December 22, 2024

Common Abbreviations: An A to Z Guide to Full Forms

A to Z Full Forms

In today’s fast-paced world, abbreviations have become an integral part of our daily communication. From business to technology, from education to entertainment, these shortened forms help us convey information quickly and efficiently. But how often do we stop to think about what these abbreviations actually stand for? In this comprehensive guide, we’ll decode the full forms of common abbreviations from A to Z, shedding light on their origins and significance.

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A to Z Full Form List

Acronym Word

Full Forms

AAI
Airport Authority of India

ABG

Arterial Blood Gas

ABP

Ananda Bazaar Patrika News

ABM

Anti Balistic Missile

ABS

Anti-lock Braking System

ACD

Automatic Call Distributor

ACC

Associated Cement Companies

ACS

American Chemical Society

ACU

Asian Currency Union

AD

Anno Domini

ADB

Asian Development Bank

ADIDAS

Adolf “Adi” Dassler

ADHD

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

ADR

American Depository Receipt

AHRC

Asian Human Rights Commission

AIAAA

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

AICTE

All India Council for Technical Education

AIDS

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

AJAX

Asynchronous JavaScript and XML

ALS

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

AMC

Annual Maintenance Contract, American Motors Corporation

AMIE

Associate Member of the Institution of Engineers

AML

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

AMUL

Anand Milk Union Limited

AMW

Asian Motors Limited

ANM

Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery

API

Application Programming Interface

APJ Abdul Kalam

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam

APK

Android Application Package

ARMD

Age Related Macular Degeneration

ARDS

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

ASAP

As Soon As Possible

ASAT

Anti-satellite weapons

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

ASLV

Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle

ASP

Active Server Page

ASR

Automated Speech Recognition

ASTM

American Society for Testing and Materials

ATA

Advanced Technology Attachment

AT&T

American Telephone & Telegraph Company

ATM

Automated Teller Machine

ATP

Adenosine Triphosphate

ATS

Anti-Terrorism Squad

AWACS

Airborne Warning and Control System

AYUSH

Ayurvedic, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy

AM and PM

AM: Anti Meridiem, PM: Post Meridiem

B Full Forms

Acronym Word

Full Forms

BA

Bachelor of Arts
BAE

Before Anyone Else

BAMS

Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery

BARC

Bhaba Atomic Research Center

BASIC

Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

BBA

Bachelor of Business Administration

BBC

British Broadcasting Corporation

BCA

Bachelor of Computer Applications

BCCI

Board of Control of Cricket in India

BCE

Before Common Era

BCG

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin

B.Com

Bachelor of Commerce

BDS

Bachelor of Dental Surgery

B.Ed

Bachelor of Education

BE

Bachelor of Engineering

BFSI

Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance

BHIM

Bharat Interface for Money

BHMS

Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery

BIFR

Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction

BIOS

Basic Input Output System

BIS

Bureau of Indian Standards

BKU

Bhartiya Kisan Union

BLOB

Binary Large Object

BMD

Bone Mineral Density

BMI

Body Mass Index

BMR

Basal Metabolic Rate

BMS

Bachelor of Management Studies & Business Management System

BMT

Bone Marrow Transplant

BMW

Bayerische Motoren Werke

BOB

Bank of Baroda

BODMAS

Bracket, of, Division, Multiplication, Addition and Subtraction

BPL

Below Poverty Line & British Physical Laboratories Group

BPO

Business Process Outsourcing

BRB

Be Right Back

BRICS

Brazil Russia India China And South Africa

BRO

Border Road Organization

BSC

Bachelor of Science, Base Station Controller

BSF

Border Security Force

B.Tech

Bachelor of Technology

BTS

Bangtan Sonyeondan

BUN

Blood Urea Nitrogen

C Full Forms

Acronym Word

Full Forms

CA

Chartered Accountant

CABG

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

CAD

Computer Aided Design

CAG

Comptroller and Auditor General of India

CAIIB

Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers

CAGR

Compound Annual Growth Rate

CAT

Common Admission Test

CBC

Complete Blood Count

CBI

Central bureau of Investigation & Central Bank of India

CBSE

Central Board of Secondary Education

CC

Cubic Capacity/ Cubic Centimeter, Carbon Copy

CCC

Course on Computer Concepts

CCIL

Clearing Corporation of India Limited

CCTV

Closed Circuit Television

CD

Compact Disc

CDMA

Code Division Multiple Access

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

CFA

Chartered Financial Analyst

CFL

Compact fluorescent lamp

CFT

Complement Fixation Test

CFO

Chief Financial Officer

CGI

Computer Generated Imagery

SSC-CGL

Combined Graduate Level

CGPA

Cumulative Grade Point Average

CHF

Congestive Heart Failure

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency

CIBIL

Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited

CIF

Customer Information File

CID

Crime Investigation Department

CII

Confederation of Indian Industry

CISF

Central Industrial Security Force

CMA

Credit Monitoring Analysis

CML

Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

CMO

Chief Medical Officer

CMS

Content Management System

CMV

Cytomegalovirus

CNC

Computerized Numerical Control

CNG

Compressed Natural Gas

COB

Close of Business

COBOL

Common Business Oriented Language

COO

Chief Operating Officer

COPD

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

CPCB

Central Pollution Control Board

CPM

Cost per Mile

CPO

Central Police Organisation

CPR

Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation

CPT

Common Proficiency Test

CPU

Central Processing Unit

CRISIL

Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited

CRM

Customer Relationship Management

CRPF

Central Reserve Police Force

CRR

Cash Reserve Ratio

CRT

Cathode Ray Tube

CS

Company Secretary & Computer Science

CSE

Computer Science Engineering

CSIR

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

CSR

Corporate Social Responsibility

CSS

Cascading Style Sheet

CST

Central Sales Tax, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Central Standard Time

CTBT

Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

CTC

Cost To Company

CTO

Chief Technology Officer

CTS

Cheque Truncation System & Clear to Send

CV

Curriculum Vitae

CVA

Cerebral Vascular Accident or Cerebrovascular Accident

COMPUTER

No, but can be termed as Common Operating Machine Purposely Used for Technological and Educational Research

D Full Forms

Acronym Word

Full Forms

DC

Data Compression & Direct Current

DCA

Diploma in Computer Application

DCB

Development Credit Bank

DDT

DichloroDiphenylTrichloroethane

DEAF

Depositor Education and Awareness Fund

DHL

Dalsey Hillblom Lynn

DIG

Deputy Inspector General

DIY

Do it Yourself

DJ

Disc Jockey

DJD

Degenerative Joint Disease

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DHT

Dihydrotestosterone

DLF

Delhi Land and Finance

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

DNB

Diplomate of National Board

DNS

Domain Name System

DPI

Dots Per Inch

DRDO

Defence Research and Development Organization

DSC

Digital Signature Certificate

DSL

Digital Subscriber Line

DSLR

Digital single-lens reflex

DSP

Deputy Superintendent of Police

DST

Department of Science & Technology

DTP

Desk-Top Publishing, Distributed Transaction Processing

DVC

Damodar Valley Corporation

DVD

Digital Video Disc, Digital Versatile Disc

DVT

Deep Vein Thrombosis

DP

Display Picture & Data Processing

DS Group

Dharampal Satyapal Group

E Full Forms

Acronym Word

Full Forms

EBRT

External Beam Radiation Therapy

EBV

Epstein – Barr virus

ECC

Excise Control Code

ECE

Electronic and Communication Engineering

ECG

Electrocardiogram

ECR

Emigration Check Required

ECS

Electronic Clearing Service

ECT

Electroconvulsive Therapy

ED

Enforcement Directorate

EDGE

Enhanced Data Rates for GSM (Global System for Mobile) Evolution

EDI

Electronic Data Interchange

EDP

Electronic Data Processing

EEE

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

EEG

Electroencephalogram

EJB

Enterprise Java Bean

ELSS

Equity-linked Saving Scheme

EMG

Electromyogram

EMI

Equated Monthly Installment

ENT

Ear Nose Throat

EOD

End of the Day

EPC

Engineering, Procurement and Construction

ERNET

Education and Research Network

EPFO

Employee Provident Fund Organization

ERP

Enterprise Resource Planning

ESI

Employee’s State Insurance

ESIC

Employees State Insurance Corporation

ETA

Estimated Time of Arrival

ETC

Et cetera

EWS

Economically Weaker Section

F Full Forms

Acronym Word

Full Forms

FATCA

Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act

FAX

Facsimile

FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation

FCCB

Foreign Currency Convertible Bond

FCI

Food Corporation of India

FDI

Foreign Direct Investment

FEMA

Foreign Exchange Management Act

FHR

Fetal Heart Rate

FICCI

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

FIFA

Federation Internationale de Football Association

FIR

First Information Report

FMCG

Fast-Moving Consumer Goods

FM

Frequency Modulation

ENIAC

Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer

FOB

Free on Board

FOMO

Fear of Missing Out

F.O.R

Freight on Road

FORTRAN

Formula Translation

FSSAI

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

FYI

For Your Information

G Full Forms

Acronym Word

Full Forms

GAIL

Gas Authority of India Limited

GATE

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering

GBP

Great Britain Pound

GCC

GNU Compiler Collection

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GFR

Glomerular Filtration Rate

GIF

Graphics Interchange Format

GIS

Geographic Information System

GMO

Genetically Modified Organism

GMT

Greenwich Mean Time

GNM

General Nursing and Midwifery

GNU

GNU’s Not UNIX

GPA

Grade Point Average

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service

GPS

Global Positioning System

GRE

Graduate Record Examination

GSLV

Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle

GSM

Global System for Mobile communication

GST

Goods and Service Tax

GTT

Glucose Tolerance Test

GUI

Graphical User Interface

GOOGLE

Global Organization Of Oriented Group Language Of Earth

H Full Forms

Acronym Word

Fullform

HCL

Hindustan Computers Limited

HDI

Human Development Index

HDFC

Housing Development Finance Corporation

HDMI

High Definition Multimedia Interface

HIV

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HP

Hewlett-Packard

HR

Human Resources

HSBC

Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

HSC

Higher Secondary Certificate & Higher Secondary School Certificate

HSN

Harmonized System of Nomenclature

HTC

High Tech Computer

HTML

Hyper Text Markup Language

HTTP

Hyper Text Transfer protocol

HUDCO

Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited

HVAC

Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning

HVDC

High Voltage Direct Current Transmission

I Full Forms

Acronym Word

Full Forms

IAS

Indian Administrative Service

IATA

International Air Transport Association

IB

Intelligence Bureau

IBM

International Business Machines

IBPS

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection

IC

Integrated Circuit

ICAR

Indian Council of Agricultural Research

ICDS

Integrated Child Development Services

ICICI

Credit and Investment Corporation of India

ICMR

Indian Council of Medical Research

ICRA

Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency

ICSE

Indian Certificate of Secondary Education

ICT

Information and Communications Technology

ICU

Intensive Care Unit

ICWA

Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India, Indian Child Welfare Act

IDBI

Industrial Development Bank of India

IDE

Integrated Development Environment & Integrated Drive Electronics

IDFC

Infrastructure Development Finance Company

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IELTS

International English Language Testing System

IFFCO

Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited

IFS

Indian Foreign Service

IFSC

Indian Financial System Code

IGST

Integrated Goods and Services Tax

IIFL

India Infoline Finance Limited

IIT

Indian Institute of Technology

IKR

I know, Right?

IL&FS

Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services

IMA

Indian Military Academy & Indian Medical Association

IMAO

In My Arrogant Opinion

IMDb

Internet Movie Database

IMEI

International Mobile Equipment Identity

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IMO

In My Opinion & International Maritime Organization

INDIA

No, but can be termed as Independent National Democratic Intelligent Area

INR

Indian Rupee

INS

Indian Navy Ship

INTERNET

Interconnected Network

IOC

International Olympic Committee

iOS

iPhone Operating System

IPCC

Integrated Professional Competence Course

IP

Internet Protocol

IPI

International Press Institute

IPL

Indian Premier League

IPO

Initial Public Offering

IPS

Indian Police Service, In-Plane Switching, Intrusion Prevention System

IQ

Intelligence Quotient

IRCTC

Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation

IRDA

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority & Infrared DATA Association

IRDP

Integrated Rural Development Programme

IRS

Indian Revenue Service

ISC

Indian School Certificate

ISD

International Subscriber Dialing

ISI

Indian Standards Institute

ISKCON

International Society for Krishna Consciousness

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

ISP

Internet Service Provider

ISRO

Indian Space Research Organization

IT

Information Technology & Income Tax

ITC

Indian Tobacco Company, International Trade Center, Independent Telephone Company

ITES

Information Technology Enabled Services

ITIL

Information Technology Infrastructure Library

ITP

Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

ITI

Industrial Training Institute

IUCN

International Union for Conservation of Nature

IVF

IN Vitro Fertilization

IVR

Interactive Voice Response

J Full Forms

Acronym Word

Full Forms

JAIIB

Junior Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers

JBL

James Bullough Lansing

JCB

Joseph Cyril Bamford

JCV

John Cunningham Virus

JEE

Joint Entrance Examination

JK Tyre

Juggilal Kamlapat Ji Tyres

JPG

Joint Photographic Experts Group

JSF

JavaServer Faces

JVD

Jugular Vein Distension

JSON

JavaScript Object Notation

K Full Forms

Acronym Word
Full Forms

Kbps

Kilobits per second

KEI

Krishna Electricals Industries Limited

KFC

Kentucky Fried Chicken

KGF

Kolar Gold Fields

KPI

Key Performance Indicator

KPMG

KLYNVELD PEAT MARWICK GOERDELER

KPO

Knowledge Process Outsourcing

KRA

Key Result Area/ Key Responsibility Area

KRPL

Khushi Ram Behari Lal Limited

KTM

Kraftfahrzeuge Trunkenpolz Mattighofen

KYC

Know Your Customer

L Full Forms

Acronym Word
Full Forms

LASER

Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

LBS

Pound-Mass or Pound & Location Based Service

LCD

Liquid Cristal Display

LDL

Low Density Lipoprotein

LED

Light Emitting Diode

LFT

Liver Function Tests

LG

Lieutenant Governor, Lucky Goldstar

LIC

Life Insurance Corporation of India

LKG

Lower Kindergarten

LLB

Legum Baccalaureus in Latin, Bachelor of Laws

LLM

Legum Magister

LLP

Limited Liability Partnership

LMAO

Laughing My A** Off

LMFAO

Laughing My Fucking Ass Off

LOL

Laughing Out Loud

LPG

Liquefied Petroleum Gas

L&T

Larsen and Toubro

LTE

Long Term Evolution

LOVE

No, but can be Life’s Only Valuable Emotion, Long Lasting Original Valuable Emotion

M Full Forms

Acronym Word
Full Forms

MAC

Media Access Control Address

MBA

Master of Business Administration

MBBS

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae in Latin)

MBPS

Megabits per Second

MC

Menstrual Cycle

MCA

Master of Computer Application

MCB

Miniature Circuit Breaker

MCLR

Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate

MD

Doctor of Medicine

MICR

Magnetic Ink Character Recognition

MIS

Management Information System

MLA

Member of Legislative Assembly

MMID

Mobile Money Identifier

MMR

Measles Mumps and Rubella

MMS

Multimedia Messaging Service

MoES

Ministry of Earth Sciences

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MPEG

Moving Picture Experts Group

MRF

Madras Rubber Factory

MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

MS

Master of Science , Master of Surgery , MicroSoft

MSC

Mobile Switching Center & Master of Science

MSME

Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

MTNL

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited

MTS

Microsoft Transaction Server

N Full Forms

Acronym Word

Full Form

NABARD

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

NABH

National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers

NAAC

National Assessment and Accreditation Council

NAC

Network Access Control

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASDAQ

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NBFC

Non-Banking Financial Companies

NCC

National Cadet Corps

NCERT

National Council of Educational Research and Training

NCR

National Capital Region

NDA

National Defence Academy, National Democratic Alliance

NDRF

National Disaster Response Force

NDTV

New Delhi Television

NEET

National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test

NEFT

National Electronic Funds Transfer

NET

National Eligibility Test

NFC

Near Field Communication

NGO

Non-Governmental Organization

NIFTY

National Stack Exchange Fifty

NIIT

National Institute of Information Technology

NOC

No Objection Certificate

NOTA

None of the Above

NPA

Non Performing Assets

NPCI

National Payments Corporation of India

NRI

Non-Resident Indian

NSDL

National Securities Depository Limited

NSE

National Stock Exchange

NSUI

National Students’ Union of India

NSS

National Service Scheme

NTPC

National Thermal Power Corporation

NTG

Nitroglycerin

O Full Forms

Acronym Word

Full Forms

OCD

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

OCR

Optical Character Recognition

OECD

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer

OK

Olla Kalla or Oll Korrect

OMR

Optical Mark Recognition

ONGC

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

OOTD

Outfit of the Day

OPD

Outpatient Department

OPEC

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

OSA

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

OTP

One-time Password

P Full Forms

Acronym Word

Full Forms

PAN

Permanent Account Number

PBX

Private Branch Exchange

PCB

Printed Circuit Board

PCC

Police Clearance Certificate

PCI

Press Council of India

PCO

Public Call Office

PCS

Provincial Civil Service

PDA

Personal Digital Assistant

PDF

Portable Document Format

PFA

Please Find Attachment, Predictive Failure Analysis

PFMS

Public Financial Management System

PGDCA

Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application

PGDM

Post Graduate Diploma in Management

PHD

Doctor of Philosophy

PH

Potential of Hydrogen

PHP

Hypertext Preprocessor (earlier called, Personal Home Page)

PID

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

PIL

Public Interest Litigation

PING

Packet InterNet Groper

PKC

Public Key Cryptography

PKD

Polycystic Kidney Disease

PMS

Premenstrual Syndrome

PNB

Punjab National Bank

PNG

Portable Network Graphics

PNR

Passenger Name Record

PO

Probationary Officer & Post Office

POC

Proof of Concept

POS

Point of Sale

PS

Postscript

PSI

Pound per Square Inch & Population Services International

PSLV

Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

PSU

Public Sector Undertaking, Power Supply Unit

PTO

Please Turn Over & Paid Time Off

PTSD

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

PUBG

Public Works Department

PUC

Pollution Under Control , Pre University Course , Personal Unlock Code

PVC

Poly Vinyl Chloride

PVR

Priya Village Roadshow

PWD

Public Works Department

Q Full Forms

Acronym Word

Full Forms

QR Code

Quick Response Code

R Full Forms

Acronym Word

Full Forms

RAC

Reservation Against Cancellation

RADAR

Radio Detection And Ranging

RAM

Random Access Memory

RAW

Research and Analysis Wing

RBC

Red Blood Cell

RBL

Ratnakar Bank Limited

RDX

Research Department Explosive / Royal Demolition Explosive

RERA

Real Estate Regulatory Authority

RFID

Radio Frequency Identification

RHD

Rheumatic Heart Disease

RIP

RNA

Ribonucleic Acid

ROFL

Rolling On Floor Laughing

RO,UV,UF

Reverse Osmosis , Ultraviolet , Ultrafiltration

RPM

Revolutions Per Minute

RRB

Railway Recruitment Board

RSA

Rivest, Shamir, Adleman

RSS

Really Simple Syndication, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

RSVP

Repondez s’il vous plait

RTGS

Real-Time Gross Settlement

RTI

Right to Information

RTO

Regional Transport Office/ Road Transport Office

S Full Forms

Acronym Word

Full Forms

SAARC

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

SAP

systems, applications and products

SAS

Statistical Analysis Software

SATA

Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

SAT

Scholastic Aptitude Test, Scholastic Assessment Test

SBI

State Bank of India

SCADA

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

SCUBA

Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

SDM

Sub Divisional Magistrate

SDK

Software Development Kit

SEBI

Securities and Exchange Board of India

SENSEX

Stock Exchange Sensitive Index

SEO

Search Engine Optimization

SGOT

Serum Glutamic Oxaloacetic Transaminase

SGPT

Serum Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase

SHO

Station House Officer

SIDBI

Small Industries Development Bank of India

SIM

Subscriber Identity Module

SIP

Systematic Investment Plan

SIT

Special Investigation Team

SKU

Stock Keeping Unit

SLA

Service Level Agreement

SLR

Single Lens Reflex, Statutory Liquidity Ratio

SME

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

SMH

Shake My Head

SMPS

Switched-Mode Power Supply/ Switching Mode Power Supply

SMS

Short Message Service

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SONAR

Sound Navigation and Ranging

SOP

Standard Operating Procedure

SOS

Save Our Souls

SPSS

Statistical Package for the Social Sciences

SQL

Structured Query Language

SSB

Service Selection Board

SSC

Secondary School Certificate, Staff Selection Commission

SSD

Solid State Drive

SSL

Secure Sockets Layer

SSLC

Secondary School Leaving Certificate

STD

Subscriber Trunk Dialing, Sexually Transmitted Diseases

STP

Sewage Treatment Plant

SUV

Sport Utility Vehicle

SWAT

Special Weapons and Tactics

T Full Forms

Acronym Word

Full Forms

TA & DA

Travelling Allowance & Dearness Allowance

TAFE

Tractors and Farm Equipment

TAN

Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number

TAT

Turn Around Time

TBI

Traumatic Brain Injury

TBH

To Be Honest

TBT

Throwback Thursday

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

TCS

Tata Consultancy Services

TDR

Ticket Deposit Receipt, Term Deposit Receipt, Time Domain Reflectometer

TDS

Tax Deducted at Source

TFT

Thin Film Transistor

TGT

Trained Graduate Teacher

TIN

Taxpayer Identification Number

TLC

Total Lung Capacity

TOEFL

Test of English as a Foreign Language

TOI

Times of India

TPA

Third Party Administrator

TRAI

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

TRP

Television Rating Point

TT

Tetanus Toxoid

TTYL

Talk To You Later

TVS

Thirukkurungudi Vengaram Sundram

U Full Forms

Acronym Word

Full Forms

UCO Bank

United Commercial Bank

UDP

User Datagram Protoco

UGC

University Grants Commission

UIDAI

Unique Identification Authority of India

UKSA

United Kingdom Space Agency

UML

Unified Modeling Language

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNICEF

United Nations Children’s Fund

UNO

United Nations Organization

UPA

United Progressive Alliance, United Production of America

UPI

Unified Payment Interface

UPSC

Union Public Service Commission

UPS

Uninterruptible Power Supply

URL

Uniform Resource Locator

USB

Universal Serial Bus

USP

Unique Selling Proposition

USSD

Unstructured Supplementary Service Data

USSR

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

UTI

Urinary Tract Infection

V Full Forms

Acronym Word

Full Forms

VAT

Value Added Tax

VFX

Visual Effects

VGA

Video Graphics Array

VHDL

VHSIC (Very High Speed Integrated Circuit) Hardware Description Language

VIRUS

Vital Information Resources Under Seize

VISA

charta visa, lit in Latin

VLC

VideoLAN Client

Volte

Voice over Long Term Evolution

VPI

Virtual Path Identifier

VTU

Visvesvaraya Technological University

W Full Forms

Acronym Word

Full Forms

WBC

White Blood Cell

WEF

World Economic Forum, With Effect From

WIFI

Wireless Fidelity

WIPO

World Intellectual Property Organization

WIPRO

Western India Products

WPA

Wi-Fi Protected Access

WWF

World Wide Fund for Nature, World Wrestling Federation

WWW

World Wide Web

X Full Forms

Acronym Word

Full Forms

XML

eXtensible Markup Language

XMPP

Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol

Y Full Forms

Acronym Word

Full Forms

YAHOO

Yet Another Hierarchy of Officious Oracle / Yet Another Hierarchically Organized Oracle

Conclusion

Abbreviations are more than just shortcuts; they carry histories, stories, and meanings that enrich our understanding of the world around us. This A to Z guide offers a glimpse into the vast world of abbreviations, providing clarity and insight into commonly used terms. Whether you’re a student, professional, or just curious, understanding these full forms can enhance your knowledge and communication skills.

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