List of acronyms: E

This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends  that begin with the letter E.

For the purposes of this list:

• acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars
• initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
• pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).

(a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) Severe acute respiratory syndrome

(i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) Compact disc

(p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women

(s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – Megahertz)

(Main list of acronyms)

• E – (s) East
• e- – (i) Used as a prefix before unabbreviated words, stands for technical words such as electronic or emergency.

E0–9

• E³ or E3 – many, including Electronic Entertainment Expo, see entry

EA

• EA – (i) Electronic Attack – Emotions Anonymous – Engagement Area – Electronic Arts – Enrolled Agent – Environmental Assessment - Enterprise Architect – (s) Exaampere
• EABU – (i) Explain Acronyms Before Use
• EAC – (i) Echelons Above Corps
• EAFUS – (i) "Everything" Added to Food in the United States (FDA list)
• EAPC – (i) Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
• EASA – (i) European Aviation Safety Agency
• EAST – (a) Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak

EB

EB- East Bridgewater

• EBCDIC – (a/i) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (pronounced "eb-see-dik") (cf. BCD)
• EBD – (i) Electronic Brake Distribution
• EBE – (i) Extraterrestrial Biological Entity
• EBO – (i/a) Effects Based Operations – Encyclopædia Britannica Online – European Board of Ophthalmology
• EBSA – (i) Employee Benefits Security Administration
• EBT – (i) Earnings Before Taxes
• EBT – (i) Electronic Benefit Transfer
• EBW – (i) Electron Beam Welding
• EBW – (i) Exploding BridgeWire

EC

• EC
  • (s) Ecuador (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
  • (i) Electronic Combat
  • European Community (see EEC)
  • (s) Exacoulomb
• EC2 – (i) Many, some as an alternative to EC2, e.g., Elastic Compute Cloud
• ECB
  • (i) England (and Wales) Cricket Board
  • European Central Bank
• ECBR – (i) European Coalition for Biomedical Research
• ECASS – (i) European Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences ^[1]
• ECCM – (i) Electronic Counter-Counter-Measures
• ECFS – (i) Electronic Case Filing System
• ECG – (i) Electrocardiogram
• ECHO
  • (a) Each Community Helps Others (EPA programme)
  • Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization
  • European Commission Host Organization
  • European Commission Humanitarian aid Office
  • (p) Exchange Clearing House
  • Expanded Characteristic Option
  • (a) Explanatory Coherence by Harmony Optimization
• ECHR – (i) European Convention on Human Rights
• ECJ – (i) European Court of Justice
• ECL – (i) Emitter Coupled Logic (electronics)
• ECM
  • (i) Electronic Counter-Measures
  • Enterprise Content Management
• ECommHR – (p) European Commission on Human Rights
• ECOWAS - (a) Economic Community of West African States
• ECS
  • (i) Emergency Contact System
  • Enhanced Chip Set (computing)
  • EOSDIS Core System
  • Extended Chip Set (computing)
• ECSC – (i) European Coal and Steel Community (distant ancestor of the EU)
• ECT – (i) ElectroConvulsive Therapy
• ECtHR – (p) European Court of Human Rights
• ECU
  • (s) Ecuador (ISO 3166 trigram)
  • (i) European Currency Unit (ancestor of the euro)
• ECW
  • (i) Eastern Championship Wrestling/Extreme Championship Wrestling

ED

• EDA – (i) European Defence Agency
• EDAC – (a) Error Detection And Correction
• EDC-DAAC – (i) EROS Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
• EDCS – (i) Environmental Data Coding Specification
• EDD
  • (i) Earliest due date
  • Electron-detachment dissociation
  • Elena Delle Donne (American basketball player)
  • Employment Development Department (California state agency)
  • End-diastolic dimension
  • Expected Date of Delivery (pregnancy)
• EDECSIM – (p) Extended Directed Energy Combat Simulation
• EDF or EdF – (i) Électricité de France (French, "France Electric Utility")
• EDGAR – (a) Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings database)
• EDH – (i) Eastman Dental Hospital
• EDS
  • (i) Electronic Data Systems
  • Electronic Differential System
• EDSA – (a) Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (a major thoroughfare in Manila with great significance to post-1980 Philippines history)
• EDT – (i) Eastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC−4 hours)
• EDTA
  • (i) Electric Drive Transportation Association
  • (p) EthyleneDiamineTetraAcetic acid

EE

• ee – (s) Ewe language (ISO 639-1 code)
• EE
  • (s) Estonia (ISO 3166 digram; from the country's native name of Eesti)
  • (i) Electrical engineering
  • Electrical Engineer
• E&E – (i) Escape and Evasion (training)
• EEC – (i) European Economic Community (predecessor of the EU)
• EEG – (i) ElectroEncephaloGram
• EEK – (s) Estonian kroon (ISO 4217 currency code)
• EENT – (i) End Evening Nautical Twilight
• EEO – (i) Equal Employment Opportunity
• EEOC – (i) (U.S.) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• EEZ – (i) Economic Exclusion Zone or Exclusive Economic Zone

EF

• EF
  • (i) Electro-focus (Canon lens mount)
  • Entry Foyer
  • (s) Exafarad
• EFF – (i) Electronic Frontier Foundation
• EFL – English as a Foreign Language
• EFM – (i) Enterprise Feedback Management
• EFOA – (i) European Fuel Oxygenates Association
• EFSA – (i) European Food Safety Authority
• EFT – (i) Electronic Fund Transfer
• EFTA
  • (i) European Free Trade Area
  • (i) European Free Trade Association
• EFV – (i) Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle

EG

• e.g. – (i) exempli gratia (Latin, roughly "for the sake of an example", "for example", "for instance")
• EG – (s) Egypt (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
• EGBUS – (i) External Genitalia, Bartholin's glands, Urethra & Skene's glands
• EGCG – (p) EpiGalloCatechin-3-Gallate
• EGIS – (a) Erieye Ground Interface Segment
• EGP – (s) Egyptian pound (ISO 4217 currency code)
• EGRET – (a) Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope
• EGY – (s) Egypt (ISO 3166 trigram)

EH

• EH – (s) Exahenry – Western Sahara (ISO 3166 digram)
• EHA
  • (p) Education for All Handicapped Children Act (U.S. federal legislation; since superseded by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
  • (i) Emotional Health Anonymous
• EHF – (i) Extremely High Frequency
• EHR – (i) Equipment History Record

EI

• Ei – (s) Exbi
• EI – (s) Ireland (FIPS 10-4 country code; from Éire)
• EIA – (i) Environmental Impact Assessment
• EIAH – Environnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain
• EIAH – Encyclopedia of Iranian Architectural History
• EIC – East India Company
• EICS – East India Company's Service
• eID – electronic ID
• EIRP – (i) Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
• EIS – (i) Environmental Impact Statement

EJ

• EJ – (s) Exajoule

EK

• EK – (s) Equatorial Guinea (FIPS 10-4 country code) – Exakelvin
• EKG – (i) Electrocardiogram (from German Elektrokardiogramm)
• EKMS – (i) Electronic Key Management System

EL

• el – (s) Greek language (ISO 639-1 code)
• EL – (s) Exalitre
• ELF
  • (a/i) Earth Liberation Front
  • Endangered Language Fund
  • Eritrean Liberation Front
  • Executable and Linkable Format
  • Extremely Low Frequency
• ELINT – (p) Electronic Intelligence
• ell – (s) Greek language (ISO 639-2 code)
• ELL – (i) English Language Learner
• ELM – (i) Edge-Localised Mode (plasma physics)
• ELO – (i) Electric Light Orchestra
• ELP
  • (i) Emerson, Lake & Palmer
  • European Left Party
• ELSS – (i) Emergency Life Support Stores
• ELT – (i) Emergency Locator Transmitter

EM

• Em – (s) Exametre
• EM – (i) ElectroMagnetism/ElectroMagnetic
• EMA – (i/a) European Medicines Agency
• Embraer – (p) Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica (Portuguese, "Brazilian Aeronautics Company")
• EMC
  • (i) Electric Membership Corporation
  • Electromagnetic Compatibility
  • Electro-Motive Corporation
  • European Muon Collaboration
  • Evergreen Marine Corporation
• EMCON – (p) (Electromagnetic) Emissions Control
• EMD
  • (i) General Motors Electro-Motive Division
  • Engineering and Manufacturing Development
  • European Missile Defence
• EMDEX – (a) Essential Medicines InDEX
• EMDG – (i) Euro-Missile Dynamics Group
• EMDR – (i) Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
• EMEA – (i) Europe, Middle East and Africa
• EMF
  • (i) Electromotive force
  • Epsom Mad Funkers (1990s–2000s indie dance band)
• EMG – (p) ElectroMyoGraph
• EMO – (i) Emergency Measures Organisation- (p) Emotional
• EMP – (i) ElectroMagnetic Pulse
• EMS – (i) Emergency Medical Services
• EMT – (i) Emergency Medical Technician
• EMU – (i) Electric Multiple Unit – a method of connecting self-propelled railway vehicles together to form a train under the control of one driver.
• EMV – (i) Europay, MasterCard, Visa (the companies that developed the current technical standard for chipped payment cards and contactless cards)

EN

• en – (s) English language (ISO 639-1 code)
• EN
  • (p) Corps of Engineers
  • (s) Estonia (FIPS 10-4 country code)
  • Exanewton
• ENCODE – (p) Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (human genome data project)
• ENE – (i) East North-East
• eng – (s) English language (ISO 639-2 code)
• ENG – (s) England (FIFA trigram; not eligible for an ISO 3166 or IOC trigram)
• ENSATT – (i) École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques de théâtre (French, "Higher National School of Theatrical Arts and Techniques")
• ENT – (i) Ear, Nose and Throat
• ENTEC – (a) Euro NATO Training Engineer Centre
• ENVL – (a) Envelope
• ENY – (p) Enemy

EO

• eo – (s) Esperanto language (ISO 639-1 code)
• EO
  • (i) Electro-Optics
  • Engagement Operations
• EOD – (i) Explosive Ordnance Disposal
• E&OE – (i) Errors and Omissions Excepted
• EOG – (i) ElectroOculoGraphy
• EOS
  • (i) Earth Observation Satellite
  • (a/i) Electro-Optical System, Canon's autofocusing system for film and digital SLR cameras
  • (i) Electrophoresis Operations in Space, a space manufacturing project of the McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company
• EOSAT – (p) Earth Observation Satellite
• EOSDIS – (a/i) Earth Observation Satellite Data and Information System
• EOTS
  • (i) Electro-Optical Tactical Sensor
  • (a/i) Eye Of The Storm (World of Warcraft)
• EOM – (i) End of Message

EP

• EP – (i) European Parliament
• EP – (i) Extended play
• EPA
  • (p) EicosaPentaenoic Acid
  • (i) Environmental Protection Agency
• EPCOT – (a) Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow
• EPCR
  • (i) Endothelial protein C receptor
  • European Professional Club Rugby
• EPFL – (i) École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (French, "Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology")
• EPGS – (i) EOS Polar Ground Sites
• EPIRB – (a/i) Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
• EPL – (i) English Premier League
• EPLRS – (a) Enhanced Position Location Reporting System ("ee-plarz")
• epo – (s) Esperanto language (ISO 639-2 code)
• EPO
  • (i) Ellinikí Podosferikí Omospondía (Greek Ελληνική Ποδοσφαιρική Ομοσπονδία, translated as "Hellenic Football Federation")
  • European Patent Organisation or its main organ, the European Patent Office
  • (p) Erythropoietin
• EPOS – (a) Electronic Point Of Sale
• EPPA – (i) Employee Polygraph Protection Act
• EPR – (i) European Pressurised [Nuclear] Reactor
  • Evaporator Pressure regulator
• EPW
  • (i) Earth Penetrator Weapon/Warhead
  • Economic and Political Weekly (Indian publication)
  • Enemy Prisoner of War

EQ

• EQ – (i) Emotional Quotient
• EQG – (s) Equatorial Guinea (FIFA trigram, but not IOC or ISO 3166)

ER

• Er – (s) Erbium
• ER
  • (i) Emergency Room
  • (s) Eritrea (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
• ERA
  • (i) Earned run average
  • Engineering Research Associates
  • Equal Rights Amendment
  • English Racing Automobiles
  • European Railway Agency
• ERCIM – (a/i) European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
• ERI – (s) Eritrea (ISO 3166 trigram)
• ERLAWS – (a) Eastern Ruapehu Lahar Alarm and Warning System
• ERN – (s) Eritrean nakfa (ISO 4217 currency code)
• EROS – (a) Earth Resources Observation System
• ERP – (i) Engineer Regulating Point
• ERR – (p) Eesti Rahvusringhääling
• ERS – (i) Earth Resources Survey
• ERTS – (i) Earth Resources Technology Satellite (became Landsat)
• ERV – (p) Endogenous RetroVirus

ES

• es – (s) Spanish language (ISO 639-1 code)
• Es
  • (s) Einsteinium
  • Exasecond
• ES
  • (s) El Salvador (FIPS 10-4 country code)
  • (i) Electronic warfare Support
  • (s) Exasiemens
  • Spain (ISO 3166 digram; from the country's native name of España)
• ESA
  • (i) Electro-Spark Alloying
  • Endangered Species Act
  • European Space Agency
• ESC
  • (i) Embryonic Stem Cell
  • Electronic Stability Control
• ESD – (i) ElectroStatic Discharge
• ESDP – (i) European Security and Defence Policy
• ESE – (i) East South-East
• ESH – (s) Western Sahara (ISO 3166 trigram)
• ESL – (i) English as a Second Language
• ESM – (i) Electronic warfare Support Measures
• ESO – (i) European Southern Observatory
• ESOL – (a) English for Speakers of Other Languages
• ESP
  • (i) Electronic Stability Program
  • Extra-sensory perception
  • (s) Spain (ISO 3166 trigram)
• ESPGHAN - European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
• ESPN – (i) Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
• est – (s) Estonian language (ISO 639-2 code)
• EST
  • (i) Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5 hours)
  • (s) Estonia (ISO 3166 trigram)
• ESU – (i) Emergency Services Unit
• ESV – (i) Engineer Support Vehicle

ET

• et – (s) Estonian language (ISO 639-1 code)
• ET
  • (s) Ethiopia (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
  • Exatesla
  • (i) Extra Terrestrial
• ETA
  • (i) Estimated Time of Arrival
  • (a) Euzkadi Ta Azkatasuna ("etta", Basque, "Basque Homeland and Freedom")
• et al. – (p) et alii/aliae/alia (Latin, "and others")
• ETB – (s) Ethiopian Birr (ISO 4217 currency code)
• ETC/RMT – (i) Explosive Transient Camera/Rapidly Moving Telescope
• Etc. - Et cetera
• ETF – (i) Emergency Task Force (a special police unit, also jocularly said to stand for Extra-Thick Fuzz)
• ETH – (s) Ethiopia (ISO 3166 trigram)
• ETI – (i) Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
• ETLA – (i) Extended TLA
• ETM
  • (i) Electronic Technical Manual
  • Enhanced Thematic Mapper
• ETOPS - (a) Extended-range Twin-engine Operational Performance Standards (aviation)
• et seq. – (p) et sequens/sequentes/sequentia (Latin, "and the following one(s)")
• ETT – (i) Embedded Training Team

EU

• eu – (s) Basque language (ISO 639-1 code)
• Eu – (s) Europium
• EU
  • (s) Europa Island (FIPS 10-4 country code)
  • (i) European Union
• EUCOM – (p) (U.S.) European Command
• EULA – (a) End-User License Agreement ("you-lah")
• EUR – (s) euro (ISO 4217 currency code)
• eus – (s) Basque language (ISO 639-2 code)
• EUUSA – (s) European Union and United States of America

EV

• EV – (s) Exavolt
• EVA
  • (i) Earned Value Analysis
  • Economic value added
  • Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate
  • Extra-Vehicular Activity
• EVIL – (a) Electronic viewfinder (with) interchangeable lens (a type of digital camera)

EW

• EW – (i) Electronic Warfare – (s) Exawatt
• ewe – (s) Ewe language (ISO 639-2 code)
• EWR – (s) Newark Liberty International Airport (IATA airport code)
• EWSD – (p) Elektronisches Wählsystem Digital (German, "Electronic Digital Switching System")
• EWTN – (i) Eternal Word Television Network

EX

• EXFOR – (p) Experimental Force (military)
• EXREP – (p) Expeditious Repair (SM&R code)

EY

• EYD
  • Ejaan Yang Disempurnakan (Indonesian, "Perfected Spelling System", used officially in Indonesia since 1972)
  • Eurovision Young Dancers

EZ

• EZ – (s) Czech Republic (FIPS 10-4 country code) – (i) Extraction Zone
• EZLN – (a) Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Spanish, "Zapatista Army of National Liberation")

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