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Acronyms and abbreviations in English.

An acronym is a word or name formed as an abbreviation from the initial components of a phrase or a word, usually individual letters. There are no universal standards for the multiple names for such abbreviations or for their orthographic styling.

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There are currently 230 terms in this directory beginning with the letter T.
T4LMK
Thanks For Letting Me Know
T4LUK
Thanks For Letting Us Know
TA
1. Teaching Assistant.
2. Territorial Army.
3. Type Approval.
TAAM
Type Approval Authorities Meeting
TABD
Transatlantic Business Dialogue
TAC
Type Approval Cetificate
tada
time-of-acquisition diffusion analysis
TADIA
Type Approval Data for Interchange Between Authorities
TAE
1. Type Approval Examination.
2. Trade Association Forum.
3. Test Automation Engineer.
TAF
Thats All, Folks!
TAFN
Thats All For Now
TAI
International Atomic Time (Temps Atomique International)
TALC
Type Approval Liaison Committee
TALH
Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities (Lamar University)
TAN
Traffic Area Network
TAN(W)
Technical Advice Note (Wales) [Planning]
TANJ
There Aint No Justice
TANSTAAFL
There Aint No Such Thing As A Free lunch
TAO
Traffic Area Office
TAR
Type Approval Regulations
TARFU
Things Are Really fucked Up
Taxon.
(in titles) Taxonomy, -ical
TBA
To Be Announced
TBC
To Be Continued; To Be Confirmed
TBE
To Be Expected
TBH
To Be Honest
TBPR
Toolbar Page Rank
TBTT
Too Busy To Talk
TBTTME
That Brings Tears To My Eyes
TBWS
Time Based Warning System
TBYB
Try Before You Buy
TCB
Taking Care of Business
TCBY
Taking Care of Business, Yall
TCC
1. The Caravan Club.
2. Traffic Control Centre.
TCD
The Cats Dead
TCDF
Touring Club Der Schweiz (Switzerland)
TCE
Trichloroethylene
TCF
Technical Construction File
TCPA
Town & Country Planning Act
TDA
Trade Descriptions Act
TDD
1. The Dogs Dead.
2. The Daring Dufas.
TDI
1. Turbo Direct Injection.
2. Turbo Diesel Injection.
3. Turbo Diesel Intercooler.
TDK
The Dogs Knob
TDM
1. Test Data Management.
2. Too Damn Many.
TDMATBICPLY
This Doesnt Mean A Thing But It Confuses People Like You
TDP
Tag Distribution Protocol
TE
1. Traffic Examiner.
2. Traffic Engineering.
TEC
Training Enterprise Council
techn.
technical, -ly
Technol.
(in titles) Technology, -ical
TECU
Transmission ECU
TEG
Technical Evaluation Group
Telegr.
in Telegraphy
Teleph.
in Telephony
TELM
Two European Language Minorities
TEM
1. Trans European Motorway.
2. Transmission electron microscope.
TEMPSC
Totally Enclosed Motor Propelled Survival Craft
TEN
Trans-European Network
TENs
Trans European Networks
TEOTWA
The End Of The World As We Know It
TEP
Trade Effluent (Treatment) Plant
TER
Trans-European Railway
TETP
Trade Effluent Treatment Plant
TF
1. Task Force (cen).
2. French Southern Territories.
TFB
Too ****ing Bad
TFE
Too ****ing Easy
TFL
1. Transport for London.
2. Thanks For Looking.
TFM
The ****ing Manual
TFR
total fertility rate
TFS
1. Three Finger Salute (Ctrl-Alt-Del).
2. Thanks For Sharing.
3. Transfrontier Shipments (of waste).
TFTT
Thanks For The Thought
TFTV
School of Theatre, Film & Television (University of Arizona)
TG
1. Togo.
2. Transformational Grammar.
TGAL
Think Globally, Act Locally
TGF
transforming growth-factor
TGIF
Thank God Ist Friday
TGTF
Thank God Tomorrows Friday
TGWC
the great wall of china
TH
Thailand
Th.
(quoted from) Thorntons American Glossary
Theatr.
in the Theatre, theatrical
Theol.
(as label) in Theology; (in titles) Theology, - ical
Theoret.
(in titles) Theoretical
THHGTT
The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy
THO
Titty Hard On
ThPC
Thorax Performance Criterion
THUMS
Toral Human Model For Safety
TI
East Timor (new code)
TIA
Thanks In Advance
TIATLG
Truly, I Am The Living God
TIC
1. Traffic Information Centre.
2. Tyre Industry Council.
3. Tongue In Cheek.
TickIT
TICK Information Technology (Quality Assurance Scheme for the IT Sector)
TICS
Transport Information and Control Systems
TIFY
Try It For Yourself
TIGERS
Turbo-Generator Integrated Gas Energy Recovery System
TIGRA
The Independent Glass Recyclers Association
TIMCON
Timber Packaging & Pallet Confederation
TIME
Tears In My Eyes (often in combination)
TIMIYS
The Item Mentioned In Your Signature
TIMTOW
There Is More Than One Way To Do It
TINALO
This Is Not A Legal Opinion
TINAR
This Is Not A Recommendation
TINC
There Is No Cabal
TINSTA
There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TINWIS
That Is Not What I Said
TIP
To Insure Promptness
TIR
International Arragement for Carriage of Goods Sealed for Customs Purposes
TITS
1. That Is To Say.
2. Taking It Too Seriously.
3. Try It To See.
4. Think It Through Stupid.
TIWTGL
This Is Where The Goofy Little Grin Goes
TJ
Tajikistan
TJATAW
Truth, Justice, And The American Way
TK
1. Tokelau.
2. Thymidine kinase.
TKL
The Kids League
TLA
1. Three Letter Acronym / Abbreviation.
2. Text Link Ads.
TLC
1. Tender Loving Care.
2. total leukocyte count.
TLE
Technology and Livelihood Education
TLEV
Transitional Low Emissions Vehicle
TLG
The Living God
TLN
Dutch Transport Operators Association
TLV
type-length-value
TM
1. Thread Mangler.
2. Trust Me.
3. traffic management.
4. Turkmenistan.
TMA
Truck Manufacturers Association (USA)
TMA(s)
tissue micro-array(s)
TMB
Technical Management Board
TMC
Traffic Message Channel
TMI
Too Much Information
TMIKTL
The More I Know, The Less I Understand
TMS
Tyre Manufacturers Section
TMWBTB
The Man Who Buys The Biscuits
TN
2. Tunisia"
TNO
Netherlands Road Vehicles Research Institute
TNOTVS
Theres Nothingon Television, so...
TNSO
Temptingly Naked Significant Other
TNX
ThaNX
TO
Tonga
TOC
1. Train Operating Company.
2. Total Organic Carbon.
TOFL
Test of English as a Foreign Language
TOIS
Trial Outcomes Index Scores
Tokh.
Tokharian
TOLA
Teaching of Language Arts
TOR
Terms of Reference
TOS
Terms Of Service
TP
East Timor (old code)
TPAE
The Possibilities Are Endless
TPC
Technical Policy Centre
TPI
1. Targeted Programme of Improvement.
2. Treponema pallidum immobilization.
TPM
1. Total Productive Manufacturing.
2. Total Particulate Matter.
TPMS
Tyre Pressure Monitor Systems
TPO
Thermoplastic Olefin
TPP
1. Thiamine Pyrophosphate.
2. Trans-Pacific Partnership.
TpPC
Thorax Performance Criterion
TPS(S)
This Program Sucks, (Severely)
TPTB
The Powers That Be
TPWS
Train Protection and Warning System
TQM
Total Quality Management
tr., transl.
translated, translation
TRAA
Tyre & Rim Association of Australia
Trans.
1. (in titles) Transactions
2. ( trans. ) - transitive
TRANSEC
Transport Security and Contingencies Directorate
transf.
transferred sense
TRATEO
The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe
Trav.
(in titles) Travel(s)
TRDMC
Tears Running Down My Cheeks
Treas.
(in titles) Treasury
Treat.
(in titles) Treatise
Treatm.
(in titles) Treatment
TRF
Tuned Radio Frequency
TRFLP
Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism
TRI
Toxic Release Inventory
Trig.
in Trigonometry
TRIP
The Road Information Programme (USA)
TRL
Transport Research Laboratory
TRM
Trailer Registration Mark
Trop.
(in titles) Tropical
Trp
Tryptophan
TRR
Test Readiness Review.
TRSP
Trailer Roll Stability Program
TS
1. Technical Specification.
2. Transverse section.
TSB
Technical Services Branch
TSG
Transport Supplementary Grant
TSI
Technical System for Interoperability
TSJD
Texas Size Jelly Donut-official food of Texas sysops
TSL
Test Scripting Language.
TSO
1. The Stationary Office.
2. Trading Standards Officer.
TSOHF
Total Sense of Humor Failure
TSR
Terminate and Stay Resident program; Totally Stupid Rules
TST
tissue surface tension
TSWG
Technical Services Working Group
TTA
Top Tether Anchorage
ttb
that's to bad
TTBE
Thats To Be Expected
TTBOMK
To The Best Of My Knowledge
TTC
Time To Collision
TTFN
Ta Ta for Now
TTI
1. Time-To-Intersection.
2. Traffic & Travel (LER) Information.
TTL
Time to Live
TTL4N
Thats The Lot For Now
TTLC
Time To Line Crossing (LDWS)
TTM
To The Moderator
TTO
Technology Transfer Office(s)
TTP
Time-Triggered Protocol
TTTSNB
The Thread That Shall Not Be Named
TTUL
Talk (or Type) To you Later
TTYL
Talk To You Later
TTYRS
Talk To You Real Soon
TUFD
The User File Died
TUNEL
transferase-mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate nick end tunneling
TUPE
Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regs 1981
Turk.
Turkish
TUV
German Test Authority e.g. TUV Cologne
TV
Tuvalu
TVTW
Test Vehicle Target Weight
TW
Taiwan
TWA
Transport and Works Act
TWAIN
Technology Without An Interesting Name
TWATBI
That Was A Typo But I Like It
TWB
Tailor-Welded Blank
TWC
Tetherless World Constellation
TWIMC
To Whom It May Concern
TWL
Top Water Level
TWM
Thames Waste Management
TWYAS
Thats What You All Say
TWYT
Thats What You Think
TXU
Texas Utilities (New Owner of Eatern Generation)
TYLE
Took You Long Enough
Typog., Typogr.
in Typography
TYREEK
Def: Shining star, bearer of good news
TYVL
Thank You Very Little
TYVM
Thank You Very Much
TZ
Tanzania, United Republic Of

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