Abbreviation & Acronyms start with letter D
Abbreviation:
An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or a phrase (group of words).
The result of abbreviation is a reduced form or abridgement of writing. They are commonly used because they save time and space.
As said by John Horne Tooke, “Abbreviations are the wheels of language, the wings of Mercury.
Examples:
ATM = Automated Teller Machine
BBC = British Broadcasting Corporation
Acronym:
It is a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word.
Examples:
NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)
AIDS = Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
Most Common Abbreviations & Acronyms with Letters D & E
D
| D | Democrat (US) / Distinguished (in decorations) / Doctor (degree) / Defence / deuterium (Chemistry) / dimension / dimensional e.g. 3-D |
| d | Damn/damned (colloquial) / daughter / day / decent / delete / departs / deputy / died / denarius = penny (Latin) / deci- / dextrorotatory (Chemistry) / diffuse (Physics & Chemistry) |
| d.a. / da | Ducks arse (haircut) / deca- / |
| D/A | Digital to analog (Computing) |
| DA | Deposit Account / District Attorney (US) |
| DAB | Digital audio broadcasting |
| DIG | Deputy Inspector General |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| DOS | (both abbreviation & acronym) — Disk Operating System |
| DTP | Desk-top Publishing |
| DVD | Digital Versatile Disc |
| DVD-R | DVD Recordable |
| DVD-ROM | DVD (with) read-only memory |
| DVD-RW | DVD rewritable |
| DVLA | Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency |
| DVM | Doctor of Veterinary Medicine |
| DVR | Digital Video Recorder |
| DVT | Deep-vein thrombosis |
| DWEM | Dead white European male |
| DWI | Driving while intoxicated |
| DWM | Dead white male / Divorced white male |
| dwt | Denarius penny (Latin) = Pennyweight |
| d.w.t. | Dead weight tonnage |
| Dy | Dysprosium (Chemistry) |
| dyn | Dyne(s) |
| dynamo- | Dynamo-electric machine |
E
| E | East(ern) / Ecstasy the drug (slang) / Egyptian / Engineering / European |
| E/e | Energy (Physics) |
| € | Euro(s) |
| ea. | Each |
| EBCDIC | (acronym) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code |
| EBD | Emotional and behavioral difficulties (or disorder) |
| EBIT | Earnings before interest and tax (France) |
| EBITDA | Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (France) |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| EBV | Epstein-Bar virus |
| EC | Executive Committee / East Central / European Commission / European Community |
| Ecclus | Ecclesiasticus (in biblical references) (Apocrypha) |
| ECG | Electrocardiogram / Electrocardiograph |
| ECJ | European Court of Justice |
| ECM | Electronic countermeasures |
| ECN | Electronic communications network |
| E. coli | Escherichia coli |
| Econ. | Economics |
| ECOWAS | (acronym) Economic, Community of West African States |
| ECT | Electroconvulsive therapy |
| ECU / ecu | (both abbreviation & acronym) European Currency Unit |
| ed. | Edited (by) / Editor / Edition / Education / Educated (at) |
| ED | Emergency Department (US) / Erectile dysfunction |
| EDD | English Dialect Dictionary |
| EDI | Electronic data interchange |
| EDP | Electronic data processing |
| EDT | Eastern Daylight Time |
| EDTA | Ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid (a crystalline acid) (Chemistry) |
| Edw. | Edward |
| EE | Early English |
| EEA | European Economic Area |
| EEC | European Economic Community |
| EEG | Electroencephalogram |
| EETPU | Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications, and Plumbing Union |
| EFA | Essential fatty acid |
| EFL | English as a foreign language |
| EFTA | (acronym) European Free Trade Association |
| EFTPOS | (acronym) Electronic funds transfer at point of sale |
| e.g. | (acronym) Exempli gratia (Latin) = for example |
| EGA | Enhanced graphics adapter |
| EGM | Extraordinary general meeting |
| EKG | Elektrokardiogramm (German) = Electrocardiogram (US) |
| EOC | Equal Opportunities Commission (UK) |
| E & O E | Errors and Omissions Exempted (or Excepted) |
| EOG | Electro-Oculogram |
| EOKA | (acronym) Ethnike Organosis Kupriakou Agonos (Greek) = National Organization of Cypriot Struggle |
| e.p. | En Passant (Chess) |
| Ep. | Epistle |
| EP | European Parliament / Electroplate(d) / Extended-Play (record) / Extreme Pressure (used in grading lubricants) |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Eph. | (Epistle to the) Ephesians (New Testament) |
| EPNS | Electro-Plated Nickel Silver |
| EPO | (both abbreviation/acronym) Erythropoietin (a drug for medical use or for illegal use by athletes / European Patent Office |
| EPOS | (acronym) Electronic Point of Sale |
| EPROM | (acronym) Erasable Programmable ROM (Read-Only Memory) (Computing) |
| EQ | Equalization or Equalizer |
| ER | Emergency Room (US) / Edwardus Rex (Latin) = King Edward / Elizabetha Regina (Latin) = Queen Elizabeth |
| Er | Erbium (Chemistry) |
| ERA | Earned Run Average (Baseball) / Equal Rights Amendment (US) |
| ERM | Exchange Rate Mechanism |
| ERNIE | (Acronym) Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment (a prize-winning device) |
| Es | Einsteinium (Chemistry) |
| ESA | Environmentally Sensitive Area (UK) / European Space Agency |
| Esd. | Esdras (Apocrypha) (biblical reference) |
| ESE | East-South-East |
| ESN | Educationally Sub-Normal / Electronic Serial Number |
| ESOL | (Acronym) English for Speakers of Other Languages |
| ESP | English for Special Purposes / Extrasensory Perception / Electro Selective Pattern (Photography) |
| Esq. | Esquire (man’s polite title like Mr.) |
| ESR | Electron Spin Resonance (Physics) |
| ESRC | Economic and Social Research Council (UK) |
| EST | Electric Shock (or Electroshock) Treatment / Eastern Standard Time (US) |
| Esth. | Esther (in the Bible & Apocrypha) |
| e.s.u. | Electrostatic Unit(s) |
| ET | Eastern Time (US) / Extraterrestrial (being) / Egypt (international vehicle registration) |
| ETA | Estimated Time of Arrival / (Basque) Euzkadi ta Azkatasuna = (Basque) Homeland and Liberty |
| et al | Et Alii (Latin) = and others (referring to academic books or authors) |
| etc. | Et Cetera (Latin) = and the rest |
| ETD | Estimated Time of Departure |
| ETH | Ethiopia (international vehicle registration) |
| EU | European Union |
| Eu | Europium (Chemistry) |
| EURIBOR | Euro Interbank Offered Rate (trademark) |
| eV | Electronvolt(s) |
| EV | Electric vehicle (US) |
| EVA | Extravehicular Activity (Astronautics/space) / Ethyl Vinyl Acetate |
| Ex. | Exodus (Biblical reference) |
| ex-con | ex-convict (slang) |
| ex div. | ex-dividend (Commerce) = without dividend |
| Ezek. | Ezekiel (Bible) (A Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BCE) |
