We use several short forms in daily life. These short forms are frequently used in our text conversations like chat on social media and messaging apps. Even in exams, children are asked question related to these full forms. Overall, it is essential to know these full forms.
Many of us don’t know the full forms of these short expressions. So, here we are listing commonly used full forms used in daily life. These are useful to everyone right from kids to elders.
Top general full forms used in daily life
1 USB UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS
2 ATM AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE
3 HTML HYPER TEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE
4 PDF PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT
5 TV TELEVISION
6 NEFT NATIONAL ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER
7 ECS ELECTRONIC CLEARING SYSTEM
8 IP INTERNET PROTOCOL
9 WLAN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK
10 OMR OPTICAL MARK RECOGNITION
11 URL UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR
12 ICU INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
13 ICCU INTENSIVE CORONARY CARE UNIT
14 GDP GROSS DOMETIC PRODUCT
15 IMEI INTERNATIONAL MOBILE EQUIPMENT IDENTITY
16 BPO BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING
17 BBC BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION
18 CDMA CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS
19 HDMI HIGH DEFINITION MULTIMEDIA INTERFACE
20 INTEL INTEGRATED ELECTRONICS
21 JPEG JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERTS GROUP
22 DNA DEOXY RIBO NUCLEIC ACID
23 SIM SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE
24 RAM RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
25 ROM READ ONLY MEMORY
26 STD SUBSCRIBER TRUNK DIALLING
27 SENSEX SENSITIVITY INDEX
28 UPS UNINTERRUPTED POWER SUPPLY
29 RTGS REAL TIME GROSS SETTLEMENT
30 AC AIR CONDITIONER
31 PH.D DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
32 BP BLOOD PRESSURE
33 VIP VERY IMPORTANT PERSON
34 PTO PLEASE TURN OVER
35 BC BEFORE CHRIST
36 VIRUS VITAL INFORMATION RESOURCE UNDER SEIGE
37 GSM GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION
38 GIF GRAPHICS INTERCHANGE FORMAT
39 BMP BITMAP
40 DOC DOCUMENT
41 CD COMPACT DISK
42 DVD DIGITAL VERSATILE DISK
43 DOS DISK OPERATING SYSTEM
44 GUI GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
45 HTTP HYPER TEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL
46 AIDS ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME
47 PSLV POLAR SATELLITE LAUNCH VEHICLE
48 PIN POSTAL INDEX NUMBER
49 R&D RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
50 RADAR RADIO DETECTION AND RANGING
51 RDX RESEARCH DEPARTMENT EXPLOSIVE
52 B2B BUSINESS TO BUSINESS
53 AI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
54 ICC INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL
55 ECG ELECTRO CARDIOGRAM GRAPH
56 EMI EQUATED MONTHLY INSTALLMENT
57 GMT GREENWICH MEAN TIME
58 GPS GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM
59 HDPE HIGH DENSITY POLY ETHYLENE
60 HDTV HIGH DEFINITION TELIVISION
61 DSLR DIGITAL SINGLE LENS REFLEX
62 HIV HUMAN IMMUNO DEFICIENCY VIRUS
63 KG KINDERGARTEN
64 LASER LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF
RADIATION
65 LPG LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS
66 MBA MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
67 MBBS BACHELOR OF MEDICINE AND BACHELOR OF SURGERY
68 MD DOCTOR OF MEDICINE
69 MNC MULTI NATIONAL CORPORATION
70 NASA NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
71 RAW RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS WING
72 WIFI WIRELESS FIDELITY
73 LED LIGHT EMITTING DIODE
74 LCD LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY
75 IVRS INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEM
76 CAD COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN
77 BIT BINARY UNIT
78 EMAIL ELECTRONIC MAIL
79 MB MEGABITE
80 GB GIGABITE
81 TB TERABITE
82 WTO WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION
83 SMS SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE
84 CT SCAN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN
85 IQ INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT
86 CCTV CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION
87 SD CARD SECURED DIGITAL CARD
88 AM ANTI MERIDIAN
89 PM POST MERIDIAN
90 MODEM MODULATOR – DEMODULATOR
91 FM FREQUENCY MODULATION
92 CTC COST TO COMPANY
93 PNG PORTABLE NETWORK GRAPHICS
94 CC CARBON COPY
95 BCC BLIND CARBON COPY
96 KYC KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER
97 MRP MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICE
98 NGO NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS
99 GPRS GENERAL PACKET RADIO SERVICE
100 WWW WORLD WIDE WEB
101 etc. Et cetera
102 UTC Universal Time Coordinated
103 1G 2G 3G 4G 5G G stands for Generation
104 ASAP As soon as possible
105 FYI For your information
106 MOU Memorandum of Understanding
107 CEO Chief Executive Officer
