CÁC TỪ VIẾT TẮT

BA: (Bachelor of Arts) Cử nhân Văn chương
BEng: (Bachelor of Engineering) Cử nhân Kỹ thuật
BS: (Bachelor of Surgery) Cử nhân Phẫu thuật
BSc: (Bachelor of science) Cử nhân Khoa học
ELT: (English Language Teaching) Đào tạo tiếng Anh
ESL: (English Language Teaching) Tiếng Anh như là Ngôn ngữ thứ hai
ESP: (English for Specific Purposes) Tiếng Anh Chuyên ngành
IELTS: (International English Language Testing System) Hệ thống Kiểm tra tiếng Anh Quốc tế
LLM: (Master of Laws) Thạc sỹ Luật
MA: (Master of Arts) Thạc sỹ Văn chương
MBA: (Master of Business Administration) Thạc sỹ Quản trị Kinh doanh
MChem: (Master of Chemistry) Thạc sỹ Hoá học
Mmath: (Master of Mathematics) Thạc sỹ Toán học (trình độ đại học)
PhD: (Doctor of Philosophy) Tiến sỹ
TEFL: (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) Giảng dạy tiếng Anh như một Ngoại ngữ
TESOL: (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) Giảng dạy Tiếng Anh cho những người nói ngôn ngữ khác
TOEFL: (Test of English as a Foreign Language) Bài kiểm tra tiếng Anh như là một Ngoại ngữ
AIDS : Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
̣ ( hội chứng suy giảm miễn dịch mắc phải )
AGM : Annual General Meeting
(cuộc họp chung hàng năm )
BBC :British Broadcastng Corporation
(chương trình phát thanh anh quốc )
BA : Bachelor Of Arts
(cử nhân văn chương )
BASIC : Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
(Kí hiệu hướng dẫn đa dụng dành cho người bắt đầu sử dụng máy vi tính )
CARE : Cooperative For American Relief Everywhere
( tổ chức cứu tế khắp nơi của mĩ )
EEC : European Economic Community
(Cộng đồng kinh tế châu âu )
FIFA :International Federation Of Football Associations
(Liên đòan bóng đá quốc tế )
FAO : Food And Agricultural Organisation
( tổ chức thực phẩm và nông nghiệp )
GATT : General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade
(hiệp ước chung về thuế quan và mậu dịch )
ILO : International Labour Organisation
(tổ chức lao động quốc tế )
IMF : International Monetary Fund
(quỹ tiền tệ quốc tế )
LASER : Light Amplification By Stimlated Emission Of Radiation
(sự khuyếch đại ánh sáng bằng cách kích thích phát ra tia bức xạ )
MA : Master Of Arts
thạc sĩ văn chương)
NATO : North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
(tổ chức hiệp ước bắc đại tây dương)
POW : Prisoner Of War
tù nhân chíên tranh)
RADAR :Radio Detective And Ranging
(máy vô tuyến dò tìm và phân lọai )
SEATO : South East Asia Treaty Organisation
(tổ chức hiệp ước đông nam á )
SALT : Strategic Arms Limitation Talk
(các cuộc đàm phán về giới hạn vũ khí chiến lược )
TU : Trade Union
(công đòan)
UFO : Unidentified Flying Object
(vật bay không xác định )
UNICEF : United Nations Interational Children's Emergency Fund
(quỹ bảo trợ nhi đồng của liên hiệp quốc )
UNO :United Nations Organisation
(tổ chức liên hiệp quốc )
VAT : Value Added Tax
(thuế giá trị gia tăng )
VIP : Very Important Person
(người rất quan trọng )
WHO : World Health Organisation
(tổ chức y tế thế giới )
WAC : Women's Army Corps
(quân đòan phụ nữ )

VIẾT TẮT VỀ ĐIỆN THOẠI

0G: Zero Generation
AAC: Advanced Audio Coding
AMPS: Advanced Mobile Phone System
AMTS: Advanced Telephone System
API: Application programming Interface

CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access
CPDP: Cellular Digital Packet Data
CRT: Cathode Ray Tube

DVI: Digital Video Interface
EMS: Enhanced Message Service
FDMA: Frequency Division Multiple Access
FED: Field Emission Display

GPRS: Genaral Packet Radio Services
GSM: Global System for Mobile Commuications (original acronym: Groupe Special Mobile)
HSDPA: High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (3G)
HSUPA: Hogh-Speed Uplink Packet Access (3G)

IMTS: Improved Telephone Service
JavaEE: Java Platform Enterprise Edition
JavaME: Java Platform Micro Editon
JavaSE: Java Platform Standard Edition

LCD: Liquid Crystal Display
LCOS: Liquid Crystal On Silicon
LED: Light-Emitting Diode

MIDI: Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MMS: Multimedia Messaging Service
MP3: MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3
MTS: Mobile Telephone System

PAS: Personal Access System
PDA: Personal Digital Assistant
PDC: Personal Digital Cellular
PDP: Plasma Display Panel
PHS: Personal Handy-phone System
PTT: Push To Talk

OLED: Organic Light-Emitting Diode
RUIM: Removable User Identity Module (SIM for CDMA m.phone)
SED: Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display
SIM: Subscriber Identity Module
SMS: Short Message Service
TFT: Thin-Film Transistor
UMTS: Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (for 3G m.phone)
USIM: Universal Subscriber Identity Module

VGA: Video Graphics Array
VoIP: Voice over Internet Protocol
WAP: Wireless Application Protocol
W-CDMA: Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (for 3G m.phone)

ABB. OF DEGREES

BA - Bachelor of Arts
BS - Bachelor of Science
EdD - Doctor of Education
LLB - Bachelor of Laws (legum baccalaureus)
LLM - Master of Laws (legum magister)
MBA - Master of Business Administration
MS - Master of Science
BBA - Bachelor of Business Administration
DA - Doctor of Arts
JD - Doctor of Law
LLD - Doctor of Laws (legum doctor)
MA - Master of Arts
MD - Doctor of Medicine (medicinae doctor)
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy

CÁC TỪ VIẾT TẮT WRITING

Two most common abbreviations in writing.
i.e. [id est]= that is

e.g. [exempli gratia]= for example

Both abbreviations are almost always separated from text by commas.
"The best interpretation, i.e., my opinion, is that ..."
Abbreviations used in references.
et al. [et alia]= and others

Used when citing a list of more than three authors to
substitute for all the authors' names except the first.

ibid. [ibidem]= in the same place

Refers to immediately preceding footnote

op. cit. [opere citato]= in the work cited

Examples of ibid. and op. cit.

4. R. Poirer, "Learning physics," (Academic, New York, 1993), p. 4.
5. Ibid, p. 9.
6. T. Eliot, "Astrophysics," (Springer, Berlin, 1989), p. 141.
7. Poirer, op. cit., p. 89.
8. Eliot, op. cit., p.148.

VIẾT TẮT Ở MỸ

A.B.= Artium Baccalaureus [Bachelor of Arts]
abbr.= abbreviation(s), abbreviated
Acad.= Academy
A.D.= anno Domini [in the year of the Lord]
alt.= altitude
A.M.= ante meridiem [before noon]; Artium Magister [Master of Arts]
AM= amplitude modulation
Assn.= Association
at. no.= atomic number
at. wt.= atomic weight
Aug.= August
Ave.= Avenue
AWOL= absent without leave
b.= born, born in
B.C.= Before Christ
b.p.= boiling point
Btu= British thermal unit(s)
C= Celsius (centigrade)
c.= circa [about]
cal= calorie(s)
Capt.= Captain
cent.= century, centuries
cm= centimeter(s)
co.= county
Col.= Colonel; Colossians
Comdr.= Commander
Corp.= Corporation
Cpl.= Corporal
cu= cubic
d.= died, died in
D.C.= District of Columbia
Dec.= December
dept.= department
dist.= District
div.= Division
E= east, eastern
ed.= edited, edition, editor(s)
est.= established; estimated
et al.= et alii [and others]
F= Fahrenheit
Feb.= February
fl.= floruit [flourished]
fl oz= fluid ounce(s)
FM= frequency modulation
ft= foot, feet
gal.= gallon(s)
Gen.= General, Genesis
GMT= Greenwich mean time
GNP= gross national product
GOP= Grand Old Party (Republican Party)
Gov.= governor
grad.= graduated, graduated at
H= hour(s)
Hon.= the Honorable
hr= hour(s)
i.e.= id est [that is]
in.= inch(es)
inc.= incorporated
Inst.= Institute, Institution
Jan.= January
Jr.= Junior
K= Kelvin
kg= kilogram(s)
km= kilometer(s)
£= libra [pound], librae [pounds]
lat.= latitude
lb= libra [pound], librae [pounds]
Lib.= Library
long.= longitude
Lt.= Lieutenant
Ltd.= Limited
m= meter(s)
M= minute(s)
mg= milligram(s)
mi= mile(s)
min= minute(s)
mm= millimeter(s)
mph= miles per hour
Mr.= Mister (always abbreviated)
Mrs.= Mistress (always abbreviated)
Msgr= Monsignor
mt.= Mount, Mountain
mts.= mountains
Mus.= Museum
N= north; Newton(s)
NE= northeast
no.= number
Nov.= November
Oct.= October
Op.= Opus [work]
oz= ounce(s)
pl.= plural
pop.= population
pseud.= pseudonym
pt.= part(s)
pt= pint(s)
pub.= published; publisher
qt= quart(s)
Rev.= Revelation; the Reverend
rev.= revised
R.N.= registered nurse
rpm= revolution(s) per minute
RR= railroad
S= south
S= second(s)
sec= second(s); secant
Sept.= September
Ser.= Series
Sgt.= Sergeant
sq= square
Sr.= Senior
St.= Saint; Street
uninc.= unincorporated
Univ.= University
vol.= volume(s)
vs.= versus
W= west; watt(s)
wt.= weight
yd= yard(s)

VIẾT TẮT TRONG MAIL

aamof = as a matter of fact
afaict = as far as I can tell
aiui = as I understand it
atb = all the best
bbfn = bye bye for now
bbiam = be back in a minute
bbl = be back later
btaicbw = but then again I could be wrong
bttp = back to the point
cmiiw = correct me if I'm wrong
cwyl = chat with you later
damhik = don't ask me how I know
dtrt = do the right thing
dttah = don't try this at home
ducwic = do you see what I see?
dwisnwid = do what I say not what I do
ftbomh = from the bottom of my heart
fya = for your amusement
fyi = for your information
gfn = gone for now
gg = got to go
gl = good luck
gtg = got to go
gtgn = got to go now
hhok = ha ha only kidding
hoas = hold on a second
hth = hope this helps
iccl = I couldn't care less
ikwum = I know what you mean
iykwim = if you know what I mean
iyswim = if you see what I mean
nmp = not my problem
noyb = none of your business
tafn = that's all for now
tc = take care
tia = thanks in advance
tlc = tender loving care
tmiktliu = the more I know the less I understand
ttbomk = to the best of my knowledge
ttul = talk to you later
ttyl = talk to you later
twimc = to whom it may concern
vh = virtual hug
wdymbt = what do you mean by that?
yhbw = you have been warned