List of acronyms: V

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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)

Some terms are spoken as either acronym or initialism, e.g., VoIP, pronounced both as voyp and V-O-I-P.

(Main list of acronyms)

VA

VB

VC

VD

VE

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.

VG

VH

VI

VJ

VK

VL

VM

VN

VO

VP

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

VQ

VR

  • VR – (i) Virtual Reality
  • 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

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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