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1. Oddballs
'. Foot/Feet. Linear measure. 12" = 1' = 30,48 cm (Weights & Measures, Imperial/1.05)
!. I have a comment. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
". Inch/Inches. Linear measure. 1" = 25,4 mm (Weights & Measures, Imperial/1.05)
&&&&. Pretzels. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
(%>. Pizza. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
(::()::). Bandaid. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
(_). Mug of coffee or beer. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
(_\_)(_|_)(_/_). Dancing ass off. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
****. Popcorn. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
,,l,. The finger. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
.02. My two cents worth. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:'. Crying. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-#. Lips are sealed. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-&. Tongue tied. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:(. Frown. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:'-(. Crying sadly. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-(. Sad. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:( ). Can't stop talking. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:'-). Crying with joy. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-). Smiley. The converse is :-( to understand tilt your head 90 degrees to the left, alternatively turn
the sheet you are holding or screen you are viewing 90 degrees clockwise. There are various similar
pictograms, which are a legacy from text based computer systems. However I do not feel it is within
the scope of this serious document to cover them all (Oh well I succumbed and added some more). ;-
) Gareth (IT, Pictograms/1.05)
:-------). Viagra smile. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:*). Clowning, drunk, larking about. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
::POOF::. Goodbye (leaving the room). (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-@. Screaming. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-\. Undecided. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-{}. Blowing a kiss. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-|. Ambivalent. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:~/. Mixed Up. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:->. Devilish. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-6. Exhausted, wiped out. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-9. Delicious, yummy. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-c. Bummed out. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-I. Indifferent. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-O. Mouth open (surprised or shocked). (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:P. Disgusted (sticking out tongue). (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-Þ~. Drooling. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
;-). Wink. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
;->. Devilish wink. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
?. I have a question. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
3G. Third generation. Generic name for third generation digital mobile networks (Universal Mobile
Telecommunications System) (IT, Telecommunications/2.04)
3GPP. 3G Partnership Project. (IT, Telecommunications/2.04)
404. I haven't a clue (inspired by Error 404). (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
4COL. For Crying Out Loud. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
2. Alpha
A. Allergy. (Medical/1.05)
A. Amber. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
A. Ampere. See kA, mA (Weights & Measures, Electrical/2.11)
A. Angstrom. (Medical/1.05)
A. Anterior. (Medical/1.05)
A. Adult. (Medical/1.05)
a. Arterial. (Medical/1.05)
A&E. Accident and Emergency. (General/2.14)
A&P. Auscultation And Percussion. (Medical/1.05)
A.d. Anno domini. Of the Christian era. In the year of the Lord. (Latin, French, Greek/1.05)
A.m. Ante meridiem. Before noon. (Latin, French, Greek/1.05)
A/A. Air to Air. For example A/A missiles, A/A communications. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
A/C. Assist Control. (Medical/1.05)
A/G. Abumin Globulin Ratio. (Medical/1.05)
A/G. Air to Ground. For example A/G missiles, A/G communications. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
A/S/L?. Age/sex/location?. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
A/S/M. Aperture priority / Shutter priority / Manual. (General/2.09)
A2. Aortic Second Sound. (Medical/1.05)
AA. Atomic Absorption. (General/2.10)
AA. Administrative Assistant. (General/2.10)
AA. Achievement Age. (Medical/1.05)
aa. Of Each. (Medical/1.05)
AA. Anti Aircraft. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.02)
Aa. Alveolar Arterial. (Medical/1.05)
AA. Alcoholics Anonymous. (Medical/1.05)
AA. Automobile Association. (Association, Society, Institute/2.02)
AA. Association of Anaesthesists. (Medical/1.05)
AA. Aluminium Association. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
AAA. American Automobile Association. (Association, Society, Institute/2.02)
AAA. Authentication, Authorisation and Accounting. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
AAA. Amended Meteorological Message. AAB, AAC, etc. in sequence (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
AAA. Anti Aircraft Artillery. Rapid-firing cannon or machine guns, often aimed by computers and radar
(Aviation Civil and Military/1.08)
AAA. Action on Alcohol Abuse. (General/2.10)
AAAW. Advanced Air launched Anti armour Weapon. (Military/1.06)
AAC. Army Air Corps. (Military/1.06)
AACC. American Association for Containment Control. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
AACI. Airport Association Council International. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
AAE. Acute Allergic Encephalitis. (Medical/1.05)
AAE. Annaba Airport. Algerie. (Airport Codes/1.06)
AAIB. Air Accident Investigation Branch. (Government office/2.14)
AAK. Automatisk Adgangs Kontroll. Automatic Admission Control. Norwegian. Comprising card
readers, personal entry cards, card production equipment, and supervisory software (Security/1.05)
AAL. Aalborg Airport. Denmark. (Airport Codes/1.05)
AAL. ATM Adaptation Layer. (IT, Computing/1.05)
AAL. Above Aerodrome Level. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
AAL. Anterior Axilary Line. (Medical/1.05)
AALA. American Association for Laboratory Accreditation. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
AAMOF. As A Matter Of Fact. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
AAN. Al Ain Airport. United Arab Emirats. (Airport Codes/1.06)
AAR. Tirstrup. Århus Airport. Denmark. (Airport Codes/1.07)
AAR. Air to Air Refuelling. (Military/1.06)
AATCC. American Association of Textile Chemicals and Colourists. (Association, Society,
Institute/1.07)
AB. Apical Beat. (Medical/1.05)
Ab. Antibody. (Medical/1.05)
ab. Abortion. (Medical/1.05)
AB. A blood type. (Medical/2.02)
ab initio. from first principles. (Latin, French, Greek/2.14)
ABA. Poly Acrylonitrile Butadiene Acrylate. (General/2.14)
Abandon. To stop production from an oil well, that is no longer productive. The well is plugged with
cement and equipment is salvaged (Petrochemical/1.08)
ABCA. Standards bodies of America, Britain, Canada and Australia. (Association, Society,
Institute/2.10)
ABCB. Association of British Certification Bodies. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
ABCC. Association of British Chambers of Commerce. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
ABCL. Automatic Barrier Crossing, locally monitored. (General/2.10)
abd. Abdomen. (Medical/1.05)
ABD. Abadan Airport. Iran. Duplicate see ABO (Airport Codes/1.06)
ABE. Allentown Airport. PA. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
ABEG. Achieving Best Evidence Guidelines. (Policing/2.14)
ABF. Abaiang Airport. Atoll Kiribati. (Airport Codes/1.06)
ABG. Arterial Blood Gas. (Medical/1.05)
ABG. Abingdon Airport. QL. Australia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
ABH. Actual Bodily Harm. (Policing/2.14)
ABI. Abilene Airport. TX. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
ABI. Advanced Boundary Information. Or Advance Boundary Information (message) (Aviation Civil
and Military/1.05)
ABI. Association of British Insurers. (Association, Society, Institute/2.14)
ABJ. Abidjan Airport. Cote D'ivoire. (Airport Codes/1.06)
ABL. Axiobuccolingual. (Medical/1.05)
ABM. Asynchronous Balanced Mode. (IT, Computing/1.05)
ABM. ABeaM. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ABM. Anti Ballistic Missile. (Military/1.05)
ABMA. American Bearing Manufacturing Association. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
ABMEC. Association of British Mining Equipment Companies. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
ACTS. Advanced Communication Technologies Services. An EU funded programme for review of third
generation telecommunication technologies (IT, Telecommunications/1.07)
ACTS. Advisory Committee on Toxic Substances. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
Actual Finish Date. The actual date on which an activity is completed. (Project Management,
Planning/1.10)
Actual Start Date. The actual date on which an activity commences. (Project Management,
Planning/1.10)
ACV. Assist Control Ventilation. (Medical/1.05)
ACV. Armoured Combat Vehicle. (Military/1.06)
ACWP. Actual Cost of Work Performed. (Project Management/1.07)
ACY. Atlantic City Pomona Field Airport. NJ. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
ad. Andorra. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
AD. Airport Design. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.02)
AD. Alcohol Dehydrogenase. (Medical/1.05)
AD. Average Deviation. (Medical/1.05)
AD. Auris Dextra (Right Ear). (Medical/1.05)
AD. AeroDrome. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
AD. Antidepressant or After death. (Medical/2.11)
AD. Drug Addict. (Medical/1.05)
AD. Arbeids- og administrasjons Departementet. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
AD. Anodal Duration. (Medical/1.05)
Ad hoc. For a specific purpose. (Latin, French, Greek/1.05)
Ad infinitum. For ever. (Latin, French, Greek/1.05)
ad int. Ad Interim (Meanwhile). (General/1.05)
ad lib. As one pleases, improvise. (General/1.05)
ADA. Adana Airport. Turkey. (Airport Codes/1.06)
ADA. American Dietetic Association. (Medical/1.05)
ADA. American Diabetic Association. (Medical/1.05)
ADA. ADvisory Area. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ADA. American Dental Association. (Medical/1.05)
ADAM. Airport Data and Management. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.12)
ADAS. Agricultural Development and Advisory Service. (Association, Society, Institute/2.14)
ADAS. Agricultural Development Advisory Service. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
ADB. Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport. Turkey. (Airport Codes/1.06)
ADC. Association of District Councils. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
ADD. Addis Ababa Airport. Ethiopia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
ADDN. Addition, Additional. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ADE. Aden Airport. Yemen. (Airport Codes/1.06)
ADELT. Automatically Deployable Emergency Locator Transmitter. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
ADF. Automatic Direction Finding equipment. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ADG. Airplane Design Group. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.02)
ADH. Anti Diuretic Hormone. (Medical/1.05)
ADHC. Air Defence Hardware Committee. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ADHD. Hypo (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
ADI. Acceptable Daily Intake. (General/2.10)
ADIRS. Air Data and Inertial Reference System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ADIZ. Air Defence Identification Zone. Pronounced "Ay-Diz" (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ADJ. Adjacent. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ADL. Activities of Daily Living. (Medical/1.05)
ADL. Adelaide Airport. SA. Australia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
adm. Admission. (Medical/1.05)
ADM. Change of existing information expressed by the use of data element id. ASM Submessage
(Aviation Civil and Military/1.06)
ADM. Arrow Diagramming Method. See AOA (Project Management, Planning/2.01)
ADMD. ADministration Management Domain. (IT, Computing/1.05)
ADMS. Assistant Director Medical Services. (Medical/1.05)
ADN. Any Day Now. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
ADOC. Air Defence Operation Centre. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ADONIS. Article Delivery Over Network Information Systems. (IT, Computing/1.08)
ADP. Automatic Data Processing. (General/2.10)
ADPCM. Adapted Differential Pulse Code Modulation. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
ADR. ADvisory Route. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ADR. Air Data Reference. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ADS. Administration and Data Server. (IT, Computing/1.05)
ADS. Automatic Dependent Surveillance. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ADS. Approved Dosimetry Service. (General/2.10)
ADS. Artic Drilling Structure. (Petrochemical/1.07)
ADSC. Air Defence Software Committee. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ADSL. Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. High Speed Subscription line providing 6 Mb per second,
up to a range of 3,5 km. The shorter the range the higher the bandwidth. Asymmetric in this context
means that more information can be sent to the subscriber, than can be returned. ADSL is a DSL
variant, and an alternative to ISDN. See VDSL, HDSL, SDSL (IT, Telecommunications/1.05)
ADT. Atlantic Daylight Time. (US and Canada) (Time or Space/2.08)
ADT. Agar gel Difussion Test. (Medical/1.05)
ADV. Flughafenschilder. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.01)
ADZ. Advice. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
AE. Analyser Element. (Petrochemical/1.07)
AE. Automatic Exposure. A camera's built-in exposure meter automatically sets the exposure
(General/2.08)
ae. United Arab Emirates. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
AEA. Air Europa. (Airline Codes/1.05)
AEA. Agricultural Engineering Association. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
AEA. Atomic Energy Authority. (General/2.10)
AEA. Association of European Airlines. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
AEA. Abemama Airport. Atoll Kiribati. (Airport Codes/1.06)
AEAC. Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary. (Policing/2.14)
AEC. Administrative, Executive and Clerical. (General/2.10)
AEC. At Earliest Convenience. (General/1.05)
AEC. Atomic Energy Comission. (Association, Society, Institute/1.05)
AECB. Atomic Energy Control Board. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
AIA. Automatisk Innbrudds Alarm. Automatic Break in Alarm. Norwegian. Infra red detector and
alarm systems (Security/1.05)
AIA. Aerospace Industries Association of America. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
AIA. American Institute of Architects. (Association, Society, Institute/2.14)
AIAA. Area of Intense Air Activity. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
AIAA. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
AIB. Asbestos Insulation Board. (General/2.10)
AIC. Active Instability Control. (General/2.10)
AIC. Airok Airport. Marshall Islands. (Airport Codes/1.06)
AIC. Aeronautical Information Circular. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
AICRO. Association of Independent Contract Research Organisations. (Association, Society,
Institute/2.10)
AIDII. Associazone Italiana Degli Igienisti Industriali. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
AIDP. Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculopathy. (Medical/1.05)
AIDS. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. (Medical/1.05)
AIE. Aiome Airport. Papua New Guinea. (Airport Codes/1.06)
AIFTA. Anglo-Irish Free Trade Agreement. (General/2.10)
AIHA. American Industrial Hygiene Association. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
AIIM. Association for Information and Image Management. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
AIM. Automatic Identification Manufacturers. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
AIN. Advanced Intelligent Network. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
AIN. Auto Insert Notification. A process where Windows checks CD-ROM drives for any new media
that may have been inserted. If new media has been inserted, any Autorun files, which may be
present, are then executed (IT, Computing/1.10)
AIOSH. Associate of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. (Association, Society,
Institute/2.10)
AIP. Aeronautical Information Publisher. Or Aeronautical Information Publication (Aviation Civil and
Military/1.05)
AIP. Airport Improvement Program. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.02)
AIR. Association of Independent Railways. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
AIRAC. Aeronautical Information Regulation And Control. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
AIREP. Air Report. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
AIRMIC. Association of Insurance and Risk Managers in Industry and Commerce. (Association,
Society, Institute/2.10)
AIS. Aeronautical Information Service. Or Aeronautical Information System (Aviation Civil and
Military/1.05)
AISC. American Institute of Steel Construction. (Association, Society, Institute/2.11)
AISI. American Iron and Steel Institute. (Association, Society, Institute/1.05)
AISI. As I See It. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
AIST. Agency of Industrial Science and Technology. (General/2.10)
AIT. Assembly, Integration and Test. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
AIU. Accident Investigation Unit. (Policing/2.14)
AIV. Assembly, Integration and Validation. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
AIW. Airport Information Window. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
AIY. Atlantic City Bader Field Airport. NJ. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
AJ. Ankle Jerk. (Medical/1.05)
Alphabet, Phonetic. Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliet, Kilo, Lima,
Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whisky, X-ray,
Yankee, Zulu. International method of representing speech sounds (General/1.05)
ALPI. Asbestos Licensing Principal Inspector. (General/2.10)
ALR. Alerting {message type designator}. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ALRS. Alerting Service. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ALS. Antilymphocytic Serum. (Medical/1.05)
ALS. Alternate Line Service. Enables two lines and two different phone numbers on one subscription
for your mobile phone. This makes it possible to have separate numbers for business and personal
calls. To use this service, it must be supported by your network and by your phone. You may also
have to add this service to your subscription (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
ALS. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. (Medical/1.05)
ALS. Approach Landing System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ALS. Automatic Line Switching. A feature that allows an appliance to operate on input voltages
between 100-200v or 220-240v (Electrical/1.05)
ALT. Altitude. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ALT. Alanine Amino Transferase. (Medical/1.05)
alt dieb. Alternus Diebus (Every Other Day). (Medical/1.05)
ALTN. Alternative {aerodrome}. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ALTN. Alternate, Alternating {Light alternates in colour}. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ALU. Arithmetic Logic Unit. (IT, Computing/2.03)
ALU. Asbestos Licensing Unit. (General/2.10)
ALY. El Nouzha. Alexandria Airport. Egypt. (Airport Codes/1.05)
ALZ. Alice Springs Airport. NT. Australia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
am. Armenia. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
AM. Amplitude Modulation. Allows digital data to be transferred over an analogue network, such as a
switched telephone network. The amplitude of a frequency is varied between two levels one to
represent binary 0, and the other to represent binary 1. See Bits and Boolean (IT,
Telecommunications/1.05)
Am. Americium. Atomic number 95. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
AM. Administration Manager. (General/2.10)
AM. Airport Middleware. Middleware is an agent that allows different computer systems to
communicate with one another via a set of standards, and something called an API (Application
Programmable Interface). In order to introduce more jargon this is also known as working
“seamlessly”, i.e. the end user can not see the joins (IT, Computing/1.05)
AMA. Amarillo Airport. TX. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
AMA. Against Medical Advise. (Medical/1.05)
AMA. Area Minimum Altitude. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
AMA. Automatic Message Accounting. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
AMA. Association of Metropolitan Authorities. (General/2.10)
AMA. American Medical Association. (Medical/1.05)
AMA. Anti Mitochondrial Antibody. (Medical/1.05)
AMAG. Agricultural Machinery Advisory Group. (General/2.10)
AMB. AMBiguous track. (IT, Computing/1.05)
AMD. Armenian Dram. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
AMD. Active Matrix Display. (IT, Computing/2.03)
AMD. Amend, Amended {message type indicator}. Indicates amended meteorological message
(Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
AMD. Archway Metal Detectors. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.12)
AMD. Ahmedabad Airport. India. (Airport Codes/1.06)
AMF. Allied Command Europe Mobile Force. (Military/1.05)
AMHS. Automated Message Handling System. (IT, Computing/1.05)
AMI. Acute Myocardial Infarction. (Medical/1.05)
AMK. Akutt Medisinsk Kommunikasjonssentral (Norwegian). Emergency Medical Communication
Centre (OSL Project Related/1.05)
AML. Acute Myelogenous Leukemia. (Medical/1.05)
AMM. Queen Alia International. Amman Airport. Jordan. (Airport Codes/1.05)
AMMA. Poly Acrylonitrile Methyl Methacrylate. (General/2.14)
Amp. Unit of electrical current. (Electrical/1.05)
AMP. Adenosine Monophosphate. (Medical/1.05)
amp. Ampute. (Medical/1.05)
AMPS. Association of Management and Professional Staff. (General/2.10)
AMPS. Advanced Mobile Phone System. Analogue cellular system, predominantly used in the US.
Frequency 800Mhz. See CDMA, CDPD, FDMA, GSM, TDMA (IT, Telecommunications/1.05)
AMQ. Annual Minimum Quantity. (Petrochemical/1.07)
AMRAAM. Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile. (Military/1.05)
AMS. Area Management System. An application within a Resource Allocation System. See RAS
(Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
AMS. Aeronautical Mobile Service. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
AMS. Schiphol. Amsterdam Airport. Netherlands. (Airport Codes/1.05)
AMS. Approved Maintenance Schedule. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
AMSC. American Mobile Satellite Consortium. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
AMSL. Above Mean Sea Level. See AGL (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
AMSS. Aeronautical Mobile Satellite Service. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
amt. Amount. (Medical/1.05)
AMTRI. Advanced Manufacturing Technology Research Unit. (General/2.10)
AMV. Annulus Master Valve. (Petrochemical, Valves/1.07)
amy. Amylase. (Medical/1.05)
AN. Ansett Australia. (Airline Codes/1.07)
an. Netherlands Antilles. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
AN. AcrylonNtrile. (General/2.14)
ANA. Antinuclear Antibody. (Medical/1.05)
Analogue. An analogue signal is electrical and varies constantly in voltage, unlike a digital signal
which varies between two constant values usually denoted as 0 and 1. (IT,
Telecommunications/1.07)
ANC. Anchorage International Airport. AK. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
ANC. Association of Noise Consultants. (General/2.10)
ANCA. Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody. (Medical/1.05)
ANFAWFOS. And Now For A Word From Our Sponsor. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
ANFO. Ammonium Nitrate/Fuel Oil. (General/2.10)
ANFSCD. And Now For Something Completely Different. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
AWACS. Airborne Warning And Control System. An airborne surveillance system that can track
distant aircraft (Military/1.05)
AWC. After While, Crocodile. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
AWE. Atomic Weapons Establishment. (Military/1.06)
AWF. Aruba Florin. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
AWGTHTGTTA. Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again?. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
AWHFY. Are We Having Fun Yet?. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
AWI. Afred Wegener Institut. Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen Svalbard (General/1.05)
AWOL. Absence Without Official Leave or Away With Out Leave. In war time desertion is usually
punishable by death (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
AWOP. All Weather Operations Panel. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
AWOS. Airport Weather Observation System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
AWRE. Atomic Weapons Research Establishment. (General/2.10)
AWS. American Welding Society. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
AWS. Automatic Warning System. (General/2.10)
AWS. Automatic Weather Station. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
AWTTW. A Word To The Wise. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
AWWA. American Water Works Association. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
AWY. Airway. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
AWZ. Ahwaz Airport. Iran. (Airport Codes/1.06)
AXA. Anguilla Airport. Netherlands Antilles. (Airport Codes/1.06)
AY. Finnair. (Airline Codes/1.05)
AYOR. At Your Own Risk. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
AYT. Antalya. Turkey. (Airport Codes/1.05)
AYT. Are You There. (IT, Internet Chat/2.14)
AZ. Alitalia. (Airline Codes/1.07)
az. Azerbaijan. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
Azimuth. Head Azimuth. The angle at which the read/write head of a disc drive is aligned in relation
to a disc's tracks, if the azimuth is bad (skewed) the disc will not be readable, if it is at the right
tangent the disc should be readable (IT, Computing/1.05)
AZM. Azimuth. In aviation terms I am unsure of what this means but it possibly has something to do
with angles, compass bearings, or glide path (angle of descent) (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
AZM. Azerbaijanian Manat. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
AZR. Adrar Airport. Algerie. (Airport Codes/1.06)
AZT. Zidovudine. (Medical/1.05)
3. Beta
B. Boron. Atomic number 5. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
B. Blue. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
B&G. Brann & Gass. (Petrochemical/1.07)
B/M. Barrels Per Minute. (Petrochemical/1.07)
B2B. Business to Business. (IT, Computing/2.12)
B2C. Business to Consumer. (IT, Computing/2.12)
B4N. Bye For Now. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
ba. Bosnia And Herzegowina. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
BA. Breathing Apparatus. (General/2.10)
BA. British Airways. (Airline Codes/1.05)
Ba. Barium. Atomic number 56. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
BA. Braking Action. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
BA. Ball Valve. (Petrochemical, Valves/1.07)
BAA. British Agrochemicals Association. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
BAA. British Airport Authority. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
BAAS. British Association for the Advancement of Science. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
BABS. Blind Approach Beacon System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
BAC. Bad A**ed Chick. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
BAC. Budget At Completion. See EAC (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
BACIE. British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education. (General/2.10)
Backbone. A high speed connection designed to interconnect multiple networks. (IT,
Computing/1.05)
Backward pass. The process of calculating late dates for a network. See CPA. (Project
Management, Planning/1.10)
BACM. British Association of Colliery Management. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
BACnet. Building Automation and Control network. (IT, Computing/2.12)
BACOD. Bleomycin, Doxorubicin (Adriamycin), Cyclophosphamide, Vincristine (Oncovin),
Dexamethasone. (Medical/1.05)
BACTA. British Amusement Catering Trades Association. (General/2.10)
BAH. Bahrein Airport. Bahrein. (Airport Codes/1.06)
BAK. Baku Airport. Azerbaijan. (Airport Codes/1.05)
BAK. Back At Keyboard. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
BAL. Britishanti-Lewisite (Dimercaprol). (Medical/1.05)
BAL. Baltimore Airport. MD. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
BALPA. British Air Line Pilots Association. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
BALPPA. British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions. (Association, Society,
Institute/2.10)
BAMA. British Aerosol Manufacturers Association. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
BAMA. British Adhesives Manufacturers Association. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
Bandit. The bad guy. A hostile aircraft. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.08)
Bandwidth. How fast data/information can be transferred over a given period of time. Measured in
hertz or bits per second. The transmission medium can be anything from a fibre optic cable, a satellite
dish, to a piece of string. The width in bandwidth does not refer to thickness as in a very fat cable (a
fibre optic fibber is very fast and thin), it refers to the width of the frequency, or the number of times
the crest of a wave passes that crest in a given time period (IT, Computing/1.05)
BAPCO. British Association of Public Safety Communication Officers. (Association, Society,
Institute/2.14)
BAPE. Benign Asbestos Pleural Effusion. (General/2.10)
BAQ. Barranquilla Airport. Colombia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
bar. A unit of pressure. (Weights & Measures, Other/2.14)
Bar Chart. See Ganttchart. (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
Barrel. Measure of Ale. 32 gallons (2 kilderkins). (Measure of Ale/1.05)
Barrel. A unit of volume measurement used for petroleum and its products. 7.3 barrels = 1 ton. 6.29
barrels = 1 cubic metre. 1 barrel = ca. 35 Imperial gallons, or ca. 159 litres (Petrochemical/1.08)
BAS. Broadband Access Server. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
BAS. Building Advisory Service. (General/2.10)
BAS. Big A** Smile. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
BAS. Basic Inspection. (General/2.10)
BAS. Bygg Automatiserings System. Control Systems for buildings, climate etc. Norwegian (OSL
Project Related/1.05)
BASE. Cloud Base. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
Base Station. Radio station in a mobile telephone system. This station relays signals from mobile
telephones transmitting within a cell, which is the area covered by the base station (IT,
Telecommunications/1.07)
BASEEFA. British Approval Service for Electrical Equipment in Flammable Atmosphere. (Association,
Society, Institute/1.07)
Baseline. A scheduling benchmark. A Project Control Baseline is the benchmark from which
subsequent schedules are measured against for deviations. The idea of benchmarking comes from the
workshop, where the work bench was marked for measuring purposes. In effect a baseline is a freeze
of all scheduling information, for example dates and man-hours against which subsequent changes
can be measured. E.g.. schedule acceleration (Project Management, Planning/1.05)
BASIC. Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. (IT, Languages/1.05)
BASICS. British ASsociation of Immediate Care Schemes. (Association, Society, Institute/2.14)
BAT. Biological Tolerance Value. (General/2.10)
BAT. Best Available Techniques. (General/2.10)
BATF. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms. (Association, Society, Institute/2.14)
BATNEEC. Best Available Techniques Not Entailing Excessive Cost. (General/2.10)
BATSUB. British Army Training Support Unit Belize. (Military/1.06)
Baud. Used to indicate the rate at which data is transferred on a line. (IT, Computing/1.05)
BAV. Ball Valve. (Petrochemical, Valves/1.05)
BAWP. British Association of Women Police. (Association, Society, Institute/2.14)
bb. Barbados. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
BB. Both Bones (Fractures). (Medical/1.05)
BBA. Born Before Arrival. (Medical/1.05)
BBA. British Board of Agreement. (General/2.10)
BBAC. British Balloon and Airship Club. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
BBB. Bundle Branch Block. (Medical/1.05)
BBD. Barbadian Dollar. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
BBE. Beveled Both Ends. Pipe end configuration. See BOE, TBE, TOE, SQC (Petrochemical,
Piping/1.05)
data transmission or recording. There are various parity checking methods, even parity check, odd
parity check, longitudinal parity check, and probably others that I have never heard of. See bytes,
ASCII, EBCDIC, BCD Kb, Mb, Gb, Tb, Pb (IT, Units/1.05)
Bitumen. Extremely heavy semi-solid product of oil refining, made up of heavy hydrocarbons, used
for road-building (in asphalt) and roofing. (Petrochemical/2.01)
bj. Benin. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
BJL. Banjul Airport. Gambia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
BJM. Bujumbura Airport. Burundi. (Airport Codes/1.06)
BJV. Milas. Turkey. (Airport Codes/1.05)
Bk. Berkelium. Atomic number 97. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
BKA. Below Knee Amputation. (Medical/1.05)
BKI. Kota Kinabalu Airport. Malaysia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
BKK. Don Muang International. Bangkok Airport. Thailand. (Airport Codes/1.05)
BKL. Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport. OH. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
BKN. Broken. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
BKO. Bamako Airport. Mali. (Airport Codes/1.06)
BL. Blowing (Followed by DU=DUst, SA=SAnd, SN=SNow). (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
BL. Belly Laughing. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
BLA. Barcelone Airport. Venezuela. (Airport Codes/1.06)
BlC. Blood Culture. (Medical/1.05)
BLDG. Building. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
BLE. Dala. Borlange Airport. Sweden. (Airport Codes/1.05)
BLEVE. Boiling Liquid Expansion Vapour Explosion. (Policing/2.14)
BLEVE. Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion. (Petrochemical/1.07)
BLF. British Lubricants Federation. (General/2.10)
BLK. Blackpool Airport. UK. (Airport Codes/1.06)
BLL. Billund Airport. Denmark. (Airport Codes/1.05)
BLO. Below Clouds. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
BLObs. Binary Large Objects. See MDD, OLAP, MOLAP, MDBMS, OODBMS (IT, Computing/1.05)
Block. The North sea is divided into areas for exploration and exploitation. These areas are called
blocks. A block is part of a quadrant, so block 5/99, would be block 5 of quadrant 99
(Petrochemical/1.08)
Block Sum Check. A type of error checking when data is transmitted. See check sum, CRC (IT,
Computing/1.05)
Blog. A web log, a diary. (IT, Computing/2.14)
Blow-out. Hydrocarbons blowing out at the surface, in an uncontolled manner. This can occur when
the well pressure exceeds the rating of the wellhead blow-out prevention valves (Petrochemical/1.08)
BLQ. Guglielmo Marconi. Bologna Airport. Italy. (Airport Codes/1.05)
BLR. Blue Light Radiation. (General/2.10)
BLR. Bangalore Airport. India. (Airport Codes/1.06)
BLS. Bureau of Labour Statistics. (General/2.10)
BlS. Blood Sugar. (Medical/1.05)
BLT. Baghdad Local Time. (Time or Space/2.03)
Bluetooth. Bluetooth is a specification for wireless technology. (IT, Telecommunications/2.12)
BLX. Britannia. (Airline Codes/1.05)
BLZ. Blantyre Airport. Malawi. (Airport Codes/1.06)
bm. Bermuda. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
BM. Bowel Movement. (Medical/1.05)
BMA. British Medical Association. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
BMAA. British Microlight Aircraft Association. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
BMC. Bulk Molding Compound. (General/2.14)
BMD. Ballistic Missile Defence. (Military/1.06)
BMD. Bermuda Dollar. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
BMGA. British Machine Guarding Authority. (General/2.10)
BMGWL. Busting My Gut With Laughter. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
BMHB. British Materials Handling Board. (General/2.10)
BMNS. Ballistic Missile Nuclear Submarine. (Military/1.05)
BMP. Bit Map. A standard file format called a bit map. An image formed by a rectangle grid of pixels.
A bit map is the set of bits that represent the position and binary state of a corresponding set of items
to form a bit image such as your display screen (IT, Computing/1.05)
BMP. Beats Per Minute. (Medical/1.05)
BMR. Basal Metabolic Rate. (Medical/1.05)
BMS. Building Management System. (IT, Computing/2.12)
BMTA. British Measurement and Testing Association. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
bn. Brunei Darussalam. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
BNA. Nashville Airport. TN. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
BND. Brunei Darussalam Dollar. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
BNE. Brisbane Airport. QL. Australia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
BNFL. British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. (General/2.10)
BNFMF. British Non-ferrous Metals Federation. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
BNJ. Bonn Airport. Germany. (Airport Codes/1.06)
BNS. Bureau de Normalisation de la Siderurgie. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
BNTA. Bureau de Normalisation du Tube Acier. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
bo. Bolivia. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
BO. Body Odour. (Medical/1.05)
BOB. Bolivian 'Bolivian'. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
BOC. British Oxygen Company. (General/2.10)
BOD. Merignac. Bordeaux Airport. France. (Airport Codes/1.05)
BOD. Board Of Directors. (General/1.05)
BOD. Basis Of Design. (Petrochemical/2.13)
BOE. Beveled Outer End(s). Pipe end configuration. See BBE, TBE, TOE, SQC (Petrochemical,
Piping/1.05)
boepd. Barrels of oil equivalent per day. (Petrochemical/2.07)
BOG. Eldarado. Bogota Airport. Colombia. (Airport Codes/1.05)
BOH. Bournemouth Airport. UK. (Airport Codes/1.06)
BOHICA. Bend Over, Here It Comes Again. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
BOHS. British Occupational Hygiene Society. (General/2.10)
BOI. Boise Airport. ID. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
BOJ. Bourgas. Bulgaria. (Airport Codes/1.05)
BOM. Bombay Airport. India. (Airport Codes/1.05)
BOMB. Bombing. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
4. Charlie
C. Carbon. Atomic number 6. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
C. Degrees Celsius. Centigrade. A temperature scale with the freezing point of water at 0 degrees,
and the boiling point of water at 100 degrees. Normal body temperature is 37 degrees (Weights &
Measures, Temperature/1.05)
C. Centre {runway identification}. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
C&G. Chuckle and Grin. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
C&I. Control and Instrumentation. (General/2.10)
C&R. Commanding And Reporting. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
C&W. Control and Warning. (Military/1.05)
C/A. Clinitestand Acetone. (Medical/1.05)
C/L. Centreline. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
c/o. Complains Of. (Medical/1.05)
C/S. Culture And Sensitivity. (Medical/1.05)
C/sec. Cesarean Section. (Medical/1.05)
c[C]. Cup of coffee. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
c[T]. Cup of tea. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
C2I. Command, Control and Intelligence. (Military/1.06)
C3. Consultation, Command and Control. (Military/1.05)
C4I. Command Control Communication Computer Intelligence. (IT, Computing/1.05)
Ca. Calcium. Atomic number 20. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
CA. Certifying Authority. (General/2.10)
CA. Compressed Air. (General/2.10)
Ca. Cancer. (Medical/1.05)
CA. Construction Area. (Petrochemical/1.07)
CA. Conflict Alert. (IT, Computing/1.05)
CA. Cardiac Arrest, Carcinoma, Chronological Age,. (Medical/1.05)
CA. Conditional Access. See Conax (Satellite Broadcasting/2.08)
CA. Computer Associates. Consulting Company (OSL Project Related/1.05)
CA. Cellulose Acetate. (General/2.14)
ca. Canada. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
CAA. Civil Aviation Authority. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
CAAPI. Call Accounting Application Program Interface. (IT, Computing/1.05)
CAB. Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau. (General/2.10)
CAB. Coronary Artery Bypass. (Medical/1.05)
CAB. Citizens Advice Bureau. (General/2.10)
CAB. Cellulose Acetate Butyrate. (General/2.14)
CABG. Coronary Artery Bypass Graft. (Medical/1.05)
Cable length ordinary. Nautical Measure. 100 fathoms = 1 cable length = 185 m. British (608
feet). US (608,2 feet) (Weights & Measures, Imperial/1.05)
Cable length US navy. Nautical Measure. 120 fathoms = 1 cable length = 219 m (Weights &
Measures, Imperial/1.05)
CABSYS. Cable System. Computer Programme for registering, routing, and documentation of cabling,
(Trademark of ABB) (OSL Project Related/1.05)
Cache. Where the processor stores data it will frequently use so that it can access that data quickly.
Cache is usually composed of SRAM. PC cache comes in two sizes 256kb or 512kb (IT,
Computing/1.05)
CaCO3. calcium carbonate. Chalk (Chemical Compounds/2.14)
CAD. Coronary Artery Disease. (Medical/1.05)
CAD. Canadian Dollar. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
CAD. Computer Aided Design. Data Assitert Konstruksjon (General/1.05)
CADD. Computer Aided Design Drafting. (General/2.10)
CADET. Can't Add, Doesn't Even Try. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
CAE. Columbia Airport. SC. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
CAF. Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin (Adriamycin), 5-Fluoruracil. (Medical/1.05)
CAG. Chief Constables Advisory Group. (Policing/2.14)
CAG. Cagliari Airport. Italy. (Airport Codes/1.06)
CAI. Cairo International Airport. Egypt. (Airport Codes/1.05)
CAI. Common Air Interference. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
CAI. Centralised Accident Investigation. (General/2.10)
CAIAT. Computer Aided Inspection And Test. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
CAIRS. Canadian Institute for Radiation Safety. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
CAK. Akron Airport. OH. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
cal. Calorie. (Medical/1.05)
CALM. Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring. (Petrochemical/2.07)
CAM. Computer Aided Manufacturing. (Petrochemical/1.07)
CAM. Computer Aided Manufacture. (General/2.10)
Camel Case. Or camelCase. Words are run together. Without spaces, underscores or other
seperators, and only the initial letter of the second and subsequent words are upper case. For
example: trueVerticalDepth, iPod (IT, Computing/2.13)
CAMEO. Computer Aided Management of Emergency Operations. (General/2.10)
CAMR. Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research. (General/2.10)
CAMRA. CAMpaign for Real Ale. (Association, Society, Institute/2.14)
CAN. Guandong Airport. Canton. China. (Airport Codes/1.06)
CAN. Change Advice Note. (Project Management/1.07)
CANDU. Canadian Deuterium Uranium. A reactor (Nuclear power/2.10)
CANDU. Canadian deuterium-uranium (reactor). (Nuclear power/1.05)
cap. Capsule. (Medical/1.05)
CAP. Community and Police Groups. (Policing/2.14)
CAP. Cellulose Acetate Propionate. (General/2.14)
CAP. Conformity Assurance Programme. (General/2.10)
CAP. Common Agricultural Policy. (General/2.10)
CAP. Contract Award Price. (Project Management/1.07)
CAPEX. Capital Expenditure. (Project Management/1.07)
CAPI. Common API. See API (IT, Computing/1.05)
CAPITB. Clothing and Allied Products Industry Training Board. (General/2.10)
CAPM. Computer Aided Production Management. (General/2.10)
Capre diem. Seize the day. (Latin, French, Greek/1.05)
CAPS. Computer Aided Planning System. (General/2.10)
CAPTS. Co-operative Area Precision Tracking System (Cardions). (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
CAR. Corrective Action Request. (Project Management/1.07)
Carb. Carburettor. (General/1.05)
Carbon. A solid element which exists in many forms, including diamonds, graphite, coke and
charcoal. A combination of carbon and hydrogen is known as a hydrocarbon and can consist of very
large molecules (Eg polypropylenes) or very short ones (Eg. methane) (Petrochemical/2.01)
Carry Over Work. Work that should have been completed onshore, but is carried over to an
offshore phase. (Petrochemical/1.08)
CAS. Check-in Allocation System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
CAS. Casablanca Airport. Maroc. (Airport Codes/1.06)
CAs. Certificate Authorities. I have to admit I do not know where to begin, or even if I know what a
CA is. I think the best analogy I can draw is that I have one written signature, but at least 18
electronic methods of identification. Recently I could not pay for my groceries because I was trying to
use the PIN for my Entry Card to work in conjunction with one of my debit cards! A CA certifies the
use of one digital signature. See SET, PGP, Digital Signatures (IT, Computing/1.05)
CAS. Calibrated Air Speed. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
CAS. Chemical Abstracts Service. (General/2.10)
CASAM. Computer Aided Stand Allocation and Management. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
CASE. Computer Aided Software Engineering. (IT, Computing/1.05)
CASE. Common Application Service Element. (IT, Computing/1.05)
Casing string. The steel tubing that lines a well after it has been drilled. It is formed from sections
of steel tube screwed together. (Petrochemical/1.08)
CaSO4. calcium sulfate. Gypsum (Chemical Compounds/2.14)
CASOM. Conventionally Armed Stand Off Missile. (Military/1.06)
CAT. Central Alaska Time. (Time or Space/2.03)
CAT. Computerised Axial Tomography. (Medical/1.05)
CAT. Clear Air Turbulence. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
CAT. Computer Assisted Training. (General/2.10)
CAT. Cable Avoiding Tool. (General/2.10)
CAT. Computer Aided Testing. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
CAT. Category. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
cath. Catheterisation. (Medical/1.05)
Cathodic protection. . A method for reducing the rate of electrochemical corrosion of steel
structures (Eg. offshore structures, pipelines and storage tanks) (Petrochemical/2.01)
CATR. Compact Antenna Test Range. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
CATV. Community Antenna Television. (IT, Telecommunications/1.05)
CAV. Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin (Adriamicin), Vincristine. (Medical/1.05)
CAVOK. Cloud And Visibility OKay. Pronounced "KAV-OH-KAY". Present weather better than
prescribed values or conditions (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
CAVU. Ceiling And Visibility Unlimited. Very good flying weather (Aviation Civil and Military/1.08)
CAY. Cayenne Airport. Guyane Francaise. (Airport Codes/1.06)
CB. Circuit Breaker. (Petrochemical/1.07)
CB. Citizens Band. (IT, Telecommunications/1.08)
CB. Cumulonimbus. Pronounced "CEE BEE" (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
CBC. Complete Blood Cell Count. (Medical/1.05)
CBCP. Call Back Control Protocol. (IT, Computing/1.05)
Check Sum. A type of error checking when data is transmitted. See CRC, block sum check (IT,
Computing/1.05)
CHF. Swiss Franc. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
CHF. Congestive Heart Failure. (Medical/1.05)
CHG. Modification {message type indicator}. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
CHI. Chicago Airport. IL. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
Chi. Twenty second letter of the Greek alphabet. Lower Case symbol = Twenty second (Greek
Alphabet/1.05)
CHID. Chemicals and Hazardous Installations Division. (General/2.10)
Chip. Integrated Circuit. A slip of silicon imprinted with a circuit designed to perform a specific set of
functions. See Boolean, RAM, CMOS, DTL, ECL, GTL, HLDTL, IIL, LPTTL, MOS, NMOS, PMOS, RTL,
TTL, LSI, VLSI (IT, Computing/2.01)
Chipset. A collection of chips that work together to perform a particular set of functions. (IT,
Computing/2.02)
CHIS. Covert Human Intelligence Source. (Policing/2.14)
cho. Carbohydrate. (Medical/1.05)
CHOP. Cold Heavy Oil Production. (Petrochemical/2.08)
CHOP. Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine (Oncovin), Prednisone. (Medical/1.05)
CHP. Combined Heat and Power. (General/2.10)
CHQ. Chania. Crete. (Airport Codes/1.05)
Christmas tree. The assembly of fittings and valves on top of the oil well which control the
production rate of oil. (Petrochemical/1.08)
CHS. Charleston Airport. SC. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
CHSC. Central Health and Safety Committee. (General/2.10)
CHSG. Construction Health and Safety Group. (General/2.10)
ci. Cote D'Ivoire. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
CI. Cardiac Index. (Medical/1.05)
CI. Cirrus. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
CI. Chlorine. Atomic number 17. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
CI. Chief Inspector. (General/2.10)
CI. Corrosion Inhibitor. (Petrochemical/1.07)
CI. Configuration Item. (IT, Computing/1.05)
CI. Contract Instruction. (Petrochemical/1.07)
CIA. Chemical Industries Association. (Association, Society, Institute/2.14)
CIA. Ciampino. Roma Airport. Italy. (Airport Codes/1.05)
CIA. Central Intelligence Agency. USA (General/1.05)
CIA. Crime Intelligence Analyst. (Policing/2.14)
CIB. Complaints Investigation Bureau. (General/1.06)
CIBER. Cellular Intercarrier Billing Exchange Record. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
CIBSE. Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
CIC. Carrier Identification Code. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
CICA. Criminal Injuries Compensation Authorities. (Government office/2.14)
CICB. Criminal Injuries Compensation Board. (Government office/2.14)
CICO. Coffee In, Coffee Out. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
CID. Consolidated Interface Document. (IT, Computing/1.05)
Clos. A walled or in other ways closed vineyard. This term may only be applied on a label as part of
the name of a wine, if such a "clos" exists (Wine Label Terms/1.05)
Close Out. The finalisation of a project. There is a lot of documentation and work involved with the
completion of a project, from the final invoice, through documentation for operations (user manuals),
to acceptance certificates (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
CLP. Chilean Peso. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
CLR. Clear, Cleared, Clearance. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
CLSD. Close, Closed, Closing. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
CLSF. Connectionless Service Function. (IT, Computing/1.05)
CLT. Charlotte Airport. SC. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
CLT. Cairo Local Time. (Time or Space/2.03)
CLTP. Connectionless Transport Protocol. (IT, Computing/1.05)
CLTS. Connectionless Transport Service. (IT, Computing/1.05)
CLUB. CUTE Local User Board. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
CLY. Calvi Airport. France. (Airport Codes/1.06)
cm. Centimetre. Linear measure.1000mm = 100cm = 10dm = 1m = 3,281 feet (Weights & Measures,
Metric/1.05)
Cm. Curium. Atomic number 96. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
CM. Configuration Management. (IT, Computing/1.05)
CM. Cooling Medium. (Petrochemical/1.07)
cm. Cameroon. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
CM. Costal Margin. (Medical/1.05)
CM. Compression Molded. (General/2.14)
CMAS. Confèdèration Mondiale des Activitès Subaquatiques. World Underwater Federation. Or
Confederacion Mindial de Actividades Subacàticas (Association, Society, Institute/2.08)
CMB. Bandaranaike International. Colombo Airport. Sri Lanka. (Airport Codes/1.05)
CMC. Carboxy Methyl Cellulose. (General/2.14)
CMC. Cellular Mobile Carrier. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
CMD. Control and Monitoring Display. (IT, Computing/1.05)
CMF. Chambery. (Airport Codes/1.05)
CMF. Cyclophosphamide, Methotrexate, 5-Fluoracil. (Medical/1.05)
CMH. Columbus Airport. OH. USA. Duplicate see LCK (Airport Codes/1.06)
CMI. Cordless Multicell Integration. Cordless Telephone. See DECT (IT, Telecommunications/1.05)
CMI. Champaign Airport. IL. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
CMIIW. Correct Me If I’m Wrong. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
CMIP. Common Management Information Protocol. (IT, Computing/1.05)
CMIS. Common Management Information Service. (IT, Computing/1.05)
CMISE. Common Management Information Service Element. (IT, Computing/1.05)
CML. Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia. (Medical/1.05)
CMM. Corrective Maintenance Man-hours. (Project Management/1.07)
CMN. Mohamed 5th. Casablanca Airport. Morocco. (Airport Codes/1.05)
CMO. Chief Medical Officer. (General/2.10)
CMO. Cardiac Minute Output. (Medical/1.05)
CMO. Contractor's Mechanical Outfitting. (Petrochemical/1.07)
CMOS. Complimentary channel Metal Oxide Silicon. Type of chip. Buy a book on integrated circuits if
you need a description (IT, Computing/1.05)
CMOT. CMIP Over TCP. (IT, Computing/1.05)
CMP. Configuration Management Plan. (IT, Computing/1.05)
CMPL. Completion, Completed, Complete. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
CMS. Control and Management System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
CMS. Construction Master Schedule. Contract Master Schedule (Project Management/1.07)
CMSP. Corrective Maintenance Spare Parts. (Petrochemical/1.07)
CMV. Cable Maintenance Vessel. (Petrochemical/1.07)
CMV. Controlled Mechanical Ventilation. (Medical/1.05)
CMYK. Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black. (IT, Computing/1.05)
cn. China. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
CN. Cellulose Nitrate. (General/2.14)
CNAD. Conference of National Armaments Directors. (Military/1.06)
CNC. Computer Network Communication. (IT, Computing/1.07)
CNES. French National Space Research Centre. (Association, Society, Institute/2.09)
CNF. Belo Horizonte. Tancredo Neves (Airport Codes/1.07)
CNGF. Common New Generation Frigate. (Military/1.06)
CNI. Common Network Infrastructure. (IT, Computing/2.13)
CNL. Flight plan cancellation {message type designator}. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
CNL. Cancellation. ASM Submessage (Aviation Civil and Military/1.06)
CNL. Cancel, Cancelled. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
CNP. Continued In Next Post. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
CNRS. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
CNS. Central Nervous System. (Medical/1.05)
CNS. Comite de Normalisation de la Soudure. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
CNS. Cairns Airport. QL. Australia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
CNS. Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
CNS/ATM. Communication Navigation Surveillance/Air Traffic Management. (IT,
Telecommunications/2.09)
CNSE. Common Network Service Element. (IT, Computing/1.05)
CNX. Chiang Mai Airport. Thailand. (Airport Codes/1.06)
CNY. Chinese Yuan Renminbi. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
co. Colombia. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
CO. Commanding Officer. (Military/1.05)
CO. Change Order. See VO (Project Management/1.05)
CO. Cardiac Output, Carbon Monoxide. (Medical/1.05)
CO. Connection Oriented. (IT, Computing/1.05)
CO. Crystal Oscillator. (IT, Telecommunications/1.08)
CO. Conference or Company. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
Co. Cobalt. Atomic number 27. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
CO2. Carbon Dioxide. (Chemical Compounds/1.05)
CoA. Coenzime A. (Medical/1.05)
COA. Certificate Of Authenticity. (IT, Computing/1.05)
5. Delta
D. Downward {tendency in RVR during previous 10 minutes}. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
D. Danger area {followed by identification}. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
D&C. Dilatation And Curettage. (Medical/1.05)
D&ID. Ducting and Instrument Diagram. (Petrochemical/1.07)
D/C. Discontinue. (Medical/1.05)
D2O. Heavy water. (Chemical Compounds/2.14)
D5W. Dextrose (5%) In Water. (Medical/1.05)
DA. Delayed Action (Drugs). (Medical/1.05)
DA. Decision Altitude. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
DAB. Digital Audio Broadcast. Digital Radio Transmission (replacement for FM radio) (General/1.05)
DAC. Dacca Airport. Bangladesh. (Airport Codes/1.06)
DAC. Distance Amplitude Curve. (Petrochemical/1.07)
DACL. Discretionary Access Control List. See SACL (IT, Computing/1.05)
DAD. Da Nang Airport. Vietnam. (Airport Codes/1.06)
DAE. Digital Audio Extraction. The process used to obtain data from an Audio CD digitally. Most
modern CD-ROMs will support this. (See ripping) (IT, Digital music/1.10)
Daemon. A program that runs continuously and exists for the purpose of handling periodic service
requests that a computer system expects to receive. The daemon program forwards the requests to
other programs (or processes) as appropriate. Web servers have an HTTPD (Hypertext Transport
Protocol Daemon) that continually waits for requests to come in from web clients and their users (IT,
Computing/2.09)
DAF. Delivered at Frontier. (Freight and Shipping, Incoterms/1.08)
DAFS. Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland. (Government office/2.10)
DAFWC. Days Away From Work Cases. (Project Management/2.14)
DAH. Disordered Action Of The Heart. (Medical/1.05)
DAK. Data Assistert Konstruksjon. Computer Aided Design (General/1.05)
DAL. Dallas Regional Airport. TX. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
DAL. Data Access Line. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
DAM. Damascus International Airport. Syria. (Airport Codes/1.05)
DAM. Dry As Molded. (General/2.14)
D-AMPS. Digital Advanced Mobile Phone System. A digital network based on the IS-136 digital US
standard. Operates on frequency ranges 800Mhz and 1900Mhz (IT, Telecommunications/1.07)
DAMSS. Data Acquisition and Monitoring Subsea System. (Petrochemical/1.07)
Dangle. An activity in a network that does not have any predecessors or successors. (Project
Management, Planning/1.10)
DAP. Data Analysis Programme. (IT, Computing/1.05)
DAP. Datamaskin Assistert Produksjon. (Petrochemical/1.07)
DAP. Diallyl Phthalate. (General/2.14)
DAP. Document Application Profile. (IT, Computing/1.05)
DAR. Dar Es Salam Airport. Tanzania. (Airport Codes/1.06)
DARC. Direct Access Radar Channel. (IT, Computing/1.05)
DARG. Drug and Alcohol Reference Group. (Government office/2.14)
DARS. Digital Audio Radio System. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
DAS. Dypvanns ArbeidsSystem. (Petrochemical/1.07)
dl. Deciliter. Measure of capacity. 1000ml = 100cl = 10dl = 1l = 1,7596 pints = 0,21997 gallons
(imperial) (Weights & Measures, Metric/1.05)
DL co. Diffusing Capacity Of Lung For Carbon Monoxide. (Medical/1.05)
DLA. Douala Airport. Cameroun. (Airport Codes/1.06)
DLA. Delay, Delayed. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
DLC. Data Link Control. (IT, Computing/1.05)
DLC. Dalian Airport. China. Duplicate see DLI (Airport Codes/1.06)
DLE. Drug-Related Lupus Erythematosus, Diseminated Lupus Erythematosus. (Medical/1.05)
DLE. Data Link Escape. (IT, Computing/1.05)
DLH. Duluth Airport. MN. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
DLI. Dalian Airport. China. Duplicate see DLC (Airport Codes/1.06)
DLM. Dalaman. Turkey. (Airport Codes/1.05)
DLR. Docklands Light Railway. (General/2.10)
DLSW. Data Link Switching. (IT, Computing/1.05)
DLTBBB. Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
DM. Diabetes Mellitus. (Medical/1.05)
DM. Maersk Air. (Airline Codes/1.05)
dm. Dominica. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
dm. Decimeter. Linear measure. 1000mm = 100cm = 10dm = 1m = 3,281 feet (Weights &
Measures, Metric/1.05)
DM. Drain Mud. (Petrochemical/1.07)
DM&A. Design, Manufacture and Assemble. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
DMA. Direct Memory Access. A process for transferring data directly to and from the main memory,
without passing through the CPU. DMA improves speed and efficiency by allowing the system to
continue processing even while it is retrieving new data from the drive (IT, Computing/1.05)
DMAF. Defence Military Assistance Fund. (Military/1.06)
DME. Distance Measuring Equipment. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
DME. Domodedovo. Moscow Airport. Russia. (Airport Codes/1.05)
DMI. Desktop Management Interface. (IT, Computing/1.05)
DMM. Damman Airport. Saudi Arabia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
DMS. Database Management System. (IT, Languages/1.05)
DMS. Domain Management Service. Or Domain Management System (IT, Computing/1.05)
DMU. Diesel Multiple Unit. (General/2.10)
DN. Direktoratet for Naturforvalting. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
DNA. Dynamic Network Agents. (IT, Computing/1.05)
DNA. Did Not Attend. (General/1.05)
DNA. Desoxyribonucleic Acid. A nucleic acid that carries the genetic information which determines
individual hereditary characteristics and which is the major constituent of chromosomes
(Medical/1.05)
DNA. Distributed Network Architecture. (IT, Computing/1.05)
DNG. Danger, Dangerous. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
DNMI. Den Norsk Meteorologiske Institutt. The Norwegian Meteorological Institute (Association,
Society, Institute/1.05)
DNR. Dinard Airport. France. (Airport Codes/1.06)
DNS. Domain Naming System. Internet address. For example Fred.Bloggs@ABC.btX400.co.uk will
have an equivalent Internet Protocol address that may look like 200.83.40.73 (IT, Internet/1.05)
DNV. Det Norske Veritas. Norwegian Certification/Inspection Company. See TUV (Association,
Society, Institute/1.05)
DO. Dangerous Occurrence. (General/2.10)
DO. District Office. (General/2.10)
do. Dominican Republic. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
DO. Drawing Office. (General/2.10)
DOA. Dead On Arrival. (Medical/1.05)
DOA. Drawing Office Assistant. (General/2.10)
DOB. Date Of Birth. (General/2.02)
DOD. Department of Defence. UK (General/1.05)
DoE. Department of the Environment. (General/2.10)
DOE. Department of Energy. (General/2.10)
DOH. Department of Health. (General/2.10)
DOH. Doha Airport. Qatar. (Airport Codes/1.06)
DOJ. Department Of Justice. US (Association, Society, Institute/1.05)
DoKoMo. Japanese mobile phone operator. Name derived from company slogan Do Communications
over the Mobile network. Doko mo is the Japanese for "anywhere" (IT, Telecommunications/1.07)
DOL. Deauville Airport. France. (Airport Codes/1.06)
DOL. Department of Labor. (General/2.10)
DOM. Dominica Airport. Dominica. (Airport Codes/1.06)
DOM. Department Organisation Manual. (Petrochemical/1.07)
DOM. Dirty Old Man. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
DOM. Domestic. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
Domain. The character string address of a host computer. (IT, Computing/2.13)
Domaine. Applied in Burgundy about wine slopes or vine yards which form a single property. The
vineyards may be located in different local districts or villages. However, in Bordeaux and in Provence,
this term is applied quite synonymously with Chateau (Wine Label Terms/1.05)
DOORS. Dynamic Object Oriented Enterprise System. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.12)
DOP. Drop Off Point. (Military/1.10)
DOP. Dominican Republic Peso. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
DOR. Drop Off Rate. (Petrochemical/1.07)
DORA. Directorate of Operational Research and Analysis. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
DOS. Dozing Off Soon. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
DoS. Denial of Service. A security breach that makes a computer hang or unusable. See BSOD (IT,
Computing/1.05)
DOS. Disk Operating System. (IT, Computing/1.05)
DOT. Department of Transport. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
dotgov. A government official (from the .gov of government domain names). (IT, Internet
Chat/2.11)
Downstream. Piping Located on outlet side of equipment, orifice, nozzle, turbine meter.
(Petrochemical/1.05)
DP. Diaphragm Valve. (Petrochemical, Valves/1.07)
DP. Detained Person. (Policing/2.14)
DP. Dew Point temperature. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
DP. Dynamisk Posisjonering. (Petrochemical/1.07)
DP. Dial Pulse. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
6. Echo
E. East, Eastern Longitude. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
E&A. Exploration & Appraisal. (Petrochemical/1.07)
E&E. Escape and Evasion. (Military/1.10)
E&I. Electrical and Instrumentation. (Petrochemical/1.07)
E&M. Ear and Mouth. (General/1.05)
E&P. Engineering and Procurement. (Petrochemical/1.07)
E.g.. Exempli gratia. For example (Latin, French, Greek/1.05)
EA. Environment Agency. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
EAB. Abbse Airport. Yemen. (Airport Codes/1.06)
EAC. European Agency for Cooperation. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
EAC. Estimate at Completion. See BAC (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
EAD. East Australian Daylight. (Time or Space/2.03)
EAEC. European Atomic Energy Community. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
EAG. Emergency Action Group. (Petrochemical/1.07)
EAGGF. European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
EAH. Early Administrative Hearing. (Policing/2.14)
EAI. Enterprise Application Integration. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.12)
EAM. Emergency Action Manager. (Petrochemical/1.07)
EAN. European Article Number. Known as Universal Product Code in the USA. EAN is the barcode
printed on the side of packages in supermarkets (General/1.05)
EANPG. European Air Navigation Planning Group. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
EAOS. Enterprise Airport Operational System. (IT, Computing/2.12)
EARA. European Asbestos Removal Association. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
EARN. European Academic Research Network. (IT, Computing/1.05)
Earned Value. The theoretical value of the work performed. Earned Value is an extension of either
an estimated base value or forecast value, and is used to aggregate progress upwards to higher
levels. The formula is Earned=(weighted value * percent complete)/100. Where the weighted value
could be just about anything from dollars, man-hours, quantities, in any permutation of budget,
forecast, multiplied by productivity and divided by my dob (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
EAROM. Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory. (IT, Computing/1.05)
EAS. East Australian Standard. (Time or Space/2.03)
EAS. San Sebastian Airport. Spain. (Airport Codes/1.06)
EASE. Estimation and Assessment of Substance Exposure. (General/2.10)
Easter egg. An unexpected surprise hidden within the interface of an application like rarely-clicked
credit buttons. (IT, Computing/2.09)
EAT. Employment Appeal Tribunal. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
EAT. Expected Approach Time. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
EATCHIP. European ATC Harmonisation and Integration Programme. (Aviation Civil and
Military/1.05)
EATMS. European Air Traffic Management System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
EB. Eastbound. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
EBAA. European Business Aviation Association. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
EBAS. Engineering (Something, Something) System?. An ABB report generator for printing out
statistics from the backup generator system (OSL Project Related/1.05)
ECL. Emitter Coupled Logic. Type of chip. Buy a book on integrated circuits if you need a description
(IT, Computing/1.05)
ECLA. Economic Commission for Latin America. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
ECM. Erythema Chroniucum Migrans. (Medical/1.05)
ECM. European Common Market. (General/2.02)
ECM. Electronic Counter Measures. A system for jamming or misleading enemy weapons,
communications, and radar (Aviation Civil and Military/1.08)
ECMA. European Computer Manufacturers Association. (Association, Society, Institute/1.05)
ECMT. European Conference of Ministers of Transport. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
ECN. Epoxy Cresol Novolac. (General/2.14)
ECN. Ercan Airport. Cyprus. (Airport Codes/1.06)
ECOIN. European Core Inventory. (General/2.10)
ECR. Electrical Control Room. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
ECS. Electronic Chart System. Electronic Navigation system that is not type approved to the ECDIS
Performance Standard (Electronic Charting Systems/2.06)
ECS. Ecuadorian Sucre. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
ECSA. Exchange Carriers Standard Association. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
ECSA. European Committee Ship owners Association. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
ECU. European Currency Unit. (General/2.01)
ECWP. Estimated Cost of Work Performed. (Project Management/1.07)
ECWS. Estimated Cost of Work Scheduled. (Project Management/1.07)
EDA. Emergency Distance Available. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
EDB. Elektronisk Data Behandling. Electronic Data Processing. Norwegian (IT, Computing/1.05)
EDC. Estimate Date Of Confinement. (Medical/1.05)
EDF. European Development Fund. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
EDG. Employment Department Group. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
EDGE. Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution. Upgrade of GPRS systems that requires new base
stations and claims to increase bandwidth to 384 kbps (IT, Telecommunications/2.04)
EDI. Electronic Data Interchange. (IT, Computing/1.05)
EDI. Electronic Data Interface. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
EDI. Edinburgh Airport. Scotland. (Airport Codes/1.05)
EDIFACT. Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce, and Transport. (Association,
Society, Institute/1.05)
EDMS. Electronic Document Management Systems. Examples ODMA, SGML, HTML (IT,
Computing/1.05)
EDO. Extended Data Out. In connection with RAM. E.g. EDO RAM a method for speeding up the
throughput of data (IT, Computing/1.05)
EDP. Electronic Data Processing. (IT, Computing/1.05)
EDR. Emergency Distance Required. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
EDS. Engineering Delivery Service. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
EDS. Engineering Design Specification. (Petrochemical/2.06)
EDS. Environmental Data Service. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.02)
EDT. Emergency Duty Team. (Policing/2.14)
EDT. Eastern Daylight Time. (US and Canada) (Time or Space/2.02)
EDTA. Ethylene Diaminetetraacetic Acid. (General/2.10)
EDTA. Ethylene Diamine Tetraacetate. (Medical/1.05)
edu. Colleges and universities. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
EDV. Elektronische DatenVerarbeitung (De). Electronic Data Processing (EDP) (General/2.01)
EDZ. Emergency Depressurising Zone. (Petrochemical/1.07)
ee. Estonia. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
EEA. European Economic Area. (General/2.14)
EEA. PolyEthylene Ethyl Acrylate. (General/2.14)
EEC. European Economic Community. (General/2.10)
EECMB. Electrical Equipment Certification Management Board. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
EECS. Electrical Equipment Certification Service. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
EEF. Engineering Employers Federation. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
EEG. Europese Economische Gemeenschap (Dutch for EEC). (General/2.10)
EEG. Electroencephalogram. (Medical/1.05)
EEG. Electroencephalograph. (Medical/2.02)
EEI. Edison Electric Institute. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
EEK. Estonian Kroon. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
EEMUA. Engineering Equipment and Materials Users Association. (Association, Society,
Institute/2.10)
EENT. Eyes, Ears, Nose And Throat. (Medical/1.05)
EER. Evacuation, Escape, and Rescue. (Petrochemical/1.07)
EEROM. Electrically Erasable Read Only Memory. (IT, Computing/1.05)
EESD. Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
EEST. Eastern Europe Summer Time. (Time or Space/2.08)
EET. Eastern European Time. (Time or Space/2.03)
EET. Estimated Elapsed Time. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
EETPU. Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union. (Association, Society,
Institute/2.10)
EEW. Epoxy Equivalent Weight. (General/2.14)
EF. Ejection Fraction. (Medical/1.05)
EF. Early Finish. See ES for full description (Project Management, Planning/1.08)
EFC. Expected Further Clearance. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
EFC. European Frontiers Convention. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
EFCP. Estimated Final Contract Price. (Project Management/1.07)
EFCS. Electronic Flight Control System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
EFIS. Electronic Flight Information System. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
EFL. Explosion and Flame Laboratory. (General/2.10)
EFOA. European Fuel Oxygenates Association. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
EFQM. European Foundation of Quality Management. (General/2.14)
EFR. Enhanced Full Rate. Automatic speech compression in a digital format which provides improved
voice quality on cellular system (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
EFSD. Electronic Flight Strip Display. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
EFT. Estimated Free Thyroxine. (Medical/1.05)
EFTA. European Free Trade Association. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
EFTPOS. Electronic Funds Transfer at Point Of Sale. Makes it easier for a merchant/retailer to get his
hands on your money, and faster to boot! Traditionally these terminals have relied on land lines,
which disqualifies them for use by for example taxi drivers, and others who rely on mobility to do
business. Now they can be connected to mobile telephones. See POS (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
eg. Egypt. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
EG or <eg>. Evil Grin. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
EGA. Enhanced Graphics Adapter. See Video Board (IT, Computing/1.05)
EGC. Bergerac Airport. France. (Airport Codes/1.06)
EGNOS. European Geostation Navigation Overlay System. (Satellite Broadcasting/2.09)
EGP. Exterior Gateway Protocol. (IT, Computing/1.05)
EGP. Egyptian Pound. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
EGT. Evidence Gathering Team. (Policing/2.14)
EGT. Exhaust Gas Temperature. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
eh. Western Sahara. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
EHA. European Helicopter Association. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
EHF. Extremely High Frequency. (30 000 - 300 000 MHz). See ELF, HF, LF, MF, SHF, UHF, VHF, VLF
(Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
EHO. Environmental Health Officer. (General/2.10)
EHSR. Essential Health and Safety Requirement. (General/2.10)
EI. Explosives Inspectorate. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
EI. Aer Lingus. (Airline Codes/1.07)
EIA. Electroimmunoassay. (Medical/1.05)
EIA. Environmental Impact Assessment. (Petrochemical/1.07)
EIA. Electronic Industries Association. (Association, Society, Institute/1.05)
EIB. European Investment Bank. (General/2.10)
EIC. Energy Industries Council. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
EID. Emergency Isolation Device. (General/2.10)
EIDE. Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics. Hard disk drive interface. See SCSI, ESDI, IDE (IT,
Computing/1.05)
Eikon. Epoc's Graphical User Interface (GUI). Which may leave you wondering what a GUI is. A GUI
is a graphical interface to a computer (e.g. Windows) where you press buttons or icons, and open pull
down menus to perform actions, as opposed to a text based interface to a computer (e.g. DOS),
where you have to type in cryptic commands like cd and dir to perform actions (Epoc/2.03)
EIN. Eindhoven Airport. Holland. (Airport Codes/1.06)
EIN. External Interface Network. (IT, Computing/1.05)
EINECS. European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances. (General/2.10)
EIR. Equipment Identification Register. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
EIRP. Effective Isotropic Radiated Power. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
EIS. Executive Information System. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
EISA. Extended Industry Standard Architecture. Bus type. See Bus, ISA, PCI, MCA, PCMCIA (IT,
Computing/1.05)
EITB. Engineering Industry Training Board. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
EKG. Electrocardiogram. (Medical/1.05)
EL. Elevation. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.02)
EL. Electro Luminescent. A flat screen technology. See CRT, LCD, TFT, PDP, FED, CGS (IT,
Computing/1.05)
ELBA. Emergency Location Beacon Aircraft. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ELC. Employee Learning Centre. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
EMM. Extended Memory Manager. Or Expanded Memory Manager. See Upper Memory (IT,
Computing/1.05)
EMR. Emergency. (General/1.05)
EMR. Electro Magnetic Radiation. What a Cathode Ray Tube monitor emits. See ELF, VLF (IT,
Computing/1.05)
EMS. Environmental Management System. (Petrochemical/2.09)
EMSG. E-mail message. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
EMSIC. Emergency Service Incident Control. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
EMSU. Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
EMT. Eastern Mediterranean. (Time or Space/2.03)
EMU. Electrical Multiple Unit. (General/2.10)
EN. European Norm. (Association, Society, Institute/1.05)
ENA. Etter Nærmere Avtale. Norwegian. (General/1.05)
ENC. Electronic Navigation Chart. Corresponding to the International Hydrographic Organization's
S57/3 specification for exchange-format (Electronic Charting Systems/2.06)
END. Stop-End (related to RVR). (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ENE. East North East. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ENG. Engine. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
Engineer's Estimate. The cost of construction in heaven. (Humour/1.05)
Enhanced oil recovery. Oil recovered from a well by means other than the natural pressure in the
reservoir. (Petrochemical/1.08)
ENRT. En Route. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ENS. Ehschede Airport. Holland. (Airport Codes/1.06)
ENS. Environment Northern Seas. (Petrochemical/1.07)
ENS. Engineering Numbering System. (Project Management/1.07)
ENT. Ear, Nose And Throat. (Medical/1.05)
EO. Executive Officer. (General/2.10)
EO. Endrings Ordre. Norwegian for Change Order. See Change Control, OEO, DVO, PVN, PVOR, VI,
VO, VODC, VOF, VOR (Project Management/1.05)
EO. Ethylene Oxide. (General/2.10)
EO. Equal Opportunities. (General/2.14)
EOBT. Estimated Off Block Time. In this context block means chock, as referred to in Biggles stories
"chocks away Ginger" (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
EOC. Equal Opportunities Commission. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
EOD. Explosives Ordnance Disposal. (Policing/2.14)
EOD. Explosive Ordnance Disposal. (Military/1.06)
EOF. End Of File. (IT, Computing/1.05)
EOF. Europaeiske Okonomiske Faellesskab (Danish for EEC). (General/2.10)
EOL. End of Life. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
EOM. Extraocular Movements. (Medical/1.05)
EOM. End Of Message. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
EOP. End Of Picture. (IT, Computing/1.05)
EOQC. European Organisation for Quality Control. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
EOR. Enhanced Oil Recovery. (Petrochemical/1.07)
EOR. End Of Record. (IT, Computing/1.05)
7. Foxtrot
F. Fahrenheit. A temperature scale with the freezing point of water at 32 degrees, and the boiling
point of water at 212 degrees. Normal body temperature is 98,6 degrees (Weights & Measures,
Temperature/1.05)
F. Fixed. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
F. Flourine. Atomic number 9. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
F&G. Fire and Gas. (Petrochemical/1.07)
F2F. Face to Face. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
FA. Flow Alarm. (Petrochemical/1.07)
FAA. Federal Aviation Authority. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
FAC. Forecast At Completion. See BAC, EAC (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
FAC. Facilities. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
FAC. Flight Augmentation Computer. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
FACE. Field Artillery Computer Equipment. British Army (IT, Computing/1.05)
FADU. File Access Data Unit. (IT, Computing/1.05)
FAE. Faroe Islands Airport. Denmark. (Airport Codes/1.06)
FAF. Final Approach Fix. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
FAI. Federation Aeronautique Internationale. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
FAI. Fairbanks Airport. AK. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
FAL. Facilitation of International Air Transport. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
FAN. Farsund Airport. Norway. (Airport Codes/1.06)
FANS. Future Air Navigation Systems. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
FAO. Food and Agriculture Organisation. (General/2.10)
FAO. Faro Airport. Portugal. (Airport Codes/1.05)
FAP. Final Approach Point. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
FAQ. Frequently Asked Questions. (IT, Computing/1.05)
FAR. Fatal Accident Rate. (Petrochemical/1.07)
FAS. Free Along Side. (Freight and Shipping, Incoterms/1.05)
FAS. Final Acceptance Sheet. (Petrochemical/1.07)
FAS. Fire Alarm System. (IT, Computing/2.13)
FAST. Forecasting and Assessment of Science and Technology. (General/2.10)
Fast Packet Switching. A packet-orientated digital technology. (IT, Telecommunications/1.07)
FAT. Fresno Airport. CA. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
FAT. File Allocation Table. An index for keeping track of where files are located on a disc (IT,
Computing/1.05)
FAT. Factory Acceptance Test. Tests performed at the factory prior to dispatch to site (Project
Management/1.05)
Fathom. Nautical Measure. 6 feet = 1 fathom = 1,829 m (Weights & Measures, Imperial/1.05)
FATT. Fracture Appearance Transition Temperature. (Petrochemical/1.07)
FAX. Facsimile Transmission. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
FAY. Fayetteville Airport. NC. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
FB. Full Bore. (Petrochemical/1.07)
FBA. Freshwater Biological Association. (General/2.10)
FBE. Fiber Bonded Epoxy. A coating for piping/pipelines (Petrochemical, Piping/2.08)
FDMA. Frequency Division Multiple Access. Analogue standard for mobile telephone communications.
(A method of sharing the radio spectrum, i.e. assigning specific frequencies to each cellular phone).
See AMPS, CDMA, CDPD, GSM, TDMA (IT, Telecommunications/1.05)
FDN. Forsvarets Digitale Nettverk. Norway. MODs digital network (IT, Computing/1.05)
FDP. Field Development Plan. (Petrochemical/1.07)
FDP. Fibrin Degradation Product. (Medical/1.05)
FDP. Flight Data Processing. (IT, Computing/1.05)
FDPS. Flight Data Processing System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
FDR. Final Design Review. (OSL Project Related/1.05)
FDR. Flight Data Recorder. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
FDS. Functional Design Specification. (Petrochemical/2.11)
FDV. Forvaltning, Drift og Vedlikehold. Administration, Operations, and Maintenance. Norwegian (OSL
Project Related/1.05)
Fe. Iron, ferrum. Atomic number 26. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
FE. Further Education. (General/2.10)
FE. Flow Element. (Petrochemical/1.07)
FE. Fractional Excretion. (Medical/1.05)
FEATS. Future European Air Traffic System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
FEB. February. (Time or Space/1.05)
FEBI. Federations Europeennes des Branches d'Industries. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
FEC. Forward Error Correction. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
FED. Federal. USA (General/1.05)
FEED. Front End Engineering Design. (Petrochemical/2.06)
FEEP. Field Effect Electrical Propulsion. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
FEGP. Fixed Electrical Ground Power. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
femto. SI number prefix 0,000 000 000 000 001. Abbreviated as f (SI Number Prefixes/2.08)
FEO. Firearms Enquiry Officer. (Policing/2.14)
FEOGA. Fonds Europeen d'Orientation et de Garantie Agricole. (General/2.10)
FEP. Front End Processing. (IT, Computing/1.05)
FEP. Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene. (General/2.14)
FERC. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (Petrochemical/2.01)
FEV. Forced Expiratory Volume. (Medical/1.05)
FEZ. Fez Airport. Maroc. (Airport Codes/1.06)
FF. Force Fluids. (Medical/1.05)
FF. Finish to Finish. Precedence network constraint. FF constraints are drawn from the finish of a
node to the finish of the succeeding node, and imply that the succeeding activity can not finish until
the preceding activity is completed. See FS, SS, TF, FF, Network, AON, AOA, CPM, CPA, PERT (Project
Management, Planning/1.08)
FF. Flat Face. Flange Facing. See RF (Petrochemical, Piping/1.05)
FF. Tower Air. (Airline Codes/1.05)
FF. Furan Formaldehyde. (General/2.14)
FF. Free Float. The difference between the EF of an activity and the minimum ES of any succeeding
activities. FF represents the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying any
succeeding activities. FF = EF - minimum (ES of any succeeding activities) (Project Management,
Planning/1.08)
FFO. Full Functional Operability. Additional functionality that will ensure that the airport can be
operated in a flexible, rational, and effective method, as the total scope of the contract specifies (OSL
Project Related/1.05)
FFP. Fresh Frozen Plasma. (Medical/1.05)
FG. Fog. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
FG. Feature Group. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
FG. Fuel Gas. (Petrochemical/1.07)
FH. Flight Hours. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
FH. Family History. (Medical/1.05)
FH. Fibre Hub. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
FHC. Family Health Center. (Medical/1.05)
FHM. Fetal Heart Monitor. (Medical/1.05)
FHR. Fetal Heart Rate. (Medical/1.05)
FI. Flow Indicator. (Petrochemical, Instrumentation/1.07)
FI. Iceland Air. (Airline Codes/1.05)
fi. Finland. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
Fiber Optic Cable. See Optic fiber. (IT, Computing/1.05)
FIC. Flight Information Centre. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
FIDS. Flight Information and Display System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
Field. A geographical area under which an oil or gas reservoir lies. (Petrochemical/1.08)
FIFO. First In First Out. See LIFO (Petrochemical/1.07)
FIH. Kinshasa Airport. Zaire. (Airport Codes/1.06)
FIM. Finish Markka. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
FIO. Field Intelligence Officer. (Policing/2.14)
FIR. Flight Information Region. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
FIR. Functional Interface Register. (General/2.13)
FIR. Force Information Room. (Policing/2.14)
Firewall. A security measure. The process of blocking transmission of certain traffic in order to
secure an internal network from illegal access. A firewall can consist of either hardware or software,
but usually is a combination of both (IT, Computing/1.06)
FireWire. Apple Computer’s trademarked name for the IEEE 1394 serial data protocol.. (IT,
Telecommunications/2.14)
Firkin. Measure of Ale. 9 gallons (72 pts). (Measure of Ale/1.05)
FIS. Flight Information Service. Or Flight Information System (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
FISA. Flight Information Service Automated. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
FISH. First In, Still Here. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
FIT. Flow Indicator Transmitter. (Petrochemical, Instrumentation/1.07)
FITB. Fill In The Blank. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
FITL. Fibre In The Loop. (IT, Computing/1.05)
FIU. Force Intelligence Unit. (Policing/2.14)
FIW. Flightplan Input Workstation. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
fj. Fiji. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
FJD. Fijian Dollar. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
fk. Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
FKP. Falkland Island Pound. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
preceding activity is completed. See SS, FF, TF, FF, Network, AON, AOA, CPM, CPA, PERT (Project
Management, Planning/1.08)
FS. Flow Switch. (Petrochemical/1.07)
FS. Frozen Section. (Medical/1.05)
FSA. Final Site Acceptance. (Project Management/1.05)
FSA. Foreign Service Allowances. (General/2.10)
FSAC. Food Safety Advisory Centre. (General/2.10)
FSBP. Finger systolic blood pressure. (Medical/2.10)
FSD. Sioux Falls Airport. SD. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
FSE. Flow Safety Element. (Petrochemical/1.07)
FSH. Folicle Stimulating Hormone. (Medical/1.05)
FSH. Full Screen Height. (Petrochemical/1.07)
FSK. Frequency Shift Keying. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
FSL. Full Stop Landing. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
FSM. Fort Smith Airport. AR. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
FSO. Fire Safety Officer. (General/2.10)
FSO. Floating Storage and Offloading. (Petrochemical/2.06)
FSO. Field Storage and Offshore units. (Petrochemical/1.07)
FSP. Saint Pierre Airport. St Pierre Et Miquelon. (Airport Codes/1.06)
FSP. Flight Strip Printer. (IT, Computing/1.05)
FSP. F&G System Panel. (Petrochemical/2.11)
FSR. Funksjonelle spesifikasjoner. (OSL Project Related/1.05)
FSR. Fuel Stroke Reference. (Petrochemical/1.07)
FSS. Forensic Science Service. (Policing/2.14)
FSS. Fixed Satellite Service. (Satellite Broadcasting/2.09)
FSS. Flight Service Station. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
FSSL. Forensic Science Service Laboratory. (Policing/2.14)
FST. First. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
FSU. Floating Storage Unit. (Petrochemical/2.01)
FT. Feet (dimensional unit). (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ft. Foot/Feet. Linear measure. 12" = 1' = 30,48cm. See ' (Weights & Measures, Imperial/1.05)
FT. Flow Transmitter. (Petrochemical, Instrumentation/1.07)
FTA. Free Trade Agreements. (General/2.10)
FTA. Fault Tree Analysis. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
FTA-ABS. Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody Absorbed. (Medical/1.05)
FTAM. File Transfer Access and Management. (IT, Computing/1.05)
FTASB. Faster Than A Speeding Bullet. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
FTBOMH. From the bottom of my heart. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
FTC. Federal Trade Commission. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
FTC. Forecast To Completion. See BTC, ETC (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
FTD. Forsvarets Tele og Datatjeneste. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
FTE. Full Time Employed. (General/2.14)
FTF. Face To Face. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
FTI. Free Thyroxine Index. (Medical/1.05)
8. Golf
g. Gram. Measure of weight. 1000mg = 100cg = 10dg = 1g = 0,35 ounces (avoirdupois) (Weights &
Measures, Metric/1.05)
G. Green. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
G. Giga. SI number prefix 1.000.000.000. Abbreviated as G. One billion, or a thousand million
(Weights & Measures, Systeme Internationale prefixes/1.05)
G. Grin, or Giggle. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
G/A. Ground to Air. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
G/A/G. Ground to Air and Air to Ground. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
G/C. Gas Condensate. (Petrochemical/1.08)
G/W enema. Glycerine And Water Enema. (Medical/1.05)
G1. Good One. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
G2G. Got to Go. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
G4U. Good For You. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
G6PD. Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase. (Medical/1.05)
ga. Gabon. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
GA. General Aviation. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
Ga. Gallium. Atomic number 31. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
GA. Gate Valve. (Petrochemical, Valves/1.07)
GA. General Arrangement. (Petrochemical/1.07)
GA. General Anesthesia. (Medical/1.05)
GA. Go Ahead. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
GAIN. Government Agency Intelligence Network. (/2.14)
GAL. Get A Life. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
gal. Gallon. Measure of capacity Imperial.160 fl.oz = 8 pints = 1 gallon = 4,546 l (Weights &
Measures, Imperial/1.05)
GAMA. Gas Appliance Manufacturer’s Association. (Association, Society, Institute/2.14)
Gamma. Third letter of the Greek alphabet. Upper Case symbol = Gamma function. Lower Case
symbol = Third, conductivity, dihedral angle, surface tension, ionisation, micro gram, Eulerian
constant (Greek Alphabet/1.05)
Gantt Chart. During the 1800’s Mr. Henry Gantt suggested pictorially illustrating when different tasks
should be completed. A ganttchart or barchart is named after Mr Gantt and shows a list of activities
with their start and finish dates represented by bars which are proportional in length to their Duration.
The bars are positioned along a horizontal time scale, in the sequence that they are to be performed
(Project Management, Planning/1.10)
GAP. Generic Access Profile. Standard for DECT equipment (IT, Telecommunications/1.05)
GAQ. Gao Airport. Mali. (Airport Codes/1.06)
Gas. Gas Composition. Natural Gas is composed of a variety of hydrocarbons and inert products,
including methane, ethane, propane, nitrogen, water, carbon dioxide, etc., (like last nights vindaloo!)
(Petrochemical/1.05)
Gas field. A field containing natural gas but no oil. (Petrochemical/1.08)
Gas injection. Injection of separated associated gas into a reservoir. The gas is pumped back into
the reservoir either for conservation purposes or to maintain the pressure in the reservoir, or even
both (Petrochemical/1.08)
Gas/oil ratio. The volume of gas at atmospheric pressure per unit of oil produced.
(Petrochemical/1.08)
GAT. General Aviation Terminal. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
gf. French Guiana. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
GFG. Graphics Function Generator. (IT, Computing/1.05)
GFN. Gone For Now. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
GFR. Glass Fiber Reinforced. (General/2.14)
GFR. Grim File Reaper. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
GFR. Glomerular Filtration Rate. (Medical/1.05)
gg. Guernsey. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
GG. Good Game. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
GGP. Gotta Go Pee. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
GGSN. Gateway GPRS Support Node. (IT, Telecommunications/2.04)
GGT. Gamma-Glutamyltransferase. (Medical/1.05)
GGTP. Gamma-Glutamiltranspeptidase. (Medical/1.05)
gh. Ghana. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
GHC. Gahanna Cedi. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
GHz. Gigahertz. A frequency measurement which equals one million hertz. One hertz equals one
cycle per second (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
gi. Gill. Measure of capacity Imperial. 5 fl.oz = 142,1 ml (Weights & Measures, Imperial/1.05)
gi. Gibraltar. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
GI. Gastrointestinal. (Medical/1.05)
GIDK. Gee I Don't Know. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
GIF. CompuServe picture format. (IT, Computing/1.05)
GIG. Rio de Janeiro Internacional Airport. Brazil. (Airport Codes/1.05)
Giga. SI number prefix 1.000.000.000. Abbreviated as G (SI Number Prefixes/1.05)
Gigajoule. A measure of energy. 1 gigajoule equals 1 billion joules. (Weights & Measures,
Other/2.01)
GIP. Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide. (Medical/1.05)
GIP. Gibraltar Pound. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
GITS. Gastrointestinal Therapeutic System. (Medical/1.05)
GIWIST. Gee, I Wish I’d Said That. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
GIWU. GSM Inter Working Unit. (IT, Telecommunications/2.04)
GJT. Grand Junction Airport. CO. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
gl. Greenland. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
GL. Globe Valve. (Petrochemical, Valves/1.07)
GL. Good Luck. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
GLA. Glasgow Airport. Scotland. (Airport Codes/1.05)
GLC. Gas Liquid Chromatography. (General/2.10)
GLD. Glider. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
GLGH. Good Luck and Good Hunting. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
GLONASS. GLObal NAvigation Satellite System. See GNSS (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
GLS. Galveston Airport. TX. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
glu. Glucose. (Medical/1.05)
GLV. Globe Valve. (Petrochemical, Valves/1.05)
GLW. Gross Laden Weight. (General/2.10)
gm. Gambia. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
GSM. Global System for Mobile communications. An international digital standard for mobile
telephone communications. Most widely used in Europe, but also used sparsely in the US of A. See
AMPS, CDMA, CDPD, FDMA, TDMA, UMTS (IT, Telecommunications/1.05)
GSN. GPRS Support Node (xGSN). (IT, Telecommunications/2.04)
GSO. Greensboro Airport. NC. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
GSP. Greenville Spartanburg Airport. SC. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
GSR. Gun Shot Residues. (General/1.06)
GSW. Gun Shot Wound. (Medical/1.05)
GT. Grade Track. (Petrochemical/1.07)
gt. Guatemala. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
GT. Gifted and Talented. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
GTA. Government Technical Adviser. (Policing/2.14)
GTAW. Gas Tungsten Arc Welding. (Petrochemical, Welding/1.07)
GTC. Ground Traffic Control. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
GTF. Great Falls Airport. MT. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
GTG. Got to Og. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
GTL. Global Title Translation. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
GTL. Gunning Transistor Logic. Type of chip. Buy a book on integrated circuits if you need a
description (IT, Computing/1.05)
GTO. Geostationary Transfer Orbit. (Satellite Broadcasting/2.09)
GTP. GPRS Tunnelling Protocol. (IT, Telecommunications/2.04)
GTQ. Guatemalan Quetzal. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
GTRM. Going to read mail. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
GTS. General Technical Specification. (Petrochemical/1.07)
GTSY. Great To See You. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
gtt. Drop. (Medical/1.05)
GTT. Glucose Tolerance Test. (Medical/1.05)
GTTS. Got The T-Shirt. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
GU. Genitourinary. (Medical/1.05)
gu. Guam. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
GUA. Guatemala Airport. Guatemala. (Airport Codes/1.06)
GUI. Graphical User Interface. For example MS Windows is a GUI whereas MS DOS is not (IT,
Computing/1.05)
GUM. Guam International Airport. USA. (Airport Codes/1.05)
GVA. Geneva Airport. Switzerland. (Airport Codes/1.05)
GVGI. Generic Visual Slope Indicator. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.02)
GVHD. Graft Versus Host Disease. (Medical/1.05)
GVX. Gavle Airport. Sweden. (Airport Codes/1.06)
gw. Guinea Bissau. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
GWD. Gwadar Airport. Pakistan. (Airport Codes/1.06)
gy. Guyana. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
GYD. Guyanan Dollar. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
GYE. Guayaquil Airport. Equador. (Airport Codes/1.06)
Gyn. Gynaecology. (Medical/1.05)
GYN. Goiania Airport. GO. Brazil. (Airport Codes/1.06)
9. Hotel
H. Hydrogen. Atomic number 1. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
H&K. Hugs and Kisses. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
H&L. Heart And Lungs. (Medical/1.05)
H&P. History And Physical Exam. (Medical/1.05)
H/A. Headache. (Medical/1.05)
H/H. Hemoglobin. (Medical/1.05)
H/O. HandOff. (General/1.05)
H24. Continuos day and night service. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
H2O. Water (Vann). A compound of hydrogen and oxygen (Chemical Compounds/1.05)
H2S. Hydrogen Sulfide. (Petrochemical/2.09)
H4U. Hot For You. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
HA. Hyperalimentation. (Medical/1.05)
HACCP. Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point. (General/2.10)
Hacker. A computer buff, someone who likes programming, see Cracker. (IT, Computing/2.02)
HACMP. High Availability Cluster Multi Processing. (IT, Computing/1.05)
HAGN. Have a good night. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
HAH. Hahaya Intl Airport. Moroni Comorres. (Airport Codes/1.06)
HAJ. Langenhagen. Hanover Airport. Germany. (Airport Codes/1.05)
HAK. Haikou Airport. China. (Airport Codes/1.06)
HAK. Hugs And Kisses. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
HAL. Heathrow Airport Limited. (T5 Project Related/2.13)
HALE. High Altitude Long Endurance. A solar platform that hovers unmoving above the earth’s
surface. Theoretical See GEO, MEO, and LEO (Time or Space/1.05)
HAM. Fuhlsbuttel. Hamburg Airport. Germany. (Airport Codes/1.05)
HAN. Gia Lam. Hanoi Airport. Vietnam. (Airport Codes/1.05)
HAND. Have a nice day. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
Hand Off. The passing of a call signal from one base station to the next. This occurs when the caller
moves out of range of the base station or when the network software re-routes the call (IT,
Telecommunications/1.07)
HAPI. Helicopter Approach Path Indicator. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
HAR. Helicopter Alternate Route. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
HAR. Harrisburg Airport. PA. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
Hardware. Name given to all the physical devices found in a computer system. The converse is
software which is the term given to programs which are required to put ´life´ into the hardware (IT,
Computing/1.05)
HAU. Karmøy. Haugesund Airport. Norway. (Airport Codes/1.05)
HAV. Hepatitis A Virus. (Medical/1.05)
HAV. Jose Marti International. Havana Airport. Cuba. (Airport Codes/1.05)
HAW. Hazardous Airspace Warning. Or Hazardous Area Warning (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
Hawk. 66kV ACSR conductor cable for Overhead Power Lines. In this industry all conductor cables
and components are named after birds (Electrical/1.05)
HAZAN. Hazardous Analysis. (Petrochemical/1.07)
HAZCHEM. HAZardous CHEMicals. (General/2.14)
HAZID. HAZard Identification. (Petrochemical/2.07)
HAZOP. HAZardous OPerations study. A review of the basic design engineering and P&IDs, normally
carried out by a third party (Petrochemical/1.05)
Hb. Hemoglobin. (Medical/1.05)
HBA. Hobart Airport. TS. Australia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
HBASTD. Hitting Bottom And Starting To Dig. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
HBcAg. Hepatitis B Core Antigen. (Medical/1.05)
HBIG. Hepatitis B Immune Globulin. (Medical/1.05)
HBN. Hazard Beacon. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
HBP. High Blood Pressure. (Medical/1.05)
HBsAg. Hepatitis B Surface Antigen. (Medical/1.05)
HBV. Hepatitis B Virus. (Medical/1.05)
HC. Host Computer. (Petrochemical/1.07)
HCAA. Hellenic Civil Aviation Administration. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.01)
HCFCs. Hydrochlorofluorocarbons. A cooling agent. An alternative to the more ozone depleting CFCs
(Petrochemical/2.01)
HCL. Hardware Control List. (IT, Computing/1.05)
HCM. Ho Chi Minh Ville Airport. Vietnam. Duplicate see SGN (Airport Codes/1.06)
HCO3. Bicarbonate. (Medical/1.05)
HCPV. Hydrocarbon Pore Volume. (Petrochemical/1.07)
hct. Hematocrit. (Medical/1.05)
HCV. Hepatitis C Virus. (Medical/1.05)
HCV. Hand Control Valve. (Petrochemical, Valves/1.07)
HD. Hospital Discharge. (Medical/1.05)
HDB. Historical Data Base. (Petrochemical/1.07)
HDD. Hard Disc Drive. (IT, Computing/1.05)
HDF. High frequency Direction Finding system. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
HDG. Heading. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
HDL. Highdensity Lipoprotein. (Medical/1.05)
HDLC. High Level Data Link Control. (IT, Computing/1.05)
HDM. Hydrogen content, deposit metal. (Petrochemical/1.07)
HDPE. High Density PolyEthylene. (General/2.14)
HDSL. High data rate Digital Subscriber Line. A DSL variant. See ADSL, VDSL, SDSL, ISDN (IT,
Telecommunications/1.05)
HDT. Heat Deflection Temperature. (General/2.14)
HDT. Hawaiin Daylight Time. (Time or Space/2.02)
HDTV. High Definition TeleVision. (IT, Telecommunications/1.05)
HDV. Hepatitis D Virus. (Medical/1.05)
HDY. Hat Yai Airport. Thailand. (Airport Codes/1.06)
He. Helium. Atomic number 2. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
HE. Heat Exchanger. (Petrochemical/1.07)
HEART. Heathrow airport Engineering Automation and Remote Telemetry. (Aviation Civil and
Military/2.13)
hecto. SI number prefix 100. Abbreviated as h (SI Number Prefixes/2.08)
HEENT. Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, Throat. (Medical/1.05)
HEL. Helicopter. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
HND. Higher National Diploma. England. Obtained through full time attendance at college
(Qualification, Award, Title/1.05)
HNL. Honolulu Airport. HI. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
HNL. Honduran Lempira. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
HNO3. Nitric Acid (Saltpetersyre). (Chemical Compounds/1.05)
HNP. Herniated Nucleus Pulposus. (Medical/1.05)
HNY. Happy New Year. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
HO. Service available to meet operational requirements. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
Ho. Holmium. Atomic number 67. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
HO. Home Office. (Government office/2.14)
HOCM. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy. (Medical/1.05)
HOD. Hodeidah Airport. Yemen. (Airport Codes/1.06)
Hogshead. Measure of Ale. 54 gallons (432 pts). (Measure of Ale/1.05)
Hogshead. Imperial system. Measure of capacity Imperial. 52,5 gallons = 1 hogshead = 238,5 l
(Weights & Measures, Imperial/1.05)
HOL. High Order Language. (IT, Languages/1.05)
HOL. Holiday. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
HOPD. Home Office Prison Department. (Government office/2.14)
HORF. High-Output Renal Failure. (Medical/1.05)
HOSP. Hospital aircraft. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
HOST. Hinge Over Subsea Template. (Petrochemical/1.07)
HOT. Hold Over Time. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
Hot Platform. A platform that is operational. (Petrochemical/1.08)
HOU. Houston Airport. TX. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
Hovedkabel. Main Cable. Computer/Telecomm cabling structured as a mesh network between
central IT rooms and main telematikk rooms. See Stigekabel, Utjevningskabel, Spredenett (OSL
Project Related/1.05)
HOYEW. Hanging On Your Every Word. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
HP. Horse Power. (Weights & Measures, Imperial/1.05)
HP. High Pressure. (Petrochemical/1.07)
HP. Higher Purchase or a type of brown sauce. (General/1.05)
HPA. High Power Amplifier. (Petrochemical/1.07)
HPA. Hectopascal. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
HPC. Handheld Personal Computer (Palmtop). A small personal computer (organiser). Typically
palmtops run word processors, spreadsheets, diaries, address books, and the like. They can be
connected to a desktop, and to mobile telephones for communication. See PDA (IT, Computing/1.05)
HPCM. Hydraulic Power Control Module. (Petrochemical/1.07)
HPD. Hearing Protection Device. (General/2.10)
HPHT. High Pressure High Temperature. (Petrochemical/1.07)
HPI. Hystory Of Present Illness. (Medical/1.05)
HPN. White Plains Airport. NY. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
HPZ. Helicopter Protected Zone service. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
HQ. Head Quarters. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
HQ DEFCOM. Head Quarters Defence Command. (Military/1.05)
HR. Human Resources. (General/2.14)
HTML. Hyper Text Mark-up Language. A subset of SGML that has evolved into a standard of it's own.
HTML is the standard format for web documents (IT, Internet/1.05)
HTN. Hypertension. (Medical/1.05)
HTPL. Hyper Text Programming Language. (IT, Internet/1.05)
HTTP. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. A descendant of the gopher service. HTTP can read and
interpret files on a remote machine, not only text, but pictures, sounds, and video information. HTTP
is the information transfer protocol that is the basis for the collection of distributed information called
the World Wide Web (IT, Internet/1.05)
HTZ. Helicopter Traffic Zone. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
hu. Hungary. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
HUB. A computer network concentrator for connection of equipment. A computer hub can be
compared to the hub of a bicycle wheel, where all the spokes “radiate” outwards. In this analogy the
bicycle spokes are computer cables, or telephone lines, connected to equipment/computers at the
other end. See Mux, Router, Switch (IT, Computing/1.06)
HUB. Head Up Butt. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
HUD. Heads Up Display. A transparent screen mounted on the dashboard on which pertinent data
from flight instruments and weapons systems are projected. The HUD eliminates the need to look
down into the cockpit to read instruments (Aviation Civil and Military/1.07)
HUF. Hungarian Forint. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
HURCN. Hurricane. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
HUY. Humberside Airport. UK. (Airport Codes/1.06)
HV. Hand Valve. (Petrochemical, Valves/1.07)
HV. High Voltage. (Petrochemical/1.07)
HV. Transavia. (Airline Codes/1.05)
HVAC. Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning. (Petrochemical/1.05)
HVDC. High Voltage Direct Current. Hochspannungsgleichstromübertragung (HGÜ) (Electrical/2.01)
HVDF. High and Very High Frequency Direction Finding Station. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
HVN. New Haven Airport. CT. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
HVTR. High Voltage Tracking Rate. (General/2.14)
HVY. Heavy. Used to indicate the intensity of weather phenomena. HVY RA = Heavy rain (Aviation
Civil and Military/1.05)
HWCI. HardWare Configuration Item. (IT, Computing/1.05)
HWI. Hot Wire Ignition. (General/2.14)
HWR. Heavy Water Reactor. (Nuclear power/1.05)
HX. No specific working hours. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
HX. History. (IT, Internet Chat/1.05)
HYD. Hyderabad Airport. India. (Airport Codes/1.06)
Hydrocarbon. Oil, gas or condensate. A compound containing only the elements hydrogen and
carbon (Petrochemical/1.08)
Hydrotest. Pressure test. Pressurisation of any component by filling completely with water and
applying an established amount of pressure by use of a pumping device. All openings must be
plugged or capped prior to test. Normally a pressure and temperature recording chart is hooked up to
the test unit to produce a permanent record of the test. The test pressure and duration must be
specified. See Leak Test (Petrochemical/1.05)
HYR. Higher. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
Hz. Hertz. Unit of frequency of electromagnetic waves. One hertz = one cycle per second. See
frequency (Weights & Measures, Other/1.05)
HZ. Haze. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
10. India
I. Iodine. Atomic number 53. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
i Node. The node at the start of an activity in a AOA network. (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
I&D. Incision And Drainage. (Medical/1.05)
I&O. Intake And Output. (Medical/1.05)
I&T. Integration And Test. (IT, Computing/1.05)
I.e.. Id est. That is (Latin, French, Greek/1.05)
I/F. InterFace. (IT, Computing/1.05)
i18n. internationalisation. There are 18 letters between the "i" and the "n" (General/2.09)
IABP. Intraaortic Baloon Pump. (Medical/1.05)
IAC. In Any Case. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
IAC. Instrument Approach Chart. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IACA. International Air Carrier Association. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IAD. Dulles International. Washington D.C Airport. USA. (Airport Codes/1.05)
IADC. International Association of Drilling Contractors. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
IAE. In Any Event. (IT, Internet Chat/1.05)
IAEA. International Atomic Energy Agency. (Military/1.05)
IAEE. International Association for Energy Economics. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
IAES. International Academy of Environmental Safety. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
IAF. Initial Approach Fix. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IAH. Intercontinental. Houston. Texas Airport. USA. (Airport Codes/1.05)
IAL. Interim Arrangement Letter. (Petrochemical/2.11)
IALA. International Aid & Lighthouse Association. (Association, Society, Institute/2.12)
IALI. International Association of Labour Inspection. (General/2.10)
IANAL. I Am Not A Lawyer. (IT, Internet Chat/1.05)
IAO. In And Out of clouds. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IAOPA. International Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IAR. Intersection of Air Routes. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IAS. Indicated Air Speed. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IASI. Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
IAT. Internal Acceptance Test. An internal test the supplier performs prior to a witnessed Factory
Acceptance Test. The supplier performs an IAT in order to satisfy himself that the FAT will be
successful (IT, Computing/1.05)
IAT. Interface Acceptance Test. (IT, Computing/2.13)
IATA. International Air Transport Association. (Association, Society, Institute/1.05)
IATC. International Air Traffic Control. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IAU. Infrastructure Account Unit. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IAW. In Accordance With. iht (i henhold til) (IT, Internet Chat/1.07)
IB. IBERIA. (Airline Codes/1.07)
IB. Interface Broker. Sometimes also referred to as information broker. A system that receives
messages/alarms from other systems, re-formats the message/alarm if necessary and forwards it to
an interfacing system. E.g. A security system might send an alarm that an illegal entry has been
made, this is forwarded through the interface broker to the CCTV system so that cameras in the area
can be activated (IT, Computing/2.12)
IBAC. International Business Aviation Council. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IDAHO. Information Database for Airlines and Handling Organisations. (Aviation Civil and
Military/2.12)
IDBN. Intelligent DataBase Network. (IT, Computing/1.05)
IDC. Inter Discipline Check. Clash check. A check performed on a drawing by all disciplines to insure
that there are no clashes (collisions) between them (Project Management/1.05)
IDCP. Identification Data Combining Processing. (IT, Computing/1.05)
IDD. Interface Design Document. (IT, Computing/1.05)
IDDM. Insulin Dependent Diabetes Melitus. (Medical/1.05)
IDE. Integrated Development Environment. (IT, Computing/1.05)
IDE. Integrated Drive Electronics. Hard disk drive interface. Or for that matter a CD drive interface.
See SCSI, ESDI, EIDE (IT, Computing/1.05)
IDEA. Improvement and Development Agency. (Government office/2.14)
IDEAS. International Data Exchange on Aviation Safety. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IDENT. Identification. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IDF. Intermediate Connection Frame. (IT, Computing/1.05)
IDI. Initial Domain Identifier. (IT, Computing/1.05)
IDK. I Don't Know. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
IDL. International Departures Lounge. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
IDP. Initial Domain Part. (IT, Computing/1.05)
IDR. Indonesian Rupiah. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
IDR. Integrated Design Review. (OSL Project Related/1.05)
IDU. In Door Unit. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
ie. Ireland. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
IEA. International Energy Agency. (Association, Society, Institute/1.05)
IEC. International Electrotechnical Commission. (Association, Society, Institute/1.05)
IED. Improvised Explosive Device. (Policing/2.14)
IEEE. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. (Association, Society, Institute/1.05)
IEEE 1394. Developed by Apple Computers also known as FireWire, a serial data transmission
protocol with rates up to 400 Mbits/sec. (IT, Telecommunications/2.14)
IEP. Irish Punt. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
IETF. Internet Engineering Task Force. (Association, Society, Institute/1.05)
IF. Idiopathic Flushing. (Medical/1.05)
IF. Independent Float. See TF, FF, Float, CPA, Slack (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
IF. Intermediate approach Fix. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IF. Intermediate Frequency. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
IFA. Immunofluorescent Assay. (Medical/1.05)
IFALPA. International Federation of Airline Pilots Association. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IFAT. Integration Factory Acceptance Test. (OSL Project Related/1.05)
IFATCA. International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers Association. (Aviation Civil and
Military/1.05)
IFB. Invitation For Bid. (General/1.05)
IFC. Issued For Construction. A completed drawing that is released for construction after all
appropriate checks and controls have been taken. Same as AFC (Project Management/1.05)
IFE. In Flight Entertainment. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
IFEA. Industriens Forening for Elektro og Automatisering. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
IFF. Identification Friend or Foe. Mode 2=Military Ssr Iff Mode_Mode 3=Ssr Utility Mode _Mode
C=Ssr Flight Level Reporting Mode (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IFO. Interim Functional Operability. Interim Funksjonell Operabilitet. The level of functional
operability required so that the control tower, east runway, and sections of the terminal building, and
pier A, can be operated in a responsible manner (OSL Project Related/1.05)
IFOR. Implementation Force (NATO Bosnia Herzegovina). (Military/1.05)
IFPS. Integrated Initial Flightplan Processing System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IFPU. Initial Flight Plan Processing Unit. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IFR. Instrument Flight Rules. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IFT. Issued For Tender. (Project Management/1.07)
Ig. Immunoglobulin. (Medical/1.05)
IG. Interoperability Guidelines. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IGA. International General Aviation. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IGC. Inter Governmental Conference. (Military/1.06)
IGES. Initial Graphics Exchange Specification file format. (IT, Telecommunications/2.02)
IGMP. Internet Group Management Protocol. (IT, Computing/1.05)
IGN. National Geographical Institute (France). (Association, Society, Institute/2.09)
IGP. Interior Gateway Protocol. (IT, Computing/1.05)
IGP. I Gotta Pee. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
IGU. Iguassu Fa Pr Airport. Brazil. (Airport Codes/1.06)
IGU. International Gas Union. (General/2.10)
IGUS. International Group for Unstable Substances. (General/2.10)
IH. Inspection Hatch. (Petrochemical/1.07)
IHA. I Hate Acronyms. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
IHAC. Industrial Health Advisory Committee. (General/2.10)
IHO. International Hydrographic Organisation. (Association, Society, Institute/2.12)
IHSS. Idiopathic Hypertophic Subaortic Stenosis. (Medical/1.05)
IHSSF. International Healthcare Safety and Security Foundation. (General/2.10)
IHT. Institution of Highways and Transportation. (General/2.10)
IHU. I Hear You. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
IHU. Installation and Hook-Up. (Petrochemical/1.07)
IHVE. Institution of Heating and Ventilating Engineers. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
IIABDFI. If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
IIAC. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council. (General/2.10)
IIASA. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. (Association, Society, Institute/1.05)
IIL. Integrated Injection Logic. Type of chip. Buy a book on integrated circuits if you need a
description (IT, Computing/1.05)
IIRC. If I Recall/Remember/Recollect Correctly. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
IIRSM. International Institute of Risk and Safety Management. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
IIS. Internet Information Server (Microsoft). (IT, Computing/1.07)
IISM. International Institute of Safety Management. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
IISP. Interim Inter Switch Protocol. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IISS. International Institute For Strategic Studies. (Military/1.05)
IISSP. Interim Inter Switch Signalling Protocol (P-NNI). (IT, Computing/1.05)
IIW. International Institute of Welding. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
IMing. Chatting with someone online usually while doing other things such as playing trivia or other
interactive game. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
IMNSHO. In My Not So Humble Opinion. (IT, Internet Chat/1.05)
IMO. In My Opinion. (IT, Internet Chat/1.05)
IMO. International Maritime Organisation. (Association, Society, Institute/1.05)
Imp. Impression. (Medical/1.05)
IMPOV. In My Point Of View. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
IMPR. Improve, Improving. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IMR. Internal Mold Release. (General/2.14)
IMS. Industrial Methylated Spirit. (General/2.10)
IMS. International Military Staff (NATO). (Military/1.05)
IMS. I Am Sorry. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
IMT. Immediate, Immediately. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IMT-2000. International Mobile Telecommunication Systems. Global standard for third generation
technology being developed by ITU (IT, Telecommunications/1.07)
IMV. Intermitent Mandatory Ventilation. (Medical/1.05)
in. India. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
in. Inch. Linear measure. 1" = 25,4mm. See " (Weights & Measures, Imperial/1.05)
IN. Installed. Cable Status (OSL Project Related/1.05)
In. Indium. Atomic number 49. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
INA. Initial Approach. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
INAM. Inter Nordic Airport Meeting. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
INBD. Inbound. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
INC. In Cloud. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
INCERFA. Uncertainty phase. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
Incoterms. International rules for interpretation of shipping terms. (Freight and Shipping,
Incoterms/2.10)
IND. Indianapolis Airport. IN. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
IND. Immigration and Nationality Directorate. (Government office/2.14)
INDC. International Nuclear Data Committee. (Association, Society, Institute/1.05)
inf. Infusion. (Medical/1.05)
INF. Intermediate Nuclear Forces. (Military/1.05)
INFO. Information. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
Information. Facts. Data and information are often used interchangeably. However there is a subtle
difference, Information is the result of processing data (basic facts) into a useful or intelligible form.
Help "I can no longer see the wood for the trees" (IT, Computing/1.05)
Information Superhighway. Eventual successor of today’s WWW. A theoretical goal of computer
communications to provide schools, libraries, businesses, and homes universal access to quality
information that will educate, inform, and entertain. See Internet, WWW (IT, Internet/1.05)
INFOTERRA. International Referral System for Sources of Environmental Information.
(General/2.10)
Infrastruktur Integrator. Infrastructure Integrator. The Contractor that is responsible for co-
ordinating interface activities between the technical infrastructure and different IT system solutions
(OSL Project Related/1.05)
inh. Inhalation. (Medical/1.05)
INI. Nis Airport. Yougoslavia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
io. British Indian Ocean Territory. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
IO. Investigating Officer. (Policing/2.14)
IO. Input/Output. (IT, Computing/1.05)
IOC. Initial Operational Capability. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IOC. Input/Output Controller. (IT, Computing/1.05)
IOD. Identified Outline Design. (General/2.01)
IOEM. Invert Oil Emulsion Mud. (Petrochemical/1.07)
IOM. Installation, Operation and Maintenance. (Petrochemical/1.07)
IONL. Internal Organisation of the Network Layer. (IT, Computing/1.05)
IOP. Intraocular Pressure. (Medical/1.05)
IOR. Improved Oil Recovery. (Petrochemical/1.07)
IOS. International Organisation for Standardisation. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
IOSH. Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
IOT. Interface interOperability acceptance Test. (IT, Computing/2.13)
Iota. Ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. A very small amount. Lower Case symbol = Ninth (Greek
Alphabet/1.05)
IOU. I Owe You. Signed paper given as a receipt for money borrowed (General/1.05)
IOV. Injection Outer Valve. (Petrochemical, Valves/1.07)
IOW. In Other Words. (IT, Internet Chat/1.05)
IP. Internet Protocol. Internet Protocol provides the addressing needed to move information across
networks to their target/destination, the address looks like 000.111.222.3. See HTTP, TCP/IP, URL,
Protocol (IT, Computing/1.06)
IP. Institute of Petroleum. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
IP. Institute of Physics. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
IP. Intermediate Pressure. (Petrochemical/1.07)
IP. Injured Party. (Policing/2.14)
IPA. Isopropyl Alcohol. (Medical/2.10)
IPA. International Police Association. (Association, Society, Institute/2.14)
IPC. International Protection Category. (Association, Society, Institute/1.05)
IPC. Integrated Pollution Control. (General/2.10)
IPCP. Internet Protocl Control Protocl. (IT, Computing/1.05)
IPCS. Institute of Professional Civil Servants. (General/2.10)
IPG. Impedance Plethysmography. (Medical/1.05)
IPG. Information Planning Group. (General/2.10)
IPH. Ipoh Airport. Malaysia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
IPHE. Institute of Public Health Engineers. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
IPIECA. International Petroleum Industry Environmental and Conservation Association.
(Petrochemical/2.01)
IPLDP. Initial Police Learning and Development Programme. (Policing/2.14)
IPM. Internet Protocol Multicast. (IT, Computing/2.13)
IPM. Institute of Personnel Management. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
IPN. I'm Posting Naked. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
IPPB. Intermitent Positive Pressure Breathing. (Medical/1.05)
IPPC. Infrastructure Payments and Progress Committee. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
IPR. Investment Performance Review. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
11. Juliet
J. Joule. A measure of energy. (Weights & Measures, Other/1.05)
j Node. The node at the end of an activity in a AOA network. (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
J4F. Just For Fun. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
J4G. Just For Grins. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
JAA. Joint Aviation Authorities. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
JAA. Joint Association Authority. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
JAC. Joint Advisory Committee. (General/2.10)
Jacket. The structural support for an offshore platform. (Petrochemical/1.08)
JAM. Just A Minute. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
JAN. Jackson Ms Airport. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
JAN. January. (Time or Space/1.05)
JAR. Joint Aviation Rules. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
JAR. Joint Airworthiness Requirements. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
JAS. Just A Second. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
Java. An object oriented programming language. From Sun Microsystems. The Microsoft equivalent is
called ActiveX (IT, Languages/1.05)
JAX. Jacksonville Fl Airport. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
JB. Junction Box. (Petrochemical/1.07)
JBB. Joint Branch Board. (Policing/2.14)
JBOD. Just a Bunch Of Disks. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
JC. Just Chilling. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
JCC. Joint Central Committee. (Policing/2.14)
JCL. Job Control Language. (IT, Languages/1.05)
JCOC. Joint Command Operation Centre. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
JCSI. Joint Command Systems Initiative. (Military/1.06)
JDBC. Java DataBase Connectivity. See Java (IT, Languages/1.05)
je. Jersey. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
JED. King Abdul Aziz International. Jiddah Airport. Saudi Arabia. (Airport Codes/1.05)
JEDEC. Joint Electronic Device Engineering Council. (IT, Computing/1.05)
JEIDA. Japan Electronic Industry Development Association. A sister organisation to PCMCIA that has
been responsible for the definition and publication of a variety of Japanese industry standards.
Together, JEIDA and PCMCIA have made the PCMCIA standard a world-wide standard (IT,
Computing/1.05)
JEITA. Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association. (Association, Society,
Institute/2.09)
JER. Jersey. (Airport Codes/1.05)
JET A-1. Aviation Turbine Fuel. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
JFAI. Joint Formal Acceptance Inspection. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
JFI. Just For Information. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
JFK. John F. Kennedy International. New York Airport. USA. (Airport Codes/1.05)
JG. Juxtaglomerular. (Medical/1.05)
JGR. Joint Geological Review. (Petrochemical/1.07)
JHB. Johore Bahru Airport. Malaysia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
12. Kilo
k. Kiribati. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
K. Okay. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
K. Potassium. Atomic number 19. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
k. Kilo. SI number prefix 1.000. (Weights & Measures, Systeme Internationale prefixes/1.05)
kA. Kiloampere. (Weights & Measures, Electrical/2.11)
KA. Dragon Air. (Airline Codes/1.07)
KAD. Kommunal og arbeidsdepartementet. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
Kappa. Tenth letter of the Greek alphabet. Lower Case symbol = Tenth, modulus of elasticity,
specific heat ration, susceptibility to magnetism (Greek Alphabet/1.05)
kat. Kata (Mole, Sec). (Medical/1.05)
Kb. Kilobyte. One thousand bytes. See bits, bytes, Kb, Mb, Gb, Tb, Pb (IT, Units/1.05)
Kbps. Kilobytes per second. Data transfer rate over for example a telephone line (IT,
Computing/1.05)
KBR. Kota Bharu Airport. Malaysia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
KCH. Kuching Airport. Malaysia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
KD. Kystdirektoratet. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
ke. Kenya. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
KE. Korean Air. (Airline Codes/1.07)
KEF. Keflavik. Reykjavik Airport. Iceland. (Airport Codes/1.05)
Kelvin. A base unit of temperature. (Weights & Measures, Other/2.14)
Kernel. The center of a computer operating system. The kernel is the core that provides basic
services for all other parts of the operating system. Whereas the shell of an operating system is the
outermost part that interacts with user commands (IT, Computing/2.09)
KES. Kenyan Shilling. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
Ketchup Bottle Effect. An undesirable situation where everything comes at once. A syndrome that
many people have experienced on a project, the term is derived from the concept 'shake oh, shake
the ketchup bottle, none will come and then a lot will' (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
KF. Air Botnia. (Airline Codes/1.07)
kg. Kilograms. Measure of weight. 1000g = 100dkg = 10hg = 1kg = 2,205 pounds (avoirdupois)
(Weights & Measures, Metric/1.05)
kg. Kyrgzstan. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
KGD. Khrabrovo. Kaliningrad Airport. Russia. (Airport Codes/1.05)
KGS. Kyrgyzstanish Som. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
KGS. Kos. Greece. (Airport Codes/1.05)
kh. Cambodia. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
KHH. Kaohsiung. International (Airport Codes/1.07)
KHI. Karachi Airport. Pakistan. (Airport Codes/1.05)
KHN. Nanchang Airport. China. (Airport Codes/1.06)
KHR. Cambodian Riel. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
KHYF. Know How You Feel. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
KHz. Kilohertz. (Weights & Measures, Other/1.05)
KIA. Killed In Action. (Military/1.10)
KIBO. Knowledge In, Bullshit Out. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
KID. Kristianstad Airport. Sweden. (Airport Codes/1.05)
13. Lima
l. Liter. Measure of capacity. 1l = 1,7596 pints = 0,21997 gallons (imperial) (Weights & Measures,
Metric/1.05)
L. Left {runway identification}. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
L. Laugh. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
L2TP. Layer two Tunnelling Protocol. (IT, Telecommunications/2.04)
L8R. Later. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
L8R G8R. Later Gator. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
la. Lao, People's Democratic Republic. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
LA. Left Atrium. (Medical/1.05)
La. Lanthanum. Atomic number 57. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
LA. Level Alarm. (Petrochemical, Instrumentation/1.07)
LAA. Local Authority Associations. (General/2.10)
LABATYD or LAB&TYD. Life's A Bitch And Then You Die. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
lac. Laceration. (Medical/1.05)
LACT. Lease Automatic Custody Transfer. (Petrochemical/2.11)
LAD. Left Axis Deviation. (Medical/1.05)
LAD. Luanda Airport. Angola. (Airport Codes/1.06)
LADD. Lifetime Average Daily Dose. (General/2.10)
LAESI. Local Authority and Emergency Service Information. (Military/1.06)
LAF. Load Alleviation Function. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
LAFTA. Latin American Free Trade Association. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
LAHB. Eft Anterior Hemiblock. (Medical/1.05)
LAK. Laos Kip. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
LAM. Laughing At Myself. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
LAM. Logical Acknowledgement Message {message type designator}. (Aviation Civil and
Military/1.05)
Lambda. Eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet. Upper Case symbol = Equivalent conductivity. Lower
Case symbol = Eleventh, wave length, angstrom unit, radioactive constant, cosmical constant,
damping coefficient, area ratio, microliter, latitude (Greek Alphabet/1.05)
LAN. Local Area Network. Networks used to connect computers in a single room, rooms within a
building, or buildings on one site are normally called Local Area Networks (LANs). LANs tend to be
privately owned networks. Networks that connect computers on separate sites, cities or countries are
called Wide Area Networks. (Sometimes Long Haul Networks (LHNs) (IT, Computing/1.05)
LAN. Inland. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
LANE. LAN Emulation. (IT, Computing/1.05)
LAP. Local Area Policing. (Policing/2.14)
LAP. Leukocyte Alkaline Phosphatase. (Medical/1.05)
lap. Laparotomy. (Medical/1.05)
LAPB. Link Access Procedure Balanced. (IT, Computing/1.05)
LAPD. Link Access Procedure D. (IT, Computing/1.05)
LAPG. Local Adult Protection Groups. (Policing/2.14)
Large. Measure of Ale. 1 pt (ca 0,57l). (Measure of Ale/1.05)
LAS. McCarran International. Las Vegas. Nevada Airport. USA. (Airport Codes/1.05)
LASER. Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. (General/1.05)
LEP. Light Emitting Polymer. A flat screen technology. Large format and super thin TV screens and
computer monitors made of plastic that glows? See CRT, LCD, TFT, PDP, EL, FED, CGS (IT,
Computing/1.05)
LER. Local Equipment Room. (Petrochemical/1.07)
LES. Lower Esophageal Sphinter. (Medical/1.05)
LETIS. LVs Elektroniske Trafikk Informasjon System. Norwegian Civil Aviation Authorities Traffic
Information System (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
LEX. Lexington Airport. Cayman Islands. (Airport Codes/1.06)
LF. Line Feed. (IT, Computing/1.05)
LF. Low Frequency 30 to 300 KHz. See EHF, ELF, HF, MF, SHF, UHF, VHF, VLF (Aviation Civil and
Military/1.05)
LF. Late Finish. See LS for full description (Project Management, Planning/1.08)
LFDCA. London Fire and Civil Defence Authority. (General/2.10)
LFT. Liver Function Test. (Medical/1.05)
LFW. Lome Airport. Togo. (Airport Codes/1.06)
LG. Level Gauge. (Petrochemical, Instrumentation/1.07)
LGA. La Guardia. New York Airport. USA. (Airport Codes/1.05)
LGA. Local Government Association. (Government office/2.14)
LGB. Long Beach Airport. CA. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
LGC. Laboratory of the Government Chemist. (Government office/2.14)
LGCIU. Landing Gear Control and Interface Unit. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
LGIS. LVs Geografiske Informasjon System. Norwegian Civil Aviation Authorities Geographical
Information System (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
LGK. Pulau Langkawi Airport. Malaysia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
LGT. Light, Lighting. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
LGTD. Lighted. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
LGV. Light Goods Vehicle. (General/2.14)
LGV. Lymphogranuloma Venereum. (Medical/1.05)
LGW. Gatwick. London Airport. England. (Airport Codes/1.05)
LH. Lufthansa. (Airline Codes/1.05)
LH. Luteinizing Hormone. (Medical/1.05)
LHD. Left Hand Drive. (General/1.05)
LHE. Le Havre. France. (Airport Codes/1.05)
LHN. Long Haul Network. (See WAN) (IT, Computing/2.13)
LHO. Laughing Head Off. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
LHP. Loop Heat Pipe. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
LHR. Heathrow. London Airport. England. (Airport Codes/1.05)
LH-RH. Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone. (Medical/1.05)
LHS. Left Hand Side. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
LHT. LuftHavnTjeneste. Norwegian. Airport services. E.g. terminal, fire fighting (Aviation Civil and
Military/1.05)
LHW. Lanzhou Airport. China. (Airport Codes/1.06)
li. Liechtenstein. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
Li. Lithium. Atomic number 3. Atomic weight 6,939. Melting point 179 degrees c. (Litium. Det letteste
av alle metaller. Brukes til det meste fra glass til drifstoff for romfartøyer. Virker også beroligende på
Manisk-deepresive. Thankyou DFOS i know who to contact when i reach this state) (Chemical
Elements/1.05)
LI. Level Indicator. (Petrochemical, Instrumentation/1.07)
LIB. Air Liberte. Duplicate see IJ (Airline Codes/1.05)
LIBOR. London Inter Bank Offered Rate. (General/1.07)
LIC. Level Indicator Controller. (Petrochemical, Instrumentation/1.07)
Lidar. Light Detection and Ranging. Optisk radar for måling av Ozonlagets vertikale profil vha
lysimpulser på 2 forskjellige frekvenser. Svalbard (General/1.05)
LIF. Laser Induced Fluorescence. (General/2.10)
LIF. Lighting Industry Federation. (General/2.10)
LIFO. Last In First Out. See FIFO (Petrochemical/1.10)
LIH. Light Intensity High. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
LIL. Lille Airport. France. (Airport Codes/1.06)
LIL. Light Intensity Low. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
LIM. Light Intensity Medium. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
LIM. Jorge Chavez International. Lima Airport. Peru. (Airport Codes/1.05)
LIN. Linate. Milan Airport. Italy. Duplicate see MXP (Airport Codes/1.05)
LIO. Local Intelligence Officer. (Policing/2.14)
Lip. Lipid. (Medical/1.05)
liq. Liquid. (Medical/1.05)
Liquidated Damages. A penalty for failing to achieve the impossible. (Humour/1.05)
LIRS. Low Impact Resistant Supports. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.02)
LIS. Lisboa. Lisbon Airport. Portugal. (Airport Codes/1.05)
Lisp. LISt Processing language. (IT, Languages/1.05)
LIT. Little Rock Airport. AR. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
LJBF. Let’s Just Be Friends. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
LJU. Ljubljana Airport. Slovenia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
lk. Sri Lanka. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
LKL. Banak. Lakselv Airport. Norway. (Airport Codes/1.05)
LKR. Sri Lankan Rupee. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
LKS. Liver, Kidney, Spleen. (Medical/1.05)
LLA. Kallax. Luleå Airport. Sweden. (Airport Codes/1.05)
LLC. Logical Link Control. (General/1.05)
LLDPE. Linear Low Density Polyethylene. (General/2.14)
LLL. Left Lower Lobe. (Medical/1.05)
LLL. Low Liquid Level. (Petrochemical/1.07)
LLQ. Left Lower Quadrant. (Medical/1.05)
LLTA. Lots and Lots of Thunderous Applause. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
LLW. Lilongwe Airport. Malawi. (Airport Codes/1.06)
LLZ. Localiser. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
LM. Locator Middle. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
LMAO. Laughing My Ass Off. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
LMD. Local Medical Doctor. (Medical/1.05)
LMDPE. Linear Medium Density Polyethylene. (General/2.14)
14. Mike
M. Mach number (followed by figures). (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
m. Murmur. (Medical/1.05)
M. Midnight, Monoclonal. (Medical/1.05)
m. Metres. Linear measure. 1m = 3,281 feet (Weights & Measures, Metric/1.05)
MA. Moisture Alarm. (Petrochemical/1.07)
MA. Malev. (Airline Codes/1.07)
ma. Morocco. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
mA. Milliampere. (Weights & Measures, Electrical/2.11)
MAA. Maximum Authorised Altitude. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
MAA. Madras Airport. India. (Airport Codes/1.06)
MAASP. Maximum Allowable Annular Surface Pressure. (Petrochemical/1.07)
MAB. Marine Amphibious Brigade. (Military/1.05)
MAC. Macao Airport. Macau. Duplicate see MFM (Airport Codes/1.06)
MAC. Mechanical Acceptance Certificate. (Petrochemical/1.07)
MAC. Mycobacterium Avium Complex. (Medical/1.05)
MAC. Mobile Attenuation Code. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
MAC. Medium Access Control. A unique identifier for PC cards (IT, Computing/1.05)
MAC. Multiplex Analog Component. TV Satellite Standard (IT, Telecommunications/1.08)
MACC. Military Aid to the Civil Community. (Policing/2.14)
MACE. Methotrexate, Doxorubicin (Adriamycin), Cyclophosphamide, Epipodophyllotoxin.
(Medical/1.05)
MACF. Multiple Association Control Function. (IT, Computing/1.05)
MACP. Military Aid to the Civil Power. (Military/1.06)
Macro. A series of special instructions for a program. Macros enable a user to automate repetitive
tasks with programs like MS Word or Excel (Modern day equivalent of batch processing) (IT,
Languages/1.05)
Macro virus. A self replicating piece of code written in an application's macro language. Macro
viruses are very easy to create or modify. The distinguishing factor that makes it possible to create a
virus with a macro is the existence of auto-execute macros in the macro language. An auto-execute
macro is one that is executed in response to an event such as opening or closing a file, and not in
response to an explicit user command. Once a Macro virus is running, it can copy itself to other
documents, delete files, and create general problems in a system. These things occur without the
user explicitly running the macro. Macro viruses spread by having one or more auto-execute macros
in a document. Opening or closing the document or using the "replace" command, activates the virus
macro. When the macro is activated, it copies itself and any other macros it needs, to the global
macro file NORMAL.DOT. After they are stored in NORMAL.DOT they are available in all open
documents. At this point, the macro viruses try to spread themselves to other documents, usually by
including an Autoclose macro that attaches the virus macro to the document and saves it. The Macro
viruses that cause damage contain a trigger that starts the damage routines. The trigger is some
event that the virus writer has programmed the virus to watch for, such as a date or the number of
days since the infection occurred (IT, Computing/1.05)
MAD. Mean Absolute Deviation. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
MAD. Moroccan Dirham. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
MAD. Barajas. Madrid Airport. Spain. (Airport Codes/1.05)
MADS. Modified Automatic Dependant Surveillance. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
MAF. Midland Airport. TX. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
Milestone Plan. A plan containing the project milestones that represent the significant deliverables
or stages of a project. (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
MILJØSOK. Miljøutfordringer for norsk sokkelvirksomhet. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
milli. SI number prefix 0,001. Abbreviated as m. One thousandth (SI Number Prefixes/2.08)
MIME. Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension. (IT, Computing/1.05)
min. Minim. Measure of capacity Imperial. 1 minims = 0,0592 ml (Weights & Measures,
Imperial/1.05)
MIN. Minutes. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
MIN. Mobile Identification Number. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
MIPS. Million Instructions Per Second. (IT, Computing/1.05)
MIR. Monastir. Tunisa. (Airport Codes/1.05)
MIR. Material Integrity Report. (Petrochemical/2.11)
MIRV. Multiple Independently targetable Re-entry Vehicle. (Military/1.05)
MIS. Management Information System. (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
MIS. Meteorological Information System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
Mis en Bouteille au Chateau or au Domaine. A "chateau vintage" This may be a quality criterion,
but is not necessarily so. An indication of the origin of the wine, and that the bottling has taken place
at the ideal time in the development of the wine (Wine Label Terms/1.05)
MISPER. Missing Person. (Policing/2.14)
mixt. Mixture. (Medical/1.05)
MJF. Mosjoen Airport. Norway. (Airport Codes/1.06)
MJN. Majunga Airport. Madagascar. (Airport Codes/1.06)
MJT. Mitlini. (Airport Codes/1.05)
mk. Macedonia, Former Yugoslavia Rep. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
MKD. Macedonian Denar. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
MKE. Milwaukee Airport. WI. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
MKG. Muskegon Airport. MI. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
MKR. Marker Radio Beacon. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ml. Millilitre. 1/1000 of a litre. Measure of capacity. 1000ml = 100cl = 10dl = 1l = 1,7596 pints =
0,21997 gallons (imperial) (Weights & Measures, Metric/1.05)
ml. Mali. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
ML. Malignant Lymphoma. (Medical/1.05)
MLA. Multiple Letter Acronym. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
MLA. Malta. (Airport Codes/1.05)
MLB. Melbourne Airport. FL. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
MLE. Male Airport. Indonesia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
MLH. Mulhouse. (Airport Codes/1.05)
MLI. Moline Airport. IL. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
MLS. Maximum Length Sequence. Measurement for analysing sound (IT, Telecommunications/1.05)
MLS. Microwave Landing System. Instrument Landing System based on microwave transmissions
(Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
MLV. Medium Launch Vehicle. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
MLW. Maximum Landing Weight. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
MLW. Monrovia Airport. Liberia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
MLWA. Maximum Landing Weight Authorised. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
difference between a buccaneer and a privateer is that a buccaneer is a state sponsored pirate, whilst
a privateer is a self employed pirate, ie. he is not bothered about the nationality of the ships and
settlements he plunders! Captain Morgan was the most feared and renowned of the buccaneers, he
achieved state recognition for his state commissioned exploits against the Spanish. On the other hand
Blackbeard (an Englishman) was the most feared of the privateers, Blackbeard died a bloody death
off the coast of America at the hands of two English frigates (General/1.05)
Morgan. A great British sports car. (General/1.05)
MOS. Meteorological Observation System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
MOS. Metal Oxide Silicon. Type of chip. Buy a book on integrated circuits if you need a description
(IT, Computing/1.05)
MOS. Maintenance Override Switch. (Petrochemical/2.11)
mOsm. Milliosmol. (Medical/1.05)
MOSS. Member Of Same Sex. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
MOT. Ministry of Transport. (General/2.10)
MOTAS. Member Of The Appropriate Sex. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
MOTD. Message Of The Day. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
MOTIS. Message Oriented Text Interchange System. (IT, Computing/1.05)
MOTOS. Member Of The Opposite Sex. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
MOTSS. Member Of The Same Sex. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
MOU. Memorandum Of Understanding. (General/1.05)
MOU. Mobile Offshore Units. (Petrochemical/1.07)
MOV. Move, Moving, Movement. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
MOW. Moscow Airport. Russia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
MP. Member of Parliament. (General/2.14)
mp. Northern Mariana Islands. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
MP. Metacarpophalangeal. (Medical/1.05)
MP. Medium Pressure. (Petrochemical/1.07)
MPa. Megapascal. (Petrochemical/1.07)
MPAPI. Mobile Phone Application Programme Interface. (IT, Telecommunications/1.05)
MPB. Male Pattern Baldness. (Medical/1.05)
MPC. Maximum Permissible Concentrations. (General/2.10)
MPC. Mud Pump Control. (Petrochemical/1.07)
MPD. Multi Purpose Document. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.06)
MPE. Maximum Permissible Exposure. (General/2.10)
MPEG. Motion Picture Experts Group. MPEG is a standard for compressing and decompressing
digitised audio and video. The difference between MPEG1 and MPEG2 is the rate at which bit
information is processed and the ability of MPEG2 to support fully interlaced video. This provides
MPEG2 with the ability to process information at a rate of up to four times that of MPEG1. The result
is improved video playback, crisper resolution and full-screen digital video. MPEG2 is fully backward-
compatible with MPEG1 (IT, Computing/1.05)
MPGN. Membrane Proliferative Glomerulonephritis. (Medical/1.05)
MPH. Miles Per Hour. See KPH (Weights & Measures, Imperial/1.05)
MPI. Magnetic Particle Inspection. (Petrochemical/2.11)
MPL. Montpellier Airport. France. (Airport Codes/1.06)
MPLS. Multi Protocol Label Switching. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
MPM. Maputo Airport. Mozambique. (Airport Codes/1.06)
MPP. Manpower Projection Plan. (Project Management/1.07)
MSV. Marine Support Vessel. Multi Service Vessel. See DSV (Petrochemical/1.05)
MSVT. Multimedia System Validation Test-bed. (Satellite Broadcasting/2.09)
MSWHP. Maximum Shut-in Wellhead Pressure. (Petrochemical/1.07)
MSY. New Orleans Airport. LA. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
MT. Mountain Time (MST or MDT). (Time or Space/2.08)
MT. Military Task. (Military/1.06)
mt. Malta. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
MT. Moisture Transmitter. (Petrochemical, Instrumentation/1.07)
MT. Megged To end. Cable Status (OSL Project Related/1.05)
MT. Mountain. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
MTA. Message Transfer Agent. (IT, Computing/1.05)
MTB. Major Tender Board. (Petrochemical/1.07)
MTB. Motor Torpedo Boat. (Military/1.05)
MTBF. Mean Time Between Failure. (IT, Computing/1.05)
MTBUR. Mean Time Between Unscheduled Removal. (IT, Computing/1.05)
MTC. Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma. (Medical/1.05)
MTD. Moscow Time Daylight. (Time or Space/2.03)
MTD. Moving Target Detector. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
MTD. Marine Technology Directorate. (Petrochemical/1.07)
MTF. More To Follow. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
MTFBWY. May The Force Be With You. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
MTL. Maltese Lira. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
MTO. Material Take Off. (Project Management/1.07)
MTOW. Maximum Take-Off Weight. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
MTP. Metatarsophalangeal. (Medical/1.05)
MTS. Moscow Time Standard. (Time or Space/2.03)
MTS. Message Telecommunications Service. Mobile Telephone Service. (IT,
Telecommunications/1.06)
MTS. Message Transfer System. (IT, Computing/1.05)
MTS. Manzini Airport. Swaziland. (Airport Codes/1.06)
MTSO. Mobile Telephone Switching Office. (IT, Telecommunications/1.05)
MTTR. Mean Time To Repair. (IT, Computing/1.05)
MTU. Maximum Transmission Unit. (IT, Computing/1.05)
MTU. Metric Units. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
MTU. Master Terminal Unit. (Petrochemical, Instrumentation/2.11)
MTW. Maximum Taxi Weight. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
MTW. Manitowoc Airport. WI. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
MTW. Mountain Waves. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
MTWA. Maximum Total Weight Authorised. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
MTY. Monterrey Airport. Mexico. (Airport Codes/1.06)
Mu. Twelfth letter of the Greek alphabet. Lower Case symbol = Twelfth, micron, micro, permeability,
modulusm coefficient of viscosity, index of refraction, amplication factor, chemical potential, dipole
moment, coefficient of friction, molar conductance (Greek Alphabet/1.05)
mu. Mauritius. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
MUB. Måling Under Boring. (Petrochemical/1.07)
15. November
N. No distinct tendency (in RVR during previous 10 minutes). (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
N. Nitrogen. Atomic number 7. A colorless, odorless and tasteless gas that makes up about 80% of
the earth's atmosphere (Chemical Elements/1.05)
N. Normal. (Medical/1.05)
N. North, Northern Latitude. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
N.b.. Nota bene. Note well, Remember, Obs(ervere) (Latin, French, Greek/1.05)
n00b. Newbie, new comer. A way to insult someone who does not know much (IT, Internet
Chat/2.14)
N2. Nitrogen. (Chemical Compounds/2.14)
Na. Sodium, natrium. Atomic number 11. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
na. Namibia. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
NA. Not Applicable. (General/1.05)
NÅ. Normalt åpen. (Petrochemical, Valves/1.07)
NAC. North Atlantic Council. (Military/1.05)
NACC. North Atlantic Co-operation Council. (Military/1.05)
NACE. National Association of Corrosion Engineers. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
NaCHO3. Sodium bicarbonate. (Chemical Compounds/2.14)
NACISA. NATO Communication and Information Systems Agency. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
NaCl. Sodium Chloride. Salt (Chemical Compounds/2.14)
NACOSS. National Approval Council for Security Systems. (Policing/2.14)
NACRO. National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders. (Policing/2.14)
NAD. Namibian Dollar. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
NADGE. NATO Air Defence Ground Environment. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
NADT. Not A Darn Thing. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
NAE. National Administrative Expenses. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
NAEW. NATO Airborne Early Warning. (Military/1.05)
NAFIS. National Automatic Fingerprint Identification System. (Policing/2.14)
NAFTA. North American Free Trade Agreement. US, Canada, and Mexico (Petrochemical/2.01)
NAI. Non-Accidental Injury. (Policing/2.14)
NAIR. National Arrangements for Incidents involving Radioactivity. (Policing/2.14)
NAIS. Norwegian Aeronautical Information System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
NAK. Negative Acknowledgement. (IT, Computing/1.05)
NALF. Norges Arbeidslederforbund. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
NAM. Number Assignment Module. Memory position in a mobile phone where the telephone number
is stored (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
NAM. North America Region. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
NAMSA. NATO Materiel Supply Agency. (Military/1.05)
NAN. Nandi Airport. Fiji. (Airport Codes/1.06)
nano. SI number prefix 0,000 000 001. Abbreviated as n (SI Number Prefixes/2.08)
NAP. Capodichino. Naples Airport. Italy. (Airport Codes/1.05)
NAPA. N-Acetyl-Procainamide, N-Acetyl-Paraaminophenol. (Medical/1.05)
NARDS. Norwegian Automated Radar Display System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
NAS. Northern Airspace System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
NCCIS. NATO Command Control And Information System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
NCDC. National Climatic Data Center. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.02)
NCE. Cote D'azur. Nice Airport. France. (Airport Codes/1.05)
NCEC. National Chemical Emergency Centre. (Policing/2.14)
NCF. National Crime Faculty. (Policing/2.14)
NCF. National Competency Framework. (Policing/2.14)
NCF. NATO Composite Force. (Military/1.05)
NCF. Network Computing Framework. (IT, Computing/1.05)
NCIS. National Criminal Intelligence Service. (Policing/2.14)
NCL. Newcastle International Airport. England. (Airport Codes/1.05)
NCMP. Network Connection Management Protocol. (IT, Computing/1.05)
NCOC. Naval Command Operation Centre. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
NCOF. National Crime and operations Faculty. (Policing/2.14)
NCP. Nursing Care Plan. (Medical/1.05)
NCP. Network Core Protocol. (IT, Computing/1.05)
NCS. National Crime Squad. (Policing/2.14)
NCS. Norwegian Continental Shelf. (Petrochemical/1.07)
Nd. Neodymium. Atomic number 60. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
ND. Naval District. (Military/1.05)
NDB. Non Directional radio Beacon. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
NDB. Nouadibou Airport. Mauritanie. (Airport Codes/1.06)
NDE. Non Destructive Examination. (Petrochemical, Welding/1.07)
NDFT. Nominal Dry Film Thickness. (Petrochemical/1.07)
NDIS. Network Driver Interface Specification. (IT, Computing/1.05)
NDJ. N'djamena Airport. Chad. (Airport Codes/1.06)
NDT. Non Destructive Testing. Normally associated with welding, where welds are x-rayed "bombed"
to check for defects in the weld. Standing in close proximity to gamma rays can lead to sterility
(Petrochemical/1.05)
Ne. Neon. Atomic number 10. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
NE. North East. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
NE. Normally Energised. (Petrochemical/1.07)
ne. Niger. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
NE14KFC?. Anyone For KFC. (Kentuckey Fried Chicken) (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
NEA. Nuclear Energy Agency. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
NEB. North East Bound. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
NEC. Northern European Command. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
NEG. Nedre EksplosjonsGrense. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
NEG. Negative, No, Permission not granted, That is not correct. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
neg. Negative. (Medical/1.05)
Negative Float. Where total float is computed to a minus figure. Minus float in theory represents
how many time units the expected completion date of a network has been delayed. In practice
however it depends on the quality of the logic that the network is built on and the size of it's
activities. See CPA, network, TF, ES, EF, LS, LF (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
NEK. Norsk Elektroteknisk Komite. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
NELFO. Norges Elektroentrepenørforbund. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
np. Nepal. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
Np. Neptunium. Atomic number 93. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
NP or N/P. No Problem. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
NPAI. Network Protocol Access Information. (IT, Computing/1.05)
NPC. NATO Programming Centre. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
NPD. Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. (Association, Society, Institute/1.05)
NPDN. Norwegian Public Data Network. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
NPDU. Network Protocol Data Unit. (IT, Computing/1.05)
NPG. Nuclear Planning Group. (Military/1.05)
NPH. Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Neutral Protamine Hagedorn (Insuline). (Medical/1.05)
NPL. New Plymouth Airport. New Zealand. (Airport Codes/1.06)
NPO. Nothing By Mouth. (Medical/1.05)
NPR. Noise Preferential Route. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
NPR. Nepalese Rupee. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
NPS. Nominal Pipe Size. (Petrochemical, Piping/1.07)
NPSH. net positive suction head. (Petrochemical/2.08)
NPT. Newport Airport. RI. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
NPT. National Pipe Thread. (Petrochemical, Piping/1.07)
NPT. Non Proliferation Treaty. (Military/1.05)
NPV. Net Present Value. (General/2.08)
NQA. No Questions Asked. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
NQN. Neuquen Airport. Argentina. (Airport Codes/1.06)
NR. Number. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
NR. Do Not Repeat (In Prescriptions). (Medical/1.05)
NR. Norsk Rederiforbund. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
NR. Normal Range. (Medical/1.05)
nr. Nauru. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
NR. Non-Rebreathing. (Medical/1.05)
NR. Nutritive Ratio. (Medical/1.05)
NRH. No Reply Heard. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
NRK. Kungsangen. Norrkoping Airport. Sweden. (Airport Codes/1.05)
NRK. Norsk Riks Kringkasting. Norweigian Broadcasting Corporation (Association, Society,
Institute/1.08)
NRM. Normal Response Mode. (IT, Computing/1.05)
NRM. Non Return to Zero. (IT, Computing/1.05)
NRN. No Reply Necessary. (IT, Internet Chat/1.05)
NRN. No Response Necessary. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
NRPB. National Radiological Protection Board. (Policing/2.14)
NRT. Narita. Tokyo Airport. Japan. (Airport Codes/1.05)
NRZI. Non Return to Zero Inverted. (IT, Computing/1.05)
NS. Neuro Surgery. (Medical/1.05)
NS. Network Service. (IT, Computing/1.05)
NS. Normal Saline. (Medical/1.05)
NS. Norwegian Standard. (Association, Society, Institute/1.05)
Nu. Thirteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. Lower Case symbol = Thirteenth, kinematic viscosity,
frequency, reluctivity (Greek Alphabet/1.05)
nu. Niue. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
NUE. Nuremberg Airport. Germany. (Airport Codes/1.05)
Nuking. Sending a packet of information that the recipients system can not process resulting in it
hanging. Eg during an IRC session. See DoS and BSoD. (IT, Internet/2.02)
NUPI. Norsk Utenrikspolitiske Institutt. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
NUTEC. Norwegian Underwater Technology Centre. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
NVA. Night Viewing Aid. (Military/1.10)
NVASEC. National Voluntary Aid Societies' Emergency Committee. (Policing/2.14)
NVC. Non Verbal Communication. (Policing/2.14)
NVE. Norges Vassdrags og Elektrisitetsvesen. (Association, Society, Institute/1.05)
NVG. Night Viewing Goggles. (Military/1.10)
NVP. Network Voice Protocol. (IT, Computing/1.05)
NVQ. National Vocational Qualification. (General/1.06)
NVR. Networked Video Recording. (IT, Computing/2.13)
NVS. Norsk Verkstedindustris Standardiseringssentral. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
NVT. Navegantes Airport. Brazil. (Airport Codes/1.06)
NVT. Network Virtual Terminal. (IT, Computing/1.05)
NW. North West. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
NWB. North West Bound. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
NWI. Norwich Airport. UK. (Airport Codes/1.06)
NWK. Norwalk Airport. CT. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
NWN. National Wireless Network. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
NXT. Next. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
NYC. New York Airport. NY. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
NYHA. New York Heart Association. (Medical/1.05)
NYSE. New York Stock Exchange. (Association, Society, Institute/2.02)
NZ. Air New Zealand. (Airline Codes/1.07)
nz. New Zealand. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
NZD. New Zealand Dollar. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
NZT. New Zealand Time. (Time or Space/2.03)
16. Oscar
O. Oxygen. Atomic number 8. Atomic weight 15.9994, a colorless, odorless gas (Chemical
Elements/1.05)
O. Over. (Indicates the end of a communication) (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
O&D. Origin and Destination. (IT, Computing/1.06)
O&M. Operation and Maintenance. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
O&S. Operation And Support. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
O/R. On Request. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
o:-). Angelic. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
O2. Oxygen, Dioxygen. (Chemical Compounds/2.14)
O3. Ozone molecule (Ozonmolekyl). (Chemical Compounds/1.05)
OA. Oral Airway. (Medical/1.05)
OA&M. Operations, Administration, and Management. (IT, Telecommunications/2.04)
OAC. Oceanic Area Control Centre. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
OAF. Osteoclast Activating Factor. (Medical/1.05)
OAK. Oakland International. California Airport. USA. (Airport Codes/1.05)
OAM. Operation And Maintenance. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
OAPEC. Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries. (Petrochemical/2.01)
OAS. Obstacle Assessment Surface. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
OAT. Organic Acid Technology. (General/2.12)
OATUS. On A Totally Unrelated Subject. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
OAU. Organisation for African Unity. (Association, Society, Institute/1.05)
OAUS. On An Unrelated Subject. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
OB. Obligatory. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
OB. Obstetrics. (Medical/1.05)
OBE. Order of the British Empire. (Qualification, Award, Title/1.05)
OBO. Or Best Offer. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
OBP. On Board Processor. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
OBS. Organisational Breakdown Structure. (Project Management/1.05)
OBS. Observe, Observed, Observation. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
OBSC. Obscure, Obscured, Obscuring. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
OBST. Obstacle. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
OBTJ. Offences Brought to Justice. (Policing/2.14)
OBTW. Oh By The Way. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
OCA. Obstacle Clearance Altitude. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
OCA. Oceanic Control Area. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
OCC. Occulting. Light (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
OCC. Other Common Carrier. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
OCH. Obstacle Clearance Height. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
OCIC. Operations Control Incident Centre. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
OCIMF. Oil Companies International Marine Forum. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
OCMA. Oil Companies Material Association. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
OCNL. Occasional, Occasionally. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
OCR. Optical Character Recognition. A scanning device in conjunction with a computer programme
recognises each character by the amount of light reflected. See OMR (IT, Computing/1.05)
OCS. Obstacle Clearance Surface. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
OCSC. Operations Control Sub Commitee. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.06)
OCT. October. (Time or Space/1.05)
Octal Numbers. Numbers to base 8. There are eight symbols used in the octal numbering system, 0,
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, place values increase in powers of 8. See Binary, Decimal, Hexadecimal (IT,
Coding/1.05)
OCU. Operational Conversion Unit. (Military/1.06)
OD. Occupational Disease. (Medical/1.05)
OD. Outside Diameter. (Medical/1.05)
OD. Optical Density. (Medical/1.05)
OD. Oljedirektoratet. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
OD. Over Dose. (Medical/1.05)
OD. Oculus Dexter (Right Eye). (Medical/1.05)
ODA. Open Document Architecture. (IT, Computing/1.05)
ODA. Office Document Architecture. (IT, Computing/1.05)
ODALS. Omnidirectional Approach Lighting System. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.02)
ODBC. Open DataBase Connectivity. (IT, Computing/1.05)
ODE. Odense Airport. Denmark. (Airport Codes/1.06)
ODI. Open Data-link Interface. (IT, Computing/1.05)
ODIF. ODA Interchange Format. (IT, Computing/1.05)
ODMA. Open Document Management API. A set of interfaces between desktop applications and
document management clients, allowing access to a repository without running another application
(IT, Computing/1.05)
ODP. Ozone Depletion Potential. (General/2.14)
ODU. Out Door Unit. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
OEB. Orebro-Borfos Airport. Sweden. (Airport Codes/1.05)
OECD. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (Association, Society,
Institute/1.05)
OEM. Original Equipment Manufacturer. An OEM (original equipment manufacturer) is a company
that provides a component to another company for use in that company's brand name product. Many
computer hardware manufacturers that have their own brand-name products derive considerable
revenue by reselling the product or key parts of it to companies that seem to be competing in the
same market. Arguments for being an OEM are that you may be able to make money from a market
sector that your competitor already owns (perhaps because they have an existing customer base) and
that you can be a more efficient producer because you sell and manufacture more of your product.
Frequently, a company that incorporates OEM parts or products differentiates itself from the OEM's
brand-name products by adding features or using different selling concepts (IT, Computing/1.05)
OEO. Omtvistet Endrings Ordre. Norwegian for Disputed Change Order. See Change Control, EO,
DVO, PVN, PVOR, VI, VO, VODC, VOF, VOR (Project Management/1.05)
OER. Ornskoldsvik Airport. Sweden. (Airport Codes/1.05)
OETT. Oral Endotracheal Tube. (Medical/1.05)
OFA. Object Free Area. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.02)
OFDM. Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
OFG. Operational Firearms Group. (Policing/2.14)
OFIR. Oceanic Flight Information Region. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
OFS. Oljeindustriens Fellessammenslutning. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
OPL. Organiser Programming Language. A basic like programming language for Psion PDAs
(Epoc/2.03)
OPL. Over Prescribed Limit. (Policing/2.14)
OPL. Oppgaveleder (innen OD-tilsyn). (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
OPM. Office for Public Management. (Military/1.06)
OPMET. Operational Meteorological (information). (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
OPN. Open, Opening, Opened. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
OPO. One Person Operation. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
OPO. Francisco Sa Carneiro. Porto Airport. Portugal. (Airport Codes/1.05)
OPP. Oriented Polypropylene. (General/2.14)
OPR. Operator, Operate, Operative, Operating, Operational. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
OPS. Operations. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
OPS. Oriented Polystyrene. (General/2.14)
OPSR. Office of Public Services Reform. (Government office/2.14)
OPSYS. Operational System. (IT, Computing/1.05)
opt. Optimum. (Medical/1.05)
OPTAT. Off Premises Transitional Automated Ticket. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.06)
Optic fiber. A glass or plastic wire as thin as a human hair, which carries signals using pulses of light
emitted by a laser. Fibre optic cable is not subject to electro magnetic or radio frequency interference,
and is capable of carrying a lot more information than copper wire. Fibre optic cable is constructed of
a core which is the glass in the centre of the cable, and the region through which the light pulses
travel. A cladding which surrounds the core and keeps the light from escaping the core, and a coating
or sheath, which surrounds, protects, and acts as a cushion for the glass fibre. Light travels fast and
digital signals are based on pulses (imagine a Morse code message). A laser can be turned on and off
a billion times per second, and a single strand of glass fibre can carry multiple wavelengths (different
colours) of light simultaneously. See Boolean, Bits, Twisted pair, Coaxial (IT, Computing/1.05)
OPX. Organiser Programming eXtension. OPX's are written in C++ and provide additional commands
and functions that do not exist in OPL. There are many OPX's available from Symbian, and quite a lot
written by developers (Epoc/2.03)
OQC. Offshore Qualification Course. (Petrochemical/1.07)
OR. Operating Room. (Medical/1.05)
ORB. Orebro Airport. Sweden. (Airport Codes/1.06)
ORC. Operator Remote Control. (IT, Computing/1.05)
ORCA. Objectives, Risk, Controls & Actions. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
ORD. Indication of an order. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ORD. O'Hare. Chicago Airport. USA. (Airport Codes/1.05)
ORF. Norfolk Airport. VA. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
org. Entities that do not fit under any of the other top level domains. Country code part of DNS. (IT,
Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
Orifice Fitting. Any device which allows orifice plate insertion into and removal from a pipeline
without "breaking" the line. May be either a "deadline" fitting (pipe section must be depressurised
before plate removal) or a "liveline" fitting which allows plate removal under flowing conditions. An
orifice plate is used in gas metering runs to measure the volume of gas passing through the run, this
is achieved by measuring the pressure on both sides of the orifice plate, the differential is then used
to calculate the volume of gas transferred. This process is called custody transfer. See SCF
(Petrochemical/1.05)
ORK. Cork. Ireland. (Airport Codes/1.05)
ORL. Orlando Airport. FL. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
17. Papa
P. Phosphorus. Atomic number 15. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
p. Pulse, After. (Medical/1.05)
P. Prohibited area {followed by identification}. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
P and P COM. Payment And Progress Committee. (General/1.05)
P&A. Percussion And Auscultation. (Medical/1.05)
P&ID. Piping & Instrument Diagram. A schematic diagram showing all process and instrumentation,
these drawings are never to scale (Petrochemical/1.05)
P.m. Post meridiem. After noon (Latin, French, Greek/1.05)
P.p.s. Post postscript. Post, post script (Latin, French, Greek/1.05)
P.s. Postscript. Additional paragraph at the end of a letter (Latin, French, Greek/1.05)
P2. Pulmonic Second Sound. (Medical/1.05)
P2P. Peer to Peer. Direct online contact between computers (IT, Computing/2.10)
PA. Point of Attachment. (IT, Computing/1.05)
pa. Panama. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
PA. Posteroanterior, Pulmonary Artery. (Medical/1.05)
PA. Public Affairs. (Petrochemical/1.07)
PA. Public Address. Public address and announcement system (IT, Telecommunications/1.05)
Pa. Protactinium. Atomic number 91. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
PA. Product Assurance. (Project Management/1.05)
PAA. Police Athletic Association. (Association, Society, Institute/2.14)
PAAMS. Principal Anti Air Missile System. (Military/1.06)
PAB. Panamanian Balboa. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
PABG. Packing A Big Gun. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
PABX. Private Automatic Branch eXchange. Automatic telephone switchboard (IT,
Telecommunications/1.05)
PACC. Police Authority Community Consultation. (Association, Society, Institute/2.14)
PACE. Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. (Policing/2.14)
PACF. Performance Assessment and Checkout Facility. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
Packet switching services. A communication service where data is transmitted in packets of set
size. (Eg GPRS). Communication between terminals with differing speeds and formats is possible as
transmission and reception is performed after data has first been stored at the exchange. In contrast
to circuit-switching where a circuit is occupied until all data transfer has been completed, packet-
switching improves efficiency through common use of circuits (IT, Telecommunications/2.04)
PaCO2. Partial Pressure Of CO2 In Arterial Blood. (Medical/1.05)
PACS. Personal Access Communications Systems. See TDMA, CDMA, DCTU (IT, Computing/1.05)
PAD. Packet Assembler-Disassembler. (IT, Computing/1.05)
PAD. Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport. Germany. (Airport Codes/1.05)
PAD. Plan for anlegg og drift. (Petrochemical/1.07)
Padear. Lifting point/connection point. Lifting point shaped like an ear to accommodate lifting slings,
a padear is also a node (Petrochemical/1.05)
Padeye. Lifting point/connection point. See Node. Lifting point shaped like an eye to accommodate
hooks, a padeye is also a node (Petrochemical/1.05)
PADP. Pulmonary Artery Diastolic Pressure. (Medical/1.05)
PAG. Police Advisory Group. (Policing/2.14)
Pixel. A pixel is the smallest unit (dot) used to make up a digital image. Clear images require a lot of
pixels. (IT, Computing/2.08)
Pixels. Points on a screen. Each pixel (point) is identified by two numbers, usually giving the pixels
position across and down from the top left hand corner of the screen. Therefore a screen with a
resolution of 640 x 240, has a total of 153.600 pixels, where 0,0 is the pixel in the top left hand
corner, and 0,240 is the pixel in the bottom left hand corner (IT, Computing/1.05)
PJE. Parachute Jumping Exercise. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
PJHQ. Permanent Joint Headquarters. (Military/1.06)
pk. Pakistan. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
PKR. Pakistani Rupee. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
PKU. Phenilketonuria. (Medical/1.05)
PL. Petroleumsloven. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
PL. Power Level. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
pl. Poland. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
PL. Plug Valve. (Petrochemical, Valves/1.07)
PLA. Plasminogen Activator. (Medical/1.05)
PLA. Practice Low Approach. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
PLASI. Pulse Light Approach Slope Indicator. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
Platform. An offshore structure that is fixed to the seabed. (Petrochemical/1.08)
PLC. Programmable Logic Control. (IT, Computing/1.05)
PLC. Public Limited Company. (General/2.10)
PLH. Plymouth Airport. UK. (Airport Codes/1.06)
PLL. Phase Locked Loop. (IT, Telecommunications/1.08)
PLM. Pulse Length Modulation. (IT, Telecommunications/1.08)
PLM. Palembang Airport. Indonesia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
PLMN. Public Land Mobile Network. Generic name for all mobile wireless networks that use earth
base stations rather than satellites. The mobile equivalent of the PSTN (IT, Telecommunications/2.04)
PLN. Flight Plan. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
PLOKTA. Press Lots Of Keys To Abort. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
PLOWR. Punch List and Outstanding Work Register. (Petrochemical/1.07)
PLP. Packet Level Protocol. (IT, Computing/1.05)
PLS. Providenciales Airport. Turks And Caicos Islands. (Airport Codes/1.06)
PLS. Programmerbar Logisk Styring. Norwegian, PLC in English. Sammenheng SRO. Flere PLS'er
under én SRO (IT, Computing/1.05)
PLVL. Present Level. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
PLZ. Port Elizabeth Airport. South Africa. (Airport Codes/1.06)
PLZ. Polish Zloty. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
PM. Programme Manager. Preventive Maintenance, or Project Manager (IT, Computing/1.05)
PM. Program Manager. (Petrochemical/1.07)
PM. Preventive Maintenance. (Petrochemical/1.07)
PM. Platform Manager. (Petrochemical/1.07)
Pm. Promethium. Atomic number 61. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
pm. St. Pierre And Miquelon. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
PM. Phase Modulation. (IT, Telecommunications/1.08)
PM. Performance Management. (IT, Computing/1.05)
Program. A series of instructions that make a computer perform a specific task. (IT,
Computing/1.05)
Project. An undertaking with a clearly defined goal, that is undertaken within a given time scale and
budget. Some contemporary texts on the subject attempt to argue that in addition, a project is a
unique venture carried out by a temporary organisation. This maybe the case, all snow flakes are
undoubtedly unique, snow however is still snow (Project Management/1.05)
Project Manager. The conductor of an orchestra in which every musician is from a different union.
(Humour/1.05)
Project Phase. Specific periods within a project. Project phases vary according to the undertaking,
and the type of industry involved. Phases tend to overlap, and as one phase reaches completion the
next phase tends to attract more attention. An example of project phases, Engineering, Procurement,
Fabrication, Installation, Commissioning, Operations (Project Management/1.05)
PROM. Premature Rupture of Membranes. (Medical/1.05)
PROM. Programmable Read Only Memory. (IT, Computing/1.05)
Protocol. Convention for data transmission. A convention used to control the transmission of data is
called a protocol. The use of start and stop bits is an example of a very simple protocol. See HTTP,
TCP/IP, URL, Protocol (IT, Computing/1.06)
PROV. Provisional. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
PRP. Prop Jet Aircraft. Aerospatiale ATR. de Havilland DHC7. Fokker 50 (Aviation Civil and
Military/1.05)
PRSP. Penicillinase-Resistant Synthetic Peicillin. (Medical/1.05)
PRU. Pupil Referral Unit. (Policing/2.14)
PRW. Parents Are Watching. (IT, Internet Chat/2.14)
PS. Plus. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
PS. Person Søker. Personal Beeper (General/1.05)
PS. Pulmonic Stenosis. (Medical/1.05)
PS. Provisional Sum. (Project Management/1.07)
PS. Pressure Switch. (Petrochemical, Instrumentation/1.07)
PS. PolyStyrene. (General/2.14)
PS. Pulling Slip printed. Cable Status (OSL Project Related/1.05)
PSA. Pisa. Italy. (Airport Codes/1.05)
PSA. Public Service Agreement. (Policing/2.14)
PSA. Preliminary Site Acceptance. (OSL Project Related/1.05)
PSA. Prostatic Specific Antigen. (Medical/1.05)
PSAP. Presentation Service Access Point. (IT, Computing/1.05)
PSC. Pointer Symbol Communication. (IT, Computing/1.05)
PSC. Principal Subordinate Command. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
PSC. Pasco Airport. WA. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
PSC. Product Sharing Contracts. (Petrochemical/1.07)
PSC. Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis. (Medical/1.05)
PSC. Passenger Service Conference. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.06)
PSD. Process Shut Down. (Petrochemical/1.07)
PSD. Prosjekt Styring Drift. Norwegian. (OSL Project Related/1.05)
PSDB. Police Scientific Development Branch. (Policing/2.14)
PSDN. Packet Switched Data Network. (IT, Computing/1.05)
PSDV. Process Shut Down Valve. (Petrochemical, Valves/1.07)
PSE. Pressure Safety Element. (Petrochemical/1.07)
PSF. Pounds per Square Foot. Compound unit (pressure) = 4,8824 kg/cm squared (Weights &
Measures, Imperial/1.05)
PSG. Passing. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
PSGN. Post-Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis. (Medical/1.05)
PSH. Pressure Switch High. (Petrochemical/1.07)
PSI. Pounds per Square Inch. Compound unit (pressure) = 0,0703 kg/cm squared (Weights &
Measures, Imperial/1.05)
Psi. Twenty third letter of the Greek alphabet. Upper Case symbol = Dielectric flux, electrostatic flux.
Lower Case symbol = Twenty third, yaw (Greek Alphabet/1.05)
psia. pounds per square inch absolute. (Petrochemical/2.09)
psig. pounds per square inch gauge. (Petrochemical/2.09)
PSK. Phase Shift Keying. (IT, Telecommunications/1.08)
PSL. Pressure Switch Low. (Petrochemical/1.07)
PSM. Passenger Service Message. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
PSN. Packet Switch Node. (IT, Computing/1.05)
PSN. Position. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
PSP. Pierced Steel Plank. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
PSPDN. Packet Switched Public Data Network. (IT, Telecommunications/2.04)
PSR. Primary Surveillance Radar. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
PSS. Project Summary Schedule. (Project Management/1.07)
PSS. PolySuperSulfone. (General/2.14)
PSS. Prosjekt Styring Sentralt. Norwegian. (OSL Project Related/1.05)
PSSO. Police Skills and Standards Organisation. (Policing/2.14)
PST. Pacific Standard Time. (US and Canada) (Time or Space/2.02)
PSTN. Public Switched Telephone Network. (IT, Telecommunications/1.05)
PSU. Police Support Unit. (Policing/2.14)
PSU. PolySulfone. (General/2.14)
PSU. Prosjekt Styring Utbyggning. Norwegian. (OSL Project Related/1.05)
PSV. Public Service Vehicle. (Policing/2.14)
PSV. Pressure Support Ventilation. (Medical/1.05)
PSV. Pressure Safety Valve. (Petrochemical, Valves/1.05)
PSVT. Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia. (Medical/1.05)
Psych. Psychiatry. (Medical/1.05)
PSZ. Public Safety Zone. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
PT. Prothrombin Time. (Medical/1.05)
PT. Pocket Telephone. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
PT. Physical Therapy. (Medical/1.05)
PT. Posterior Tibia. (Medical/1.05)
PT. Pressure Transmitter. (Petrochemical, Instrumentation/1.07)
pt. Patient. (Medical/1.05)
Pt. Platinum. Atomic number 78. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
PT. Pacific Time (PST or PDT). (Time or Space/2.08)
pt. Portugal. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
PT. Physical Training. (Military/1.10)
pt. Pint. Measure of capacity Imperial. 20 fl.oz = 4 gills = 1 pint = 0,5683 l (Weights & Measures,
Imperial/1.05)
PTA. Prior To Admission. (Medical/1.05)
PTA. Prepaid Ticket Advice. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.06)
PTB. Parts per Thousand Barrels. (Petrochemical/2.10)
PTC. Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography. (Medical/1.05)
PTC. Permission To Commit. (Petrochemical/1.07)
PTC. Police Training Centre. (Policing/2.14)
PTCA. Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty. (Medical/1.05)
PTCE. Pre-Tender Cost Estimate. (Project Management/1.07)
PTE. Portuguese Escudo. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
PTFE. Polytetrafluoroethylene. (General/2.14)
Pth. Pathology. (Medical/1.05)
PTH. Parathormone. (Medical/1.05)
PTHrP. Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein. (Medical/1.05)
PTI. Public Transport Interchange. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
PTI. Physical Training Instructor. (Policing/2.14)
PTL. Predicted Track Line. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
PTMM. Please Tell Me More. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
PTN. Personal Telephone Number. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
PTN. Morgan City Patterson Airport. LA. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
PTN. Procedure Turn. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
PTO. Power Take Off. (Petrochemical/1.07)
PTP. Point To Point. Or in Norwegian Punkt Til Punkt (IT, Computing/1.05)
PTP. Pointe A Pitre Airport. Guadeloupe. (Airport Codes/1.06)
PTRA. Percutaneouus Transluminal Renal Angioplasty. (Medical/1.05)
PTS. Personnel Tracking System. (Petrochemical/1.07)
PTS. Post-traumatic Stress. (Policing/2.14)
PTS. Polar Track Structure. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
PTSD. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
PTT. Partial Thromblopastin Time. (Medical/1.05)
PTT. Post, Telephone & Telecommunications. (IT, Telecommunications/1.05)
PTT. Push To Talk. A radio that will not transmit until the PTT button is pressed (IT,
Telecommunications/1.07)
PTU. Power Transfer Unit. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
PTU. Propylthiouracil. (Medical/1.05)
PTV. Passenger Transfer Vehicle. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
PTW. Permit To Work. (General/2.10)
PTY. Panama City Airport. Panama. (Airport Codes/1.06)
PTZ. Pan, Tilt, & Zoom. A description of the capabilities of a closed circuit video camera
(Security/1.05)
PU. That stinks!. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
PU. Polyurethene. (General/2.14)
PU. Pulled. Cable Status (OSL Project Related/1.05)
Pu. Plutonium. Atomic number 94. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
18. Quebec
q. Every. (Medical/1.05)
qa. Qatar. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
QA. Quality Assurance. (Project Management/1.07)
QAM. Quadrature Amplitude Modulation. Some sort of a system where two transmissions can occur
simultaneously on the same frequency (IT, Telecommunications/1.07)
QAR. Qatar Rial. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
QBI. Compulsory IFR flight. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
QC. Quality Control. (Project Management/1.07)
qd. Every Day. (Medical/1.05)
QDM. Magnetic heading (zero wind). (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
QDR. Magnetic bearing. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
QDR. Quality Design Review. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
QED. Quod Erat Demonstrandum. (Latin, French, Greek/2.02)
QEMM. Quarterdecks Extended Memory Manager. See Upper Memory (IT, Computing/1.05)
QF. Qantas Airways. (Airline Codes/1.07)
QFE. Atmospheric pressure at aerodrome elevation. Or at runway threshold (Aviation Civil and
Military/1.05)
QFU. Magnetic orientation of runway. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
QGM. Queen's Gallantry Medal. (General/2.14)
qh. Every Hour. (Medical/1.05)
qhs. Every Bed Time. (Medical/1.05)
qid. Four Times A Day. (Medical/1.05)
QNH. Altimeter sub-scale setting to obtain elevation when on the ground. (Aviation Civil and
Military/1.05)
QNH. Barometric Pressure Above Mean Sea Level. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
qns. Quantity Not Sufficient. (Medical/1.05)
qod. Every Other Day. (Medical/1.05)
QOS. Quality Of Service. (Project Management/1.05)
QP. Quality Plan. (Project Management/1.07)
QPI. Pietarsaari Airport. Finland. (Airport Codes/1.06)
QPM. Queens Police Medal. (General/2.14)
QPSK. Quadrature Phase Shift Keying. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
QPSX. Queued Packet, Distributed Switch. (IT, Computing/1.05)
QQ. Reno Air. (Airline Codes/1.07)
QRA. Quantitative Risk Assessment. (Petrochemical/1.07)
QS. Quality Surveillance. (Project Management/1.07)
qs. Quantity Sufficient. (Medical/1.05)
QS. Quantity Surveyor. (Project Management/1.07)
QSIF. Quarter Standard Image Format. (IT, Telecommunications/2.14)
Q-Sig. Signalling at Q reference point in ISDN model. (IT, Computing/1.05)
QSR. Quality System Requirement. (Petrochemical/1.07)
qt. Quart. Measure of capacity Imperial. 40 fl.oz = 2 pints = 1 quart = 1,1365 l (Weights & Measures,
Imperial/1.05)
19. Romeo
R. Red. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
R. Runway {runway identification}. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
R. Respiratory Rate (Per Min). (Medical/1.05)
R. Restricted area {followed by identification}. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
R U THERE?. Are you there?. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
R&D. Research and Development. (General/1.07)
R&E. Round and Equal. (Medical/1.05)
R&I. Research and Innovation. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
R&R. Rest and Recuperation. (General/1.05)
R&R. Recovery and Reconfiguration. (IT, Computing/1.05)
R/O. Rule Out. (Medical/1.05)
R/T. Related To. (Medical/1.05)
RA. Reumathoid Arthritis, Rightatrium. (Medical/1.05)
RA. Royal Artillery. (Military/1.06)
RA. Regional Assembly. (Government office/2.14)
RA. Radio Altimeter. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
Ra. Radium. Atomic number 88. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
RA. Rain. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RA. Receipt Acknowledged. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RAC. Rules of the air and air traffic services. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RAC. Royal Automobile Club. (General/2.14)
RAD. Rapid Application Development. (IT, Computing/1.05)
RADIUS. Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service. (IT, Telecommunications/2.04)
RADSL. Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line. An alternative to ASDL and ISDN. See DSL, ISDN (IT,
Computing/1.05)
RAEBNC. Read And Enjoyed But No Comment. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
RAF. Royal Air Force. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RAFC. Regional Area Forecast Centre. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RAFVR. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. (Military/1.06)
RAG. Runway Arresting Gear. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RAG. Ragged. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RAI. Radioactive Iodine. (Medical/1.05)
RAI. Runway Alignment Indicator. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RAID. Remote Access Integrated Dialler. (IT, Telecommunications/2.07)
RAID. Redundant Array of Independent Disks. An array of multiple hard discs which appears to the
computer as one storage device (IT, Computing/1.05)
RAIL. Runway Alignment Indicator Lights. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.02)
RAIME. Research Institute of Applied Mechanics and Electrodynamics (Moscow). (Association,
Society, Institute/2.09)
RAK. Marrakech Airport. Maroc. (Airport Codes/1.06)
RAM. Random Access Memory. Semiconductor memory. Volatile. Each bit in RAM is represented by a
cell with one of two states (yes believe it or not, see Boolean and Bits). Each cell can be electrically
charged or not electrically charged representing 1 or 0 respectively. Semiconductor memories are
constructed in different ways. Examples are Bipolar, Static MOS, Dynamic MOS, CMOS, Silicon On
Sapphire, and Integrated Injection Logic. Static RAM does not require refreshing with power due to
power leakage. Dynamic RAM does require refreshing with power due to power leakage (dissipation).
A power failure empties the cell contents of both dynamic and static RAM. The result is you loose
whatever you were working on at the time, unless you’ve been smart and backed up often. In PC
terms it gets even more confusing because there are different ‘logical’ types of memory called
conventional memory, upper memory, expanded memory, and extended memory (IT,
Computing/1.05)
RAMC. Royal Army Medical Corps. (Military/1.06)
RAMS. Reliability, Availability, Maintainability & Safety. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
RAN. Resident's Admission Note. (Medical/1.05)
RAP. Right Atrial Pressure. (Medical/1.05)
RAP. Rapid City Airport. SD. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
RAR. Rarotonga Airport. Cook Islands. (Airport Codes/1.06)
RAS. Remote Access Server. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
RAS. Resource Allocation System. A system for effective use of airport resources, for example gates
(Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RASP. Remote Antenna Signal Processor. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
RAT. Rapid Access Taxiway. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
RAuxAF. Royal Auxiliary Air Force. (Military/1.06)
RB. Rescue Boat. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RB. Reduced Bore. (Petrochemical/1.07)
Rb. Rubidium. Atomic number 37. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
RBA. Rabat Airport. Maroc. (Airport Codes/1.06)
RBBB. Right Bundle Branch Block. (Medical/1.05)
RBC. Red Blood Cells. (Medical/1.05)
RBL. Range Bearing Line. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RC. Radar Controller. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RC. Regional Command. (Military/1.05)
RCA. Reach Cruising Altitude. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RCC. Radio Common Carrier. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
RCC. Rescue Co-ordination Centre. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RCF. Radio Communication Failure {message type designator}. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RCF. Radio Control Facility. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.02)
RCH. Reach, Reaching. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RCL. Runway Centre Line. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RCLL. Runways Centre Line Light. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RCLR. Recleared. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RCM. Remote Control and Monitoring. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RCM. Reliability Centred Maintenance. (Petrochemical/1.07)
RCMP. Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Gendarmerie royale du Canada (General/2.08)
RCO. Route Charge Office. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RCSU. Remote Control and Status Unit. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RCU. Remote Cell Unit. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
RCU. Remote Communication Unit. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
rd. Rod/Rods sometimes called a perch or a pole. Linear measure. 16,5' = 1 rod = 5,029 m (Weights
& Measures, Imperial/1.05)
signals from mobile telephones, then amplifying and re-transmitting them to the base station (IT,
Telecommunications/1.07)
REQ. Request, Requesting. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RERTE. Reroute. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RESA. Runway End Safety Area. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
Réservé. A commercial designation without any specific meaning. (Wine Label Terms/1.05)
Reservoir. An underground formation of oil and gas. (Petrochemical/1.08)
RET. Rapid Exit Taxiway. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
RETILS. Rapid Exit Taxiway Indicator Lights System. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
REVEX. Revenue expenditure. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
RF. Raised Face. Flange Facing. See FF (Petrochemical, Piping/1.05)
RF. Rheumatic Fever. (Medical/1.05)
RF. Respiratory Failure. (Medical/1.05)
RF. Rheumatoid Factor. (Medical/1.05)
RF. Radio Frequency. (IT, Telecommunications/1.05)
RFA. Royal Fleet Auxiliary. (Military/1.06)
RFC. Request For Comment. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RFC. Ready For Commissioning. (Petrochemical/1.07)
RFFS. Rescue and Fire Fighting Service. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
RFG. Ready For Gas. (Petrochemical/1.07)
RFI. Radio Frequency Interference. See EMI and EMC (IT, Computing/1.05)
RFID. Radio Frequency Identification Device. (IT, Computing/1.06)
RFL. Requested Flight Level. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RFO. Ready For Operation. (Petrochemical/1.07)
RFP. (External) Repetitive Flight Plan (File). (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RFP. Request for Proposal. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
RFQ. Request for Quotation. (Project Management/1.05)
RFQ. Request for Quote. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
RFS. Remote File Sharing. (IT, Computing/1.05)
RFS. Ready For Start-up. (Petrochemical/1.07)
RFT. Right First Time. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
RG. Range. Of lights (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RGA. Revenue General Aviation. Or even Regional General Aviation (OSL Project Related/1.05)
RGB. Red, Green, Blue. (IT, Computing/1.05)
RGN. Yangoon Airport. Myanmar. (Airport Codes/1.06)
Rh. Rhesus Blood Factor. (Medical/1.05)
Rh. Rhodium. Atomic number 45. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
RHA. Royal Horse Artillery. (Military/1.06)
RHD. Right Hand Drive. (General/1.05)
RHIP. Rank Has Its Privileges. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
RHO. Rhodos airport. (Airport Codes/1.05)
Rho. Seventeenth letter of the Greek alphabet. Lower Case symbol = Seventeenth, density,
resistivity, refractive power, coefficient of reflection, radius of curvature (Greek Alphabet/1.05)
RI. Runway Instrumentation. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
Roaming. A GSM networks ability to identify a portable telephone via base stations and SIM cards.
Roaming gives the user of the mobile telephone freedom to roam from location to location, and
across national borders (IT, Telecommunications/1.05)
ROB. Monrovia Roberts Intl Airport. Liberia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
ROBEX. Regional Opmet Bulletin EXchange. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
Robot. A program that collects data that is used in the indexes of web search engines. A robot
automatically surfs (browses) the internet seeking and recording information about documents.
Associated words: spider, wanderer (IT, Internet/1.05)
ROC. Rochester Airport. NY. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
ROC. Rate Of Climb. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ROCIS. Remote Operated Crack Inspection System. (Petrochemical/1.07)
ROD. Rate Of Descent. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RODS. Referral Order Division Scheme. (Policing/2.14)
ROFA. Runway Object Free Area. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.02)
ROFL. Rolling On Floor Laughing. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
ROFLAS. Rolling On Floor Laughing And Screaming. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
ROFLMAO. Roll On Floor Laughing My Ass Off. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
ROFLPMP. Rolling On the Floor Laughing Peeing in My Pants. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
ROFOR. Route Forecast. In meteorological code (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ROI. Return On Investment. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
ROL. Romanian Leu. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
ROM. Rome Airport. Italy. (Airport Codes/1.06)
ROM. Read Only Memory. A non volatile alternative to RAM in which all the cell states of the
semiconductor are set permanently during manufacture. A set of instructions stored in this way is
sometimes referred to as ´hard wired´ or even ´firmware´. ROM is frequently used to store data or
instructions a computer needs all the time from the moment it is switched on, like BIOS. See PROM,
EPROM, EAROM, EEROM for other types of ROM (IT, Computing/1.05)
ROM. Range Of Motion. (Medical/1.05)
RON. Receiving Only. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
ROP. Runway Observation Post. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
ROP. Rate Of Penetration. (Petrochemical/1.07)
ROR. Raffing Out Roud (Engrish for "laughing out loud"). (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
RoRo. Roll on Roll off. (General/2.10)
ROS. Review Of Systems. (Medical/1.05)
ROSE. Remote Operation Service Element. (General/1.05)
ROSPA. Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. (Association, Society, Institute/2.14)
ROT. Tarom. (Airline Codes/1.05)
ROTF. Rolling On The Floor Laughing. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
ROTFL. Rolling on the floor laughing. Type of abbreviation you are likely to encounter on the internet
(IT, Computing/1.05)
ROTFLMAO. Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A** Off. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
ROTFLMAOTID. Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off Till I Die. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
ROTFLMAOWPIMP. Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off While Peeing In My Pants. (IT,
Internet Chat/2.11)
ROTFLMBO. Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Butt Off. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
ROTFLOL. Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
ROTFLOLAPMP. Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud And Peeing My Pants. (IT, Internet
Chat/2.11)
ROTFLTIC. Rolling On The Floor Laughing Till I Cry. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
ROTI. Record of Taped Interview. (Policing/2.14)
Roughneck. Someone who works on the derrick floor, screwing together the sections of drillpipe
when running or pulling a drillstring. (Petrochemical/1.08)
Roustabout. Someone who handles the loading and unloading of equipment and assists in general
operations on the rig. (Petrochemical/1.08)
Router. A dedicated computer hardware and/or software package that manages the connection
between two or more networks. See Hub, Mux, Switch (IT, Computing/1.06)
ROV. Remotely Operated Vehicle. (Petrochemical/1.05)
ROVI. Record of Video Interview. (Policing/2.14)
RP. Reporting Person. (Policing/2.14)
RPC. Remote Procedure Call. (IT, Computing/1.05)
RPD. Robust Product Design. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
RPG. Role-Playing Games. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
RPG. Rocket Propelled Grenade. (Military/1.10)
RPG. Road Policing Group. (Policing/2.14)
RPGN. Rapid Progressive Glomerulonephritis. (Medical/1.05)
RPI. Reticulocyte Production Index. (Medical/1.05)
RPL. Repetitive Flight Plan. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RPL. Replacement. ASM Submessage (Aviation Civil and Military/1.06)
RPLC. Replace, Replaced. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RPM. Revolutions Per Minute. (Weights & Measures, Other/1.05)
RPO. Regional Programme Office. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RPR. Rapid Plasma Reagin. (Medical/1.05)
RPS. Radar Positioning System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RPSU. Redundant Power Supply Unit. (Electrical/1.05)
rpt. Repeat. (Medical/1.05)
RPT. Registered Physical Therapist. (Medical/1.05)
RPVC. Rigid Polyvinyl Chloride. (General/2.14)
RPZ. Runway Protection Zone. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.02)
RQMNTS. Requirements. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RQP. Request flight Plan {message type designator}. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RQS. Request supplementary flight plan {message type designator}. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RR. Recovery Room. (Medical/1.05)
RR. Report Reaching. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RRA. Delayed meteorological message {message type indicator}. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RRF. Rapid Reaction Forces (In NATO). (Military/1.05)
RRIM. Reinforced Reaction Injection Molding. (General/2.14)
RRM. Re Route Message. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.06)
RRP. Rapid Reinforcement Plan. (Military/1.05)
RRQ. Return Receipt Request. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
RRR. Rapid Runway Repair. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
RRS. Roros Airport. Norway. (Airport Codes/1.06)
20. Sierra
S. Smile. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
S. Sulphur. Atomic number 16. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
S. South, Southern latitude. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
s. Without. (Medical/1.05)
S&WE. Safety & Work Environment. (Petrochemical/1.07)
S/A. Sugar And Acetone. (Medical/1.05)
S/P. Status Post. (Medical/1.05)
S/S. Signs Andsymptoms. (Medical/1.05)
S^ or S'up. what's up. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
S1. First Heart Sound. (Medical/1.05)
S2. Second Heart Sound. (Medical/1.05)
S3. Third Heart Sound. (Medical/1.05)
S4. Fourth Heart Sound. (Medical/1.05)
S4L. Spam for Life. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SA. Separation Assurance. (General/1.05)
SA. Sinoatrial. (Medical/1.05)
SA. Sand. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
SA. Speed Alarm. (Petrochemical/1.07)
SA. System Administrator. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
sa. Saudi Arabia. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
SA. Selective Availability. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
SAA. System Application Architecture. (IT, Computing/1.05)
SAC. Sortation Allocation Computer. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.12)
SAC. Sacramento Airport. CA. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
SAC. Subsea Atmospheric Chamber. (Petrochemical/1.07)
SAC. Strategic Air Command. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
SACEUR. Supreme Allied Command Europe. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
SACF. Single Association Control Function. (General/1.05)
SACINTNET. Strategic Air Command Intelligence Network. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
SACL. System Access Control List. See DACL (IT, Computing/1.05)
SACLANT. Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
SAE. Society of Automative Engineers. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
SAFOP. Safety and Operability. Review (Petrochemical/1.07)
SAGD. Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage. (Petrochemical/2.08)
SAH. Sanaa Airport. Yemen. (Airport Codes/1.06)
SAH. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. (Medical/1.05)
SAL. San Salvador Airport. El Salvador. (Airport Codes/1.06)
SALS. Simple Approach Lighting System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
SALT. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. (Military/1.05)
SAM. Surface to Air Missile. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
SAML. Security Assertion Markup Language. (IT, Telecommunications/2.13)
SAMS. Shape ACCIS Maintenance System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
SDSL. Single line Digital Subscriber Line. A DSL variant. See ADSL, HDSL, VDSL, ISDN (IT,
Telecommunications/1.05)
SDU. Service Data Unit. (IT, Computing/1.05)
SDU. Rio De Janiero Santos Dumont Airport. RJ. Brazil. (Airport Codes/1.06)
SDV. Shut Down Valve. (Petrochemical, Valves/1.05)
Se. Selenium. Atomic number 34. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
se. Sweden. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
SE. South East. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
SE. Service Element, Service Entity. (IT, Computing/1.05)
SEA. Seattle-Tacoma International. Washington Airport. USA. (Airport Codes/1.05)
Seamless. No Joins. An example of working seamlessly is that you can copy information from an
excel spreadsheet and paste that same information into a word document (IT, Computing/1.05)
SEB. South East Bound. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
SEC. Seconds. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
SEC. Wait A Second. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SECAM. Séquentiel Couleur à Mémoire. a colour TV transmission system used in France and Eastern
Europe (IT, Telecommunications/2.14)
SECT. Sector. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
SEG. Special Escort Group. (Policing/2.14)
SEG. S***-eating grin. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SEG. Stand Entry Guidance. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
SEGS. Stand Entry Guidance System. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.12)
SEK. Swedish Kroner. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
SEL. Kimpo International. Seoul Airport. South Korea. (Airport Codes/1.05)
SELCAL. Selective Calling system. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
SELV. Safety Extra Low Voltage. (Electrical/1.05)
SENC. System Electronic Navigation Chart. ENC after being converted to any Industrial binary
storage-format for use in a navigation computer (Electronic Charting Systems/2.06)
SEP. September. (Time or Space/1.05)
SEQUEL. Structured English QUEry Language. (IT, Languages/1.05)
SER. Service, Servicing, Served. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
SER. Signal Equipment Room. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
SER. Sequence of Events Recorder. (Petrochemical/2.11)
Server. Can be used to mean either software or hardware. A server is a computer program that
provides information and services to other computer programs in a client-server relationship. Just to
confuse matters the computer that a server program runs on is also known as a server. See Client
(IT, Computing/1.05)
SES. Société Européenne des Satellites. (Association, Society, Institute/2.09)
SESAME. Secure European System for Applications in a Multivendor Environment. (IT,
Computing/1.05)
SET. Secure Electronic Transaction. Standard for providing confidentiality, payment integrity, security,
and authentication, electronically (IT, Computing/1.05)
SETE. Smiling Ear To Ear. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SETUP. Configuration of computer hardware or a computer programme. (IT, Computing/1.05)
SEU. Star Europa. (Airline Codes/1.05)
SEU. Social Exclusion Unit. (Policing/2.14)
SEV. Severity. Used to qualify e.g. icing and turbulence reports (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
SEWOP. Self Elevating Work Over Platform. (Petrochemical/1.07)
SEZ. Mahe Airport. Seychelles. (Airport Codes/1.06)
SF. Surfer-Friendly. (low-graphics Web site) (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SF. Special Forces. (Military/1.06)
SF. Sikkerhetsforskriften. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
SFA. Sfax Airport. Tunisie. (Airport Codes/1.06)
SFAT. System Factory Acceptance Test. (OSL Project Related/1.05)
SFC. Surface. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
SFCC. Slat Flap Control Computer. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
SFD. Sjøfartsdirektoratet. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
SFEMG. Single Fiber Electromyography. (Medical/1.05)
SFJ. Kangerlussuaq Airport. Greenland. (Airport Codes/1.05)
SFLA. Stupid Four Letter Acronym. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SFO. San Francisco International. California Airport. USA. (Airport Codes/1.05)
SFT. Statens forurensningstilsyn. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
SFT. Skellefteå Airport. Sweden. (Airport Codes/1.05)
SG. Snow Grains. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
sg. Specific gravity. (General/1.07)
sg. Singapore. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
SGA. Small For Gestational Age. (Medical/1.05)
SGD. Sonderborg Airport. Denmark. (Airport Codes/1.06)
SGD. Singapore Dollar. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
SGF. Springfield Airport. MO. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
SGHWR. Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor. (General/2.10)
SGL. Signal. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
SGLR. Senior Government Liaison Representative. (Policing/2.14)
SGML. Standard Generalised Mark-up Language. An ISO standard for creating platform and
application independent documents. See HTML (IT, Internet/1.05)
SGN. Ho Chi Minh Ville Airport. Vietnam. Duplicate see HCM (Airport Codes/1.06)
SGOT. Serum Glutamic Oxalacetic Transaminase (Aspartateaminotransferase, AST). (Medical/1.05)
SGPT. Serum Glutamic Pyruvate Transaminase (Alanine Aminotransferase, ALT). (Medical/1.05)
SGSN. Serving GPRS Support Node. (IT, Telecommunications/2.04)
SH. Air Toulouse. (Airline Codes/1.05)
sh. St. Helena. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
SH. Showers. Followed by RA=Rain, SN=Snow, PE=Pellets, GR=Grain (Aviation Civil and
Military/1.05)
SHA. Hongqiao. Shanghai Airport. China. (Airport Codes/1.05)
SHAPE. Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. (Military/1.05)
SHAREWARE. A program that is distributed on a trial basis. Usually shareware programs have an in-
built expiry date, after which they will no longer work. Alternatively certain functions maybe disabled.
Shareware is usually distributed/redistributed on the understanding that the user may have or want to
pay for it after trying it out. See Freeware (IT, Computing/1.07)
SHCOON. Shoot Hot Coffee Out Of Nose. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SHE. Safety, Health & Environment. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
STD. São Tome and Principe Dobra. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
STD. Scheduled Time of Departure. Refers to the scheduled off-block time of an aircraft (Aviation
Civil and Military/1.06)
STD. Standard. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
STECO. Steering Committee. (Petrochemical/1.07)
Stenching. The process of adding an odour to odourless natural gas, so that it is noticable in the
event of a leakage. (Petrochemical/2.01)
STF. Statens TeleForvaltning. National Telecommunications Administration Norway (Association,
Society, Institute/1.05)
STF. Stratiform. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
STFU. Shut The F*** Up. (IT, Internet Chat/2.14)
STFW. Search The F**king Web. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
STI. Steel Tank Institute. (Association, Society, Institute/2.14)
STI. Speech Transmission Index. (IT, Telecommunications/1.05)
Stigekabel. Cable Riser (Literal Translation). Computer/Telecomm cabling between main telematikk
room and local telematik room. See Utjevningskabel (OSL Project Related/1.05)
STL. Submerged Turret Loading. (Petrochemical/1.07)
STL. Lambert St Louis International Airport. USA. (Airport Codes/1.05)
STM. Synchronous Transfer Mode. (IT, Computing/1.05)
STN. Station. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
STN. Stansted. London Airport. England. (Airport Codes/1.05)
STNR. Stationary. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
STO. Stockholm Airport. Sweden. (Airport Codes/1.06)
STOIIP. Stock Tank Oil Initially In Place. (Petrochemical/2.08)
STOL. Short Take Off and Landing. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
stone. Unit of mass, 1 stone = 14 pounds = 6.35026 kg. (Weights & Measures, Imperial/2.10)
STP. Signal Transfer Point. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
STP. Shielded Twisted Pair. Or Screened Twisted Pair. The sheath protection of twisted pair cable
acts as a ground (earth). See Twisted pair, UTP (IT, Computing/1.05)
STP. Software Through Picture. (IT, Computing/1.05)
STP. Submerged Turret Production. (Petrochemical/1.07)
STP. System Test Plan. (IT, Computing/1.05)
STR. System Trouble Report. (IT, Computing/1.05)
STR. Stuttgart Airport. Germany. (Airport Codes/1.05)
STRADIS. Structured Analysis Design and Implementation of Information Systems. (IT,
Computing/1.05)
Straightening vanes. A bundle of tubes welded together to fit closely inside the upstream section of
a meter run. This bundle breaks up swirls caused by upstream piping configurations. The use of vanes
will normally shorten upstream piping configurations (Petrochemical/1.05)
Strike. An effort to increase egg production by strangling the chicken. (Humour/1.05)
Strukturert. Structured. Easily identifiable data (information) for a computer. Normally held within a
DBMS or table form, but can also be stored as ASCII flat format (IT, Computing/1.05)
STS. Serologic Test for Syphilis. (Medical/1.05)
STS. Special Technical Specification. (Petrochemical/1.07)
STS. Status. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
STT. Saint Thomas Airport. U.S. Virgin Islands. (Airport Codes/1.06)
21. Tango
T. Tera. SI number prefix 1.000.000.000.000. (Weights & Measures, Systeme Internationale
prefixes/1.05)
T. Temperature. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
T. Threaded. Flange connection. See WN, SO, SW (Petrochemical, Piping/1.05)
T&A. Tonsillectomy And Adenoidectomy. (Medical/1.05)
T&C. Threaded and Coupled. (Petrochemical, Piping/1.07)
T/C. Throat Culture. (Medical/1.05)
T/R. Transceiver. (Satellite Broadcasting/2.09)
T3. Triiodothyronine. (Medical/1.05)
T3RU. T3 Resin Uptake. (Medical/1.05)
T4. Thyroxine. (Medical/1.05)
TA. Temperature Alarm. (Petrochemical, Instrumentation/1.07)
Ta. Tantalum. Atomic number 73. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
TA. Territorial Army. (Military/1.06)
TA. Transition Altitude. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
TA. Thanks Again. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
tab. Tablet. (Medical/1.05)
TAB. Tobago Airport. Trinidad And Tobago. (Airport Codes/1.06)
TAC. Topping Air Compressor. (Petrochemical/1.07)
TACAN. UHF tactical air navigation aid. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
TACAS. Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
TACE. Type A Cost Estimate. (General/1.05)
TACS. Total Access Communications System. British standard analogue mobile telephone system
operating in the frequency range 900Mhz (IT, Telecommunications/1.07)
TADCOM. Tactical Digital Communications System. (Military/1.05)
TAF. That's All Folks!. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
TAF. Technical Aerodrome Forecast. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
TAFN. That’s All For Now. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
TAG. Technical Advisory Group. (General/2.10)
TAGON. TRI-MNCS Advisory Group On NAEW. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
TAH. Temperature Alarm High. (Petrochemical/1.07)
TAH. Total Abdominal Hysterectomy. (Medical/1.05)
TAIL. Tail wind. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
TAK. Takamatsu Airport. Japan. (Airport Codes/1.06)
TAKS. That's A Knee Slapper. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
TAL. Temperature Alarm Low. (Petrochemical/1.07)
TANJ. There Ain’t No Justice. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
TANSTAAFL. There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
TAO. Quingdao Airport. China. (Airport Codes/1.06)
TAOC. Tactical Air Operation Centre. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
TAPI. Telephony API. A Microsoft Application Programmable Interface for sorting and sending
incoming telecom messages to the correct device. Eg. voice to telephone, email to computer, fax to
fax machine. See CTI, TSAPI, API, CAPI (IT, Telecommunications/1.05)
TAR. Terminal Area Radar. Or, Terminal Area surveillance Radar, or even Terminal Acquisition Radar
(Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
TAR. Tartous Airport. Syria. (Airport Codes/1.06)
TARE. Telegraphic Automatic Relay Equipment. (IT, Computing/1.05)
TARFU. Things Are Really Fouled Up. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
TAS. Tashkent Airport. Uzbekistan. (Airport Codes/1.05)
TAS. True Air Speed. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
Task. An item of work to be performed. A task is a detailed definition of the scope of work and is
related to an activity in a many to one, or possibly one to one relationship. Referenced information for
each task should include a work description, required engineering information, material requirements
and estimated man-hours. In addition codes to uniquely number the task and identify it with it's
corresponding activity, location, sub-system, the originator, and whether the task is original contract
scope or varied scope. Quite often the term task is misused to mean activity, when infact tasks are a
breakdown of an activity into smaller packets of work. For example an activity maybe defined as
'Foundation for heat exchanger abc', the tasks for which might be defined as, excavate, lean
concrete, formwork, re-bar, anchor bolts, pour concrete, curing time. See Activity, MTO, BOQ (Project
Management, Planning/1.10)
TAT. Transitional Automated Ticket. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.06)
TAT. Tatry/ Poprad Airport. Slovak Republic. (Airport Codes/1.06)
Tau. Nineteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. Lower Case symbol = Nineteenth, time (when t is used
to symbolise something else), half life, temperature, volume, shear stress, transmission factor (Greek
Alphabet/1.05)
TAX. Taxiing, Taxi. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
Tb. Terbium. Atomic number 65. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
TB. Terminated Both ends. Cable Status (OSL Project Related/1.05)
Tb. Terabyte. One billion bytes. See bits, bytes, Kb, Mb, Gb, Tb, Pb (IT, Units/1.05)
TB. Tuberculosis. An infectious wasting disease affecting the lungs (Medical/1.05)
TBA. To Be Advised. (General/1.05)
TBA. Tekniske Bygg og Anlegg. Technical Buildings and Facilities (OSL Project Related/1.05)
TBAV. Tender Board Award Price. (General/1.07)
TBC. Thyroxine Binding Capacity. (Medical/1.05)
TBC. To Be Confirmed. (General/2.13)
TBCE. Type B Cost Estimate. (General/1.05)
TBD. To Be Determined. (General/1.05)
TBD. To Be Decided. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
TBE. Threaded Both Ends. Pipe end configuration. See BOE, BBE, TOE, SQC (Petrochemical,
Piping/1.05)
TBG. Total Blood Gases, Thyroxine Binding Globulin. (Medical/1.05)
TBIL. Total Bilirubin. (Medical/1.05)
TBK. Trykkbeholderkomiteen. (Petrochemical/1.07)
TBL. Teknologi Bedriftenes Landforening. (Association, Society, Institute/1.07)
TBM. Tunnel Boring Machine. (General/2.12)
TBNa. Total Body Sodium. (Medical/1.05)
TBS. Transfer Baggage System. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
TBS. To Be Supplied. (General/1.05)
Tbsp. Tablespoon. (General/1.05)
TBW. Total Body Water. (Medical/1.05)
TS. Teflon Seal. Two piece removable seal ring made from virgin Teflon (Petrochemical/1.05)
TS. Temporary Strainer. (Petrochemical, Piping/1.07)
TS. Thunderstorm. In aerodrome reports and forecasts. TS used alone means thunder heard but no
precipitation at the aerodrome. {TS followed by RA=Rain, SN=Snow, etc} (Aviation Civil and
Military/1.05)
TS. ThermoSet. (General/2.14)
TSA. Taxiway Safety Area. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.02)
TSAb. Thyroid Stimulating Antibodies. (Medical/1.05)
TSAP. Transport Service Access Point. (General/1.05)
TSAPI. Telephone Server Application Programmable Interface. A Novell API for sorting and sending
incoming telecom messages to the correct device. Eg. voice to telephone, email to computer, fax to
fax machine. See CTI, TAPI, API, CAPI (IT, Telecommunications/1.05)
TSC. Terminal Service Centre. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.12)
TSH. Thyroid Stimulating Hormone. (Medical/1.05)
TSN. Tianjin Airport. China. (Airport Codes/1.06)
TSO. Terminating Screening Office. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
TSO. Technical Standard Order. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
Tsp. Teaspoon. (General/1.05)
TSPS. Traffic Service Position System. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
TSR. Terminate and Stay Resident. A program that remains active in memory while other programs
are run on the system (IT, Computing/1.05)
TSR. Timisoara Airport. Rumania. (Airport Codes/1.06)
TSR. Totally Stupid Rules. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
TSR. Tekniske spesifikasjoner. (OSL Project Related/1.05)
TSU. Technical Support Unit. (Policing/2.14)
TSV. Townsville Airport. QL. Australia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
TSV. Temperature Safety Valve. (Petrochemical, Valves/1.07)
TT. Terminated To end. Cable Status (OSL Project Related/1.05)
TT. Temperature Transmitter. See DPT, SPT, ST (Petrochemical, Instrumentation/1.05)
TT. Thrombin Time. (Medical/1.05)
TT. Teletypewriter. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
tt. Trinidad And Tobago. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
TT&C. Tracking, Telemetry and Control. (Satellite Broadcasting/2.09)
TTBOMK. To The Best Of My Knowledge. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
TTC. Telemetry and Tele Command. (Satellite Broadcasting/2.09)
TTD. Trinidadian Dollar. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
TTFN. Ta-Ta For Now. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
TTKSF. Trying To Keep a Straight Face. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
TTL. Through The Lens. (General/2.08)
TTL. Time To Live. (General/1.05)
TTL. Transistor Transistor Logic. Type of chip. Buy a book on integrated circuits if you need a
description (IT, Computing/1.05)
TTN. Trenton Airport. NJ. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
TTP. Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Ribothymidine 5' Triphosphate. (Medical/1.05)
TTS. Transdermal Therapeutic System. (Medical/1.05)
22. Uniform
U. Unit. (Medical/1.05)
U. Upwards {tendency in RVR during previous 10 minutes}. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
U. Uranium. Atomic number 92. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
U/A. Urinalysis. (Medical/1.05)
U/P. Urine, Plasma Ratio (Concentration). (Medical/1.05)
U/S. Unserviceable. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
U3. Utbyggningsområde U3 Ekspedisjonsbygningen. Construction Division U3 Terminal Building (OSL
Project Related/1.05)
U4. Utbyggningsområde U4 Banesystem. Construction Division U4 Runway systems (OSL Project
Related/1.05)
U5. Utbyggningsområde U5 Tekniske Bygg og Anlegg. Construction Division U5 Technical Buildings
and Facilities (OSL Project Related/1.05)
UA. Umbilical Artery. (Medical/1.05)
ua. Ukraine. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
UA. User Agent. (General/1.05)
UAA. Unsafe Act Awareness. (Petrochemical/1.07)
UAB. Until Advised By. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
UAC. Upper Area Control centre. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
UAC. User Account Control. (IT, Computing/2.14)
UAH. Ukrainese Hryvnia. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
UAPITA. You're A Pain In The Ass. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
UAR. Upper Air Route. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
UART. Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter. Part of the gunk surrounding what is called the
comms port on the back of your computer, or sometimes called RS-232, or sometimes called EIA-
232D. If your com port has 25 pins it is also capable of synchronous transmission. See USRT (IT,
Computing/1.05)
UAS. University Air Squadron. (Military/1.06)
UBR. Unspecified Bit Rate. When using an ATM network there is a choice of classes for carrying
traffic (transmitting data). See CBR, VBR, ABR (IT, Computing/1.05)
UCA. Utica Airport. NY. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
UCL. Upper Control Limit. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
UCP. Unit Control Panel. (Petrochemical/2.11)
UCT. Universal Co-ordinated Time. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
UDDI. Universal Description Discovery and Integration. (IT, Computing/2.14)
UDF. Ultra high frequency direction finding station. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
UDF. Universal Disc Format. (IT, Computing/2.13)
UDLR. Unidirectional Link Routing. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
UDP. User Datagram Protocol. (IT, Computing/1.05)
UDT. Unarmed Defensive Tactic. (Policing/2.14)
UE. Ultrasonic Examination. (Petrochemical, Welding/1.07)
UES. User Event System. (Petrochemical/1.07)
UET. Quetta Airport. Pakistan. (Airport Codes/1.06)
UF. Urea Formaldehyde. (General/2.14)
UFD. Utility Flow Diagram. (Petrochemical/1.07)
UNESCO. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation. (Association, Society,
Institute/2.14)
UNF. Unified Fine Thread. (Petrochemical/1.07)
UNFICYP. United Nations Force in Cyprus. (Military/1.06)
ung. Ointment. (Medical/1.05)
UNHQ. United Nations Headquarters. (Military/1.06)
UNI. User Network Interface. (IT, Computing/1.05)
UNIFIL. United Nations Interim Forces In Lebanon. (Military/1.05)
UNIKOM. United Nations Iraq Kuwait Observer Mission. (Military/1.06)
UNIX. Operating System. Or more precisely a multi-user, multi-tasking operating system (IT,
Computing/1.05)
UNL. Unlimited. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
UNM. Union de Normalisation de la Mecanique. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
UNMOGIP. United Nations Military Observer Group In India And Pakistan. (Military/1.05)
UNOMIG. United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia. (Military/1.06)
UNPROFOR. United Nations Protection Force (Former Yugoslavia). (Military/1.05)
UNREL. Unreliable. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
UNS. Unified Numbering System. (Petrochemical/1.07)
UNSCOM. United Nations Special Commission. (Military/1.06)
UNTSO. United Nations Truce Supervisory Organisation. (Military/1.05)
UOK. Are You OK?. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
UOS&D. Under, Over, Short and Damaged. (Petrochemical/1.07)
UPC. Universal Product Code (USA). Known as European Article Number in Europe. Barcode printed
on the side of articles/packages (General/1.05)
UPnP. Universal Plug and Play. (IT, Computing/2.13)
Upper Camel Case. Words are run together. Without spaces, underscores or other seperators, and
the initial letter of words are upper case. For example: DepartureFlightCode. See camel case (IT,
Computing/2.13)
Upper memory. Refers to the area of memory between 640 KB and 1024 KB, or 1 megabyte (Mb).
Traditionally, this area, also known as system memory, was only accessible to the system, and not to
user applications such as word processors and spreadsheets. To solve the need for more memory
space, programs called memory managers were created to provide access to upper memory. Upper
memory is allocated in pre-sized chunks called upper memory blocks (UMBs) (IT, Computing/1.05)
UPS. Unified Propulsion System. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
UPS. Uninterruptable Power Supply. (Electrical/1.05)
Upsilon. Twentieth letter of the Greek alphabet. Lower Case symbol = Twentieth (Greek
Alphabet/1.05)
Upstream. Piping Located on Inlet side of equipment, orifice, nozzle, turbine meter.
(Petrochemical/1.05)
URAC. Uric Acid. (Medical/1.05)
URC. Urungqi Airport. China. (Airport Codes/1.06)
URD. User Requirement Document. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.12)
URI. Uniform Resource Identifier. (IT, Computing/1.05)
URI. Upper Respiratory Tract Infection. (Medical/1.05)
URL. Universal Resource Locator. The World Wide Web is a collection of files, called web sites or web
pages. A URL is the address for locating and identifying these files. A URL specifies the transfer
protocol, the machine's internet address, the path, and the file name. For example, a URL might read:
23. Victor
V. Vanadium. Atomic number 23. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
v. Mixed Venous. (Medical/1.05)
V. Volume. (Medical/1.05)
V. Volt. Unit of electromotive force (See kV, mV) (Weights & Measures, Electrical/1.05)
va. Vatican City State (Holy See). Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
VA. Norwegian. Vann og Avløp. Water and Sewage (OSL Project Related/1.05)
VA. Volcanic Ash. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
VAA. Vaasa Airport. Finland. (Airport Codes/1.05)
VAC. Visual Approach Chart. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
VAD. Vehicle Audit Document. (Policing/2.14)
vag hyst. Vaginal Hysterectomy. (Medical/1.05)
VAL. Valparaiso Airport. Chili. (Airport Codes/1.06)
VAL. In valleys. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
VAMP. Vincristine, Doxorubicin (Adriamycin), Methylprednisolone. (Medical/1.05)
VAN. Runway control van. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
VAR. Value Added Retailer or Reseller. See OEM (General/1.05)
VAR. Magnetic variation. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
VAR. Varna. Bulgaria. (Airport Codes/1.05)
Var. Norwegian abbreviation for duration (varighet). (Project Management/1.06)
Variation. A modification to the scope of work. See Change (Project Management/1.10)
VAS. Value Added Services. (IT, Telecommunications/2.04)
VAS. Voluntary Aid Societies. (Policing/2.14)
VASCAR. Visual Average Speed Computer And Recorder. (Policing/2.14)
VASIS. Visual Approach Slope Indicator System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
VAT. Value Added Tax. (General/1.07)
VAT. Ventricular Activation Time. (Medical/1.05)
VBG. Very Big Grin. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
VBR. Variable Bit Rate (1). When using an ATM network there is a choice of classes for carrying
traffic (transmitting data). Variable Bit Rate defines a sustained rate for normal use and a faster burst
rate for occasional use, used by applications like video conferencing that run at an uneven rate but
need a given additional capacity on demand. See CBR, UBR, ABR (IT, Computing/1.05)
VBR. Variable Bit Rate (2). If an audio file has been compressed using VBR then the data is not
distributed evenly. Ie every second of sound contains a different number of bits (IT, Digital
music/2.11)
VBSEG. Very Big S***-Eating Grin. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
VBY. Visby. (Airport Codes/1.07)
VC. Vital Capacity. (Medical/1.05)
VC. Victoria Cross. (Qualification, Award, Title/2.02)
VC. Vicinity of aerodrome. {followed by FG=Fog, etc.} (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
VC. Virtual Channel. (IT, Computing/1.05)
vc. Saint Vincent And The Grenadines. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
VCC. Virtual Channel Connection. (IT, Computing/1.05)
VCCS. Voice Communication and Control System. (General/1.05)
24. Whiskey
W. West, Western longitude. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
W. White. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
W. Watt. Unit of electrical power (Weights & Measures, Electrical/1.05)
W. Tungsten. Atomic number 74. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
w/c. Wheel Chair. (Medical/1.05)
W3C. World Wide Web Consortium. (Association, Society, Institute/1.05)
WA. Høyspent > 1000 V. Cable segregation code (OSL Project Related/1.05)
WAAS. Wide Area Augmentation System. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
WAC. World Aeronautical Chart. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
WAD. Weeks After Delivery. (Freight and Shipping/1.07)
WAEF. When All Else Fails. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
WAFC. World Area Forecast Centre. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
WAFO. Weeks After Firm Order. (Freight and Shipping/1.07)
WAG. Wild A** Guess. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
WAIS. Wide Area Information Server. (IT, Computing/1.05)
WAN. Wide Area Network. Networks used to connect computers in a single room, rooms within a
building, or buildings on one site are normally called Local Area Networks (LANs). Networks that
connect computers on separate sites, cities or countries are called Wide Area Networks. (Sometimes
Long Haul Networks (LHNs)) (IT, Computing/1.05)
WAP. Wireless Application Protocol. A protocol for advanced messaging via GSM. The current SMS is
restricted to 160 characters. The aim of this protocol is to attain WWW capabilities for mobile GSM
telephones. WML Wireless Mark-up Language is this protocols equivalent of HTML (IT,
Telecommunications/1.05)
WARC. World Administrative Radio Conference. (Association, Society, Institute/2.09)
Warez. Software that has been stripped of it's copy protection. (IT, Computing/2.02)
WAS. West Australian Standard. (Time or Space/2.03)
WAS. Washington Airport. DC. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
WAT. Weeks After Test. (Freight and Shipping/1.07)
WAT. Weight, Altitude and Temperature Limit. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
WAT. West Africa Time. (Time or Space/2.03)
WATS. Wide Area Telecommunications Service. (IT, Telecommunications/1.06)
Watt. Unit of electrical power. (Weights & Measures, Electrical/1.05)
WAW. Okecie. Warsaw Airport. Poland. (Airport Codes/1.05)
WAYD. What Are You Doing. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
WB. Banelys. Cable segregation code (OSL Project Related/1.05)
WB. Westbound. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
WB. Welcome Back. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
WBAR. Wing bar lights. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
WBC. White Blood (Cell) Count. (Medical/1.05)
WBJ. Wide Bodied Jet. E.g. Airbus A300, A310, A320. Boeing 747, 767, 777. McDonnell Douglas
DC10, MD11 (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
WBS. Work Breakdown Structure. A hierarchical definition of the scope of work, where a work
package is an element of the WBS. As with most things a simple WBS works best. A common WBS
breakdown is into project phases, where work packages may be defined as Engineering, Procurement,
Fabrication, Installation, and Commissioning. These work packages might be further sub-divided into
disciplines, and then into elements of work, like procedures, drawings, studies. Another approach is to
define each work package as a major element of work. For example each module in a North Sea
platform. Each work package is then sub-divided into project phases, and disciplines. There are of
course many ways to skin a cat, and the most suitable breakdown will ultimately depend on the type
of project, and it's complexity (Project Management/1.05)
WBS. Write Back Soon. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
WC. Kraft 0 - 1000 V. Cable segregation code (OSL Project Related/1.05)
WC. Water Closet (Toilet). (General/2.02)
WCDMA. Wideband Code Division Multiple Access. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
WCV. Wafer Check Valve. (Petrochemical, Valves/1.05)
WD. Well Developed. (Medical/1.05)
WD. Working Draft. (Petrochemical/1.07)
WD. IT. Cable segregation code (OSL Project Related/1.05)
WDA. Waste Disposal Authority. (Government office/2.14)
WDALYIC. Who Died And Left You In Charge?. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
WDH. Windhoek Airport. Guyana. (Airport Codes/1.06)
WDI. Wind Direction Indicator. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
WDM. Wavelength Division Multiplexing. (IT, Computing/1.05)
WDSPR. Widespread. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
WDYMBT. What Do You Mean By That?. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
WDYT. What Do You Think?. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
WE. Whatever. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
WE. Working Environment. (Petrochemical/1.07)
WE. 400 Hz. Cable segregation code (OSL Project Related/1.05)
WEAG. Western European Armaments Group. (Military/1.05)
WEC. World Energy Council. (Association, Society, Institute/1.05)
WED. Western Europe Daylight. (Time or Space/2.03)
WED. Wednesday. (Time or Space/1.05)
WEF. With Effect From. Effective from (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
WEG. Wicked Evil Grin. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
WEP. Wired Equivalent Privacy. (IT, Computing/2.13)
WES. Western Europe Standard. (Time or Space/2.03)
WEST. Western European Summer Time. (Time or Space/2.08)
WET. Western European Time. (Time or Space/2.08)
WEU. Western European Union. (Military/1.06)
WF. Widerøe. (Airline Codes/1.05)
WF. Middlertidig Segrl. Cable segregation code (OSL Project Related/1.05)
WF. White Female. (Medical/1.05)
wf. Wallis And Futuna Islands. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
WFE. Wave Front Error. (IT, Telecommunications/2.09)
WFM. Works For Me. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
WG. Water Gauge. (Petrochemical/1.07)
WHB. Waste Heat Boiler. (Petrochemical/1.07)
WHIDDS. War HQS Information and Display System. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
WHO. World Health Organisation. (Association, Society, Institute/1.05)
25. X-ray
X. Cross. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
X.400. Transmission Standard. For transfer of messages (Email) between different computer systems
(IT, Telecommunications/1.05)
XACML. XML Access Control Markup Language. (IT, Telecommunications/2.13)
XBAR. Crossbar. Of approach lighting system (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
XCD. East Caribbean Dollar. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
XDR. External Data Representation. (IT, Computing/1.05)
Xe. Xenon. Atomic number 54. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
Xi. Fourteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. Lower Case symbol = Fourteenth (Greek Alphabet/1.05)
XLC. Extended Life Coolant. (General/2.12)
XLPE. Insulation material. (Electrical/2.01)
XML. Extensible Markup Language. A method of presenting data in a consistent way on the web, XML
is different from HTML as it is a set of markup symbols for data presentation rather than formatting
and layout (IT, Computing/1.06)
XMN. Xiamen Airport. China. (Airport Codes/1.06)
XOXOXO. Kisses and hugs. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
XPD. Palladium Ounces. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
XPF. CFP Franc. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
XS. Atmospherics. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
XSD. XML Schema Definition. (IT, Computing/2.13)
XSLT. eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation. (IT, Computing/2.13)
XSLT. eXtensible Style Language Transition. (IT, Computing/2.12)
XSVCD. eXtended Super Video Compact Disc. (IT, Computing/2.13)
XVCD. eXtended Video Compact Disc. (IT, Computing/2.13)
26. Yankee
Y. Yttrium. Atomic number 39. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
Y. Yellow. (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
y/o. Years Old. (Medical/1.05)
Y2K. Year 2000. A problem with date storage in computer systems (both software and firmware),
that caused a deal of anxiety in the year 1999 (IT, Computing/1.05)
YABA. Yet Another Bloody Acronym. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
YACAB. Youth Action Combating Anti Social Behaviour. (Policing/2.14)
YAHOO. Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle. An Internet Search Engine. See WWW (IT,
Computing/1.05)
YAM. Sault Sainte Marie Airport. PQ. Canada. (Airport Codes/1.06)
YAO. Yaounde Airport. Cameroun. (Airport Codes/1.06)
YAO. Youth Action Officer. (Policing/2.14)
YAOTM. Yet Another Off-Topic Message. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
YAUN. Yet Another Unix Nerd. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
Yb. Ytterbium. Atomic number 70. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
YBS. You'll Be Sorry. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
YBYSA. You Bet Your Sweet A**. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
YCZ. Yellow Caution Zone. Runway lighting (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
yd. Yard/Yards. Linear measure. 36" = 1 yard = 91,44 cm. If you wish to be precise, the British
Imperial yard is equal to 0,914399 meters, while the US yard is equal to 0,9144 meters. Prior to 1959
the US yard was equal to 0,9144018 meters (Weights & Measures, Imperial/1.05)
ye. Yemen. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
YEG. International. Edmonton. Alberta Airport. Canada. (Airport Codes/1.05)
YER. Yemenese Rial. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
YER. Fort Severn Airport. OT. Canada. (Airport Codes/1.06)
YFC. Fredericton Airport. NB. Canada. (Airport Codes/1.06)
YG. Young Gentleman. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
YGBSM. You Gotta Be S***tin' Me!. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
YGLT. You're Gonna Love This. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
YGTBK. You've Got To Be Kidding. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
YGTI. You Get The Idea?. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
YGWYPF. You Get What You Pay For. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
YHM. Hamilton Airport. OT. Canada. (Airport Codes/1.06)
YHZ. International. Halifax. Nova Scotia Airport. Canada. (Airport Codes/1.05)
YIP. Youth Inclusion Programmes. (Policing/2.14)
YIU. Yes I Understand. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
YIWGP. Yes I Will Go Private. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
YKF. Kitchener Airport. OT. Canada. (Airport Codes/1.06)
YKM. Yakima Airport. WA. USA. (Airport Codes/1.06)
YKWIM. You Know What I Mean. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
YKYARW. You Know You're A Redneck When. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
YL. Young Lady. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
YM. Young Man. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
27. Zulu
Z. Universal Co-ordinated Time. In meteorological messages (Aviation Civil and Military/1.05)
za. South Africa. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
ZAD. Zadar Airport. Croatia. (Airport Codes/1.06)
ZADCA. Zinc Alloy Die Caster's Association. (Association, Society, Institute/2.10)
ZAG. Pleso. Zagreb Airport. Croatia. (Airport Codes/1.05)
ZAR. South African Rand. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
ZAW. Zero Administration for Windows. (IT, Computing/1.05)
ZAZ. Zaragoza Airport. Spain. (Airport Codes/1.06)
ZDV. Zidovudine. (Medical/1.05)
Z-E. Zollinger Ellison (Syndrome). (Medical/1.05)
zepto. SI number prefix 0,000 000 000 000 000 000 001. Abbreviated as z (SI Number Prefixes/2.08)
Zeta. Sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. Lower Case symbol = Sixth, electrokinetic potential (Greek
Alphabet/1.05)
Zetta. SI number prefix 1.000.000.000.000.000.000.000. Abbreviated as Z (SI Number Prefixes/2.08)
ZEV. Zero Emission Vehicle. (General/2.14)
ZHA. Zhanjiang Airport. China. (Airport Codes/1.06)
ZHLS. Zero Halon Low Smoke. (Aviation Civil and Military/2.13)
zm. Zambia. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
ZMK. Zambian Kwacha. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
Zn. Zink. Atomic number 30. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
Zr. Zirconium. Atomic number 40. (Chemical Elements/1.05)
zr. Zaire. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
ZRH. Zurich Airport. Switzerland. (Airport Codes/1.05)
ZTH. Zakinthos airport. Greece. (Airport Codes/1.05)
zw. Zimbabwe. Country code part of DNS. (IT, Internet DNS Codes/1.08)
ZWD. Zimbabwe Dollar. Currency Code (Banking and Finance/2.08)
Alpha. First letter of the Greek alphabet. Lower Case symbol = First, angular acceleration, coefficient
of angular acceleration, coefficient of absorption, temperature coefficient, degree of electrolytic
dissociation, angle of optical rotation
Beta. Second letter of the Greek alphabet. Lower Case symbol = Second, coefficient of pressure
change of a gas, ratio of the velocity of a body to the velocity of kight
Chi. Twenty second letter of the Greek alphabet. Lower Case symbol = Twenty second
Delta. Fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. Upper Case symbol = Increment, deflection, coefficient of
diffusion, lowering of the freezing point. Lower Case symbol = Fourth, elongation, angle of set
Epsilon. Fifth letter of the Greek alphabet. Lower Case symbol = Fifth, electrode potential, dielectric
constant, base of natural algorithms, angle of downwash
Eta. Seventh letter of the Greek alphabet. Lower Case symbol = Seventh, efficiency, viscosity,
electrolytic polarisation
Gamma. Third letter of the Greek alphabet. Upper Case symbol = Gamma function. Lower Case
symbol = Third, conductivity, dihedral angle, surface tension, ionisation, micro gram, Eulerian
constant
Iota. Ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. A very small amount. Lower Case symbol = Ninth
Kappa. Tenth letter of the Greek alphabet. Lower Case symbol = Tenth, modulus of elasticity,
specific heat ration, susceptibility to magnetism
Lambda. Eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet. Upper Case symbol = Equivalent conductivity. Lower
Case symbol = Eleventh, wave length, angstrom unit, radioactive constant, cosmical constant,
damping coefficient, area ratio, microliter, latitude
Mu. Twelfth letter of the Greek alphabet. Lower Case symbol = Twelfth, micron, micro, permeability,
modulusm coefficient of viscosity, index of refraction, amplication factor, chemical potential,
dipole moment, coefficient of friction, molar conductance
Nu. Thirteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. Lower Case symbol = Thirteenth, kinematic viscosity,
frequency, reluctivity
Omega. Twenty fourth and last letter of the Greek alphabet. Upper Case symbol = Ohm. Lower Case
symbol = Twenty fourth, the last, angular velocity, angular frequency
Omicron. Fifteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. Lower Case symbol = Fifteenth
Phi. Twenty first letter of the Greek alphabet. Upper Case symbol = Magnetic flux, radiant flux. Lower
Case symbol = Twenty first, phase, angular phase difference, potential, peripheral speed,
longitude
Pi. Sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. Upper Case symbol = Pressure, product. Lower Case
symbol = Sixteenth, the ratio of a circle's circumference to it's diameter ca. 3.141, product,
osmetic pressure
Psi. Twenty third letter of the Greek alphabet. Upper Case symbol = Dielectric flux, electrostatic flux.
Lower Case symbol = Twenty third, yaw
Rho. Seventeenth letter of the Greek alphabet. Lower Case symbol = Seventeenth, density,
resistivity, refractive power, coefficient of reflection, radius of curvature
Sigma. Eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. Upper Case symbol = Sum of. Lower Case symbol =
Eighteenth, standard deviation, surface tension, density, current density, charge density,
resistivity, normal stress, 1/1000 of a second, diameter of a molecule
Tau. Nineteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. Lower Case symbol = Nineteenth, time (when t is used
to symbolise something else), half life, temperature, volume, shear stress, transmission factor
Theta. Eighth letter of the Greek alphabet. Upper Case symbol = Temperature (when t is used to
symbolise something else). Lower Case symbol = Eighth, angular distance, angle, angular phase
difference, temperature in degrees above 0 centigrade, Curie point, pitch
Upsilon. Twentieth letter of the Greek alphabet. Lower Case symbol = Twentieth
Xi. Fourteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. Lower Case symbol = Fourteenth
Zeta. Sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. Lower Case symbol = Sixth, electrokinetic potential
ROTFLOLAPMP. Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud And Peeing My Pants. (IT, Internet
Chat/2.11)
ROTFLTIC. Rolling On The Floor Laughing Till I Cry. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
RPG. Role-Playing Games. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
RRQ. Return Receipt Request. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
RSN. Real Soon Now. (IT, Internet Chat/1.05)
RT. Real Time. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
RTBM. Read The Bloody Manual. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
RTFAQ. Read The Frequently Asked Questions. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
RTFF. Read The F**king FAQ. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
RTFM. Read The F**king Manual. (IT, Internet Chat/1.05)
RTM. Read The Manual. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
RTSM. Read The Silly Manual. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
RTWFQ. Read The Whole F**king Question. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
RUMORF. Are You Male Or Female. (IT, Internet Chat/2.14)
RUUP4IT. Are You Up For It. (IT, Internet Chat/2.14)
RX. Prescription. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
RYFM. Read Your Friendly Manual. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
RYO. Roll Your Own. (write your own program; derived from cigarettes rolled yourself with tobacco
and paper) (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
RYS. Read Your Screen. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
S. Smile. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
S^ or S'up. what's up. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
S4L. Spam for Life. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SAPFU. Surpassing All Previous F**k Ups. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SCNR. Sorry Could Not Resist. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SEC. Wait A Second. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SEG. S***-eating grin. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SETE. Smiling Ear To Ear. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SF. Surfer-Friendly. (low-graphics Web site) (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SFLA. Stupid Four Letter Acronym. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SHCOON. Shoot Hot Coffee Out Of Nose. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SHID. Slaps Head In Disgust. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SICS. Sitting In Chair Snickering. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SITD. Still In The Dark. (IT, Internet Chat/1.05)
SLM. See Last Mail. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SMOP. Small Matter of Programming. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SO. Significant Other. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SOB. Stressd Out Bigtime. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SOL. Smilling Out Loud or Sh*t Out of Luck. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SOMY. Sick Of Me Yet?. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SOS. Same Old Stuff or Help!. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SOT. Short On Time. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
SOTMG. Short On Time Must Go. (IT, Internet Chat/2.11)
35. Smiley’s
!. I have a comment. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
&&&&. Pretzels. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
(%>. Pizza. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
(::()::). Bandaid. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
(_). Mug of coffee or beer. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
(_\_)(_|_)(_/_). Dancing ass off. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
****. Popcorn. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
,,l,. The finger. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
.02. My two cents worth. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:'. Crying. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-#. Lips are sealed. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-&. Tongue tied. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:(. Frown. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:'-(. Crying sadly. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-(. Sad. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:( ). Can't stop talking. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:'-). Crying with joy. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-). Smiley. The converse is :-( to understand tilt your head 90 degrees to the left, alternatively turn
the sheet you are holding or screen you are viewing 90 degrees clockwise. There are various similar
pictograms, which are a legacy from text based computer systems. However I do not feel it is within
the scope of this serious document to cover them all (Oh well I succumbed and added some more). ;-
) Gareth (IT, Pictograms/1.05)
:-------). Viagra smile. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:*). Clowning, drunk, larking about. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
::POOF::. Goodbye (leaving the room). (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-@. Screaming. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-\. Undecided. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-{}. Blowing a kiss. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-|. Ambivalent. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:~/. Mixed Up. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:->. Devilish. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-6. Exhausted, wiped out. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-9. Delicious, yummy. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-c. Bummed out. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-I. Indifferent. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-O. Mouth open (surprised or shocked). (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:P. Disgusted (sticking out tongue). (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
:-Þ~. Drooling. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
;-). Wink. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
;->. Devilish wink. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
?. I have a question. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
?€?€. Hiding, staring in the dark. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
@[_]~~. Mug of hot coffee or tea. (IT, Pictograms/2.11)
Baseline. A scheduling benchmark. A Project Control Baseline is the benchmark from which
subsequent schedules are measured against for deviations. The idea of benchmarking comes from the
workshop, where the work bench was marked for measuring purposes. In effect a baseline is a freeze
of all scheduling information, for example dates and man-hours against which subsequent changes
can be measured. E.g.. schedule acceleration (Project Management, Planning/1.05)
BCM. Bid Clarification Meeting. (Project Management/1.07)
BCWP. Budget Cost of Work Performed. A term for the Earned Cost of work performed. See Earned
Value (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
BCWS. Budget Cost of Work Scheduled. The value of work which was scheduled to have been
completed by the Current Date (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
BEC. Bid Evaluate Commit. (Project Management/1.07)
Beta Distribution. A statistical distribution of activity durations used with PERT, these durations are
best case, expected case, and worst case. (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
BOOT. Build, Own, Operate, Transfer. A form of contract where the contractor finances the project.
The boot is also what a lot of project personnel get when things go wrong (Project
Management/1.10)
BOQ. Bill Of Quantities. (Project Management/1.10)
BTC. Budget To Completion. See ETC (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
CAN. Change Advice Note. (Project Management/1.07)
CAP. Contract Award Price. (Project Management/1.07)
CAPEX. Capital Expenditure. (Project Management/1.07)
CAR. Corrective Action Request. (Project Management/1.07)
CBL. Contract Baseline. See Baseline (Project Management/1.07)
CBS. Cost Breakdown Structure. (Project Management/1.05)
CCA. Contract Criticality Assessment. (Project Management/1.07)
CCBL. Current Contract Baseline. See Baseline (Project Management/1.07)
CCC. Current Contract Contingency. (Project Management/1.07)
CCE. Current Control Estimate or Contract Control Estimate. (Project Management/1.07)
CCP. Current Contract Price. (Project Management/1.07)
CCSS. Current Contract Summary Schedule. (Project Management/1.07)
CDC. Construction Document Control. (Project Management/1.07)
CDP. Cost of Deferred Production. (Project Management/1.07)
CDS. Contract Detail Schedule. (Project Management/1.07)
CEP. Contractors Execution Plan. (Project Management/1.07)
Change. A modification to the scope of work. See Variation (Project Management/1.10)
Change Control. The recording, control, and notification of changes also called Variation Control.
Which ever side of the fence you are sitting on the registering and control of changes is very
important. Uncontrolled changes can be a financial disaster for a project. Quantity surveyors who
register and estimate the cost affect of project changes should not be considered as an overhead, but
as a necessity. In a nutshell changes to the scope of work can be identified by any member of the
project organisation. A project control group should be responsible for verifying that a variation does
exist and raising the appropriate change notification to the Client. The change should be immediately
distributed to the planning department and incorporated into the working schedule, for calculation of
any schedule impact. Changes that are not identified or notified to the Client within a reasonable
time, may be considered to be a part of the contractual scope of work. See DVO, DVOR, PVN, PVOR,
VI, VO, VODC, VOF, VOR (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
Close Out. The finalisation of a project. There is a lot of documentation and work involved with the
completion of a project, from the final invoice, through documentation for operations (user manuals),
to acceptance certificates (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
an activity. The equivalent for a construction site or fabrication yard would be a task sheet, or a job
card (Project Management/1.06)
CV. Cost Variance. CV=BCWP-ACWP (Project Management/1.10)
CWE. Current Working Estimate. (Project Management/1.07)
CWS. Current Working Schedule. (Project Management/1.07)
DAFWC. Days Away From Work Cases. (Project Management/2.14)
Dangle. An activity in a network that does not have any predecessors or successors. (Project
Management, Planning/1.10)
DCC. Document Control Centre. (Project Management/1.07)
DCQ. Daily Contract Quantity. (Project Management/1.07)
DCR. Design Change Request. (Project Management/1.07)
Dependencies. The logical links used in a precedence network to describe how activities are related
to each other. See SS, FF, FS, SF, network, CPA, AOA, AON, dummy (Project Management,
Planning/1.10)
DFI. Design, Fabrication, Installation. (Project Management/1.07)
DFO. Documentation For Operation. (Project Management/1.07)
DFR. Design Functional Requirements. (Project Management/1.07)
Dummy. A dependency/constraint used in an arrow network. See AOA. (Project Management,
Planning/1.10)
dur. Duration. (Project Management/1.05)
DVO. Disputed Variation Order. See Change Control, DVOR, PVN, PVOR, VI, VO, VODC, VOF, VOR
(Project Management, Planning/1.07)
DVOR. Disputed Variation Order Request. See Change Control, DVO, PVN, PVOR, VI, VO, VODC, VOF,
VOR (Project Management, Planning/1.05)
EAC. Estimate at Completion. See BAC (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
Earned Value. The theoretical value of the work performed. Earned Value is an extension of either
an estimated base value or forecast value, and is used to aggregate progress upwards to higher
levels. The formula is Earned=(weighted value * percent complete)/100. Where the weighted value
could be just about anything from dollars, man-hours, quantities, in any permutation of budget,
forecast, multiplied by productivity and divided by my dob (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
ECWP. Estimated Cost of Work Performed. (Project Management/1.07)
ECWS. Estimated Cost of Work Scheduled. (Project Management/1.07)
EF. Early Finish. See ES for full description (Project Management, Planning/1.08)
EFCP. Estimated Final Contract Price. (Project Management/1.07)
ENS. Engineering Numbering System. (Project Management/1.07)
EO. Endrings Ordre. Norwegian for Change Order. See Change Control, OEO, DVO, PVN, PVOR, VI,
VO, VODC, VOF, VOR (Project Management/1.05)
EPAC. Engineering, Procurement, Assistance and Construction. (Project Management/1.07)
EPC. Engineering Procurement and Construction. (Project Management/1.05)
EPCI. Engineering. Procurement, Construction and Installation. (Project Management/1.07)
EPCM. Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management. (Project Management/1.07)
EPCS. Engineering, Procurement and Construction Supervision. (Project Management/1.07)
EPMS. Engineering Procurement Manufacturing Schedule. (Project Management/1.07)
EPP. Emergency Preparedness Plan. (Project Management/1.07)
EPPS. Engineering Procurement Production Schedule. (Project Management/1.07)
ES. Early Start. Early start and finish dates are calculated during a forward pass of the network. If the
first activity starts on day 1 and has a duration of 5 days its ES will be day 1 and it's EF day 5. Any
activities succeeding it will start on day 6. However when the start of an activity is dependent on
more than one preceding activity it's ES date is the maximum EF date of the preceding activities. EF =
ES + Duration. The EF date of the last activity in the network is the expected completion date of the
project. The expected completion date represents the longest sequence of activities in the network,
this sequence of activities is called the critical path. See FS, SS, TF, FF, ES, EF, LS, LF, Network, AON,
AOA, CPM, CPA (Project Management, Planning/1.08)
ETC. Estimate To Completion. See BTC (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
Event. A happening of importance. A milestone. The circle used to indicate the start point and finish
point of an activity in an Activity on the Arrow Network. (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
FAC. Forecast At Completion. See BAC, EAC (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
FAT. Factory Acceptance Test. Tests performed at the factory prior to dispatch to site (Project
Management/1.05)
FD. Fabrication Dossier. (Project Management/1.07)
FF. Finish to Finish. Precedence network constraint. FF constraints are drawn from the finish of a
node to the finish of the succeeding node, and imply that the succeeding activity can not finish until
the preceding activity is completed. See FS, SS, TF, FF, Network, AON, AOA, CPM, CPA, PERT (Project
Management, Planning/1.08)
FF. Free Float. The difference between the EF of an activity and the minimum ES of any succeeding
activities. FF represents the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying any
succeeding activities. FF = EF - minimum (ES of any succeeding activities) (Project Management,
Planning/1.08)
Float. The amount of time an activity can slip without having a knock-on effect on other activities.
See CPA, TF, FF, IF (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
Forward pass. The process of calculating early dates for a network. See CPA. (Project Management,
Planning/1.10)
FS. Finish to Start. Precedence network constraint. FS constraints are drawn from the end of a node
to the start of the succeeding node, and imply that the succeeding activity can not start until the
preceding activity is completed. See SS, FF, TF, FF, Network, AON, AOA, CPM, CPA, PERT (Project
Management, Planning/1.08)
FSA. Final Site Acceptance. (Project Management/1.05)
FTC. Forecast To Completion. See BTC, ETC (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
Gantt Chart. During the 1800’s Mr. Henry Gantt suggested pictorially illustrating when different tasks
should be completed. A ganttchart or barchart is named after Mr Gantt and shows a list of activities
with their start and finish dates represented by bars which are proportional in length to their Duration.
The bars are positioned along a horizontal time scale, in the sequence that they are to be performed
(Project Management, Planning/1.10)
HES. Health, Environment, & Safety. (Project Management/1.05)
HMS. Health, Environment, & Safety. Norwegian. (Project Management/1.05)
HRM. Human Resource Management. (Project Management/1.05)
HSE. Health, Safety and Environment. (Project Management/1.07)
i Node. The node at the start of an activity in a AOA network. (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
IDC. Inter Discipline Check. Clash check. A check performed on a drawing by all disciplines to insure
that there are no clashes (collisions) between them (Project Management/1.05)
IF. Independent Float. See TF, FF, Float, CPA, Slack (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
IFC. Issued For Construction. A completed drawing that is released for construction after all
appropriate checks and controls have been taken. Same as AFC (Project Management/1.05)
IFT. Issued For Tender. (Project Management/1.07)
Integration. Combining parts into a whole. Joining together into equal membership of community
disregarding race or religion. Buzz word for making a team perform effectively (Project Management,
Planning/1.10)
Interface. A common boundary between two regions. A place, a piece of equipment, or an element
of information where interaction occurs between two systems (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
j Node. The node at the end of an activity in a AOA network. (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
Ketchup Bottle Effect. An undesirable situation where everything comes at once. A syndrome that
many people have experienced on a project, the term is derived from the concept 'shake oh, shake
the ketchup bottle, none will come and then a lot will' (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
KS. Kvalitetssikring. Norwegian for Quality Control. (Project Management/1.07)
LCA. Life Cycle Assessment. (Project Management/1.05)
LCC. Life Cycle Cost. The estimate of the total expected cost of an element or product over it's
expected life time (Project Management/1.06)
LCI. Life Cycle Information. (Project Management/1.07)
LCP. Life Cycle Profit. The estimate of the total expected economic profit that may be gained from an
element or product over it's expected life time (Project Management/1.05)
LF. Late Finish. See LS for full description (Project Management, Planning/1.08)
LRE. Last Revised Estimate. LRE=ACWP+ETC (Project Management/1.10)
LS. Late Start. Late start and finish dates are calculated during a backward pass of the network.
Calculations are started with a completion date, which may be the expected completion date
computed during the forward pass, or a target completion date that is imposed. If the last activity in
the network has a LF on day 10 and a duration of 5 days its LS date will be day 6. Any activities
preceding it will have a LF date of day 5. However when the Late Finish of an activity is dependent on
more than one succeeding activity it's LF date is the minimum LS date of the succeeding activities. LS
= LF - Duration. The LS date of the first activity in the network is the latest date that the project must
start on if the objectives of the network are to be met. If the expected completion date of the project
calculated during the forward pass was used as the LF date of the last activity in the network, then
the LS date of the first activity in the network will be equal to it's ES date. See FS, SS, TF, FF, ES, EF,
LS, LF, Network, AON, AOA, CPM, CPA (Project Management, Planning/1.08)
LS. Lump Sum. (Project Management/1.07)
LTI. Lost Time Injury. A measure of safety performance (Project Management/1.07)
LTIF. Lost Time Injury Frequency. A measure of safety performance (Project Management/1.07)
Management by Project. The term used to describe the process of applying project management
techniques to traditional management processes. (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
MCS. Master Control Schedule. (Project Management/1.07)
MDR. Master Document Register. See SDR (Project Management/1.06)
Milestone. An event. An activity of zero duration which represents a significant deliverable or stage
of the project. (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
Milestone Plan. A plan containing the project milestones that represent the significant deliverables
or stages of a project. (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
MIS. Management Information System. (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
Monte Carlo Analysis. A risk/probability analysis performed on a network. See PERT (Project
Management, Planning/1.10)
MPP. Manpower Projection Plan. (Project Management/1.07)
MTO. Material Take Off. (Project Management/1.07)
Negative Float. Where total float is computed to a minus figure. Minus float in theory represents
how many time units the expected completion date of a network has been delayed. In practice
however it depends on the quality of the logic that the network is built on and the size of it's
activities. See CPA, network, TF, ES, EF, LS, LF (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
Network. A network in a scheduling context is a chain of interconnected activities that describe the
sequence and the duration required to complete a particular project. A network is a model of the
execution philosophy for a project, just as an electrical nodal diagram is a two-dimensional model of
cable conduits, trays, and racks. See AOA, AON, PERT, CPM, CPA (Project Management,
Planning/1.08)
Node. A junction or connection point. Eg. used in precedence and arrow networks. Eg. used in
precedence and arrow networks as connection points for the logic of the network. With Precedence
networks the activity is on the node, and with arrow networks the activity is on the connector (Project
Management/1.05)
OBS. Organisational Breakdown Structure. (Project Management/1.05)
OEO. Omtvistet Endrings Ordre. Norwegian for Disputed Change Order. See Change Control, EO,
DVO, PVN, PVOR, VI, VO, VODC, VOF, VOR (Project Management/1.05)
PA. Product Assurance. (Project Management/1.05)
PBL. Project Baseline. See Baseline (Project Management/1.07)
PCB. Project Control Baseline. See Baseline (Project Management, Planning/1.05)
PCE. Preliminary Control Estimate. (Project Management/1.07)
PCS. Preliminary Control Schedule. (Project Management/1.07)
PDM. Precedence Diagramming Method. See AON (Project Management, Planning/2.01)
PDM. Precedence Diagram Method. See AON, Network, CPA (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
PDP. Program Definition Phase. (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
PDS. Programme Definition Stage. (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
PEP. Project Execution Plan. (Project Management/1.07)
Percent Complete. An assessment of the progress achieved. The definition of progress is 'to
advance', while the terms physical progress or percent complete used in status reporting are a
percentage expression of the proportion of completeness of a given activity or task (Project
Management, Planning/1.10)
PERT. Program Evaluation Review Technique. PERT was developed in the mid 50s by the United
States Navy for use on it's Polaris missile programme. It is a method of evaluating probable outcomes
based on three scenarios. Best case, expected case, and worst case. The term is often misused to
mean critical path analysis. The model allows for variable activity duration. a = optimistic duration, m
= realistic duration, b = pessimistic duration. See Network, AON, AOA, CPM, CPA (Project
Management, Planning/1.07)
Physical Progress. See Percent Complete. (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
PMS. Project Master Schedule. (Project Management/1.07)
PO. Purchase Order. (Project Management/1.05)
POM. Project Organisation Manual. (Project Management/1.07)
PPFP. Procurement Package and Follow-up Plan. (Project Management/1.07)
Predecessor. The activity or activities that come before the current activity. See Successor, CPA,
Network, AOA, AON (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
Priority. Ranking activities to be performed in the order that they need to be performed. Ensuring
that priorities are set and met (being goal orientated) is essential. See ketchup affect (Project
Management, Planning/1.10)
Productivity Factor. A theoretical measurement of effectivness. The ratio of actual manhours
expended to estimated manhours earned. The formula is Productivity=Actual/Earned. If the value is
greater than 1 then productivity is poor, or the estimate is poor, or too little progress is being claimed,
etc, etc. On the other hand if the value is less than 1 then productivity is good, or there is a lot of
slack in the estimate, or too much progress is being claimed, etc, etc. As a footnote some
organisations calculate productivity factor as Earned/Actual which can be confusing (Project
Management, Planning/1.10)
Project. An undertaking with a clearly defined goal, that is undertaken within a given time scale and
budget. Some contemporary texts on the subject attempt to argue that in addition, a project is a
unique venture carried out by a temporary organisation. This maybe the case, all snow flakes are
undoubtedly unique, snow however is still snow (Project Management/1.05)
Project Phase. Specific periods within a project. Project phases vary according to the undertaking,
and the type of industry involved. Phases tend to overlap, and as one phase reaches completion the
next phase tends to attract more attention. An example of project phases, Engineering, Procurement,
Fabrication, Installation, Commissioning, Operations (Project Management/1.05)
PS. Provisional Sum. (Project Management/1.07)
PSS. Project Summary Schedule. (Project Management/1.07)
PTCE. Pre-Tender Cost Estimate. (Project Management/1.07)
PVN. Project Variation Notice. See Change Control, DVO, DVOR, PVOR, VI, VO, VODC, VOF, VOR
(Project Management, Planning/1.07)
PVOR. Pending Variation Order Request. A preliminary notification to the client that contractor
believes a variation to the scope of work exists. See Change Control, DVO, DVOR, PVN, VI, VO,
VODC, VOF, VOR (Project Management/1.10)
QA. Quality Assurance. (Project Management/1.07)
QC. Quality Control. (Project Management/1.07)
QOS. Quality Of Service. (Project Management/1.05)
QP. Quality Plan. (Project Management/1.07)
QS. Quantity Surveyor. (Project Management/1.07)
QS. Quality Surveillance. (Project Management/1.07)
RDU. Remaining Duration. (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
RFQ. Request for Quotation. (Project Management/1.05)
Risk Analysis. The examination of the potential risks involved with the execution of a project. Risk
Analysis is the assessment of the likelihood or probability of a risk occurring and what it's impact on
the project will be. A technique like PERT or Monte Carlo might be employed, 'brainstorming' is also
quite a good technique, as well as good old common sense, and a nice fat contingency (which of
course is not to be used) (Project Management/1.10)
Runaway Project. A project that is like a runaway train, hard to bring under control. Typified by a
constantly changing design, changing scope, lack of change control, slippage, and budget problems
(Project Management, Planning/1.10)
SCCS. Standard Cost Coding System. (Project Management/1.07)
SDDR. Supplier's Drawing and Document Register. (Project Management/1.07)
SDR. Supplier Document Register. See MDR (Project Management/1.06)
SDRL. Standard Document Requirement List. (Project Management/1.07)
SHE. Safety, Health, and Environment. (Project Management/1.07)
SI. Site Instruction. (Project Management/1.07)
Slippage. Quantifiable delays to the schedule. The time difference between the latest scheduled
dates for an Activity and the Baseline dates (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
SMDL. Standard Master Document List. (Project Management/1.07)
SMDR. Suppliers Master Document Register. (Project Management/1.07)
SOW. Scope Of Work. The definition of work to be performed, usually accompanied by a specification
of the work to be performed (Project Management/1.05)
SPI. Schedule Performance Indicator. SPI = BCWP / BCWS (Project Management, Planning/2.14)
SQ. Site Query. What you send the engineer when you are unclear of the intention of the drawing, or
wish to construct it another way (Project Management/1.05)
SS. Start to Start. Precedence network constraint. SS constraints are drawn from the start of a node
to the start of the succeeding node, and imply that the succeeding activity can not start until the
preceding activity has started. See FS, FF, TF, FF, Network, AON, AOA, CPM, CPA, PERT (Project
Management, Planning/1.08)
Status. Standing or progress of a project, activity, or task in relation to a schedule at any given time.
(Project Management, Planning/1.10)
Successor. The activity or activities that come after the current activity. See Predecessor, CPA,
Network, AON, AOA (Project Management, Planning/1.10)
SV. Schedule Variance. SV=BCWP-BCWS (Project Management/1.10)
Task. An item of work to be performed. A task is a detailed definition of the scope of work and is
related to an activity in a many to one, or possibly one to one relationship. Referenced information for
each task should include a work description, required engineering information, material requirements
and estimated man-hours. In addition codes to uniquely number the task and identify it with it's
corresponding activity, location, sub-system, the originator, and whether the task is original contract
scope or varied scope. Quite often the term task is misused to mean activity, when infact tasks are a
breakdown of an activity into smaller packets of work. For example an activity maybe defined as
'Foundation for heat exchanger abc', the tasks for which might be defined as, excavate, lean
concrete, formwork, re-bar, anchor bolts, pour concrete, curing time. See Activity, MTO, BOQ (Project
Management, Planning/1.10)
TF. Total Float. The difference between the late dates and the early dates. TF represents the amount
of time an activity can be delayed without affecting the expected completion date computed during
the forward pass. TF = EF - ES or TF = LF - EF (Project Management, Planning/1.08)
TQM. Total Quality Management. (Project Management/1.07)
Turnkey. Delivery of a product ready for use. (Project Management/1.05)
Var. Norwegian abbreviation for duration (varighet). (Project Management/1.06)
Variation. A modification to the scope of work. See Change (Project Management/1.10)
VDL. Vendor Documentation List. (Project Management/1.07)
VI. Variation Instruction. See Change Control, DVO, DVOR, PVN, PVOR, VO, VODC, VOF, VOR
(Project Management, Planning/1.07)
VO. Variation Order. A formal client approved order that the scope of work has changed. A variation
order can be initiated either by the client or by the contractor through a notification routine. See
Change Control, DVO, DVOR, PVN, PVOR, VI, VODC, VOF, VOR (Project Management, Planning/1.05)
VODC. Variation Order with Disputed Consequences. See Change Control, DVO, DVOR, PVN, PVOR,
VI, VO, VOF, VOR (Project Management, Planning/1.07)
VOF. Variation Order Forecast. See Change Control, DVO, DVOR, PVN, PVOR, VI, VO, VODC, VOR
(Project Management, Planning/1.07)
VOR. Variation Order Request. A notification to the client that contractor believes a variation to the
scope of work exists. See Change Control, DVO, DVOR, PVN, PVOR, VI, VO, VODC, VOF (Project
Management, Planning/1.05)
WBS. Work Breakdown Structure. A hierarchical definition of the scope of work, where a work
package is an element of the WBS. As with most things a simple WBS works best. A common WBS
breakdown is into project phases, where work packages may be defined as Engineering, Procurement,
Fabrication, Installation, and Commissioning. These work packages might be further sub-divided into
disciplines, and then into elements of work, like procedures, drawings, studies. Another approach is to
define each work package as a major element of work. For example each module in a North Sea
platform. Each work package is then sub-divided into project phases, and disciplines. There are of
course many ways to skin a cat, and the most suitable breakdown will ultimately depend on the type
of project, and it's complexity (Project Management/1.05)
Work Package. A work package is an element of a Work Breakdown Structure. (Project
Management, Planning/1.10)
WP. Work Package. (Project Management/1.07)