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Catalog of Abbreviations and Acronyms

(Total Number of Unique Entries = 583)

(Total Number of Unique Instances = 593)


A (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "A")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
AAG Organization Association of American Geographers
AAR Method After Action Review
ABW Country Aruba
AF Continent Africa
AFG Country Afghanistan
AGO Country Angola
AI Method Appreciative Inquiry
AIA Country Anguilla
AKI Theory Action-Knowledge-Information
AL Method Action Learning
ALA Country land Islands
ALB Country Albania
AN Continent Antarctica
AND Country Andorra
AO Continent Australia and Oceana
APPA Organization Association of Physical Plant Administrators
APPA-BOK Body of Knowledge Association of Physical Plant Administrators Body of Knowledge
APQC Organization American Productivity and Quality Center
APQC-KMMM Tool APQC Levels of Knowledge Management Maturity Maturity
AR Method Action Research
ARE Country United Arab Emirates
ARG Country Argentina
ARM Country Armenia
AS Continent Asia
ASCE Organization American Society for Civil Engineers
ASI-SIG Organization American Society for Indexing Special Interest Group
ASM Country American Samoa
ATA Country Antarctica
ATF Country French Southern Territories
ATG Country Antigua and Barbuda
AUS Country Australia
AUT Country Austria
AZE Country Azerbaijan
ActKM Organization ActKM
Ark Organization Ark Group Publications
AuSKM Organization Australian Society of Knowledge Management
aa Langage Code Afar
ab Langage Code Abkhazian
ae Langage Code Avestan
af Langage Code Afrikaans
ak Langage Code Akan
am Langage Code Amharic
an Langage Code Aragonese
ar Langage Code Arabic
as Langage Code Assamese
av Langage Code Avaric
ay Langage Code Aymara
az Langage Code Azerbaijani

B (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "B")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
BA Method Business Analysis
BABOK Body of Knowledge Business Analysis Body of Knowledge
BAG Organization The Busines Architecture Guild
BCASE Organization Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering
BDI Country Burundi
BEL Country Belgium
BEN Country Benin
BES Country Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
BFA Country Burkina Faso
BGD Country Bangladesh
BGR Country Bulgaria
BHR Country Bahrain
BHS Country Bahamas
BIH Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
BIZBOK Body of Knowledge Business Architecture Body of Knowledge
BLM Country Saint Barthelemy
BLR Country Belarus
BLZ Country Belize
BMU Country Bermuda
BOL Country Bolivia, Plurinational State of
BRA Country Brazil
BRB Country Barbados
BRN Country Brunei Darussalam
BTN Country Bhutan
BVT Country Bouvet Island
BWA Country Botswana
ba Langage Code Bashkir
be Langage Code Belarusian
bg Langage Code Bulgarian
bh Langage Code Bihari languages
bi Langage Code Bislama
bm Langage Code Bambara
bn Langage Code Bengali
bo Langage Code Tibetan
br Langage Code Breton
bs Langage Code Bosnian

C (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "C")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
CAF Country Central African Republic
CAN Country Canada
CBOK Body of Knowledge Common Body of Knowledge
CCK Country Cocos (Keeling) Islands
CHE Country Switzerland
CHL Country Chile
CHN Country China
CIMM Tool Capability Immaturity Model
CIPS Organization The Canadian Information Processing Society
CITBOK Body of Knowledge Canadian IT Body of Knowledge
CIV Country Cote d'Ivoire (a.k.a. Ivory Coast)
CIVBOK Body of Knowledge Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge
CMM Tool Capability Maturity Model
CMMI Tool Capability Maturity Model Integration
CMR Country Cameroon
COD Country Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
COG Country Congo
COK Country Cook Islands
COL Country Colombia
COM Country Comoros
CPV Country Cape Verde
CRI Country Costa Rica
CUB Country Cuba
CUW Country Curaao
CXR Country Christmas Island
CYM Country Cayman Islands
CYP Country Cyprus
CZE Country Czech Republic
CoP Tool Community of Practice
ca Langage Code Catalan - Valencian
ce Langage Code Chechen
ch Langage Code Chamorro
co Langage Code Corsican
cr Langage Code Cree
cs Langage Code Czech
cu Langage Code Church Slavic - Old Slavonic - Church Slavonic - Old Bulgarian - Old Church Slavonic
cv Langage Code Chuvash
cy Langage Code Welsh

D (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "D")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
DAMA Body of Knowledge Data Management Body of Knowledge
DAMA Organization The Data Management Association
DDS Theory Data Driven Synthesis
DE Method Data Engineering
DEM Tool Decision Emergence Model (by Fisher)
DEU Country Germany
DIKUW Theory Data-Information-Knowledge-Understanding-Wisdom
DIKW Theory Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom
DJI Country Djibouti
DMA Country Dominica
DNK Country Denmark
DNV-CIBIT Organization DNV-CIBIT
DOM Country Dominican Republic
DS Method Data Science
DZA Country Algeria
da Langage Code Danish
de Langage Code German
dv Langage Code Divehi - Dhivehi - Maldivian
dz Langage Code Dzongkha

E (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "E")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
EABOK Body of Knowledge Enterprise Architecture Body of Knowledge
ECU Country Ecuador
EGY Country Egypt
EJKM Periodical Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management
ERI Country Eritrea
ESH Country Western Sahara
ESP Country Spain
EST Country Estonia
ETH Country Ethiopia
EU Continent Europe
ee Langage Code Ewe
el Langage Code Greek, Modern (1453-)
en Langage Code English
eo Langage Code Esperanto
es Langage Code Spanish - Castilian
et Langage Code Estonian
eu Langage Code Basque

F (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "F")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
FIN Country Finland
FJI Country Fiji
FLK Country Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
FRA Country France
FRO Country Faroe Islands
FSM Country Micronesia, Federated States of
fa Langage Code Persian
ff Langage Code Fulah
fi Langage Code Finnish
fj Langage Code Fijian
fo Langage Code Faroese
fr Langage Code French
fy Langage Code Western Frisian

G (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "G")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
GAB Country Gabon
GBR Country United Kingdom
GEO Country Georgia
GGY Country Guernsey
GHA Country Ghana
GIB Country Gibraltar
GIC Periodical Guided Insights Communique
GIN Country Guinea
GISTBOK Body of Knowledge Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge
GKC-Adelaide Organization Gurteen Knowledge Cafe - Adelaide
GLP Country Guadeloupe
GMB Country Gambia
GNB Country Guinea-Bissau
GNQ Country Equatorial Guinea
GRC Country Greece
GRD Country Grenada
GRL Country Greenland
GTM Country Guatemala
GUF Country French Guiana
GUM Country Guam
GUY Country Guyana
ga Langage Code Irish
gd Langage Code Gaelic - Scottish Gaelic
gl Langage Code Galician
gn Langage Code Guarani
gu Langage Code Gujarati
gv Langage Code Manx

H (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "H")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
HKG Country Hong Kong
HKKMS Organization Hong Kong Knowledge Management Society
HMD Country Heard Island and McDonald Islands
HND Country Honduras
HRV Country Croatia
HTI Country Haiti
HUN Country Hungary
ha Langage Code Hausa
he Langage Code Hebrew
hi Langage Code Hindi
ho Langage Code Hiri Motu
hr Langage Code Croatian
ht Langage Code Haitian - Haitian Creole
hu Langage Code Hungarian
hy Langage Code Armenian
hz Langage Code Herero

I (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "I")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
I2KI Organization International Institute for Innovation and Knowledge
IASA Organization International Association of Software Architects
IC Method Idea Capture
ICFAI-JKM Periodical The Icfai Journal of Knowledge Management
ICPM Tool Individual Change Process Model (by Kurt Lewin)
IDN Country Indonesia
IEEE-CS Organization IEEE Computer Society
IF4IT Organization The International Foundation for Information Technology
IF4IT-KMBOK Body of Knowledge IF4IT KM Body of Knowledge
IF4IT-Resources Body of Knowledge IT Best Practices Repository
IIAKM Organization The International Institute for Applied Knowledge Management
IIBA Organization International Institute of Business Analysis
IJAKM Periodical International Journal of Applied Knowledge Management
IJKCCM Periodical International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management
IJKM Periodical International Journal of Knowledge Management
IJKMS Periodical International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies
IJNKM Periodical International Journal of Nuclear Knowledge Management
IKI-SEA Organization The Institute for Knowledge and Innovation - South-East Asia
IKL Periodical International Journal of Knowledge and Learning
IKMS Organization Information & Knowledge Management Society
IKMSOnline Periodical Information, Knowledge Systems Management Online
IMN Country Isle of Man
IND Country India
IOT Country British Indian Ocean Territory
IRL Country Ireland
IRN Country Iran, Islamic Republic of
IRQ Country Iraq
ISL Country Iceland
ISR Country Israel
ITA Country Italy
ITABOK Body of Knowledge Information Technology Architecture Body of Knowledge
iKnow Periodical iKnow
ia Langage Code Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association)
id Langage Code Indonesian
ie Langage Code Interlingue - Occidental
ig Langage Code Igbo
ii Langage Code Sichuan Yi - Nuosu
ik Langage Code Inupiaq
io Langage Code Ido
is Langage Code Icelandic
it Langage Code Italian
iu Langage Code Inuktitut

J (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "J")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
JAM Country Jamaica
JEMI Periodical Journal of Entrepreneurship Management and Innovation
JEY Country Jersey
JHO Periodical Journal of the Hyperlinked Organization
JIC Periodical Journal of Intellectual Capital
JIKM Periodical Journal of Information & Knowledge Management
JIKMS Periodical The Journal of Information and KM Systems
JKIM Periodical Journal of Knowledge and Information Management
JKM Periodical Journal of Knowledge Management
JKMCI Periodical Knowledge and Innovation: Journal of the KMCI
JKMP Periodical Journal of Knowledge Management Practice
JOR Country Jordan
JPN Country Japan
JUKM Periodical Journal of Universal Knowledge Management
ja Langage Code Japanese

K (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "K")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
KAZ Country Kazakhstan
KB Organization KnowledgeBoard
KC Method Knowledge Cafe
KEN Country Kenya
KF Method Knowledge Fair
KGRC Capability Knowledge Governance, Risk Management and Compliance
KGZ Country Kyrgyzstan
KHM Country Cambodia
KID Theory Knowlege-Information-Data
KIN-WU Organization Knowledge & Innovation Network - Warwick University
KIR Country Kiribati
KLA Organization Knowledge Liberation Army
KLC Capability Knowledge Life Cycle Management
KM Capability Knowledge Management
KM Method Knowledge Market
KM Bucket Body of Knowledge Knowledge Management Bucket
KM4Dev Organization KM4Dev
KMDC Organization Knowledge Management Development Centre
KMDJ Periodical KM for Development Journal
KMDJ Periodical Knowledge Management for Development Journal
KMI Organization The Knowledge Management Institute
KMMM-2000 Tool Siemens AG KMMM 2000
KMPro Periodical KMPro Journal
KMR Periodical KM Review
KMRP Organization KM Research Program - Monash
KMRP Periodical Knowledge Management Research & Practice
KMRP Periodical Knowledge Management Research and Practice
KMRV Organization Knowledge Management Roundtable Victoria
KMSJ Organization Knowledge Management Society of Japan
KMSK Organization The Knowledge Management Society of Korea
KMW Periodical KM World
KNA Country Saint Kitts and Nevis
KOR Country Korea, Republic of
KPM Periodical Knowledge and Process Management
KRII Organization Knowledge Research Institute Inc
KSD Periodical K Street Directions
KWT Country Kuwait
KWT Organization Knowledge Workers Toronto
Knoco Organization Knoco
ka Langage Code Georgian
kg Langage Code Kongo
ki Langage Code Kikuyu - Gikuyu
kj Langage Code Kuanyama - Kwanyama
kk Langage Code Kazakh
kl Langage Code Kalaallisut - Greenlandic
km Langage Code Central Khmer
kn Langage Code Kannada
ko Langage Code Korean
kr Langage Code Kanuri
ks Langage Code Kashmiri
ku Langage Code Kurdish
kv Langage Code Komi
kw Langage Code Cornish
ky Langage Code Kirghiz - Kyrgyz

L (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "L")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
LAO Country Lao People's Democratic Republic
LASSIB Organization LASSIB Society
LBN Country Lebanon
LBR Country Liberia
LBY Country Libya
LCA Country Saint Lucia
LIE Country Liechtenstein
LKA Country Sri Lanka
LL Method Lessons Learned
LSO Country Lesotho
LTU Country Lithuania
LUX Country Luxembourg
LVA Country Latvia
la Langage Code Latin
lb Langage Code Luxembourgish - Letzeburgesch
lg Langage Code Ganda
li Langage Code Limburgan - Limburger - Limburgish
ln Langage Code Lingala
lo Langage Code Lao
lt Langage Code Lithuanian
lu Langage Code Luba-Katanga
lv Langage Code Latvian

M (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "M")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
MAC Country Macao
MAF Country Saint Martin (French part)
MAR Country Morocco
MCO Country Monaco
MDA Country Moldova, Republic of
MDG Country Madagascar
MDV Country Maldives
MEX Country Mexico
MHL Country Marshall Islands
MIR Periodical Montague Institute Review
MITRE Organization The MITRE Corporation
MKD Country Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
MKMLF Organization Melbourne KM Leadership Forum
MLI Country Mali
MLT Country Malta
MMR Country Myanmar
MNE Country Montenegro
MNG Country Mongolia
MNP Country Northern Mariana Islands
MOZ Country Mozambique
MPP Organization Missing Puzzle Piece Consulting
MRT Country Mauritania
MS Organization Microsoft
MSM Tool Multiple-Sequences Model (by Marshall Scott Poole)
MSR Country Montserrat
MTQ Country Martinique
MUS Country Mauritius
MWI Country Malawi
MYS Country Malaysia
MYT Country Mayotte
Morten T. HansenBolko von Oetinger Theory T Shaped Managers
mg Langage Code Malagasy
mh Langage Code Marshallese
mi Langage Code Maori
mk Langage Code Macedonian
ml Langage Code Malayalam
mn Langage Code Mongolian
mr Langage Code Marathi
ms Langage Code Malay
mt Langage Code Maltese
my Langage Code Burmese

N (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "N")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
NA Continent North America
NAM Country Namibia
NASA-JPL Organization NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NCBI Organization National Center for Biotechnology Information
NCL Country New Caledonia
NER Country Niger
NFK Country Norfolk Island
NGA Country Nigeria
NHS Organization The British National Historical Society
NHSE-KM Body of Knowledge NHS Evidence - Knowledge Management
NIC Country Nicaragua
NIU Country Niue
NLD Country Netherlands
NLS Capability Natural Language Search
NOR Country Norway
NPL Country Nepal
NRU Country Nauru
NZKMN Organization New Zealand Knowledge Management Network
NZL Country New Zealand
na Langage Code Nauru
nb Langage Code BokmĪl, Norwegian - Norwegian BokmĪl
nd Langage Code Ndebele, North - North Ndebele
ne Langage Code Nepali
ng Langage Code Ndonga
nl Langage Code Dutch - Flemish
nn Langage Code Norwegian Nynorsk - Nynorsk, Norwegian
no Langage Code Norwegian
nr Langage Code Ndebele, South - South Ndebele
nv Langage Code Navajo - Navaho
ny Langage Code Chichewa - Chewa - Nyanja

O (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "O")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
OJAKM Periodical The Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management
OMN Country Oman
Ozoo Organization Organizational Zoo
oc Langage Code Occitan (post 1500)
oj Langage Code Ojibwa
om Langage Code Oromo
or Langage Code Oriya
os Langage Code Ossetian - Ossetic

P (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "P")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
P3M3 Tool P3M3 for Project Management
PA Method Peer Assist
PAK Country Pakistan
PAN Country Panama
PCN Country Pitcairn
PER Country Peru
PHL Country Philippines
PLW Country Palau
PMA Method Post-Mortem Analysis
PMA Method Pre-Mortem Analysis
PMBOK Body of Knowledge Project Management Body of Knowledge
PMI Organization Project Management Institute
PNG Country Papua New Guinea
POL Country Poland
PRI Country Puerto Rico
PRK Country Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
PRT Country Portugal
PRY Country Paraguay
PSE Country Palestinian Territory, Occupied
PYF Country French Polynesia
PaL Method Pause and Learn
pa Langage Code Panjabi - Punjabi
pi Langage Code Pali
pl Langage Code Polish
ps Langage Code Pushto - Pashto
pt Langage Code Portuguese

Q (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "Q")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
QAT Country Qatar
QKM Organization QKM Forum
qu Langage Code Quechua

R (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "R")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
RCT Method Randomized Coffee Trials
REU Country RŽunion
RKM Periodical RealKM
ROU Country Romania
RUS Country Russian Federation (Asian Regions)
RUS Country Russian Federation (European Regions)
RWA Country Rwanda
rm Langage Code Romansh
rn Langage Code Rundi
ro Langage Code Romanian - Moldavian - Moldovan
ru Langage Code Russian
rw Langage Code Kinyarwanda

S (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "S")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
SA Continent South America
SA Method Systems Analysis
SAA Organization Society of American Archivists
SAU Country Saudi Arabia
SBC-QLD Organization Society of Business Communicators QLD
SDN Country Sudan
SEBOK Body of Knowledge Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge
SECI Theory SECI model of knowledge dimensions
SEN Country Senegal
SGP Country Singapore
SGS Country South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
SHN Country Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
SIKM Organization SIKM Leaders
SJM Country Svalbard and Jan Mayen
SLB Country Solomon Islands
SLE Country Sierra Leone
SLV Country El Salvador
SMR Country San Marino
SNA Method Social Network Analysis
SOM Country Somalia
SPM Country Saint Pierre and Miquelon
SRB Country Serbia
SSD Country South Sudan
ST Method Storytelling
STC Organization Society for Technical Communications
STELTH Method Stealthstorming
STP Country Sao Tome and Principe
SUR Country Suriname
SVK Country Slovakia
SVN Country Slovenia
SWE Country Sweden
SWEBOK Body of Knowledge Software Envineering Body of Knowledge
SWZ Country Swaziland
SXM Country Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
SYC Country Seychelles
SYR Country Syrian Arab Republic
sa Langage Code Sanskrit
sc Langage Code Sardinian
sd Langage Code Sindhi
se Langage Code Northern Sami
sg Langage Code Sango
si Langage Code Sinhala - Sinhalese
sk Langage Code Slovak
sl Langage Code Slovenian
sm Langage Code Samoan
sn Langage Code Shona
so Langage Code Somali
sq Langage Code Albanian
sr Langage Code Serbian
ss Langage Code Swati
st Langage Code Sotho, Southern
su Langage Code Sundanese
sv Langage Code Swedish
sw Langage Code Swahili

T (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "T")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
TCA Country Turks and Caicos Islands
TCBOK Body of Knowledge Technical Communications Body of Knowledge
TCD Country Chad
TGO Country Togo
THA Country Thailand
TIP Tool Time, Interaction, and Performance Model (by McGrath)
TJK Country Tajikistan
TKL Country Tokelau
TKM Country Turkmenistan
TLO Periodical The Learning Organization
TLS Country Timor-Leste
TON Country Tonga
TTO Country Trinidad and Tobago
TUN Country Tunisia
TUR Country Turkey (Asian Regions)
TUR Country Turkey (Europen Regions)
TUV Country Tuvalu
TWC Method The World Cafe
TWN Country Taiwan, Province of China
TZA Country Tanzania, United Republic of
ta Langage Code Tamil
te Langage Code Telugu
tg Langage Code Tajik
th Langage Code Thai
ti Langage Code Tigrinya
tk Langage Code Turkmen
tl Langage Code Tagalog
tn Langage Code Tswana
to Langage Code Tonga (Tonga Islands)
tr Langage Code Turkish
ts Langage Code Tsonga
tt Langage Code Tatar
tw Langage Code Twi
ty Langage Code Tahitian

U (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "U")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
UBOK Body of Knowledge Usability Body of Knowledge
UEPA Organization User Experience Professionals Association
UGA Country Uganda
UKR Country Ukraine
UMI Country United States Minor Outlying Islands
URY Country Uruguay
USA Country United States
UZB Country Uzbekistan
ug Langage Code Uighur - Uyghur
uk Langage Code Ukrainian
ur Langage Code Urdu
uz Langage Code Uzbek

V (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "V")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
VAT Country Holy See (Vatican City State)
VCT Country Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
VEN Country Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
VGB Country Virgin Islands, British
VIR Country Virgin Islands, U.S.
VNA Method Value Network Analysis
VNM Country Viet Nam (a.k.a. Vietnam)
VUT Country Vanuatu
ve Langage Code Venda
vi Langage Code Vietnamese
vo Langage Code VolapŁk

W (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "W")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
WHO Organization World Health Organization
WLF Country Wallis and Futuna
WSM Country Samoa
wa Langage Code Walloon
wo Langage Code Wolof

X (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "X")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
xh Langage Code Xhosa

Y (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "Y")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
YEM Country Yemen
yi Langage Code Yiddish
yo Langage Code Yoruba

Z (i.e. all Abbreviations and Acronyms that start with the letter "Z")
String Noun Type Noun Instance
ZAF Country South Africa
ZMB Country Zambia
ZWE Country Zimbabwe
za Langage Code Zhuang - Chuang
zh Langage Code Chinese
zu Langage Code Zulu


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