| ABC | American Broadcasting Company |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices |
| AOL | America Online |
| APC | American Power Conversion |
| AT&T | American Telephone and Telegraph Company |
| BenQ | Bringing Enjoyment N Quality |
| BHW | Bell & Howell Company |
| BMW | Bayerische Motoren Werke |
| HCL | Hindustan computer limited |
| HMT | Hindustan Machine Tools |
| HP | Hewlett Packard |
| HSBC | Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
| Hyundai | Connotes the sense of “the present age” or “modernity” in Korean. |
| IBM | International Business Machines |
| IMDB | Internet Movie Data Base |
| KFC | Kentucky Fried Chicken |
| L&T | Larsen & Toubro Limited |
| LG | Lucky Goldstar |
| OAB | Oman Arab Bank |
| QGC | Questar Gas Company |
| RIM | Research In Motion |
| TCS | TATA Consultancy Services |
| UPS | United Parcel Service |
| WD | Western Digital |
| ZMS | Zhone Management System |
| MS | MicroSoft |
| Intel | Integrated Electronics |
| Lenovo | From the blend of two words “Le” and “novo” |
| Compaq | Compatibility and Quality |
| EA | Electronic Arts |
| Honda | From the name of its founder, Soichiro Honda. |
| Audi | From the surname of the founder August Horch (Audi, in Latin) |
| FIAT | Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino |
| Accenture | Derived from ”Accent on the future” |
| Acer | “sharp, acute, able and facile” in Latin |
| eBay | Orgin from “ Echo Bay” |
| Adidas | From the name of the founder Adolf (Adi) Dassler. |
| Adobe | From the Adobe Creek that ran behind the house of co-founder John Warnock. |
| Akai | From the named for its founder, Saburo Akai. |
| Asus | Named after Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology. |
| ATI | Array Technologies Incorporated |
| Blaupunkt | Blaupunkt in German means “ Blue dot ” |
| Boeing | Named after founder William E. Boeing. |
| Bosch | Named after founder Robert Bosch |
| Bose | Named after its founder Amar G. Bose |
| BP | British Petroleum |
| Bridgestone | Named after founder Shojiro Ishibashi. Ishibashi means “stone bridge” |
| BSA | Birmingham Small Arms Company |
| BT | British Telecommunications |
| Buick | Named for its founder, David Dunbar Buick |
| Bull | Named after its founder, Fredrik Rosing Bull |
| Bultaco | From the name of its founder, Paco Bultó. |
| Canon | Derived from the name of the company’s first camera, the Kwanon |
| Casio | From the name of its founder, Kashio Tadao |
| Chevrolet | Named after company co-founder Louis Chevrolet |
| Chrysler | Named after the company founder, Walter P. Chrysler |
| Cisco | Short for San Francisco |
| Coca-Cola | Derived from the coca leaves and kola nuts used as flavoring |
| Corel | Cowpland Research Laboratory |
| Cray | Named after its founder, Seymour Cray. |
| Daewoo | Means Great Universe in korean |
| Dell | Named after its founder, Michael Dell |
| DHL | Named after its founders, Adrian ‘D’alsey, Larry ‘H’illblom, and Robert ‘L’ynn |
| Digg | From “ Diggnation ” |
| Ericsson | Named after its founder Lars Magnus Ericsson |
| Epson | Named from “Son of Electronic Printer” |
| Esso | The enunciation of the initials S.O. in Standard Oil of New Jersey |
| Fazer | Named after its founder, Karl Fazer. |
| AmEx | American Express |
| BPL | British Physical Laboratories |
| FedEx | Federal Express |
| Ferrari | From the name of its founder, Enzo Ferrari. |
| Fluke | Named after its founder, John Fluke, Sr. |
| Ford | Named after its founder, Henry Ford |
| Fuji | Named after Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan. |
| Garmin | Named after its founders, Gary Burrell and Dr. Min Kao. |
| Hitachi | Old place name, literally “ sunrise” |
| Honeywell | From the name of Mark Honeywell, founder of Honeywell Heating Specialty Co |
| Hotmail | “HoTMaiL” included the letters HTML |
| HTC | High Tech Computer Corporation |
| IKEA | A composite of Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd. |
| Infosys | Information Systems |
| JBL | From the name of its founder, James B Lansing. |
| JVC | Japan Victor Company |
| Kawasaki | From the name of its founder, Shozo Kawasaki |
| Kenworth | Named after the two principal stockholders Harry Kent and Edgar Worthington. |
| Kodak | From the letter K, the favourte letter of Gorge Eastman (Founder) |
| Komatsu | From the city of Komatsu, Ishikawa, where it was founded in 1917. |
| Korg | Named from the surnames of the founders, Tsutomu Katoh and Tadashi Osanai, combined with the letters “rg” from the word organ |
| KUKA | Germany as Keller Und Knappich Augsburg, it shortened its name to KUKA. |
| Kyocera | From Kyoto Ceramics, after Kyoto in Japan. |
| Lexmark | From Lexington Marketing. |
| McDonalds | From the name of the brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald, who founded the first McDonald’s |
| Mitsubishi | Mitsu means three and hishi (changing to bishi in the middle of the word) means diamond (the shape) |
| Mercedes-Benz | The two companies Mercedes(DMG) and Benz & Cie merge to form Mercedes-Benz |
| Mercedes | From the first name of the daughter of Emil Jellinek |
| Motorola | From Motor and Victrola - as originally they made car radios |
| MRF | Madras Rubber Factory |
| Napster | Named after Fanning’s hairstyle-based nickname |
| NEC | Nippon Electric Company |
| Nero | Nero Burning ROM named after Nero burning Rome |
| Nestle | Named after its founder, Henri Nestlé |
| Nike | Named for the Greek goddess of victory |
| Nikon | The original name was Nippon Kogaku, meaning “Japanese Optical” |
| Nintendo | From nintendou, (nin) can be translated as to “entrusted”; ten-dou means “heaven” |
| Nissan | The company was earlier known by the name Nippon Sangyo which means “Japan Industries” |
| Nokia | From the finnish city of Nokia |
| BCCI | The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry |
| Onkyo | Translates as “sound harmony” |
| Osram | From osmium and wolfram |
| Oracle | The name Oracle comes from the code name of a CIA project |
| Peugeot | Named after Emile Peugeot |
| Philips | From the name of the founders Gerard Philips and Anton Philips |
| Piaggio | Named after founder Rinaldo Piaggio |
| Pixar | From pixel and the co-founder’s name, Alvy Ray Smith |
| Porsche | Named after founder Ferdinand Porsche |
| Red-Hat | Founder Marc Ewing use to wear a red cap |
| Reebok | Name comes from the Afrikaans spelling of rhebok, a type of African antelope |
| Renault | Named after the founder Louis Renault |
| NIIT | National Institute of Information Technology |
| Rolls-Royce | From the surnames of the company founders, Henry Royce and Charles Rolls |
| Samsonite | Named from the Biblical character Samson, renowned for his strength |
| Samsung | Meaning three stars in Korean |
| Sanyo | Meaning three oceans in Japanese |
| Sennheiser | Named after one of its founders, Fritz Sennheiser. |
| Sharp | Company named from its first product, an ever-sharp pencil |
| Siemens | From the name of the founders Werner von Siemens and Johann Georg Halske |
| Sony | From the Latin word ‘sonus’ meaning sound |
| Sprint | Southern Pacific Railroad Intelligent Network of Telecommunications. |
| Suzuki | From the name of its founder, Michio Suzuki |
| Tata | Named after Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata |
| Toshiba | Named from the merger of consumer goods company Tokyo Denki (Tokyo Electric Co) and electrical firm Shibaura Seisaku-sho |
| OP | Ocean Pacific |
| Toyota | From the name of the founder, Sakichi Toyoda. |
| Verizon | A portmanteau of ‘ver’itas (Latin for truth) and hor‘izon’ |
| Vodafone | From Voice, Data, Telefone |
| Volvo | From the Latin word volvo, which means “ I roll ” |
| Volkswagen | From the German for people’s car |
| Wal-Mart | Named after founder Sam Walton |
| Wipro | From Western India Products |
| Yamaha | Named after the founder Torakusu Yamaha |
| IFB | Indian Fine Blanks |
| JCB | J C Bamford Excavators |
| VSNL | Videsh Sanchaar Nigam Limited |
| SSC | Swedish Space Corporation |
| WWE | World Wrestling Entertainment |
| ACS | Affiliated Computer Services |
| TVS | From the name of the founder T. V. Sundaram Iyengar |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| ALCO | American Locomotive Company |
| Alcoa | Aluminum Company of America |
| HAL | Home Automated Living |
| MTS | Manitoba Telecom Services |
| MTS | Mobile TeleSystems |
| APS | Arizona Public Service |
| EETC | Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company |
| TGT | Tennessee Gas Transmission |
| ITC | Imperial Tobacco Company |
| ACC | Associated Cement Companies |
| STPI | Singapore Tyler Print Institute |
| TISCO | Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited |
| UGC | Unipart Group of Companies |
| MMS | Matra Marconi Space |
| TI | Tube Investments |
| TI | Texas Instruments |
| Ducati | From the family name of the founders “Ducati” |
| Harley-Davidson | From the name of its founders William S. Harley ,Arthur and Walter Davidson |
| VISA | From the Latin word “charta visa” (verified paper, lit. “paper that has been seen”) |
| CWT | Carlson Wagonlit Travel |
| FIC | First International Computer |
| NDTV | New Delhi Television |
| GFI | Game Factory Interactive |
| MG | Morris Garages |
| Exide | Excellent Oxide |
| CV | Convair |
| PG | Procter & Gamble |
| DoCoMo | DO COmmunications over the MObile network |
| RCA | Radio Corporation of America |
| ITI | International Training Institute |
| HSC | Harsco Corporation |
| IFSC | International Financial Services Centre |
| BCG | Boston Consulting Group |
| LnT | Larsen and Toubro |
| DML | Devonport Management Limited |
| MMTS | Mechanical and Machine Tool Services |
| Amazon | Bezos wanted a name for his company that began with “A” and he took the name Amazon |
| CERN | Cerner Corporation |
| TM | Telekom Malaysia |
| IPC | Iraq Petroleum Company |
| CTS | Cognizant Technology Solutions |
| DCP | Disney Consumer Products |
| NSC | Norfolk Southern Corporation |
| NSC | Nihon Suido Consultants Co |
| CCE | Coca-Cola Enterprises |
| ADB | Advanced Digital Broadcast |
| AMUL | Anand Milk Union Limited |
| CNBC | China National Biotech Corporation |
| AID | All Interactive Distribution |
| IFFCO | Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited |
| IAG | Insurance Australia Group |
| UPA | United Productions of America |
| KTN | Kenya Television Network |
| EDO | From the name of its founder, Earl Dodge Osborn |
| GM | General Motors |
| KT | Korea Telecom |
| MSI | Micro-Star International |
| IAB | Interactive Advertising Bureau |
| AGS | Australian Government Solicitor |
| MDH | Mahashian Di Hatti |
| NEP | Nationwide Express Parcels |
| NEP | China North East Petroleum |
| TELCO | TATA Engineering and Locomotive Company |
| Telco | Telephone Company |
| ICE | Iron Crown Enterprises |
| CAL | Copyright Agency Limited |
| CARE | Credit Analysis & Research Limited |
| SITA | South African State Information Technology Agency |
| TAFE | Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited |
| KISCO | Kudremukh Iron and Steel Company |
| CGL | Crompton Greaves Limited |
| PVR | Priya Village Roadshow |
| ETC | Electronic Theatre Controls |
| JMI | Japan Market Intelligence |
| GSFC | Gujarat Stare Fertilizers and Chemicals |
| LHB | Linke Hofmann Busch |
| FMG | Fortescue Metals Group |
| DTDC | Desk to Desk Courier & Cargo |
| SVGA | System Video Graphics Alliance |
| AIRD | Associates for International Resources and Development |
| KJC | Kramer Junction Company |
| TSI | Town Sports International |
| NDPL | North Delhi Power Limited |
| TPI | Travel Professionals International |
| GmbH | Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (Limited Liability Company) |
| PSC | Publishing Software Company |
| ICD | Indian Creek Designs |
| MES | Marconi Electronic Systems |
| IPTV | Iowa Public Television |
| MNC | Multinational Corporation |
| MNC | Media Nusantara Citra |
| DLF | Delhi Lease & Finance |
| ADL | Arthur D. Little |
| ADL | Arctic Digital Ltd |
| SKF | Svenska Kullagerfabriken |
| ESIC | EasyLink Services International Corporation |
| RmKV | Rm.K.Viswanatha Pillai |
| VLCC | Vandana Luthra Curls and Curves |
| MTR | The Mavalli Tiffin Room |
| APCPDCL | Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Company Limited |
| DMG | Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (Daimler Motors Corporation) |
| DMG | Demon Music Group |
| EEG | Emperor Entertainment Group |
| RAC | Republic Aviation Corporation |
| BALCO | Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative |
| BALCO | Bharat Aluminium Company |
| IBBM | Institute of Bankers Malaysia |
| MPCB | Malaysia Pacific Corporation Berhad |
| MFIL | Merger of Modern Food Industries Limited |
| MFIL | Mahindra Ford India Limited |
| MFIL | Modern Fibotex India Limited |
| RPSC | Raytheon Polar Services Company |
| Xerox | The name was taken from the term Xerography means “dry writing” |
| TDS | Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. |
| CEAT | Cavi Elettrici e Affini Torino (Electrical Cables and Allied Products of Turin) |
| VIA | Very Innovative Architecture |
| Viacom | Video & Audio Communications |
| Cipla | Chemical, Industrial & Pharmaceutical Laboratories |
| NPCL | Noida Power Company Limited |
| BHFL | Birla Home Finance Limited |
| BHFL | Barrett Hussey Financial Limited |
| EDGW | Edgewater Technology |
| DPEP | Delta Private Equity Partners |
| LML | Lohia Machines Limited |
| IIAS | International Internet Advertising Services |
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