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BBC / British Broadcasting Corporation

APB / All Points Bulletin  ( for missing people  / Kayıp insanlar için )

BC / Before Christ ( Milat / İsa'dan Önce )

BC / British Council ( İngiliz Kültür Derneği )

A.M / Ante Meridiem before noon ( Öğleden önceki zaman dilimi )

BS / Bachelor of Science ( Fen Mezunu )

C / Centigrate ( 100  / Roman Number)

CENTO / Central Treaty Organisation

CIA / Central Intelligence Agency (Merkezi İstihbarat Teşkilatı )

CONS / Conservative Party ( Muhafazakar Parti )

Co-op / Co-operative

DM / Deactschmark

DNA / deoxyribose nucleic acid 

Dol / Dollar

Doz / Dozen

DSc / Doctor of Science

EU / European Union 

eta / Estimated Time of Arrival ( Tahmini varış vakti )

F / Fahrenheit

FA / Football Associaiton

FAO / Food and Agriculture Organisaiton

FBI / Federal Bureau of Investigaiton ( US )

fem / Female ( bayan  )

FM / Frequency Modulation

Fob / Free on Board

Fr / Father , French, France

Fri / Friday

Fwd / Forward

GB / Great Britain

GM / General Manager

GMT / Greenwich Mean Time

gov / government

grad / graduate

H-bomb / Hydrogen Bomb

HE / High Excellenccy, high explosive

HF / High Frequency

hosp / Hospital

HP / Hire Purchase , Horse Power

HQ / Head Quarters

hr / Hour

IMF / International Monetary Fund ( Uluslararası Para Fonu )

Inc / Incorporated ( anonim , tüzel, birlişmiş )

info / information

IQ / Intelligence Quotient 

IRA / Irish Republican Army

Ire / Ireland

Is / Islands

JC / Jesus Christ

Jnr / Junior

JP / Justice of the Peace

KGB / Intelligence Agency of the USSR 

kph / kilometres per hour

Ld / lord

LLB / Bachelors of Laws

Ltd / Limited

MA / Masters of Art

math / ( US ) mathematics

MB / Bachelor of Medicine

Med / Mediterrenean ( Akdeniz )

M15 / Natiaonal Security Divison of Military Intelligence ( GB )

MO / Mail order , Money Order

MP / Member of Parliament ( House of Commons )

Mt / Mount

NAAFI / ( GB  ) Navy, Army and Air Force Instıtute

NATO / North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

NHS / National  Health Service

NY / New York 

NZ / New Zeland

PC / Police Constable ( Polis Memuru ) , Peace Corps ( Barış Gücü )

PE / Physical Education

PhD / Doctor of Philosophy

PM / Pirme Minister ( başbakan )

pm / Psot Meridiem after noon ( 3. p.m )

PO / Personal Officer , Post Office

POE / Port of Entry

PPS / post postscriptum additional post / ek bilgi

PR / Public Relations ( Halkla İlişkiler )

PS / Post Script

PST / Pasific Standard Time ( US )

PX / post exchange

RAM / Royal Academy of Music

RC / Red Cross

rec / received

RM / Royal Marines

RN / Royal Navy

SF / Science Fiction

Sol / Solicitor ( Avukat , hukuk görevlisi )

Tech / Technical

temp / temperature

TU / Trade Union

UFO / Unidentified Flying Object ( tanımlanamayan Uçan Nesneler )

UK / United Kingdom ( Birleşik Krallık )

UNESCO / United Nations Educational, Scientific And Cultural Organisation ( Birleşik Devletler Eğitim , Bilim ve Kültürel Organizasyonu )

UNICEF / United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund ( Birlişmiş Milletler Uluslararası Acil Çocuk Fonu )

Uni / University

US / United States ( USA - of America )

VC / Vice Chairman ( başkan Yard ), Vice Chancellor ,Vice Consul ( Konsolos Yardm. ), Victoria Cross ( İngiliz Askeri Nişanı )

VE Day / Victory in Europe( 1945 )

VHF / Very High Frequency

VIP / Very Important Person

VP / Vice - President ( başkan Yardm. )

wc / water closet

WHO / World Health Organisation ( Dünya Sağlık Örgütü )

Xmas / Christmas