List of acronyms: T

• ta – (s) Tamil language (ISO 639-1 code) • Ta – (s) Tantalum • TA • (i) Target Acquisition • Teaching Assistant • (s) teraampere • (i) Territorial Army (UK) • (s) Tristan da Cunha (ISO 3166 digram) • TAA • (i) Transparency Anti-Aliasing • (a) Trans Australia Airlines • TAAC – (i/a) Trans America Athletic Conference, the original name for the US college sports league now known as the ASUN Conference • TAACOM – (p) U.S. Theater Army Area Command • TAADCOORD – (p) Theatre Army Air Defence Co-ordinator • TAAR – (i) Trace Amine-Associated Receptor • TAC – (a) U.S. Tactical Air Command (1946–1992) • TACAMO – (p) Take Charge and Move Out (U.S. military) • TACAN – (p) Tactical Air Navigation • TACC • (i) Tactical Air Control Centre • (USAF) Tanker Airlift Control Center • TACCO – (p) Tactical Coordinator • TACCSF – (i) U.S. Theater Aerospace Command & Control Simulation Facility • TACDAR – (p) Tactical Detection And Reporting • TACP – (i) Tactical Air Control Party – Technology Applications Certification Program • TACSOP – (p) Tactical SOP (Standing Operating Procedure) • TADIL – (p) Tactical Digital Information Link • TADL – (a) Tactical Air Data Link ("taddle") • TADSS – (i) Training Aids, Devices, Simulators, and Simulations • TAF - (i) Trading Activity Fee assessed by FINRA to recover the costs of supervising and regulating firms. • tah – (s) Tahitian language (ISO 639-2 code) • TAI – (i) Target[ed] Area of Interest • TAJ – (i) Tom and Jerry • TAJT – (i) Tom and Jerry Tales • TALES – (a) Technical Advice and Lexicon for Enabling Simulation • tam – (s) Tamil language (ISO 639-2 code) • TAN – (s) Tanzania (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166) • TANJ – (a) There Ain't No Justice (used as expletive in the Ringworld novels) • TANP – (i) Terrain-Aware Network Planner • TANSTAAFL – (a) There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (coined by author Robert A. Heinlein in his The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress) • TAPPS – (a) Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools • TARDIS – (a) Time And Relative Dimension In Space (from Doctor Who) • TARP – (a) Transparency Accountability Rights for Parents (coined by Karen Plumridge, founder of Black Ribbon Gold Heart) • TAROT – (a) Télescope à action rapide pour les objets transitoires (French, "Transient Object Rapid Action Telescope") • TAS – Tasmania (postal symbol) • TASER – (a) Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle • TASM – (i) Tactical Air-to-Surface Missile • tat – (s) Tatar language (ISO 639-2 code) • TAT – (i) Tourism Authority of Thailand • TATP – (p) TriAcetone TriPeroxide • TADC - (i) The Amazing Digital Circus == TB ==

• Tb – (s) Terbium • TB – (p) Tuberculosis • TBA – (i) to be announced • TBBPA – (p) TetraBromoBisPhenol-A • TBC – (i) to be confirmed, to be continued • TBD – (i) "to be documented", "to be determined", or "to be decided" • TBD – (i) Torpedo Boat Destroyer • TBF – to be fair • TBGRI – (i) Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, India • TBH – (i) to be honest • TBL – (i) Turkish Basketball League • TBM – (i) tactical ballistic missile, theatre ballistic missile • TBS – (i) Turner Broadcasting System • TBT – (p) Tributyltin ==TC==

• TCC – (s) Tarrant County College • Tc – (s) Technetium • TC – (s) Teracoulomb – Turks and Caicos (ISO 3166 digram) – United Arab Emirates (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Trucial Coast States) • TCA – (i) Transformational Communications Architecture – (s) Turks and Caicos (ISO 3166 trigram) • TCAS – (i) Traffic Collision Avoidance System • TCAA – (i) Top Counter-Assault Agents • TCBY - (i) The Country's Best Yogurt • TCCCS – (i/a) Tactical Command, Control, and Communications System ("ticks") • TCD – (s) Chad (ISO 3166 trigram) • TCG – (i) Trusted Computing Group – Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Gemisi • TCHD – (i) Truck Cargo Heavy Duty • TCL – (i) Tool Command Language • TCM – (i) Turner Classic Movies • TCP – (i) Traffic Control Point – Transmission Control Protocol – Trichlorophenol • TCU – (i) Texas Christian University • TCWMS – (i) Tele-Center Workforce Management System • TCW – (i) Tasty Coma Wife ==TE==

• te – (s) Telugu language (ISO 639-1 code) • Te – (s) Tellurium • TE – (i) Tactical Exploitation – (p) Testosterone to Epitestosterone ratio – (i) Tight end (American football; position generally not used in modern Canadian football) • TEAL – (a) Tasman Empire Airways Limited • Team – (a) Together everyone achieves more • TEAMS – (a) The East African Marine System (fiber optic cable) • TED – (a) Technology Entertainment Design prize • TEEL – parts of a body paragraph in an essay: * T - Topic sentence E - Explanation E - Evidence L - Link • TEETH – (a) Tried Everything Else, Try Homeopathy (medical diagnosis in-joke) • tel – (s) Telugu language (ISO 639-2 code) • TEL – (a/i) Transporter, Erector and Launcher • TELAR – (a) Transporter, Erector, Launcher And Radar • TEMO – (a) Training, Exercise, and Military Operations • TENCAP – (p) Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities • TER's(Stargate) – Transphase Emission Rods • TERS – (i) Tactical Event Reporting System • TES – (i) Tactical Event System • TEST – (a) Thesaurus of Engineering and Scientific Terms • TEU – (i) Twenty-foot equivalent unit (cargo capacity) • TeVeS – (p) Tensor Vector Scalar theory ==TF==

• TF – • (s) French Southern Territories (ISO 3166 digram) • (i) Task Force • (s) Terafarad • (?) Too Far • (i) Team fortress (hence TF2 is Team Fortress 2) • Transformers • T/F – (i) True/False (=Yes/No) • TFG • (i) Task Force Games (defunct tabletop game company) • Tiny Friendly Giant (automobile engine developed by Koenigsegg) • Transferoviar Grup (Romanian railway company) • TFMPP – (p) Trifluorophenylmethylpiperazine • TFR – (i) Total Fertility Rate • TFT – (i) Thin-Film Transistor • TFTP – • (i) Trivial File Transfer Protocol • (i) Terrorist Finance Tracking Program ==TG==

• tg – (s) Tajik language (ISO 639-1 code) • Tg – (s) Teragram • TG – (s) Togo (ISO 3166 digram) • TGA – (s) Tonga (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166) • TGB – (i) Tres grande bibliothèque (French, "Very Large Library"), a sarcastic nickname for the Bibliothèque nationale de France • TGIF – (i) Thank God It's Friday, Toes Go In First • tgk – (s) Tajik language (ISO 639-2 code) • tgl – (s) Tagalog language (ISO 639-2 code) • TGO – (s) Togo (ISO 3166 trigram) • TGT • (p) Target (also the ticker symbol for Target Corporation) • (i) Ticket Granting Ticket (computer security) • (i) Tyrese, Ginuwine, Tank – see TGT (group) for their collaboration • TGV • (i) Tanjong Golden Village (Malaysian cinema chain) • (p) Tanora malaGasy Vonona (Malagasy, "Young Malagasies Determined" – political party) • (i) Test Generation with Verification • Train à grande vitesse (French for "High-Speed Train") ==TH==

• th – (s) Thai language (ISO 639-1 code) • Th – (s) Thorium • TH – (s) Terahenry – Thailand (ISO 3166 and FIPS 10-4 country code digram) • tha – (s) Thai language (ISO 639-2 code) • THA – (s) Thailand (ISO 3166 trigram) • THAAD – (a/i) Terminal High Altitude Area Defence • THB – (s) Thai baht (ISO 4217 currency code) • THEGENTRY – (a) The High-End Group of Earth's New Technologies Research Yield • THEL – (a) Tactical High Energy Laser ACTD • THG – (p) Tetrahydrogestrinone • ThG – (p) Graduate of Theology • THSU - (a) Texas Health and Science University ==TI==

• ti – (s) Tigrinya language (ISO 639-1 code) • Ti – (s) Tebi – Titanium • TI – (s) Tajikistan (FIPS 10-4 country code) – (i) Thermal Imaging – Threat Identification – Training Instructor – Texas Instruments • TIA – (i) Total Information Awareness initiative • TIA – (i) Transient Ischemic Attack • TIALD – (i) Thermal Imaging and Airborne Laser Designation • TIAA-CREF – (i, pronounced as "T-I-A-A-cref") Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association – College Retirement Equities Fund • TIBS – (a) Tactical Information Broadcast System • TIC – (a) Troops In Contact • TID – (p) Target Identification – (i) ter in die (Latin, "three times daily") • TIGERS – (a) Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing System • TIM – (a) Technical Information Memorandum – Technical Interchange Meeting – Toxic Industrial Material – Telecom Italia Mobile • TIMS – (a) Tactical Internet Management System – The Institute of Management Sciences – The International Molinological Society – Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner – Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry – Travel Information Management Services – Tuberculosis Information Management System • TINC – (a) There Is No Cabal • TINY – That Is, Not You (internet slang) • TIP – (a) Thermal Identification Panel • tir – (s) Tigrinya language (ISO 639-2 code) • tits – Toes in the Sand ==TJ==

• TJ – (s) Tajikistan (ISO 3166 digram) – Terajoule • TJD – (i) Truncated Julian Day • TJK – (s) Tajikistan (ISO 3166 trigram) • TJS – (s) Tajik somoni (ISO 4217 currency code) ==TK==

• tk – (s) Turkmen language (ISO 639-1 code) • TK – (s) Terakelvin – Tokelau (ISO 3166 digram) • TKBL – (i) Türkiye 1. Kadınlar Basketbol Ligi, the Turkish-language name of the Turkish Women's Basketball League • TKL – (s) Tokelau (ISO 3166 trigram) • TKM – (s) Turkmenistan (ISO 3166 trigram) ==TL==

• tl – (s) Tagalog language (ISO 639-1 code) • Tl – (s) Thallium • TLPM – T1 Line Performance Monitor • TL • (i) Team Leader • (s) Teralitre • Timor-Leste (ISO 3166 digram) • (p) ThermoLuminescence • TL;DR (i) – Too long; didn't read • TLATOJL – The Life and Times of Juniper Lee • TLA • (i) Three-Letter Abbreviation/Acronym • (ii) 'Three-Letter Agency' (i.e. CIA, FBI, NSA, etc.) • (i) Temporal light artefacts • TLAC • (i) Total Loss Absorbency Capacity • (ii) The Light Aircraft Company • TLAM – (i) Tomahawk Land Attack Missile • TLAR • (i) That Looks About Right (chat shorthand) • (ii) Transporter-Launcher And Radar • TLC • (i) Tender Loving Care • The Learning Channel (now known strictly by the initials) • Thin-layer chromatography • T-Boz, Lefteye, Chilli • Tables, Ladders, and Chairs (type of professional wrestling match) • TLD • (i) Thermoluminescent Dosimeter • Top-Level Domain • TLE • (i) Temporal light effects • TLI • (i) Temporal light interference • TLM • (i) Traditional Latin Mass • Tridentine Latin Mass • Transaction Lifecycle Management • (i) Temporal light modulation • TLS • (s) Timor-Leste (ISO 3166 trigram) • (i) Times Literary Supplement ==TM==

• Tm • (s) Terameter • Thulium • TM • (i) Technical Manual • Theater Missile • Thematic Mapper • (p) trademark (often written in small superscript type: TM or ™) • (i) Turing machine • (s) Turkmenistan (ISO 3166 digram) Tympanic Membrane • TMA • (i) Terminal Maneuvering Area (restricted flying zone) • Texas Medical Association • Tristeza y muerte de agave (Spanish, "wilting and death of agave") – a disease affecting the blue agave, from which the popular spirit tequila is produced • TMAP – (a/i) Texas Medication Algorithm Project • TMC – (i) The Movie Channel • TMD – (i) Theater Missile Defense • TMDK – (i) The Mighty Don't Kneel (Australian professional wrestling stable also active in Japan) • TMI – (i) Too Much Information • TMJ – (i) TemporoMandibular Joint (syndrome) • TMM – (s) Turkmen manat (ISO 4217 currency code) • TMNT – (i) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles • TMO • (i) Table Mountain Observatory • Television match official (rugby union) • TMP • (s) East Timor (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete 2002) • (p) Temporary • TMPG – (i) Transparent Multiplatform Gateway • TMR – (i) Twin Main Rotors (helicopter type) • TMS – (i) Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation • TMT – (i) Thirty Meter Telescope • TMTOWTDI – (i) There's More Than One Way To Do It (from Perl) • TMZ – (i) Thirty-Mile Zone, an area in and around Los Angeles considered "local" under entertainment industry union work rules ==TN==

• tn – (s) Tswana language (ISO 639-1 code) • TN • (s) Tennessee (postal symbol) • Teranewton • Tonga (FIPS 10-4 country code) • Tunisia (ISO 3166 digram) • TNA – (i) Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, an American professional wrestling promotion • TND – (s) Tunisian dinar (ISO 4217 currency code) • TNO – (i) Trans-Neptunian Object • TNT • (i) Thomas Nationwide Transport, an Australian company that was one of the predecessors to the PostNL (previously TNT N.V) and the current TNT Express • (p) TriNitroToluene • (a/i) Turner Network Television ==TO==

• to – (s) Tongan language (ISO 639-1 code) • T/O – (i) Theatre of Operations • TO • (s) Togo (FIPS 10-4 country code) • Tonga (ISO 3166 digram) • TOA • (i) Table Of Authorities • Total Obligation Authority (accounting) • TOAD • (a) Temporary, Obsolete, Abandoned, or Derelict site (urbanism) • Towed Optical Assessment Device • TOBS – (a) Time of OBServation • TOC • (a/i) Table Of Contents • Tactical Operations Centre • (i) Temporo-Occipital transition Cortex • Top of Concrete • To-do – (s) To-do-List • TOG – (s) Togo (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166) • TOGS – (a) Thermal Observation Gunnery Sight • TOMS – (a) Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite instrument) • ton – (s) Tongan language (ISO 639-2 code) • TON – (s) Tonga (ISO 3166 trigram) • TOP – (s) Tongan pa'anga (ISO 4217 currency code) • TOS • (a) Tape Operating System • Terms of service • The Original Series, used to distinguish the first Star Trek TV series from other parts of the media franchise • Tramiel Operating System • TOT – (i) Time On Target • TOW – (a) Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (anti-tank missile) ==TP==

• TP • (s) East Timor (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 2002) • São Tomé and Príncipe (FIPS 10-4 country code) • (i) Training Practice • Trident Ploughshares • TPE – (s) Chinese Taipei (IOC and FIFA trigram for the country also known as Taiwan) • TPI – (i) The point is • TPO – (p) Thrombopoietin • TPS – (i) The Pennington School • TPTB – (i) The Powers That Be (often used to refer to the people responsible for the content of TV series or movies) ==TQ==

• TQ – (i) Top Qualifier (similar to Pole Position in car racing) ==TR==

• tr – (s) Turkish language (ISO 639-1 code) • TR – (s) Turkey (ISO 3166 digram) • TRA – (i) Technology Readiness Assessment • TRAC – (p) (U.S. Army) TRADOC Analysis Center • TRACON – (a) Terminal Radar Approach Control • TRADOC – (p) (U.S. Army) Training and Doctrine Command • TRAIN – (p) Tourist Railway Association, Inc. • TRANSCOM – (p) U.S. Transportation Command • TRAP – (p) Tactical Receive equipment and related Applications • TRASANA – (p) TRADOC Systems Analysis Agency • TRD – (i) Towed Radar Decoy • TRIGAT – (p) Third Generation Antitank (missile) • TRIPS - (a) Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights • TRL – (i) Technology readiness level • Trp – (s) Troop • TRP • (i) Target Reference Point • (p) Time of Reporting • TRPF – (i) Tendency of the rate of profit to fall • TRU – (a) Transuranic • TRUEX – (p) Training in Urban Environment Exercise • TRW – (i) Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. • TRY – (s) Turkish lira (ISO 4217 currency code) ==TS==

• ts – (s) Tsonga language (ISO 639-1 code) • Ts – (s) Terasecond • TS • (s) Terasiemens • Thunderstorm (METAR code) • Tunisia (FIPS 10-4 country code) • (i) TinySex • Transsexual • (i) "Tough Sh*t" • TSA • (i) Theatre Storage Area • Time Slot Allocation • Transportation Security Administration • The Salvation Army • TSCA – (a) Toxic Substances Control Act ("tosca") • TSEC – (i) Transmission Security Encryption Code • TSL – (i) Transportation Security Laboratory • tsn – (s) Tswana language (ISO 639-2 code) • TSN • (i) The Sporting News (historic name of the periodical now known as Sporting News) • The Sports Network • tso – (s) Tsonga language (ISO 639-2 code) • TSO • (i) The Stationery Office (was HMSO until 1996) • (U.S.) TRICARE Support Office • (i) Trans-Siberian Orchestra (band) • TSOP • (i) Tactical Standing Operation Procedure • The Sound of Philadelphia (classic 1970s R&B instrumental) • TSR – many, including terminate-and-stay-resident (program) • TSSIA – (i) the subject says it all ==TT==

• tt – (s) Tatar language (ISO 639-1 code) • TT • (s) Teratesla • (i) Terrestrial Time • Tourist Trophy (Motorcycle sport) • (s) Trinidad and Tobago (ISO 3166 digram) • TTBAO - Things To Be Aware Of • TTCT – Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking • TTD – (s) Trinidad and Tobago dollar (ISO 4217 currency code) • TTO – (s) Trinidad and Tobago (ISO 3166 trigram) • TTFN – (i) Ta Ta For Now • TTL • (i) Tax, Title, License • (i) Through-the-lens (photography) • Time 'till live • Time to live • Transistor–transistor logic • TTP • (i) Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures • Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura • Trailer Transfer Point • TTTEAF – Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends • TTY – (i) TeleTYpewriter (Printer) • TTYL – (i) Talk To You Later (Internet slang) • TTZ – (p) Tetrazolium ==TU==

• TU – (i) Technische Universität (German for "Technical University") – Thammasat University (Thailand) – (s) Turkey (FIPS 10-4 country code) • TUC – (i) Trades Union Congress • TUG – (a) TeX Users Group • TUI – (a/i) Text-based user interface (cf. CLI), among other uses • tuk – (s) Turkmen language (ISO 639-2 code) • TUN – (s) Tunisia (ISO 3166 trigram) • TUNS – (i) Technical University of Nova Scotia • Tur – (s) Turkish language (ISO 639-2 code) • TUR – (s) Turkey (ISO 3166 trigram) • T.U.R.D. (acronym) Tactical Urban Response Department • TUSK – (a) Tank Urban Survival Kit • TUV – (s) Tuvalu (ISO 3166 trigram) ==TV==