(Main list of acronyms)
__NOTOC__ E – (s) East e- – (i) Used as a prefix before unabbreviated words, stands for technical words such as electronic or emergency.
E0–9 E3 or E3 – many, including Electronic Entertainment Expo, see entry E15 - (s) Eyjafjallajökull (Volcano in Iceland: 'E' followed by 15 letters)
EA EA – (i) Electronic attack – Emotions Anonymous – Engagement area – Electronic Arts – Enrolled agent – Environmental assessment - Enterprise Architect – (s) Exaampere EABU – (i) Explain acronyms before use EAC – (i) Echelons Above Corps EAFUS – (i) "Everything" Added to Food in the United States (FDA list) EAPC – (i) Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council EASA – (i) European Aviation Safety Agency EAST – (a) Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
EB EB - East Bridgewater EBCDIC – (a/i) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (pronounced "eb-see-dik") (cf. BCD) EBD – (i) Electronic Brake Distribution EBE – (i) Extraterrestrial Biological Entity EBO (i/a) Effects Based Operations Encyclopædia Britannica Online European Board of Ophthalmology EBSA – (i) Employee Benefits Security Administration EBT (i) Earnings Before Taxes Electronic Benefit Transfer EBW (i) Electron Beam Welding Exploding BridgeWire
EC EC (a/i) Earth Constitution (s) Ecuador (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) (i) Electronic Combat European Community (see EEC) (s) Exacoulomb EC2 (disambiguation) – (i) Many, some as an alternative to EC2, e.g., Elastic Compute Cloud EC3 – (i) Ethan Carter III, ring name of American professional wrestler Michael Hutter (who currently performs as "EC3") ECAL — (p) Electromagnetic calorimeter ECASS – (i) European Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences ECB (disambiguation) (i) England (and Wales) Cricket Board European Central Bank ECBR – (i) European Coalition for Biomedical Research ECCM (disambiguation) – (i) Electronic Counter-Counter-Measures ECDay – (a/i) Earth Constitution Day ECF – (i) Environmental Correction Factor ECFS (disambiguation) – (i) Electronic Case Filing System ECG – (i) Electrocardiogram Echo (disambiguation) (a) Each Community Helps Others (EPA programme) Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization European Commission Host Organization European Commission Humanitarian aid Office (p) Exchange Clearing House Expanded Characteristic Option (a) Explanatory Coherence by Harmony Optimization ECHR (i) European Convention on Human Rights (i) European Court of Human Rights ECJ – (i) European Court of Justice ECL – (i) Emitter Coupled Logic (electronics) ECM (i) Electronic Counter-Measures Enterprise Content Management ECommHR – (p) European Commission on Human Rights ECOWAS - (a) Economic Community of West African States ECS (i) Emergency Contact System Enhanced Chip Set (computing) EOSDIS Core System Extended Chip Set (computing) ECSC – (i) European Coal and Steel Community (distant ancestor of the EU) ECT – (i) ElectroConvulsive Therapy ECtHR – (p) European Court of Human Rights ECU (s) Ecuador (ISO 3166 trigram) (i) European Currency Unit (ancestor of the euro) ECW (i) Eastern Championship Wrestling/Extreme Championship Wrestling
ED EDA – (i) European Defence Agency EDAC – (a) Error Detection And Correction EDC - (a) Everyday carry EDC-DAAC – (i) EROS Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center EDCS – (i) Environmental Data Coding Specification EDD (i) Earliest due date Electron-detachment dissociation Elena Delle Donne (American basketball player) Employment Development Department (California state agency) End-diastolic dimension Expected date of delivery (pregnancy) EDECSIM – (p) Extended Directed Energy Combat Simulation EDF or EdF – (i) Électricité de France (French, "France Electricity", a utility company) EDGAR – (a) Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings database) EDH – (i) Eastman Dental Hospital EDS (i) Electronic Data Systems Electronic Differential System EDSA – (a) Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (a major thoroughfare in Manila with great significance to post-1980 Philippines history) EDT – (i) Eastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC−4 hours) EDTA (i) Electric Drive Transportation Association (p) EthyleneDiamineTetraAcetic acid
EE ee – (s) Ewe language (ISO 639-1 code) EE (s) Estonia (ISO 3166 digram; from the country's native name of Eesti) (i) Electrical engineering Electrical engineer E&E – (i) Escape and Evasion (training) EEC – (i) European Economic Community (predecessor of the EU) EEG – (i) Electroencephalogram EEK – (s) Estonian kroon (ISO 4217 currency code) EENT – (i) End Evening Nautical Twilight EEO – (i) Equal Employment Opportunity EEOC – (i) (U.S.) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EEZ – (i) Economic exclusion zone or Exclusive economic zone
EF EF (i) Electro-focus (Canon lens mount) Entry Foyer (s) Exafarad EFF – (i) Electronic Frontier Foundation EFL (i) English Football League English as a Foreign Language EFM – (i) Enterprise Feedback Management EFOA – (i) European Fuel Oxygenates Association EFSA – (i) European Food Safety Authority EFT – (i) Electronic Fund Transfer EFTA (i) European Free Trade Area (i) European Free Trade Association EFV – (i) Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle
EG e.g. – (i) exempli gratia (Latin, roughly "for the sake of an example", "for example", "for instance") EG – (s) Egypt (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) EGBUS – (i) External Genitalia, Bartholin's glands, Urethra & Skene's glands EGCG – (p) EpiGalloCatechin-3-Gallate EGIS – (a) Erieye Ground Interface Segment EGP – (s) Egyptian pound (ISO 4217 currency code) EGRET – (a) Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope EGY – (s) Egypt (ISO 3166 trigram)
EH EH (s) Exahenry (s) Western Sahara (ISO 3166 digram) EHA (p) Education for All Handicapped Children Act (U.S. federal legislation; since superseded by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) (i) Emotional Health Anonymous EHF – (i) Extremely High Frequency EHR – (i) Equipment History Record
EI Ei – (s) Exbi EI – (s) Ireland (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Éire) EIA – (i) Environmental impact assessment EIAH – Environnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain EIAH – Encyclopedia of Iranian Architectural History EIC – East India Company EICS – East India Company's Service eID – electronic ID EIRP – (i) Effective Isotropic Radiated Power EIS – (i) Environmental Impact Statement
EJ EJ – (s) Exajoule
EK EK – (s) Equatorial Guinea (FIPS 10-4 country code) – Exakelvin EKG – (i) Electrocardiogram (from German Elektrokardiogramm) EKMS – (i) Electronic Key Management System
EL el – (s) Greek language (ISO 639-1 code) EL – (s) Exalitre ELF (a/i) Earth Liberation Front Endangered Language Fund Eritrean Liberation Front Executable and Linkable Format Extremely Low Frequency ELINT – (p) Electronic Intelligence ell – (s) Greek language (ISO 639-2 code) ELL – (i) English Language Learner ELM – (i) Edge-Localised Mode (plasma physics) ELO – (i) Electric Light Orchestra ELP (i) Emerson, Lake & Palmer European Left Party ELSS – (i) Emergency Life Support Stores ELT – (i) Emergency Locator Transmitter
EM Em – (s) Exametre EM – (i) ElectroMagnetism/ElectroMagnetic EMA – (i/a) European Medicines Agency Embraer – (p) Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica (Portuguese, "Brazilian Aeronautics Company") EMC (i) Electric Membership Corporation Electromagnetic Compatibility Electro-Motive Corporation European Muon Collaboration Evergreen Marine Corporation EMCON – (p) (Electromagnetic) Emissions Control EMD (i) General Motors Electro-Motive Division Engineering and Manufacturing Development European Missile Defence EMDEX – (a) Essential Medicines InDEX EMDG – (i) Euro-Missile Dynamics Group EMDR – (i) Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing EMEA – (i) Europe, Middle East and Africa EMF (i) Electromotive force Epsom Mad Funkers (1990s–2000s indie dance band) EMG – (p) ElectroMyoGraph EMO – (i) Emergency Measures Organisation- (p) Emotional EMP – (i) ElectroMagnetic Pulse EMR - (i) East Midlands Railway and European Metal Recycling EMS – (i) Emergency Medical Services EMT – (i) Emergency Medical Technician and East Midlands Trains EMU – (i) Electric Multiple Unit – a method of connecting self-propelled railway vehicles together to form a train under the control of one driver. EMV – (i) Europay, MasterCard, Visa (the companies that developed the current technical standard for chipped payment cards and contactless cards)
EN en – (s) English language (ISO 639-1 code) EN (p) Corps of Engineers (s) Estonia (FIPS 10-4 country code) Exanewton ENCODE – (p) Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (human genome data project) ENE – (i) East North-East eng – (s) English language (ISO 639-2 code) ENG – (s) England (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram) ENSATT – (i) École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques de théâtre (French, "Higher National School of Theatrical Arts and Techniques") ENT – (i) Ear, Nose and Throat ENTEC – (a) Euro NATO Training Engineer Centre ENVL – (a) Envelope ENY – (p) Enemy
EO eo – (s) Esperanto language (ISO 639-1 code) EO (i) Electro-Optics Engagement Operations EOD – (i) Explosive Ordnance Disposal E&OE – (i) Errors and Omissions Excepted EOG – (i) ElectroOculoGraphy EOS (i) Earth Observation Satellite (a/i) Electro-Optical System, Canon's autofocusing system for film and digital SLR cameras, as well as the company's mirrorless cameras (i) Electrophoresis Operations in Space, a space manufacturing project of the McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company EOSAT – (p) Earth Observation Satellite EOSDIS – (a/i) Earth Observation Satellite Data and Information System EOTS (i) Electro-Optical Tactical Sensor (a/i) Eye Of The Storm (World of Warcraft) EOM – (i) End of Message
EP EP – (i) European Parliament EP – (i) Extended play EPA (p) EicosaPentaenoic Acid (i) Environmental Protection Agency EPCOT – (a) Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow EPCR (i) Endothelial protein C receptor European Professional Club Rugby EPFL – (i) École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (French, "Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology") EPGS – (i) EOS Polar Ground Sites EPIRB – (a/i) Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon EPL – (i) English Premier League EPLRS – (a) Enhanced Position Location Reporting System ("ee-plarz") epo – (s) Esperanto language (ISO 639-2 code) EPO (i) Ellinikí Podosferikí Omospondía (Greek Ελληνική Ποδοσφαιρική Ομοσπονδία, translated as "Hellenic Football Federation") European Patent Organisation or its main organ, the European Patent Office (p) Erythropoietin EPOS – (a) Electronic Point Of Sale EPPA – (i) Employee Polygraph Protection Act EPR – (i) European Pressurised [Nuclear] Reactor Evaporator Pressure regulator EPW (i) Earth Penetrator Weapon/Warhead Economic and Political Weekly (Indian publication) Enemy Prisoner of War
EQ EQ – (i) Emotional Quotient EQG – (s) Equatorial Guinea (FIFA trigram, but not IOC or ISO 3166)
ER Er – (s) Erbium ER (i) Emergency Room (s) Eritrea (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) ERA (i) Earned run average Engineering Research Associates Equal Rights Amendment English Racing Automobiles European Railway Agency (a) Explosive Reactive Armor (tank add-on armor) ERCIM – (a/i) European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics ERI – (s) Eritrea (ISO 3166 trigram) ERLAWS – (a) Eastern Ruapehu Lahar Alarm and Warning System ERN – (s) Eritrean nakfa (ISO 4217 currency code) EROS – (a) Earth Resources Observation System ERP – (i) Engineer Regulating Point ERR – (p) Eesti Rahvusringhääling ERS – (i) Earth Resources Survey ERTS – (i) Earth Resources Technology Satellite (became Landsat) ERV – (p) Endogenous RetroVirus
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