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The document lists abbreviations from various categories including everyday context, technology, political/economic, organizations, academics, medicine, social media, sports, and COVID-related terms. It provides over 100 common abbreviations along with their full forms across these different domains for easy reference. The abbreviations cover a wide range of topics from intelligence quotients and message formats to medical procedures, educational degrees, and sports leagues.

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Select Abbreviations List - Final)

The document lists abbreviations from various categories including everyday context, technology, political/economic, organizations, academics, medicine, social media, sports, and COVID-related terms. It provides over 100 common abbreviations along with their full forms across these different domains for easy reference. The abbreviations cover a wide range of topics from intelligence quotients and message formats to medical procedures, educational degrees, and sports leagues.

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List of Abbreviations (category-wise):-

I. Everyday-context/Miscellaneous
1. IQ- Intelligence Quotient
2. RSVP- répondez s'il vous plait (French) meaning ‘Please respond’
3. ATM- Automated Teller Machine
4. A.M- ante meridiem (before midday)
5. P.M.- post meridiem (after midday)
6. SUV- Sports Utility Vehicle
7. i.e. – id est (Latin) meaning ‘in other words’
8. e.g.- exempli gratia (Latin) meaning for example
9. P.S.- Post Script
10. SMS- Short Message Service
11. PIN- Personal Identification Number, Postal Index Number

II. Technology
1. URL- Uniform Resource Locator
2. ISP- Internet Service Provider
3. WWW- World Wide web
4. JPEG- Joint Photographic Experts Group
5. PDF- Portable Document Format
6. CAPTCHA- Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell computers and
humans apart
7. GPS- Global Positioning System
8. OTP- One time password
9. CGI- Computer–Generated Imagery
10. HD- High Density

III. Political/ Economic context


1. GST- Goods and Services Tax
2. VAT- Value Added Tax
3. MSP- Minimum Support Price
4. EVM- Electronic Voting Machine
5. GDP- Gross Domestic Product
6. UT- Union Territory
7. USA- United States of America
8. USSR- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
9. EU- European Union
10. NRI- Non-Resident Indian
11. PIO- Person of Indian Origin
IV. Organizations/Institutions
1. CIA- Central Intelligence Agency
2. FBI- Federal Bureau of Investigation
3. UNO- United Nations Organization
4. WHO- World Health Organization
5. UNICEF- United Nations Children’s Fund
6. UNESCO- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
7. WTO- World Trade Organization
8. WWF- World Wide Fund for Nature
9. RBI- Reserve Bank of India
10. BIS- Bureau of Indian Standards

V. Academic space/ Educational degrees


1. CBSE- Central Board of Secondary Education
2. ICSE- Indian Certificate of Secondary Education
3. UGC- University Grants Commission
4. NCERT- National Council of Educational Research and Training
5. ICMR- Indian Council of Medical Research
6. AIIMS- All India Institute of Medical Sciences
7. CGPA- Cumulative Grade Points Average
8. SOP- Standard Operating Procedure
9. Ph.D- Doctor of Philosophy
10. AICTE- All India Council for Technical Education
11. CAT- Common Aptitude Test
12. NET- National Eligibility Test
13. MBA- Master of Business Administration
14. MBBS- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

VI. Medical terms


1. B.P.- Blood Pressure
2. CBC- Complete Blood Count
3. ICU-Intensive Care Unit
4. PMS- Premenstrual Syndrome
5. AIDS- Acquired Immuno-deficiency syndrome
6. BMI- Body Mass Index
7. HIV- Human Immunodeficiency Virus
8. MRI- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
9. DNA- De-oxyribo nucleic acid
10. CT Scan- Computed Tomography Scan
VII. Social media
1. DM- Direct message
2. GIF- Graphics Interchange Format
3. BRB- Be Right Back
4. BTS- Behind the Scenes
5. BTW- By the way
6. FOMO- Fear of Missing Out
7. FYI- For Your Information
8. OOTD- Outfit of the day
9. ROFL- Rolling on the floor laughing
10. IMO- In my Opinion

VIII. Sports
1. IPL- Indian Premiere League
2. LBW- Leg before Wicket
3. SAI- Sports Authority of India
4. BCCI- Board of Control for Cricket in India
5. IOA- Indian Olympic Association
6. FIH- International Hockey Federation
7. ICC- International Cricket Council
8. NBA- National Basketball Association
9. ODI- One day International

IX. COVID-Related abbreviations

1. COVID- Corona-virus disease


2. SARS-COV- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome- Corona Virus
3. PPE- Personal Protective Equipment
4. WFH- Work from home
5. RT-PCR- Reverse Transcription- Polymerase Chain Reaction

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