Tuesday, August 19, 2008



PIN - Personal Identification Number

UTI - Unit trust of India

I.C.U - Intensive Care Unit

CCU - Critical Care Unit

CCTV - Closed Circuil Television

WWW - World Wide Web

RAM - Random access Memory

UNESCO - United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization

LAN - Local Area Network

RPM - Round Per Minute

VPN - Virtual Private Network

SCI - Shipping Corporation of India

OPEC - Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

FCCB - Foreign Currency Convertible Bond

WHO - World Health Organization

NDDB - National Dairy Development Board

NYSE - Newyork Stock Exchange

PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation

NIIT - National Institute of Information Technology

HIV - Human Immunodeficiency Virus

AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome



BPO - Business process outsourcing

BSE - Bombay Stock Exchange

L&T - Larsen and tourbo

NDTV - New delhi television

BHEL - Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

ATF - Aviation Turbine Fuel

NSE - National stock exchange

PE - Price to Earning Ratio

EPS - Earning per share

ABB Ltd - Asea Brown Boveri Ltd

ACC - Associated Cement companies

HCC - Hindustan Construction company

HNI - High Networth Individual

FDI - Foreign Direct Investment

CRR - Cash reserve ratio

NFO - New Fund Offer

DNA - Daily News & Analysis

ONGC - Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

BPCL - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

HPCL - Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

HSBC - Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

CEO - Chief Executive Officer

CFO - Chief Financial Officer

SBI - State Bank of India

PF - Provident Fund

PPF - Pension Protection Fund;Public Provident Fund

AAI - Airport Authority Of India

ATC - Air Trafic Control

SIM - Subscriber Identity Module

http - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

STD - Subscriber Trunk Dialling

ISD - International Subscriber Dialling

ATM - Automated Teller Machine