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Abbreviations Flashcards

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EEG

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Electroencephalogram

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ESP

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Extrasensory perception

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EPA

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Environmental Protection Agency

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AA

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Alcoholics Anonymous

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EKG

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Electrocardiogram

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DVD

A

Digital Video Disc

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DSC

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Distinguished Service Cross

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DNA

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Deoxyribonucleic acid

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DFC

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Distinguished Flying Cross

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DEA

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Drug Enforcement Agency

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DC

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Direct Current

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HIV

A

human immunodeficiency virus

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IPO

A

Initial public offering

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IOC

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International Olympic Committee

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IMF

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International Monetary Fund

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ICBM

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Inter-continental ballistic missile

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IBM

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International Business Machines

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HTTP

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Hyper text transfer protocol

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HTML

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Hyper text markup language

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HRH

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His/Her Royal Highness

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FM

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Frequency Modulation

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HBO

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Home Box Office

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GPS

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Global Positioning System

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GOP

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Grand Old Party

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GNP

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Gross National Product

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GMT

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Greenwich mean time

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CRT

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Cathode Ray Tube

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HMS

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His/Her Majesty’s Ship

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AI (international org.)

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Amnesty International

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AU

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Astronomical Unit

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ASCII

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American Standard Code for Information Interchange

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AP

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Associated Press

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ANZUS

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Australia; New Zealand; United States

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ANC

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African National Congress

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AM

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Amplitude Modulation

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AWOL

A

Absent without leave

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AI (computer term)

A

Artificial Intelligence

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BASIC

A

Beginner’s All-purpose symbolic instruction code

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AD

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Anno Domini (in the year of our Lord)

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AC

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Alternating Current

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ABM

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Anti-Ballistic missile

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AIDS

A

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

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CEO

A

Chief Executive Officer

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CPU

A

Central Processing Unit

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CPR

A

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

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COO

A

Chief Operating Officer

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COBOL

A

Common business oriented language

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CIA

A

Central Intelligence Agency

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CFC

A

Chlorofluorocarbon

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CDC

A

Centers for Disease Control

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CAD

A

Computer aided design

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c.

A

Circa (on or about)

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BC

A

Before Christ

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SAM

A

Surface-to-air missile

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SSR

A

Soviet Socialist Republic

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SPF

A

Sun protection factor

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SONAR

A

Sound navigation and ranging

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SETI

A

Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

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SEC

A

Securities and Exchange Commission

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SEATO

A

Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

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SCUBA

A

Self-Contained underwater breathing apparatus

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TKO

A

Technical Knockout

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TNT

A

Trinitrotoluene

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RSVP

A

Respondez s’il vous plait (please respond)

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ROM

A

Read only memory

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ROI

A

Return on investment

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RNA

A

Ribonucleic acid

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REM

A

Rapid eye movement

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RAM

A

Random Access Memory

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RAF

A

Royal Air Force

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IRA

A

Irish Republican Army

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VHF

A

Very High Frequency

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YUPPIE

A

Young upwardly mobile professional

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WYSIWYG

A

What you see is what you get

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WWW

A

World Wide Web

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WWF

A

World Wildlife Fund

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WTO

A

World Trade Organization

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WHO

A

World Health Organization

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WASP

A

White Anglo-Saxon Protestant

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WAC

A

Women’s Army Corps

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SUV

A

Sport Utility Vehicle

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VHS

A

Video Home System

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P’s and Q’s

A

Pints and quarts

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VAT

A

Value added tax

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UV

A

Ultra-violet

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USSR

A

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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URL

A

Uniform Resource Locator

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UNCLE

A

United Network Command for Law and Enforcement

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UHF

A

Ultra high frequency

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UAR

A

United Arab Republic

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UAE

A

United Arab Emirates

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RADAR

A

Radio detection and ranging

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NBC

A

National Broadcasting Company

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NATO

A

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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NASDAQ

A

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

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NASCAR

A

National Association for Stock Car Automobile Racing

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NASA

A

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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NAFTA

A

North America Free Trade Agreement

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NAACP

A

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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MSG

A

Monosodium glutamate

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MRI

A

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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NIMBY

A

Not in my backyard

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MODEM

A

Modulate/demodulate

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MGM

A

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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MASH

A

Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

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LSD

A

Lysergic acid diethylamide

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LNG

A

Liquified Natural Gas

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LED

A

Light emitting diode

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LCD

A

Liquid crystal display

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LASER

A

Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

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ZIP (in zip code)

A

Zone Improvement Plan

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OPEC

A

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

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PVC

A

Polyvinyl chloride

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PTA

A

Parent-Teacher Association

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PLO

A

Palestine Liberation Organization

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PIN

A

Personal identification number

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PETA

A

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

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PBS

A

Public Broadcasting System

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P and L

A

Profit and Loss

120
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ISBN

A

International Standard Book Number

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NYSE

A

New York Stock Exchange

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NTSB

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National Transportation Safety Board

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NSA

A

National Security Administration

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NRA

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National Rifle Association

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