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Acronyms and Abbreviations

  • Acronym Finder: the web's one of the largest searchable dictionary of acronyms and abbreviations - over 408,000 definitions in the database. Abbreviations and acronyms on computers, science, technology, government, telecommunications, common acronyms & military acronyms.

  • Acronym Server

  • Acronyms and Initialisms for Health Information Resources: Acronyms for global information and data resources in health, medical, and veterinary sciences with links to selected related Web resources.

  • BABEL - A Glossary of Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms: An alphabetical list of acronyms and abbreviations, which apply to personal computers, multimedia, communications, programming, networking, and other computer related topics.

  • Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, and Remote Sensing

  • FILExt - The File Extension Source: This Web site has a detailed database of file extensions and programs that use them. A search on this database here might very well result in multiple possibilities.

  • Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC): A searchable dictionary of acronyms, jargons, programming languages, tools, architecture, operating systems, networking, theory, conventions, standards, mathematics, telecom, electronics, institutions, companies, projects, products, history, and in fact anything to do with computing.

  • Photonics Dictionary (the): The Photonics Dictionary contains more than 5800 industry-related terms, along with acronyms, abbreviations and illustrations.

  • Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations: is a searchable, online resource published as an adjunct to content on Wiley InterScience.

  • TIA - Telecom Acronyms: Searchable database of 2000+ acronyms on Telecommunications, Telecommunications Industry Association, Telecom Industry, Telecom Associations, Standards, Market Development, Wireless, Satellite, Network, Network Technology, Fiber Optic, Fiber Optic LAN, User Premisis Equipment, Trade Shows, International Trade Shows, Telecommunications equipment and services, Telecom products and services, ecommerce, ebusiness


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