------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ////// ////// /////// //////// // // // // // // // /////// // //// // // // // // // ////// * ////// * // // * ///////// * -=> International Information Retrieval Guild <=- The Hackers Acronym Chart Created for the Hacking Community Compiled by: -=>The IIRG<=- Input by: MERCENARY Version Twelve [03/31/2000] E-mail Mercenary At : iirg@iirg.org or contact the IIRG by Snail-mail at, Mercenary/IIRG 862 Farmington Avenue Suite 306 Bristol,CT. 06010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In no way do we feel this chart is totally complete, but we feel its a good start for the novice or lazy hacker to quickly look up acronyms. The current acronym list is a database of Hacking, Internet, Programming, Electronics, Medical, and Government Acronyms. We will once again be constantly Updating the list from a wide variety of sources. 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Any corporate, government, legal, or otherwise commercial usage or possession (electronic or otherwise) is strictly prohibited without written or expressed IIRG approval, and is in violation of applicable US Copyright laws. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $YND The Syndicate 1GL First Generation Language 2GL Second Generation Language 3GL Third Generation Language 4GL Fourth Generation Language A Ampere A Amplifier A Anarchy A Angstrom A Area A&SG Accessories and Supplies Group A/D Analog/Digital A/M Auto/Manual A/N Alphanumeric A/T Action Time AA Auto Answer AAA Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm AAA Aces of ANSI Art AAA Acute Anxiety Attack AAA Androgenic Anabolic Agent AAA ASCII Adjust After Addition AAAI American Academy of Allergy and Immunology AAAI American Association for Artificial Intelligence AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science AAB Amazing Astrofest Bunch AAC Authorization and Access Control AAD Adjust After Division AAFH ANSI Artists From Hell AAFP American Association of Family Practice AAI Age Adjusted Incidence AAIMS Analytical Information Management System AAM ASCII Adjust After Multiplication AAMC American Association of Medical Colleges AAMOF As A Matter Of Fact AAMRS Automated Ambulatory Medical Record System AAMSI American Association for Medical Systems Informatics AAOS American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons AAP Affirmative Action Program AAP Applications Access Point AAP Automated Accounts Payable AARN Australian Academic Research Network AARNET Australian Academic Research Network AAS Advanced Administration System AAS Advanced Automation System AAS Anabolic Androgenic Steroids AAS ASCII Adjust After Subtraction AAS Automated Accounting System AAT Average Access Time AAVD Automatic Alternate Voice Data AAX Automated Attendant Exchange AB2 Anarchy Burger ][ ABA American Bankers Association ABA American Bar Association ABATS Automated Bit Access Test System ABBR Abbreviation ABBS Apple Bulletin Board System ABC Automated Book Catalog ABC Automatic Bandwidth Control ABC Automatic Brightness Control ABCS Advanced Business Computer Systems International ABD Abdomen ABEL Advanced Boolean Expression Language ABEND Abnormal End ABEP Auditory Brainstem Evoked Potentials ABET Accreditation Board For Engineering and Technology ABF Application By Forms ABFEL Air Based Free Electron Laser ABFT Algorithm Based Fault Tolerance ABG Arterial Blood Gas ABHC Average Busy Hour Calls ABI Application Binary Interface ABIC Adaptive Bi-level Image Compression ABIG Access bus Industry Group ABIOS Advanced Basic Input/Output System ABL Airborne Laser ABLC Amphotericin B Lipid Complex ABM Automatic Batch Mixing ABMT Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation ABNM Additive Belief Network Models ABO ABO Blood Group ABO Advanced Byte Oriented ABP Actual Block Processor ABP Arterial Blood Pressure ABR Auditory Brainstem Response ABS Absolute ABS Acute Brain Syndrome ABS Alternative Billing Service ABS Apple Business Systems ABSBH Average Busy Season Busy Hour ABSDF All Burma Students' Democratic Front ABSEES American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies ABT Abort ABT Abort Timer ABT Answer Back Tone ABU Application Business Unit ABUI Association of Banyan Users International ABW Actual Body Weight AC Access Control AC Adaptive Control AC Alternating Current AC Analog Computer AC/DC Alternating Current/Direct Current ACA Acyclovir ACA Adenocarcinoma ACA Adjacent Channel Attenuation ACAP Automatic Circuit Analysis Program ACARB Australian Computer Abuse Research Bureau ACAS Aeronautical Chart Automation Section ACB Access Method Control Block ACB Annoyance Call Bureau ACB Application Control Block ACB Automatic Call-Back ACC Accumulator ACC Ambulatory Care Center ACC American College of Cardiology ACC Audio Communications Controller ACCOLC Access Overload Class ACCS Automated Calling Card Service ACD Alarm Control Display ACD Anterior Chamber Diameter ACD Anti-Convulsant Drug ACD Automatic Call Distribution ACD Automatic Call Distributor ACD Autosomal Co-Dominant ACDA Automatic Call Disposition Analyzer ACDI Asynchronous Communications Device Interface ACE ACME Couriering Enterprises ACE Adrenocortical Extract ACE Advanced Composition Explorer ACE Advanced Computing Environment ACE Adverse Channel Enhancements ACE Alliance for Clean Energy ACE American Council on Education ACE Angiotensin Converting Enzyme ACE ANSI Creation Enterprise ACE Application Construction Environment ACE Arcane Corporate Elite ACE Automated Cartridge Evaluator ACE Automatic Calibration and Equalization ACE Automatic Calling Equipment ACE Automatic Computing Engine ACEDB A Caenorhabditis Elegans Database ACEE Accessory Environment Element ACES Acoustic Containerless Experiment System ACET Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Tuberculosis ACF Access Control Field ACF Administration for Children and Families ACF Advanced Communications Facility ACF Advanced Communications Function ACF Apple Communications Framework ACGIH American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists ACGME Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education ACH Association for Computers and the Humanities ACH Automatic Clearing House ACHS Australian Council on Healthcare Standards ACI Advanced Computing Initiative ACI Asynchronous Communications Interface ACIA Asynchronous Communications Interface Adapter ACiD ANSI Creators in Demand ACIP Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice ACIS Academic Information Systems ACK Acknowledge ACK Acknowledgment ACL Access Control List ACL Advanced Computing Laboratory ACL Anterior Cruciate Ligament ACL Applied Chaos Laboratory ACL Association of Computational Linguistics ACL Automatic Cartridge Loader ACLIN Access Colorado Library and Information Network ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support ACM Access Control Machine ACM Association for Computing Machinery ACMOS Advanced CMOS ACMS Application Control Management System ACN Area Code Number ACOF Attendant Control of Facilities ACOT Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow ACP American College of Physicians ACP Ancillary Control Program ACP Auxiliary Control Process ACQNET Acquisitions Librarians Electronic Network ACR Abandon Call and Retry ACS Academic Computing Service ACS Access Control Set ACS Advanced Communications System ACS American Cancer Society ACS American College of Surgeons ACS Application Control Services ACS Asynchronous Communication Server ACS Australian Computer Society ACS Automatic Cartridge System ACS Automatic Clearing Houses ACS Auxiliary Core Storage ACSE Association Control Service Element ACSNET Academic Computing Services Network ACT Accumulator ACT Activity ACT Application Center for Technology ACTG AIDS Clinical Trials Group ACTH Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone ACTIS AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service ACTL Advanced Communications Technologies Laboratory ACTLU Active Logical Unit ACTPU Active Physical Unit ACTRAN Analog Computer Translator ACTS Advanced Communications Technology Satellite ACTS Automated Coin Toll Service ACTS Automated Computer Time Service ACTS Automatic Coin Telephone Service ACTS Automatic Computer Telex Service ACTU AIDS Clinical Trial Units ACU Alarm Control Unit ACU Automatic Calling Unit ACV Access Control Verification ACV Acyclovir ACV Address Control Vector ACW Alternating Continuous Waves AD Administrative Domain AD After Dark Image AD After Date AD Altered Destiny AD Application Development AD Authorized Dealers AD Average Deviation AD&D Advanced Dungeons and Dragons ADA A Programming Language ADA American Diabetes Association ADA Applied Decision Analysis ADA Automatic Data Acquisition ADABAS Adaptable Data Management System ADAP AIDS Drug Assistance Program ADAP Alzheimer's Disease Associated Protein ADAPSO Association of Data Processing Services Organizations ADAS Advanced Directory Assistance System ADB Apple Desktop Bus ADC Adaptive Data Compression ADC Advanced Development Center ADC Aid To Dependent Children ADC AIDS Defining Condition ADC Aids Dementia Complex ADC Air Data Computer ADC Analog-to-Digital Converter ADC Arithmetic Add With Carry ADC Astronomical Data Center ADCCP Advanced Data Communications Control Procedure ADCI Automatic Display Call Indicator ADD Arithmetic Addition (unsigned) ADD Attention Deficit Disorder ADD Authorized Data Distributor ADD Authorized Digital Dealers ADD Average Daily Dose ADDAR Automatic Digital Data Acquisition and Recording ADDR Address ADDS Advanced Data Dictionary System ADE Adverse Drug Event ADE Application Development Environment ADE Automated Design Engineering ADF Application Development Facility ADF Astrophysics Data Facility ADF Automatic Direction Finder ADFTO Advanced Data Flow Technology Office ADG Authorized Distributor Group ADH Anti-Diuretic Hormone ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADI Acceptable Daily Intake ADI Aids Defining Illness ADI Automatic Direction Indicator ADIS Automatic Data Interchange System ADIX Advanced Digital Information Exchange ADL Activities of Daily Living ADL Address Data Latch ADL Automatic Data Link ADLC Advanced Data Link Controller ADM Adaptive Delta Modulation ADM Add/Drop Multiplexer ADM Admission ADM Asynchronous Disconnected Mode ADMIN Administration ADN Abbreviated Dialing Number ADONIS Automatic Digital On-Line Instrumentation System ADP Administrative Data Processing ADP Advanced Data Processing ADP Automatic Data Processing ADPC Automatic Data Processing Center ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation ADPE Automatic Data Processing Equipment ADPE Auxiliary Data Processing Equipment ADPP Automatic Data Processing Program ADPS Automatic Data Processing System ADPS Automatic Display and Plotting System ADQ Adequate ADR Acute Dystonic Reaction ADR Address ADR Address Register ADR Adverse Drug Reaction ADRAC Automatic Digital Recording and Control ADRC Alzheimer's Disease Research Center ADRS A Departmental Reporting System ADRS Address ADRT Automatic Data Recorded Transcriber ADS Accurately Defined System ADS Activity Data Sheet ADS Address Data Strobe ADS Advanced Data Systems ADS Advanced Decision Systems ADS Advanced Digital System ADS Anatomical Dead Space ADS Application Development System ADS Audio Distribution System ADS AutoCAD Development System ADS Automatic Distribution System ADS Automatic Voice System ADS Auxiliary Data System ADS/O Application Development System/On-Line ADSF Automatic Directional Solidification Furnace ADSL Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Loop ADSP Apple Data Stream Protocol ADSP AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol ADSTP Administrative Data Systems Teleprocessing System ADT Abstract Data Type ADT Adenosine Triphosphate ADT Alternate Day Therapy ADT Application Data Types ADT Application Development Tools ADT Automatic Data Translator ADTS Automated Digital Terminal System ADU Application Definition Utility ADU Automatic Dialing Unit ADVANCE Army Data Validation and Netting Capability Establishment ADWP Application Development Without Programmers ADX Automatic Data Exchange AE Advanced Engine AE Application Engineer AE ASCII Express AEA American Electronics Association AEA Atomic Energy Authority AEC Architecture Engineering and Construction AEC At Earliest Convenience AEC Atomic Energy Commission AED ALGOL Extended Design AED Automated Engineering Design AEGIS Advanced Electronic Guidance and Instrumentation AEID Aeronautical Equipment Identification Designators AEMS Airline Economic Modeling System AEP Application Environment Profile AEP Average Evoked Potential AER Auditory Evoked Response AERG Automatic Program Generation System AERO EOS Aerosol AES Automatic Electric System AESOP An Evolutionary System For On-Line Processing AF Audio Frequency AF Auxiliary Feed AF Auxiliary Flag AFA Advanced Function Array AFACTS Automated Facilities Test System AFADS Automatic Force Adjustment Data System AFAIK As Far As I Know AFB Acid-Fast Bacilli AFB AstroFest Bunch AFBG Aortofemoral Bypass Graft AFC ANSI Factory AFC Automatic Flight Control AFC Automatic Flow Control AFC Automatic Font Change AFC Automatic Frequency Control AFD Automatic File Distribution AFE American Flight Echocardiograph AFE Amniotic Fluid Embolization AFE Apple File Exchange AFEL Advanced Free Electron Laser AFG Automatic Function Generator AFGL Air Force Geophysics Laboratory AFIPS American Federation of Information Processing Societies AFIT Air Force Institute of Technology AFITV Air Force Instrumented Test Vehicle AFK Away From Keyboard AFL Abstract Family of Languages AFL Alpha Flight AFLC Air Force Logistics Command AFM Adobe Font Manager AFM Adobe Font Metrics AFN Access Feeder Note AFO Advanced File Organization AFOSR Air Force Office of Scientific Research AFP Air Force Program AFP Alpha Feto Protein AFP Appletalk File Protocol AFR Another Foundation Release AFR Automatic Field Recognition AFS Andrew File System AFSK Automatic Frequency Shift Keying AFT Active File Table AFT Advanced Forest Technologies Program AFT Asynchronous Framing Technique AFTOMS Air Force Technical Order Management System AG Adjutant General AG/EEE Above Ground Electronic Equipment Enclosures AGA Accelerated Growth Area AGA Appropriate For Gestational Age AGC Automatic Gain Control AGD Agar Gel Diffusion AGL Acute Granulocytic Leukemia AGM African Green Monkey AGN Active Galactic Nucleus AGN Acute Glomerular Nephritis AGT Abnormal Glucose Tolerance AGTT Abnormal Glucose Tolerance Test AGVHD Acute Graft Versus Host Disease AH Ampere-Hour AHA American Heart Association AHA Arbitrary Handshake Authentication AHA Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia AHCPR Agency for Health Care Policy and Research AHF Antihemophilic Factor AHG Antihemophilic Globulin AHIMA American Health Information Management Association AHM Ambulatory Holter Monitoring AHP Acid Hell Productions AHPL A Hardware Programming Language AI Adobe Illustrator AI Amnesty International AI Analog Input AI Artificial Intelligence AI/ES Artificial Intelligence/Expert Systems AIA Aerospace Industries Association AIA Application Integration Architecture AIA Aspirin Induced Asthma AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics AIC Automatic Intercept Center AICC Automatic Intercept Communications Controller AICPA American Institute of Certified Public Accountants AID Agency for International Development AID Automatic Implantable Defibrillator AIDO Automatic Identification of Outward Dialed Calls AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome AIDS Administrative Information Data System AIDS Apple Infected Disk Syndrome AIDS Automatic Integrated Debugging System AIG Address Indicating Groups AIHA Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia AIIM Association for Information and Image Management AIM Acuity Index Method AIM Advanced Informatics in Medicine AIM Advanced Information Management AIM Artificial Intelligence In Medicine AIM Astrometric Interferometry AIMBE American Institute for Medical and Biologic Engineering AIME Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Europe AIMS Advanced Inventory Management System AIN Advanced Intelligence Network AIOCS Automated Industry and Occupation Coding System AIOD Automatic Identification of Outward Dialing AIP Acute Intermittent Porphyria AIP American Institute of Physics AIPS Astronomical Image Processing System AIRCON Automated Information and Reservations Computer AIRS Automatic Information Retrieval System AIS Action Item System AIS Alarm Indication Signals AIS Anesthesia Information System AIS Automatic Intercept System AISP Association of Information Systems Professionals AIT Advanced Information Technology AITRC Applied Information Technologies Research Center AIX Advanced Interactive Executive AJ Astronomical Journal AJBS Association of Japanese Business Studies AJCC American Joint Commission on Cancer AJPO ADA Joint Project Office AKA Also Known As AKS HIV Associated Kaposi's Sarcoma AL Assembly Language ALA Address Latch Attachment ALA American Lung Association ALAP AppleTalk Link Access Protocol ALAP As Late As Possible ALB Albumin ALBO Automatic Line Build Out ALC Airline Link Control ALC Assembly Language Coding ALC Automatic Level Control ALC Automatic Load Control ALD Analog Line Driver ALE Address Lifetime Expectations ALEPH Automated Library Expandable Program Hebrew University ALEX Automated Labor Exchange ALEX Automatic Login Executor ALEXIS Array of Low Energy X-Ray Imaging Sensors ALF Anti Lamers Foundation ALFE Analog Line Front End ALGOL Algorithmic Computer Language ALGOL Algorithmic Language ALI Automatic Location Identification ALIT Automatic Line Insulation Testing ALL Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia ALL Artificial Language Laboratory ALM App-Ware Loadable Module ALMMRS Automated Land And Mineral Records System ALMS Atomic Line Molecular Spectroscopy ALP Assembler Language Programming ALPO Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers ALPS Advanced Loan Processing System ALPS Associated Logic Parallel System ALPS Automated Library Processing Service ALRU Automatic Line Record Update ALS ADA Language System ALS Advanced Launch System ALS Advanced Legal Software ALS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ALS Asian Language Services ALS Automated List Service ALSEP Apollo Lunar Surface Experimental Package ALT Alternate ALT Altitude ALTE Apparent Life Threatening Event ALTEL Association of Long Distance Telephone Companies ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit AM Administrative Management AM Administrative Module AM Amplitude Modulation AM Auxiliary Module AMA Against Medical Advice AMA Automatic Message Accounting AMACS Automatic Message Accounting Collection System AMARC Automatic Message Accounting Recording Center AMASE Automatic Message Accounting Standard Entry AMAT Automatic Message Accounting Transmitter AMATPS Automatic Message Accounting Transmitter Teleprocessing System AMB Ambulate AMC Area Management Center AMC Arm Muscle Circumference AMC Automatic Message Counting AMC Automatic Modulation Control AMD Active Matrix Display AMD Advanced Micro Devices Inc AMDSB Amplitude Modulation Double Sideband AMERITECH American Information Technologies AmFAR American Foundation for AIDS Research AMI Access Method Interface AMI Acute Myocardial Infarction AMI Alternate Mark Inversion Code AMI American Microsystems Incorporated AMIA American Medical Informatics Association AMIA Australian Medical Informatics Association AMIGO Advanced Messaging In Groups AMIS Agile Manufacturing Information System AMIS Atari Message and Information System AMIS Audio Message Interface Standard AML Acute Myelogenous Leukemia AMM Area Manufacturing Manager AMOS Advanced Mortgage On-Line System AMOS Air Force Maui Optical Station AMP Ampere AMPP Advanced Materials and Processing Program AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service AMPS Analog Multi-Point Service AMPS Automatic Message Processing System AMR Automated Management Reports AMR Automatic Message Registering AMR Automatic Meter Reading AMRD Automatic Message Routing Device AMS Access Methods Services AMS Acute Mountain Sickness AMS Altered Mental Status AMS Andrew Message System AMS Applied Mathematical Sciences AMS Archival Management System AMSC Acquisition Management Systems Control Number AMSM Access Methods Services Macros AMSSB Audio Modulation Single Sideband AMSU Access Methods Services Utilities AMT Active Memory Technology AMT Amount AMTIC Ambient Monitoring Technology Information Center AMWI Active Message Waiting Indicator AN Aryan Nations AN Associated Number ANA Automatic Number Announcement ANC All Number Calling ANC Antenatal Clinic ANCHODD Australian National Clearinghouse on Drug Development ANCOVA Analysis of Covariance AND Bitwise Logical AND ANDF Architecture Neutral Distributed Format ANDOS All or Nothing Disclosure of Secrets ANE Anarchy 'N' Explosives ANF Automatic Number Forwarding ANG Advanced Networking Group ANI Automatic Number Identification ANIF Automatic Number Identification Failure ANL Argonne National Laboratory ANLL Acute Non-Lymphocytic Leukemia ANMP Account Network Management Program ANN Announcement Date ANOI A New Order of Intelligence ANOVA Analysis of Variance ANS American National Standard ANSI American National Standards Institute ANT Active Name Table ANU Australian National University ANV Anticipatory Nausea and Vomiting ANX Anoxia AO Acoustooptic AO Acridine Orange AO Amplifier Output AOA Abort Once Around AOA Anarchists of America AOB Alcohol On Breath AOC Automatic Output Control AOCE Apple Open Collaboration Environment AOCR Advanced Optical Character Recognition AOCS Attitude and Orbit Control System AoD Academy of Deception AODM Adult Onset Diabetes Mellitus AOI Area of Interest AOJ Add one and do not Jump AOM Area Operations Manager AOP Abnormal Operating Procedure AOS Academic Operating System AOS Add One and do not Skip AOS Add or Subtract AOS Alternate Operator Service AOS Automated Office System AOSP Automatic Operating and Scheduling Program AOSS Auxiliary Operator Service System AoT Art of Technology AOV Average Order Value AP Acquisition Plan AP Adjunct Processor AP Administrative Procedure AP Aerosolized Pentamidine AP All Points AP Applications Program AP Attached Processor APA Adaptive Packet Assembly APA All Points Addressable APACHE Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation APAR Authorized Program Analysis Report APC Advanced Professional Computer APC AMARC Protocol Converter APC Association for Progressive Communications APC Automatic Phase Control APCG Advanced Protein Crystal Growth APCUG Association of PC Users Group Summit Meeting APD Advanced Planning Division APD Angular Position Digitizer APDA Apple Programmers and Developers Association APDB Audio Visual Program Development Branch APDU Application Protocol Data Unit APE Aurora Photography Experiment APEC Automated Procedures For Engineering Consultants APF Advanced Printer Functions APF All Personal Identification Numbers Fail APF All PIN's Fail APF Application Program Function APF Authorized Program Facility APG Application Program Generator APG Automatic Priority Grouping APHA American Phreak/Hack Association APHA American Public Health Association API All Purpose Interface API American Pirate Industries API Application Program Interface APICS American Production and Inventory Control APL A Programming Language APL Algorithmic Programming Language APL Average Power Laser APM Advanced Power Management APM Ascent Particle Monitor APN Academic Position Network APO Army Post Office APOTA Automatic Positioning Telemetering Antenna APP Application APP Application Portability Profile APP Auxiliary Power Plant APPC Advanced Peer-to-Peer Communication APPC Advanced Program-to-Program Communications APPI Advanced Peer-to-Peer Internetworking APPIX Automated Part and Product Information Exchange APPN Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking APR Alternate Path Retry APRG Automatic Program Generation System APRP Adaptive Pattern Recognition Processing APS Acute Physiology Score APS Asynchronous Protocol Specification APS Automatic Protection Switch APSE ADA Programming Support Environment APSE Application Program Support Environment APSM Automatic Patient Symptom Monitor APSS Automatic Protection Switching System APT Advanced Pirate Technology APT All Purpose Terminal APT American Phone Terrorists APT Asymmetrical Power Transfer APT Automatic Picture Transmission APT Automatically Programmed Tools APTI Air Pollution Training Institute APTS Automatic Picture Transmission System AQL Acceptance Quality Level AQS Automatic Quote System AR Address Register AR Alarm Report ARAM Analog Random Access Memory ARAP Apple Remote Access Protocol ARB Application Review Board ARC Adapter Return Code ARC Aids Related Complex ARC American Red Cross ARC Ames Research Center ARC Attached Resource Computer ARC Audio Response Controller ARC Automatic Radio Control ARC Automatic Relay Calculator ARC Automatic Remote Control ARCnet Attached Resource Computer Network ARCS Advanced Re-configurable Computer System ARCSS Arctic System Science Program ARCV Association of Really Cruel Viruses ARD Acute Respiratory Disease ARD Advanced Resources Data ARD Advanced Resources Development ARDS Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome ARE Advanced Real Time Executive AREP Automated Reliability Estimation Program ARF Acute Renal Failure ARF Acute Respiratory Failure ARF Acute Rheumatic Fever ARF American Rehabilitation Foundation ARIA American Risk and Insurance Association ARIS Audichron Recorded Information System ARL Acceptance Reliability Level ARL Army Research Laboratory ARL Association of Research Libraries ARLL Advanced Run Length Limited ARM Advanced RISC Machine ARM Area Revenue Manager ARM Assessment of Risk and Methodologies ARM Automated Records Management ARM Automatic Reel Mounting ARM Automatic Route Management ARMIS Automated Report Management Information System ARMS Automated Records Management System ARNO Atlanta Regional Network Organization ARP Address Resolution Protocol ARP Automated Reasoning Program ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network ARPDP Association of Rehabilitation Programs in Data Processing ARQ Automated Request for Repeat ARQ Automatic Repeat Request ARQ Automatic Re-Transmission Queue ARR Accounting Rate of Return ARRL American Radio Relay League ARRS Association of Radio Reading Services ARS Acute Radiation Syndrome ARS Acute Retroviral Syndrome ARS Advance Record System ARS Agricultural Research Service ARS Alternate Route Selection ARS Automatic Route Selection ARSA Airport Radar Service Area ARSB Automated Repair Service Bureau ART Active Reference Table ART Automatic Reporting Telephone ARTCC Air Route Traffic Control Center ARTEWG ADA Runtime Environment Working Group ARTFL American Research on the Treasury of the French Language ARTI Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter Interface ARU Audio Response Unit ARV Aids Associated Retrovirus ARV AIDS Related Virus AS Add/Subtract AS Administrative Support AS Anarchy Society AS Apple-Share AS Application Specialist AS Application System ASA Acetylsalicylic Acid ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists ASA American Standards Association ASAD Advanced Structured Analysis and Design ASAP As Soon As Possible ASB Automatic Speed Buffering ASC Accredited Standards Committee ASC Advanced Scientific Computer ASC Altered States of Consciousness ASC American Satellite Company ASC American Society for Cybernetics ASC Automatic Selectivity Control ASC Automatic Synchronized Control ASC Average System Content ASC Average System Cost ASCC Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASCLA Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies ASCVD Arteriosclerotic Coronary Vascular Disease ASD Advanced Semiconductor Development ASD Affective Spectrum Disorder ASD Atrial Septal Defect ASD Automatic Synchronized Discriminator ASDSP Application Specific Digital Signal Processor ASE Application Service Element ASEDA Aboriginal Studies Electronic Data Archive ASEDD Arizona State Economic Development Database ASEM Assembly of Station by Extravehicular Activity Methods ASG Automated Sciences Group ASHD Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease ASHE Association for the Study of Higher Education ASI Addiction Severity Index ASI Automatic System Installation ASIA American Spinal Injury Association ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit ASIC Application System Information Center ASID Access/Synchronization of the Internet Directories ASID Address Space Identifier ASIEP Autism Screening Instrument for Educational Planning ASIM American Society of Internal Medicine ASIS ADA Semantic Interface Specification ASIS American Society for Industrial Security ASIT Advanced Security and Identification Technology ASK Akademische Software Kooperation ASK Amplitude Shift-Keying ASK Automatic Shift-Keying ASL Adaptive Speed Leveling ASL American Sign Language ASL Available Space List ASLT Advanced Solid Logic Technology ASM Address Space Manager ASM Allocation Strategy Module ASM Analog Subscriber Module ASM Assembler ASM Assembler Language File ASM Assembly ASM Association of Systems Management ASM Auxiliary Storage Manager ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASMP Asymmetrical Multi-Processing ASN Abstract Syntax Notation ASN Autonomous System Numbers ASN Average Sample Number ASO Aids Service Organization ASOC Administrative Service Oversight Center ASP Aggregated Switch Procurement ASP Amplified Sequence Polymorphisms ASP AppleTalk Session Protocol ASP Archival Storage Protector ASP Asynchronous Protocol ASP Attached Support Processor ASP Attitude Sensor Package ASP Automatic Switching Panel ASP Auxiliary Storage Pool ASPE Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation ASPEN Automated Speech Exchange Network ASPEN Automatic System for Performance Evaluation of the Network ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface ASPS Advanced Signal Processing System ASR Access Service Request ASR Automatic Send and Receive ASR Automatic Speech Recognition ASR Auxiliary Storage Restore ASSET Asset Source for Software Engineering Technology ASSP Application Specific Standard Part AST Active Segment Table AST Applied System Technology AST Astronomy Team AST Atlantic Standard Time ASTEX Automated Storage Expert ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ASV American Standard Version ASV Automatic Self Verification ASV Average System Value ASW Application Software AT Acceptance Test AT Access Tandem AT Advanced Technology AT Automatic Ticketing AT&T American Telephone and Telegraph Company ATA Airport Traffic Area ATA Ambulatory Treatment Area ATA American Technocratic Association ATA AT Attachment ATA Aurintricarboxylic Acid ATA Automatic Trouble Analysis ATB All Trunks Busy ATC Applied Technology Council ATC Around The Clock ATC Automatic Transmission Control ATCC American Type Culture Collection ATCP AppleTalk Control Protocol ATCRB Air-Traffic Control Radar Beacon ATD Air Transport Division ATD Authorized Terminal Distributor ATDI Assistive Technology Database Interface ATDM Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexing ATDP Attention Dial Pulse ATDRS Advanced Tracking and Data Relay Satellite ATDT Attention Dial Tone ATE ADA Training Environment ATE Automated Test Equipment ATEC Average Total Episode Cost ATG Advanced Technology Group ATH Abbreviated Trouble History ATH Attention Hang-Up ATI Activist's Times Incorporated ATI Automatic Test Inhibit ATICS Automated Toll Integrity Checking System ATIS Automatic Terminal Information Service ATIS Automatic Transmitter Identification System ATK Andrew Toolkit ATL Automated Tape Library ATLAS Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science ATLS Automated Trade Library Service ATM Adobe Type Manager ATM Advanced Transmission Method ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATM Automated Teller Machine ATMI Acute Transmural Myocardial Infarction ATMS Administrative Terminal Management System ATMS Advanced Technical Management System ATMS Automated Trunk Measurement System ATMS Automatic Transmission Measuring System ATN Attention ATN Automated Test Network ATNA Annual Training Needs Assessment ATO Abort-To-Orbit ATOS Air Traffic Operations Service ATOS Automated Technical Order System ATP Acceptance Test Procedure ATP All Tests Pass ATP AppleTalk Transaction Protocol ATP Available to Promise ATPG Automatic Test Program Generation ATR Advanced Technology Printing ATR Advanced Test Reactor ATR Alternate Trunk Routing ATR Automatic Terminal Recognition ATRS Automated Trouble Reporting System ATS Administrative Terminal System ATS American Thoracic Society ATS Apple Terminal Services ATS Automated Telemetry System ATS Automatic Test System ATSE Application Timesharing Software Engineering ATT Advanced Transport Telematics ATTC Automatic Test and Control Circuit ATTC Automatic Transmission Test and Control Circuit ATTIC Alternative Treatment Technology Information Center ATTIS American Telephone and Telegraph Information Systems ATTIS AT&T Information System ATTN Attention ATU Awaiting Trial Unit ATV Advanced Television AUDIT Automated Data Input Terminal AUDIX Audio Information Exchange AUI Attachment Unit Interface AUIC Area Under The Inhibition Vs Time Curve AUL Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia AULS Atlantic Union List of Serials AUP Acceptable Use Policy AUP Access Unit Port AURA Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy AUSSAT Australian Communication Satellite AUTODIN Automatic Digital Network AUTOVON Automatic Voice network AUV Autonomous Underwater Vehicle AUX Auxiliary File AUXF Auxiliary Frame AVA Audio-Visual Authoring AVC Audio-Visual Connection AVD Alternate Voice Data AVE Automatic Volume Expansion AVEU AIDS Vaccine Evaluation Units AVG Avengers AVI Audio-Visual Interleaved AVK Audio-Visual Kernel AVLHL Always Very Lubricated Happy Lemmings AVM Arteriovenous Malformation AVR Automatic Volume Recognition AVS Application Visualization System AVT Architecture Verification Test AVT Audio Video Transport AWA Anti-Warez Association AWA Arabs With Attitude AWACS Airborne Warnings And Control Systems AWoL Artists With Out Loyalty AWP Average Wholesale Price AWST Aviation Week and Space Technology AWTG Atomic Weapons Training Group AX Architecture Extended AX Automatic Transmission AXAF Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility AXAFI Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility Imager AZT Azathioprine AZT Azidothymidine AZT Zidovudine B Binary B Bit B Blank B Block B/L Backlog B4N Bye For Now B6ZS Bipolar with 6 Zero Substitution B911 Basic 911 BA Binary Add BAC Binary Asymmetrical Channel BAC Biotechnology Advisory Committee BAC Blood Alcohol Concentration BAC By Any Chance BACE Basic Automatic Checkout Equipment BACT Best Available Control Technology BAD Bitchin' ANSI Design BAD BBS'ers Against Dweebs BAD Bipolar Affective Disorder BAD Broken As Designed BADC Binary Asymmetric Dependent Channel BAEP Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential BAER Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response BAGS Bristol's Anti-Gay Society BAI Bank Administration Institute BAK Backup BAK Binary Adaptation Kit BAL Balance BAL Basic Assembly Language BAL Blood Alcohol Level BAM Basic Access Method BAM Boyan Action Module BAMAF Bellcore AMA Format BAMF Bad Assed Mother Fucker BAMP Build Ada Main Program BANCS Bell Administrative Network Communications System BAP Band Amplitude Product BAP Basic Assembly Program BAP Benefits Analysis Program BAPCO Bellsouth Advertising & Publishing Company BAR Buffer Address Register BAREPP Bay Area Earthquake Preparedness Project BARRnet Bay Area Regional Research Network BAS Basic Language BAS Basic Language File BAS Basic Source Code BASC Bad Austrian Swapping Crew BASE Bank America Systems Engineering BASIC Bank Automated Service Information Center BASIC Basic Automatic Stored Instruction Computer BASIC Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code BAT Batch File BAT Batch Processing BAT Best Available Technology BAT Blood Alcohol Test BB Bad Brains BBA Budget By Account BBB Blood Brain Barrier BBB Bundle Branch Block BBBBS Badboy's Better Bulletin Board System BBD Beethoven Bibliography Database BBFN Bye, Bye For Now BBL Bibliographic File BBM Break Before Make BBR Burnt Beyond Repair BBRC Brazilian Bioinformatics Resource Center BBRD Broadband Radiation Detector BBS Bulletin Board System BBT Basal Body Temperature BBU Battery Backup BBXRT Broad Band X-Ray Telescope BC Binary Code BC Broadcast Control BCAA Branched Chain Amino Acids BCC Basal Cell Carcinoma BCC Bilbo's Cracking Club BCC Blind Carbon Copy BCC Block Check Character BCC Blocked Call Cleared BCC Boys from Company C BCCD Buried Channel Charge-Coupled Devices BCD Barcode Decal BCD Binary Coded Decimal BCD Blocked Call Delayed BCDF Bcell Differentiation Factor BCDIC Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code BCFSK Binary Coded Frequency Shift Keying BCG Bacillus Callmette Guerin BCG Business Center Group BCI Binary Coded Information BCI Broadcast Interference BCL Batch Command Language BCL Biomedical Computer Laboratory BCM Basic Capability Module BCM Basic Control Monitor BCM Body Cell Mass BCMSV Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse BCNU Be Seeing You BCO Binary Coded Octal BCP Binary Communications Protocol BCP Birth Control Pills BCP Broadband Communications Product BCP Bulk Copy Program BCP Byte Control Protocol BCPL Basic Combined Programming Language BCPL Bootstrap Combined Programming Language BCR Bell Communications Research BCR Breakpoint Cluster Region BCR Business Card Reader BCR Byte Count Register BCRI Baltimore Community Research Initiative BCRT Bright Cathode Ray Tube BCS Batch Change Supplement BCS Battered Child Syndrome BCS Binary Compatibility Standard BCS Boston Computer Society BCS British Computer Society BCS Business Communication Systems BCU Baseline Control Unit BCU Binary Counting Unit BCU Block Control Unit BCUG Bristol Commodore Users Group BCUG Bristol Computer Users Group BCW Buffer Control Ward BD Binary Decoder BD Binary Divide BD Binary to Decimal BDA Birthday BDAM Basic Direct Access Method BDC Binary Decimal Counter BDC Boston Development Center BDC Breakdown Demo Crew BDCS Broadband Digital Cross-Connect System BDD Binary To Decimal Decoder BDES Batch Data Exchange Services BDF Binary Distribution Format BDL Below Detectable Limits BDOS Basic Disk Operating System BDP Business Data Processing BDS Basic Data Service BDS Bio-reactor Demonstration System BDS Black Dragon Society BDT Base de Dados Tropical BDT Billing Data Transmitter BDT Bulk Data Transfer BDU Basic Display Unit BE Band Elimination BE Base Excess BE Below Or Equal BEC Bus Extension Card BED Bus Extension Driver BEE Basal Energy Expenditure BEF Band Elimination Filter BELLCORE Bell Communications Research BEN Botanical Electronic News BEP Brainstem Evoked Potential BER Basic Encoding Rules BER Bit Error Rate BER Bus Extension Receiver BERT Bit Error Rate Test BETRS Basic Exchange Telecommunications Radio Service BEX Broadband Exchange BF Bad Flag BF Biofeedback BF Brought Forward BFA Baby For Adoption BFO Beat Frequency Oscillator BFP Biologic False Positive BFT Binary File Transfer BFTP Batch FTP BG/EEE Below Ground Electronic Equipment Enclosures BGE Branch If Greater Or Equal BGI Borland Graphic Interface BGID Project Big Ideas Forum BGP Border Gateway Protocol BGR Brotherhood of Gods and Retards BGT Branch If Greater Than BGU Business Graphics Utility BH Black Hole BH Block Handler BH Busy Hour BHC Busy Hour Calls BHCA Busy Hour Call Attempts BHI Branch If Higher BHIS Branch If Higher Or Same BHR Block Handling Routine BHS Black Hand Society BI Backplane Interconnect or Beginning Inventory BI Binary Input BIA Bio-electrical Impedance Analysis BIB Bibliography BICU Bus Interface Control Unit BIFF Binary Interchange File Format BIL Bilateral BIM Basic Industry Marketing BIM Beginning of Information Marker BIMDA Bio-processing with the Materials Dispersion Apparatus BIMS Business Inventory Management System BIN Baylor Information Network BIN Binary BIN Overlay BINAC Binary Automatic Computer BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain BIOS Basic Input Output System BIOYIOP Blow It Out Your Input Output Port BIPCO Built-In-Place Components BIPED Business Education for the Disabled BIR BITNET Institutional Representative BIR Bus Interface Register BIRS Basic Indexing and Retrieval System BIS Business Information System BISAM Basic Indexed Sequential Access Method BISDN Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network BISP Business Information System Program BISYN Binary Synchronous Control protocol BIT Binary Digit BITO Built-in Test Objectives BIT Built-in Testing BIT Business Information Terminal BITE Body Image Test Estimate BITN Bilateral Iterative Network BITNET Because It's Time Network BITNIC BITNET Network Information Center BITNIS Batch BITNET/Internet BITS Biotechnology Information Toolkit Software BIV Bovine Immunodeficiency-like Virus BIVAR Bi-variant Function Generator BIX Byte Information Exchange BJF Batch Job Foreground BJM Between Job Monitor BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics BK Because BK! Backup BKN Broken BKSP Backspace BL Backlit BL Blank BLAB Biomedical Library Acquisitions Bulletin BLAH Big Long and Hairy BLAISE British Library Automated Information Service BLAST Battlefield Laser Acquisition Sensor Test BLAST Blocked Asynchronous Transmission BLC Boston Library Consortium BLE Branch If Less Or Equal BLERT Block Error Rate Test BLF Bubble Lattice File BLF Busy Line Field BLI Blitz BLK Block BLKSZE Block Size BLL Blood Lead Levels BLNK Blank BLOB Binary Large Object BLOPS Billion Floating Point Instructions Per Second BLOS Branch If Lower Or Same BLOT Black Out BLS Basic Life Support BLS Business Listing Service BLT Basic Language Translator BLT Block Transfer BLU Basic Link Unit BLU Basic Logic Unit BLV Bovine Leukemia Virus BLV Busy Line Verification BM Basal Metabolism BM Buffer Module BMA Bone Marrow Aspirate BMAS Business Management Accounting System BMAX Backward Maximum Spanning Rules BMC Basic Monthly Charge BMC Basic Multiplexor Channel BMD Batch Mode Display BMD Biomedical BMD Bone Mineral Density BMEWS Ballistic Missile Early Warning System BMI Batch Mode Input BMI Body Mass Index BMI Branch If Minus BMIC Bus Master Interface Chip BMO Ballistic Missile Office BMO Birth Month BMP Batch Message Processing Program BMP Best Management Practice BMP Bitmap Graphics BMP Bit-Mapped BMR Basal Metabolic Rate BMR Batch Mode Release BMS Basic Mapping Support BMT Bilateral Myringotomy and Tubes BMT Bone Marrow Transplantation BMU Basic Measurement Unit BMWG Benchmarking Working Group BN Binary Number BNE Branch If Not Equal BNF BackusNaur Form BNG Branch No Group BNL Brookhaven National Laboratory BNN Boundary Network Node BNR Bell National Research BNS Billed Number Screening BNS Binary Number System BNU Basic Networking Utilities BO Beat Oscillator BOA Bill of Aggregation BOA Blanket Order Agreement BOB Break-Out Box BOC Bell Operating Company BOD Board of Directors BOF Beginning of File BOI Branch Output Interrupt BOING Bio-Oriented Internet Gophers BOIP Basis of Issue Plan BOIS Business Office Information Systems BOLD Bibliographic On-Line Display BOM Basic Operating Monitor BOM Beginning of Message BOM Bill of Materials BOM Bureau of Mines BOMP Bill of Materials Processor BOO Bill of Organization BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol BOP Binary Oriented Protocol BOP Binary Output Program BOP Byte Oriented Protocol BOR Basic Output Report BORAM Block Oriented Random Access Memory BORSCHT Battery, Overvoltage, Ringing, Supervision, Coding, Hybrid, Test BOS Background Operating System BOS Basic Operating System BOS Blades Of Steel BOS Branch Office System BOS Business and Office Systems BOS Business Office Supervisor BOSE Business and Office Systems Engineering BOSI Body of Safety Information BOSS Billing and Order Support System BOSS Business Oriented Software System BOT Beginning Of Tape BOT Bit Optimization Query Technology BOTE Brothers of the Eye BOV Beginning of Volume BOW Best Of the Worst BoW Brotherhood Of Warez BP Batch Processing BPA Burst Promoting Activity BPAM Basic Partitioned Access Method BPB BIOS Parameter Block BPCS Business Planning and Control System BPE Basic Programming Extensions BPH Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy BPHC Bureau of Primary Health Care BPI Bits Per Inch BPi Blacklisting People inc. BPL Beta Propriolactone BPL Branch If Plus BPM Base Product Marketing BPM Batch Processing Monitor BPM Beats Per Minute BPM Breaths per Minute BPM Business Planning Manager BPN Comstar Business Plan BPOC Bell Point Of Contact BPP Bits-per-Pixel BPS Basic Programming System bps Bits Per Second BPSK Binary PhaseShift Keying BPSS Basic Packet Switching Service BQS Berkeley Quality Software BR Base Register BR Break Request BRADS Business Report Application Development System (IBM) BRATS Business Residence Account Tracking System BRB Be Right Back BRB Bright Red Blood BRC Branch Conditional BRCS Business Residence Customer Service BRD Binary Read BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System BRG Baud Rate Generator BRG Business Research Group BRI Basic Rate Interface BRIC Biological Research In Canisters BRM Basic Remote Module BRM Biologic Response Modifier BRP Blade Runner Productions BRS Bibliographic Research Service BRS Bibliographic Retrieval Service BRS Big Red Switch BRS Break Request Signal BRTA Business Responds to AIDS BRTP Biomedical Research Technology Program BRU Branch Unconditional BS Backspace BS Banded Signaling BS Branch Standard BS Broadcast Satellite BS Business System BSA Balance Sheet Account BSA Basic Service Arrangements BSA Business Software Association BSAC Biotechnology Science Advisory Committee BSAM Basic Sequential Access Method BSB British Satellite Broadcasting BSBH Busy Season Busy Hour BSC Binary Symmetric Channel BSC Binary Synchronous Communication BSC Boyan Script File BSC Business Service Center BSCM Bi-Synchronous Communications Module BSD Berkeley Software Distribution BSD Berkeley Standard Distribution BSD Berkeley System Distribution BSDC Binary Symmetric Dependent Channel BSE Basic Service Elements BSE Breast Self Exam BSEP Brainstem Evoked Potential BSER Brainstem Evoked Response BSF Bell Shock Force BSF Bit Scan Forward BSL Bio-Safety Level BSL Blood Sugar Level BSN BackEnd Storage Network BSOC Bell Systems Operating Company BSP Bell Systems Practice BSP Business Systems Planning BSR Bit Scan Reverse BSR Bureau of Standards Review BSRFS Bell System Reference Frequency Standard BST Basic Services Terminal BST Beam Switching Tube BSTJ Bell Systems Technical Journal BSU Bowie State University BSV BASIC Graphics File BSWAP Byte Swap BSY Busy BSYNC Binary Synchronous Communications BT Bit Test BT BiTronics BT Bus Terminator BTA But Then Again BTAG Biological Technical Assistance Group BTAM Basic Telecommunications Access Message BTAM Basic Telecommunications Access Method BTAM Basic Terminal Access Method BTC Bit Test and Complement BTD Binary To Decimal BTDL Basic Transient Diode Logic BTL Beginning Tape Label BTL Bell Telephone Laboratories BTL Bilateral Tubal Ligation BTN Billing Telephone Number BTP Batch Transfer Program BTS Batch Terminal Simulator BTS Burster Trimmer Stacker BTSOOM Beats The Shit Out Of Me BTSP Bootstrap BTSS Basic Time Sharing System BTU Basic Transmission Unit BTU British Thermal Unit BTW By The Way BUF Buffer BUFA Baby Up For Adoption BUIC Back Up Interceptor Control BUS Basic Utility System BVA Billing Validation Application BVAPP Billing Verification and Authorization for Payment Process BVC Billing Validation Center BVCP Banyan Vines Control Protocol BVN Banned Vision BVS Basic Voice Service BW Bandwidth BWM Block Write Mode BWM Broadcast Warning Message BWOD Bandwidth On Demand BWQ Buzz Word Quotient BWS Battered Woman Syndrome BWT Broadcast Warning TWX BWTS Band-Width Test Set BYKT But You Knew That BYKTA But You Knew That Already BYR Year of Birth BYTE Binary Element String C C Source Code File C Carding C Celsius C Centigrade or Celsius C Committee C&ISM Consultant and Information Systems Marketing Group C&T Chips and Technologies C/D Control Data C/P Clindamycin/Primaquine CA Cable CA Cellular Automata CA Change Accumulation CA Channel Adapter CA Computer Algebra CA Computer Aided CA Cooperative Agreement CAA Chaotic ANSI Artists CAAA Clean Air Act Amendments CAB Coronary Artery Bypass CABG Coronary Artery Bypass Graft CABS Carrier Access Billing System CAC Calling Card Authorization Center CAC Carrier Access Code CAC Circuit Administration Center CAC Customer Administration Center CACM Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery CACTUS Capital Area Central Texas Unix Society CAD Computer Aided Design CAD Computer Aided Dispatch CAD Computer Aided Drafting CAD Coronary Artery Disease CAD Corrective Action Design CADC Computer Aided Design Center CADD Computer Aided Design and Drafting CADL CAD-Key Advanced Design Language CADV Combined Alternate Data/Voice CAE Cerebral Air Embolism CAE Chaotic ANSI Experience CAE Common Applications Environment CAE Computer Aided Education CAE Computer Aided Engineering CAEDS Computer Aided Engineering Design System CAEM Computer Aided Engineering and Manufacturing CAEPR Center for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research CAERS Computer Aided Emergency Response Team CAF Call Attachment Facility CAF Computers and Academic Freedom CAFD Controllers Automatic Message Accounting Format Description CAFE Corporate Average Fuel Economy CAFM Computer Aided Facilities Management CAG Column Address Generator CAH Chronic Active Hepatitis CAI Call Assembly Index CAI Career Assessment Inventory CAI Computer Aided Industry CAI Computer Assisted Instruction CAIN Computerized AIDS Information Network CAIS Collocated Automatic Intercept System CAL Computer Assisted Learning CALC Computer Assisted Learning Center CALD Chronic Active Liver Disease CALI Computer Aided Legal Instruction CALL Canadian Academic Law Libraries CALMIT Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies CALRS Centralized Automatic Loop Reporting System CALS Computer Aided Acquisition and Logistics CAM Common Access Method CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing CAM Computer Aided Management CAM Content Addressable Memory CAM Control Administration Module CAMA Centralized Automatic Message Accounting CAMAC Computer Automated Measurement And Control CAMIS Center for Advanced Medical Informatics at Stanford CAN Campus Area Network CAN CFIDS Activation Network CANDA Computer Assisted New Drug Applications CANSIM Canadian Socio-Economic Time Series Database Cap Capacity CAP College of American Pathologists CAP Communication Application Platform CAP Complex Autonomous Payload CAP Comprehensive AIDS Program CAP Computer Aided Publishing CAPD Computing to Assist Persons With Disabilities CAPL Capillary Pump Loop Experiment CAPP California Academic Partnership Program CAPP Computer Aided Process Planning CAPS Cassette Programming System CAPS Center for AIDS Prevention Studies CAPTAI Character and Pattern Telephone Access Information CAPTAIN Character and Pattern Telephone Access Information Network CAQ Certificate of Added Qualafications CAQ Computer Aided Quality Assurance CAR Check Authorization Record CAR Computer Access and Retrieval CAR Computer Aided Retrieval CAR Control Advisory Release CAR Coordinated Assessment and Referral CARE Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act CARL Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries CAROT Centralized Automatic Reporting of Trunks CAROT Centralized Automatic Reporting On Trunks CART Classification and Regression Trees CAS California Academy of Sciences CAS Circuit Associated Signaling CAS Column Address Strobe CAS Communicating Application Specification CAS Computer Aided Styling CAS Computerized Autodial System CAS Customer Administrative Services CASCADE Compact and Scalable Dedicated Ethernet CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering CASHE College Aide Sources for Higher Education CASL Crosstalk Application Scripting Language CASS Computer Assisted Search Service CASSIS Classification and Search Support Information System CAT Catalog File CAT Common Authentication Technology CAT Computed Axial Tomography CAT Computer Aided Test CAT Computer Aided Transcription CAT Computer Assisted Testing CAT Computer Assisted Typesetter CAT Concatenate CAT Craft Access Terminal CATLAS Centralized Automatic Trouble Locating & Analysis System CATNIP Common Architecture for Next Generation IP CATS Computer Assisted Training System CATV Community Antenna System Television CAU Computer Anarchists Underground CAU Controlled Access Unit CAV Constant Angular Velocity CAVU Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited CAW Channel Address Word CAX Community Automatic Exchange CBBS Computerized Bulletin Board Service CBBS Computerized Bulletin Board System CBC Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBC Cipher Block Chaining CBC Complete Blood Count CBCP Callback Control Protocol CBCT Customer Bank Communications Terminal CBE Certified Banyan Engineer CBE Computer Based Education CBE Consulting Business Essentials CBG Color Business Graphics CBI Compound Batch Identification CBI Computer Based Instruction CBI Crossbar Interface CBIPO Custom Built Installation Process Offering CBJ Core Based Join Multicasting CBL COBOL File CBL Computer Based Learning CBL Cord Blood Lymphocytes CBM Commodore Business Machines CBMS Computer Based Mail System CBMS Computer Based Message System CBO Community Based Organizations CBPXI Computer Private Branch Exchange Interface CBR Case Based Reasoning CBR Computer Based Reference CBS Certified Banyan Specialist CBS Chronic Brain Syndrome CBS Common Bom System CBS Cross-Bar Switching CBT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy CBT Computer Based Terminal CBT Computer Based Training CBT Computerized Body Tomography CBT Core Based Tree Multicasting CBW Chemical and Biological Warfare CBW Convert Byte-to-Word CBX Computer Controlled Branch Exchange CBX Computerized Branch Exchange CBX Computerized Business Exchange CBX Computerized Private Branch Exchange CBX Cybrix CC Calling Card CC Carbon Copy CC Card Column CC Carriage Control CC Center Conductor CC Central Computer CC Central Control CC Closed Circuit CC Cluster Controller CC Command Chain CC Common Control CC Condition Code CC Connection Confirm CC Cost Center CC Country Code CC Courtesy Copy CC Credit Card CC Cryptic Criminals CC# Credit Card # CCA Common Communications Adapter CCA Common Cryptographic Architecture CCA Computer Content Architecture CCAFS Cape Canaveral Air Force Station CCAT Center for Computer Analysis of Texts CCB Channel Control Block CCC Central Computing Committee CCC Central Control Complex CCC Change and Configuration Control CCC Change Configuration Control CCC Chaos Computer Club CCC Chaos Cyber Creators CCC Clear Channel Capability CCC Community Computer Center CCC Computer Control Center CCCA Campus Computer Communication Association CCD Central Computing Division CCD Charge Coupled Device CCD Complementary Coded Decimal CCD Computer Controlled Display CCD Customer Configuration Document CCDN Corporate Consolidated Data Network CCEP Commercial Communications Endorsement Program CCF Central Computing Facility CCF Communications Control Field CCF Controller Communications Facility CCH Channel Check Handler CCH Connections per Circuit per Hour CCHS Cylinder, Cylinder, Head, Sector CCI Computer Carrier Interrupt CCI Corrected Count Increment CCi Cyber Crime International CCIP Continuously Computed Impact Point CCIR Comite Consultif Internationale des Radio Communications CCIRN Coordinating Committee for Intercontinental Research Networks CCIS Common Channel Interoffice Signaling CCITT Committee Consultif Internationale Telegraph et Telephonie CCL Common Carrier Line CCL Communications Control Language CCL Console Command Language CCLP Common Carrier Line Pool CCM Communications Control Mode CCM Customer Control Management CCN Center for Civic Networking CCNC Common Channel Network Controller CCNC Computer Communications Network Center CCOO Comprehensive Cost of Ownership CCP Call Control Part CCP Certificate in Computer Programming CCP Certified Computer Programmer CCP Character Controlled Protocol CCP Character Count Protocol CCP Compression Control Protocol CCP Console Command Processor CCPT Controller Creation Parameter Table CCR Central Control Room CCR Clock Configuration Register CCR Customer Controlled Reconfiguration CCRIS Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System CCRP Continuously Computed Release Point CCRx Convergent Combination Therapy CCS Calling Card Service CCS Common Channel Signaling CCS Common Command Set CCS Common Communications Support CCS Community Case Services CCS Component Cooling System CCS Continuous Commercial Service CCS Conversational Compiling System CCS Hundred Call Seconds CCSA Common Central Switching Arrangement CCSG Children's Cancer Study Group CCSO Computing and Communications Services Office CCSS Commodity Command Standard System CCSS Common Channel Signaling System CCT Central Control Terminal CCT Cumulative Cycle Time CCT Custom Computer Technology CCTA Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency CCTAC Computer Communications Trouble Analysis Center CCTG California Collaborative Treatment Group CCTS Current Cites CCTV Closed Circuit Television CCU Central Control Unit CCU COLT Computer Unit CCU Communications Control Unit CCU Coronary Care Unit CCUTF Corrupt Computer Underground Taskforce CCV Calling Card Validation CCW Cancer Control Window CCW Channel Command Word CCW Counter Clockwise CD Card CD Cluster of Differentiation CD Collision Detection CD Color Display CD Compact Disc CDA Call Data Accumulator CDA Children of Deaf Adults CDA Coin Detection and Announcement CDA Compound Document Architecture CDA Crash Dump Analyzer CDAR Customer Dialed Account Recording CDC Calculated Date of Confinement CDC Center For Disease Control CDC Clark Development Company CDC Code Directing Character CDC Consensus Development Conference Reports CDC Control Data Corporation CDC Cult of the Dead Cat (Virus) CDC Cult of the Dead Cow (Text) CDCCP Control Data Communications Control Procedure CDCE Central Data Conversion Equipment CDCF Cumulative Discounted Cash Flow CDD Common Data Dictionary CDDA Compact Disc Digital Audio CDDI Copper Distributed Data Interface CDE CAD-key Dynamic Extension CDE Certified Data Educator CDE Common Desktop Environment CDE Complex Data Entry CDE Cooperative Development Environment CDER Center for Drug Evaluation and Research CDF Comma Delimited Format CDF Communications Data Field CDF Context Dependent File CDFI Color Duplex Flow Imaging CDH Command and Data Handling CDH Congenital Dislocation of the Hip CDI Circle Digit Identification CDI Collector Diffused Isolation CDI Comprehensive Dissertation Index CDI Connected Line Identification CDI Compact Disc Interactive CDL Computer Description Language CDL Computer Design Language CDM Content Data Model CDMA Code Division Multiple Access CDMO Compact Disc Magnet to Optical CDN Consortium Data Network cDNA Complementary DNA CDO Community Dial Office CDOS Concurrent Disk Operating System CDP Career Development Program CDP Certificate in Data Processing CDP Certified Data Processor CDP Communication Data Processor CDP Continuous Distending Pressure CDPD Cellular Digital Packet Data CDPR Customer Dial Pulse Receiver CDR Call Detail Recording CDR Call Dial Rerouting CDR Call Dial Routing CDR Card Reader CDR Commander CDR Compact Disk Reader CDR Complimentarily Determining Region CDR Conceptual Design Report CDR Continuing Disability Review CDR Critical Design Review CDR Compact Disc Recordable CDRDx Compact Disc Read Only Memory Data Exchange Standard CDRL Contract Data Requirements List CDRM Cross Domain Resource Manager CDROM Compact Disc Read Only Memory CDRTOS Compact Disc Real Time Operating System CDS Central Directory Server CDS Centralized Data System CDS Circuit Design System CDS Compliance Data System CDS Craft Dispatch System CDS Current Directory Structure CDSC Communicable Disease Surveillance Center CDT Call Data Transmitter CDT Control Data Terminal CDTS Centralized Digital Telecommunications System CDU Central Display Unit CDU Chemical Dependency Unit CDU Control Display Unit CDUGD Computer Down Under Ground Digest CDV Compact Disc Video CDWO Compact Disc Write Once CDX Compound Index File CDXA Compact Disc Extended Architecture CE Cache Enable CE Categorical Exclusion CE Channel End CE Chemical Engineer CE Chief Engineer CE Collision Elimination CE Computer Engineer CE Continuing Education CE Customer Engineer CEA Carcinoembryonic Antigen CEAM Center for Exposure Assessment Modeling CEB Communications Engineering Branch CEBAFI Continuous Electron Beam Acceleration Facility CEBV Chronic Epstein-Barr Virus CECM Center for Experimental and Constructive Mathematics CECP County Extended Code Page CEDAR Coupling Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions CEES Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies CEF Cable Entrance Facility CEFMS Corps of Engineers Financial Management System CEG Continuous Edge Graphics CEGL Cause Effect Graph Language CEI Comparably Efficient Interconnection CEI Compliance Evaluation Inspection CEI Computer Extended Instruction CEI Conducted Electromagnetic Interference CEMS Cooperative Extension Management System CEN Centaur CENET Cornell Extension Network CEO Chief Executive Officer CEO Comprehensive Electronic Office CEO Computer Enhancement Option CEP Circular Error Probability CEP Cognitive Evoked Potential CEP Corporate Electronic Publishing CEP Countercurrent Electrophoresis CEPA Civil Engineering Programming Applications CEPIS Council of European Professional Informatics Societies CER Conditioned Emotional Response CERF Cooperative Extension Reference File CERFNET California Education and Research Federation Network CERI Center for Environmental Research Information CERRO Central European Regional Research Organization CERT Certified Order CERT Computer Emergency Response Team CES Computer Election Systems CESD Composite External Symbol Dictionary CESD Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale CESNET Czech Educational and Scientific Network CET Council for Educational Technology CETA Crew and Equipment Translation Aid CETH Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities CETI Continuously Executing Transfer Interface CETS Computer and Educational Technology Services CEV Control Environmental Vault CEV Controlled Environment Vault CF Carry Flag CF Carry Forward CF Central File CF Certainty Factor CF Coin First CF Conversion Factor CF Correctional Facility CF Count Forward CF Cyber Force CFA Comprehensive Functional Assessment CFA Crossed Field Amplifier CFB Cipher Block Chain CFB Cipher Feedback CFC Continuous Flow Centrifugation CFCA Communications Fraud Control Association CFD Computational Fluid Dynamics CFES Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System CFG Configuration File CFHT Canada, France, Hawaii Telescope CFI CSF Derived Isolate CFIA Component Failure Impact Analysis CFIDS Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome CFM Code Fragment Manager CFM Cubic Feet-Per-Minute CFNR Call Forwarding No Reply CFO Chief Financial Officer CFP Call For Papers CFP Computers Freedom and Privacy CFP Creation Facilities Program CFR Catastrophic Failure Rate CFR Code of Federal Regulations CFS Chronic Fatigue Syndrome CFS Continuous Forms Stacker CFTC Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFU Call Forwarding Unconditional CFU Colony Forming Units CFU Create Function Unit CFX Circumflex CG Center of Gravity CG Computer Graphics CGA Color Graphics Adapter CGB Circuit Group Blocking CGBA Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus CGC Caenorhabditis elegans Genetics Center CGI Color Graphics Processing CGI Computer Graphics Interface CGI Computer Generated Images CGI Console Gaming Informers CGI Current Group Indicator CGIC Canadian Geoscience Information Center CGL Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia CGM Computer Graphics Metafile CGMT Census of Graduate Medical Trainees CGN Concentrator Group Number CGNJ C0ol GuYZz N4m3d JaZ0n! CGP Circulatory Gene Pool CGQ Quebec Geoscience Center CGRO Compton Gamma Ray Observatory CGS Centimeter-Gram-Second System CGU Character Generation Utility CGVHD Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease CHAMP Comet Halley Active Monitoring Program CHAR Character CHARA Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy CHAT Conversational Hypertext Access Technology CHD Congenital Heart Disease CHD Coronary Heart Disease CHDL Computer Hardware Description Language CHESS Comprehensive Health Enrichment Support System CHF Congestive Heart Failure CHGS Center for Human Genome Studies CHI Consumer Health Informatics CHID Combined Health Information Database CHIEF Clearinghouse for Inventories/Emission Factors CHIM Center for Healthcare Information Management CHiNA Communist Hackers In North America CHINS Child in Need of Services CHIP Chemical Hazard Information Profile CHIP Chile Information Project CHIP Community Health Information Program CHIPS Clearing House Interbank Payments System CHIS Community Health Information System CHK Check CHK Chkdsk File CHKDSK Check Disk CHMOD Change Mode CHMOS Complementary High Performance Metal Oxide CHO Carbohydrate CHOW Community Health Outreach Worker CHP Channel Pointer CHP Chapter CHPID Channel Path Identifier CHR Character CHROMEX Chromosomes and Plant Cell Division in Space Experiment CHS Class Hour Schedule CHS Total Chaos CI Call Indicator CI Circuit Interrupter CI Cluster Interconnect or Computer Interconnect CI Combination Index CI Computer Interconnect CI Control Interval CIA Central Intelligence Agency CIA Coders In Action CIA Computer Interface Adapter CIA Creators of Intense Art CIAC Computer Incident Advisory Capability CIAR Canadian Institute for Advanced Research CIC Carrier Identification Codes CIC Circuit Identification Code CIC Committee for Institutional Cooperation CIC Coordination and Information Center CIC CSNET Information Center CIC Customer Information Center CICP Consortium for International Crop Protection CICP Customer Interrupt Control Program CICS Customer Information Control System CICU Coronary Intensive Care Unit CID Caller ID CID Charge Injection Device CID Communications Identifier CID Computer Integrated Design CID Connection Identification CIDA Channel Indirect Data Addressing CIDF Control Information Definition Field CIE Chief Information Engineer CIE Counterimmunoelectrophoresis CIF Central Index File CIF Central Integration Facility CIF Clone Inhibiting Factor CIF Common Intermediate Format CIG Computer Image Generation CII Call Identity Index CIJE Current Index to Journals in Education CIL Condition Incident Log CILT Center for Independent Living CIM CompuServe Information Manager CIM Computer Input from Microfilm CIM Computer Integrated Manufacturing CIM Critical Index Management CIMT Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Technology CIO Centers/Institutes/Offices CIO Chief Information Officer CIOCS Communication Input/Output Control System CIOS Communication Institute for Online Scholarship CIP Cellular Immunocompetence Profile CIP Cognitive Information Processing CIR Circuit CIR Committed Information Rate CIR Computer Integrated Research CIRCA Center for Instructional and Research Computing Activities CIRRIS Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument for Shuttle CIRU Computer Industry Research Unit CIS CarcinomaInSitu CIS Clinical Information System CIS Commercial Instruction Set CIS CompuServe Information Service CIS Computer Information Service CIS Computer Information Systems CIS Customer Intercept Service CIS Customized Intercept Service CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor CISAB Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior CISC Complex Instruction Set Computer CISC Complex Instruction Set Computing CISE Computer and Information Science and Engineering CISSD Canadian International Society for Social Deviancy CIT California Institute of Technology CIT Call-In-Time CIT Circumstellar Imaging Telescope CIT Communications and Information Technology CIT Computer Integrated Telephony CIT Computer Interactive Text CITI Centee for Information Technologies Innovation CITS Central Integrated Test System CIU Cable Interface Unit CIU Computer Interface Unit CIX Commercial Internet Exchange CIX Compulink Information Exchange CJE Critical Job Element CJO Current Job Openings CK Check CKD Count Key Data CKD Count Key Device CKDS Cryptographic Key Translation Center CKS Celestial Knights CL Command Language CL Confidence Level Cl Confidence Limits CL Control Language CL Conversion Loss CLA Certified Laboratory Assistant CLA Communication Line Adapters CLAMS Clinical Linguistic and Auditory Milestone Scale CLAR Channel Local Address Register CLASP Comprehensive Logistics Automated Support Program CLASS Centralized Local Area Selective Signaling CLASS Classification Literature Automated Search Service CLASS Consular Lookout and Support System CLASS Custom Local Area Signaling Service CLAT Communication Line Adapters for Teletypewriters CLC Clear Carry Flag CLC Computing Learning Center CLCSE Center for Life Cycle Software Engineering CLD Clear Direction Flag CLDN Calling Line Directory Number CLEI Centro Latinoamericano de Estudios en Informatica CLEI Common Language Equipment Identification CLEP College Level Examination Program CLF Cyberpunk Liberation Front CLI Calling Line Ident CLI Call Level Interface CLI Clear Interrupt Flag CLI Command Line Interface CLI Command Line Interpreter CLID Calling Line Identification CLIO CU LawNet Info System CLIP Compiler Language For Information Processing CLIST Command List CLK Clock CLL Chronic Lmphyocytic Leukemia CLLI Common Language Location Identification CLM Career Limiting Move CLNP Connectionless Network Protocol CLOS Common Lisp Object System CLOUDS Cloud Logic to Optimize Use of Defense Systems CLP Clipboard CLP Clipboard File CLP Country List Price CLP Current Line Pointer CLPA Create Link Pack Area CLR Combined Line and Recording CLR Computer Language Recorded CLS Clear Screen CLS Computer Letter Service CLS Computerized Litigation Support CLSR Computer Law Service Reporter CLT Computer Language Translated CLT Computer Line Terminal CLTS Clear Task Switch Flag CLU Central Logic Unit CLUT Color Look-Up Table CLV Constant Linear Velocity CM Command Module CM Communication CM Communication Multiplexor CM Computer Module CM Configuration Management CM Control Mark CM Core Memory CM Corrective Maintenance CMA Certified Medical Assistant CMAC Centralized Maintenance and Administration Center CMAS Central Massachusetts Administrative Services CMBLS Checklist of Microcomputer Based Library Software CMC Carry-in Monthly Charge CMC Cellular Mobile Carrier CMC Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiasis CMC Communication Machinery Corporation CMC Communication Management Configuration CMC Complement Carry Flag CMC Computer Mediated Communication CMC Construction Maintenance Center CMC Corporate Management Committee CMCC Central Mission Control Center CMD Command CMD Command File CMDF Combined Main Distributing Frame CMDS Centralized Message Data System CME Center for Media Education CMF Cross Modulation Factor CMH Center for Metropolitan History CMHC Community Mental Health Center CMI Cell Mediated Immunity CMI Computer Managed Instruction CMIA China Medical Informatics Association CMIIW Correct Me If I'm Wrong CMIO Chief Medical Information Officer CMIP Common Management Information Protocol CMIS Common Management Information Services CMISE Common Management Information Service Element CML Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia CML Computer Managed Learning CML Current Mode Logic CMMRR Command Mode Rejection Ratio CMMS Computerized Maintenance Management System CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor(Silicon) CMP Compare CMP Compare Two Operands CMP Computational CMP Cooperative Marketing Partner CMP Cooperative Marketing Program CMP Critical Materials Program CMPLX Complex CMPS Compare Strings CMPSB Compare String Byte CMPSD Compare String Doubleword CMPSW Compare String Word CMPT Cervical Mucous Penetration Test CMPTR Computer CMR Chemistry and Materials Research CMR Common Mode Rejection CMR Communications Moon Relay CMS Call Management System CMS Chronic Mountain Sickness CMS Circuit Maintenance System CMS Communications Management Series CMS Communications Management Subsystem CMS Compiler Monitor System CMS Conversational Monitoring System CMSG Common Management Study Group CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone CMTR Certified Material Test Report CMU CarnegieMellon University CMU Control and Monitoring Unit CMV Common Mode Voltage CMW Compartmented Mode Workstation CMY Cyan-Magenta-Yellow CMYB Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black CN Change Notice CN Connection CN/A Customer Name & Address CNA Communications Network Application CNA Customer Name & Address CNAB Customer Name Address Bureau CNC Cancer CNC Computer Numerical Control CNC Computerized Numeric Control CNCC Customer Network Control Center CNE Certified Netware Engineer CNE Certified Network Engineer CNEPA Certified NetWare Engineers Professional Association CNES Centre National d'Etude Spatiales CNF Configuration File CNI Certified Netware Instructor CNI Coalition for Networked Information CNI Common Network Interface CNIS Computerized Nursing Information Systems CNL Circuit Net Loss CNLS Center for Nonlinear Studies CNM Communications Network Management CNMS Cylink Network Management System CNO Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen CNR Carrier-to-Noise Ratio CNRI Corporation for National Research Initiatives CNS Central Nervous System CNS Clinical Nurse Specialist CNS Communications Network Services CNS Complimentary Network Service CNSF Cornell National Supercomputer Facility CNSR Comet Nucleus Sample Return CNT Count CNTRL Control CO Central Office CO Cutoff CO/NO Current Operator/Next Operator COACH Canadian Organization for the Advancement of Computers in Health COAD Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease COAG Closed Angle Glaucoma COAM Customer Owned and Maintained COAP Certified Office Automation Professional COARE Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment COAX Coaxial Cable COB Close of Business COB Complementary Offset Binary COBE Cosmic Background Explorer COBIS Computer Based Instruction System COBIT Central Office Based Intelligent Transport COBOL Common Business Oriented Language COC Circuit Order Control COC Coded Optical Character COC Corporate Operations Committee COCOT Customer Owned Coin Operated Telephone COD Career Opportunity Days COD Cash on Delivery COD Cash on Demand COD Cause of Death CoD Children Of Damnation COD Code List File COD Collect on Delivery CODASYL Conference on Data System Languages CODCF Central Office Data Connecting Facility CODE Client/Server Open Development Environment CODE Crackers of Digital Equipment CODEC Coder/Decoder CODEC Compression/Decompression CODI Cornucopea of Disability Information CODIL Context Dependent Information Language COE Center of Excellence COE Central Office Equipment COED Computer Operated Electronics Display COEES Central Office Equipment Engineering System COEM Commercial Original Equipment Manufacturer COEP Customer Originated Electronic Payment COER Central Office Equipment Report COFF Common Object File Format COGME Council on Graduate Medical Education COGS Computer Oriented Geologic Society COI Certificate of Inspection COI Conflict of Interest COIL Central Ohio Internet Link COIN Columbia Online Information Network COIN Complete Operating Information COJ Court Of Justice COL Collision COL Computer Oriented Language COLD Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease COLT Central Office Line Tester COLT Communications Line Terminator COLT Computerized On-Line Testing COLT Computer Linked Text COM Command File COM Commercial Designation in Domain Name System COM Common Object Model COM Communications COM Computer Output on Microfilm CoMA Community Of Moral Advancement COMAL Common Algorithmic Language COMAS Central Office Maintenance and Administration COMDEX Computer Dealers Exposition COML Commercial Language COMM Communications COMSAT Communications Satellite COMSEC Communications Security COMSTAR Common System for Technical Analysis COMSTAR Common System for Technical Analysis & Reporting CON Central Office News CON Console CON Control CONFIG Configuration CONN Connector CONS Carrier Operated Noise Suppression CONS Connection Oriented Networking Session CONS Console CONST Constant CONT Continue CONT Continuous CONTAC Central Office Network Access CONTACT Central Office Network Access Terminal CONUS Continental United States COO Change Over Order CoOL Conservation On-Line COOL Croation Organization Of Leechers COP Call Offering Procedure COP Certification of Process COP Character Oriented Protocol COP Coders on Point COP Coefficient of Performance COP Colloid Osmotic Pressure COP Computer Optimization Package COPA Council on Post Secondary Accreditation COPC Community Oriented Primary Care COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease COPE Communications Oriented Processing Equipment COPE Cyberchronicle of Political Economy COPICS Communications Oriented Production and Inventory COPIS Corporate Planning Information System COPS Computer Oracle and Password System COR C0RRUPTI0N COR Conditioned Orientation Response COR Correct CORA Cost of Remedial Action CORAL Computer On-Line RealTime Applications Language CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture CORE Commercial Research and Education CORE Council on Rehabilitation Education CORE Criminals of Radical Extremes CORN Computer Resource Nucleus CORNET Corporate Network CORP Creators of Revolutionary Pictures CORR Correspondence COS Call Originate Status COS Central Office Switch COS Class Of Service COS Compatible Operating System COS Conservative Opportunity Society COS Cray Operating System COSE Common Open Software Environment COSLINE COSMIC Online Information Services COSMIC Common Systems Main Inter-Connection COSMIC Computer Software Management and Information Center COSMOS Computerized System for Mainframe Operations COST Cooperation in Scientific and Technical Research COSTAR Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement COT Central Office Terminal COTNO Communication Of The New Order COV Concept Oriented View CP Call Processor CP Card Punch CP Central Processor CP Clock Phase CP Color Printer CP Command Post CP Command Processor CP Computer CP Control Panel CP Control Point CP Control Program CP Copy Protected CP$ Computer Pirates Syndicate CP/M Control Program for Microcomputers CP/M Control Program Master CPA Centralized/Bulk Power Architecture CPA Communications and Public Affairs CPA Competitive Probe Assay CPA Critical Path Analysis CPAE Center for Professional and Applied Ethics CPAF Cost Plus Award Fee CPC Card Programmed Calculator CPC Cellular Phone Company CPC Ceramic-Wafer Printed Circuit CPC Cerebral Performance Category CPC Circuit Provisioning Center CPC Compact Personal Computer CPC Computer Power Center CPC Computer Process Control CPC Computer Program Component CPCG Commercial Protein Crystal Growth CPCR Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation CPCRA Community Programs for Clinical Research of AIDS CPD Cards-Per-Day CPD Central Pulse Distributor CPD Cephalopelvic Disproportion CPD Consolidated Programming Document CPDC Common Packet Data Channels CPDD Command Post Digital Display CPDS Computer Program Design Specification CPE Central Processing Element CPE Central Processing Equipment CPE Central Program Exchange CPE Central Programmer and Evaluator CPE Computer Performance Evaluation CPE Customer Premises Equipment CPE Customer Provided Equipment CPE Cytopathic Effect CPET Catalogue of Projects in Electronic Text CPF Computer Program Facility CPF Control Program Facility CPFF Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee CPH Characters-Per-Hour CPH Cost Per Hour CPI California Psychological Inventory CPI Canadian Pirates Incorporated CPI Characters Per Inch CPI Clock-Per-Instruction CPI Code Page Information CPI Common Programming Interface CPI Consumer Price Index CPI Corrupt Programming International CPIC Common Programming Interface for Communications CPIP Control Protocol / Internet Protocol CPK Creatine Phosphokinase CPL Combined Programming Language CPL Command Procedure Language CPL Computer Program Library CPL Conversational Programming Language CPL Cooperative Processing Language CPL Current Privilege Level CPLD Coupled CPLMT Complement CPM Cards-Per-Minute CPM Control Program Monitor CPM Copies-Per-Minute CPM Cost-Per-Minute cpm Counts-Per-Minute CPM Critical Path Method CPMP Carrier Performance Measurement Plan CPNI Customer Proprietary Network Information CPNN Cal Poly News Network CPO Chief Post Office CPO Code Practice Oscillator CPO Concurrent Peripheral Operations CPO Corporate Product Operations CPODA Contention Priority Oriented Demand Assignment CPOL Communications Procedure Oriented Language CPP C++ Source File CPP Card Punching Printer CPP Cerebral Perfusion Pressure CPP Command Processing Program CPP Corporate Planning Process CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation CPR Center for Public Resources CPR Computerized Patient Record CPR Critical Problem Report CPRI Computer Based Patient Record Institute CPROST Center for Policy Research on Science and Technology CPS Cataloging Provisioning System CPS Center for Pacific Studies CPS Central Processing System CPS Characters Per Second CPS Child Protective Services CPS Clustered Printer Sharer CPS Communications Processor System CPS Computer Power System CPS Conversational Programming System CPS Current Population Survey CPS Cycles-Per-Second CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSR Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility CPSS Common Programming Support System CPT Critical Path Technique CPTA Computer Programming and Testing Activity CPU Central Processing Unit CPX Capacity Planning Extended CPY Copy CQ Charge of Quarters CQI Continuous Quality Improvement CR Call Request CR Card Reader CR Carriage Return CR Command Register CR Complete Regression CR Complete Remission CR Conditioned Re-enforcer CR Control Relay CR Control Response CR Control Reverse CR Count Reverse CR Credit CRA Computing Reference Area CRA Cooperative Research Act CRAC Crazed Artists Coalition CRADA Cooperative Research and Development Agreements CRAF Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby CRAM Card Random Access Memory CRAM Citizens Revolting Against Motzah CRAN Cranium CRAS Cable Repair Administrative System CRC Carriage Return Contact CRC Colorectal Cancer CRC Customer Record Center CRC Customer Return Center CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check CRD Cardfile File CREAM Cosmic Radiation Effects and Activation Monitor CRED Credit Card Calling CREF Connection Refused CREG Concentrated Range Extension & Gain CREN Computer Research and Education Network CREN Corporation for Research and Educational Networking CRF Chronic Renal Failure CRF Control Relay Forward CRF Corticotropin Releasing Factor CRF Cross Reference File CRFMP Cable Repair Force Management Plan CRFTR Carrier Frequency Telephone Repeater CRG Central Resource Group CRi Crisis CRIM Centre de Recherche Informatique de Montreal CRIS Customer Record Information System CRISP Complex Reduced Instruction Set Processor CRISTA Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometer Telescope for Atmosphere CRJE Conversational Remote Job Entry CRL Certificate Revocation List CRM Central Recovery Module CRM Cross Reacting Material CRMR Continuous Reading Meter Relay CRNA Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist CRO Cathode Ray Oscillograph CrO2 Cromium Dioxide CROM Control Read Only Memory CRP Capacity Requirements Planning CRPC Center for Research on Parallel Computation CRQ Call Request CRRES Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite CRS Centralized Results System CRSAB Centralized Repair Service Answering Bureau CRT Cathode Ray Tube CRT Center for Rehabilitation Technology CRTC Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission CRTNet Communication Research and Theory Network CRTU Combined Receiving and Transmitting Unit CRUE Cheat Requests for Underground Elite CRW Crew CRYPTO Cryptography CS Cable Switching CS Channel Status CS Check Sorter CS Chip Select CS Computer Science CS Control Set CS Control Signal CS County Seat CS Customer Service CS Cycles Shift CSA Carrier Servicing Area CSA Carrier Serving Area CSA Client Service Agent CSA Common Service Area CSA Computer Security Act CSA Computer Systems Advisers CSA Computer Systems Analyst CSA Confederate States of America CSA Council on Scientific Affairs CSA Covenant, Sword, and Arm of the Lord CSA Customer Service Administration CSAB Computer Science Advisory Board CSACC Customer Service Administration Control Center CSAR Centralized System for Analysis Reporting CSB Complementary Straight Binary CSB Computer Science Branch CSC Cell Site Controller CSC Coppin State College CSC Customer Support Center CSCF Central Site Control Facility CSCW Computer Supported Cooperative Work CSD Constant Speed Drive CSDC Circuit Switched Digital Capability CSDN Chinese Software Distribution Network CSDN Circuit Switched Data Network CSDS Circuit Switched Digital Services CSE Committee on Special Education CSE Common Standards for Quantitative Electrocardiography CSE Computer Science and Engineering CSE Control Systems Engineering CSF Cerebrospinal Fluid CSF Colony Stimulating Factor CSF Critical Success Factor CSFT Critical Success Factor Team CSG Constructive Solid Geometry CSG Consulting Services Group CSG Corporate Systems Group CSI Commercial Systems Integration CSI Computerized Severity Index CSIDD CALS SGML Integrated Data Dictionary CSL Computer Sensitive Language CSM Cable System Manager CSM Command and Service Module CSM Computer Systems Manufacturing CSM Continuous Sheet Memory CSM Corrupt Society Magazine CSMA Carrier Sense Multiple Access CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection CSMIP California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program CSMP Continuous System Modeling Program CSN Computer Systems News CSNET Computer and Science Research Network CSNET Computer Science Network CSO Central Services Organization CSO Chained Sequential Operation CSO Complimentary Solutions Organization CSO Computing Services Office CSP Certified Systems Professional CSP Chemistry Screening Profile CSP Coin Sent Paid CSP Commercial Subroutine Package CSP Community Support Program CSP Control Switching Point CSP Cross System Product CSPAN Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network CSR Control and Status Register CSR Corrected Sedimentation Rate CSR Customer Service Records CSRG Computer Systems Research Group CSRI Computer Systems Research Institute CSS Computer Special Systems CSS Computer Sub-System CSSB Compatible Single Sideband CSSE Computer Services System Engine CSSG Customer Service Solutions Group CSSI Computer Software Services Industry CSSL Continuous System Simulation Language CSSP Computer Systems Policy Project CST Campus Software Tools CST Central Standard Time CST Channel Status Table CST Convulsive Shock Therapy CST Current Segment Table CSTA Computer Supported Telephony Applications CSTC Consolidated Satellite Test Center CSTEP Cultural, Societal, Technological, Economic, Political CSTO Computing Systems Technology Office CSTU Currently Signed-On Terminal User CSU California State University CSU Channel Service Unit CSW Certified Social Worker CSW Channel Status Word CSW Commercial Sex Worker CT Call Transfer CT Channel Terminator CT Communications and Tracking CT Computer Tomography CT Count CT Counter CT Current Transformer CTA Channel and Traffic Control Agency CTAN Comprehensive TeX Archive Network CTC Central Test Center CTC Centralized Traffic Control CTC Channel-To-Channel CTC Control Technology Center CTC Counter Timer Circuit CTCA Channel-To-Channel Adapter CTD Center for Talent Development CTD Computing and Telecommunications Division CTIO Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory CTL Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte CTM Contact Trunk Module CTMS Carrier Transmission Measuring System CTO Call Transfer Outside CTOS Computerized Tomography Operating System CTP California Technology Project CTPA Coax to Twisted Pair Adapter CTR Cancer Tumor Registry CTR Conformance Test Report CTR Contour CTR Controlled Thermonuclear Reactor CTRL Control CTS Cellular Telephone Service CTS Clear to Send CTS Configuration Technical Specialists CTS Counseling and Testing Site CTSS Compatible Time Sharing System CTSS Cray Time Sharing System CTT Cartridge Tape Transport CTT Computerized Transaxial Tomography CTTC Cartridge Tape Transport Controller CTTN Cable Trunk Ticket Number CTY Center for Talented Youth CTY Console TeleType CU Computer Underground CU Control Unit CU Customer Unit CU See you CU L8R See You Later CUA Common User Access CUAI Common User Access Interface CUB Cursor Backward CUC Chronic Ulcerative Colitis CUCB Control Unit Control Blocks CUCRIT Capital Utilization Criteria CUD Call User Data CUD Celerity Utilities Division CuD Computer Underground Digest CUD Cursor Down CUEBC Computer Using Educators of BC CUF Cursor Forward CUFON Computer UFO Network CUG Closed User Group CUIS Columbus Users Information System CUISP Columbus Users Information System Prototype CUL See You Later CUL8R See you later CULDAT Canadian Union List of Machine Readable Data Files CUM Crazy Users on a Mission CUM Cult of the Uncircumcised Masturbator CUNY City University of New York CUP Carcinoma of Unknown Primary CUP Cursor Position CUR Cursor File CUSP Common User Program CUSP Commonly Used System Program CUSS Computer Users in the Social Sciences CUT Control Unit Terminal CUTS Cassette User Tape System CUU Cursor Up CV Coefficients of Variation CV Constant Value CV Constant Voltage CVA Cerebrovascular Accident CVF Compressed Volume File CVGA Color Video Graphics Array CVIA Computer Virus Industry Association CVR Compass Voice Response CVS Cardiovascular System CVT Communications Vector Table CVT Constant Voltage Transformer CVT Continuous Variable Transmission CVTE Crystals by Vapor Transport Experiment CVW CodeView for Windows CW Call Waiting CW Continuous Wave CW Control Word CW Cyber Warriors CWC City Wide Centrex CWD Call Waiting Deluxe CWD Convert Word to Doubleword CWDE Convert Word to Extended Double CWIS Campus Wide Information System CWP Communicating Word Processors CWRU Case Western Reserve University CX Character Transmission CXI Common X-Windows Interface CXR Chest X-Ray CY Calendar Year CYA Cover Your Ass CYF Children Youth Family CYL Cylinder CYL See You Later CZ Control Zone D Decimal D Density D Digit D Digital D Display D Drum D/A Digital/Analog D/L Download d4T Stavudine DA Data Acquisition DA Data Administration DA Data Automation DA Data Available DA Decimal Add DA Desk Accessory DA Direct Access DA Direct Answer DA Directory Assistance DA Discrete Address DAA Data Access Arrangement DAA Data Authentication Algorithm DAA Decimal Adjust for Addition DAC Daily Administrative Check DAC Data Acquisition and Control DAC Design Automation Conference DAC Digital-to-Analog Converter DAC Disaster Assistance Center DAC Discretionary Access Control DACC Direct Access Communication Channel DACC Directory Assistance Call Completion DACS Danbury Area Computer Society DACS Data Acquisition Control System DACS Digital Access Cross-Connect System DACS Directory Assistance Charging System DACU Device Attachment Control Unit DAD Device Action Diagram DADS Digitally Assisted Dispatching System DAF Decay Accelerating Factor DAG Defense Agencies Group DAIDS Division of AIDS DAIS Distributed Automatic Intercept System DAL Data Access Language DAL Data Access Line DAL Database Administration Language DAL Dedicated Access Line DALNET Detroit Area Library Network DAM Data Acquisition and Monitoring DAM Direct Access Method DAMA Demand Assignment Multiple Access DAME Data Acquisition and Monitoring Equipment DAMP Demand Analysis Manufacturing Planning DAMPS Data Acquisition Multiprogramming System DAO Directory Assistance Operator DAP Data Access Protocol DAP Data Archiving Process DAP Distributed Array Processor DAP Division Advisory Panel DAP Document Application Profile DAPC Data Acquisition and Process Control DAPS Direct Access Programming System DAR Direct Access Register DARC Division Alarm Recording Center DARI Database Application Remote Interface DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DART Daily Automatic Rescheduling Technique DART Data Analysis Recording Tape DART Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology DARU Distributed Automatic Response Unit DAS Data Acquisition System DAS Decimal Adjust After Subtraction DAS Device Access Software DAS Digital Analysis System DAS Digital Acquisition System DAS Directory Assistance System DAS Distributor And Scanner DAS Dual Attachment Station DASD Direct Access Storage Device DASP Digital Array Signal Processor DASP Digital Assisted Services Program DASWAT Distributor And Scanner Watch Dog Timer DAT Data DAT Data File DAT Dementia of the Alzheimer Type DAT Differential Aptitude Test DAT Digital Audio Tape DAT Dynamic Address Translation DATA Defense Air Transport Administration DATACOM Data Communications DATRI Division of Aids Treatment and Research Initiative DATTA Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technology Assessment DAU Data Adapter Unit DAV Data Above Voice DAV Data Available DAV Data Valid DAV Digital Audi