Abbreviations in Germanic languages
- Code
-
Meaning
Language
Themes and places
- APSA
-
Asia Pacific Sociological Association
- APSAP
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Auxiliary Propulsion System Aft Pod
- APSE
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ADA Programming Support Environment
- APSIR
-
Asia Pacific Society for Impotence Research
- APSN
-
Advanced Passive Safety Network
The Advanced Passive Safety Network (APSN) is aimed at mobilising the European scientific and business expertise in vehicle passive safety so as to accelerate improvements in road safety and reduce the annual road victims in the European Union.
- APSS
-
Atmospheric Pressure Supply Subsystem
- APSSC
-
APS (American Psychological Society) Student Caucus
- APT
-
Automatic Picture Transmission
- APT
-
Airborne Pointer Tracker
- APT
-
Astronaut Preference Test
- APT
-
Automatic Programmed Tool
- APT
-
Arbitrage Pricing Theory
- APT
-
Advanced Professional Translator
- APT
-
Advanced Packaging Tool
- APTE
-
Automated Production Test Equipment
The abbreviation APTE (Automated Production Test Equipment) includes the abbreviation TE (Test Equipment).
- APTI
-
Actions Per Time Interval
- APTN
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Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (www.aptn.ca)
- APTT
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Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time
- APTT
-
Association of Part-Time Tutors (www.apttuk.com)
- APU
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Auxiliary Power Unit
- APU
-
Auxiliary Propulsion Unit
- APUS
-
Auxiliary Power Unit Subsystem
- APUT
-
Auxiliary Power Unit Test
- APV
-
Association of Professional Videomakers
- APV
-
Aluminium Plant & Vessel (Company Limited)
- APV
-
Association of Primate Veterinarians (www.primatevets.org)
- APVMA
-
American Pre-Veterinary Medical Association (www.apvma.us)
- APW
-
Augmented Plane Wave
The abbreviation APW (Augmented Plane Wave) is included in the abbreviation LAPW (Linearized Augmented Plane Wave).
- APWC
-
Amersfoort Paars Wit Combinatie
- APWL
-
Automatically Processed Wire List
- APWR
-
Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor
- APh
-
Astroparticle Physics
- APhy
-
Acoustical Physics
- AQHA
-
American Quarter Horse Association (https://www.aqha.com/)
- AQL
-
Acceptance Quality Level
- AR
-
Acceptance Readiness
The abbreviation AR (Acceptance Readiness) is included in the abbreviation CARR (Customer Acceptance Readiness Review).
- AR
-
Acceptance Review
The abbreviation AR (Acceptance Review) is included in abbreviations such as CAR (Configuration and Acceptance Review), CAR (Customer Acceptance Review), CARID (Customer Acceptance Review Item Disposition), FAR (Final Acceptance Review), FAR (Flight Acceptance Review) and PAR (Product Acceptance Review).
- AR
-
Acid Resisting
- AR
-
Antireflection/Antireflective
- AR
-
Atmospheric Revitalization
- AR
-
Afforestation and Reforestation
- AR
-
Army Regulation
- AR
-
Action Request
The abbreviation AR (Action Request) is included in abbreviations such as CAR (Contractual Action Request), CAR (Corrective Action Request), CMAR (Configuration Management Action Request), PAR (Planning Action Request), PAR (Problem Action Request), SAR (Support Action Request), SAR (Site Action Request), SAR (Special Action Request), EAR (Engineering Action Request) and ARS (Action Request System).
- AR
-
Annual Report
The abbreviation AR (Annual Report) is included in abbreviations such as YalAR (Annual Report of the Astronomer of the Winchester Observatory of Yale College), ARKod (Annual Report of the Kodaikanal Observatory), MMAAR (Maria Mitchell Association Annual Report), WinAR (Windsor Observatory Annual Report), DAOAR (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory Annual Report), ESOAR (European Southern Observatory Annual Reports), HarAR (Harvard College Observatory Annual Report), MelAR (Melbourne Observatory Annual Report), MtWAR (Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatory Annual Report) and MWOAR (Mount Wilson Observatory Annual Report).
- AR-AFFF
-
Alcohol-Resistant Aqueous Film Forming Foam
- AR-FFFP
-
Alcohol-Resistant Film Forming Fluoroprotein
- AR-FP
-
Alcohol-Resistant Fluoroprotein Foam
- ARA
-
Attitude Reference Assembly
- ARA
-
Auxiliary Recovery Antenna
- ARA
-
Altstoff Recycling Austria (www.ara.at)
- ARA&A
-
Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- ARACC
-
Amateur Radio Association of Central California
- ARAP
-
Aeronautical Research Associates of Princeton
- ARAP
-
Astronaut Rescue Air Pack
- ARAP
-
AppleTalk Remote Access Protocol
- ARAR
-
Accident Risk Assessment Report
- ARAV
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Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians (www.arav.org)
- ARAZPA
-
Australasian Regional Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria (www.arazpa.org.au)
- ARB
-
Angiotensin Receptor Blocker
- ARBl
-
Aerospace Research in Bulgaria
- ARC
-
Austrian Research Centers (www.arcs.ac.at)
- ARC
-
Aggregation of Red Blood Cells
- ARC
-
Ames Research Center
- ARC
-
Automatic Responsivity Correction
- ARC
-
ALEPH Reporting Center
- ARC
-
Advance Ruling Certificate
ARC is equivalent to CDP (Certificat de Décision Préalable) in French.
- ARCI
-
Automation, Robotics and Communications for Industry 4.0
- ARCOM
-
Army Reserve Command
- ARCOMSAT
-
Arab League Communications Satellite
- ARCP
-
Annual Reviews of Computational Physics
- ARCS
-
Aft Reaction Control Subsystem
- ARCS
-
Austrian Research Centers Seibersdorf
- ARD
-
Abort Region Determinator
- ARD
-
Apple Remote Desktop
- ARDS
-
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- ARENA
-
Applied Research Ethics National Association
- AREPS
-
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
- ARES
-
Advanced Railroad Electronic System
- ARF
-
ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) Regional Forum
- ARFDS
-
Automatic Reentry Flight Dynamics Simulator
- ARFY
-
Atherosclerosis Risk-Factors in Female Youngsters
- ARGE
-
Arbeitsgemeinschaft
- ARGE-TCM
-
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Traditionelle Chinesische Medizin
- ARGENT
-
ARIAD Regulated Gene Expression Technology
- ARGMA
-
Army Rocket and Guided Missile Agency
The abbreviation ARGMA (Army Rocket and Guided Missile Agency) includes the abbreviation GM (Guided Missile).
- ARGO
-
Array for Real-time Geostrophic Oceanography (www.argo.ucsd.edu)
- ARI
-
Army Research Institute
- ARI
-
Adrenergic Reuptake Inhibitor
ARI is equivalent to NRI (Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor) in English, NERI (Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor) in English, NRI (Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitor) in English.
- ARIA
-
Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft
- ARIEM
-
Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
- ARIES
-
Astronomical Radio Interferometric Earth Surveying
- ARIES
-
Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences
- ARIPO
-
African Regional Industrial Property Organization (www.aripo.wipo.net)
- ARIS
-
Advanced Range Instrumentation Ship
- ARIS
-
ALS Requirements Information System
- ARISE
-
Automatic Railway Information Systems for Europe
- ARISTOTELES
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Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth’s Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite
- ARKod
-
Annual Report of the Kodaikanal Observatory
The abbreviation ARKod (Annual Report of the Kodaikanal Observatory) includes the abbreviation AR (Annual Report).
- ARL
-
Army Research Laboratory
- ARM
-
Asynchronous Response Mode
- ARM
-
Anti-Radar Missile
The abbreviation ARM (Anti-Radar Missile) is included in the abbreviation HARM (High-speed Anti-Radar Missile).
- ARMA
-
Accumulator-Reservoir Manifold Assembly
- ARMS
-
Automated Requirements Management System
- ARMS
-
Administrative Resource Management System
- ARMS
-
Australasian Research Management Society (www.researchadmin.org.au)
- ARMTV
-
Public Television & Radio Company of Armenia (https://armtv.org/)
The abbreviation ARMTV (Public Television & Radio Company of Armenia) includes the abbreviation TV (Television).
- ARMY
-
Atherosclerosis Risk-Factors in Male Youngsters
- ARN
-
Additional Reference Number
- ARN
-
Access Research Network (www.arn.org)
- ARN
-
Auto Recycling Nederland (www.arn.nl)
- ARN
-
Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (www.rehabnurse.org)
- ARN
-
Allmänna reklamationsnämnden (www.arn.se)
- ARNG
-
Army National Guard
- ARNNL
-
Association of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador (www.arnnl.nf.ca)
- ARNPEI
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Association of Registered Nurses of Prince Edward Island (www.arnpei.ca)
- ARNPS
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Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science
- AROME
-
Application of Research to Operations at Mesoscale
- AROR
-
Average Rate of Return
- AROS
-
Automotive Robust Operating Services
- ARP
-
As-Run Procedure
- ARP
-
Address Resolution Protocol
- ARP
-
Anti-Revolutionaire Partij
- ARPA
-
Advanced Research Projects Agency
- ARPC
-
Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
- ARPC
-
Asynchrone Remote Procedure Call
- ARPCS
-
Atmosphere/Atmospheric Revitalization Pressure Control System
- ARPESH
-
Accurate and Reliable Prototype Earth Horizon Sensor Head
- ARQ
-
Automatic Repeat Request
- ARR
-
Allgemeine Rahmenrichtlinien (für die Gewährung von Förderungen aus Bundesmitteln)
- ARRI
-
Automation and Robotics Research Institute
- ARRL
-
American Radio Relay League (www.arrl.org)
- ARRS
-
Air Recovery and Rescue Service
- ARS
-
Air Rescue Service
- ARS
-
Air Revitalization System
- ARS
-
ALS Release System
- ARS
-
American Rocket Society
- ARS
-
Atmosphere Revitalization (Sub)system
- ARS
-
Attitude Reference System
- ARS
-
Agreement relating to Refugee Seamen
- ARS
-
Action Request System
The abbreviation ARS (Action Request System) includes the abbreviation AR (Action Request).
- ARS
-
Agricultural Research Service
- ARS
-
Airline Reservation System
- ARS
-
Atmospheric Revitalization (Sub)system
- ARSC
-
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
- ARSDA
-
Advanced Radiation Space Defense Application
- ART
-
Automated Reasoning Tool
- ART
-
Android Runtime
- ARTCC
-
Air Route Traffic Control Center
The abbreviation ARTCC (Air Route Traffic Control Center) includes the abbreviation CC (Control Center).
- ARTEMIS
-
Advanced Research and Technology for Embedded Intelligent Systems
- ARTEMIS
-
Advanced Relay Technology Mission
- ARTEP
-
Army Training and Evaluation Program
- ARTI
-
Advanced Rotorcraft Technology Integration
- ARTO
-
Advanced Radiation Technology Office
- ARTOOS
-
Advanced Radiation Technology Office Optical Support
- ARTP
-
Agricultural Research and Training Project
- ARTS
-
Advanced Remote Tracking Station
The abbreviation ARTS (Advanced Remote Tracking Station) includes abbreviations RTS (Remote Tracking Station) and TS (Tracking Station).
- ARTS
-
Automated Restricted Tracking System
- ARTS
-
Automated Retrieval and Tracking System
- ARTSE
-
ADA Run-Time Support Environment
- ARTTC
-
Army Reserve Technician Training Center
- ARU
-
Attitude Reference Unit
- ARVO
-
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
- AReg
-
Astronomical Register
- ARep
-
Astronomy Reports
- AS
-
Annals of Science
- AS
-
Antispoof
- AS
-
Aksjeselskap
AS is equivalent to AB (Akcinė bendrovė) in Lithuanian, AK (Akcia Kompanio) in Esperanto, AT (Акцыянэрнае таварыства) in Bulgarian, AS (Aktsiaselts) in Estonian, AG (Aktiengesellschaft) in German, DD (Dioničko Društvo) in Croatian, SpA (Società per Azioni) in Italian, AS (Aktieselskab) in Danish, SA (Spółka Akcyjna) in Polish, SA (Societăţi pe Acţiuni) in Romanian, AB (Aktiebolag) in Swedish, AD (Akcionarsko Društvo) in Serbian, DD (Delniška Družba) in Slovenian, AS (Akciová Spoločnosť) in Slovak, AS (Akciová Společnost) in Czech, AT (Акціонерне товариство) in Ukrainian.
- AS
-
Aktieselskab
AS is equivalent to AB, AK, AT, AG, DD, SpA, SA, AD (see above).
- AS&T
-
Aerosol Science & Technology
- AS2
-
Answer Sentence Selection
- ASA
-
American Studies Association (www.theasa.net)
- ASA
-
Astronomical Society of the Atlantic
- ASA
-
Abort Sensor Assembly
- ASA
-
Adapter Service Area
- ASA
-
Advanced System Avionics
- ASA
-
Aerosurface Amplifier
- ASA
-
Aerosurface Servoamplifier
- ASA
-
American Standards Association
- ASA
-
American Sociological Association (www.asanet.org)
- ASA
-
African Studies Association
- ASA
-
American Society of Anesthesiologists
- ASA
-
Advanced Solutions Accelerator
- ASA
-
Allmennaksjeselskap
- ASA
-
Adaptive Server Anywhere
- ASA
-
Advertising Standards Authority
- ASAB
-
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour
- ASAC
-
Aerodynamic Surfaces Assembly and Checkout
- ASACUSA
-
Atomic Spectroscopy And Collisions Using Slow Antiprotons
- ASAE
-
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
- ASAI
-
Adjunct/Switch Application Interface
- ASAJ
-
Acoustical Society of America Journal
- ASALH
-
Association for the Study of African-American Life and History
- ASAM
-
ATM Subscriber Access Multiplexer
- ASAM
-
Air-Surface Attack Missile
- ASAP
-
ACE Shuttle Application Processing
- ASAP
-
Advanced Sensor Analysis Program
- ASAP
-
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
- ASAP
-
As Soon As Possible
- ASAPTS
-
Automated Scheduling And Product Tracking System
- ASAR
-
Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile