Abbreviations related to the theme ‘Engineering, technology’
- Code
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Meaning
Language
Themes and places
- ANS
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Advanced Neutron Source
- ANS
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Astronomical Netherlands Satellite
- ANT
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Arme Nucléaire Tactique
- ANVREDET
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Agence Nationale de la Valorisation des Résultats de la Recherche et du Développement Technologique
- AOA
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Abort Once Around
- AOA
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Airborne Optical Adjunct
- AOCS
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Attitude and Orbit Control System
- AOCS
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Attitude and Orbit Control Subsystem
- AOD
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Aircraft Operations Division
- AOES
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Advanced Orbit Ephemeris System
- AOF
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Avis d'Ouverture de Fouille
- AOFEE
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Advanced Orbiter Flight Evaluation Experiment
- AOL
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Area Of Launch
- AOP
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Assembly Operations Plan
- AOS
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Airborne Optical System
- AOSP
-
Advanced Onboard Signal Processor
The Advanced Onboard Signal Processor (AOSP) was a distributed signal processing computer meant for space applications. Its architecture was based on an arbitrary-topology network of identical processing elements specialized to perform signal processing and controlled by a distributed operating system (OS) written in a high-order language (HOL).
The abbreviation AOSP (Advanced Onboard Signal Processor) includes the abbreviation SP (Signal Processor).
- AOSTE
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Analyse et l'Optimisation des Systèmes Temps-Réel Embarqués
- AOT
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Avionics Operating Time
- AOT
-
Avionics Overall Test
- APA
-
Abort Programmer Assembly
- APAC
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Associação Portuguesa dos Amigos dos Caminhos de Ferro (http://apac.cp.pt)
- APACS
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Aircraft and Personnel Automated Clearance System
- APAE
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Attached Payload Accommodations Equipment
- APART
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Austrian Programme for Advanced Research and Technology
- APAST
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Association africaine Pour l’Avancement des Sciences et Techniques
APAST is equivalent to AAAST (African Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology) in English.
- APAVE
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Association des Propriétaires d'Appareils à Vapeur ou Électriques
- APC
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Adaptive Payload Carrier
- APC
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Advanced Propulsion Comparison
- APC
-
Aft Power Controller
- APC
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Airborne Particle Counter
- APC
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Armored Personnel Carrier
- APCA
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Aft Power Controller Assembly
- APCC
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American Power Conversion Corporation (https://www.apc.com/)
- APCC
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Australian Procurement and Construction Council (https://www.apcc.gov.au/)
- APCE
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Agence Pour la Création d'Entreprises
- APCP
-
Aerojet Photoelectric Cell Program
- APD
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Area Passive Dosimeter
- APD
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Avalanche Photodiode
- APD
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Automotive Parts Distribution (www.apd.co.uk)
- APDP
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Accident de Perte de Débit Primaire
- APDU
-
Application Protocol Data Unit
- APE
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Agencja Poszanowania Energii
- APE
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Ammunition Peculiar Equipment
- APEA
-
Agenzia Provinciale Energia ed Ambiente
- APEA
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Agencia Provincial de la Energía de Avila
- APEC
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Active and Passive Electronic Components
- APEC
-
Ateliers Pour l'Évacuation du Combustible
- APEH
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Agencia Provincial de la Energía de Huelva
- APEL
-
Autoroutes Paris-Est-Lorraine
- APERC
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Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre
- APESA
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Association Pour l'Environnement et la Sécurité en Aquitaine (https://www.apesa.fr/)
- APEVV
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Agenzia Provinciale per l'Energia del Vercellese e della Valsesia
- APFM
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Associated Program on Flood Management
- API
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Air Position Indicator
- API
-
American Petroleum Institute (https://www.api.org/)
- API
-
Arrêt Pour Intervention
- API
-
Aerospace Performance Improvement
- APICS
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Analyse et Problèmes Inverses pour le Contrôle et le Signal
- APIF
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Automated Process Information File
- APLAC
-
Analysis Program Linear Active Circuit
- APLIS
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Automated Payload ICD System
- APM
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Columbus Attached Pressurized Module
- APM
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Ascent Particle Monitor
- APM
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Advanced Power Management
- APMSM
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Assembly Phase Maintenance Simulation Model
- APN
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Appareil Photo Numérique
- APP
-
Astrophysics Payload
- APPF
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Automated Payload Processing Facility
- APPLE
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Advanced Propulsion Payload Effect
- APPRICOD
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Assessing the Potential of Plastics Recycling in the Construction and Demolition Activities
- APPS
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Auxiliary Payload Power System
- APR
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Advanced Passive Reactor
- APRP
-
Accident de Perte de Réfrigérant Primaire
- APRP
-
Accident de Perte de Refroidissement Primaire
- APS
-
Aft Propulsion System
- APS
-
Ascent Propulsion System
- APS
-
Attitude Propulsion System
- APS
-
Automatic Processing System
- APS
-
Auxiliary Power Subsystem
- APS
-
Auxiliary Propulsion System
- APS
-
Alimentation Par le Sol
- APSAP
-
Auxiliary Propulsion System Aft Pod
- APSI
-
Avant-Projet Sommaire d’Itinéraire
The abbreviation APSI (Avant-Projet Sommaire d’Itinéraire) includes the abbreviation APS (Avant-Projet Sommaire).
- APSS
-
Atmospheric Pressure Supply Subsystem
- APSS
-
Analyse Phénoménologique des Situations de Stockage
- APT
-
Airborne Pointer Tracker
- APT
-
Astronaut Preference Test
- APT
-
Aide au Partenariat Technologique
- APTAS
-
Actions de Prévention Technique et d'Assistance Sécurité Gaz
- APTE
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Automated Production Test Equipment
The abbreviation APTE (Automated Production Test Equipment) includes the abbreviation TE (Test Equipment).
- APTGD
-
Arme de Précision Tirée à Grande Distance
- APU
-
Auxiliary Power Unit
- APU
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Auxiliary Propulsion Unit
- APUQ
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Association de Promotion des Usages de la Quasiturbine
- APUS
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Auxiliary Power Unit Subsystem
- APUT
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Auxiliary Power Unit Test
- APV
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Aluminium Plant & Vessel (Company Limited)
- APWR
-
Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor
- AQA
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Agence pour la Qualité de l'Air
- AQUAP
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Association pour la Qualité des Appareils à Pression
- ARA
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Attitude Reference Assembly
- ARA
-
Altstoff Recycling Austria (www.ara.at)
- ARA
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Asociaţia Română a Apei (https://www.ara.ro/)
- ARAEN
-
Agenzia Regionale per l'Energia della Regione Abruzzo
- ARAGOB
-
Unidad de Arquitectura Bioclimatica - Gobierno de Aragón
- ARAMM
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Agence Rhône-Alpes pour la Maîtrise des Matériaux
- ARAP
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Aeronautical Research Associates of Princeton
- ARAP
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Astronaut Rescue Air Pack
- ARBl
-
Aerospace Research in Bulgaria
- ARC
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Austrian Research Centers (www.arcs.ac.at)
- ARC
-
Ames Research Center
- ARCOMSAT
-
Arab League Communications Satellite
- ARCOS
-
Action de Recherche pour une COnduite Sécurisée
- ARCS
-
Aft Reaction Control Subsystem
- ARCS
-
Austrian Research Centers Seibersdorf
- ARD
-
Abort Region Determinator
- ARD
-
Accès au Réseau de Distribution
- ARE
-
Agenzia Regionale per l'Energia di Liguria
- ARE
-
Agenzia per il Risparmio Energetico di Ancona
- AREAC
-
Agência Regional de Energia e Ambiente do Centro
- AREAL
-
Agência Regional de Energia e Ambiente do Algarve
- AREN
-
Asociaţia Română pentru Energie Nucleară
- ARENA
-
Agência Regional da Energia da Regio Autonoma dos Acores
- ARENE
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Agence Régionale de l'Environnement et des Nouvelles Énergies
- ARER
-
Agence Régionale de l'Énergie de la Réunion
- ARES
-
Advanced Railroad Electronic System
- ARFDS
-
Automatic Reentry Flight Dynamics Simulator
- ARGEM
-
Agencia de Gestión de Energía de la Región de Murcia
- 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).
- ARIA
-
Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft
- ARID
-
Association Régionale pour l’Irrigation et le Drainage
ARID is equivalent to RAID (Regional Association for Irrigation and Drainage) in English.
- ARIS
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Advanced Range Instrumentation Ship
- ARISE
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Automatic Railway Information Systems for Europe
- ARIST
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Agence Régionale d'Information Stratégique et Technologique
- ARISTOTELES
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Applications and Research Involving Space Technologies Observing the Earth’s Field from Low Earth Orbiting Satellite
- ARITT
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Aide Régionale à l'Innovation et au Transfert de Technologie
- ARITT
-
Aide Régionale à l'Innovation et aux Transferts de Technologie
- ARM
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Anti-Radar Missile
The abbreviation ARM (Anti-Radar Missile) is included in the abbreviation HARM (High-speed Anti-Radar Missile).
- ARN
-
Auto Recycling Nederland (www.arn.nl)
- ARN
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Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear (https://www.argentina.gob.ar/arn)
- AROR
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Atelier Recherche Outillage Réalisation
- AROS
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Automotive Robust Operating Services
- ARPESH
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Accurate and Reliable Prototype Earth Horizon Sensor Head
- ARS
-
American Rocket Society
- ARS
-
Attitude Reference System
- ARSDA
-
Advanced Radiation Space Defense Application
- ARTEMIS
-
Advanced Research and Technology for Embedded Intelligent Systems
- ARTESI
-
Agence Régionale des Technologies et de la Société de l'Information d'Île-de-France
- ARTG
-
Agence Résidentiel Tertiaire Gaz
- ARTI
-
Advanced Rotorcraft Technology Integration
- ARTS
-
Advanced Remote Tracking Station
The abbreviation ARTS (Advanced Remote Tracking Station) includes abbreviations RTS (Remote Tracking Station) and TS (Tracking Station).
- ARTS
-
Actions de Recherche pour la Technologie et la Société
- ARU
-
Attitude Reference Unit
- ASA
-
Abort Sensor Assembly
- ASA
-
Advanced System Avionics
- ASA
-
Aerosurface Amplifier
- ASA
-
Aerosurface Servoamplifier
- ASAL
-
Agence Spatiale Algérienne
- ASAM
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Air-Surface Attack Missile
- ASAP
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ACE Shuttle Application Processing
- ASAP
-
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
- ASAR
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Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile
- ASARC
-
Army Systems Acquisition Review Council
- ASAS
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Aerodynamic Stability Augmentation System
- ASAT
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Anti-Satellite
- ASAT
-
Anti-Satellite System
- ASATS
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Antisatellite Simulation
- ASB
-
Airlock Stowage Bag
- ASC
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Aerodynamic Surface Control
- ASC
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Aerosurface Control
- ASC
-
Airlock Support Component
- ASC
-
American Satellite Corporation
- ASC
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Apple Sound Chip
- ASCA
-
Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics
- ASCADS
-
Aft Station Command And Data System
- ASCE
-
Airlock Signal Conditioning Electronics
- ASCE
-
American Society of Civil Engineers (www.asce.org)
- ASCO
-
Arab Satellite Communications Organization
- ASCO
-
Arab Space Communications Organization
- ASCOTP
-
Association pour la Connaissance des Travaux Publics
- ASCP
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Attitude Set/Control Panel
The abbreviation ASCP (Attitude Set/Control Panel) includes the abbreviation CP (Control Panel).
- ASCP
-
Attitude Set Control Panel
The abbreviation ASCP (Attitude Set Control Panel) includes the abbreviation CP (Control Panel).
- ASCS
-
Attitude Stabilization and Control System
- ASCT
-
Allocation Spéciale de Contrôle Thermique
- ASD
-
Advanced Systems Development
- ASD
-
Aeronautical Systems Division
- ASD
-
Aqua Service Distribution
- ASDE
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Aerosurface Driver Electronics
- ASDM
-
Aerosurface Driver/Monitor
- ASE
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Advanced Space Engine
- ASE
-
Aerospace Support Equipment
- ASE
-
Airborne Support Equipment
- ASE
-
Automatic Support Equipment
- ASEA
-
American Society of Engineers and Architects
- ASED
-
Avionics System Engineering Division
- ASEE
-
American Society for Engineering Education (www.asee.org)
- ASEM
-
Assembly of Station by EVA Methods
- ASET
-
Agència de Serveis Energètics de Terrassa
- ASEW
-
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für sparsame Energie- und Wasserverwendung im VKU
- ASF
-
Autoroutes du Sud de la France