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A Compendious of the Abbreviate
Big List Of Very Important Acronymic Terminologies Explained
Could these time-savers have been the first true data packets?


Because we're all about information — and because we like to organize data, we are beginning a compilation of acronyms endemic to technical communications industries.
AFC Air Frame Change
AIA Aerospace Industries Association
ALSP Acquisition Logistics Support Plan
API Application Programming Interface
ASD Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe
ASPK Accompanying Spare Parts Kit
ATP Acceptance Test Procedure
AVC Avionics Changes
BIT Built-In-Test
CAD Computer Aided Drafting
CALS Continuous Acquisition and Lifecycle Support
CAOE Contractor Acquired Operational Equipment
CBT Computer Based Training
CDR Critical Design Review
CDRL Contract Data Requirements List
CDROM Compact Disc Read Only Memory
CDT Chargeable Downtime
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CFS Contractor Field Services
CGM Computer Graphics Metafile
CI Configuration Item or Identification
CLIN Contract Line Item Number
CLS Contractor Logistics Support
CM Configuration Management
CMS Contractor Maintenance Services (1)
CMS Content Management System (2)
CNET Chief of Naval Education & Training (now NETC)
COMS Contractor Operational Maintenance Support
COR Contracting Officer Representative
COTS Commercial-Off-The-Shelf
CPF Contractor Performance Factors
CPFM Contractor Performance Factor Matrix
CSDB Common Source Database
CSS Cascading Style Sheet
DAM Digital Asset Management
DBMS Database Management System
DCM Device Capability Matrices
DG Auto-Trol Native File Format
DM Data Module
DMC Data Module Code
DMRL Data Module Requirements List
DoD Department of Defense
DORT Daily Operational Readiness Test
DTB Dayton T. Brown
DTD Document Type Definition
DWG Drawing
ECP Engineering Change Proposal
EDFP Engineering Data For Provisioning
EDT Externally Directed Team
EPWG Electronic Publications Working Group
ETM Electronic Technical Manual
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation (1)
FAR Federal Aviation Regulation (2)
FAT First Article Test TOP of PAGE
FCA Functional Configuration Audit
FIT Fault Isolation Test
FMECA Failure Mode Effects and Critical Analysis
FOSI Formatting Output Specification Instances
FP Full Production
FRACAS Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action System
FRS Functional Requirements Specification
GFE Government Furnished Equipment
GFI Government Furnished Information
GFP Government Furnished Property
GPO Government Printing Office
GPS Global Positioning System
GUI Graphical User Interface
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
IADS Interactive Authoring and Display System
IC Integrated Circuit
ICA Independent Computing Architecture
ICN Illustration Control Number
IETM Interactive Electronic Technical Manual
IETMS Interactive/Electronic Technical Manual System
IETP Interactive Technical Publication
ILS Integrated Logistics Support
ILSM Integrated Logistics Support Manager
ILSMT Integrated Logistics Support Management Team
IOC Interim Operational Capability
IOS Instructor-Operator Station
IPB Illustrated Parts Breakdown
IPC Illustrated Parts Catalog
IPDF Index Portable Document Format
IPR In Process Review
IPT Integrated Product Team
ISEO In-Service Engineering Offices
ISIL Interim Support Items List (1)
ISIL Interim Support Items List (2)
ISK Interim Support Kit
ISKL Interim Support Kit List
ISP Initial Support Period
IT Information Technology
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
LCSQ Life Cycle Support Qualification
LEM Logistics Element Manager
LLIL Long Lead Item List
LMI Logistics Management Information
LORA Level of Repair Analysis
LPR Limited Production Run
LRU Line Replaceable Unit (1)
LRU Lowest Replaceable Unit (2)
LSA Logistics Support Analysis
LSAR Logistics Support Analysis Reports
MCAS Marine Corps Air Station
MEA Maintenance Engineering Analysis
MEC Mission Essentiality Code
MIL Military
MIL Spec Military Specification
MP Maintenance Planning
MSP Material Support Package
MTBF Mean Time Between Failures
MTTR Mean Time To Repair
MY Manyear
NAAW Needs Analysis Assessment Workshop
NAMP Naval Aviation Maintenance Program
NAWCTSD Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division
NCDT Nonchargeable Downtime
NDI Non-Developmental Item
NETC Naval Education & Training Command (was CNET)
NFF Neutral File Format
O&M Operation and Maintenance
OCR Optical Character Recognition
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
OPF Operational Performance Factor
ORT Operationally Ready Time
PBL Performance Based Logistics
PCA Physical Configuration Audit
PCO Procuring Contract Officer
PDF Portable Document File
PDR Preliminary Design Review
PHS&T Packaging, Handling, Shipping & Transportation
PIO Provisioned Item Order
PLM Product Lifecycle Management
PLS Product Lifecycle Support
PM Program Manager
PMS Planned Maintenance System
POL Package Out of Logistics
PPF Preventative Performance Factor
PPL Provisioning Parts List
PPLI Provisioning Parts List Index
PROM Programmed Read Only Memory
PS Project Specific
QA Quality Assurance
QA&R Quality Assurance and Revalidation
QAR Quality Assurance Representative
QC Quality Control
QCP Quality Control Program
QMS Quality Management System
R&D Research & Development
R&M Reliability & Maintainability
RCM Reliability Centered Maintenance
RCMA Reliability Centered Maintenance Analysis
RFI Ready-For-Issue
RFP Request For Proposal
RFT Ready-For-Training
RLO Reusable Learning Objects
RPSTL Repair Parts Special Tools List
RRP Repair/Replace Procedures
S1000D Specification 1000D
SAP Site Adaptable Parameter
SCN Specification Change Notice
SCORM Shareable Content Object Reference Model
SE Support Equipment
SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language
SILS Systems Integrated Logistic Support
SLEP Service Life Extension Program
SM&R Source Maintenance and Recoverability
SME Subject Matter Expert
SNS Standard Numbering System
SOO Statement of Objectives
SOW Statement of Work
SRR System Requirements Review
SRS Software Requirements Specification
STC Society for Technical Communication
SVG Scalable Vector Graphics
SVGZ Scalable Vector Graphics-Compressed
T&TEL Tools and Test Equipment List
TAA Trade Adjustment Assistance
TAG Trainer Advisory Group
TB Technical Bulletin
TD Technical Directive
TECD Training Equipment Change Directive
TECR Training Equipment Change Request
TEVR Training Evaluation and Validation Report
TIFF Tagged Image File Format
TM Technical Manual
TMCR Technical Manual Contract Requirements
TMT Trainer Management Team
TO Technical Order
TOC Table of Contents
TPR Technical Proposal Requirements
TPSMG Technical Publications Specification Maintenance Group
TSUH Training Systems Utilization Handbook
TTCCR Trainee and Training Course Completion Report
TTPRR Trainer Test Procedures and Results Report
TUE Trainer Unique Equipment
V&V Validation and Verification
VECP Value Engineering Change Proposal
WBS Work Breakdown Structure
WBT Web Based Training
XML eXtensible Markup Language
XSL eXtensible Stylesheet Language
XSLT eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation