在开发过程中经常会为了减少类、变量、方法等名称的长度而使用缩写。
这些缩写其实是有规范的，比如：Address 通常缩写成 addr，不合理的缩写方式无法让读者通过缩写明白其含义，有时还会显得业余。
《编码命名规范》定义了一些缩写规范，现罗列到下面表格中：
| 全称 | 缩写 | 全称 | 缩写 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Address | addr | Logical | log |
| Administrator | adm | List | lst |
| Application | app | Maximum | max |
| Argument | arg | Memory | mem |
| Assemble | asm | Manage / Manager | mgr / man |
| Asynchronization | asyn | Middle | mid |
| Average | avg | Minimum | min |
| Database | db | Message | msg |
| Back | bk | Multiply | mul |
| Bitmap | bmp | Number | num |
| Button | btn | Object | obj |
| Buffer | buf | Offset | ofs |
| Calculate | calc | Origin / Original | org |
| Character | char | Parameter | param |
| Change | chg | Picture | pic |
| Click | clk | Package | pkg |
| Color | clr | Point | pnt / pt |
| Command | cmd | Position | pos |
| Compare | cmp | Previous | pre / prev |
| Column | col | Program | prg |
| Coordinates | coord | prn | |
| Copy | cpy | Process / Procedure | proc |
| Control | ctl / ctrl | Properties | prop |
| Current | cur | Password | psw |
| Cylinder | cyl | Pointer | ptr |
| Debug | dbg | Public | pub |
| Double | dbl | Rect | rc |
| Decrease | dec | Reference | ref |
| Default | def | Register | reg |
| Delete | del | Request | req |
| Destination | dest / dst | Resource | res |
| Device | dev | Return | ret |
| Dictionary | dict | Region | rgn |
| Different | diff | Screen | scr |
| Directory | dir | Second | sec |
| Display | disp | Segment | seg |
| Divide | div | Select | sel |
| Dialog | dlg | Source | src |
| Document | doc | Standard | std |
| Driver | drv | Storage | stg |
| Dynamic | dyna | Stream | stm |
| Environment | env | String | str |
| Error | err | Subtract | sub |
| Extend | ex/ext | Summation | sum |
| Execute | exec | Server | svr |
| Flag | flg | Synchronization | sync |
| Frame | frm | System | sys |
| Function | func / fn | Table | tbl |
| Group | grp | Temporary | temp / tmp |
| Horizontal | horz | Translate/Transation/Transparent | tran / trans |
| Index | idx / ndx | Test | tst |
| Image | img | Text | txt |
| Implement | impl | Unknown | unk |
| Increase | inc | Update | upd |
| Information | info | Upgrade | upg |
| Initial/Initialize/Initialization | init | Utility | util |
| Insert | ins | Variable | var |
| Instance | inst | Version | ver |
| Interrupt | intr | Vertical | vert |
| Length | len | Virus | vir |
| Library | lib | Window | wnd |
| Link | lnk |