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In this category, I will regularly update with known and unknown abbreviations of various everyday items, organisations, companies, degrees and plenty more:-



  • IBM: International Business Machines (Corporation)

  • BMW: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Aktiengesellschaft) in German [Bavarian Motor Works]

  • RSVP: Répondez S'il Vous Plaît in French("Please respond"/"Respond if you please")


  • R.I.P.: Requiescat In Pace in Latin (Rest In Peace)

    • DSLR: Digital Single-Lens Reflex


        • FMCG: Fast Moving Consumer Goods



          • PNR: Passenger Name Record

          • PDF: Portable Document Format





          • TRP: Television Rating Point (In Television Media) and Target Rating Point (In Marketing and Advertisement)




          • HTC: High Tech Computer (Corporation)


          • LED: Light-Emitting Diode

          • CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access

          • ADIDAS: Adolf Dassler ("ADI" is a nickname for Adolf & "DAS" from Dassler)





          • DDT: DichloroDiphenylTrichloroethane (C14H9Cl5 ) 







          • CPR: CardioPulmonary Resuscitation


            • NASDAQ: National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

            • SIM: Subscriber Identity (Identification) Module

              • HACCP: Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
              • NASSCOM: National Association of Software and Services COMpanies


              • LTE: Long Term Evolution
              • AT&T: American Telephone & Telegraph Company (Now AT&T Inc.)

              • SWIFT: Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (Code)

              • BCG: Bacillus/Bacille Calmette-Guérin (Vaccin Bilié de Calmette et Guérin in French)
              • RCC: Reinforced Cement Concrete
              • KPMG: Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler [Merger of Peat Marwick International (PMI) and Klynveld Main Goerdeler (KMG)]
              • VPN: Virtual Private Network

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