ABBREVIATIONS

ABBREVIATIONS(Short Forms)

 AIDS              Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

AIIMS            All India Institute of Medical Sciences

ASCII             American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASLV             Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle

ATM               Asynchronous Transfer Mode, Automated Teller Machine

BBC                British Broadcasting Corporation

BCCI              Board of Control for Cricket in India

BIT                  Binary Digit

BPO                Business Process Outsourcing

C.V.                Curriculum Vitae

CAT                Common Aptitude Test, Common Admission Test, Computer Aided Testing

CBSE              Central Board of Secondary Education

CID                 Criminal Investigation Department

CNBC             Consumer News and Business Channel

CNG               Compressed Natural Gas

CNN               Cable News Network

CPWD            Central Public Works Department

CRY                Child Relief and You

CT                   Computerized Tomography

CTC                Cost to Company

DNA               Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid

DOEACC       Department of Electronics Accreditation for Computer Courses

EPABX           Private Exchange

ESPN              Entertainment and Sports Programming Network

FAX                Facility of Automatic Xerox

FCI                  Food Corporation of India, Fertiliser Corporation of India

FIR                  First Information Report

FMCG             Fast Moving Consumer Goods

GATE             Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering

GPRS              General Packet Radio Service

GAAT             General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GDP                Gross Domestic Product

GIFT               Gamete intra-fallopian transfer

GNP                Gross National Product

HDFC             Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited

HIV                 Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HMT               Hindustan Machine Tool

HT                   High Tension

HTML             Hyper Text Markup Language

HTTP              Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

HVM               Heavy Motor Vehicle

IAS                 Indian Administrative Service, International Algorithm Language

IBM                International Business Machines

ICICI              Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India

IGNOU           Indira Gandhi National Open University

IPC                  Indian Panel Code

IQ                    Intelligence Quotient

ISD                 International Subscriber Dialing

ISO                 International Organization for Standardization

ITC                  Imperial Tobacco Company

JAVA              Javanese Architecture Virutal Acceleration

JPC                  Joint Parliamentary Committee

JRY                 Jawahar Rozgar Yojna

KFC                Kentucky Fried Chicken

KPMG            Klynveld Peat Main Goerdeler

KRA               Key Result Area

LOGO             Language of Graphic Oriented

LPG                Liquefied Petroleum Gas

Modvat            Modified Value Added Tax

M.D.                Doctor of Medicine

MBA               Master of Business Administration

MBBS             Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

MMS               Multimedia Messaging Service

MODEM         Modulator Demodulator

NASA             National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NCERT           National Council of Educational Research and Training

NDA               National Defence Academy

NGO               Non-governmental organization

NIIT                National Institute of Information Technology

OMR               Optical Mark Recognition

ONGC            Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.

OPD                Organizational and Professional Development

PAN                Personal Account Number

PCO                Public Call Office

PDF                 Portable Document Format

PWD               Public Works Department

POST              Peritoneal Oocyte and Sperm Transfer

QUID              Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denomination

RADAR          Radio Detecting and Ranging

RAM               Random Access Memory

RAW               Research and Analysis Wing

ROM               Read Only Memory

RTO                Regional Transport Office

SAP                 System Application Products

SBI                  State Bank of India

SEBI               Securities Exchange Board of India

SIM                 Subscriber Information Module

SMS                Short Messaging Service

STD                 Standard Trunk Dialling

SUZI               Sub zonal Insemination

TDS                 Tax Deduction Source

UNESCO        United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNICEF         United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund

UPSE              Union Public Service Commission

USP                 Unique Selling Proposal

VAT                Value Added Tax

VISA              Visitor Intention to Stay Abroad

VSNL             Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd.

WWF              World Wildlife Fund

WWW             World Wide Web

XHTML          extensible Hypertext Markup Language

YAHOO         Yet Another Hierarchical Over Oracle

YMCA            Young Men's Christian Association

YWCA            Young Women's Christian Association

ZOPFAN        Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality