An abbreviation is a short form of a word or a group of words. They are commonly used because they save time and space. Here are some common abbreviation.
AD — Anno Domini (in the year of Our LordAP — Associated Press
ATM Automated Teller Machine
B& W — Black and White
BA — Bachelor of Arts
BBC — British Broadcasting Corporation
BC — Before Christ
BEd. — Bachelor of Education
BP — Blood Pressure
BSc. — Bachelor of Science
BSF — Border Security Force
BSNL — Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
CA — Chartered Accountant
CBI — Central Bureau of Investigation
CBSE — Central Board of Secondary Education
CBT — Children’s Book Trust
CFL — Compact Fluorescent Lamp
CIA — Central Intelligence Agency (USA)
CID — Criminal Investigation Department
CNN — Cable News Network
CTBT — Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
DIG — Deputy Inspector General
DNA — Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DOS — Disk Operating System
DTP — Desk-top Publishing
DVD — Digital Versatile Disc
E& OE — Errors and Omissions Exempted
ECG — Electrocardiogram e.g. — exempli gratia (for example)
EMI — Equated Monthly Installments etc. — et cetera (and other things)
FBI — Federal Bureau of Investigation
FIFA — Federation International de Football Association (Federation of the International Football Association)
FIR — First Information Report
FM — Frequency Modulation
FYI — For Your Information.
GMT — Greenwich Mean Time
Govt. — Government
GPO — General Post Office
HIV — Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HQ — Headquarters
IA — Indian Airlines
IAF — Indian Air Force
IAS — Indian Administrative Service
IBM — International Business Machines
ICU — Intensive Care Unit
i.e. — id est (that is)
IGNOU — Indira Gandhi National Open University
IIT — Indian Institute of Technology
INA — Indian National Army
INTERPOL — International Criminal Police Commission
IPS — Indian Police Service
IQ — Intelligence Quotient
ISBN — International Standard Book Number
ISD — International Subscriber Dialling
ISI — Indian Standards Institution/ Inter-Services Intelligence (Pakistan)
IST — Indian Standard Time
ISRO — Indian Space Research Organization
ITI — Industrial Training Institute
ITO — Income Tax Officer/ International Trade Organization
lbw — leg before wicket
LCD — Liquid-crystal Display
LIC — Life Insurance Corporation
LLB — Bachelor of Laws
LPG — Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Ltd. — Limited
LTTE — Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
MA — Master of Arts
MBA — Master of Business Administration
MBBS — Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
MLA — Member of Legislative Assembly
MNC — Multinational Corporation
MO — Money Order
MP — Member of Parliament
Mr. — Mister
Mrs. — Missus/ Missis
MSc. — Master of Science
MTNL — Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)
NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NB — nota bene (note well)
NBT — National Book Trust
NCC — National Cadet Corps
NCERT — National Council of Educational Research and Training
NDA — National Defence Academy
NFDC — National Film Development Corporation
NIIT — National Institute of Information Technology
NRI — Non-resident Indian
OK — Okay (all correct)
OPD — Outdoor Patients Department
OTP — One Time Password
PC — Personal Computer
PFA — Plesae Find Attached
Ph.D — Doctor of Philosophy
PIB — Press Information Bureau
PIN — Postal Index Number/ Personal Identification Number
p.m. — post meridiem (after noon)
PM — Prime Minister
PNB — Punjab National Bank
PO — Post Office
PTI — Press Trust of India
PTO — Please Turn Over
Pvt. — Private
R& D — Research and Development
RBI — Reserve Bank of India
RSVP — repondez sil vous plait (please reply)
SAARC — South Asian Association for RegionalCo-operation
SAIL — Steel Authority of India Limited
SBI — State Bank of IndiaSC — Supreme Court/ Schedule Caste
Sign. — Signature
SIM — Subscriber Identification Module (Card)
SLV — Satellite Launch Vehicle
SMS — Short Message Service
SOS — Save Our Souls
STD — Subscriber Trunk Dialling
TTE — Train Ticket Examiner
UFO — Unidentified Flying Object
UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNI — United News of India
UNICEF — United Nations Children’s Fund
UNO — United Nations Organization
UPSC — Union Public Service Commission via — by way of
VIP — Very Important Person
viz. — videlicet (namely)
VPP — Value Payable Post vs. — versus (against)
WHO — World Health Organization
WWF — Worldwide Fund for Nature
www — worldwide web
Xmas — Christmas
YMCA — Young Men’s Christian Association
YWCA — Young Women’s Christian Association
