IMPORTANT ACRONYM (F)

FAO - Food & Agriculture Organisation
FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions
FATF - Financial Action Task Force
FBT - Fringe Benefit Tax
FC - Financial Conglomerate
FCAs - Foreign Currency Assets
FCCB - Foreign Currency Convertible Bond
FCI - Food Corporation of India
FCNR(B) - Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Banks)
FDI - Foreign Direct Investment
FED - Foreign Exchange Department
FEDAI - Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association of India
FEMA - Foreign Exchange Management Act
FI - Financial Institutions
FICCI - Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
FIEO - Federation of Indian Export Organisation
FIIs - Foreign Institutional Investors
FIPB - Foreign Investment Promotion Board
FITL - Funded Interest Term Loan
FIU-IND - Financial Intelligence Unit-India
FLCCs - Financial Literacy and Credit Counseling Centres
FMCG - Fast Moving Consumer Goods
FMD - Financial Markets Department
FOF - Flow of Funds
FPS - Focus Product Scheme
FRBM - Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management
FRBs - Floating Rate Bonds
FRL - Full Reservoir Level
FRLs - Fiscal Responsibility Legislations
FSB - Financial Stability Board
FSF - Financial Stability Forum

Important Acronym of IT (A)

AAT—Average Access Time
AA—Anti-Aliasing
AAA—Authentication Authorization, Accounting
AABB—Axis Aligned Bounding Box
AAC—Advanced Audio Coding
AAL—ATM Adaptation Layer
AALC—ATM Adaptation Layer Connection
AARP—AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol
ABCL—Actor-Based Concurrent Language
ABI—Application Binary Interface
ABM—Asynchronous Balanced Mode
ABR—Area Border Router
ABR—Auto Baud-Rate detection
ABR—Available Bitrate
ABR—Average Bitrate
AC—Acoustic Coupler
AC—Alternating Current
ACD—Automatic Call Distributor
ACE—Advanced Computing Environment
ACID—Atomicity Consistency Isolation Durability
ACK—ACKnowledgement
ACK—Amsterdam Compiler Kit
ACL—Access Control List
ACL—Active Current Loop
ACM—Association for Computing Machinery
ALUA—Asymmetric Logic Unit Access
ACME—Automated Classification of Medical Entities
ACP—Airline Control Program
ACPI—Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
ACR—Allowed Cell Rate
ACR—Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio
AD—Active Directory
AD—Administrative Domain
ADC—Analog-to-Digital Converter
ADC—Apple Display Connector
ADB—Apple Desktop Bus
ADCCP—Advanced Data Communications Control Procedures
ADO—ActiveX Data Objects
ADSL—Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
ADT—Abstract Data Type
AE—Adaptive Equalizer
AES—Advanced Encryption Standard
AF—Anisotropic Filtering
AFP—Apple Filing Protocol
AGP—Accelerated Graphics Port
AH—Active Hub
AI—Artificial Intelligence
AIX—Advanced Interactive eXecutive
Ajax—Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
AL—Active Link
AL—Access List
ALAC—Apple Lossless Audio Codec
ALGOL—Algorithmic Language
ALSA—Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
ALU—Arithmetic and Logical Unit
AM—Access Method
AM—Active Matrix
AMOLED—Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode
AM—Active Monitor
AM—Allied Mastercomputer
AM—Amplitude Modulation
AMD—Advanced Micro Devices
AMQP—Advanced Message Queuing Protocol
AMR—Audio Modem Riser
ANN—Artificial Neural Network
ANSI—American National Standards Institute
ANT—Another Neat Tool
AoE—ATA over Ethernet
AOP—Aspect-Oriented Programming
APCI—Application-Layer Protocol Control Information
API—Application Programming Interface
APIC—Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
APIPA—Automatic Private IP Addressing
APL—A Programming Language
APR—Apache Portable Runtime
ARC—Adaptive Replacement Cache
ARC—Advanced RISC Computing
ARIN—American Registry for Internet Numbers
ARM—Advanced RISC Machines
AROS—AROS Research Operating System
ARP—Address Resolution Protocol
ARPA—Address and Routing Parameter Area
ARPA—Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARPANET—Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
AS—Access Server
ASCII—American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASG—Abstract Semantic Graph
ASIC—Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
ASIMO—Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility
ASLR—Address Space Layout Randomization
ASM—Algorithmic State Machine
ASMP—Asymmetric Multiprocessing
ASN.1—Abstract Syntax Notation 1
ASP—Active Server Pages
ASP—Application Service Provider
ASR—Asynchronous Signal Routine
AST—Abstract Syntax Tree
ASSP—Application-Specific Standard Product
AT—Advanced Technology
AT—Access Time
AT—Active Terminator
ATA—Advanced Technology Attachment
ATAG—Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
ATAPI—Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
ATM—Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AVC—Advanced Video Coding
AVI—Audio Video Interleaved
AWK—Aho Weinberger Kernighan
AWT—Abstract Window Toolkit 

Important Committees

1. Palekar Tribunal:-Journalists’ Pay reforms
2. U.C. Banerjee Commission:- Enquiry into Godhra carnage (railways)
3. Sarkaria Commission: Centre-State relations
4. Srikrishna Commission: 1992 Bombay riots (Srikishna also headed the Committee to look into the Lawyer-
violence of the Madras HC in 2009 and presently heads the committee to look into Separate Telangana)
5. Thakkar Commission: Indira Gandhi assassination case
6. Phukan Commission & Saharya Committee: Tehelka tapes
7. Malimath Commission: Criminal Justice
8. Upendra Commission: Inquiry on rape and murder Thangjam Manorama Devi
9. Malhotra Committee: Insurance Reforms
10. Janaki Ram Committee: Security scam
11. Ajay Vikram Singh Committee: Faster promotions in army
12. Rajinder Sachar Committee {1}: Companies and MRPT Act
13. Rajindar Sachar Committee {2}: Report on the social, economic and educational status of the Muslims of
India
14. Jyoti Basu Committee: Report on Octroi abolition
15 Balwant Rai Mehta Committee:Recommendations on decentralization system
16. Sawant Committee: Enquiry on corruption, charges against ministers & Anna Hazare
17. Chelliah Committee: Eradicating black money
18. Kothari Commission: Educational reforms
19. Wanchoo Committee: Tax enquiry
20. Bhanu Pratap Singh Committee: Agriculture
21. Aggarwal Committee: Nepotism in granting petrol pump, LPG connections
22. Rangarajan Committee: Reforms in private sector
23. Naresh Chandra Committee: Corporate governance
24. Chakravarti Committee: Banking sector reforms
25. Rekhi Committee: Structure of indirect taxation
26. G.V.Ramakrishna Committee: Disinvestment in PSU shares
27. Kelkar Committee: First committee on backward castes
28. P.C.Hotha Committee: Restructuring of civil services
29. Justice B.N.Kirpal Committee: 1st chairman National Forest Commission
30. Godbole Committee :Enron Power Project
31. J.C.Kumarappa Committee: Congress agrarian Reforms Committee
32. Swaminathan Committee: Population policy
33. Rangarajan Committee: Statistics
34. Wardha Committee: Inquiry on murder of Graham Staines
35. N.N. Vohra Committee: Criminalization of politics
36. Kelkar Committee {2}: Direct-Indirect Taxes
37. Alagh Committee: Civil Service Examinations
38. Abid Hussain Committee: Recommendations on Small scale industries
39. Narasimham Committee: Banking sector reforms
40. Chelliah Committee:Tax reforms
41. Mashelkar Committee: National Auto Fuel Policy
42. Boothalingam Committee : Recommendations on integrated wages, income and price policy
43. Omkar Goswami Committee: Industrial sickness
44. Yashpal Committee: Review of School Education system
45. Ram Nandan Prasad Committee: Constitution of creamy layers among Backward Castes
46. Kelkar Committee{3} :Enquiry on Kargil defense deals.
47. M.M. Punchhi Commission: Centre-State Relations [note- this committee has been set up recently- after
the sad demise of Justice (Retd.) Sarkaria]
48. Thorat Committee: Caste-based discrimination against students in AIIMS
49. R.K.Raghavan Committee: Ragging in colleges
51. James Lyngdoh Committee- Student politics and student-body elections in colleges.
52. E.M.S. Nachiappan Committee: Reforms in the higher judiciary
53. Soli Sorabjee Committee: Police Reforms [it was constituted after the Judgement of the Supreme Court in
Parkash Singh vs Union of India (2006)
54. Ganguli Committee: Review of health facilty planning and healthcare engineering and management
55. Percy Mistry Committee: Making Mumbai an IFC (International Financial Centre)
56. K.T. Thomas Committee- to look into ways of enhancing the effectives of the Prevention of Damage to
Public Property Act
57. Fali S. Nariman Committee- Accountability and damages with regard to destruction of public property
58. Satwant Reddy Committee- review of laws relating to registration of pharmaceutical drugs and clinical
trials
59. Raghuram C. Rajan Committee- financial sector reforms
60. Shah Commission (1966)- reorganisation of States
61. Tarkunde Committee- composition of the Election Commission and other electoral reforms
62. Dinesh Goswami Committee- electoral reforms
63. G.V.K. Rao Committee (1985) – set up by the planning commission in 1985, to look into the
Administrative Arrangement for Rural Development and poverty Alleviation Programmes.
64. Butler Committee: Relation between Indian states & paramount power (the Queen of Britain)
65. Hurtog Committee: Growth of British India education-its effects
66. Muddiman Committee: Working of Diarchy as in Montague Chelmsford reforms

Important Inventors & their Inventions (Inventors name in alphabetical order-A)

1. Bruno Abakanowicz, (1852–1900) Poland– Integraph, spirograph
2. Vitaly Abalakov, (1906–1986), Russia – camming devices, Abalakov thread (or V-thread) gearless ice climbing anchor
3. Hovannes Adamian, (1879–1932), Armenia/Russia – tricolor principle of the color television
4. Robert Adler, (1913–2007), Austria/United States – wireless remote control (with Eugene Polley)
5. Anatoly Alexandrov, (1903–1994), Russia – anti-mine demagnetising of ships, naval nuclear reactors (including one for the first nuclear icebreaker)
6. Alexandre Alexeieff, (1901–1982) Russia/France – pinscreen animation (with his wife Claire Parker)
7. Rostislav Alexeyev, (1916–1980), Russia – ekranoplan
8. Zhores Alferov, (1930), Russia – heterotransistor, continuous-wave-operating diode laser (together with Dmitri Garbuzov)
9. Genrich Altshuller, (1926–1998), Russia – TRIZ ("The Theory of Solving Inventor's Problems")
10. Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe, (1872–1931), Germany – Gyrocompass
11. Mary Anderson, (1866–1953), United States – windshield wiper blade
12. Vasily Andreyev, (1861–1918), Russia – standard balalaika
13. Oleg Antonov, (1906–1984), Russia – An-series aircraft, including A-40 winged tank and An-124 (the largest serial cargo, later modified to world's largest fixed-wing aircraft An-225)
14. Nicolas Appert, (1749–1841), France – canning (airtight food preservation)
15. Archimedes, (c. 287–212 BC), Greece – Archimedes' screw
16. Ami Argand, (1750–1803), France – Argand lamp
17. Edwin Howard Armstrong, (1890–1954), U.S. – FM radio
18. William George Armstrong, (1810–1900), UK – hydraulic accumulator
19. Neil Arnott, (1788–1874), UK – waterbed
20. Lev Artsimovich, (1909–1973), Russia – tokamak
21. Joseph Aspdin, (1788–1855), UK – Portland cement
22. John Vincent Atanasoff, (1903–1995), Bulgaria/U.S. – modern digital computer

26 TIPS FOR MANAGING STRESS

1. Always take time for yourself, at least 30 minutes per day.
2. Be aware of your own stress meter: Know when to step back and cool down.
3. Concentrate on controlling your own situation, without controlling
everybody else.
4. Daily exercise will burn off the stress chemicals.
5. Eat lots of fresh fruit, veggies, bread and water, give your body the best for it to perform at its best.
6. Forgive others, don't hold grudges and be tolerant -- not everyone is as capable as you.
7. Gain perspective on things, how important is the issue?
8. Hugs, kisses and laughter: Have fun and don't be afraid to share your feelings with others.
9. Identify stressors and plan to deal with them better next time.
10. Judge your own performance realistically; don't set goals out of your own reach.
11. Keep a positive attitude, your outlook will influence outcomes and the way others treat you.
12. Limit alcohol, drugs and other stimulants, they affect your perception and behaviour.
13. Manage money well, seek advice and save at least 10 per cent of what you earn.
14. No is a word you need to learn to use without feeling guilty.
15. Outdoor activities by yourself, or with friends and family, can be a great way to relax.
16. Play your favourite music rather than watching television.
17. Quit smoking: It is stressing your body daily, not to mention killing you too.
18. Relationships: Nurture and enjoy them, learn to listen more and talk less.
19. Sleep well, with a firm mattress and a supportive pillow; don't overheat yourself and allow plenty of ventilation.
20. Treat yourself once a week with a massage, dinner out, the movies: Moderation is the key.
21. Understand things from the other person's point of view.
22. Verify information from the source before exploding.
23. Worry less, it really does not get things completed better or quicker.
24. Xpress: Make a regular retreat to your favourite space, make holidays part of your yearly plan and budget.
25. Yearly goal setting: Plan what you want to achieve based on your priorities in your career, relationships,etc.
26. Zest for life: Each day is a gift, smile and be thankful that you are a part of the bigger picture.

Banking Updates and current affairs :

1)BoB was conferred with the Best Bank Award for the MSME sector.
2)Bank staff can claim benefits even on removal from service: Apex court
3)The Supreme Court has ruled that a bank employee can claim pension and encashment of leave even when
terminated from service.
4)Not going to change Interest Rate of Any Product near future says SBI
5)Bimal Jalan Committee to submit its report on Banking Licence by Feb end.
6)We're confident about Banking Licence says L&T
7)AAP govt writes to DIPP, withdraws permission for FDI funded retail stores.
Each state can decide whether it wants to allow FDI in retail,
Delhi becomes the first state to withdraw permission for FDI funded retail stores.
8)Union Minister Sachin Pilot and Party MP Arun Yadav appointed as Congress Chief in Rajasthan and MP
9)Vipul Chaudhary, Chairman of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) that markets its
products under the Amul brand, has been removed from the post.
10)Central employees on 48 hours strike - Feb 12&13 2014
Confederation declared 48 hours nationwide strike of Central Govt Employees on 12th&13th February 2014
demanding settlement of 15 point Charter of Demands including DA Merger, Interim Relief, Inclusion of Gramin
Dak Sewaks in 7th CPC, Regularization & Revision of wages for casual labours , Date of effect of 7th CPC as
1/1/2014, Rescind the PFRDA Act etc.
11)Private sector lender Development Credit Bank Ltd will now be DCB Bank Ltd says RBI
12)EPFO decided to increase the PF Interest rate by 25 bps to 8.75% for 2013-14
13)Tata Motors launches Nano Twist with power steering starting at Rs 2.36 lakh
14)BankingUpdates : XBipartite_Settlement
As we earlier posted that formal announcement will be done by IBA on 13th Jan to meet with UFBU on 17th
Jan, IBA agreed to talk with Unions on 17th Jan 2014 to avoid STRIKE

IMPORTANT INFORMATION - NATIONALIZED BANKS

1.The oldest Joint Stock Bank of India -- Allahabad Bank
2. The bank founded by Freedom Fighter Dr. Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya -- Andhra Bank
3. First bank to open a branch outside India -- Bank of India, London, 1946
4. The first bank to be given an ISO 9002 certificate for one of its branches -- Canara Bank
5. The Postal Dept has issued a commemorative stamp in the name of this bank celebrating 100 years in 2011
-- Central Bank of India
6. First Indian Bank to be wholly owned by Indians -- Central Bank of India
7. The bank formed on the efforts of Lala Lajpat Rai -- Punjab National Bank
8. The only merger of nationalized banks took place between -- Punjab National Bank and New Bank of India
in 1993
9. The bank whose brand equity is "Pygmy Deposit Scheme" -- Syndicate Bank
10. The bank which was conceived by Shri GD Birla -- UCO Bank
11. The bank which was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1919 -- Union Bank of India
12. The largest among nationalized banks -- Punjab National Bank
13. The bank established in the year 1913 as Bank of Mysore Ltd. at the instance of the banking committee
headed by the great Engineer - Statesman, Late Dr. Sir M.Visvesvaraya -- State Bank of Mysore

Main Points of Food Security Bill 2013:

1. The food security bill approved is directed towards giving the right to food to around 67 per cent of India's 120-crore population (including 75% rural and 50% urban).

2. While families in the poorest of the poor will continue to get 35 kg of grains per month.

3. Rice will be made available at 3 Rupees per Kg.

4. Wheat will cost 2 rupees a kg and cereal will be sold for 1 Rupees per kg.

5. The Food Security programme will be the biggest in the world with the government spending estimated at Rs. 1,25,000 crore annually on supply of about 62 million tonnes of rice, wheat and coarse cereals to 67 percent of the population.

6. About 2.43 crore poorest of the poor families covered under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) scheme under PDS (Public Distribution System) would continue to get 35 kg of food grains per family per month but with legal entitlement.

7. In Union Budget 2013-14, Rs 10,000 crore set aside for incremental cost for National Food Security Bill.

8. The scheme will be linked to the Aadhar scheme which provides every citizen with a unique identification number that's linked to a database that includes the biometrics of all card-holders.

9. C Rangarajan is the head of the committee for examination of the Food Security Bill.

10. NOTE: Chhattisgarh the first state to pass legislation on food security. The state legislative assembly passed the Food Security Bill 2012 that confers legal rights to the beneficiaries to receive food grains and food items at highly subsidized prices.

Foreign Ministers Of India since Independence And Chief Election Commissioners of India

Foreign Ministers Of India since Independence

Jawaharlal Nehru— 2 September 1946 to 27 May 1964
Gulzarilal Nanda— 27 May 1964 to 9 June 1964
Lal Bahadur Shastri —9 June 1964 to 17 July 1964
Sardar Swaran Singh— 18 July 1964 to 14 November 1966
M. C. Chagla—14 November 1966 to 5 September 1967
Indira Gandhi—6 September 1967 to 13 February 1969
Dinesh Singh—14 February 1969 to 27 June 1970
Sardar Swaran Singh—27 June 1970 to 10 October 1974
Yashwantrao Chavan—10 October 1974 to 24 March 1977
Atal Bihari Vajpayee—26 March 1977 to 28 July 1979
Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra—28 July 1979 to 13 January 1980
P. V. Narasimha Rao—14 January 1980 to 19 July 1984
Indira Gandhi—19 July 1984 to 31 October 1984(facebook/cnaonweb)
Rajiv Gandhi—31 October 1984 to 24 September 1985
Bali Ram Bhagat—25 September 1985 to 12 May 1986
P. Shiv Shankar—12 May 1986 to 22 October 1986
N. D. Tiwari—22 October 1986 to 25 July 1987
Rajiv Gandhi —25 July 1987 to 25 June 1988
P. V. Narasimha Rao—25 June 1988 to 2 December 1989
V. P. Singh—2 December 1989 to 5 December 1989
I. K. Gujral—5 December 1989 to 10 November 1990
Vidya Charan Shukla—21 November 1990 to 20 February 1991
Madhavsinh Solanki—21 June 1991 to 31 March 1992
P. V. Narasimha Rao—31 March 1992 to 18 January 1993
Dinesh Singh—18 January 1993 to 10 February 1995
Pranab Mukherjee—10 February 1995 to 16 May 1996
Sikander Bakht—21 May 1996 to 1 June 1996
I. K. Gujral—1 June 1996 to 18 March 1998
Atal Bihari Vajpayee—19 March 1998 to 5 December 1998(facebook/cnaonweb)
Jaswant Singh—5 December 1998 to 23 June 2002
Yashwant Sinha—1 July 2002 to 22 May 2004
K. Natwar Singh—22 May 2004 to 6 November 2005
Manmohan Singh—6 November 2005 to 24 October 2006
Pranab Mukherjee—24 October 2006 to 22 May 2009(facebook/cnaonweb)
S. M. Krishna—22 May 2009 to 26 October 2012
Salman Khurshid—28 October 2012 Incumbent
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Chief Election Commissioners of India

1 Sukumar Sen—21 March 1950 to19 December 1958
2 Kalyan Sundaram—20 December 1958 to 30 September 1967
3 S. P. Sen Verma—1 October 1967 to 30 September 1972
4 Nagendra Singh—1 October 1972 to 6 February 1973
5 T. Swaminathan—7 February 1973 to 17 June 1977
6 S. L. Shakdhar—18 June 1977 to 17 June 1982
7 R. K. Trivedi—18 June 1982 to 31 December 1985
8 R. V. S. Peri Sastri—1 January 1986 to 25 November 1990
9 V. S. Ramadevi—26 November 1990 to 11 December 1990
10 T. N. Seshan— 12 December1990 to 11 December 1996
11 M. S. Gill— 12 December— 1996 to 13 June 2001(FACEBOOK/CNAONWEB)
12 J. M. Lyngdoh—14 June 2001 to 7 February 2004
12 T. S. Krishnamurthy—8 February 2004 to 15 May 2005
13 B. B. Tandon—16 May 2005 to 29 June 2006(FACEBOOK/CNAONWEB)
14 N. Gopalaswami—30 June 2006 to 20 April 2009
15 Navin Chawla—21 April 2009 to 29 July 2010(FACEBOOK/CNAONWEB)
16 S. Y. Quraishi—30 July 2010 to 10 June 2012
17 V. S. Sampath—10 June 2012 to incumbent

Did you know..??

* VIRUS - Vital Information Resource UnderSeized.

* 3G -3rd Generation.

* GSM - Global System for Mobile Communication.

* CDMA - Code Divison Multiple Access.

* UMTS - Universal MobileTelecommunication System.

* SIM - Subscriber Identity Module .

* AVI = Audio Video Interleave

* RTS = Real Time Streaming

* SIS = Symbian OS Installer File

* AMR = Adaptive Multi-Rate Codec

* JAD = Java Application Descriptor

* JAR = Java Archive

* JAD = Java Application Descriptor

* 3GPP = 3rd Generation Partnership Project

* 3GP = 3rd Generation Project

* MP3 = MPEG player lll

* MP4 = MPEG-4 video file

*AAC = Advanced Audio Coding

* GIF= Graphic InterchangeableFormat

* JPEG = Joint Photographic Expert Group

* BMP = Bitmap

* SWF = Shock Wave Flash

* WMV = Windows Media Video

* WMA = Windows Media Audio

* WAV = Waveform Audio

* PNG = Portable Network Graphics

* DOC = Document (MicrosoftCorporation)

* PDF = Portable Document Format

* M3G = Mobile 3D Graphics

* M4A = MPEG-4 Audio File

* NTH = Nokia Theme (series 40)

* THM = Themes (Sony Ericsson)

* MMF = Synthetic Music Mobile Application File

* NRT = Nokia Ringtone

* XMF = Extensible Music File

* WBMP = Wireless Bitmap Image

* DVX = DivX Video

* HTML = Hyper Text Markup Language

* WML = Wireless Markup Language

* CD -Compact Disk.

* DVD - Digital Versatile Disk.

*CRT - Cathode Ray Tube.

* DAT - Digital Audio Tape.

* DOS - Disk Operating System.

* GUI -Graphical User Interface.

* HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.

* IP - Internet Protocol.

* ISP - Internet Service Provider.

* TCP - Transmission Control Protocol.

* UPS - UninterruptiblePower Supply.

* HSDPA - High Speed Downlink PacketAccess.

* EDGE - Enhanced Data Rate for GSM[GlobalSystem for Mobile Communication] Evolution.

* VHF - Very High Frequency.

* UHF - Ultra High Frequency.

* GPRS - General PacketRadio Service.

* WAP - Wireless ApplicationProtocol.

* TCP - Transmission ControlProtocol.

* ARPANET - Advanced ResearchProjectAgency Network.

* IBM - International Business Machines.

* HP - Hewlett Packard.

*AM/FM - Amplitude/ Frequency Modulation.

* WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network

Important Committees related to Banking and Finance

1. Abid Hussain Committee : On Small Scale Industries

2. A C Shah Committee : Reforms Relating To Non Banking Financial Companies (NFBC)

3. Aditya Puri Committee : Dissemination of Credit Information

4. Anil Kaushal committee : To examine the recommendations made by the TRAI on pricing of Spectrum.

5. Arvind Mayaram Panel : Report on the alleged irregularities at the National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL)

6. Arvind Mayaram Committee : For giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investment (FII)

7. Athreya Committee : Restructuring Of IDBI

8. Basel Committee : Banking Supervision

9. Bimal Jalan panel : To scrutinize applications for new bank licenses.

10. Bhandari Committee : Reconstruction of RRBs

11. B. Mahapatra Committee : To review the existing prudential guidelines on restructuring of advances by banks/financial institutions

12. Cook Committee : Capital adequacy of banks.

13. C Rangarajan committee : For poverty scale estimates in the country

14. C Rangarajan Panel : Recommended the pricing of natural gas by a complex methodology of arriving at an average of International gas hub prices

15. Committee On Uttarakhand Floods : The committee headed by AK Ganju

16. Damodran Committee : On improvement of customer services in banks

17. Dave Committee (2000) : Pension Scheme For Unorganized Sector

18. Deepak Parekh committee : For Financing Infrastructure sector

19. Janakiraman Committee : To investigate the security transactions of the bank

20. JS Mathur committee : To revise Newspaper Advertisement Rates.

21. Justice A.P. Shah committee : To head panel on road safety

22. Kelkar Committee : Tax Structure Reforms

23. Kirit Parikh panel : On fuel pricing has suggested that the diesel prices should be increased by Rs 1-1.50 a litre every month as against the 45-50 paise monthly hike followed currently.

24. K M Chandrasekhar committee : For rationalization of foreign investment norms

25. K. Ratna Prabha : Committee on indecent depiction of women in media

26. K U.B. Rao : The idea of setting up Bullion Bank or Bullion Corporation of India

27. K.U.B. Rao Committee : Recommended aligning gold import regulations

28. MBN Rao Committee : To prepare the blueprint of India’s first women’s bank

29. MB Shah committee : For inspection of illegal mining activities

30. Mckinsey Report : Merger Of 7 Associate Banks With SBI

31. M. Narasimham Committee : On Banking Sector Reforms

32. Mukul Mudgal member panel : To probe IPL spot-fixing

33. Mukul Mudgal Committee : To look at process of film clearance

34. Mukul Mudgal Committee : Looking into US giant Walmart's lobbying activities to enter India

35. Nachiket Mor : Committee on comprehensive financial services for small businesses and low-income households.

36. Naresh Chandra committee : 14 member task force on security issues

37. Narismhan Committee : Banking Reforms

38. N Rangachary committee : To examine taxation policies for I.T. sector

39. N R Narayana Murthy committee : For evaluation of corporate sector participation in Higher Education.

40. Parthasarathi Shome. : For Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), Suggest a system to enforce better tax compliance

41. Parthasarathi Shome committee : Implementation of GAAR (General Anti Avoidance Rule)

42. Percy Mistry Committee : Making Mumbai An International Financial Center

43. Prasad Panel : International Trade And Services

44. Pulak Kumar Sinha Committee : To study the feasibility of Aadhaar as an additional factor for authentication of card present transactions

45. Raghuram Rajan Committee : On Financial Sector Reforms

46. R V Gupta Committee : Small Savings

47. Raja Chelliah Committee : Tax Reforms

48. Rekhi Committee : Indirect Taxes

49. RS Gujral Committee : Suggest measures to boost MSME exports.

50. Sitakant Mahapatra committee : For inclusion of Bhojpuri language in eighth schedule of constitution

51. Shyamala Gopinath Committee : Suggestions on Post office Small saving schemes

52. SK Srivastava Committee : To formulate a policy on public-private partnership model to raise coal output

53. S P Talwar Committee : Restructuring Of Weak Public Sector Bank

54. SN Verma Committee (1999) : Restructuring The Commercial Banks

55. Suma Verma Committee : To update, and revise the Banking Ombudsman Scheme, 2006

56. UK Sharma Committee : NABARD's Role In RRB

57. Urjit Patel Committee : To examine the current monetary policy framework

58. Vaghul Committee : Money Market In India

59. Vasudev Committee : NBFC (Non Banking Finance Corp) Sector Reforms

60. Y B Reddy Committee (2001) : Review Of Income Tax

Important Abbreviations— Banking (A)

A&L— Assets and Liabilities

AA— Agricultural Assistant

ABA— American Bankers Association

ABL— Allied Bank Limited

ABM— Assistant Branch Manager

ABN— Algemene Bank Nederland

ABN-AMRO— Algemene Bank Nederland - Amsterdamse Bank-Rotterdam Bank

ABOM— Association of Bank Officers Malaysia

ABS— audited balance sheet (data by facebook/cnaonweb

ABSA— Amalgamated Banks of South Africa

AC— annual closing (data by facebook/cnaonweb

ACCRD— accrued

ACIB— Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (UK)

ACMB— ABSA Corporate and Merchant Bank

ACMB— Alexandria Commercial & Maritime Bank

AD— Acknowledgement of Debt(data by facebook/cnaonweb

ADA— Advance Deposit Account

ADB— African Development Bank

ADB— Asian Development Bank

ADCB— Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank

ADIB— Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank

ADMN— administration

AFSB— Allstate Federal Savings Bank

AFSB —American Federal Savings Bank

AGM— Annual General Meeting

AGM— Assistant General Manager

AHB— Bank Al-Habib(data by facebook/cnaonweb

AIBEA— All India Bank Employees Association

AIBOC— All India Bank Officers Confederation

AIG— American International Group Inc

AIIB SC/ST WA— All India Indian Bank Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Welfare Association (data byfacebook/cnaonweb

AIIBOA— All India Indian Bank Officers' Association

AINBOF— All India Nationalised Bank Officers Federation

AIPNBOA— All India Punjab National Bank Officers' Association

AIUCBOF— All India United Commercial Bank Officers' Federation

Alt— alternative(data by facebook/cnaonweb

AM— Assistant Manager

AML— Anti Money Laundering

AML— Anti-Money Laundering

ANB— Arkansas National Bank

AorS— Anyone or Survivor

APP— Automobile Purchase Plan

APY— Annual Percentage Yield

ARR— adjusted rate ratio (data by facebook/cnaonweb

ASB— American Savings Bank

ASB— Auckland Savings Bank

ATM— Automated Teller Machine

ATR— Acid Test Ratio

AUBB— Ahli United Bank in Bharain

AUBT— America United Bank and Trust Company

AUD— Australian dollar(data by facebook/cnaonweb AVALISED bank to “AVALISE” — the acceptance of Bill of Exchange.

Computer abbreviations for Bank exams

ACE: Access Control Entry

ADSL: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

AGP: Accelerated Graphics PortAI: Artificial Intelligence

ALGOL: Algorithmic Language

ALU: Arithmetic Logic Unit

ANSI: American National Standards Institute

API: Application Program Interface

APIPA: Automatic Private Internet Protocol Addressing

APT: Automatically Programmed Tooling

ARP: Address Resolution Protocol

ARPANET: Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

ASCII: American Standard Code For Information Interchange

ASF: Advanced Streaming Format

ASP: Active Server Pages

ATAPI: Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface

ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode

AUI: Attachment Unit Interface

AVI: Audio Video Interleave

BASIC: Beginner`s All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

BCD: Binary Coded Decimal

BDPS:: Business Data Processing Systems

BHTML: Broadcast Hyper Text Markup Language

BIOS: Basic Input Output System

BIU: Bus Interface Unit

BMP: Bitmap

BPS: Bytes Per Seconds

C-DAC: Centre For Development Of Advanced Computing

CAD: Computer Aided Design

CADD: Computer Added Drafting And Design

CAI: Computer Aided Instructuion

CAM: Computer Aided Manufacturing

CAR: Control Address Register

CASE: Computer Aided Software Engineering

CCIS: Common Channel Interoffice Signaling

CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate

CD: Compact Disc

CD RW: Compact Disc ReWritable

CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access

CDROM: Compact Disc Read Only Memory

CFG: Control Flow Graph

CGI: Common Gateway Interface

CGM: Computer Graphics Metafile

CIDR: Classless InterDomain Routing

CIM: Computer Integrated Manufacture

CISC: Complex Instruction Set Computers

CIX: Commercial Internet Exchange

CLR: Common Language Runtime

CMOS: Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

CMS: Content Management System

CMYK: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key (Black)

COBOL: Common Business Oriented Language

CORBA: Common Object Request Broker Architecture

CPI: Clock Cycle Per Instruction

CPU: Central Processing Unit

CRC: Cyclic Redundancy Check

CRM: Customer Relationship Management

CROM: Control Read Only Memory

CRT: Cathode Ray Tube

CUI: Character User Interface

DAC: Digital To Analog Converter

DAO: Data Access Objects

DARPANET: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

DBA: Data Base Administrator

DBMS: Data Base Management System

DCA: Defence Communication Agency

DCL: Data Control Language

DCOM: Distributed Component Object Model

DCP: Data Communication Processor

DDL: Data Definition Language

DDOS: Distributed Denial Of Service

DDP: Distributed Data Processing

DFD: Data Flow Diagram

DFS: Distributed File System

DHCP: Dynamic Host Control Protocol

DHTML: Dynamics Hyper Text Markup Language

DLC: Data Link Control

DLL: Dynamic Link Library

DMA: Direct Memory Access

DML: Data Manipulation Language

DMTF: Distributed Management Test Force

DNA: Distributed Internet Architecture

DNS: Domain Name System (Server)

DOM: Document Object Model

DOS: Disk Operating System, Denial Of Service

DPI: Dots Per Inch

DRAM: Dynamic Random Access Memory

DSL: Digital Subscriber Line

DSN: Digital Subscriber Network

DTD: Document Type Definition

DVD: Digital Versatile Disc

E: Electronic

EAROM: Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory

EBCDIC: Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

EDC: Electronic Digital Computer

EDCDIC: Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

EEPROM: Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

EFS: Encrypted File System

EJB: Enterprise Java Beans

ENIAC: Electronics Numerical Integrator And Calculator

EPROM: Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

EROM: Erasable Read Only Memory

ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning

EULA: End User License Agreement

FAT: File Allocation Table

FDD: Floppy Disk Drive

FDDI: Fiber Distributed Data Interface

FDMA: Frequency Division Multiple Access

FIFO: First In First Out

FLOPS: Floating Point Operations Per Second

FO: Fiber Optics

FORTRAN: Formula Translation

FPS: Frames Per Second

FRAM: Ferro Electric Random Access Memory

FTP: File Transfer Protocol

GB: Giga Bytes

GIF: Graphic Interchange Format

GIGO: Garbage In Garbage Out

GML: General Markup Language

GPL: General Public License

GUI: Graphical User Interface

HDD: Hard Disk Drive

HFS: Hierarchical File System

HP: Hewlett Packard

HPC: High Performance Computing

HPFS: High Performance File System

HSR: Horizontal Scan Rate

HTML: Hyper Text Markup Language

HTTP: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

IO: Input Output

IBM: International Business Machines

IC: Integrated Circuit

ICMP: Internet Control Message Protocol

ICS: Reduce Instruction Set Computer

ICT: Information And Communication Technology

IDE: Integrated Development Environment

IE: Internet Explorer

IGMP: Internet Group Management Protocol

IL: Intermediate Language

IOP: InputOutput Processor

IP: Internet Protocol

IPX: Internetworked Packet Exchange

IRAM: Integration Ram

IRC: Internet Relay Chat

IRDA: Infrared Data Association

IRQ: Interrupt Request

ISAPI: Internet Server Application Program Interface

ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network

ISO: International Standard Organization

ISP: Internet Service Provider

ISR: Interrupt Service Routine

IT: Information Technology

ITPL: Information Technology Park Limited (India)

JCL: Job Control Language

JDBC: Java Data Base Connectivity

JHTML: Java Within Hyper Text Markup Language

JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group

JSP: Java Server Pages

KB: Kilo Bytes

KBPS: Kilo Bytes Per Second

L2TP: Layer Two Tunneling Protocol

LAN: Local Area Network

LCD: Liquid Crystal Display

LDAP: Light Weight Directory Access Control

LIFO: Last In First Out

LIPS: Logical Interfaces Per Second

LOC: Lines Of Code

LSI: Large Scale Integration

LSP: Layered Service Provider

MAC: Media Access Control

MAN: Metropolitan Area Network

MAU: MultiStation Access Unit

MB: Mega Bytes

MBONE: Multicast Backbone

MBPS: Mega Bytes Per Second

MBR: Master Boot Record

MCP: Microsoft Certified Professional

MCS: Multicast Server

MDI: Multiple Document Interface

MDS: Microcomputer Development System

MFC: Microsoft Foundation Classes

MFT: Master File Table

MG: Mega Bytes

MICR: MagneticInk Characters Reader

MIDI: Musical Instrument Digital Interface

MIMD: Multiple Instruction Multiple Data

MIME: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

MIPS: Millions Of Instructions Per Second

MISD: Multiple Instruction Single Data

MODEM: Modulator And Demodulator

MP3: Motion Pictures Experts Group Layer 3

MPEG: Motion Pictures Experts Group

MS: Microsoft

MSDN: Microsoft Developer Network

MSIIS: Microsoft Internet Information Server

MSIL: Microsoft Intermediate Language

MSMQ: Microsoft Message Queue

MSN: Microsoft Network

MSRAP: Microsoft Remote Administration Protocol

MSRPC: Microsoft Remote Procedure Call

MTS: Microsoft Transaction Server

MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit

MUDS: MultiUser Dungeons

NAS: Network Attached Storage

NASSCOM: National Association Of Software & Service Companies

NCP: Network Control Protocol

NDIS: Network Driver Interface Specification

NDRO: Nondestructive Read Out

NETBEUI: Netbios Enhanced User Interface

NIC: National Informatics Centre,

NIIT: National Institute Of Information Technology

NNTP: Network News Transfer Protocol

NSFNET: National Science Foundation Network

NTFS: New Technology File System

NTP: Network Time Protocol

OCR: Optical Character Readers

ODBC: Open Data Base Connectivity

OLE: Object Linking And Embedding

OMR: Optical Mark Reader

ONE: Open Network Architecture

OOA: Object Orient Analysis

OOAD: Object Oriented Analysis And Design

OOP: Object Oriented Programming

OOPS: Object Oriented Programming System

OPEN GL: Open Graphics Library

OS: Operating System

OSI: Open System Interconnection

PC: Personal Computer

PCI: Peripheral Component Interconnect

PCMCIA: Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

PDA: Personal Digital Assistant

PDF: Portable Document Format

PDL: Page Description Language

PDU: Protocol Data Unit

PIC: Programming Interrupt Control

PILOT: Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching

PLA: Programmable Logic Array

PLC: Programmable Logic Controller

PNG: Portable Network Graphics

PNP: Plug And Play

PPP: Peer To Peer Protocol

PPTP: Point To Point Tunneling Protocol

PROM: Programmable Read Only Memory

PS: Post Script

RADSL: RateAdaptive Digital Subscribes Line

RAID: Redundant Array Of Independent Disks

RAM: Random Access Memory

RAMDAC: Random Access Memory Digital To Analog Converter

RAS: Remote Access Network

RD RAM: Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory

RDBMS: Relational Data Base Management System

RDO: Remote Data Objects

RDP: Remote Desktop Protocol

RFC: Request For Comments

RGB: Red Green Blue

RICS: Reduced Instruction Set Computer

RIP: Raster Image Processor

RISC: Reduced Instruction Set Computer

ROM: Read Only Memory

RPC: Remote Procedure Call

RTC: Real Time Clock

RTF: Rich Text Format

RTOS: Real Time Operating System

SACK: Selective Acknowledgements

SAM: Security Access Manager

SAP: Service Access Point, Systems Applications Products

SCMP: Software Configuration Management Plan

SD RAM: Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

SDD: Software Design Description

SDK: Software Development Kit

SDL: Storage Definition Language

SDN: Integrated Service Digital Network

SDRAM: Static Dynamic Random Access Memory

SDSL: Symmetric Digital Subscribes Line

SG RAM: Synchronous Graphics Random Access Memory

SGML: Standard Generalized Markup Language

SIM: Subscriber Identification Module

SIMD: Single Instruction Multiple Data

SISD: Single Instruction Single Data

SIU: Serial Interface Unit

SMP: Symmetric MultiProcess

SMS: Short Message Service

SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SNA: System Network Architecture

SNAP: Sub Network Access Protocol

SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol

SNOBOL: String Oriented Symbolic Language

SOAP: Simple Object Access Protocol

SPX: Sequenced Packet Exchange

SQA: Statistical Quality Assurance

SQL: Structured Query Language

SRAM: Static Random Access Memory

SRS: Software Requirements Specification

STP: Shielded Twisted Pair

SVVP: Software Verification And Validation Plan

SW: Software

TAPI: Telephony Application Program Interface

TB: Tera Bytes

TCP: Transmission Control Protocol

TCPIP: Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol

TDI: Transport Data Interface

TDMA: Time Division Multiple Access

TPM: Transactions Processing Monitor

TSR: Terminate And Stay Residents

UDD: User Datagram Protocol

UDP: User Datagram Protocol

UI: User Interface

UML: Unified Modelling Language

UNC: Universal Naming Convention

UNIX: Uniplexed Information And Computer Systems

URL: Universal Resource Locator

USB: Universal Serial Bus

USRT: Universal Synchronous Receiver Transmitted

UTP: Unshielded Twisted Pair

VAN: Virtual Area Network

VAST: Very Small Aperture Terminal

VB: Visual Basic

VC++: Visual C++

VCD: Video Compact Disc

VDL: View Definition Language

VGA: Video Graphics Array

VHS: Video Home System

VLIW: Very Long Instruction Words

VLSI: Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits

VPN: Virtual Private Network

VRAM: Video Random Access Memory

VRML: Virtual Reality Modelling Language

VS: Visual Studio

VSNL: Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited

VVR: Software Validation And Validation Report

VXD: Virtual Device Driver

W3C: World Wide Web Consortium

WAIS: Wide Area Information Servers

WAN: Wide Area Network

WAP: Wireless Application Protocol

WBEM: WebBase Enterprise Management

WDM: Wave Division Multiplexing

WHQL: Windows Hardware Quality Lab

WINDOWS ME: Windows Millennium Edition

WINDOWS NT: Windows New Technology

WINDOWS XP: Windows Experienced

WINS: Windows Internet Name Service

WMI: Windows Management Instrumentation

WML: Wireless Markup Language

WORM: Write Once Read Many

WSH: Windows Script Host

WWW: World Wide Web

WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get

XHTML: Extensible Hyper Text Markup Language

XML: Extensible Markup Language

XSL: Extensible Style Sheet Langauge

List Of Presidents Of The United States

President                                Date of                               Date of                         End date of
                                                    birth                              inauguration                  presidency
1 George Washington       February22,1732                  April 30, 1789              March 4, 1797

2 John Adams                  October30,1735                      March 4, 1797               March 4, 1801

3 Thomas Jefferson           April 13,1743                        March 4, 1801             March 4, 1809

4 James  Madison               March 16,1751                    March 4, 1809              March 4, 1817

5 James  Monroe                April 28,1758                        March 4, 1817              March 4, 1825

6 John Quincy Adams         July 11,1767                        March 4, 1825             March 4, 1829

7 Andrew Jackson                 March 15,1767                   March 4, 1829             March 4, 1837

8 Martin Van Buren                 December 5, 1782             March 4, 1837             March 4, 1841

9 William Henry Harrison        February 9, 1773               March 4, 1841             April 4, 1841

10 John Tyler                            March 29,1790                   April 4, 1841                 March 4, 1845

11 James K. Polk                      November 2, 1795              March 4, 1845             March 4, 1849

12 Zachary Taylor                    November 24, 1784            March 4, 1849             July 9, 1850

13 Millard Fillmore                   January 7,1800                   July 9, 1850                 March 4, 1853

14 Franklin Pierce                    November 23, 1804             March 4, 1853             March 4, 1857

15 James Buchanan                 April 23,1791                      March 4, 1857             March 4, 1861

16 Abraham Lincoln                  February 12, 1809             March 4, 1861              April 15, 1865

17 Andrew Johnson                  December 29, 1808           April 15, 1865                March 4, 1869

18 Ulysses S. Grant                     April 27, 1822                  March 4, 1869                March 4, 1877

19 Rutherford B. Hayes              October 4, 1822                March 4, 1877               March 4, 1881

20 James A. Garfield                  November 19, 1831          March 4, 1881               September 19, 1881

21 Chester A. Arthur                    October 5, 1829               September 19, 1881       March 4, 1885

22 Grover Cleveland                     March 18, 1837                March 4, 1885               March 4, 1889

23 Benjamin Harrison                   August 20, 1833              March 4, 1889               March 4, 1893

24 Grover Cleveland                      March 18, 1837                March 4, 1893               March 4, 1897

25 William McKinley                     January 29, 1843              March 4, 1897             September 14, 1901

26 Theodore Roosevelt                 October 27, 1858             September 14, 1901        March 4, 1909

27 William Howard Taft                September 15, 1857        March 4, 1909                 March 4, 1913

28 Woodrow Wilson                       December 28, 1856        March 4, 1913                March 4, 1921

29 Warren G. Harding                    November 2, 1865          March 4, 1921                August 2, 1923

30 Calvin Coolidge                            July 4,1872                  August 2, 1923                March 4, 1929

31 Herbert Hoover                             August 10, 1874          March 4, 1929                 March 4, 1933

32 Franklin D. Roosevelt                   January 30, 1882       March 4, 1933                  April 12, 1945

33 Harry S. Truman                            May 8, 1884               April 12, 1945                  January 20, 1953

34 Dwight D. Eisenhower                  October 14, 1890       January 20, 1953            January 20, 1961
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35 John F. Kennedy                            May 29, 1917              January 20, 1961           November 22, 1963

36 Lyndon B. Johnson                       August 27,1908           November 22, 1963        January 20, 1969

37 Richard Nixon                                January 9, 1913          January 20, 1969             August 9, 1974

38 Gerald Ford                                    July 14,1913                 August 9, 1974                January 20, 1977

39 Jimmy Carter                                October 1, 1924            January 20, 1977            January 20, 1981

40 Ronald Reagan                              February 6, 1911          January 20, 1981            January 20, 1989

41 George H. W. Bush                       June 12,1924                 January 20, 1989            January 20, 1993

42 Bill Clinton                                     August 19,1946             January 20, 1993            January 20, 2001

43 George W. Bush                             July 6, 1946                  January 20, 2001            January 20, 2009

44 Barack Obama                              August 4, 1961              January 20, 2009               Incumbent          

IMPORTANT ABBREVIATIONS

Important Abbreviations— Banking (in alphabetical order—F)

F/G— Father and Guardian
F10— Form 10
FABL— Faysal Bank Limited
FABM— First Allied Bank Modaraba
FB— Forward Booking
FB— Funds Book
FBCH— First Banking Corporation Holdings
FBCH— Future Bank Corp Holdings
FBE— Fédération Bancaire de l'union Européenne
FBN— First Bank of Nigeria
FBO— Federal Business Opportunities
FBR— Federated Banking of Rochester
FBT— Farmers Bank & Trust Company
FC— Fitness Certificate
FC— Forward Contract
FCB— Freeport City Bank
FCMB— First City Monument Bank
FCNR— Foreign Currency Non-Resident
FD— Fixed Deposit (data by facebook/cnaonweb
FD— Flexi Deposit
FDI— Foreign Direct Investment
FDR— Fixed deposit receipt
FFA— framework financing agreement
FFRLC— Fully Funded Revolving Letter of Credit
FGIC— Financial Guaranty Insurance Company
FHLB— Federal Home Loan Bank
FI— financial institution(data by facebook/cnaonweb
FI— Financial Intermediary
FIAR— Financial Improvement Audit Readiness
FIAU— Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit
FIDO— Financial Institution Domestic Operations
FIMB— First Interstate Merchant Bank Nigeria, Limited
FIT— Funds in Transit (data by facebook/cnaonweb
FNB— First National Bank
FNBO— First National Bank of Omaha
FNC— First National City Bank of New York
FNCB— First National City Bank (data by facebook/cnaonweb
FNF— Fidelity National Financial
FO— Foreign Office
FOBC— Foreign Outward Bills for Collection
ForS— Former or Survivor
FPA— Fixed Permanent Allowance
FRC—Final Rectification Certificate
FRF— French Franc(data by facebook/cnaonweb
FRS— Federal Reserve System
FS— Financial Service
FSB— Farmers State Bank
FSB— Federal Savings Bank
FSB— Financial Stability Board
FSLIC— Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
FT— Funds Transfer (data by facebook/cnaonweb
FWBL— First Women Bank Limited
FX— Foreign Exchange
FY— Financial Year
FY— fiscal year

LIST OF MISS WORLD (1951-2013)

Miss World 1951 - Kiki Haakonson, Sweden

Miss World 1952 - May Louise Flodin, Sweden

Miss World 1953 - Denise Perrier, France

Miss World 1954 - Antigone Costanda, Egypt

Miss World 1955 - Carmen Zubillaga, Venezuela

Miss World 1956 - Petra Schurmann, Germany

Miss World 1957 - Marita Lindahl, Finland

Miss World 1958 - Penelope Coelen, South Africa

Miss World 1959 - Corine Rottschafer, Holland

Miss World 1960 - Norma Cappagli, Argentina

Miss World 1961 - Rosemarie Frankland, United Kingdom

Miss World 1962 - Catharine Lodders, Holland

Miss World 1963 - Carole Crawford, Jamaica

Miss World 1964 - Ann Sidney, United Kingdom

Miss World 1965 - Lesley Langley, United Kingdom

Miss World 1966 - Reita Faria, India

Miss World 1967 - Madeiline Hartog Bel, Peru

Miss World 1968 - Penelope Plummer, Australia

Miss World 1969 - Eva Reuber Staier, Austria

Miss World 1970 - Jennifer Hosten, Grenada

Miss World 1971 - Lucia Petterle, Brazil

Miss World 1972 - Belina Green, Australia

Miss World 1973 - Marjorie Wallace, USA

Miss World 1974 - Anneline Kriel, South Africa

Miss World 1975 - Winelia Merced, Puerto Rico

Miss World 1976 - Cindy Breakspeare, Jamaica

Miss World 1977 - Mary Stavin, Sweden

Miss World 1978 - Silvana Suarez, Argentina

Miss World 1979 - Gina Swainson, Bermuda

Miss World 1980 - Kimberly Santos, Guam

Miss World 1981 - Pilin Leon, Venezuela

Miss World 1982 - Mariasela Lebron, Dominican Republic

Miss World 1983 - Sarah Jane Hutt, United Kingdom

Miss World 1984 - Astrid Herrera, Venezuela

Miss World 1985 - Hofi Karlsdottir, Iceland

Miss World 1986 - Giselle Laronde, Trinidad

Miss World 1987 - Ulla Weigerstorfer, Austria

Miss World 1988 - Linda Petursdottir, Iceland

Miss World 1989 - Andeta Kreglicka, Poland

Miss World 1990 - Gina Marie Tolleson, USA

Miss World 1991 - Ninebeth Jiminez, Venezuela

Miss World 1992 - Julia Kourotchkina, Russia

Miss World 1993 - Lisa Hanna, Jamaica

Miss World 1994 - Aishwariya Rai, India

Miss World 1995 - Jacqueline Aquilera, Venezuela

Miss World 1996 - Irene Skliva ,Greece

Miss World 1997 - Diana Hayden, India

Miss World 1998 - Linor Abargil, Israel

Miss World 1999 - Yukta Mookhey, India

Miss World 2000 - Priyanka Chopra, India

Miss World 2001 - Ibiagbanidokibubo Asenite Darego—Nigeria

Miss World 2002 - Azra Akin—Turkey

Miss World 2003 - Rosanna Davidson, Ireland

Miss World 2004 - Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, Peru

Miss World 2005 - Unnur Birna Vilhjalmsdottir, Iceland

Miss World 2006 - Tat’ana Kucharova, Czech Republic

Miss World 2007 - Zhang Zhi Li, China PR

Miss World 2008 - Ksenia Sukhinova, Russia

Miss World 2009 - Kaiane Aldorino, Gibraltar

Miss World 2010 - Alexandria Mills, USA

Miss World 2011 - Ivian Sarcos, Venezuela

Miss World 2012 - Wen Xia Yu, China PR

Miss World 2013 - Megan Young, Philippines

IMPORTANT BANKING ABBREVIATIONS

1. NABARD - National Bank for Agricultural & Rural Development
2. RTGS - Real Time Gross Settlement
3. NEFT - National Electronic Fund Transfer
4. NAV - Net Asset Value
5. NPA - Non Performing Asset
6. ASBA - Account Supported by Blocked
Amount
7. BIFR - Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
8. CAMELS - Capital Adequacy, Asset Quality, Management Earnings, Liquidity,Systems & Controls
9. BCSBI - Banking Codes & Standard Board of India
10. BIS – Bank for International Settlement
11. BCBS – Basel Committee on Banking
Supervision
12. BOP - Balance of Payment
13. BOT - Balance of Trade
14. BPLR – Benchmark Prime Lending Rate
15. CCIL – Clearing Corporation of India Ltd.
16. CIBIL - Credit Information Bureau of India
Ltd.
17. CRISIL - Credit Rating Information
Services of India Ltd.
18. CBLO - Collateralised Borrowing &
Lending Obligation
19. CPI - Consumer Price Index
20. ADR – American Depository Receipts
21. GDR – Global Depository Receipts
22. ALM - Asset Liability Management
23. ARC – Asset Reconstruction
Companies
24. FINO - Financial Inclusion Network
Operation
25. CTT - Commodities Transaction Tax
26. CRM - Customer Relationship
Management
27. KYC - Know Your Customer
28. SLR - Statutory Liquidity Ratio
29. CRR - Cash Reserve Ratio
30. MSF - Marginal Standing Facility
31. REPO - Repurchase Option
32. NBFC - Non Banking Finance
Companies
33. OSMOS - Off-Site Monitoring &
Surveillance
34. IFSC - Indian Financial System Code
35. BSE - Bombay Stock Exchange
36. NSE - National Stock Exchange
37. SWIFT - Society for Worldwide
Interbank Financial Tele communication
38. FSLRC – Financial Sector Legislative
Reforms Commission
39. LAF – Liquidity Adjustment Facility
40. DRT – Debt Recovery Tribunals.

FIRST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD

- First Country in World to abolish Slavery : Spain
- First Country in World to abolish Death Penalty : Venezuela
- First Country in World to legalize Same-Sex marriage : Netherlands
- First Country in World to issue Paper Currency : China (by Song Dynasty)
- First Country in World to issue Postal Stamp : Britain (the stamp name is "Penny Black")
- First Country in World to develop Hydro-electricity : Norway
- First Country in World to let Right to Vote for Women :
Newzealand
- First Country in World to introduce VAT(Value Added tax) : France in 1954
- First Country in World to impose Carbon Tax : Finland in 1990
- First Country in World to be Democratic : Athens of Greece
- First Country in World to experience Industrial Revolution : Britain
- First Country in World to have an official National Flag : Denmark (soit has oldest Flag)
- First Country in World to launch 3G Technology :Japan
- First Country in World to initiate Family Planning Policy : India
- First Country in World to initiate Railways : Britain
- First Country in World to launch artificial Satellite into Earth's
orbit : USSR or Soviet Russia in 1957(Satellite's name is Sputnik-1)

Important Abbreviations— Banking (in alphabetical order—I)

IA— Internal Audit
IADB— Inter-American Development Bank
IAPTD— Interest Accrued and Payable on Term Deposits
IB— Indian Bank
IBA— Indian Banks' Association
IBBL— Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited
IBC— Inward Bills for Collection
IBD— Investment Banking Division(data by facebook/cnaonweb)
IBEA— Indian Bank Employees' Association
IBEU— Indian Bank Employees' Union
IBFG— International Bankers Financial Group
IBFX— Interbank FX (data by facebook/cnaonweb)
IBLL— International Bank Liberia, Limited
IBLR— Inter-Bank Loan Repayment
IBOA— Indian Bank Officers Association
IBP— Institute of Bankers Pakistan
IBPS— Institute of Banking Personnel Selection
IBRA— Indonesian Banking Restructuring Agency
IBRC— Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited
IBSU— Indian Bank Staff Union (data by facebook/cnaonweb)
IBV— Instant Bank Verification
IBV— International Bank Vaults
IBWM— Independent Bank West Michigan
ic— insolvency certificate
ICA— Interbank Card Association
ICB— Internet Client Bank(data by facebook/cnaonweb)
ICBA— Independent Community Bankers of America
ICBC— Independence Community Bank Corporation
ICBC— Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
ICBPO— Irrevocable Conditional Bank Pay Order
ICCPO— Irrevocable Conditional Bank Pay Order
ID— Interbank Deposit(data by facebook/cnaonweb)
IDB— Industrial Development Bank
IDB— Inter-American Development Bank
IDB— Islamic Development Bank
IDBB— Islamic Development Bank of Brunei
IDBE— Industrial Development and Workers Bank of Egypt
IDBG— Islamic Development Bank Group(data by facebook/cnaonweb)
IDBI— Industrial Development Bank of India
IDBL— International Development Bank, Limited
IDBP— Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan
IDBZ— Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe
IDCB— Idukki District Co-operative Bank, LTD.
IDD— International Direct Deposit
IE— Industrial Explosives(data by facebook/cnaonweb)
IFIs— International Financial Institutions
IFR— Investment Fluctuation Reserve
IFSC— International Financial Services Commission (Belize)
ILS— Israeli Shekel (data by facebook/cnaonweb)
IMBA— Illinois Mortgage Bankers Association
IMBG— Investment Management and Banking Group
IMF— International Monetary Fund
IMU— International Monetary Unit
Inc— Incorporated (data by facebook/cnaonweb)
INR— Indian Rupee
int— interest
intro— introduction
IOB— Indian Overseas Bank
IOBOA— Indian Overseas Bank Officers Association
IOR— Institute for Religious Works (Vatican Bank)
IPAB— Intellectual Property Appellate Board
IPO— Initial Public Offer(data by facebook/cnaonweb)
IRDA— Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
IRR— Internal Rate of Return
ISA— Individual Savings Account

International Sports organizations & their Heads

1. Asian Football Confederation (AFC)—President - Zhang Jilong, China (2011–present)
2. Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) — President - Issa Hayatou, Cameroon (1988–present)
3. Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) —President -
Alfredo Hawit, Honduras (2011–present)
4. Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL) —President - Nicolas Leoz, Paraguay (1986–present)
5. Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) —President - Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Russian Federation (1995–
present)
6. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) — President - Sepp Blatter, Switzerland (1998–
present)
7. International Cricket Council (ICC) — President - Alan Isaac, New Zealand (2012–present)
8. International Olympic Committee (IOC) —President - Thomas Bach
9. International Paralympic Committee (IPC) —President - Philip Craven, United Kingdom (2001–present)
10. International Rugby Board (IRB) —President - Syd Millar, Ireland (2003–present)
11. Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) — President - Reynald Temarii, Tahiti (2004–present)
12. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) —President - Michel Platini, France (2007–present)