation |
| IPCL |
Indian Petro-chemicals Corporation Ltd |
| ITI |
Industrial Training Institute |
| IA&AS |
Indian Audit and Accounts Services |
| ICCR |
Indian Council for Cultural Relations |
| INS |
Indian Newspaper Society, Indian Naval Ship |
| IOY |
I Owe You |
| ISO |
International Standards Organisation |
| IMEWS |
Integrated Missile Early Warning Satellites |
| IAAI |
International Airport Authority of India |
| ICMR |
Indian Council of Medical Research |
| INSAT |
Indian National Satellite |
| IPC |
Indian Penal Code |
| ISRO |
Indian Space Research Organisation |
| ICRISAT |
International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics |
| ICAR |
Indian Council of Agricultural Research |
| ICWA |
Indian Council of World Affairs |
| INTELSET |
International Telecommunication Satellite |
| ITBP |
Indian Tibbetan Border Police |
|
K |
| KG |
Knight of Garter, Kindergarten |
|
L |
| LLB |
Bachelor of Law (Leagum Baccalauseus) |
| LSD |
Lysergic acid diethylamide |
| LASER |
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
| LMG |
Large Megallanic Cloud |
| LASIK |
Laser in Situ Keratomileusis |
| LPG |
Liguified Petroleum Gas |
|
M |
| Mme |
Madame (Mrs) |
| MVC |
Maha Vir Chakra |
| MASER |
Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emmission of Radiation |
| MOSFET |
Metal Oxide Semi-Conductor Field Effect Transistor |
| MICR |
Magnetic Ink Character Recognition |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
|
N |
| NB |
Nota Bene (not well) |
| NDC |
National Development Council |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| NIMHANS |
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Science |
| NPT |
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NCERT |
National Council of Educational Research |
| NGO |
Non-Government Organisation, Non-Gazetted Officer |
| NSUI |
National Students Union of India |
| NMR |
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| NASSCOM |
National Association of Software and Service Companies |
| NDA |
National Defence Academy |
| NOC |
No Objection Certificate |
| NTPC |
National Thermal Power Corporation |
|
O |
| OIC |
Organisation of Islamic Conference |
| OPV |
Oral Polio Vaccine |
| OAOEC |
Organisation of Arab Oil Exporting Countries |
| OCD |
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
| OOP |
Object Oriented Programme |
| OXFAM |
Oxford Committee for Famine Relief |
| OCR |
Optical Character Recognition |
| Op.cit |
Opero Citato (in the work cited) |
| OPEC |
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| ODA |
Overseas Development Administration |
|
P |
| Perks |
Perquisites of Office |
| PIN |
Postal Index Number |
| PSLV |
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
| PARA |
Parliamentarian’s Action for Removal of Apartheid |
| PAC |
Public Account Committee |
| PERT |
Project Evaluation and Review Technique |
| PMUPEP |
Prime Ministers Urban Poverty Eradication Programme |
| PSN |
Processor Serial Number |
| PEN |
(International Association of) Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists |
| PAL |
Phase Alternation Line |
| PIB |
Press Information Bureau |
| POW |
Prisoner of War |
| PVC |
Param Vir Chakra, Poly Vinyl Chloride |
| PLF |
Plant Load Factor |
| PCA |
Professional Chess Association |
| PIL |
Public Interest Litigation |
| PROTEM |
Pro-tempore (for the time being) |
|
Q |
| QR |
Quantitative Restriction |
|
R |
| RADAR |
Radio Detecting and Ranging |
| RD |
Refer to Drawer |
| RNA |
Ribonucleic Acid |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| RAW |
Research and Analysis Wing |
| RDX |
Research Department Explosive (Cyclotrimethylin Trinitrate) |
| RSE |
Renewable Source of Energy |
| R&M |
Renovation and Modernisation |
| RCC |
Reinforced Cement Concrete |
| RH |
Rainwater Harvest |
|
S |
| SAPTA |
South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement |
| SAVE |
SAARC Audio Visual Exchange |
| SIFT |
Sperm Intra Fallopian Transfer |
| STQC |
Standardisation Testing and Quality Control |
| SLBM |
Sea Launched Ballistic Missile |
| SAM |
Surface to Air Missile |
| SASER |
Sound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
| SCABA |
Self Contained Air Breathing Apparatus |
| SPCA |
Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animal |
| SUN |
Sports Utility Vehicle |
| SASA |
Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope |
| SAT |
Scholastic Aptitude Test |
| SCSI |
Small Computer Systems Interface |
| SPECT |
Single Photon Emission Computed Technology |
| SAC |
Space Application Centre |
| SIDS |
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Cribe Death) |
| SUNFED |
Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development |
| STTA |
Suppression of Immoral Traffic Act |
|
T |
| TERLS |
Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station |
| TMO |
Telegraphic Money Order |
| TQM |
Total Quality Management |
| T&D |
Transmission and Distribution |
| TIPS |
Technology Information Pilot System |
| TOEFL |
Test of English as a Foreign Language |
| TBD |
Torpedo Boat Destroyer |
| TAFTA |
Trans Atlantic Free Trade Agreement |
| TIPTOP |
Tape Input Tape Output |
| TNT |
Tri Nitro Toluene |
| TPM |
Total Productivity Maintenance |
| TSP |
Total Suspended Particulate |
| TDA |
Trade Development Authority |
| TLC |
Total Literacy Campaign |
|
U |
| UNPF |
United Nation Population Fund |
| USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
| UCI |
Universal Childhood Immunisation |
| UNRRA |
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration |
| UCR |
Under Colour Removal |
|
V |
| VIRUS |
Vital Information Resources Under Seige |
| VTOL |
Vertical Take Off and Landing |
| VAT |
Value Added Tax |
| VSAT |
Very Small Arrival Terminal |
| VHRR |
Very High Resolution Radiometer |
| VD |
Veneral Disease |
|
W |
| WWF |
World Wide Fund (for nature) |
| WDM |
World Debt Market |
| WIMP |
Weakly Interacting Massive Particle |
|
X |
| XPD |
X-Ray Photoelectron Diffraction |
| XBT |
Expandable Bathy Thermographic |
|
Y |
| YWCA |
Young Women’s Christian Association |
| YMMV |
Your Mileage May Vary |
| YMCA |
young Men’s Christian Association |
|
Z |
| ZOPFAN |
Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality |
| ZPG |
Zero Population Growth |
| ZIFT |
Zygote Intra Fallopian Transfer |
| ZETA |
Zero Energy Thermonuclear Agency |
| ZIP |
Zone Improvement Plan |
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