Abbreviations
 

[SIZE="5"][COLOR="Indigo"][B]ABBREVIATIONS
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[SIZE="4"][COLOR="Blue"]A
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[B]A-bomb = Atom bomb
A.A = Anti-aircraft ; Automobile association
A.A.A = Amateur Athletics Association
A.A.F = Auxiliary Air Force
A.A.J.W.A = Asian Agricultural jounalists and writers association
A.A.P.S.O = Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organization
A.B.A.D = Agency of Barani Areas Development
A.B.M = Anti-Ballistic Missile
A.C.A = Associate of the chartered accountants
A.C.D.A = Arms control and disarmament agency
A.C.T = Advisory council on technology
A.C.T.H = Adreno-Cortico-Trophic Hormone
A.D.P = Annual development programme
A.E.A = Atomic energy authority
A.E.R.E = Atomic energy research establishment
A.F = Admiral of the Fleet , Audio Frequency
A.F.A.S = Associate of the faculty of Architects and surveyors
A.F.L = American federation of Labour
A.G.R = Advanced gas-cooled reactor
A.H.Q = Army head quarters ; Air headquarters
A.I = Amnesty International
A.I.B = Associate of the institute for bankers
A.I.D = Agency for internation development ( u.s )
A.I.D.S = Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ( a disease )
A.I.R = All india Radio ; All india reporter ( law )
A.I.R.D = Asian institute of rural development
A.L.E.S.C.O = Arab League Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
a.m. = Ante maridiem : before noon ; before mid day
a.d = After date ; ante diem : before the day
A.D = Anno Domini ; in the year of our lord
A.M.C = Army medical corps ; American muslim council
A.N.F = Anti Norcotic Force
A.N.T.F = Anti-Norcotic Task force
A.O.C = American oil company
A.P = Associated Press
A.P.C.O.M = Agricultural Prices Commission
A.R.P = Air Raid Precautions
A.S = Anglo-Saxon ; At sight
A.S.D.I = Anti-submarine detector Indicator
A.S.F = Air port security force
A.V = Authorised Version
A.W = Atomic Weight
A.W.A.C.S = Airborne Warning and control system
Abp = Archbishop
Ad = Advertisement
Ad.int = Ad interum : in the meanwhile
Adjt = Adjutant
Adm = Admiral
amp = Amphere (s)
anc = Ancient
atm = Atmosphere
av = Average
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[SIZE="4"][COLOR="DarkRed"]B
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[B]B.A.C = British aircraft corporation
B.A.S.A.T.A = British and south asian trade association
B.A.S.I.C = Beginner All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (computer)
B.B.C = British broadcasting corporation
B.C = Before Christ
B.D. = Basic Document ; Basic Democrat
B.E.L = Bankers Equity limited
B.F = Brought forward (accounting)
B.H.P = Brake Horse-Power
B.H.Us = Basic Health Units
B.I.M = Board of industrial management
B.L = Bill of Lending
B.O.I = Board of investment
B.P = Blood Pressure ; Boiling point ; Burning point
B.P.S = Basic Pay Scale
B.S.A = Business Software Alliance
b/o = brought over
Bar-at-law = Barrister -at-law
bde = brigade
brig = brigadier
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[SIZE="4"][COLOR="Red"][B]C
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[B]C = Centigrade
C.A.B = Citizen Advice Bureau
C.A.D = Computer Aided Design
C.A.M = Computer Aided Manufacture
C.A.R.I.C.O.M = Caribbean Community and Comon market
C.A.S = Chief of Air staff ; Country Assistance Strategy
C.A.S.T.A.S.I.A = Conference on the Application of science and technology to the development of Asia
C.B = Caught and bowled
C.B.F.C = Central Board of Film Censors
C.B.U = Complete build-up Unit
C.B.W = Chemical and biological warfare
C.C.R = Camera Cassette Recorder
C.C.T.V = Closed Circuit Television
C.C.U = Coronary Care Unit
C.D. = Civil defence
C.D.C = Common wealth Development Corporation
C.D.P = Community Development Program
C.D.R = Call Deposit Receipts
C.D.S = Central Depository system
C.E.D = Central Excise Duty
C.E.R.N = European Organization for Nuclear Research
C.F.C = Chloroflouro Carbon
C.G.O = Custom general order
C.G.S = Centimetre-gram-second (system of measurement in science)
C.I.D = Crime investigation Department
C.K.D = Completely Knocked Down
C.L = Casual Leave
C.M = Chief minister ; Comon metre
C.N.D = Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
C.N.G = Compressed Natural Gas
C.O.C = Carry over charge (stock exchange)
C.O.M.S.A.T = Communications Satellite Corporation
C.O.M.S.T.E.C.H = OIC standing Committe on Scientific and technology Cooperation
C.O.S.P.A.R = Committe on Space Research
C.P = Candle Power
C.P.C = Civil Procedure Code
C.P.S.P = College of physicians and Surgeons of pakistan
C.P.U = Central Processing unit
C.R.B.C = Chashma Right Bank Canal
C.S.I.R = Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
C.T.B.T = Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
C.V.D = Chemical Vapour Deposition
Cal = Calorei
Cd`A = Charge d`Affair
Cent = Centum : A hundred
Centi = One hundreth part
Cf = Confer ; Calf
Cm = Centimetre
Crystl = Crystalline
CT-Scan = Computerised Axial Tomography Scanning
Cu = Cubic
Cum = Cumulative
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[SIZE="4"][COLOR="RoyalBlue"][B]D[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]

[B]D.A = Developing Authority
D.B.M.S = Data Base Management System
D.D = Demand Draft
D.D.S = Doctor of Dental Surgery
D.D.T = Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane
D.E.C = Drug Enforcement Cell
D.F.C = District Food Control
D.M.Z = Demilitarized Zone
D.N.A = Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid
D.O.S = Disk operating System
D.R.M.C = Debt Reduction and management committee
D.Th = Doctor of Theology
D.V.D = Dynamic Versatile Disc
Deca = times
deci = one-tenth
dil = dilute
dwl = Pennyweight

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[SIZE="4"][COLOR="Magenta"][B]E[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]

[B]E & O.E = Errors and Omissions Excepted
E.A.B = Economic Advisory Board
E.B = Ehtesab Bureau ; Ehtesab Bench (high court)
E.C.B = European central bank
E.C.D.C = Economic Coordination among developing countries
E.C.G = Electric Cardio Graph
E.C.G.F = Export Credit Guarantee Facility
E.C.L = Exit Control List
E.C.N.E.C = Executive Committee of the national economic council
E.C.N.R = European centre of Nuclear Research
E.C.O = Economic Cooperation Organization
E.C.O.S.O.C = Economic and Social Council ( UN )
E.C.R = Export Compensatory Rebate
E.C.T = Electroconvulsive Therapy
E.C.U = European Currency Unit
E.E.F.C = Exchange Earner Foreign Currency
E.F.A = Education For All
E.G.G = Electro-encephalogram
E.G.M = Extra ordinary General Meeting
e.g = example gratia
E.M.F = Electromotive force
E.M.G = Electromyograph
E.M.S = European monetary system
E.N.E.R.C.O.N = Energy Conservation Centre
E.N.T = Ear , Nose and Throat
E.O.A.B.S = Employees Old Age Benefit Scheme
E.O.B.I = Employees Old Age Benefit Institution
E.O.I = Expression of Interest
E.O.S = Earth Observation Satellite
E.O.T = Emergency Operation Theatre
E.P.A = Environment Protection Agency
E.P.I = Extended Programme of Immunization
E.P.N.S = Electro Plated Nickel Silver
E.R.M = Exchange rate mechanism
E.R.N.E = Electronic Random Number Indicator
E.R.N.I.E = Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment
E.S.P = Extra Sensory Perception
E.V.R = Electric Video Recording
Esq = Esquire

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[B][COLOR="DarkOrange"]F
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[B]F = Fahrenheit ; Fellow
F.A.C = Fuel Adjustment charge ; Food Aid Convention
F.A.I = Federation Aeronatique International
f.s.s = free along side
F.E.R = Foreign exchange REserves
F.F = Fianna Fail
F.I.R = First information report
F.I.R.S.T = Forum for International Relation,Strategic and Technical Studies
F.M = Field Marshall ; Frequency Modulation
F.M.C.T = Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty
f.o.b = free on board
f.o.r = free on rail
f.p = freezing point
F.S.As = Fuel Supply Agreements
F.W.B = First women bank
Fl. Sgt = Flight-Sergeant
fo = Folio
ft = feet ; foot
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[B][COLOR="Olive"]G
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[B]g = gram(s)
G.A = General Assembly (UN)
G.C.A = Ground Control Approach
G.C.F = Greatest Comon Factor
G.D.I = Gross Domestic Income
G.D.P = Gross Domestic Product
G.E.M.S = Global Environment Monitoring system
G.M.T = Greenwich Mean Time
G.N.P = Gross National Product
G.S.T = General sales Tax
G.S.T.P = Global system of trade Preferences
G.T road = Grand Trank Road.
G.T.S = govt transport Service
G-77 = Group of 77
gal = gallon (s)
Ge.V = Thousand million electron-volts
gr = Grain(s)
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[COLOR="YellowGreen"][B]H
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[B]H.A.M.A.S = Harkat al-muqawana al-Islamiyaa ( Islamic Resistance Movement)
H.B.F.C = Housing building finance corporation
H.C = High court
H.C.F = Highest Common Factor
H.D.I = Human Development Index
H.F = High Frequency
H.I.E.S = Housing Income and Expenditure Survey
H.I.P.C = Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
H.I.V = Human Immunodeficiency Virus
H.J = Hilal-i-Jur`at ( an award )
H.O = Head Office
H.P = Harmonic Progression
H.P.D = Housing and Physical Department
H.M = Human Rights
H.S.C = Higher Secondary Certificate
H.S.P = High Speed Diesel
H.T = High Tension
H.T.R = High Temperature Reactor (type of nuclear reactors)
hecto = One hundred times
hons = honours
hp = horse power
hr (hrs) = Hour (hours)

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[COLOR="RoyalBlue"][B]I
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[B]I.A.E.A = International Atomic Energy Agency
I.A.F = Indian Air Force
I.A.I.B = International Association of Islamic Banks
I.A.R.C = International Agency for Research on Cancer
I.A.T.A = International Air Transport Association
I.B = Intelligence Bureau
I.B.M = International Business Machines
I.C.C = International Chamber of Commerce
I.C.C.H = International Commodities Clearing House
I.C.I = Imperial Chemical Industries
I.C.J = International Court Of Justice
I.C.P.D = International Conference on Population and Development
I.C.S = International College of Surgeons
I.C.S.U = International Council of Scientific Unions
I.C.T = International Computer and Tabulators
I.C.U = Intensive Care Unit
I.D.B = Islamic Development Bank
I.E.A = International Energy Agency
I.N.T.E.L.S.A.C = International Telecommunication Satellite Consortium
I.Q.S.Y = International Quet Sun Year
I.R = International Relations
I.R.B.M = Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
I.R.I = Internet Research Institute
I.S.I = Inter Services Intelligence
I.T.C = International Trade Centre
ICBM = Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile

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[B][COLOR="Olive"]J
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[B]J = Jet (air craft)
J.C.C = Junior Cadet Corps
J.A.L = Japan Air Lines
J.P = Justice of Peace
J.R.C = Journalists Resource Centre

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[B][COLOR="DarkRed"]K
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[B]K = Kilo ; thousand
K.A.N.U.P.P = Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
K.B.E = Knight of British Empire
K.G = Kinder Garten (school)
K.M.T = Koumintang
K.P.T = Karachi Port Trust
K.V = Kilovolt
Kc = Kilocycle (s)
Kg = Kilogram (s)
Km = Kilometre (s)
Kw = Kilowatt

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[B][COLOR="DimGray"]L
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[B]L = Leaner ; Latin
L.A.N = Local Area Network
L.A.S.E.R = Light Amplification by radiation
L.B = Local bodies
L.B.W = Leg before wicket (cricket)
l.c = lower case (in printing)
L.C = Letter of Credit
L.C.D = Liquid-Crystal Display
L.C.M = Lowest Common Multiple
L.Cpl = Lance Corporal
L.D.S = Licentiate in Dental Surgery
L.E.D = Light Emitting Diode
L.F.O = Legal Framework Order
L.G = Letter of Guarantee
L.H.V = Lady Health Visitor
L.N.G = Liquefied Natural Gas
L.P.G = Liquefied Petroleum Gas
l.s.d = Pounds , Shilling , Pence
L.T.V = Light Transport Vehicle
Lat = Latitude
Lb = Libra (pound) ; Librae (Pounds)
Log = Logrithm
Long = Longitude
LSD = Lysergic acid diethylamide
Ltd = Limited

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[COLOR="Orange"][B]M[/B][/COLOR]

[B]m = maiden ; miles ; metres
M = Monsieur ; Member ; Mark
M. Phil = Master of Philosophy
M.A.C = Military Appellate Court
M.A.D = Mutually Assured Destruction
M.B.B.S = Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
M.B.S = Mutual Broadcasting System (USA)
M.C.A = Monopoly Control Athority
M.C.Q = Multiple Choice Questions
M.D.I = Maximum Demand Incubator
M.D.S = Master in Dental Surgery
M.G = Machine Gun
M.G.O.S = Master-General of Ordnance Supply
M.H.D = Magneto Hydro Dynamic
M.I.U = Mobile Information Unit
M.K.S = Metre,Kilogram,Second
M.L = Martial Law
M.L.F = Multilateral (nuclear) Force
m.m.f = Magneto motive force
M.N.A = Member of National Assembly (pakistan)
M.O = Money Order ; Mass Observation
m.p = melting point
M.R.B.M = Medium Range Ballistic Missile
M.R.C = Medical Research Council
M.R.I = Magnetic Resonance Imaging
M.T.B = Motor Toredo Boat
M.T.C.R = Missile Technology Control Regime
M.W = Million Watts , Mega Watt
M/s = Messrs
Mc = Million Cycles
Mev = Mega electron volt (s)
mg = milligram (s)
micro = One millionth part
Misc = Miscellaneous
mm = Millimetre (s)

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[COLOR="Sienna"][B]N[/B][/COLOR]

[B]
n = neuter ; nominative
N = north ; Nitrogen
N.A.M = Non Aligned Movement
N.A.S.A = National Aeronautics and space Administration
N.A.S.S.C.O.M = National Association of Software and Services Companies
N.A.T.O = North Atlanic Treaty Organization
N.B.S = National Bureau of Standards (US)
N.C.Bs = Nationalised Commercial Banks
N.C.H.R = National Council of Human Rights
N.E = North East
N.E.A = Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD)
N.E.D.C = National Economic Development Council
N.E.P.R.A = National Electric Power Regulatory Authority
N.E.Q.S = National Environment Quality Standards
N.G.O = Non-Governmental Organization (s)
N.H.A = National Highway Authority
N.I.C = National Identity Card ; National Insurance Corporation
N.I.C.V.D = National Institute for Cardio-Vascular Diseases.
N.T.N = National Tax No
N.I.T = National Investment Trust
N.O.C = No Objection Certificate
N.T.P = Normal Temperature and Pressure
N.W = North West
N.W.D = Nationwide Direct Dialing System
nano = one-thousand-millionth part[/B]


[B][COLOR="Green"]O
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[B]O.A.P.E.C = Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
O.B.E = Order of British Empire (an Award)
O.D = Over Draft (banking)
O.D.A = Official Development Assistance
O.E.C = Overseas Employment Corporation
O.E.P = Office of Energy Planning
O.F.C = Optical Fiber Cable
O.G.L = Open General License
O.I.C = Organization of Islamic Conference
O.P = Observation Post
O.P.A.N.A.L =Agency for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in Latin America
O.P.C.W = Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
o.z = Ounce (s)
ob = obit (died)[/B]

[COLOR="SeaGreen"][B]P
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[B]P = Penny , Penco
P.A.F = Pakistan Air Force
P.A.I = Press Asia International
P.A.P = Poverty Alleviation Programme
P.A.R.C.O = Pak-Arab Refinery Company
P.A.S = Pak Academy of Sciences
P.B.U .H = Peace Be Upon Him
P.C = Per cent ; Personal Computer
P.C.C.W = Pacific Century Cyberworks
P.C.S = Provincial Civil Service ; Punjab Civil Service
P.C.S.I.R = Pakistan Council for Scientific and Industrail Research
P.E.C.C = Pakistan Energy Conservation Council
P.E.O = Pacific Economic Outlook
P.E.P.C = Pakistan Environmental Protection Council
P.G.M.I = Post Graduate Medical institute
P.I.D = Press Information Department
P.I.D.C = Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation
P.I.N.S.TECH = Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology
P.I.O = Principal Information officer
p.m = Post meridiem (afternoon) ; post mortem
P.T = Physical Training
P.T.O = Power take-off
P.U.C = Paper Under Consideration
pa = Per Annum
P.S.O = Pakistan State Oil
P.T.C.L = Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited
Ph.D = Philosophiate Doctor
Phys = Physics
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[B][COLOR="Orange"]Q
[/COLOR][/B]

[B]Q.E.D = Quod Erat Demonstrandum
Q.M = Quantum Mechanics (Branch of Physics)
Q.M.S = Quartermaster-Sergeant
Quot = Quotation[/B]

[COLOR="Cyan"][B]R[/B][/COLOR]

[B]R = Rear-Admiral
R.A.F.O = Reserve of Air Force Officers
R.A.W = Research and Analysis Wing (Ind)
R.C.C = Reinforced Cement Concrete
R.C.D = Regional Co-operation for Development
R.C.S = Red Cresent Society
R.D.C = Resource Development Corporation
R.E.B = Regional Electricity Board
R.G.A = Radio and General Appliances Factory
R.M.R = Raw Material Replenishment
r.m.s = round mean square
R.N.A = Ribonucleic Acid
R.P.M = Revolutions Per Minute
R.T.R = Remittance Transfer Receipt
R.V = Revised Version
Radar = Radio,Angle,Direction And Range (to determine an object)
ROM = Read Only Memory

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[B][COLOR="Plum"]S[/COLOR][/B]

[B]S = Solidus (shilling) ; Second
S.A.A = Small Arms Ammunition
S.A.I = Site Association of Inventory
S.A.L = Structural Adjustment Loan
S.A.L.T = Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
S.A.A.R.C = South Asia Association For Regional Cooperation
S.A.P = Social Action Programme
SARS = Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (A viral Disease)
S.A.R.I.E = South Asia Regional Institute of Energy
S.A.S = Sub Assistant Surgeon
S.A.T = Scholastic Assessment Test
S.C = Supreme Court ; Security Council (UN)
S.C.A.R.P = Salinity Control and Reclamation Projects
S.D.M = Sub Divisional Magistrate
S.L.A.R = Side-Looking Airborne Radar
S.L.B.M = Sea Launched Ballistic Missile
S.L.V = Satellite Launch Vehicle
S.O.N.A.R = Sound Navigation and Ranging
S.O.S = Save our souls (wireless appeal)
S.P = superintendent of Police
S.P.S.K = Society for Promoting Scientific Knowledge
S.R.B.M = Short Range Ballistic Missile
S.R.C = Science Research Council
SUPARCO = Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commitee (pak)
S.V.P = Saturated Vapour Pressure
sergt = Sergeant
Sq = Square
Surg = Surgeon ; Surgery

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[B][COLOR="Gray"]T
[/COLOR][/B]


[B]T.A.D.A = Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act
T.A.S = Tax Amnesty Scheme
T.B = Tuberculosis
T.B.D = Torpedo Boat Destroyer
T.C = Tank Corps
T.E.P.A = Traffic Engineering and Town Planning
T.M.B = Textile Monitoring Body
T.M.D = Theatre Missile Defence
T.M.O = Tele Graphic Money Order
T.N.T = Trinitrotoluene (High Explosive)
tech = Technical ; Technology
temp = Temperature

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[B][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]U
[/COLOR][/B]

[B]U.A.E = United Arab Emirates
U.A.R = United Arab Republic
U.C.A.S = Union Central Africa States
U.F.O = Unidentified Flying Object
U.H.F = Ultra High Frequency
U.K = United KingDom
U.N = United Nations
U.N.A.E.C = United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
U.N.C.S.T.D = United nations Conference on Science and Technology Development
U.N.D.C.P = United NAtions Drug Control Programme
U.N.D.P = United Nations Development Programme
U.N.D.R.O = United nations Disaster Relief Organization
U.N.E.F = United Nations Emergency Force
U.N.G.A = United Nations General Assembly
U.N.I.C = United Nations Information Centre
U.S = United States
U.S.B = Urdu Science Board
U.S.I = United States Of Indonesia
U.S.A = United States Of America
U.Y.R = United Yemen Republic
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[B][COLOR="Indigo"]V[/COLOR][/B]

[B]V = Volt (s)
V.C = Victoria Cross (an award)
V.C.D = Video Compact Disk
V.C.P = Video Cassette Player
V.C.R = Video Cassette Recorder
V.D = Venereal Disease
V.D.U = Visual Display Unit
V.H .F = Very High Frequency
V.S = Veterinary Surgeon ; Vital Statistics
V.T.O.L = Vertial Take-Off and Landing (aircraft)
V.T.R = Video Tape Recorder
Vol = Volume
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[B][COLOR="DarkOrange"]W[/COLOR][/B]

[B]W = Watt (s)
W.A.F = Women Action Forum
W.A.N = Wide Area Network (computer)
W.A.P = Wireless Application Protocol
W.A.P.D.A = Water And Power Development Authority
W.B = World Bank
W.B.C = White Blood Cell
W.E.U = Western European Union
W.M.D = Weapons of Mass Destruction
W.W.W = World Wide Web
Wt = Weight
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[B][COLOR="Red"]X,Y & Z
[/COLOR][/B]

[B]X.H.T.M.L = Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (com language)
X`mas = Christmas
Y.A.R = Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen)
Z.A.N.U = Zimbabwe African National Union
Z.C = Zila Council
Z.E.T.A = Zero Energy Thermo-nuclear Assembly
Z.L.T = Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Z.P.G = Zero Population Growth
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