Abbreviations & Acronyms
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 the Letter – G
G
| g or g. | Gallon(s) / Good / Gram(s) or gramme(s) |
| G or G. | German / Giga / Gabon (VR) Group of / Gauss / Good / Government / Gourde / Grand (1000 dollars) |
| G5/G7/G8/G10 | Various groups of economically powerful countries |
| GA | General Assembly / General Average / Georgia (US state) (also Ga.) |
| Ga | Gallium (Chemistry) (Chemical Agent) |
| GAAP | Generally accepted accounting principles |
| GABA | Gamma-aminobutyric acid (a neurotransmitter in the brain) |
| Gal. | (the letter to the) Galatians |
| gal. | Gallon(s) |
| GB | Great Britain (also VR) / Gigabyte (also Gb.) |
| Gb | Gilbert (Physics) |
| GBA | (great Britain) Alderney, Channel Islands (IVR) |
| GBE | Knight or Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (UK) |
| GBG | Guernsey (IVR = International Vehicle Registration) |
| GBH | Grievous bodily harm (Britain) (serious physical injury), cf. ABH (Actual Bodily Harm) |
| GBJ | Jersey (IVR) |
| GBM | Isle of Man (IVR = International Vehicle Registration) |
| Gbyte | Gigabyte(s) |
| GBZ | Gibraltar (IVR) |
| GC | George Cross (UK & Commonwealth countries) |
| GCA | Guatemala (IVR) |
| GCB | Knight or Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (UK) |
| GCE | General Certificate of Education (UK) |
| GCH | (Knight) Grand Cross of Hanover |
| GCHQ | Government Communications Headquarters |
| GCM | General Court Martial (gcm) greatest common measure |
| GCMG | (Knight or Dame) Grand Cross of (the Order of) St Michael and St Georgia |
| GCP | Good clinical practice |
| GCSE | General Certificate of Secondary Education |
| GCVO | (Knight or Dame) Grand Cross of the (Royal) Victorian Order |
| Gd | Gadolinium (Chemistry) |
| GDA | Guideline daily amount |
| GDC | General Dental Council |
| Gde | Gourde |
| Gdns | Gardens (in street names, etc) |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GDR | German Democratic Republic (the former East Germany) |
| GE | General Electric / Georgia (IVR= International Vehicle Registration) |
| Ge | Germanium (Chemistry) |
| GEC | General Electric Company |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility (an international environmental organization) |
| gen. | Genitive |
| Gen. | General / (the book of) Genesis (Bible) |
| Genl | General |
| Geo. | George |
| geog. | Geographic / Geographical / Geography |
| geol. | Geologic / Geological / Geology |
| ger. | Gerund / Gerundive |
| Ger. | Germany / German |
| GERD | Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease (Medicine) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mz1Mo5_iZKo |
| GeV | Giga-electronvolt, a unit of particle energy (in US sometimes BeV) |
| GH | Ghana / Growth Hormone |
| GHB | Gamma Hydroxybutyrate (anesthetic drug) |
| GHQ | General Headquarters |
| GHz | Gigahertz |
| GI | Glycemic Index |
| GIB | Guaranteed Income Bond |
| GIF | (both abbreviation & acronym) Graphic Interchange Format (one of a standard format image files) (Computing) |
| GIFT | (both abbreviation & acronym) Gamete intra-Fallopian transfer (an infertility treatment) |
| gig | Gigabyte (short form) (Computing) |
| GIGO | Garbage in, garbage out. (Computing) |
| GI | Gastrointestinal / Glycemic Index |
| GIS | Geographical Information System (Computing) |
| Gk | Greek |
| GKS | Graphical Kernel System (a computer graphics program) |
| GLA | Gamma linolenic acid / Greater London Authority |
| GLBT | Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender |
| GLC | Greater London Council (abolished in 1986) |
| GLCM | Graduate of the London College of Music |
| Gld | Guilder |
| Glos. | Gloucestershire |
| gm | Gram(s) or gramme(s) |
| GM | General Manager / General Motors / Genetically modified / George Medal / Grand Master / Grant-maintained (of schools) / Geiger-Muller (counter) |
| G-M | Geiger-Muller (counter) |
| G –man | An FBI agent (US) |
| GMB | General and Municipal Boilermakers Union |
| GmbH | Gesellschaff mit beschrankter Haftung (German) = a limited liability company (Ltd) |
| GMC | General Medical Council |
| Gmc | Germanic |
| GMO | Genetically modified organism |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time |
| GNP | Gross National Product |
| GNSS | Global Navigation Satellite System |
| GNVQ | General National Vocational Qualification (a two-year vocational course) |
| GOC | General Officer Commanding / General Optical Council |
| Govt. | Government |
| GP | General Practitioner / Gallup Poll / Grand Prix / Gallup Poll / Graduated pension / Gloria Patri (Latin) = glory to the father |
| GPA | Grade Point Average (Education system in US) |
| GPI | General paralysis of the insane |
| GPL | General Public License |
| GPMU | Graphical, Paper and Media Union |
| GPO | General Post Office |
| GPRS | General Packet Radio Service (an advanced packet-switching system) |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| gr. | Gram(s) or gramme(s) / Grain(s) / Grey / Gross |
| Gr. | Greek |
| GR / GRI | Georgius Rex (Imperator) (Latin) = George, King and Emperor |
| Gro. | Grove (in street names) |
| GS | General Secretary / Grammar School / General Staff |
| gs | Guineas / Gauss |
| G & S | Gilbert and Sullivan (also G and S) |
| GSA | Girls’ Schools Association |
| gsm | Grams per square meter |
| GSM | Groupe Speciale Mobile = Global System for Mobile communications / Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
| GSO | General Staff Officer |
| GSOH | Good (or great) sense of humor (used often in personal ads) |
| GSR | Galvanic skin response |
| GST | Goods and services tax |
| GT / GTi | Gran turismo / gran turismo injection |
| Gt or gt | Great |
| gt. | Gutta = a drop (Medicine) |
| g and t/G&T/ G and T | Gin and tonic |
| GTC | General Teaching Council (GTCE for England / GTCN for Northern Ireland / GTCS for Wales / GTCW for Wales |
| gtd | Guaranteed |
| GUT | Grand Unified Theory |
| GUY | Guyana (IVR = International Vehicle Registration) |
| GVH | Graft-versus-host (reaction) |
| GVHD | Graft-versus-host disease |
| GVW | Gross vehicle weight |
| GW / Gw | Gigawatts |
| GWR | Great Western Railway (formerly in use) |
| Gy | Gray (SI unit) (symbol) |
