Acronyms and Abbreviations

Alphabetical Listing of Satellite Meterology Acronyms ABBA — Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm ABI — Advanced Baseline Imager ABS — Advanced Baseline Sounder AC — Alternating Current ACRIM — Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (EOS) ADEOS — ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan) AERI — Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer AIRS — Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (EOS) AMRIR — Advanced Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer …

Alphabetical Listing of Organizations Acronyms ADB — Asian Development Bank AECL — Atomic Energy of Canada Limited APEC — Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation ASEAN — Association of Southeast Asian Nations CAPP — Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers CCFM — Canadian Council of Forest Ministers CCICED — China Council For International Cooperation On Environment And Development CCME — Canadian Council of …

Alphabetical Listing of NASA Acronyms A/L — Air Lock AAFE — Aeroassist Flight Experiment ABCL — As Built Configuration List ABHRS — As Built Hardware Reporting System AC — Alternating Current AC — Comptroller Office ACES — Acoustic Containerless Experiment System ACIP — Assembly Configuration And Integration Panel ACR — Active Cavity Radiometer ACRBC — Acceptance ACRC — Assured Crew …

Alphabetical Listing of Medical Acronyms AAA — Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm AB — Abortion ABG — Arterial Blood Gases AC — Before Meals AC — Anterior Cephalic Vein ACE — Angiotensin Converting Enzyme ACL — Anterior Cruciate Ligament ACTH — Adrenocorticotropic Hormone ADA — American Diabetes Association ADH — Antidiuretic Hormone ADL — Activities of Daily Living ADL — Activities of …

Alphabetical Listing of Internet Acronyms A/D — Analog To Digital A/V — Audio/Visual AAC — Advanced Audio Coding AARP — AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol ABBH — Average Bouncing Busy Hour ABC — Atanasoff-Berry Computer ABEND — Abnormal End AC — Alternating Current ACD — Automatic Call Distributor ACES — Asia Cellular Satellite System ACK — Acknowledge Character ACL — Access …

Alphabetical Listing of Human Genome Acronyms AAAI — American Association ForArtificial Intelligence AAAS — American Association For The Advancement of Science AACC — American Association For Clinical Chemistry AACR — American Association For Cancer Research AAI — American Association of Immunologists AAIP — American Association of Investigative Pathologists AANP — American Association of Neuropathologists AAP — Association of American Physicians …

Alphabetical Listing of Education Acronyms A level — Advanced level examinations ABE — Adult Basic Education ACE — Advisory Centre for Education ACL — Adult Community Learning ACPC — Area Child Protection Committee AI — Assigned Inspector ALI — Adult Learning Inspectorate ALIS — A Level Indicator System AoC — Association of Colleges ALPS — Advanced Level Performance System APT&C …

Alphabetical Listing of Chemistry Acronyms (PI)SDCI — (pi)-electron Singly And Doubly Excited CI (SC)2(CI+PT2) — Self-consistent Size-consistent (CI+second-order Perturbation) (SC)2CI — Self-consistent Size-consistent CI 2DEG — Two-dimensional Electron Gas 2DHG — Two Dimensional Hole Gas 2MASS — Two Micron All-Sky Survey 2PH TDA — Two-particle-hole Tamm-Dancoff Approximation (for Closed-shell 2PPE — Two-photon Photoemission 3A — Alumina Aluminide Alloys 3DAP — …

Alphabetical Listing of Computer Acronyms ACL — Access Control List ADC — Analog-to-Digital Converter ADF — Automatic Document Feeder ADSL — Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line AGP — Accelerated Graphics Port AIFF — Audio Interchange File Format AIX — Advanced Interactive Executive ANSI — American National Standards Institute API — Application Program Interface ARP — Address Resolution Protocol ASCII — American …

Alphabetical Listing of Chatting Acronyms AFAIK — As Far As I Know AFK — Away From Keyboard AKA — Also Know As ASAP — As Soon As Possible B4 — Before BAK — Back At Keyboard BBL — Be Back Later BBS — Be Back Soon BCNU — Be Seeing You BFN — Bye For Now BRB — Be Right …