(Main list of acronyms)
__NOTOC__ g – (s) Gram G – (s) Gauss – (i) General Audiences (movie rating) - Gewehr (German, rifle)
G0–9 G1 – (s) Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Personnel G2 – (s) Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Intelligence G3 – many, including Heckler & Koch G3; see entry – (s) Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Operations and Plans G4 (i) Generation Four PowerPC microprocessor (s) Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Logistics G5 (i) Generation Five PowerPC microprocessor Group of Five conferences (US college sports, especially football) (s) Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Public Affairs G6 (s) Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Information Technology (i) Group of 6 (France, Germany, United States, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy) (1975) G7 – (s) Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Training – (i) Group of 7 (G6 + Canada) (1976) G8 – (s) Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Finance – (i) Group of 8 (G7 + Russia) (1998) G9 – (s) Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Civil-Military Co-operation (CIMIC) G10 – (i) Group of 10 (G7 + Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland; numbering 11 in fact) G15 – (i) Group of 15 (subset of G77, formed 1989: Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Venezuela and Zimbabwe; currently numbers 17) G20 – (i) Group of 20 (G8 + Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey + current European Union presiding country) (1999) G24 – (i) Group of 24 (subset of G77, formed 1971: Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Iran, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Syria, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela) G77 – (i) Group of 77 (issued from the United Nations Conference on Commerce and Development, 1964; currently numbers 133)
GA Ga – (s) Gallium – Gigaannum GA – (s) Gabon (ISO 3166 digram) – The Gambia (FIPS 10-4 country code) – (i) Gamblers Anonymous – Georgia (postal symbol) – Gigaampere – Goa (Indian state code) - (i) General Aviation GAAR – (a) General Anti-Avoidance Rule (tax evasion) GAB – (s) Gabon (ISO 3166 trigram) GABA – (i) Gamma-AminoButyric Acid GAD – (a) Generalized Anxiety Disorder GALCIT – (a) Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory, California Institute of Technology GAO – (i) U.S. Government Accountability Office GAW – (i) Global Atmospheric Watch
GB GB – (s) Gabon (FIPS 10-4 country code) – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 digram) [glamour boy 7-9/10] GBA – Game Boy Advance GBBC – (i) Great (Global) Backyard Bird Count GBE – (i) Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire GBH (i) Great Bash Heel (Japanese professional wrestling stable) Gregory Bonner Hale (British design and advertising agency) Grievous bodily harm GBP – (s) United Kingdom pound sterling (ISO 4217 currency code) GBR – (s) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 trigram) GBU – (i) Glide-Bomb Unit – Global Business Unit(s)
GC GC (s) East Germany (NATO country code; obsolete 1990) (i) General classification (cycling) General counsel George Cross (British civil decoration) (s) Gigacoulomb [Grindr cruise] GCA – (i) Graduate in Claims Administration GCCS – (i/a) Global Command and Control System ("geeks") GCD – see entry GCF – (i) Greatest Common Factor GCI – (i) Ground-controlled interception GCN – (i) Gamma-ray burst Coordination Network GCS – (i) Global Coordinate System GCSE – (i) General Certificate of Secondary Education (UK) G-CSF – (i) Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
GD gd – (s) Scottish Gaelic language (ISO 639-1 code) Gd – (s) Gadolinium GD – (s) Grenada (ISO 3166 digram) GDC (i) Game Developers Conference General Dental Council GDL – (i) Game Definition Language GDP (i) General Dental Practitioner (UK) Gross Domestic Product GDPR (i) General Data Protection Regulation (EU law) Gross domestic product of region GDR – (i) German Democratic Republic (cf. DDR) GDR – (i) General Distribution Release (Microsoft Term for a software service release; between Hotfix and Service Pack) GDW – (i) Game Designers Workshop
GE Ge – (s) Germanium GE (i) General Electric Genetic Engineering (cf. GM) (s) Georgia (ISO 3166 digram) GEBCO – (a) General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans GEC – (i) Great Engineering Challenge GED – (i) General Educational Development (high school equivalency credential in the U.S. and Canada) GEEP – (i) Geophysical Equipment Exploration Platform GEICO – (p/a) Government Employees Insurance Company (GUY-coh) GEL (s) Georgian lari (ISO 4217 currency code) Gilbert and Ellice Islands (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 1977) GEMA (a) Gas and Electricity Markets Authority Georgia Emergency Management Agency (p) Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (German performance rights organisation) (a) Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance GEN – (s) Full General (four stars) in the U.S. Army GEO (a) Geostationary Earth Orbit (s) Georgia (ISO 3166 trigram) GEOS – (i) Graphical Environment Operating System GEQ – (s) Equatorial Guinea (IOC trigram, but not FIFA or ISO 3166) GER – (s) Germany (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166) Gestapo – (p) GEheime STAatsPOlizei (German "secret state police") GeV – (s) Gigaelectron-volt GEV – (i) Ground Effect Vehicle
GF GF (s) French Guiana (ISO 3166 digram) Gigafarad GFCF (i) Gluten-free, casein-free diet Gross fixed capital formation GFCI – (i) Ground Fault Circuit Interruptor (aka GFI) GFDL – (i) GNU Free Documentation License GFE (i) Girlfriend experience (used in escort services) Good Faith Estimate Government Furnished Equipment GFI – (i) Ground Fault Interruptor (aka GFCI) GFL – (i) German Football League (Germany's Bundesliga for American football; the English-language name is used in German without translation) GFN – (i) Global Footprint Network GFW (i) Global Force Wrestling – either the original incarnation or Impact Wrestling, which was briefly known under the name (p) Great Firewall of China (cf. Internet censorship in China) GFY – (i) "good for you" or "go fuck yourself", depending on the context (Internet chat)
GG GG – (s) Georgia (FIPS 10-4 country code) GGG – (i) Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin, Kazakhstani boxer GGK – Good God Karma GGWP – Good Game Well Played GGP (i) General Game Playing GGP – GeoGraphic Processor, Geographic Information System (GIS) originally the Greater London Council (GLC) in-house system and now GGP Ltd
GH GH – (s) Ghana (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) – Gigahenry GHA – (s) Ghana (ISO 3166 trigram) GHB – (i) gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid GHC – (s) Ghanaian cedi (ISO 4217 currency code)
GI Gi – (s) Gibi GI (i) Galvanised Iron Gastro-Intestinal General Issue (s) Gibraltar (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code) (i) Government Issue Global Illumination GIB – (s) Gibraltar (ISO 3166 trigram) GIF – (a) Graphics Interchange Format GIG – (a) Global Information Grid GIGN – (i) Groupe d'intervention de la Gendarmerie nationale (French, "National Gendarmerie Intervention Group'), French police tactical unit GIGO – (a) Garbage In Garbage Out (computing) GIMP – (a) GNU Image Manipulation Program GIN (s) Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram) (a) Guidelines International Network GIP – (s) Gibraltar pound (ISO 4217 currency code) GIS (i) Geographic Information System Google Image Search GISS (a/i) General Impression of Size and Shape Goddard Institute for Space Studies
GJ GJ – (s) Gigajoule – Grenada (FIPS 10-4 country code) – Gujarat (Indian state code) GJD – (i) Geocentric Julian Day
GK GK – (s) Gigakelvin – Guernsey (FIPS 10-4 territory code) - (s) Goalkeeper
GL gl – (s) Galician language (ISO 639-1 code) GL (s) Gigalitre (i) Graphics Language (s) Greenland (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code) (i) Grenade Launcher gla – (s) Scottish Gaelic language (ISO 639-2 code) GLAAD – (a) Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation GLAC – (a) General Ledger Accounting Code GLAST – (a) Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope GLBA – (i) Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act GLC – (i) Gas-liquid chromatography gle – (s) Irish language (ISO 639-2 code) glg – (s) Galician language (ISO 639-2 code) GLINT (a) Gallium-arsenide Laser Illuminator for Night TV Gated Laser Illuminator for Narrow Television (p) Gated Laser Intensifier (tape) Gospel Literature International Graphical Linux Installation Tool GLONASS – (a) Global'naya navigatsionnaya sputnikovaya sistema (Russian Глоба́льная Навигацио́нная Спу́тниковая Систе́ма, "Global Navigation Satellite System") GLP – (s) Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 trigram) GLSDB - (i) Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb GLUT – (a/i) OpenGL Utility Toolkit glv – (s) Manx language (ISO 639-2 code) GLV – (i) Gained Life Value
GM Gm – (s) Gigametre GM (s) The Gambia (ISO 3166 digram) (i) GameMaster (role-playing) General Motors Genetically Modified (s) Germany (FIPS 10-4 country code) (i) Guru Meditation (computing) GMAC (i) General Motors Acceptance Corporation, the original name of the company now known as Ally Financial Graduate Management Admission Council G-MAC (i) Great Midwest Athletic Conference GMB (s) The Gambia (ISO 3166 trigram) (i) General, Municipal, Boilermakers (and Allied Trade Union) GmbH – (i) Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (German, "Company with limited liability") GMC (i) U.K. General Medical Council Gospel Music Channel GMD – (s) Gambian dalasi (ISO 4217 currency code) GMFSC – (i) Ground Mobile Forces Satellite Communications GMG - (i) Granatmaschinengewehr (German, Grenade Machine Gun) GMI (i) Generic Model Interface Geometry Model Instance GML Generalized Markup Language Geography Markup Language Game Maker Language Graph Modelling Language Graphical Motion Language GUI Markup Language Hostomel Airport (IATA code) GMO – (i) Genetically Modified Organism GMPCS – (i) Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite GMT (i) Giant Magellan Telescope Greenwich Mean Time
GN gn – (s) Guaraní language (ISO 639-1 code) GN (s) Giganewton Guinea (ISO 3166 digram) GNAS – (p) Grand National Archery Society GNB – (s) Guinea-Bissau (ISO 3166 trigram) GNC (i) "G&C Records" NetLabel General Nutrition Centers (US sports nutrition retailer branded as GNC) GNF – (s) Guinean franc (ISO 4217 currency code) GNOME – (a) GNU Network Object Model Environment GNP – (i) Gross National Product GNQ – (s) Equatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram) GnRH – (p) Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone GNU – (a) GNU's Not Unix
GO GO – (s) Glorioso Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code) GOA (s) General of the Army (United States only) (i) Gun Owners of America GOAT – (s) Greatest of all time (LL Cool J album title) GOBE – (a) Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event GOC – (i) General Officer Commanding GOES – (a) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GOP – (i) Grand Old Party GOP – (a) God of Porn gorp – (a) granola, oats, raisins, peanuts (another name for trail mix), probably a backronym GOSC – (a/i) General Officer Steering Committee GOSH – (a) Great Ormond Street Hospital GOSP – (a) Gas/Oil Separation Plant GOTS – (a) Government off-the-shelf GOWI – (a) Get On With It GOYADIN – (a) Get Off Your Arse, Do It Now (anti-procrastination mantra)
GP GP – (i) General Practitioner – General Purpose – Grand Prix – (s) Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code) GPA – (i) Grade Point Average GPC – (i) Global Path Cache GPG – (i) GNU Privacy Guard GPIB – (i) General-Purpose Instrumentation/Interface Bus GPL – (i) GNU General Public License GPMP – (i) General Purpose Macro Processor GPU - (i) General Purpose Machine Gun GPO – (i) General Post Office GPPC – (i) Genetics and Public Policy Center GPR – (i) Ground-Penetrating Radar