List of acronyms: Q

(Main list of acronyms)

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)