Important Abbreviations and Acronyms

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  1. LPG: Liquefied Petroleum Gas
  2. TNT: Tri Nitro Toluen
  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
  28. Tripolyphosphate/Spanning Tree Protocol
  29. ATP: Adenosine Triphosphate
  30. KWh: Kilo Watt Hour
  31. BTU: British thermal Unit
  32. LDL: Low Density Lipoprotein
  33. MAF: Million Acre Feet
  34. HDL: Hardware Description Language
  35. MCV: Mean Corpuscular Volume
  36. UHF: Ultra High Frequency
  37. LED: Light emitting Diode
  38. LCD: Liquid Crystal Display
  39. BASIC: Beginner‘s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
  40. MASER: Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
  41. ETT: Educational Telecommunications and Technology/ European Transaction on
  42. Telecommunication
  43. HST: High Speed Technology/ High Speed Train (in UK)/Hubble Space Telescope
  44. DBS: Data Base Server/ Direct Broadcast Satellite
  45. CRO: Cathode Ray Oscilloscope
  46. BOT: Build, Operate and Transfer/Botulinum Toxin
  47. AMU: Atomic Mass Unit
  48. EMF: Electro Motive force
  49. ADH: Anti-diuretic Hormone
  50. GeV: Giga Electro Volt
  51. CRT: Cathode Ray Tube
  52. CNS: Central Nervous System
  53. PTFE: Poly Tetra Fluoro Ethylene
  54. GUT: Grand Unified Theory
  55. LONAR: Long Range Navigation
  56. MeV: Mega Electron Volt/ Million Electron Volt/ Multi-experiment Viewer
  57. AWACS: Airborne Warning and Control System
  58. CCTV: Closed-Circuit Television
  59. ABM: Anti-Ballistic Missile
  60. AC: Alternating Current/Air Conditioning
  61. AEC: Atomic Energy Commission
  62. Alt: Altitude
  63. am: Ante Maridiem (Before Noon/Midday)
  64. Amp: Ampere
  65. APTEC: All Pakistan Technology Engineers Council
  66. ATM: Automated Teller Machine (Banking)
  67. AW: Atomic Weight/ Asia Watch
  68. BIOS: Basic Input Output System
  69. BDS: Bachelor Of Dental Surgery/ Bomb Disposal Squad
  70. BP: Blood Pressure/ Boiling Point/ Blue Print 13. C/A: Current Account
  71. CAA: Civil Aviation Authority
  72. CABB: Centre Of Agricultural Biochemistry And Biotechnology
  73. CAD: Computer-Aided Design
  74. Cal: Calorie
  75. CD: Compact Disc/ Civil Defence/ Community Development
  76. CD-ROM: Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
  77. CECP: Cotton Export Corporation Of Pakistan
  78. CHASNUPP: Chashma Nuclear Power Plant
  79. CMCC: China Mobile Communications Corporation
  80. COM: Computer Aided Manufacturing
  81. COMSAT: Communications Satellite Corporation
  82. COMSTECH: Council Of Scientific And Technology Cooperation Of Islamic Conference
  83. CSIRO: Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation
  84. CTBT: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
  85. CT-Scan: Computerised Axial Tomography Scanning
  86. DVD: Dynamic Versatile Disc
  87. ECAT: Engineering Colleges Admission Test
  88. EDB: Engineering Development Board
  89. EEG: Electroencephalogram
  90. ENERCON: Energy Conservation Centre
  91. EPA: Energy Protection Agency
  92. EPD: Energy Protection Department
  93. ESA: European Space Agency
  94. ESRO: European Space Research Organisation
  95. FAT: File Allocation Table
  96. FCPS: Fellow Of The Royal College Of Physicians And Surgeons
  97. FM: Frequency Modulation
  98. FMCT: Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty
  99. FRCS: Fellow Of The Royal College Of Surgeons
  100. GHz. Gigahertz
  101. GMT: Greenwich Mean Tim
  102. HIV: Human Immune Deficiency Virus
  103. HTML: Hypertext Mark-Up Language
  104. HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
  105. IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency (UN)
  106. IBM: International Business Machine
  107. IC: Integrated Circuit/ Intelligence Corps
  108. ICBM: Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile
  109. ICU: Intensive Care Unit
  110. IEA: International Energy Agency
  111. INSTRAW: International Research And Training Institute For The Advancement Of
  112. Women
  113. INTELSAC: International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium
  114. Intelsat: International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation
  115. IRBM: Intermediate Range ballistic Missile
  116. ISP: Internet Service Provider
  117. IT: Information Technology
  118. ITB: Information Technology Board
  119. JAXA: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
  120. KANUPP: Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
  121. KAPCO: Kot Adu Power Company
  122. kHz: Kilohertz
  123. KV: Kilo Volt
  124. kW: Kilowatt
  125. MCAT: Medical Colleges Admission Test
  126. MDS: Master In Dental Surgery
  127. MNP: Mobile Number Probability
  128. MRBM: Medium Range Ballistic Missile
  129. MRCP: Member Of Royal College Of Physicians
  130. MRCS: Member Of Royal College Of Surgeons
  131. MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  132. MS: Medical Superintendent
  133. MSN: Microsoft Network
  134. MW: Megawatt
  135. NADRA: National Database And Registration Authority
  136. NEPRA: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority
  137. NM: Nautical Mile
  138. NMD: National Missile Defence
  139. NPT: Non-Nuclear Proliferation Treaty
  140. NRA: Nuclear Regulatory Authority
  141. OGRA: Oil And Gas Regulatory Authority
  142. NWD: Nation Wide Dialling
  143. OGDC: Oil And Gas Development Corporation
  144. pm: Post Meridiem
  145. PEMRA: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority
  146. PTA: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority
  147. RADAR: Radio Detection and Ranging
  148. SALT: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
  149. SLV: Satellite Launch Vehicle
  150. SMS: Short Message Service
  151. SNGPL: Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited
  152. SONAR: Sound Navigation And Ranging
  153. SSGPL: Sui Southern Gas Pipeline Limited
  154. STD: Subscriber‘s Trunk Dialling
  155. STM: Subscriber Identification
  156. SUPARCO: Space And Upper Atmosphere Research Committee (Pakistan)
  157. TB: Tubercle Bacillus/ Tuberculosis
  158. UHF: Ultra High Frequency
  159. UNAEC: United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
  160. UNESCO: United Nations Education, Scientific And Cultural Organisation
  161. VCD: Video Compact Disc
  162. VHF: Very High Frequency
  163. WAN: Wide Area Network
  164. WAP: Wireless Application Protocol
  165. WAPDA: Water And Power Development Authority
  166. WHO: World Health Organisation
  167. WMD: Weapons Of Mass Destruction
  168. WWF: World Wildlife Fund
  169. ZPG: Zero Population Growth