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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1501 | AFAIK | As Far as I Know | Miscellaneous > Chat slang | Worldwide | |
1502 | BFN | Bye For now | Miscellaneous > Chat slang | Worldwide | |
1503 | BR | Best Regards | Miscellaneous > Chat slang | Worldwide | |
1504 | BTW | By the Way | Miscellaneous > Chat slang | Worldwide | |
1505 | Lexmark | From Lexington Marketing. | Business > Companies & Corporations | United States | |
1506 | Maggi | named after its founder, Julius Maggi | Business > Products | Worldwide | |
1507 | Mandriva | The merger of Mandrake Linux and Connectiva Linux | Computing > Sofware & Applications | Worldwide | |
1508 | McDonalds | from the name of the brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald, who founded the first McDonald’s | Business > Companies & Corporations | Worldwide | |
1509 | Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi is a combination of the words “mitsu” and “hishi.” | Business > Companies & Corporations | Worldwide | |
1510 | AML | Anti-money laundering | Governmental > Rules & Regulations | Worldwide | |
1511 | SSD | Solid-State Drive | Computing > Hardware | Worldwide | |
1512 | ROM | Read-Only Memory | Computing > Data Storage | Worldwide | |
1513 | ROFL | Rolling On Floor Laughing | Miscellaneous > Chat slang | Worldwide | |
1514 | CGFNS | Comission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools | Academic & Science > Exams & Tests | Worldwide | |
1515 | DLC | The Democratic Leadership Council | Governmental > Politics | United States | |
1516 | Mercedes-Benz | The two companies Mercedes(DMG) and Benz & Cie merge to form Mercedes-Benz | Business > Companies & Corporations | Germany | |
1517 | Motorola | from Motor and Victrola - as originally they made car radios | Business > Companies & Corporations | United States | |
1518 | Napster | Named after Fanning’s hairstyle-based nickname | Business > Companies & Corporations | United States | |
1519 | NEC | Nippon Electric Company | Business > Companies & Corporations | Japan | |
1520 | Nestle | named after its founder, Henri Nestlé | Business > Companies & Corporations | Worldwide | |
1521 | Nike | named for the Greek goddess of victory | Business > Companies & Corporations | Worldwide | |
1522 | Nikon | The original name was Nippon Kogaku, meaning “Japanese Optical” | Business > Companies & Corporations | Japan | |
1523 | Nintendo | From nintendou, (nin) can be translated as to “entrusted”; ten-dou means “heaven” | Business > Companies & Corporations | Japan | |
1524 | Nissan | The company was earlier known by the name Nippon Sangyo which means “Japan Industries” | Business > Companies & Corporations | Japan | |
1525 | Nokia | from the finnish city of Nokia | Business > Companies & Corporations | Worldwide | |
1526 | BCCI | Bank of Credit and Commerce International | Business > Banking | Luxembourg | |
1527 | ROI | Return On Investment | Business > Business Terms | Worldwide | |
1528 | Peugeot | Named after Emile Peugeot | Business > Companies & Corporations | France | |
1529 | Philips | from the name of the founders Gerard Philips and Anton Philips | Business > Companies & Corporations | Worldwide | |
1530 | Piaggio | Named after founder Rinaldo Piaggio | Business > Companies & Corporations | Italy | |
1531 | Red-Hat | founder Marc Ewing use to wear a red cap | Business > Companies & Corporations | United States | |
1532 | IMEI | International Mobile Equipment Identity | Technology > Specifications & Standards | Worldwide | |
1533 | CCD | Census County Division | Governmental > Census & Statistics | United States | |
1534 | Rolls-Royce | From the surnames of the company founders, Henry Royce and Charles Rolls | Business > Companies & Corporations | United Kingdom | |
1535 | Samsung | Meaning three stars in Korean | Business > Companies & Corporations | Worldwide | |
1536 | Sanyo | Meaning three oceans in Japanese | Business > Companies & Corporations | Japan | |
1537 | Siemens | from the name of its founders Werner von Siemens | Business > Companies & Corporations | Worldwide | |
1538 | Skype | The original concept for the name was Sky-Peer-to-Peer, which morphed into Skyper, then Skype | Computing > Sofware & Applications | Worldwide | |
1539 | Sony | from the Latin word ‘sonus’ meaning sound | Business > Companies & Corporations | Worldwide | |
1540 | Sprint | Southern Pacific Railroad Intelligent Network of Telecommunications. | Business > Companies & Corporations | United States | |
1541 | SuSE | From Software und System-Entwicklung (software and system development) | Computing > Sofware & Applications | Worldwide | |
1542 | Suzuki | From the name of its founder, Michio Suzuki | Business > Companies & Corporations | Japan | |
1543 | Tata | named after Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata | Business > Companies & Corporations | India | |
1544 | Toshiba | Named from the merger of consumer goods company Tokyo Denki (Tokyo Electric Co) and electrical firm Shibaura Seisaku-sho | Business > Companies & Corporations | Japan | |
1545 | CCI | Common Client interface | Computing > Sofware & Applications | Worldwide | |
1546 | OP | Out of print | Miscellaneous > Stationery | Worldwide | |
1547 | IMS | Information Management System | Computing > Databases | Worldwide | |
1548 | MOKE | Magneto-optic Kerr Effect | Academic & Science > Physics | Worldwide | |
1549 | Toyota | from the family name of its founder, Kiichiro Toyoda | Business > Companies & Corporations | Worldwide | |
1550 | ‘Short burst of inconsequential information’ and ‘chirps from birds’ | Technology > Internet | Worldwide | ||
1551 | Ubuntu | from the Zulu word (ù?úntú) that translates as “humanity towards others” | Computing > Sofware & Applications | Worldwide | |
1552 | Verizon | A portmanteau of ‘ver’itas (Latin for truth) and hor‘izon’ | Business > Companies & Corporations | United States | |
1553 | Vodafone | From Voice, Data, Telefone | Business > Companies & Corporations | United Kingdom | |
1554 | Volvo | From the Latin word volvo, which means “ I roll ” | Business > Companies & Corporations | Sweden | |
1555 | Volkswagen | from the German for People’s car | Business > Companies & Corporations | Worldwide | |
1556 | Wipro | From Western India Products | Business > Companies & Corporations | India | |
1557 | Yamaha | Named after the founder Torakusu Yamaha | Business > Companies & Corporations | Japan | |
1558 | UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization | Associations & Organizations > Non-Profit Organizations | United Nations | |
1559 | IFB | Invitation For Bid | Business > Trade | Worldwide | |
1560 | JAVA | From Java coffee, said to be consumed in large quantities by the language’s creators | Computing > Programming Languages | Worldwide | |
1561 | SNR | Signal-to-Noise Ratio | Academic & Science > Electronics | Worldwide | |
1562 | VESA | Video Equipment Standards Association | Associations & Organizations > Non-Profit Organizations | Worldwide | |
1563 | LBA | Logical block addressing | Computing > Data Storage | Worldwide | |
1564 | SSP | The System Service Processor | Computing > Sofware & Applications | Worldwide | |
1565 | AXIS | Atmospheric X-ray Imaging Spectrometer | Technology > Instruments & Devices | Worldwide | |
1566 | Mr | Mister | Academic & Science > Language & Linguistics | Worldwide | |
1567 | NEPAL | Derived from the word “Nepa” which refers to the Newar Kingdom | Regional > Countries | Nepal | |
1568 | DL | Download | Computing > Internet | Worldwide | |
1569 | FB | Computing > Websites | Worldwide | ||
1570 | MBO | Management Buyout | Business > Business Terms | Worldwide | |
1571 | GW | George Washington | Society & Culture > Celebrities & Famous | United States | |
1572 | ASAP | As Soon As Possible | Miscellaneous > Chat slang | Worldwide | |
1573 | NAV | Navigation | Academic & Science > Language & Linguistics | Worldwide | |
1574 | Christmas | from Old English: Cr?stesmæsse, literally “Christ’s mass” | Society & Culture > Religion & Spirituality | Worldwide | |
1575 | JFK | John Fitzgerald Kennedy | Society & Culture > Celebrities & Famous | United States | |
1576 | mpg | Short for MPEG (Motion Picture Experts Group) | Computing > File Extensions | Worldwide | |
1577 | Bing | Bing was ultimately chosen for the reason that it is easy to spell, one syllable, and easy to remember | Computing > Internet | Worldwide | |
1578 | Amazon | Bezos wanted a name for his company that began with “A” and he took the name Amazon | Business > Companies & Corporations | United States | |
1579 | SAT | Saturday | Academic & Science > Language & Linguistics | Worldwide | |
1580 | WiFi | Wireless Fidelity | Computing > Networking | Worldwide | |
1581 | Pakistan | Name Pakistan means Land of (the) Pure in Urdu and Persian | Regional > Countries | Pakistan | |
1582 | Internet | Internetwork | Computing > Internet | Worldwide | |
1583 | NASDAQ | National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations | Business > Stock Market | United States | |
1584 | CAPTCHA | Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart | Computing > Internet | Worldwide | |
1585 | XP | EXPerience | Computing > Sofware & Applications | Worldwide | |
1586 | PIXEL | Picture Element | Technology > Display & Graphics | Worldwide | |
1587 | N/A | Not Available | Miscellaneous > Chat slang | Worldwide | |
1588 | NA | Namibia | Regional > Countries | Namibia | |
1589 | AO | Angola | Regional > Countries | Angola | |
1590 | MO | Missouri | Regional > States & Districts | United States | |
1591 | RSA | Republic of South Africa | Regional > Countries | South Africa | |
1592 | PNG | Papua New Guinea | Regional > Countries | Papua New Guinea | |
1593 | Ltd | Limited | Business > Business Terms | Worldwide | |
1594 | MIS | Management Information System | Business > Business Terms | Worldwide | |
1595 | PS | Postscript (comes from the Latin post scriptum) | Academic & Science > Language & Linguistics | Worldwide | |
1596 | Kmart | From the name of its founder Sebastian S. Kresge | Business > Companies & Corporations | United States | |
1597 | RO | Romania | Regional > Countries | Romania | |
1598 | NEWS | As a plural for the adjective “new” or “new thing” | Miscellaneous > Etymology (Word Origins) | Worldwide | |
1599 | BNC | British National Corpus | Academic & Science > Language & Linguistics | Worldwide | |
1600 | KBps | Kilo Byte Per Second | Academic & Science > Units | Worldwide |