AAMFT|American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy|http://www.aamft.org/|
ABMOC|Air Battle Management Operations Center|
ABWOR|Assistance By Way Of Representation|
ACCME|Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education|
ACTWU|Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union|
ADNOC|Abu Dhabi National Oil Company|
ADOPT|Animals Depend On People Too|
ADPCM|Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation (phone system)|
AFAIK|As Far As I Know|
AFAIU|As Far As I Understand|
AFFRC|Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council|http://www.affrc.go.jp/|
AFIPS|American Federation of Information Processing Societies|
AFSME|American Federation of State and Municipal Employees|
AFTRA|American Federation of Television and Radio Artists|http://www.ios.com/~nyfilm/union/aftra.html|
AGGPG|Arbeitsgruppe gegen Gewalt in der Paediatrie und Gynaecology|http://home.t-online.de/home/AGGPG/index.htm|
AGHCF|Alpha-Gamma Hot Cell Facility (at ^ANL)|
AHCPR|Agency for Health Care Policy and Research|http://www.ahcpr.gov/|
AHRMA|American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association|
AISES|American Indian Science and Engineering Society|
ALARA|(x-ray safety mnemonic I should know)|
ALARA|As Low As Reasonably Achievable|
ALCTS|Association for Library Collections & Technical Services|
ALSEP|Apollo Lunar Surface Experimental Package|
ANSTO|Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization|
ANZUS|Australia-New Zealand-United States treaty|
APNIC|Asia Pacific Network Information Center (see ^ARIN link for reference)|
ARDEN|Automated Resource Data Entry Network|http://www.arden-inc.com/|
ASAIO|American Society for Artificial Internal Organs|http://www.asaio.com/|
ASCAP|American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers|http://www.ascap.com/|
ASCAR|American Society of Crows And Ravens|http://www.azstarnet.com/~serres/|
ASCII|American Standard Code for Information Interchange|
ASCUS|Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance|
ASEAN|Association of SouthEast Asian Nations|
ASPCA|American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Attorneys|http://www.xnet.com/~joa1/aspca.html|
ASPPP|American Society for Philatelic Pages and Panels|
ASVAB|Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery|
ATAPI|^ATA Peripheral Interface (?)|
ATLAS|Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System|
AVHRR|Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer|
AWACS|Airborne Warning And Control System|
AWTDI|Another Way To Do It|
BAFUG|Bay Area Freebsd User Group|
BASIC|Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code|http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Programming_Languages/BASIC/|
BATGE|Biosphere-Atmosphere Trace Gas Exchange in tropics (^IGAC)|
BBSRC|Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (^UK)|
BESAC|Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (^DOE)|
BESIE|Biomass Energy System Initial Evaluator (^EPRI software)|
BETTE|Braille-Edit Textbook Transcribing Edition|
BGALA|Bisexual, Gay, And Lesbian Alliance/Association|
BSCCO|Ba-Sr-Ca-Cu-O (superconductor)|
CAASD|Corporation Center for Advanced Aviation System Development|
CACCI|Confederation of Asian pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Taipei)|
CACGP|Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (^IAMAS)|
CANDO|Central Area Naperville Development Organization|
CANTV|Chicago Access Network TeleVision|
CAUCE|Coalition Against UCE|http://www.cauce.org/|
CCCAC|Citezens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee|
CDROM|^CD ^ROM|
CEBAF|Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility|
CEELI|Central and Eastern European Law Initiative|http://www.abanet.org/ceeli/home.html|
CENSA|Council of European and japanese National Shipowners' Associations (London)|
CFROI|Cash-Flow Return On Investment (stock criterion)|
CGIAR|Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research|
CIMIS|Common Industry Material Identification Standards|
CIRCA|Center for Instructional and Research Computing Activities|http://www.circa.ufl.edu/|
CISST|Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Science and Technology (^NU)|
CLAMS|Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing|http://www.clams.lib.ma.us/|
COHMC|Chicago Osteopathic Hospital and Medical Center|
COROS|Collectors Of Religion On Stamps|
CPCUG|Capital ^PC User Group|http://www.cpcug.org/|
CRADA|Collaborative Research And Development Agreement|
CRADA|Cooperative Research And Design Agreement|
CRAFT|Component Replacement And Fabrication Technology|http://www.craftwork.com|
CREAM|Cash Rules Everything Around Me (Wu-Tang Clan song)|
CSELT|Centro Studi E Laboratori Telecommunicazioni|http://www.cselt.it/|
CSULA|California State University at Los Angeles|
CSULB|California State University at Long Beach|http://www.csulb.edu/|
DARPA|Defense Advanced Research Project(s) Agency|
DAWWN|Disability Advocacy Work With Networking|
DDEML|^DDE Management Library|
DGPCC|Direccion General de Prevencion y Control de la Contaminacion|
DHTML|Dynamic ^HTML|
DIRBE|Diffuse InfraRed Background Experiment|
DJGPP|DJ's ^GNU Programming Platform|http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/history.html|
DRDOS|Digital Research Disk Operating System|
DSMAC|Digital Scene Matching Area Correlation|
DUNCE|Dial-Up Networking Connection Enhancement|
ECEMP|Embedded Costs Exceeding Market Prices|
ECLAC|Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Santiago)|
EDOMP|Extended Duration Orbiter Medical Project (^NASA)|
EFEDA|ECHIVAL Field Experiment in Desertification threatened Areas (^BAHC)|
EGFFD|East Grand Forks Fire Department|
EIDOS|Everyone Is Doing Outrageous Sex|
EIRMA|European Industrial Research and Management Association (Paris)|
ELRFS|Elliot Lake Research Field Station|http://www.LAURENTIAN.CA/www/elliot/index.html|
ELTAS|Elliot Lake Tracking and Adjustment Study (^INORD project)|
EMERG|Extractive Metallurgical Engineering Research Group|http://www.LAURENTIAN.CA/www/engr/emerg/emerg.htm|
EMPMD|Electronic, Magnetic & Photonic Material Division (^TMS)|
EPICA|European Programme for Ice Coring in Antarctica|
EPRDF|Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front|
EPSRC|Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (^UK)|
ERISA|Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974|http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/29/ch18.html|
ERSUG|Energy Research Supercomputer Users' Group|
ESCAP|Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Bangkok)|
EXAFS|Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure|
FACTS|Flexible ^AC Transmission System (by ^EPRI)|
FAFSA|Free Application for Federal Student Aid|
FDRMC|Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission|
FFPRI|Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute|http://panda.ioz.ac.cn/brim/cbis.html|
FIDIC|Fedration Internationale Des Ingnieurs Conseils (Lausanne)|
FIICU|Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities|
FIRAS|Far InfraRed Absolute Spectrophotometer|
FLALC|Five-Letter Acronym List Copyright|
FOOLS|Film Observation, Obfuscation, and Lambasting Society|http://www.abcinternet.com/fools/|
FSEOG|Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants|
FUBAR|Failed UniBus Address Register|http://www.wins.uva.nl/~mes/jargon/f/FUBAR.html|
FUBAR|Fouled/Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair|
FUUNM|Free Unix Users of New Mexico|
GCSSA|Guelph Chinese Students and Scholars Association|http://granite.sentex.net/~gcssa/index.html|
GIMCP|God Is My Co-Pilot|http://www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/Artists/God_is_My_Co_Pilot/|
GMSSN|Genital Mutilation Survivors' Support Network|http://home.t-online.de/home/Boedeker_Spreitzer_GbR/is_homep.htm|
GNOME|^GNU Network Object Model Environment|http://www.gnome.org/|
GOEZS|Global Ocean Euphotic Zone Study (^IGBP)|
GOPAC|(suspicious organization headed by Newt Gingrich)|
GRASS|Geographic Resources Analysis Support System|
HBCCO|Hg-Ba-Ca-Cu-O (superconductor)|
HCSSA|Harvard Chinese Students and Scholars Association|http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~yhu/|
HEFCE|Higher Education Funding Council for England|
HKUST|Hong Kong University of Science and Technology|http://www.cs.ust.hk|
HRTEM|High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy|
HTTPD|^HTTP Daemon|
HWDWS|Hot Wet Drippin' With Sweat|http://allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?UID=5:32:15|PM&p=amg&sql=A58914|
IACET|International Association for Continuing Education and Training|
IACRL|Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries|http://farm.fic.niu.edu/iacrl/iacrlhome.html|
IAMAS|International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (^IUGG/^ICSU)|
IANAL|I Am Not A Lawyer|
IBARS|Immediate Booking And Release System (^LAPD)|
ICCCM|Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual|http://tronche.com/gui/x/icccm/|
ICHCA|International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (London)|
IDEAL|International Decade of East African Lakes|
IFBWW|International Federation of Building and WoodWorkers|
IFPMA|International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (Geneva)|
IHPVA|International Human Powered Vehicle Association|http://www.ihpva.org/|
IIASA|International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Laxenburg, Austria)|
ILGWU|International Ladies Garment Workers Union|
ILSDO|Illinois Library Systems Directors Organization|
INORD|nstitute of Northern Ontario Research and Development|http://www.LAURENTIAN.CA/www/inord/inord.htm|
INSAB|International Numismatic Society Authentication Bureau|
IRARS|Imagery Resolution Assessments and Reporting Standards committee|
IREAD|Illinois Reading Enrichment And Development|
ISLMA|I--? School? Library? M--? A--?|
ISMTA|Illinois State Music Teachers Association|
ISTLI|International Society of Technology, Law and Insurance|
ISWSC|International Society of Worldwide Stamp Collectors|
ITASE|International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition|
IUFRO|International Union of Forestry Research Organizations|http://iufro.boku.ac.at/|
IUMRS|International Union of Materials Research Societies|
IUPAC|International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry|
IUPUI|Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis|
IWAES|Intermountain Wilderness Area Ecosystem Study|
JCAHO|Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations|
JCAMD|Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design|
JGOFS|Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (^SCOR/^IGBP)|
JULIE|Joint Utility Locating Information for Excavators|
JULIE|Joint Utility Locate Information Exchange (probably the correct one)|
KAIST|Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology|http://www.kaist.ac.kr/|
KMFDM|Keine Mehrheit Fuer Die Mitleid (band)|http://www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/Artists/By_Genre/Industrial/Industrial_Rock/KMFDM/|
KMFDM|Kill MotherFucking Depeche Mode or Kylie Minogue Fans Don't Masturbate (rumored)|
KPLUG|Kernel Panic Linux Users Group|http://www.kernel-panic.com/|
LAFTA|Latin American Free Trade Association (Montevideo)|
LASER|Light Amplification, Stimulation, and Emission of Radiation|
LCLAA|Labor Council for Latin American Advancement|
LCOSS|Lead Computing Optical Sight System|
LESTR|Leukocyte-Expressed Seven-Transmembrane domain Receptor|
LIUNA|Laborers' International Union of North America|
LOICZ|Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zones (^IGBP)|
LSNED|Learn Something New Every Day|
LUESS|Laurentian University Engineering Student Scociety|http://www.LAURENTIAN.CA/www/engr/LUESS/LUESS.html|
LUMAL|Laurentian University Mining Automation Laboratory|http://www.LAURENTIAN.CA/www/lumal/index.html|
MAJIC|Mothers Against Jesse (Helms) In Congress|http://www.webbuild.com/~gailgram/|
MANYS|Motorcycle Association of New York State|
MARTA|Metropolitan Atlanta Regional Transit Authority ?|
MASER|Microwave Amplification, Stimulation, and Emission of Radiation|
MGNRP|Morningside General Neighborhood Renewal Plan (^NYC)|
MOCVD|MetallOrganic Chemical Vapor Deposition|
MOMBE|MetallOrganic ^MBE|
MOTOS|Member Of The Opposite Sex|
MOTSS|Member Of The Same Sex|
MSAFP|Maternal Serum Alpha-FetoProtein|
MSDOS|^MS ^DOS|http://www.wins.uva.nl/~mes/jargon/m/MS-DOS.html|
MSNBC|^MS ^NBC|
MTBPF|Mean Time Between Power Failures|
NAACP|National Association for the Advancement of Colored People|
NAAQS|National Ambient Air Quality Standards|
NABCO|National Association of Breast Cancer Organizations|
NACCB|National Association of Computer Consulting Businesses|http://www.naccb.org/|
NACME|National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, inc.|
NAEVT|National Association of Emergency Vehicle Technicians|
NAFTA|North American Free Trade Agreement|http://www.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Trade/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement___NAFTA/|
NAHCR|National Association for Health Care Recruiters|
NAICS|North American Industry Classification System|http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html|
NANBH|Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis|
NANDA|North American Nursing Diagnosis Association|
NAPFA|National Association of Personal Finance Advisors|
NARUC|National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners|
NASPE|National Association for Sport and Physical Education|
NATAS|^NOAA ^AVHRR Transcription and Archive System|
NATCA|National Air Traffic Controllers Association|http://www.natca.org/|
NATCC|North American Touring Car Championship|
NBWHP|National Black Women's Health Project|
NCEES|National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying|
NCHGR|National Center for Human Genome Research|
NCPCA|The National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse|
NCPIE|National Council on Patient Information and Education|
NCSBN|National Council of State Boards of Nursing|
NELAC|National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference|
NERSC|National Energy Research Supercomputer Center|
NESAC|National Electronic Switching Assistance Center|
NHLBI|National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute|
NHTSA|National Highway Transportation Safety Administration|
NIAAA|National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism|
NIAID|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases|
NIAMS|National Institute of Arthritis and Muskuloskeletal and Skin diseases|
NICTD|Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District|http://www.nictd.com/|
NIDCD|National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders|
NIDDK|National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney diseases|
NIDDM|Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus|
NIEHS|National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences|
NIFTS|National Institute of Fruit Tree Science|http://ss.fruit.affrc.go.jp/|
NIGMS|National Institute of General Medical Sciences|
NIIRS|National Imagery Interpretability Rating Scales|http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/niirs_c/app3.htm|
NINDS|National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke|
NIOSH|National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health|http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html|
NJCAA|National Junior College Athletic Association|
NKOTB|New Kids On The Block|http://www.nkotb.com/|
NLGJA|National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association|
NORAD|(missile deterrence system)|
NRECA|National Rural Electric Cooperative Association|
NROTC|Naval Reserve Officer's Training Corps|
NSAID|NonSteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug|
NSDRS|National Standard Data Reference System (on periodic tables)|
NSPCC|National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (UK?)|
NSTDA|National Science and Technology Development Agency|http://www.nectec.or.th/bureaux/moste/#NSTDA|
NTHCS|National Toothpick Holder Collectors Society|
NTLUG|North Texas Linux Users Group|
NYISE|New York Institute for Special Education|
OAMTC|Oesterreichischer Auto-, Motorrad, und Touring-Club|
OAPEC|Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (Kuwait)|
OCLUG|Orange County Linux Users Group|
OPEIU|Office and Profesional Employees International Union|
OPLIN|Ohio Public Libraries Information Network|
OSCAR|Open Salt Collectors of the Atlantic Regions|
PACES|Parent And Child Education Society|
PATCO|Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization|
PEACE|(punk compilation album)|
PECVD|Plasma Enhanced ^CVD|
PEELS|Parallel Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy|
PERRO|Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra|http://www.crosbystillsnash.com/crosbyNash/CNpages/perro/|
PFLAG|Parents and Friends of Lesbians And Gays|
PIACC|Pacific Islands Association of Chambers of Commerce (Port Moresby)|
PICCR|Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens Rights|
PIGUI|Platform-Independent ^GUI|
PPARC|Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (^UK)|
PSBCA|Painted Soda Bottle Collectors Association|
PUHCA|Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935|
PURPA|Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act of 1978|
RADAR|Radio Association Defending Airwave Rights|
RAPID|Reusable Ada Products for Informations systems Development (^ARC)|
RCYRA|Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award|
RDBMS|Relational DataBase Management System|
REEPS|Residual End-use Energy Planning System (^EPRI software)|
RERTR|Reduced-Enrichment Research and Test Reactor (^ANL program)|
RHEED|Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction|
ROCAF|Republic Of China Air Force|
ROTFL|Rolling On The Floor Laughing|
RSFSR|Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic|
RSPCA|Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals|
RTCVD|Rapid Thermal Chemical Vapor Deposition|
RTELJ|Round Table of the Editors of Library Journals|
SAINT|Security Administrator's Integrated Network Tool ("an imporoved version of ^SATAN")|http://www.wwdsi.com/saint/|
SAMPE|Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering|
SARCS|Southeast Asia Regional Committe for START|
SATAN|Security Administrators Tool for Analyzing Networks|http://www.trouble.org/satan/|
SCNOC|Southern California Norton Owners Club|
SCOPE|Scientific Committee On Problems of the Environment (^ICSU)|
SCRAM|(emergency shutdown protocol for nuclear reactors)|
SCUBA|Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus|http://www.yahoo.com/Recreation/Outdoors/Scuba/|
SEATO|South East Asia Treaty Organization|
SECAM|(television broadcast protocol)|
SECOC|Social Entertainment Club Of Chicago|
SEELS|Serial Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy|
SEPTA|SouthEastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority|
SIUNA|Seafarers International Union of North America|
SLAMM|San diego's Lifestyles And Music Magazine|
SMART|Systems for Measuring And Reporting Televsion|
SMWIA|Sheet Metal Workers' International Association|
SNAFU|Situation Normal All Fucked/Fouled Up|
SOAPP|State-Of-the-Art Power Plant (energy software)|
SSEES|School of Slavonic and East European Studies (at U of London)|
SSRMS|Space Station Remote Manipulator System|
STARS|Student Transition And Retention Services (at ^CSULB)|http://www.csulb.edu/~soar/nofrmstars.html|
STTNG|Star Trek: The Next Generation|http://www.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Television/Genres/Science_Fiction__Fantasy__and_Horror/Star_Trek/Star_Trek__The_Next_Generation/|
SWRTA|SouthWest Regional Transmission Association|
TAHGC|The Avalon Hill Game Company|http://members.aol.com/ahgames/avalon.html|
TAVAS|Torsion Activated Vibration Absorbing System (Excelsior-Henderson motorcycles)|
TBCCO|Tl-Ba-Ca-Cu-O (superconductor)|
TBESS|Transportable Battery Energy Storage System (by ^EPRI?)|
TESOL|Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages|
TISTR|Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research|http://www.nectec.or.th/bureaux/moste/#TISTR|
TOEFL|Test Of English as a Foreign Language|
TONTO|The Original New Timbral Orchestra|http://www.synthmuseum.com/tonto/|
TRIPL|Technology Resource Institute for Public Libraries|
TRIPS|Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights|http://www.wto.org/wto/intellec/intellec.htm|
UDSSR|Union Der Sozialistischen SowjetRepubliken|
UKIRT|United Kingdom InfraRed Telescope|
UMDNJ|University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey|http://www2.umdnj.edu/|
UMDUG|Upper Midwest Dynix Users Group|
UNCED|United Nations Conference on Environment and Development|
UNCSD|United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (New York)|
UNIDO|United Nations Industrial Development Organization (Vienna)|
UNITE|Union of Needletrades Industrial and Textile Employees|
UPGWA|United Plant Guard Workers of America, International Union|
USABC|United States Advanced Battery Consortium|
USAFA|United States Air Force Academy|
USAID|United States Agency for International Development|
USMLE|United States Medical Licensing Exam|
UTSAP|Universal Telephone Service Assistance Program|
VEROS|Vapor Evaporation on Running Oil Substrate|
VHSIC|Very High Speed Integrated Circuits|
VOCAL|Victims Of Child Abuse Laws|
WBCSD|World Business Council for Sustainable Development (Geneva)|
WDTSF|What Does That Stand For|
WECAN|Woodlawn East Community and Neighbors|http://www.cnt.org/tnw/20/204gent2.htm|
WIMSE|Women In Materials Science and Engineering|
WOMAD|World Of Music, Arts, and Dance|http://www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/Events/Concerts/Festivals/WOMAD/|
WOMAN|Women Only Mail And News|http://www.woman.de/|
YAHOO|Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle|http://www.yahoo.com/|
YALSA|Young Adult Library Services Association|