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    Prolegomena, fundamentals of knowledge and culture, propaedeutics.

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    Code

    Meaning

    Language

    Themes and places

    AM

    Asset Management

    In English

    AMA

    Advanced Manageability Alliance

    In English

    AMADEIA

    Association Marocaine pour le Développement de l'Électronique, de l'Électrotechnique, de l'Informatique et de l'Automatique

    In French

    AMBA

    Association of Masters of Business Administration

    In English

    AMBD

    Automated Maintenance Data Base

    In English

    AMCC

    ADL Master Control Console

    In English

    AMCR
    Automated Master Change Record

    The abbreviation AMCR (Automated Master Change Record) includes abbreviations CR (Change Record) and MCR (Master Change Record).

    In English

    AMCSIT

    Agenţia Managerială de Cercetare Ştiinţifică, Inovare şi Transfer Tehnologic

    In Romanian

    AMCSTI

    Association des Musées et centres pour le développement de la Culture Scientifique, Technique et Industrielle

    In French

    AMDB

    Airport Mapping Databases

    In English

    AMDEC

    Analyse des Modes de Défaillances, de leurs Effets et de leur Criticité

    In French

    AMDF

    Automated Main Distribution Frame

    In English

    AME

    Abort Maneuver Evaluator

    In English

    AMF

    Area Maintenance Facility

    In English

    AMG

    Activation Management Group

    In English

    AMHA

    Army Management Headquarters Activities

    In English

    AMHR

    Advancing Machine and Human Reasoning

    In English

    AMHR

    American Miniature Horse Registry

    In English

    AMI

    Amazon Machine Image

    In English

    AMIC
    Automated Management Information Center

    Developed under Kennedy Space Center’s contract by Boeing Services International, Automated Management Information Center (AMIC) employs microcomputer techniques to create informational charts, viewgraphs, or other data displays.

    The abbreviation AMIC (Automated Management Information Center) includes the abbreviation IC (Information Center).

    In English

    AMICO
    Art Museum Image Consortium (https://www.amico.org/)

    The Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) was an not-for-profit organization of institutions with collections of art, collaborating to enable educational use of museum multimedia.

    In English

    AMID

    Animation Magazine Industry Directory

    In English

    AMIG

    Agence Maintenance Inter-centre Gaz

    In French

    AMIR

    Atelier Mutualiste Informatique Régional

    In French

    AMJ

    Association du Multimédia Jeunesse (www.amj.asso.fr)

    In French

    AML

    Approved Materials List

    In English

    AMN

    Asociación MERCOSUR para la Normalización

    In Spanish

    AMP

    Accelerated Mobile Pages

    In English

    AMPAS

    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

    In English

    AMPD

    Applied Materials Physics Division

    In English

    AMPEERS

    Autonomous Portable Object with huge Embedded Energy Storage

    In English

    AMPR

    Aeronautical Manufacturer’s Planning Report

    In English

    AMPR
    Aeronautical Manufacturer’s Progress Report

    The abbreviation AMPR (Aeronautical Manufacturer’s Progress Report) includes the abbreviation PR (Progress Report).

    In English

    AMR

    Audio/Modem Riser

    In English

    AMRC
    Accès Multiple par Répartition en Code

    = CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access | In English

    In French

    AMREF

    African Medical and Research Foundation (www.amref.org)

    In English

    AMRIU

    Advanced Missile Remote Interface Unit

    In English

    AMS
    Aeronautical Material Specification

    The abbreviation AMS (Aeronautical Material Specification) includes the abbreviation MS (Material Specification).

    In English

    AMS

    Army Management Structure

    In English

    AMS

    Alan Michael Sugar

    In many languages

    AMSA

    Area Maintenance Support Activities

    In English

    AMSCO

    Army Management Structure Code

    In English

    AMSD

    Autonetics Marine Systems Division

    In English

    AMSF

    Army Maintenance Supply Facilities

    In English

    AMT

    Auxiliary Master Tape

    In English

    AMT

    Agence de Maintenance Thermique

    In French

    AMTA

    Association for Machine Translation in the Americas (https://amtaweb.org/)

    In English

    AMTD
    Automatic Magnetic Tape Dissemination

    The abbreviation AMTD (Automatic Magnetic Tape Dissemination) includes the abbreviation MT (Magnetic Tape).

    In English

    AMTF
    Acoustic Model Test Facility

    The abbreviation AMTF (Acoustic Model Test Facility) includes the abbreviation TF (Test Facility).

    In English

    AMUL

    Amicale Malgache des Utilisateurs de logiciels Libres

    In French

    AMULL

    Association Malienne des Utilisateurs de Logiciels Libres

    In French

    AMVCC

    Association de Mise en Valeur du Château de Coucy

    In French

    AMVQ

    Académie de Médecine Vétérinaire du Québec (https://www.amvq.quebec/fr/)

    In French

    AMeDAS

    Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System

    In English

    AN

    Alphanumeric

    In English

    AN

    Advisory Note

    In English

    AN

    Archives Nationales

    In French

    AN

    Access Network

    In English

    ANA

    Automatic Natural Acquisition

    In English

    ANAB

    ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board

    In English

    ANADER

    Anadolu Eğitim Kültür ve İrfan Derneği (www.anader.net)

    In Turkish

    ANC

    Autorité des Normes Comptables

    In French

    ANDCP

    Association Nationale des Directeurs et Cadres de la fonction Personnel

    In French

    ANDIH

    Agence Nationale de l’Informatique Hospitalière

    In French

    ANEMONE

    Analyse Environnementale et MOdélisation Numérique de l'Éolien

    In French

    ANET

    Austrian Network for eTourism (www.anet-network.at)

    In English

    ANFH

    Association Nationale pour la Formation permanente du personnel Hospitalier (https://www.anfh.fr/)

    In French

    ANHD

    ANimation HeaDer

    In English

    ANIP

    Alternate National Command Center Improvement Program

    In English

    ANIS

    Association Nord Internet Solidaire

    In French

    ANIS

    Asociaţia Naţională a Industriei de Software şi Servicii din România

    In Romanian

    ANLI

    Adversarial Natural Language Inference

    In English

    ANR

    Agence Nationale de la Recherche (www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr)

    In French

    ANRT

    Association Nationale de la Recherche Technique

    In French

    ANSI

    American National Standards Institute (www.ansi.org)

    In English

    ANSSI

    Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d'Information (https://www.ssi.gouv.fr)

    In French

    ANT

    ADSL Network Termination

    In English

    ANVAR

    Agence Nationale de Valorisation de la Recherche

    In French

    ANVREDET

    Agence Nationale de la Valorisation des Résultats de la Recherche et du Développement Technologique

    In French

    ANX

    Automative Network eXchange

    In English

    AOC

    Auxiliary Output Chip

    In English

    AOCE

    Apple Open Collaboration Environment

    In English

    AOCP
    AVCS On-Board Computer Program

    The abbreviation AOCP (AVCS On-Board Computer Program) includes the abbreviation CP (Computer Program).

    In English

    AOD

    Advanced Object Data

    In English

    AOD

    Aircraft Operations Division

    In English

    AOD

    Assistant Operations Director

    In English

    AODI

    Always On/Dynamic ISDN

    In English

    AOIS

    Automatic Optical Inspection System

    In English

    AOM

    Academy of Management

    In English

    AOO

    Apache OpenOffice

    In English

    AOP

    Annual Operating Plan

    In English

    AOP

    Assembly Operations Plan

    In English

    AOPA

    Aide Opérateur en situation Post-Accidentelle

    In French

    AOPL

    Advance Order Parts List

    In English

    AOPM

    Airline Operations Planning Model

    In English

    AOQ
    Average Outgoing Quality

    The abbreviation AOQ (Average Outgoing Quality) is included in the abbreviation AOQL (Average Outgoing Quality Limit).

    In English

    AOQL
    Average Outgoing Quality Limit

    The abbreviation AOQL (Average Outgoing Quality Limit) includes the abbreviation AOQ (Average Outgoing Quality).

    In English

    AOR

    Aire Opérationnelle de Responsabilité

    In French

    AOSD
    Aspect-Oriented Software Development

    The abbreviation AOSD (Aspect-Oriented Software Development) includes the abbreviation SD (Software Development).

    In English

    AOSED

    Association of Osteopathic State Executive Directors

    In English

    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).

    In English

    AOSTE

    Analyse et l'Optimisation des Systèmes Temps-Réel Embarqués

    In French

    AOT

    Actual Operating Time

    In English

    AOT

    Avionics Operating Time

    In English

    APA

    Abort Programmer Assembly

    In English

    APAN

    Asia-Pacific Advanced Network Consortium

    In English

    APART

    Austrian Programme for Advanced Research and Technology

    In English

    APAST
    Association africaine Pour l’Avancement des Sciences et Techniques

    = AAAST | African Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology | In English

    In French

    APB

    Advanced Peripheral Bus

    In English

    APC

    Asynchronous Pool Cleaning

    In English

    APC

    Alternative PHP Cache

    In English

    APCB

    Association de Pilotage des Conférences internationales B

    In French

    APCC
    Association of Professional Computer Consultants

    The APCC was originally founded as the Association of Professional Computer Consultants and was conceived as an organization to support the emerging trend of information technology workers choosing to operate as independent small consulting businesses, accepting for on a contract basis.

    In English

    APD

    Avant-Projet Détaillé

    In French

    APD

    Avant-Projet Définitif

    In French

    APD

    Association des Directeurs de Production

    In French

    APD

    African Pollen Database

    In English

    APD

    Army Publishing Directorate (https://armypubs.army.mil/)

    In English

    APD

    Association pour le Progrès des Dirigeants

    In French

    APD

    Apprentissage des Pratiques Documentaires

    In French

    APD

    Advanced PHP Debugger

    In English

    APD

    Asteroid Polarimetric Database

    In English

    APDIS

    Associação Portuguesa de Documentação e Informação de Saúde (www.apdis.org)

    In Portuguese

    APDL

    ADA Programming Design Language

    In English

    APE

    Analyses of Phylogenetics and Evolution

    In English

    APELSE

    Association pour la Promotion de l'Écriture et de la Lecture sur Support Électronique

    In French

    APER

    Antenne pour l’Emploi des Réservistes

    In French

    APES

    Advanced Processor Emulator System

    In English

    APFM

    Associated Program on Flood Management

    In English

    API
    Application Programming Interface

    = API | Application Program Interface | In English

    The abbreviation API (Application Programming Interface) is included in abbreviations such as TMAPI (Common Topic Map Application Programming Interface), MAPI (Messaging Application Programming Interface) and CAPI (Common Application Programming Interface).

    In English

    API
    Autorisation de Programme Individualisée

    The abbreviation API (Autorisation de Programme Individualisée) is included in the abbreviation DAPI (Délégation d’Autorisation de Programme Individualisée).

    In French

    API
    Application Program Interface

    = API (see above)

    In English

    API
    Alphabet Phonétique International

    = AFI | Alfabetul Fonetic Internaţional | In Romanian
    = LFE | Lizherenneg Fonetikel Etrebroadel | In Breton
    = МФА | Международната фонетична азбука | In Bulgarian
    = IPA | Internationales Phonetisches Alphabet | In Tosk
    = AFI | Alfabet Fonètic Internacional | In Catalan
    = IFA | Internacia Fonetika Alfabeto | In Esperanto
    = IPA | International Phonetic Alphabet | In English
    = ΔΦΑ | Διεθνές Φωνητικό Αλφάβητο | In Greek
    = IPA | Internationales Phonetisches Alphabet | In German
    = AFI | Alfabeto Fonético Internacional | In Spanish
    = AFI | Alfabeto Fonético Internacional | In Galician
    = NAF | Nazioarteko Alfabeto Fonetikoa | In Basque
    = IPA | Internationaalt Phonetescht Alphabet | In Letzeburgesh
    = AFI | Alfabeto Fonetico Internazionale | In Italian
    = МФА | Международный фонетический алфавит | In Russian
    = AFI | Alfabeto Fonético Internacional | In Portuguese
    = AFI | Alfabet Fonetic Internacionau | In Occitan
    = AFE | Alfabet Fonetike Eternåcionå | In Walloon
    = IFA | Internationoal Fonetisch Alfabet | In West Flemish
    = AFN | Alfabeti Fonetik Ndërkombëtar | In Albanian
    = IFA | Internasionale Fonetiese Alfabet | In Afrikaans
    = AFI | Alfabetu Fonéticu Internacional | In Asturian
    = ХГЬА | Халкъаздагьоркьосеб гьаркьазул алфавит | In Avar
    = IPA | Internationals Phonetischs Alphabet | In Austro-Bavarian
    = ХАФӘ́ | Халыҡ-ара фонетик алфавит | In Bashkir
    = МФА | Міжнародны фанетычны алфавіт | In Belarusian
    = AFE | Alfabèt Fonètico Entèrnacionâl | In Franco-Provençal
    = YFA | Ynternasjonaal Fonetysk Alfabet | In Frisian
    = AIF | Aibítir Idirnáisiúnta Foghraíochta | In Irish
    = API | Alphabeto Phonetic International | In Interlingua
    = IPA | Internasional a Ponetiko nga Alpabeto | In Ilocano
    = IFA | Internaciona Fonetik Alfabeto | In Ido
    = AFN | Alfabeya Fonetîk a Navneteweyî | In Kurdish
    = API | Abecedarium Phoneticum Internationale | In Latin
    = AFI | Alfabeta Fonetical Internasional | In Lingua Franca Nova
    = TFA | Tarptautinė Fonetinė Abėcėlė | In Lithuanian
    = МФА | Меѓународна фонетска азбука | In Macedonian
    = AFA | Abjad Fonetik Antarabangsa | In Malay
    = AFI | Abc Fonético Anternacional | MWL
    = IPA | Internatschonal Phoneetsch Alphabet | In Low German
    = IFA | Internasjonale Fonetiske Alfabetet | In Norwegian
    = AFI | Alfabèt Fonétiko Internashonal | In Papiamento
    = IPA | Innernatiunaal Phoneddisch Alphebedd | PDC
    = EFA | Entanashunal Fonetikl Alfabet | In Pitkern
    = MAF | Międzynarodowy Alfabet Fonetyczny | In Polish
    = AFI | Alfabet Fonétich Intërnassional | In Piedmontese
    = IPA | Internaitional Phonetic Alphabet | In Scots
    = МФА | Међународна фонетска абецеда | In Serbian
    = AFI | Alfabetu Fonétiku Internasionál | In Tetum
    = PPA | Pandaigdigang Ponetikong Alpabeto | In Tagalog
    = МФА | Міжнародний фонетичний алфавіт | In Ukrainian
    = LFB | Lafab Fonetik Bevünetik | In Volapük

    In French

    API

    American Petroleum Institute (https://www.api.org/)

    In English

    API

    Arrêt Pour Intervention

    In French

    API

    Aerospace Performance Improvement

    In English

    API
    Alphabeto Phonetic International

    = AFI, LFE, МФА, IPA, IFA, ΔΦΑ, NAF, AFE, AFN, ХГЬА, ХАФӘ́, YFA, AIF, TFA, AFA, EFA, MAF, PPA, LFB (see above)

    In Interlingua

    API
    Abecedarium Phoneticum Internationale

    = AFI, LFE, МФА, IPA, IFA, ΔΦΑ, NAF, AFE, AFN, ХГЬА, ХАФӘ́, YFA, AIF, TFA, AFA, EFA, MAF, PPA, LFB (see above)

    In Latin

    API-PL

    Association pour la Promotion d'Internet pour les Professions Libérales

    In French

    APIC

    Asociaţia pentru Tehnologia Informaţiei şi Comunicaţii din România

    In Romanian

    APIDS

    Application Protocol-based Intrusion Detection System

    In English

    APIF

    Automated Process Information File

    In English

    APINC

    Association Pour la Promotion et la défense de l'Internet Non Commercial

    In French

    APIRL

    Authorized Procurement Information Requirements List

    In English

    APL

    Applications Program Library

    In English

    APL

    A Pattern Language

    In English

    APL

    A Programming Language

    In English

    APL2C

    Association for Persian Language, Linguistics and Computing

    In English

    APLM

    Applications Program Library Maintenance

    In English

    APLMF

    Asia-Pacific Legal Metrology Forum

    In English

    APM
    Assistant Project Manager

    The abbreviation APM (Assistant Project Manager) includes the abbreviation PM (Project Manager).

    In English

    APM
    Associate Program Manager

    The abbreviation APM (Associate Program Manager) includes the abbreviation PM (Program Manager).

    In English

    APM
    Application Performance Management

    The abbreviation APM (Application Performance Management) includes the abbreviation PM (Performance Management).

    In English

    APM

    Alternative PHP Monitor

    In English

    APMSM

    Assembly Phase Maintenance Simulation Model

    In English

    APO
    Automated Purchase Order

    The abbreviation APO (Automated Purchase Order) includes the abbreviation PO (Purchase Order).

    In English

    APOM

    Association des Producteurs d'Oeuvres Multimédia (www.apom.org)

    In French

    APON

    ATM Passive Optical Network

    In English

    APOP

    Authentificated Post Office Protocol

    In English

    APP

    Autorisation de Programme Prévisionnelle

    In French

    APP

    Agence de Protection des Programmes (http://app.legalis.net)

    In French

    APP

    Accident de Plain Pied

    In French

    APPC

    Advanced Program-to-Program Communications

    In English

    APPEI

    Association des Professionnels pour la Promotion de l'Emploi sur Internet (www.appei.net)

    In French

    APPEL

    A P3P Preference Exchange Language

    In English

    APPN

    Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking

    In English

    APQP

    Advanced Product Quality Planning

    In English

    APRE

    Agenzia per la Promozione della Ricerca Europea

    In Italian

    APRIL

    Association pour la Promotion et la Recherche en Informatique Libre (www.april.org)

    In French

    APROGED

    Association des PROfessionnels de la Gestion Électronique de l'information et des Documents pour l'entreprise (www.aproged.org)

    In French

    APRONET

    Association des Professionnels Internet et Webmestres Territoriaux

    In French

    APRP

    Associação Portuguesa de Reconhecimento de Padrões (www.aprp.pt)

    In Portuguese

    APRP

    Adaptative Pattern Recognition Processing

    In English

    APRS

    Agence Personnel et Relations Sociales

    In French

    APRS

    Automatic Position Reporting System

    In English

    APS

    Automated Planning System

    In English

    APS
    Avant-Projet Sommaire

    The abbreviation APS (Avant-Projet Sommaire) is included in abbreviations such as APSA (Avant-Projet Sommaire d’Agglomération) and APSI (Avant-Projet Sommaire d’Itinéraire).

    In French

    APS

    Astronomical Society of the Pacific

    In English

    APSA
    Avant-Projet Sommaire d’Agglomération

    The abbreviation APSA (Avant-Projet Sommaire d’Agglomération) includes the abbreviation APS (Avant-Projet Sommaire).

    In French

    APSI
    Avant-Projet Sommaire d’Itinéraire

    The abbreviation APSI (Avant-Projet Sommaire d’Itinéraire) includes the abbreviation APS (Avant-Projet Sommaire).

    In French

    APT

    Aide au Partenariat Technologique

    In French

    APT

    Advanced Packaging Tool

    In English

    APTE

    Automated Production Test Equipment

    In English

    APTES

    Association du Pôle Transactions Électroniques Sécurisées

    In French

    APTI

    Association pour les Professionnels de la Télévision sur Internet

    In French

    APTIC

    Association de Promotion du Territoire à Travers les nouvelles Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication

    In French

    APTITUDES

    Accessibilité du Poste de Travail InformaTique aux Utilisateurs DÉficients visuelS

    In French

    APTN

    Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (www.aptn.ca)

    In English

    APTT

    Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time

    In English

    APUT

    Auxiliary Power Unit Test

    In English

    AQ
    Assurance Qualité

    = QA | Quality Assurance | In English

    In French

    AQC

    Agence Qualité Construction (www.qualiteconstruction.com)

    In French

    AQL

    Acceptance Quality Level

    In English

    AQUAP

    Association pour la Qualité des Appareils à Pression

    In French

    AQUOPS

    Association Québécoise des Utilisateurs de l'Ordinateur au Primaire et au Secondaire

    In French

    AR
    Acceptance Readiness

    The abbreviation AR (Acceptance Readiness) is included in the abbreviation CARR (Customer Acceptance Readiness Review).

    In English

    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).

    In English

    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).

    In English

    ARAMIS

    Architecture Robuste pour les Automates et Matériels des Infrastructures Sensibles

    In French

    ARAMIS

    Agencement en Rames Automatisées de Modules Indépendants en Stations

    In French

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