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A
ABEX
- ABEX
Acceptance Testing
- AT
ACE
- ACE
Acquisition Manager
- AM
AEMI
- AEMI
African, Caribbean and Pacific States
- ACP
AGINFO
- AGINFO
AGRIS
- AGRIS
AIM
- AIM
Air Force
- AF
Aircraft
- A/C, ACFT
ALAMOS
- ALAMOS
All Terrain Vehicle
- ATV
Alternative Fueled Vehicle
- AFV
American National Standards Institute (1)
- ANSI
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- ASCII
AMIS
- AMIS
AMPES
- AMPES
ANNIE
- ANNIE
Antilock Braking System
- ABS
Application Protocol
- AP
APRYCLEE
- APRYCLEE
AQUARIUS
- AQUARIUS
ARCADE
- ARCADE
ARCOME
- ARCOME
ASOR
- ASOR
ASSET
- ASSET
ASSIST
- ASSIST
ATOMS
- ATOMS
Automated Vehicle Location
- AVL
Automatic Equipment Identifier
- AEI
Automatic Traction Control
- ATC
Automatic Vehicle Identification
- AVI
AVICENNA
- AVICENNA
AVIS
- AVIS
B
Basic Research in Industrial Technologies in Europe
- BRITE
Bill of Lading
- BL, B/L
Bill of Lading (1)
- B/L
Biomolecular Engineering Programme
- BEP
Biotechnology Action Programme
- BAP
BISE
- BISE
Brake Horsepower
- BHP, bhp
BRIDGE
- BRIDGE
BRITE
- BRITE
BRITE-EURAM
- BRITE-EURAM
Bulletin Board Service
- BBS
Bumper-to-Back-Cab
- BBC
Business Cooperation Centre
- BCC
Business Process Re-engineering
- BPR
C
Cabover
- COE
Cab-Over-Engine
- COE
Cab-to-End
- CE, CF, LP
Cab-to-Frame
- CF, CE, LP
CACTI
- CACTI
CADDIA
- CADDIA
CALS Test Network
- CTN
CARGOES
- CARGOES
Carload
- CL
CASSIOPE
- CASSIOPE
CB Radio
- CB
CELAD
- CELAD
Center of Gravity (1)
- CG
CERACS
- CERACS
CHIEF
- CHIEF
CHRISTINE
- CHRISTINE
CIM
- CIM
CIRD
- CIRD
Citizen's Band Radio
- CB
CODEST
- CODEST
COM Programme
- COM Programme
Combined Nomenclature
- CN
COMEDI
- COMEDI
COMETT
- COMETT
COMEXT
- COMEXT
Commercial Driver's License (1)
- CDL
Commercial off the Shelf
- COTS
Common Agricultural Policy
- CAP
Common External Tariff
- CET
Communication
- COM port
Communication Protocol
- CP
Community Programme for Education and Training in Technology
- COMETT
Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
- CD-ROM
COMPEX
- COMPEX
Component Testing
- CT
Computer Disk ROM Drives
- CD
Computer Graphics Metafile
- CGM
Computer-Aided Acquisition and Logistic Support
- CALS
Computer-Aided Design (1)
- CAD
Computer-Aided Engineering
- CAE
Computer-Aided Manufacturing (1)
- CAM
Computer-Aided Software Engineering
- CASE
Computer-Based Training
- CBT
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (1)
- CIM
Concurrent Engineering
- CE
Configuration Management (1)
- CM
Conformance Testing
- CT
Consultative Committee for International Telephone and Telegraphy
- CCITT
Consumers' Consultative Committee
- CCC
Container Load
- CL
Container On Flat Car
- COFC
Continuous Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support
- CALS
Contractor Integrated Technical Information Service
- CITIS
Cooperation in Automation of Data and Documentation for Imports/Exports and Agriculture
- CADDIA
CORINE
- CORINE
Corporate Information Management
- CIM
CRAFT (1)
- CRAFT
CUBE (1)
- CUBE
Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight
- CHIEF
D
DAB
- DAB
Data Base
- DB
Data Base Management
- DBM
Data Base Management System
- DBMS
Data Dictionary
- DD
Data Item Description
- DID
Database
- DB
Database Management System (1)
- DBMS
Daytime Running Lights
- DRL
DELTA
- DELTA
Depot Maintenance
- DM
DIANE
- DIANE
DIME
- DIME
DIMPE
- DIMPE
Document Type Definition
- DTD
Domain Name System
- DNS
DOSES
- DOSES
DRIVE
- DRIVE
E
EAST
- EAST
EBTI
- EBTI
ECDIN
- ECDIN
ECLAIR
- ECLAIR
Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
- EMAS
Economic and Social Committee
- ECOSOC
EDI
- EDI
EDI For Administration, Commerce and Transport
- EDIFACT
EIMS
- EIMS
Electric Vehicle
- EV
Electronic Commerce (1)
- EC
Electronic Commerce Resource Center
- ECRC
Electronic Data Interchange (1)
- EDI
Electronic Data Interchange (2)
- EDI
Electronic Design Interchange Format
- EDIF
Electronic Funds Transfer (1)
- EFT
Electronic Funds Transfer (2)
- EFT
Electronic Mail (1)
- E-Mail
ENDOC
- ENDOC
Energy Sciences Network
- ESnet
ENEX
- ENEX
ENGUIDE
- ENGUIDE
ENLEX
- ENLEX
ENOS
- ENOS
ENREP
- ENREP
Enterprise Integration
- EI
Enterprise Resource Planning
- ERP
ENVIREG
- ENVIREG
EPOCH
- EPOCH
EROS 2000
- EROS 2000
ES2
- ES2
ESPRIT
- ESPRIT
ESSENTIAL
- ESSENTIAL
Estimated Delivery Date
- EDD
Estimated Time of Arrival
- ETA
Estimated Time of Departure
- ETD
ETEE
- ETEE
ETP
- ETP
ETSI
- ETSI
EURAM
- EURAM
EURO-AIM
- EURO-AIM
EUROCARE
- EUROCARE
EUROFER
- EUROFER
EUROFRET
- EUROFRET
EURONETT
- EURONETT
European Atomic Energy Community
- EURATOM
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- EBRD
European Business and Innovation Centre Network
- EBN
European Coal and Steel Community
- ECSC
European Economic Area
- EEA
European Economic Community
- EEC
European Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances
- EINECS
European Investment Bank
- EIB
European Police Office
- EUROPOL
European Research Coordination Agency
- EUREKA
European Research in Advanced Materials
- EURAM
European Strategic Programme for Research and Development in Information Technology
- ESPRIT
European Trade Union Confederation
- ETUC
European Venture Capital Association
- EVCA
EUROPOLIS
- EUROPOLIS
EUROTECNET
- EUROTECNET
EUROTOPP
- EUROTOPP
EUROTRAC
- EUROTRAC
EURYCLEC
- EURYCLEC
EVA
- EVA
F
FAST
- FAST
Federal Information Processing Standard
- FIPS
File Transfer Protocol (1)
- FTP
File Transfer, Access and Management
- FTAM
FIORE
- FIORE
FLAIR
- FLAIR
FLEET (1)
- FLEET
Flexible Computer Integrated Manufacturing
- FCIM
Food-Linked Agricultural Industrial Research
- FLAIR
Forecasting and Assessment in the Field of Science and Technology
- FAST
Foreign Trade Zone
- FTZ
FOREST
- FOREST
Formatting Output Specification Instance
- FOSI
Free Trade Zone
- FTZ
Free Zone
- FZ
Frequently Asked Questions
- FAQs
FRIC
- FRIC
FRIDA
- FRIDA
Full Carload
- FC
Full Container Load
- FCL
Full Truck Load
- FTL
Fully Mission Capable
- FMC
G
GALENO 2000
- GALENO 2000
Generalized System of Preferences
- GSP
GENST
- GENST
GINTRAP
- GINTRAP
GIPE
- GIPE
Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile
- GOSIP
Government Technical Information Systems
- GTIS
GREEN
- GREEN
Gross Axle Weight Rating
- GAWR
Gross Combination Weight
- GCW
Gross Vehicle Weight
- GVW
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
- GVWR
H
HAZMAT
- HAZMAT
HOME
- HOME
HORIZON
- HORIZON
Horsepower
- HP, hp
HUFIT
- HUFIT
Hypertext Markup Language
- HTML
I
IES-DC
- IES-DC
INDE
- INDE
INFORM
- INFORM
Information Resources Dictionary System
- IRDS
INFOSAFE
- INFOSAFE
Initial Graphics Exchange Standard
- IGES
Inland Bill of Lading
- IBL
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- IEEE
Integrated Logistics Support (1)
- ILS
Integrated Logistics Support (2)
- ILS
Integrated Product Data Base
- IPDB
Integrated Services Digital Network
- ISDN
Integrated Weapon Systems Database
- IWSDB
Intelligent Character Recognition
- ICR
Intelligent Transportation Systems
- ITS
Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems
- IVHS
Interactive Electronic Technical Manual
- IETM
INTERMAPS
- INTERMAPS
International Standards Organization
- ISO
International Standards Organization (1)
- ISO
International Standards Organization/Open System Interconnection
- ISO/OSI
Internet Protocol
- IP
Internet Relay Chat (1)
- IRC
INTERPRISE
- INTERPRISE
Interrupt Request
- IRQ
Inter-University Cooperation Programmes
- ICP, ICPs
IRIS
- IRIS
ISDN
- ISDN
ITSEC
- ITSEC
J
JANUS
- JANUS
Joint CALS Management Office
- JCMO
Joint Computer-Aided Acquisition and Logistic Support
- JCALS
Joint Engineering Data Management Information and Computer System
- JEDMICS
Joint Photographic Experts Group
- JPEG
JUKE-BOX
- JUKE-BOX
Just-In-Time Inventory
- JIT
K
KAROLUS
- KAROLUS
KIWI KBS
- KIWI KBS
KRITIC
- KRITIC
L
LEADER
- LEADER
Legacy Data Management
- LDM
Less Than Carload
- LTC
Less Than Container Load
- LCL
Less Than Truckload
- LTL
Less Than Truckload (1)
- LTL
Letter Of Agreement
- LOA
Letter of Credit
- LOC
LIDAR
- LIDAR
LIFE
- LIFE
Life Cycle
- LC
Life Cycle Cost
- LCC
Life-Cycle Management System
- CMS
Load Range
- LR
Local Area Network (1)
- LAN
Logistics Support Analysis (1)
- LSA
Logistics Support Analysis (2)
- LSA
Logistics Support Analysis Record
- LSAR
Long Combination Vehicle
- LCV
M
Manufacturing Automation Protocol
- MAP
Manufacturing Technology
- MANTECH
MARIN
- MARIN
MAST
- MAST
Material Requirements Planning (1)
- MRP
MATIC
- MATIC
MEDIA
- MEDIA
MEDSPA
- MEDSPA
MERMAID
- MERMAID
Military Handbook
- MIL-HDBK
Military Handbook 59
- MIL-HDBK-59
Military Specification
- MIL-SPEC
MINE
- MINE
MINT
- MINT
MIOCA
- MIOCA
MIRIAM
- MIRIAM
Modulator-Demodulator
- MODEM
MONICA
- MONICA
MONITOR
- MONITOR
Motion Pictures Experts Group
- MPEG
N
National Information Infrastructure
- NII
National Institute of Standards and Technology
- NIST
National Research and Education Network
- NREN
NEPTUNE
- NEPTUNE
NETT
- NETT
Network Driver Interface Specification
- NDIS
Network for Environmental Technology Transfer
- NETT
Network News Transport Protocol
- NNTP
NIMEXE
- NIMEXE
NORSPA
- NORSPA
Not Mission Capable
- NMC
O
ODAS
- ODAS
ODIN
- ODIN
Office Document Architecture/Office Document Interchange Format
- ODA/ODIF
Open Data-link Interface
- ODI
Open Systems Interconnection
- OSI
OPET
- OPET
Optical Character Recognition
- OCR
Organizations for the Promotion of Energy Technology
- OPET
Overseas Countries and Territories
- OCT, OCTs
P
Packet Internet Gopher
- PING
Page-Description Language
- PDL
PAMINA
- PAMINA
PARIS
- PARIS
Parts List Data Base
- PLDB
PERIFRA
- PERIFRA
Ply Rating
- PR
POLIS
- POLIS
Portable Operating System Interface
- POSIX
Pounds Per Square Inch
- PSI, psi
Power Takeoff
- PTO
PRISMA
- PRISMA
Product Data Exchange Standard/Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data
- PDES/STEP
PUSSYCATS
- PUSSYCATS
R
RACE
- RACE
RAISE
- RAISE
Random-Access Memory
- RAM
Rapid Acquisition of Manufactured Parts
- RAMP
Rapid Response Manufacturing
- RRM
Read-Only Memory
- ROM
Reformulated Gasoline
- RFG
Relational Database Management System
- RDBMS
REM
- REM
Remote Data Access
- RDA
RENAVAL
- RENAVAL
Request for Proposal
- RFP
Request For Quote
- RFQ
Research and Development in Advanced Communications Technologies in Europe
- RACE
RESEAU
- RESEAU
RESIDER
- RESIDER
RETAS
- RETAS
RETEX
- RETEX
Revolutions Per Minute
- RPM
REWARD
- REWARD
S
SAFE
- SAFE
SCENT
- SCENT
Science and Technology for Environmental Protection
- STEP
SEAMOS
- SEAMOS
SEDOS
- SEDOS
Serial Line IP/Point-to-Point Protocol
- SLIP/PPP
SERV
- SERV
SIDR
- SIDR
SIENA
- SIENA
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- SMTP
Single Administrative Document
- SAD
Single European Act
- SEA
SIP
- SIP
SIRIUS
- SIRIUS
Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprise Task force
- SME
SMART
- SMART
SOCRATES
- SOCRATES
Special Telecommunication Action for Regional Development
- STAR
SPECS
- SPECS
SPECTRUM
- SPECTRUM
SPRINT
- SPRINT
STABEX
- STABEX
Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data
- STEP
Standard Generalized Markup Language
- SGML
Standard International Trade Classification
- STIC
START-UP
- START-UP
STD
- STD
STEP
- STEP
STRADA
- STRADA
Straight Bill of Lading
- SBL
STRIDE
- STRIDE
Structured Query Language
- SQL
Support Equipment
- SE
System for Safeguarding and Developing Mineral Production
- SYSMIN
System of Stabilization of Export Earnings
- STABEX
T
Tag Image File Format
- TIFF
TARDIS
- TARDIS
TARIC
- TARIC
Technical Data Package
- TDP
TECNET
- TECNET
TELEMAN
- TELEMAN
TERA
- TERA
Terms of Agreement
- TOA
Terms of Sale
- TOS
Through Bill of Lading
- TBL
TIDE
- TIDE
Total Quality Management (1)
- TQM
Trailer On Flat Car (1)
- TOFC
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
- TCP/IP
Treasury Board Information Technology Standards
- TBITS
TREVI
- TREVI
Truckload
- TL
Truckload (1)
- TL
TWE
- TWE
Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit
- TEU
U
UETP
- UETP
User Network
- USENET
V
Value-Added Network
- VAN
VAMOS
- VAMOS
Vehicle Identification Number
- VIN
Vehicle Maintenance Reporting Standards
- VMRS
Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Netwide Index to Computerized Archives
- VERONICA
VISIMAR
- VISIMAR
W
Weight-In-Motion
- WIM
Wide Area Information Server (1)
- WAIS
Wide-Area Network
- WAN
World Wide Web (1)
- WWW
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Unless otherwise indicated, all entries in the LogisticsWorld Logistics Glossary are copyright 1997, Matthew D. Cox, logistics@logisticsworld.com.
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