Abbreviations List

What is Abbreviation? Learn the definition of abbreviation also learn how to use abbreviations in spoken English.

What is Abbreviation?

Abbreviation is short form of word. We don’t like to write or speak always full form of words people like to write and speak short words, these short words known as abbreviations.

Title Abbreviation

 

  1. Pres = President
  2. VP = Vice President
  3. SVP = Senior Vice President
  4. EVP = Executive Vice President
  5. CEO = Chief Executive Officer
  6. CFO = Chief Financial Officer
  7. CMO = Chief Marketing Officer
  8. PA = Personal Assistant
  9. Dept. = Department
  10. Govt. = Government
  11. Mgmt. = Management
  12. Capt. = Captain
  13. Col. = Colonel
  14. Dr. = Doctor
  15. Gen. = General
  16. Lt. = Lieutenant
  17. MD = Medical Doctor
  18. Mr. = Mister
  19. Prof. = Professor
  20. St. = Saint
  21. Sgt. = Sergeant
  22. Sr. = Senior
  23. MD = Managing Director
  24. AC = Assistant Commissioner
  25. ADM = Additional District Magistrate
  26. C.J = Chief Justice
  27. HR = Human Resources
  28. AIG = Assistant Inspector General Police
  29. ASP = Assistant Superintendent of Police
  30. CIA = Criminal Investigation Department
  31. C in C = Commander in Chief
  32. CSP = Civil Services of Pakistan
  33. DC = Deputy Commissioner
  34. DM = District Magistrate
  35. F.O = Foreign Officer
  36. I.G = Inspector General ( of Police)
  37. MPA = Member of Provincial Assembly
  38. MNA = Member of National Assembly
  39. MP = Military Police
  40. MP = Member of Parliament
  41. Mr. = Mister
  42. Mrs. = Mistress
  43. M.S. = miss (used for female married & unmarried)
  44. Miss = used before unmarried girls)
  45. C/o = Care of
  46. S/o = Son of
  47. SHO = Station House Officer (of Police)
  48. SM = Station Master
  49. VC = Voice Chancellor
  50. PM = Prime Minister
  51. CM = Chief Minister
  52. DPO = District Police Officer
  53. AO =  Accounts Officer / Administrative Officer
  54. CA = Chartered Accountant
  55. CFM = Chief Finance Manager
  56. C-in-C = Commander-In-Chief
  57. L. D. C. = Lower Division Clerk
  58. U. D. C. = Upper Division Clerk
  59. Lt. Gov. = Lieutenant Governor
  60. D. M. = District Magistrate
  61. V. I. P. = Very Important Person
  62. M. P. = Member of Parliament
  63. M. L. A. = Member of Legislative Assembly
  64. M. L. C. = Member of Legislative Council
  65. AMIE = Associate Member of the Institute of Engineers

Business and Finance Abbreviation

 

  1. Assoc and Assn  = Association
  2. Ltd = Limited
  3. FTE = Full Time Employ
  4. HQ = Headquarter
  5. LLC= Limited Liability Corp.
  6. Corp= Corporation
  7. LET = Leaving Early Today.
  8. WOM = Word of Mouth
  9. WFH = Work from Home
  10. NIM = No Internal Message
  11. ANSI = American National Standards Institute
  12. APEC = Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
  13. ARO =  Advance Release Order
  14. AS =  Accounting Standards
  15. ASR = Automatic Send and Receive
  16. BEP = Break Even Point
  17. BG = Bank Guarantee
  18. BPO = Business Process Outsourcing
  19. BOP = Bank of Punjab
  20. BPR = Business Process Re-engineering
  21. KSE = Karachi Stock Exchange
  22. BSE = Bombay Stock Exchange
  23. CAA = Civil Aviation Authority
  24. C. B. I. = Central Bureau of Investigation
  25. G. P. O. = General Post Office
  26. H. Q. = Head Quarters
  27. C. I. D. = Criminal Investigation Department
  28. I. T. O. = Income Tax Officer
  29. PAF = Pakistan Air Force
  30. PIA = Pakistan International Airline
  31. PN = Pakistan navy

Technology and Electronic Abbreviation

 

  1. RAM  = Random Access Memory
  2. LASER = Light Amplification by Stimulated emission of Radiation
  3. RADAR = Radio Detection And Ranging
  4. ROM =  Read Only Memory
  5. LAN =  Local Area Network
  6. WWW = World Wide Web
  7. NTP = Network Time Protocol
  8. WAN = Wide Area Network
  9. WAP = Wireless Application Protocol
  10. CPU = Central Processing Unit
  11. KWh = Kilo Watt Hour
  12. HDL =  Hardware Description Language
  13. MCV = Mean Corpuscular Volume
  14. UHF = Ultra High Frequency
  15. LED = Light emitting Diode
  16. LCD = Liquid Crystal Display
  17. HST = High Speed Technology
  18. DBS =  Data Base Server
  19. DBS =  Direct Broadcast Satellite
  20. ASR = Automatic Send and Receive
  21. VHF = Very High Frequency
  22. AC = Alternating Current
  23. AC = Air Conditioning
  24. Amp = Ampere
  25. APTEC = All Pakistan Technology Engineers Council
  26. ATM = Automated Teller Machine (Banking
  27. BIOS = Basic Input Output System
  28. CD = Compact Disc
  29. CD-ROM = Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
  30. COM = Computer Aided Manufacturing
  31. COMSAT = Communications Satellite Corporation
  32. DVD = Dynamic Versatile Disc
  33. FM = Frequency Modulation
  34. GHz = Gigahertz
  35. kHz = Kilohertz
  36. KV = Kilo Volt
  37. kW = Kilowatt
  38. MW = Megawatt
  39. HTML = Hypertext Mark-Up Language
  40. HTTP = Hypertext Transfer Protocol
  41. IBM = International Business Machine
  42. INTELSAC = International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium
  43. Intelsat = International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation
  44. IRBM = Intermediate Range ballistic Missile
  45. ITB = Information Technology Board
  46. IT = Information Technology
  47. ISP = Internet Service Provider
  48. FTP = File Transfer Protocol
  49. IP = Internet Protocol
  50. PPP = Point-to-Point Protocol
  51. URL = Uniform Resource Locator
  52. ABM: Anti-Ballistic Missile
  53. MSN = Microsoft Network
  54. SMS = Short Message Service
  55. MMS = Multimedia Message Service
  56. VCD = Video Compact Disc
  57. USB = Universal Serial Bus
  58. RAM = Random Access Memory
  59. VGA = Video Graphics Array
  60. PC = Personal Computer
  61. MAC = Macintosh
  62. PDF = Portable Document Format
  63. ROM = Read Only Memory
  64. VRML = Virtual Reality Mark-up Language
  65. VR =  Virtual Reality
  66. OS = Operating System
  67. AI= Artificial Inteligence
  68. DBMS = Database Management System
  69. DNS = Domain Name System
  70. WiFi = Wireless Fidelity
  71. EXE = Executable
  72. ZB = Zetabyte
  73. TB = Terabyte
  74. GB = Gigabyte
  75. MB = Megabyte
  76. KB = Kilobyte
  77. GSM = Global System for Mobile Communication
  78. NOS = Network Operating System
  79. PING = Packet Internet Gopher
  80. PAN = Personal Area Network
  81. PROM = Programmable Read Only Memory
  82. SIM = Subscriber Identification Module
  83. TCP = Transmission Control Protocol
  84. TCPIP = Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol
  85. CRT = Cathode Ray tube monitor
  86. VIRUS = Vital Information Resource Under Seized.
  87. 3G =3rd Generation.
  88. 4G =4th Generation.
  89. 5G =5th Generation.
  90. GSM = Global System for Mobile Communication.
  91. CDMA = Code Division Multiple Access.
  92. AVI = Audio Video Interleave
  93. RTS = Real Time Streaming
  94. SIS = Symbian
  95. AMR = Adaptive Multi-Rate Codec
  96.  JAD = Java Application Descriptor
  97.  JAR = Java Archive
  98.  JAD = Java Application Descriptor
  99.  3GPP = 3rd Generation Partnership Project
  100.  3GP = 3rd Generation Project
  101.  MP3 = MPEG player-3
  102.  MP4 = MPEG-4 video file
  103.  AAC = Advanced Audio Coding
  104.  GIF= Graphic Interchangeable Format
  105.  JPEG = Joint Photographic Expert Group
  106.  BMP = Bitmap
  107.  SWF = Shock Wave Flash
  108.  WMV = Windows Media Video
  109.  WMA = Windows Media Audio
  110.  WAV = Waveform Audio
  111.  PNG = Portable Network Graphics
  112.  DOC =Document (Microsoft Corporation)
  113.  M3G = Mobile 3D Graphics
  114.  M4A = MPEG-4 Audio File
  115.  NTH = Nokia Theme (series 40)
  116.  THM = Themes (Sony Ericsson)
  117.  MMF =Synthetic Music Mobile Application File
  118.  NRT = Nokia Ringtone
  119.  XMF = Extensible Music File
  120.  WBMP = Wireless Bitmap Image
  121.  DVX = DivX Video
  122.  WML =Wireless Markup Language
  123. CRT = Cathode Ray Tube.
  124.  DAT = Digital Audio Tape.
  125.  DOS = Disk Operating System.
  126.  GUI = Graphical
  127. UPS = Uninterruptible Power Supply.
  128. HSDPA = High Speed Downlink Packet Access
  129. EDGE = Enhanced Data Rate for Evolution.
  130. GPRS = General Packet Radio Service.
  131. ARPANET = Advanced Research Project Agency Network.
  132. HP = Hewlett Packard.

Email and Text Abbreviation

 

  1.  ASAP = As Soon As Possible
  2. E. O. E. = Errors and Omissions Excepted
  3. AYPI = And Your Point Is?
  4. KISS = Keep it Simple, Stupid
  5. 2G4U = Too Good For You
  6. AWHFY = Are We Having Fun Yet?
  7. GAL = Get A Life
  8. GMTA = Great Minds Think Alike
  9. OTP = On the Phone
  10. J4F = Just For Fun
  11. QL = Quit Laughing!
  12. RUOK = Are you Okay?
  13. SITD = Still In The Dark
  14. TIC = Tongue In Cheek
  15. WYSIWYG = What You See Is What You Get
  16. YYSSW = Yeah Yeah Sure Sure Whatever
  17. ZZZ = Sleeping, Bored, Tired
  18. TC= Take Care
  19. IAM= In a Meeting
  20. NRN= No Reply Necessary

Medical Abbreviation

 

  1. LDL: Low Density Lipoprotein
  2. ADH = Anti-diuretic Hormone
  3. CNS = Central Nervous System
  4. BP = Blood Pressure
  5. Cal = Calories
  6. DNA: Deoxyribonucleic Acid

Measurement Abbreviation

 

  1. Kg. = Kilogram
  2. Gm = Gram
  3. Km = Kilo Meter
  4. M = Meter
  5. CM= Centimeter
  6. mm = Millimeter 
  7. In = Inch
  8. Ft = Feet
  9. Mi = Miles
  10. gln = Gallon
  11. Ltr = Liter
  12. ML = Millilite
  13. mpg = Miles Per Hour
  14. kph = Kilometers Per Hour
  15. Ib = Pound
  16. pt = Point
  17. doz = Dozen
  18. tbsp = Tablespoon
  19. tsp =Teaspoon
  20. yd = Yard
  21. oz = Ounce
  22. sq = Square
  23.  qt = Quart
  24. bbl = Barrel
  25. cu = Cubic
  26. kt =Karat
  27. kt = Knot
  28. rpm = Revolutions Per Minute
  29. Kl = Kiloliter
  30.  

Educational Abbreviation

 

  1. B. A. = Bachelor of Arts.
  2. M. A. = Master of Arts.
  3. B.tech = Bachelor of Technology
  4. B. Sc. = Bachelor of Science
  5. M. Sc. = Master of Science
  6. B. Sc. Ag. = Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
  7. M. Sc. Ag. = Master of Science in Agriculture
  8. M. B. B. S. = Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
  9. B.A.M.S = Bachelor of Ayurved Medicine and surgery
  10. M. D. = Doctor of Medicine
  11. M. S. = Master of Surgery
  12. Ph. D. / D. Phil. = Doctor of Philosophy (Arts & Science)
  13. D. Litt./Lit. = Doctor of Literature / Doctor of Letters
  14. D. Sc. = Doctor of Science
  15. I.Com –  Intermediate of Commerce
  16. B. Com. = Bachelor of Commerce
  17. M. Com. = Master of Commerce

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