| Company Name | Full Name/Derived From |
| 3M | Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company |
| A&P | Atlantic & Pacific |
| Adidas | Adolf (Adi) Dassler |
| Alcoa | Aluminum Company of America |
| AMC Theatres | American Multi-Cinema |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices |
| AMKOR | AMericanKORea |
| Amoco | AMerican Oil COmpany |
| Amul | Anand Milk Union Limited |
| AOL | America Online |
| AT&T | American Telephone and Telegraph Company |
| BASF | Baden Aniline and Soda Factory |
| BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| BEML | Bharat Earth Movers Limited |
| BenQ | Bringing Enjoyment and Quality |
| BHEL | Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited |
| BHP | Broken Hill Proprietary |
| BMW | Bayerische Motoren Werke |
| BP | British Petroleum |
| BPL | British Physical Laboratories |
| BRAC | Bangladesh Rural & Advancement Committee |
| BSNL | Bharat Sanchar Nigam LimitedBP |
| CA | Computer Associates |
| Capcom | Capsule Computers |
| Capcom | Capsule Computers |
| CDAC | Centre for Development of Advanced Computing |
| CEAT | Cavi Elettrici e Affini Torino |
| CGI Group | Conseillers en Gestion et Informatique (Information Management Consultant in French) |
| Cisco | Short for San Francisco. |
| Coca-Cola | Coca leaves and kola nuts used as flavoring |
| COLT | City Of London Telecom |
| DKNY | Donna Karan New York. |
| EA Games | EA is from Electronic Arts |
| EDS | Electronic Data Systems |
| Equifax | Equitable and factual |
| ESPN | Entertainment and Sports Programming Network |
| FCUK | French Connection United Kingdom. |
| FedEx | Federal Express Corporation |
| H&M | Hennes & Mauritz |
| HCL | Hindustan Computer Limited |
| HDFC | Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited |
| HMV | His Master’s Voice |
| HP | Hewlett-Packard |
| HSBC | Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
| HTC | High Tech Computer CorporationHP |
| IBM | International Business Machines |
| ICICI Bank | Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Bank |
| IKEA | Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd |
| Infosys | Information Systems |
| ING | International Netherlands GroupLarsen & Toubro |
| Intel | INTegrated ELectronics |
| JAL | Japan Airlines |
| JBL | James Bullough Lansing |
| JVC | Japan Victor Company |
| JVC | Japan Victor Company |
| KFC | Kentucky Fried Chicken |
| L&T | Larsen & Toubro |
| LEGO | leg godt |
| Lexmark | Lexington Marketing |
| LG | Lucky and Goldstar |
| MAN | Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-N¼rnberg (MAN company is a German engineering works and truck manufacturer) |
| Microsoft | Microcomputer Software |
| MRF | Madras Rubber Factory |
| NEC | Nippon Electric Company |
| NEC | Nippon Electric Company. |
| Nikon | Nippon Kogaku, meaning “Japanese Optical”. |
| Nissan | Nippon Sangyo |
| P&G | Procter & Gamble |
| Rabobank | Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank (Dutch for Farmers Loan Bank) |
| RAND | Research ANd Development. |
| RCA | Radio Corporation of America. |
| SAP | SystemAnalyse und Programmentwicklung (German for “System analysis and program development”) |
| SAS | Scandinavian Airlines System |
| Sasol | Suid-Afrikaanse Steenkool en Olie. (Afrikaans for South African Coal and Oil). |
| SCB | Standard Chartered Bank |
| SCO | Santa Cruz Operation |
| TAM Airlines | Transportes A©reos Marlia (Marilia’s Air Transport) |
| TCL | Today China Lion |
| TCS | Tata Consultancy Services |
| TEPCO | Tokyo Electric Power Company |
| TIBCO Software | The Information Bus Company |
| UBS | Union Bank of Switzerland |
| UPS | United Parcel Service of America |
| Vodafone | Voice, Data, Telefone. |
| Wipro | Western India Palm Refined Oil Ltd |
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