Abbreviations:
A
ABM – Anti Ballistic Missile
AD – Anno Domini (After the birth of Jesus)
AFSPA– Armed Forces Special Power Act Shoot to kill
AIDS – Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome
ALH -Advanced Light Helicopter
APPLE – Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment
ASAT – Anti-Satellite Weapon
ASEAN – Association of South-East Asian Nations
ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ATM – Automated Teller Machine
APEC – Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
ASSOCHAM – Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India
ASLV – Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
ASI – Archaeological Survey of India
AWACS -Airborne Warning and Control System
B
BARC Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
BC Before Christ (Before the birth of Jesus Christ)
BCG Bacillus Calmette Guerin (Anti-Tuberculosis Vaccine)
BCCI Board for Control of Cricket in India
BHEL Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
BHIM Bharat Interface for Money
BIMSTEC Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
BIS Bureau of Indian Standards
BIT Binary Digit
BMDS Ballistic Missile Defence System
BRO Border Roads Organisation
C
CAA Civil Aviation Authority
CAG Comptroller and Auditor General
CAD Computer Aided Design
CAT Central Administrative Tribunal
CBI Central Bureau of Investigation
CECA Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement
CERT Computer Emergency Response team
CHOGM Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
CISF Central Industrial Security Force
CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
CNG Compressed Natural Gas
CPCB Central Pollution Control Board
CSIR Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
CVC Central Vigilance Commission
D
DDT Dichlorodiphenyl Trichloroethane
DIG Deputy Inspector General
DPT Diphtheria Pertussis Tetanus
DRDO Defence Research and Development Organisation
E
ECG Electro Cardiogram
ECT Electro Convulsive Therapy (electric shock treatment)
EEG Electro-Encephalography
ELISA Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay (used for testing AIDS)
EXIM Bank Export -Import Bank of India
EVM Electronic Voting Machine
F
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FII Foreign Institutional Investor
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
FERA Foreign Exchange Regulation Act
FEMA Foreign Exchange Management Act
FICCI Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
G
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GMPS Global Mobile Personal Communications System
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System
GPS Global Positioning System
GSLV Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
H
HAC Hindustan Aluminium Corporation
HAL Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HRIDAY National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana.
HYVS High Yield Variety Seeds
I
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICAR Indian Council of Agricultural Research
ICMR Indian Council of Medical Research
IMO International Maritime Organisation
INSAT Indian National Satellite
IPC Indian Penal Code
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IRBM Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
IRSS Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation
J, K, L
JNNURM Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
KYC Know Your Customer
KG Kinder Garten
LCA Light Combat Aircraft
LOC Line of Control
LOAC Line of Actual Control
LIGO Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory
M
MAT Minimum Alternative Tax
MMS Multimedia Message Service
MRTS Mass Rapid Transit System
MTCR Missile Technology Control Regime
N
NADA National Anti-Doping Agency
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NeGP National e-Governance Plan
NEP National Education Policy
NEPA National Environment Protection Act
NTPC National Thermal Power Corporation
O
OCI Overseas Citizen of India
OIC Organisation of Islamic Countries
OROP One Rank One Pension
OPEC Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
P
PURA Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas
PIB Press Information Bureau
POTA Prevention of Terrorism Act
PSLV Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
PWD Public Works Department
Q, R
QIB Qualified Institutional Buyer
QIP Qualified Institutional Placement
RAF Rapid Action Force
RBI Reserve Bank of India
RLV Reusable Launch Vehicle
RTGS Real Time Gross Settlement System
S
SAFTA South Asian Free Trade Area
SAIL Steel Authority of India Limited
SCO Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
SEBI Securities and Exchange Board of India
SIDBI Small Industries Development Bank of India
STARS Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station
SWIFT Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications
T
TADA Terrorist and Discruptive Activities (Prevention) Act
TAPS Tarapur Atomic Power Station
TIN Tax Identification Number
TNT Tri Nitro Toluene (high explosive)
TRAI Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
TRIPS Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
U
UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNFPA United Nations Fund for Population Activities
V
VAT Value Added Tax
VLSI Very Large-Scale Integration
VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminals
W
WADA World Anti-Doping Agency
WAVE Wireless Access for Virtual Enterprise
WFP World Food Programme
WFTU World Federation of Trade Unions
WLL Wireless in Local Loop
WWF World Wide Fund for Nature
X, Y
YMCA Young Men’s Christian Association
YWCA Young Women’s Christian Association
Z
ZSI Zoological Survey of India
ZIP Zone Improvement Plan
Important Computer Abbreviations:
AI Artificial Intelligence
ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit
AMD Advanced Micro Devices
API Application Program Interface
ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Networks
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
AVI Audio Video Interleave
BCD Binary Code Decimal
BIOS Basic Input Output System
CD Compact Dis
COBOL Common Business Oriented Language
CPU Central Processing Unit
DBMS Data Base Management System
DOS Disc operating System
DVD Digital Versatile Disc
E-Mail Electronic Mail
GB Giga Byte
GUI Graphical User Interface
HD Hard Dis
HTML Hyper Text Markup Language
HTTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
IC Integrated Circuit
IP Internet Protocol
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
ISP Internet Service Provider
KB Kilo Byte
Kbps Kilo Byte Per Second
LAN Local Area Network
LED Light Emitting Diode
LLL Low level language
MAC Media access file
MAN Metropolitan Area Network
MB Megabyte
MBPS Megabytes per second
MICR Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
OCR Optical Character Reader
OS Operating System
PAN Personal Area Network
PC Personal Computer
PNG Portable Network Graphics
RAM Random Access Memory
RDBMS Relational Data Base Management System
ROM Read Only Memory
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
UI User Interface
URL Uniform Resource Locator
USB Universal Serial Bus
VCD Video Compact Disk
VDU Visual Display Unit
VIRUS Vital Information Resource Under Siege
WAN Wide Area Network
WiFi Wireless Fidelity
WWW World Wide Web
FORTRAN Formula Transation
