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Standardization
Standardization: standardization of products, operations, weights, measures and time; standards, specifications, codes of practice, recommendations…
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Themes and places
- ABC
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American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics
- ABCPD
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Alliance for Best Clinical Practices in Dentistry
- ABNT
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Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (www.abnt.org.br)
- ACCSQ
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ASEAN Consultative Committee for Standards and Quality
- AENOR
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Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación
- AES
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Advanced Encryption Standard
- AFCAB
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Association Française de Certification des Armatures du béton (www.afcab.com)
- AFNOR
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Association Française de Normalisation (www.afnor.org)
- AFS
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Air Force Standard
The abbreviation AFS (Air Force Standard) includes the abbreviation AF (Air Force).
- AGMC
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Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center
- AM
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Ante Meridiem
- AMN
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Asociación MERCOSUR para la Normalización
- AN
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Advisory Note
- ANAB
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ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board
- ANC
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Autorité des Normes Comptables
- ANSI
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American National Standards Institute (www.ansi.org)
- AOT
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Actual Operating Time
- AOT
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Avionics Operating Time
- API
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American Petroleum Institute (https://www.api.org/)
- APLMF
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Asia-Pacific Legal Metrology Forum
- APTT
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Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time
- ARATEM
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Agence Rhône-Alpes pour la Maîtrise des Technologies de Mesure
- ASA
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American Standards Association
- ASA
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Advertising Standards Authority
- ASAP
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As Soon As Possible
- ASCII
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American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- ASG
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Aeronautical Standards Group
- ASME
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American Standards for Mechanical Engineering
- ASQUER
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ASsociation pour la QUalification des Équipements de la Route
- ASRO
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Asociaţia de Standardizare din România (https://www.asro.ro)
- AST
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Atlantic Standard Time
- AT
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Action Time
- ATCG
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Association Technique pour la Certification des Granulats
- ATIS
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Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (www.atis.org)
- AU
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Astronomical Unit
- AVQP
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Aussi Vite Que Possible
- AZS
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Azərbaycan Respublikasının Standartlaşdırma, Metrologiya və Patent üzrə Dövlət Agentliyi
- BCCA
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Belgian Construction Certification Association
- BCRT
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Binary Code Range Time
- BEAB
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British Electrotechnical Approvals Board
- BEC
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British Electrotechnical Committee
- BEC
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Belgisch Elektrotechnisch Comité
= CEB | Comité Électrotechnique Belge | In English
- BIML
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Bureau International de Métrologie Légale
- BIN
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Belgisch Instituut voor Normalisatie (www.ibn.be)
= IBN | Institut Belge de Normalisation | In French
- BIPM
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Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (https://www.bipm.org/)
= BIPM | Bureau Internacional de Pesos e Medidas | In Portuguese
= IBMG | Internationales Büro für Maß und Gewicht | In German
= BIPM | Buroo Internacia pri Pezoj kaj Mezuroj | In Esperanto - BIPM
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Bureau Internacional de Pesos e Medidas (https://www.bipm.org/)
= IBMG (see above)
- BIPM
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Buroo Internacia pri Pezoj kaj Mezuroj (https://www.bipm.org/)
= IBMG (see above)
- BIS
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Bureau of Indian Standards (http://bis.org.in)
- BISFA
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Bureau International pour la Standardisation des Fibres Artificielles
- BNAAH
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Bureau de Normalisation des Activités Aquatiques et Hyperbares
- BNAE
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Bureau de Normalisation de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (www.bnae.asso.fr)
- BNCM
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Bureau de Normalisation du Cinéma et de la Vidéo
- BNIB
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Bureau de Normalisation de l'Industrie du Béton
- BNIP
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Bureau de Normalisation de l'Industrie Papetière
- BNLH
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Bureau de Normalisation des Liants Hydrauliques
- BNSI
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Barbados National Standards Institution
- BNSR
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Bureau de Normalisation des Sols et Routes
- BNTB
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Bureau de Normalisation des Techniques du Bâtiment
- BNTEC
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Bureau de Normalisation des Techniques et des Équipements de la Construction
- BOBS
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Botswana Bureau of Standards
- BOCA
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Building Officials Code Administrators International
- BP
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Before Present
- BPS
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Bureau of Product Standards
- BRML
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Biroul Român de Metrologie Legală
- BRS
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Business Requirement Specifications
- BS
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British Standards (https://www.bsigroup.com)
- BSI
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British Standards Institution (https://www.bsigroup.com)
- BSMD
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Bahrain Standards & Metrology Directorate
- BSN
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Badan Standardisasi Nasional
- BSTI
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Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution
- BT
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Burn Time
The abbreviation BT (Burn Time) is included in the abbreviation BTR (Burn Time Remaining).
- BTC
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Binary Time Code
- BTR
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Burn Time Remaining
The abbreviation BTR (Burn Time Remaining) includes the abbreviation BT (Burn Time).
- BVN
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Byggebransjens Våtromsnorm
- CAN
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Certification Analysis Network
- CAR
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Certification Analysis Requirements
- CAR
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Certification Approval Request
- CARIMET
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Caribbean Metrology Cooperation
= CARIMET | Coopération Caribéenne de Métrologie | In French
= CARIMET | Cooperação Caribenha de Metrologia | In Portuguese - CARIMET
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Coopération Caribéenne de Métrologie
= CARIMET (see above)
- CARIMET
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Cooperação Caribenha de Metrologia
= CARIMET (see above)
- CAS
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Cost Accounting Standard
The abbreviation CAS (Cost Accounting Standard) is included in the abbreviation CASB (Cost Accounting Standards Board).
- CASB
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Cost Accounting Standards Board
The Cost Accounting Standards Board (CASB) is an independent board legislatively established to make, promulgate, and amend cost accounting standards (CAS) and interpretations so as to achieve uniformity and consistency in the practices governing the measurement, assignment, and allocation of costs to contracts with the United States.
The abbreviation CASB (Cost Accounting Standards Board) includes the abbreviation CAS (Cost Accounting Standard).
- CB
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Certification Board
The abbreviation CB (Certification Board) is included in the abbreviation CCB (CEN Certification Board).
- CCA
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CENELEC Certification Agreement
- CCB
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CEN Certification Board
The abbreviation CCB (CEN Certification Board) includes the abbreviation CB (Certification Board).
- CCITT
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Certification for IT&T
- CCW
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Counterclockwise
- CDC
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Countdown Clock
- CDT
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Central Daylight Time
- CDT
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Countdown Time
- CEB
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Comité Électrotechnique Belge
= BEC, CEB (see above)
- CEN
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Comité Européen de Normalisation
- CENELEC
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Comité Européen de Normalisation Électrotechnique (www.cenelec.eu)
- CERP
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Comité Européen de Réglementation Postale
- CESA
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Canadian Engineering Standards Association
- CET
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Central European Time
- CETEHOR
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Centre Technique de l’Industrie Horlogère
- CGPM
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Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures
- CI
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Certification Inspection
- CIPM
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Comité International des Poids et Mesures
= CIPM | Comitê International des Pesos e Medidas | In Portuguese
- CIPM
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Comitê International des Pesos e Medidas
= CIPM (see above)
- CIS
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Certification & Information Security Services GmbH
- CIUMR
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Comisión Internacional de Unidades y Medidas Radiológicas
= ICRU | International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements | In English
= CIUMR | Commission Internationale des Unités et des Mesures de Radiation | In French
= CIUMR | Comissão Internacional de Unidades e Medidas Radiação | In Portuguese - CIUMR
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Commission Internationale des Unités et des Mesures de Radiation
= ICRU (see above)
- CIUMR
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Comissão Internacional de Unidades e Medidas Radiação
= ICRU (see above)
- CLT
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Cairo Local Time
- CMRS
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Configuration Management Requirements Standard
The abbreviation CMRS (Configuration Management Requirements Standard) includes the abbreviation CM (Configuration Management).
- CNAE
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Comité Nord-Américain d’Étalonnage
- CNAP
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Catalogue des Normes Anti-Pollution
- CODINORM
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Côte d’Ivoire Normalisation (https://www.codinorm.ci/)
- COFR
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Certificate Of Flight Readiness
- COFR
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Certification Of Flight Readiness
- COFRAC
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Comité Français d'Accréditation
- COPANIT
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Comisión Panameña de Normas Industriales y Técnicas
- COPANT
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Comisión Panamericana de Normas Técnicas (https://www.copant.org/)
- COSQC
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Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control
The abbreviation COSQC (Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control) includes the abbreviation QC (Quality Control).
- CP
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Candlepower
The abbreviation CP (Candlepower) is included in the abbreviation SCP (Specific Candlepower).
- CPDH
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Comité Professionnel de Développement de l’Horlogerie
- CPFC
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Cahier de Prescriptions de Fabrication et de Contrôles
- CR
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Certification Request
- CR
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Certification Requirement
The abbreviation CR (Certification Requirement) is included in the abbreviation CRI (Certification Requirements Index).
- CRC
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Comité de la Réglementation Comptable
- CRDP
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Certification Review Data Package
The abbreviation CRDP (Certification Review Data Package) includes the abbreviation DP (Data Package).
- CRI
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Certification Requirements Index
The abbreviation CRI (Certification Requirements Index) includes the abbreviation CR (Certification Requirement).
- CROSQ
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CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (www.crosq.org)
- CRT
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Computer Response Time
- CSBTS
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China State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision
- CSK
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Committee for Standardization of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
- CSR
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Certification Status Report
The abbreviation CSR (Certification Status Report) includes the abbreviation SR (Status Report).
- CST
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Central Standard Time
- CSTP
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California Standards for the Teaching Profession
- CT
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Central Time
- CTE
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Central Timing Equipment
- CTN
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Certification Test Network
- CTP
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Communications Timing Procedure
- CTR
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Certification Test Requirement
- CTR
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Certification Test Review
- CTU
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Central Timing Unit
- CUT
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Coordinated Universal Time
The abbreviation CUT (Coordinated Universal Time) includes the abbreviation UT (Universal Time).
- CYS
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Cyprus Organization of Standardisation
- DCR
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Design Certification Review
- DES
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Data Encryption Standard
- DET
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Digital Event Timer
The abbreviation DET (Digital Event Timer) includes the abbreviation ET (Event Timer).
- DGN
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Dirección General de Normas
- DGSM
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Directorate General for Specifications and Measurements
- DIN
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Deutsches Institut für Normung (www.din.de)
- DIS
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Draft International Standard
The abbreviation DIS (Draft International Standard) is included in the abbreviation FDIS (Final Draft International Standard), and it includes the abbreviation IS (International Standard).
- DISP
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Draft International Standardized Profile
The abbreviation DISP (Draft International Standardized Profile) is included in the abbreviation PDISP (Proposed Draft International Standardized Profile), and it includes the abbreviation ISP (International Standardized Profile).
- DMTF
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Distributed Management Task Force (https://www.dmtf.org/)
The abbreviation DMTF (Distributed Management Task Force) includes the abbreviation TF (Task Force).
- DMTF
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Desktop Management Task Force
The abbreviation DMTF (Desktop Management Task Force) includes the abbreviation TF (Task Force).
- DOA
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Date of Announcement
- DODISS
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Department of Defense Index of Specifications and Standards
- DOP
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Date of Publication
- DOR
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Date of Ratification
- DOW
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Date of Withdrawal
- DPS
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Drejtoria e Përgjithshme e Standardizimit (www.dps.gov.al)
- DS
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Dansk Standard
- DSS
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Digital Signature Standard
- DSSU
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State Committee of Ukraine on Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy
- DT
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Delayed Time
- EA
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European Cooperation for Accreditation
- EAC
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European Accreditation of Certification
- EAL
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European Accreditation of Laboratories
- EAN
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European Article Number
- ECBS
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European Committee for Banking Standards (https://www.ecbs.org/)
- ECITC
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European Committee for IT&T Testing and Certification
- ECITC/OTL
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European Committee for IT&T Testing and Certification Group on OSI Testing Liaison
- ECSS
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European Cooperation for Space Standardization
- EDT
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Eastern Daylight Time
- EEPCA
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European Electrical Products Certification Association
- EGT
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Elapsed Ground Time
- EIT
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Entry Interface Time
- ELSECOM
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European Electrotechnical Sectoral Committee for Testing and Certification
- EMEDCA
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European Active Medical Devices Certification Agreement
- EMLMF
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Euro-Mediterranean Legal Metrology Forum
- ENEC
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European Norms Electrical Certification
- ENS-CC
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ENS (European Nervous System) Certification Center
- EOS
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Egyptian Organization for Standards and Quality (www.eos.org.eg/en/)
= EOS | Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality | In English
= EOS | Egyptian Organization for Standardization | In English - EOS
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Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (www.eos.org.eg/en/)
= EOS (see above)
- EOS
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Egyptian Organization for Standardization (www.eos.org.eg/en/)
= EOS (see above)
- EOTA
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European Organisation for Technical Approvals
= EOTA | European Organization for Technical Approvals | In English
- EOTA
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European Organization for Technical Approvals
= EOTA (see above)
- EOTC
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European Organisation for Testing and Certification
- EPTU
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Events Per Time Unit
- ES
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European Specification
- ESA
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Ethiopian Standards Agency (https://ethiostandards.org/)
- ESONE
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Committee for European Studies on Norms for Electronics
- EST
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Eastern Standard Time
- ET
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Elapsed Time
The abbreviation ET (Elapsed Time) is included in abbreviations such as MET (Mission Elapsed Time), FET (Flight Elapsed Time), GET (Ground Elapsed Time), GETI (Ground Elapsed Time of Ignition), GETL (Ground Elapsed Time of Landing), OMET (Orbiter Mission Elapsed Time), PET (Phase Elapsed Time) and PET (Program Elapsed Time).
- ET
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Event Timer
The abbreviation ET (Event Timer) is included in the abbreviation DET (Digital Event Timer).
- ETA
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Estimated Time of Arrival
- ETA
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Estimated Time to Acquisition
- ETC
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European Technical Codes
- ETCOM
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European Testing Consortium for Office and Manufacturing
- ETIC
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Estimated Time In Commission
- ETOC
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Estimated Time Of Correction
- ETS
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European Telecommunications Standard
The abbreviation ETS (European Telecommunications Standard) is included in the abbreviation IETS (Interim European Telecommunications Standard).
- ETSI
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European Telecommunications Standards Institute (https://www.etsi.org/)
- ETT
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Estimated Time of Track
- EVS
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Eesti Standardikeskus (www.evs.ee)