| V.S.O.P. | Very Superior Old Pale Cognac Klassifizierung |
| MTV | Music Television |
| BmI | Broadcast Music Inc. |
| WOM | Word Of Music |
| DMX | Digital Music Express |
| DAM | Digital Automatic Music |
| MOH | Music on Hold [engl.] Musik-Einspielungen bei Telefonanlagen in Wartezeiten |
| MOD | Movie/Music On Demand |
| NEC | New England Conservatory of Music Boston, http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu |
| MOCA | Music Online Competition Act |
| MCA | Music Corporation of America |
| B. Mus. | Bachelor of Music [engl.] Akademischer Grad der Musikwissenschaften |
| CMU | Country Music Television, Inc. MTV-Tochterunternehmen, http://www.cmt.com |
| AMA | American Music Award [engl.] Jährliche Auszeichnungen der US-Musikindustrie an erfolgreiche Musiker |
| AMV | Anime Music Video [engl.] [meist] von Amateuren zusammen geschnittene Musikvideos |
| B.M.E. | Bachelor of Music Education [engl.] Akademischer Grad für die Musikausbildung |
| SDMI | Secure Digital Music Initiative |
| IUMA | Internet Underground Music Archive |
| NAMM | North American Music Merchants |
| BMG | Bertelsmann Music Group [engl.] heute, http://www.sonybmg.com |
| PMPO | Peak Music Power Output |
| PMRC | Parents' Music Resource Center |
| BUMO | Boston University Music Organization [engl.] |
| int. | international [dt.] |
| INC | International Carrier |
| Environ. Int. | Environment International Zeitschrift |
| INN | International Non-proprietary Name |
| IA | International Alphabet |
| intl. | international [engl.] |
| IU | International Unit |
| IES | International EPR Society |
| IAD | Dulles International Washington DC |
| is | International Standard |
| IS | International Standard [ISO] |
| GNI | GayNet International |
| NI 200 | DMV International GmbH Nörten-Hardenberg, Niedersachsen |
| iX | International Exchanges |
| IXI | International X.25 Interconnect |
| TI | Transparency International e.V. Berlin, http://www.transparency.de |
| UI | Unix International |
| KI | Kiwanis International |
| INAC | INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF ACTORS Berlin, http://www.inac-berlin.de |
| ICE | International Cometary Explorer |
| IMU | International Mathematical Union |
| IMT | International Mobile Telecommunications |
| IMS | International Monitoring System |
| ICES | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Internationaler Rat für Meeresforschung |
| ICF | International City Federation |
| IGY | International Geophysical Year |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund Internationaler Währungsfonds [IWF] |