by Hla Min

Update : May 2026

A

• A : Architecture
• AAA : Access, Authorization, Accounting
• ABM : American Baptist Mission
• AC : Alternating Current
• ACB : Advanced Communicator Bronze
• ACG : Advanced Communication Gold
• ACS : Advanced Communicator Silver
• ACM : Association of Computing Machinery
• AD : Anno Domino (In the year of our Lord); CE : Common Era
• ADC : Analog to Digital Converter
• AFPFL : Anti Fascist Peoples’ Freedom League (ဖဆပလ)
• AFAIK : As Far As I Know
• Ag : Agricultural Engineering (sub-department of Mechanical Engineering)
• AG : Attorney General; Auditor General
• AGI : Artificial General Intelligence
• AGM : Annual General Meeting
• AI : Artificial Intelligence
• ALB : Advanced Leader Bronze
• ALS : Advanced Leader Silver
• AQ : Adversary Quotient
• ARAE : Amateur Rowing Association of the East

• ASAP : As Soon As Possible
• Auto : Automobile Enginering (sub-department of Mechanical Engineering)

B

• BA : Bachelor of Arts
• BAPS : Burmese American Professional Society
• BARB : Burma Astro Research Bureau (later MARB)
• BASES : Burmese American Society of Engineers & Scientists
• BBS : Burma Broadcasting Service (မြန်မာ့အသံ)
• BC : Before Christ
• BCE : Before Common Era
• BCM : Boston Computer Museum
• BCom : Bachelor of Commerce
• BCS : Burma Civil Service; British Computer Society
• BE : Bachelor Engineering; Burmese Era
• BEA : Burmese Engineers Association
• BEco : Bachelor of Economics
• BERB : Burma Education Research Bureau (later MERB)
• BFF : Best Friends Forever
• BFHA : Bound For Higher Abode
• BIT : Burma Institute of Technology
• BL : Bachelor of Law
• BMH : Base Military Hospital
• BMRI : Burma Medical Research Institute
• BOD : Board of Directors
• BPI : Burma Pharmaceutical Industry; Bits Per Inch
• BS : Bachelor of Science
• B.Sc : Bachelor of Science
• BSPP : Burmese Socialist Program Party
• BTW : By The Way

C

• C : Civil; Celsius
• CA : Chartered Accountant
• CE : Common Era; Civil Engineering; Computer Engineering; Chief Engineer
• Ch : Chemistry; Chapter; Channel
• ChE : Chemical Engineering
• CHM : Computer History Museum
• CLC : Calcutta Lake Club
• COE : Center of Excellence
• ConBro : Convent & Brother Schools
• CS : Computer Science
• CT : Computer Technology
• CURC : Calcutta University Rowing Club; Cambridge University Rowing Club

D

• DAC : Diploma in Automatic Computing; Digital to Analog Converter
• DC : Direct Current
• DCA : Directorate of Civil Aviation
• DCS : Department of Computer Science; Dr. Chit Swe
• DG : Director General
• DHE : Directorate of Higher Education
• DLS : De La Salle
• DST : Daylight Savings Time
• DTM : Distinguished Toastmaster

E

• E : Electrical; Exponent
• EC : Electrical Communications; Executive Committee
• Ece : Electrical Communications; Electronics Engineering
• Eco : Economics Department; Institute of Economics
• EE : Electrical Engineering
• EI : Electrical Inspectorate; Emotional Intelligence
• EP : Electrical Power
• EPC : Electric Power Corporation

F

• F : Fahrenheit
• FEARA : Far East Asia Rowing Association
• FERD : Foreign Economics Relations Department
• FYI : For Your Information

G

• G : Giga
• GBNF : Gone But Not Forgotten
• GJ : Golden Jubilee (Shwe YaDu)
• GWTF : Go With The Flow
• GWYW : Gone With The Wind

H

• HCF : Health Care Fund
• HIC : Heavy Industries Corporation
• HMEE : History of Myanmar Engineering Education
• HSF : High School Final

I

• I.A : Intermediate of Arts
• I. Com : Intermediate of Commerce
• I.Sc : Intermediate of Science
• ICS : Indian Civil Service; Institute of Computer Science
• ICST : Institute of Computer Science and Technology
• ILA : Intelligence Level Aggregate
• IM : Institute of Medicine
• Intake : mostly 1st BE Intake
• IP : Intellectual Property; Internet Protocol
• IQ : Intelligence Quotient

J

• J : Justice (as in CJ : Chief Justice)
• JDK : Java Development Kit
• JIT : Just in Time
• Jr : Junior

K

• K : Kilo
• KB : Knowledge Base; Kilo Byte
• KIS : Keep It Simple (formerly KISS : Keep It Simple Stupid)

L

• LLB: Bachelor of Law
• LLM : Master of Law

M

• M : Master; Mega; Mechanical
• M/Ag : Agricultural (sub-department of Mechanical Engineering)
• M/Auto : Automobile Engineering (sub-department of Mechanical Engineering)
• MA : Master of Arts
• MARB : Myanmar Astro Research Bureau (formerly BARB)
• MASU : Mandalay Arts and Science University
• Matric : Matriculation
• ME : Master of Engineering
• MEHS : Methodist English High School
• MEHSA : MEHS Alumni
• Met : Metallurgy; Metallurgical Engineering
• Min : Mining Engineering
• MIT : Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mandalay Institute of Technology
• MOGE : Myanmar Oil and Gas Exploration
• MS : Master of Science
• M.Sc : Master of Science

N

• N : Nano
• N/A : Not Applicable; Not Available
• NASA : National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• NLD : National League for Democracy
• NorCal : Northern California
• NorCal RITAA : Northern California RIT Alumni Association

O

• OMA : Old Members’ Association
• OPA : Old Paulians’ Association

P

• PBRS : Private Boundary Road School
• Pet : Petroleum Production
• Phy : Physics
• PPBRS : Private Primary Boundary Road School
• PSO : Personal Staff Officer
• PTC : Post and Telecommunications Corporation
• PTS : Pali Text Society
• PWD : Public Works Department
• PZP : Pu Zaw Pwe

Q

• Q&A : Question and Answer
• QE : Queen Elizabeth
• QMC : Queen Mary College

R

• RASU : Rangoon Arts and Science University
• RBC : Rangoon Boat Club
• RC : Recreation Center; Regional College; Roman Catholic
• RGC : Rangoon Golf Club
• RIP : Rest In Peace
• RIT : Rangoon Institute of Technology
• RITAA : RIT-YIT-YTU Alumni Association
• RU : Rangoon University
• RUBC : Rangoon University Boat Club
• RUESU : Rangoon University Engineering Students’ Union
• RUSU : Rangoon University Students’ Union

S

• Sc : Science
• SDY : Swel Daw Yeik
• SDYF : Swel Daw Yeik Foundation
• SPARK : Society for the Promotion and Advancement of Radio Knowledge
• SPHS : Saint Paul’s High School
• SPZP : Saya Pu Zaw Pwe

T

• T : Tera; Textile
• TBA : To Be Announced
• TBD : To Be Decided
• TBSA : Theravada Buddhist Society of America
• TDS : Theravada Dhamma Society
• TM : Trade Mark; Turing Machine
• TMC : Tathagata Meditation Center
• TTC : Teachers’ Training College

U

• UBA : Union of Burma Airways
• UBARI : Union of Burma Applied Research Institute
• UCC : Universities’ Computer Center
• UCSY : University of Computer Studies Yangon
• UN : United Nations
• UNDP : United Nations Development Program
• Update : RIT Alumni International Newsletter Update
• UTC : University Training Corps

V

• VM : Virtual Machine
• VNW : Victor Nyunt Wai
• VR : Virtual Reality

W

• WP : Word Processor; Word Processing

X

• XP : eXtreme Programming

Y

• YIT : Yangon Institute of Technology
• YTU : Yangon Technological University
• YUBC : Yangon Universities’ Boat Club (formerly RUBC)
• YUFL : Yangon University of Foreign Languages (formerly IFL)

Z

• Z : Zillion

Alphanumeric

• 69er : Class of 69++