AE : American English

AuE : Australian English

AD : Anno Domini

a.m. : Ante Meridiem

A.P. : Associated Press

asap : As Soon As Possible

BBC : British Broadcasting Corporation

B.C. : Before Christ

BSc : Bachelor of Science

BE : British English

CD : Compact Disk

CD-ROM : Compact Disc Read Only Memory

CE : Canadian English

CNN : Cable News Network

CIA : Central Intelligence Agency

CV : Curriculum Vitae

c/o : Care of
DJ : Disk Jokey

DVD : Digital Video Disc

DIY : Do It Yourself
EC : European Community

EU : European Union

ELT : English Language Teaching

EFL : English as a Foreign Language

ESL : English as a Second Language

e.FBI : Federal Bureau of Investigation

FIFA : International Football Federation Association

FA : Football Association

FC : Football Club

FM : Frequency Modulation

GB : Great Britain

GP : General Practitioner

HQ : Headquarters

HSC : Higher School Certificate

HIV : Human Immunodeficiency Virus

ID : Identity Card

IQ : Intelligence Qoutient

IT : Information Technology

ICQ : I Seek You

ILO : International Labour Organization

IMF : International Monetary Fund

IPA : International Phonetic Alphabet

IRA : Irish Republican Army

i.e. : (Latin: id est) That is to say

LA : Los Angeles
LP : Long-Playing Record

LAPD : Los Angeles Police Department

etc. : (Latin: et cetera) And so on

enc. : enclosed
MEP : Member of the European Parliament

MBA : Master of Business Administration

MA : Master of Arts

MP : Member of Parliament

MS : Master of Science

MC : Master of Ceremonies

MD : (Doctor) Doctor of Medicine; (Manager) Managing Director
NASA : National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NATO : North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NBA : National Basketball Association

NB : (Latin: nota bene) Please Note
OPEC : Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

OAP : Old Age Pentioner
P.O. : Post Office

PS : Post Script

Ph.D : Doctor of Philosophy

PC : Personal Computer

PR : Public Relations

PIN : Personal Identity Number

PTO : Please Turn Over

p.m. : Post Meridiem
RIP : Rest In Peace

RP : Received Pronunciation

RSVP : (repondez s'il vous plait) Please Answer
SOS : Save Our Souls

SMS : Short Message Service

TIR : Transport International Routier

TBA : Turco-British Association

TOEFL : Test of English as a Foreign Language
UK : United Kingdom

US : United States

UN : United Nations

UFO : Unidentified Flying Object

USA : United States of America

UEFA : Union of European Football Association

UNESCO : United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNICEF : United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund

VP : Vice President

VAT : Value Added Tax

VCR : Video Cassette Recorder

VIP : Very Important Person

VCD : Video Compact Disc

www : World Wide Web

WC : Water Closet

WP : Word Procesor

WHO : World Health Organisation

XL : Extra Large

Xmas : Christmas

What are the common abbreviations used in footnotes?
anon.: anonymous
bk., bks.: book(s)
c., ca.: circa ('about'), used with approximate dates
cf. ante: confer ante ('compare above')
cf. post: confer post ('compare after')
cf.: confer, compare
ch., chs.: chapter(s)
col., cols.: column(s)
comp., comps.: compiled by, compiler(s)
diss.: dissertation
ed., eds.: edited by, edition(s), editor(s)
et al.: et alia ('and others')
ibid.: ibidem ('in the same place')
illus.: illustrated by, illustrator, illustration(s)
infra: below
l., ll.: line(s)
loc. cit.: loco citato ('in the place cited'), used when several footnotes intervene between two citations not only to the same work, but also to the same place in that work
ms., mss.: manuscript(s)
n. pag.: no pagination
n., nn.: note(s), as in p. 24, n. 2
n.d.: no date (of publication)
n.p.: no place (of publication), no publisher
no., nos.: number(s)
op. cit.: opere citato ('in the work cited'), used when several footnotes intervene between two citations to the same work, in the same chapter
p., pp.: page(s)
q.v.: quod vide ('which see')
rev.: revised, revision, revised by, review
rpt.: reprint, reprinted
sec.: section
supp., supps.: supplement(s)
supra: above
trans.: translator, translated by
univ., U: university
vid.: vide ('see')
viz: videlicet ('namely')
vol., vols.: volume(s)

i hate all of them,how am i going to learn these stupid things