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drielettercodes

Three-letter codes, or drielettercodes, are standardized identifiers composed of three letters used to refer to entities across a range of domains. They are designed to be compact, mnemonic, and easy to parse in data systems. Many sectors maintain separate code sets that use three-letter codes for different purposes, and there can be overlap between schemes.

In aviation, IATA assigns three-letter airport codes, such as LAX for Los Angeles International and JFK for

In language tagging, ISO 639-2 and related standards use three-letter language codes such as eng for English,

Because many coding systems coexist, the same three-letter sequence can appear in different schemes with different

John
F.
Kennedy
International.
These
codes
are
widely
used
in
tickets,
baggage
routing,
schedules,
and
air
traffic
logistics.
spa
for
Spanish,
deu
for
German,
and
jpn
for
Japanese.
For
countries,
ISO
3166-1
alpha-3
codes
include
USA,
CAN,
ESP,
JPN,
DEU.
Currency
units
are
identified
by
three-letter
ISO
4217
codes
like
USD,
EUR,
JPY.
meanings.
Context,
accompanying
metadata,
and
cross-reference
tables
are
required
to
correctly
interpret
a
code.
Three-letter
codes
enable
compact
data
records,
but
care
is
needed
to
avoid
misinterpretation
or
collisions.