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| Rank | Abbr. | Meaning | |
|---|
| ****** | OS X | Mac Os X (Apple Computer, Inc.) | |
| ****** | TOY | Toys R Us Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ****** | CA | Computer Associates International Inc. | |
| ****** | AOL | America Online, Inc. | |
| ****** | AMD | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | |
| ****** | IN | Intelligent Notification (MiR3, Inc., San Diego, CA) | |
| ****** | NORD | National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc. | |
| ****** | PLUG | Plug Power, Inc (stock symbol) | |
| ****** | BE | Backup Exec (Symantec Inc.) | |
| ****** | WWE | World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (formerly World Wrestling Federation) | |
| ****** | REI | Recreational Equipment, Inc. | |
| ****** | RIMS | Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. | |
| ****** | PS | Photoshop (Adobe Systems, Inc.) | |
| ****** | CAL | Continental Airlines, Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ****** | NB | New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. | |
| ****** | WWW | Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (shoe manufacturer) | |
| ****** | HD | Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE symbol) | |
| ****** | TIVO | Tivo, Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ****** | ADI | Analog Devices, Inc. | |
| ****** | CQ | Congressional Quarterly, Inc. (provider of information on government, politics and public policy) | |
| ****** | BMI | Broadcast Music Inc. (Atlanta, GA) | |
| ****** | CAT | Caterpillar, Inc. | |
| ****** | ACS | Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. | |
| ****** | D | Dominion Resources Inc (stock symbol) | |
| ****** | ARE | Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc | |
| ****** | Q | Qwest Communications International Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) | |
| ****** | AS&E | American Science and Engineering Inc | |
| ****** | GS | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | |
| ****** | AIT | Advanced Internet Technologies, Inc. | |
| ****** | AGI | Analytical Graphics, Inc. | |
| ****** | IRE | Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. | |
| ****** | AD | Analog Devices, Inc. | |
| ****** | CSI | Commodity Systems Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) | |
| ****** | CSI | Commodity Systems, Inc. | |
| ****** | ACN | ACN, Inc. (not an acronym; formerly American Communications Network; Concord, NC) | |
| ****** | AIG | American International Group, Inc | |
| ****** | ININ | Interactive Intelligence, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) | |
| ****** | SRS | SRS Labs, Inc. (audio technologies company) | |
| ****** | RE | Routing Engine (Juniper Networks, Inc.) | |
| ****** | SGI | Silicon Graphics, Inc. | |
| ****** | AMP | AMP, Inc. (Tyco International) | |
| ****** | PMP | Project Management Professional (Project Management Institute, Inc.) | |
| ****** | C | CitiGroup, Inc. (NYSE symbol) | |
| ****** | DAI | Development Alternatives Inc. | |
| ****** | MI | Monsters, Inc. (movie) | |
| ****** | EDC | Education Development Center, Inc. | |
| ****** | KG | King Pharmaceuticals, Inc (Bristol, Tennessee) | |
| ****** | WW | Weight Watchers International, Inc. | |
| ****** | IDT | Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA, USA) | |
| ****** | DEI | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (racing team) | |
| ****** | SWG | Star Wars Galaxies (Sony Online Entertainment Inc.) | |
| ****** | DD | Dolby Digital (Dolby Laboratories Inc.) | |
| ****** | BLI | Buyers Laboratory Inc | |
| ****** | ISC | Internet Systems Consortium, Inc | |
| ****** | ISS | Internet Security Systems, Inc. | |
| ****** | CCC | Catalyst Control Center (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.) | |
| ****** | PMBOK | Project Management Body of Knowledge (Project Management Institute, Inc.) | |
| ****** | FLAG | Farmers’ Legal Action Group, Inc. (MN, USA) | |
| ****** | T | TORX (Textron Inc. driver/fastening system) | |
| ****** | BNA | Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. | |
| ****** | OI | Owens-Illinois, Inc. (glass container and plastics manufacturer) | |
| ****** | PSI | Psychiatric Solutions Inc. | |
| ****** | dA | deviantART, Inc. | |
| ****** | BE | BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE symbol) | |
| ****** | VIA | Viacom Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ****** | WUI | Weather Underground, Inc. (website) | |
| ****** | IPS | Invision Power Services, Inc. | |
| ****** | RSP&A | R. S. Pressman & Associates, Inc. | |
| ****** | TAIS | Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. | |
| ****** | TBS | Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc. | |
| ****** | CCE | Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. | |
| ****** | ASA | Atlantic Southeast Airlines (wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, Inc.) | |
| ****** | PCW | PC World (computer magazine; PC World Communications, Inc.) | |
| ****** | ART | Advanced Research Technologies Inc. | |
| ****** | MSLO | Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. | |
| ****** | AOD | AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.) OverDrive | |
| ****** | VNI | Visual Numerics Inc | |
| ****** | TIA | Toy Industry Association, Inc. | |
| ****** | MSA | Management Science Associates, Inc (Pittsburgh, PA) | |
| ****** | BAM | Brookfield Asset Management, Inc | |
| ****** | TLV | Threshold Limit Value (American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Inc.) | |
| ****** | BFLY | Bluefly Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ****** | CMT | Country Music Television, Inc | |
| ****** | SOE | Sony Online Entertainment Inc. | |
| ****** | DTS | Digital Theater Systems, Inc. | |
| ****** | SOC | Summer of Code (Google, Inc.) | |
| ****** | FCX | Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (stock symbol) | |
| ****** | SPSS | Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS Inc.) | |
| ****** | AMP | Applied Measurement Professionals, Inc. | |
| ****** | BBI | Blockbuster Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ****** | TBS | Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner, Inc.) | |
| ****** | ATG | Art Technology Group, Inc (Cambridge, MA) | |
| ****** | OGC | Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. | |
| ****** | ITS | Iowa Telecommunications Services Inc | |
| ****** | SSI | Strategic Simulations Inc. | |
| ****** | WM | Washington Mutual, Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ****** | CMG | Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ****** | SL | Snow Leopard (computer operating system; Apple Computer, Inc.) | |
| ****** | ACBJ | American City Business Journals, Inc. | |
| ****** | CARE | Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc. | |
| ****** | USP | United States Pharmacopeia (United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc.) | |
| ****** | HON | Honeywell International Inc. (stock symbol; Morristown, NJ) | |
| ****** | MO | Altria Group, Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ****** | MDT | Medtronic Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ****** | RDC | Rowan Companies, Inc | |
| ****** | AAP | Advance Auto Parts Inc | |
| ****** | NES | National Evaluation Systems, Inc. | |
| ****** | CFA | Cat Fanciers' Association, Inc. | |
| ****** | AAR | Adobe Acrobat Reader (Adobe Systems, Inc.) | |
| ****** | SBU | Self Balancing Unicycle (Focus Designs, Inc.) | |
| ****** | APH | American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. | |
| ****** | TNM&O | Texas New Mexico Coaches Inc (formerly Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma) | |
| ****** | GSI | General Steel Holdings, Inc. (Beijing, China) | |
| ****** | PEP | Pepsico Inc (stock symbol) | |
| ****** | YHOO | Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) | |
| ****** | DNA | Genentech, Inc (stock symbol) | |
| ****** | CB | Citibank (Citigroup, Inc.) | |
| ****** | ZINK | Zero Ink (Zink Imaging Inc, Bedford, MA) | |
| ****** | RSNA | Radiological Society of North America, Inc. | |
| ****** | JCA | J2EE Connector Architecture (Sun Microsystems, Inc.) | |
| ****** | RR | Royal Rumble (World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.) | |
| ****** | FC | Force Close (Android operating system; Google, Inc.) | |
| ****** | GOOG | Google, Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ****** | SII | Seiko Instruments, Inc. | |
| ****** | MAC | Make-Up Art Cosmetics, Inc | |
| ****** | BKS | Barnes & Noble, Inc. (stock symbol; New York, NY) | |
| ****** | REV | Revlon Inc (stock symbol) | |
| ****** | CBRL | CBRL Group, Inc (stock symbol) | |
| ****** | APPI | American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. | |
| ****** | ACMS | Academic Catalog Management System (Digital Architecture, Inc) | |
| ****** | PFE | Pfizer, Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ****** | HGS | Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland) | |
| ****** | AET | Aetna, Inc. | |
| ****** | SST | Silicon Storage Technology Inc. (manufacturer of memory chips; Sunnyvale, CA, USA) | |
| ****** | AIAA | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. | |
| ****** | GD | Gardner Denver, Inc. (pneumatic products company) | |
| ****** | TSS | Total System Services, Inc. | |
| ****** | DST | Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc | |
| ****** | ADC | Apple Developer Connection (Apple Computer, Inc.) | |
| ****** | TV | Total Victory (Ministries, Inc) | |
| ****** | AYE | Allegheny Energy, Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ****** | ADBE | Adobe Systems, Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ****** | MPR | Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. | |
| ****** | DPOF | Digital Print Order Format (format for direct printing from digital cameras by Eastman Kodak Company; Canon Inc.; Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.; and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.) | |
| ****** | NBAA | National Business Aviation Association, Inc. (also seen as National Business Aircraft Association) | |
| ****** | GET | Ground Engaging Tools (Caterpillar, Inc) | |
| ****** | ABI | Allied Business Intelligence, Inc (Oyster Bay, New York) | |
| ****** | GLI | Greater Louisville Inc. (Metro Chamber of Commerce in Louisville, KY) | |
| ****** | BAX | Baxter International Inc. (stock symbol; Deerfield, IL) | |
| ****** | KAB | Keep America Beautiful, Inc. | |
| ****** | WDEI | Warp Drive Enterprises Inc | |
| ****** | JEF | Jefferies Group, Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ****** | VRSN | Verisign, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) | |
| ****** | BLK | BlackRock, Inc. (stock symbol; New York, NY) | |
| ****** | SWY | Safeway, Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ****** | JSI | John Snow, Inc (Boston, MA) | |
| ***** | RCI | Rogers Communications, Inc. (now Rogers Telecom Holdings, Inc.; Toronto, Canada) | |
| ***** | WPI | Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | |
| ***** | ARES | Advanced Reservation Systems, Inc | |
| ***** | IQP | IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) Quilt Project, Inc | |
| ***** | GTM | Global Traffic Manager (trademark of F5 Networks, Inc.) | |
| ***** | IIJ | Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (Internet service provider) | |
| ***** | NUMMI | New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. | |
| ***** | AWK | American Water Works Company Inc. (NYSE symbol) | |
| ***** | DEI | Directed Electronics Inc. | |
| ***** | INTU | Intuit, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) | |
| ***** | ECL | Ecolab, Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ***** | WFMI | Whole Foods Market, Inc. | |
| ***** | ISDA | International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. | |
| ***** | CNTY | Century Casinos, Inc. (est. 1992) | |
| ***** | BRP | Bombardier Recreational Products, Inc. | |
| ***** | SFWA | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. | |
| ***** | AKAM | Akamai Technologies, Inc. (stock abbreviation) | |
| ***** | TRH | Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. (various locations) | |
| ***** | SCA | Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. | |
| ***** | NKE | Nike, Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ***** | CALEA | Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) | |
| ***** | TGI | Triumph Group Inc. | |
| ***** | GAFRI | Great American Financial Resources, Inc. | |
| ***** | CKR | CKE Restaurants, Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ***** | NSI | Network Solutions, Inc. | |
| ***** | CDA | Copper Development Association Inc. | |
| ***** | NCIX | Netlink Computer Inc. | |
| ***** | JNPR | Juniper Networks, Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ***** | NOVL | Novell, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) | |
| ***** | MANH | Manhattan Associates, Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ***** | AIT | Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ***** | iDC | Information Development Consultants, Inc. | |
| ***** | VMW | VMware, Inc. (Virtual Machine Software; stock symbol) | |
| ***** | APD | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | |
| ***** | VS | VeriSign, Inc. | |
| ***** | HEW | Hewitt Associates, Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ***** | ASMP | American Society of Media Photographers, Inc. (fka Society of Photographers in Communications) | |
| ***** | PMA | Promotion Marketing Association, Inc. | |
| ***** | MFE | McAfee, Inc (stock ticker symbol) | |
| ***** | LCMS | Learning Content Management System (Docent, Inc.) | |
| ***** | BKD | Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. (stock symbol; Brentwood, TN) | |
| ***** | BXP | Boston Properties, Inc. (stock symbol) | |
| ***** | APP | Applecare Protection Plan (Apple, Inc.) | |
| ***** | GLW | Corning Inc. (formerly Corning Glassworks; stock symbol) | |
