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ACRONYMS
ACRONYMS
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ACRONYM
1. NATO: "North Atlantic Treaty Organization"
2. Scuba: "self-contained underwater breathing apparatus"
3. Laser: "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation"
4. GIF: "graphics interchange format"
5. Amphetamine: "alpha-methyl-phenethylamine"
6. Gestapo: Geheime Staatspolizei (secret state police)
7. Radar: "radio detection and ranging"
8. CD-ROM: (cee-dee-/rɒm/) "compact disc read-only memory"
9. IUPAC: (i-u-/pæk/ or i-u-pee-a-cee) "International Union of Pure and Applied
Chemistry"
10. JPEG: (jay-/pɛɡ/ or jay-pee-e-gee) "Joint Photographic Experts Group"
11. SFMOMA: (ess-ef-/ˈmoʊmə/ or ess-ef-em-o-em-a) "San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art"
12. BBC: "British Broadcasting Corporation"
13. OEM: "original equipment manufacturer"
14. USA: "United States of America"
15. VHF: “Very high frequency”
16. AAA: (Triple-A) "American Automobile Association”
17. IEEE: (I triple-E) "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"
18. NAACP: "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"
19. NCAA: "National Collegiate Athletic Association"
20. 3M: (three M) originally "Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company"
21. (ISC)²: (ISC squared) "International Information Systems Security Certification
Consortium"
22. W3C: (W-three C) "World Wide Web Consortium"
23. A2DP: (A-two D P) "Advanced Audio Distribution Profile"
24. C4ISTAR: "Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence,
Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance"
25. E3: (E-three) "Electronic Entertainment Expo"
26. AIM: "AOL Instant Messenger," in which "AOL" originally stood for "America
Online"
27. AFTA: "ASEAN Free Trade Area,"
28. ASEAN :“Association of Southeast Asian Nations”
29. NAC Breda: "NOAD ADVENDO Combinatie" ("NOAD ADVENDO Combination
from")
30. NOAD: (Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorgaan "Never give up, always persevere")
31. ADVENDO: (Aangenaam Door Vermaak En Nuttig Door Ontspanning "Pleasant by
entertainment and useful by relaxation")
32. GIMP: "GNU image manipulation program"
33. VHDL: "VHSIC hardware description language,"
34. VHSIC : "Very High Speed Integrated Circuit"
35. GNU: "GNU's not Unix!"
36. Wine: "Wine is not an emulator" (originally, "Windows emulator")
37. HURD: "HIRD of Unix-replacing daemons,"
38. CQ: cee-cue for "seek you", a code used by radio operators
39. IOU: i-o-u for "I owe you"
40. K9: kay-nine for "canine,"
41. ATM machine: "automated teller machine" (machine)
42. HIV virus: "human immunodeficiency virus" (virus)
43. LCD display: "liquid-crystal display" (display)
44. PIN number: "personal identification number" (number)
45. PAYGO: "pay-as-you-go"
46. DVD "Digital Versatile Disc"
47. GAO "Government Accountability Office"
48. GPO "Government Printing Office" to "Government Publishing Office"
49. RAID :"Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks",
50. WWF : World Wildlife Fund
51. The UICC "Union for International Cancer Control”
52. XHR : "XML HTTP Request",
53. XML : "Extensible Markup Language",
54. HTTP : "HyperText Transfer Protoc
55. POWER : "Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC"
56. RISC : "Reduced Instruction Set Computing"
57. VHDL : "VHSIC Hardware Description Language"
58. VHSIC : stands for "Very High Speed Integrated Circuit"
59. XSD :"XML Schema Definition"
60. XML: "Extensible Markup Language"
61. AIM : "AOL Instant Messenger"
62. AOL : "America Online"
63. HASP : "Houston Automatic Spooling Priority”
64. VORTAC : "VOR+TACAN"
65. VOR : "VHF omnidirectional range"
66. VHF :” Very High Frequency radio”
67. TACAN :"Tactical Air Navigation"
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