| A |
Agilent
Technologies, NYSE |
| A/D |
Analog-to-Digital Conventions
used in EIDX Supporting Documentation |
| A/P |
Accounts Payable |
| A/P |
Authorize to Pay |
| A/R |
Accounts Receivable |
| A/R |
All Risk |
| A/R |
As Required |
| A/UX |
Apple
UNIX operating system |
| A&R |
Accounting and Reporting |
| A2A |
Application-to-Application
(c.f. B2B) |
| AAL |
ATM Adaption
Layer |
| ABAP |
Advanced Business Application
Programming |
| ac |
ACademic (.ac in an URL indicates
an academic Website) |
| AC |
Account Current |
| AC |
Application Context |
| ACAE |
Analog CAE |
| ACD |
Automatic Call Distribution |
|
ACH |
Automated Clearing House,
c.f. NACHA |
| ACI |
Access Channel
Integration |
| ACI |
Automatic Component Insertion |
|
ACID |
Atomic, Consistent, Isolated,
Durable, OMG |
| ACL |
Access Control List |
| ACM |
Association
for Computing Machinery |
| ACN |
Automatic Change Notification |
| ACS |
Applied
Computer Solutions, Inc. |
| ACS |
Assets Control Module |
| ACS |
Automated Chemical Systems |
| ACS |
Automated Commercial System, U.S.
Customs |
| ACSE |
Association Control Service
Element |
|
ACH |
Automated Clearing House |
| ACT |
Applied Computerized Technology |
| ACT |
Applied Computerized Telephony |
| ACTV |
Advanced Compatible TV, by
RCA, GE,
and NBC, 1050 lines |
| AD&I |
Application Development and
Implementation |
| Adabas |
(n.a.) Database software from
Software AG |
| ADAPSO |
Association for DAta Processing
Service Organizations |
| ADC |
Analog-to-Digital Converter |
| ADCC |
Asynchronous Data Communications
Controller |
| ADD |
Acoustic Drop Detect |
| ADF |
Automatic Document Feeder |
| ADMD |
ADministration Management Domain
(X.400) |
| ADP |
Advanced Development Program |
| ADP |
Automated Data Processing |
| ADPCM |
Adaptive Differential Pulse Code
Modulation |
|
ADR |
American Depositary Receipts |
| ADS |
Aion Development System |
| ADS |
Automated Documentation Software |
| ADSL |
Asymmetric
Digital Subscriber Links |
| ADW |
(obs.) Application Development
Workbench (CASE tool) |
| AE |
Application Entity |
| AEA |
American Electronics Association |
| AEA |
American
Engineering Association |
| AEC |
Architecture, Engineering and
Construction |
| AEM |
Assembly Evaluation Method |
| AES |
Aion Execution System |
| AF |
Audio Frequency |
| AFCAC |
Air Force Computer
Acquisition
Center |
| AFDEC |
Association of Franchised Distribution of Electronic Components |
| AFE |
Authentication Front-End |
|
AFL-CIO |
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations |
| AFR |
Annualized Failure Rate |
| AFR |
Average Failure Rate |
| AGV |
Automated Guided Vehicle |
|
AI |
Artificial Intelligence |
| AIA |
Aerospace Industries Association |
| AIAA |
American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
| AIAG |
Automotive
Industry Action Group |
| AIC |
Artificial Intelligence
Corporation |
| AIEE |
American Institute of Electrical
Engineers |
| AIIM |
Association
for Information and Image Management |
| AIM |
Access Isolation Mechanism,
MULTICS |
| AIN |
Advanced
Intelligent Network |
| AIPE |
American Institute of Plant
Engineers |
| AIR |
Automatic Inventory Replenishment |
| AIS |
Automated Information System |
| AISES |
American
Indian Science & Engineering Society |
| AIX |
Advanced IBM uniX, IBM's implementation of UNIX |
| AL-PA |
Arbitrated Loop Physical Address,
FC-AL |
| ALAP |
AppleTalk Link Access Protocol |
| ALE |
Application Link Enabling |
| ALE |
Application
Linking & Embedding |
| ALGOL |
ALGOrithmic Langauge |
| ALU |
Arithmetic and Logic Unit |
| AM |
Amplitude Modulation |
| AM |
Associate Member |
| AM |
fixed Assets Management module,
SAP R/3 |
| AML |
Approved Manufacturer's List,
c.f. AVL, ASL, PSL |
| AMPS |
Advanced Module Phone System |
| AN |
Arrival Notice |
|
ANA |
Article Numbering Association
(UK), responsible for setting TRADACOMS standards. |
| ANI |
Automatic Number Identification |
|
ANSI |
American
National Standards Institute |
| AOS |
Arithmetic Operating System |
| AP |
Access Port |
| AP |
Application Process |
| APB |
All Points Bulletin |
| APDU |
Application Protocol Data Unit |
|
API |
Application Program Interface |
| APIC |
Advanced Programmable
Interrupt-Control |
|
APICS |
American
Production and Inventory Control Society |
| APL |
A Programming Language |
| APN |
Access Point Name |
| APO |
Advanced Planner and Optimizer,
SAP |
| APPC |
Advanced Program-to-Program
Communications |
| APPN |
Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking |
| APR |
Annualized Percentage Rate |
| APRM |
Advanced Planning and Risk
Management |
| APS |
Advanced Planning
System |
| APS |
Automatic Protection Switching |
| AQ |
Acoustic Quantification |
| AQi |
Intelligent Acoustic
Quantification |
| AQL |
Acceptable Quality Level |
| AR |
See A/R |
|
ARC |
American
Red Cross |
| ARC |
VARBusiness Annual
Report Card |
| ARI |
Air
Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute |
| ARM |
Advanced RISC
Machines, Inc. ® |
| ARM |
Application Response Measurement |
| ARO |
After Receipt of Order, normal
process for quoting lead times |
| ARP |
Address Resolution Protocol,
networking standard |
|
ARPA |
Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| ARPANET |
ARPA NETwork |
| ART |
Automated Regression Testing |
| AS |
Account Sales |
| AS |
Application Server |
|
AS1 |
Applicability Statement 1, EDIINT |
|
AS2 |
Applicability Statement 2, EDIINT |
|
ASC X12 |
ANSI
Accredited Standards Committee, responsible for
X12 standards for EDI |
| ASCE |
American
Society of Civil Engineers |
|
ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| ASF |
AT&T Standardized
Facilities |
| ASIC |
Application Specific Integrated
Circuits |
|
ASL |
Approved
Sourcing/Supplier List, c.f. AML, AVL,
PSL |
| ASM |
Application Specific Memories |
| ASN |
Advance Shipment Notification |
| ASN.1 |
Abstract Syntax Notation One |
| ASNL |
Asynchronous Serial Network Link |
| ASOP |
Adaptable System of Production |
| ASP |
Active Server Page (.asp) |
|
ASP |
Application Service
Provider, c.f. FSP, ISP |
| ASP |
Application Support Provider |
| ASP |
Average Selling Price |
| ASP |
Authorized Service Provider |
|
ASPIC |
Application Service Provider Industry
Consortium |
| ASPLOS |
Architectural Support for
Programming Languages and Operating Systems |
| ASQ |
American
Society for Quality |
| ASR |
Automated Send Receive |
| ASSP |
Application- Specific Standard
Parts |
| AST |
Atlantic Standard Time |
| AST |
Agence de Secretariat Temporaire |
| ASTM |
American
Society for Testing and Materials |
| AT&T |
American
Telephone and Telegraph Company |
| ATAC |
Advanced Traceability and Control,
USN |
| ATM |
Asynchronous
Transfer Mode |
| ATN |
ASIC Technology & News |
| ATP |
Acceptance Test Procedure |
| ATP |
Asychronous Terminal Processor |
| ATP |
Accounting Transaction Process |
| ATS |
Automated Test System |
|
AUI |
Attachment Unit
Interface |
| AUP |
Acceptable Use Policy, defined by
Internet SPs |
| AV |
Authorized Version |
| AVA |
Automated Visual Association |
| AVI |
Audio Video Interleaved (.avi) |
|
AVL |
Approved Vendor List, c.f.
AML,
ASL, PSL |
| AWD |
Advance Warning Device |
| AWG |
American Wire Gauge |
| AWS |
Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer |
| AWT |
Abstract Window Toolkit |
| AXE |
Application Execution Environment |
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