| 3M | Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company [engl.] Logo und aktueller Name des Unternehmens ist 3M |
| bh | Black Hole |
| BG | Black Generation |
| BW | Black and White [engl.] schwarz-weiss |
| b&w | black & white [engl.] schwarz-weiss |
| OBV | Operation Black Vote London, http://www.obv.org.uk |
| B/W | Black and White [engl.] Schwarz/Weiss |
| DBM | Divorced Black Male |
| ORBL | Open Relay Black List |
| BXD | Black Xylem Decline [engl.] Rebstock-Erkrankung |
| BPP | Black Panther Party [engl.] Amerikanische Bürgerrechtsbewegung |
| BSEC | Black Sea Economic Cooperation [engl.] Rat für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit im Schwarzmeerraum |
| CMYK | Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black Grundfarben im Druckprozess |
| BMER | Black and Minority Ethnic Residents [engl.] Bevölkerungsgruppe in London |
| CYMK | Cyan Yellow Magenta Black [Farbmodell] |
| RTM | Release To Manufacturing |
| MMS | Manufacturing Message Specification |
| GMP | Good Manufacturing Practice |
| FMS | Flexible Manufacturing System |
| CIM | Computer Integrated Manufacturing |
| MRP | Manufacturing Requirements Planning |
| MES | Manufacturing Execution Systems |
| FMC | Flexible Manufacturing Cell |
| NT | Northern Electric and Manufacturing Toronto, http://www.nortel.com |
| MSN | Manufacturing Sequence Number |
| MPCS | Manufacturing Planning and Control System |
| ICAM | Integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing |
| CNMA | Communications Network for Manufacturing Applications |
| CIAM | Computerized Integrated and Automatic Manufacturing |
| FMS | Flexible Machining/Manufacturing System |
| CCM | Computer Controlled Manufacturing [engl.] Computer-gesteuerte Fertigung |
| MMFS | Manufacturing Message Format Standard |
| CAM | Computer Aided Machining/Manufacturing computerunterstütztes Fertigen |
| CAM | Computer Aided Manufacturing [engl.] Computer-gesteuerte Fertigung |
| MMS | Manufacturing Message Specification [engl.] |
| CADAM | Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing [engl.] Rechner-gestützter Entwurf und Fertigung |
| AIMO | Audibly Instructed Manufacturing Operations [engl.] Produktion mittels Sprachsteuerung |
| CADMAT | Computer Aided Design, Manufacturing and Testing [engl.] |
| MAPICS | Manufacturing, Accounting and Production Information Control System [IBM] |
| Amoco | American Oil Company Heute: BP |
| McK | McKinsey & Company, Inc. Düsseldorf, http://www.mckinsey.de |
| TLC | The Limu Company Lake Mary, [FL], http://www.thelimucompany.com |
| Co. | Company [engl.] Gesellschaft des Handelsrechts |
| GTC | General Telephone Company |
| SN-EFB 033 | Josushi Company GmbH Leipzig-Knautnaundorf, Sachsen |
| LOC | Local Operating Company |
| ROC | Regional Operating Company |
| NEC | Nippon Electric Company |
| NBC | National Broadcasting Company |
| MGC | Machine Gun Company [engl.] |