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Common Acronyms Flashcards

1
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BOGO

A

Buy One, Get One

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BOPUS

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Buy One, Pick Up in Store.

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ICYMI

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In case you missed it

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LASER

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Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

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PIN

A

Personal Identification Number

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SCUBA

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Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

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SNAFU

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Situation Normal, All Fucked Up

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SOHCAHTOA

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Acronym used in mathematics to remember the trigonometric functions sine, cosine, and tangent.

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SONAR

A

Sound Navigation And Ranging

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TASER

A

Tom A. Swift Electric Rifle

The Taser was first developed in the mid-1970s by American inventor Jack Cover.

The Tom Swift books about an inventor of amazing gadgets were a childhood favorite of Cover.

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VIN

A

Vehicle Identification Number

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YOLO

A

You Only Live Once.

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ZIP

A

Zone Improvement Plan

The term ZIP is an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan; it was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently and quickly (zipping along) when senders use the code in the postal address.

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CAPTCHA

A

Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart

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CD-ROM

A

Compact Disc Read-Only Memory

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DVD

A

Digital Versatile Disc

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GIF

A

Graphics Interchange Format

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JPEG

A

Joint Photographic Experts Group

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PNG

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Portable Network Graphics

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RAM

A

Random Access Memory

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SIM

A

Subscriber Identity Module (as in a SIM card)

URL

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URL

A

Uniform Resource Locator

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Wifi

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An abbreviation commonly thought to stand for “Wireless Fidelity”, but technically, it doesn’t stand for anything

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CONUS

A

Continental United States

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FLOTUS

A

First Lady Of The United States

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FOIA

A

Freedom of Information Act

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ICE

A

Immigration and Customs Enforcement

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NATO

A

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

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OCONUS

A

Outside the Continental United States

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SCOTUS

A

Supreme Court of the United States

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SWAT

A

Special Weapons and Tactics

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CPAP

A

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

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NICU

A

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

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ROM

A

Range of Motion

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SARS

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

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AT&T

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American Telephone and Telegraph

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BAFTA

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British Academy of Film and Television Arts

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FIFA

A

Fédération Internationale de Football Association

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H&M

A

Hennes and Mauritz

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IKEA

A

Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnary.

The first two words are the founder’s name, Invgvar Kamprad,

and the second two refer to Kamprad’s family farm (Elmtaryd) and hometown (Agunnary, Sweden)

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NASDAQ

A

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

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UNICEF

A

United Nations Childrens’ Fund

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YAHOO

A

Yet Another Hierarchically Organized Oracle

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NASA

A

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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FDR

A

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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SPF

A

Sun Protection Factor

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ACLU

A

American Civil Liberties Union

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CFO

A

Chief Financial Officer

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YMCA

A

Young Men’s Christian Association

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SMH

A

Shaking My Head

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EOD

A

End of Day

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IRS

A

Internal Revenue Service

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UPS

A

United Parcel Service

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LBJ

A

Lyndon Baines Johnson

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COP26

A

Conference of Parties

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SAGE

A

Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies

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RADAR

A

Radio Detection and Ranging

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PoC

A

Proof of Concept

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MoMA

A

Museum of Modern Art

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HTTP

A

HyperText Transfer Protocol

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ROI

A

Return on Investment

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ACLU

A

American Civil Liberties Union

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USA - Patriot Act

A

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism

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UNESCO

A

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

65
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ABTA

A

Association of British Travel Agents

66
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ACAS

A

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service

an organisation that helps settle disputes, pronounced “eikass”

67
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ASA

A

Advertising Standards Authority

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ASH

A

Action on Smoking and Health

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BAE

A

British Aerospace

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BBFC

A

British Board of Film Classification

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BCC

A

British Chamber of Commerce

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BME

A

Black and Minority Ethnic

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BSI

A

British Standards Institution

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CAA

A

Civil Aviation Authority

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CAMRA

A

Campaign for Real Ale

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CAP

A

Common Agricultural Policy

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CBE

A

Commander of the British Empire

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CID

A

Criminal Investigation Department

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CPI

A

Consumer Price Index

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DBS

was

CRB

A

Disclosure and Barring Service

Criminal Records Bureau

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DEFRA

A

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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DIT

A

The Department for International Trade

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DPP

A

Director of Public Prosecutions

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EDL

A

English Defence League

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DVLA

A

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

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EFTA

A

European Free Trade Association

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ESOL

A

English for Speakers of Other Languages

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FCA

A

Financial Conduct Authority

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FOREST

A

Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco

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HBOS

A

Halifax Bank of Scotland

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HMP

A

Her Majesty’s Prison

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HMRC

A

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs

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HS2

A

High Speed 2

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HSBC

A

Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

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HSE

A

Health and Safety Executive

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ICI

A

Imperial Chemical Industries

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IPCC

A

Independent Police Complaints Commission

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IPA

A

India Pale Ale

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IPPR

A

Institute for Public Policy Research

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IRA

A

Irish Republican Army (provos)

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ISA

A

Individual Savings Account

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ITN

A

Independent Television News

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LIBOR

A

London Inter Bank Offered Rate

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LSE

A

London School of Economics and Political Science

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LSE

A

London Stock Exchange

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MBE

A

Member of the British Empire

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MCC

A

Marylebone Cricket Club

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MD

A

Managing Director

Medical Doctor

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MI5

A

Military Intelligence Section 5

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MORI

A

Market and Opinion Research International

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MRC

A

Medical Research Council

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NASUWT

A

National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers

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NCA

A

National Crime Agency

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NICE

A

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

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OBR

A

Office for Budget Responsibility

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QC

A

Queen’s Counsel

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QUANGO

A

quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation

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RAC

A

Royal Automobile Club

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RBOS

A

Royal Bank of Scotland

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RIBA

A

Royal Institute of British Architects

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RMT

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National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers

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RSA

A

Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce

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RUC

A

Royal Ulster Constabulary (former police force of Northern Ireland)>

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SFO

A

Serious Fraud Office

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SOAS

A

School of Oriental and African Studies

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TCCB

A

Test and County Cricket Board

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TfL

A

Transport for London

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TUC

A

Trades Union Congress

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UDA

A

Ulster Defence Association

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VJ Day

A

Victory over Japan Day

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PCR

A

Polymerase Chain Reaction Test

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BCG

A

Bacille Calmette Guerin

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