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  1. #abbreviation #disambiguation

    25A = 25th Amendment, etc...
    2A = Second Amendment (to the US Constitution)
    abbr = abbreviation
    AI = artificial intelligence
    A = amps
    BBC = British Broadcasting Corporation
    BFG = Big Friendly Giant (or Big Fucking Gun)
    blm = Black Lives Matter
    btw = by the way
    CCP = Chinese Communist Party
    CDC = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    CDCP = the correct abbr for CDC
    deco = decompression (scuba diving)
    DFS = Dynamic Frequency Selection
    disam = disambiguation
    DS9 = Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
    EMI = elecromagnetic interference
    EM(R) = electromagnetic radiation
    epr = Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox
    FDR = Franklin D. Roosevelt
    fedi = fediverse
    FWIW = For what it's worth
    HGV = Hypersonic glide vehicle
    IR = infrared
    JFK = John Fitzgerald Kennedy
    JPL = Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    lol = (I am) laugh(ing) out loud
    ms = millisecond
    N95 = NIOSH rating for respirators (95% filtration)
    N99 = NIOSH rating for respirators (99% filtration)
    N100 = NIOSH rating for respirators (99.97% filtration)
    NASA = NASA (everyone knows what NASA is)
    NIOSH = National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
    NPR = National Public Radio
    OP = original post, original poster (the first post in this thread)
    potus = President of the United States
    qcd = quantum chromodynamics
    qed = quantum electrodynamics
    qm = quantum mechanics
    ROC = Tiawan, Republic of China
    scifi = science fiction
    scotus = Supreme Court of the United States
    scuba = self-contained underwater breathing appartus
    STE(A)M = science, technology, engineering, (arts), math(s)
    TIL = Today I learned
    tmux = terminal multiplexer (a Linux utility)
    TNG = Star Trek: The Next Generation
    TOS = Star Trek: The Original Series; also, "Terms of Service"
    u = micron (or micro-)
    usec = microsecond
    UTC = Coordinated Universal Time
    V = volts
    vax = vaccine
    W = watts
    wrt = with regard to
    wtf = a profane exclamatory interrogative
    www = World Wide Web