The acronym S.W.I.F.T stands for Society for World Interbank Financial Telecommunication. SWIFT is a non-profit messaging service-type organization with its headquarters located in Belgium. One can find SWIFT offices in the developing markets and the world’s major financial centres. SWIFT is member owned and its membership consists of financial institutions. Origin The origin of SWIFT [...]
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What does USS stand for?
Posted by admin on January 24th, 2012
About USS The Union of Secondary Students or USS was founded and established in January of 2001 by Shane O Donnell, Lorcan Fox, Graham Barry, Carly-Anne Gannon and Lyndsey O Connell. With the aid of the Union of Students in Ireland, the founders of the USS scheduled and carried out its first meeting, which took [...]
What does RSPCA stand for?
Posted by admin on January 22nd, 2012
The acronym RSPCA stands for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. It is the oldest aid organization originating in England and Wales in the early 19th century. The RSPCA formerly called The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is the biggest UK based, worldwide charitable trust engaged in activities [...]
What does Fannie Mae stand for?
Posted by admin on January 15th, 2012
Fannie Mae stands for Federal National Mortgage Association. Fannie Mae is a government sponsored enterprise contracted by the United States Congress. As such Fannie Mae’s mission is to supply affordability, liquidity and stability to the United States’ housing and mortgage markets. Fannie Mae functions in the United States secondary mortgage market. The association works with [...]
What does YMCA stand for?
Posted by admin on January 14th, 2012
YMCA stands for Young Men’s Christian Association. This is a global movement with a large membership of more than forty five (45) million individuals from 124 affiliated national federations of the YMCAs. Founded on June 6, 1844 in London England, the YMCA came about as a result of unhealthy social conditions following that end of [...]
What does ANSI stand for?
Posted by admin on January 12th, 2012
ANSI is the acronym for the American National Standards Institute. It is a private not for profit organization that administers the development of voluntary consensus standards for processes, systems, personnel and products and services in the United States. The organization also manages international standards with US standards so as to create an avenue wherein American [...]
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No Comments »What does NATO stand for?
Posted by admin on January 9th, 2012
NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO is an alliance of twenty eight (28) countries from North America and Europe. These countries have a goal and that is to execute the objectives of the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on April 4, 1949. According to the treaty, NATO’s fundamental responsibility is to [...]
What does MPRI stand for?
Posted by admin on January 6th, 2012
MPRI is the acronym for Military Professional Resources. MPRI is a private military contractor that supplies a wide variety of services to private and public customers especially to the United States Department of Defense. Military training, logistics, and law enforcement are a few of the profession that MPRI specializes in and operates in over forty [...]
Posted in Business, Miscellaneous, Organizations Tags: Military Professional Resources, MPRI No Comments »What does ISO stand for?
Posted by admin on January 4th, 2012
ISO stands for International Organization for Standardization and it is the world’s largest publisher and developer of international standards. An international standard is developed based on an agreement between the member bodies of the ISO. ISO is a non-government organization that connects the private and public sectors. Many of the ISO’s member institutes are from [...]
Posted in Documents, Organizations Tags: International Organization for Standardization, ISO No Comments »What does NADA stand for?
Posted by admin on December 18th, 2011
About NADA NADA is a intialism for the National Automobile Dealers Association which was founded in 1917. It represents more than 19,700 new car and truck dealers, both domestic and international, with more than 43,000 different franchises. It was established by a group of dealers who were determined to lower the luxury tax on automobiles [...]
