List of acronyms and initialisms: V
This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter V.
For the purposes of this list:
- acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as a series of constituent letters, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome
- initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc
- pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters means that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
- (a) = acronym in the example: SARS – (a) Severe acute respiratory syndrome
- (i) = initialism in the example: CD – (i) Compact disc
- (p) = pseudo-blend in the example: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
- (s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – Megahertz)
(Main list of acronyms and initialisms)
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- VN – (s) Vietnam (ISO 3166 digram)
- VND – (s) Vietnamese đồng (ISO 4217 currency code)
- VNIR – (i) Visible and Near InfraRed
- VNM – (s) Vietnam (ISO 3166 trigram)
- VNS – see entry
- VNV M/C USA – (a) Viet Nam Vet's Motorcycle Club USA
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- VP – (a/i) Vice-President ("veep")
- VPN – (i) Virtual Private Network
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- VS – (i) Very Special (brandy grade) – vide supra (Latin, "see above")
- VSAT – (a) Very Small Aperture Terminal ("vee-satt")
- VSHORAD – (p) Very Short Range Air Defence
- VSO – (i) Voluntary Services Overseas
- VSOP – (i) Variations séculaires des orbites planétaires (French, "Planetary Orbit Secular Variations") – Very Small Outline Package (integrated circuit) – Very Superior Old Pale (brandy grade) – VLBI Space Observatory Programme
- VSR – (i) Very Special Relativity
- V/STOL – (p) Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing ("vee-stoll")
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- V&V – (i) Verification & Validation
- VV – (i) Via Voice – Village Voice
- VV&A – (i) Verification, Validation & Accreditation
- VVAF – (i) Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation
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