| BBC BBC – British Broadcasting Corporation | IKEA Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd (founder’s name and home) |
| BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke (German; translation: Bavarian Motor Works) | IOC International Olympic Committee (original French: CIO – Comité international olympique |
| BRIC Brazil, Russia, India, China | MGM Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| CIA Central Intelligence Agency | NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| CCP Chinese Communist Party | NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| CNN Cable News Network | NBA National Basketball Association |
| DHL Dalsey, Lynn, Hillblom (company founders) | NHS National Health Service |
| ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network | NRA National Rifle Association |
| EU European Union | NSA National Security Agency |
| FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation | QANTAS Queensland and Northern Territories Air Service |
| FIFA Fédération Internationale de Football Association (French; English = International Federation of Association Football) | UN United Nations |
| GCHQ Government Communications Headquarters | WHO World Health Organization |
| IBM International Business Machines Corporation | WTO World Trade Organization |