List of acronyms: E

• E3 or E3 – many, including Electronic Entertainment Expo, see entry • E15 - (s) Eyjafjallajökull (Volcano in Iceland: 'E' followed by 15 letters) ==EA==

• EA – (i) Electronic Attack – Emotions Anonymous – Engagement Area – Electronic Arts – Enrolled Agent – Environmental Assessment - Enterprise Architect – (s) Exaampere • EABU – (i) Explain Acronyms Before Use • EAC – (i) Echelons Above Corps • EAFUS – (i) "Everything" Added to Food in the United States (FDA list) • EAPC – (i) Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council • EASA – (i) European Aviation Safety Agency • EAST – (a) Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak ==EB==

• EB - East Bridgewater • EBCDIC – (a/i) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (pronounced "eb-see-dik") (cf. BCD) • EBD – (i) Electronic Brake Distribution • EBE – (i) Extraterrestrial Biological Entity • EBO • (i/a) Effects Based Operations • Encyclopædia Britannica Online • European Board of Ophthalmology • EBSA – (i) Employee Benefits Security Administration • EBT • (i) Earnings Before Taxes • Electronic Benefit Transfer • EBW • (i) Electron Beam Welding • Exploding BridgeWire ==EC==

• EC • (a/i) Earth Constitution • (s) Ecuador (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) • (i) Electronic Combat • European Community (see EEC) • (s) Exacoulomb • EC2 (disambiguation) – (i) Many, some as an alternative to EC2, e.g., Elastic Compute Cloud • EC3 – (i) Ethan Carter III, ring name of American professional wrestler Michael Hutter (who currently performs as "EC3") • ECAL — (p) Electromagnetic calorimeter • ECASS – (i) European Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences • ECB (disambiguation) • (i) England (and Wales) Cricket Board • European Central Bank • ECBR – (i) European Coalition for Biomedical Research • ECCM (disambiguation) – (i) Electronic Counter-Counter-Measures • ECDay – (a/i) Earth Constitution Day • ECF – (i) Environmental Correction Factor • ECFS (disambiguation) – (i) Electronic Case Filing System • ECG – (i) Electrocardiogram • Echo (disambiguation) • (a) Each Community Helps Others (EPA programme) • Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization • European Commission Host Organization • European Commission Humanitarian aid Office • (p) Exchange Clearing House • Expanded Characteristic Option • (a) Explanatory Coherence by Harmony Optimization • ECHR • (i) European Convention on Human Rights • (i) European Court of Human Rights • ECJ – (i) European Court of Justice • ECL – (i) Emitter Coupled Logic (electronics) • ECM • (i) Electronic Counter-Measures • Enterprise Content Management • ECommHR – (p) European Commission on Human Rights • ECOWAS - (a) Economic Community of West African States • ECS • (i) Emergency Contact System • Enhanced Chip Set (computing) • EOSDIS Core System • Extended Chip Set (computing) • ECSC – (i) European Coal and Steel Community (distant ancestor of the EU) • ECT – (i) ElectroConvulsive Therapy • ECtHR – (p) European Court of Human Rights • ECU • (s) Ecuador (ISO 3166 trigram) • (i) European Currency Unit (ancestor of the euro) • ECW • (i) Eastern Championship Wrestling/Extreme Championship Wrestling ==ED==

• EDA – (i) European Defence Agency • EDAC – (a) Error Detection And Correction • EDC - (a) Everyday carry • EDC-DAAC – (i) EROS Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center • EDCS – (i) Environmental Data Coding Specification • EDD • (i) Earliest due date • Electron-detachment dissociation • Elena Delle Donne (American basketball player) • Employment Development Department (California state agency) • End-diastolic dimension • Expected Date of Delivery (pregnancy) • EDECSIM – (p) Extended Directed Energy Combat Simulation • EDF or EdF – (i) Électricité de France (French, "France Electric Utility") • EDGAR – (a) Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings database) • EDH – (i) Eastman Dental Hospital • EDS • (i) Electronic Data Systems • Electronic Differential System • EDSA – (a) Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (a major thoroughfare in Manila with great significance to post-1980 Philippines history) • EDT – (i) Eastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC−4 hours) • EDTA • (i) Electric Drive Transportation Association • (p) EthyleneDiamineTetraAcetic acid ==EE==

• ee – (s) Ewe language (ISO 639-1 code) • EE • (s) Estonia (ISO 3166 digram; from the country's native name of Eesti) • (i) Electrical engineering • Electrical Engineer • E&E – (i) Escape and Evasion (training) • EEC – (i) European Economic Community (predecessor of the EU) • EEG – (i) ElectroEncephaloGram • EEK – (s) Estonian kroon (ISO 4217 currency code) • EENT – (i) End Evening Nautical Twilight • EEO – (i) Equal Employment Opportunity • EEOC – (i) (U.S.) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission • EEZ – (i) Economic Exclusion Zone or Exclusive Economic Zone ==EF==

• EF • (i) Electro-focus (Canon lens mount) • Entry Foyer • (s) Exafarad • EFF – (i) Electronic Frontier Foundation • EFL • (i) English Football League • English as a Foreign Language • EFM – (i) Enterprise Feedback Management • EFOA – (i) European Fuel Oxygenates Association • EFSA – (i) European Food Safety Authority • EFT – (i) Electronic Fund Transfer • EFTA • (i) European Free Trade Area • (i) European Free Trade Association • EFV – (i) Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle ==EG==

• e.g. – (i) exempli gratia (Latin, roughly "for the sake of an example", "for example", "for instance") • EG – (s) Egypt (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) • EGBUS – (i) External Genitalia, Bartholin's glands, Urethra & Skene's glands • EGCG – (p) EpiGalloCatechin-3-Gallate • EGIS – (a) Erieye Ground Interface Segment • EGP – (s) Egyptian pound (ISO 4217 currency code) • EGRET – (a) Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope • EGY – (s) Egypt (ISO 3166 trigram) ==EH==

• EH • (s) Exahenry • (s) Western Sahara (ISO 3166 digram) • EHA • (p) Education for All Handicapped Children Act (U.S. federal legislation; since superseded by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) • (i) Emotional Health Anonymous • EHF – (i) Extremely High Frequency • EHR – (i) Equipment History Record ==EI==

• Ei – (s) Exbi • EI – (s) Ireland (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Éire) • EIA – (i) Environmental Impact Assessment • EIAH – Environnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain • EIAH – Encyclopedia of Iranian Architectural History • EIC – East India Company • EICS – East India Company's Service • eID – electronic ID • EIRP – (i) Effective Isotropic Radiated Power • EIS – (i) Environmental Impact Statement ==EJ==

• EK – (s) Equatorial Guinea (FIPS 10-4 country code) – Exakelvin • EKG – (i) Electrocardiogram (from German Elektrokardiogramm) • EKMS – (i) Electronic Key Management System ==EL==

• el – (s) Greek language (ISO 639-1 code) • EL – (s) Exalitre • ELF • (a/i) Earth Liberation Front • Endangered Language Fund • Eritrean Liberation Front • Executable and Linkable Format • Extremely Low Frequency • ELINT – (p) Electronic Intelligence • ell – (s) Greek language (ISO 639-2 code) • ELL – (i) English Language Learner • ELM – (i) Edge-Localised Mode (plasma physics) • ELO – (i) Electric Light Orchestra • ELP • (i) Emerson, Lake & Palmer • European Left Party • ELSS – (i) Emergency Life Support Stores • ELT – (i) Emergency Locator Transmitter ==EM==

• Em – (s) Exametre • EM – (i) ElectroMagnetism/ElectroMagnetic • EMA – (i/a) European Medicines Agency • Embraer – (p) Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica (Portuguese, "Brazilian Aeronautics Company") • EMC • (i) Electric Membership Corporation • Electromagnetic Compatibility • Electro-Motive Corporation • European Muon Collaboration • Evergreen Marine Corporation • EMCON – (p) (Electromagnetic) Emissions Control • EMD • (i) General Motors Electro-Motive Division • Engineering and Manufacturing Development • European Missile Defence • EMDEX – (a) Essential Medicines InDEX • EMDG – (i) Euro-Missile Dynamics Group • EMDR – (i) Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing • EMEA – (i) Europe, Middle East and Africa • EMF • (i) Electromotive force • Epsom Mad Funkers (1990s–2000s indie dance band) • EMG – (p) ElectroMyoGraph • EMO – (i) Emergency Measures Organisation- (p) Emotional • EMP – (i) ElectroMagnetic Pulse • EMR - (i) East Midlands Railway and European Metal Recycling • EMS – (i) Emergency Medical Services • EMT – (i) Emergency Medical Technician and East Midlands Trains • EMU – (i) Electric Multiple Unit – a method of connecting self-propelled railway vehicles together to form a train under the control of one driver. • EMV – (i) Europay, MasterCard, Visa (the companies that developed the current technical standard for chipped payment cards and contactless cards) ==EN==

• en – (s) English language (ISO 639-1 code) • EN • (p) Corps of Engineers • (s) Estonia (FIPS 10-4 country code) • Exanewton • ENCODE – (p) Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (human genome data project) • ENE – (i) East North-East • eng – (s) English language (ISO 639-2 code) • ENG – (s) England (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram) • ENSATT – (i) École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques de théâtre (French, "Higher National School of Theatrical Arts and Techniques") • ENT – (i) Ear, Nose and Throat • ENTEC – (a) Euro NATO Training Engineer Centre • ENVL – (a) Envelope • ENY – (p) Enemy ==EO==

• eo – (s) Esperanto language (ISO 639-1 code) • EO • (i) Electro-Optics • Engagement Operations • EOD – (i) Explosive Ordnance Disposal • E&OE – (i) Errors and Omissions Excepted • EOG – (i) ElectroOculoGraphy • EOS • (i) Earth Observation Satellite • (a/i) Electro-Optical System, Canon's autofocusing system for film and digital SLR cameras, as well as the company's mirrorless cameras • (i) Electrophoresis Operations in Space, a space manufacturing project of the McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company • EOSAT – (p) Earth Observation Satellite • EOSDIS – (a/i) Earth Observation Satellite Data and Information System • EOTS • (i) Electro-Optical Tactical Sensor • (a/i) Eye Of The Storm (World of Warcraft) • EOM – (i) End of Message ==EP==

• EP – (i) European Parliament • EP – (i) Extended play • EPA • (p) EicosaPentaenoic Acid • (i) Environmental Protection Agency • EPCOT – (a) Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow • EPCR • (i) Endothelial protein C receptor • European Professional Club Rugby • EPFL – (i) École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (French, "Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology") • EPGS – (i) EOS Polar Ground Sites • EPIRB – (a/i) Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon • EPL – (i) English Premier League • EPLRS – (a) Enhanced Position Location Reporting System ("ee-plarz") • epo – (s) Esperanto language (ISO 639-2 code) • EPO • (i) Ellinikí Podosferikí Omospondía (Greek Ελληνική Ποδοσφαιρική Ομοσπονδία, translated as "Hellenic Football Federation") • European Patent Organisation or its main organ, the European Patent Office • (p) Erythropoietin • EPOS – (a) Electronic Point Of Sale • EPPA – (i) Employee Polygraph Protection Act • EPR – (i) European Pressurised Reactor|European Pressurised [Nuclear] Reactor • Evaporator Pressure regulator • EPW • (i) Earth Penetrator Weapon/Warhead • Economic and Political Weekly (Indian publication) • Enemy Prisoner of War ==EQ==

• EQ – (i) Emotional Quotient • EQG – (s) Equatorial Guinea (FIFA trigram, but not IOC or ISO 3166) ==ER==

• Er – (s) Erbium • ER • (i) Emergency Room • (s) Eritrea (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) • ERA • (i) Earned run average • Engineering Research Associates • Equal Rights Amendment • English Racing Automobiles • European Railway Agency • (a) Explosive Reactive Armor (tank add-on armor) • ERCIM – (a/i) European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics • ERI – (s) Eritrea (ISO 3166 trigram) • ERLAWS – (a) Eastern Ruapehu Lahar Alarm and Warning System • ERN – (s) Eritrean nakfa (ISO 4217 currency code) • EROS – (a) Earth Resources Observation System • ERP – (i) Engineer Regulating Point • ERR – (p) Eesti Rahvusringhääling • ERS – (i) Earth Resources Survey • ERTS – (i) Earth Resources Technology Satellite (became Landsat) • ERV – (p) Endogenous RetroVirus ==ES==

• es – (s) Spanish language (ISO 639-1 code) • Es • (s) Einsteinium • Exasecond • ES • (s) El Salvador (FIPS 10-4 country code) • (i) Electronic warfare Support • (s) Exasiemens • Spain (ISO 3166 digram; from the country's native name of España) • ESA • (i) Electro-Spark Alloying • Endangered Species Act • European Space Agency • ESC • (i) Embryonic Stem Cell • Electronic Stability Control • ESD – (i) ElectroStatic Discharge • ESDP – (i) European Security and Defence Policy • ESE – (i) East South-East • ESH – (s) Western Sahara (ISO 3166 trigram) • ESL – (i) English as a Second Language • ESM – (i) Electronic warfare Support Measures • ESO – (i) European Southern Observatory • ESOL – English for Speakers of Other Languages • ESP • (i) Electronic Stability Program • Extra-sensory perception • (s) Spain (ISO 3166 trigram) • ESPGHAN - European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition • ESPN – (i) Entertainment and Sports Programming Network • est – (s) Estonian language (ISO 639-2 code) • EST • (i) Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5 hours) • (s) Estonia (ISO 3166 trigram) • ESU – (i) Emergency Services Unit • ESV – (i) Engineer Support Vehicle ==ET==

• et – (s) Estonian language (ISO 639-1 code) • ET • (s) Ethiopia (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code) • Exatesla • (i) Extra Terrestrial • ETA • (i) Estimated Time of Arrival • (a) Euzkadi Ta Azkatasuna ("etta", Basque, "Basque Homeland and Freedom") • et al. – (p) et alii/aliae/alia (Latin, "and others") • ETB – (s) Ethiopian Birr (ISO 4217 currency code) • ETC/RMT – (i) Explosive Transient Camera/Rapidly Moving Telescope • Etc. - Et cetera • ETF – (i) Emergency Task Force (a special police unit, also jocularly said to stand for Extra-Thick Fuzz) • ETH – (s) Ethiopia (ISO 3166 trigram) • ETI – (i) Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence • ETK • (i) Easy Tool Kit • (i) Embedded Tool Kit • Ersatzteikatalog (German: spare parts catalog) • ETLA – (i) Extended TLA • ETM • (i) Electronic Technical Manual • (i) Enhanced Thematic Mapper • ETOPS - (a) Extended-range Twin-engine Operational Performance Standards (aviation) • et seq. – (p) et sequens/sequentes/sequentia (Latin, "and the following one(s)") • ETT – (i) Embedded Training Team ==EU==