| Subject | German | English |
| environ. | African Monitoring of Environment for Sustainable Development | African Monitoring of the Environment for Sustainable Development |
| IT, dat.proc. | American Standard Code for Information Interchange | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| abbr. | American Standard Code for Information Interchange | ASCII |
| abbr. | and now for a word from our sponsor | ANFAWFOS |
| abbr. | and now for something completely different | ANFSCD |
| commun. | Anschaltebedingungen für Mobilstationen des "Global System for Mobile communications" GSM | attachment requirements for Global System for Mobile communications GSM mobile stations |
| commun. | 2 basic physical channels used for CCCH,not combined with SDCCHs | 2 basic physical channels used for CCCH not combined with SDCCHs |
| engl. | Brussels Call for Action | Brussels Call for Action |
| abbr. | bye for now | BFN |
| abbr. | Call for Papers | CfP |
| gen. | call for papers | call for papers |
| gen. | call for papers | call for presentations |
| abbr. | Call For Votes | CFV |
| fin., environ., engl. | Carbon Fund for Europe | Carbon Fund for Europe |
| health. | Center for Disease Control and Prevention | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| health. | Center for Disease Control and Prevention | Center for Disease Control |
| law | Chief State Solicitor, Solicitor for the Attorney General | Chief State Solicitor |
| gen. | Committee for Development Planning | Committee for Development Planning |
| environ. | Committee of International Development Institutions for the Environment | Committee of International Development Institutions on the Environment |
| phys. | Committee on Data for Science and Technology | Committee on Data for Science and Technology |
| commer., engl. | Common Code for the Coffee Community | Common Code for the Coffee Community |
| IT, el. | Control Program for Microcomputers | CP/M |
| gen. | Co-operation for OSI Networking in Europe | cooperation for open systems interconnection networking in Europe |
| gen. | Det Rådgivende Udvalg for Tildeling af Socialt Betinget Kontant Hjælp og Lån | Advisory Committee on Welfare Grants and Loans |
| commun. | Digital-Global-System-for-Mobile-Communications | digital global system for mobile communications |
| commun. | Digital-Global-System-for-Mobile-Communications | digital GSM |
| econ., UN | Economic Commission for Africa | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa |
| org.name. | Economic Commission for Europe | Economic Commission for Europe (UN-Organisation) |
| IT | Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution | Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution |
| tech., law | European Cooperation for Accreditation | European co-operation for Accreditation |
| tech., law, engl. | European Cooperation for Accreditation of Laboratories | European Cooperation for Accreditation of Laboratories |
| engl. | European Cooperation for the Long Term in Defence | European Cooperation for the Long Term in Defence |
| med. | European Network for the Treatment of AIDS | European Network for the Treatment of A IDS |
| law, ADR | fit for habitation bewohnbar | habitation |
| law, econ. | Food-for-work Projekt | food-for-work-project |
| law | for evidentiary purposes | zu Beweiszwecken (paseal) |
| abbr. | for example | e.g. |
| econ. | for Fahrkarte lösen nach | book |
| abbr. | for what it's worth | FWIW |
| abbr. | for your amusement, entertainment | FYE |
| abbr. | for your amusement, entertainment | FYA |
| abbr. | for your information | FYI |
| comp., net. | Foren-Client | news client |
| comp., net. | Foren-Client | news reader |
| comp., net. | Foren-Server | news server |
| comp., net. | Foren-Server | forum server |
| gen. | Fusion for Energy | Fusion for Energy |
| gen. | Fusion for Energy | European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy |
| gen. | gemeinsames Unternehmen Fusion for Energy | Fusion for Energy |
| gen. | gemeinsames Unternehmen Fusion for Energy | European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy |
| commun. | Global System for Mobile communications | global system for mobile communications |
| abbr. | Global System for Mobile communications | GSM |
| commun. | Global System for Mobile communications im Bereich Telefonie | Global Systems for Mobile communications Telephony |
| commun. | Global System for Mobile communications im Bereich Telefonie | GSM telephony |
| commun. | Global-System-for-Mobile-Communications | global system for mobile communications |
| commun. | Global-System-for-Mobile-Communications | global system for mobiles |
| commun. | Global-System-for-Mobile-Communications | global standard for mobile |
| commun. | Global-System-for-Mobile-Communications | global special mobile |
| org.name. | Insurance Institute For Highway Safety | Insurance Institute For Highway Safety |
| earth.sc., polit., engl. | International Association for Water Law | International Association for Water Law |
| abbr. | international Bank for Reconstruction and Development | IBRD |
| abbr. | International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training | UNEVOC |
| fin. | International Foundation for Capital Market Development and Ownership Change in der Republik Polen | International Foundation for Capital Market Development and Ownership Change in the Republic of Poland |
| health., nat.sc. | International Organization for Pure and Applied Biophysics | International Organisation for Pure and Applied Biophysics |
| health., nat.sc. | International Organization for Pure and Applied Biophysics | International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics |
| abbr. | International Organization for Standardization | ISO |
| fin. | internationaler Warenkauf United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods | international sale of goods |
| energ.ind. | Konferenz "Energy for a new Century" | Energy for a New Century Conference |
| engl. | Movement for Democracy in Liberia | Movement for Democracy in Liberia |
| IT, el. | Multiprogramming control Program for Microprocessors | MP/M |
| abbr. | National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children | NSPCC |
| ed., mater.sc. | New European Programme for Technology Utilization in Education | N ew European Programme for Technology Utilization in Education |
| abbr. | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights | OHCHR |
| abbr. | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development | OECD |
| construct. | Organization for Standardization | International (ISO) |
| abbr. | pardon me for jumping in | PMFJI |
| law | penalty for bad loss experience <-> Abzug für schlechten Schadensverlauf | penalty clause |
| gen. | Planning Group on Science and Technology for Developing Countries | Planning Group on Science and Technology for Developing Countries OESO |
| gen. | Preparatory Committee for the Second United Nations Development Decade | Preparatory Committee for the Second United Nations Development Decade |
| IT, el. | Programming Language for Microprocessors | PL/M |
| comp., MS | Request for Comments | Request For Comments (A document in which a standard, a protocol, or other information pertaining to the operation of the Internet is published. The RFC is actually issued, under the control of the IAB, after discussion and serves as the standard. RFCs can be obtained from sources such as InterNIC) |
| abbr. | request for discussion | RFD |
| abbr. | Royal Societa for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals | RSPCA |
| abbr. | Run for life! | R4L |
| abbr. | Run for your life! | R4YL |
| abbr. | ta ta for now | TTFN |
| h.rghts.act. | TRACE – Transnational Cooperation for Equality | Transnational Cooperation for Equality |
| abbr. | UNESCO Institute for Education | UIE |
| abbr. | United Nations Centre for Human Settlements | UNCHS |
| abbr. | United Nations Centre for Regional Development | UNCRD |
| abbr. | United Nations Development Fund for Women | UNIFEM |
| abbr. | United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights | UNHCHR |
| abbr. | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | UNHCR |
| abbr. | United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research | UNIDIR |
| abbr. | United Nations Office for Project Services | UNOPS |
| abbr. | United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East | UNRWA |
| abbr. | United Nations Research Institute for Social Development | UNRISD |
| econ. | United States Agency for International Development | US Agency for International Development |
| comp., MS | Visual Studio Tools for Applications | Visual Studio Tools for Applications (A family of Microsoft Visual Studio add-in software that allows developers to use Visual Basic and Visual C to develop and customize applications built on the Microsoft .NET Framework) |
| bank. | Zinssatz for überzogene Konten | overdraft rate |