Abbreviations and Illaborations

Commonly used Abbreviation and Illaboration

A

A.D     = Anno Domini

              (Used to show years after the birth of Jesus Christ –e.g. 1600 A.D)

ADB   = Asian Development Bank

AG     = Accountant General/Attorney General

A.M.    = Ante Meridiem (before noon)/Amplitude Modulation

               (P.M= Post Meridiem, after noon)

AGM   =Annual General Meeting

AIDS   = Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Apps   = Application 
                  (Used normally in android phone)
ASAP  = As Soon As Possible
ATM   = Automated Teller Machine
              (A computerised cash dispenser)
B

BBC   = British Broadcasting Corporation
BGMEA = Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association 
BSTI    = Bangladesh Standard Testing Institutes

Bps      = bytes per second
BP       = Blood Pressure
BPO    = Business Process Outsourcing

C

CAT     = Common Admission Test
CAD    = Computer Aided Design
CCTV = Closed-Circuit Television

CD-ROM        = Compact Disc-Read Only Memory

CDMA            = Code Division Multiple Access

CGPA= Cumulative Grade Point Average

CEO   = Chief Executive Officer

CFC    = Chloro Fluoro Carbon

CID     = Criminal Investigation Department

CNG   = Compressed Natural Gas

CNS    = Chief of Naval Staff

CO      = Commanding Officer

CSD   = Canteen Stores Department
CSE    = Chittagong Stock Exchange

CV      = Curriculum Vitae

D

DFA    = Draft For Approval

DIG     = Deputy Inspector General

DNA    = Deoxyribo-nucleic Acid
DSE     = Dhaka Stock Exchange

DVD   = Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc

E

ECG   = Electrocardiogram

EEZ    = Exclusive Economic Zone

E-MAIL           = Electronic Mailing

EPZ    = Export Processing Zone

Etc      = Etcetera

F

FAQ    = Frequently Asked Question

FBI      = Federal Bureau of Investigation

FIFA    = Fed­eration of International Football Association

FIR      = First Information Report

G
GB       = Great Britain
GM      = General Manager

GMT    = Greenwich Mean Time

GOVT = Government

GSM   = Globalised System Mobile

H

HIV      = Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HQ      = Head Quarters

HRD    = Human Resource Development

HTTP = Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

The Hypertext Transfer Protocol is an application protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web.

HTML  = Hyper Text Markup Language

I

ILO      = International Labour Organisation

IMEI     = International Mobile Equipment Identity

IMF      = International Monetary Fund

IQ        = Intelligence Quotient

IRC      = International Red Cross

ISD      = International Subscriber Dialling

L

LAN    = Local Area Network

LASER= Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

LCD    = Liquid Crystal Display/Least Common Denominator

LED    = Light Emitting Diode

LLB     = Bachelor of Laws

LLM    = Master of Law
LOL     = Laughing Out Loud or Lots of Laughs

Lt.        = Lieutenant

Lt. Col = Lieutenant Colonel

Ltd.      = Limited

M

MBA   = Master of Business Administration

MBBS = Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

MD      = Managing Director

MODEM         = Modulator Demodulator

N

NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Ad­ministration

NASDAQ       = National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation

NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NCR   = No Country Redirection

NGO   = Non-government organization

NHB    = National Housing Bank

NBR    = National Board of Revenue. (জাতীয় রাজস্ব বোর্ড)

NRB    = Non Resident Bangladeshi (প্রবাসী বাংলাদেশী)

NICAR   = National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reorganisation.

O

OIC     = Organisation of Islamic Conference

OK      = orl korrect
OMG  = Oh My God

OPEC = Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries

OTG    = On the go (Useg in smart phone)

P

Ph.D.  = Doctor of Philosophy (Philosophiae Doctor)

PLO    = Palestine Liberation Organization

PM      = Prime Minister

PMG   = Post Master General

POA    = Programme of Action; Power of Attorney

PTO    = Please Turn Over

PSC    = Public Service Commission/Primary School Certificate

PVC    = Param Vir Chakra; Poly Vinyl Chloride

PT       = Physical Training

PTI      = Press Trust of India

PDF    = Portable Ducument Format

R

RADAR          = Radio Detecting and Ranging

RAM   = Random Access Memory
RMG   = Ready Made Garments

ROM   = Read Only Memory

S

SDO   = Sub divisional officer

SIP      = Session Initiation Protocol

SOS    = Save Our Souls-distress signal

SRO    = Statutory Regulatory order.

T

TV       = Television

U

ULFA  = United Liberation Front of Asam
UK      = United Kingdom

UN       = United Nations

UPS    = Uninterruptible power supply

USA    = United States of America

USAID  = United States Agency for International Development

URL    = Uniform Resource Locator (A Uniform Resource Locator                commonly informally referred to as a web address)

V
VAT      = Value Added Tax

VCR     = Video Cassette Recorder

VIRUS = Vital Information Resources Under Siege

VOA    = Voice of America

VoIP     = Voice Over Internet Protocol

W

WAN   = Wide Area Network

WHO   = World Health Organisation

WWW = World Wide Web

X

XMAS = Christmas

Y

YAHOO = Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle/ Yet Another Hierarchical Organized Oracle


3G       = Third Generation

Collected and Written by:    Muhammad Mohiuddin 

                                                                LLB, MBA