Standards Acronyms and Terms
*** there are thousands of acronyms, and each standards organization has it's own. Here is a list of some of the more common ones:
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ACRONYM |
MEANING |
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A |
AMENDMENT |
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ACEA |
Advisory Committee on Environmental Aspects |
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ACEC |
Advisory Committee on Electromagnetic Compatibility |
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ACET |
Advisory Committee on Electronics and Telecommunications |
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ACOS |
Advisory Committee on Safety |
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AD |
ADDENDA |
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ADB |
ADOPTION BULLETIN |
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ADM |
ADDENDUM |
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ANNC |
ANNOUNCEMENT BULLETIN |
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APN |
APPENDIX |
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APPR |
APPROVED |
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C |
CHANGE |
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CAB |
Conformity Assessment Board |
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CB |
Council Board |
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CD |
Committee Draft |
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CDF |
Comité des finances (Finance Committee) |
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CDV |
Committee Draft for Vote |
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CNCL |
CANCELED |
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CRGD |
CORRIGENDUM |
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CRPG |
CORRECTED PAGE |
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DMT |
Directives Maintenance Team |
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EMC |
EMERGENCY MESSAGE CHANGE |
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ERTA |
ERRATA |
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ERTM |
ERRATUM |
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ExCo |
Executive Committee |
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FDIS |
Final Draft International Standard |
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IA |
INTERIM AMENDMENT |
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IEC-PAS |
IEC-Publicly Available Specification |
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IMC |
INTERIM MESSAGE CHANGE |
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IT |
Information Technology |
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ITA |
Industry Technical Agreement |
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JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
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JTAB |
Joint Technical Advisory Board |
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JTC 1 |
ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee on Information Technology |
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MC |
Marketing Committee |
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MPEG |
Motion Picture Experts Group |
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N |
NOTICE |
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NC |
National Committee |
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O-MEMBER |
Observer Member (of a TC or SC) |
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PACT |
President's Advisory Committee on future Technologies |
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PED |
PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT (DISKETTE) |
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P-MEMBER |
Participating Member (of a TC or SC) |
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Q |
Questionnaire |
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RDSG |
REDESIGNATED |
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REAF |
REAFFIRMED |
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REAP |
REAPPROVED |
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REI |
REISSUE |
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REIN |
REINSTATED |
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REN |
RENEWAL |
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REPG |
REVISION PAGE |
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REPR |
REPRINT |
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RESN |
RESCINDED |
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RM |
Report of Meeting |
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SC |
Subcommittee |
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SMB |
Standardization Management Board |
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SN |
SPECIAL NOTICE |
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SPC |
Sales Policy Committee |
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SUB |
SUBSCRIPTION |
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TBT |
Technical Barriers to Trade agreement |
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TC |
Technical Committee |
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TC |
TECHNICAL CORRIGENDUM |
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TML |
TRANSMITTAL |
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TTA |
Technology Trend Assessment |
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W/ |
CHANGES MERGED WITHIN A DOCUMENT |
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WD |
Working Draft |