Multilingual dictionary of abbreviations

Abbreviations related to the theme ‘Fundamentals of knowledge and culture’

Prolegomena, fundamentals of knowledge and culture, propaedeutics.

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Code

Meaning

Language

Themes and places

PTI

Poste de Travail Informatisé

In French

PTIS

Programmed Test Input System

In English

PTJ

Projektträger Jülich

In German

PTM

Pulse Time Modulation

In English

PTQ

Post-Training Quantization

In English

PTR
Preliminary Test Report

The abbreviation PTR (Preliminary Test Report) includes the abbreviation TR (Test Report).

In English

PTR

Program Technical Review

In English

PTR

Program Trouble Report

In English

PTS

Profile Test Specification

In English

PTS

Profile Test Suite

In English

PTS

Payload Test Set

In English

PTV

Pathfinder Test Vehicle

In English

PUC

Permanent UNIMARC Committee

In English

PUCE

Programme pour l’Utilisation des Composants Électroniques

In French

PUND
Programo de la Unuiĝintaj Nacioj pri Disvolvado

PUND is equivalent to PNUD (Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement) in French, PNUD (Programa de les Naciones Uníes pa'l Desendolcu) in Asturian, PNUD (Programul Naţiunilor Unite pentru Dezvoltare) in Romanian, UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) in English, PNUD (Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo) in Spanish, PNUD (Programa de les Nacions Unides per al Desenvolupament) in Catalan, UNDP (გაეროს განვითარების პროგრამა) in Georgian, UNDP (জাতিসংঘ উন্নয়ন কর্মসূচী) in Bengali, PNUD (Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento) in Portuguese, ПРООН (Программа развития ООН) in Russian, UNDP (สำนักงานโครงการพัฒนาแห่งสหประชาชาติ) in Thai, UNDP (ஐக்கிய நாடுகள் வளர்ச்சித் திட்டம்) in Tamil, UNDP (联合国开发计划署) in Chinese languages.

In Esperanto

PUP

Potentially Unwanted Program

In English

PUZ

Prozesatzeko Unitate Zentral

In Basque

PV

Physical Volume

In English

PVED

Propulsion and Vehicle Engineering Division

In English

PVS

Passive Vulnerability Scanner

In English

PVT
Preflight Verification Test

The abbreviation PVT (Preflight Verification Test) includes the abbreviation VT (Verification Test).

In English

PVT
Pyrotechnic Verification Test

The abbreviation PVT (Pyrotechnic Verification Test) includes the abbreviation VT (Verification Test).

In English

PVWA

Planned Value of Work Accomplished

In English

PVWS

Planned Value of Work Scheduled

In English

PWA

Private Write Area

In English

PWA
Product Work Authorization

The abbreviation PWA (Product Work Authorization) includes the abbreviation WA (Work Authorization).

In English

PWA

Progressive Web App

In English

PWBS
Program Work Breakdown Structure

The abbreviation PWBS (Program Work Breakdown Structure) includes the abbreviation WBS (Work Breakdown Structure).

In English

PYPL

PopularitY of Programming Language

In English

PaReL

Pattern Recognition Letters

In English

PaaS

Platform as a Service

In English

Pacman

Package manager

In English

ParC

Parallel Computing

In English

PauLLA

Pau Logiciels Libres Association

In French

PetDB
Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor (https://www.earthchem.org/petdb)
PetDB (Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor) is a searchable database of published geochemical data for igneous and metamorphic rocks of the ocean floor, including magmatic rocks generated at mid-ocean ridges, back-arc basins, or young seamounts, abyssal peridotites, old oceanic crust, mantle xenoliths, and ophiolites.

In English

PiCT

Prothrombinase-induced Clotting Time

In English

Pl

Poiseuille

In many languages

PlR

Planetary Report

In English

PnP

Plug 'n play

In English

PoE

Power over Ethernet

In English

PyG

PyTorch Geometric

In English

Q&A

Question and Answer

In English

QA
Quality Assurance

The abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance) is included in abbreviations such as ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education), SQA (Software Quality Assurance), ECQAC (Electronic Components Quality Assurance Committee), QAA (Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education), ABQAURP (American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians), PQA (Procurement Quality Assurance), QA&T (Quality Assurance and Test), QAC (Quality Assurance Chart), QACAD (Quality Assurance Corrective Action Document), QAD (Quality Assurance Division), QAFM (Quality Assurance Forms Manual), QAM (Quality Assurance Manual), QAOP (Quality Assurance Operating Procedure), QAP (Quality Assurance Product), QAR (Quality Assurance Report), R&QA (Reliability and Quality Assurance), RM&QA (Reliability, Maintainability, and Quality Assurance), SDQA (Space Division Quality Assurance), SQA (Subcontractor Quality Assurance), SR&QA (Safety, Reliability, and Quality Assurance), T&QA (Test and Quality Assurance), LRQA (Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance) and SDQA (Software Development Quality Assurance).

QA is equivalent to AQ (Assurance Qualité) in French.

In English

QA

Quality Audit

In English

QA
Question Answering

The abbreviation QA (Question Answering) is included in the abbreviation CoQA (Conversational Question Answering).

In English

QA&T
Quality Assurance and Test

The abbreviation QA&T (Quality Assurance and Test) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

In English

QAA
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education

The abbreviation QAA (Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

In English

QAC
Quality Assurance Chart

The abbreviation QAC (Quality Assurance Chart) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

In English

QACAD
Quality Assurance Corrective Action Document

The abbreviation QACAD (Quality Assurance Corrective Action Document) includes abbreviations QA (Quality Assurance) and CA (Corrective Action).

In English

QAD
Quality Assurance Division

The abbreviation QAD (Quality Assurance Division) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

In English

QAFM
Quality Assurance Forms Manual

The abbreviation QAFM (Quality Assurance Forms Manual) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

In English

QAM
Quality Assurance Manual

The abbreviation QAM (Quality Assurance Manual) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

QAM is equivalent to MAQ (Manuel d’Assurance Qualité) in French.

In English

QAOP
Quality Assurance Operating Procedure

The abbreviation QAOP (Quality Assurance Operating Procedure) includes abbreviations QA (Quality Assurance) and OP (Operating Procedure).

In English

QAP

Quality Assessment Procedure

In English

QAP
Quality Assurance Product

The abbreviation QAP (Quality Assurance Product) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

In English

QAR
Quality Assurance Report

The abbreviation QAR (Quality Assurance Report) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

In English

QAT

Quantization-Aware Training

In English

QAVT

Qualification Acceptance Vibration Test

In English

QBIC

Query By Image Content

In English

QC
Quality Control

The abbreviation QC (Quality Control) is included in abbreviations such as ASQC (American Society for Quality Control), FTSQCO (Fiji Trade Standards and Quality Control Office), COSQC (Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control), PQC (Procurement Quality Control), QCDR (Quality Control Deficiency Report), QCOP (Quality Control Operating Procedure) and SQC (Statistical Quality Control).

In English

QCD

Qualité, Coûts, Délais

In French

QCDR
Quality Control Deficiency Report

The abbreviation QCDR (Quality Control Deficiency Report) includes the abbreviation QC (Quality Control).

In English

QCOP
Quality Control Operating Procedure

The abbreviation QCOP (Quality Control Operating Procedure) includes abbreviations OP (Operating Procedure) and QC (Quality Control).

In English

QCS

Qualified Calibration Source

In English

QDA
Quadratic Discriminant Analysis

The abbreviation QDA (Quadratic Discriminant Analysis) is included in the abbreviation SQDA (Sparse Quadratic Discriminant Analysis).

In English

QDOS
Quick and Dirty Operating System

The abbreviation QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System) includes the abbreviation OS (Operating System).

In English

QDR
Qualification Design Review

The abbreviation QDR (Qualification Design Review) is included in the abbreviation CQDR (Critical Qualification Design Review), and it includes the abbreviation DR (Design Review).

In English

QDS

Quality Data System

In English

QE

Quality Engineer

In English

QE

Quality Engineering

In English

QED
Quod Erat Demonstrandum

QED is equivalent to CQFD (Ce Qu'il Fallait Démontrer) in French.

In Latin

QES

Qwam E-content Server

In English

QFD

Quality Function Deployment

In English

QFD

Quality Functional Deployment

In English

QG

Quartier Général

In French

QI

Quality Information

In English

QI

Qualification Initiale

In French

QIC

Quality Information Control

In English

QIS

Quality Improvement Service

In English

QIS

Qualcomm Internet Services

In English

QIS

Quantum Information Science

In English

QLDS

Quick-Look Data Station

In English

QM

Qualification Motor

In English

QMS
Quality Management System

The abbreviation QMS (Quality Management System) is included in the abbreviation SQMS (Scottish Quality Management System).

In English

QMS

Qualification Model Spacecraft

In English

QO

Qualification Opérationnelle

In French

QOM

Quick Ontology Mapping

In English

QOS

Quality Operating System

In English

QP

Qualification des Performances

In French

QPD

Quality Planning Document

In English

QPL

Qualified Parts List

In English

QPL

Qualified Products List

In English

QPP

Quality Program Plan

In English

QPR
Quarterly Progress Report

The abbreviation QPR (Quarterly Progress Report) includes the abbreviation PR (Progress Report).

In English

QPRD
Quality Planning Requirements Document

The abbreviation QPRD (Quality Planning Requirements Document) includes the abbreviation RD (Requirements Document).

In English

QPRD
Quality Program Requirements Document

The abbreviation QPRD (Quality Program Requirements Document) includes abbreviations PR (Program Requirements) and RD (Requirements Document).

In English

QPRH

Quality Planning Requirements Handbook

In English

QPSD

Quality and Productivity Systems Division

In English

QQPRI

Qualitative and Quantitative Personnel Requirements Information

In English

QR
Qualification Review

The abbreviation QR (Qualification Review) is included in abbreviations such as CDQR (Critical Design and Qualification Review), FQR (Final Qualification Review), FQR (Formal Qualification Review) and QRS (Qualification Review Sheet).

In English

QRS
Qualification Review Sheet

The abbreviation QRS (Qualification Review Sheet) includes the abbreviation QR (Qualification Review).

In English

QS

Quality System

In English

QS

Qualité Sûreté

In French

QSA

Qualification Site Approval

In English

QSAE

Quality and Standards Authority of Ethiopia

In English

QSE

Qualité, Sécurité, Environnement

In French

QSGVT

Quarter-Scale Ground Vibration Test

In English

QSII

Qualité et Sécurité des Installations Intérieures

In French

QSL

Qualified Source List

In English

QT
Qualification Test

The abbreviation QT (Qualification Test) is included in abbreviations such as FQT (Formal Qualification Test), PQT (Preliminary Qualification Test), QTP (Qualification Test Plan), QTP (Qualification Test Procedure), QTR (Qualification Test Report), QTV (Qualification Test Vehicle), PPQT (Preproduction Qualification Test) and PQT (Production Qualification Test).

In English

QTP
Qualification Test Plan

The abbreviation QTP (Qualification Test Plan) includes abbreviations QT (Qualification Test) and TP (Test Plan).

In English

QTP
Qualification Test Procedure

The abbreviation QTP (Qualification Test Procedure) includes abbreviations QT (Qualification Test) and TP (Test Procedure).

In English

QTR
Qualification Test Report

The abbreviation QTR (Qualification Test Report) includes abbreviations QT (Qualification Test) and TR (Test Report).

In English

QTV
Qualification Test Vehicle

The abbreviation QTV (Qualification Test Vehicle) includes the abbreviation QT (Qualification Test).

In English

QUADS

Quality Achievement Data System

In English

QUCC

Quaderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica

In Italian

QUIC

Quality Data Information and Control

In English

QUIC

Quality Information Control

In English

QUP

Quality Unit Pack

In English

QVT

Qualified Verification Testing

In English

QVVT

Qualified Verification Vibration Testing

In English

QoS

Quality of Service

In English

R&D
Recherche et développement

R&D is equivalent to F&E (Forschung und Entwicklung) in German, R&D (Research and Development) in English, I+D (Investigación y Desarrollo) in Spanish, R&S (Ricerca e Sviluppo) in Italian, P&D (Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento) in Portuguese, O&O (Onderzoek en Ontwikkeling) in Dutch, FoU (Forsøk og Utvikling) in Norwegian.

In French

R&D
Research and Development

R&D is equivalent to F&E, I+D, R&S, P&D, O&O, FoU (see above).

In English

R&DO

Research and Development Operations

In English

R&E

Research and Engineering

In English

R&M

Reliability and Maintainability

In English

R&PM
Research and Program Management

The abbreviation R&PM (Research and Program Management) includes the abbreviation PM (Program Management).

In English

R&QA
Reliability and Quality Assurance

The abbreviation R&QA (Reliability and Quality Assurance) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

In English

R&R

Remove and Replace

In English

R&S
Ricerca e Sviluppo

R&S is equivalent to R&D, F&E, I+D, P&D, O&O, FoU (see above).

In Italian

R&S

Reliability and Safety

In English

R&T

Research and Technology

In English

R&T

Réseaux & Télécoms

In French

R&U

Repairs and Utilities

In English

R2DS

Réseau Francilien de Recherche sur le Développement Soutenable

In French

R2I

Réseau Industriel d'Innovation

In French

R2ML

REWERSE Rule Markup Language

In English

R3S

Rapid Records Retrieval System

In English

R@S

Réseau Associatif et Syndical

In French

RA

Régiment d’Artillerie

In French

RAAM

Recursive Auto-Associative Memory

In English

RAAP

Red Académica Peruana

In Spanish

RAC

Reliability Action Center

In English

RACCS

Remote Automatic Checkout and Calibration System

In English

RACF

Resource Access Control Facility

In English

RAD

Research and Advanced Development

In English

RAD

Rapid Application Development

In English

RADAR

Résultats, Approche, Déploiement, Appréciation, Revue

In French

RADCC
Radiation Control Center

The abbreviation RADCC (Radiation Control Center) includes the abbreviation CC (Control Center).

In English

RADIUS

Remote Authentication Dial In User Service

In English

RADOP

Radiator Optimization Computer Code

In English

RAF

Requirements Analysis Form

In English

RAG

Reusable Agenda

In English

RAGIE

Red Avanzada Guatemalteca para la Investigación y Educación

In Spanish

RAI
Review Action Item

The abbreviation RAI (Review Action Item) includes the abbreviation AI (Action Item).

In English

RAICES

Red Avanzada de Investigación, Ciencia y Educación Salvadoreña

In Spanish

RAID

Redundant Array of Independent Disks

In English

RAID

Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks

In English

RAID

Research in Attacks, Intrusions, and Defenses

In English

RAII

Resource Acquisition Is Initialization

In English

RAISOM

Réseaux de collecte IP Sans Fil Optimisés

In French

RAM
Random Access Memory

The abbreviation RAM (Random Access Memory) is included in abbreviations such as MRAM (Magnetic Random Access Memory), MRAM (Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory), RAMDAC (Random Access Memory Digital to Analog Converter), IRAM (Input Random Access Memory), ORAM (Output Random Access Memory), SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory) and STTRAM (Spin Transfer Torque Random Access Memory).

In English

RAM

Reliability Assessment Model

In English

RAM

Requirements Allocation Matrix

In English

RAM

Responsibility Assignment Matrix

In English

RAMDAC
Random Access Memory Digital to Analog Converter

The abbreviation RAMDAC (Random Access Memory Digital to Analog Converter) includes the abbreviation RAM (Random Access Memory).

In English

RAMEAU

Répertoire d'Autorité-Matière Encyclopédique et Alphabétique Unifié

In French

RAML

RESTful API Modeling Language

In English

RAMP

Replenishment Activity Management Plan

In English

RAMPS

Resource Analysis and Mission Planning System

In English

RANN

Research Applied to National Needs

In English

RAP
Regional Action Programme

The abbreviation RAP (Regional Action Programme) is included in the abbreviation SRAP (Sub-Regional Action Programme).

In English

RAP
Reconnaissance Automatique de la Parole

RAP is equivalent to ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) in English.

In French

RAP

Reliability Assurance Program

In English

RAP

Rapport Annuel de Performance

In French

RAPACE

Réseaux Accédant par PAsserelle aux CEntraux

In French

RAPACE

Recherches Aérodynamiques Pour Avion de Combat Évolué

In French

RAPP

Resource and Planning Program

In English

RAPRIA

Russian Federation Association for Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis

In English

RAQ

Responsable Assurance Qualité

In French

RAQ

Rarely Asked Questions

In English

RAR

Resource Accommodation Report

In English

RARP

Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

In English

RAS

Requirements Allocation Sheet

In English

RASMUS

Remote Accessible Software configurable Multi-channel Ultrasound Sampling system

In English

RAU

Red Académica Uruguaya

In Spanish

RAX

Remote Access Computing System

In English

RAX

Remote Access Terminal

In English

RB
Review Board

The abbreviation RB (Review Board) is included in abbreviations such as CARB (Central Acquisition Review Board), CLRB (Cost Limit Review Board), CMRB (Contractor Material Review Board), CRB (Change Review Board), CRB (Concept Review Board), CRB (Configuration Review Board), CRB (Correspondence Review Board), ERB (Engineering Review Board), FRB (Failure Review Board), IRB (Institutional Review Board), HCRB (Hardware Configuration Review Board), ICRB (Interface Change Review Board), ISMRB (Information Systems Management Review Board), ISRB (Integrated System Review Board), ITRB (Integrated Technical Review Board), JRB (Joint Review Board), MRB (Material Review Board), OMRB (Operating Material Review Board), ORB (Operations Review Board), PARB (Problem Assessment Review Board), PCRB (Project Change Review Board), PMRB (Primary Material Review Board), PORB (Production Operations Review Board), PPRB (Preliminary Proposal Review Board), PRB (Panel Review Board), PRB (Program Review Board), PRRB (Payload Requirements Review Board), SERB (Shuttle Engineering Review Board), SERB (Support Equipment Review Board), SERB (Systems Engineering Review Board), RRB (Requirements Review Board), SCRB (Software Configuration Review Board), SCRB (STSOC Configuration Review Board), SDRB (Software Design Review Board), SRB (Safety Review Board), SRB (Software Review Board), TCRB (Test Change Review Board), TCRB (Test Criteria Review Board), TDRB (Tool Design Review Board), TRB (Test Review Board), DRB (Design Review Board), HSIRB (Health Sciences Institutional Review Board), PRB (President’s Review Board) and PCRB (Program Change Review Board).

In English

RBDE

Radar Bright Display Equipment

In English

RBMT
Retrospective Bibliographies on Magnetic Tape

The abbreviation RBMT (Retrospective Bibliographies on Magnetic Tape) includes the abbreviation MT (Magnetic Tape).

In English

RBOAC

Role-Based Access Control

In English

RC

Ricerca e Cooperazione

In Italian

RC

Repos Compensateur

In French

RC

Rémunération Complémentaire

In French

RCC
Range Control Center

The abbreviation RCC (Range Control Center) includes the abbreviation CC (Control Center).

In English

RCC
Recovery Control Center

The abbreviation RCC (Recovery Control Center) includes the abbreviation CC (Control Center).

In English

RCC
Regional Control Center

The abbreviation RCC (Regional Control Center) includes the abbreviation CC (Control Center).

In English

RCCB
Rockwell Configuration Control Board

The abbreviation RCCB (Rockwell Configuration Control Board) includes abbreviations CB (Control Board) and CCB (Configuration Control Board).

In English

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