About Acronyms
Acronyms are abbreviations. They are formed by using the initial letters of words. There are different types of acronyms.
Synonyms: initialisms, alphabetisms.
Related terms: backronym, apronym, anacronym, laser acronym, pseudo-acronym.
Workplace Acronyms
A AD Account Director ADEC American Distance Education Consortium AFAIC As Far As I'm Concerned AIDA Attention, Interest, Desire, Action (sales acronym) AKA Aso Known As ALF Always Listen First AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service ARS Area Ready to Sell (an area in which a product is ready to be sold) AS Administration Station ASAP As Soon As Possible AWOL Absent Without Leave B BAB Benefits Are Better B2B Business to Business BBS Bulletin Board System BCC Business Critical Computing BAS Bibliographic Access Services BFO Blinding Flash of the Obvious BI Business Information (Business Intelligence) BIBOYS Boss Is Back On Your Site (time to close the paper and start work) BID Break It Down (you should never teach anyone everything at once) BLT Bacon Lettuce Tomato (the essential sandwich to get through the day) BMG Branch Managers Group BMT Before My Time BOGOFF Buy One Get One For Free (used in marketing) BOM Business Object Model BPI Business Process Integration BPM Business Process Management BPO Business Process Outsourcing BRB Be Right Back BTW By The Way C CARE Crap And Really Expensive (=Management Consultants) CB Call Back CEO Chief Executive Officer CEU Customer Evaluation Unit CFO Chief Financial Officer CFS Cluster File System CFS Customer Focused Solutions CFT Customer Focus Team CIS Customer Information Services CLI Command Language Interface (or Calling Line Identifier; or Command Line Interface) CLL Community Language Learning CLM Career Limiting Move COD Cash On Delivery COPS Computer Oracle and Password System CRM Customer Relationship Management CRU Customer Replaceable Unit CS Customer Service CSD Customer Service Division CSF Customer Support Facility CSG Computer Systems Group CSI Complex Service Interface CSM Cluster Storage Management (Disk Storage) CTO Chief Technical Officer CTRN Can't Talk Right Now D DAG Disability Access Group DDTF Document Delivery Task Force DELF Diplôme d'études en langue française DHTB Don't Have The Bandwidth DINKY Double Income No Kids Yet DIRC Digital Instruction Resource Center DIY Do It Yourself market DNC Direct Numerical Control DQYDJ Don't Quit Your Day Job DRIB Don't Read If Busy DRM Digital Rights Management DRT Development Realization Team DUL Dump Unload and Load E EBT Electronic Banking Transfers EA Ease Advantage EBITDA Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization EC Electronic Commerce EIDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics EIF Enterprise Information Factory EITO European Information Technology Observatory (Marketing) EOD End Of Day E&OE Errors and Omissions Excepted (used to disclaim any advert: 'whatever we said you cannot sue us if it was wrong) EOM End of Message EOT End Of Thread ETA Expected Time of Arrival F FAB Features, Advantages, Benefits FEAR Forget Everything And Run FIFO First In First Out FLK Funny Looking Kid FMCG Fast Moving Consumer Goods FOB Free On Board prices (FOB prices include the charges to load the goods on a carrier/vessel; if goods are damaged in transit it is not your responsibility) FOC Free Of Charge FSS Financial Services Sector FUD Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (used in marketing - any competitive industry) FUG Faculty User Group FYI For Your Information G GDS Global Distribution System GHR Global Human Resources GIGO Garbage In Garbage Out (computing phrase) GIS Global Information Solutions GMTA Great Minds Think Alike GPS General Purpose Systems GROLI Guardian Reader Of Limited Intelligence H HATP High Availability Transaction Processing HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (in Employment Law) H&LS Health and Life Sciences HoReCa Hotel, Restaurant, Café HTH Hope This Helps (or Hope That Helps) HTTP Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol I IAM In A Meeting ICT Information & Communication Technology IHMB I Hate My Boss IIP Investors In People IMHO In My Humble Opinion IMO In My Opinion IMPS Implementation Leadership Group IMTS Improved Mobile Telephone Service IOP Inter Operability Problems (in Marketing) ISB Internet Service Bus ISBN International Standard Book Number (a unique numerical commercial book identifier) ISCI Industry Standard Commercial Identifier (code conforms to a standard which is used to identify TV commercials) ISP Integrated Service Point IT Information Technology J JCL Job Control Language JCTP Joint Committee on Technical Processing JIT Just In Time (used in Manufacturing) K KISS Keep It Simple Stupid KPI Key Performance Indicator KRA Key Result Area L LACWI Libraries Advisory Committee on Workplace Issues LC Library Council LDL Lernen durch Lehren (learning by teaching) LIFO Last In First Out LOHAS Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability LOL Laughing Out Loud LMO Large Memory Option LOB Line Of Business LOBNAH Lights On But Nobody's At Home LOMBARD Loads of Money But A Right Dipstick LSA Library Staff Association (or Library Storage Annex) LTC Local Technology Consultant LTE Local Technology Expert M MBWA Management By Wandering Around MOTD Message Of The Day MTFBWY May The Force Be With You MYOB Mind Your Own Business N NERD Networked Electronic Resources Decisions NIMBY Not In My Back-Yard NLP Neuro-Linguistic Programming NP No Problem NQR Not Quite Right (teaching phrase) NRN No Reply Necessary NWR Not Work Related O OBI Open Buying on the Internet OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer OHP Over-Head Projector OITF Organizational Issues Task Force OTP On The Phone OWL Online with Librarians P PA Performance Appraisal (superiors or peers rate your work performance) P&C Private & Confidential PEBKAC Problem Exists Between the Keyboard And Chair PEM Privacy Enhanced Mail PEST Political, Economic, Social, Technological PICNIC Problem In Chair Not In Computer PITA Pain In The Ass PMFT Performance Measurement Task Force PSAC Public Services Action Committee PSCC Public Services Coordinating Committee PSMG Public Services Management Group PTT Postal, Telegraph and Telephone PUASU Put Up and Shut Up (a gentle reminder to moaning staff as to their best course of action) Q QQ Quick Question QUANGO Quasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organization R RFD Request For Discussion RFL? Ready For Lunch? RFP Request For Proposal RISC Reference and Information Services Committee ROI Return On Investment RPO Recruitment Process Outsourcing RTFM Read The Fu**ing Manual S SAM Segmented Addressable Market SAS Serials and Acquisitions Services SC Steering Committee SITCOM Single Income Two Children Oppressive Mortgage SLA Service Level Agreement (also: Second Language Acquisition) SLAP Sounds Like A Plan SOHO Small Office, Home Office SOS Save Our Souls SMB Small Medium Business SME Small and Medium Enterprise SPTF Service Priorities Task Force STS Systems and Technology Services SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats T TAG Technology Advisory Group TBA To Be Announced TBD To Be Decided TCE Targeted Customer Environment TCO Total Cost of Ownership TE Top End (or Type Enforcement) TEAM Together Everyone Achieves More TEC Technical Education Center (or Translational English Corpus) TLA Three Letter Acronym (every profession is full of, and obsessed with three letter acronyms) TELL Technology Enhanced Language Learning TESEO Technologies and Experiments to Support Electronic Commerce (in Electronic Commerce) TIA Thanks In Advance TLAR That Looks About Right TMI Too Much Information TPR Total Physical Response TPRS Total Physical Response Storytelling TSAC Technical Services and Collections TSF Technical Services Forum TTYL Talk To You Later TWAIN Technology Without An Interesting Name TWIMC To Whom It May Concern TYLE Teaching Young Learners English (Young Learners can mean under 18 or much younger) U UI Under Investigation (or Unique Identifier) UPI Unique Primary Index (in Marketing) USI Unique Secondary Index USP Unique Selling Point V VALS Values Attitude and Life Styles VAR Value Added Reseller VERA Virtual Electronic Resource Access VLE Very Large Enterprise VSB Very Small Business W WAG Web Advisory Group w.e.f. with effect from (updated policy on office work timings; the date that follows is important, e.g. w.e.f. January 15, 2009) WFH Work From Home WFM Works For Me WGST WalMart Global Support Team WIIFM What's In It For Me? (a question not much appreciated by management) WIT Works In Theory (but never works in practice) WMAN Wireless Metropolitan Area Network WOMBAT Waste Of Money, Brains And Time WOS Waste of Space (an unaffectionate term for an ineffective staff member) WPS Worldwide Professional Services WS Worldwide Services WSDL Web Services Description Language WSPC Worldwide Spare Parts Center WTFP What's The F**king Point (a response to being asked to write, for example, a 200 page document, and you know that no-one is ever going to read it) WTG Way To Go WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get Y YUPPIE Young Upwardly-mobile Professional YW You're Welcome
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