Saturday, January 25, 2014

Useful Abbreviations (Everyday Science)

LPG: Liquefied Petroleum Gas
 TNT: Tri Nitro Toluen
 RNA: Ribonucleic Acid
 CNG: Compressed Natural Gas
 ATP: Adenosine Tri Phosphate
RBC: Red Blood Cells/Corpuscles 7. ECG: Electro Cardio Gram
PVC: Poly vinyl Chloride 9. RAM: Random Access Memory
CFC: Chloro Fluoro Carbon

LASER: Light Amplification by Stimulated emission of Radiation
RADAR: Radio Detection And Ranging
AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
ROM: Read Only Memory
LAN: Local Area Network
WWW: World Wide Web
DNA: Deoxyribonucleic Acid
SONAR: Sound Navigation And Ranging
SARS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
NTP: Network Time Protocol/ Normal Temperature and Pressure
RQ: Respiratory Quotient
NPN: Negative Positive Negative
PNP: Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase
WAN: Wide Area Network
CPU: Central Processing Unit
BCG: Bacillus Calmette Guerin
STP: Standard Temperature And Pressure/Shielded Twisted Pair/Sodium Tripolyphosphate/Spanning Tree Protocol
ATP: Adenosine Triphosphate
KWh: Kilo Watt Hour
BTU: British thermal Unit
LDL: Low Density Lipoprotein
MAF: Million Acre Feet
HDL: Hardware Description Language
MCV: Mean Corpuscular Volume
UHF: Ultra High Frequency
 LED: Light emitting Diode
LCD: Liquid Crystal Display
BASIC: Beginner‘s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
MASER: Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
ETT: Educational Telecommunications and Technology/ European Transaction on Telecommunication
HST: High Speed Technology/ High Speed Train (in UK)/Hubble Space Telescope
DBS: Data Base Server/ Direct Broadcast Satellite
CRO: Cathode Ray Oscilloscope
BOT: Build, Operate and Transfer/Botulinum Toxin
AMU: Atomic Mass Unit
EMF: Electro Motive force
ADH: Anti-diuretic Hormone
GeV: Giga Electro Volt
 CRT: Cathode Ray Tube
CNS: Central Nervous System
PTFE: Poly Tetra Fluoro Ethylene
GUT: Grand Unified Theory
 LONAR: Long Range Navigation
MeV: Mega Electron Volt/ Million Electron Volt/ Multi-experiment Viewer
AWACS: Airborne Warning and Control System
CCTV: Closed-Circuit Television
ABM: Anti-Ballistic Missile
AC: Alternating Current/Air Conditioning
AEC: Atomic Energy Commission
Alt: Altitude
am: Ante Maridiem (Before Noon/Midday)
Amp: Ampere
APTEC: All Pakistan Technology Engineers Council
ATM: Automated Teller Machine (Banking)
AW: Atomic Weight/ Asia Watch
BIOS: Basic Input Output System
BDS: Bachelor Of Dental Surgery/ Bomb Disposal Squad
BP: Blood Pressure/ Boiling Point/ Blue Print
C/A: Current Account
CAA: Civil Aviation Authority
CABB: Centre Of Agricultural Biochemistry And Biotechnology
CAD: Computer-Aided Design
Cal: Calorie
CD: Compact Disc/ Civil Defence/ Community Development
CD-ROM: Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
CECP: Cotton Export Corporation Of Pakistan
CHASNUPP: Chashma Nuclear Power Plant
CMCC: China Mobile Communications Corporation
COM: Computer Aided Manufacturing
COMSAT: Communications Satellite Corporation
COMSTECH: Council Of Scientific And Technology Cooperation Of Islamic Conference
CSIRO: Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation
CTBT: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
CT-Scan: Computerised Axial Tomography Scanning
DVD: Dynamic Versatile Disc
ECAT: Engineering Colleges Admission Test
EDB: Engineering Development Board
EEG: Electroencephalogram
ENERCON: Energy Conservation Centre
EPA: Energy Protection Agency
EPD: Energy Protection Department
ESA: European Space Agency
ESRO: European Space Research Organisation
FAT: File Allocation Table
FCPS: Fellow Of The Royal College Of Physicians And Surgeons
FM: Frequency Modulation
FMCT: Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty
FRCS: Fellow Of The Royal College Of Surgeons
GHz. Gigahertz
GMT: Greenwich Mean Tim
HIV: Human Immune Deficiency Virus
HTML: Hypertext Mark-Up Language
HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency (UN)
IBM: International Business Machine
IC: Integrated Circuit/ Intelligence Corps
ICBM: Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile
ICU: Intensive Care Unit
IEA: International Energy Agency
INSTRAW: International Research And Training Institute For The Advancement Of Women INTELSAC: International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium
Intelsat: International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation
IRBM: Intermediate Range ballistic Missile
ISP: Internet Service Provider
IT: Information Technology
ITB: Information Technology Board
JAXA: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
KANUPP: Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
KAPCO: Kot Adu Power Company
kHz: Kilohertz
KV: Kilo Volt
kW: Kilowatt
MCAT: Medical Colleges Admission Test
MDS: Master In Dental Surgery
MNP: Mobile Number Probability
MRBM: Medium Range Ballistic Missile
MRCP: Member Of Royal College Of Physicians
MRCS: Member Of Royal College Of Surgeons
MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MS: Medical Superintendent
MSN: Microsoft Network
MW: Megawatt
NADRA: National Database And Registration Authority
NEPRA: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority
NM: Nautical Mile
NMD: National Missile Defence
NPT: Non-Nuclear Proliferation Treaty
NRA: Nuclear Regulatory Authority
OGRA: Oil And Gas Regulatory Authority
NWD: Nation Wide Dialling
OGDC: Oil And Gas Development Corporation
pm: Post Meridiem
PEMRA: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority
PTA: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority
RADAR: Radio Detection and Ranging
SALT: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
SLV: Satellite Launch Vehicle
SMS: Short Message Service
SNGPL: Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited
SONAR: Sound Navigation And Ranging
SSGPL: Sui Southern Gas Pipeline Limited
STD: Subscriber‘s Trunk Dialling
STM: Subscriber Identification
SUPARCO: Space And Upper Atmosphere Research Committee (Pakistan)
TB: Tubercle Bacillus/ Tuberculosis
UHF: Ultra High Frequency
UNAEC: United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
UNESCO: United Nations Education, Scientific And Cultural Organisation
VCD: Video Compact Disc
VHF: Very High Frequency
WAN: Wide Area Network
WAP: Wireless Application Protocol
WAPDA: Water And Power Development Authority
WHO: World Health Organisation
WMD: Weapons Of Mass Destruction
WWF: World Wildlife Fund

 ZPG: Zero Population Growth

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