List of acronyms and initialisms
(Starting with "Q")

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This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends.

For the purposes of this list:

• acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as a series of constituent letters, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome
• initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc
• pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters means that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).

(a) = acronym in the example: SARS - (a) Severe acute respiratory syndrome

(i) = initialism in the example: CD - (i) Compact disc

(p) = pseudo-blend in the example: UNIFEM - (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women

(s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz - Megahertz)

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Q

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• Q1 - (p) First Quarter
• Q2 - (p) Second Quarter
• Q3 - (p) Third Quarter
• Q4 - (p) Fourth Quarter

QA

• QA - (s) Qatar (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
• Qantas - (a) Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services
• QAP - (a) Quadripartite Advisory Publication ("kwapp")
• QAR - (s) Qatari rial (ISO 4217 currency code)
• QAT - (s) Qatar (ISO 3166 trigram)

QB

• QB - (p) Quarterback (football)

QC

• QC - (i) Quality Control - (s) Québec (postal symbol) - (i) Queen's Counsel
• QCA - (i) Qualifications and Curriculum Authority - Quality Council of Alberta
• QCD - (p) Quantum ChromoDynamics

QD

• QD - (i) quaque die (Latin, "daily")
• QDOS - (p) Quick and Dirty Operating System ("cue-doss")
• QDR - (i) Quadrennial Defense Review

QE

• QED - (p) quantum electrodynamics - (i) quid es demonstrata or quod erat demonstrandum (Latin, "that proves it" or "which was to be demonstrated")
• QEH - (i) Queen Elizabeth's Hospital

QF

• QFE - (i) Quoted For Emphasis - (s) Local ground level atmospheric pressure (aeronautical Q code)

QI

• QID - (i) quater in die (Latin, "four times daily")
• QIP - (a) Quadrilateral Interoperability Programme (ancestor of MIP; "quip")

QK

• QK - (s) Air Canada Jazz (IATA airline designator)

QL

• QLD - (p) Queensland, (Australia) (postal symbol)

QM

• QM - (i) Quality Management - Quantum Mechanics - Queen Mother

QN

• QNH - (s) Regional mean sea level atmospheric pressure (aeronautical Q code)

QP

• QPR - (i) Queens Park Rangers F.C. (English football team) - (i) Quality-Price Ratio (wine evaluation term)
• QPS - (i) Quark Publishing System

QR

• QR - (i) Quake Rally - Qualitative Reasoning - Queensland Rail - Queen's Rangers - Quick Release - Quiet Riot - (s) Qatar Airways (IATA airline designator)

QS

• QS - (i) quantum sufficit (Latin, "as much as suffices")
• QSCAT - (p) Quick Scatterometer satellite
• QSL - (i) Québec Sign Language
• QSO - (i) Quasi-Stellar Object
• QSTAG - (p) Quadripartite Standardization Agreement ("cue-stag")

QT

• QT - (i) Quentin Tarantino - QuickTime - QuikTrip

QU

• qu - (s) Quechua language (ISO 639-1 code)
• Quango - (p) (British Commonwealth) QUasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation
• Quasar - (p) Quasi-stellar radio source
• que - (s) Quechua language (ISO 639-2 code)
• QUIET - (p) Q and U Imaging ExperimenT (Q and U are the Stokes parameters of the CMBR polarization)

QV

• qv - (i) quod vide (Latin "which see")
• QVC - (i) "Quality, Value, Convenience" (home shopping channel)

QW

• QWG - (i) Quadripartite Working Group ("qwig")
• QWGAOR - (i) Quadripartite Working Group on Army Operational Research ("qwig-a-o-r")

QZ

• QZ - (s) Awair (IATA airline designator)

Published - December 2008

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