Acronym
8723 abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| aK | Attokelvin | |
| AK | Alaska (postal symbol) | |
| AK | Amy Kaiser | |
| aka | Akan languages (ISO 639-2 code) | |
| a.k.a. | Also known as (i.e.: alias) | |
| AKA | Above knee amputation (orthopaedic usage) | |
| AKDT | Alaska Standard Daylight Saving Time (UTC-8 hours) | |
| AKST | Alaska Standard Time (UTC-9 hours) | |
| aL | Attolitre | |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| AL | Alabama (postal symbol) | |
| AL | Albania (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram) | |
| AL | Anno Lucis (Latin, "Year of Light", in Masonic tradition, most often seen on plaques bearing the founding dates of buildings, in years AD and years AL) | |
| ALA | Åland Islands (ISO 3166 trigram) | |
| ALAP | As Long/Late As Possible | |
| ALARM | Air-Launched Anti-Radar Missile | |
| ALB | Albania (ISO 3166 trigram) | |
| ALCOA or Alcoa | The Aluminum Company of America, NYSE:AA | |
| ALD | Accounting Line Designator (nuclear weapon targeting) | |
| ALERT | Attack and Launch Early Reporting to Theatre | |
| ALERT | Advanced Linked Extended Reconnaissance and Targeting | |
| ALF | Africa Leadership Forum | |
| ALF | Alien Life Form (cf. ALF (TV series)) | |
| ALF | Animal Liberation Front | |
| ALG | Algeria (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166) | |
| ALGOL | ALGOrithmic Language | |
| ALL | Albanian lek (ISO 4217 currency code) | |
| ALOA | Associated Locksmiths of America, Inc. | |
| ALOC | Air Lines Of Communication | |
| ALOC | Average Length of Calls | |
| ALPA | Air Line Pilots Association | |
| ALS | Automatic Landing System | |
| ALS | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis | |
| ALSHS | Abraham Low Self-Help Systems | |
| ALSP | Aggregate Level Simulation Protocol | |
| ALTACS | Automated decision Logic Tactical Air Combat Simulation | |
| ALTE | Association of Language Testers in Europe | |
| am | Amharic language (ISO 639-1 code) | |
| am | Attometre | |
| Am | Americium | |
| AM | many, including Amplitude Modulation and Ante Meridiem; see entry | |
| AM | Armenia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram) | |
| AM1 | Airman 1st class | |
| AMAPS | Aircraft, Missile, Avionics Performance Simulation | |
| AMC | Adaptive modulation and coding (digital communications) | |
| AMC | U.S. Air Mobility Command | |
| AMC | American Motors Corporation | |
| AMC | American Movie Classics (TV network; now known simply by the initials) | |
| AMC | U.S. Army Materiel Command | |
| AMCB | U.S. Army/Marine Corps Board |