Abbreviations related to the place ‘North and Central America’
North and Central America: Canada, United States, Mexico, Central American states, Caribbean, West Indies.
- Code
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Meaning
Language
Themes and places
- OTAN
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Organizaţia Tratatului Atlanticului de Nord (https://www.nato.int/)
OTAN is equivalent to OTAN (Organització del Tractat de l'Atlàntic Nord) in Catalan, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) in English, OTAN (Organizazión d'o Tratau de l'Atlantico Norte) in Aragonese, OTAN (Organización del Tratáu del Atlánticu Norte) in Asturian, AFNA (Aozadur Feur-emglev Norzh-Atlantel) in Breton, OTAN (Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord) in French, ন্যাটো (উত্তর আটলান্টিক নিরাপত্তা জোট) in Bengali, NATO (Οργανισμός Βορειοατλαντικού Συμφώνου) in Greek, NATO (Nordatlantikvertrag-Organisation) in German, OTAN (Organización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte) in Spanish, NATO (Nord-Atlantika Traktat-Organizo) in Esperanto, NAFO (Noard-Atlantyske Ferdrachsorganisaasje) in Frisian, OTAN (Organización do Tratado do Atlántico Norte) in Galician, ნატო (ჩრდილოატლანტიკური თანამშრომლობის ორგანიზაცია) in Georgian, OTAN (Organização do Tratado do Atlântico Norte) in Portuguese, OTNA (Organizaciya le Tratatosko le Nordutne Atlantikosko) in Romani, NATO (Organisatschoon vun den Noordatlantikverdrag) in Low German, and NAVO (Noord-Atlantische Verdragsorganisatie) in Dutch.
- OTEA
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United States Army Operational Test and Evaluation Agency
- OTNA
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Organizaciya le Tratatosko le Nordutne Atlantikosko (https://www.nato.int/)
OTNA is equivalent to OTAN, NATO, AFNA, ন্যাটো, NAFO, ნატო and NAVO (see above).
- OTPP
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Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
- OklRe
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University of Oklahoma Observatory Reprints
- PAA
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Pan American Airlines
- PAAF
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Property Appraisers Association of Florida (www.paaf.net)
- PAAS
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Publications of the American Astronomical Society
- PAB
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Publications of The Astrophysics Branch
- PACPhA
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Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
- PAF
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Pinellas Animal Foundation (http://pinellasanimalfoundation.org/)
The Pinellas Animal Foundation is a a non-profit veterinary and community partnership dedicated to improved animal care, owner responsibility and increased awareness of the value of the human/animal bond. Its main programs are the Pet Loss Support Group and The Pet Professor educational outreach to teach elementary children in the Pinellas County School system about responsible pet care, safety and ownership.
- PAFB
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Patrick Air Force Base
The abbreviation PAFB (Patrick Air Force Base) includes abbreviations AF (Air Force) and AFB (Air Force Base).
- PAFG
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Plan de Acción Forestal para Guatemala
- PAHA
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Polish American Historical Association
- PAM
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Psychological Association of Manitoba
- PAMS
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Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society
- PAPEI
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Psychological Association of Prince Edward Island
- PAPhS
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Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society
- PAT
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Phi Alpha Theta
- PAUTx
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University of Texas Publications in Astronomy
- PAllO
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Publications of the Allegheny Observatory of the University of Pittsburgh
- PCCA
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Professional Compounding Centers of America (www.pccarx.com)
- PDAA
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Publications of the Department of Astronomy, Austin, Texas
- PDO
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Publications of the Dominion Observatory Ottawa
- PEFMC
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Public Education Foundation of Marion County (https://pefmc.org/)
- PEIPRB
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Prince Edward Island Psychologists Registration Board
- PEMEX
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Petróleos Mexicanos (www.pemex.com)
- PFA
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Palmdale Final Assembly
- PFAO
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Publications of the Flower Astronomical Observatory
- PFCE
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Prestation Fiscale Canadienne pour Enfants
- PFNG
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Programa Forestal Nacional de Guatemala
- PGA
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Producer's Guild of America (www.producersguild.org)
- PGCC
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Prince George's Community College
- PGooO
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Publications of the Goodsell Observatory
- PHMSA
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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/)
- PIB
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Pyrotechnic Installation Building
- PICW
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The President’s Interagency Council on Women
- PKirO
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Publications of the Kirkwood Observatory of Indiana University
- PLQ
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Parti Libéral du Québec (https://plq.org/fr/)
- PLawO
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Publications of Laws Observatory
- PLicO
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Publications of Lick Observatory
- PNDA
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Pensionnat Notre-Dame-des-Anges (www.pnda.qc.ca)
- POM
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Princeton Ocean Model
- POMic
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Publications of Michigan Observatory
- POMin
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Publications of the Astronomical Observatory University of Minnesota
- POTUS
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President Of The United States
- PPPL
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Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (https://www.pppl.gov/)
- PQ
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Parti Québécois
- PRB
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Parachute Refurbishment Building
- PSAC
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Presidential Scientific Advisory Committee
- PSC
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Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
- PSMI
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Pryde Schropp McComb, Inc (www.psmi.ca)
- PSU
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Pennsylvania State University (www.psu.edu)
- PSU
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Pittsburg State University (https://www.pittstate.edu/)
- PSprO
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Publications of the Sproul Observatory
- PVMA
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Pre-Veterinary Medical Association
- PVVO
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Publications of the Van Vleck Observatory
- PWA
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Pratt and Whitney Aircraft
- PWGSC
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Public Works and Government Services Canada (www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca)
PWGSC is equivalent to TPSGC (Travaux Publics et Services Gouvernementaux Canada) in French.
- PhASp
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Physics and Astrophysics from Spacelab
- PhyNY
-
Physics New York
- PÉPINES
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Promotion des Estriennes Pour Initier une Nouvelle Équité Sociale (www.pepines.com)
- QSL
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Quebec Sign Language
QSL is equivalent to LSQ (Langue des Signes Québécoise) in French.
- RAMC
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Régime Canadien d’Accès aux Médicaments
RAMC is equivalent to CAMR (Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime) in English.
- RBS
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Radar Bomb Scoring
- RCA
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Radio Corporation of America
- RCCB
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Rockwell Configuration Control Board
The abbreviation RCCB (Rockwell Configuration Control Board) includes abbreviations CCB (Configuration Control Board) and CB (Control Board).
- RCEA
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Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines
- RCM
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Rugby Club de Montréal
- RCMP
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- RCN
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Rockwell Communication Network
- RCRA
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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
- RCYC
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Royal Canadian Yacht Club
- RCYC
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Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club
- RCYC
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Richmond County Yacht Club
- REDAC
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Rockwell Electronic Design Analysis Code
- REDB
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Rockwell Engineering Data Base
The abbreviation REDB (Rockwell Engineering Data Base) includes the abbreviation DB (Data Base).
- RGC
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Roanoke Gas Company (https://www.roanokegas.com/)
- RHF
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Retirement Housing Foundation (https://rhf.org/)
- RI
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Rhode Island
- RIA
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Research Institute on Addictions (www.ria.buffalo.edu)
- RIAA
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Recording Industry Association of America (www.riaa.com)
- RIAAO
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Rhode Island Association of Assessing Officers (https://riaao.org/)
- RIADB
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Rockwell Integrity Assurance Data Base
The abbreviation RIADB (Rockwell Integrity Assurance Data Base) includes the abbreviation DB (Data Base).
- RICA
-
Rockwell Interdivisional Contract Agreement
- RIDS
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Rockwell Integrated Defense Simulator
- RIJS
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Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies (https://rijs.fas.harvard.edu/)
The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies (RIJS) is a center supporting research activities concerning Japan and Japanese Studies. Its mission is to advance teaching and research on Japan, to stimulate scholarly and public interest about Japan and U.S.-Japan relations, and to strengthen ties between Harvard University and Japan and between Japan and the United States.
- RIMSS
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Rockwell International Modular Satellite System
- RISA
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Religion in South Asia
- RISC
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Rockwell Integration Support Contract
- RISEC
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Rockwell International Shuttle Equipment Cradle
- RLA
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Richard Long & Associates
- RMABA
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Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (www.rmaba.org)
- RMxAA
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Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica
- RMxF
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Revista Mexicana de Física
- RNANTNU
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Registered Nurses Association of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (www.rnantnu.ca)
- RNAO
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Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (https://rnao.ca/)
- ROM
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Royal Ontario Museum (https://www.rom.on.ca/en)
- ROSES
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Rockwell Operational Software Engineering System
- ROST
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Rockwell Operational System for Trades
- RPC
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Régime de Pensions du Canada
- RPCI
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Roswell Park Cancer Institute (https://www.roswellpark.org/)
- RRQ
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Régime de Rentes du Québec
- RSA
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Renaissance Society of America (www.rsa.org)
- RSDB
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Rockwell Supplier Data Base
The abbreviation RSDB (Rockwell Supplier Data Base) includes the abbreviation DB (Data Base).
- RSEAM
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Rockwell System Engineering Analysis Model
- RSNA
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Radiological Society of North America (https://www.rsna.org/)
- RSOC
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Rockwell Space Operations Company
- RSSPO
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Resident Space Shuttle Project Office
The abbreviation RSSPO (Resident Space Shuttle Project Office) includes abbreviations PO (Project Office) and SS (Space Shuttle).
- RTAMS
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Representation Theory of the American Mathematical Society
- RTAW
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Rockwell Tandem Arc Weld
- RTC
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Réseau de Transport de la Capitale
- RTL
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Réseau de Transport de Longueuil
- RUO
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Revue de l’Université d’Ottawa
- RVCF
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Remote Vehicle Checkout Facility
- RXTE
-
Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer
- RÉSR
-
Regroupement des Étudiants en Sciences des Religions
- SAAQ
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Société de l'Assurance Automobile du Québec
- SAB
-
Satellite Assembly Building
- SAB
-
Shuttle Assembly Building
- SAB
-
Spacecraft Assembly Building
- SAB
-
Storage and Assembly Building
- SAB
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Shipping Association of Barbados
- SACAP
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South Asia Cooperative Acquisitions Program
- SACO
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Service d'Assistance Canadienne aux Organismes
SACO is equivalent to CESO (Canadian Executive Service Organization) in English.
- SACTO
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Sacramento Test Operations
- SAFSP
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Secretary of the Air Force Special Projects
The abbreviation SAFSP (Secretary of the Air Force Special Projects) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- SAH
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Society of American Historians
- SAHS
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Swiss American Historical Society
- SAIL
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Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory
- SAL
-
Shuttle Avionics Laboratory
- SAL
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Supersonic Aerophysics Laboratory
- SALC
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Sacramento Air Logistics Center
- SAM
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Shuttle Activation Monitor
- SAM
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Shuttle Attachment Manipulator
- SAMS
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Shuttle Attached Manipulator System
- SAMTEC
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Space And Missile Test Center
- SAOCo
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory - Contributions to Astrophysics
- SAREX
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Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment
- SARM
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Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (https://sarm.ca/)
- SARP
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Shuttle Astronaut Recruitment Program
- SASCB
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Shuttle Avionics Software Control Board
The abbreviation SASCB (Shuttle Avionics Software Control Board) includes the abbreviation CB (Control Board).
- SASR
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Shuttle Avionics Status Review
The abbreviation SASR (Shuttle Avionics Status Review) includes the abbreviation SR (Status Review).
- SASR
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Shuttle Avionics System Review
- SATAF
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Shuttle Activation Task Force
The abbreviation SATAF (Shuttle Activation Task Force) includes the abbreviation TF (Task Force).
- SATO
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Shuttle Attached TeleOperator
- SATS
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Shuttle Avionics Test Set
- SATS
-
Shuttle Avionics Test Station
The abbreviation SATS (Shuttle Avionics Test Station) includes the abbreviation TS (Test Station).
- SAVMA
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Student American Veterinary Medical Association
- SCA
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Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
The abbreviation SCA (Shuttle Carrier Aircraft) includes the abbreviation CA (Carrier Aircraft).
- SCA
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Service Contract Act
- SCAAO
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South Carolina Association of Assessing Officers
- SCAIC
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Société Canadienne d'Allergie et d'Immunologie Clinique
- SCAN
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Selected Current Aerospace Notice
- SCATS
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Southern California Amateur Transmitting Society
- SCC
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Standards Council of Canada (https://www.scc.ca/)
- SCC
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Saskatoon Colostrum Company
- SCCLA
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Santa Clara County Leather Association
- SCDR
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Shuttle Critical Design Review
The abbreviation SCDR (Shuttle Critical Design Review) includes abbreviations CDR (Critical Design Review) and DR (Design Review).
- SCF
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Sunnyvale Control Facility
- SCHS
-
Supreme Court Historical Society
- SCIRA
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Southern California Intermountain Repeater Association
- SCP
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Société Canadienne de Psychologie (https://cpa.ca/)
SCP is equivalent to CPA (Canadian Psychological Association) in English.
- SCRC
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Southern California REACT Council
- SCRPC
-
Southern California Regional Purchasing Council
- SCRRBA
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Southern California Repeater and Remote Base Association
- SCRS
-
Service Canadien du Renseignement de Sécurité
- SCU
-
Shuttle Configuration Unit
- SCoA
-
Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics
- SD/AFSC
-
Space Division/Air Force Systems Command
The abbreviation SD/AFSC (Space Division/Air Force Systems Command) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- SDAAO
-
South Dakota Association of Assessing Officers (https://www.sdaao.org/)
- SDC
-
System Development Corporation
- SDF
-
Shuttle Development Facility
- SDLV
-
Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicle
The abbreviation SDLV (Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicle) includes the abbreviation LV (Launch Vehicle).
- SDM
-
Shuttle Data Management
- SDM
-
Shuttle Definition Manual
- SDMS
-
Shuttle Data Management System
The abbreviation SDMS (Shuttle Data Management System) includes the abbreviation DMS (Data Management System).
- SDP
-
Shuttle Data Processor
The abbreviation SDP (Shuttle Data Processor) includes the abbreviation DP (Data Processor).
- SDPC
-
Shuttle Data Processing Complex
The abbreviation SDPC (Shuttle Data Processing Complex) includes the abbreviation DP (Data Processing).
- SDPLV
-
Shuttle-Derived-Propellant Launch Vehicle
The abbreviation SDPLV (Shuttle-Derived-Propellant Launch Vehicle) includes the abbreviation LV (Launch Vehicle).
- SDR
-
Spacelab Disposition Record
The abbreviation SDR (Spacelab Disposition Record) includes the abbreviation DR (Disposition Record).
- SDS
-
Shuttle Dynamic Simulation
- SDS
-
Shuttle Dynamic Simulator
- SDT
-
Shuttle Data Tape
The abbreviation SDT (Shuttle Data Tape) is included in the abbreviation MSDT (Multiple Shuttle Data Tape), and it includes the abbreviation DT (Data Tape).
- SDV
-
Shuttle-Derived Vehicle
- SEAS
-
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- SEB
-
Support Equipment Building
The abbreviation SEB (Support Equipment Building) includes the abbreviation SE (Support Equipment).
- SEEUR
-
Service d’Entretien d’Équipements Urbains et Ruraux
- SEIS
-
Shuttle Experiments Integration Support
- SEIS
-
Spacelab Experiments Integration Support
- SEPAP
-
Shuttle Electrical Power Analysis Program
The abbreviation SEPAP (Shuttle Electrical Power Analysis Program) includes the abbreviation EP (Electrical Power).
- SEPAR
-
Shuttle Electrical Power Analysis Report
The abbreviation SEPAR (Shuttle Electrical Power Analysis Report) includes the abbreviation EP (Electrical Power).
- SERB
-
Shuttle Engineering Review Board
The abbreviation SERB (Shuttle Engineering Review Board) includes the abbreviation RB (Review Board).
- SES
-
Shuttle Engineering Simulation
- SES
-
Shuttle Engineering Simulator
- SETAF
-
Southern European Task Force
The abbreviation SETAF (Southern European Task Force) includes the abbreviation TF (Task Force).
- SETC
-
Société d'Exploitation du Tourisme Caribéen
- SETF
-
Small-Engine Test Facility
The abbreviation SETF (Small-Engine Test Facility) includes the abbreviation TF (Test Facility).
- SEU
-
Southeastern University
- SFPD
-
San Francisco Police Department (https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/)