List of acronyms: Q

This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends  that begin with the letter Q.

For the purposes of this list:

  • acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars
  • initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
  • pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
(a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome
(i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc
(p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
(s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – Megahertz)

(Main list of acronyms)

Q0–9
  • 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

QD
  • QD – (i) quaque die (Latin, "daily")
  • QDOS – (p) Quick and Dirty Operating System ("cue-doss")
  • QDR – (i) Quadrennial Defense Review
  • QDRO – (a) Qualified domestic relations order ("quad-ro")

QE

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

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

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

QP

QR

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

QU
  • qu – (s) Quechua language (ISO 639-1 code)
  • Quango – (p) (British Commonwealth) QUasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation
  • Quasar – (p) Quasi-stellar radio source
  • QUB - Queen's University Belfast
  • 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)
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