IMPORTANT ABBREVIATIONS

V

1. VAT: Value-added Tax
2. VC: Vice-Chancellor; Vice Counsel; Victoria Cross; Vir Chakra
3. VDIS: Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme
4. VHRR: Very High Resolution Radiometer
5. VIP: Very Important Person
6. VLSI: Very Large Scale Integration
7. VOIP: Voice Over Internet Protocol
8. VPN: Virtual Private Network
9. VPP: Value Payable Post
10. VRS: Voluntary Retirement Scheme
11. VSAT: Very Small Aperture Terminals

W

12. WADA: World Anti-Doping Agency
13. WAP: Wireless Application Protocol
14. WAVE: Wireless Access for Virtual Enterprise
15. WDF: Wasteland Development Force
16. WEF: World Economic Forum
17. WFP: World Food Programme
18. WFTU: World Federation of Trade Unions
19. WGIG: Working Group on Internet Governance
20. WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organisation
21. WLL: Wireless in Local Loop
22. WMD: Weapons of Mass Destruction
23. WR: Western Railway
24. WTO: World Trade Organisation (previously called GATT); also World Tourism Organisation

X , Y , Z

25. XML: eXtensible Markup Language
26. YMCA: Young Men’s Christian Association
27. YWCA: Young Women’s Christian Association
28. INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC) Established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep)