The Unoffical TLA thread

Zilog B · Post by **Zilog B** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:11 pm

Post a TLA (three letter acronym) that you know. I'll start with:

MLB = Major League Baseball

Your turn.

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:14 pm

DOA - Dead On Arrival

Been reading a dummies book? A couple of them make a concerted effort to point out TLAs

General_Jack_As · Post by **General_Jack_As** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:16 pm

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:16 pm

Oh, just for future reference, you would think that a four letter Acronym would be FLA, but it's not; it's ETLA, short for Extended Three Letter Acronym...

Zilog B · Post by **Zilog B** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:16 pm

LOL nope, but i just found out that they have cliff notes for the bible, both old and new testaments LOL

Zilog B · Post by **Zilog B** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:17 pm

Originally posted by Indy
Oh, just for future reference, you would think that a four letter Acronym would be FLA, but it's not; it's ETLA, short for Extended Three Letter Acronym...

Nice, heheheh

porkchop · Post by **porkchop** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:19 pm

porkchop · Post by **porkchop** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:19 pm

MCA - Micro Channel Architecture

porkchop · Post by **porkchop** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:19 pm

FTP - File Transfer Protocol

Randy · Post by **Randy** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:20 pm

ATM
NSF
WTH
NFG
SOB
lol

porkchop · Post by **porkchop** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:20 pm

SNA -Systems Network Architecture

porkchop · Post by **porkchop** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:20 pm

think that's enough

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:21 pm

FBI
CIA
NSA
IRS

and FYI... the list goes on.

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:21 pm

Originally posted by porkchop
think that's enough

TMI

Zilog B · Post by **Zilog B** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:22 pm

Originally posted by MadDoctor
FBI
CIA
NSA
IRS

and FYI... the list goes on.

You're scaring me

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:22 pm

Originally posted by Indy
TMI

LOL

porkchop · Post by **porkchop** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:23 pm

from http://www.atomiser.demon.co.uk/abbrev/a.html
AAA - American Academy of Advertising
AAB - Above And Beyond
AAC - Army Air Corps
AAD - Analogue Analogue Digital (recording technique)
AAE - Automatic Assemble Editing
AAF - Army Air Force
AAG - Assistant Adjutant-General
AAH - Advanced Attack Helicopter
AAI - Abbreviations, Acronyms and Initialisms
AAJ - Administrative Appeals Judge
AAK - Aim, Attack, Kill
AAL - Aid Association for Lutherans
AAM - Air to Air Missile
AAN - An Amazing Night
AAO - All At Once
AAP - Australian Associated Press
AAQ - Astronomical Association of Queensland
AAR - insurance against all risks
AAS - Associate in Applied Science
AAT - Alpha-1-Anti-Trypsin (treatment for cystic fibrosis)
AAU - Amateur Athletic Union (america)
AAV - Association of Avian Veterinarians
AAW - All Around the World
AAX - Area of Absolute eXclusion
AAY - Always All Yours
AAZ - Areas And Zones
ABA - American Basketball Association
ABB - abbreviation
ABC - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
ABD - abdicated
ABE - Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol (solvent)
ABF - Absolute Bloody Final (drink)
ABG - Aterial Blood Gas
ABH - Actual Bodily Harm
ABI - Association of British Insurers
ABJ - Austin Business Journal
ABK - Kabri Dar, Ethiopia (ABK)
ABL - American Basketball League
ABM - Anti-Ballistic Missle
ABN - AirBorN
ABO - Adiabatic Born-Oppenheimer
ABP - Archbishop
ABQ - A Better Quality
ABR - abridged
ABS - American Broadcasting System
ABT - About
ABU - Acceptance for Beneficial Use
ABV - above
ABW - alcohol by weight (abw)
ABX - Antibiotics
ABY - Alliance of Baptist Youth
ABZ - Al, Bill, and Zorn Manufacturing, Inc.
ACA - Audio Compression Algorithm
ACB - Australian Cricket Board
ACC - Accelerate
ACD - acid citrate dextrose
ACE - Allied Command, Europe
ACF - Army Cadet Force
ACG - Assistant Chaplain-General
ACH - Acetylcholine
ACI - American Concrete Institute
ACJ - American Communication Journal
ACK - acknowledged
ACL - Access Control List
ACM - Air Chief-Marshall
ACN - All Concerned Notified
ACO - Administrative Contract Office
ACP - African, Carribean and Pacific (countries)
ACQ - acquisition
ACR - Audio Cassette Recorder
ACS - Additional Curates Society
ACT - Australian Capital Territory
ACU - Association of Commonwealth Universities
ACV - Air-Cushion Vehicle
ACW - AirCraftWoman
ACX - Active Control eXperts
ACY - Advocates for Children and Youth
ACZ - Assembly Coder's Zenith
ADA - computer programming language (after Ada Lovelace)
ADB - Accidental Death Benefit
ADC - Air Defence Command
ADD - Analogue Digital Digital
ADE - Arizona Department of Education
ADF - Approved Deposit Fund
ADG - Assistant Director-General
ADH - AntiDuretic Hormone
ADI - Approved Driving Instructor
ADJ - Adjutant
ADK - Ammosov Delone and Krainov atomic tunnelling model
ADL - Ada design language
ADM - administration
ADN - international vehnicle registration for Yemen
ADO - ActiveX Data Objects
ADP - Automatic Data Processing
ADQ - Audits of Data Quality
ADR - Additional Dialogue Recording (film jargon)
ADS - After Dinner Speaking
ADT - Australian Digital Theses program
ADU - Avian Demography Unit
ADV - advance
ADW - Asymptotic Distorted Wave
ADX - Automatic Digital eXchange
ADY - Additional Duty
ADZ - Annual Day Zero
AEA - Atomic Energy Authority
AEB - Associated Examining Board
AEC - Additional Extended Coverage
AED - Automated External Defibrilator
AEE - Auronautical Engineer
AEF - American Expeditionary Forces
AEG - Advanced Engineering from Germany
AEH - Alarm Event Handler
AEI - American Express International
AEJ - Association of European Journalists
AEK - All-Electric Kitchen [ie no gas]
AEL - Adverse Effect Level
AEM - Air Efficiency Medal
AEN - Alberta Environmental Network
AEO - Assication of Exhibition Organisers
AEP - American Electrical Power
AEQ - aequalis (Latin: equal)
AER - Army Emergency Reserve
AES - Audio Engineering Society
AET - aetatis (Latin: at the end of, aged)
AEU - Amalgamated Engineering Union
AEV - American Emergency Vehicles
AEW - Airborne Early Warning
AEX - Amsterdam (stock) EXchange
AEY - Auger Electron Yield
AEZ - Alkaline Earth Zeolite
AFA - Associate in Fine Arts
AFB - Air Force Base
AFC - American Football Conference
AFD - Automatic File Distribution
AFE - Analog Front End
AFF - affiliated
AFG - Afghanistan
AFH - Air Force Handbook
AFI - American Film Institute
AFJ - Alliance For Justice
AFK - Away From Keyboard
AFL - American Federation of Labor
AFM - Air Force Medal
AFN - All For Nothing
AFO - Animal Feeding Operations
AFP - Agence France-Presse
AFQ - Answers Facts and Questions
AFR - Africa
AFS - American Field Scholarship
AFT - after
AFU - alt.folklore.urban [Usenet newsgroup]
AFV - Armoured Fighting Vehicle
AFW - Advanced FireWire
AFX - Attack Fighter eXperimental
AFY - Arts For Youth
AFZ - Auto-Free Zone
AGA - Aktiebolaget Gasackumulator (cooker)
AGB - Association of Governing Boards
AGC - Advanced Graduate Certificate
AGD - Agreed
AGE - Agricultural Engineer
AGF - Auxiliary, General, Flagship
AGG - Attributed Graph Grammar system
AGH - Australian General Hospital
AGI - Associate of the Institute of certified Grocers
AGJ - Australian Guitar Journal
AGK - Academy of Goju Karate
AGL - Australian Gas Light company
AGM - Annual General Meeting
AGN - Active Galactic Nucleus
AGO - Attorney General of Ontario
AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port
AGQ - Archives Gaies du Quebec
AGR - Advanced Gas-cooled (nuclear) Reactor
AGS - Associate in General Studies
AGT - agent
AGU - Anhydroglucose Units
AGV - Automated Guided Vehicle
AGW - Actual Gross Weight
AGX - Silver Halide
AGY - agency
AGZ - Actual Ground Zone
AHA - Australian Hotels Association
AHB - Assault Helicopter Battalion
AHC - Accepting Houses Committee
AHD - Ahead
AHE - Armament Handling Equipment
AHF - AntiHaemophilic Factor
AHG - Ad Hoc Group
AHH - Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylase (used in tobacco research)
AHI - American Honey Institute
AHJ - Authority Having Jurisdiction
AHK - Aktiv Hinten Kinematik
AHL - Animal Health Laboratories
AHM - Acutely Hazardous Materials
AHN - Army Health Nurse
AHO - Attack Helicopter Operations
AHP - Arkansas Highway Police
AHQ - Allied HeadQuarters
AHR - After Heat Removal
AHS - Ashland High School
AHT - Average Holding Time
AHU - Air Handling Unit
AHV - Aircraft Handling Vehicle
AHW - Atomic Hydrogen Welding
AHX - Attack Helicopter Experimental
AHY - Austrian History Yearbook
AHZ - Altherrenzirkel
AIA - Associate of the Institute of Actuaries
AIB - Academy of International Business
AIC - Associate of the Institute of Commerce
AID - Artificial Insemination by Donor
AIE - Associate of the Institute of Education
AIF - Australian Imperial Forces
AIG - Associate of the Institute of certified Grocers
AIH - Artificial Insemination by Husband
AII - Acceptance Inspection Instruction
AIJ - Activities Implimented Jointly
AIK - Aircraft Installation Kits
AIL - Associate of the Institution of Linguists
AIM - Accuracy In Media
AIN - Advanced Intelligent Network
AIO - Activities, Interests and Opinions
AIP - Associate of the Institute of Plumbing
AIQ - All Is Quiet
AIR - All-India Radio
AIS - Academic Instruction School
AIT - Association of Inspectors of Taxes
AIU - Accident Investigation Unit
AIV - Armoured Infantry Vehicle
AIW - Allied Industrial Workers
AIX - Advanced Interactive eXecutive
AIY - Ayshire Imperial Yeomanry
AIZ - Anti-Imperialistische Zelle(n) (German)
AJA - American of Japanese Ancestry
AJB - Audio Junction Box
AJC - Australian Jockey Club
AJD - Anti-Jam Display
AJE - Anti-Jam Equipment
AJF - Anti-Jam Frequency
AJG - Arizone Jojoba Growers
AJH - American Jewish History
AJI - American Jewish Institute
AJJ - Americans for Justice on the Job
AJK - Academy of Japanese Karate
AJL - Association of Jewish Libraries
AJM - Abrasive Jet Machining
AJN - The American Journal of Nursing
AJO - Association of Jensen Owners
AJP - Advanced Joint Planning
AJQ - Assignment and Justification Questionnaire
AJR - American Journalism Review (Periodical)
AJS - Albert John Stevens (British motor cycle manufacturer)
AJT - Advanced Job Training
AJU - Archives Juives
AJV - Abrupt Junction Varactor
AJW - All Japan Womens wrestling
AJX - Air Japan
AJY - American Jewish Youth
AJZ - Australian Journal of Zoology
AKA - Also Known As
AKB - Australian-Korean Business
AKC - Associate of King's College (London)
AKD - Alkyl Ketene Dimer
AKE - Agrotikon Komma Ellados
AKF - American Kidney Fund
AKG - Association of Kew Growers
AKH - Allegemeines Krankenhaus
AKI - Alaskan Independent Party
AKJ - Alaska, Juneau
AKK - Alpha Kappa Kappa
AKL - Air Kilroe
AKM - Automated Key Management
AKN - Army Knowledge Network
AKO - Army Knowledge On-line
AKP - Apogee Kick Planning
AKQ - Association des Kinotherapeutes du Quebec
AKR - Address Key Register
AKS - Aluminum-Potassium-Silicon
AKT - Apprentice Knowledge Test
AKU - Algemene Kunstzijde Unie
AKV - Auxiliary, Cargo, Aircraft
AKW - Atomkraftwerk
AKX - Alpha Kappa Chi
AKY - Albanian Kosovar Youth
AKZ - Antiarmor Kill Zone
ALA - Alabama
ALB - albumin
ALC - Automatic Level Control
ALD - Alderman
ALE - Atropine, Lidocaine, Epinephrine
ALF - Annual Licence Fee
ALG - algebra
ALH - Anterior Lobe Hormone
ALI - Argyl Light Infantry
ALJ - Australian Law Journal
ALK - alkali
ALL - American Liberty League
ALM - AudioLingual Method (in teaching a foreign language)
ALN - Adaptive Learning Network
ALO - Air Liaison Officer
ALP - Australian Labour Party
ALQ - Abraham Lincoln Quarterly
ALR - Action Leakage Rate
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ALT - Agricultural Lands Tribunal
ALU - Arithmetic and Logic Unit (computing)
ALV - Autonomous Land Vehicle
ALW - Air-Launched Weapon
ALX - America's Learning Exchange
ALY - Antroposofisen Laaketieteen Yhdistyksen
ALZ - Alzheimer's disease
AMA - American Medical Association
AMB - Asparagus Mustard Blancmange (!)
AMC - American Motor Company
AMD - amend
AME - Association of Municipal Engineers
AMF - Adios My Friend
AMG - Allied Military Government
AMH - Aviation Structural Mechanic (Hydraulics) US Navy Rating
AMI - Acute Myocardial Infarction
AMJ - American Muslims for Jerusalem
AMK - Applied Materials Korea (name of a company)
AML - Acute Myeloid Leukemia
AMM - And Much More
AMN - Artificial Mains Network
AMO - Aviation Medical Officer
AMP - Adenosine MonoPhosphate
AMQ - Another Moronic Question
AMR - Atlantic Missile Range
AMS - American Musicological Society
AMT - amount
AMU - Atomic Mass Unit
AMV - Armored Maintenance Vehicle
AMW - ALARA Management Worksheet
AMX - American Motorcross(X)
AMY - Ampere Modulated Yielding
AMZ - American Maritime Zone
ANA - All Nippon Airways

porkchop · Post by **porkchop** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:25 pm

Originally posted by Indy
TMI

then you wont' like my last post...

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:26 pm

Originally posted by porkchop
then you wont' like my last post...

AYK - Are You Kidding?

porkchop · Post by **porkchop** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:28 pm

i think ill cut it in half...

tao_jones · Post by **tao_jones** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 5:08 pm

NFL - National Football League

thank god footballl season is on its way

CyclonesWorld · Post by **CyclonesWorld** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 5:12 pm

Zilog B · Post by **Zilog B** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 5:16 pm

UPS - Umightgetyour Package System

fastspaz · Post by **fastspaz** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 5:41 pm

nba
nhl
nfl
cea
pvr
dvr
etc...

Brandon_k_W · Post by **Brandon_k_W** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 7:06 pm

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 7:19 pm

Originally posted by tao_jones
NFL - National Football League

thank god footballl season is on its way

I'll second that

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Mon Jul 07, 2003 7:26 pm

I'm gamed.

USN - United States Navy

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 7:30 pm

Originally posted by Joint Chiefs of Staff
I'm gamed.

USN - United States Navy

NAVY (technically an ETLA) - Never Again Volunteer Yourself

Blisster · Post by **Blisster** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 8:13 pm

SOD - storm troopers of death

porkchop · Post by **porkchop** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 8:13 pm

does ADIDAS- All Day I Dream About Sex count?

i mean RAM -Random Access Memory

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 8:15 pm

Originally posted by porkchop
does ADIDAS- All Day I Dream About Sex count?

Wow, hadn't heard that acronym since I was in the 7th grade....23 years ago...

ghost · Post by **ghost** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 8:17 pm

A personal TLA:

BTD

Used in reference to Barbara's ability to get good deals on stuff. I call it the Big Tit Discount.

Seriously, she gets deals, guys forget to charge her for stuff, etc.

Brandon_k_W · Post by **Brandon_k_W** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 8:21 pm

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 8:22 pm

Originally posted by Brandon_k_W
XFL

eXterminated Football League

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Mon Jul 07, 2003 8:23 pm

Originally posted by Indy
NAVY (technically an ETLA) - Never Again Volunteer Yourself

tecnhnically yes.

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