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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>A&P – Advertising and Promotion<br />
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A&R – Artists and Repertoire<br />
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AAIB – Air Accidents Investigation Branch<br />
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ABI – Association of British Insurers<br />
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ABS – Anti-lock braking system<br />
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ACARS – Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System<br />
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ACORN – A Classification of Residential Neighbourhoods<br />
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ACPO – Association of Chief Police Officers<br />
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ADHD – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder<br />
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ADSL – Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line<br />
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ADSR – Attack-Decay-Sustain-Release, a term referring to the amplitude envelope used in some synthesizers<br />
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AEG – Advanced Engineering from Germany<br />
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AER – Annual Equivalent Rate<br />
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AFF – Advanced Fee Frauds (419 scams)<br />
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AGV – Automotrice a grande vitesse<br />
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AIFA – Association of Independent Financial Advisors<br />
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AIM – Air Interceptor Missile<br />
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AK47 – Automatic Kalashnikov, designed in 1947<br />
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ANC – African National Congress<br />
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ANPR – Automatic Number Plate Recognition<br />
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AOC – Appellation d’origine controlee<br />
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APEC – Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation<br />
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AQAP – Al-Qa’eda in the Arabian Peninsula<br />
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ASDIC – Antisubmarine Detection Investigation Committee<br />
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ASIMO – Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility. Humanoid robot created by Honda<br />
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ASP – Active Server Pages<br />
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ATOC – Association of Train Operating Companies<br />
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ATOL – Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing scheme<br />
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ATM – Automated Teller Machine<br />
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ATS – Auxiliary Territorial Service<br />
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AUC – Ab urbe condita, refers to the founding of Rome in 753 BC<br />
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AV – Alternative Vote<br />
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B&Q – Block and Quayle<br />
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BADA – British Antique Dealers Association<br />
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BASE – Building, Antenna, Span, Earth<br />
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BBA – British Bankers Association<br />
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BBFC – British Board of Film Classification, originally British Board of Film Censors<br />
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BBPA – British Beer and Pub Association<br />
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BECTU – Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union<br />
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BIOT – British Indian Ocean Territory<br />
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BMI – Body Mass Index<br />
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BOAC – British Overseas Airways Corporation<br />
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BOBFOC – Body Off Baywatch, Face Off Crimewatch<br />
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BRC – British Retail Consortium<br />
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BRIC Alliance – Brazil, Russia, India and China<br />
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CABE – Commission for Architecture in the Built Environment<br />
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CAN – Christian Advertising Network<br />
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CAPTCHA – Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart<br />
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CAT – Computed Axial Tomography<br />
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CATV – Community Antenna Television (Cable TV)<br />
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CBT – Cognitive Behavioural Therapy<br />
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CC – Cubic Centimetres<br />
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CCCS – Consumer Credit Counseling Service<br />
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CCD – Colony Collapse Disorder<br />
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CCJ – County Court Judgment<br />
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CCS – Carbon Capture and Storage<br />
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ccTLD – Country Code Top-Level domain<br />
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CDC – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<br />
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CDO – Collateralized Debt Obligation<br />
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CDS – Credit Default Swaps<br />
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CE – Common Era. Non-religious substitute for AD<br />
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CERN – Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire (European Council for Nuclear Research)<br />
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CFA – Communaute Financiee Africaine<br />
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CFD – Contract for Difference<br />
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CFE – Conventional Forces in Europe<br />
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CFL – Compact Fluorescent Lamp (or Light)<br />
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CFP – Common Fisheries Policy<br />
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CFS – Chronic Fatigue Syndrome<br />
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CGA – Colour Graphics Adapter<br />
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CGI – Computer-generated imagery<br />
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CGC – Conspicuous Gallantry Cross<br />
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CGS – Centimetre, Gram, Second<br />
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CIA – Central Intelligence Agency<br />
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CIF – Cost, Insurance and Freight<br />
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CMB – Cosmic Microwave Background radiation<br />
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CML – Council of Mortgage Lenders<br />
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CNN – Cable News Network<br />
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COBE – Cosmic Background Explorer<br />
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COBRA – Cabinet Office Briefing Room A<br />
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COI – Central Office of Information<br />
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COMAC – Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China<br />
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COMECON – Council for Mutual Economic Assistance<br />
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COSHH – Control of Substances Hazardous to Health<br />
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CPI – Consumer Prices Index<br />
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CPR – Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation<br />
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CPRE – Campaign to Protect Rural England (formerly Council for the Preservation of Rural England<br />
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CRB – Criminal Records Bureau<br />
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CSS – Cascading Style Sheets<br />
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CWU – Communications Workers Union<br />
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DAB – Digital Audio Broadcasting<br />
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DAR – Daughters of the American Revolution<br />
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DC – Douglas Commercial<br />
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DDA – Disability Discrimination Act<br />
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DEA – Drug Enforcement Administration<br />
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DFC – Distinguished Flying Cross<br />
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DFID – Department for International Development<br />
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DFS – Derbyshire Furniture Stores<br />
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DHL – Dalsey, Hillblom and Lynn<br />
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DLS – Dynamic Label Segment<br />
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DMV – Deserted Medieval Village<br />
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DNB – Dictionary of National Biography<br />
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DORA – Defence of the Realm Act<br />
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DRO – Debt Relief Order<br />
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DSLR – Digital Single-Lens Reflex<br />
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DSN – Deep Space Network<br />
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DWP – Department for Work and Pensions<br />
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EAD – Elite Athlete with a Disability<br />
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EBITDA – Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization<br />
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ECB – Eurozone Central Bank<br />
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ECJ – European Court of Justice<br />
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ECU – European Currency Unit<br />
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EDM – Early Day Motion<br />
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EEAS – European External Action Service<br />
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EFSA – European Food Safety Authority<br />
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EFSF – European Financial Stability Facility<br />
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EGR – Exhaust Gas Recirculation<br />
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EHRC – Equality and Human Rights Commission<br />
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EIB – European Investment Bank<br />
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EKIA – Enemy Killed In Action<br />
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EMI – Electric and Musical Industries Ltd<br />
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EMI – Electromagnetic Interference<br />
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ENG – Electronic News Gathering<br />
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EPBM – Electroplated Britannia Metal<br />
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EPC – Energy Performance Certificate (part of a HIP)<br />
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EPCOT – Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow<br />
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ESA – Employment Support Allowance<br />
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ESOP – Employee Share Option Plan<br />
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ESPN – Entertainment and Sports Programming Network<br />
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ESTA – Electronic System for Travel Authorization<br />
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ETF – Exchange Traded Fund<br />
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ExCeL – Exhibition Centre London<br />
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FACT – Federation against Copyright Theft<br />
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FANY – First Aid Nursing Yeomanry<br />
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FARC – Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia<br />
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FAST – Facial drooping, Arm weakness, Speech difficulties and Time. Stroke detection<br />
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FDC – First Day Cover<br />
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FIDE – Federation Internationale des Echecs (Chess)<br />
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FINA – Federation Internationale de Natation (Swimming)<br />
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FITA – Federation Internationale de Tir a l'Arc (Archery)<br />
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FIV – Feline Immunodeficiency Virus<br />
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FLOP – Floating Point Operations per Second<br />
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FOBT – Fixed Odds Betting Terminals<br />
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FSC – Forestry Stewardship Council<br />
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FSCS – Financial Services Compensation Scheme<br />
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FTT – Financial Transactions Tax (Tobin tax)<br />
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GAA – Gaelic Athletic Association<br />
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GDA – Guideline Daily Amount<br />
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GIF – Graphics Interchange Format<br />
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GLAAD – Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation<br />
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GMO – Genetically Modified Organism<br />
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GPA – Grade Point Average<br />
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GPS – Global Positioning System<br />
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GSR – Galvanic Skin Response<br />
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gTLD – Generic top-level domain<br />
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HACCP – Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point<br />
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HAMC – Hells Angels Motorcycle Club<br />
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HBM – His Britannic Majesty<br />
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HDI – Human Development Index<br />
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HDMI – High Definition Media Interface <br />
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HDTV – High Definition Television<br />
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HEV – Hybrid Electric Vehicle<br />
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HFT – High Frequency Trading<br />
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HGH – Human Growth Hormone<br />
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HGP – Human Genome Project<br />
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HID – High Intensity Discharge<br />
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HIP – Home Information Pack<br />
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HIPC – Heavily Indebted Poor Country<br />
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HOLMES – Home Office Large Major Enquiry System<br />
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HPA – Health Protection Agency<br />
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HRBLB – Horse Race Betting Levy Board<br />
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HSC – Health and Safety Commission<br />
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HSR – High Speed Rail<br />
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IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency<br />
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IANA – Internet Assigned Numbers Authority<br />
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IAS – Immigration Advisory Service<br />
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IATA – International Air Transport Association<br />
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IBRD – International Bank for Reconstruction and Development<br />
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ICANN – Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers<br />
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ICBN – International Code of Botanical Nomenclature<br />
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ICSTIS – Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of the Telephone Information Services<br />
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IEA – International Energy Agency<br />
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IED – Improvised Explosive Device<br />
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IFOCE – International Federation of Competitive Eating<br />
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IFS – Institute of Fiscal Studies<br />
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IHP – Indicated Horse Power<br />
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ILC – International Linear Collider<br />
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IMAX – Image MAXimum<br />
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IMEI – International Mobile Station Equipment Identity number. Unique number of a mobile phone<br />
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IPA – International Phonetic Alphabet<br />
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IPCC – Independent Police Complaints Commission<br />
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IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change<br />
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IPPR – Institute for Public Policy Research<br />
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IPR – Intellectual Property Rights<br />
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IRBM – Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile<br />
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IRC – Internet Relay Chat<br />
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IRDA – International Reborn Doll Artists<br />
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IRGC – Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps<br />
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IRS – Internal Revenue Service<br />
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ISEQ – Irish Stock Exchange Quotation<br />
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ISRO – Indian Space Research Organization<br />
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ISS – International Space Station<br />
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ISSF – International Shooting Sport Federation<br />
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ITCZ – Inter-tropical Convergence Zone<br />
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ITER – International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor<br />
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IUPAC – International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry<br />
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IVA – Individual Voluntary Arrangement, for bankruptcy<br />
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IWAS – International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports<br />
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IWC – International Whaling Commission<br />
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IWF – Internet Watch Foundation<br />
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JET – Joint European Torus<br />
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JKLF – Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front<br />
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JPEG – Joint Photographic Experts Group<br />
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JSF – Joint Strike Fighter<br />
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K&M – Kaolin and Morphine<br />
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KIPPERS – Kids In Parents Pockets Eroding Retirement Savings<br />
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LAR – Lethal Autonomous Robots<br />
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LBO – Leveraged Buyout<br />
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LBT – Large Binocular Telescope<br />
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LBV – Late Bottled Vintage<br />
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LDV – Local Defence Volunteers (Home Guard)<br />
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LGBT – Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender<br />
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LIBOR – London Interbank Offered Rate<br />
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LIDAR – Light Detection and Ranging<br />
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LIGO – Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory<br />
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LLDC – London Legacy Development Corporation<br />
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LME – London Metal Exchange<br />
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LNG – Liquid Natural Gas<br />
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LSD – Librae, Solidi, Denarii<br />
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LTRO – Long Term Refinancing Operation<br />
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LTTE – Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam<br />
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M&A – Mergers and Acquisitions<br />
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MADD – Mothers Against Drunk Driving<br />
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MDF – Medium Density Fibreboard<br />
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MEG – Magnetoencephalography<br />
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MERS – Middle East Respiratory Syndrome<br />
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MFI – Mullard Furniture Industries<br />
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MFN – Most Favoured Nation<br />
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MFP – Multi Function Printer<br />
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MHK – Member of the House of Keys<br />
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MHRA – Medicine and Healthcare Regulatory Authority<br />
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MI6 – Military Intelligence 6 (SIS)<br />
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MMA – Mixed Martial Arts<br />
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MMORPG – Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game<br />
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MOOC – Massive Open Online Course<br />
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MP3 – Moving Picture 3<br />
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MPAA – Motion Picture Association of America<br />
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MPEG – Moving Picture Experts Group<br />
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MRCA – Most Recent Common Ancestor<br />
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MRI – Magnetic Resonance Imaging<br />
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MSF – Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders)<br />
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MUA – Mail user agent<br />
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NAACP – National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People<br />
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NAPF – National Association of Pension Funds<br />
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NAS – Noise Abatement Society<br />
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NASCAR – National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing<br />
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NASDAQ – National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations<br />
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NATS – Naval Air Transport Service<br />
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NCAA – National Collegiate Athletic Association<br />
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NCCL – National Council for Civil Liberties<br />
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NSCA – National Society for Clean Air<br />
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NDPB – Non-Departmental Public Bodies. Replaced quangos<br />
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NEC – National Executive Committee (Labour party)<br />
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NEO – Near Earth Object<br />
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NICAM – Near Instantaneously Companded Audio Multiplex<br />
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NICE – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Set up as the National Institute for Clinical Excellence<br />
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NIE – Newly Industrializing Economy<br />
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NIRS – Near Infrared Spectroscopy<br />
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NLP – Neuro-linguistic programming<br />
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NMR – Nuclear Magnetic Resonance<br />
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NOAA – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<br />
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NORAD – North American Aerospace Defence Command<br />
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NPC – National Pensioners Convention<br />
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NPOV – Neutral Point of View, in Wikipedia<br />
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NPT – Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty<br />
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NRA – National Rifle Association<br />
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NSA – National Security Agency<br />
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NSAID – Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug<br />
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NTSB – National Transportation Safety Board<br />
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OA – Olympic Airways<br />
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OAS – Organisation of American States<br />
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OAU – Organisation of African Unity<br />
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OBR – Office for Budget Responsibility<br />
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OFCOM – Office of Communications<br />
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OFGEM – Office of Gas and Electricity Markets<br />
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OFSTED – Office of Standards in Education<br />
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OEIC – Open Ended Investment Company<br />
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OG – Original Gravity<br />
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OIC – Organization of Islamic Conference<br />
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OP – Opposite Prompt<br />
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OPAS – Office of the Pensions Advisory Service<br />
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ORR – Office of Rail Regulation<br />
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OSB – Order of Saint Benedict<br />
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OSP – Off Street Parking<br />
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OSP – Obiit Sine Prole (died without issue)<br />
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PADI – Professional Association of Diving Instructors<br />
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PAT – Point after Touchdown<br />
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PCaW – Public Concern at Work<br />
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PCB – PolyChlorinated Biphenyls<br />
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PCC – Press Complaints Commission<br />
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PCS – Public and Commercial Services union<br />
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PCV – Passenger Carrying Vehicle<br />
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PDF – Portable Document Format<br />
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PDSA – People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals<br />
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PEBKAC – Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair<br />
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PEN – poets/playwrights, essayists/editors and novelists<br />
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PET-CT – Positron emission tomography–computed tomography<br />
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PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals<br />
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PFC – Private First Class, in US Army<br />
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PIR – Passive Infra Red<br />
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PLC – Programmable Logic Controller<br />
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PNG – Portable Network Graphic<br />
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POP – Point Of Presence<br />
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PPE – Personal Protection Equipment<br />
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PSNI – Police Service of Northern Ireland<br />
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PSP – Play Station Portable<br />
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PTSD – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder<br />
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PTWC – Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre<br />
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PTWS – Pacific Tsunami Warning System<br />
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PVS – Persistent Vegetative State<br />
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QAM – Quadrature Amplitude Modulation<br />
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QCA – Qualifications and Curriculum Authority<br />
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QMV – Qualified Majority Voting<br />
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QR – Quick Response code<br />
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QVC – Quality, Value, Convenience<br />
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RAIB – Rail Accident Investigation Board<br />
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RAL – Rutherford Appleton Laboratory<br />
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RAVC – Royal Army Veterinary Corps<br />
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RCA – Radio Corporation of America<br />
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RCM – Royal College of Midwives<br />
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RCMP – Royal Canadian Mounted Police<br />
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RCN – Royal College of Nursing<br />
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RFID – Radio-frequency identification<br />
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RHT – Reinforced Heel and Toe stocking<br />
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RIAA – Recording Industry Association of America<br />
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RIB – Rigid Inflatable Boat<br />
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RICE – Rest, ice, compression, elevation<br />
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RIP – Requiescat in Pace (Rest in Peace)<br />
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RIPA – Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act<br />
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RKO – Radio-Keith-Orpheum Pictures<br />
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RON – Research Octane Number<br />
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RPG – Rocket Propelled Grenade<br />
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RPI – Retail Prices Index<br />
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RRR – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle<br />
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RSJ – Rolled Steel Joist<br />
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RSPP – Royal Society of Portrait Painters<br />
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RSMA – Royal Society of Maritime Arts<br />
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RSS – Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary<br />
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RSWT – Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts<br />
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RSV – Revised Standard Version of the Bible<br />
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RTB – Right To Buy<br />
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S2P – State Second Pension<br />
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SAA – South Atlantic Anomaly<br />
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SANE – Scanner Access Now Easy<br />
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SAR – Special Administrative Region<br />
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SATs – Standard Assessment Tasks<br />
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SCART – Syndicat des Constructeurs d'Appareils Radiorécepteurs et Téléviseurs, Radio and Television Receiver Manufacturers' Association<br />
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SCOTUS – Supreme Court of the United States<br />
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SDA – Severe Disability Allowance<br />
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SEAL – Sea, Air, Land Teams<br />
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SETI – Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence<br />
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SIDS – Sudden Infant Death Syndrome<br />
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SIPP – Self-Invested Personal Pension<br />
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SIS – Secret Intelligence Service<br />
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SIV – Structured Investment Vehicle<br />
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SMOM – Sovereign Military Order of Malta<br />
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SMS – Short Message Service<br />
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SNGMA – Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art<br />
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SOAS – School of Oriental and African Studies<br />
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SOCO – Scene of Crime Officer<br />
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SOES – Small Order Execution System<br />
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SOLT – Society of London Theatre<br />
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SONAR – Sound Navigation and Ranging<br />
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SOSUS – Sound Surveillance System<br />
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SPAB – Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings<br />
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SPECTRE – Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion<br />
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SPQR – Senatus Populusque Romanus (For the senate and the people of Rome)<br />
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SPR – Strategic Petroleum Reserve<br />
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SQUID – Superconducting Quantum Interference Device<br />
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SRS – Supplemental Restraint System<br />
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SRS – Single Room Subsidy<br />
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START – Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty<br />
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STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics<br />
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STV – Single Transferable Vote<br />
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SUA – Sudden Unintended Acceleration<br />
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SWAT – Special Weapons and Tactics<br />
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SWF – Sovereign Wealth Fund<br />
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TAR – Tibetan Autonomous Region<br />
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Taser – Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle<br />
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TASS – Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union<br />
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TCAS – Traffic Collision Avoidance System<br />
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TDK – Tokyo Denkikagaku Kogyo (Tokyo Electronics and Chemicals)<br />
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TfL – Transport for London<br />
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TFT – Thin Filmed Transistor<br />
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THRUSH – Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the <br />
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Subjugation of Humanity<br />
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TLR – Twin Lens Reflex<br />
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TMO – Television Match Official<br />
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TMS – Test Match Special<br />
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TSS – Toxic Shock Syndrome<br />
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TTL – Through the lens<br />
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TVP – Textured Vegetable Protein<br />
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TWOC – Taken Without Owner’s Consent<br />
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U5MR – Under Five Mortality Rate<br />
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UAV – Unmanned Aerial Vehicle<br />
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UBR – Uniform Business Rate<br />
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UCAS – Universities and Colleges Admissions Service<br />
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UCATT – Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians<br />
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UCAV – Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle<br />
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UCE – Unsolicited Commercial Email<br />
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UCLA – University of California Los Angles<br />
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UDI – Unilateral Declaration of Independence<br />
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UKAEA – United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority<br />
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UKBA – United Kingdom Border Agency<br />
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UNCLE – United Network Command for Law and Enforcement<br />
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UNCTAD – United Nations Conference on Trade and Development<br />
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UNEP – United Nations Environment Programme<br />
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UNFCCC – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change<br />
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UNITA – National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Portuguese: União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola)<br />
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UPI – United Press International<br />
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USAID – United States Agency for International Development<br />
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USAN – Union of South American Nations<br />
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UTC – University Technical College<br />
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VED – Vehicle Excise Duty<br />
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VHS – Video Home System<br />
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(U)VLCC – (Ultra) Very Large Crude Carrier<br />
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VGA – Video Graphics Array<br />
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VSOP – Very Special (or Superior) Old Pale<br />
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WADA – World Anti Doping Agency<br />
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WAP – Wireless Application Protocol<br />
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WAVES – Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service<br />
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WEEE – Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment<br />
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WFP – World Food Programme<br />
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WGA – Writer’s Guild of America<br />
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WGMS – World Glacier Monitoring Service<br />
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WIMAX – Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access<br />
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WIPO – World Intellectual Property Organisation<br />
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WOMAD – World of Music, Arts and Dance<br />
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WOMBAT – Waste of Money, Brains and Time<br />
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WRAP – Waste and Resources Action Programme<br />
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WSSD – World Summit on Sustainable Development<br />
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WWF – World Wide Fund for Nature<br />
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ZANU-PF – Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front<br />
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ZEV – Zero Emission Vehicle<br />
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ZIP – Zone Improvement Plan</div>
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