What is the full form of ETA

ETA: Estimated Time of Arrival

ETA stands for Estimated Time of Arrival. It is also called as Expected Time of Arrival. ETA is the one of a popular internet slang now a day.

It is used to show the amount of time remaining for a particular entity to arrive or something is expected to be done. This entity can be a train, airplane, bus, ship, letter, courier anything that you expect to arrive. The time is specified in the form of a particular date with expected time in hours and minutes. The Expected time is measured from the past experiences and with the help of a formula.

Let's take an example to understand it well:

Suppose you are travelling from Delhi to Agra by train. The distance between Delhi to Agra is 180 km and the average speed of the train is 60 km/hour. So if you starts your journey at 6am then your estimated time of arrival (ETA) at Agra will be 9 am.

This is the formula to calculate the ETA: