# List of acronyms: Z

This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter Z.
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)
Some terms are spoken as either acronym or initialism, e.g., VoIP, pronounced both as voyp and V-O-I-P.
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* Z0–9 ZA ZB ZC ZD ZE ZF ZG ZH ZI ZJ ZK ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZQ ZR ZS ZT ZU ZV ZW ZX ZY ZZ
* z – (s) Zepto
* Z – (s) Zetta

## ZA

* za – (s) Zhuang languages (ISO 639-1 code)
* zA – (s) Zeptoampere
* ZA – (s) South Africa (ISO 3166 digram)
* ZA – Zambia (FIPS 10-4 country code) – Zettaampere
* ZAF – (s) South Africa (ISO 3166 trigram)
* ZAMS – (i) Zero age main sequence
* ZANU-PF – (i) Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front
* ZAR – (s) South African rand (ISO 4217 currency code)
* ZAR – Zaire (ISO 3166 trigram, obsolete 1997)
* ZAS – (i/a) Zylinder Abschaltung System

## ZB

* ZBT – (i) Zero-Balance Transfer (accounting)

## ZC

* zC – (s) Zeptocoulomb
* ZC – (s) Zettacoulomb
* ZCM – (n) ZENworks Configuration Management
* ZCMK – (a) Zone Control Master Key
* ZCU – (i) Zimbabwe Cricket Union

## ZF

* zF – (s) Zeptofarad
* ZF – (s) Zettafarad

## ZG

* zg – (s) Zeptogram
* Zg – (s) Zettagram

## ZH

* zh – (s) Chinese language (ISO 639-1 code)
* zH – (s) Zeptohenry
* ZH – (s) Zettahenry
* zha – (s) Zhuang languages (ISO 639-2 code)
* zho – (s) Chinese language (ISO 639-2 code)

## ZI

* Zi – (s) Zebi
* ZI – (s) Zimbabwe (FIPS 10-4 country code)
* ZIF – (s) Zero Insertion Force (The device on a)
* ZIP – (a) Zone Improvement Plan code
* ZIRP – (a) Zero interest-rate policy

## ZJ

* zJ – (s) Zeptojoule
* ZJ – (s) Zettajoule

## ZK

* zK – (s) Zeptokelvin
* ZK – (s) Zettakelvin

## ZL

* zL – (s) Zeptolitre
* ZL – (s) Zettalitre

## ZM

* zm – (s) Zeptometre
* Zm – (s) Zettametre
* ZM – (s) Zambia (ISO 3166 digram)
* ZMB – (s) Zambia (ISO 3166 trigram)
* ZMK – (s) Zambian kwacha (ISO 4217 currency code)

## ZN

* zN – (s) Zeptonewton
* Zn – (s) Zinc
* ZN – (s) Zettanewton

## ZO

* ZOPFAN – (i) Zone of Peace, Freedom And Neutrality

## ZR

* Zr – (s) Zirconium
* ZR – (s) Zaire (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1997)

## ZS

* zs – (s) Zeptosecond
* Zs – (s) Zettasecond
* ZS – (s) Zettasiemens

## ZT

* zT – (s) Zeptotesla
* ZT – (s) Zettatesla

## ZU

* zu – (s) Zulu language (ISO 639-1 code)
* ZUG – (a) Z User Group
* ZUI – (a) Zooming User Interface ("zoo-wee")
* zul – (s) Zulu language (ISO 639-2 code)

## ZV

* zV – (s) Zeptovolt
* ZV – (s) Zettavolt

## ZW

* zW – (s) Zeptowatt
* ZW – (s) Zettawatt
* ZW – Zimbabwe (ISO 3166 digram)
* ZWD – (s) Zimbabwe dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
* ZWE – (s) Zimbabwe (ISO 3166 trigram)

## ZZ

* ZZZ – (p) to be tired (internet slang)