COMMON ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT FORMS

COMMON ABBREVIATIONS

1.      A.A.M =  Air-to-air Missile

2.      Att. Gen =  Attorney-General

3.      B.Sc. =  Bachelor of Science

4.      B.A =  Bachelor of Arts

5.      B.Mus. =  Bachelor of music

6.      © =  copyright

7.      C.A. =  Chartered Accountant

8.      c/o =  care of

9.      Col =  Colonel

10.  C.I.A =  Central Intelligence Agency

11.  C.I.D =  Criminal Investigation Department

12.  G.M.T =  Greenwich Mean Time

13.  I.S.T =  Indian Standard Time

14.  I.O.C =  International Olympic Committee

15.  l.b.w =  leg before wicket (cricket)

16.  MLA =  Member of Legislative Assembly

17.  MP =  Member of Parliament

18.  M.R.C.P =  Member of the Royal College of Physicians

19.  NATO =  North Atlantic Treaty Organization

20.  S.O.S =  Save Our Souls ( a distress signal )

21.  UNO =  United Nations Organization

22.  UFO =  Unidentified Flying Object

23.  UNESCO = United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization

24.  UNIFIL =  United Nations Interim Forces In Lebanon

25.  Y.W.C.A =  Young Women’s Christian Association