You can find it called Offset Aliases:
A number of string aliases are given to useful common time series frequencies. We will refer to these aliases as offset aliases.
Alias Description
B business day frequency
C custom business day frequency
D calendar day frequency
W weekly frequency
M month end frequency
SM semi-month end frequency (15th and end of month)
BM business month end frequency
CBM custom business month end frequency
MS month start frequency
SMS semi-month start frequency (1st and 15th)
BMS business month start frequency
CBMS custom business month start frequency
Q quarter end frequency
BQ business quarter end frequency
QS quarter start frequency
BQS business quarter start frequency
A, Y year end frequency
BA, BY business year end frequency
AS, YS year start frequency
BAS, BYS business year start frequency
BH business hour frequency
H hourly frequency
T, min minutely frequency
S secondly frequency
L, ms milliseconds
U, us microseconds
N nanoseconds
