Full Form List

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.


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