A ampere
AA affirmative action
AA Alcoholics Anonymous
AA Automobile Association
AAA a
job grade / level (A Band)
aaac all-aluminium alloy conductor
AAAC /
aac all-aluminium
conductor
AAG All
Africa Games
AAI Airports Authority of India
AAM Anti-Apartheid
Movement
AAP affirmative
action programme
AAPA Association
of Accredited Practitioners of Advertising
AAS atomic
absorption spectrometry
A Band a
job grade / level
ABB Asea
Brown Boveri
abbr abbreviation
ABC adult
basic course
ABC aerial
bundle conductor
ABC American
Broadcasting Company
ABC Audit
Bureau of Circulation
ABD adult
basic development
ABI Amalgamated Beverage Industries
ABM antiballistic
missile
Abp Archbishop
abr abridged
abs absolute / absolutely
ABSA Allied
Banks of South Africa
ABET adult
basic education and training
Abex African
business executive
AB SW air-break
switch
AC or
ac alternating current
AC Audit Committee
ACAR aluminium
conductor alloy reinforced
ACASR aluminium
conductor Al-clad steel reinforced
ACB Australian
Cricket Board
ACB Automated
Clearing Bureau
ACF Active
Citizen Force
ACKVC Acquire
Customer Key Value Chain
ACP African,
Caribbean and Pacific group
ACP Arnot
Comeback Project
ACSA Airports
Company of South Africa
ACSR aluminium
conductor steel reinforced
actg acting
ADC aide
de camp
ADC analogue-to-digital
converter
ADSS aerial
dielectric self-support cable
Adj Adjudant
Adm Admiral
ADP accelerated
development programme
ADR Aeroporti
di Roma
ADSS aerial
dielectric self-support (cable)
ADT alum
dilution tank
ADT articulated
dump truck
ADU ammonium
diuranate / yellow cake
Adv Advocate
advt advertisement
ADWG African
Diplomatic Women’s Group
AEB Atomic Energy Board (obsolete:
has become AEC)
AEC Atomic
Energy Corporation
AEEG Alliance
for Energy and Economic Growth
AEP advanced executive programme
AET AIDS education and training
AETA Association
for the Education and Training of Accountants
AETASA Adult
Educators and Trainers Association of South Africa
AFM Apostolic
Faith Mission
AFP Agence France Presse
AFR absenteeism frequency rate
Afr Afrikaans
Afrilex African
Association of Lexicographers
Afriso Afrikaans
Students Organisation (Vista University)
AFU Assets
Forfeiture Unit
AG Adjudant-General
AG Administrator General
AG Attorney-General
AGA Animal
Groups Alliance of South Africa
AGC automatic
generator control
AGM annual
general meeting
AGN Athletics
Gauteng North
AGR advanced
gas-cooled reactor
Agrelek Eskom's
advisory service for agriculture
agr(ic) agriculture
/ agricultural
AGS Africa
Game Service
Ah ampere hour
AHI Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut
AI artificial insemination
AI artificial intelligence
AIB Associated Independent Bakers
AID Agency for International Development
AID artificial insemination by donor
AIDS
or Aids acquired
immune deficiency syndrome
AIFS American
Institute for Foreign Study
AIH artificial insemination by husband
AIM Intergraph Corporation (USA) DM2 electronic drawing management
system
AIN Associated Intelligence Network
AISA Africa
Institute of South Africa
ALAR as
low as reasonably possible
ALASA African
Languages Association of Southern Africa
ALC active
load control (customers)
Alexco Alexandra
Technical College
ALS African Languages Services (of the SABC)
ALS Airborne Laser Solutions (an Eskom subsidiary)
ALS airborne laser surveys
ALS automated listing system
ALSSA Association
of Law Societies of South Africa
alt alternate
alt altitude
ALTI African
Languages Terminology Initiative
ALU arithmetic
logic unit
ALW Adult
Learners Week
AM amplitude modulation
Am American
AM area manager
am ante meridium (before noon)
AMA American
Management Association
Amasa Advertising
Media Association of South Africa
AMCOAL Anglo
American Coal
AME African
Media Entertainment
AME Association
of Municipal Engineers
AMEU Association
for Municipal Electricity Undertakings
AMIC Anglo
American Industrial Corporation
AMLAC Alliance
of Microlenders and Associated Consumers
amt amount
amu atomic mass unit
AN audible noise
anal analysis
ANC African
National Congress
ANCOVA analysis
of covariance
ANOVA analysis
of variance
ans answer
ANTs automatic
negative thoughts
a/o account of
AOL (Microsoft
and) American Online
AQS automated
quotation system
AOC auxiliary
oil cooler
AP Associated Press
app appellant
app appendage / appendix
APEC Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation Conference
Apr April
APRO Association
of Public Relations Officers
APS Accounts Payable Section
ARA Associate
of the Royal Academy
ARBS available
resource breakdown structure
ARC Airports
Restructuring Committee
ARC autoreclosure
/ autoreclose
ARCM Associate
of the Royal College of Music
ARIBA Associate
of the Royal Institute of British Architects
ARM African
Rainbow Minerals (gold mine)
ARPU average
revenue per user
ARS action request system
art article
ARVC Area
Receipting and Vending Controller
A/S Account Sales
ASA Advertising
Standards Authority
ASA Association
of State Attorneys
ASA Athletics
South Africa
ASALA Associate
of the South African Library Association
ASAMI Association
of South African Music Industry
ASB Afrikaanse Studentebond
ASC aluminium
stranded conductor
Ascora Atteridgeville/Saulsville
Concerned Residents’ Association
ASIDI average
system interruptions duration index
ASL above sea level
ASM air-to-surface
missile
ASOM Association of Marketers
ASR automatic send/receive
ASSA Astronomical
Society of Southern Africa
Assmang Associated
Manganese Mines of South Africa
Assoc Association
ASSOCOM Association
of Chambers of Commerce
ASSR Autonomous
Socialist Soviet Republic
asst assistant
AST Atlantic Standard Time
astr astronomy / astronomical
astrol astrology
/ astrological
ATC air
traffic control
ATF across the fence (value)
ATICCs Aids
Training, Information and Counselling Centres
ATKV Afrikaanse
Taal- en Kultuurvereniging
atm atmosphere
ATM automated
teller machine
ATMP advanced
thermal magnesium process
ATNS Air
Traffic and Navigation Services
ATO Assistant
Technical Official
ATS Arnot Training Centre
ATS Authorisation Tracking System
atty attorney
ATU Alliance
of Telkom Unions
AU African Union (will replace the OAU, which is being phased out)
Aug August
AUH air
unit hour
AULA African
Union of Local Authorities
AUT Association
of Unit Trusts
auth author
aux auxiliary
av average
AV,
A-V or a-v audio-visual
AV Authorised Version (of the Bible)
Av(e)
or av(e) Avenue
AVR advanced
gas reactor
AVR automatic
voltage regulator
AWAD A
Word a Day
AWG American
wire gauge
AWOL
or Awol absent without leave
AWR ash-water
return
B.A. Bachelor of Arts / Baccalaureus Artius
BA British Association (as in BA nut; BA screw; BA thread)
BA business area
BAC Basic
Ambulance Attendant
BAC Business
Against Crime
BAC or
BACs Blacks,
Asians and Coloureds
bal balance
B and
S Brown and Sharpe (as in B and S wire gauge)
bar barometer / barometric
B.Arch. Baccalaureus
Architecturae
BARS behaviourally
anchored rating scale
B.A.(Soc.Sc) Bachelor
of Arts (Social Sciences)
BASD Business Action for Sustainable
Development
b&b bed and breakfast
BBA boiler
bottom ash
B Band a
job grade / level
BBC British
Broadcasting Corporation
BBL or
BL B
Lower (a job grade / level)
BBU or
BU B
Upper (a job grade / level)
bc bayonet cap
BC before Christ
BC (Eskom Enterprises) Board committee
BCCI Board
of Control for Cricket in India
BCCSA Broadcasting
Complaints Commission of South Africa
BCD binary-coded
decimal
BCEA Basic
Conditions of Employment Act
B.Ch. Bachelor
of Surgery / Baccalaureus Chirurgiae
B.Ch.D. Bachelor
of Dental Surgery / Baccalaureus Chirurgiae Dentium
BCI business confidence index
B.C.L. Bachelor
of Civil Law / Baccalaureus Communis Legis
B.Com(m). Bachelor
of Commerce / Baccalaureus Commercii
BD bilingual dictionary
B.D. Bachelor of Divinity / Baccalaureus Divinitatis
BE business ethics
BEAB British
Electrotechnical Approvals Board
B.Econ. Bachelor
of Economics / Baccalaureus Economiae
BECOR Bophuthatswana
Electricity Corporation
B.Ed. Bachelor
of Education / Baccalaureus Educationis
B.Ed.Ph. Bachelor
of Physical Education / Baccalaureus Educationis Physicae
BEE Black economic empowerment
Belg Belgium / Belgian
B.
Eng. Bachelor of Engineering
BER bit
error rate
BESA Business
Enterprises South Africa
BEST basic
electricity support tariff
BET Behavioural and Cognitive Evaluation Tool
BF or
bf brought forward
BFCA Broadcast
Film Critics Association
Bfn Bloemfontein
BFP boiler feed pump
BHF Board of Healthcare Funders
bhp brake horsepower
BHS boys’ high school
Bib Bible
bic built-in cupboard
BIL basic lightning impulse insulation level
biol biology
/ biological
BIS Bank for International Settlements
BIS business intelligence system
BITF Black
Information Technology Forum
bk book
bkk or
bookk bookkeeping
BKR breaker,
circuit breaker, current breaker
BL or
B/L bill of lading
BL or
BBL B
Lower (a job grade / level)
bldg building
B.Lit(t). Bachelor
of Letters / Baccalaureus Lit(t)erarum
BLR boiler, steam boiler
B.M. Bachelor
of Medicine / Baccalaureus Medicinae
BM basic minute
BM bending moment (as in BM diagram)
BME bandwidth
management equipment
BMF Black
Management Forum
B.Mil. Bachelor
of Military Science / Baccalaureus Militaris
BMs
Occ basic minutes per occasion
B.Mus. Bachelor
of Music / Baccalaureus Musicae
bn billion
BNP Banque
Nationale de Paris
BO borrow output
BOA basement
operating assistant
BOE Bank
of Executives
bookk
or bkk bookkeeping
BOP or
bop balance
of payments
Bop Bophuthatswana
bot botany / botanical
BOT Build
Operate Transfer
B/P bills payable
BPC Botswana Power Corporation
B.Phil. Bachelor
of Philosophy / Baccalaureus Philosophiae
BPI bits per inch
B/R bills receivable
Brig Brigadier
Br(it) Britain
/ British
Bros
or bros Brothers / brothers
BRRC Business
Results Review Committee
bs balance sheet
BSB British Standard Brass
B.Sc. Bachelor
of Science / Baccalaureus Scientiae
bsc bayonet single contact
BSC balance score card
BSC binary synchronous communication
B.Sc.Agric. Bachelor
of Agricultural Science / Baccalaureus Scientiae
Agriculturae
BSF British Standard Fine
BSI British Standards Institution
BSI Building Societies Institute
BSL basic switching impulse insulation level
BSP British Standard Pipe
BSS British Standard Specification
BSSA Bible
Society of South Africa
BSV before stop valve
BSW British
Standard Whitworth thread
BT British Telecom
BTS Blood Transfusion Service
BTU Board of Trade Unit
BU back-up
BU or
BBU B
Upper (a job grade / level)
BU business unit
BUC Business
Unit Controller
BUF Business Unit Forum
BUSC Business
Unit Steering Committee
Bvd Boulevard
B.V.Sc. Bachelor
of Veterinary Science / Baccalaureus Veterinariae Scientiae
BWO black
women-owned (business)
BWU Birmingham
Wire Gauge
BWR boiling
water reactor
C or
Cels Celsius / Centigrade
C or
ch Chairman / chairman
c or
ch(ap) chapter
C coulomb
c or
ca circa (about / approximately)
CA chartered accountant
CAB Civilian
Aeronautics Board
CAD computer-aided
design
CAE computer-aided
engineering
CAF Confederation
of African Football
CAI computer-assisted instruction
CAIDI Customer
Average Interruption Duration Index
CAIFI Customer
Average Interruption Frequency Index
cal calorie(s)
CAL computer-assisted
learning
CAM computer-aided
manufacturing
CAM Consolidated
African Mines
CANSA Cancer
Association of South Africa
cap capital letter
CAPAB
or
Capab Cape
Performing Arts Board
CAPFSA Child
Accident Prevention Foundation of Southern Africa
CAPM Capital
Asset Pricing Model
Capt Captain
CAPWEEK Child
Accident Prevention Week
CAR Central
African Republic
car or
ct carat(s)
CARE Centre
for Animal Rehabilitation and Education
Care Community Agency for Social Enquiry
CAS Crime
Administration System
Casevac evacuation
of casualties
cat catalogue
CAV cashier, agent and vending (accounts)
C/B cash book
CB credit balance
CBA competency-based
assessment
C Band a
job grade / level
CBAR competency-based
assessment and remuneration
CBD central
business district
CBET competency-based
education and training
CBF Central Bargaining Forum
CBHRM competency-based
human resource management
CBIC Continuous
Business Improvement Committee
CBL customer base load
CBO community-based
organisations
CBR competency-based
remuneration
CBS Columbia Broadcasting System
CBT comprehensive business tax
CBT computer-based training
CBU completely
built up
CBZ Commercial Bank of Zambia
CC call centre
CC close corporation
CC coupling capacitor
cc cubic centimetre(s)
CCA current
cost accounting
CCC capacitor
commutated converter
CCC Central
Coordinating Committee
CCC Customer
Care Centre
CCC Customer
Competency Centre
CCD charge-coupled
device
CCF Central
Consultative Forum
CCF Colleges
Collaborative Fund
CCL or
CL C
Lower (a job grade / level)
CCM Cost
Centre Manager
CCMA Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and
Arbitration
CCP Customer
Care Process / Customer Care Programme
CCRT compact
cross-rope tower
CCU or
CU C
Upper (a job grade / level)
cd candela
CD Community Development
cd compact disc
CD Diplomatic Corps (Corps Diplomatique)
cd or
cum div cum
dividend (with dividend)
CDC Centers
for Disease Control (USA)
CDC Commonwealth
Development Corporation
CDI compact disc interaction
CDF Capital
Development Fund
CDP Career
Development Programme
Cdr or
Comd(r) Commander
Cdre
or Comm Commodore
CDU credit-dispensing
unit
CDV compact
video disc
CE Chief Executive
CE collecting electrode
CEA Corporate
Environmental Affairs
CED Corporation
for Economic Development
CEF Central Energy Fund
Cels
or C Celsius / Centigrade
CEO Chief
Executive Officer
CEP Customer Encourage Payment (project)
CER Council for Educational Research
cert certificate
CESA Christian
Education South Africa
CEWGP Chief
Executive’s Women Graduates Programme
cf or
cp compare
CFA Commercial
and Financial Accountants
CFD computational
fluid dynamics
CFE Commission Federal de Electricidade
CFL compact fluorescent lamp
CFL customer feedback loop
CFO Chief
Financial Officer
CFP Certified Financial Planner
CFSS Corporate
Financial Systems Services
cg centigram(s)
CGAM Community
Growth Asset Management
CGE Commission
on Gender Equality
CGS or
cgs centimetre-gram-second
cgs
emu centimetre-gram-second electromagnetic unit
cgs
esu centimetre-gram-second electrostatic unit
CGT capital
gains tax
ch or
C chairman / Chairman
ch(ap)
or c chapter
Ch.B. Chirurgiae
Baccalaureus / Bachelor of Surgery
CHD Centre
for Human Development
CHE Council
for Higher Education
chem chemistry
/ chemical
CHIETA Chemical
Industries Education and Training Authority
CHF critical
heat flux (ratio)
Ch.M. Chirurgiae
Magister / Master of Surgery
chp combined heat and power
CHU centigrade
heat unit
C&I Control and Instrumentation
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CIC capital investment cost
CIDA Canadian
International Development Agency
CIEN Companhia
de Interconexao Energetica
cif cost, insurance, freight
CIGRE Conférence
Internationale des Grands Réseaux Électriques à Haute
Tension (International Conference on Large
High-Voltage Electric
Systems)
C-in-C Commander-in-Chief
CIO Congress of Industrial Organisations
CIS Chartered Institute of Secretaries
CIS Corporate Investigations and Security
CIS Customer Information Services
CIS Customer Information Systems
CIS Customer Interface System
CISD Corporate
Investigations and Security Department
CIT Control
Information Technologies
CIT Customer Interface Training
CITES Convention
on International Trade in Endangered Species
CITSC Customer
Interface Training Skills Committee
CKD completely
knocked down
cl centilitre
CL or
CCL C
Lower (a job grade / level)
CLF capability loss factor
CLC Corporate
Leadership Council
CLI Caller Line Identification
CLI composite loss index
CLIP caller
line identification presentation
CLIR caller
line identification restriction
Cllr
or Cr Councillor
CLM customer
relationship management
CLN customer
load network / customer load network centre
cm centimetre
CMA Comrades
Marathon Association
CMC Cape
Metropolitan Council
cmg centimetre-gram(me)
CMI computer-managed instruction
CMOS complementary
metal-oxide semiconductor
CMP Customer
Management Programme
cm/s centimetres per second
CM(SA) Chartered
Marketer (Southern Africa)
CNE Christian
National Education
CNF Central
Negotiating Forum
CNL Customer
Network Link
CNN Cable
News Network
CNS Council
for Nuclear Safety (has been replaced by the National
Nuclear Regulator or NNR)
c/o care of
CO close-open
CO Commanding Officer
Co Company
COD or
cod cash
on delivery
COD Concise
Oxford Dictionary
CoE Centre of Excellence (Transmission)
C of C Chamber
of Commerce
COID Compensation
for Occupational Injuries and Diseases (Act)
Col Colonel
Coll College
coll collectively
com committee
COM computer
output microfilm
Combo (Combo
customer = combination customer (prepaid + conventional
metering customer)
Comd(r)
or Cdr Commander
Comm
or Cdre Commodore
comm commerce
comm commission
/ commissioner
Comm
Comms Communication Committee (of the
Management Board)
comp comparative
comp compound
cond conductor
conj conjunction, conjunctive, conjugate
cons consonant
cons consignment
Const Constable
CONTRALESA Congress of Traditional Leaders of South
Africa
co-op co-operative
COP cost
of product
cor corner (of)
CorMon corrosion
monitor
Corp
or Cpl Corporal
Corp Corporation
corr correspondence
COS Conditions
of Service
Cosab Council
of Southern African Bankers
Cosas Congress
of South African Students
COSATU Congress
of South African Trade Unions
COT combined-oxygen
water treatment
COTT Central
Organisation of Technical Training
CP Cape Province
CP Conservative Party
cp or
cf compare
CPA Cape
Provincial Administration
CPAU Cape
Provincial Agricultural Union
CPA Commercial
Producers Association
CPA contract
price adjustment
CPF Community Policing Forum
CPG China
Power Grid Development Co Ltd
CPI consumer price index
CPK cost
per kilometre
CPL Central Power and Light Company
Cpl or
Corp Corporal
CPLA Cape
Peninsula Local Authorities
CPM critical
path method
CPPP Community
Public Private Partnership
CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation
cps or
c/s cycles per second
CPS characters per second
CPSA Church
of the Province of South Africa
CPU central
processing unit
CPU Child
Protection Unit
CPVC Capital
Programme Value Chain
Cr credit / creditor
Cr or
Cllr Councillor
CRA change
readiness assessment
CRD control
rod drive
CRDM control
rod drive mechanism
CRE Corporate Real Estate
CRIEPI Central Research Institute of
Electric Power Industry
CRM Commercial
Resources Management
CRM Corporate
Record Management
CRM customer
relationship management
CRO cathode
ray oscilloscope
CRP Credits, Receipts and Payments
CRP Customer Relationship Process / Program (billing system)
CRRS Cape
to Rio rating system
CRS Card Repair Services
CRT cross-rope tower
CS central station
CSC Communication
Steering Committee
CSDC Customer
Service Delivery Controller
CSDP central
securities depository participant (share crediting system)
CSI Christian Solidarity International
CSI Corporate Social Investment
CSIR Council
for Scientific and Industrial Research
CSLI Composite
Supply Loss Index
CSN Catholic
Secretariat of Nigeria
CSRO Customer
Service Regional Office
CSS Central Statistical Service
CSVR Centre
for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation
CSW Central
and South West Corporation
ct or
car carat(s)
CT current transformer
CTBT Comprehensive
Test Ban Treaty (nuclear)
CTI Climate Technology Initiative
CTO close-time
delay-open operation
CTPA Cape
Teachers Professional Association
CTR current transformer ratio
CU or
CCU C
Upper (a job grade / level)
cu(b) cubic
cum
div or cd cum dividend (with dividend)
cur currency
cusec cubic
feet per second
CV corridor value
CV or
cv curriculum vitae
CVT capacitive
voltage transformer
c/w clockwise
CW circulating water
cw continuous wave
CWG Consolidated
Warehouse Group
CWO or
cwo cash
with order
cwt hundredweight
CZI Confederation of Zimbabwean Industries
d day
d deci-
da deca-
DAC digital-to-analogue
converter
DACST Department of Arts, Culture, Science and
Technology
dag decagram
dal decalitre
DALRO
or
Dalro Dramatic,
Artistic and Literary Rights Organisation
dam decametre
daN decanewton
DAO database
access objects
Dapp Development
Aid for People to People
Darg Domestic Animal Rescue Group
DASA Dental
Association of South Africa
DASD direct
access storage device
DAT digital
autotape
DA
tank deaerator tank
DB database
dB decibel
DBA database
administrator
DBMS database
management system
DBS direct broadcasting by satellite
DBSA Development
Bank of Southern Africa
DC da capo (from the beginning)
DC Delivery Controller
DC or
dc direct current
DC double circuit
DCC digital
compact cassette
DCC or
dcc double
cotton-covered (wire)
DCE data
communication equipment
DCE Deputy
Chief Executive
DCEO Deputy
Chief Executive Officer
DCL Doctor
of Civil Law
DCM Development
Capital Market
DCM Distinguished
Conduct Medal
DCS Department
of Correctional Services
DCS distributed
control system
dcwc dc
working current
DD Doctor of Divinity
DDL data
description language / data definition language
DDP distributed
data processing
DE Director of Education
DE drive end (of bearing)
DEAC Distribution
Environmental Advisory Committee
DEAT Department
of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
DEC Distribution
Engineering Committee
DEcon Doctor
of Economics
DEd Doctor of Education
def defendant
def definition
deg degree(s)
DEH digital
electrohydraulic (control)
DEIC Dutch
East India Company
dele delete
DEM Democrat
/ Democratic
dem demonstrative
dep depart / departure
dep deputy
DEM digital
elevation model
DEng
or DIng Doctor
of Engineering / Doctor Ingeniariae
dent dentistry / dentist / dental
Dept Department
desdate Destroy
date or destruction date
DEXCO Distribution
Executive Committee
DFB Deciduous Fruit Board
DFID Department
for International Development
DFS Detail(ed) Feasibility Study
Dg decagram(s)
dg decigram(s)
DG Director-General
DGIC Distribution
Group Investment Committee
DGPS Differential
Global Positioning System
DHQ Defence
Headquarters
DHRC Distribution
Human Resources Committee
dia(m) diameter
DIC Divestiture Implementation Committee (Ghana)
dict dictionary
diff different / difference
DIIR disabling
injury incidence rate
dim diminutive
dim less
loud (diminuendo)
DIN German standard (Deutsche Industrie-Norm)
DIng
or DEng Doctor
Ingeniariae / Doctor of Engineering
Dip Diploma
Dir Director
dis(c) discount
DISM Distribution
Information and Strategy Management
dist district
div dividend
div division
DIY do-it-yourself
DJ disc jockey
Dl decalitre(s)
dl decilitre(s)
DLit
or DLitt Doctor of Literature
DLit
et Phil or
DLitt
et Phil Doctor of Literature and Philosophy
DLRO digital
low resistance ohmmeter
Dm decametre(s)
dm decimetre(s)
DM Deutsche Mark
DM Doctor of Medicine
DMA Direct
Marketing Association
DMA direct
memory access
DMD Divisional
Managing Director
DME Department
of Minerals and Energy
DMedVet Doctor
of Veterinary Science (Doctor Medicinae Veterinariae)
DML data
manipulation language
DMS Data
Management Service
DMS Decoration
for Meritorious Service
D/N debit note
DNA deoxyribonucleic
acid
DNB departure
from nucleate boiling
DNOC Distribution
Network Operations Committee
D/O delivery order
do ditto
DOC Department
of Commerce (USA)
doc document
DoE Department of Education
DOH Department
of Health
DoJ Department of Justice
DOS disc
operating system
doz dozen (twelve)
DP data processing
DP Democratic Party
DP differential pressure
DP displaced person
D/P documents against payment
DPC or
dpc double-paper-covered
dpdt double-pole double-throw
DPE Department of Public Enterprises
DPH Diploma
in Public Health
DPhil
or Dr Phil Doctor of Philosophy
DPLG Department
of Provincial and Local Government
DPQC Dynamic
Power Quality Compensator
DPR or
dpr double
pure rubber
DPSA Department
of Public Service and Administration
DPSA Disabled
People South Africa
dpst double-pole single-throw
DR distributed resources
DR Dutch Reformed (church)
Dr debtor
Dr Doctor
DRA Defence
Rifle Association
DRAM dynamic
random access memory
DRC Democratic
Republic of Congo
DRC Distribution
Review Committee
DRC Dutch
Reformed Church
Dr Med Doctor of Medicine
DRP disaster recovery planning
Drs Doctors
Dr Th Doctor
of Theology
DS or
D/S distribution station
DSA Direct
Selling Association
DSC Desktop
Computing Services (previously IT)
DSc Doctor of Science
DSC or
dsc double
silk-covered (wire)
DSM demand-side
management
DSM dispute
settling mechanism
DSMS distributed
super magnetic energy storage
DSO Distinguished
Service Order
DSP dynamic surplus pricing
DSTAC double
steel tape armoured cable
DT data transmission
DT or
DTs delirium
tremens
DT Distribution Technology
DTA Democratic
Turnhalle Alliance
DTA Driver
Training Academy
DTE data terminal equipment
DTI Department of Trade and Industry
DTM Digital
Terrain Model
DTP desktop publishing
DTs or
DT delirium
tremens
DTS descriptive translation studies
DTT direct
transfer trip
DUA Democratic
Union of Africa
dup duplicate
DV God willing (Deo volente)
DVPH Diploma
in Veterinary Public Health
DVSc Doctor
of Veterinary Science
DWAF Department
of Water Affairs and Forestry
DWBA distorted-wave
Born approximation
DWS or
dws double
white silk
Dx Distribution
E East
EA Electricity Africa
EAITB Eskom
and Allied Industries Training Board (obsolete - has been
replaced by ESETA)
EAF energy availability factor
EAP Employee Assistance Programme
EAR Eskom Arsenal Register (computerised)
EAT Executive Action Team
E Band a
job grade / level
EBIT earnings
before interest and tax
EBSST Free Basic Electricity Support Service
Tariff
EC Electricity Council
EC European Community
ECA Economic
Commission for Africa
ECA Emergency
Care Assistant
ECAS Eskom's
Catering and Accommodation Services
ECB Electricity Control Board
ECB European Central Bank
ECC Eskom
Conference Centre
ECD early
childhood development
ECE Economic Commission for Europe
ECG electrocardiogram
ECITB Electrical
Contracting Industries Training Board
ECM European
Common Market
econ economic(s)
ECP Executive Care and Protection
ECSA Engineering
Council of South Africa
ed edition
Ed editor
ED electricity dispenser;
energy dispenser
ED Executive Director (obsolete in Eskom – now MD = Managing
Director)
EDCPP Electronic
Data Capturing Pilot Project
EDF Électricité de France
EDI electricity distribution industry
EDI electronic data interchange
EDIRC Electricity
Distribution Industry Restructuring Committee
EDITT Electricity
Distribution Industry Task Team
EDM Electricidade
de Mocambique
EDM Electricity
Delivery Management
EDMS electronic
document management system
EDMS Electronic
Drawing Management System
EDNS Electricity
Delivery Network Services
EDP Electricity Delivery Process
EDP electronic data processing
EDR economic despatch real time
EDSM Environmental
Decision Support Model
EDWDP Executive
Director’s Women’s Development Programme
EE Eskom Enterprises
EE exciter end
EEA Eskom Employee Association
EEC European Economic Community
EEEDA Eskom
Energy Effective Design Awards (obsolete - see eta)
EEG electroencephalogram
EE-KOM (part
of Eskom Enterprises Telecommunication division)
E-EMS Eskom's
Energy Management System
EEO equal employment opportunity
EES Energy
Efficiency Services
EEZ Emerging Enterprise Zone
E/F earth fault
EFC Eskom Finance Company
EFI Energy Flow Information (system)
EFL English as a foreign language
EFP electric feed pump
EFPD effective
full power days
EFT electronic funds transfer
EFTPOS electronic
funds transfer at point of sale
EFTS electronic
funds transfer system
eg for example (exempli gratia)
EGIF Eskom
General Insurance Fund
EHF extremely high frequency
EHT extra high tension / extra high voltage
EHV extra-high
voltage (more than 220 kV, up to 400 kV)
EI East Indies / East Indian
EIA environmental impact assessment
E-IDS Eskom's
Information and Decision System
EIR Environmental Impact Report
EIS environmental impact study
EIS (corporate) executive information system
EIT engineer-in-training / Engineer in Training
EJSE Eskom
Joint Strategic Executive
EL East London
ELAB Eskom
Loan Administration Bureau
ELC Environmental Liaison Committee
ELCB
or elcb earth-leakage
circuit breaker
elec electricity / electric
ElektroServe Eskom
advisory service to business
ElektroWise Eskom
advisory service to domestic consumers
ELGAS (EE
subsidiary for gas pipelines)
ELI Efficient Lighting Initiative
ELI Eskom Learning Institutions
E long east
longitude
ELP Emergency Leader Programme
ELPO extended
low power operation
Em Eminence
EMANI European
Mutual Association for Nuclear Assurance
EMC electromagnetic
compatibility
EME East
Midlands Electricity
EMF electromotive
force
EMF Environmental
Management Framework
EMI Educational Media Institute
EMI electromagnetic interference
EMP environmental
management plan
EMS Energy
Management System
EMS Environmental
Management System
EMS European
Monetary System
EMSCEP Eskom
Mathematics and Science Colleges of Education Project
EMU economic
and monetary union
emu electromagnetic unit
ENC Eskom
national contract
encl enclosure / enclosed
ENE east-north-east
ENE Empresa Nacional de Electricidade (electricity authority of
Angola)
eng engineer
Eng England
ENVIROWEB Eskom’s
environmental web page
EOE equal opportunity employer
E
& OE errors and omissions excepted
EOM end
of message
EOT end of tape
EP Eastern Province
EP emergency preparedness
EP extraction pump
EPA Environmental Protection Agency (USA)
EPC Electricity Pricing Committee
EPEA Electrical
Power Applications & Electronic Controls Africa
EPEA Electrical
Power Engineers’ Association
EPN electrification participation note
EPOS electronic
point of sale
EPPF Eskom
Pension and Provident Fund
EPRI Electric
Power Research Institute
EPROM erasable
programmable read-only memory
EPS earnings per share
EPU Environmental Projects Unit
EQ emotional intelligence quotient
ERAO Engineering
Regional Area Office
ERC Engineering Resource Centre
ERGO East
Rand Gold and Uranium Company
ERIC Electricity
Restructuring Interdepartmental Committee
ERITS Eskom
Ringfenced Information Technology Services
ERM Exchange
Rate Mechanism
ERP Economic Recovery Programme (Ghana)
ERP enterprise resource planning
ERPM East
Rand Proprietary Mines
ERTS Earth
Resources Technology Satellite
ESB Electricity Supply Board
ESCOM Electricity
supply Commission of Malawi
ESDEF Eskom
Development Foundation
ESE east-south-east
ESE Expo Science Europe
ESETA Energy
Sector Education and Training Authority
ESF engineered safeguard features
ESI electricity supply industry
ESI-TEL (part
of Eskom Enterprises Telecommunication division)
Eskom
or
ESKOM electricity
utility of South Africa
ESO employee stock options
ESP electrostatic precipitator
ESP extrasensory perception
ESPU Endangered
Species Protection Unit (SAPS)
Esq Esquire
ESR electricity supply receipt
EST Eastern Standard Time
ESU electrostatic unit
ESV emergency stop valve / emergency shut-off valve
ESWOTY Eskom / Sowetan Woman of the Year
ET electronic transfer
ETA estimated time of arrival
eta
Awards Replaces
the EEEDA. (The Greek letter eta is the
mathematical
symbol for efficiency.)
et al and elsewhere (et alibi)
et al and others (et alii)
ETAM electricity
tariffs and metering
ETB Education and Training Board (obsolete - was replaced first by
EAITB, then by ESETA)
etc and so forth / etcetera
ETD education, training and development
ethnol ethnology
/ ethnological
ETP European Translation Platform
ETQA Education
and Training Quality Assurer
ETQA Education
and Training Quality Authority
ETS Embedded Technical Systems
ETSA Electricity
Trust of South Australia
et seq and
the following (singular) (et sequens)
et sqq
or et seq q and the following (plural) (et sequentes)
ETT electrically triggered thyristors
ETV Eskom Television
ETX end of text
etym etymology
EU European Union
EU evaporative unit
EUE end-use electricity
Eur Europe / European
Euratom European
Atomic Energy Community
ev electrical vehicle
eV electron-volt
EVA economic
value added
eva ethyl vinyl acetate
EWB Employee
Wellbeing
EWG electricity
working group
EWT Endangered
Wildlife Trust
ex example
ex exercise
Exc Excellency
EXCO
or Exco Executive Committee
Ex
Council Executive
Council
ex div without
dividend (extra dividendum)
ext extension
EY earnings yield
F Fahrenheit
F farad(s)
f /
fem feminine
f / fr franc(s)
f / ft foot / feet
FA first-aider
FaCT Fuels
and Combustion Technologies
FACTS flexible
AC transmission systems
FAI International Aeronautical Federation (Fédération Aéronautique
Internationale)
FALCN Front
for Animal Liberation and the Conservation of Nature
FAM fast
access memory
FAMSA Family
Life Centre of South Africa
FAO Food
and Agriculture Organisation
FAQ frequently
asked questions
FAR floor area ratio
FAS fall arrest system(s)
FAS final average salary
fas free alongside ship
FASA Franchise
Association of South Africa
FATSSA
or
Fatssa Federation
of Amateur Theatrical Societies of Southern Africa
Fawu Food
and Allied Workers Union
FAX,
Fax or fax facsimile
F Band a
job grade / level
FBC fluidised bed combustion
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBPW Federation
of Business and Professional Women
FC Field-Cornet
F/C forward cover
FCC fixed
capital charge
FCI Federated Chamber of Industries
fcl full container load
FCP(SA) Fellow
of the College of Physicians (SA)
FDC Financial
Discipline and Control (project)
FDD Forces
for the Defence of Democracy
FDF fixed-date forward (contract)
FD fan forced
draught fan
FDI Fire Danger Index
FDI foreign direct investment
FE further education
Fedhasa Federated
Hotel Association of South Africa
FEDSAL Federation
of South African Trade Unions
FEDUSA Federation
of Unions of South Africa
fem /
f feminine
FERCC Far
Eastern Region Chamber of Commerce
FEST Foundation
for Education, Science and Technology
FET field effect transistor
FETQA Further
Education and Training Quality Assurer
FFC Finance and Fiscal Commission
FFFR fluid-fuelled
fast reactor
FFLVA furniture
and fittings and low-value assets
FFP fabric filter plant
FGD flue
gas desulphurisation
FHIG Fort
Hare Institute of Government
fi for instance
FIA Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries
FIC Financial Investment Committee
FIDE International
Chess Federation (Fédération Internationale d’Échec)
FIFA
or Fifa International Football Federation (Fédération Internationale de
Football Associations)
FIFO first
in, first out
fig figure / figuratively
FILO first
in, last out
FINA
or Fina International
Amateur Swimming Federation (Fédération
Internationale de Natation Amateur)
FINSAP Financial
Sector Adjustment Programme
FInstP Fellow
of the Institute of Physics
FIRI Fishing Institute Research Institute
FIT International Federation of Translators (Fédération
Internationale des
Traducteurs)
Fl Flanders / Flemish
fl floor
FLOPS floating-point
operations per second
FM Field Marshal
FM frequency modulation
FME Fleet
Management Entity
FMP Fundamental
Management Programme
FMS Fault
Management System
FMS Financial
Management System
FOB or
fob free
on board
fol folio
fol following
FOMC Federal
Open Market Committee
FOQ or
foq free
on quay
FOR or
for free
on rail
Foskor Phosphate
Development Corporation
Fr France
fr / f franc(s)
fr from
FRAM Fellow
of the Royal Academy of Music
FRCM Fellow
of the Royal College of Music
FRCO Fellow
of the Royal College of Organists
FRCP Fellow
of the Royal College of Physicians
FRD Foundation for Research Development
FRGS Fellow
of the Royal Geographical Society
FRHS Fellow
of the Royal Historical Society
FRI Fuel Research Institute
FRIBA Fellow
of the Royal Institute of British Architects
FRN floating
rate note
FRS Fellow of the Royal Society
FRSSAF Fellow
of the Royal Society of South Africa
FSALA Fellow
of the South African Library Association
FSB Financial Services Board
FSC Field Service Centre
FSC Financial Supervisory Commission
FSC Forestry Stewardship Council
FSM finite
state machine
FSMA Finesse
Success Monitoring Assessment
FSO Field Service Officer
FSR finite state recogniser
FST fire, storm and tempest (insurance)
ft / f foot / feet
FTA free trade area
FTFA Food
and Trees for Africa
FTP file transfer protocol
FTSS full-time
shop steward
ft wg foot water gauge
fut future
FW feed water
FWC Framework
Committee
FWHM full
width at half maximum
FXI Freedom of Expression Institute
g gram(s)
G giga-
GAAP generally
accepted accounting practice
GAAS generally
accepted auditing standard
GADI Grootfontein
Agricultural Development Institute
gal gallon(s)
Gala Gauteng Association of Local Authorities
GAP Guaranteed
Acceptance Programme
GAR general
administrative regulation
GAR gross
absenteeism rate
GARP Grading and Remuneration
Gaskor (South
African) Gas Distribution Corporation
Gata Gold Antitrust Action Committee
GATE Global
Atmospheric Tropical Experiment
GATT
or Gatt General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GB Great Britain
GBC Global
Business Council
GBP global best practices
GC George Cross
GCB Ghana
Commercial Bank
GCC Gold
Crisis Committee
GCC Government
Certificate of Competency / Compliance
GCD or
gcd greatest
common divisor
GCG guaranteed
contribution guarantee
g.cm/s gram
centimetres per second
GCR group-coded
recording
GCS Group
Customer Service
GCV going
concern value
GDE Gauteng
Department of Education
GDFI Gross
Domestic Fixed Investment
GDP gross
domestic product
GDR German
Democratic Republic (East Germany)
GDU generation
disposal unit
GE General Electric
GE genetically engineered
GEAR Growth,
Employment and Redistribution (strategy)
GECOL (Libyan
electricity utility)
GED Generation
and Engineering Division
GEF Global Environmental Facility
GEIS General
Export Incentive Scheme
GEM Generation
Environmental Management
Gen General (rank)
gen general
GEO Global
Environmental Outlook
geog geography / geographic(al)
geol geology / geological
geom geometry
/ geometrical
Ger Germany / German /
Germanism
GESCO (joint
venture company between Eskom and GECOL, in Libya)
GETC General
Education and Training Certificate
GETC Generation
Environmental Training Course
GeV giga-electron-volt
GF Group Forum
GFR German Federal Republic (West Germany)
GG Government Garage(s)
GG Government Gazette
GG Governor-General
GGE Government
Gazette Extraordinary
GHQ Government
Headquarters
GHS Girls’
High School
GI government issue
GIGO garbage
in, garbage out
GIIC Global
Information Infrastructure Commission
GIPA Greater
Involvement with People living with AIDS
GIS geographic information system
GJMC Greater
Johannesburg Metropolitan Council
gloss glossary
GL general ledger
GLP good laboratory practice
GM genetically modified
GMPC Grid
Master Power Controller
GMR General
Machinery Regulations
GMT Greenwich
Mean Time
GN Government Notice
GNP geometric
neutral plane
GNP or
gnp gross
national product
GNPC Ghana
National Power Corporation
Gnr Gunner
GNU Government
of National Unity
GO general overhaul
GO government
organisation
GOC General
Officer Commanding
Goth Gothic
Gov Governor
Govt Government
GP general practitioner
GPEED Generation
Power Electrical Engineering Division
GPMC Greater
Pretoria Metropolitan Council
GPO General
Post Office
GPS geographic positioning system
GPS global positioning system
GPUM Graduate
Programme in Utilities Management
gr or
gro gross
gram grammar / grammatical
GRI Global Reporting Initiative
gro or
gr gross
GRP general receipts and payments
GS General Staff
GSC Group
Steering Committee
GSM Global
Services for Mobile Networks
gsm grams per square metre
GST general sales tax
GSTM gland
steam
GT governing time
GTA Gauteng
Tourism Agency
GTO gate-turnoff
(semiconductor / thyristor)
GUI graphic user interface
GVM gross
vehicle mass
GW Griqualand West
GW ground wire
GWh Gigawatt
hour(s)
GYF Global
Youth Forum
gym gymnasium / gymnastics
h height
H henry
h hour
H&SR Health
and Safety Representative
ha hectare
HACCP Hazard
Analysis and Critical Control Points
HASREPor
HAS
Rep Health and Safety Representative
HAUs historic
Afrikaans universities
HAV human
asset accounting
HC high conductivity
HC (EDI) Holding Company
hc honorary (degree) (honoris causa)
HCB Hidroelectrica
de Cahora Bassa
HCF /
hcf highest common factor
HD hard drawn
HD heavy duty
HDP heater
drain pipe
HDPE high-density
polyethylene
HE high energy (as in HE motor)
HE His Excellency / Her Excellency
HED Higher
Education Diploma
HEm His
Eminence
HEM-KOM HEM-KOM
Liveline Engineering (Pty) Ltd (EE owns 50%)
HEQC Higher
Education Quality Council
her heraldry / heraldic
HET Higher Education and Training
HF high frequency
HFO heavy
fuel oil
hg hectogram
HH His Highness / Her Highness
HH His Holiness
hid
lamp high-intensity discharge lamp
HIH His Imperial Highness
HIPC heavily
indebted poor countries
HIPO hierarchical
input process output
hist history / historical
HIV human immunodeficiency virus
hl hectolitres(s)
HLDCL high-level
data link control
HLRW high-level radioactive waste
HM His Majesty / Her Majesty
hm hectometre(s)
HO Head Office
Hon (the) Honourable
Hon
Sec Honorary Secretary
HOP Head
Office payment
Hospersa Hospital
Personnel Trade Union
HP or
hp high pressure
hp hire purchase
hp horsepower
HPCSA Health
Professions Council of South Africa
HPM high
power magnification
HPS highest possible score
HPS high-pressure sodium
HP SO high
pressure seal oil (leak-off valve)
HQ headquarters
HR Human Resources
HRA human
resource accounting
hrc high rupturing capacity
HRC hot-rolled
coil
HRC (Eskom)
Human Resources Council
HRD human
resource development
HRE Holy Roman Empire
HRH His
Royal Highness / Her Royal Highness
HRIS human
resource information systems
HRM human
resource management
HRS Human Resources Services
HRSI Human
Resources Sustainability Index
H
& S Rep Health and Safety Representative (Afr G & V verteenwoordiger)
HSED Higher
Secondary Education Diploma
HSH His
Serene Highness / Her Serene Highness
HSRC Human
Sciences Research Council
HT high tension
HTGR high-temperature
gas-cooled nuclear reactor
HTR heater
HV high voltage
HVAC high-voltage
alternating current
HVDC high-voltage
direct current
HVT High
Voltage Testing
HVY high
voltage yard
Hz hertz
I symbol for current
IAAF International
Amateur Athletic Federation
IABC International
Association of Business Communicators
IAEA International
Atomic Energy Agency
IAETES Integrated
Awareness Evaluation, Training and Education System
IAIA International
Association of Impact Assessors
IAIA
(SA) an affiliate member of IAIA International
IAL Intel Architecture Labs
IALC International
Association of Lions Clubs
IAM intellectual asset management
IAPs interested
and affected parties
IAS international accounting standards
IATA International
Air Transport Association
IAWPR International
Association for Water Pollution Research
IB inbound (frame format)
ib or
ibid in the same place (ibidem)
IBC International Business Conference
ibid
or ib in the same place (ibidem)
IBIS Integrated Benefit and Income Solutions
IBIS Integrated Business Improvement Solutions
IBJ Industrial Bank of Japan
IBRD International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
I/C in commission
IC integrated circuit
IC internal connection
ic in this case (in casu)
ICA Internal Control Assurance (department)
ICAM Internal
Control Assurance Manager
ICANN Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
ICAO International
Civil Aviation Organisation
ICAP Individual
Career Assessment Programme
ICASA Independent
Communications Authority of South Africa
ICBM intercontinental
ballistic missile
ICC International Chamber of Commerce
ICC International Cricket Conference
ICD Independent Complaints Directorate
ICE internal combustion engine
ICE International Chair of Entrepreneurship
ICM intellectual capital management
ICP-AES inductively
coupled plasma – atomic emission spectrometry
ICRP International
Commission on Radiological Protection
ICRU International
Commission on Radiological Units and Measurements
icw interrupted continuous wave
ID identity document
ID induced draught
id inside diameter
id the same (idem)
IDASA Institute
for Democracy in South Africa
IDB illicit diamond buying
IDC Industrial Development Corporation
IDC interest during construction
IDC International Data Corporation
IDCC Interdepartmental
Coordination Committee
IDMT inverse
definite minimum time
IDP Integrated Development Plan
IDS Interim Dispatching System
IDT Independent Development Trust
ie that is (id est)
IEB Independent Examinations Board
IEC Independent Electoral Commission
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IEE Institution of Electrical Engineers (London)
IEEE Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEP Integrated Energy Planning
IEP Integrated Electricity Planning
IEPSC Integrated
Electricity Planning Steering Committee
IERE International
Electricity Research Exchange
IETES integrated
education, training and evaluation system
IF intermediate frequency
IFC International Finance Corporation
IFC Investment and Finance Committee (EE)
IGB illicit gold buying
IGBT insulated
gate bipolar transistor
IGCC integrated
gasification / combined cycle
IGIS integrated generation information system
IGY International Geophysical Year
IHD International Healthcare Distributors
ILESA Institute
of Lighting Engineers of South Africa
ILO International Labour Organisation
IIMRCE Integrated
Interactive Multimedia Resource Centre of Excellence
IJSE Interim Joint Strategic Executive
ILESA Institute
of Lighting Engineers of South Africa
illus illustrated
ILM industrial load management
ILO International Labour Organisation
ILP Integrated Learning Programme
ILPA Institute
of Life and Pension Advisors
ILPC Integrated
Learning Programme Centre
ILT Integrated Learning Technology
IM information management
IMEI International
Mobile Equipment Identification
IMF International Monetary Fund
IMM Institute
of Marketing Management
IMM International
Monetary Market
IMR Institute for Medical Research
IMSC independent
manual spring closed
IMSSA Independent
Mediation Services of South Africa
IMT Interim Management Team
IMU inertial measuring unit
in inch(es)
incl including / inclusive
Ind India / Indian
ind index
indef indefinite
Industrelek Eskom
advisory service to industry
INES international
nuclear event scale
in loc in
its place (in loco)
In Mem in
memory of (in memoriam)
inorg inorganic
INS Inertial Navigation System
ins insurance
insp inspection / inspector
inst instant / the present month
inst institute
instr instruction / instructor
int interest
Int interview
Interpol International
Criminal Police Commission
intro introduction
introd introductory
inv invoice
I/O input/output
IOB Indian Ocean Commission
IOC International Olympic Committee
IOCS input/output
control system
IOD injury on duty
IOD Institute of Directors (of Southern Africa)
IOU business advance (or a written reminder to pay a debt or repay
a
business advance – literally represents “I owe
you”)
IPCC Intergovernmental
Panel for Climate Change
IPEB Institute
for Partnerships between Education and Business
IPI International Press Institute
IPL initial program load
IPM Institute of Personnel Management
IPO initial public offering (economic)
IPO (World) Intellectual Property Organisation
IPP independent power
producer
IPS Institute of Public Servants
IPS integrated power
sales
IPST Institute
of Paper Science & Technology
IQ intelligence quotient
IR Industrial Relations
IR interim repair
IRA Irish Republican Army
IRB International Rugby Board
IRBM intermediate-range
ballistic missile
IRM Integrated Risk Management
IRP Integrated Resource Planning
IRR Institute of Race Relations
IRR internal rate of return
IRPP Integrated
Resource Planning Process
IRSA Institute
of Realtors of South Africa
IRWA International
Right of Way Association
IS information strategy
IS Internet solution
ISA Information Security Architects
ISA Investment South Africa
ISAM indexed
sequential access method
ISB Information Strategy Board
ISBN International
Standard Book Number
Iscor (South
African) Iron and Steel Corporation
ISEC Information
Systems Evaluation Committee
ISEF International
Science and Engineering Fair
ISEP Integrated
Strategic Electricity Programme
ISME International
Society of Music Education
ISO International Organisation for Standardisation
ISP Integrated Strategic
Planning
ISRDP Integrated
Sustainable Rural Development Programme
IT information technology
ITA International Translators’ Association
ital italic(s)
ITB(s) Industry
Training Board(s) (have been replaced by the SETAs)
ITD Information Technology Department
ITF International Tennis Federation
ITI International Trend Information
ITU Internal Transformation Unit
ITU International Telecommunications Union
ITV Independent Television
IVR Interactive Voice Response
IVTO International
Vocational Training Organisation
IWC International
Whaling Commission
IWS International Wool Secretariat
J joule
Jap Japan
JC Junior Certificate
JCL job control language
Jhb Johannesburg
Jnr,
Jr, Jun or
Junr Junior
JOC joint operations centre
JP Justice of the Peace
JPC joint planning committee
Jr,
Jnr, Jun or
Junr Junior
JV joint venture
JSE The Johannesburg Stock Exchange
JUMA Journal
of the United Medical Association
Junc Junction
Jun,
Junr or Jnr Junior
jurisp jurisprudence
JVC joint-venture company
K kelvin
k kilo-
KANU Kenya
African National Union
Kapta Katlehong
People’s Taxi Association
KB or
kbyte kilobyte
KC King’s Counsel
KDF key
determining factor
KEAG Kommetjie
Environmental Awareness Group
KEPCO Korea
Electric Power Corporation
keV kilo-electron-volt
kg kilogram
KGB Russian
secret police (Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti)
kgf kilogram-force
kHz kilohertz
KIS key information source
KISS Keep
it simple, stupid!
kJ kilojoule
KKK Ku-Klux
Klan
kl kilolitre(s)
KLECO Kathorus
Literacy and Employment Creation Organisation
KLM Royal
Dutch Airlines (Koninklijke Luchtvaartmaatschappij)
km kilometre
km/h kilometres per hour
KMSSA Knowledge
Management Society of Southern Africa
kN kilonewton
kn knot(s)
KO or
ko knock-out / knock out
KPA key
performance area
kPa kilopascal
kpb kitchen, pantry, bathroom
KPI key performance indicator
KPLC Kenya
Power and Lighting Company
ks kilosecond(s)
kV kilovolt
kVA kilovolt-ampere
kvar kilovar; reactive
kilovolt-ampere
kvarh kilovar-hour; reactive kilovolt-ampere-hour
KVC key
value chain
kW kilowatt
KW Knowledge Warehouse
kWh kilowatt-hour
KZN KwaZulu-Natal
l litre
LA Loss Adjuster
LAN local
area (computer) network
Langtag Language
Task Group
LASU Language
Association of Southern African Universities
LBO leveraged
buy-out
LC lethal concentration
LCC life
cycle cost
LCD liquid
crystal display
LCI Luminaire Component Industries
LCO local
control officer
LDC Leadership
Development Centre
LDC less-developed
country
LEC Lesotho Electricity Corporation
LED light-emitting diode;
semiconductor diode
LES Line Engineering Services (formerly LET)
LET Line Engineering Team (now LES)
LF load factor
LF low frequency
LFO light fuel oil
LG local government
LHWP Lesotho
Highlands Water Project
Libsil Liberty
Strategic Investment
LiDAR Light detection and
ranging
LiEP Language in Education Policy
LIEP local
integrated electricity planning
LIFO last
in, first out
LILO last
in, last out
LIM linear motor
LIMS Laboratory
Information Management System
LIP Leadership in Practice (award)
LME line-matching
equipment
LMFBR liquid
metal cooled fast breeder reactor
lmh lumen
hour
LMO living
modified organisms
lms lumen second
lner liquid
neutral earthing reactor
LOA Life
Offices Association
LOLT languages
of learning and teaching
LP linear programming
LP low pressure
LPATS Lightning
Position and Tracking System
LPG liquified petroleum gas
LPO local purchase order
LPU large power user
LOLT Language(s)
of Learning and Teaching
LRA Labour Relations Act
LRC longitudinal redundancy check
LRMC long-run
marginal cost
LRO Letter
Return Office
LSI large-scale integration
LSM living
standard measurement
LSO limited special offer
LSU large stock unit
LT level transducer
LT line trap
LT low tension
LTC (customer’s) long-term (reserved) capacity
LTT light-triggered thyristors
LV low voltage
M mega-
m metre
m- milli-
mA milliampere
MA megampere
MAC Majuba
Aids Committee
MAIFI momentary
average interruption frequency index
MAM Mercantile
Asset Managers
MAOS Manage
Availability of Supply
MAOS
VC Manage
Availability of Supply Value Chain
MAP maximum
available power
MAP measurement
of administrative productivity
MAP Millennium
Africa Recovery Programme
Matco Mercantile
Asset Trust Company
MAWG Medical
Aid Work Group
MB or
mbyte megabyte
M Band a
job grade / level
MBCIC Management
Board Capital Investment Committee
MBO management
buy-out
MBO management
by objectives
MC Management Committee (EE)
MCB miniature
circuit breaker
MCB mobile
capacitor bank
MCDF Marabastad
Community Development Forum
MCR maximum
continuous rating
mcw modulated continuous wave
MD Managing Director (formerly ED in Eskom)
MD maximum demand
MDC Military
Disciplinary Code
MDC Movement
for Democratic Change (Zimbabwe’s opposition party)
MDP Management
Development Programme
MDT mobile
data terminal
MDWDP Managing
Director’s Women Development Programme
MEC Member
of the Executive Council
MECDI Muslim
Education and Cultural Development Institute
MES miniature
Edison screw
MeV mega-electronvolt
MEW Major
Engineering Works Status
mF millifarad
MFRC Microfinance
Regulatory Council
mg milligram
mgd million gallons per day
MGO mini
general overhaul
mH millihenry
MHC mechanical
hydraulic control
MHD magnetohydrodynamics
MHPE maximum
historically probable earthquake
MHz megahertz
MIC mineral-insulated cable
MICR magnetic
ink character recognition
MICS mineral-insulated
copper sheath
MIDP Motor
Industry Development Programme
MIF Motor Industries Federation
MIGA