e.bdir.in contains the list of 14,000+ FullForm or Abbreviations which approach to shorten words or a group of words so that it can be quoted conveniently at places without the hassle of writing long and cumbersome words. Generally it consists of bringing together the first letter of each individual word of a group of words. For example British Broadcasting Corporation can be easily written as BBC. Normally the words which are used more frequently tend to develop short forms of themselves and later known from short forms only.
S.No. | Short Form | Full Form | Category | Country | Popularity |
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1001 | PSI | Pounds per square inch | Academic & Science > Units | Worldwide | |
1002 | PIC | Peripheral Interface Controllers | Academic & Science > Electronics | Worldwide | |
1003 | GPRS | General Packet Radio Service | Technology > Communication | Worldwide | |
1004 | LAN | Local Area Network | Computing > Networking | Worldwide | |
1005 | LASER | Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation | Academic & Science > Physics | Worldwide | |
1006 | WTO | World Trade Organization | Business > Trade | Worldwide | |
1007 | EPROM | Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory | Academic & Science > Electronics | Worldwide | |
1008 | Gmail | Google Mail | Computing > Internet | Worldwide | |
1009 | OSD | On-Screen Display | Academic & Science > Electronics | Worldwide | |
1010 | LLP | Limited Liability Partnership | Business > Business Terms | Worldwide | |
1011 | OLED | Organic Light Emitting Diode | Academic & Science > Electronics | Worldwide | |
1012 | MPH | Miles Per Hour | Academic & Science > Units | Worldwide | |
1013 | BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation | News & Entertainment > TV & Radio | Worldwide | |
1014 | Intel | Integrated Electronics | Business > Companies & Corporations | United States | |
1015 | originated from the word “Googol” (the number represented by a 1 followed by one-hundred zeros) | Computing > Internet | Worldwide | ||
1016 | CNN | Cable News Network | News & Entertainment > TV & Radio | United States | |
1017 | FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions | Academic & Science > Language & Linguistics | Worldwide | |
1018 | GSM | Global System for Mobile Communications | Technology > Communication | Worldwide | |
1019 | NFS | Network File System | Computing > Protocols | Worldwide | |
1020 | ARPANET | Advanced Research Projects Agency Network | Computing > Networking | Worldwide | |
1021 | MD | Managing Director | Business > Job Titles | Worldwide | |
1022 | MBR | Master Boot Record | Computing > Data Storage | Worldwide | |
1023 | MBA | Masters of Business Administration | Academic & Science > Academic Degrees | Worldwide | |
1024 | MAC | Media Access Control | Computing > Networking | Worldwide | |
1025 | LG | Lucky Goldstar | Business > Companies & Corporations | Worldwide | |
1026 | LPG | Liquefied Petroleum Gas | Business > Products | Worldwide | |
1027 | Kbps | Kilobit per second | Academic & Science > Units | Worldwide | |
1028 | LED | Light Emitting Diode | Academic & Science > Electronics | Worldwide | |
1029 | MSc | Master of Science | Academic & Science > Academic Degrees | Worldwide | |
1030 | Audi | from the surname of its founder August Horch (Audi, in Latin) | Business > Companies & Corporations | Worldwide | |
1031 | KM | Kilometer | Academic & Science > Units | Worldwide | |
1032 | eBay | origin from “ Echo Bay” | Business > Companies & Corporations | Worldwide | |
1033 | JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group | Computing > File Extensions | Worldwide | |
1034 | Adidas | from the name of its founder, Adi Dassler | Business > Companies & Corporations | Worldwide | |
1035 | Adobe | from the Adobe Creek that ran behind the house of co-founder John Warnock. | Business > Companies & Corporations | United States | |
1036 | ISRO | Indian Space Research Organisation | Academic & Science > Astronomy & Space Science | India | |
1037 | Asus | named after Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology. | Business > Companies & Corporations | Worldwide | |
1038 | IT | Information Technology | Computing > Programming & Development | Worldwide | |
1039 | Bosch | named after its founder, Robert Bosch | Business > Companies & Corporations | Worldwide | |
1040 | Buick | from the name of its founder, David Dunbar Buick | Business > Companies & Corporations | Worldwide | |
1041 | ABL | Airborne Laser | Governmental > Weapons & Forces | Worldwide | |
1042 | IPV6 | Internet Protocol version 6 | Computing > Protocols | Worldwide | |
1043 | IPV4 | Internet Protocol version 4 | Computing > Protocols | Worldwide | |
1044 | Canon | derived from the name of the company’s first camera, the Kwanon | Business > Companies & Corporations | Japan | |
1045 | IP | Internet Protocol | Computing > Protocols | Worldwide | |
1046 | Chevrolet | named after its co-founder Louis Chevrolet | Business > Companies & Corporations | United States | |
1047 | Cisco | from San Francisco | Business > Companies & Corporations | United States | |
1048 | IELTS | International English Language Testing System | Academic & Science > Exams & Tests | Worldwide | |
1049 | Coca-Cola | derived from the coca leaves and kola nuts used as flavoring | Society & Culture > Food & Drink | Worldwide | |
1050 | IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | Associations & Organizations > Professional Associations | Worldwide | |
1051 | ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers | Technology > Internet | Worldwide | |
1052 | Dell | named after its founder, Michael Dell | Business > Companies & Corporations | Worldwide | |
1053 | IBM | International Business Machines | Business > Companies & Corporations | United States | |
1054 | NYSE | New York Stock Exchange | Business > Stock Market | United States | |
1055 | HKEX | Hong Kong Stock Exchange | Business > Stock Market | China | |
1056 | MLA | Modern Language Association | Associations & Organizations > Professional Associations | United States | |
1057 | HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus | Medical > Viruses & Bacteria | Worldwide | |
1058 | HTTPS | HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure | Computing > Protocols | Worldwide | |
1059 | HTTP | HyperText Transfer Protocol | Computing > Protocols | Worldwide | |
1060 | Hyundai | Connotes the sense of “the present age” or “modernity” in Korean. | Business > Companies & Corporations | South Korea | |
1061 | BPL | Below Poverty Line | Governmental > Census & Statistics | India | |
1062 | HR | Human Resources | Business > Job Titles | Worldwide | |
1063 | USPTO | United States Patent and Trademark Office | Governmental > Firms & Organizations | United States | |
1064 | USP | University of Sao Paulo | Academic & Science > Universities & Institutions | Brazil | |
1065 | TTYL | Talk To You Later | Miscellaneous > Chat slang | Worldwide | |
1066 | FedEx | Federal Express | Business > Companies & Corporations | United States | |
1067 | Ferrari | named after its founder, Enzo Ferrari | Business > Companies & Corporations | Worldwide | |
1068 | FDMA | Frequency Division Multiple Access | Technology > Communication | Worldwide | |
1069 | Ford | named after its founder, Henry Ford | Business > Companies & Corporations | Worldwide | |
1070 | SSP | The System Service Processor | Computing > Sofware & Applications | Worldwide | |
1071 | Hotmail | “HoTMaiL” included the letters HTML | Business > Companies & Corporations | United States | |
1072 | LBA | Logical block addressing | Computing > Data Storage | Worldwide | |
1073 | IKEA | Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd, derived from founder’s initials and hometown | Business > Companies & Corporations | Worldwide | |
1074 | CUG | Closed User Groups | Technology > Communication | Worldwide | |
1075 | Kodak | From the letter K, the favourte letter of Gorge Eastman (Founder) | Business > Companies & Corporations | United States | |
1076 | VESA | Video Equipment Standards Association | Associations & Organizations > Non-Profit Organizations | Worldwide | |
1077 | TYO | Tokyo Stock Exchange | Business > Stock Market | Japan | |
1078 | Kyocera | From Kyoto Ceramics, after Kyoto in Japan. | Business > Companies & Corporations | Japan | |
1079 | EPABX | Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange | Technology > Communication | India | |
1080 | SNR | Signal-to-Noise Ratio | Academic & Science > Electronics | Worldwide | |
1081 | IRC | Internet Relay Chat | Computing > Protocols | Worldwide | |
1082 | MIDI | Musical Instrument Digital Interface | Computing > Protocols | Worldwide | |
1083 | SLIP | The Serial Line Internet Protocol | Computing > Protocols | Worldwide | |
1084 | Electronic Mail | Computing > Internet | Worldwide | ||
1085 | JCP | The Java Community Process | Computing > Sofware & Applications | Worldwide | |
1086 | MPEG | Moving Picture Experts Group | Computing > Compression & Encoding | Worldwide | |
1087 | NNTP | Network News Transfer Protoco | Computing > Protocols | Worldwide | |
1088 | JAVA | From Java coffee, said to be consumed in large quantities by the language’s creators | Computing > Programming Languages | Worldwide | |
1089 | ABS | Anti-lock Braking System | Technology > Automotive | Worldwide | |
1090 | WAIS | Wide Area Information Servers | Computing > Databases | Worldwide | |
1091 | WRT | With Respect To | Miscellaneous > Chat slang | Worldwide | |
1092 | DMZ | DeMilitarized Zone | Computing > Networking | Worldwide | |
1093 | SMIL | Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language | Computing > Programming Languages | Worldwide | |
1094 | DNS | Domain Name System | Computing > Networking | Worldwide | |
1095 | AFAIK | As Far as I Know | Miscellaneous > Chat slang | Worldwide | |
1096 | BFN | Bye For now | Miscellaneous > Chat slang | Worldwide | |
1097 | AC | Alternating Current | Academic & Science > Electronics | Worldwide | |
1098 | IFB | Invitation For Bid | Business > Trade | Worldwide | |
1099 | DLL | Dynamic Link Library | Computing > Sofware & Applications | Worldwide | |
1100 | BR | Best Regards | Miscellaneous > Chat slang | Worldwide |