IMP ABBREVATIONS ( ACRONYMS)

The following are some important short forms and their long form 

that are useful for all types of exam preparation.

AC – Air Conditioning

AD – Anno Domini (“In the Year of Our Lord”)

am – Ante Meridiem (before noon)

ATM – Automated Teller Machine

ATM
–
Automated Teller Machine.

BA – Bachelor of Arts

BC – Before Christ

BE – Bachelor of Engineering

CAG
– Comptroller
and Auditor General.

CET – Common entrance Test

CM – Chief Minister

COMPUTER
–  Common Oriented Machine Particularly United 

 and used under Technical and Educational Research.

CRR- Cash Reserve Ratio.

CST- Central Sales Tax.

e.g. – exempli gratia (Latin phrase for example)

ECS-  Electronic Clearing System.

EPFO
–
Employees  Provident Fund Organization.

FDI
–
Foreign Direct Investment .

GDP
–
Gross Domestic Product.

GMT- Global Mean Time.

GOOGLE
– Global
Organization Of Oriented Group Language Of Earth.

GPF
–
General Provident Fund.

GPS
–
Global Positioning System.

GST- Goods and Service Tax

HOD – Head of the Department

HT- Head Teacher

 HTML- Hyper Text Mark up Language.

ICU- Intensive Care Unit.

IFSC – Indian Financial System
Code

IP
–
Internet Protocol.

IRDP- Integrated Rural
Development programme.

 ISDN – Integrated Services Digital Network.

ISP- Internet Service
Provider.

ISRO- Indian Space Research
organization.

JPEG
–
Joint photo Expert Group.

MA – Master of Arts

MICR- Magnetic Inc Character
Recognition.

MLA- Member of the Legislative Assembly

MP- Member of the Parliament

MRP
–
Maximum Retail Price

NABARD
–
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

NAM
–  Non-Aligned Movement

NATO
–
North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NEFT
–
National Electronic Funds Transfer.

NEFT- National Electronic Fund
Transfer.

NEP
–
National Education Policy

NRI
–
Non-Resident Indian

OMR
–Optical
Mark Recognition. 

PAN
–
Permanent Account Number

PDF-Portable Document Format

PG – Post Graduation / Paying Guest

PIN – Personal Identification Number

pm – Post Meridiem (afternoon)

PM- Prime Minister

PUC- Pre University Course

RAM – Random Access Memory

ROM – Read Only Memory

RTC
–
Real Time Clock.

RTE – Right to Education

RTI – Right to Information

SAARC
–
South Asian Association for Regional co – operation.

SMS –Short Message Service

SSLC –  Secondary School Leaving Certificate 

TV – Television

UDP-User Datagram Protocol.

URL
–
Uniform Resource Locator.

VIP
–
Very Important Person