Abbreviations A

A                     - Academician / A Class / Adult / Amateur

A/C                  - Account

A-1                  - First Class

A.A                  - Automobile Association/Author's Alterations/

                           Anti Aircraft/Automobile

A.A.A.A          - Asian Amateur Athletic Association

A.A.C              - Awami Action Committee (Kashmir)

A.A.F              - Auxilitary Air Force

AAFI               - The Amateur Athletics Federation of India

A.A.M.O         - Asia Association of Management organization

A.A.P.S.O       - Afro - Asian People's Solidarity Organization

A.A.Q.M.G     - Acting Assistant Quarter Master General

AARRO          - Afro-Asian Rural Reconstruction organization

AAU                - Amateur Athletic Union

ABA                - Amateur Boxing Association

Abbv.              - Abbreviated/Abbreviation

ABC                - Atomic Biological and Chemical (Welfare)

Adj.                 - Adjective, Adjourned

Advt.               - Advertisement

Amt.                - Amount

a.m                  - ante meridian/before noon

Ans.                 - Answer

Apr.                 - April

Aug.                - August

AK (47)           - Abtomat Kalashmikova

ATTA              - Afghan Transit Trade Agreement

ABC                - American Broadcasting Company

ABFM            - American Board of Foreign Missions

ABM               - Anti Ballistic Missile

ABOA             - Associated Bank Officers' Association

ABU                - Asian Broadcasting Union

AC                   - Air conditioner / Anti Christen (before Christ),

                           Alternating Current,

ACC                - Auxiliary Cadet Corps/Arab co-operation council

ACGB             - Arts Council of Great Britain

ACI                 - Aero Club of India of Secretaries

ACJ                 - Asian College of Journalism

ACL                - Access Control List

ACTH             - Adrenocortictropic hormone

AD                  - Anno Domini (After Christ) After Death

ADA                - Aeronautical development Agency

ADAM            - Animated Dissection of Anatomy for Medicine

ADB                - Asian Development Bank

ADBS             - Advanced Data Broadcast System

ADC                - Aide-de-camp

ADIC              - Alcohol and Drug Information Centre

ADM              - Additional District Magistrate

ADMK           - Anna Dravide Munnetra Kazhakam

AE                   - Assistant Engineer

AEA                - Architects and Engineers' Association

AEC                - Atomic Energy Commission

AEO                - Assistant Educational Officer

AERB             - Atomic Energy Regulatory Board

AF                   - Audio Frequency

AFA                - Amateur Food Ball Association

AFBS              - American and Foreign Bible Society

AFLCIO         - American Federation of Labour and Congress

                           of Industrial Organisation.

AFP                 - Agence France-Presse

AFMC            - Armed Forces Medical College

AFTC              - Air Force Technical College

AG                  - Accountant General/Adjutant General

AGP                - Accelerated graphics port

AGSOC          - Asian Games Special Organizing Committee

AH                  - Anno Hegirae ( Mohammed's Flight from

                           Mecca to Medina 622 AD)

AHQ               - Army Head Quarters

AI                    - Air India / Artificial Intelligence

AIADMK       - All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kalagam

AICC              - All India Congress Committee

AICTE            - All India Congress Committee

AICTE            - All India Council for Technical Education

AICTE            - All India Council of University sports

AID                 - Artificial Insemination Donor/Agency for

                           International Development

AIDS               - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

AIFF               - All India Football Federation

AIIMS            - All India Institute of Medical Sciences

AINEC            - All India Newspaper Editor's Conference

AIR                 - All India Radio

AISF               - All India Students Federation

AITA               - All India Tennis Association

AITUC            - All India Trade Union Congress

AIWHA          - All India Women's Hockey Association

ALGOL          - Algebraic Oriented Language

AM                 - Ante Meridian (before noon) amplitude Modulation

AMIE             - Associate Member of the Institute of Engineers

AMPI              - Association of Medical Physicians of India

AMU               - Aligarh Muslim University

ANC                - African National Congress

ANERT          - Agency for Non-conventional Energy and Rural

                          Development

ANN               - Asian News Network

ANZUS           - Australia, New Zealand US (Pacific pact Nations)

AOC                - Air Officer Commanding

AP                   - Andhra Pradesh

APCTT           - Asian and Pacific Center for Transfer of

                          Technology

APD                -  Automated Peritoneal Dialysis

APEC              - Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation

APPLE             - Ariane Passenger Pay Load Experiment

APM               - Administered Price Mechanism

ARC                - Agricultural Research Council

ARDRS         - Agricultural and Rural Development

                           Relief Scheme

ARMD                       - Age - related Muscular Disease

ARPANET                 - Advanced Research Project Agency Network

ART                - Assisted Reproductive Technologies

ASAP              -  As soon as possible

ASCII            - American Standard code for Information

                           Interchange

AS EAN          - Association of South East Asian Nations

ASEM             - Asia-Europe Meeting

ASLV              - Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle

ASSOCHAM             - Associated Chamber of Commerce

                           and Industry

ATC                - Air Traffic Control

ATM               - Automated Teller Machine / Adobe Type

                           Manager

ATP                 - Adenosine Tri-Phosphate

ATS                 - Anti-Tetanus Serum

AT&T             - American Telegraphic and Telephone Ltd

                           (The company no longer expands AT&T)

AU                   - Astronomical Units

AUT                - Association of University Teacher

AVARD          - Association of Voluntary Agencies for Rural

                           Development

AVRC             - Audio Visual Research Center

AVSM            -  Ati Vishisht Seva Medal

AWACS          - Airborne Warning and Control System

AWHRC         - Asian Woman Human Rights Council

AWRE            - Atomic Weapons Research Establishment

AWWA           - Army Wives Welfare Association