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APPENDIX F:  ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS


 

AI

Artificial Intelligence

AL/HRG

Air Force’s Armstrong Laboratory Logistics Research Division

AMC

Army Material Command

ASIC

Application Specific Integrated Circuit

BC

Business Case

BCA

Business Case Analysis

BIT

Built-In-Test

BMP

Bitmap

CAD

Computer Aided Design

CAFE

Controlled Access Folder Executive

CALS

Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support

CBA

Cost Benefit Analysis

CDM

Content Data Model

CDNSWC

Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center

CGM

Computer Graphics Metafile

COTS

Commercial Off The Shelf

CSC

Computer Sciences Corporation

CTS

Contact Test Set

DBMS

Database Management System

DCL

Data Conversion Laboratory

DLA

Defense Logistics Agency

DID

Data Item Description

DoD

Department of Defense

DPSD

Digital Publications Standards Development

DTD

Document Type Definition

EBT

Electronic Book Technology

EDD

Electronic Display Data

ETM

Electronic Technical Manual

FCS

Fire Control System

FCS

Flight Control System

FOSI

Formatting Output Specification Instance

FunDes

Functional Designator

GDMS

Global Data Management System

GFE

Government Furnished Equipment

GRC

General Research Corporation

HCI

Human/Computer Interface

HML

Hypertext Markup Language (Required by InfoAccess presentation system)

HTML

HyperText Markup Language

HyTime

Hypermedia/Time-based Structuring Language

IADS

Interactive Authoring and Display System

IETM

Interactive Electronic Technical Manual

ILS

Integrated Logistics Support

IMIS

Integrated Maintenance Information System

IPB

Illustrated Parts Breakdown

IV&V

Independent Validation and Verification

IWSDB

Integrated Weapon System Database

JCALS

Joint Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support

JIMIS

Joint Integrated Maintenance Information System

LSA

Logistics Support Analysis

LSAR

Logistic Support Analysis Record

MAC

Maintenance Allocation Chart

MCAIR

McDonnell Douglas Government Aerospace - East

MID

Metafile for Interactive Documents

MTBF

Mean Time Between Failure

NCSA

National Center for Supercomputing

NETPMSA

Naval Education and Training Program Management Support Activity

OCR

Optical Character Recognition

PDL

Page Description Language

PM

Program Manager

PMA

Portable Maintenance Aid

PTO

Preliminary Technical Order

QA

Quality Assurance

RAM

Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability

RDBMS

Relational Database Management System

RFP

Request For Proposal

ROI

Return On Investment

RPSTL

Repair Parts and Special Tools List

S/S/SN

System/Subsystem/Subject Number

SGML

Standard Generalized Markup Language

SOSC

System Operational and Support Capability

SOW

Statement Of Work

STAS

Smalltalk Authoring System

TI

Technical Information

TIMS

Technical Information Management System

TM

Technical Manual

TMDE

Test, Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment

TMFD

Technical Manual/Funtional Description

TSWG

Tri-Service IETM Working Group

URL

Uniform/Universal Resource Locator

USAPPC

U.S. Army Publications and Printing Command

WP

Work Package

WWW

World Wide Web

 

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