Common Acronyms and Abbreviations

Everyday-context/Miscellaneous

• IQ stands for Intelligence Quotient
• RSVP is French for "répondez s'il vous plaît," meaning "Please respond."
• ATM stands for Automated Teller Machine
• A.M. means ante meridiem (before midday)
• P.M. means post meridiem (after midday)
• SUV stands for Sports Utility Vehicle
• i.e. means id est (Latin) or "in other words"
• e.g. means exempli gratia (Latin) or "for example"
• P.S. stands for Post Script
• SMS stands for Short Message Service
• PIN stands for Personal Identification Number and Postal Index Number

Technology

• URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator
• ISP stands for Internet Service Provider
• WWW stands for World Wide Web
• JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group
• PDF stands for Portable Document Format
• CAPTCHA is a Completely Automated Public Turing test to differentiate computers and humans
• GPS stands for Global Positioning System
• OTP stands for One Time Password
• CGI stands for Computer-Generated Imagery
• HD stands for High Density

Political/Economic context

• GST stands for Goods and Services Tax.
• VAT stands for Value Added Tax.
• MSP stands for Minimum Support Price.
• EVM stands for Electronic Voting Machine.
• GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product.
• UT stands for Union Territory.
• USA stands for United States of America.
• USSR stands for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
• EU stands for European Union.
• NRI stands for Non-Resident Indian.
• PIO stands for Person of Indian Origin.

Organizations/Institutions

• CIA stands for Central Intelligence Agency.
• FBI stands for Federal Bureau of Investigation.
• UNO stands for United Nations Organization.
• WHO stands for World Health Organization.
• UNICEF stands for United Nations Children's Fund.
• UNESCO stands for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
• WTO stands for World Trade Organization.
• WWF stands for World Wide Fund for Nature.
• RBI stands for Reserve Bank of India.
• BIS stands for Bureau of Indian Standards.

Academic space/ Educational degrees

• CBSE is the Central Board of Secondary Education.
• ICSE is the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education.
• UGC is the University Grants Commission.
• NCERT is the National Council of Educational Research and Training.
• ICMR is the Indian Council of Medical Research.
• AIIMS is the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
• CGPA is the Cumulative Grade Points Average.
• SOP is the Standard Operating Procedure.
• Ph.D is the Doctor of Philosophy
• AICTE is the All India Council for Technical Education.
• CAT is the Common Admission Test
• NET is the National Eligibility Test.
• MBA is the Master of Business Administration.
• MBBS is the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery.

Medical terms

• B.P. stands for Blood Pressure.
• CBC stands for Complete Blood Count.
• ICU stands for Intensive Care Unit.
• PMS stands for Premenstrual Syndrome.
• AIDS stands for Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome.
• BMI stands for Body Mass Index.
• HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
• MRI stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
• DNA stands for De-oxyribo Nucleic Acid.
• CT Scan stands for Computed Tomography Scan.

Social media

• DM stands for Direct Message.
• GIF stands for Graphics Interchange Format.
• BRB means Be Right Back.
• BTS means Behind The Scenes.
• BTW means By The Way.
• FOMO means Fear Of Missing Out.
• FYI means For Your Information.
• OOTD means Outfit Of The Day.
• ROFL means Rolling On the Floor Laughing.
• IMO means In My Opinion.

Sports

• IPL stands for Indian Premiere League.
• LBW stands for Leg Before Wicket.
• SAI stands for Sports Authority of India.
• BCCI stands for Board of Control for Cricket in India.
• IOA stands for Indian Olympic Association.
• FIH stands for International Hockey Federation.
• ICC stands for International Cricket Council.
• NBA stands for National Basketball Association.
• ODI stands for One Day International.

COVID-Related abbreviations

• COVID stands for Corona-virus Disease.
• SARS-COV stands for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome- Corona Virus.
• PPE stands for Personal Protective Equipment.
• WFH means Work From Home.
• RT-PCR stands for Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction.