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The table below lists information technology initialisms and acronyms in common and current usage. These acronyms are used to discuss LAN, internet, WAN, routing and switching protocols, and their applicable organizations. [1] [2] [3] The table contains only current, common, non-proprietary initialisms that are specific to information technology.
AGT – (1) agitator, used in drilling. AGT – (2) authorised gas tester (certified by OPITTO) AGT – (3) Azerbaijan – Georgia – Turkey (a region rich in oil related activity) [3] AHBDF – along hole (depth) below Derrick floor. AHD – along hole depth. AHU – air handling unit. AICD – autonomous inflow control device.
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Engineering drawing abbreviations and symbols are used to communicate and detail the characteristics of an engineering drawing. This list includes abbreviations common to the vocabulary of people who work with engineering drawings in the manufacture and inspection of parts and assemblies. Technical standards exist to provide glossaries of ...
An abbreviation (from Latin brevis, meaning "short" [1]) is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method including shortening, contraction, initialism (which includes acronym) or crasis . An abbreviation may be a shortened form of a word with a trailing period.
This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank [clarification needed]).
AFWA – Air Force Weather Agency. AG (TAG) – Adjutant General, (The) AGE – Aerospace Ground Equipment; analogous to Ground Support Equipment (GSE) in USN, USMC and USCG ( Naval Aviation) AGE Ranger – An AGE Technician. AGR – Active Guard and Reserve. AGS – Aircraft Generation Squadron. AGSM – Anti-G Straining Maneuver.
An acronym is sometimes considered to be an initialism that is pronounced as a word (e.g. NATO), as distinct from an initialism pronounced as a string of individual letters (e.g. "UN" for United Nations). In this document the term acronym includes initialisms. The term word acronym can be used to refer to acronyms which are not initialisms.
AA – AEGIS Ashore. AAA - Anti-Aircraft Artillery. AAA – Anti-Aircraft Artillery "Triple A". AAAV – Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle. AAC - Army Acquisition Corps. AAD – Armored Amphibious Dozer. AAE - Army Acquisition Executive. AADC – Area Air Defense Commander. AAG – Anti-Aircraft Gun.
NASA is an acronym that expands to National Aeronautics and Space Administration. An acronym is an abbreviation of a phrase that usually consists of the initial letter of each word in all caps with no punctuation. For some, initialism or alphabetism, connotes this general meaning and acronym is a subset – pronounced as a word rather than as ...