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EEG

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Electroencephalogram

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FHA

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Federal Housing Administration

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FEMA

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Federal Emergency Management Agency

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FDIC

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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FDA

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Food and Drug Administration

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FCC

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Federal Communications Commission

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FAA

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Federal Aviation Administration

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ESP

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Extrasensory perception

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ESOP

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Employee stock ownership plan

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ERA

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Equal Rights Amendment

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EPA

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Environmental Protection Agency

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EOEC

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Equal Opportunity Employment Commission

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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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FTC

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Federal Trade Commission

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EEC

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European Economic Community

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DVD

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Digital Video Disc

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DTP

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Diphtheria; tetanus; pertussis

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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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DDS

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Doctor of Dental Surgery

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DC

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Direct Current

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DAV

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Disabled American Veterans

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DAR

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Daughters of the American Revolution

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EMT

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Emergency medical technician

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HIV

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Humman immunodeficienty Virus

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IPO

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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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ICC

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Interstate Commerce Commission

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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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HUAC

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House Un-American Activities Committee

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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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HRE

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Holy Roman Empire

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FICA

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Federal Insurance Contribution Act

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HMO

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Health Maintenance Organization

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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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GSA

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General Services Administration

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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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GI

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Government issue

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GATT

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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

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GAR

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Grand Army of the Republic

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GAO

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General Accounting Office

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FTD

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Florist Transworld Delivery

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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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CTW

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Children’s Television Workshop

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AU

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Astronomical Unit

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ASPCA

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American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

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ASCII

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American Standard Code for Information Interchange

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ASCAP

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American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers

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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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AMA

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American Medical Association

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AM

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Amplitude Modulation

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AKC

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American Kennel Club

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AWOL

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Absent without leave

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AI (computer term)

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Artificial Intelligence

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BASIC

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Beginner’s All-purpose symbolic instruction code

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AFT

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American Federation of Teachers

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AFL

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American Federation of Labor

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AFI

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American Film Institute

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AD

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Anno Domini (in the year of our Lord)

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ACLU

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American Civil Liberties Union

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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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ABC (Powers)

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Argentina; Brazil and Chile

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ABC (Islands)

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Aruba Bonaire and Curacao

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ABC (the company)

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American Broadcasting Company

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AARP

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American Association of Retired People

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AAA

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American Auto Association

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AIDS

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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

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CEO

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Chief Executive Officer

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ITT

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International Telephone and Telegraph

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CPU

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Central Processing Unit

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CPR

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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

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CORE

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Congress of Racial Equality

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COO

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Chief Operating Officer

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COLA

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Cost of Living allowance (or adjustment)

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COBOL

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Common business oriented language

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CNA

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Certified Nurse’s Assistant

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CIS

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Commonwealth of Independent States

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CIO

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Congress of Industrial Organizations

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CIA

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Central Intelligence Agency

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AWACS

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Airborne warning and control systems

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CFC

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Chlorofluorocarbon

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CSA

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Confederate States of America

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CDC

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Centers for Disease Control

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CCC

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Civilian Conservation Corps

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CBC

A

Complete Blood Count

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CARE

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Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere

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CAM

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Computer aided manufacture

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CAD

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Computer aided design

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c.

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Circa (on or about)

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BTU

A

British Thermal Unit

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BPOE

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Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks

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BLM

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Bureau of Land Management

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BC

A

Before Christ

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BATA

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Bouquet; Aroma; Taste; Aftertaste

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CFS

A

Chronic Fatigue syndrome

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SAM

A

Surface-to-air missile

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QVC

A

Quality; value; convenience

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START

A

Strategic Arms Reductions Talks

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SSR

A

Soviet Socialist Republic

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SPF

A

Sun protection factor

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SONAR

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Sound navagation and ranging

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SETI

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Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

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SEC

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Securities and Exchange Commission

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SEATO

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Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

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SDI

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Strategic Defense Initiative

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SCUBA

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Self-Contained underwater breathing apparatus

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SBA

A

Small Business Administration

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TKO

A

Technical Knockout

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SAR

A

Sons of the American Revolution

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TNT

A

Trinitrotoluene

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SALT

A

Strategic Arms Limitations Talks

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RSVP

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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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RKO

A

Radio Keith Orpheum

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REM

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Rapid eye movement

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RCMP

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police

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RCA

A

Radio Corporation of America

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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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SAT

A

Scholastic Aptitude Test

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VHF

A

Very High Frequency

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YUPPIE

A

Young upwardly mobile professional

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WYSIWYG

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What you see is what you get

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WWW

A

World Wide Web

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WWF

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World Wildlife Fund

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WTO

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World Trade Organization

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WHO

A

World Health Organization

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WCTU

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Women’s Christian Temperance Union

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WASP

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White Anglo-Saxon Protestant

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WAC

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Women’s Army Corps

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WAAF

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Women’s Auxillary Air Force

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WAAC

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Women’s Auxillary Army Corps

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SUV

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Sport Utility Vehicle

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VHS

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Video Home System

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P’s and Q’s

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Pints and quarts

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VAT

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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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USO

A

United Service Organization

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URL

A

Uniform Resource Locator

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UPI

A

United Press International

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UNCLE

A

United Network Command for Law and Enforcement

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UL

A

Underwriters Laboratory

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UHF

A

Ultra high frequency

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UAR

A

United Arab Republic

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UAE

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United Arab Emirates

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TVA

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Tennessee Valley Authority

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VOA

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Voice of America

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MOCA

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Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles)

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RADAR

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Radio ranging and detecting

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NEA (not arts)

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National Education Association

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NBC

A

National Broadcasting Company

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NATO

A

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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NASDAQ

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National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

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NASCAR

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National Association for Stock Car Automobile Racing

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NASA

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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NAFTA

A

North America Free Trade Agreement

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NAACP

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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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NLRB

A

National Labor Relations Board

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MGM

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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MFN

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Most Favored Nation

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MASH

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Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

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LSD

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Lysergic acid diethylamide

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LPN

A

Licensed Practical Nurse

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LOX

A

Liquid Oxygen

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LNG

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Liquified Natural Gas

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LED

A

Light emitting diode

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LCD

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Liquid crystal display

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LASER

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Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

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JAG

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Judge Advocate General

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ZIP (in zip code)

A

Zone Improvement Plan

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MOMA

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Musuem of Modern Art (NYC)

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OPEC

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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

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PVC

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Polyvinyl chloride

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PTA

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Parent-Teacher Association

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PP

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PMI

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Private mortgage insurance

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PLO

A

Palestine Liberation Organization

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PIN

A

Personal identification number

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PETA

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

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PBS

A

Public Broadcasting System

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PAC

A

Political action committee

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P and L

A

Profit and Loss

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OTC

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Over the counter

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NEA (not education)

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National Endowment for the Arts

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OSHA

A

Occupational Safety and Health Association

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ISBN

A

International Standard Book Number

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OEOB

A

Old Executive Office Building

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OEM

A

Original equipment manufacturer

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OED

A

Oxford English Dictionary

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OAU

A

Organization of African Unity

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OAS

A

Organization of American States

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NYSE

A

New York Stock Exchange

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NTSB

A

National Transportation Safety Board

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NSA

A

National Security Administration

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NRA (not the letter admin.)

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National Rifle Association

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NRA (not gun assoc.)

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National Recovery Administration

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NPR

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National Public Radio

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NOW

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National Organization for Women

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OSS

A

Office of Strategic Services

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