Full FormsFull forms explained in full
The 31 short forms people look up most, each with a page of its own.
A full form alone often leaves the real question unanswered. Knowing that EMI is "equated monthly instalment" does not tell you what is inside an instalment or why a longer loan costs more. Knowing that PDF is "portable document format" does not tell you why a form must be uploaded in it. These pages go one step further. Each one gives the full form, takes the name apart where that helps, explains what the thing is and where you meet it, lists the related short forms, and points out the mistake people most often make.
They are written for students preparing for general knowledge and computer papers, and for anyone who has met one of these terms on a form, a bill or a screen and wants to understand it properly.
- ATM Automated Teller Machine
- PDF Portable Document Format
- OK no certain full form
- CBSE Central Board of Secondary Education
- NEET National Eligibility cum Entrance Test
- UPSC Union Public Service Commission
- IAS Indian Administrative Service
- GST Goods and Services Tax
- UPI Unified Payments Interface
- OTP One Time Password
- EMI Equated Monthly Instalment
- KYC Know Your Customer
- PAN Permanent Account Number
- IFSC Indian Financial System Code
- DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid
- MBBS Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
- PhD Doctor of Philosophy
- ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation
- CPU Central Processing Unit
- RAM Random Access Memory
- SIM Subscriber Identity Module
- GPS Global Positioning System
- AM and PM ante meridiem, post meridiem
- RSVP Répondez s'il vous plaît
- FIR First Information Report
- CEO Chief Executive Officer
- GDP Gross Domestic Product
- NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
- LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas
- HTML Hypertext Markup Language
- CGPA Cumulative Grade Point Average
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All 481 entries, each with a line of meaning, are in the subject pages and the A to Z list.