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Abbreviation
|
Complete Name
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Type
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a.e.t
|
Overtime/Extra Time
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Sports
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ABM
|
Anti Ballistic Missiles
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ABVP
|
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
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AC
|
Air Conditioned, Alternating Current; Ashoka Chakra
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ACCA
|
Associate of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants
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ACER
|
Acquisition Collaboration Experimentation Reflection.
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ACH
|
Automated Clearing House
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ACS
|
Administrative Computing Services
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ACU
|
Asian Currency Union
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ad
|
After Date, Anti Diem
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ADB
|
Asian Development Bank
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ADC
|
Aide de Camp; Access Deficit Charge
|
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ADF
|
Asian Development Fund
|
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ADH
|
Anti diuretic harmome
|
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ADS
|
Air Defence Ship
|
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AG
|
Accountant General; Adjutant General
|
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AI
|
Air India
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AIDS
|
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
|
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AIIMS
|
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
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AIM
|
Ambition in Mind
|
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AIOU
|
Allama Iqbal Open University
|
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AIR
|
All India Radio; Annual Information Report
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AIS
|
Administrative Information Systems
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AITUC
|
All India Trade Union Congress
|
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AJT
|
Advanced Jet Trainer
|
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ALC
|
Annual Leave Cash out
|
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ALH
|
Advanced Light Helicopter
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ALP
|
Annual Leave Payoff
|
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AM
|
ante meridiem; before noon
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AMC
|
Army Medical Corps; Asset Management Companies
|
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AME
|
Associate Member of the Institute of Engineers
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AMOLED
|
Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting diode
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AMR
|
Adaptive Multi Rate.
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AMU
|
Atomic mass unit
|
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ANC
|
African National Congress
|
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APC
|
Agricultural Prices Commission
|
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APEC
|
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
|
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APK
|
Authenticated Public Key.
|
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APN
|
Access Point Name.
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APP
|
Associated Press of Pakistan
|
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APPLE
|
Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment
|
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APPU
|
Asian Pacific Postal Union
|
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ARC
|
Asset Reconstruction Company
|
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ARD
|
Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy.
|
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ARDR
|
Agricultural and Rural Debt Relief
|
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ASAT
|
Anti Satellite weapon
|
|
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ASC
|
Army Service Corps
|
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ASCI
|
Advanced Strategic Computing Initiative
|
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ASCII
|
American Standard Code for Information
|
|
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ASEAN
|
Association of South East Asian Nations
|
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ASEM
|
Asia Europe Meeting
|
|
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ASI
|
Assistent Sub Inspector
|
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ASIMO
|
Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility
|
|
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ASLV
|
Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
|
|
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ASM
|
Assistant Station Master
|
|
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ASMA
|
Antarctica Specially Managed Area
|
|
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ASSOCHAM
|
Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry
|
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ATA
|
Air Time Authority; Allen Telescope Array
|
|
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ATC
|
Air Traffic Controller
|
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ATM
|
Automated Teller Machine
|
|
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ATP
|
Adenosine TriPhosphate
|
|
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ATR
|
Action Taken Report
|
|
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ATV
|
Automatic Transfer Vehicle
|
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AUM
|
Assets Under Management
|
|
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AVC
|
Army Veterinary Corps
|
|
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AVM
|
Additional Volatility Margin
|
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AWACS
|
Airborne Warning and Control System
|
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B. Com.
|
Bachelor of Commerce
|
|
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B. Sc. Ag.
|
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
|
|
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B.A
|
Bachelor of Arts
|
|
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B.Com
|
Bachelor of Commerce.
|
|
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B.Ed
|
Bachelor of Education
|
|
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B.Pharm
|
Bachelor of Pharmacy
|
|
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B.Sc.
|
Bachelor of Science
|
|
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BA
|
Bachelor of Arts
|
|
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BARC
|
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
|
|
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BASIC
|
BEGGINER'S ALL PURPOSE SYMBOLIC INSTRUCTION CODE
|
|
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BBC
|
British Broadcasting Corporation
|
|
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BC
|
Before Christ; Board of Control; British Columbia; Battery Commander
|
|
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BCC
|
Blind Carbon Copy
|
|
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BCG
|
Bacillus Calmette Guerin Anti Tuberculosis Vaccine
|
|
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BICP
|
Bureau of Industrial Costs and Prices
|
|
|
BIFR
|
Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
|
|
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BIOS
|
Basic Input Output System
|
|
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BISE
|
Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education
|
|
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BISP
|
Benazir Income Support Programme
|
|
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BJP
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
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BKU
|
Bharatiya Kisan Union
|
|
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BMD
|
Ballistic Missile Defence System
|
|
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BOGs
|
Board of Governors
|
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BOLT
|
BSE Online Trading (System)
|
|
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BOSS
|
Bharat Operating System Solutions
|
|
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BOT
|
Built Operate transfer
|
|
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BP
|
Blood Pressure
|
|
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BPO
|
Business Process Outsourcing
|
|
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BPR
|
Bottom Pressure Records
|
|
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BRO
|
Border Road Organisation
|
|
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BSE
|
Bombay Stock Exchange
|
|
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BSF
|
Border Security Force
|
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BSH
|
Base Scheduled Hours
|
|
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BSNL
|
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd
|
|
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BTU
|
British Thermal Unit
|
|
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BV
|
Budget Verification
|
|
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Bye
|
Be with You Everytime.
|
|
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C & AG
|
Comptroller & Auditor General
|
|
|
C/o
|
Care of
|
|
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CA
|
Chartered Accountant
|
|
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CABE
|
Central Advisory Board of Education
|
|
|
CAD
|
Computer Aided Design
|
|
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CAI
|
Computer Assisted Instruction
|
|
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CAIR
|
Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
|
|
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CAPART
|
Council for People’s Action and Advancement of Rural Technology
|
|
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CAPES
|
Computer Aided Paperless Examination System
|
|
|
CAS
|
Chief of Army Staff; Chief of Air Staff; Conditional Access System
|
|
|
CB
|
Citizen Band (Radio)
|
|
|
CBFC
|
Central Board of Film Certification
|
|
|
CBI
|
Central Bureau of Investigation
|
|
|
CBR
|
Central Board of Revenue
|
|
|
CCPA
|
Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs
|
|
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CD
|
Conference on Disarmament, Compact Disc
|
|
|
CDA
|
Capital Development Authority
|
|
|
C-DAC
|
The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
|
|
|
CDMA
|
Code Division Multiple Access
|
|
|
CECA
|
Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement
|
|
|
CEO
|
Chief Executive Officer
|
|
|
CERN
|
European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Pronounced CERN in French)
|
|
|
CFC
|
Chlorofluro Carbon
|
|
|
CFS
|
Container Freight Station
|
|
|
CHESS
|
Chariot, Horse, Elephant, Soldiers.
|
|
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CHOGM
|
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
|
|
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CI
|
Chief Inspector
|
|
|
CIA
|
Central Intelligence Agency (of U.S.A.)
|
|
|
CIBIL
|
Credit Information Bureau (India) Ltd
|
|
|
CIC
|
Chief Information Commissioner
|
|
|
CID
|
Criminal Investigation Department.
|
|
|
cif
|
cost, insurance and freight
|
|
|
C-in-C
|
Commander in Chief
|
|
|
CIS
|
Commonwealth of Independent States
|
|
|
CISF
|
Central Industrial Security Force
|
|
|
CITES
|
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
|
|
|
CITU
|
Centre of Indian Trade Unions
|
|
|
CJCSC
|
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
|
Pak Army
|
|
CLASS
|
Computer Literacy and Studies in Schools
|
|
|
CLAWS
|
Centre for Land Warfare Studies
|
|
|
CLI
|
Calling Line Identification
|
|
|
CM
|
Command Module; Chief Minister
|
|
|
CMH
|
Combined Military Hospital
|
|
|
CMP
|
Common Minimum Programme
|
|
|
CNG
|
Compressed Natural Gas
|
|
|
CNN
|
Cable News Network
|
|
|
CNS
|
Central Nervous System
|
|
|
CNS
|
Chief of Naval Staff
|
Pak Army
|
|
CO
|
Commanding Officer
|
|
|
COAS
|
Chief of the Army Staff
|
Pak Army
|
|
COD
|
Central Ordnance Depot; Cash on Delivery
|
|
|
COLD
|
Chronic, Obstructive, Lung, Disease.
|
|
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COMPUTER
|
Common Oriented Machine Particularly United and used under Technical and Educational Research.
|
|
|
CPCB
|
Central Pollution Control Board
|
|
|
CPEC
|
China Pakistan Economic Corridor
|
|
|
CPI
|
Consumer Price Index, Communist Party of India
|
|
|
CPI(M)
|
Communist Party of India (Marxists)
|
|
|
CPL
|
Continuous Page Layout ()
|
|
|
CPT
|
Calculated Payroll Transactions
|
|
|
CPU
|
Central Processing Unit
|
|
|
CPWD
|
Central Public Works Department
|
|
|
CPY
|
Payroll Cyclic Processing
|
|
|
CR
|
Confidential Report, Central Railway
|
|
|
CRAC
|
Cyber Regulation Advisory Council
|
|
|
CRDi
|
Common Rail Direct injection
|
|
|
CRISIL
|
Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited
|
|
|
CRM
|
Customer Relationship Management
|
|
|
CRO
|
Cathode Ray Oscillator
|
|
|
CRPF
|
Central Reserve Police Force
|
|
|
CRR
|
Cash Reserve Ratio
|
|
|
CRT
|
Cathode Ray Tube
|
|
|
CSIR
|
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
|
|
|
CSP
|
Civil Service of Pakistan
|
|
|
CSS
|
Central Superior Services
|
|
|
CT scan
|
Computed Tomography scan
|
|
|
CTBT
|
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
|
|
|
CTD
|
Counter Terrorism Department
|
|
|
CTP
|
Compensatory Time Off
|
|
|
CTT
|
Commodities Transaction Tax
|
|
|
CVRDE
|
Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment
|
|
|
D. Litt./Lit.
|
Doctor of Literature / Doctor of Letters
|
|
|
D. Sc.
|
Doctor of Science
|
|
|
DA
|
Dearness Allowance; Daily Allowance
|
|
|
DATE
|
Day and Time Evolution.
|
|
|
DAVP
|
Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity
|
|
|
DBA
|
Database Administrator, Diploma in Business Administrator
|
|
|
DBMS
|
Database Management System
|
|
|
DBS
|
DATA BASE SERVER
|
|
|
DC
|
Deputy Commissioner; Direct Current in Electricity
|
|
|
DCO
|
District Coordination Officer
|
|
|
DDT
|
Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloro ethane (disinfectant)
|
|
|
DELL
|
Digital Electronic Link Library.
|
|
|
DIA
|
Diploma in International Affairs
|
|
|
DIG
|
Deputy Inspector General (of Police)
|
|
|
DIN
|
Director Information Number
|
|
|
DIVX
|
Digital Internet Video Access.
|
|
|
DLNA
|
Digital Living Network Alliance.
|
|
|
DM
|
District Magistrate; Deputy Minister
|
|
|
DMIC
|
Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor
|
|
|
DMK
|
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (a regional political party of Tamil Nadu)
|
|
|
DNA
|
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
|
|
|
DNSE
|
Digital Natural Sound Engine.
|
|
|
DO
|
Demi Official (letter)
|
|
|
DOD
|
Department of Ocean Development
|
|
|
DOS
|
Disk Operating System
|
|
|
DPEP
|
District Primary Education Programme
|
|
|
DPI
|
Dots Per Inch, Director of Public Instruction
|
|
|
DPO
|
District Police Officer
|
|
|
Dr
|
Doctor
|
|
|
DRAM
|
Dynamic Random Access Memory
|
|
|
DRDO
|
Defence Research and Development Organisation
|
|
|
DRES
|
Department of Renewable Energy Sources
|
|
|
DSL
|
Digital Subscriber Line
|
|
|
DSLR
|
Digital Single Lens Reflex
|
|
|
DSP
|
Deputy Superintendent of Police
|
|
|
DST
|
Daylight Saving Time
|
|
|
DTH
|
Direct to Home (broadcasting)
|
|
|
DTP
|
Desk Top Publishing.
|
|
|
DVD
|
Digital Video Disk, Digital Versatile Disc, Dynamic Versatile Disc
|
|
|
E & OE
|
Errors and Omissions Excepted
|
|
|
e.g
|
Example gratia, for example
|
|
|
e.g.
|
exempli gratia; for example
|
|
|
EAT
|
Energy and Taste.
|
|
|
EBDO
|
Elective Bodies Disqualification Order
|
|
|
ECG
|
Electrocardiogram
|
|
|
ECL
|
Exit Control List
|
|
|
ECS
|
Electronic Clearing Service
|
|
|
ECT
|
Electro Convulsant Therapy (electric shock treatment)
|
|
|
EDGE
|
Enhanced Data Rates for Globa Evolution.
|
|
|
EDO
|
Executive District Officer
|
|
|
EDUSAT
|
Education Satellite
|
|
|
EE
|
Employee
|
|
|
EEG
|
Electro Encephalo Graphy
|
|
|
EET
|
Exempt Exempt Taxation
|
|
|
EFA
|
Education for All
|
|
|
EFF
|
Extended Fund Facility
|
|
|
EFT
|
Electronic Funds Transfer
|
|
|
EFTPS
|
Electronic Federal Tax Payment System
|
|
|
EHTP
|
Electronic Hardware Technology Parks
|
|
|
EIC
|
Earned Income Credit.
|
|
|
EIN
|
Employer Identification Number
|
|
|
ELISA
|
Enzyme Linked Immuno Solvent Assay (used for testing AIDS)
|
|
|
EMF
|
Electromotive Force or Electromagnetic Field (Most apt is Electromotive Force)
|
|
|
EMI
|
Equated Monthly Instalment
|
|
|
EMS
|
European Monetary System
|
|
|
EMU
|
Electric Multiple Unit, Extra vehicular Mobility Unit (European) Economic and Monetary Union
|
|
|
EOE
|
Errors and Omissions Excepted
|
|
|
EPROM
|
Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
|
|
|
ER
|
Employer, Eastern Railway
|
|
|
ERM
|
Exchange Rate Mechanism
|
|
|
ERNET
|
Educational and Research Network
|
|
|
ESA
|
European Space Agency
|
|
|
ESCAP
|
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
|
|
|
ESMA
|
Essential Services Maintenance Act
|
|
|
ESN
|
Electronic Serial Number.
|
|
|
ESOP
|
Employee Stock Option Programme
|
|
|
ETC
|
End of Thinking Capacity.
|
|
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etc.
|
et cetera (and other things)
|
|
|
ETF
|
Education Trust Fund
|
|
|
EU
|
European Union
|
|
|
EVM
|
Electronic Voting Machine
|
|
|
FA
|
Faculty of Arts
|
|
|
FANA
|
Federally Administered Northern Areas.
|
|
|
FAO
|
Food and Agriculture Organisation
|
|
|
FAQs
|
Frequently Asked Questions
|
|
|
FATA
|
Federally Administrated Tribal Areas
|
|
|
FAX
|
Fax is the short form of Facsimile which means identical copy
|
|
|
FBI
|
Federal Bureau of Investigation (of the U.S.A.)
|
|
|
FBISE
|
Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education
|
|
|
FBR
|
Federal Board of Revenue
|
|
|
FC
|
Frontier Constabulary
|
|
|
FCNR
|
Foreign Currency (non resident) Accounts Scheme
|
|
|
FCR
|
Frontier Crimes Regulations
|
|
|
FDA
|
Faisalabad Development Authority
|
|
|
FDR
|
Flight Data Recorder; Fixed Deposit Receipt
|
|
|
FEMA
|
Foreign Exchange Management Act
|
|
|
FERA
|
Foreign Exchange Regulations Act
|
|
|
FIA
|
Federal Investigation Agency
|
|
|
FICA
|
Federal Insurance Contributions Act
|
|
|
FICCI
|
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
|
|
|
FIFA
|
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (French), meaning International Association Football Federation
|
|
|
FIH
|
International Hockey Federation
|
Sports
|
|
FII
|
Foreign Institutional Investors
|
|
|
FIPB
|
Foreign Investment Promotion Board (of India)
|
|
|
FIR
|
First Information Report
|
|
|
FLAG
|
Fibre Optic Link Around the Globe
|
|
|
FLSA
|
Fair Labor Standards Act (24-Jul-2009)
|
|
|
FM
|
Field Marshal; Frequency Modulated, Foreign Minister
|
|
|
FPL
|
Fixed Page Layout (.rdlx)
|
|
|
FPSB
|
Financial Planning Standards Boards (India)
|
|
|
FPSC
|
Federal Public Service Commission
|
|
|
FRBM
|
Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management
|
|
|
FSC
|
Federal Shariat Court
|
|
|
FSSA
|
Food Safety and Standards Authority (of India)
|
|
|
FTA
|
Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Area
|
|
|
FTP
|
File Transfer Protocols, File Transport Protocol
|
|
|
FUTA
|
Federal Unemployment Tax Act
|
|
|
FY
|
Fiscal Year
|
|
|
GAGAN
|
GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation
|
|
|
GAIL
|
Gas Authority of India Limited
|
|
|
GAIN
|
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
|
|
|
GAT
|
Graduate Assessment Test
|
|
|
GATS
|
General Agreement on Trade in Services
|
|
|
GATT
|
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
|
|
|
GB
|
Gigabyte, which equals 1000 megabytes
|
|
|
GCA
|
General Currency Area
|
|
|
GCC
|
Gulf Cooperation Council
|
|
|
GCM
|
Greatest Common Measure
|
|
|
GDP
|
Gross Domestic Product.
|
|
|
GEF
|
Global Environment Fund
|
|
|
GeV
|
Giga Electron Volt
|
|
|
GHQ
|
General Headquarter
|
|
|
GIC
|
General Insurance Corporation
|
|
|
GIS
|
Geographic Information System
|
|
|
GIST
|
Graphics and Intelligence based Script Technology
|
|
|
GM
|
Gram
|
|
|
GMAT
|
Graduate Management Admission Test
|
|
|
GMPS
|
Global Mobile Personal Communications System
|
|
|
GMRT
|
Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope
|
|
|
GMT
|
Greenwich Mean Time
|
|
|
GNP
|
Gross National Product
|
|
|
GNSS
|
Global Navigation Satellite System
|
|
|
GOC
|
General Officer Commanding
|
|
|
GOOGLE
|
Global Organization Of Oriented Group Language Of Earth.
|
|
|
GPO
|
General Post Office
|
|
|
GPRS
|
General Packet Radio Service, General Packet Radio System
|
|
|
GPS
|
Global Positioning System
|
|
|
GRE
|
Graduate Record Examination
|
|
|
GSLV
|
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
|
|
|
GSM
|
Global System for Mobile Communications.
|
|
|
GSP
|
Generalised Special Preferences, Generalised Scheme of Preferences
|
|
|
GST
|
General Sales Tax, Goods and Service Tax
|
|
|
GSTP
|
Global System of Trade Preferences
|
|
|
GT (Road)
|
Grand Trunk Road
|
|
|
GT Road
|
Grand Trunk Road
|
|
|
H.S
|
HOTSPOT.
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HAWS
|
High Altitude Warfare School
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HC
|
High Court
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HCF
|
Highest Common Factor
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HDA
|
Hyderabad Development Authority
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HDI
|
Human Development Index
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HDL
|
HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE / High Density Lipoprotein
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HDMI
|
High Definition Multimedia Interface.
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HDTV
|
High Definition Television
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HE
|
His (or Her) Excellency; His (or Her) Eminence; High Explosive; Horizontal Equivalent
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HEC
|
Higher Education Commission
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HITS
|
Headend In The Sky
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HIV
|
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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HMMWV
|
High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
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HMS
|
Hybrid Mail Service
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HP
|
Himachal Pradesh; Horizontal Plane; Horse Power, Hewlett Packard
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HQ
|
Head Quarters
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HRM
|
Human Resource Management
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HSDPA
|
High Speed Down link Aacket Access.
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HSPA
|
High Speed Packet Access.
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HST
|
HIGH SPEED TECHONOLGY
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HSUPA
|
High Speed Uplink Packet Access.
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HTML
|
Hypertext Markup Language
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HTTP
|
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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HUDCO
|
Housing and Urban Development Corporation
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HVDC
|
High Voltage Direct Current
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i.e.
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id est; that is
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I-9
|
Employment Eligibility Verification form
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IAAI
|
International Airport Authority of India
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IAAS
|
Indian Audit and Accounts Service
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IADF
|
International Agricultural Development Fund
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IAEA
|
International Atomic Energy Agency
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IAF
|
Indian Air Force
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IAMC
|
Indian Army Medical Corps
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IAS
|
Indian Administrative Service
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IATA
|
International Air Transport Association
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IATT
|
Inland Air Travel Tax
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IB
|
Intelligence Bureau
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IBA
|
Institute of Business Administration
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IBEX
|
Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission
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IBM
|
International Business Machines
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IBRD
|
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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ICANN
|
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
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ICAO
|
International Civil Aviation Organisation
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ICAR
|
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
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ICC
|
International Cricket Council
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ICCR
|
Indian Council of Cultural Relations
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ICCW
|
Indian Council for Child Welfare
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ICDS
|
Integrated Child Development Service
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ICI
|
Imperial Chemical Industries
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ICJ
|
International Court of Justice (with Headquarters at the Hague)
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ICL
|
Indian Cricket League
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ICMR
|
Indian Council of Medical Research
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ICPA
|
Indian Cricket Players’ Association
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ICRC
|
International Committee of the Red Cross
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IDA
|
International Development Association
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IDB
|
Islamic Development Bank
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IDBI
|
Industrial Development Bank of India
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IDPs
|
Internally Displaced Persons
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IDSA
|
Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis
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IEA
|
International Energy Agency
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IELTS
|
International English Language Testing System
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IES
|
Indian Economic Service
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IEX
|
Indian Energy Exchange
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IFRS
|
International Financial Reporting Standard
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IFS
|
Indian Foreign Service; Indian Forest Service
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IFTU
|
International Federation of Trade Unions
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IFWJ
|
Indian Federation of Working Journalists
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IG
|
Inspector General (of Police)
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IGNOU
|
Indira Gandhi National Open University
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IIPA
|
Indian Institute of Public Administration
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IISS
|
International Institute of Strategic Studies
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IIT
|
Indian Institutes of Technology
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ILO
|
International Labour Organization
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IMA
|
Indian Military Academy
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IMEI
|
International Mobile Equipment Identity.
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IMET
|
International Military Education Training Programme
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IMF
|
International Monetary Fund
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IMO
|
International Maritime Organisation
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IN
|
Indian Navy; Intelligent Network
|
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INA
|
Indian National Army
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INK
|
International Newspaper Kiosks
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INMARSAT
|
International Maritime Satellite Organisation
|
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INMAS
|
Institute of Nuclear Medicines and Allied Sciences
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INS
|
Indian Naval Ship; Indian Newspaper Society
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INSAS
|
Indian Small Arms System
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INSAT
|
Indian National Satellite
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INTERPOL
|
International Police Organisation
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INTUC
|
Indian National Trade Union Congress
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IOC
|
International Olympic Committee
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IP
|
Internet Protocol, Indian Police
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|
IPC
|
Indian Penal Code
|
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|
IPCC
|
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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IPEC
|
International Programme on Elimination of Child Labour
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|
IPP
|
Independent Power Producer
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|
IPR
|
Intellectual Property Right
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IPS
|
Indian Police Service; Indian Postal Service
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IPTV
|
Internet Protocol Television
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IPU
|
Inter Parliamentary Union
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IQ
|
Intelligence Quotient
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IR
|
Infra Red
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IRA
|
Insurance Regulatory Authority
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IRBM
|
Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
|
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IREP
|
Integrated Rural Energy Planning
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IRS
|
Indian Remote Sensing Satellite; Indian Revenue Service, Internal Revenue Service
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|
|
ISAF
|
International Security Association Force, International Stabilization and Assistance Force (in Afghanistan)
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|
ISBN
|
International Standard Book Number
|
|
|
ISC
|
Inter State Council
|
|
|
ISCS
|
Integrated Smart Card System
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|
|
ISD
|
International Subscriber Dialled (telephone)
|
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ISH
|
Information Super Highway
|
|
|
ISI
|
Inter Services Intelligence
|
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ISKCON
|
International Society for Krishna Consciousness
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ISO
|
International Organization for Standardization
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ISP
|
Internet Service Provider
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|
ISPR
|
Inter Services Public Relations (Pakistan)
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|
|
ISRO
|
Indian Space Research Organisation
|
|
|
ISS
|
International Space Station
|
|
|
ISSB
|
Inter Services Selection Board.
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IST
|
Indian Standard Time
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ISTRAC
|
ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network
|
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ITDC
|
Indian Tourism Development Corporation
|
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ITO
|
International Trade Organisation, Income Tax Officer
|
|
|
ITU
|
International Tele Communication Union
|
|
|
IUC
|
Interconnect User Charge
|
|
|
IVRS
|
Interactive Voice Response System.
|
|
|
J2ME
|
Java 2 Micro Edition.
|
|
|
JCO
|
Junior Commissioned Officer
|
|
|
JIT
|
Joint Investigation Team
|
|
|
JNNURM
|
Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
|
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JOKE
|
Joy of Kids Entertainment.
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JPC
|
Joint Parliamentary Committee
|
|
|
JPEG
|
Joint Photographic Experts Group
|
|
|
JWG
|
Joint Working Group
|
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K
|
Kilobyte which is 1024 bytes
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KG
|
Kindergarten, Kilogram
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|
KG School
|
Kindergarten School
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|
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kHz
|
Kilohertz.
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|
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KM
|
Kilometer
|
|
|
KMPH
|
Kilometer Per Hour
|
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|
KPI
|
Key Performance Indicators
|
|
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KPO
|
Knowledge Process Outsourcing
|
|
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KV
|
Kilo Volt.
|
|
|
KW
|
Kilowatts
|
|
|
KWh
|
kilo watt hour
|
|
|
LAC
|
Line of Actual Control
|
|
|
LAN
|
Local Area Network
|
|
|
LASER
|
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
|
|
|
LCA
|
Light Combat Aircraft
|
|
|
LCD
|
Liquid Crystal Display
|
|
|
LDA
|
Lahore Development Authority
|
|
|
LDC
|
Lower Division Clerk, Least Developed Countries
|
|
|
LDL
|
Low-density lipoprotein
|
|
|
LED
|
Light Emitting Diode.
|
|
|
LHC
|
Large Hadron Collider
|
|
|
LIC
|
Life Insurance Corporation (of India)
|
|
|
LLP
|
Limited Liability Partnership
|
|
|
LNG
|
Liquefied Natural Gas
|
|
|
LOAC
|
Line of Actual Control
|
|
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LoC
|
Line of Control
|
|
|
LPG
|
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
|
|
|
LST
|
Local Service Tax (applicable to local jurisdiction)
|
|
|
Lt. Gov.
|
Lieutenant Governor
|
|
|
LTA
|
Light Transport Aircraft
|
|
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Ltd
|
Limited
|
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LTTE
|
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
|
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M. Com.
|
Master of Commerce
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M. Sc.
|
Master of Science
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M. Sc. Ag.
|
Master of Science in Agriculture
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|
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MA
|
Master of Arts
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|
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MAC
|
abbreviation for Macintosh
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|
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MAF
|
million acre feet
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MAT
|
Minimum Alternative Tax
|
|
|
MB
|
Megabyte which is a million bytes
|
|
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MBBS
|
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
|
|
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MCF
|
Master Control Facility
|
|
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MD
|
Doctor of Medicine
|
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MDGs
|
Millennium Development Goals
|
|
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MEP
|
Minimum Export Price
|
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MER
|
Mars Exploration Rover
|
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|
MES
|
Military Engineering Service
|
|
|
METSAT
|
Meteorological Satellite
|
|
|
MFA
|
Multi Fibre Agreement
|
|
|
MFN
|
Most Favoured Nation
|
|
|
MIP
|
Moon Impact Probe
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|
|
MISC
|
miscellaneous income to the IRS
|
|
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Miss
|
used before unmarried girls)
|
|
|
MLA
|
Member of Legislative Assembly
|
|
|
MLC
|
Member of Legislative Council
|
|
|
MMS
|
Multimedia Messaging Service
|
|
|
MMTC
|
Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation of India
|
|
|
MNC
|
Multi National Corporation
|
|
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MNIC
|
Multi Purpose National Identity Card
|
|
|
MODEM
|
Modulator-Demodulator
|
|
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MP
|
Member of Parliament
|
|
|
MPEG
|
Moving Pictures Experts Group.
|
|
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MPH
|
Miles Per Hour
|
|
|
Mr
|
Mister
|
|
|
MRI
|
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
|
|
|
Mrs
|
Mistress
|
|
|
MRTPC
|
Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission
|
|
|
MRTS
|
Mass Rapid Transit System
|
|
|
MS
|
Master of Surgery, miss (used for female married & unmarried)
|
|
|
MSA
|
Maritime Safety Agency
|
|
|
MSCF
|
Maritime Security Cooperation Framework
|
|
|
Mss
|
Manuscript
|
|
|
MTCR
|
Missile Technology Control Regime
|
|
|
MTO
|
Multilateral Trade Organisation
|
|
|
MUNO
|
Maha Vir Chakra
|
|
|
MVC
|
Maha Vir Chakra
|
|
|
MVP
|
(Minimum Viable Product)most valuable player
|
|
|
N/C
|
No Change
|
|
|
NAA
|
National Airport Authority
|
|
|
NAB
|
National Accountability Bureau
|
|
|
NABARD
|
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development. (helps rural development by providing re finance facility).
|
|
|
NACIL
|
National Aviation Company of India Ltd
|
|
|
NADA
|
National Anti-Doping Agency
|
|
|
NADRA
|
National Database and Registration Authority
|
|
|
NAEP
|
National Adult Education Programme
|
|
|
NAFTA
|
North America Free Trade Agreement
|
|
|
NAG
|
National Air Guard
|
|
|
NAM
|
Non Aligned Movement
|
|
|
NAMA
|
Non Agriculture Market Access
|
|
|
NASA
|
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (of the U.S.A.)
|
|
|
NASDAQ
|
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
|
|
|
NATA
|
Natural Aptitude Test for Architecture
|
|
|
NATO
|
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
|
|
|
NAV
|
Net Asset Value
|
|
|
NB
|
Nota bene; note well, or take notice
|
|
|
NCA
|
Nuclear Command Authority
|
|
|
NCC
|
National Cadet Corps
|
|
|
NCEP
|
National Committee on Environmental Planning
|
|
|
NCERT
|
National Council of Education Research and Training
|
|
|
NCR
|
National Capital Region
|
|
|
NDA
|
National Defence Academy; National Democratic Alliance
|
|
|
NDNC
|
National Do Not Call (Registry)
|
|
|
NDPS
|
Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances
|
|
|
NDRF
|
National Disaster Response Force
|
|
|
NDTL
|
National Dope Testing Laboratory
|
|
|
NEC
|
National Economic Council
|
|
|
NEDB
|
North Eastern Development Bank
|
|
|
NeGP
|
National e-governance Plan
|
|
|
NEP
|
National Education Policy
|
|
|
NEPA
|
National Environment Protection Authority
|
|
|
NEPRA
|
National Electric Power Regulatory Authority
|
|
|
NEWS PAPER
|
North East West South Past and Present Events Report.
|
|
|
NFC
|
Near Field Communication.
|
|
|
NFO
|
New Fund Offers
|
|
|
NHDP
|
National Highways Development Project
|
|
|
NHRC
|
National Human Rights Commission
|
|
|
NIC
|
National Integration Council
|
|
|
NIFT
|
National Institute of Fashion Technology
|
|
|
NIO
|
National Institute of Oceanography
|
|
|
NIS
|
National Institute of Sports
|
|
|
NIT
|
National Institute of Technology
|
|
|
NLC
|
National Logistics Cell
|
|
|
NLMA
|
National Literacy Mission Authority
|
|
|
NMD
|
Nuclear Missile Defence
|
|
|
NMDC
|
National Mineral Development Corporation
|
|
|
NOC
|
No Objection Certificate
|
|
|
NPL
|
National Physical Laboratory
|
|
|
NPN
|
negative positive negative
|
|
|
NPR
|
National Population Register
|
|
|
NPT
|
(Nuclear) Non Proliferation Treaty, Network time protocol
|
|
|
NRBI
|
National Rural Bank of India
|
|
|
NREGA
|
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
|
|
|
NREP
|
National Rural Employment Programme
|
|
|
NRF
|
National Renewal Fund
|
|
|
NRI
|
Non-Resident Indian
|
|
|
NRO
|
National Reconciliation Ordinance
|
|
|
NRR
|
National Reproduction Rate
|
|
|
NRSA
|
National Remote Sensing Agency
|
|
|
NSA
|
National Security Act
|
|
|
NSC
|
National Service Corps; National Security Council
|
|
|
NSDL
|
National Securities Depository Limited
|
|
|
NSE
|
National Stock Exchange
|
|
|
NSF
|
Non-sufficient funds
|
|
|
NSR
|
National Skills Registry
|
|
|
NTN
|
National Tax Number
|
|
|
NTP
|
Normal Temperature Pressure, network time protocol
|
|
|
NTPC
|
National Thermal Power Corporation
|
|
|
NWDA
|
National Water Development Agency
|
|
|
NWRC
|
National Water Resources Council
|
|
|
O.S
|
Operating System.
|
|
|
OAI
|
Open API Initiative
|
|
|
OAS
|
Organisation of American States
|
|
|
OAU
|
Organisation of African Unity
|
|
|
OBC
|
Other Backward Communities
|
|
|
OBU
|
Offshore Banking Unit
|
|
|
OCR
|
Optical Character Reader
|
|
|
ODA
|
Official Development Assistance
|
|
|
ODF
|
Open Document Format
|
|
|
ODFI
|
Originating Depository Financial Institution
|
|
|
ODI
|
One Day International
|
|
|
ODS
|
Ozone Depletion Substances
|
|
|
OECD
|
Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development
|
|
|
OGL
|
Open General Licence
|
|
|
OGRA
|
Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority
|
|
|
OIC
|
Organization of Islamic Conference, Organisation of Islamic Countries
|
|
|
OIGS
|
On India Government Service
|
|
|
OIL
|
Oil India Limited
|
|
|
OK
|
Objection Killed.
|
|
|
OLED
|
Organic Light-Emitting diode.
|
|
|
OM
|
Order of Merit
|
|
|
ONGC
|
Oil and Natural Gas Commission
|
|
|
OPEC
|
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
|
|
|
Or
|
Orl Korec (Greek Word)
|
|
|
OS
|
Operating System
|
|
|
OSCE
|
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
|
|
|
OSD
|
Officer on Special Duty
|
|
|
OTG
|
On-The-Go.
|
|
|
OVI
|
Ohio Video Intranet.
|
|
|
OXML
|
Open Extended Marking Language
|
|
|
P.O.I
|
Point Of Interest.
|
|
|
PAC
|
Political Affairs Committee; Public Accounts Committee
|
|
|
PACER
|
Programme for Acceleration of Commercial Energy Research
|
|
|
PAEC
|
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
|
|
|
PAN
|
Permanent Account Number (of Income Tax)
|
|
|
PATA
|
Pacific Asia Travel Association
|
|
|
PATA
|
Provincially Administered Tribal Area
|
Pakistan
|
|
PAYE
|
Pay As You Earn
|
|
|
PC
|
personal computer
|
|
|
PCB
|
Pakistan Cricket Board
|
|
|
PCBs
|
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
|
|
|
PCO
|
Provisional Constitutional Ordinance
|
|
|
PCS
|
Public Civil Service; Punjab Civil Service, Provincial Civil Service
|
|
|
PDF
|
Portable Document Format
|
|
|
PEMRA
|
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority
|
|
|
PEN
|
Power Enriched in Nib.
|
|
|
Ph. D. / D. Phil.
|
Doctor of Philosophy (Arts & Science)
|
|
|
PIB
|
Press Information Bureau
|
|
|
Pin-Code
|
Postal Index Number Code
|
|
|
PIO
|
Persons of Indian Origin
|
|
|
PLF
|
Plant Load Factor
|
|
|
PM
|
Prime Minister, Post Meridiem; after-noon; also Postmaster; Prime Minister; post-mortem (after death)
|
|
|
PMG
|
Postmaster General
|
|
|
PN
|
Participatory Note
|
|
|
PNG
|
Portable Network Graphics
|
|
|
PNP
|
proton – neutron – proton
|
|
|
PO
|
Post Office; Postal Order
|
|
|
POLICE
|
Public Officer for Legal Investigations and Criminal Emergencies.
|
|
|
POPs
|
Persistent Organic Pollutants; Point of Purchase
|
|
|
POTA
|
Prevention of Terrorism Act
|
|
|
POW
|
Prisoner of War
|
|
|
PP
|
Public Prosecutor; Particular Person
|
|
|
PPI
|
Pixels Per Inch.
|
|
|
PPL
|
Pakistan Petroleum Limited
|
|
|
PRO
|
Public Relations Officer
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PS
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Post Scriptum; Post Script; written after
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PSC
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Public Service Commission.
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PSDP
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Public Sector Development Programme
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PSE
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Public Sector Enterprises
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PSL
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Pakistan Super League
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PSLV
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Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
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PTA
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Preferential Trade Area
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PTI
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Press Trust of India
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PTO
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Please Turn Over; Privilege Ticket Order, Paid Time Off
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PUFA
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Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids
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PVC
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Polyvinyl Chloride
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PVSM
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Param Vishisht Sewa Medal
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PWD
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Public Works Department
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QMG
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Quarter Master General
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QR
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Quantitative Restriction
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QVGA
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Quarter Video Graphics Array.
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RADAR
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Radio Detection and Ranging
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RAF
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Rapid Action Force
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RAM
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Random Access Memory
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RAM
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Random Access Memory
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RBI
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Reserve Bank of India
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RCC
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Reinforced Concrete Cement
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RDF
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Rapid Development Force
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RDFI
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Receiving Depository Financial Institution
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RDL
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Report Definition Language (RDL)
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RDS
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Radio Data Servicing
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RDSS
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Radio Determination Satellite Service
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REACH
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Rehabilitate, Educate and Support Street Children
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RLO
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Returned Letter Office
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RLV
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Reusable Launch Vehicle
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RNA
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Ribonucleic Acid
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ROM
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Read-only memory
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RPM
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Revolution Per Minute
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RPO
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Recruitment Process Outsourcing; Regional Passport Officer
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RQ
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respiratory quotient
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RRB
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Regional Rural Bank
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RRPI
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Rural Retail Price Index
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RSS
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Really Simple Syndication, Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh
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RSVP
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Repondez s’il vous plait (Fr.) reply, if you please
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RTGS
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Real Time Gross Settlement System
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S/o
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Son of
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SAARC
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South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation.
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SAFTA
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South Asian Free Trade Area
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SAIL
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Steel Authority of India Limited
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SAPTA
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SAARC Preferential Trading Agreement
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SARS
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
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SATNAV
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Satellite Navigation (Initiative)
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SAVE
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SAARC Audio Visual Exchange
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SC
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Security Council; Supreme Court; Scheduled Caste
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SCI
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Shipping Corporation of India
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SCO
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Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
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SCOPE
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Standing Conference on Public Enterprises
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SDI
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State Disability Insurance
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SDM
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Sub-Divisional Magistrate
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SDO
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Sub-Divisional Officer
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SDR
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Special Drawing Rights (created by the World Bank)
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SEBI
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Securities and Exchange Board of India
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SETI
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Search for Extraterrestrial intelligence. On the PH scale what does PH stand for-Potential Hydrogen = a project to find Aliens
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SFC
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Strategic Forces Command
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SFTP
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Secure File Transfer Protocols
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SGPC
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Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee
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SHO
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Station House Officer
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SIDBI
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Small Industries Development Bank of India
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SIM
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Subscriber Identity Module
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SIS
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Installation Source.
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SIT
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Special Investigation Team
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SITE
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Satellite Instructional Television Experiment
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S-LCD
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Super Liquid Crystal Display.
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SLR
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Statutory Liquidity Ratio
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SM
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Station Master
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SMILE
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Sweet Memories in Lips Expression.
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SMS
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Short Messaging Service; Subscriber Management System
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SNS
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Social Network Service.
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SONAR
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Sound Navigation and Ranging
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SONAR:
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Sound Navigation and Ranging.
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SOP
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Standard Operating Procedure
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SOS
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Save Our Souls distress signal
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SPG
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Special Protection Group
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SPIN
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Software Process Improvement Networks
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SPV
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Solar Photo Voltaic
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SQUID
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Super-conducting Quantum Interference Device
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SRE
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Space Capsule Recovery Experiment
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SRV
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Submarine Rescue Vessel
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SSG
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Special Services Group.
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SSN
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Social Security number (9 - digit number)
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SSP
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Senior Superintendent of Police
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SSRS
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SQL Server Reporting Services
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STARS
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Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station
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START
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Strategic Arms Reduction Talks
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STEP
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Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Park
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STP
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standard temperature and pressure/ Shielded Twisted Pair
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STT
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Securities Transaction Tax
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SUI
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State Unemployment Insurance
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SUPARCO
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Space and UPper Atmosphere Research COmmission
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SUTA
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State Unemployment Tax Act
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SWAN
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State-wide Area Network
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SWIFT
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Society for Worldwide Financial Tele Communications
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TA
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Travelling Allowance; Territorial Army
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TAAI
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Travel Agents Association of India
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TACDE
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Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment
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TADA
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Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act
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TAPS
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Tarapur Atomic Power Station
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TB
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Tuberculosis
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TDC
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Transport Development Council
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TDS
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Tax Deduction at Source
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TDSAT
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Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal
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TEA
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Taste and Energy Admitted.
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TERLS
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Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
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TFT
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Thin Film Transistor.
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The
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ore of mercury metal.
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TIFR
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Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
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TIN
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Tax Information Network
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TINXSYS
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Tax Information Exchange System
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TISCO
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Tata Iron and Steel Company
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TMC
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Terrain Mapping Camera
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TMO
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Telegraphic Money Order
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TNT
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Tri-nitro-toluene (high explosive)
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TOEFL
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Test Of English as a Foreign Language
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TPP
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20-Point Programme
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TRAI
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Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
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TRIMs
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Trade Related Investment Measures
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TRIPS
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Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
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TRP
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Television Rating Points; Tax Return Preparer
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TRYSEM
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Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment
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TTE
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Travelling Ticket Examiner
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TTF
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Tourism Task Force
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U.S.S.R
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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UAE
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United Arab Emirates
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UAN
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Universal Access Number
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UAV
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
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UDC
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Upper Division Clerk
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UF
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United Front
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UFO
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Unidentified Flying Object
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UGC
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University Grants Commission
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UHF
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ULTRA- HIGH FREQUENCY
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UK
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United Kingdom (England)
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ULFA
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United Liberation Front of Assam
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UMTS
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Universal Mobile Telecommunication System.
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UN
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United Nations
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UNCTAD
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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
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UNDP
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United Nations Development Programme
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UNEF
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United Nations Emergency Force
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UNEP
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United Nations Environment Programme
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UNESCO
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
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UNFPO
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United Nations Fund for Population Activities
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UNHCR
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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UNHRC
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United Nations Human Rights Commission
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UNI
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United News of India
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UNICEF
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United Nation International Children Emergency Fund.
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UNIDO
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United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
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UNIVAC
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UNIVersal Automatic Computer
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UNO
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United Nations Organization
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UNRRA
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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
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UNTAC
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United Nations Transitional Authority for Cambodia
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UPA
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United Progressive Alliance
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UPS
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Uninterruptible Power Supply
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UPSC
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Union Public Service Commission
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UPTN
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Universal Personal Telephone Number
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URL
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Uniform Resource Locator
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USA
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United States of America
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USB
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Universal Serial Bus
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USIS
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United States Information Service
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V.L.C.C
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stands for Very large crude carrier.
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VAT
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Value-added Tax
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VC
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Vice-Chancellor; Vice Counsel; Victoria Cross; Vir Chakra
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VDIS
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Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme
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VDU
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video display unit
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VGA
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Video Graphics Array
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VHRR
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Very High Resolution Radiometer
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VIP
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Very Important Person
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VIRUS
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Vital Information Resources Under Siege.
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VLSI
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Very Large Scale Integration
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VOIP
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Voice Over Internet Protocol
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VPN
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Virtual Private Network.
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VPP
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Value Payable Post
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VRS
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Voluntary Retirement Scheme
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VSAT
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Very Small Aperture Terminals
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VTOL
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vertical take off and landing
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W2
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Year-end statement each employee receives from an employer at the end of the calendar year.
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W4
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Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate
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WADA
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World Anti Doping Agency
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WAN
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wide area network
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WAP
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Wireless Application Protocol
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WASA
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Water and Sanitation Agency
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WAVE
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Wireless Access for Virtual Enterprise
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WCDMA
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Wide Band Code Division Multiple Access.
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WDF
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Wasteland Development Force
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WEF
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World Economic Forum
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WFP
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World Food Programme
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WFTU
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World Federation of Trade Unions
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WGIG
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Working Group on Internet Governance
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WHO
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World Health Organization
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WiFi
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Wireless Fidelity
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Wi-Fi
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Wireless Fidelity.
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WINDOW
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Wide Interactive Network Development for Office work Solution.
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WIPO
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World Intellectual Property Organisation
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WLAN
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Wireless Local Area Network.
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WLL
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Wireless in Local Loop
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WMD
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Weapons of Mass Destruction
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WORM
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Write Once Read Many
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WR
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Western Railway
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WSA
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Water and Sanitation Agency.
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WTO
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World Trade Organisation (previously called GATT); also World Tourism Organisation
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WVGA
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Wide video Graphics Array.
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WWF
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World Wide Fund for Nature
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WWW
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World Wide Web
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WXGA
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Widescreen Extended Graphics Array.
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WYSIWYG
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What You See Is What You Get
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XML
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eXtensible Markup Language
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YAHOO
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Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle
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YMCA
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Young Men’s Christian Association
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YTD
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Year to Date (1st Jan to Current Date)
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YWCA
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Young Women’s Christian Association
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