Since 1998, the Casia Corporation Holland have been working on The Definitive TLA Wörterbuch to help people find their way in the ever growing intellectual chaos caused by the late-twentieth century tendency to use as many acronyms in the daily communication as possible. Especially acronyms with a length of three letters have been and continue to be immensly popular, not only in Information and Communication Technology circles, but also among people in more mundane fields of labour; a tendency that has mushroomed with the advent of mobile communication and the combined growing popularity of Short Message Services.
At present, there are 4895 (3244 distinct) TLA's in the database.
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| AAA | Agricultural Adjustments Administration | |
| Allianza Anticommunista Argentina | ||
| Anti-Aircraft Artilery | ||
| Australian Army Aviation | ||
| AAB | Alliance Agricole Belge | |
| AAC | Advanced Audio Coding | |
| Aluminium Anodizers Council | ||
| Augmentative and Alternative Communication | ||
| AAD | Analog/Analog/Digital (master/mix/record) | |
| AAE | Alpha Amylase Enzyme | |
| American Association of Endodontists | ||
| AAF | Allied Air Forces | |
| American Air Forces | ||
| AAG | Artsen Alternatieve Geneeswijze | |
| AAH | Association for Art History | |
| AAI | American Association of Immunologists | |
| AAJ | American Association of Jurists | |
| AAK | Allgemeines AufäumKommando | |
| AAL | Aid Association for Lutherans | |
| AAM | Air to Air Missile | |
| AAN | Association of Alternative Newsweeklies | |
| AAO | Anglo Australian Observatory | |
| AAP | Australian Associated Press | |
| AAQ | Association des Anesthésiologistes du Québec | |
| AAR | Association of American Railroads | |
| AAS | Acta Apostolicae Sedis | |
| AAT | Administration de l'Assistence Technique | |
| AAU | Alpha Acid Unit | |
| Association of American Universities | ||
| AAV | Algemene Administratieve Voorschriften | |
| AAW | Air Attack Warning | |
| Algemene ArbeidsongeschiktheidsWet | ||
| AAX | Amino Acid miX | |
| AAY | Asociación de Ajedrecistas del Estado de Yucatán | |
| AAZ | Ausbildungs- und Analyse-Zentrum | |
| ABA | American Bar Association | |
| Australian Broadcasting Authority | ||
| ABB | Amsterdamse BierBak | |
| ArcheoBiblioBase | ||
| Asea Brown Boveri | ||
| ABC | Alcoholic Beverage Control | |
| All British Cycle | ||
| American Book Centre | ||
| Anchor Brewing Company | ||
| Atheist Bus Campaign | ||
| Australian Broadcasting Corporation | ||
| ABD | Association Belge de Documentation | |
| ABE | Alternative Best-Effort | |
| ABF | Asia Business Forum | |
| ABG | Alpha Beta Gamma | |
| ABH | ASSOCIAÇÃO BRASIL HUNTINGTON | |
| ABI | American Bankruptcy Institute | |
| ABJ | Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bayerischer Junglehrer | |
| ABK | Autodeterminazioaren BiltzarraK | |
| ABL | Academia Brasileira de Letras | |
| ABM | Anti ballistic Missile | |
| ABN | Algemeen Beschaafd Nederlands | |
| Algemene Bank Nederland | ||
| ABO | Alle Biertjes Open | |
| Arbitrary Bucket Order | ||
| Association of British Orchestras | ||
| Autonoom Beeldende Ontwikkeling | ||
| ABP | AdBlock Plus | |
| Algemeen Burgerlijk Pensioenfonds | ||
| American Board of Pediatrics | ||
| American Border Patrol | ||
| ABQ | Art Buisness Exchange | |
| Associacao Brasileira de Quimica | ||
| ABR | Accredited Buyer Representative | |
| ABS | Absoluut | |
| Anti-Blokkeer Systeem | ||
| ABT | American Ballet Theater | |
| ABU | Asiapacific Broadcasting Union | |
| ABV | Alcohol by Volume | |
| ABW | Alcohol By Weight | |
| Automatisierung + Bildverarbeitung Dr. Wolf | ||
| ABY | Alliance of Baptist Youth | |
| ABZ | Algemeen Bestuurlijke Zaken | |
| ACA | Australian Communications Authority | |
| ACB | AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND | |
| ACC | Administrative Committee on Coordination | |
| Amazon Currency Converter | ||
| Amsterdamse Cricket Club | ||
| ACD | Atmospheric Chemistry Division | |
| Australian Committee of Dentists | ||
| ACE | Accellerated Christian Education | |
| Advanced Composition Explorer | ||
| angiotensin-converting enzym | ||
| Assured Computing Environment | ||
| ACF | Academic Competition Federation | |
| ACG | Aesthetics and Computation Group | |
| Association for Corporate Growth | ||
| ACH | Automated Clearing House | |
| ACI | Accusativus Cum Infinitivo | |
| Automobile Club d'Italia | ||
| ACJ | American Committee on Jerusalem | |
| ACK | Arbeitsgemeinschaft Christlicher Kirchen | |
| ACL | Access Control List | |
| Association of Christian Librarians | ||
| ACM | Association for Computing Machinery | |
| ACN | Adventist Communication Network | |
| ACO | Australian Chamber Orchestra | |
| ACP | Adaptive Configuration Pattern | |
| Algemeen Christelijke Politiebond | ||
| American Center for Physics | ||
| ACQ | Association de la Construction du Québec | |
| ACR | American College of Radiology | |
| ACS | Actie Comité Schepping | |
| Adobe Creative Suite | ||
| Australian Computer Society | ||
| ACT | Aandachtgerichte Cognitieve Therapie | |
| Acceptance and Commitment Therapy | ||
| American Conservatory Theater | ||
| Americans Coming Together | ||
| ACU | Aktiecentrum Utrecht | |
| Australian Catholic University | ||
| ACV | Asynchronous Copy and Verify | |
| ACW | Asia Computer Weekly | |
| ACX | alpha-cyclodextrin (cyclohexa-amylose) | |
| ACY | Advocates for Children and Youth | |
| ACZ | Aero-Club Zwickau | |
| ADA | Air Defence Artillery | |
| Airborne Data Automation | ||
| American Dairy Association | ||
| American Dental Association | ||
| American Dietetic Association | ||
| ADB | Apple Desktop Bus | |
| ADC | Adward Drinker Cope | |
| America's Dumbest Criminals | ||
| Analog to Digital Converter | ||
| ADD | After Dinner Dip | |
| Altijd Dezelfde Discussie | ||
| Asshole Driven development | ||
| Attention Deficit Disorder | ||
| ADE | Amsterdam Dance Event | |
| ADF | Amiga disk file | |
| ADG | Air Defense Group | |
| ADH | Advanced Development Hardware | |
| ADI | Air Defense Intercept | |
| ADJ | Australian Dental Journal | |
| ADK | Application Definable Keys | |
| ADL | Ada Lovelace Day | |
| adaptor description library | ||
| Anti-Defamation Legue | ||
| ADM | After Dark MultiModule | |
| ADN | Automatic Digital Network | |
| ADO | ActiveX Data Object | |
| Alles Door Oefening | ||
| ADP | Acquisition Data Processor | |
| ADR | Actief Donor Registratiesysteem | |
| Aeroporto Di Roma | ||
| Automated Diagog Replacement | ||
| ADS | Advanced Degaussing System | |
| ADT | Abnormal Data Type | |
| ADU | Accumulation & Distribution Unit | |
| ADV | arbeidsduurverkorting | |
| ADW | Air Defense Warning | |
| ADX | Accumulation/Distribution Index | |
| ADZ | Air Defense Zone | |
| AEC | Asociación Española de Cricket | |
| AEE | Acronym Eieren Eten | |
| AEG | Allgemeine Elektrizitäts Gesellschaft | |
| AEI | American Enterprise Institute | |
| AES | Advanced Encryption Standard | |
| AEX | Amsterdam Exchange Index | |
| AFA | Air Force Academy | |
| Anti-Facistische Actie | ||
| AFB | Ashfall Fossil Beds | |
| AFC | Algemeen Fysisch Colloquium | |
| AFH | Adaptive Frequency Hopping | |
| AFI | A Fire Inside | |
| AFK | Away From Keyboard | |
| AFM | Automatic Functionpoint Measurement | |
| Autoriteit Financiële Markten | ||
| AFO | Authorised Firearms Officer | |
| AFP | Above Fifty Percent | |
| AFR | Anders Fogh Rasmussen | |
| AFS | Apple Financial Services | |
| AFT | Adobe Flex Technology | |
| AGA | AB Gas-Accumulator | |
| American Gas Association | ||
| AGB | Alexander Graham Bell | |
| AGC | Apollo Guidance Computer | |
| AGH | America's Godly Heritage | |
| AGN | Active Galactic Nucleus | |
| AGP | Accelerated Graphics Port | |
| AGR | After Gear Room | |
| Amstel Gold Race | ||
| AGS | Auto Gaat Sneller | |
| AGW | Anaal Genomen Worden | |
| AHA | Alert Holding Area | |
| Alpha Hydroxy Acid | ||
| American Heart Association | ||
| American Homeowners Association (stakkers) | ||
| AHE | Austro-Hungarian Empire | |
| AHM | Atom Heart Mother | |
| AHR | Atari Hamster Riot | |
| AIB | Alles Is Bagger | |
| AIF | Audio Interchange File | |
| AIG | American International Group | |
| Answers In Genesis | ||
| AIK | Astronomia i Kosmos | |
| Aircraft Installation Kit | ||
| Akedemie für Informations- und Kommunikations design | ||
| All Insect Killer | ||
| Alles Is Kut | ||
| Allmänna Idrottsklubben | ||
| American Indoor Karting | ||
| Antiimperialistische Koordination | ||
| APO Immobilien-Kapitalanlagegesellschaft | ||
| Associated Industries of Kentucky | ||
| Associazione Italiana Killifish | ||
| AIM | American Indian Movement | |
| AOL Instant Messenger | ||
| Auto Import Maatschappij | ||
| AIO | Assistent In Opleiding | |
| AIP | Alaskan Independence Party | |
| AIR | Annals of Improbable Research | |
| AIS | All Inn Squash | |
| Alles Is Saai | ||
| Australian Institute of Sport | ||
| AIT | Alles Is Traag | |
| AJC | Annie Jump Canon | |
| Atlanta Journal-Constitution | ||
| AKA | Also Known As | |
| AKI | Automatische Knipperlichtinstallatie | |
| AKK | Alles Klinkt Kut | |
| AKR | Auroral Kilometric Radiation | |
| ALD | After Lunch Dip | |
| ALL | Acute lymphoblastic leukemia | |
| ALS | Amyotrofische Lateraal Sclerose | |
| ALT | Anthonie van Leeuwenhoek Terrein | |
| Applied Laser Technology | ||
| ALU | Arithmetic Logic Unit | |
| ALV | Algemene LedenVergadering | |
| AMA | American Medical Association | |
| AMC | Academisch Medisch Centrum | |
| Arizona Meteor Crater | ||
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices | |
| Alles Moet Dood | ||
| AMF | Arbeit Macht Frei | |
| AMG | Annales de Musee Guimet | |
| AMK | Afspraak Met Kapper | |
| AML | Accomplished Marathon Lounger | |
| AMO | Algemene Militaire Opleiding | |
| AMP | Anger Management Problem | |
| AMS | Ablepharon-Macrostomia Syndrome | |
| Aboriginal Media Services | ||
| Academic Management Services | ||
| Academic Management System | ||
| Academic Monitoring System | ||
| Agricultural Marketing Service | ||
| All Meat Syndrome | ||
| ANC | African National Congres | |
| Amsterdam Network Collective | ||
| Arlington National Cemetery | ||
| AND | Active Network Diagram | |
| Active Nutation Damping | ||
| Aircraft Nose Down | ||
| Allow Natural Death | ||
| Alpha Numeric Display | ||
| Asiatic Newcastle Disease | ||
| Automatic Network Dialing | ||
| ANH | A New Hope | |
| Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos | ||
| Alliance for Natural Health | ||
| ANL | Argonne National Laboratory | |
| Assemblée Nationale Législative | ||
| ANP | Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion | |
| Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau | ||
| AOB | Association of Brewers | |
| AOD | Access Occlusion Device | |
| AOF | Algemien Onbeschoft Frysk | |
| AOI | Analog Optical Isolator | |
| AOL | America On-Line | |
| Army Of Lovers | ||
| AON | Art Of Noise | |
| AOP | Aspect-Oriented Programming | |
| AOT | Autobus Onderneming Texel | |
| AOW | Algemene Ouderdomswet | |
| APA | American Psychological Association | |
| APC | Armoured Personell Carrier | |
| Asynchronous Procedure Calls | ||
| API | Application Program Interface | |
| APL | AIK Public Licence | |
| American Protective League | ||
| APO | Acting Pilot Officer | |
| Acute Pulmonary Oedema | ||
| Advanced Planner and Optimizer | ||
| African Political Organization | ||
| Apache Point Observatory | ||
| Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
| Army Post Office | ||
| Association for Professional Observers | ||
| Audio Processing Object | ||
| Authorized Personnel Only | ||
| Außerparlamentarische Opposition | ||
| APP | amyloïdprecursorproteïne | |
| APR | Annual Percentage Rate | |
| APS | Advanced patching systems | |
| APT | Application Portfolio Transparency | |
| APV | Algemene Plaatselijke Verordening | |
| ARB | Architecture Review Board | |
| ARD | Algemeine Rundfund Deutschlands | |
| ARF | Amplification Risk Factor | |
| Automatic Response file | ||
| ARG | Argh (als in arghl als je verpletterd wordt of zo; ook \'Kasteel van ~\') | |
| ARK | Ardipithecus Ramidus Kadabba | |
| ARM | Application Response Measurement | |
| ARO | Aliens Registration Office | |
| ARP | Address Resolution Protocol | |
| Adress Resolution Protocol | ||
| Alan Richard Pearlman | ||
| Anti Revolutionaire Partij | ||
| ARS | Account Registration System | |
| ART | Advanced Render Technology | |
| ARV | Armed Response Vehicle | |
| ARW | Alfred Russel Wallace | |
| ASA | Advertising Standards Authority | |
| American Standards Association | ||
| Atom Splitter Audio | ||
| ASB | Aluminium Service Breukelen | |
| American Salivating Boytalk | ||
| ASC | Administratief Service Centrum | |
| Alabama Supreme Court | ||
| ASD | Amazing SlowDowner | |
| Amazingly Slow Designer | ||
| Animal Science Department | ||
| ASF | Advanced Streaming Format | |
| All Species Foundation | ||
| Apache Software Foundation | ||
| ASL | American Sign Language | |
| ASN | Algemene Spaarbank Nederland | |
| ASO | Amaury Sport Organisation | |
| ASP | Active Server Page | |
| Application Service Provider | ||
| Association of Stage Pyrotechnicians | ||
| ASR | AMEV/Stad Rotterdam | |
| Anti-Slip Regeling | ||
| ASS | All Stood Still | |
| ASU | Adressspeicherumschaltung | |
| ASW | Algemene Sociale Wetenschappen | |
| ATA | Advanced Technology Attachment | |
| Anti Theist Allegiance | ||
| ATB | All Terrain Bike | |
| Automatische Treinbeïnvloeding | ||
| ATD | After Tea Dip | |
| Amused To Death | ||
| ATF | Advanced Tactical Fighter | |
| Amateur Theaterfestival | ||
| ATG | Art Technology Group | |
| ATH | All Time High | |
| ATM | Adobe Type Manager | |
| At The Moment | ||
| Automatic Teller Machine | ||
| ATP | Adenosine TriPhosphate | |
| Advanced Total Presets | ||
| Advanced Travel Partner | ||
| Aircraft Technical Publishers | ||
| Alaska Teacher Placement | ||
| Association of Tennis Professionals | ||
| Association of Test Publishers | ||
| Australian Tax Practice | ||
| Australian Technology Park | ||
| Availability To Promise | ||
| ATR | Advanced Tongue Root | |
| ATT | Automatic Tampon Trigger | |
| ATV | ArbeidsTijdVerkorting | |
| ATW | All The Way | |
| AUB | Als 't U Belieft | |
| Amsterdams Uit Bureau | ||
| Amsterdams Uitgaan Bedrijf | ||
| AVG | Anti Virus Grisoft | |
| AVI | Audio Video Interleaved | |
| AVN | Adult Video News | |
| AVP | Academie Voor Popcultuur | |
| Amstelveens Video Paleis | ||
| Amsterdam Video Post | ||
| AVR | Audio Visual Research | |
| AVS | Application Visualization System | |
| AWB | Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging | |
| Auto White Balance | ||
| AutoWikiBrowser | ||
| Average White Band | ||
| AWE | Adress Windowing Extension | |
| AWG | Animal Welfare Guidelines | |
| AWI | Animal Welfare Institute | |
| AWK | Aho, Weinberger, Kernighan | |
| AWM | Animation Works Movie | |
| AWS | Amazon Web Service | |
| Amos W. Steinhacker | ||
| AWT | Abstract Window Toolkit | |
| AYB | All Your Base | |
| AZC | Asielzoekers Centrum | |
| AZG | Academisch Ziekenhuis Groningen | |
| Artsen Zonder Grenzen | ||
| AZL | Academisch Ziekenhuis Leiden | |
| AZU | Academisch Ziekenhuis Utrecht | |
