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  • Fundamentals of knowledge and culture

    Prolegomena, fundamentals of knowledge and culture, propaedeutics.

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    Code

    Meaning

    Language

    Themes and places

    BMIDE

    Business Modeler Integrated Development Environment

    In English

    BML

    Business Management Layer

    In English

    BMP

    Basic Multilingual Plane

    In English

    BMP

    Bataillon des Marins-Pompiers

    In French

    BMPM

    Bataillon des Marins-Pompiers de Marseille (https://www.marinspompiersdemarseille.com/)

    In French

    BMS

    Bulletin de Méthodologie Sociologique

    In French

    BMS

    Bulletin of Sociological Methodology

    In English

    BMTS
    Bench Maintenance Test Set

    The abbreviation BMTS (Bench Maintenance Test Set) includes the abbreviation BM (Bench Maintenance).

    In English

    BMU

    Bus Monitor Unit

    In English

    BMVA

    British Machine Vision Association (https://britishmachinevisionassociation.github.io/)

    In English

    BMÖ

    Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik in Österreich (www.bmoe.at)

    In German

    BNAAH

    Bureau de Normalisation des Activités Aquatiques et Hyperbares

    In French

    BNAE

    Bureau de Normalisation de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (www.bnae.asso.fr)

    In French

    BNCM

    Bureau de Normalisation du Cinéma et de la Vidéo

    In French

    BNDE

    Banque Nationale des Données sur l’Eau

    In French

    BNIB

    Bureau de Normalisation de l'Industrie du Béton

    In French

    BNIP

    Bureau de Normalisation de l'Industrie Papetière

    In French

    BNLH

    Bureau de Normalisation des Liants Hydrauliques

    In French

    BNML

    Business Narrative Markup Language

    In English

    BNSI

    Barbados National Standards Institution

    In English

    BNSR

    Bureau de Normalisation des Sols et Routes

    In French

    BNTB

    Bureau de Normalisation des Techniques du Bâtiment

    In French

    BNTEC

    Bureau de Normalisation des Techniques et des Équipements de la Construction

    In French

    BOAI

    Budapest Open Access Initiative

    In English

    BOBS

    Botswana Bureau of Standards

    In English

    BOCA

    Building Officials Code Administrators International

    In English

    BOCC

    Big Oxford Computer Company

    In English

    BOESR

    Bulletin Officiel de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche

    In French

    BOF

    Beginning Of File

    In English

    BOI

    Bałtycka Olimpiada Informatyczna

    In Polish

    BOM

    Byte-Order Mark

    In English

    BOO

    Bureau des Opérations Aériennes

    In French

    BOP

    Baseline Operations Plan

    In English

    BOS
    Backup Operating System

    The abbreviation BOS (Backup Operating System) includes the abbreviation OS (Operating System).

    In English

    BOS
    Base Operating System

    The abbreviation BOS (Base Operating System) includes the abbreviation OS (Operating System).

    In English

    BOT

    Beginning Of Tape

    In English

    BP

    Bletchley Park (https://bletchleypark.org.uk)

    In English

    BP

    Boilerplate

    In English

    BP

    Bande Passante

    In French

    BP

    Before Present

    In English

    BPEL4WS

    Business Process Execution Language for Web Services

    In English

    BPF

    Berkley Packet Filter

    In English

    BPM
    Business Performance Management

    The abbreviation BPM (Business Performance Management) includes the abbreviation PM (Performance Management).

    In English

    BPM

    Business Process Management

    In English

    BPM

    Business Process Model(l)ing

    In English

    BPML

    Business Process Modelling Language

    In English

    BPML

    Business Process Management Language

    In English

    BPML

    Business Process Markup Language

    In English

    BPMS

    Business Process Management Systems

    In English

    BPN

    Bloc Primaire Numérique

    In French

    BPQL

    Business Process Query Language

    In English

    BPR
    Bimonthly Progress Report

    The abbreviation BPR (Bimonthly Progress Report) includes the abbreviation PR (Progress Report).

    In English

    BPS

    Bureau of Product Standards

    In English

    BPS

    Basic Programming Support

    In English

    BPWG

    Blood Products Working Group

    In English

    BQN

    Bloc Quaternaire Numérique

    In French

    BR
    Bit Rate

    The abbreviation BR (Bit Rate) is included in abbreviations such as HBR (High Bit Rate), LBR (Low Bit Rate) and CBR (Constant Bit Rate).

    In English

    BRI

    Basic Rate Interface

    In English

    BRICKS

    Building Ressources for Integrated Cultural Knowledge Service

    In English

    BRMIC

    Behavior Research Methods, Instruments and Computers

    In English

    BRML

    Biroul Român de Metrologie Legală

    In Romanian

    BRNE
    Banque de Ressources Numériques pour l’École

    Les banques de ressources numériques pour l’École (BRNE) regroupent des outils et des contenus destinés aux professeurs et élèves des écoles primaires et des collèges. Leurs ressources facilitent la création d’activités et de supports de cours, la réalisation de cours, le suivi et l’évaluation des compétences, ou l’entraînement et la révision.

    In English

    BRS

    Business Requirement Specifications

    In English

    BRZ

    Bundesrechenzentrum

    In German

    BS

    British Standards (https://www.bsigroup.com)

    In English

    BS

    Backup Subsystem

    In English

    BSA

    Business Software Alliance (https://www.bsa.org/)

    In English

    BSC

    Bluetooth Smart Card

    In English

    BSCM

    Business Service Configuration Manager

    In English

    BSCS

    Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

    In English

    BSD

    Berkeley System Distribution

    In English

    BSD

    Ballistic Systems Division

    In English

    BSD

    Berkeley Software Distribution

    In English

    BSD

    Berkeley Standard Distribution

    In English

    BSF

    Bean Scripting Framework

    In English

    BSI

    Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik

    In German

    BSI

    British Standards Institution (https://www.bsigroup.com)

    In English

    BSIG

    Bluetooth Special Interest Group (www.bluetooth.com)

    In English

    BSL

    Business Source License

    In English

    BSMD

    Bahrain Standards & Metrology Directorate

    In English

    BSML

    Bioinformatic Sequence Markup Language

    In English

    BSN

    Badan Standardisasi Nasional

    In Indonesian

    BSN

    Backward Sequence Number

    In English

    BSN

    Bloc Secondaire Numérique

    In French

    BSOD

    Blue Screen of Death

    In English

    BSPM

    Bulletin de la Société Polymathique du Morbihan

    In French

    BSR

    Broadband Services Router

    In English

    BSS

    Backup System Services

    In English

    BSS

    Begusch Software Systeme

    In German

    BSTI

    Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution

    In English

    BSW

    BFS Software

    In English

    BT

    Technical Board

    In English

    BTAE

    Bilişim Teknolojileri Araştırma Enstitüsü

    In Turkish

    BTC

    Binary Time Code

    In English

    BTE

    Bench Test Equipment

    In English

    BTIE

    Bilişim Teknolojileri Işığında Eğitim

    In Turkish

    BTN

    Bloc Tertiaire Numérique

    In French

    BTR

    Bus Transfer

    In English

    BTSS

    Basic Time Sharing System

    In English

    BTT

    Branch Training Team

    In English

    BTTF
    Technical Board Task Force

    The abbreviation BTTF (Technical Board Task Force) includes the abbreviation TF (Task Force).

    In English

    BTU

    Bus Terminal Unit

    In English

    BUC

    Backup Computer

    In English

    BUFC
    Backup Flight Controller

    The abbreviation BUFC (Backup Flight Controller) includes the abbreviation FC (Flight Control).

    In English

    BUIC

    Backup Interceptor Control

    In English

    BULOG

    Badan Urusan Logistik (www.bulog.co.id)

    In Indonesian

    BUOU

    Backup Optical Unit

    In English

    BUR

    Backup Rate

    In English

    BVD

    Biometric Virus Detection

    In English

    BVL

    Bundesvereinigung Logistik (https://www.bvl.de/)

    In German

    BVN

    Byggebransjens Våtromsnorm

    In Norwegian

    BVP

    Bureau de Vérification de la Publicité

    In French

    BVQI

    Bureau Veritas Qualité Internationale

    In French

    BW

    Business Warehouse

    In English

    BXML

    Backbase eXtensible Markup Language

    In English

    BeIA

    Be's Internet Appliance

    In English

    BiblioML

    Bibliographic Markup Language

    In English

    BuBIH

    Bulletin Horaire du Bureau International de l'Heure

    In French

    BİE
    Bilgisayar-İnsan Etkileşimi

    = MMI | Man-Machine Interface | In English
    = MDI | Människa-datorinteraktion | In Swedish
    = MMI | Man-Machine Interaction | In English
    = CHI | Computer-Human Interaction | In English
    = IHM | Interface Homme-Machine | In French
    = IPM | Interaction Personne-Machine | In French
    = IPO | Interacció Persona-Ordinador | In Catalan
    = HCI | Computer-Human Interaction | In English
    = IPO | Interacción Persona-Ordenador | In Spanish
    = IUM | Interfaccia Uomo-Macchina | In Italian
    = MCI | Mens-computerinteractie | In Dutch
    = IHC | Interação Humano–Computador | In Portuguese
    = IAI | Inimese ja arvuti interaktsioon | In Estonian
    = ŽKS | Žmogaus ir Kompiuterio Sąveika | In Lithuanian
    = MMI | Menneske–Maskin-Interaksjon | In Norwegian
    = IOC | Interacțiune Om-Calculator | In Romanian
    = İME | İnsan-Makine Etkileşimi | In Turkish
    = İBE | İnsan-Bilgisayar Etkileşimi | In Turkish

    In Turkish

    BİSİAD

    Bilişim Sektörü İş Adamları ve Profesyonelleri Derneği (https://www.bisiad.org.tr)

    In Turkish

    C&W

    Cable & Wireless

    In English

    C2T

    Cable Connect Technology

    In English

    C4F2

    Communication, Conduite du Changement, Culture Financière et Formation

    In French

    CA
    Corrective Action

    The abbreviation CA (Corrective Action) is included in abbreviations such as CAB (Corrective Action Board), CAE (Corrective Action Engineer), CAR (Corrective Action Record), CAR (Corrective Action Request), DCAR (Design Corrective Action Report), FRACAS (Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action), ICAR (Initiated Corrective Action Report), ICAR (Investigation and Corrective Action Report), PRACA (Problem Reporting And Corrective Action), QACAD (Quality Assurance Corrective Action Document) and CAR (Corrective Action Report).

    In English

    CA

    Congés Annuels

    In French

    CA

    Conditional Access

    In English

    CA

    Certificate Authority

    In English

    CA

    Computer Associates

    In English

    CA

    Chef d’Agrès

    In French

    CA
    Conseil d’Administration

    The abbreviation CA (Conseil d’Administration) is included in the abbreviation CASDIS (Conseil d’Administration du Service Départemental d’Incendie et de Secours).

    In French

    CAA

    Component Application Architecture

    In English

    CAA

    Computational Aeroacoustics

    In English

    CAAE

    Certificat d'Aptitude à l'Administration des Entreprises

    In French

    CAALIS

    Computer-Aided Assembly-Line Inspection System

    In English

    CAAML

    Canadian Avalanche Association Markup Language

    In English

    CAAT

    Computer-Aided Assembly Tool

    In English

    CAB

    Computer Address Bus

    In English

    CAB
    Corrective Action Board

    The abbreviation CAB (Corrective Action Board) includes the abbreviation CA (Corrective Action).

    In English

    CAB

    Cost Audit Board

    In English

    CACAO

    Cross-language Access to Catalogues And Online libraries (www.cacaoproject.eu)

    In English

    CACCIA

    Contrôle des ACCès à l'Infrastructure Applicative

    In French

    CAD

    Computer-Aided Design

    In English

    CAD

    Computer-Aided Detection

    In English

    CADAM

    Computer Graphics Augmented Design and Manufacturing

    In English

    CADAM

    Computer Augmented Design And Manufacturing

    In English

    CADDS

    Computer-Aided Design and Drafting System

    In English

    CADH

    Communications and Data Handling

    In English

    CADIST

    Centre d'Acquisition et de Diffusion de l'Information Scientifique et Technique

    In French

    CADOPS

    Computer-Aided Design costing for Operations

    In English

    CADS

    Computer-Aided Design System

    In English

    CADSI

    Communication And Data Systems Integration

    In English

    CADU

    Control And Display Unit

    In English

    CAE

    Computer-Aided Engineering

    In English

    CAE
    Corrective Action Engineer

    The abbreviation CAE (Corrective Action Engineer) includes the abbreviation CA (Corrective Action).

    In English

    CAE

    Computer Aided Engineering

    In English

    CAETI

    Centre d'Alta Especialització en Tecnologies de la Informació

    In Spanish

    CAFM

    Computer Aided Facility Management

    In English

    CAI

    Computer-Aided Instruction

    In English

    CAIRO

    Circuits Analogiques Intégrés Réutilisables et Optimisés

    In French

    CAIT

    Computer-Aided Instruction Terminal

    In English

    CAIT

    Computer-Aided Instruction Trainer

    In English

    CAJV

    Clough-AMEC Joint Venture (http://www.cloughamec.com.au/)

    In English

    CAL
    Computer-Aided Logistics

    The abbreviation CAL (Computer-Aided Logistics) is included in the abbreviation CALS (Computer-Aided Logistics System).

    In English

    CALICO

    Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (www.calico.org)

    In English

    CALMIT

    Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies

    In French

    CALS
    Computer-Aided Logistics System

    The abbreviation CALS (Computer-Aided Logistics System) includes the abbreviation CAL (Computer-Aided Logistics).

    In English

    CALS

    Computer-Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support

    In English

    CALT

    Contrat d’Approvisionnement Long Terme

    In French

    CAM
    Computer Annunciation Matrix

    A general purpose computer fail detection (GPC Fail) will display a class 2 GPC Fault message with illumination of the Master Alarm. The GPC Status Matrix, sometimes referred to as the Computer Annunciation Matrix (CAM), lights to indicate failure votes; any time a yellow matrix light is illuminated, the GPC caution and warning light on panel F7 also lights.

    In English

    CAM
    Computer-Aided Manufacturing

    = CAM | Computer-Aided Manufacture | In English

    In English

    CAM

    Content-Addressable Memory

    In English

    CAM
    Cost Account Manager

    The abbreviation CAM (Cost Account Manager) includes the abbreviation CA (Cost Account).

    In English

    CAM

    Carte à Mémoire

    In French

    CAM

    Computer-Aided Manutention

    In English

    CAM
    Computer-Aided Manufacture

    = CAM (see above)

    In English

    CAMEL

    Customized Applications for Mobile networks Enhanced Logic

    In English

    CAML

    Categorical Abstract Machine Language

    In English

    CAMP

    Common Ada Missile Package

    In English

    CAMP

    Computer-Aided Message Processing

    In English

    CAMRa

    Context-Aware Movie Recommendation

    In English

    CAMS

    Cast Application Mining Suite

    In English

    CAN

    Certification Analysis Network

    In English

    CANCER

    Computer Analysis of Nonlinear Circuits, Excluding Radiation

    In English

    CANIS

    Community Architectures for Network Information Systems

    In English

    CAO

    Cost Administration Office

    In English

    CAO

    Conception Assistée par Ordinateur

    In French

    CAO

    Chief Administrative Officer

    In English

    CAP

    Computer Application Program

    In English

    CAP
    Cost Account Plan

    The abbreviation CAP (Cost Account Plan) includes the abbreviation CA (Cost Account).

    In English

    CAP
    Crew Activity Plan

    The Crew Activity Plan (CAP) specifies the in-flight schedule or the on-orbit timeline for all crew members. Various time scales such as Mission Elapsed Time (MET) and time until deorbit ignition, as well as crew activities, day/night, orbit position, ground tracking, communication coverage, attitude, and maneuvers are presented in chart form.

    In English

    CAP

    Committee on Academic Performance

    In English

    CAP

    Common Authentification Protocol

    In English

    CAPA

    Corrective And Preventive Action

    In English

    CAPE

    Coordonnateur des Améliorations des Processus d'Entreprise

    In French

    CAPE

    Contrat d’Appui Au Projet d’Entreprise

    In French

    CAPI
    Common Application Programming Interface

    The abbreviation CAPI (Common Application Programming Interface) includes the abbreviation API (Application Programming Interface).

    In English

    CAPP

    Computer-Aided Process Planning

    In English

    CAPRN

    Canada-Asia-Pacific Research Network

    In English

    CAPS

    Crew Activity Planning System

    In English

    CAPS

    Compilation, Architectures Parallèles et Systèmes

    In French

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