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Abbreviations:

1.         LPG: Liquefied Petroleum Gas

2.         TNT: Tri Nitro Toluene

3.         RNA: Ribonucleic Acid

4.         CNG: Compressed Natural Gas

5.         ATP: Adenosine Tri Phosphate

6.         RBC: Red Blood Cells/Corpuscles

7.         ECG: Electro Cardio Gram

8.         PVC: Poly vinyl Chloride

9.         RAM: Random Access Memory

10.       CFC: Chloro Fluoro Carbon

11.       LASER: Light Amplification by Stimulated emission of Radiation

12.       RADAR: Radio Detection And Ranging

13.       AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

14.       ROM: Read Only Memory

15.       LAN: Local Area Network

16.       WWW: World Wide Web

17.       DNA: Deoxyribonucleic Acid

18.       SONAR: Sound Navigation And Ranging

19.       SARS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

20.       NTP: Network Time Protocol/ Normal Temperature and Pressure

21.       RQ: Respiratory Quotient

22.       NPN: Negative Positive Negative/

23.       PNP: Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase

24.       WAN: Wide Area Network

25.       CPU: Central Processing Unit

26.       BCG: Bacillus Calmette Guerin

27.       STP: Standard Temperature And Pressure/Shielded Twisted Pair/Sodium Tripolyphosphate/Spanning Tree Protocol

28.       ATP: Adenosine Triphosphate

29.       KWh: Kilo Watt Hour

30.       BTU: British thermal Unit

31.       LDL: Low Density Lipoprotein

32.       MAF: Million Acre Feet

33.       HDL: Hardware Description Language

34.       MCV: Mean Corpuscular Volume

35.       UHF: Ultra High Frequency

36.       LED: Light emitting Diode

37.       LCD: Liquid Crystal Display

38.       BASIC: Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

39.       MASER: Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

40.       ETT: Educational Telecommunications and Technology/ European Transaction on Telecommunication

41.       HST: High Speed Technology/ High Speed Train (in UK)/Hubble Space Telescope

42.       DBS: Data Base Server/ Direct Broadcast Satellite

43.       CRO: Cathode Ray Oscilloscope

44.       BOT: Build, Operate and Transfer/Botulinum Toxin

45.       AMU: Atomic Mass Unit

46.       EMF: Electro Motive force

47.       ADH: Anti-diuretic Hormone

48.       GeV: Giga Electro Volt

49.       CRT: Cathode Ray Tube

50.       CNS: Central Nervous System

51.       PTFE: Poly Tetra Fluoro Ethylene

52.       GUT: Grand Unified Theory

53.       LONAR: Long Range Navigation

54.       MeV: Mega Electron Volt/ Million Electron Volt/ Multi-experiment Viewer

55.       AWACS: Airborne Warning and Control System

56.       CCTV: Closed-Circuit Television

MORE ABBREVIATIONS

1.         ABM: Anti-Ballistic Missile

2.         AC: Alternating Current/Air Conditioning

3.         AEC: Atomic Energy Commission

4.         Alt: Altitude

5.         am: Ante Maridiem (Before Noon/Midday)

6.         Amp: Ampere

7.         APTEC: All Pakistan Technology Engineers Council

8.         ATM: Automated Teller Machine (Banking)

9.         AW: Atomic Weight/ Asia Watch

10.       BIOS: Basic Input Output System

11.       BDS: Bachelor Of Dental Surgery/ Bomb Disposal Squad

12.       BP: Blood Pressure/ Boiling Point/ Blue Print

13.       C/A: Current Account

14.       CAA: Civil Aviation Authority

15.       CABB: Centre Of Agricultural Biochemistry And Biotechnology

16.       CAD: Computer-Aided Design

17.       Cal: Calorie

18.       CD: Compact Disc/ Civil Defence/ Community Development

19.       CD-ROM: Compact Disc Read-Only Memory

20.       CECP: Cotton Export Corporation Of Pakistan

21.       CHASNUPP: Chashma Nuclear Power Plant

22.       CMCC: China Mobile Communications Corporation

23.       COM: Computer Aided Manufacturing

24.       COMSAT: Communications Satellite Corporation

25.       COMSTECH: Council Of Scientific And Technology Cooperation Of Islamic Conference

26.       CSIRO: Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation

27.       CTBT: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

28.       CT-Scan: Computerised Axial Tomography Scanning

29.       DVD: Dynamic Versatile Disc

30.       ECAT: Engineering Colleges Admission Test

31.       EDB: Engineering Development Board

32.       EEG: Electroencephalogram

33.       ENERCON: Energy Conservation Centre

34.       EPA: Energy Protection Agency

35.       EPD: Energy Protection Department

36.       ESA: European Space Agency

37.       ESRO: European Space Research Organisation

38.       FAT: File Allocation Table

39.       FCPS: Fellow Of The Royal College Of Physicians And Surgeons

40.       FM: Frequency Modulation

41.       FMCT: Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty

42.       FRCS: Fellow Of The Royal College Of Surgeons

43.       GHz. Gigahertz

44.       GMT: Greenwich Mean Time

45.       HIV: Human Immune Deficiency Virus

46.       HTML: Hypertext Mark-Up Language

47.       HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol

48.       IAEA:International Atomic Energy Agency (UN)

49.       IBM: International Business Machine

50.       IC: Integrated Circuit/ Intelligence Corps

51. ICBM: Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile

52.       ICU: Intensive Care Unit

53.       IEA: International Energy Agency

54.       INSTRAW: International Research And Training Institute For The Advancement Of Women

55.       INTELSAC: International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium

56.       Intelsat: International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation

57.       IRBM: Intermediate Range ballistic Missile

58.       ISP: Internet Service Provider

59.       IT: Information Technology

60.       ITB: Information Technology Board

61.       JAXA: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

62.       KANUPP: Karachi Nuclear Power Plant

63.       KAPCO: Kot Adu Power Company

64.       kHz: Kilohertz

65.       KV: Kilo Volt

66.       kW: Kilowatt

67.       MCAT: Medical Colleges Admission Test

68.       MDS: Master In Dental Surgery

69.       MNP: Mobile Number Probability

70.       MRBM: Medium Range Ballistic Missile

71.       MRCP: Member Of Royal College Of Physicians

72.       MRCS: Member Of Royal College Of Surgeons

73.       MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging

74.       MS: Medical Superintendent

75.       MSN: Microsoft Network

76.       MW: Megawatt

77.       NADRA: National Database And Registration Authority

78.       NEPRA: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority

79.       NM: Nautical Mile

80.       NMD: National Missile Defence

81.       NPT: Non-Nuclear Proliferation Treaty

82.       NRA: Nuclear Regulatory Authority

83.       OGRA: Oil And Gas Regulatory Authority

84.       NWD: Nation Wide Dialling

85.       OGDC: Oil And Gas Development Corporation

86.       pm: Post Meridiem

87.       PEMRA: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority

88.       PTA: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority

89.       RADAR: Radio Detection and Ranging

90.       SALT: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

91.       SLV: Satellite Launch Vehicle

92.       SMS: Short Message Service

93.       SNGPL: Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited

94.       SONAR: Sound Navigation And Ranging

95.       SSGPL: Sui Southern Gas Pipeline Limited

96.       STD: Subscriber’s Trunk Dialing

97.       STM: Subscriber Identification

98.       SUPARCO: Space And Upper Atmosphere Research Committee (Pakistan)

99.       TB: Tubercle Bacillus/ Tuberculosis

100.    UHF: Ultra High Frequency