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United States
United States, United States of America, US, USA.
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- APS
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Annapolis Performance Sailing
- APSSC
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APS (American Psychological Society) Student Caucus
- APVMA
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American Pre-Veterinary Medical Association (www.apvma.us)
- AQHA
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American Quarter Horse Association (https://www.aqha.com/)
- ARACC
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Amateur Radio Association of Central California
- ARC
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Ames Research Center
- ARGMA
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Army Rocket and Guided Missile Agency
The abbreviation ARGMA (Army Rocket and Guided Missile Agency) includes the abbreviation GM (Guided Missile).
- ARL
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Association of Research Libraries (https://www.arl.org/)
- ARPA
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Advanced Research Projects Agency
- ARRL
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American Radio Relay League (www.arrl.org)
- ARS
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American Rocket Society
- ASA
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American Studies Association (www.theasa.net)
- ASA
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American Standards Association
- ASA
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American Sociological Association (www.asanet.org)
- ASA
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American Society of Anesthesiologists
- ASAE
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American Society of Agricultural Engineers
- ASAJ
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Acoustical Society of America Journal
- ASALH
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Association for the Study of African-American Life and History
- ASAS
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American Society of Animal Science (www.asas.org)
- ASC
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American Satellite Corporation
- ASC
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American Society of Cinematographers (www.theasc.com)
- ASCB
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American Society for Cell Biology
- ASCE
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American Society of Civil Engineers (www.asce.org)
- ASCH
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American Society of Church History
- ASCII
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American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- ASCOP
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Applied Science Corporation Of Princeton
- ASEA
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American Society of Engineers and Architects
- ASECS
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American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
- ASEE
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American Society for Engineering Education (www.asee.org)
- ASEH
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American Society for Environmental History
- ASHRAE
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American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (https://www.ashrae.org/)
- ASI
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American Sheep Industry Association (www.sheepusa.org)
- ASID
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American Society of Interior Designers
- ASIL
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American Society of International Law
- ASIS
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American Society for Information Science (www.asis.org)
- ASL
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American Sign Language
- ASLAP
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American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners (https://www.aslap.org/)
- ASLH
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American Society for Legal History
- ASLME
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American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics (www.aslme.org)
- ASLO
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American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (www.aslo.org)
- ASLTA
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American Sign Language Teachers Association (www.aslta.org)
- ASM
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American Society for Metals
- ASM
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American Society for Microbiology (www.asm.org)
- ASM
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American Society of Mammalogists (www.mammalsociety.org)
- ASME
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers (www.asme.org)
- ASME
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American Standards for Mechanical Engineering
- ASNS
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American Society for Nutritional Sciences (https://nutrition.org/)
- ASNYN
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Newsletter of the Astronomical Society of New York
- ASPC
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American Shetland Pony Club
- ASQC
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American Society for Quality Control
The abbreviation ASQC (American Society for Quality Control) includes the abbreviation QC (Quality Control).
- ASR
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American Sociological Review (www2.asanet.org/journals/asr/)
- ASRE
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American Society of Refrigerating Engineers
- ASSD
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Autonetics Strategic Systems Division
- ASSE
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American Society of Sanitary Engineers (www.asse-plumbing.org)
- ASSESS
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Airborne Science Shuttle Experiments System Simulation
- ASST
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American Society for Steel Treating
- ASTE
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American Society of Tool Engineers
- ASTF
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Aeropropulsion System Test Facility
The abbreviation ASTF (Aeropropulsion System Test Facility) includes the abbreviation TF (Test Facility).
- ASTM
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American Society for Testing of Materials (www.astm.org)
- ASTM
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American Society of Testing and Materials (www.astm.org)
- ASVAB
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Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Testing
- ASVO
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American Society of Veterinary Ophthalmology (www.asvo.org)
- AT&T
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American Telephone & Telegraph (www.att.com)
- ATA
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Air Transport Association
- ATAA
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Assembly of Turkish American Associations (https://www.ataa.org/)
- ATCC
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American Type Culture Collection (www.atcc.org)
- ATJAM
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ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Applied Mechanics
- ATJDS
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ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Dynamic Systems and Measurement Control
- ATJEG
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ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Engineering Gas Turbines and Power
- ATJEM
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ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology
- ATJEP
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ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Engineering Power
- ATJEl
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ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Electronic Packaging
- ATJEn
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ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Engineering Power
- ATJFE
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ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Fluids Engineering
- ATJHT
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ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Heat Transfer
- ATJLT
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ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Lubrication Technology
- ATJSE
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ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Solar Energy and Engineering
- ATJTu
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ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Turbomachinery
- ATJVA
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ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Transactions Journal of Vibration Acoustics
- ATLA
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American Theological Library Association (www.atla.com)
- ATM
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Apollo Telescope Mount
- ATSC
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AlliedSignal Technical Services Corporation
- AU
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American University
- AUA
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American Urological Association (www.auanet.org)
- AUB
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American University of Beirut (https://www.aub.edu.lb/)
- AUP
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Ames Unitary Plan
- AUP
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American University of Paris
- AUSC
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Associated Students of the University of California (https://asuc.org/)
- AVCA
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American Veterinary Chiropractic Association (www.animalchiropractic.org)
- AVCO
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The Aviation Corp of Delaware
- AVDA
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American Veterinary Distributors Association (www.avda.net)
- AVDC
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American Veterinary Dental College (https://avdc.org/)
- AVMA
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American Veterinary Medical Association (www.avma.org)
- AVMF
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American Veterinary Medical Foundation (www.avmf.org)
- AVS
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American Vacuum Society (www.avs.org)
- AVSOA
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American Association of Variable Star Observers Abstracts
The abbreviation AVSOA (American Association of Variable Star Observers Abstracts) includes the abbreviation AVSO (Association of Variable Star Observers).
- AVSOM
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American Association of Variable Star Observers Monographs
The abbreviation AVSOM (American Association of Variable Star Observers Monographs) includes the abbreviation AVSO (Association of Variable Star Observers).
- AVSOQ
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American Association of Variable Star Observers Quarterly Reports
The abbreviation AVSOQ (American Association of Variable Star Observers Quarterly Reports) includes the abbreviation AVSO (Association of Variable Star Observers).
- AVSOR
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American Association of Variable Star Observers Reports
The abbreviation AVSOR (American Association of Variable Star Observers Reports) includes the abbreviation AVSO (Association of Variable Star Observers).
- AW&ST
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Aviation Week and Space Technology
= AvWST | Aviation Week & Space Technology | In English
- AWA
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Animal Welfare Act
- AWF
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American Wood Fibers (www.awf.com)
- AWF
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Alabama Wildlife Federation (https://www.alabamawildlife.org/)
- AWG
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American Wire Gauge
- AWIC
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Animal Welfare Information Center (https://www.nal.usda.gov/awic)
The abbreviation AWIC (Animal Welfare Information Center) includes the abbreviation IC (Information Center).
- AWS
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American Welding Society
- AXAF
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Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility
- AZA
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American Zoo and Aquarium Association
- AZT
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American Zeppelin Transport
- AeAm
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Aerospace America
- AmE
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American Ethnologist
- AmHR
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American Historical Review
- AmJC
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American Journal of Cardiology
- AmJM
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American Journal of Mathematics
- AmJPh
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American Journal of Physics
- AmJS
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American Journal of Science
- AmJSA
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American Journal of Science and Arts
- AmMin
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American Mineralogist
- AmSci
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American Scientist
- AvWST
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Aviation Week & Space Technology
= AW&ST, AvWST (see above)
- BAAPG
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Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists
- BAAS
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Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
- BAC
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Boeing Aerospace Company
- BAC
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Boeing Aircraft Company
- BAMS
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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
- BAPS
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Bulletin of the American Physical Society
- BASOR
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Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research in Jerusalem and Bagdad
- BAVSO
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Bulletin of the American Association of Variable Star Observers
The abbreviation BAVSO (Bulletin of the American Association of Variable Star Observers) includes the abbreviation AVSO (Association of Variable Star Observers).
- BBXRT
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Broadband X-Ray Telescope
- BCFHT
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Bulletin d’information du téléscope Canada-France-Hawaii
- BEARS
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Burbank Emergency Amateur Radio Service
- BESS
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Biomedical Experiments Scientific Satellite
The Biomedical Experiments Scientific Satellite (BESS) program was proposed to provide a long-duration, Earth-orbiting facility to expose a variety of specimens and especially primates in a series of basic biological and medical studies. The large pressurized experiment module should contain a life support system (LSS), a waste management system (WMS), specimen-holding facilities, as well as monitoring, evaluating, and data-handling equipment.
- BFEC
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Bendix Field Engineering Corporation
- BMB
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Base Maintenance Building
- BMB
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Bench Maintenance Building
The abbreviation BMB (Bench Maintenance Building) includes the abbreviation BM (Bench Maintenance).
- BMDO
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Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
The abbreviation BMDO (Ballistic Missile Defense Organization) includes the abbreviation BM (Ballistic Missile).
- BSSA
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Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
- BVP
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Bessemer Venture Partners (https://www.bvp.com)
- BuSSA
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The Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
- CAA
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Colorado Assessors Association (https://e-caa.com/)
- CAAO
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Connecticut Association of Assessing Officers (https://caao.com/)
- CABA
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Connecticut Antiquarian Booksellers Association
- CAD
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(The) Chicago Assyrian Dictionary
- CAFB
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Chanute Air Force Base
The abbreviation CAFB (Chanute Air Force Base) includes abbreviations AF (Air Force) and AFB (Air Force Base).
- CAJV
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Community Acquisition Joint Venture
- CAL
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Center for Applied Linguistics (https://www.cal.org/)
- CAPA
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Canadian American Pudelpointer Association
- CASB
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Cost Accounting Standards Board
The Cost Accounting Standards Board (CASB) is an independent board legislatively established to make, promulgate, and amend cost accounting standards (CAS) and interpretations so as to achieve uniformity and consistency in the practices governing the measurement, assignment, and allocation of costs to contracts with the United States.
The abbreviation CASB (Cost Accounting Standards Board) includes the abbreviation CAS (Cost Accounting Standard).
- CBO
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Congressional Budget Office (https://www.cbo.gov/)
- CCAFS
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
The abbreviation CCAFS (Cape Canaveral Air Force Station) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- CCARES
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Culver City Amateur Radio Emergency Service
- CCCPA
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Chicago Chinese Computing Professional Association
- CCEP
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Center for Corporate Environmental Performance (https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/ccep/)
- CCFF
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Cape Canaveral Forecast Facility
- CCMTA
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Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex
- CCP
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Center for Computational Pharmacology
- CCRA
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Cape Canaveral Reference Atmosphere
- CCSD
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Chrysler Corporation Space Division
- CCSR
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Colorado Computer Systems Research
- CCW
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Carlisle Coatings and Waterproofing (https://www.carlisleccw.com)
- CDCD
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Collins Defense Communications Division
- CDI
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Center for Defense Information
- CEA
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Cambridge Electron Accelerator
- CECC
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Congressional-Executive Commission on China (https://www.cecc.gov/)
- CFA
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Cat Fanciers' Association (https://cfa.org/)
- CFR
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Code of Federal Regulations
- CGDAM
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Conformal Geometry and Dynamics of the American Mathematical Society
- CHC
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Committee on History in the Classroom
- CHIPS
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Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (http://chips.ssl.berkeley.edu)
- CHUS
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Chinese Historians in the United States
- CIRM
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California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (https://www.cirm.ca.gov/)
- CIRRIE
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Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange (http://cirrie.buffalo.edu)
- CIRRIS
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Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument(ation) for Shuttle
- CIT
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California Institute of Technology (https://www.caltech.edu)
- CKRA
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Cape Kennedy Reference Atmosphere
- CLASS
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Chinese Language Association for Secondary School (www.classk12.org)
- CLEAR
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Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal Act
- CLEAR
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Computational Language and Education Research (https://www.colorado.edu/lab/clear/)
- CLGH
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Committee on Lesbian and Gay History
- CLTA
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Chinese Language Teachers Association (http://clta-us.org/)
- CLTA-GNY
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Chinese Language Teachers' Association of Greater New York
- CMRA
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California Microwave Relay Association
- CMWCI
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Contributions from the Mount Wilson Observatory / Carnegie Institution of Washington
- CNN
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Cable News Network
- CNSA
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California Nursing Students’ Association (https://cnsa.org/)
- COB
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Communications Office Building
- COBRA
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Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
- CONUS
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Continental United States
- CORC
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Corcoran College of Art and Design
- COSMIC
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COmputer Software Management and Information Center
The COmputer Software Management and Information Center (COSMIC) is a special NASA service that offers computer programs capable of being adapted to secondary usage while developed for the space program or for other technology generating agencies. Located at the University of Georgia, the COSMIC’s library contains programs for such purposes as structural analysis, artificial intelligence, computational fluid dynamics, thermal analysis, image processing, or project management.
The abbreviation COSMIC (COmputer Software Management and Information Center) includes the abbreviation IC (Information Center).
- COSTAR
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Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement
- CPCSS
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Carolina Prostate Cancer Screening Study
- CPRA
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California Public Safety Radio Association
- CREECA
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Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (https://creeca.wisc.edu/)
- CREECA
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Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (https://creeca.wisc.edu/)
- CRHC
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Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing
- CRIS
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Crash Records Information System
- CRMA
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Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (https://www.crma.org/)
- CRS
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Congressional Research Service
- CRS
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Commercial Resupply Services