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Marine Abbreviations - General

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AFAIK As Far As I know

AGW All Going Well

AISI AS I See It

ASAP As Soon As Possible

B4 Before

BS British Standard

BTW By The Way

CAD Computer Assisted Design

CAF Currency Adjustment Factor

CAP Condition Assesment Program

CBI Computer-Based Information

CBT Computer-Based Training

CCT Closed Circuit Television

CD Compact Disc

CU See You Later

CV Curriculum Vitae

DIY Do It Yourself

DSC Distinctive Select Calling

DTBA Date To Be Advised

E&OC Errors & Omissions Excepted

ECU European Currency Units

EDP Electronic Data Processing

EE Errors Excepted

EIU Even If Used

FAC Fast as you Can

FAQ Frequently Asked Question

FLT Fork Lift Truck

FOG For Our Guidance

FYG For Your Guidance

FYI For Your Information

FYM For Your Misinformation

GBP Great British Pound

GBR Great Barrier Reef

GBR Great Britain

HTH Hope This/That helps

IE Internet Explorer

IM In My

IMCO In My Considered Opinion

IME In My Experience

IMEO In My Expert Opinion

IMNSHO In My Not So Humble/Honest Opinion

IMO In My opinion

IOW In Other Words

ISSN International Standard Serial Number

IT Information Technology

KISS Keep It Simple Stupid

KK Knock for Knock

LAN Local Area Network

LOL Laughing Out Loud

MO Mail Order

NP No Problem

NRN No Reply Necessary

NS Netscape

OBTW Oh By The Way

OCR Optical Character Recognition

OTOH On The Other Hand

PC Personal Computer

RAM Random Access Memory

ROM Read Only Memory

SAM Surface to Air Missile

SITD Still In The Dark

TFN Thanks For Nothing

TIA Thanks In Advance

UOR Under One Roof

US United States

USA United States of America

UTC Universal Time Co-coordinated

VAT Value Added Tax

VOC Volatile Organic Compounds

WP Waterproof

WWW World Wide Web

WYSIWYG What You See Is What You get