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Children Competitions Special - Abbreviations Part 1

As promised earlier, I will not only teach Robotics and AI but will also make sure to provide children and young generation with information to prepare them for competitive exams. In this story we will see various abbreviations...
  • ATM - Automated Teller Machine
  • ABM - Anti Ballistic Missile
  • AJT - Advanced Jet Trainer
  • AIDS - Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome
  • AM - Ante Meridiem
  • APEC - Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation
  • ASAT - Anti-Satellite Missile/Weapon
  • ASCII - American Standard Code for Information
  • ASEAN - Association of South-East Asian Nations
  • ATC - Air Traffic Controller
  • ATV - All-terrain Vehicle
  • AWACS - Airborne Warning and Control System
  • BARC - Bhabha Automic Research Centre
  • BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation
  • BCG - Bacillus Calmette Guerin
  • BIOS - Basic Input Output System
  • BMD - Ballistic Missile Defence System
  • BPO - Business Process Outsourcing
  • BSE - Bombay Stock Exchange
  • BSF - Border Security Force
  • BSNL - Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
  • CA - Chartered Accountant
  • C&AG - Comptroller & Auditor General
  • CBI - Central Bureau of Investigation
  • CFC - Clorofluro Carbon
  • CIA - Central Intelligence Agency
  • CIBIL - Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited
  • CIC - Chief Information Commissioner
  • CID - Criminal Investigation Department
  • CBFC - Central Board of Film Certification
  • C-DAC - Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
  • CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access
  • CECA - Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement
  • CERN - European Organisation for Nuclear Research
  • CRDi - Common Rail Direct Injection
  • CRISIL - Credit Raiting Information Services of India Limited
  • CRM - Customer Relationship Management
  • CRR - Cash Reserve Ratio
  • CRPF - Central Reserve Police Force
  • CISF - Central Industrial Security Force
  • CM - Chief Minister
  • CMP - Common Minimum Programme
  • CNG - Compressed Natural Gas
  • CDC - Centre for Disease Control
  • CPU - Central Processing Unit
  • CNN - Cable News Network
  • CSIR - Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
  • CTBT - Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
  • CVRDE - Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment
  • DA - Dearness Alloance
  • DNA - Deoxyribonucleic Acid
  • DRDO - Defence Research and Development Organisation
  • DTH - Direct to Home
  • ECG - Ectro-Cardiogram
  • ECS - Electronic Clearing Service
  • EEG - Electro-Encephalography
  • ELISA - Enzyme Linked Immuno Solvent Assay (AIDS Test)
  • EMI - Equated Monthly Installment
  • EMS - European Monetary System
  • EMU - Electric Multiple Unit
  • ERNET - Education and Research Network
  • EVM - Electronic Voting Machine
  • FBI - Federal Bureau of Investimation (USA)
  • FDR - Flight Data Recorder
  • ESA - European Space Agency
  • ESMA - Essetial Services Maintenance Act
  • ESOP - Employee Stock Option Programme
  • EU - European Union
  • FEMA - Foreign Exchange Management Act
  • FICCI - Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
  • FII - Foreign Institutional Investors
  • FDI - Foreign Direct Investment
  • FM - Frequency Modulated
  • FTP - File Transfer Protocol
  • GAGAN - GPS-aided Geo-augmented Navigation
  • GAIL - Gas Authority of India Limited
  • GATT - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trad
  • GCM - Greatest Common Measure
  • GHQ - Global Headquarters
  • GST - Goods and Service Tax
  • GIST - Graphics and Intelligence-based Script Technolog
  • GMPS - Global Mobile Personal Communications System
  • GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
  • GNSS - Global Navigation Satellite System
  • GNP - Gross National Product
  • GPO - General Post Office
  • GPRS - General Packet Radio System
  • GPS - Global Positioning System
  • GSLV - Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
  • HCF - Highest Common Factor
  • HDI - Human Development Index
  • HDTV - High Definition Television
  • HTML - Hypertext Markup Language
  • HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
  • IAAI - International Airports Authority of India
  • IAAS - Indian Audit and Accounting Service
  • IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
  • IAF - Indian Air Force
  • IAS - Indian Administrative Services
  • IATA - International Air Transport Association
  • ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
  • ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organisation
  • ICJ - International Court of Justice
  • ICMR - Indian Coucil of Medical Research
  • IDBI - Industrial Development Bank of India
  • IEA - International Energy Agency
  • IES - Indian Economic Service
  • IFRS - International Financial Reporting Standard
  • IFTU - International Federation of Trade Unions
  • IGNOU - Indira Gandhi National Open University
  • IISS - Indian Institute of Strategic Studies
  • IIT - Indian Institute of Technology
  • IMF - International Monetary Fund
  • IMO - International Maritime Organisation
  • INSAS - Indian Small Arms System
  • INSAT - Indian National Satellite
  • INTERPOL - International Police Organisation
  • IOC - International Olympic Committee
  • IFS - Indian Foreign Services/Indian Forest Services
  • IPC - Indian Penal Code
  • IPR - Intellectual Property Right
  • IPS - Indian Police Services/Indian Postal Services
  • IPTV - Internet Protocol Television
  • IQ - Intelligence Quotient
  • IR - Infra Red
  • IRBM - Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
  • IRS - Indian Remote Sensing Satellite/Indian Revenue Services
  • ISKCON - International Society for Krishna Consciousness
  • ISD - International Subscriber Dialled
  • ISO - International Standardization Organisation
  • ISP - Internet Service Provider
  • ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation
  • ISS - International Space Station
  • IST - Indian Standard Time
  • ISTRAC - ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network
  • ITDC - Indian Tourism Development Corporation
  • ITO - International Trade Organization
  • JPC - Joint Parliamentary Committee
  • Kg - Kilogram
  • KPO - Knowledge Process Outsourcing
  • LAC - Line of Actual Control
  • LCA - Light Combat Aircraft
  • LIC - Life Insurance Corporation
  • MBBS - Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
  • MMS - Multimedia Messaging Service
  • MNC - Multinational Corporation
  • MODEM - Modulator-Demodulator
  • MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • MTCR - Missile Technology Control Regime
  • NABARD - National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
  • NASA - National Aeronotics and Space Administration
  • NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NAV - Net Asset Value
  • NCERT - National Council of Education Research and Training
  • NCR - National Capital Region
  • NCC - National Cadet Corps
  • NPA - Non-performing Asset
  • NPT - Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty
  • OBC - Other Backward Communities
  • ONGC - Oil and Natural Gas Commission
  • OPEC - Organization of Petrol Exporting Countries
  • OXML - Open Extended Markup Language
  • PAN - Permanent Account Number
  • PM - Prime Minister / Post Meridiem
  • POTA - Prevention of Terrorism Act
  • PRO - Public Relationship Officer
  • PSLV - Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
  • PTI - Press Trust of India
  • PTO - Please Turn Over
  • PUFA - Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids
  • PVC - Polyvinyl Cloride
  • PWD - Public Works Department
  • RAF - Rapid Action Force
  • RAM - Random Access Memory
  • RBI - Reserve Bank of India
  • RCC - Reinforced Concrete Cement
  • RLV - Reusable Launch Vehicle
  • RPM - Revolutions Per Minute
  • RSVP - Respondez s'il vous plait (Please Respond)
  • RTGS - Real-Time Gross Settlement System
  • SAARC - South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
  • SAIL - Steel Authority of India Limited
  • SARS - Severe Acute Respiratory System
  • SC - Supreme Court
  • SCI - Shipping Corporation of India
  • SMS - Short Messaging Service
  • SOS - Save our Souls
  • SPG - Special Protection Group
  • SSN - Social Security Number
  • TDS - Tax Deduction at Source
  • TNT - Trinitrotoluene
  • TRAI - Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
  • TRP - Television Rating Points
  • TTE - Travelling Ticket Examiner
  • UAV - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
  • UFO - Unidentified Flying Object
  • UGC - Universal Grants Commission
  • UN - United Nations
  • UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
  • UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
  • UNHRC - United Nations Human Rights Commission
  • UNICEF - United Nations International Children's (Emergency) Fund
  • UPSC - Union Public Service Commission
  • USA - United States of America
  • VIP - Very Important Person
  • VOIP - Voice of Internet Protocol
  • VAT - Value Added Tax
  • VPN - Virtual Private Network
  • WAP - Wireless Application Protocol
  • WEF - World Economic Forum
  • WLL - Wireless Local Loop
  • WMD - Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • WTO - World Trade Organisation
  • XML - eXtensible Markup Language