Interoperability Clearinghouse Acronyms
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3NF |
Third Normal Form |
A |
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AAI |
Audit Action Item |
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ABADSG |
American Bar Association Digital Signature Guidelines |
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ABC |
Activity-Based Costing |
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ABL |
Allocated Baseline |
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ABM |
Activity-Based Management |
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ACD |
Allocated Configuration Documentation |
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ACL |
Access Control List |
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ACS |
ANSI’s Accredited Standards Committee |
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ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
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ADD |
Architectural Design Document |
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ADI |
Authorization for Disclosure Infrastructure |
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ADP |
Automated Data Processing |
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AES |
Advanced Encryption Standard |
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AF |
U.S. Air Force |
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AFCEA |
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association |
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AH |
Authentication Header |
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AI |
Artificial Intelligence |
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AIS |
Automated Information System |
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AIT |
Automated Information Technology; Automatic Identification Technology |
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ALC |
Assembly Language Code |
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AMO-W |
Acquisition Management Office – Washington |
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AMPS |
Advanced Mobile Phone Service |
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ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
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AP |
Acquisition Plan |
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API |
Application Program Interface |
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AQL |
Acceptable Quality Level [Defense Logistics Agency] |
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ARC |
American Red Cross |
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ARNET |
Acquisition Reform Network |
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ARPA |
Advanced Research Projects Agency |
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ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
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ASD |
Acquisition Strategy Document [Defense Logistics Agency] |
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ASIC |
Application Specific Integrated Circuit |
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ATD |
Advanced Technology Demonstration |
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ATM |
Asynchronous Transfer Mode; Automated Teller Machine |
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ATSC |
Advanced Television Standards Committee |
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AWACS |
Airborne Warning and Control System |
B |
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B2B |
Business to Business |
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B2G |
Business to Government |
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BAA |
Business Area Analysis |
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BBS |
Bulletin Board System |
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BEEP |
Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol |
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BEM |
Bonus Effects Model Analysis |
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BIT |
Binary Digit having the value of 1 or 0; 8 bits = 1 byte |
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BLOB |
Binary Large Object |
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BLSM |
Base-level System Modernization |
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BOD |
Board of Directors |
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BOM |
Bill of Materials |
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BPO |
Blanket Purchase Order |
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BPR |
Business Process Reengineering |
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BSD |
Business Systems Design |
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BYOX |
Bring Your Own X |
C |
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C&A |
Certification and Accreditation |
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C/S |
Client Server |
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C3I |
Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence |
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C4ISR |
Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Architecture Framework |
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CA |
Certificate Authority; Commercial Activity; Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs |
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CACSD |
Computer Aided Control System Design |
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CAI |
Computer-Assisted Instruction |
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CAIV |
Cost as an Independent Variable |
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CALCE |
Computer Assisted Life Cycle Engineering; Computer Aided Life Cycle Evaluation |
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CAN |
Campus Area Network |
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CAP |
Contractor Acquired Property |
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CAS |
Cost Accounting Standard |
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CASE |
Computer Aided Systems Engineering; Computer Aided Software Engineering |
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CAT |
Change Assessment Team; Center for Applied Technology |
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CBA |
Cost-Benefit Analysis |
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CBD |
COTS-Based Development |
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CBS |
COTS-Based System |
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CBSE |
Component-Based Software Engineering |
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CBT |
Computer-Based Training |
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CC/PP |
Composite Capabilities/Preferences Profiles |
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CCB |
Change Control Board; Configuration Control Board |
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CCF |
Cost Comparison Form [Defense Logistics Agency] |
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CCIA |
Computer & Communications Industry Association |
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CCITT |
Comite Consultatif International Telegraphique et Telephonique |
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CCR |
Configuration Change Request |
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CDC |
Centers for Disease Control |
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CDMA |
Code-Division Multiple Access |
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CDR |
Critical Design Review |
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CDRL |
Contract Data Requirements List |
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CD-ROM |
Compact Disk Read-Only Memory |
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CDSA |
Intel’s Common Data Security Architecture |
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CEB |
Cost Evaluation Board [Defense Logistics Agency] |
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CFO Act |
Chief Financial Officers Act |
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CFR |
Code of Federal Regulation |
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CGI |
Common Gateway Interface |
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CGM |
Computer Graphics Metafile |
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CI |
Configuration Item; Commercial Item |
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CIA |
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency |
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CIAO |
Chief Infrastructure Assurance Officer |
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CIC |
Capital Investment Council |
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CICG |
Critical Infrastructure Coordination Group |
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CICS |
Commercial Industrial Contract System; Customer Information Control System |
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CIF |
Capital Investment Fund |
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CIO |
Chief Information Officer |
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CIP |
Critical Information Protection |
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CIRN |
Clinical information Resource Network – Communications Tool |
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CIS |
Combat Intelligence System |
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CKO |
Chief Knowledge Officer |
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CLCD |
Contemporary Life Cycle Development |
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CLIN |
Contract Line Item Number |
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CLOB |
Character Large Object |
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CM |
Configuration Management; Change Management |
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CMA |
Certificate Management Authority |
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CMIP |
Configuration Management Integration Plan |
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CMM® |
SEI’s Capability Maturity Model® for software development |
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CMMI |
SEI’s Capability Maturity Model Integration |
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CMP |
Configuration Management Plan |
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CMSS |
Configuration Management Support System |
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CMWG |
Configuration Management Working Group |
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CO |
Contracting Officer |
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COBOL |
Common Business Oriented Language |
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COE |
Common Operating Environment |
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COM |
Component Object Model |
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COM+ |
Extended Component Object Model |
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CONOPS |
Concept of Operations |
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COOP |
Continuity of Operations Plans |
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COPPA |
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act |
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COR |
Contracting Officer's Representative |
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CORBAâ |
Common Object Request Broker Architecture |
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CORBAâ/COM |
Common Object Request Broker Architecture/Component Object Model |
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CORBAMedä |
Common Object Request Broker Architecture/Medical |
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CORBASecä |
Common Object Request Broker Security |
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COSNaming |
Common Object Service Naming |
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COTR |
Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative |
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COTS |
Commercial Off-the-Shelf |
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COTSCON |
COTS Conference |
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CP |
Certificate Policy |
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CPI |
Continuous Process Improvement |
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CPIC |
Capital Planning and Investment Control |
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CPM |
Critical Path Method |
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CPS |
Certification Practice Statement |
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CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
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CRC |
Cyclical Redundancy Check; Class Responsibility Collaborator |
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CRL |
Certificate Revocation List |
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CRM |
Conceptual Reference Model |
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CRUD |
Create, Read, Update, Delete |
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CSA |
Configuration Status Accounting |
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CSC |
Computer Software Component |
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CSCI |
Computer Software Configuration Item |
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CSF |
Critical Success Factor |
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CSOR |
Computer Security Objects Registry |
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CSS |
Cascading Style Sheet |
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CSU |
Computer Software Unit |
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CSU/DSU |
Channel Service Unit/Data [or Digital] Service Unit |
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CURE |
COTS Usage Risk Evaluation |
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CV |
Cost Variance |
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CWBS |
Contractor Work Breakdown Structure |
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DA |
Department of the Army |
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DAA |
Designated Approving Authorities |
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DAC |
Discretionary Access Control |
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D-AMPS |
Digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service |
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DAPS |
Document Automation and Production Service [Defense Logistics Agency] |
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DARPA |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
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DASD |
Direct Access Storage Device—disks, diskettes, CD-ROMs |
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DASE |
Digital Application Software Environment Committee |
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DAVIC |
Digital Audio Visual Interoperability Council |
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DB |
Database |
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DB 2 |
Data Base 2—IBM’s SQL-compliant relational database management system |
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DBA |
Davis-Bacon Act |
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DBDD |
Database Design Document |
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DBMS |
Database Management System |
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DCAA |
Defense Contract Audit Agency |
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DCAM |
Distributed Component Architecture Model |
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DCE |
Distributed Computing Environment |
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DCE/RPC |
Distributed Computing Environment / Remote Procedure Call |
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DCMA |
Defense Contract Management Agency |
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DCMC |
Defense Contract Management Command |
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DCMD |
Defense Contract Management District |
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DCN |
Design Change Notice; Data Link Coordination Net |
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DCOM |
Distributed Component Object Model |
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DD/DS |
Defense Data Dictionary System |
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DDE |
Declarative Data Essence Group |
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DDL |
Data Definition Language |
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DEA |
Drug Enforcement Administration |
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DEIS |
Defense Enterprise Integration Service |
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DES |
Triple Data Encryption Standard |
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DFARS |
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement |
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DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
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DHHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
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DIA |
Defense Intelligence Agency |
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DID |
Data Item Description |
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DII |
Defense Information Infrastructure |
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DII COE |
Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment |
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DISA |
Data Interchange Standards Association; Defense Information Systems Agency |
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DISN |
Defense Information Systems Network |
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DITSCAP |
DoD Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Process |
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DLA |
Defense Logistics Agency |
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DLAD |
Defense Logistics Acquisition Directive |
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DLIS |
Defense Logistics Information Service |
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DLL |
Dynamic Link Library |
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DM |
Data Management |
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DMP |
Data Management Plan |
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DMS |
Diminished Manufacturing Source |
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DNA 2000 |
Distributed Network Architecture 2000 |
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DNP |
Distributed Network Protocol |
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DNS |
Domain Name Service; Distributed Network Supervisor |
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DOC |
Department of Commerce |
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DoD |
Department of Defense |
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DODD |
Department of Defense Directive |
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DODI |
Department of Defense Instruction |
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DoJ |
Department of Justice |
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DOL |
Department of Labor |
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DOM |
Document Object Model |
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DORRA |
Office of Operations Research and Resource Analysis [Defense Logistics Agency] |
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DoS, DOS |
Department of State; Disk Operating System |
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DOT |
Department of Transportation |
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DPMI |
DOS Protected Mode Interface |
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DSS |
DLA Support Services |
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DTC |
Design-To-Cost |
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DTF |
Domain Task Force |
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DTIC |
Defense Technical Information Center |
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DVD-ROM |
Originally Digital Video Disk, subsequently Digital Versatile Disk, now consensus is the term stands for itself and not for anything else |
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DW |
Data Warehouse |
E |
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E&IT |
Electronic and Information Technology |
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EA |
Enterprise Architecture |
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EAESC |
Enterprise Architecture Executive Steering Committee. |
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EAI |
Enterprise Application Integration |
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EAPMO |
Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office. |
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EBCDIC |
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code |
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e-Biz |
Electronic Business |
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EC |
Electronic Commerce; European Community |
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EC/EDI |
Electronic Commerce/ Electronic Data Interchange |
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ECEM |
Enterprise Computing-Environment Model |
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ECP |
Engineering Change Proposal |
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EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange |
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EDR |
Environmental Data Registry |
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EDW |
Enterprise Data Warehouse |
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e-Gov |
Electronic Government |
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EHF |
Extremely High Frequency |
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EIEITC |
Enterprise Interoperability and Emerging IT Initiatives Committee. |
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EIIPT |
External Interfaces Integrated Product Team |
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EIS |
Executive Information System |
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EJB |
Enterprise JavaBeans™ |
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Electronic Mail |
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EMMS |
Electronic Media Management System |
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EO |
Executive Order |
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EOQ |
Economic Order Quantity |
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EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency; Economic Price Adjustment |
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EPG |
Engineering Process Group |
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EPM |
Engineering Process Management |
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EQMB |
Executive Quality Management Board |
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ERD |
Entity Relationship Diagram |
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ERP |
Enterprise Resource Planning |
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ES |
Expert system |
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ESC |
Electronic Systems Center |
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ESP |
Evolutionary Spiral Process; Enterprise Solution Provider; Encapsulating Security Payload |
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ESSO |
Enterprise Single Sign-On |
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ETC |
Estimate to Complete |
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ETSI |
European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
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FA |
Facility Administrator |
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FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
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FAIR |
Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act |
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FAM-A |
Functional Area Model – Activity |
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FAM-D |
Functional Area Model – Data |
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FAM-O |
Functional Area Model – Object |
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FAQ |
Frequently Asked Question |
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FAR |
Federal Acquisition Regulation |
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FASA |
Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act |
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FAWG |
Federal Architecture Working Group |
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FB |
Functional Baseline |
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FBCA |
Federal Bridge Certification Authority |
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FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation |
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FCA |
Functional Configuration Audit |
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FCC |
Federal Commerce Commission |
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FCD |
Functional Configuration Document |
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FDR |
Functional Requirements Document |
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FEAF |
Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework |
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FECC |
Federal Electronic Commerce Commission |
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FEP |
Front-End Product |
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FFP |
Firm-Fixed Price |
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FFRDC |
Federally Funded Research and Development Center |
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FGDC |
Federal Geographic Data Committee |
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FIPS |
Federal Information Processing Standard |
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FMP |
Financial Management Planning |
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FMS |
Foreign Military Sales |
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FOA |
Field Operating Agency [Army] |
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FOIA |
Freedom of Information Act |
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FORTRAN |
Formula Translation (a programming language) |
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FP |
Function Point; Feature Point |
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FPI |
Functional Process Improvement |
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FPKI |
Federal Public Key Infrastructure |
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FPKIPA |
Federal Public Key Infrastructure Policy Authority |
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FQT |
Formal Qualification Test |
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FRR |
Functional Requirements Review |
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FRS |
Functional Requirements Specification |
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FS |
Foreign Service |
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FSO |
Framework Security Officer |
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FTA |
Framework System Testing and Acceptance |
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FTE |
Full Time Equivalent |
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FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
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FURN |
Framework User Role Name |
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FY |
Fiscal Year—Federal is October 1 through September 30 |
G |
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G&A |
General and Administrative |
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G2B |
Government to Business |
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G2G |
Government to Government |
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GAO |
General Accounting Office |
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GBS |
Global Broadcast Service |
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GByte |
Giga Byte—1,073,741,824 bytes, commonly referred to as one billion bytes |
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GCSS |
Global Combat Support System |
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GDT |
Government Deployment Team |
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GFE |
Government Furnished Equipment |
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GFF |
Government Furnished Facilities |
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GFI |
Government Furnished Information |
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GFM |
Government Furnished Materials |
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GFP |
Government Furnished Property |
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GFS |
Government Furnished Software; Government Furnished Services |
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GFT |
Government Furnished Tools |
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GIS |
Generic Interface System |
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GISRA |
Government Information Security Act |
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GMRA |
Government Management Reform Act |
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GNIE |
Global Network Information Enterprise |
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GNU |
GNU’s Not Unix (a recursive acronym) |
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GOSIP |
Government Open System Interconnection Protocol |
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GOTS |
Government Off-the-Shelf |
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GPEA |
Government Paperwork Elimination Act |
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GPRA |
Government Performance and Results Act |
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GPRS |
General Packet Radio Service |
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GPS |
Global Positioning System |
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GRM |
Government Reference Model |
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GRM WG |
Government Reference Modeling Work Group |
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GSA |
General Services Administration |
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GSM |
Global System for Mobile Communications |
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GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
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H/W |
Hardware |
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HCI |
Human-Computer Interaction; Hardware Configuration Item |
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HDF |
Hierarchical Data Format |
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HDML |
Handheld Device Markup Language |
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HHS |
Health and Human Services |
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HLI |
High Level Interface |
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HMAC |
Hashed Message Authentication Check |
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HP |
Hewlett Packard |
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HPCC |
High-Performance Computing and Communications |
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HQ |
Headquarters |
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HR |
Human Resources |
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HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language. |
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HTTP |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
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HW |
Hardware |
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HWCI |
Hardware Configuration Item |
I |
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I&A |
Identification and Authentication |
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I&RTS |
Integration and Runtime Specification |
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I2O |
Intelligent I/O (Input/Output) |
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IA |
Information Assurance |
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IADEG |
Interagency Data Exchange Group—for standards setting |
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IANA |
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority |
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IBM SNA |
International Business Machines Systems Network Architecture |
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IC |
Intellectual Capital; Integrated Circuit |
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ICAM |
Integrated Computer-Aided Manufacturing |
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I-CASE |
Integrated Computer Aided Software Engineering |
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ICD |
Interface Control Document |
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ICH |
Interoperability Clearinghouse |
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ICOM |
Inputs, Controls, Outputs, and Mechanisms |
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ICSA |
International Computer Security Association |
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ICWG |
Interface Control Working Group |
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IDBS |
Interoperability Database System |
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IDEA |
Interagency Data Exchange Application |
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IDEF |
Integrated Computer-Aided Manufacturing (ICAM) Definition Language |
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IDEF0 |
A hierarchical function/activity modeling technique |
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IDEF1x |
A logical data modeling technique |
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IDEF3 |
A sequential process modeling technique |
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IDLä |
Interface Definition Languageä |
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IDS |
Intrusion Detection System |
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IE |
Information Engineering |
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IEC |
International Electrotechnical Commission |
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IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
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IEM |
Information Exchange Matrix |
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IER |
Information Exchange Requirement |
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IFB |
Invitation for Bid |
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IFCC |
Internet Fraud Complaint Center |
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IG |
Inspector General |
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IGE |
Independent Government Estimate |
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IHCE |
In-house Cost Estimate [Defense Logistics Agency] |
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IIDD |
Information Interchange Design Document |
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IIOPä |
Internet Inter-Object Request Broker Protocolä |
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IM |
Information Management |
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IMA |
Interactive Media Association |
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IMMP |
Integrated Master Management Plan |
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IMRB |
Internet Management Review Board |
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IMS |
Information Management System |
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INMS |
Integrated Network Management System |
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INR |
State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research |
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INS |
Immigration and Naturalization Service (Justice) |
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Interpol |
International Criminal Police Organization |
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IOR |
Internet Object References |
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IORBAC |
Inter-Organizational Role-Based Access Control |
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IP |
Internet Protocol |
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IPB |
Internal Product Baseline |
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IPPD |
Integrated Product and Process Development |
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IPR |
Interim Process Review |
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IPSec |
Internet Protocol Security |
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IPT |
Integrated Product Team |
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IR |
Independent Review |
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IRB |
Investment Review Board; Institutional Review Board |
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IRM |
Information Resource Management |
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IRR |
Internal Rate of Return |
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IRS |
Internal Revenue Service |
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ISA |
"is a" |
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ISAC |
Information Sharing and Analysis Center |
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ISACC |
International Software Assurance and Certification Conference |
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ISAM |
Indexed Sequential Access Method |
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ISDN |
Integrated Services Digital Network |
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ISO |
International Standards Organization; International Organization for Standardization |
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ISO 10160:1997 |
Open Systems Interconnection Interlibrary Loan Application Service Definition |
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ISO 10161-1:1997 |
Open Systems Interconnection Interlibrary Loan Application Protocol Specification Part 1: Protocol specification |
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ISO 10161-2:1997 |
Open Systems Interconnection Interlibrary Loan Application Protocol Specification Part 2: PICS Proforma |
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ISO 12083:1994 |
Electronic manuscript preparation and markup |
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ISO 23950:1998 |
Information retrieval (Z39.50) Application service definition and protocol specification |
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ISO 2709:1996 |
Format for information exchange |
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ISO 8459-1:1988 |
Bibliographic data element directory Part 1: Interloan applications |
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ISO 8459-2:1992 |
Bibliographic data element directory Part 2: Acquisitions applications |
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ISO 8459-3:1994 |
Bibliographic data element directory Part 3: Information retrieval applications |
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ISO 8459-4:1998 |
Bibliographic data element directory Part 4: Circulation applications |
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ISO 8777:1993 |
Commands for interactive text searching |
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ISP |
Information Strategy Plan; Internet Service Provider |
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ISSA |
Interservice Support Agreement; Information Systems Security Association |
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ISSO |
Information System Security Officer |
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ISV |
Independent Software Vendor |
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IT |
Information Technology. |
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ITAA |
Information Technology Association of America |
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ITFWE |
Integration/Test Framework Engine |
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ITMRA |
Information Technology Management Reform (Clinger-Cohen) Act |
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ITP |
Information Technology Plan; Integrated Test Plan |
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IV&V |
Independent Verification and Validation. |
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JAD |
Joint Applications Development—IE discipline to collect/record requirements |
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JAR |
JAVA Archive |
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JCL |
Job Control Language |
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JDAM |
Joint Direct Attack Munitions |
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JDBC |
Java Database Connectivity |
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JIT |
Just-In-Time |
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JPATS |
Joint Primary Aircraft Training System |
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JRP |
Joint Requirements Planning |
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JSTARS |
Joint STARS |
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JTA |
Joint Technical Architecture |
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JVM |
Java Virtual Machine |
K |
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KB |
Knowledgebase |
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KB/SQL |
Knowledge-Based Standard Query Language |
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KBMS |
Knowledgebase Management System |
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KDP |
Key Decision Point |
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KM |
Knowledge Management |
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KPA |
Key Practice Area; Key Process Area |
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KVM |
Keyboard-Video-Mouse |
L |
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LAN |
Local Area Network |
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LCC |
Life Cycle Cost |
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LCM |
Life Cycle Management |
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LCT |
Local Communications Transport |
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LCU |
Lightweight Computer Unit |
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LDAP |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
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LDR |
Lifetime Data Repository |
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LMS |
Lexical Mediation Service |
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LOB |
Line of Business |
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LOINC |
Logical Observations, Identifiers, Names and Codes |
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LOM |
Logical Object Model |
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LQS |
Lexical Query Service |
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LRA |
Local Registration Authority |
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LRE |
Latest Revised Estimated |
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LRU |
Line Replaceable Unit |
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LSI |
Large Scale Integrator |
M |
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MAC |
Mandatory Access Control |
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MAISAPs |
Major Automated Information System Acquisition Programs |
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MAN |
Metropolitan Area Network |
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MathML |
Mathematical Markup Language |
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MB |
Megabyte |
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MByte |
Mega Byte—1,048,576 bytes, commonly referred to as one million bytes |
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MDAP |
Major Defense Acquisition Program |
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MDDB |
Multi-Dimensional Database |
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MDRIC |
Metadata Registry Implementers Coalition |
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MEO |
Most Efficient Organization [Defense Logistics Agency] |
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MHz |
Mega Hertz—1,048,576 oscillations per second re: bandwidth or CPU clock speed |
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MIC |
Multinational Interoperability Council |
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MILNET |
Military Network |
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MIL-STD |
Military Standard |
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MIME |
Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions |
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MIP |
Managed Internet Protocol |
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MIPR |
Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request |
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MIS |
Management Information System |
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MISTS II |
Management Information Systems Technical Support-II |
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MLLP |
Minimal Lower Level Protocol |
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MLS |
Multi-level Security |
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MMI |
Master Member Index |
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MOA |
Memorandum of Agreement |
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MOE |
Measure of Effectiveness |
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MOTS |
Modified Off-the-Shelf |
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MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
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MPEG |
Moving Picture Experts Group |
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MPI |
Message Passing Interface |
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MPS |
Master Program Schedule |
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MS |
Microsoft |
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MSB |
Modeling, Simulation, and Benchmarking (process) |
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MSIS |
Mission Support Information System |
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MTBCF |
Mean Time Between Critical Failures |
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MTBF |
Mean Time Between Failures |
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MTF |
Message Text Format |
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MTS |
Microsoft Transaction Server |
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MTT |
Management Transition Team |
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MTTR |
Mean Time To Repair |
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MVS |
Multiple Virtual Systems |
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N |
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N/A |
Not Applicable |
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NAF |
Non-appropriated Fund |
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NAI |
Network Application Interface |
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NAT |
Network Address Translation |
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NCGA |
National Computer Graphics Association |
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NCIC |
National Crime Information Center |
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NCSC |
National Computer Security Center |
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NDI |
Non-Developmental Item |
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NE |
Network Elements |
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NGO |
Non-governmental Organization |
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NIAC |
National Infrastructure Assurance Council |
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NIAP |
National Information Assurance Partnership |
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NIC |
Network Interface Card |
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NIGI |
National Institute for Government Innovation |
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NII |
National Information Infrastructure |
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NIMA |
National Imagery & Mapping Agency |
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NIPC |
National Infrastructure Protection Center |
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NISO |
National Information Standards Organization |
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NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology. |
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NITFS |
National Imagery Transmission Format Standard |
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NOS |
Network Operating System |
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NPC |
National Plan Coordination (for PDD 63) |
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NPR |
National Performance Review |
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NPV |
Net Present Value |
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NRC |
Non-Recurring Cost |
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NSC |
National Security Council |
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NSDI |
National Spatial Data Infrastructure |
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NSF |
National Science Foundation |
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NSFNET |
National Science Foundation Network |
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NSN |
National Stock Number |
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NSRL |
National Software Reference Library |
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NSTC |
National Science and Technology Council |
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NT |
New Technology (a Microsoft operating system) |
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NTB |
NITFS Technical Board |
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NTISSI |
National Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Instruction |
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NTP |
Network Time Protocol |
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NTSB |
National Transportation Safety Board |
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NVC |
National Visa Center |
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O |
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O&M |
Operations and Maintenance. |
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O&S |
Operation and Support |
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OAG |
Open Applications Group, Inc. |
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OASD |
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense |
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OASIS |
Office Automation Standards for Information Systems; Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards |
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OBI |
Open Buying on the Internet Consortium |
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OCD |
Operational Concept Document |
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OCONUS |
Out of the Continental United States |
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OCR |
Optical Character Recognition |
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OCS |
Operational Control Segment |
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ODB |
Object Database |
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ODBC |
Open Database Connectivity; Open Dual Bus Configuration |
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ODBMS |
Object Database Management System |
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ODC |
Other Direct Charges; Other Direct Costs |
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ODP |
Open Distributed Processing |
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ODS |
Operational Data Store |
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OEM |
Original Equipment Manufacturer |
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OGP |
Office of Governmentwide Policy |
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OI |
Operating Instructions |
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OICWG |
Overall Interface Control Working Group |
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OID |
Object Interaction Diagram |
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OIG |
Office of the Inspector General |
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OLAP |
Online Analytical Processing |
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OLE |
Object Linking and Embedding |
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OLTP |
Online Transaction Processing |
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OMA |
OMG’s Object Management Architecture |
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OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
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OMGä |
Object Management Groupä |
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OO |
Object Oriented |
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OOA |
Object-oriented Analysis |
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OOAD |
Object-oriented Analysis and Design |
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OOD |
Object-oriented Design |
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OOP |
Object-oriented Programming |
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OOPS |
Object-oriented Programming System |
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OOSE |
Object-oriented Software Engineering |
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OP |
Obsolete Parts |
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OPM |
Office of Personnel Management |
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ORBä |
Object Request Brokerä |
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ORDBMS |
Object-Relational Database Management Systems |
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ORM |
Order Message |
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ORX |
Observation Result Message |
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OS |
Operating System |
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OSD |
Office of the Secretary of Defense |
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OSE |
Open Systems Environment |
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OSHA |
Occupation Safety and Health Administration |
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OSI |
Open Systems Interconnection Standard |
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OT&E |
Operational Test and Evaluation |
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OTG |
OBJECTive Technology Group |
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P |
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P.L. |
Public Law |
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P2P |
Peer-to-Peer |
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P3P |
Privacy Preferences Project |
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PA |
Process Audit |
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PACE |
Professional Application Creation Environment—Wang VS database manager |
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PAL |
Process Asset Library |
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PASC |
IEEE’s Portable Application Standards Committee |
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PBL |
Product Baseline |
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PC |
Personal Computer |
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PCA |
Physical Configuration Audit |
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PCCIP |
President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection |
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PCD |
Product Configuration Documentation |
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PCMI |
President’s Council on Management Improvement |
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PCS |
Personal Communications Service |
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PC?TC |
Personal Computer Telecommunications |
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PD |
Process Description |
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PDD 63 |
Presidential Decision Directive on Critical Infrastructure Protection |
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|
Portable Data File |
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PDP |
Preliminary Deployment Plan |
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PDR |
Preliminary Design Review |
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PDS |
Package Distribution Services |
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PEM |
Plastic Encapsulated Microcircuits |
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PFU |
Purpose for Use |
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PGP |
Pretty Good Privacy |
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PICS |
Platform for Internet Content Selection |
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PIDS |
Person Identification Service |
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PilotATP |
Pilot Acceptance Test Plan |
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PIM |
Personal information manager |
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PIR |
Post Implementation Review |
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PITAC |
President's Information Technology Advisory Committee |
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PKI |
Public Key Infrastructure |
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PL/I |
Programming Language One |
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PM |
Performance Measure; Program Manager |
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PMA |
Policy Management Authority |
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PMO |
Program Management Office |
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PMP |
Program Management Plan. |
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PMR |
Program Management Review |
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PNG |
Portable Network Graphics |
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POA |
Point of Access |
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POAM |
Plan of Action and Milestones |
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POC |
Proof of Concept; Point of Contact |
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PoCATP |
Proof of Concept Acceptance Test Plan |
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PoCSTP |
Proof of Concept System Test Plan |
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POE |
Port of Entry |
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POP |
Period of Performance |
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POSIX |
Portable Operating System Interface for Computer Environments |
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PP |
Project Plan (formerly known as the Program Management Plan) |
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PPM |
Process Performance Measures |
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PPTP |
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol |
|
PR |
Peer Review; Purchase Request |
|
PRA |
Paperwork Reduction Act |
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PRAG |
Performance Risk Assessment Group [Defense Logistics Agency] |
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PROM |
Programmable Read Only Memory |
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ProtoATP |
Prototype Acceptance Test Plan |
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PRS |
Performance Requirements Summary [Defense Logistics Agency] |
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PS |
Program Specification |
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Ps and Qs |
Process and Quality Measures |
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P-SDD |
Preliminary Systems Design Document |
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PSISAC |
Private Sector Information Sharing and Analysis Center |
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PSN |
Public Switched Network |
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PTO |
Patent Trademark Office; Project Tracking and Oversight |
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PVM |
Parallel Virtual Machine |
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PWS |
Performance Work Statement [Defense Logistics Agency]; Print Work Station |
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Q |
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QA |
Quality Assurance |
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QAE |
Quality Assurance Evaluator |
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QAM |
Quality Assurance Manager |
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QAP |
Quality Assurance Plan; Quality Assurance Program |
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QASP |
Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan [Defense Logistics Agency] |
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QC |
Quality Control |
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QCP |
Quality Control Program |
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QE |
Quality Evaluations |
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QFD |
Quality Function Deployment |
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QMB |
Quality Management Board |
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R |
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R&D |
Research and Development |
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RA |
Registration Authority |
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RACS |
Reference Architecture and Common Services |
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RAD |
Rapid Application Development; Resource Access Decision |
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RAST |
Radio Allergo Sorbent Test |
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RBAC |
Role-Based Access Control |
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RCOTS |
Ruggedized COTS |
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RCP |
Request Change Proposal |
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RDA |
Requirements Design and Analysis |
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RDBMS |
Relational Database Management System |
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RDF |
Resource Description Framework |
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RDS |
Remote Data Entry System |
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RF |
Radio Frequency |
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RFC |
Request for Comments |
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RFI |
Request for Information |
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RFP |
Request for Proposals |
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RIM |
Reference Information Model |
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RM |
Risk Management; Requirements Management |
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RM/CM WG |
Requirements Management/Configuration Management Working Group |
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RM/CMB |
Requirements Management/Configuration Management Board |
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RMA |
Reliability/Maintainability/Availability |
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RMI |
Remote Method Invocation |
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RMMWG |
Requirements Management Modeling Work Group |
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RM-ODP |
ISO’s Reference Model for Open Distributed Processing |
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RMP |
Risk Management Plan |
|
RMWG |
Requirements Management Working Group |
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ROI |
Return on Investment; Return on Innovation |
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ROM |
Read-only Memory |
|
ROTS |
Research Off-the-Shelf |
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RP |
Recovery Plan |
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RPC |
Remote Procedure Call |
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RS-232 |
Recommended Standard-232C standard interface for serial devices |
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RSS |
RDF Site Summary |
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RTF |
Rich Text Format |
|
RTM |
Reference Terminology Model; Requirement Traceability Matrix |
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S |
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S&PE |
Systems and Process Engineering |
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S/W |
Software |
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SA |
System Administrator |
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SAB |
Scientific Advisory Board |
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SAI |
Software Action Items |
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SAIC |
Science Applications International Corporation |
|
SAP |
Secure Audio Path |
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SAS |
Statistical Analysis Software |
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SASC |
Senate Armed Services Committee |
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SAT |
Simplified Acquisition Threshold |
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SBA |
Small Business Administration |
|
SCA |
Service Contract Act |
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SCCB |
Software Configuration Control Board |
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SCCS |
Software Configuration Control System |
|
SCI |
Scalable Coherent Interface |
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SCN |
Specification Change Notice |
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SCR |
System Change Request |
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SDD |
Software Design Description/Document; System Design Document; Security Design Document |
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SDF |
Software Development Folders |
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SDL |
Specification and Description Language; Software Development Library |
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SDLC |
System Development Life Cycle |
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SDMA |
Space Division Multiple Access |
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SDMI |
Secure Digital Music Initiative |
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SDO |
Standards Development Organization |
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SDP |
Software Development Plan |
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SDR |
System Development Request |
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SE |
Systems Engineering |
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SEE |
Software Engineering Environment |
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SEG |
Software Engineering Guideline |
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SEI |
Software Engineering Institute of the Carnegie Mellon University |
|
SEI/CMM |
Software Engineering Institute/Capability Maturity Model |
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SEMP |
Systems Engineering Management Plan |
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SEMS |
Systems Engineering Master Schedule |
|
SEP |
Systems Engineering Plan |
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SEPG |
Systems Engineering Process Group |
|
SESAP |
Systems Engineering Standards and Procedures |
|
SETA |
Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance |
|
SFODB |
IEEE’s Spaceborne Fiber Optic Data Bus |
|
SFUG |
Security Features User's Guide |
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SGML |
Standard Generalized Markup Language (the parent of HTML) |
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SHA-1 |
Secure Hash Algorithm |
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SHADE |
Shared Data Environment |
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SHF |
Super High Frequency |
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SID |
System Interface Description. |
|
SIM |
System Integration Manual |
|
SLC |
System Life Cycle |
|
SLCM |
System Life Cycle Model |
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SLIP |
Serial Line Internet Protocol |
|
SLOC |
Source Lines of Code |
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SME |
Subject Matter Expert; Small- to Medium-sized Enterprise |
|
SMIL |
Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (pronounced "smile") |
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SMPTE |
Society for Motion Picture and Television Engineers |
|
SMS |
Short Message Service |
|
SMSP |
System Management Security Plan |
|
SMSR |
Strength Management System Redesign |
|
SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
|
SNA |
Systems Network Architecture—IBM’s proprietary mainframe communication standard |
|
SNAP |
Steerable Null Antenna Processor |
|
SNMP |
Simple Network Management Protocol |
|
SNS |
Secure Network Services |
|
SOAP |
Simple Object Access Protocol |
|
SoDA |
Software Document Assistant |
|
SOE |
Strength of Evidence |
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SOO |
Statement of Objectives |
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SOSAM |
Systems Operations Support and Maintenance |
|
SOW |
Statement of Work |
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SPC |
Software Productivity Consortium |
|
SPICE |
Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination |
|
SPIP |
Software Process Improvement Plan |
|
SPMN |
Software Project Managers Network |
|
SPO |
System Program Office |
|
SPSC |
System Planning System Control |
|
SQA |
Software Quality Assurance |
|
SQAP |
System Quality Assurance Plan |
|
SQL |
Structured Query Language |
|
SRA |
Software Risk Assessment |
|
SRR |
Security Requirements Review |
|
SRS |
Software Requirements Specification; System Requirement Specification |
|
SSA |
Serial Storage Architecture; Social Security Administration |
|
SSE |
Systems Security Engineering |
|
SSL |
Secure Sockets Layer |
|
SSO |
Single Sign-On; Site Security Officer |
|
SSS |
System/Subsystem Specification |
|
STC |
Standard Telegraph Code |
|
STD |
Software Test Description |
|
STEP |
Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data |
|
STP |
Software Test Plan; Software Test Report; System Test Report |
|
SUM |
Software User Manual |
|
SV |
Schedule Variance |
|
SVG |
Scalable Vector Graphics |
|
SW |
Software |
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T |
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T&E |
Test and Evaluation |
|
T&M |
Time and Material |
|
TAB |
Technical Advisory Board |
|
TAFIM |
Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management |
|
TAV |
Total Asset Visibility |
|
TBD |
To Be Defined |
|
TBQ |
Taxonomy-Based Questionnaire |
|
TCAM |
Telecommunications Access Method—predecessor to VTAM |
|
TCB |
Trusted Computing Base |
|
TCM |
Technology Change Management; Test Completion Matrix; Telecommunications Management System |
|
TCMP |
Technology Change Management Plan |
|
TCN |
Transportation Control Number |
|
TCO |
Total Cost of Ownership |
|
TCP |
Transmission Control Protocol |
|
TCP/IP |
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
|
TCSEC |
Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria |
|
TDEA |
Triple Data Encryption Algorithm |
|
TDM |
Time Division Multiplexing |
|
TDMA |
Time Division Multiple Access |
|
TE |
Technical Exhibit |
|
TEAF |
Treasury Enterprise Architecture Framework. |
|
TELCOMM |
Telecommunications |
|
TEMP |
Test and Evaluation Master Plan |
|
TEP |
Task Execution Plan |
|
TFM |
Trusted Facility Manual |
|
TIM |
Technical Interchange Meetings |
|
TIMPO |
Tri-Service Infrastructure Management Program Office |
|
TIR |
Test Incident Report |
|
TISAF |
Treasury Information Systems Architecture Framework. |
|
TM |
Task Manager; Technical Manual |
|
TNI |
Trusted Network Interpretation |
|
TO |
Task Order; Technical Order |
|
TOC |
Total Ownership Costs |
|
TOMP |
Task Order Management Plan |
|
TP |
Transaction Processing; Transition Plan |
|
TPM |
Technical Performance Measurement |
|
TPP |
Technical Performance Plan |
|
TQM |
Total Quality Management |
|
TQS |
Terminology Query Service |
|
TRC |
Technical Review Committee |
|
TRM |
Technical Reference Model |
|
TRR |
Test Readiness Review |
|
TSM |
Technical Subcontract Manager |
|
TTY |
Teletype |
|
TTYREP |
Teletype Replacement System |
|
TWIRP |
Two-Way Infrared Protocol for remote control interaction |
|
U |
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U.S. |
United States of America |
|
U.S.C. |
United States Code |
|
UAAG |
User Agent Accessibility Guideline |
|
UCDM |
Conceptual Data Model |
|
UCS |
Use Case Scenario |
|
UD |
User Domain |
|
UDF |
User-Defined Function |
|
UDP |
User Datagram Protocol |
|
UDT |
User-Defined Type |
|
UHF |
Ultra High Frequency |
|
UI |
User Interface |
|
UIC |
Unit Identification Code |
|
UL |
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. |
|
ULC |
Universal LAN Controller |
|
UML |
Unified Modeling Language |
|
UMLS |
Unified Medical Language System |
|
UMTS |
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System |
|
UN/CEFACT |
United Nations body for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business |
|
UNGA |
United Nations General Assembly |
|
Unix |
An operating system (not an acronym) |
|
UNSC |
United Nations Security Council |
|
UPS |
Uninterruptible Power Supply |
|
URI |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
|
URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
|
USAF |
United States Air Force. |
|
USAID |
U.S. Agency for International Development |
|
USB |
Universal Serial Bus |
|
USCS |
United States Customs Service |
|
USDP |
Unified Software Development Process |
|
USG |
United States Government |
|
USI |
User System Interface |
|
USIGS |
United States Imagery and Geospatial Information Service |
|
UTC |
Universal Time Coordinated. |
|
UTP |
Unshielded Twisted Pair |
|
V |
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VA |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
|
VAR |
Value Added Reseller |
|
VDB |
Virtual Database |
|
VDBAccess |
Virtual Database Access |
|
VDD |
Version Description Document |
|
VE |
Value Engineering |
|
VHA |
Veterans Health Administration |
|
VirtDBWrapper |
Virtual Database Wrapper |
|
VISN |
Veterans Integrated Service Network |
|
VistA |
Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture |
|
VOB |
Versioned Object Base |
|
VPN |
Virtual Private Network |
|
VRML |
Virtual Reality Modeling Language |
|
VS |
Virtual System—as used in Wang VS, a mini-computer hardware platform |
|
VSAM |
Virtual Sequential Access Method |
|
VTAM |
Virtual Telecommunications Access Method |
|
VTC |
Video Teleconferencing |
|
VTI |
Virtual Terminal Interface |
|
W |
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W3 |
World Wide Web |
|
W3C |
World Wide Web Consortium |
|
WAI |
Web Accessibility Initiative |
|
WAN |
Wide Area Network |
|
Wang VS |
Wang Virtual System—mini-computer platform |
|
WAP |
Wireless Access Protocol; Wireless Application Protocol |
|
WBS |
Work Breakdown Structure. |
|
WBT |
Web-Based Training |
|
WCDMA |
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access |
|
WHCA |
White House Communications Agency |
|
WIIS |
WANG Integrated Image System |
|
WML |
Wireless Markup Language |
|
WORM |
Write-Once-Read-Many |
|
WPI |
Work Product Inspection |
|
WSN |
WANG Systems Networking |
|
WTLS |
Wireless Transport Layer Security |
|
WWW |
World Wide Web |
|
X |
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XLL |
Extensible Linking Language |
|
XMI |
Extensible Markup Interface; Extensible Metadata Interchange |
|
XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
|
XPath |
XML Path Language |
|
XPointer |
XML Pointer Language |
|
XSL |
Extensible Stylesheet Language |
|
XSL-FO |
XSL Formatting Objects |
|
XSLT / Xpath |
XSL Transformations |
|
XUL |
XML-based User Interface Language |
|
Y |
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Z |
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