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Quality management
Quality management, Total Quality Management (TQM)…
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- A&CO
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Activation and Checkout
- A&COTA
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Assembly and Checkout Technical Analysis
- AADR
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Applications Approval Design Review
The abbreviation AADR (Applications Approval Design Review) includes the abbreviation DR (Design Review).
- AAP
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Administrative Acceptability Procedure
- AAPPO
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American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations
- AAQTE
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Association pour l'Assurance Qualité en Thérapeutique et l'Évaluation
- ABC
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American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics
- ABERT
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Auto Bit Error Rate Test
- ABQAURP
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American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians (https://www.abqaurp.org/)
The abbreviation ABQAURP (American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).
- ACCE
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Augmented Continuous Control Evaluator
The abbreviation ACCE (Augmented Continuous Control Evaluator) includes the abbreviation CCE (Continuous Control Evaluator).
- ACCSQ
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ASEAN Consultative Committee for Standards and Quality
- ACD
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Accuracy Control Document
- ACD
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Architectural Control Document
- ACE
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Acceptance Checkout Equipment
- ACE
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Automatic Checkout Equipment
The abbreviation ACE (Automatic Checkout Equipment) is included in the abbreviation ACES (Automatic Checkout Equipment Sequencer).
- ACES
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Acceptance Checkout and Evaluation System
- ACES
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Acceptance Control Equipment Section
- ACES
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Automatic Checkout Equipment Sequencer
The abbreviation ACES (Automatic Checkout Equipment Sequencer) includes the abbreviation ACE (Automatic Checkout Equipment).
- ACI
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Age-Controlled Item
- ACMB
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Applications Configuration Management Board
The abbreviation ACMB (Applications Configuration Management Board) includes abbreviations CM (Configuration Management) and CMB (Configuration Management Board).
- ACMS
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Automated Configuration Management System
The abbreviation ACMS (Automated Configuration Management System) includes the abbreviation CM (Configuration Management).
- ACN
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Acceptance Change Notice
The abbreviation ACN (Acceptance Change Notice) includes the abbreviation CN (Change Notice).
- ACO
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Acceptance Checkout
The abbreviation ACO (Acceptance Checkout) is included in abbreviations such as FACO (Fabrication and Acceptance Checkout) and FACO (Factory Acceptance Checkout).
- ACO
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Assembly Checkout
The abbreviation ACO (Assembly Checkout) is included in abbreviations such as FACO (Final Assembly Checkout) and MACO (Major Assembly Checkout).
- ACRES
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Automated Change Request and Evaluation System
The abbreviation ACRES (Automated Change Request and Evaluation System) includes the abbreviation CR (Change Request).
- ACROSS
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Autonomous Control for a Reliable Internet of Services
- ACS
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Automated Control System
- ACT
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Acquisition, Control & Test
- ACTA
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Activate Test Article
The abbreviation ACTA (Activate Test Article) includes the abbreviation TA (Test Article).
- ACTE
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Approvals Committee for Terminal Equipment
The abbreviation ACTE (Approvals Committee for Terminal Equipment) includes the abbreviation TE (Terminal Equipment).
- ADP
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Acceptance Data Package
The abbreviation ADP (Acceptance Data Package) is included in the abbreviation ADPS (Acceptance Data Package System), and it includes the abbreviation DP (Data Package).
- ADP
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Acceptance Documentation Package
- ADPS
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Acceptance Data Package System
The abbreviation ADPS (Acceptance Data Package System) includes abbreviations ADP (Acceptance Data Package) and DP (Data Package).
- AENOR
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Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación
- AET
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Algorithm Evaluation and Test
- AETL
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Approved Engineering Test Laboratory
- AFAQ
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Association Française pour l'Assurance de la Qualité (www.afaq.org)
- AFAQ
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Association Française pour l’Amélioration et le management de la Qualité
- AFATL
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Air Force Armaments Test Laboratory
The abbreviation AFATL (Air Force Armaments Test Laboratory) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFCAB
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Association Française de Certification des Armatures du béton (www.afcab.com)
- AFD
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Acceptance For Data
- AFDR
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Ascent Flight Design Review
The abbreviation AFDR (Ascent Flight Design Review) includes the abbreviation DR (Design Review).
- AFETR
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Air Force Eastern Test Range
The abbreviation AFETR (Air Force Eastern Test Range) is included in the abbreviation AFETRM (Air Force Eastern Test Range Manual), and it includes abbreviations ETR (Eastern Test Range) and AF (Air Force).
- AFETRM
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Air Force Eastern Test Range Manual
The abbreviation AFETRM (Air Force Eastern Test Range Manual) includes abbreviations ETR (Eastern Test Range), AF (Air Force) and AFETR (Air Force Eastern Test Range).
- AFF
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Acceptance and Ferry Flight
- AFFTC
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Air Force Flight Test Center
The abbreviation AFFTC (Air Force Flight Test Center) includes abbreviations AF (Air Force) and FT (Flight Test).
- AFI
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Automatic Fault Isolation
The abbreviation AFI (Automatic Fault Isolation) includes the abbreviation FI (Fault Isolation).
- AFMTC
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Air Force Missile Test Center
The abbreviation AFMTC (Air Force Missile Test Center) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFSCF
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Air Force Satellite Control Facility
The abbreviation AFSCF (Air Force Satellite Control Facility) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AFSRT
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Avionics Flight Systems Readiness Test
The abbreviation AFSRT (Avionics Flight Systems Readiness Test) includes the abbreviation FS (Flight System).
- AFSTC
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Air Force Satellite Test Center
The abbreviation AFSTC (Air Force Satellite Test Center) includes abbreviations AF (Air Force) and STC (Satellite Test Center).
- AFT
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Aerodynamic Flight Test
The abbreviation AFT (Aerodynamic Flight Test) includes the abbreviation FT (Flight Test).
- AFT
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Atmospheric Flight Test
The abbreviation AFT (Atmospheric Flight Test) includes the abbreviation FT (Flight Test).
- AFTA
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Acoustic Fatigue Test Article
The abbreviation AFTA (Acoustic Fatigue Test Article) includes abbreviations FTA (Fatigue Test Article) and TA (Test Article).
- AFTP
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Air Force Test Procedure
The abbreviation AFTP (Air Force Test Procedure) includes abbreviations AF (Air Force) and TP (Test Procedure).
- AGREE
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Advisory Group in Reliability of Electronic Equipment
- AICC
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Action Item Control Card
The abbreviation AICC (Action Item Control Card) includes the abbreviation AI (Action Item).
- AICS
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Action Item Closeout Sheet
The abbreviation AICS (Action Item Closeout Sheet) includes the abbreviation AI (Action Item).
- AID
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Audit Item Disposition
- AIR
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Action Item Report
The abbreviation AIR (Action Item Report) includes the abbreviation AI (Action Item).
- AIR
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Adaptive Intercommunication Requirement
- AIS
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Action Item Sheet
The abbreviation AIS (Action Item Sheet) includes the abbreviation AI (Action Item).
- AIST
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Abbreviated Integration System Test
- AIT
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Autoignition Test
- ALB
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Acceptance Log Book
- ALERT
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Acute Launch Emergency Reliability Tip
- ALFT
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Approach and Landing Flight Test
The abbreviation ALFT (Approach and Landing Flight Test) includes the abbreviation FT (Flight Test).
- ALRUTS
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Automated Line Replaceable Unit Tracking System
- ALTR
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Approach and Landing Test Requirement
- ALTS
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Avionics LRU Tracking System
- AMCR
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Automated Master Change Record
The abbreviation AMCR (Automated Master Change Record) includes abbreviations CR (Change Record) and MCR (Master Change Record).
- AMDEC
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Analyse des Modes de Défaillances, de leurs Effets et de leur Criticité
- AML
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Approved Materials List
- AMS
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Aeronautical Material Specification
The abbreviation AMS (Aeronautical Material Specification) includes the abbreviation MS (Material Specification).
- AMTF
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Acoustic Model Test Facility
The abbreviation AMTF (Acoustic Model Test Facility) includes the abbreviation TF (Test Facility).
- ANIP
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Alternate National Command Center Improvement Program
- AOIS
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Automatic Optical Inspection System
- AOQ
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Average Outgoing Quality
The abbreviation AOQ (Average Outgoing Quality) is included in the abbreviation AOQL (Average Outgoing Quality Limit).
- AOQL
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Average Outgoing Quality Limit
The abbreviation AOQL (Average Outgoing Quality Limit) includes the abbreviation AOQ (Average Outgoing Quality).
- API
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Aerospace Performance Improvement
- APIRL
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Authorized Procurement Information Requirements List
- APLM
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Applications Program Library Maintenance
- APM
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Application Performance Management
The abbreviation APM (Application Performance Management) includes the abbreviation PM (Performance Management).
- APQP
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Advanced Product Quality Planning
- APTE
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Automated Production Test Equipment
The abbreviation APTE (Automated Production Test Equipment) includes the abbreviation TE (Test Equipment).
- APUT
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Auxiliary Power Unit Test
- AQ
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Assurance Qualité
= QA | Quality Assurance | In English
- AQC
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Agence Qualité Construction (www.qualiteconstruction.com)
- AQL
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Acceptance Quality Level
- AQUAP
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Association pour la Qualité des Appareils à Pression
- AR
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Acceptance Readiness
The abbreviation AR (Acceptance Readiness) is included in the abbreviation CARR (Customer Acceptance Readiness Review).
- AR
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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).
- ARIS
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ALS Requirements Information System
- ARMS
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Automated Requirements Management System
- ARPESH
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Accurate and Reliable Prototype Earth Horizon Sensor Head
- ASAC
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Aerodynamic Surfaces Assembly and Checkout
- ASARC
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Army Systems Acquisition Review Council
- ASFT
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Abbreviated System Functional Test
The abbreviation ASFT (Abbreviated System Functional Test) includes the abbreviation FT (Functional Test).
- ASFTS
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Auxiliary System Function Test Stand
- ASL
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Approved Source List
- ASQC
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American Society for Quality Control
The abbreviation ASQC (American Society for Quality Control) includes the abbreviation QC (Quality Control).
- ASQUER
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ASsociation pour la QUalification des Équipements de la Route
- ASR
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Avionic System Review
- ASRS
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Automated Shuttle Requirement System
- ASRS
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Automated Support Requirements System
- ASSESS
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Airborne Science Shuttle Experiments System Simulation
- AST
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All-Systems Test
- ASTA
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Association of Short-circuit Testing Authorities
- ASTB
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AGN&C Simulation Test Bed
- ASTF
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Aeropropulsion System Test Facility
The abbreviation ASTF (Aeropropulsion System Test Facility) includes the abbreviation TF (Test Facility).
- ASTG
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Aerospace Test Group
- AT&L
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Acceptance Test & Logistics
- ATA
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Aft Test Article
The abbreviation ATA (Aft Test Article) includes the abbreviation TA (Test Article).
- ATA
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Assembly Test Article
The abbreviation ATA (Assembly Test Article) includes the abbreviation TA (Test Article).
- ATA
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Avionics Test Article
The abbreviation ATA (Avionics Test Article) includes the abbreviation TA (Test Article).
- ATC
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Assistant Test Conductor
The abbreviation ATC (Assistant Test Conductor) includes the abbreviation TC (Test Conductor).
- ATC
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Abstract Test Case
- ATDF
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Automated Test Development Folder
- ATDP
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Acceptance Test Data Package
The abbreviation ATDP (Acceptance Test Data Package) includes the abbreviation DP (Data Package).
- ATE
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Airborne Test Equipment
The abbreviation ATE (Airborne Test Equipment) includes the abbreviation TE (Test Equipment).
- ATE
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Automated Test Equipment
The abbreviation ATE (Automated Test Equipment) is included in the abbreviation MATE (Modular Automated Test Equipment), and it includes the abbreviation TE (Test Equipment).
- ATE
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Automatic Test Engineer
- ATE
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Automatic Test Equipment
The abbreviation ATE (Automatic Test Equipment) is included in abbreviations such as GATE (Generic Automatic Test Equipment), SATE (Semi-Automatic Test Equipment), DIMATE (Depot Installed Maintenance Automatic Test Equipment) and MATE (Modular Automatic Test Equipment), and it includes the abbreviation TE (Test Equipment).
- ATG
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Aerospace Test Group
- ATI
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Average Total Inspection
- ATLAS
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Abbreviated Test Language For Avionic Systems
- ATM
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Advanced Testing Methods
- ATM
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Abstract Test Method
- ATOLL
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Acceptance, Test Or Launch Language
- ATP
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Acceptance Test Procedure
The abbreviation ATP (Acceptance Test Procedure) includes the abbreviation TP (Test Procedure).
- ATP
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Acceptance Test Program
- ATP
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Activation Test Program
- ATPG
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Automatic Test Program Generator
- ATS
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Acceptance Test Specification
- ATS
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Automatic Test Set
- ATS
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Abstract Test Suite
- ATT
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Acceptance Thermal Testing
- AVID
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Automated Verification Information Data Base
- AVL
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Avionics Verification Laboratory
- AVREL
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Availability and Reliability Program
- AVT
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Acceptance Vibration Testing
- AWPV
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Automated Weld Process Verification
- BA
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Besoin d'Amélioration
- BASS
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Backup Avionics System Software
The abbreviation BASS (Backup Avionics System Software) includes the abbreviation SS (System Software).
- BATE
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Base Activation Test Equipment
The abbreviation BATE (Base Activation Test Equipment) includes the abbreviation TE (Test Equipment).
- BCCA
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Belgian Construction Certification Association
- BCD
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Budget Change Document
- BCE
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Backup Control Electronics
- BCP
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Benchmark Control Point
The abbreviation BCP (Benchmark Control Point) includes the abbreviation CP (Control Point).
- BCR
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Budget Change Request
The abbreviation BCR (Budget Change Request) includes the abbreviation CR (Change Request).
- BCRD
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Basic Consolidated Requirements Document
The abbreviation BCRD (Basic Consolidated Requirements Document) includes the abbreviation RD (Requirements Document).
- BDA
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Backup Drive Amplifier
- BDCR
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Baseline Document Change Request
The abbreviation BDCR (Baseline Document Change Request) includes abbreviations CR (Change Request) and DCR (Document Change Request).
- BDD
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Baseline Definition Document
- BEC
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Backup Event Controller
- BEST
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Booster Exhaust Study Test
- BFC
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Backup Flight Computer
The abbreviation BFC (Backup Flight Computer) includes the abbreviation FC (Flight Computer).
- BFC
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Backup Flight Control
The abbreviation BFC (Backup Flight Control) is included in the abbreviation BFCS (Backup Flight Control System), and it includes the abbreviation FC (Flight Control).
- BFCS
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Backup Flight Control System
The abbreviation BFCS (Backup Flight Control System) includes abbreviations BFC (Backup Flight Control), FC (Flight Control) and FCS (Flight Control System).
- BFS
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Backup Flight System
The abbreviation BFS (Backup Flight System) includes the abbreviation FS (Flight System).
- BFS
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Backup Flight Software
- BFSS
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Backup Flight Software System
- BILI
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Basic Issue List Item
- BIT
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Built-In Test
- BITE
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Built-In Test Equipment
The abbreviation BITE (Built-In Test Equipment) includes the abbreviation TE (Test Equipment).
- BMTS
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Bench Maintenance Test Set
The abbreviation BMTS (Bench Maintenance Test Set) includes the abbreviation BM (Bench Maintenance).
- BNSR
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Bureau de Normalisation des Sols et Routes
- BOP
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Baseline Operations Plan
- BOS
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Backup Operating System
The abbreviation BOS (Backup Operating System) includes the abbreviation OS (Operating System).
- BPM
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Business Performance Management
The abbreviation BPM (Business Performance Management) includes the abbreviation PM (Performance Management).
- BPS
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Business Planning and Simulation
- BS
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Backup Subsystem
- BSR
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Basic System Release
- BSS
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Backup System Services
- BTE
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Bench Test Equipment
The abbreviation BTE (Bench Test Equipment) includes the abbreviation TE (Test Equipment).
- BUC
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Backup Computer
- BUFC
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Backup Flight Controller
The abbreviation BUFC (Backup Flight Controller) includes the abbreviation FC (Flight Control).
- BUIC
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Backup Interceptor Control
- BUOU
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Backup Optical Unit
- BUR
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Backup Rate
- BVP
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Bureau de Vérification de la Publicité
- BVQI
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Bureau Veritas Qualité Internationale
- CA
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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).
- CA
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Critical Analysis
- CAALIS
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Computer-Aided Assembly-Line Inspection System
- CAB
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Corrective Action Board
The abbreviation CAB (Corrective Action Board) includes the abbreviation CA (Corrective Action).
- CAE
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Corrective Action Engineer
The abbreviation CAE (Corrective Action Engineer) includes the abbreviation CA (Corrective Action).
- CAN
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Certification Analysis Network
- CAP
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Committee on Academic Performance
- CAPA
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Corrective And Preventive Action
- CAPE
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Coordonnateur des Améliorations des Processus d’Entreprise
- CAR
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Certification Analysis Requirements
- CAR
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Certification Approval Request
- CAR
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Configuration and Acceptance Review
The abbreviation CAR (Configuration and Acceptance Review) includes the abbreviation AR (Acceptance Review).
- CAR
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Corrective Action Record
The abbreviation CAR (Corrective Action Record) includes the abbreviation CA (Corrective Action).
- CAR
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Corrective Action Request
The abbreviation CAR (Corrective Action Request) includes abbreviations CA (Corrective Action) and AR (Action Request).
- CAR
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Customer Acceptance Review
The abbreviation CAR (Customer Acceptance Review) is included in the abbreviation CARID (Customer Acceptance Review Item Disposition), and it includes the abbreviation AR (Acceptance Review).
- CAR
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Corrective Action Report
The abbreviation CAR (Corrective Action Report) is included in abbreviations such as DCAR (Design Corrective Action Report), ICAR (Initiated Corrective Action Report) and ICAR (Investigation and Corrective Action Report), and it includes the abbreviation CA (Corrective Action).
- CARB
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Central Acquisition Review Board
The abbreviation CARB (Central Acquisition Review Board) includes the abbreviation RB (Review Board).
- CARID
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Customer Acceptance Report Item Disposition