Sometimes you might be thinking that what is the full form of the Big Companies like GOOGLE
, YAHOO
, BMW
, and More. The list of full forms of famous companies is given below.
Sr. No. | Acronym | Full Form |
1 | ABC | American Broadcasting Company |
2 | ACC | Associated Cement Companies |
3 | ADIDAS | From the name of the founder Adolf (Adi) Dassler |
4 | ADOBE | From the Adobe Creek that ran behind the house of co-founder John Warnock |
5 | AKAI | From the named for its founder, Saburo Akai. |
6 | Amazon | Bezos Wanted A Name For His Company That Began With “A” And He Took The Name Amazon |
7 | AMD | Advance Micro Devices |
8 | AMUL | Anand Milk Union Limited |
9 | AOL | American Online |
10 | APC | American Power Conversion |
11 | APPLE | Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange |
12 | ASUS | Named after Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology |
13 | AT & T | American Telephone and Telegraph Company |
14 | ATI | Array Technologies Incorporated |
15 | AUDI | From The Surname of The Founder August Horch (Audi, in Latin) |
16 | BenQ | Bringing Enjoyment N Quality |
17 | BHEL | Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited |
18 | BHW | Bell & Howell Company |
19 | BMW | Bayerische Motoren Werke |
20 | BPL | British Process Laboratory |
21 | BSNL | Bharat Sanchaar Nigam Limited |
22 | CASIO | From the name of its founder, Kashio Tadao |
23 | CEAT | Cavi Elettrici e Affini Torino |
24 | CISCO | Computer Information System Company |
25 | CNBC | Consumer News and Business Channel |
26 | CNN | Cable News Network |
27 | COCA-COLA | Derived from the coca leaves and kola nuts used as flavoring |
28 | COMOAQ | Compatibility and Quality |
29 | COREL | Cowpland Research Laboratory |
30 | DELL | Michael DELL |
31 | DLF | Delhi Land & Finance |
32 | DMART | Came from the owner name Ramakrishna DAMANI |
33 | eBay | Orgin from “Echo Bay” |
34 | EPSON | Named from “Son of Electronic Printer” |
35 | ERICSSON | Named after its founder Lars Magnus Ericsson |
36 | ESPN | Entertainment and Sports Programming Network |
37 | Exide | Excellent Oxide |
38 | FERRARI | From the name of its founder, Enzo Ferrari. |
39 | FIAT | Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino |
40 | GE | General Electronics. |
41 | Global Organisation Of Oriented Group Language of Earth | |
42 | HCL | Hindustan Computer Limited |
43 | HITACHI | Old place name, literally “sunrise” |
44 | HMT | Hindustan Machine Tools |
45 | HONDA | From the name of its founder, Soichiro Honda |
46 | HP | Hewlett-Packard |
47 | HSBC | Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
48 | HTC | High Tech Computer |
49 | IBM | International Business Machines Corporation |
50 | IMDB | Internet Movie Data Base |
51 | INFOSYS | Information System |
52 | ING | International Netherlands Group |
53 | INTEL | Integrated Electronics |
54 | ITC | Imperial Tobacco Company |
55 | KFC | Kentucky Fried Chicken |
56 | KISCO | Kudremukh Iron and Steel Company |
57 | KODAK | From the letter K, the favorite letter of Gorge Eastman (Founder) |
58 | L & T | Larsen & Toubro Limited |
59 | LENOVO | LE(Legend), NOVO(New). |
60 | LG | Lucky Goldstar |
61 | LML | Lohia Machines Limited |
62 | McDonalds | From the name of the brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald, who founded the first McDonald’s |
63 | MDH | Mahashian Di Hatti |
64 | Motorola | From Motor and Victrola – as originally they made car radios |
65 | MRF | Madras Rubber Factory |
66 | MS | Microsoft |
67 | Napster | Named after Fanning’s hairstyle-based nickname |
68 | NDTV | New Delhi Television |
69 | Nero | Nero Burning ROM named after Nero burning Rome |
70 | Nike | Named for the Greek goddess of victory |
71 | Nikon | The original name was Nippon Kogaku, meaning “Japanese Optical” |
72 | Nissan | The company was earlier known by the name Nippon Sangyo which means “Japan Industries” |
73 | Nokia | From the finnish city of Nokia |
74 | OAB | Oman Arab Bank |
75 | Oracle | The name Oracle comes from the code name of a CIA project |
76 | P & G | Procter & Gamble |
77 | Philips | From The Name Of The Founders Gerard Philips And Anton Philips |
78 | PVR | Priya Village Roadshow |
79 | QGC | Questar Gas Company |
80 | Red-Hat | Founder Marc Ewing Use To Wear A Red Cap |
81 | Reebok | Name Comes From The Afrikaans Spelling Of Rhebok, A Type Of African Antelope |
82 | RIM | Research In Motion |
83 | Samsonite | Named From The Biblical Character Samson, Renowned For His Strength |
84 | Samsung | Meaning Three Stars In Korean |
85 | SONY | Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo |
86 | Suzuki | From The Name Of Its Founder, Michio Suzuki |
87 | TATA | Named After Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata |
88 | TCS | Tata Consultancy Services |
89 | TELCO | Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company |
90 | TISCO | Tata Iron and Steel Company |
91 | Toshiba | Named From The Merger Of Consumer Goods Company Tokyo Denki (Tokyo Electric Co)And Electrical Firm Shibaura Seisaku-Sho |
92 | Toyota | From The Name Of The Founder, Sakichi Toyoda |
93 | TVS | From The Name Of The Founder T. V. Sundaram Iyengar |
94 | UPS | United Parcel Service |
95 | VIACOM | Video & Audio Communications |
96 | VISA | From The Latin Word “Charta Visa” (Verified Paper, Lit. “Paper That Has Been Seen”) |
97 | Vodafone | From Voice, Data, Telefone |
98 | Volkswagen | From The German For People’s Car |
99 | Volvo | From The Latin Word Volvo, Which Means “ I Roll ” |
100 | Wal-Mart | Named After Founder Sam Walton |
101 | WD | Western Digital |
102 | WIPRO | Western India Product Limited |
103 | YAHOO | Yet Another Hierarchically Organized Oracle |
104 | Yamaha | Named After The Founder Torakusu Yamaha |