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AAI    Airport Authority of India

ABG    Arterial Blood Gas

ABP    Anandabazar Patrika News

ABM    Anti Ballistic 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

BA Bachelor of Arts

BAE Before Anyone Else

BAMS Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery

BARC Bhabha Atomic Research Center 

BASIC Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

BBA Bachelor of Business Administration

BBC British Broadcasting Corporation

BCAबBachelor 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 Business

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

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

• 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    Common Operating Machine Purposely Used for Technological and Educational Research

•  DC Data Compression & Direct Current

• DCADiploma 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 ConfigurationProtocol

• 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 Gro      

• EBRT External Beam Radiation Therap

• 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

• ETCEtcetera

• EWS Economically Weaker Section

• 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 ModulationENIACElectronic Numerical Integrator and Computer

• FOB Free on Board

• FOMO Fear of Missing Out

• F.O.R Freight on Road

• FFT FORTRAN FORmulaTRANslation

• FSSAI Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

• FTP File Transfer ProtocolFYIFor Your Information

•          GAIL Gas Authority of India Limited

•       GATE Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering

• GBP Great Britain Pound

• GCCGNU Compiler CollectionGDPGross Domestic Product

• GFR Glomerular Filtration Rate

• GIFबGraphics Interchange Format

• GISGeographic Information System

• GMO Genetically Modified Organism

• GMT Greenwich Mean Time

• GNM General Nursing and Midwifery

• GNUGNU’s Not UNIXGPAGrade 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

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 HyperText Markup Language

HTTP HyperText Transfer protocol

HUDCO Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited

HVAC Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning

HVDC High Voltage Direct Current Transmission

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 EducationIC TInformation and Communications Technology

ICU Intensive Care Unit

CWA 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 INDIANo, but can be termed as Independent National Democratic Intelligent Area 

INR Indian Rupee

IN SIndian Navy Ship

INTERNET Interconnected Network IOCInternational Olympic Committee

iOS iPhone Operating System

IPCC Integrated Professional Competence Course

IP Internet Protocol

IPI International Press Institute

IPL Indian Premier LeagueI POInitial Public OfferingS

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 ConsciousnessISOInternational Organization for Standardization

ISPवInternet Service Provider

ISRO Indian Space Research Organization

ITI 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 PurpuraITIIndustrial Training Institute

IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature

IVF IN Vitro Fertilization

IVR Interactive Voice Response

JAIIB Junior Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers

JBL James Bullough Lansing

JCB Joseph Cyril Bamford

JCVबJohn Cunningham Virus

JEEबJoint Entrance Examination

JK TyreवJuggilal Kamlapat Ji Tyres

JPG Joint Photographic Experts Group

JSF JavaServer Faces

JVD Jugular Vein Distension

JSON JavaScript Object Notation

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

KRPLवKhushi Ram Behari Lal Limited

KTM Kraftfahrzeuge Trunkenpolz Mattighofen

KYC Know Your Customer

LASER Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

LBS Pound-Mass or Pound & Location Based Service

LCD Liquid Crystal 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

LOD Laughing Out Loud

LPG Liquefied Petroleum GasL&TLarsen and Toubro

LTE Long Term Evolution

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

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

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

NDTVबNew Delhi Television

NEETबNational Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test

NEFT National Electronic Funds Transfer

NETबNational Eligibility Test

NFC Near Field Communication

NGO Non-Governmental Organization

NIFTY National Stock 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

NTPCबNational Thermal Power Corporation

NTG Nitroglycerin

OCD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

OCR Optical Character Recognition

OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer

OKOlla 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

  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

• PGDCAबPost 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)

• PIDवPelvic Inflammatory Disease

• PILवPublic 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

• POवProbationary 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

• PSUवPublic Sector Undertaking, Power Supply Unit

• PTO Please Turn Over & Paid Time Off

• PTSD Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

• PUBG 

• PWD Public Works Department

• PUC Pollution Under Control , 

• PUC Pre University Course , Personal Unlock Code

• PVC Poly Vinyl Chloride

• PVRबPriya Village Roadshow

• PWD Public Works Department

• QR Code Quick Response Code

• 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 DiseaseRIPRest In Peace, Routing Information Protocol

• RNA Ribonucleic Acid

• ROFL Rolling On the 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

• 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, the 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

• TA & DA Travelling Allowance & Dearness Allowance

• TAFE Tractors and Farm Equipment

• TAN Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number 

• TATबTurn 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

• TDSTax 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 IndiaTPAThird Party Administrator

• TRAI Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

• TRP Television Rating Point

• TT Tetanus Toxoid

• TTYL Talk To You Later

• TVS Thirukkurungudi Vengaram Sundram

• UCO BankUnited Commercial Bank

• UDP User Datagram Protocol

• 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 FundUNOUnited Nations Organization

• UPA United Progressive Alliance, United Production of America

• UPI Unified Payment Interface

• UPSC CUnion 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

• VATवValue Added Tax

• VFX Visual Effects

• VGA Video Graphics Array

• VHDLVHSIC (Very High Speed Integrated Circuit) Hardware Description Language

• VIRUSबVital Information Resources Under Siege

• VISAcharta visa, lit in Latin

• VLC Video LAN Client VolteबVoice over Long Term Evolution

• VPI Virtual Path Identifier

• VTU Visvesvaraya Technological University

• WBC White Blood Cell

• WEF World Economic Forum, With Effect From

• WHO WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

• XML eXtensible Markup Language

• XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol

• YAHOO Yet Another Hierarchy of Officious Oracle / Yet Another Hierarchically Organized Oracle.