Abbreviations and Letter Symbols
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- seq.—sequens, sequentes, sequentia, the following
- S.H.S.—Societatis Historiae Socius, Fellow of the Historical Society
- s.h.v.—sub hac voce or sub hoc verbo, under this word
- s.l.a.n.—sine loco, anno, vel nomine, without place, date, or name
- s.l.p.—sine legitima prole, without lawful issue
- s.m.p.—sine mascula prole, without male issue
- s.n.—sine nomine, without name
- s.p.—sine prole, without issue
- S.P.A.S.—Societatis Philosophiae Americanae Socius, Fellow of the American Philosophical Society
- s.p.s.—sine prole superstite, without surviving issue
- S.R.S.—Societatis Regiae Socius or Sodalis, Fellow of the Royal Society
- ss—scilicet, namely (in law)
- S.S.C.—Societas Sanctae Crucis, Society of the Holy Cross
- stat.—statim, immediately
- S.T.B.—sacrae theologiae baccalaureus, bachelor of sacred theology
- S.T.D.—sacrae theologiae doctor, doctor of sacred theology
- S.T.P.—sacrae theologiae professor, professor of sacred theology
- sub.—subaudi, understand, supply
- sup.—supra, above
- t. or temp.—tempore, in the time of
- tal. qual.—talis qualis, just as they come; average quality
- U.J.D.—utriusque juris doctor, doctor of both civil and canon law
- ult.—ultimo, last month (maybe abbreviated in writing but should be spelled out in printing)
- ung.—unguentum, ointment
- u.s.—ubi supra, in the place above mentioned
- ut diet.—ut dictum, as directed
- ut sup.—ut supra, as above
- ux.—uxor, wife
- v.—versus, against; vide, see; voce, voice, word
- v. a., vixit annos—lived [so many] years
- verb. sap.—verbum [satis] sapienti, a word to the wise suffices
- v.g.—verbi gratia, for example
- viz—videlicet, namely
- vs.—vide supra, see above
Information technology acronyms and initialisms
9.64.
If abbreviations are required, use these forms:
- AARP—Apple Address Resolution Protocol
- ABLS—Automated Bid List System
- ABM—asynchronous balanced mode
- ACES—access certificates for electronic services
- ACP—Access Content Package
- ACS—Access Content Storage
- ACSIS—Acquisition, Classification, and Shipment Information System
- AES—advanced encryption standard
- AIFF—audio interchange file format
- AIP—Archival Information Package
- AIS—Archival Information Storage
- ANSI—American National Standards Institute
- AP—access processor
- ARK—archival resource key
- ARP—address resolution protocol
- ASCII—American Standard Code for Information Interchange
