It stands for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations.

Or, where precisely is the Nasdaq, or National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations?

Overall, 1987 was a poor year for the 5,500 stocks that are traded on the National Association of Securities Dealers automated quotations system, commonly known as Nasdaq.

Penny stocks are low-priced securities that trade over the counter but are not listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system.

Once short for the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system, Nasdaq changed its name three years ago to the Nasdaq Stock Market.

On Oct. 19, National Association of Securities Dealers automated quotations, or Nasdaq, declined 11.4 percent, as measured by the Nasdaq composite index.

The decision to include Roadway Services marks a major shift for the Dow and gives an image boost to the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system.

In 1971, NASD launched a new computerized stock trading system called the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) stock market.

Nastech stock is no longer traded on the National Association of Securities Dealers automated quotations system, or Nasdaq, because it failed to meet asset and equity requirements, Mr. Wenig said.

He was one of the earliest proponents of Nasdaq, the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, an electronic stock quotation system that began in the early 1970's and is still in use.

For example, you've probably heard of the NASDAQ stock exchange, also known simply as the NASDAQ, which stands for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations System.

More than three decades ago, Mr. Macklin helped usher in the era of electronic trading of securities when he oversaw the development of the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system, or the Nasdaq.

LEAD: Britain's WCRS Group P.L.C. said it planned to have its shares quoted in American depository receipts in the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, enabling it to reach a wider range of American investors.