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Abbreviations
ABBREVIATIONS
A 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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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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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 D 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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E
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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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 G 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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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) I 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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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 K 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 L 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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M
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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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 O 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)
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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 Q Q.E.D = Quod Erat Demonstrandum Q.M = Quantum Mechanics (Branch of Physics) Q.M.S = Quartermaster-Sergeant Quot = Quotation R 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 S 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 T 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 U 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 V 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 W 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 X,Y & Z 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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