Abbreviations and Acronyms List
AAI ------------ Airports Authority of India
AICTE ------------ All India Council for Technical Education
AIDS ------------ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrom
AIIMS ------------ All India Institute of Medical Science
APEC ------------ Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
ASCII ------------ American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASEAN ------------ Association of South East Asian Nations
ATM ------------ Automated Teller Machine
BIOS ------------ Basic Input Output System
BEL ------------ Bharat Electronics Limited
BPO ------------ Business Process Outsourcing
CDAC ------------ Centre for the Development of Advanced Computing
CDMA ------------ Code Division Multiple Access
CPWD ------------ Central Public Works Department
CTBT ------------ Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
DNA ------------ Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid
DRDO ------------ Defence Research and Development Organisation
DTP ------------ Desktop Publishing
E-MAIL ------------ Electronic Mailing
EPABX ------------ Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange
FICCI ------------ Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
FIR ------------ First Information Report
GAIL ------------ Gas Authority of India Limited
GMT ------------ Greenwich Mean Time
GPRS ------------ General Packet Radio System
GPS ------------ Global Positioning System
GSLV ------------ Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
GSM ------------ Global System for Mobile Communications
HIV ------------ Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HTML ------------ Hypertext Transfer Protocol
IBM ------------ International Business Machines
IEEE ------------ Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers
IMAX ------------ Image Maximum
ILO ------------ International Labour Organization
IP ------------ Internet Protocol
ISBN ------------ International Standard Book Number
ISDN ------------ Integrated Services Digital Network
ISO ------------ International Standards Organization
ISRO ------------ Indian Space Research Organization
JPEG ------------ Joint Photographic Experts Group
LASER ------------ Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LCD ------------ Liquid Crystal Display
MICR ------------ Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
MODEM ------------ Modulator Demodulator
MPEG ------------ Motion Picture Experts Group
NALCO ------------ National Aluminum Company Ltd.
NASA ------------ National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASDAQ ------------ National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
NASSCOM ------------ National Association of Software and Service Companies
NATO ------------ North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NHPC ------------ National Hydroelectric Power Corporation
NTPC ------------ National Thermal Power Corporation
OPEC ------------ Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
PAN ------------ Permanent Account Number
PIN ------------ Postal Index Number
RADAR ------------ Radio Detecting and Ranging
RAM ------------ Random Access Memory
SAIL ------------ Steel Authority of India Limited
SEBI ------------ Securities and Exchange Board of India
TIN ------------ Tax Information Network
UGC ------------ University Grants Commission
UNESCO ------------ United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNICEF ------------ United Nations Children's Fund
URL ------------ Uniform Resource Locator
VSAT ------------ Very Small Aperture Terminals
WHO ------------ World Health Organization
WLL ------------ Wireless in Local Loop
WWF ------------ World Wildlife Fund
WWW ------------ World Wide Web
WYSIWYG ------------ What you see is what you get
XML ------------ Extensible Mark-up Language
ZIP ------------ Zone Improvement Plan
