FYI

We come across acronyms so often daily, but how many of us actually know what they stand for? Educate yourself...

A&W - Allen and Wright
RAM - Random Access Memory
DVD - Digital Versatile Disk
RADAR - Radio Detection And Ranging
EDT - Eastern Daylight saving Time
R&B - Rhythm and Blues
FIFA - Fédération internationale de football association (French "International Association Football Federation")
FM - Frequency Modulation
EPL - English Premier League
ET - Extra Terrestrial
FCUK - French Connection United Kingdom
BTW - By The Way
CC - Carbon Copy
FYI - For Your Information
BYOB - Bring Your Own Beverages/Bottle
GPS - Global Positioning System
LED - Light-Emitting Diode
BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation
MPEG - Motion Pictures (Coding) Experts Group
HIV - Human Immunodeficiency Virus
UFO - Unidetified Flying Object
IP - Initial Point/Intellectual Property/Internet Protocol
RIP - Rest In Peace
MSG - MonoSodium Glutamate
IQ - Intelligence Quotient
EQ - Emotional Quotient
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ISBN - International Standard Book Number
IT - Information Technology
JFK - John Fitzgerald Kennedy
KFC - Kentucky Fried Chicken
KKK - Ku Klux Klan
MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MBA - Masters of Business Administration
HP - Hewlett-Packard
CEO - Chief Executive Officer
FAAQ - Frequently Asked and Anticipated Questions
HQ - HeadQuarters
i.e. - id est (Latin, roughly "that is")
CIA - Central Intelligence Agency
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation
CV - Curriculum Vitae (resume)
DOA - Dead Or Alive
DOD - Do Not Disturb
DQ - Dairy Queen
CFC - CloroFluro Carbon
DB - DataBase
PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
DC - District of Columbia (Washington DC)
DIY - Do It Yourself
NASDAQ - National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
DNA - Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid
PTA - Parent-Teacher Association
PVC - PolyVinyl Chloride
NFL - National Football League
YMCA - Young Men's Christian Association
TIP - To Insure Promptness
OPAC - Online Public Access Catalogue
USSR - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
VIP - Very Important Person
DKNY - Donna Karen New York
HTML - HyperText Markup Language
PTO - Please Turn Over
NBA - National Basketball Association
AT&T - American Telephone and Telegraph
BP - British Petroleum
AIDS - Aquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
LASER - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
4WD - Four Wheel Drive
CD - Compact Disc
ABBA - Agneta, Benny, Björn, Anni-Frid (Swedish pop group)
SCUBA - Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
RSVP - répondez s'il vous plaît (French for "please reply")
BMI - Body Mass Index
BMW - Bayerische Motoren Werke (German, "Bavarian Motor Works")
AM - Ante Meridium
PM - Post Meridian
CSI - Crime Scene Investigation
CST - Central Standard Time
BODMAS - Brackets, Of, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
MPV - Multi Purpose Vehicle
B&W - Babcock & Wilcox/Black and White/Bowers & Wilkins
CPU - Central Processing Unit
WWW - World Wide Web
CPR - CardioPulmonary Resuscitation
BAR - British American Racing
BBQ - Barbeque
ASEAN - Association of South East Asian Nations
JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group
AST - Atlantic Standard Time
ATM - Automated Teller Machine
SARS - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
ATV - All Terrain Vehicle
SWAT - Special Weapons And Tactics
TGIF - Thank God It's Friday
UEFA - Union of European Football Association
AAA - American Automobile Association
SAT - Scholastic Aptitude Test
ABC - American Broadcasting Company/American Born Chinese
BC - Before Christ/Blind Copy
AD - Ano Domini ("In the year of our Lord")
TLC - Tender Loving Care
ADHD - Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
TM - TradeMark
TNT - TriNitro Toluene
CNN - Cable News Network
c/o - care of (postal code indicating temporary address change)
2D - Two Dimensional
AI - Artificial Intelligence
AOL - America OnLine
aka - also known as
etc. - Etcetera
M&M - ? All I know is the guy who started M&M's name was Mars. (Forrest Mars Sr)


The world's longest initialism, according to the Guinness Book of World Records is NIIOMTPLABOPARMBETZHELBETRABSBOMONIMONKONOTDTEKH
STROMONT. The 56-letter initialism (54 in Cyrillic) is from the Concise Dictionary of Soviet Terminology and means "The laboratory for shuttering, reinforcement, concrete and ferroconcrete operations for composite-monolithic and monolithic constructions of the Department of the Technology of Building-assembly operations of the Scientific Research Institute of the Organization for building mechanization and technical aid of the Academy of Building and Architecture of the USSR."



If you get bored, try writing a story using all these acronyms...you'll get a story with an interesting story line as well as one 'weird looking' work of art. Well, that's all. If you have any other acronyms to add, please do so. TTFN!