300+ Full Forms List: A to Z Alphabet Wise

An abbreviation or short form is a word or phrase in a long form that has been shortened. When people find it difficult to speak or recall long sentences, words, or phrases, they will shorten them. There are numerous short forms that we have heard or used but are unaware of their full expanded versions. We’ve compiled a list of the most commonly used/important full forms that are frequently used. This will also help you in competitive exams such as Bank Exams, IBPS Recruitment Exams, UGC NET or CSIR NET, IIT JAM, SSC, and RRB, and so on. In this blog, we have given a list of the most common abbreviated versions in alphabetical order. Check it out!

Full Form List: “A”

Here is the explanation of all short forms starting from “A” –

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	ABS Full Form	Anti-Locking Braking System
2.	ACE Full Form	Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme
3.	ACT Full Form	American College Test
4.	ADA Full Form	Aeronautical Development Agency
5.	ADB Full Form	Asian Development Bank
6.	ADCB Full Form	Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
7.	ADR Full Form	American Depositary Receipt, Alternative Dispute Resolution
8.	Full Form of ADS in Medical	Acquired Demyelinating Syndrome
9.	AE Full Form	Account Executive
10.	AFAIK Full Form	As Far as I know
11.	AGM Full Form	Annual General Meeting
12.	AIEEE Full Form	All India Engineering Entrance Examination
13.	AIIB Full Form	Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
14.	APEC Full Form	Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
15.	AFK Full Form	Away from the keyboard
16.	AL Full Form	Accountant at Law
17.	ALC Full Form	Automatic Live Control
18.	ALM Full Form	Asset and Liability Management
19.	AMU Full Form	Aligarh Muslim University
20.	AOA Full Form	Articles of Association
21.	APGVB Full Form	Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank
22.	APL Full Form	Above Poverty Line
23.	APM Full Form	Administered Pricing Mechanism, Application Performance Monitoring
24.	ARC Full Form	Asset Reconstruction Company
25.	ARO Full Form	Assistant Review Officer
26.	ARDR Full Form	Agricultural and Rural Debt Relief
27.	ASA Full Form	American Standards Association
28.	ASAP Full Form	As Soon As Possible
29.	ASBA Full Form	Application Supported by Block Amount
30.	ASEAN Full Form	Association of South-East Asian Nations
31.	ASEM Full Form	Asia-Europe Meeting
32.	ASF Full Form	Advanced Systems Format
33.	ASSOCHAM Full Form	Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
34.	APM Full Form	Action Taken Report
35.	ATM Full Form	Asynchronous Transfer Mode
36.	ATM Full Form	Automated teller machine
37.	AM Full Form	Ante Meridiem
38.	ANO Full Form	Academic New Office
39.	AU Full Form	Astronomical Unit

Full Form List: “B”

Here is the explanation of all short forms starting from “B” –

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	BASIC Full Form	Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
2.	BAE Full Form	Before Anyone Else
3.	BAF Full Form	Bachelor of Accounting and Finance
4.	BAR Full Form	Best Available Rate
5.	BBE Full Form	Bachelor of Business Economics
6.	BBK Full Form	Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait
7.	BBL Full Form	Big Bash League, Be Back Later
8.	B2B Full Form	Business-to-business
9.	BCA Full Form	Bachelors of Computer Applications
10.	BCC Full Form	Blind Carbon Copy
11.	BC Full Form	Before Christ
12.	BCBS Full Form	Basel Committee for Banking Supervision
13.	BCSBI Full Form	Banking Codes and Standards Board of India
14.	BDC Full Form	Block Development Council
15.	BDE Full Form	Business Development Executive
16.	BE Full Form	Bachelor of Engineering
17.	B.Ed Full Form	Bachelor of Education
18.	BEO Full Form	Block Education Officer
19.	BFS Full Form	Brеadth-First Sеarch
20.	BHIM Full Form	Bharat Interface for Money
21.	BHMS Full Form	Bachelor of Homeopathy Medicine and Science
22.	BIFR Full Form	Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
23.	BIMSTEC Full Form	Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
24.	BJP Full Form	Bharatiya Janata Party
25.	BITSAT Full Form	Birla Institute of Technology and Science Admission Test
26.	BLOB Full Form	Binary Large Object
27.	BO Full Form	Branch office
28.	BOD Full Form	Biochemical Oxygen Demand
29.	BOI Full Form	Bank of India
30.	BOLT Full Form	BSE On-Line Trading (System)
31.	BOP Full Form	Balance of Payments
32.	BOT Full Form	Build, Operate and Transfer
33.	BPL Full Form	Below Poverty Line
34.	BPO Full Form	Business Process Outsourcing
35.	BRICS Full Form	Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
36.	BSF Full Form	Border Security Force
37.	BSc Full Form	Bachelor of Science
38.	BSCS Full Form	Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
39.	BSE Full Form	Bombay Stock Exchange
40.	BSG Full Form	Bharat Scouts and Guides
41.	BSP Full Form	Bahujan Samaj Party.
42.	BSR Full Form	Basic Statistical Returns
43.	BSTC Full Form	Basic School Teaching Certificate
44.	B.Tech Full Form	Bachelor of Technology
45.	BTS Full Form	Bangtan Soneyeondan
46.	BYE Full Form	Be with Your Everytime

Full Form List: “C”

Here is the explanation of all short forms starting from “C” –

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	C & AG Full Form	Comptroller & Auditor General
2.	CA Full Form	Chartered Accountant
3.	CABE Full Form	Central Advisory Board of Education
4.	CACP Full Form	Commission of Agriculture Cost and Price
5.	CAD Full Form	Capital Account Deficit
6.	CAG Full Form	Controller and Auditor General of India
7.	CAMELS Full Form	Clearing Corporation of India Limited
8.	CAPART Full Form	Council for People’s Action and Advancement of Rural Technology
9.	CAR Full Form	Capital adequacy ratio
10.	CARE Full Form	Credit Analysis & Research Ltd.
11.	CBS Full Form	Core banking solution
12.	CC Full Form	Clearing Corporation of India Limited
13.	CCI Full Form	Competition Commission of India
14.	CCIL Full Form	Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labor
15.	CCTV Full Form	Closed Circuit Television
16.	CD Full Form	Certificate of Deposit
17.	CDSL Full Form	Central Securities Depository Limited
18.	CECA Full Form	Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement
19.	CEPA Full Form	Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
20.	CFRA Full Form	Combined Finance and Revenue Accounts
21.	CGL Full Form	Combined Graduate Level Examination
22.	CHOGM Full Form	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
23.	CIBIL Full Form	Credit Information Bureau (India) Ltd
24.	CII Full Form	Confederation of Indian Industry
25.	CIS Full Form	Commonwealth of Independent States
26.	CITES Full Form	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
27.	CITU Full Form	Centre Of Indian Trade Unions
28.	CMP Full Form	Common Minimum Program
29.	CPU Full Form	Central Processing Unit
30.	CAT Full Form	Common Admission Test
31.	CO Full Form	Capital Outlay
32.	COBOL Full Form	Common Business-Oriented Language
33.	CP Full Form	Commercial Paper
34.	CPI Full Form	Consumer Price Index
35.	CPI (AL) Full Form	Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labors
36.	CPI (IW) Full Form	Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers
37.	CRAR Full Form	Capital to Risk Weighted Asset Ratio
38.	CRA Full Form	Credit Reporting Agency
39.	CRISIL Full Form	Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited
40.	CRR Full Form	Cash Reserve Ratio
41.	CRPC Full Form	Code of Criminal Procedure
42.	CRPF Full Form	Central Reserve Police Force
43.	CSIR Full Form	Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
45.	CSAT Full Form	Civil Servant Aptitude Test
46.	CTO Full Form	Chief Technology Officer
47.	CID Full Form	Crime Investigation Department

Full Form List: “D”

Here is the explanation of all short forms starting from “D” –

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Form
1.	DA Full Form	Dearness Allowance; Daily Allowance
2.	DAP Full Form	Development Action Plan
3.	DBOD Full Form	Department of Banking Operations & Development
4.	DBS Bank Ltd Full Form	The Development Bank of Singapore Ltd.
5.	DCA Full Form	Department of Company Affairs
6.	DCM Full Form	Department of Currency Management
7.	DD Full Form	Demand Draft
8.	DDS Full Form	Data Dissemination Standards
9.	DICGC Full Form	Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
10.	DIG Full Form	Deputy Inspector General of Police
11.	DMA Full Form	Departmentalized Ministries Account
12.	DNA Full Form	Deoxyribonucleic Acid
13.	DMLT Full Form	Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology
14.	DSLR Full Form	Digital single-lens reflex
15.	DTP Full Form	Desktop Publishing
16.	DP Full Form	Data Processing

Full Form List: “E”

Here is the explanation of all short forms starting from “E” –

S.No.	Short Form	Full Forms
1.	ECA Full Form	Essential Commodity Act
2.	ECB Full Form	External Commercial Borrowings
3.	ECS Full Form	Electronic Clearing Service
4.	EDUSAT Full Form	Education Satellite
5.	EEE Full Form	Exempt Exempt Exempt
6.	EEFC Account Full Form	Exchange Earners Foreign Currency Account
7.	EGOM Full Form	Empowered Group of Ministers
8.	EMI Full Form	Equated Monthly Installment
9.	EMS Full Form	European Monetary System
10.	EPF Full Form	Employees Provident Fund
11.	EPFO Full Form	Employees Provident Fund Organization
12.	ERNET Full Form	Educational and Research Network
13.	ESA Full Form	European Space Agency
14.	ESCAP Full Form	Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacify
15.	ESMA Full Form	European Securities and Markets Authority
16.	ESOP Full Form	Employee Stock Option Program
17.	ETF Full Form	Exchange Traded Fund
18.	EU Full Form	European Union
19.	EXIM Full Form	Export Import Bank of India
20.	ERP Full Form	Enterprise Resource Planning

Full Form List: “F”

Here is the explanation of all short forms starting from “F” –

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	FAO Full Form	Food and Agriculture Organization
2.	FCCB Full Form	Foreign Currency Convertible Bond
3.	FCNR Full Form	Foreign Currency (Non-Resident) Accounts Scheme
4.	FDI Full Form	Foreign Direct Investment
5.	FEMA Full Form	Foreign Exchange Management Act
6.	FERA Full Form	Foreign Exchange Regulations Act
7.	FICCI Full Form	Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
8.	FII Full Form	Foreign Institutional Investors
9.	FIPB Full Form	Foreign Investment Promotion Board (Of India)
10.	FMCG Full Form	Fast Moving Consumer Goods
11.	FPO Full Form	Follow on Public Offer
12.	FTA Full Form	Free Trade Area

Full Form List: “G”

Here is the explanation of all short forms starting from “G” –

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	GATT Full Form	General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade
2.	GCC Full Form	Gulf Cooperation Council
3.	GDP Full Form	Gross Domestic Product
4.	GDR Full Form	Global Depositary Receipt
5.	GK Full Form	General Knowledge
6.	GNP Full Form	Gross National Product
7.	GOI Full Form	Government of India
8.	GPRS Full Form	General Packet Radio Service
9.	GST Full Form	Goods and Service Tax

 Full Form List: “H”

Here is the explanation of all short forms starting from “H” –

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	HDFC Full Form	Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited
2.	HDI Full Form	Human Development Index
3.	HMU Full Form	Hit Me Up
4.	HSBC Full Form	Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
5.	HVAC Full Form	Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

Full Form List: “I”

Here is the explanation of all short forms starting from “I” –

Full Form List: “J”

Here is the explanation of all short forms starting from “J” –

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	JNNURM Full Form	Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission

Full Form List: “K”

Here is the explanation of all short forms starting from “K” –

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	KPO Full Form	Knowledge Process Outsourcing
2.	KTU FUll Form	Kerala Technological University
3.	KYC FUll Form	Know your customer

Full Form List: “L”

Here is the explanation of all short forms starting from “L” –

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	LAMPS Full Form	Large-sized Adivasi Multipurpose Societies
2.	LIC Full Form	Life Insurance Corporation (Of India)
3.	LLP Full Form	Limited Liability Partnership
4.	LPC Full Form	Land Possession Certificate, Licensed Professional Counselor

Full Form List: “M”

Here is the explanation of all short forms starting from “M” –

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	MA Full Form	Moving Average, Master of Arts
2.	MAIT Full Form	Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology
3.	MAT Full Form	Minimum Alternative Tax
4.	MCA Full Form	Ministry of Company Affairs, Master of Computer Applications
5.	MCAP Full Form	Market capitalization / Mid cap
6.	MDG Full Form	Millennium development goals
7.	MEP Full Form	Minimum Export Price, Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing
8.	MFA Full Form	Multi-Fiber Agreement, Master of Fine Arts
9.	MFI Full Form	Micro Finance Institution
10.	MFIN Full Form	Micro Finance Institution Network
11.	MFN Full Form	Most Favored Nation
12.	MGNREGA Full Form	Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
13.	MIBOR Full Form	Mumbai Interbank Offer Rate
14.	MICR Full Form	Mumbai Interbank offer rate
15.	MNC Full Form	Multi-National Corporation
16.	MRP Full Form	Maximum Retail Price
17.	MRTPC Full Form	Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission
18.	MRTS Full Form	Mass Rapid Transit System
19.	MSME Full Form	Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises
20.	MSP Full Form	Minimum Support Price
21.	MT Full Form	Mail Transfer, Metric Ton
22.	MTO Full Form	Multilateral Trade Organization, Make to Order/Made to Order.
23.	MLA Full Form	Member of Legislative Assembly

Full Form List: “N”

Here is the explanation of all short forms starting from “N” –

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	NABARD Full Form	National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
2.	NAEP Full Form	National Adult Education Program
3.	NAFED Full Form	National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd
4.	NAFTA Full Form	North America Free Trade Agreement
5.	NAM Full Form	Non-Aligned Movement
6.	NAMA Full Form	Non-Agriculture Market Access
7.	NASDAQ Full Form	National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
8.	NASSCOM Full Form	National Association of Software and Services Companies
9.	NATO Full Form	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
10.	NAV Full Form	Net Asset Value
11.	NBFC Full Form	Non-Banking Finance Companies
12.	NCAER Full Form	National Council Of Applied Economic Research
13.	NCERT Full Form	National Council Of Education Research And Training
14.	NCPCR Full Form	National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
15.	NDC Full Form	National Development Council
16.	NEFT Full Form	National Electronic Fund Transfer
17.	NEGP Full Form	National E-Governance Plan
18.	NEP Full Form	National Education Policy
19.	NFO Full Form	New Fund Offers
20.	NGO Full Form	Non-Governmental Organization
21.	NHAI Full Form	National Highways Authority of India
22.	NHDP Full Form	National Highways Development Project
23.	NHRC Full Form	National Human Rights Commission
24.	NIC Full Form	National Industrial Classification, Network Interface Card
25.	NIFT Full Form	National Institute of Fashion Technology
26.	NIO Full Form	National Institute of Oceanography
27.	NLMA Full Form	National Literacy Mission Authority
28.	NMDC Full Form	National Mineral Development Corporation
29.	NNP Full Form	Net National Production
30.	NOHFC Full Form	Non-operative Financial Holding Company
31.	NPA Full Form	Non-Performing Asset
32.	NPR Full Form	National Population Register
33.	NRI Full Form	Non-Resident Indian
34.	NSC Full Form	National Statistical Commission, National Savings Certificate
35.	NSDL Full Form	National Securities Depository Limited
36.	NVM Full Form	Never Mind
37.	NCR Full Form	National Capital Region

Full Form List: “O”

Here is the explanation of all short forms starting from “O” –

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	OD Full Form	Over Draft
2.	ODA Full Form	Official Development Assistance
3.	OECD Full Form	Organization of Economic Co-Operation and Development
4.	OGL Full Form	Open General License
5.	OIC Full Form	Organization of Islamic Countries
6.	OIL Full Form	Oil India Limited
7.	ONGC Full Form	Oil And Natural Gas Commission
8.	OPEC Full Form	Organization Of Petroleum Exporting Countries
9.	OSCE Full Form	Organization For Security And Cooperation In Europe

Full Form List: “P”

Here is the explanation of all short forms starting from “P” –

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	PAC Full Form	Public Accounts Committee
2.	PACS Full Form	Primary Agriculture Credit Societies
3.	PAN Full Form	Permanent Account Number (Of Income-Tax)
4.	PATA Full Form	Pacific-Asia Travel Association, Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment
5.	PCI Full Form	Per capita income, Peripheral Component Interconnect
6.	PD Full Form	Primary Deficit, Public Domain
7.	PDO Full Form	Public Debt Office, Panchayat Development Officer
8.	PDS Full Form	Public Distribution System
	PH Full Form	Potential of Hydrogen
9.	PIL Full Form	Public Interest Litigation
10.	PIO Full Form	Persons Of Indian Origin
11.	PN Full Form	Participatory Note
12.	PNB Full Form	Punjab National Bank
13.	PO Full Form	Principal Office, Probationary Officer
14.	POP Full Form	Point Of Purchase, Post Office Protocol, Point of Presence
15.	PPF Full Form	Public Provident Fund
16.	PCS Full Form	Provincial Civil Service
13.	PM Full Form	Post Meridiem
14.	IPL Full Form	Indian Premier League

Full Form List: “Q”

Here is the explanation of all short forms starting from “Q” –

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	QIB Full Form	Qualified Institutional Buyer
2.	QIP Full Form	Qualified Institutional Placement
3.	QLED Full Form	Quantum Dot Light Emitting Diode
4.	QR Full Form	Quantitative Restriction, Quick Response

Full Form List: “R”

Here is the explanation of all short forms starting from “R” –

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	RBI Full Form	Reserve Bank Of India
2.	RDBMS Full Form	Relational Database Management System
3.	RE Full Form	Revenue Expenditure
4.	REC Full Form	Rural Electrification Corporation
5.	RIDF Full Form	Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
6.	RMB Full Form	Renminbi (Chinese)
7.	RR Full Form	Revenue Receipts, Rajasthan Royals
8.	RRB Full Form	Regional Rural Bank
9.	RSETI Full Form	Rural Self Employment Training Institute
10.	RSS Full Form	Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
11.	RTGS Full Form	Real Time Gross Settlement

Full Form List: “S”

Here is the explanation of all short forms starting from “S”.

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	SAARC Full Form	South Asian Association for Regional Co-Operation
2.	SAFTA Full Form	South Asian Free Trade Area
3.	SAIL Full Form	Steel Authority of India Limited
4.	SAM Full Form	Social Accounting Matrix, Severe Acute Malnutrition
5.	SAPTA Full Form	SAARC Preferential Trading Agreement
6.	SARFAESI ACT	The Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002
7.	SBI Full Form	State Bank of India
8.	SC Full Form	Schedule Caste
9.	SCO Full Form	Shanghai Cooperation Organization
10.	SCOPE Full Form	Standing Conference On Public Enterprises
11.	SDDS Full Form	Special Data Dissemination System
12.	SDF Full Form	Shipping Declaration Form
13.	SDR Full Form	Special Drawing Rights
14.	SEBI Full Form	Securities and Exchange Board of India
15.	SEWA Full Form	Self-employed Women’s Association
16.	SEZ Full Form	Special Economic Zone
17.	SFC Full Form	State Financial Corporation
18.	SGL Full Form	Subsidiary General Ledger, Spatial Graph Language
19.	SIDBI Full Form	Small Industries Development Bank of India
20.	SLR Full Form	Statutory Liquidity Ratio
21.	SN Full Form	Student Nurse, Say Nothing, Serial Number, Special Needs
22.	SSI Full Form	Small-Scale Industries
	SSLC Full Form	Secondary School Leaving Certificate
23.	ST Full Form	Schedule Tribe
24.	STDR Full Form	Special Term Deposit Receipt

Full Form List: “T”

Here is the explanation of all short forms starting from “T”. –

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	TC Full Form	Temporary Change, Transfer Certificate
2.	TDS Full Form	Tax Deduction at Source
3.	TIFR Full Form	Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research
4.	TIN Full Form	Tax Information Network
5.	TINXSYS Full Form	Tax Information Exchange System
6.	TISCO Full Form	Tata Iron and Steel Company
7.	TPDS Full Form	Targeted Public Distribution System
8.	TRAI Full Form	Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India
9.	TRIMS Full Form	Trade Related Investment Measures
10.	TRIPS Full Form	Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
11.	TRP Full Form	Television Rating Point

Full Form List: “U”

Here is the explanation of all short forms starting from “u” –

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	UCO Full Forms	United Commercial Bank
2.	UN Full Forms	United Nations
3.	UNCTAD Full Forms	United Nations Conference On Trade And Development
4.	UNDP Full Forms	United Nations Development Program
5.	UNEF Full Forms	United Nations Emergency Force
6.	UNEP Full Forms	United Nations Environment Program
7.	UNESCO Full Forms	United Nations Educational, Scientific And Cultural Organization
8.	UNHCR Full Forms	United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees
9.	UNHRC Full Forms	United Nations Human Rights Commission
10.	UNICEF Full Forms	United Nations International Children’s (Emergency) Fund
11.	UNIDO Full Forms	United Nations Industrial Development Organization
12.	UNRRA Full Forms	United Nations Relief And Rehabilitation Administration
13.	US Full Forms	United States
14.	USD Full Forms	US Dollars
15.	USE Full Forms	United Stock Exchange

Full Form List: “V”

Here is the explanation of all short forms starting from “V” –

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	VAT Full Form	Value-Added Tax
2.	VBA Full Form	Visual Basic for Applications
3.	VC Full Form	Venture Capital
4.	VDIS Full Form	Voluntary Disclosure Of Income Scheme
5.	VVIP Full Form	Vеry Vеry Important Pеrson

Full Form List: “W”

Here is the explanation of all short forms starting from “W” –

S.No.	Short Forms	Full Forms
1.	WCW Full Form	World Championship Wrestling
2.	WEF Full Form	World Economic Forum
3.	WHO Full Form	World Health Organization
4.	WIPO Full Form	World Intellectual Property Organization
5.	WLL Full Form	Wireless Local Loop
6.	WYSIWYG Full Form	What You See Is What You Get

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