MOST IMPORTANT ABBREVlATlONS
FOR GOVERNMENT JOB TEST PREPARATlON
ABBREVIATIONS STANDS FOR
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
ANC African National Congress
ATM Automated Teller Machine
ATP Adenosine TriPhosphate
AWACS Airborne Warning and Control System
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
BCC Blind Carbon Copy
BIOS Basic Input/Output System
CAI Computer Assisted Instruction
CAD Computer Aided Design
CD Compact Disc
CFC Chlorofluorocarbon
CNG Compressed Natural Gas
CNS Central Nervous System
CPU Central Processing Unit
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
CSP Civil Service of Pakistan
CSS Central Superior Services
CT scan Computed Tomography scan
DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DPI Dots Per Inch
DSL Digital Subscriber Line
DVD Digital Versatile Disc
EBDO Elective Bodies Disqualification Order
ECG Electrocardiogram
EMF Electromotive Force
FATA Federally Administrated Tribal Areas
FCR Frontier Crimes Regulations
FIA Federal Investigation Agency
FIFA Fédération Internationale de Football Association
FIR First Information Report
GIS Geographic Information System
GMAT Graduate Management Admission Test
GPRS General Packet Radio Service
GPS Global Positioning System
GSP Generalised Scheme of Preferences
GT (Road) Grand Trunk Road
HEC Higher Education Commission
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HP Hewlett-Packard
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
IB Intelligence Bureau
IBM International Business Machines
ILO International Labour Organization
IP Internet Protocol
IPP Independent Power Producer
ISBN International Standard Book Number
ISI Inter-Services Intelligence
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISP Internet Service Provider
ISPR Inter-Services Public Relations (Pakistan)
JIT Joint Investigation Team
KG School Kindergarten School
LAN Local Area Network
LASER Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LDA Lahore Development Authority
LED Light-Emitting Diode
LoC Line of Control
LNG Liquefied Natural Gas
LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas
MDGs Millennium Development Goals
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MTCR Missile Technology Control Regime
NAB National Accountability Bureau
NADRA National Database and Registration Authority
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NEC National Economic Council
NEPRA National Electric Power Regulatory Authority
NOC No Objection Certificate
NPT Non-Proliferation Treaty
NRO National Reconciliation Ordinance
NTN National Tax Number
OCR Optical Character Reader
ODI One Day International
OGRA Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority
PAEC Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
PCB Pakistan Cricket Board
PCBs Polychlorinated Biphenyls
PCO Provisional Constitutional Ordinance
PDF Portable Document Format
PEMRA Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority
PNG Portable Network Graphics
PPL Pakistan Petroleum Limited
PSDP Public Sector Development Programme
PSL Pakistan Super League
PVC Polyvinyl Chloride
RADAR Radio Detection and Ranging
RAM Random Access Memory
RNA Ribonucleic Acid
ROM Read-only memory
SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
SHO Station House Officer
SIM Subscriber Identity Module
SMS Short Message Service
SONAR Sound Navigation and Ranging
SOP Standard Operating Procedure
SUPARCO Space and UPper Atmosphere Research COmmission
TNT Trinitrotoluene
TOEFL Test Of English as a Foreign Language
UAN Universal Access Number
UNIVAC UNIVersal Automatic Computer
UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply
URL Uniform Resource Locator
USB Universal Serial Bus
U.S.S.R Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
VGA Video Graphics Array
VIP Very Important Person
WAP Wireless Application Protocol
WASA Water and Sanitation Agency
WHO World Health Organization
WiFi Wireless Fidelity
WORM Write Once Read Many
WTO World Trade Organization
WWF World Wide Fund for Nature
WWW World Wide Web
YAHOO Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle
Acct Account
AD Advertisement
Approx Approximately
APR Annual percentage rate
BS Bachelor of Science Degree
B2B Business to business
BA Bachelor of Business Administration Degree
CEO Chief Executive Officer
Co. Company
Corp. Corporation
Dept. Department
Div. Division
Ea. Each
EST Eastern Standard Time (the time on the East Coast of the United States and some Canadian provinces)
FAQ Frequently Asked Question
FWD Forward
GDP Gross Domestic Product
Govt. Government
HQ Headquarters
Inc. Incorporated
ISO International Organization for Standardization
Jr. Junior
Lb. Pound (weight)
LLC Limited liability company
Max maximum
MBA Master of Business Administration Degree
Memo Memorandum
Mfg. Manufacturing
Min. Minimum
Mo \Month
No Number
Pkg. Package
PO Purchase order
PR Public relations
Qty. Quantity
R&D Research and Development
Re In regards to, regarding
Recd. Received
ROI Return on Investment
Temp Temporary Secretary
VP Vice President
W/ With
W/O Without
Yr. Year
404 Abbreviation for the “Error 404 – Not Found” message displayed when coming across a dead link online. Can also mean lost or confused, e.g. “After coming out of the weekly staff meeting, I still felt 404.”
COOP Continuity of operations planning.
EOM End of message.
EOT End of thread.
ESP Email service provider
FWIW “For what it’s worth.” Commonly used in email communications.
IAM “In a meeting.”
IM instant message.
IMO “In my opinion.” Commonly used in email communications or IMHO – “in my humble opinion.”
KPI Key performance indicator.
NWR Not work related.
OLT Online Training.
OTP “On the phone.”
SNS Social network site.
SOHO Small Office / Home Office.
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