Abbreviations
- A.A.
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- A.C.L.U.
- American Civil Liberties Union
- A.E.D.
- automatic external defibrillator
- AIDS
- acquired immune deficiency syndrome
- a.k.a.
- also known as
- a.m.
- ante meridiem
- B.A.
- Bachelor of Arts
- B.C.
- British Columbia
- C.C.U.
- critical care unit
- C.D.
- compact disc
- C.E.O.
- chief executive officer
- C.I.A.
- Central Intelligence Agency
- C.P.R.
- cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- D.A.
- Direct Action
- D.C.
- District of Columbia
- D.O.E.
- Department of Education
- D.V.D.
- digital videodisc
- E.M.S.
- emergency medical services
- E.M.T.
- emergency medical technician
- E.T.A.
- estimated time of arrival
- F.D.A.
- Food and Drug Administration
- F.D.N.Y.
- Fire Department of the City of New York
- F.D.R.
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- FERC
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- F.I.T.
- Fashion Institute of Technology
- G.A.
- General Assembly
- G.M.O.
- genetically modified organism
- H.E.R.E.I.U.
- Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union
- H.I.V.
- human immunodeficiency virus
- HVAC
- heating, ventilation and air conditioning
- I.R.S.
- Internal Revenue Service
- I.V.
- intravenous
- I.W.W.
- Industrial Workers of the World
- J.F.K.
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- L.A.
- Los Angeles
- LETS
- local exchange trading system
- M.B.A.
- Master of Business Administration
- M.I.T.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- MoMA
- Museum of Modern Art
- M.T.A.
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority
- M.T.V.
- Music Television
- NASA
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- N.P.R.
- National Public Radio
- N.V.C.
- Nonviolent Communication
- N.Y.C.G.A.
- New York City General Assembly
- N.Y.P.D.
- New York Police Department
- N.Y.U.
- New York University
- O.C.D.
- obsessive-compulsive disorder
- O.W.S.
- Occupy Wall Street
- PAC
- political action committee
- P.C.
- politically correct
- P.D.F.
- portable document format
- Ph.D.
- Doctor of Philosophy
- p.m.
- post meridiem
- P.R.
- public relations
- P.S.
- public school
- P.T.S.D.
- post-traumatic stress disorder
- P.V.C.
- polyvinyl chloride
- R.E.I.
- Recreational Equipment Inc.
- RISD
- Rhode Island School of Design
- R.N.
- registered nurse
- S.I.S.
- Shipping, Inventory and Storage
- T.V.
- television
- T.W.U.
- Transport Workers Union of America
- U.C.
- University of California
- U.F.C.W.
- United Food and Commercial Workers
- U.F.T.
- United Federation of Teachers
- U.S.
- United States
- U.S.A.
- United States of America
- v.
- versus
- vs.
- versus
- WOW
- Women Occupying Wall Street
- X.L.
- export limited