List of acronyms: V

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

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)

VA
  • VA – (s) Vatican City-State (ISO 3166 digram) – (i) Veterans Affairs (U.S. Department of) – (s) Virginia (postal symbol) – (i) Various Artists
  • VACIS – (a) Vehicle And Container Inspection System
  • VACIS – (a) Victorian Ambulance Clinical Information System
  • VANOS – (p) Variable Nockenwelle System
  • VAO – (i) Vienna Art Orchestra
  • VASIS – (a) Visual Approach Slope Indicator System (aviation)
  • VAT – (i) Value-Added Tax – (s) Vatican City-State (ISO 3166 trigram)

VB

VC

VD

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VF
  1. The original VFL, formed when the original VFA split in 1896, evolved into today's Australian Football League.
  2. The modern VFL, which operates to this day as a semi-professional developmental league for the AFL, is the successor to the VFA.
  • VFM – (i) Value For Money
  • VFMO – (i) Very Fast Moving Object (astronomy)
  • VFR – (i) Visual Flight Rules
  • VFT – (i) Virtual Function Table
  • VFW – (i) Veterans of Foreign Wars

VG

VH
  • VH1 – (a/i) Video Hits One
  • VHF – (i) Very High Frequency

VI

VJ
  • VJ – (i) Video Jockey

VK

VL

VM
  • VM – (s) Vietnam (FIPS 10-4 country code)
  • VMASC – (i/a) Virginia Modeling Analysis & Simulation Center ("vee-mask")
  • VMF – (i) Variable Message Format
  • VMF – Marine Fighting Squadron of the United States Marine Corps
  • VMN – (p) VentroMedial Nucleus (neurophysiology)

VN
  • VN – (s) Vietnam (ISO 3166 digram)
  • VND – (s) Vietnamese đồng (ISO 4217 currency code)
  • VNIR – (i) Visible and Near InfraRed
  • VNM – (s) Vietnam (ISO 3166 trigram)
  • VNS – see entry
  • VNV M/C USA – (a) Viet Nam Vet's Motorcycle Club USA

VO

VP
  • VP – (a/i) Vice-President ("veep")
  • VPN – (i) Virtual Private Network

VQ
  • VQ – (i) Vector Quantization – (s) U.S. Virgin Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code)

VR
  • VR – (i) Virtual Reality
  • VROTS – (i) Victorian Rare Or Threatened Species
  • VRSG – (i) Virtual Reality Scene Generator
  • V/R - (i) Very Respectfully; standard military closure

VS
  • VS – (i) Very Special (brandy grade) – vide supra (Latin, "see above")
  • VSAT – (a) Very Small Aperture Terminal ("vee-satt")
  • VSHORAD – (p) Very Short Range Air Defence
  • VSO – (i) Voluntary Services Overseas
  • VSOP – (i) Variations séculaires des orbites planétaires (French, "Planetary Orbit Secular Variations") – Very Small Outline Package (integrated circuit) – Very Superior Old Pale (brandy grade) – VLBI Space Observatory Programme
  • VSR – (i) Very Special Relativity
  • V/STOL – (p) Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing ("vee-stoll")

VT
  • VT
    • (s) Vatican City-State (FIPS 10-4 country code)
    • Vermont (postal symbol)
    • (i) Video tape
    • Virginia Tech
  • VTC – (i) Video Tele-Conference
  • VTEC – (i) Variable valve Timing and Electronic lift Control
  • VTOL – (i) Vertical Take-Off & Landing

VU

VV
  • V&V – (i) Verification & Validation
  • VV – (i) Via Voice – Village Voice
  • VV&A – (i) Verification, Validation & Accreditation
  • VVAF – (i) Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation

VW

VZ
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