# List of acronyms: Q

This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter Q.
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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* Q0–9 QA QB QC QD QE QF QG QH QI QJ QK QL QM QN QO QP QQ QR QS QT QU QV QW QX QY QZ

## Q0–9

* Q1 – (p) First Quarter
* Q2 – (p) Second Quarter
* Q3 – (p) Third Quarter
* Q4 – (p) Fourth Quarter

## QA

* QA – (s) Qatar (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram)
* Qantas – (a) Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services
* QAP – (a) Quadripartite Advisory Publication ("kwapp")
* QAR – (s) Qatari rial (ISO 4217 currency code)
* QAT – (s) Qatar (ISO 3166 trigram)

## QB

* QB – (p) Quarterback (football)

## QC

* QC – (i) Quality Control – (s) Québec (postal symbol) – (i) Queen's Counsel
* QCA – (i) Qualifications and Curriculum Authority – Quality Council of Alberta
* QCD – (i) Qualified Charitable Distribution - (p) Quantum ChromoDynamics

## QD

* QD – (i) quaque die (Latin, "daily")
* QDOS – (p) Quick and Dirty Operating System ("cue-doss")
* QDR – (i) Quadrennial Defense Review
* QDRO – (a) Qualified domestic relations order ("quad-ro")

## QE

* QED – (p) quantum electrodynamics – (i) quid es demonstrata or quod erat demonstrandum (Latin, "that proves it" or "which was to be demonstrated")
* QEH – (i) Queen Elizabeth's Hospital

## QF

* QFE – (i) Quoted For Emphasis – (s) Local ground level atmospheric pressure (aeronautical Q code)

## QH

* QHE (i) Quantum Heat Engine
* QHP (s) Honorary Physician to the Queen

## QI

* QID – (i) quater in die (Latin, "four times daily")
* QIP – (a) Quadrilateral Interoperability Programme (ancestor of MIP; "quip")

## QK

* QK – (s) Air Canada Jazz (IATA airline designator)

## QL

* QLD – (p) Queensland, (Australia) (postal symbol)

## QM

* QM – (i) Quality Management – Quantum Mechanics – Queen Mother

## QN

* QNH – (s) Regional mean sea level atmospheric pressure (aeronautical Q code)

## QO

* QOS (or QoS)
** (i) Quality of service
** Queen of the South F.C. (Scottish football team)

## QP

* QPR
** (i) Quality-Price Ratio (wine evaluation term)
** Queens Park Rangers F.C. (English football team)
* QPS – (i) Quark Publishing System

## QR

* QR – (i) Quake Rally – Qualitative Reasoning – Queensland Rail – Queen's Rangers – Quick Release – Quiet Riot – (s) Qatar Airways (IATA airline designator)

## QS

* QS – (i) quantum sufficit (Latin, "as much as suffices")
* QSCAT – (p) Quick Scatterometer satellite
* QSL – (i) Québec Sign Language
* QSO – (i) Quasi-Stellar Object
* QSTAG – (p) Quadripartite Standardization Agreement ("cue-stag")

## QT

* QT – (i) Quentin Tarantino – QuickTime – QuikTrip – QT (cute) Software
* QTE - Quick Time Event
* QTT - (i) Qualified Treatment Trainee - in Wisconsin, a designation for a mental health provider in training as defined in DHS 35.03(17m)

## QU

* qu – (s) Quechua language (ISO 639-1 code)
* Quango – (p) (British Commonwealth) QUasi Autonomous Non-Governmental Organisation
* Quasar – (p) Quasi-stellar radio source
* QUB – (i) Queen's University Belfast
* QUC – (i) Queens University of Charlotte
* que – (s) Quechua language (ISO 639-2 code)
* QUIET – (p) Q and U Imaging ExperimenT (Q and U are the Stokes parameters of the CMBR polarization)

## QV

* qv – (i) quod vide (Latin "which see")
* QVC – (i) "Quality, Value, Convenience" (home shopping channel)

## QW

* QWG – (i) Quadripartite Working Group ("qwig")
* QWGAOR – (i) Quadripartite Working Group on Army Operational Research ("qwig-a-o-r")

## QX

* QX - (i) Quality of Experience

## QZ

* QZ – (s) Awair (IATA airline designator)