ACRONYMS

APRIL 1, 2021
TEAM ALPHA
T. Rebin
Acronym
What is an Acronym?
An acronym is a pronounceable word that is formed using the first letters of
multiple words. These letters are combined to create a shortened down word
for people to say rather than repeating themselves with the full name or
multiple words over and over again. Acronyms are usually used in everyday
language and they tend to get picked up quite quickly, and in many ways are
used more often than the multiple words that the acronym stands for.

Acronym Examples
You’ve probably already come across these ones because they are very
common. Some of them, you’ll know what they mean straight away, and
others you’ll know what they are referring to, but might have no idea what the
acronym actually stands for. So let’s take a look:

• NASA – how many of you know what NASA actually stands for? In fact,
lots of you probably thought that NASA was the name of the
organization and didn’t know it stood for anything. Well, NASA actually
stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration – NASA.
• RADAR – Yes, radar really is an acronym. It’s so common nowadays
that people treat it simply as a word and don’t bother capitalizing it at all.
But radar is actually an acronym that stands
for Radio Assisted Detection and Ranging – RADAR.
• ASAP – most people probably know this one and exactly what it stands
for. As Soon As Possible – ASAP.

As you can see, acronyms all become words in their own right, because they
are pronounceable. You say NASA as a word, you don’t pronounce it as the
letters ‘N’, ‘A’, ‘S’, ‘A’. If you did, this would simply be known as an
abbreviation, not an acronym. Be careful not to make that common mistake.
Just because a word is formed by using the first letter or few letters of multiple
words, doesn’t mean it is an acronym. An acronym must be pronounceable,
an abbreviation does not need to be. All of the acronyms above are
pronounced as a word, not by their individual letters. An abbreviation would
look like this:

BRB – This is an example of an abbreviation because we say ‘B’, ‘R’, ‘B’, not
‘Burb’ or anything similar. BRB stands for Be Right Back – BRB.

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Acronyms
Popular Acronyms
Below is a list of some of the most popular acronyms that are out there, and
there meanings. See how many you knew were acronyms and how many you
thought were just words in their own right:

▪ AWOL – Away (or Absent) Without Official Leave – AWOL

▪ LASER – Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation
– LASER
▪ PIN – Personal Identification Number – PIN. Interestingly, lots of
people say things like ‘I forgot my PIN number’ which, if written out
fully, would look like this: ‘I forgot my personal identification number
number’ which of course doesn’t make sense. Perhaps that’s a sign
that PIN really is just seen as a word, not an acronym.
▪ FEMA – Federal Emergency Management Agency – FEMA
▪ YOLO – Who hasn’t heard this one lately, right? You Only Live Once
– YOLO
Professional Acronyms
Some acronyms are used to describe someone’s position or a particular
business or organization, just as in the case with NASA or FEMA above. Here
are some examples of ones you might come across:

▪ NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization – NATO

▪ POTUS – President Of The United States – POTUS
▪ SEAL – Sea Air Land – SEAL
▪ SWAT – Special Weapons and Tactics – SWAT
▪ UNICEF – United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
– UNICEF
Internet Acronyms
Some acronyms are more commonly found on the internet, so check your
social media timelines, messages, and emails to see examples of these in
action:

▪ BAE – Before Anyone Else – BAE. This usually refers to somebody

that you are dating or in a romantic relationship with, but it’s being
used increasingly to refer to friends and other relations too.
▪ FOMO – Fear Of Missing Out – FOMO
▪ FISH – First In Still Here – FISH. This is quite common when playing
online games.
▪ LOL – Laughing Out Loud – LOL
▪ PANS – Pretty Awesome New Stuff – PANS

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How and When to Use Acronyms in Writing?
Now that we’ve looked at some common examples of acronyms (there are
many more too, but you can do some additional research if you’re interested),
it’s time to look at how exactly you should use them in writing. And there are
some slightly different rules depending on what type of piece you are writing.

Informal
If you are messaging a friend, then obviously you can use any of the
acronyms however you want. Even on social media, if you’re using something
you know other people will understand because it’s commonplace, then you
don’t need to worry about explaining anything. Sometimes you might have
somebody ask you what it means because the acronym is new to them, but
this isn’t a problem. The problem comes when you are writing a formal or an
academic piece.

Formal/Academic
You should only really use professional acronyms in academic or formal
writing, because putting things like YOLO or LOL just simply isn’t acceptable.
When you do use professional acronyms, no matter how common they are
(like NASA), the first time you use it in your formal or academic piece, you
should write out the full term and then put the acronym in parentheses
afterwards. From then on, you can use NASA instead. So it might look like
this:

‘The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently helped

in the discovery of a new star. NASA said…’

Acronyms are a great time-saving device to use, but just make sure that
people will understand what you mean when you use it.

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Acronym vs. Abbreviation
Acronym vs. Abbreviation
Acronyms and abbreviations are often confused and used interchangeably.
However, despite the fact that these two terms are, indeed, very similar, they
mean slightly different things.
An abbreviation is a shortened form of a single word or a phrase of any kind,
while an acronym is a shortened form that takes only the first letters of the
words from a phrase.
In short, every acronym is an abbreviation, while not every abbreviation is
an acronym. For instance, DHL, which stands for Dalsey Hillblom Lynn, is both
an abbreviation and an acronym. However, Dr, which stands for Doctor, isn’t
an acronym because it doesn’t use only the first letters. Still, it’s
an abbreviation because it’s a shortened form of a word.

Why Do We Use Acronyms?

Acronyms and initialisms have been around for a very long time: they have
appeared before the Christian era. For instance, the Roman Empire was
officially known as SPQR, which is an abbreviation for Senatus Populusque
Romanus. Another example of the early use of acronyms is the fact that, in the
Hebrew language, the Hebrew Bible is called “Tanakh”. This is the acronym
that is composed of the first letters of the three main sections of the Book, i.e.
Torah, Nevi’im, and K’tuvim.
In the middle of the 19th century, it became a trend to abbreviate the
companies’ names. This happened because it was a lot easier to fit a few
letters, not the whole name, on the side of a railroad car, on the ticker tape, or
in the stock listing in a newspaper. So, names like RF&P (from “Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad”) and Nabisco (from “National Biscuit
Company) appeared.
In the 20th century, acronyms grew even more popular. With breakthroughs in
science, medicine, and technology, many new and complicated terms and
concepts were created. To make things easier, many of them have been
abbreviated.

Today, the most common use of acronyms is for the names of corporations
and for long, complex concepts. With the rise of text messages and social
media, more words have been shortened to save time and space,
e.g. BFF instead of “Best friend forever” or LOL instead of “Laughing out loud”.
While some linguists claim that the use of texting acronyms degrades the
clarity of the language, others support that this is just one more language
change that needs to be embraced. After all, acronyms existed thousands of
years before smartphones were invented.

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 List of Text Messaging & SMS Abbreviations

Abbreviations A to L Abbreviations M to Z
2moro Tomorrow MoF Male or Female
2nte Tonight MTFBWY May the Force be with You
AEAP As Early as Possible MYOB Mind Your Own Business
ALAP As Late as Possible N-A-Y-L In a While
ASAP As Soon as Possible NAZ Name, Address, ZIP
ASL Age / Sex / Location? NC No Comment
B3 Blah, Blah, Blah NIMBY Not in my Backyard
B4YKI Before You Know it NM Never Mind / Nothing Much
BFF Best Friends, Forever NP No Problem
BM&Y Between Me and You NSFW Not Safe for Work
BRB Be right Back NTIM Not that it Matters
BRT Be right There NVM Never Mind
BTAM Be that as it May OATUS On a totally Unrelated Subject
C-P Sleepy OIC Oh, I See
CTN Cannot talk now OMW On My Way
CUS See You Soon OTL Out to Lunch
CWOT Complete Waste of Time OTP On the Phone
CYT See You Tomorrow P911 Parent Alert
E123 Easy as 1, 2, 3 PAL Parents are Listening
EM? Excuse Me? PAW Parents are Watching
EOD End of Day PIR Parent in Room
F2F Face to Face POS Parent over Shoulder
FC Fingers Crossed PROP(S) Proper Respect / Proper Recognition
FOAF Friend of a Friend QT Cutie
GR8 Great RN Right Now
HAK Hugs and Kisses RU Are You
IDC I Don't Care SEP Someone else's Problem
IDK I Don't Know SITD Still in the Dark
ILU / ILY I Love You SLAP Sounds like a Plan
IMU I Miss You SMIM Send Me an Instant Message
IRL In Real Life SO Significant Other
J/K Just Kidding TMI Too Much Information
JC Just Checking UR Your / You are
JTLYK Just to Let You Know W8 Wait
KFY Kiss for You WB Welcome Back
KMN Kill Me Now WYCM Will You Call Me?
KPC Keeping Parents Clueless WYWH Wish You Were Here
L8R Later XOXOXOX Hugs, Kisses, ...

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 List of Internet Acronyms
Acronyms A to L Acronyms M to Z
2F4U Too Fast For You MMW Mark my Words
4YEO FYEO For Your Eyes Only N/A Not Available / Applicable
AAMOF As a Matter of Fact NaN Not a Number
ACK Acknowledgment NNTR No need to Reply
AFAIK As far as I know noob n00b Newbie
AFAIR As far as I remember / recall NOYB None of your Business
AFK Away from Keyboard NRN No Reply Necessary
AKA Also known as OMG Oh my God
B2K BTK Back to Keyboard OP Original Poster, Original Post
BTT Back to Topic OT Off Topic
BTW By the Way OTOH On the other Hand
B/C Because Problem exists between Keyboard and
PEBKAC
C&P Copy and Paste Chair

CU See you POV Point of View

CYS Check your Settings ROTFL Rolling on the Floor Laughing

DIY Do it Yourself Repondez s'il vous plait (French: Please

RSVP
reply)
EOBD End of Business Day
RTFM Read the fine Manual
EOD End of Discussion
SCNR Sorry, could not Resist
EOM End of Message
SFLR Sorry, for late Reply
End of Thread / .. Text / ..
EOT SPOC Single Point of Contact
Transmission
FAQ Frequently asked Questions TBA To be Announced
FACK Full Acknowledge TBC To be Continued / To be Confirmed
FKA Formerly known as TIA Thanks in Advance
FWIW For what it's Worth TGIF Thanks God, its Friday
FYI / JFYI (Just) For your Information THX TNX Thanks
FTW Fuck the World / For the Win TQ Thank You

HF Have fun TYVM Thank You Very Much

HTH Hope this Helps TYT Take your Time

IDK I don't know TTYL Talk to you Later

IIRC If I Recall / Remember Correctly w00t Whoomp, there it is; Meaning "Hooray"

IMHO In my Humble Opinion WFM Works for Me

IMO In my Opinion WRT With Regard to

In my not so Humble / Honest WTH What the Hell / What the Heck
IMNSHO
Opinion WTF What the Fuck
IOW In other Words YMMD You made my Day
ITT In this Thread YMMV Your Mileage may vary
LOL Laughing out loud YAM Yet Another Meeting
DGMW Don't get me wrong ICYMI In Case you missed it

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Business Abbreviations
Job Titles and Department Abbreviations | Business
Terms
List of job titles and department abbreviations in business.

▪ BKPR: Bookkeeper
▪ CAO: Chief Accounting Officer
▪ CEO: Chief Executive Officer
▪ CFO: Chief Financial Officer
▪ CIO: Chief Information Officer
▪ CMO: Chief Marketing Officer
▪ COO: Chief Operating Officer
▪ CPA: Certified Public Accountant
▪ CTO: Chief Technology Officer
▪ PRO: Public Relations Officer
▪ Director R&D: Director of Research and Development
▪ HRM: Human Resource Manager
▪ CDO: Chief Data Officer
▪ RMP: Risk Management Professional
▪ AAMS: Accredited Asset Management Specialist
▪ AASA: Assistant Area Sales Advisor
▪ AAVP: Associate Administrator for Veterans Programs
▪ AB: Administrative Board
▪ ABCP: Associate Business Continuity Planner
▪ ABM: Area Business Manager
▪ ABR: Accredited Buyer’s Representative
▪ ABW: Activity Based Workplace
▪ AC: Academic Counselor
▪ ACC: Association Corporate Counsel
▪ AD: Assistant Deputy
▪ AD: Assistant Director
▪ ADC: Assistant District Commissioner
▪ ADAF: Associate Director of Administration and Finance
▪ ADI: Advanced Driving Instructor
▪ ADOF: Associate Director of Finance
▪ ADRP: Assistant Director for Research and Planning
▪ AM: Administration Manager
▪ ABA: Accredited Business Accountant
▪ AM: Accounts Manager
▪ AA: Accounting Assistant
▪ STRATCOM: Strategic Communications
▪ ADR: Associate Dean for Research
▪ ADU: Academic Development Unit
▪ PA: Personal Assistant

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 ▪ PR Dept.: Public Relations Department
▪ IT Dept.: Information Technology Department
▪ HR Dept.: Human Resource Department

Finance and Accounting Abbreviations | Business Terms

List of finance abbreviations and accounting abbreviations in English.

▪ A/R: Accounts Receivable

▪ ACCG: Accounting
▪ ACCT: Account
▪ ACR: Accrual
▪ ACV: Actual Cash Value
▪ AGI: Adjusted Gross Income
▪ AGR: Adjusted Gross Revenue
▪ AIR: Assumed Interest Rate
▪ AP: Accounts Payable
▪ APR: Annual Percentage Rate
▪ ARM: Adjustable Rate Mortgage
▪ B&C: Bonds and Coupons
▪ BGT: Budget
▪ BS: Balance Sheet
▪ CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate
▪ CAP: Capital
▪ CAPEX: Capital Expenditures
▪ CD: Certificate of Deposit
▪ CF: Cash flow
▪ CL, LTL: Liabilities (current and long-term)
▪ COB: Close of Business
▪ COGS: Cost of Goods Sold
▪ CPA: Certified Public Accountant
▪ CR: Credit
▪ DR: Debit
▪ EA: Enrolled Agent
▪ EFT: Electronic Funds Transfer
▪ EPS: Earnings Per Share
▪ ETF: Exchange Traded Funds
▪ FA, CA: Assets (fixed and current)
▪ FDIC: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
▪ FIFO: First In, First Out
▪ FOREX: Foreign Exchange
▪ FRB: Federal Reserve Board
▪ GAAP: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
▪ GL: General Ledger
▪ GNP: Gross National Product
▪ GP: Gross Profit

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▪ IRA: Individual Retirement Account
▪ LC: Letter of Credit
▪ LIFO: Last In, First Out
▪ LLC: Limited Liability Company
▪ LOI: Letter Of Intent
▪ MMKT: Money Market
▪ MTD: Month-to-Date
▪ NAV: Net Asset Value
▪ NCND: Non-Circumvent and Non-Disclosure
▪ NDA: Non-Disclosure Agreement
▪ NI: Net Income
▪ NYSE: New York Stock Exchange
▪ OC: Opportunity Cost
▪ OE: Equity and Owner’s Equity
▪ P&L: Profit and Loss
▪ P/E: Price to Earnings Ratio
▪ PC: Percent
▪ Pd: Paid
▪ PSP: Profit Sharing Plan
▪ PV: Present Value
▪ QTD: Quarter-to-Date
▪ Re or RE: In Reference to, Retained Earnings
▪ REIT: Real Estate Investment Trust
▪ ROA: Return On Assets
▪ ROCE: Return On Capital Employed
▪ ROE: Return On Equity
▪ ROI: Return on Investment
▪ ROIC: Return on Invested Capital
▪ RONA: Return On Net Assets
▪ ROS: Return on Sales
▪ SEC: Securities Exchange Commission
▪ SIV: Structured Investment Vehicle
▪ TSA: Tax-Sheltered Annuity
▪ TSR: Total Shareholder Return
▪ WC: Working Capital
▪ YTD: Year-to-Date
▪ YTM: Yield To Maturity

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Social Media Abbreviations / Digital Marketing Acronyms
| Business Terms
List of social media acronyms and digital marketing abbreviations in English.

▪ AIDA: Attention, Interest, Desire, Action

▪ AJAX: Asynchronous JavaScript And XML
▪ API: Application Program Interface
▪ ASP: Application Service Provider
▪ CLV: Customer Lifetime Value
▪ CMS: Content Management System
▪ CPA: Cost Per Acquisition / Action
▪ CPC: Cost Per Click
▪ CPL: Cost Per Lead
▪ CPM: Cost Per Thousand
▪ CPV: Cost Per View
▪ CR: Conversion Rate
▪ CRM: Customer Relationship Management
▪ CRO: Conversion Rate Optimisation
▪ CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
▪ CTA: Call To Action
▪ CTR: Click Through Rate
▪ CX: Customer Experience
▪ DM: Direct Mail (or ‘Direct message’, in Twitter circles)
▪ DMP: Data Management Platform
▪ DNS: Domain Name System
▪ ECPM: Effective CPM
▪ EPC: Earnings Per Click
▪ EPM: Earnings Per Thousand
▪ ESP: Email Service Provider
▪ FB: Facebook
▪ FTP: File Transfer Protocol
▪ GA: Google Analytics
▪ IM: Instant Messaging
▪ IMAP: Internet Message Access Protocol
▪ IP: Intellectual property (or ‘Internet Protocol’)
▪ IPTV: Internet Protocol Television
▪ ISP: Internet Service Provider
▪ KPI: Key Performance Indicator
▪ LTV: Lifetime Value
▪ MoM: Month on Month
▪ MLM: Multilevel Marketing
▪ MVT: Multivariate Testing
▪ OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer
▪ OS: Operating System (sometimes this is used for ‘open source’)
▪ PPC: Pay Per Click

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 ▪ PPL: Pay Per Lead
▪ PPV: Pay Per View
▪ PR: Page Rank
▪ PV: Page Views
▪ QR Code: Quick Response Code
▪ QS: Quality Score
▪ RFI: Request For Information
▪ RON: Run of Network
▪ RT: Retweet
▪ RTB: Real Time Bidding
▪ RTD: Real Time Data
▪ SEM: Search Engine Marketing
▪ SEO: Search Engine Optimisation
▪ SERP: Search Engine Results Page
▪ SM: Social Media
▪ SME: Small / Medium Enterprise. (aka SMB = ‘business’)
▪ SMM: Social Media Marketing
▪ SMO: Social Media Optimisation
▪ SMP: Social Media Platform
▪ SMS: Short Message Service
▪ SOV: Share Of Voice
▪ TLD: Top Level Domain
▪ TOS: Terms Of Service
▪ UI: User Interface
▪ UGC: User Generated Content
▪ UV: Unique Visitor
▪ UX: User Experience
▪ VOD: Video On Demand
▪ VM: Viral Marketing
▪ WOMM: Word Of Mouth Marketing

Business Slang Terms: Email Abbreviations

List of email business abbreviations in English.

▪ FYI: For Your Information

▪ GMTA: Great Minds Think Alike
▪ RUOK: Are you Okay?
▪ ASAP: As Soon As Possible
▪ BTW: By The Way
▪ EOD: End Of Day
▪ ATTN: Attention
▪ N/A: Not Applicable
▪ COB: Close Of Business
▪ TBD: To Be Decided
▪ RSVP: Please Respond

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▪ 2MI: Too Much Information
▪ 2M2H: Too Much To Handle
▪ AFC: Away From Computer
▪ AEAP: As Early As Possible
▪ AFK: Away From Keyboard
▪ AMBW: All My Best Wishes
▪ A/N: Author’s Note
▪ APP: Application
▪ ATEOTD: At The End Of The Day
▪ AWOL: Away Without Leaving
▪ AWOL: Absent Without Leave
▪ AYDY: Are You Done Yet?
▪ AYEC: At Your Earliest Convenience
▪ AYW: As You Want / As You Wish
▪ CHK: Check
▪ HAG1: Have A Good One
▪ HAU: How About You?
▪ H2CUS: Hope To See You Soon
▪ HAND: Have A Nice Day
▪ HF: Have Fun
▪ IAC: In Any Case
▪ IHNI: I Have No Idea
▪ IMHO: In My Humble Opinion
▪ IMO: In My Opinion
▪ JLMK: Just Let Me Know
▪ JW: Just Wondering
▪ KUTGW: Keep Up The Good Work
▪ OOTO: Out Of The Office
▪ PLMK: Please Let Me Know
▪ WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get
▪ YOY: Year Over Year
▪ YTD: Year To Date

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General Business Terms
Learn general business abbreviations in English.

Business Terms: Personnel & Organization Abbreviations

▪ AGT: Agent
▪ HR: Human Resources
▪ Slsmn: Salesman
▪ Secl: Secretarial
▪ PR: Public Relations
▪ QC: Quality Control
▪ R&D: Research and Development
▪ Wrkr: Worker
▪ Wrhse: Warehouse
Business Terms: Legal Abbreviations
▪ HQ: Headquarters
▪ Inc.: Incorporated
▪ IPO: Initial Public Offering
▪ LBO: Limited Buy Out
▪ Ltd.: Limited Company
▪ LLC: Limited Liability Corporation
Business Terms :Technical Abbreviations
▪ API: Application Program Interface
▪ CPU: Central Processing Unit
▪ CSS: Cascading Style Sheet
▪ FTP: File Transport Protocol
▪ HTML: Hyper Text Markup Language
▪ HTTP: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
▪ HTTPS: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure
▪ IM: Instant Messaging
▪ IP: Internet Protocol
▪ ISP: Internet Service Provider
▪ OS: Operating System
▪ QA: Quality Assurance
▪ UI: User Interface
▪ WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get
▪
Business Terms: Productivity Abbreviations
▪ GTD: Getting Things Done
▪ MITs: Most Important Things
▪ OHIO: Only Handle It Once
▪ GPP: Gross Primary Productivity
▪ HPCS: High Productivity Computing Systems
▪ SDP: Software Design and Productivity
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 ▪ PI: Productivity Index
▪ PLB: Productivity Linked Bonus
▪ PC: Productivity Commission
▪ SPR: Software Productivity Research
▪
Business Terms: Attendance, Time tracking and Start up
▪ AA: Attendance Allowance
▪ ADA: Average Daily Attendance
▪ AMS: Attendance Management System
▪ ATAAPS: Automated Time, Attendance, and Production System
▪ COA: Cost of Attendance
▪ FR: Face Recognition
▪ RTT: Real Time Tracking
▪ TRUE: Tracking Real-Time User Experience
▪ CTT: Critical Time Tracking
▪ TTS: Time Tracking Software
▪ TTS: Time Tracking System
▪ RTTS: Real Time Tracking System
▪ SaaS: Software-as-a-Service
▪ SU: Start Up
▪ SUP: Start Up Program
▪ SUE: Start Up and Expansion
Business Terms: Technology Abbreviations
▪ IP: Internet Protocol
▪ IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force
▪ ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode
▪ IT: Information Technology
▪ ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
▪ LAN: Local Area Network
▪ SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol
▪ FTP: File Transfer Protocol
▪ WWW: World Wide Web
▪ DNS: Domain Name System
▪ PDF: Portable Document Format
▪ RF: Radio Frequency
▪ XML: Extensible Markup Language
▪ IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
▪ SIP: Session Initiation Protocol
▪ ITU: International Telecommunication Union
▪ OSI: Open Systems Interconnection
▪ PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Network
▪ GUI: Graphical User Interface
▪ EDI: Electronic Data Interchange
▪ ISP: Internet Service Provider

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 ▪ TCP: Transmission Control Protocol
▪ FDDI: Fiber Distributed Data Interface
▪ ISO: International Standards Organization
▪ UDP: User Datagram Protocol
▪ ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organization
▪ MAC: Media Access Control
▪ MTP: Message Transfer Part
▪ OS: Operating System
▪ BGP: Border Gateway Protocol
▪ OSPF: Open Shortest Path First
▪ QA: Quality Assurance
▪ SNA: Systems Network Architecture
▪ VPN: Virtual Private Network
▪ AIN: Advanced Intelligent Network
▪ API: Application Programming Interface
▪ ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning
▪ NTIS: National Technical Information Service
▪ RAM: Random Access Memory
▪ AI: Artificial Intelligence
▪ ARP: Address Resolution Protocol
▪ BRI: Basic Rate Interface
▪ CM: Configuration Management
▪ CO: Central Office
▪ DSL: Digital Subscriber Line
▪ PDU: Protocol Data Unit
▪ URL: Uniform Resource Locator
▪ ANI: Automatic Number Identification
▪ DES: Data Encryption Standard
▪ DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
▪ ITU: International Telecommunication Union
▪ SMS: Short Message Service
▪ WAP: Wireless Application Protocol
▪ AES: Advanced Encryption Standard

Other Business Abbreviations

▪ ADP: Automated Data Processing
▪ Approx: Approximately
▪ Attn: Attention
▪ BAT: Business Action Theory
▪ BCC: Blind Copied
▪ BIMS: Business Information Management Suite
▪ BPC: Business Planning Cycle
▪ ETA: Estimated Time of Arrival
▪ EXP: Export
▪ GDP: Gross Domestic Product
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▪ GMP: Good Manufacturing Practices
▪ Pls: Please
▪ Qty: Quantity
▪ TBD: To Be Determined
▪ Thx: Thanks
▪ Trd: Trade
▪ Trnsfr: Transfer
▪ Ttl: Total
▪ Unltd: Unlimited
▪ Utlztn: Utilization
▪ W/O: Without
▪ Wst: Waste
▪ Whol.: Wholesale
▪ Wrkshp: Workshop
▪ Wrldwd: Worldwide

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