(Main list of acronyms)
g – (s) Gram
G – (s) Gauss – (i) General Audiences (movie rating)
G0–9
G1 – (s) Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Personnel
G2 – (s) Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Intelligence
G3 – many, including Heckler & Koch G3; see entry – (s) Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Operations and Plans G4 (i) Generation Four PowerPC microprocessor (s) Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Logistics G5 (i) Generation Five PowerPC microprocessor Group of Five conferences (US college sports, especially football) (s) Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Public Affairs G6 (s) Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Information Technology (i) Group of 6 (France, Germany, United States, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy) (1975) G7 – (s) Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Training – (i) Group of 7 (G6 + Canada) (1976) G8 – (s) Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Finance – (i) Group of 8 (G7 + Russia) (1998) G9 – (s) Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Civil-Military Co-operation (CIMIC) G10 – (i) Group of 10 (G7 + Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland; numbering 11 in fact) G15 – (i) Group of 15 (subset of G77, formed 1989: Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Venezuela and Zimbabwe; currently numbers 17) G20 – (i) Group of 20 (G8 + Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey + current European Union presiding country) (1999) G24 – (i) Group of 24 (subset of G77, formed 1971: Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Iran, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Syria, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela) G77 – (i) Group of 77 (issued from the United Nations Conference on Commerce and Development, 1964; currently numbers 133)
GA
Ga – (s) Gallium – Gigaannum
GA – (s) Gabon (ISO 3166 digram) – The Gambia (FIPS 10-4 country code) – (i) Gamblers Anonymous – Georgia (postal symbol) – Gigaampere – Goa (Indian state code) GAAR – (a) General Anti-Avoidance Rule (tax evasion) GAB – (s) Gabon (ISO 3166 trigram) GABA – (i) Gamma-AminoButyric Acid GAD – (a) Generalized Anxiety Disorder GAF – (i) Garfield and Friends GALCIT – (a) Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory, California Institute of Technology GAO – (i) U.S. Government Accountability Office GAW – (i) Global Atmospheric Watch
GB
GB – (s) Gabon (FIPS 10-4 country code) – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 digram) [glamour boy 7-9/10] GBBC – (i) Great (Global) Backyard Bird Count GBE – (i) Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire GBH (i) Great Bash Heel (Japanese professional wrestling stable) Gregory Bonner Hale (British design and advertising agency) Grievous bodily harm GBP – (s) United Kingdom pound sterling (ISO 4217 currency code) GBR – (s) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (ISO 3166 trigram) GBU – (i) Glide-Bomb Unit – Global Business Unit(s)
GC
GC
(s) East Germany (NATO country code; obsolete 1990) (i) General classification (cycling) General counsel George Cross (British civil decoration) (s) Gigacoulomb [Grindr cruise] GCA – (i) Graduate in Claims Administration GCCS – (i/a) Global Command and Control System ("geeks") GCD – see entry GCF – (i) Greatest Common Factor GCI – (i) Ground-controlled interception GCN – (i) Gamma-ray burst Coordination Network GCS – (i) Global Coordinate System GCSE – (i) General Certificate of Secondary Education (UK) G-CSF – (i) Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
GD
gd – (s) Scottish Gaelic language (ISO 639-1 code) Gd – (s) Gadolinium GD – (s) Grenada (ISO 3166 digram) GDC (i) Game Developers Conference General Dental Council GDL – (i) Game Definition Language GDP (i) General Dental Practitioner (UK) Gross Domestic Product GDPR (i) General Data Protection Regulation (EU law) Gross domestic product of region GDR – (i) German Democratic Republic (cf. DDR) GDR – (i) General Distribution Release (Microsoft Term for a software service release; between Hotfix and Service Pack) GDW – (i) Game Designers Workshop