An acronym is a word made of initial letters of other words.
How Many of These Do You Know?
AM/FM
- (Do you like music or talk radio?)
A
mplitude
M
odulation/
F
requency
M
odulation
A&P
-
(Do you shop here?)
Great
A
tlantic and
P
acific Tea Company
ATM
-
(Get your money anytime, oh how nice!)
A
utomated
T
eller
M
achine
AFL-CIO
A
merican
F
ederation of
L
abor-
C
ongress of
I
ndustrial
O
rganizations
BASIC
-
(You need to start somewhere)
B
eginner's
A
ll-purpose
S
ymbolic
I
nstruction
C
ode
BASF
Baden Aniline and Soda Factory
BMW
-
(I don't have one)
B
arvarian
M
otor
W
orks
BTU
B
ritish
T
hermal
U
nit
BVD
-
(As in "underwear")
B
radley,
V
oorhies, and
D
ay
CGI
-
(Internet term...as in script)
C
ommon
G
ateway
I
nterface
CPR
-
(I hope you don't ever need this!)
C
ardio
p
ulmonary
R
esuscitation
CARE
-
(As in "Care" package)
C
ooperative for
A
merican
R
elief
E
verywhere
CAT
-
(As in "cat scan")
C
omputerized
A
xial
T
omography
DNS
-
(Internet term)
D
omain
N
ame
S
ervice
EPCOT
-
(As in "EPCOT Center" in Orlando, Fla.)
E
xperimental
P
rototype
C
ommunity of
T
omorrow
FTP
-
(Upload, download)
F
ile
T
ransfer
P
rotocol
FUBAR
-
(Mel Gibson had a different version in one of his movies)
F
ouled
U
p
B
eyond
A
ll
R
ecognition
FNMA
-
(As in "Fannie Mae")
F
ederal
N
ational
M
ortgage
A
ssociation
FLAK
-
(Has anyone been giving you any of this?)
Fl
ieger
a
bwehr
k
anonen (aircraft defense gun)
GIGO
G
arbage
I
n,
G
arbage
O
ut
GESTAPO
Ge
heime
Sta
ats
po
lizei (secret state police)
HDL
-
(As in cholesterol reading)
H
igh-
D
ensity
L
ipoprotein
HIV
-
(As in "AIDS")
H
uman
I
mmunodeficiency
V
irus
HTML
-
(The language used to create this page)
H
yper
t
ext
M
arkup
L
anguage
HTTP
-
(The language of the Web)
H
yper
t
ext
T
ransfer
P
rotocol
IRA
-
(Will you be a burden on your children?)
I
ndividual
R
etirement
A
ccount
ISDN
-
(Faster than modulation/demodulation)
I
ntergrated
S
ervices
D
igital
N
etwork
ISP
-
(Mine is America On Line)
I
nternet
S
ervice
P
rovider
ISBN
I
nternational
S
tandard
B
ook
N
umber
INRI
-
(You see this on crucifixes)
I
esus
N
azarenus
R
ex
I
udaeorum (Latin for Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews)
JPEG
J
oint
P
hotographic
E
xperts
G
roup
JVC
-
(My VCR is this brand)
J
apan
V
ictor
C
ompany
KLM
-
(Fly Me!)
K
oninglijke
L
uchtvaart
M
aatschapij (Royal Dutch Airline)
LCD
L
iquid
C
rystal
D
isplay
LED
L
ight-
E
mitting
D
iode
LASER
-
(As in beam, printer, surgery etc.)
L
ight
A
mplification by
S
timulated
E
mission of
R
adiation
3M
-
(You know the company that makes Scotch Tape)
M
innesota
M
ining and
M
anufacturing
MASH
-
(Hawkeye and Hot Lips where are you?)
M
obile
A
rmy
S
urgical
H
ospital
MIDI
-
(Lovely music for your computer)
M
usical
I
nstrument
D
igital
I
nterface
MODEM
-
(If you are reading this...you must have one!)
M
odulation
D
emodulation
MCI
M
icrowave
C
ommunications of America,
I
nc.
MiG
Soviet military aircraft named after the designers,
M
ikoyanand
G
urevich
M&M
-
(Melts in your mouth, not in your hand!)
M
ars and
M
urray
MRI
M
agnetic
R
esonance
I
maging
NIMBY
N
ot
I
n
M
y
B
ack
Y
ard
OPEC
O
rganization of
P
etroleum
E
xporting
C
ountries
OSHA
O
ccupational
S
afety and
H
ealth
A
dministration
POP
-
(Get your e-mail)
P
ost
O
ffice
P
rotocol
PVC
P
oly
v
inyl
C
hloride
RADAR
-
(Thank you to Rob Hasenpfeffer for this one)
Ra
dio
D
etection
A
nd
R
anging
RCA
-
(Whatever happened to that cute dog?)
R
adio
C
orporation of
A
merica
RDA
R
ecommended
D
aily
A
llowance
ROTC
R
eserve
O
fficers
T
raining
C
orps
RPM
R
evolutions
P
er
M
inute
RAM
-
(I got 32 mgs)
R
andom
A
ccess
M
emory
ROM
-
(As in CD)
R
ead
O
nly
M
emory
RFD
R
ural-
F
ree
D
elivery
Rh
-
(As in "factor")
Rh
esus monkey
SCUBA
-
(As in scuba diving)
S
elf
C
ontained
U
nderwater
B
reathing
A
pparatus
SETI
-
(Do do dodo do do dodo)
S
earch for
E
xtra
t
errestrial
I
ntelligence
SOP
S
tandard
O
perating
P
rocedure
SPF
S
un
P
rotection
F
actor
SPOOL
-
(As in a printer spool, where documents get stored while they are waiting to be
....................
printed. Thank you to J. Evan Megard for this one.)
S
imultaneous
P
eripheral
O
peration
O
n
L
ine
SWAK
S
ealed
W
ith
A K
iss
SWAT
S
pecial
W
eapons
A
nd
T
actics
TNT
T
ri
n
itro
t
oluene
UHF
-
(Other people's children's screams! Only kidding)
U
ltra-
H
igh
F
requency
UNICEF
U
nited
N
ations
I
nternational
C
hildrens's
E
mergency
F
und
URL
-
(Mine is: http://www.oocities.org/Heartland/5467)
U
niform
R
esource
L
ocator
VCR
-
(I have a JVC VCR)
V
ideo
c
assette
R
ecorder
VHS
V
ideo
H
ome
S
ystem
VRML
-
(3-D on the Web)
V
irtual
R
eality
M
odeling
L
anguage
WWW
-
(In my opinion - one very cool place!)
W
orld
W
ide
W
eb
ZIP
-
(As in Zip Code)
Z
one
I
mprovement
P
lan
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