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gesammelt von/collected by: Dr. Dieter Guicking, Gttingen, DE, http://www.physik3.gwdg.de/guicking/abk-allg.html o oder/or http://www.physik3.gwdg.de/guicking/abk-allg.pdf. Erluterungen meistens deutsch und englisch/Comments mostly in German a and English. Fehlernachrichten und Ergnzungsvorschlge bitte an/Notice of errors and suggestions for new entries please to: guicking@physik3.gwdg.de a a Letzte Ergnzungen: 9. Januar 2012/Last update: Jan. 9, 2012 a

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A a... AA AA AA AA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA AAAA AAAA AAAF AAAI AAAS AAC AAC AACG AAC-LD AAES AAID AAL AAL AAM AAPM AAPPS AAPT AARTFAAC AARV AAS AAS AAS AAS AAS AASF AAT AATSR AAU AAUP AAUW AAV AAV AB ABA ABA ABB ABC ABDO ABE ABET ABG ABK ABL ABL ABM ABM ABMF ABR ABR ABRIXAS ABS ABS ABS ABS ABS ABT Adenin (DNA-Base/DNA base) Atto... (Prx/prex): 1018 a Anhydrous Ammonia Atomic Absorption Automatic (or: Automated) Attendant [Facility] (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Automobile Association (UK) Abdominal Aortic Aneurism (Medicine) Akademisches Auslandsamt American Association of Anatomists Aromatic Amino Acid Austrian Acoustics Association Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Alps-Adria Acoustics Association (seit/since Sept. 2002) Authentication, Authorization, Accounting and Auditing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Association Aronautique et Astronautique de France e American Association for Articial Intelligence American Association for the Advancement of Science Academic Assistance Council (London, UK, since April 1933; later on: SPSL) Advanced Audio Coding American Association for Crystal Growth Low-Delay Advanced Audio Coding American Association of Engineering Societies American Academy of Implant Dentisty Ambient Assisted Living (Fraunhofer-Allianz) ATM Adaptation Layer Advanced Acoustic Model American Association of Physicists in Medicine Association of Asia Pacic Physical Societies American Association of Physics Teachers Amsterdam-ASTRON Radio Transients Facility and Analysis Centre Arctic Area Research Vessel Advanced Automation System American Astronautical Society American Astronomical Society Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, Atom-Absorptions-Spektrometrie Australian Acoustical Society Afrikanisch-Asiatische Studentenfrderung e.V. (Gttingen, DE) o o Anglo-Australian Telescope Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ENVISAT) Association of American Universities American Association of University Professors (or: Presses) (USA) American Association of University Women adeno-assoziierte Viren [Yakir] Aharonov, [David] Albert, [Lev] Vaidman (novel approach to quantum mechanics, published 1988) Alberta (Province of Canada) American Board of Audiology Applied Behavioural Analysis Asea Brown Boveri AG (Mannheim, DE) Atanaso-Berry Computer (Iowa State College, USA, 19381942) Allgemeine Bestimmungen fr Diplomprfungsordnungen u u Amtliche Betriebserlaubnis (Typprfung Kfz) u Accrediting Board of Engineering and Technology (USA) Automatiserte biometriegesttzte Grenzkontrolle u Allgemeine berufsqualizierende Kompetenzen (im Bachelor-Studiengang) [Yakir] Aharonov, [Peter] Bergmann, [Joel] Lebovitz (novel approach to quantum mechanics, published 1964) Airborne Laser (US Wae/weapon) Advanced Buer Material Anti-Ballistic Missile Account Balance Management Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Auditory Brainstem Response Available Bit Rate A Broad-Band Imaging X-Ray All-Sky Survey (Satellit 1999, aufgegeben/satellite 1999, abandoned) Accelerator and Beam Science Acrylnitril-Butadien-Styrol Alternate Billing Service Antiblockiersystem; Anti-Lock Braking System (Kfz/motor vehicle) Automatic Block Signaling (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Ausschuss fr Begutachtertraining (DAR, Normungsarbeit) u

ABU AC AC AC AC AC AC ACA ACA ACA ACA ACACIA ACAP ACAP A-CAPI ACARE A-CBC ACC ACC ACC ACC ACCase ACCESS ACCU ACD ACD A-CDM ACE ACE ACE ACE ACE ACE ACE ACE ACELP ACEnet ACES ACES ACES ACES ACESA ACEX ACF ACI ACI ACIA ACK ACL ACL ACL ACL ACLR ACM ACM ACM ACMA ACMP ACMP ACO ACP ACP ACP ACPS ACQ ACRC ACRE ACRL ACRV ACS ACS ACS ACS ACSI ACSI ACSR ACT

Asia(-Pacic) Broadcasting Union Accelerator Cluster (supercomputing) Access Controller (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Admission Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Air Conditioning Alternating Current (Wechselstrom) Attachment Circuit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Academic Cooperation Association (europische Organisation/European organisation) a Aircraft Carrier Alliance (GB) American Crystallographic Association Atacama Compact Array Arid Climate, Adaptation and Cultural Innovation in Africa (SFB 389 der DFG) Advanced Common Application Platform (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Automated Content Access Protocol (Urheberrecht/copyright) Accessnet(R) -T-Common Application Programming (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Advisory Council for Aeronautic(s) Research in Europe Akkreditierungsagentur fr die Studiengnge Chemie, Biochemie und u a Chemieingenieurwesen an Universitten und Fachhochschulen a Active (or: Adaptive) Cruise Control (Kfz/motor vehicle) Antarctic Circumpolar Current (of the ocean) Anterior Cingulate Cortex Anticollision Code (Fingerabdruck fr Multimedia/Fingerprint for Multimedia) u Acetyl-CoA-Carboxylase (Enzym) Attenuating Custom Communication Earpiece System (active noise reduction earplug) Advisory Committee of CERN Users Advanced Chemistry Development Automatic Call Distribution Airport Collaborative Decision Making Advanced Composition Explorer (NASA) Advanced Computing Environment American Council on Exercise Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Antenna Coupling Equipment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Application Creation Environment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Atmospheric Compensation Experiment (adaptive Optik/adaptive optics) Community Action for Cooperation in the Field of Economics (EU) Adaptive Code-Excited Linear Prediction Atlantic Computational Excellence Network Active Control Evaluation for Systems Atlantic Coral Ecosystem Study Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space Optimal Acoustic Equivalent Source Descriptors for Automotive Noise Modelling Advanced Composites with Embedded Sensors and Actuators Arctic Coring Expedition Autocorrelation Function Adjacent Channel Interference (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) American Competitive Initiative Asynchronous Communication Interface Adapter Acknowledege(ment) (Datenbertragung/data transfer) u Access Control List (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Active and Cooperative Learning (Signalverarbeitung/signal processing) Agent Communication Languages Asynchronous Connectionless Link (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Adjacent Channel Leakage Power Ratio (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Active Control Mount Adaptive Coding (and) Modulation Association for Computing Machinery Automotive Component Manufacturers Association American College of Medical Physics Applied and Computational Mathematics Program (in DARPA) Ant Colony Optimization Advanced Computing Project (Fermilab, 1980) Adjacent Channel Power (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) American Center of Physics (College Park, MD, USA) Advection-Dominated Accretion Flow (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Active Quenching Circuitry Advanced Computing Research Centre (University of Bristol, UK) Atmospheric Circulation Reconstruction Adjacent Channel Leakage Power Ratio (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Assured Crew Return Vehicle (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Advanced Camera for Surveys (Astrophysik/astrophysics) American Chemical Society Assoziazione Controllo Strutturale (IT) Attitude Control System (Raketentechnik/rocket control) American Customer Satisfaction Index Atari Computer System Interface Active Control of Structural Response Active Control Technology (Flugzeug/aircraft)

ACT ACT ACT ACTA ACTD ACTH ACTS ACVB AD AD AD AD AD ADA ADAC Adaline ADANO ADAS ADASIS ADASIS RP ADC ADC ADC ADC ADDRESS ADEA ADEPT ADEPT ADF ADFC ADHD ADHS ADI ADI AdL ADL ADLC ADLIP ADM ADM ADMIRE ADN ADN ADOCS ADONIS ADONIS ADP ADP ADP ADPA ADPCM ADR ADR ADRCS AdRIA ADRIA ADS ADSB AdS/CFT ADSL ADT ADTF ADTM ADTV ADUC ADV AdW AE AE AE AE AEC AEC AECL AECSFE AECSM AEE

Advanced Concepts Team (ESA) Atacama Cosmology Telescope autologe Chrondrozytentransplantation (krpereigene Knorpelzellen-Transplantation) o Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope Array Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (USA) Adrenocorticotropes Hormon Advanced Communication Technologies and Services (EC) Aortokoronarer Venen-Bypass (Gefchirurgie) a Administration Module Alzheimers Disease Andorra (ISO 3166) ante dominum Authorized Domain American Disabilities Act Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobilclub Adaptive Linear Element Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Audiologen und Neurootologen Advanced Driver Assistance System Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Interface Specication ADASIS Research Platform Analog-to-Digital Converter Antibody-Drug-Conjugate Automatic Development Chamber Automotive Distance Control Active Distribution Networks with Full Integration of Demand and Distributed Energy Resources (EU project, 25 partners in 11 countries: BE, CH, DE, ES, FI, FR, IT, NL, RO, SE, UK) Age Discrimination in Employment Act (USA) Advanced Dark Energy Physics Telescope Antibody Directed Enzyme Prodrug Therapy (Krebstherapie/cancer therapy) Annular Dark Field (electron detector) Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad Club Attention Decit Hyperactivity Disorder (= ADHS) Aufmerksamkeitsdezit-Hyperaktivittssyndrom (oder: -strung) (= ADHD) a o Acceptable Daily Intake Angular Diraction Imaging Akademie der Landwirtschaftswissenschaften (ehem./former DDR) All-Digital Loop (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Adaptive Liquid-Crystal Lens All Dome Laser Image Projector (Planetarium/planetarium) Add/Drop Multiplexer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Area Dimensional Model (Lrmbewertung/noise rating) a Advanced Data Mining and Integration Research for Europe (at EPCC) Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst (DDR) Ammoniumdinitramid (Sprengsto/explosive) Advanced Digital Optical Control System (Flugzeug/aircraft) Acoustic Daylight Ocean Noise Imaging System Adaptive Optics Near Infrared System (Teleskop/telescope, ESO, La Silla, Chile) Adenosindiphosphat Ammoniumdihydrogenphosphat Avalanche Photodiode American Defense Preparedness Association Adaptive Dierential Pulse Code Modulation Accumulated Doppler Range (Satellitenortungsverfahren/satellite locating) Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator Automatic Data Recording and Control System Adaptronik Research, Innovation, Application Advanced Displays Research Integration Action Astrophysics Data System (SAO/NASA online) Auto(matic) Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (Flugverkehr/air trac) Antide Sitter/Conformal Field Theory (cosmology) Asymmetric(al) Digital Subscriber Loop (or: Line) Articulated Dump Trucks (o-road vehicles) Automotive Data and Time Triggered Framework (Kfz-Technik) [Fraunhofer-]Arbeitsgruppe fr Drahtlose Kommunikations- und Multimediatechnik (Erlangen, DE) u Advanced Denition Television Arbeitsgemeinschaft deutscher Universittsprofessoren fr Chemie a u Acoustic Droplet Vaporization Akademie der Wissenschaften (ehem./former DDR) Acoustic Emission Application Enabler (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Astronomische Einheit (Entfernung ErdeSonne/distance EarthSun = 1.491011 m) Vereinigte Arabische Emirate/United Arab Emirates (ISO 3166) Architecture/Engineering/Construction (Industrie/industry) Atomic Energy Commission (USA) Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd. Asymmetric Elliptic-Cone-Shaped Fibre Endface (Faseroptik/ber optics) Asymmetric Elliptic-Cone-Shaped Microlens (Faseroptik/ber optics) Oce of Environment and Energy (FAA)

AEF AEG AEGOS AEI AEL AEM AEMT AEP AEPI AER AEROTROP AERTOs AES AES AES AES AES AESS AEU AEV AEWA AF AF AF AF AFAL AFAS AFB AFC AFCS AFD AFDX AFE AFECT AFEX AFFDL As AFIT AFM AFMS AFN AFNM AFO AFOSR AFOTEC AFP AFR AFRL AFRPL AFS AFS AFS AFS AfSIS AFSR AFTEC AFTN AG AG AG AG AGARD AGASA AGASP AGB AGB AGB AG-BL AGC AGC AGC AGCF AGCH AGEE AGEG AGF AGIL

Normenausschuss Einheiten und Formelzeichen Allgemeine Elektrizittsgesellschaft a African-European Georesources Observation System (22 partners in 18 countries: BE, BF, CZ, DE, ET, FI, FR, GH, GN, NL, PL, PT, SN, TZ, UG, UK, ZA, ZM) Automatic Equipment Identication Accessible Emission Limit Area Equivalent Method (Lrmbewertung/noise rating) a [Fraunhofer-]Arbeitsgruppe fr Elektronische Medientechnologie u Akustisch evozierte Potentiale, Auditory Evoked Potentials Atmospheric Emissions Photometric Imaging Astronomy-Education Research Impact of Aircraft Emissions on the Heterogeneous Chemistry of the Tropopause Region (DLR research group) Associated European Research and Technology Organisations Advanced Encryption Standard Application Environment Services Associate Executive Secretary Audio Engineering Society Auger-Elektronen-Spektroskopie / Auger Electron Spectroscopy Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society Archiv fr elektrische Ubertragung (Zeitschrift) u FhAZ fr Entsorgungs- und Verkehrslogistik (Wildau, Brandenburg, DE) u [Afrikanisch-Eurasisches Regionalabkommen zur Erhaltung der Wasservgel] o Afghanistan (ISO 3166) Application Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Assured Forwarding (Datenbertragung/data transfer) u Audio Frequency Air Force Astronautics Laboratory Abteilung fr Angewandte Systemanalyse (Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, DE) u Air Force Base (USA) Alkali Fuel Cell Automatic Flight Control System Anticipatory Failure Determination Avionics Full Duplex Switched Ethernet (Luftfahrttechnik/aircraft technology) Analog Front End (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Acoustical Foundation for Education and Charitable Trust (Indien/India) Ammonia Fiber Expansion (Chemie/chemistry) Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, USA [French Association for Science Education] Air Force Institute of Technology (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH, USA) Atomic Force Microscope Advanced Flight Management System (DLR) Ammonia Fuel Network Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fachdidaktik der Naturwissenschaften und der Mathematik Auftragsforschung [und -entwicklung] Ost (BMFT) Air Force Oce of Scientic Research (USA) US Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Antifreeze Proteins Air-Fuel Ratio (Verbrennungsmotor/internal combustion engine) Air Force Research Laboratory (Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH, USA) Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory (Edwards Air Force Base, CA, USA) Advanced Freephone Service Advanced Frontlighting System (Kfz/motor vehicle) Aluminum Foam Sandwich American Field Service Africa Soil Information Service (at CIAT) Array-Fed Shaped Reector (Satellitenantenne/satellite antenna) Acoustic Fusion Technology Energy Consortium (USA) Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication Network Aktiengesellschaft Antigua and Barbuda (ISO 3166) Arbeitsgruppe Astronomische Gesellschaft e.V. Advisory Group for Aeronautical (or: Aerospace) Research and Development, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Akeno Giant Air Shower Array (Japan, zum Nachweis kosmischer Strahlung/detection of cosmic radiation) Arctic Gas and Aerosol Sampling Program Allgemeine Geschftsbedingungen a Asymptotic Giant Branch (Astronomie/astronomy) Automatische Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung (Kfz/motor vehicle) Arbeitsgemeinschaft Forschungseinrichtungen Blaue Liste Automatic Gain Control [Fraunhofer-] Anwendungszentrum fr Computergraphik in Chemie und Pharmazie u Autorail Grande Capacit (Diesel-Zug/Diesel train) e Access Gateway Control Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Absolute Grant Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Arbeitsgruppe Erneuerbare Energien Arbeitsgemeinschaft Europischer Grenzregionen a Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Groforschungseinrichtungen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Internet und Linguistik (Gttingen, DE) o

AGIS AGK AGKr AGMA AGN AGNSS AGORA AGP A-GPS AGR AGS AGU AGV AGW AGWN AH A.H. AHAM AHDI AHMD AHQP AHRC AHRF AHS AHSUM AHT AHU AI AI AI AI AIA AIA AIAA AIAE AIC AICB AICD AICES AICH AICOS AID AIDAA AIDC AIDS AIEE AiF AIF AIHA AIJP AILU AIM AIM AIM AIMD AIML AIMS AIN AIP AIP AIR AIRS AIRSAR AirSTAR AIRTO AIS AIS AIS AIS AIS AISA AIS-A AIS-B AISIS AIST AIT AIT

Advanced Gamma-Ray Imaging (US project) aktiver galaktischer Kern (Astronomie/astronomy, = AGN) Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kristallographie American Gear Manufacturers Association Active Galactic Nucleus (= AGK) Assisted Global Navigation Satellite System Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture Autism Genome Project Assisted Global Positioning System Architectural Gear Ratio (Muskelkontraktion/muscle contraction) Alternating Gradient Synchrotron American Geophysical Union Automatic Guided Vehicle Access Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Additive Gaussian White Noise, additives Gausches weies Rauschen Adaptive Hypermedien Anno Hegirae (islamischer Kalender, ab 622 n. Chr.) Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (USA) Atari Hard Disk Interface Advanced Helmet-Mounted Display Archive for the History of Quantum Physics Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) American Hearing Research Foundation American Helicopter Society Adaptable High-Speed Undersea Munition Average Hamiltonian Theory (Teilchenphysik/particle physics) Air Handling Unit (HVAC) [IASTED International Conference on] Applied Informatics Anguilla (ISO 3166) Articulation Index (Psychoakustik/psychoacoustics) Articial Intelligence American Institute of Architects Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (at SDO, NASA) American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics [Spanische Aeroakustische Gesellschaft/Spanish Aeroacoustical Society] Akaikes Information Criterion Association internationale contre le bruit automatische implantierte Cardio-Debrillatoren Aachen Institute for Advanced Study in Computational Engineering Science (DE) Acqusition Indicator Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Assistive Information and Communication Solutions (software, developed at the Fraunhofer-Anwendungszentrum in PT) Aktiver Informationsdienst (EU) Assoziazione Italiana di Aeronautica e Astronautica Automotive Industry Developing Center (Sdafrika, mit FhG-Untersttzung/South Africa, u u supported by the German Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) Acquired Immune Deciency Syndrome American Institute of Electrical Engineers Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen Otto von Guericke e.V. (Kln/Cologne, DE) o [Dateinamenerweiterung: Video-Datei/le name extension: video le] American Industrial Hygiene Association Association Internationale de Philatlie e Association of Industrial Laser Users (UK) Advanced Informatics in Medicine Advanced Interface Module (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Anwendungsplattform Intelligente Mobilitt (Verkehrsforschung) a Additive Increase, Multiplicative Decrease (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Astronomical Instrument Markup Language African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Kapstadt, Sdafrika/Cape Town, South Africa) u Advanced Intelligent Network The American Institute of Physics (gegrndet/founded 1931) u Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (DE) Automatic Image Renement (Canon Laserdrucker/laser printer) Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (satellite) Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Airborne Subscale Transport Aircraft Research Association of Independent Research and Technology Organisations (GB) Abbreviated Injury Scale Alarm Indication Signal [Fraunhofer-] Arbeitsgruppe fr Integrierte Schaltungen u Automatisches Identikationssystem (Schisortung) [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Autonome Intelligente Systeme (St. Augustin, DE, frher/formerly GMD) u u Airborne Spectral Analyzer [Fraunhofer-] Arbeitsgruppe fr Integrierte Schaltungen, Abteilung Angewandte Elektronik u [Fraunhofer-] Arbeitsgruppe fr Integrierte Schaltungen, Abteilung Bauelementetechnologie u Automatisierte Informationsgewinnung und Schutz kritischer Infrastruktur im Katastrophenfall Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (National Institute, Japan) Application Information Table (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Asian Institute of Technology

AIT AITRAM AIUM AIV AIZ AJAX AJC AK a.k.a. AKE AKF AKO AKS AKW AL AL AL AL ALADIN ALARP ALC ALCM ALD ALD ALEX ALF ALFA ALFA ALFA AL-FEC ALG ALGOL ALI ALI ALICE ALICE ALK ALLEA ALMA ALOP ALPACA ALPHA ALPhA ALPSP ALS ALS ALS ALSEP ALSM ALSYMPCA ALU AM AM AM AMA A-MAN AMANDA AMASE Amass AMBER AMC AMCD AMD AMD AMDE AME AMEL AMFIS AMG AMHS AMI AMI AMI AMINA AML AMLCD AMLS AMM

Astrometric Imaging Telescope Advanced Integrated Training in Aeronautics Maintenance American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Assembly, Integration and Validation Ausschuss fr internationale Zusammenarbeit (DAR, Normungsarbeit/standardization) u Asynchronous JavaScript and XML American Jewish Committee Alaska (US-Staat/US state) also known as Arbeitskreis Energie (DPG) Arbeitskreis Festkrperphysik (DPG) o Arbeitskreis Optionen fr die Zukunft (DPG) u Akademische Software Kooperation Atomkraftwerk Alabama (US-Staat/US state) Albanien/Albania (ISO 3166) Articial Life Astronautics Laboratory (frher/formerly: AFRPL) u Algorithm for Learning and Architecture Determination As Low as Reasonably Possible Automatic Level Control Air-Launched Cruise Missile Arbeitsring Lrm der DEGA a Atomlagenabscheidung Aerosol LIDAR Experiment Auditory Localization Facility (at AFRL) Adaptive Optics with a Laser for Astronomy (Calar Alto, ES, 3.5 m Durchmesser/diameter) alternative faserfreie Schallabsorber Amrica-Latina Formacin Acadmica (EU) e o e Application-Layer Forward Error Correction (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Application Level Gateway (rewall) Algorithmic Language ATM Link Interconnect Autofahrer-Leit- und Informationssystem A Large Ion Collision Experiment (LHC, CERN) America Latina Interconectada con Europa automatisierte Liegenschaftskarte All European Academies Atacama Large Millimeter/Submilimeter Array (Radioteleskop/radio telescope, geplant fr/planned for 2011) u Active Learning in Optics and Photonics (UNESCO-Programm/program) Advanced Liquid-Mirror Probe for Astrophysics, Cosmology and Asteroids Absorption Low Plus High Aperture (Laserstrahlaufweitung/laser beam expansion) Aquitaine Lasers, Photonique and Applications (Bordeaux, FR) Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers Advanced Light Source (LBNL) Alternative Light Source Amyotrophe Lateralsklerose (degenerative Nervenerkrankung/degenerative nervous disease) Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Packages (auf dem Mond/on the moon) Airborne Laser Swath Mapping (Geodsie/geodesy) a Alpharidin in Symptomatic Prostate Cancer Arithmetic Logic Unit Amplitudenmodulation, Amplitude Modulation Armenien/Armenia (ISO 3166) Availability Manager Advanced Measurement Approaches ATM Metropolitan Area Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector (or: Detection) Array Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition Autonomous Maritime Surveillance System (10 partners in 7 countries: CZ, DE, ES, MT, NO, PL, UK) Airshower Microwave Bremsstrahlung Radiometer (astrophysics) Adaptive Modulation and Coding (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Annular Momentum Control Device Advanced Micro Devices (Sunnyvale, CA, USA) Age Related Macula Degeneration, altersbedingte Makula-Degeneration (Sehschwche/visual deciency) a Atmospheric Mercury Depletion Event Actinide Migration Evaluation (Radioaktivitt/radioactivity) a Active Matrix Electroluminescence (Display) Aufklrung und Uberwachung mit Miniatur-Fluggerten im Sensorverbund a a Arzneimittelgesetz Automated Material Handling System Adolphe Merkle Institute (University of Fribourg, CH) Alternate Mark Inversion (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) American Megatrends Inc. African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis Ambient Intelligence Altive-Matrix Liquid Crystal Display Automated Multilevel Substructuring Automatischer Messmodus

AMNOR AMO AMO(S) AMOLED AMOP AMOP AMP AMP AMP AMP AMP AMPAC AMPAS AMPD AMPOA AMPS AMPTE AMR AMR AMR AMR AMRL AMRO AMROS AMS AMS AMS AMS AMS AMS AMSEC AMST AMT AMV AMVER AN AN ANAE ANC ANC ANCF ANDF ANF ANFIS ANFO ANGIS ANI AnIML ANITA ANKA ANL ANN ANOVA ANP ANPR ANR ANRU ANS ANS ANS ANSI AnSiM ANT ANTARES ANU ANVC ANX AO AO A/O AO AO AO AOA AOC AOCS AOD AODI

Adaptive Microphone Array for Noise Reduction Atlantische Multidekadische Oszillation Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (Science) Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode Arbeitskreis Atome, Molekle, Quantenoptik und Plasmen (DPG) u Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Accelerated Massive Parallelism (computer architecture) Adenosinmonophosphat Antimikrobielles Peptid Asymmetric Multi-Processing (Datenverarbeitung/data processing) FhAZ fr Metallpulvererzeugung (Clausthal, DE) u Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center (UCF) Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (USA) Atomic and Molecular Physics Division Amplitude of Arrival (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Advanced Mobile Phone System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Articial Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Experiment Adaptive Mesh Renement (e.g., for astrophysical modelling) Adaptive Multirate (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Alignment-Free Monolithic Resonator Anisotropic Magnetoresistance Army Medical Research Laboratory (Wright Field, OH, USA) Angular Magnetoresistance Oscillations Autonomer multisensorieller Roboter fr Sicherheitsanwendungen u Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Acute Mountain Sickness, Hhenkrankheit o Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (DLR, NASA, ISS) American Mathematical Society American Meteorological Society ATM Main Switch Advanced Materials Science and Engineering Center (Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, USA) Association for Maximum Service Television, Inc. (USA) Automated Mechanical Transmission (Kfz-Schaltgetriebe/automobile gear) Acoustics Music & Video (ASA Students Competition) Atlantic Merchant Vessel Emercency Reporting System Access Node (Rechnernetz/computer network) Niederlndische Antillen/Netherlands Antilles (ISO 3166) a Acadmie Nationale de lAir et de lEspace (FR) e Active Noise Control Antenna Networks (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Active Noise Control Fan (NASA Lewis Research Center, Clevemand, OH, USA) Architecture-Neutral Distribution Format Atomic Nanofabrication Adaptive Network-Based Fuzzy Inference System Ammonium Nitrate plus Fuel Oil (Sprengsto/explosive) Australian National Genomic Information Service Automatic Number Identicatjon (Datennetz/data network) Analytical Information Markup Language Antarctic Impuls(iv)e Transient Array (or: Antenna) (neutrino detector) Angstrmquelle Karlsruhe (DE) o Argonne National Laboratory Articial Neural Network Analysis of Variance (statistischer Test/statistical test) Active Noise Proling Automatic Number Plate Recognition Agence Nationale de la Recherche (FR, seit/since 2005) Antenna Receiver for UMTS (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Advanced Neutron Source (Oak Ridge) American Nuclear Society Approximate Number System American National Standards Institute Anschluss-Sicherungs-Management (Verkehrstechnik/trac control) ADSL Network Termination (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Astronomy with a Neutrino Telescope and Abyss Environmental Research Australian National University (Canberra) Active Noise and Vibration Control American Network Exchange Acousto-Optic (Sensor, Aktor/sensor, actuator) Adaptive Optics All Optical (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Angola (ISO 3166) Announcement of Opportunity Arctic Oscillation (atmosphrische Oszillation/atmospheric circulation) a Angle of Arrival (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Advanced Operational Capability Altitude (or: Attitude) (and) Orbit Control (Sub)system Aerosol Optical Depth Always On/Dynamic ISDN

AOF AOI AOIA AOL AOLS AON AOP AOP AOT AOTF AOV AOWC AP AP AP APA APA APA APA APAC APAM APC APC APC APC APC APCI APCM AP-CVD APD APE APEC APEC APEX APG APHV API API APIAN APL APM APM APM APM APN APNEE APO APO APOC APOD APOLT APON APONT APP APR APROSYS APRS APS APS APS APS APS APSR APSU APT APT APT APTA APTP APU APU APUS APVC APWG APXS AQ AQM AQS

Authority on the Fly Automatic (or: Automated) Optical Inspection Arizona Optics Industry Association (USA) America Online (Internet Provider) All-Optical Label Swapping (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) All Optical Network (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Apparent Optical Properties (of water) Aspect-Oriented Programming Accelerator and Operations Technology Acousto-Optic Tunable Filter Angle-of-View (Flssigkristall-Bildschirm/liquid crystal display) u All-Optical Wavelength Converter (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Access Point (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Alternating Projection (Algorithmus/algorithm) Anthropisches Prinzip Administrative Procedure Act (Congress, USA) American Psychological Association Amplied Piezoelectric Actuator (Technology) Automatic Pre-Emphasis Adjustment (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Asia Pacic (Region) Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Accelerator Physics Center (Fermilab) Adaptive Predictive Coding Advanced Process Control Article Processing Charge (for publishing) Auto Power Control (Photodiode) Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionisation Adaptive Pulse Code Modulation Atmospheric Pressure CVD Avalanche Photodiode (or: Photo Detector) Automatic (Program) Production Engine Applied Power Electronics Conference [and Exposition] Asia Pacic Economic Cooperation (asiatischer Handelsblock) Atacama Pathnder Experiment (Chile, Astrophysik/astrophysics) Alkylpolyglycosid Allgemeiner Postwertzeichen-Hndlerverband (seit 8.3.1949/since March 8, 1949) a Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Application Program(ming) Interface Advanced Propulsion Installation Aerodynamics and Noise (EU Forschungsprojekt/research project) Applied Physics Laboratory (Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA) Advanced Protein Modelling Aktionskreis Deutsche Wirtschaft gegen Produkt- und Markenpiraterie Attached Pressurized Module (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Automated People Mover (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Access Point Name (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Air Pollution Network for Early Warning and Information Exchange (EU Projekt/project) Arbeitsplatzorientierte Weiterbildung auerparlamentarische Opposition Airport Operation Center Astronomy Picture of the Day APON Line Termination Asynchronous Transfer Mode Passive Optical Network APON Network Termination Accelerated Parallel Processing Acoustic Pulse Reectometry Advanced Protective Systems (Autotechnik/automobile technnology) Advanced Plasma Reactive Sputtering (optische Beschichtung/optical coating) Active Pixel Sensors (Bildwandler/image converter) Advanced Photon Source (Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, USA) Air Trac Planning System (DLR) The American Physical Society American Physiological Society Association for the Promotion of Sciences and Research (FR) Austin Peay State University (Clarksville, TN, USA) Apartment (US Mail) Asia Pacic Telecommunity Atom Probe Tomography American Public Transportation Association Asia-Pacic Technology Program Angular Processing Unit Auxiliary Power Unit Auspicious High-Performance Ultrafast Lase System Asia Pacic Vibration Conference Anti-Phishing Working Group Alpha-Proton-Rntgenstrahlenspektrometer o Antarktis/Antarctica (ISO 3166) Active Queue Management (Datenbertragung/data transfer) u Air Quality System (fr Autos/for cars) u

AQS AR AR AR AR AR ARA ARAC ARAGO ARB ARB ARC ARC ARC ARC ARC ARD ARDEC ARDU AREMA ARES Arevir ARFCN ARFI ARGOS ARI ARIB ARIMA ARIS ARIS ARL ARL ARL ARL ARLO ARMA ARMA ARMAX ARMCI ARMD ARO ARP ARPA ARPA-E ARPANET ARPES ARPU ARQ ARRA ARRIVAL ARRIVE ART ART ART ARTA ARTEMIS ARTEMIS ARTEMIS ARTIS ARV ARV ARW AS AS AS AS AS AS ASA ASA ASA ASA ASAC ASACOS ASAL ASAM ASAM

Automotive Quality Saar (Fraunhofer-Innovationscluster, Saarbrcken, DE) u Antireection (optische Beschichtung/optical coating) Argentinien/Argentina (ISO 3166) Arkansas (US-Staat/US state) Augmented Reality Autoregressive (lter) Ausfall-Raten-Analyse African Aquacultural Center (Port Hartcourt, Nigeria) Advanced Robotic Agile Observatory (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Angiostin-Rezeptor-Blocker (Herzmedikament) Arbitrary Waveform (Generator) Aeroacoustic Research Complex (at AFRL) Angle-Resolved Coherent (Wave Mixing) Antireection Coating (von Laserspiegeln/of laser mirrors) Application Research Center (Canton, MI, USA, bei/near Detroit) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Archivdatei mit komprimierten Inhalten/le name extension: compressed archive le] Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Rundfunkanstalten Deutschlands Army Research, Development and Engineering Center (USA) Aircraft Research and Development Unit (AU) American Railway Engineering and Maintainance of Way Association Actively Reacting Flexible Structure (DLR) Analyse von Resistenzmutationen bei Viren Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (Imaging) Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite Autofahrer-Rundfunk-Informationssystem Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (Japan) Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (Modelling) Aggregate Route-Based IP Switching (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Augmented Reality Image Synthesis Akademie fr Raumforschung und Landesplanung (Hannover, DE) u Applied Research Laboratory (Pennstate, USA) Army Research Laboratory (Adelphi, MD, USA) Association of Research Libraries (USA) Acoustic Research Letters Online (JASA) Advanced Robotics and Mechanism Laboratory (Columbia University, USA) Autoregressive Moving Average (lter) ARMA Process with Auxiliary Input Aggregate Remote Memory Copy Interface (software) Age-Related Macular Degeneration Army Research Oce (USA) Address Resolution Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Advanced Research Projects Administration (or: Agency) (USA) ARPA-Energy ARPA Network (predecessor of the Internet) Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy Average (or: Annual) Revenue per User (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Automatic Repeat Request (Datenbertragung/data transmission) u American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Algorithm for Robust and Online Railway Optimization: Improving the Validity and Reliability of Large Scale Systems (EU Project) Aspirin to Reduce Risk of Initial Vascular Events (Bayer-Studie) Advanced Rotorcraft Transmission Allgemeine Relativittstheorie a Auditory Research Team Ariane 5 Research and Technology Accompaniment (ESA) Advanced Relay and Technology Mission (ESA) Antenna Arrays for Terahertz Material Identication and Security Applications (research project) Automatic Retrieval of Text from Europes Multinational Information Service Autonomous Rotorcraft Testbed for Intelligent Systems (DLR) Allgemeiner Rettungsverband Antiretroviral Drugs Advanced Research Weather Research and Forecasting Model Acoustic Segmentation (Sprachverarbeitung/speech processing) Alarm Surveillance (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) American Samoa (ISO 3166, US Mail) Application Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Autonomous System Availability Server The Acoustical Society of America Air Services Australia American Standards Association Auditory Scene Analysis Active Structural Acoustic Control Acoustical Society of America Committee on Standards Agence Spatiale Algrienne e Advanced Services Access Manager (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Association for Standardization of Automation and Measuring Systems

ASAM ASANCA ASAP ASAP ASAP ASAP ASAP ASAR ASAT ASC ASC ASC ASC ASC ASCA ASCAT ASCE ASCI ASCII ASCO ASCS ASD ASD ASDEX ASDL ASDSP ASE ASE ASE ASE ASEA ASEAN ASEE ASEM ASEPS-O ASESMA ASEW ASG ASHA ASHRAE ASI ASI ASI ASI ASIAA ASIC ASIC ASIIN ASIL ASIM ASIP ASITF ASJ ASK ASK ASKAP ASL ASM ASME A-SMGCS ASMP ASMW ASN ASNE ASNT ASN.1 ASOM ASON ASP ASP ASP ASP ASP ASP ASPEC ASPERA ASPO

ATM Subscriber Access Multiplexer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Advanced Study for Active Noise Control in Aircraft (CEC) Advanced Sensor Application Program Advanced Systems Analysis Program Alarm Severity Assignment Prole as soon as possible [IEEE International Conference on] Application-Specic Systems, Architectures and Processes Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar Antisatellite (Weapon) Academic Search Complete (Full text data base) Accredited Standards Committee Aeroacoustics Specialists Committee (in CEAS) American Society for Composites (seit/since 1985) American Superconductor Corporation Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics (Japan 1993) Association des Emetteurs de Catalogues de Timbre Poste American Society of Civil Engineers Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (DoE, USA) American Standard Code for Information Interchange American Society of Clinical Oncology Automatic Shift Control System (Kfz-Schaltgetriebe/automobile gear) Autism Spectrum Disorder Accelerated Scientic Discovery (project at CISL) Axial-Symmetric Divertor Experiment (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology, Garching, DE) Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line Application Specic Digital Signal Processor Amplied Spontaneous Emission (Laser) Amplied Stimulated Emission (Laser) ATM Switching Element ESA Analytical Statistical Energy Analysis Association of Southeast Asian Nations American Society of Engineering Education [asiatisch-europisches Gipfeltreen/Asian-European summit] a Astronomical Studies of Extrasolar Planetary Systems (Mount Palomar, CA, USA) African School on Electronic Structure Methods and Applications Arbeitsgemeinschaft fr sparsame Energie- und Wasserverwendung u Advanced Study Group American Speech-Language-Hearing Association American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers Agenza Spaziale Italiane Amorph-Silizium-Glasmodule (Photovoltaik/photovoltaics) Asynchronous Serial Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Australian Solar Institute Academica Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Taipei, TW) Acid-Sensitive Ion Channel Anwender-(Anwendungs-)spezischer IC, Application-Specic Integrated Circuit Akkreditierungsagentur fr Studiengnge der Ingenieurwissenschaften, der Informatik, u a der Naturwissenschaften und der Mathematik Automotive Safety Integrity Level Arbeitsgemeinschaft Simulation in der Gesellschaft fr Informatik u Application Specic Set Information-Set Processor (Computer) Advanced Systems Integration Test Facility (aircraft development, Honda, JP) Acoustical Society of Japan Akademische Software Kooperation (Universitt Karlsruhe, DE) a Amplitude Shift Keying (Digitales Modulationsverfahren/digital modulation) Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathnder American Sign Language (Taubstummen-Gebrdensprache/of deaf-mutes) a Automotive Simulation Model American Society of Mechanical Engineers Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (Flughafen-Bodenverkehr/aiport ground trac) Australian Species Management Program (fr vom Aussterben bedrohte Tiere/for animals threatened by extinction) u Amt fr Standardisierung, Messwesen und Warenprfung (ehem./former DDR) u u ATM Switching Network American Society of Naval Engineers American Society for Nondestructive Testing Abstract Syntax Notation 1 Adaptive Scanning Optical Microscope Automatical(ly) Switched Optical Network (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Adaptive Signal Processing Advanced Spectroscopic Portal (Strahlungsnachweis/radiation detection) Application Service Provider (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Arbeitsschwerpunkt Astronomical Society Pacic Average Selling Price Audio Spectral Perceptual Entropic Coding Astroparticle European Research Area (EU Project in Astrophysics) Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas

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Acoustic Source Quantication (Lrmschutz/noise protection) a American Society for Quality Control Antischlupfregelung (Kfz/automobile) Automatic (or: Advanced) Speech Recognition Arab Scientic Research and Education Network Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator Acetylsalicylsure a Association for the Scientic Study of Conciousness Assessing Sensitivity to Transport (EC Project) Akkreditierungsagentur fr Studiengnge der Ingenieurwissenschaften und der Informatik u a [Fraunhofer-Zentrum] All Silicon System Integration Dresden (im IZM) Alliance for Solid-State Illumination Systems and Technologies Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (in IEEE) Application Specic Standard Product Anrufsammeltaxi FhAZ fr Systemtechnik (Ilmenau, Thringen, DE) u u Allgemeiner Studentenausschuss Asia-Pacic Telecommunity Standardization Program Arctic Study of Tropospheric Aerosol [Clouds] and Radiation Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (Singapore, since 1991) Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment (Infrarotastronomie/infrared astronomy) Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reection Radiometer (Erd-Fernerkundung/remote reconnaissance) Armed Services Technical Informations Agency (USA) American Society of Testing Materials Advanced Space Structure Research Experiments Aarhus Storage Ring, Denmark Aeroassisted Space Transfer Vehicle (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Abgas-Sonder-Untersuchung Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ, USA) ATM Service Unit Advanced Speech Understanding and Rendering System of ATR (Japan) Application Specic Standard Products Atomic Time (seit/since 1955) Osterreich/Austria (ISO 3166) Active Twist Blade (Hubschrauber/helicopter) Institut fr Agrartechnik Bornim (Potsdam-Bornim, DE) u Abstract Test Case (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Adiabatic Toroidal Compressor (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology, PPPL) Air Trac Control (Luftverkehrssteuerung) American Television and Communications Corporation ATM Transfer Capabilities (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Automatic Train Control (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Advanced TDMA Application Test Environment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Automatic (or: Automated) Test Equipment Accelerator Test Facility Advanced Tactical Fighter (USA, Luftwae/Air Force) Above-Threshold Ionization Any Time Interrogation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Automated Target Identication Automatic Telephony Interpretation (CAIR, Korea) Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter Asian Technology Information Program (US organization) Airport Terminal (or: Travel) Information Service Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (North America) Amtliches Topographisch-Kartographisches Informations-System [Fraunhofer-] Arbeitsgruppe fr Technologien der Logistik-Dienstleistungswirtschaft (Nrnberg, DE) u u A Toroidal LHC Apparatus (LHC, CERN) Argonne Tandem-Linac Accelerator Facility Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science Air Trac Management Asynchronous Transfer Mode (Datennetz/data network) Attached Pressurized Module (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Automated Teller Machine (Bankwesen/banking) ATM Forum ATM user connected via optical Fiber Air Trac Management and Operations Simulator (DLR) [Fraunhofer-] Arbeitsgruppe fr Telekommunikation und Multimediatechik u Automatic Train Operation (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate Autonomous Terrain-Based Optical Navigation Adenosintriphosphat Advanced Technology Program (USA, Department of Commerce) Advanced Turbo-Prop (Flugzeug/aircraft) Automatic Train Protection (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Automatic Transmit Power Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Attenuated Total Reection (Chemie: Analyse-Verfahren/chemical analysis) Automatic (or: Automated) Target Recognition (Telekommunikation, Wasserschall/telecommunication, underwater sound)

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ATRA ATRP ATS ATS ATS ATS ATSC ATSE ATST ATT ATTA ATTAS AT&T ATTC ATTHeS atto ATTICA ATU ATU ATV ATV ATV AU AU AU a.u.c. AUC AuC AUI AURA AUT AUTEC AutoBAHN AUTM AUTOSAR AUV AV AV AVA AVB AVC AvD AVDP AVE AVE AvH AVHRR AVI AVI AVI AVISO AVK AVL A-VLAN AVM AVO AVO AVS AVS AVS AVV AW AW-CDM AWE AWFORS AWG AWG AWGN AWI AWIATOR AWMA AWO AWO AWOP AWRI AWS

Advanced Technology Research Aircraft (DLR) Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Abstract Test Suite (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Advanced Tracking System (for waste material, using GPS later on Galileo when available) Automated Tuner System Automatic Train Supervision (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Advanced Television Systems Committee Antenna Technology Shuttle Experiment (NASA) Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (geplant/planned) Advanced Transport Telematics Atom Trap Trace Analysis Advanced Technologies Testing Aircraft System (DLR) American Telephone and Telegraph Company Advanced Television Test Center, Inc. (USA) Advanced Technology Testing Helicopter System (DLR) 1018 (Vorsible/prex) European Assessment of Transport Impacts on Climate Change and Ozone Depletion Access Termination Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) ADSL Terminal Unit All-Terrain Vehicle Area tegmentalis ventralis (im Gehirn/in the brain) Automated Transfer Vehicle, Automatisches Transfervehikel (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) African Union Astronomical Unit (Abstand ErdeSonne/distance from earth to sun = 1.49 x 1011 m) Australien/Australia (ISO 3166) ab urbe condita (rmische Zeitrechnung, ab Grndungsjahr Roms, 753 v. Chr.) o u American University in Cairo (Egypt) Authentication Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Associated Universities, Inc. (USA) Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (USA) Association of University Teachers (GB) Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (bei/near Andros Island in the Bahamas) Automated Bandwidth Allocation across Homogeneous Networks (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Association of University Technology Managers Automotive Open System Architecture Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Audio- und Video-(Anschluss) Audiovisual (Sprachwahrnehmung/speech perception) Aerodynamische Versuchsanstalt (Gttingen, 1907) o Allgemeine Vertragsbedingungen Advanced Video Coding Arzt vom Dienst (Krankenhaus) Audio Video Delivery Platform Alta Velocidad Espaola (Spanish high speed train) n Avenue (US Mail) Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (Fernerkundung/remote locating) Akkreditierungsverbund fr Ingenieurstudiengnge e.V. u a Automatic Vehicle Identication [Dateinamenerweiterung: Videodatei/le name extension: video le] Archivage, validation, interprtation des donnes des satellites ocanographiques e e e FhAZ fr Verkehrslogistik und Kommunikationstechnik (Nrnberg, DE) u u Automatic Vehicle Location (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Authenticated VLAN (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Autarke verteilte Mikrosysteme (Computertechnologie/computer technology) Astronomical Virtual Observatory (Europe) Audio-Visual Object (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Adult Verication System Advanced Visual Systems American Vacuum Society FhAZ fr Verarbeitungsmaschinen und Verpackungstechnik (Dresden, DE) u Aruba (ISO 3166) Adaptive Weighted CDM Arbeitsplatz-Wiedergabe-Einheit (digitales Sprachbertragungssystem/digital speech transmission) u Advanced Welding Technologies for Repair and Salvage of High Valued Engine Components on Nickel and Titanium Based Alloys (zur Reparatur von Flugzeugtriebwerken/for aircraft engine repair) American Wire Gauge Array(ed) Waveguide Grating (lter, photonics) Additive (or: Average) White Gaussian Noise Alfred-Wegener-Institut fr Polar- und Meeresforschung (Bremerhaven, DE) u Aircraft Wing with Advanced Technology Operation Automated Working Memory Assessment Arbeiterwohlfahrt Auftragsforschung-West-Ost (BMFT) All Weather Operations Panel (Allwetter-Flugbetrieb/weather-independent air trac) Australian Wine Research Institute Absolute Wahrnehmbarkeitsschwelle (Psychoakustik)

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Advanced Wireless Spectrum (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) ausschlieliche Wirtschaftszone Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (Satellite, USA) Arizona (US-Staat/US state) Aserbeidschan/Azerbaijan (ISO 3166) Azimuthing Electric Podded Propulsion (Schisantrieb/ship propulsion) Allianz Zentrum fr Technik (Ismaning bei Mnchen, DE) u u Azidothymidin (HIV-Medikament) American Association for Laboratory Accreditation

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BA, B.A. BA BA BA BAB BAB BACODINE BACZ BAe BAEF BAFA BAfG o BAFTA BAFU BAGMO BAI BAK BAKOM BALK BAM BAME BAN BAO BAP BAPT BAR BARC BARN BAS BASE BASE BASF BASIC BAST BASYS BAT BAT BAT BAT BAT BAT BAT BATSE B.A.U.M. BAZL BB BB BB BB BBAE BBAW BBB BBC BBC BBE BBI BBiG BBK BBMA BBMC BBN BBO BBRAN BBRAS BBS BBS BBSO Bachelor of Arts Berufsakademie Bosnien und Herzegowina/Bosnia and Herzegovina (ISO 3166) Bremsassistent (Kfz/motor vehicle) Bundesarchiv Berlin Bundesautobahn Batse Coordinates Distribution Network (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Betriebsarchiv Carl Zeiss British Aerospace Belgian American Educational Foundation Bundesamt fr Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (DE) u Bundesausbildungsfrderungsgesetz o British Academy of Film and Television Arts Bundesamt fr Umwelt (Bern, CH) u Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Motorrad Beratender Ausschuss der Industriephysiker (in der DPG) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Sicherungskopie/le name extension: backup le] Bndesamt fr Kommunikation (CH) u Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft leitender Krankenpegepersonen e.V. Bundesanstalt fr Materialforschung und -prfung (Berlin, DE) u u Bayerische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mikroelektronik Body Area Network Baryonic Acoustic Oscillation (cosmology) Benzo(a)pyren Bundesamt fr Post und Telekommunikation (frher/formerly: FTZ, spter/later on: RegTP) u u a Biologische Arbeitssto-Referenz(werte) Bay Area Research Center (Microsoft-Forschungszentrum) Bayer-Alzheimer Research Network Broadband Access Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bacterial Adaptation to Space Environment (ESA project) Bioinformatics and Systems Engineering (Riken research group, JP) Badische Anilin- und Sodafabrik Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code Bundesanstalt fr Straenwesen (Bergisch-Gladbach, DE) u Baltic Sea System Study Bandwidth Allocation Threshold (Datennetz/data network) Biologische Arbeitsstotoleranz(werte) Bonquet Association Table British Antarctic Territory Bundesangestelltentarif Burst-Alert Telescope (an Bord von/aboard SWIFT Orbiter) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Batchdatei/le name extension: batch le] Burst and Transient Source Experiment (GRO) Bundesdeutscher Arbeitskreis fr umweltbewusstes Management e.V. u Bundesamt fr Zivilluftfahrt (Bern, CH) u Barbados (ISO 3166) Baseband (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Brandenburg (Bundesland/German Federal State) Broadband Breitband-Anschluss-Einheit Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften Blood-Brain Border, Blut-Hirn-Schranke British Broadcasting Corporation Broadband Coupler (Datennetz/data network) Broadband Entertainment Base Band to Base Band Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Berufsbildungsgesetz Bundesamt fr Bevlkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe u o Baseband Module Revision A (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Baseband Module Revision C (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bolt, Beranek & Newman (USA) Beta-Bariumborat (nichtlinearer Kristall/nonlinear crystal) Broadband Remote Access Network (or: Node) Broadband Remote Access Server Behavioral and Brain Science (School and Journal) Bulletin Board System (Internet) Big Bear Solar Observatory (Big Bear Lake, CA, USA)

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BBW BC BC BCA B-CAS BCAST BCC bcc BCC BCCH BCCN BCD BCE BCG BCH BCH BCI BCIS BCP BCR BCR BCRT BCRU BCS BCS BCSD BCU BD BD BDA BDC BDEW BDF BDI BDI BDI BdKEP BDNF BDO BDP BDR BDSL BDVD BE BE BE BEC BEC BECS BEEM BEESAT BEF BEIR Bellcore BEM BEM BEn BEO BEP BEPC BER BER BERO BERR BERT BES BES BES BESAC BeSC BESSY BETHY BEV BEXUS BF BfA BfArM BFD

Bundesverband der Brand- und Wasserschadenbeseitiger e.V. Before Christ British Columbia (Province of Canada) Burst Cutting Area (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Basic System Conditional Access System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Broadcast Base (Transceiver) Station Color Code (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) blind carbon copy (Durchschlag, ohne Nachricht an andere Adressaten) Buer Congestion Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Broadcast Control Channel (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (Gttingen, DE) o Binary Coded Decimal Before Common Era (= vor Christus/before Christ) Bacille Calmette-Gurin (Tbc-Impfsto) e Bicentenario de Capital Humano (Chile) Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem (Fehler korrigierender Code/error correcting code) Brain-Computer Interface Biodiversity Conservation Information System Burst Control Packet Biospecimen Core Resource Bureau Communautaire de Rfrence ee Berlin-Brandenburgisches Zentrum fr regenerative Therapien (Stammzellenforschung/stem cell research) u British Committee on Radiation Units and Measurement [John] Bardeen [Leon N.] Cooper [John R.] Schrieer (Supraleitungstheorie/theory of superconductivity) British Computer Society Business Council for Sustainable Development Battery Control Unit (Hybridfahrzeug/hybrid vehicle) Bangladesh (ISO 3166) Business Division Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbnde a Berlin Document Center Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft Bundesverband Deutscher Fertigbau Backward Defect Indication Belief, Desire, Intent Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. (Kln, DE) o Bundesverband der Kurier-, Express- und Postdienste Brain-Derived Neurotrophic (or: Nerve) Growth Factor (Medizin/medicine) Bundesverband der Organtransplantierten Biologics Data Platform Battery Discharge Module (Satellitentechnik/satellite technology) Boundary-Scan-Description Language Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus Belgien/Belgium (ISO 3166) Berlin (Bundesland/German Federal State) Best Eort Backward Error Correction (Datenbertragung/data transmission) u Bose-Einstein Condensation Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy Berlin Experimental and Educational Satellite (von TUB-Studenten) Best Eort Forwarding (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Biological Eects of Ionizing Radiation Bell Communications Research Big Emerging Market (Welthandel/world trade) Boundary Element Method (or: Model) Biomasse-Energiekataster Biologie, Energie, Okologie (KFA Jlich, Projekttrger) u a Bit Error Probability Beijing Electron Positron Collider Binary Encoding Rule (ASN.1) Bit Error Rate (or: Ratio) Backup Explicit Route Object (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (UK Government Department) Bit Error Rate Testing Beijing Spectrometer Biomedical Engineering Society BlackBerry Enterprise Server (Computer) Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Belfast e-Science Centre (Ireland) Berliner Elektronen-Speicherring fr Synchrotronstrahlung u Biosphere Energy Transfer Hydrology Model Battery Electric Vehicle Ballon-Experimente fr Universittsstudenten (seit Okt. 2008, SE) u a Burkina Faso (frher/formerly: Obervolta/Upper Volta, ISO 3166) u Bundesanstalt fr Arbeit u Bundesinstitut fr Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte (Bonn, DE) u Bi-Directional Fault (or: Forwarding) Detection

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BFD bFGF BFH BFIO BFL BFN BFNT BFO BFP BfR BfS BG BG BGA BGAN BGB BGCF BGI BGO BGP BGR BGVV BH BH BHC BHCA BHFP BHKW BHL BHSU BI BI BIAS BIBB BIC BICC BICI BiCMOS BIDS BIE BIFS BILL BIMR BIMS BImSchG BIOP BioPoLiS BIOS BIOS BIOT BIP BIPM BIRC BIS B-ISDN BISP BISP TC BIT B-IT BITNET BJ BKA BKS BL BLAG BLAST BLAST BLC BLC BLDC BLDL BLER BLI BLISKs BLK BLM BLO BLOB

Bundesfreiwilligendienst (= BuFDi, seit 2011) Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (basischer Fibroblasten-Wachstumsfaktor) Bundesnanzhof Bro fr Fhrungskrfte zu internationalen Organisationen (Frankfurt/M, DE) u u u a Back Focal Length (optische Linsen/optical lenses) Beam Forming Network (Satellitenantenne/satellite antenna) Bernstein Focus Neurotechnology (Gttingen, DE) o Beat Frequency Oscillator Blue Fluorescent Protein Bundesinstitut fr Risikobewertung u Bundesinstitut fr Strahlenschutz u Border Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bulgarien/Bulgaria (ISO 3166) Ball Grid Array, Kugelgitteranordnung (Chipgehuse/chip box) a Broadband Ground Access Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Brgerliches Gesetzbuch u Breakout Gateway Control Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Beijing Genomics Institute (CN) Bismuth Germinate (Gammastrahlendetektor/gamma ray detector) Border Gateway Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bundesanstalt fr Geowissenschaften und Rohstoe (Hannover, DE) u Bundesanstalt fr gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinrmedizin u a Bahrain (ISO 3166) Buried Heterostructure (Laser) Bayer Healthcare Busy Hour Call Attempt (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Black Hole Finder Probe (Astronomie/astronomy) Blockheizkraftwerk Biodiversity Heritage Library Black Hills State University (USA) Burundi (ISO 3166) Business Intelligence Bremer Institut fr Angewandte Strahltechnik u Bundesinstitut fr Berufsbildung (Bonn, DE) u Blind Interference Cancellation (DARP, Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bearer Independent Call Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Broadband Inter-Carrier Interface (Datennetz/data network) bipolar CMOS Biological Integrated Detection System Boundary Integral Equation Binary Format for Scenes (digitales Fernsehen/digital TV) Beacon Illuminator Laser (US Wae/weapon) Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research (McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, CA) Biobank Information Management System Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz Broadcast Inter ORB Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bioproduktions-Labor am IPA in Stuttgart (FhG) Basic Input/Output System Biomedical Optics Broadcast Inter ORB Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bruttoinlandsprodukt (Volkswirtschaft, = GDP) Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (S`vres, Paris) e Bio-Imaging Research Center (University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA) Ballistik-Informations-System (in Jagdfernglas integriert) Broadband ISDN Bio Imaging and Signal Proceessing Bio Imaging and Signal Proceessing Technical Committee (in IEEE Signal Processing Society, since 2004) Binary Digit BonnAachen International Center for Information Technology Because Its Time Network Benin (frher/formerly: Dahomey, ISO 3166) u Bundeskriminalamt Bohr-Kramers-Slater (-Theorie/theory) (1924) Blaue Liste (Deutsche Forschungsinstitute/German research institutes) Buer-Layer Assisted Growth (Festkrperphysik/solid state physics) o Balloon-Borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope Bates Large Acceptance Spectrometer Toroid (MIT) Back Light Compensation (Video-Kamera: Gegenlicht-Blendenvergrerung) o Broadband Loop Carrier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Brushless d.c. (Elektromotor/electromotor) Bergen Language Design Laboratory (University of Bergen, Norway) Block Error Rate (or: Ratio) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bioluminescence Imaging Blade Integrated Disks (Kompressorluferscheiben fr Flugzeuge/compressor rotor disks for aircraft) a u Bund-Lnder-Kommission fr Bildungsplanung und Forschungsfrderung a u o Bureau of Land Management (USA) Bodleian Library, Oxford (GB) Binary Large Object

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BLS BLSR BLTP BLU BLVD BM BM BMA BMB BMBF BMBW BMBWFT BMC BMC BMC BMC BMD BMDS BME BMFT BMG BMGS BMI BMJ BML BMLD BMLVS BMP BMP BMR BMS BMS BM-SC BMU BMV BMVBS BMVg BMWi BMZ BMZ BN BNC BNC BNetzA BNI BNL BNNT BNP BNSC BNV BO BOC BoD BOD BOG BOGRMC BOLD BOM BOOMERANG BONT BOS BOSS BOSS BOT BPDU BPEL BPF BPH BPON BPP BPP BPR BPS BPS BPSK BPSR BPTI BPtK

Bucerius Law School (Hamburg, DE) Bidirectional Line Switching Ring Bogoljubow Laboratory of Theoretical Physics (VIK, Dubna, Russia) Backlight Unit (in LCD-Bildschirm/screen) Boulevard (US Mail) Bermuda (ISO 3166) Broadband Manager British Medical Association Baltic Marine Biologists Bundesministerium fr Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie (DE) u Bundesministerium fr Bildung und Wissenschaft (DE) u Bundesministerium fr Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie (DE) u Benchmarking Center (am/at the IIS, Auenstelle/branch Nrnberg, DE) u Bone Mineral Content (medicine) Broadcast/Multicast Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Burst Mode Controller (Datennetz/data network) Bone Mineral Density Ballistic Missile Defense System (USA) Biomedical Engineering Bundesministerium fr Forschung und Technologie (DE) u Bundesministerium fr Gesundheit u Bundesministerium fr Gesundheit und Soziale Sicherung u Body Mass Index (siehe/see KMI) British Medical Journal Broadcast(ing) Markup Language (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Binaural Masking Level Dierence [Osterreichisches] Bundesministerium fr Landesverteidigung und Sport u Bone Morphogenetic Protein [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/le name extension: graphic le] Ballistic Magnetoresistance Batterie-Management-System (Elektroauto) Business Management System Broadcast/Multicast Service Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bundesministerium fr Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit (DE) u Bundesministerium fr Verkehr (DE) u Bundesministerium fr Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung (DE) u Bundesministerium fr Verteidigung (DE) u Bundesministerium fr Wirtschaft (DE) u Brandmeldezentrale Bundesministerium fr wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (DE) u Brunei (ISO 3166) Bayonet Neill-Concelman (Steckverbindung/connector) Berkeley Nucleonics Corporation Bundesnetzagentur (vergibt Funklizenzen/assigns radio frequencies) Bernhard-Nocht-Institut fr Tropenmedizin (Hamburg, DE) u Brookhaven National Laboratory Boron Nitride Nanotubes (Festkrperphysik/solid state physics) o Brain Natriuretic Peptide British National Space Centre Belgische Natuurkundige Vereniging Bolivien/Bolivia (ISO 3166) Binary Oset Carrier (Modulation) Bandwidth on Demand (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Biochemical Oxygen Demand (Ireland, test) Board of Governors Beijing Olympic Games Radio Management Committee (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Blood Oxygen Level-Dependent (Hirnaktvitt/brain activity) a Bill of Materials Balloon Observations of Millimetric Extragalactic Radiation and Geomagnetics Broadband Optical Network Termination Behrden und Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben o Big Optical Single Sector (Brennkammerforschung, DLR) Building Operating and Security System Build, Operate and Transfer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bridge Protocol Data Unit (Ethernet) Business Process Execution Language (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Blade Pass Frequency (of propeller) Bisphosphonate(s) (Medikamente/pharmacy) Broadband Passive Optical Network (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Beam Parameter Product (Laserdioden/laser diodes) Bund Philatelistischer Prfer u Business Process Reengineering Biophysical Society The Bulgarian Physical Society Binary Phase Shift Keying (Modulation, Binre Phasenumtastung) a Bidirectional Path Switched Ring (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bovine Pancreatic Trypsin Inhibitor Bundespsychotherapeutenkammer

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BPX BQB BQTF bR BR BR BR BRA BRAC BRAGECRIM BRAHMS BRAN BRAS BRC BRDF BREMA BREW BRGM BRIC BRIDGE BRIDGE BRITE BRS BRS BRT BS BS BS BS BS BS BSA BSC BSC B.Sc. BSCCO BSD BSDL BSE BSE BSE BSE BSF BSG BSH BSH BSH BSI BSI BSIC BSML BSNR BSO BSP BSP BSP BSPC BSR BSR BSR BSR BSR BSRN BSS BSS BSS BSS BST BSTU BT BT BTA BTA BTF BTL

Burning Plasma Experiment (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology, PPPL) Bluetooth Qualication Body (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bluetooth Qualication Test Facility Bacteriorhodopsin Basic Research (ESPRIT) Biosphrenreservat (Naturschutz/nature conservation) a Brasilien/Brazil (ISO 3166) Basic Rate Access (ISDN) Base Closure and Realignment Commission (USA) Brazilian German Collaborative Research Initiative in Manufacturing Technology Broad Range Hadron Spectrometer (RHIC) Broadband Radio Access Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Broadband Remote Access Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bioenergy Research Center Bi-Directional Reectance Distribution Function (Optik/optics) British Radio Equipment Manufacturers Association Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bureau de Recherches Gologiques et Mini`res (FR) e e Brasilien, Russland, Indien und China Bilateral Research and Industrial Development Enhancing and Integrating Grid Enabled Technologies (EU-gefrdertes o Europisch-Chinesisches Computernetz-Projekt/EU sponsored European-Chinese computer network project) a Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering (NSF Award, USA) Basic Research in Industrial Technologies for Europe Behavioral Response Study (Meeresbiologie/marine biology) Buried Ridge Stripe (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bruttoregistertonne Bahamas (ISO 3166) Bandstop (lter) Base Station (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Basic System British Standard Broadcast Satellite (Digitalrundfunk/digital broadcast) Broadband Service Aggregator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Barcelona Supercomputing Center (ES) Base Station Controller (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Bachelor of Science Bismuth-Strontium-Calcium-Copper Oxide, Wismut-Strontium-Calcium-Kupfer-Oxid Bi2 Sr2 Ca2 Cu3 O10x (HTSL) Blind Signal Deconvolution Boundary-Scan Description Language Base Station Emulator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Blind Signal Extraction Bonn European School of Economics e.V. Bovine spongiforme Enzephalopathie, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Rinderwahnsinn) Back Surface Field (Solarzellen/solar cells) Bundessozialgericht Boston Symphony Hall Bundeamt fr Seeschifahrt und Hydrographie u [Medikament zur Tumorbehandlung mit Neutroneneinfangtherapie/medicine for tumour treatment with neutron capture therapy] British Standards Institution Bundesamt fr Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik u Base Transceiver Station Identity (= NCC + BCC) Biosequence Markup Language Blurred Signal-to-Noise Ratio (Bildunschrfe/picture unsharpness) a Bismuth Silicon Oxide Beam Synthesis Propagation (optical design) Board Support Package (Maut-Erfassungssystem/toll registration system) Bruttosozialprodukt Batch Statistical Process Control Base Station Router (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Board of Standards Review (USA) Bottom Simulating Reector (Ozeanologie/oceanology) Broadband Service Router (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Buzz/Squeeze/Rattle (noise sources) Baseline Surface Radiation Network Base Station Subsystem (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Blind Signal Separation Broadcasting Satellite Service Business Support System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Band Segmented Transmission (Digitalrundfunk/digital broadcast) Bundesbehrde fr die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der ehemaligen DDR o u Bhutan (ISO 3166) Business Telecommunications (TC in ETSI) Biologisch-technische(r) Assistent(in) Broadcasting Technical Association (Japan) Broadcast Technology Futures Group Biomass to Liquid (synthetischer Kraftsto/synthetic fuel)

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BTPG Boundary-Scan-Test-Program Generation B/TQE Project Group on Television Quality Evolution BTS Base Transceiver Station (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) BTS Broadcast Television Systems GmbH (Darmstadt, DE) BTS Broadcasting Transport Stream BTV Broadcast Television BTW by the way Btx Bildschirmtext BU Boston University (MA, USA) BU Branching (or: Business) Unit (Rechnernetze, Telekommunikation/computer networks, telecommunication) BUA Broadband Ultrasound Absorption BuFDi Bundesfreiwilligendienst (= BFD, seit 2011) BUFORA British UFO Research Association Bull. P&I T.I.T. Bulletin of Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Yokohama, Japan) BUND Bund fr Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland e.V. u BV Bouvetinsel/Bouvet Island (ISO 3166) BVA Berufsverband der Augenrzte Deutschlands e.V. a BVA British Radio Valve Manufacturers Association BvD Berufsverband der Datenschutzbeauftragten Deutschlands BVND Berufsverband der niedergelassenen Diabetologen BVPN Broadband Virtual Private Network BVW Betriebliches Vorschlagswesen BW Baden-Wrttemberg (Bundesland/German Federal State) u BW Bandwidth b.w. bitte wenden (engl.: p.t.o.) BW Botswana (ISO 3166) BWA Broadband Wireless Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) BWB Blended Wing Body (Flugzeug/aircraft) B-WiN Breitband-Wissenschaftsnetz (Datennetz, bis/data network, up to 155 Mbit/s) BWL Beriebswirtschaftslehre BWR Boiling-Water Reactor (nuclear reactor) BY Bayern (Bundesland/German Federal State) BY Weirussland/Belarus (ISO 3166) BYU Brigham Young University (Provo, UT, USA) BZ Belize (ISO 3166) BZ Belousov-Zhabotinsky (oszillierende chemische Reaktion/oscillating chemical reaction) BZ Brennstozelle (= FC) BZgA Bundeszentrale fr gesundheitliche Aufklrung u a BZMM Berliner Zentrum fr Mechatronische Medizintechnik u B2B Business-to-Business B2C Business-to-Consumer B3G Beyond Third Generation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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c... C CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CAA CAA CAA CAAT CABR CAC CAC CACSD CAD CADE CADSTI CAE CAE CAESAR CAEX CAFE CAG CAGR CAHA CAI CAI Zenti... (Prx/prex): 102 a Cytosin (DNA-Base/DNA base) California (US-Staat/US state) Call Agent (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Cancer (Krebs) Cellular Automata Code Acquisition Computer Algebra Computer-Animation Conditional Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Conservation Agriculture Kanada/Canada (ISO 3166) Canadian Acoustical Society Civil Aviation Authority (UK) Computational Aeroacoustics Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA) Complex Auditory Brainstem Response Call Acceptance (or: Admission) Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Center for Advanced Computing Computer Aided Control System Design Computer Aided Design Computer Algebra and Dierential Equations (Programm bei der GMD/research program of the GMD) Caribbean Diaspora for Science, Technology, and Innovation Center for Astronomy Education (University of Arizona, USA) Computer Aided Engineering Center of Advanced European Studies and Research (Bonn, DE) Computer Aided Engineering Exchange (Maschinensprache) Corporate Average Fuel Eciency (or: Economy) Computer Aided Gage (or: Gaging) (computeruntersttzte Kfz-Schaltung/automobile gear) u Compound Annual Growth Rate Centro Astronmico Hispano-Alman (= DSAZ) (Calar Alto) o e Calcium-Aluminum Inclusion (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Cavity as Interface

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CAI CAIMIS CAIP CAIR CAL CALI CALIPSO CALM CALO Caltech Caltrans CAM CAM CAMA CAMEL CAMEL CAMEO CAML CAMP cAMP CAMPEP CAMS CAN CAN CANDU CANIF CANOLA CAO CAOHC CAP CAP CAP CAP CAP CAP CAP CAP CAPA CAPE CAPES CAPEX CAPI CAPR CAPRA CAPS CAPTCHA CAQ CAR CARA CARAT CARB CARE CARF CARIBIC CARICOM CARL CARMA CARMA CarNak CAROD CARPET CARROUSO CARS CARS CART CART CAS CAS CAS CAS CAS CAS CAS CAS CASA CASAGRAS CASE

Computer-Aided (or: Assisted) Instruction Chemistry Analysis Information Management Interface System Center for Advanced Information Processing (Rutgers University, USA) Center for Articial Intelligence Research (Korea) Computer-Aided (or: Assisted) Learning chromophorassistierte lichtgesteuerte Inaktivierung Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathnder Satellite Observation Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (act, USA 2010) Cognitive Agent that Learns and Organizes California Institute of Technology (Los Angeles, CA, USA) California Department of Transportation Career Asset Manager (IEEE) Computer Aided Manufacturing Crew Assistant System for Military Aircraft Cellular Automata Environment for Systems Modelling Customized Applications for Mobile (Network) Enhanced Logic (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Computer Aided Mechanistic Evaluation of Organic Reactions Census of Antarctic Marine Life Channel Amplier cyclisches Adenosinmonophosphat Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs (USA) Card Application Management System (Smart Card) Control(ler) Area Network Customer Access Network Canada Deuterium Uranium (reactor) Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Forest Soils Canadian Oil, Low Acid (Raps-Neuzchtung) u Computer Aided Optimization Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation Camel Applications Part (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Canadian Association of Physics Capabilities Application Part (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Carrierless Amplitude Phase (Modulation) Committee on Applied Physics (APS) Common Agricultural Policy (EU) Computer Aided Painting (Lackier-Roboter) Council of the American Physical Society Corrective Actions and Preventive Actions Computer Assisted Process Engineering Coordenao de Aperfeioamento de Pessoal de N Superior (BR) ca c vel Capital Expenditure Common Application Programming (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Center for Advanced Preclinical Research (at NCI) Concept to Amplify Plutonium Reduction in Advanced Fast Reactors (CEA) Call Attempts per Second (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart (Internet) Computer Aided Quality Center Automotive Research (FH Gelsenkirchen, DE) California Association for Research Astronomy Computer Aided Radio and Television California Air Resources Board Comprehensive Approach for Recycling of Electronics Council for Accreditation of Rehabilitative Facilities (USA) Civil Aircraft for the Regular Investigation of the Atmosphere Based on an Instrument Container Caribbean Community (Haiti, Guyana, Suriname, Belize, West Indies) Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-Wave Astronomy (Cedar Flat, CA, USA) Cooperative Arrival Manager (Flugverkehr/air trac) Carbon Nanotube Aktuatorik Computer Aided Robust Design Cellular Programming Environment Creating, Assessing and Rendering in Real Time of High Quality Audio-Visual Environments in MPEG-4 Context (3D-Klangverfahren/3D sound reproduction) Center for Advanced Radiation Sources (Chicago, IL, USA) Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy (or: Scattering) Classication and Regression Trees (statistical analysis) Combination Antiretroviral Therapy Calorimetric Absorption Spectroscopy Channel Associated Signaling Chemical Abstracts Service (Datenbak, seit/data bank, since 1907) Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing, CN) Committee on Assurance of Supply Complex Adaptive Systems Conditional Access System (Digitalrundfunk/digital broadcast) Controlled Access Service Computational Auditory Scene Analysis Coordination and Support Action for Global RFID-Related Activities and Standardization (EU project in FP7) Computer Aided Software Engineering

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Center for Computer Applications in Aerospace Science and Engineering (DLR, Braunschweig, DE) Canadian Aeronautic and Space Institute Close to Application Study in Polymer Science (IAP-Frderprogramm/IAP grant program) o Center for Autonomous Solar Power (State University of New York, Binghamton, USA) Competitive Access Service Provider (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Critical Assessment of Techniques for Protein Structure Prediction Comet Acoustical Surface Sounding Center for Adaptive Supercomputing Software for Multithreaded Architectures Cardiac Arrythmia Suppression Trial [Competence] Center for Applied Security Technology Collaborative Access Team (at APS, Argonne) Computer-Aided Teaching Computer-Aided Tomography Computerized Axial Tomography Conditional Access Table (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Continuous Automatic Train Control (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing Capacitive Anti-Finger-Trap System (Einklemmschutz bei Autofenstern/vehicle windows) Climate Compatible Air Transport System (?) Collaboration of Astronomy Teaching Scholars (USA) Cable Television Coaxial Television Community (or: Common) Antenna Television Cave Automatic Virtual Environment Carboanhydrase 9 (Tumorbekmpfung/cancer treatment) a Cellular Broadcast Citizen Band (Mobilfunk/mobile radio, 26.565 27.405 MHz) Control Burst (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Cell Broadcast Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Connectionless Broadband Data Service Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (Rice University, USA) Cosmic Background Imager (Radioteleskop-Array/radio telescope array in Chile) Content-Based Image Retrieval Convergence of Broadcast and Mobile Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Cubic Boron Nitride Compact Base Station Outdoor (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) Congressional Budget Oce (USA) Chicago Board Options Exchange (Brsenhandel/stock exchange) o Customs and Border Protection (USA) Class Based Queuing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Constant Bit Rate (Datenbertragung/data transfer) u Content-Based Retrieval Cell Broadcast Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Centrum fr Schlaganfall-Forschung Berlin (Charit) u e Component-Based Scene Description Model Computer Based Training Coulomb Blockade Thermometer Communication Based Train Control (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Certication Body Testing Lab Call Control (Layer 3) Capital Cost Carbon Copy (Durchschlag) Competence Center (computer networks) Connection Coordinator Continuity Checking (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Copyright Compliant (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Cross Connect (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Kokosinseln/Cocos Islands (ISO 3166) Continuum Computer Architecture Center for Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA) Cerro Chajnantor Atacama Telescope Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope (Radioteleskop/radio telescope, geplant fr/planned for 2013) u Customer Care and Billing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Customer Care and Billing System (or: Service) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Capability Computing Campaign Comprehensive Cancer Center (Heidelberg, DE) Cross-Correlation Coecient Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. Common Control Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Carbonate Compensation Depth (im Meer/in the Ocean) Centre-to-Centre Displacement (microoptics) Charge-Coupled Device Complementary Cumulative Distribution Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Consultive Committee for the Denition of the Metre Comit Consultatif pour la Denition de la Seconde e Comit Consultatif dElectricit e e Centre for Emerging Device Technologies (McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, CA) Center for Computational Engineering Science (RWTH Aachen, DE)

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CCF CCF CCFL CCG CCI CCI CCID CCIF CCIR CCIT CCITT CCK CCL CCL CCLD CCLRC CCM CCM CCM CCM CCNY CCO CCP CCPCH CCPR CCQS CCRA CCS CCS CCS CCS CCS CCS CCSA CCSM CCT CCT CCT CCTS CCTV CCTV CCV CCVC CCW CCXML CD CD CD CD CDA CDA CDA CDA CDA CDC CDC CDC CDC CDC CDD CDDI CDE CDE CDEX CDF CDF CDF CDG CDG CDG CDH CD-I CDK CDLCME CDM CDM CDM

Call Control Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Cross-Correlation Function Cold-Cathode Fluorescent Lamp Chemical Computing Group (UK) Co-Channel Interference (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Comit Consultatif International [des communications tlphoniques ` grande distance] (seit/since 1924) e ee a Coordinating Center for Infectuous Disease (Atlanta, GA, USA) Comit Consultatif International Tlphonique (spter/later on: CCIT) e ee a Comit Consultatif International des Radiocommunications e Comit Consultatif International des Communications Tlgraphiques (gegrndet/founded 1925, e ee u ab/since 1956: Comit Consultatif International de Communication Tlgraphique et Tlphonique) e ee ee Comit Consultatif International pour la Tlgraphie et le Tlphone e ee ee Complementary Code Keying (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Fraunhofer-] Center for Coatings and Laser Applications (Michigan, USA) Commerce Control List (USA) Constant Current Line Drive (Konstantstromversorgung) Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (UK) Climate Control Module (fr Autos/for cars) u Cluster Compatibility Mode Comit Consultatif pour la Masse et les Grandeurs Apparantes e e CORBA Component Model (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) City College of New York (USA) Central Coordination Oce Customer Convenience Port Common Control Physical Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Comit Consultatif de Photomtrie et Radiomtrie e e e Center for Controlled Quantum Systems (Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA) Common Criteria Recognition Agreement Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Technologies College of Creative Studies (at UCSB) Common Channel Signaling Compute Cluster Server (Windows, 2003) CO2 (or: Carbon) Capture and Storage (Umweltschutz/environment conservation) Satellite Control Center China Communications Standard Association (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Community Climate System Model (Klimaforschung/climate research) Center for Computation and Technology (at LSU) Correlated Colo(u)r Temperature Cyclic Corrosion Test, zyklischer Korrosionstest Carbon Capture, Transport and Storage China Central Television Closed Circuit Television Control-Congured Vehicle (Flugzeug/aircraft) Capacitively Coupled Voltage Contrast counterclockwise Call Control Extensible Markup Language (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Chromatic Dispersion (Glasfaser/glass ber) Circular Dichroism (spectroscopy) Compact Disc Demokratische Republik Kongo (frher Zaire)/Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire) (ISO 3166) u Clinical Document Architecture (HLJ) Committee on Diversity in Acoustics (ASA, USA) Continuous Descent Approach (Flugverkehr/air trac) Convent deutscher Akademikerverbnde a [Dateinamenerweiterung: CD-Titel auf Musik-CD/le name extension: CD title on music CD] Cell Division Cycle Center for Disease Control [and Prevention] (e.g., Atlanta, GA, USA) China Development Corporation (Taiwan) Continuous Damping Control Control Data Corporation Childhood Disintegrative Disorder Copper Distributed Data Interface Common Desktop Environment Component Development Environment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) China Dark Matter Experiment Channel Denition Format Collider Detector at Fermilab Cumulative Density (or: Distribution) Function Carl-Duisberg-Gesellschaft Christian Doppler Forschungsgesellschaft Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation Completely Detached H-Regime (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology) Compact Disc-Interactive Cyclin Dependent Kinase (Medizin/medicine) Christian Doppler Laboratory for Cavitation and Micro-Erosion (Gttingen, DE) o Clean Development Mechanism (Umweltschutz/environment conservation) Code Division Multiplex(ing) Cold Dark Matter (Kosmologie/cosmology)

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CDMA CDMS CDMS CDN cDNA CDO CDO CDP CDP CdPNo CDR CDR CDR CDR CD-ROM CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDT CDTI CDV CDVT CDW CDZ CE CE CE CE CE CE CE CE CEA CEA CEA CEAS CEBAF CeBIT CEC CEC CECS CEC-WYS CEDIA CEDIM CEDR ` CEDRE CEDT CEE CEEES CEEM CEET CEF CEFE CEFS CEI CEI CEIC CEIN CELIA CELIAS CellID CELP CELT CELTIC CEM CEMA CeMAS CeMIS CEN CEN CENAM CENELEC CeNS CEO

Code Division Multiple Access (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) Clinical Data Management System Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (Astrophysik/astrophysics, USA) Content Delivery (or: Distribution) Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Complementary DNA Collateral Debt Obligation (Wertpapierhandel/stock exchange) Consortium Directory Online Code Domain Power (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Core Description Prole (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Called Party Number (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Call Data (or: Detail) Record (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Clock Division Recovery (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Corel Draw-Graphikdatei/le name extension: Coral Draw graphic le] Critical Design Review Compact Disc Read-Only Memory Chromatography Data System Clinical Decision Support (USA) Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (an Bord von/aboard SOHO) Correlated Double Sampling (Rauschunterdrckung/noise reduction) u Credit Default Swap (Brsenhandel/stock exchange) o Crosspoint Development System Causal Dynamical Triangulation (Gravitationstheorie/theory of gravitation) Cockpit Display for Trac Information (Flugsicherung/ight security) Cell Delay Variation Cell Delay Variation Tolerance Charge-Density Wave Chinesisch-Deutsches Zentrum fr Wissenschaftsfrderung (Beijing) u o Capillary Electrophoresis Carrier Ethernet (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Chief Executive Circuit Emulation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Communaut (oder/or: Conformit) Europenne e e e Consumer Electronics Customer Edge (or: Equipment) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Kapillarelektrophorese Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics (Berkeley, CA, USA) Commisariat ` lEnergie Atomique (Fontenay aux Roses, FR) a Consumer Electronics Association (USA) Confederation (or: Council) of European Aerospace Societies Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (Newport News, VA, USA) Centrum fr Bro- und Informationstechnik (Messe, Hannover/Hanover fair, DE) u u Commission of the European Communities Countries of Central Europe (ehem. Ostblocklnder/former Eastern Block countries) a Center for Energy and Climate Solutions (Annadale, VA, USA) Central European Centre for Women and Youth in Science Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (USA) Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology (Univ. Karlsruhe, DE) Conference of European Directors of Roads Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution (French Organization) Centre for Emerging Device Technologies (McMaster University, Hamiltom, ON, CA) Controlled Exposure Experiment Committee of European Environmental Engineering Societies (at the ICT, Pnztal, DE) Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter (Indiana University, USA) Clean and Ecient Energy Technologies Concurrent Engineering Facility (DLR, Bremen, DE) Centre for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology (Montpellier, FR) Centre for Entrepreneurial and Financial Studies (TU Mnchen, DE) u Central European Initiative Commission Electrotechnique Internationale (= IEC) Committee on Electronic Information and Communication Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (University of California at Los Angeles, USA) Centre for Lasers and Intense Applications (Bordeaux, FR) Charge, Element and Isotope Analyses System (an Bord von/aboard SOHO) Cell Identication (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Code-Excited Linear Prediction California Extremely Large Telescope Cooperation for a Sustained European Leadership in Telecommunications Channel Electron Multiplier Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association Centre for Modern East Asian Studies (University of Gttingen, DE) o Centre for Modern Indian Studies (University of Gttingen, DE) o Centre dtudes nuclaires (Bordeuax-Gradignan, FR) e e Comit Europen de Normalisation [European Committee for Standardization, e e Europisches Komitee for Normung] a Centro Nacional de Metrolog (MX) a Comit Europen de Normalisation Electrotechnique e e Center for NanoScience (LMU, Mnchen, DE) u Chief Executive Ocer (entspricht Vorstandschef bei einer AG)

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CEOCT CEPBA CEPI CEPII CEPR CEPS CEPSAR CEPT CER CER CERAM CeraStorE CERCA CERC3 CEREQ CERES CERES CERN CERP CERRO CERT CERTH CES CES CES CES CESAR CESE CESGA CESoE[TH] CESRA CEST CEST CETA CETHEDEC CETIM CF C&F CF CfA CFA CFAR CFC CFC CFD CFDS CFEL CFFL CFFS CFG CFG CFHT CFI CFI CFI CFIT CFK CFL CFL CFM CFN CFO CFO CFP CFP CF-PEEK CFRP CFSAN CFT CFTR CFU CFV CG CG CG CG CGA CGA

Confocal Enhanced Optical Coherence Tomography Centre for Parallelism of Barcelona (Spain, Computer Center) Confocal Fabry-Perot Interferometer Centre dEtudes Prospectives et dInformations Internationales (Paris, FR) Center for Economic Policy Research (FR) Centre for European Policy Studies (Bruxelles, BE) Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research (UK) Confrence Europenne des Postes et (des) Tlcommunications e e ee Communicating European Research (Meeting) Community of European Railways Centre dessais et de recherche automobile de Montefontaine (bei/near Paris, FR) Competence Center for Ceramic Materials and Thermal Storage in Energy Research Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics (Case Western University, Cleveland, OH, USA) Chairmen and Directors of European Research Councils Chemistry Committees Centre dEtude de Recherche sur les Qualications Chemical Evaluation and Risk Estimation System Clouds and the Earths Radiant Energy System (Satelliten-Erd-Fernerkundung/satellite remote earth sensing) Conseil Europenne pour la Recherche Nuclaire (jetzt/now: Organisation Europenne ...) e e e Centre of European Research Projects Central European Regional Research Organization Computer Emergency Response Team Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (Thessaloniki, GR) Cambridge Engineering Selector [Database] (UK) Circuit Emulation Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Computational Engineering Science Consumer Electronics Show Cost-Ecient Methods and Processes for Safety Relevant Embedded Systems [Fraunhofer-] Center for Experimental Software Engineering (USA) Centro de Supercomputatin de Galicia (ES) o Circuit Emulation Service(s) over Ethernet (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Community of European Solar Astronomers C Expert System Tools Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (Biomedizin/biomedicine) Center of Excellence for Advanced Technology Centre dtudes thoriques de la dtection et des communications (FR) e e e Centre technique des industries mcaniques (FR) e Cystische Fibrose (Mukoviszidose) Cost and Freight (Handelsverkehr/trade) Zentralafrikanische Republik/Central African Republic (ISO 3166) Center for Astrophysics (Harvard-Smithonian, Cambridge, MA, USA) Color Filter Array (Bildverarbeitung/picture processing) Constant-False-Alarm Rate (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Carbon Fiber Reinforced Carbon Chlorouorocarbon Computational Fluid Dynamics, scherzhaft auch/jokingly also: Colorful Fluid Dynamics Center for Doctoral Studies (RWTH Aachen, DE) Centre for Free-Electron Laser Science (Hamburg, DE) Columbus Free Flying Laboratory (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Conventional Fish-Finding Echo Sounder Context-Free Grammar (Sprachverarbeitung/speech processing) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Kongurationsdatei/le name extension: conguration le] Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (Mauna Kea) Canada Foundation for Innovation (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA) Canonical Format Indicator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Color Flow Imaging (Ultraschall-Doppler-Verfahren/ultrasound Doppler method) Controlled Flight into Terrain Kohlenstofaser-verstrkte Kunststoe a CAD Framework Laboratory Compact Fluorescent (Bulb) Confocal Microscopy Center for Functional Nanomaterials (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA) Carrier Frequency Oset (Datenbertragung/data transfer) u Chief Financial Ocer Common Fisheries Policy (Europe) Contention Free Period (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) kohlenstofaserverstrktes PEEK a Carbon-Fiber Reinforced Plastic Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (USA) Conformal Field Theory (cosmology) Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Colony Forming Units (Bakterien/bacteries) Call for Votes (Rechnernetz/computer network) Charging Gateway Computer Graphics Chorion Gonadotropin (ein Hormon/a hormone) Volksrepublik Kongo/Peoples Republic of Congo (ISO 3166) Cancer Genome Atlas Ceramic Grid Array (Halbleitertechnik/semiconductor technology)

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CGA CGC CGC CGD CGE CGH CGH CGI CGIAR CGM CGM CGMS CGPM CGRM CGRO cgs CGS CGS CGS CGWA CH CHABA CHAP CHARM CHARM CHARM CHC CHDM CHE CHEMFET CHEOPS CHESS CHF CHIL CHILIAS CHMM CHORUS CHP CHRG CHRIS C/I CI CI CI CI CIA CIAO CIAT CIC CIC CIC CIC CIC CICADA CICQ CICS CICYT CID CID CID CID CIDL CIDR CIE CIESIN CIF C.I.F. CIG CIGS CII CIM CIM CIME CIMSS CINEFOGO CINR CIO CIOE

Color Graphics Adapter Chemical Genomic Center (Dortmund, DE) Complementary Ground Component (ergnzt/supplement to DVB-SH) a Coplanar Grid Detector Compagnie Gnrale dElectricit e e e Comparative Genomic Hybridisation (Mikroarraytechnik/microarray technology) Computer-Generated Hologram Common Gateway Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research Computer Graphics Metale [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/le name extension: graphic le] Consumer Generated Media Copy Generation Management System Confrence Gnrale des Poids et Mesures e e e Centre Grenoblois de Rsonance Magntique (Grenoble, FR) e e Compton Gamma Ray Observatory Centimeter Gramm Sekunde (Masystem/system of units) Continuous Grain Silicon (Halbleitertechnik/semiconductor technology) Corporate GSM Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Council of Graduate Schools (USA) Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy (University of Texas, Brownsville, TX, USA) Schweiz/Switzerland (ISO 3166) [US National Academy of Sciences] Committee on Hearing, Acoustics, and Bioacoustics Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) CERN, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Rom, Moskau (Kernphysik-Kollaboration/nuclear physics collaboration) CH4 Airborne Remote Monitor(ing) Comprehensive Human Animation Resource Model Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Cold + Hot Dark Matter (Kosmologie/cosmology) Centrum fr Hochschulentwicklung (Gtersloh, DE) u u [FET mit chemischem Sensor als Gate-Elektrode/FET with chemical sensor as gate electrode] Chemistry of Ozone in the Polar Stratosphere Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (Teilchenbeschleuniger/particle accelerator) Congestive Heart Failure (Herzinsuzienz) Computers in the Human Interaction Loop (EU project) Childrens Library Information Animation Skills Call Handling MultiMedia (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) CERN Hybrid Oscillation Research Apparatus Center for History of Physics (AIP) Concert Hall Research Group (Acoustics, USA) Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer Carrier-to-Interference Performance (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Cell Identity (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) Chemical Ionisation (Massenspektrometer/mass spectrometer) Computation Institute Elfenbeinkste/Ivory Coast (ISO 3166) u Central Intelligence Agency (oberste US-Geheimdienstbehrde) o Coronographic Imager with Adaptive Optics Centre for Tropical Agriculture Cascaded Integrator-Comb (Signalverarbeitung/signal processing) Center for International Cooperation (Bonn, DE) Charge Injection Calibration Conseil Internationale de la Chasse et de la Conservation du Gibier Coronographic Imaging Camera Centre for Interdiciplinary Computational and Dynamical Analysis (University of Manchester, UK) Combined Input and Central Queuing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Customer Information Control System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Comisin Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnolog (ES) o a Carrier Internetworking Division (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Central Institute for the Deaf (Saint Louis, MO, USA) Charge-Injection Device Collision-Induced Dissociation Conguration Item Data List (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Classless Interdomain Routing (Internet) Commission Internationale dEclairage, International Commission of Illumination Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network Common Intermediate Format (Datennetz/data network) Cost, Insurance, Freight (Handelsverkehr/trade) Cell Interconnection Gateway (Datennetz/data network) Copper Indium Gallium Selenium (or: Diselenide) (fr Photovoltaik/for photovoltaics) u Climate Impact Indicator Computer-integrated manufacturing Corporate Information Management (USA) Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Engineering Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (VPI & SU, Blacksburg, VA, USA) Civil Society and New Forms of Governance in Europe Carrier-to-Interference plus Noise Ratio (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Chief Information (or: Integration) Ocer China International Optoelectronics Expo

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CIOQ CIP CIP CIP CIP3 CIPM CIPT CIR CIR CIR CIR CIR CIR CIR CIRA CIR ELKE CIRES CIRIT CIRMMT CIS CIS CIS CIS CIS CISAC CISC CISE CiSE CISL CISL CISM CISPR CIST CISTI CIT CITA CITEL CITES CIVA CJD CJK CJPL CJR CK CK CKM CKW CL Cl. CL CL CLAIRE CLASSE CLC C.L.E. CLE CLEAR CLEC CLEO CLEOPATRA CLF CLFA CLI CLI CLI CLIC CLIP CLIP CLL CLO CLONS CLORA CLOS CLP CLR

Combined Input- and Output-Queued (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Cataloging in Publication Centre for Integrated Photonics (UK) Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (EU) International Cooperation for Integration of Prepress, Press and Postpress (Druckindustrie/printing industry) Comit International des Poids et Mesures e Computer Integrated Public Transportation Carrier to Interference Ratio (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Channel Impulse Response Circle (US Mail) Committed Information Rate (Datennetz/data network) Computer Integrated Railroading Corotating Interaction Region (heliosphere) Cylindrical Internal Reection (ATR-Technik/ATR technology) Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali [Italian Aerospace Research Center] (Capua, IT) Computer Integrated Railroading for Raising Eciency in the Core Network (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences ConselI Interdepartamental de Recerca i Innovaci Tecn`logica (ES) o o Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (McGilll University, CA) Card Information Structure Commonwealth (or: Confederation) of Independent States (= GUS) Compensated Image System (adaptive Optik/adaptive optics) Constant Initial-State (Photoemission) Copper Indium Selenide, Kupferindiumdiselenid (fr Photovoltaik/for photovoltaics) u Committee on International Security and Arms Control (USA) Complex Instruction Set Computer Computer & Information Science & Engineering (Division of NSF, USA) Computing in Science and Engineering (AIP Magazine) Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (at NCAR) Contractual Index and Status List (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [International Centre for Mechanical Sciences], Udine, IT Comit International Spcial des Perturbations Radiolectriques e e e (International Special Committee on Radio Interference, since 1933) [Moskau-Fraunhofer] Institut fr Chemische Technologie Pnztal u Canada Institute for Scientic and Technical Information Center for Information Technology (beim/at the NIH, USA) Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (Toronto, ON, CA) InterAmerican Telecom Commission (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species [of Wild Fauna and Flora] (Internationale Ubereinkunft zum Handel mit bedrohten Arten) Charge-Induced Voltage Alteration Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease Creutzfeld-Jakob-Krankheit China Jinping Deep Underground Laboratory Central Japan Railway (Company) Clock (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Cookinseln/Cook Islands (ISO 3166) [Nicola] Cabbibo, [Makoto] Kobayashi, [Toshihide] Maskawa [Matrix] (Elementarteilchentheorie/elementary particle theory) chlorierte Kohlenwasserstoe Chile (ISO 3166) Classication (Patentliteratur/patent literature) Connectionless (Internet) Control(led) Load Clean Air Engine (Flugzeugmotor/aircraft engine) Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator[-Based] Sciences and Education Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Club zur lndlichen Elektrizierung a Customer Located Edge (or: Equipment) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Center for Laser Experimental Astrophysics Research (University of Michigan, USA) Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Cloud Experiment Oberpfaenhofen and Transport Connectivity Session Location and Repository Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Coopration Laser Franco-Allemande e Calling Line Identication (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Command Line Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Coupling Loop Interference (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) CERN Linear Collider Calling Line Identication Presentation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Caribbean Large Igneous Province Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Collateralized Loan Obligation (Brsenhandel/stock exchange) o Closed Loop Neural Prosthesis for Vestibular Disorders Club des Organismes de Recherche Associs (FR) e Common LISP Object System [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/le name extension: graphic le] Connection Loudness Rating (Telefon/telephone)

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CLS CLS CLS CLS CLSM CLT CLT CL20 CM CMA CMAC CMAM CMB CMB CMBR CMC CMC CMCSN CMD CMD CMD CME CMEM CMI CMIP CMIR CMIS CMISE CML CML CML CMM CMM CMM CMM CMM CMMB CMMI CMMP CMN CMNS CMO CMO CMOS CMOS CMP CMP CMPB CMR CMR CMRR CMRS CMS CMS CMS CMS CMS CMS CMS CM/SM CMSP CMSU CMT CMT CMT CMTS CMU CMUT CMYK C/N CN CN CNAM CNC CNC CNC CN/CS

Call Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Canadian Light Source (Synchrotron-Strahlungsquelle beim CFI/synchrotron radiation source at the CFI) Collecte localisation satellite Confocal Laser Scanning (Microscope) Confocal Laser-Scanning Microscope Center for Laser Technology (Plymouth, MA, USA) Central Limit Theorem Hexanitro-Isowurtzitan (Sprengsto/explosive) Kamerun/Cameroon (ISO 3166) Constant Modulus Algorithm Cerebellar Model Arithmetic Computer [Fraunhofer-] Center for Manufacturing and Advanced Materials (Newark, DE, USA) [Fraunhofer-] Center for Molecular Biotechnology (Newark, DE, USA) Cosmic Microwave Background Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Carboxymethylcellulose Ceramic Matrix Composites Computational Materials and Chemistry Science Network (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Carrier Multiplication Device (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Circuit Mode Data Condensed Matter Division (EPS) Coronal Mass Ejection (Sonnenphysik/solar physics) [International Conference on] Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements [Fraunhofer-] Center for Manufacturing Innovations (Boston, MA, USA) Common Management Information Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Center for Molecular Imaging Research (Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA) Common Management Information Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Common Management Information Services (or: System) Element (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Fraunhofer-] Center fr Maritime Logistik u Chemical Markup Language Current Mode Logic (Schaltungstechnik/circuitry) Capability Maturity Model Chassis Management Modulus Condensed Matter/Materials Coordinate Measuring Machine Corporate Mobility Manager (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting Capability Maturity Model Integration Condensed Matter and Material Physics Cerous Magnesium Nitrate (Temperaturnormal/temperature standard) Condensed-Matter Nuclear Science Chief Medical Ocer Complex Monolithic Optics Capacity-Coupled Metal-Oxide Silicon Device Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (Feldeekt-Transistor/eld eect transistor) Chemical-Mechanical Polishing Condensed Matter Physics Centre Molecular Physiology of the Brain, DFG Forschungszentrum Molekularphysiologie des Gehirns (Gttingen, DE) o Center for Materials Research Colossal Magnetoresistance Common-Mode Rejection Ratio Climate Modelling and Research System Cambridge Materials Selector [Database] (UK) Cluster Management System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Compact Muon Solenoid (detector, LHC, CERN) Condensed Matter Science Condition Monitoring System Content-Management System (Wissensmanagement) Corporate Mobile Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Communication/Service Module (Satellitentechnik/satellite technology) Condensed Matter & Statistical Physics (at ICTP, Trieste, IT) Central Missouri State University (USA) Condensed Matter Theory (Research Group at Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA) Condition Monitoring System Criticality Management Tool Cable Modem Termination System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA, USA) Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black (Bildverarbeitung/picture processing) Carrier-to-Noise [Ratio] Core Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Volksrepublik China/Peoples Republic of China (ISO 3166) Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers (Paris, FR) Colloidal Nanocrystal Cluster Comisin Nacional de Communicaciones (AR) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) o Computer Numerical Control (Werkzeugmaschinen/machine tools) Core Network/Circuit Switched (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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CNEL CNES CNET CNIO CNM CNMS CNOT CNPq CNR CNR CNRRI CNRS CNS CNS CNS CNSA CNSI CNT CNT CNV CO CO CO CO CoA COB COBE COBOL CoBRA CoC COCOM COCOSDA COD CODAC CoDAS CODATA Codec CODEST CoDIS COE COEHC COF COFDM COFS COGA COGANGS CoGeNT COGR COICH COIL COL COLCIENCIAS COLTRIMS CoM com COM COM COM COMBO COMD COMEDD COMET COMETT COMEX COMICS CoML COMPASS COMPENDEX COMPETES COMPLEX COMPOSITE COMPTEL COMSAT COMSEC COMSTECH COMT CONACYT ConCap

Community Noise Equivalent Level Centre National dEtudes Spatiales (FR) Centre National dEtudes des Tlcommunications ee Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncolgicas [Spanish National Cancer Research Centre] (Madrid, ES) o Customer Network Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Center for Nanophase Materials Science (ORNL) Conditioned NOT (logisches Gatter/logical gate) Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientico e Tecnolgico (BR) o Carrier-to-Noise Ratio National Research Council (CA) China National Rice Research Institute Centre National de la Recherche Scientique (FR) Centre National dEtudes Spatiales (FR) Communication, Navigation, Surveillance Conseil National de la Science (FR) Chinese National Space Administration California Nanosystems Institute (Santa Barbara, CA, USA) Carbon Nanotube, Kohlensto-Nanorhrchen o [Fraunhofer] Zentrum fr Nanoelektronische Technologien (Dresden, DE) u Choroidale Neovaskularisation (Augenkrankheit/eye disease) Central Oce (Rechnernetze/computer networks) Colorado (US-Staat/US state) Connection-Oriented (Internet) Kolumbien/Colombia (ISO 3166) Core of Address (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Chip-On-Board Cosmic Background Explorer (Satellit/satellite) Common Business-Oriented Language (Programmiersprache/programming language) Computerized Bibliographic Record Actions Council on Competitiveness (USA) Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls International Coordinating Committee on Speech Databases and Speech I/O Systems Assessment Catastrophical Optical Damage Cosmic Dust Aggregation Experiment Condensed Matter Direct Alerting Service (Datenbank/data bank) Committee on Data for Science and Technology (seit/since 1966) Coder-Decoder Committee for the Development of European Science and Technology Combined DNA Index System (zur Uberfhrung von Kriminellen/for the conviction of criminals, USA) u Center of Excellence Coalition on Eective Hearing Conservation (USA) Columbus Orbit Facility (Weltraumlabor/space laboratory) Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex(ing) Control of Flexible Structures Program (NASA) Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (USA) Comparative Genomics and Next Generation Sequencing Coherent Germanium Neutrino Technology Council on Governmental Relations (USA) Channel Quality Indicator Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser Construction and Operating License Instituto Colombiano para el Desarrollo de la Ciencia y la Tecnolog (CO) a Cold Target Recoil Momentum Spectroscopy Center of Mass [Commercial Organization] (Internet, USA) Committee on Minorities in Physics (APS) Component (or: Common) Object Model [Dateinamenerweiterung: ausfhrbares Programm/le name extension: executable program] u Classifying Objects by Medium-Band Observations Catastrophical Optical Mirror Damage Center for Organic Materials and Electronic Devices Dresden (am/at the IPMS) C++ OSI Management Extended Toolchain Community Program for Education and Training in Technology Commence Exercise (underwater noise monitoring standard) Cooled Mid-Infrared Camera and Spectrograph Census of Marine Life Initiative Common Muon Proton Apparatus for Structure and Spectroscopy (CERN) Computerized Engineering Index (Datenbank/data bank) Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science (USA) Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration (National Research Council, USA) Comparative Police Studies in the EU Imaging Compton Telescope Communications Satellite Corporation (USA) Communication(s) Security Committee on Scientic and Technical Cooperation Cathechol-O-Methyltransferase (Genetik/genetics) Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnolog (MX) a Constant Capacitance (Sensorik-Verfahren/sensoric method)

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CONCERT CONICET CONICYT CONNFFESSIT CONTRAIL COO COORETEC COP COP COPASI COPD COPS COPS COPUOS CoQuS COR CORALUS CORBA CORDIS CoRoT CORVETTE COS CoS COS COS COSEPUP COSINE CoSMIC COSMO-ART COSMO-CLM COSMOS COSPAR COST COSTEP COSY COSY COTS COUPP COV COVER CoW COX CO2 RRECT CP CP CP CP CP CP CPA CPACS CPAN CPB CPB CPC CPC CPC CPCB CPCM CPCT CPDLC CPE CPE CPERI CPG CPHY CPI CPICH CPL CPL CPLD CPM CPMG CPMQ CPN CPP

Contrial and Cirrus Experiment (DLR project) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cienticas Tcnicas (AR) e Comisin Nacional de Investigacin Cientica y Tecnolgica (Chile) o o o Calculation of Non-Newtonian Flow: Finite Elements and Stochastic Simulation Technique Comprehensive Observation Network for Trace Gases by Airliner Chief Operating Ocer Kohlendioxid-Reduktions-Technologien (Kraftwerksforschungsprogramm des BMWi/German power plant research program) Chronisch obstruktive Lungenerkrankung Coecient of Performance Complex Pathway Simulator Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [Chronisch obstruktive Lungenerkrankung] Common Open Policy Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (Meteorologie/meteorology) Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNO) [Vienna Doctoral Program on] Complex Quantum Systems (AT) Cellular Open Resource Corrosion of Alpha-Active Glass in Underground Storage Conditions (for nuclear waste) Common Object Request Broker Architecture (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Community Research and Development Information Service (EU) Convection, Rotation and Planetary Transit (French satellite) Coordination and Validation of the Development of Advanced Transport Telematic Systems in the Alpine Area Carbon oxysulphide Class(es) of Service(s) College of Optical Sciences (University of Arizona, USA) Core Operation Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (National Academy, USA) Cooperation for Open Systems Interconnection in Europe Combinatorial Sciences and Materials Information Collaboratory Consortium for Small Scale Modelling Aerosols and Reactive Trace Gases Consortium for Small Scale Modelling Climate Mode Cosmic Evolution Survey (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Committee on Space Research [European] Cooperation in Science and Technology (ESF), Coopration Europenne dans la domaine de la recherche scientique et technique e e Comprehensive Suprathermal and Energetic Particle (an Bord von/aboard SOHO) Cooler Synchrotron (Jlich, DE) u Correlation Spectroscopy Components (or: Commercial, or: Commodity, or: Congurable) O-The-Shelf (Hardware) Chicagoland Observatory for Underground Particle Physics (neuartige Blasenkammer/novel bubble chamber, USA) Calculus of Variation Covariance Equivalent Realization Correlates of War (database on war) Cyclo-Oxygenase (ein Enzym/an enzyme) CO2 -Reaction Using Regenerative Energies and Catalytic Technologies Conference Proceedings (NASA etc.) Connection Performer Content Provider (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Contention Period (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Customer Premises (Rechnernetz/computer network) Cyclic Prex Chirped Pulse Amplication (or: Amplier) (optische Pulskompression/optical pulse compression) Common Parametric Aircraft Conguration Scheme Comprehensive Perl Archive Network Constant Percentage Bandwidth (Spektralanalyse/frequency analysis) Cooper-Pair Box (Supraleitung/superconductivity) Central Processing Center (Galileo) Collaborative Product Commerce Compound Parabolic Concentrator (optische Linsen/optical lenses) Central Pollution Control Board (Umweltbehrde in Indien/environmental authority in India) o Mission Planning Control Center (Satellitensystem/satellite system) Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer (Rochester, NY, USA) Controller Pilot Data Link Communication (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Common Phase Error (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Customer Premise(s) Equipment (Internet) Chemical Process Engineering Research Institute (at CERTH, GR) Computational Physics Group (EPS) Control Interface for Physical Layer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Continuous Process Improvement Common Pilot Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Call Processing Language (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Circularly Polarized Light Complex Programmable Logic Device Cathode Pulse Memory [Herman] Carr, [Edward] Purcell, [Saul] Meiboom, [David] Gill (NMR pioneers) Control Processor Module Queuing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Customer Premises Network (Rechnernetz/computer network) Channel Plasmon Polariton (elektromagnetische Grenzchenwellen/electromagnetic a

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CPP CPPM CPRI CPRM CPS CPS CPSA CPT CPTWG CPU CPV CPVS CPX CPX CQI CQIQC CQM CR CR CR CRAC CRADA CRAFT CRAHVI C-RAM CRB CRBT CRC CRC CRC CRC CRCG CRD CRDA CRDF CRDS CREAL CREDO CREOL CRESST CREST CREST CRF CRF CRG CRH CRI CRIM CRIMSON CRIS CRISM CRISP CRISP CRISP CRL CRLB CRM CRM CRN CRNC CRO CRO CroBIT CROR CRP CRR CRS CRS CRSQA CRT CRT CRT CRuSR CRV CR/W CRYRING

boundary layer waves) Current-Perpendicular-to-Plane (Festkrperphysik/solid state physics) o Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials (University of Bath, UK) Common Public Radio Interface (Mobilfunk-Standard) Copy Protection for Recordable Media (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Chinese Physical Society The Czech Physial Society Copy Protection System Architecture (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Charge, Parity, Time (Invarianz gegen ...umkehr/invariance against ... reversal) Copy Protection Technical Working Group (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Central Processing Unit (Computer) Concentrator Photovoltaic Central Payload Video System Close Proximity Method (Fahrzeug-Lrmmesstechnik/vehicle noise measurement) a Control Panel Extension Channel Quality Indicator (or: Indication) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (University of Toronto, ON, CA) Constituent Quark Model Cell Relay (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Cosmic Ray(s) Costa Rica (ISO 3166) Computer-Room Air Conditioning Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (or: Award) [with private companies] (USA, staatl. Frderungsprogramm) o Cooperative Research Action For Technology (EU) Crashworthyness of Aircraft for High Velocity Impact Counter-Rocket Artillery and Mortar Cramr-Rao Bound e Color Ring Back Tone (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Collaborative Research Centre (DFG) Corporate Research Center Courant Research Centre Cyclic Redundancy Check (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Fraunhofer-] Center for Research in Computer Graphics (Providence, RI, USA) Color Rendering Dictionary (Bildverarbeitung/picture processing) Cooperative Research and Development Agreement Civilian Research and Development Foundation (USA) Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (Barcelona, ES) Cluster of Research on Endocrine Disruption in Europe College of Optics and Photonics (UCF) Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers Comit de la Recherche Scientique et Technique (EU) e Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (Japan) Centro Ricerche Fiat (in Italy) Corticotropin-Releasing Factor (ein Hormon/a hormone) Collaborating Research Group Corticotropin-(or: Cortisol-)Releasing Hormone Colour-Rendering Index Centre de Recherche en Informatique de Montral (CA) e Crisis Management Simulation (Software package, 6 partners in 4 countries: EE, FR, IT, NL) Center for Research on Innovation and Society (Santa Barbara, CA, USA, und/and Berlin, DE) Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars Coarse-Grained Recongurable Instruction Set Processor (Computer) Corrected Illumination Scanning Probe (im Transmissionselektronenmikroskop/in an transmission electron microscope) Counter Rotating Integrated Shrouded Propfan (DLR-Projekt) Certicate Revocation List (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Cramr-Rao Lower Bound e Certied Reference Material Customer Relations Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Committee of a Regulatory Nature (EU) Controlling Radio Network Controller (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Clinical Research Organisation Contract Research Organization Cross Border Information Technology Contra Rotating Open Rotor (Flugzeugantrieb/aircraft propeller) C-reaktives Protein Cooperative Research Report Common Reection Surface (geological survey) Complementary Resistive Switch Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance (Augenchirurgie/eye surgery, USA) Cathode Ray Tube Conformal Radio Therapy Cosmic-Ray-Tracking Project Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research (NASA program) Crew Return Vehicle (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Controller Read/Write Cryebis Storage Ring (Stockholm, SE)

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CS CS CS CS CS CS CSA CSA CSA CSA CSAGI CSAIL CSAR CSB CSB CSBU CSC CSC CSCC CSCF CSCL CSCS/SCSC CSCW CSD CSD CSD CSDP CSE CSE CSE CSELT CSEM CSF CSF CSF CSG CSI CSI CSIR CSIRO CSIS CSLI CSLP CSM CSM CSM CSM CSM CSMA/CA CSMA/CD CSME CSN CSNS CSO CSO CSP CSP CSP CSP CSP CSPF CSPI CSR CSR CSRC CSRZ CSS CSS CSS CST CSTA CSTAR CSTI CSTN CSU CSULB CSV CSVE

Call Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Circuit-Switched (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Commercial Services (Galileo) Communications Satellite Serbien und Montenegro/Serbia and Montenegro (ISO 3166) Tschechoslowakei/Czechoslovakia (ISO 3166 bis/until 1993) Canadian Space Agency Canadian Standards Association Carrier Serving Area (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Cryogenic Society of America Comit Spcial de lAnne Gophysique Internationale e e e e Computer Science and Articial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT) Cryogenic Solar Absolute Radiometer Centrum fr Schlaganfall-Forschung Berlin (DE) u Charge Symmetry Breaking (Elementarteilchenphysik/elementary particle physics) Communication Services Business Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Call and Session Controller (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Center for Scientic Computing Concurrent Supercomputing Consortium (USA) Call State (or: Session) Control Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Computer-Supported Cooperative (or: Collaborative) Learning Swiss Centre for Scientic Computing (supercomputing centre) Computer Supported Cooperative (or: Collaborative) Work(ing) Cambridge Structural Database (Chemie/chemistry) Chemical Solution Deposition Circuit Switched Data (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Customer Specic Development Process [Fraunhofer-] Center for Sustainable Energy Systems Computational Science and Engineering Cystathionin-gamma-Lyase (ein Enzym) Centro studi e laboratori telecomunicazioni (IT) Centre Suisse dElectronique et de Microtechnique (Zrich, CH) u Carribean Science Foundation Colony Stimulatingf Factor (a protein) Compagnie Gnrale de Tlgraphie Sans Fil e e ee Centre Spatial Guyanais Channel State Information (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Control-Structure Interaction Council for Scientic and Industrial Research (Sdafrika/South Africa) u Commonwealth Scientic and Industrial Research Organisation (Canberra, AU) Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, DC, USA) Center for the Study of Language and Information (Stanford, CA, USA) [Fraunhofer-] Center for Surface and Laser Processing (Peoria, IL, USA) Central Strength Member (Rechnernetz/computer network) Communication Session Manager Component and Supplier Management Connection Session Management Customer Service Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance (Datennetze/data networks) Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection (Datennetze/data networks) College of Science and Education (University of Utah, USA) Circuit Switched Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) China Spallation Neutron Source (geplant fr/planned for 2013) u Chief Scientic Ocer Composite Second Order (Verzerrung 2. Ordnung/second order distortion) Center for the Study of the Presidency (USA) [Fraunhofer-] Center fr Silizium-Photovoltaik (Halle/Saale, DE) u Chip-Scale Package (gedruckte Schaltung/printed circuit) Concentrated Solar Power (Kraftwerk, Parabolspiegelsystem/power plant, parabolic mirror facilities) Constraint Satisfaction Problem Constraint Shortest Path First (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Center for Science in the Public Interest (Washington, DC, USA) Cell Switch Router (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Customer Service Representatives (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Computational Science Research Center (Uiversity of Beijing, CN) Carrier-Suppressed Return-to-Zero (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Cascading Style Sheets Content Scramble (or: Scrambling) System Cyclic Steam Stimulation (Olsanderschlieung/oilsand exploration) Concentrated Solar Thermal (Kraftwerk/power plant) Computer Supported Telecommunication(s) (or: Telephony) Application (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Chinese Small Telescope Array (in Antarctica) Civil Space Technology Initiative (NASA) Colour Super-Twisted Nematic (LCD) Colorado State University (USA) California State University Long Beach (USA) Comma Separated Value Chinese Society for Vibration Engineering

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CSW CSWP CT CT CT CT CT CTA CTA CTAN CTB CTBT CTBTO CTC CTC CTC CTCSS CTD CTE CTEPH CTH CTI CTI CTI CTI CTIA CTIA CTIO CTIR CTL CTMS CTO CTO CTP CTP CTR CTR CTR CTRANC CTS CTSEE CTU CTU CTV CTW CTWG CU CU CU CUA cuagn CUAHSI CUBED CUDOS CUE CUF CUG CUHK CUL CUNY CUORE CUPLE CUR Cuspea CUTCP CUTE CUTE CV CV CV CV CVC CVCP CVD CVD CVE C-VLAN CVT

Core Switch Committee on the Status of Women in Physics (APS) Colour Temperature Computed Tomography, Computer-Tomographie (Rntgentechnik/X-ray technology) o Connecticut (US-Staat/US state) Cordless Telecommunications Court (US Mail) Chemisch-technische(r) Assistent(in) Cherenkov Telescope Array Comprehensive TeX Archive Network Composite Triple Beat (Verzerrung 3. Ordnung/third order distortion) Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (Atomwaenteststoppvertrag 1996) Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation (Wien, AT) Central Trac Control (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Convolutional Turbo Code (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Crew Training Complex (DLR, Kln, Porz-Wahnheide, DE) o Continuous Tone Coded Squelsh System (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) Coated (optische Linsen/optical lenses) Coecient of Thermal Expansion chronisch-thrombo-embolischer Lungenhochdruck Chalmers Tekniske Hgskola (Gteborg, SEn) o o Colour Transient Improvement (Konturverbesserung beim TV-Bild/TV picture contour improvement) Computer-Telephony Integration (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Computer Telephony Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Critical Technologies Institute (USA) Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Charge Trans-Impedance Amplier Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (Chile) Center for Intelligent Transportation Research (Ohio State University, USA) Coal to Liquid (synthetischer Kraftsto/synthetic fuel) Clinical Trial Management System Chief Technical Ocer Command Transfer Object Computer-to-Plate, Computer-to-Press, Computer-to-Paper (Drucktechnik/printing technology) Cytisintriphosphat Center (US Mail) Common Technical Regulation(s) Cooperative Threat Reduction Crosstalk-Resistant Adaptive Noise Canceller Concept to Speech (Sprachsynthese/speech synthesis) [Komitee fr Toxikologie, Okotoxikologie und Umwelt] (Europische Kommission) u a Control Tower Unit Czech Technical University (Prague) Crew Transfer (or: Transport) Vehicle (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) [IEEE] Communication Theory Workshop Cook Stove Interagency Working Group Central Unit Control Unit Kuba/Cuba (ISO 3166) Center for Ultracold Atoms (MIT-Harvard University program, USA) hope to see you again (Amateurfunkverkehr/amateur radio) Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science (USA) Center for Ultralow Background Experiments at DUSEL Centre for Ultra-High Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (AU) Carbon Usage Eectiveness Channel Utilization Factor Closed User Group (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Chinese University of Hong Kong Computer-untersttztes Lernen u City University of New York Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (Gran Sasso National Laboratory, Italy) Comprehensive Unied Physics Learning Environment Council for Undergraduate Research China-US Physics Examination and Application Program Clarkson University-TCP (Rechnernetz/computer network) Clarkson University Terminal Emulator (Rechnernetz/computer network) Clean Urban Transport for Europe (Busse mit Wasserstoantrieb/hydrogen-powered buses) Card Veriable Cartellverband [der Katholischen Deutschen Studentenverbindungen] Connection Verication (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Kapverdische Inseln/Cape Verde (ISO 3166) Common Vision Concept Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals (UK) Cardio-Vascular Disease, Kardiovaskulre Erkrankung a Chemical Vapor Deposition Collaborative Virtual Environment Customer VLAN (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Continuously Variable Transmission (Kfz-Getriebe/vehicle gear)

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CVVL CW CW CWD CWDM CWMT CWRU CWP CX CXC CXO CY CZ CZCS CZT C3 C3 C3 I

Continuous Variable Valve Lift (Kfz-Motor/automotive Engine) Clockwise Continuous Wave Concealed Weapon Detection (USA) Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Fraunhofer-] Center fr Windenergie und Meerestechnik (Bremerhaven, DE) u Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH, USA) Controller Working Position (Flugsicherung/ight control) Weihnachtsinsel/Christmas Island (ISO 3166) Chandra X-Ray Center (NASA, USA) Chandra X-Ray Observatory (Rntgensatellit/X-ray satellite) o Zypern/Cyprus (ISO 3166) Tschechien/Czech Republik (ISO 3166) Coastal Zone Color Scanning (of the ocean) Chirp z-Transform Command, Control and Communication (System) Cleaved-Coupled Cavity (Laser) Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence (militrisch/military) a

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d... da... DA DAAD DAAK DAB DAC DAC DACH DAE DAF DAF DAGA DAGV DAHC DAI DAI DAL DAM DAMA DAMA DAMOP D-AMPS DANA DANTE DANTE DAO DAP DAQ DAR DARA DARC DARC DARHT DARP DARPA DARS DART Darwin DAS DAS DASCH DASI DASMIN DAST DAT DATE DATech DAtF DAVIC DAWS DAX DB dB DB DBA DB AG Dezi... (Prx/prex): 101 a Deka... (Prx/prex): 10 a Destination Address (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst e.V. Deutsch-Amerikanisches Akademisches Konzil Digital Audio Broadcast(ing) Deformation Analysis by Means of Correlation Methods Digital-to-Analog Converter Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle Chemie GmbH Dierential Algebraic Equation Deutsche Arbeitsfront (NS-Organisation) Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft fr Familientherapie u Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft fr Akustik (Kongresse seit 1970, etwa jhrlich) u a Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Vakuum Deutschsprachiges Apple-Hochschul-Consortium Deutsches Archologisches Institut (Berlin, DE) a Distributed Articial Intelligence Deutscher Arbeitsring fr Lrmbekmpfung e.V. (19522007) u a a Deutsche Akademie fr Metrologie (Mnchen) u u Dark Matter [Search] (Astrophysik/astrophysics, Gran Sasso-Labor, IT) Demand Assignment (or: Assigned) Multiple Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (APS) Digital Advanced Mobile Phone System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Data Application Network Adapter Deutschsprachige Anwendervereinigung T X e.V. E Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe Data Access Object Deutsches Akkreditierungssystem Prfwesen (Normungsarbeit/standardization) u Data Acquisition Deutscher Akkreditierungsrat (Normungsarbeit/standardization) Deutsche Agentur fr Raumfahrtangelegenheiten GmbH (19891997) u Data Radio Channel Deutscher Amateur-Radio-Club e.V. (Baunatal) Dual Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic (Test) Facility (Los Alamos, NM, USA) Downlink Advanced Receiver Performance (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (USA) Digital Audio Radio Service Data Acquisition in Real Time Detection and Analysis of Remote Worlds by Interferometric Nulling Dansk Akustisk Selskab Distributed Antenna Systems (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Digital Access to a Sky Century at Harvard Degree Angular Scale Interferometer Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle Minerall o Drones for Aerodynamic and Structural Testing (NASA, unbemannte Flugzeuge/unmanned aircraft/ Digital Audio Tape Dome A Terahertz Explorer (CN, planned for 2015) Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle Technik Deutsches Atomforum Digital Audiovisual Council Digital Advanced Wireless Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutscher Aktienindex Data Base Dezibel Diusion Boarding Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutsche Bahn AG

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DBB DBEF DBF DBF DBG DBI DBIS DBM DBM DBMS DBN DBP DBP DBR DBRM DBS DBSO DBU dbv DC DC DC DC DC DC D-CAT DCC DCC DCCC DCcE DCD DCE DCE DCE DCE DCF DCF DCF DCFA DCG DCH DCI DCI DCL DCM DCM DCMP DCN DCN DCOM DCOMP DCP DCP DCPN DCR DCR DCS DCS DCS DCS DCSC DCT DCT DCU DCV DCV DCX DD DDB DDB DDC DDCE DDD DDE DDE DDEC DDG DDGI

Deutscher Beamtenbund Dual Brightness Enhancement Foil (Polarisationsfolie im LCD-Monitor/polarization sheet for LCD monitor) [Dateinamenerweiterung: dBase Datenbank-Datei/le name extension: dBase data bank le] Distributed Feedback (Laser) Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft fr Physikalische Chemie u Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut (Berlin, DE) Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science (AIP, TV news) Deutsches Bergbau-Museum (Bochum, DE) Double Beam Modulation Database Management System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Dynamic Bayesian Network (Sprachverarbeitung/speech processing) Deutsches Bundespatent (nach 1945) Division of Biological Physics (APS) Distributed Bragg Reector (Laser) Digital Broadcasting Receivers Using Metadata Direct Broadcast(ing) (by) Satellite Digital Broadcast Satellite Operator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt Deutscher Bibliothekenverband Developing Countries Digital Cinema Digital Concentrator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Direct Current (Gleichstrom) District of Columbia (US-Staat/US state) Dnnschichtchromatographie u Diesel Clean Advanced Technology (Kfz/motor vehicle) Digital Compact Cassette Distributed Checksum Clearing House (Antispamlter/anti spam lter) Developing Countries Coordinating Committee Data Centre Compute Eciency Downlink Channel Descriptor (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Data (or: Digital) Communications Equipment Distributed Computing Environment Dynamic Channel Equalizer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Dispersion Compensating Fiber (Glasfaser/glass ber) Distributed Coordination Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Double-Clad Fibre (Optik/optics) Digital Choice and Freedom Act (2002) Dispersion-Compensating Grating (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Dedicated Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Digital Cinema Initiative Downlink Control Information Detect, Classify and Locate Dispersion Compensation Module (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Dynamic Code Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Division of Condensed Matter Physics (APS) Data Communication Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Dynamic Circuit Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Distributed Component Object Model (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Division of Computational Physics (APS) Digital Cinema Package Division of Chemical Physics (APS) Domestic Customer Premises Network Dedicated Control Room (bei/at ESOC) Digital Control of Reverberation Data Communicatinon System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Digital Coded Sective [Call] (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) Digital Crossconnect (or: Communication) System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Distributed Control System Danish Center for Scientic Computing Disrete Cosine Transform Double Clutch Transmission (Kfz-Getriebe/motor vehicle) Data Capture Utility Deconvolution Double concave (optische Linsen/optical lenses) Double convex (optische Linsen/optical lenses) Deutsche Demokratische Republik/German Democratic Rebublic (ISO 3166 bis/until 1990) Die Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek Download Data Block (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Digital Down Converter (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Dolby Digital Consumer Encoder Directly Doubled Diode (Laser) Dichlordiphenylchlorethylen (Abbauprodukt von DDT) Dynamic Data Exchange Data-Driven Echo Canceller Deutsche Diabetes-Gesellschaft Deutscher Dachverband fr Geo-Information u

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DDI DDI DDK ddI DDL DDM DDN DDoS ddp DDR DDR&E DDS DDS DDT DDT DDV DE DE DE DECHEMA DECT DEDIG DEE DEGA DEGON DEGREE DEGUM DEHP DEI DEISA DEKITZ DELT DELTA DELTA DEM DEM demea DEMMIN DEMS DENA DE-NIC DENICAFC DEPFET DER DERA DES DES DES DES DESC DeSCAS DESY DET DEZ DF DFA DFB DFC DFD DFD DFD DFE DFE DFF DFG DFH DFH DFI DFID DFJW DFKI DFL DFMA DFN DFO DFS DFS

[Universal] Description Discovery Integration (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Direct Dialing-In (Telefon/telephone) Dialog Development Kit Didesoxyinosin Doubled (or: Direct) Diode Laser (blaue Laserdiode/blue laser diode) Dierential Depth Modulation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Defense Data Network (USA) Distributed Denial-of-Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutscher Depeschendienst Deutsche Demokratische Republik/German Democratic Republic (bis/until 1990) Directorate of Defense Research and Engineering (Pentagon, Washington, DC, USA) Direct Digital Synthesis (Ein- und Ausgabeeinheit/input-output board) Direct-Diode System (Photonik/photonics) Dichlordiphenyltrichlorethan Distributed Debugging Tool Deutscher Dart-Verband Delaware (US-Staat/US state) Deutschland/Germany (ISO 3166) Discard Eligibility (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Chemisches Apparatewesen, chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V. u Digital Enhanced (or: European) Cordless Telecommunication (or: Telephony) Deutsche EDI-Gesellschaft e.V. Daten-Endeinrichtung (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Akustik e.V. u Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Ortung und Navigation u Diversity Eects in Grassland Ecosystems of Europe Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Ultraschall in der Medizin u Diethylhexylphthalat (Weichmacher/plasticizer) Diraction-Enhanced Imaging Distributed European Infrastructure for Supercomputing Applications Deutsche Koordinierungsstelle fr IT-Normenkonformittsprfung und -zertizierung u a u Dual-Ended Line Testing Dortmunder Elektronen Testspeicherring Anlage Dutch Expedition for Life Science, Technology and Atmospheric Research Digital Elevation Model (Satelliten-Fernerkundung/satellite remote surveillance) Discrete Element Method Deutsche Materialezienzagentur Durable Environmental Multidisciplinary Monitoring Information Network (DLR) Dezentrales Energiemanagementsystem Deutsche Energieagentur Network Information Center fr Deutschland (Karlsruhe, DE) u Double-Enhanced Intracavity Frequency Conversion (Laser) Depleted Field Eect Transistor Distributed Energy Resources Defense Evaluation & Research Agency (MOD, GB) Data Encryption Standard (or: System) Department of Electrical Science (NPL, UK) Detached Eddy Simulation (turbulence model) Diethylstilbestrol (Ostrogen-Derivat/estrogen derivative) Dutch Experiment Support Centre (gravity research) Design of Safety-Critical Automotive Systems Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (Hamburg, DE) Detection Error Tradeo (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Diethylzink (-Verfahren zur Papierkonservierung) Delay Factor Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fr Lebensmittelchemie (Garching, DE) u Distributed Feedback (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication, Laser) Delayed Feedback Control Data Flow Diagram Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum (DLR, Oberpfaenhofen, DE) Division of Fluid Dynamics (APS) Decision Feedback Equalizer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Digital Front End (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutscher Fernsehfunk (ehem./former DDR) Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fr Hubschrauber und Vertikalugtechnik u Deutsch-Franzsische Hochschule o Diabetes-Forschungsinstitut (Dsseldorf, DE) u Department for International Development (UK) Deutsch-Franzsisches Jugendwerk o Deutsches Forschungszentrum fr knstliche Intelligenz (Saarbrcken, DE) u u u Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fr Luftfahrt (Braunschweig, DE, 1936) u Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fr Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (Braunschweig, DE, 1962) u Design for Manufacturing and Assembly Deutsches Forschungsnetz (Datennetz/data network) Department of Fisheries and Oceans (CA) Dansk Fysisk Selskap Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH

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DFS DFS DFS DFS DFT DFT DFU DFVLR DFWM DG DGaO DGBMT DGE DGE DGF DGfB DGfE DGfS DGG DGG DGHS DGHT DGK DGLM DGLR DGM DGMK DGMP DGNA DGNB DGPI DGPs DGPS DGPT DGQ DGS DGS DGS DGSM DGW DGWK DGZ DH d.H. DHA DHAP DHCP DHF DHH DHN DHO DHS DHS DHSG DHT DHT DHT DHTML DHU DHV dHvA DIA DIAL DIANE DIB DIBANET DiBEG DIBS DIC DICOM DID DID DIESIS DIF DIfE DIFF DiServ DIHK

Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fr Segelug u Digital Frequency Synthesizer Dynamic Flow Simulator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Dynamic Frequency Selection (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Density Functional Theory (Kernphysik/nuclear physics) Discrete Fourier Transform, diskrete Fouriertransformation Datenfernbertragung u Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt fr Luft- und Raumfahrt (19691989, danach/thereafter: DLR) u Degenerate Four Wave Mixing (Entartete Vier-Wellen-Mischung) Directorate-General (EU Commission) Deutsche Gesellschaft fr angewandte Optik u Deutsche Gesellschaft fr biomedizinische Technik u Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Ernhrung u a Dynamic Gain-Equalizer (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Flugwissenschaften e.V. (1959) u Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Biophysik u Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Erziehungswissenschaft u Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Sprachwissenschaft u Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft Deutsche Glastechnische Gesellschaft e.V. Deutsche Gesellschaft fr humanes Sterben u Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde u Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Kristallographie u Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Lasermedizin u Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Luft- und Raumfahrt u Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Materialkunde e.V. u Deutsche Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft fr Erdl, Erdgas und Kohle e.V. u o Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Medizinische Physik u Dynamic Group Number Assignment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutsche Gesellschaft fr nachhaltiges Bauen u Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Produktinformationen mbH u Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Psychologie u Dierential Global Positioning System Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Post- und Telekommunikationsgeschichte e.V. u Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Qualitt u a Deutsche Gebrdensprache a Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Sonnenenergie u Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Soziologie u Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Schlaorschung und Schlafmedizin u Data Gateway Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Warenkennzeichnung mbH u Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Zellbiologie u Data High Rate Data Packet Type (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) der Hedschra (islamische Zeitrechnung, ab 622 n. Chr.) Docosahexaensure (Omega-3-Fettsure) a a Dihydroxyacetonphosphat Dynamic Host Conguration Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deformed Helix Ferroelectrics Deutscher Hochseesportverband Hansa Digital Home Network Diversity Handover (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Demographic and Health Surveys Department of Homeland Security (USA, seit/since 2002) Data Hiding Subgroup (of CPTWG) Deutscher Handelstag Dihydrotestosteron Distribution Hash Table (Rundfunk/broadcast) Dynamic HTML Data Handling Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutscher Hochschulverband e.V. de Haasvan Alphen (Eect) Digital Item Adaptation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Dierential Absorption Lidar Direct Information Access Network for Europe Deutsches Institut fr Betriebswirtschaft u Development of Integrated Biomass Biofuels Approaches Network Digital Broadcasting Expert Group (seit/since 1977 in Japan) Digital In-Band Broadcasting System Digital Image Correlation Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine Digital Item Declaration (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Direct Inward Dialing (Telefon/telephone) Design of an Interoperable European Federated Simulation Network for Critical Infrastructures (EU Project) Data Interchange Format Deutsches Institut fr Ernhrungsforschung (Potsdam, DE) u a Deutsches Institut fr Fernstudien (Tbingen, DE) u u Dierentiated Services Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag

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DIHM DIHT DII DIII DIII-D DIL DIL DIMDI DIMES DIN DINI DINZERT DIP DIPF DIPS DIR DIRBE DIRC DIS DISC DISCOS DISCUS DISO DITC DITR Diva DIW DIY DJ DJ DK DK DKD DKE DKFI DKFZ DKG DKI DKIM DKMM DKRZ DL DLA DLA DLA DLC DLC DLC DLC DLCI DLDC DLI DLL DLL DLNA DLP DLPFK DLR DLS DLS DLU DLV DLVO DLW DM DM DM DM DM DM DMA DMAIC DMARD DMB-T DMC DMCA DMD

Digital In-Line Holographic Microscopy Deutscher Industrie- und Handelstag Download Info Indication (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Doublet III (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology, General Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA) Doublet III-D (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology, General Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA) Deutsches Institut fr Lebensmitteltechnik (Quakenbrck, DE) u u Dual In-Line (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutsches Institut fr Medizinische Dokumentation und Information u Descent Image Motion Estimation System (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Deutsches Institut fr Normung u Deutsche Initiative fr Netzwerkinformation e.V. u Deutscher Zertizierungsrat im DIN Digital Item Processing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutsches Institut fr Internationale Pdagogische Forschung (Frankfurt/M, DE) u a Distributed Intelligent Piloting System Data Intensive Research Diuse Infrared Background Experiment (Kosmologie/cosmology) Detection of Internally Reected Cherenkov Light Draft International Standard Dynamic Instruction Set Computer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Database and Information System Characterising Objects in Space Distributed Source Coding Using Syndromes (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Dual Input Single Output (Regler, System/controller, system) Division of Information Technology and Computing (NPL, UK) Deutsches Informationszentrum fr technische Regeln u Deutsches Interferometer fr Vielkanalphotometrie und Astrometrie u Deutsches Institut fr Wirtschaftsforschung (Berlin, DE) u Do it yourself Disk-Jockey Dschibuti (frher Afara und Issa)/Djibouti (former Afar and Issa) (ISO 3166) u Dnemark/Denmark (ISO 3166) a Disk Key (fr CDs und DVDs) u Deutscher Kalibrierdienst Deutsche Elektrotechnische Kommission (DIN und VDE) Deutsches Forschungszentrum fr Knstliche Intelligenz (Saarbrcken, DE) u u u Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (Heidelberg, DE) Deutsche Keramische Gesellschaft e.V. Deutsche Kommission fr Ingenieurausbildung u Domainkey Identied Mail Deutsches Komitee fr Meeresforschung und Meerestechnik u Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum (Hamburg, DE) Downlink (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutsches Literaturarchiv (Marbach, DE) Diusion-Limited Aggregation Dynamic Link Architecture (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Data Link Control (or: Connection) [Layer] (DECT) Diamond-like Carbon Digital Loop Carrier (Internet) Direct Lift Control (aircraft testing) Data Link Connection Identier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Downlink Dual Carrier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Delay-Line Interferometer [Dateinamenerweiterung: Programmdatei/le name extension: program le] Dynamic(ally) (or: Direct) Link(ed) Library (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Digital Living Network Alliance (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Digital Light Processing (or: Processor, or: Projection) Dorsolateraler prfrontaler Kortex a Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fr Luft- und Raumfahrt (ab/since 1989, frher/formerly: DFVLR). u u Ab 1.10.1997/since Oct. 1, 1997: Deutsches Zentrum fr Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. u Direct Access Logging System (Sprachaufzeichnungssystem/speech recorder, Philips) Dynamic Light Scattering, dynamische Lichtstreuung Digital Line Unit Digital Light Valve DerjaguinLandauVerweyOverbeek (soft-matter therory) Direct Laser Writing Data Manager (or: Mining) Data Medium Rate Data Packet Type (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deformable Mirror (adaptive Optik/adaptive optics) Deutsches Museum (Mnchen, DE) u Dialog Management (Sprachverarbeitung/speech processing) Dominica (ISO 3166) Direct Memory Access Dene, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (Antirheumatika/cure for rheumatism) Digital Multimedia Broadcast Terrestrial Dense Multi-Carrier (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Digital Millenium Copyright Act (USA 2000) Digital Micromirror Device

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DME DME DMF DMFC DMFT DMG DMG DMG DMI DML DMLS DMM DMM DMN DMO DMOM DMP DMP DMP DMR DMR DMR DMRC DMS DMS DMS DMS DMS DMSO DMSP DMT DMT DMU DMU DMV DMX DMZ DNA DNA DNB DNCP DNDO DNK DNL DNS DNS DNS DNS DNT DNT DNW DO DOA DOAS DOB Dobson-Unit DOC DOC DOC DOCSIS DOD DOE DoE DOE DOES DOF DOF DOI DOK DOP DOP DOPA DOPS DORIS DORIS DoS DOS DOS

Digital Motor Electronics (Kfz/motor vehicle) Distance Measuring Equipment Dimethylformamid (Lsungsmittel/solvent) o Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Dynamic Mean Field Theory (Festkrperphysik/solid state physics) o Determinstic Micro Grinder (fr asphrische Linsen/for aspheric lenses) u a Deutsche Meteorologische Gesellschaft Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft e.V. Driver-Machine Interface Digital Mathematics Library Direct Metal Laser-Sintering Deutsches Museum Mnchen u Digital-Multimeter Default Mode Network (im Gehirn/in the brain) Direct Mode Operation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Division of Mechanical and Optical Metrology (NPL, UK) [Peter A.] Diamond, [Dale T.] Mortensen, [Christopher A.] Pissarides (Modell, Wirtschaftswissenschaften) Digital Media Project (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Division of Materials Physics (APS) Data Miner Recipes (statistical computations) Dierential Microwave Radiometer (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Division of Materials Research (NSF, Arlington, VA, USA) Direct Manufacturing Research Center (Paderborn, DE) Datenmanagementsystem (Fernerkundung/remote locating) Dehn(ungs)messstreifen Digital Moir Subtraction (Metrologie/metrology) e Direct Measurement System Document Management System (Wissensmanagement) Dimethyl sulfoxide, Dimethylsulfoxid Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (USA) Discrete Multi-Tone (Leitungscode, Mehrfach-Trger-Modulation/transmission code, multiple carrier) a Dough Moulding Compound Digital Mock-Up (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Display and Metering Unit Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung e.V. Distributed Media Exchange (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) De-Militarized Zone Desoxyribonucleic acid Distributed Internet Architecture Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Leipzig Frankfurt am Main Berlin, DE) Deliver Using Network and Content Protection (Datentransfer/data transmission) Domestic Nuclear Detection Oce (USA) Deutsches Nationales Komitee fr IUPAP u Day-Night-Level (Lrmpegel) a Data Network System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Desoxyribonucleinsure a Direct Numerical Simulation (Verbrennungsvorgnge/internal combustion) a Domain Name Service (or: System, or: Server) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Digitale Nutzfahrzeugtechnologie (Innovationscluster/innovation cluster, Kaiserslautern, DE) Dinitrotoluol Deutsch-Niederlndischer Windkanal (bei/near Emmeloord, NL, 1980) a Dominikanische Repubik/Dominican Republic (ISO 3166) Direction of Arrival Dierentielle optische Absorptionsspektroskopie, Dierential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy Depth of Burial (for underground nuclear tests) 2,7 1016 Molekle/cm3 u [Dateinamenerweiterung: Microsoft-Word-Dokument/le name extension: Microsoft Word document] Department of Commerce (USA) Dissolved Organic Carbon Data Over Cable Service Interface Specication (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Department of Defense (USA) Department of Energy (USA) Design of Experiments Diractive Optical Element dierentielle optische Absorptionsspektroskopie Degree-of-Freedom Depth of Focus (Schrfentiefe) a Digital Object Identier (Literatursuche im www/literature search in the www) Deutsches Optisches Komitee Degree of Polarization (Glasfaser/glass ber) Dioctylphthalat (Weichmacher/plasticizer) l-Dihydroxyphenylalanin Danish Optical Society Doppel-Ring-Speicher (DESY) Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositoning Integrated by Satellite (ENVISAT) Denial-of-Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Density of States (Festkrperphysik/solid state physics) o Deutsche Oenlegungsschrift (Patent)

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DOS DOS DOT DOT DOT DoV DP DPA DPA, dpa D-PAF DPCCH DPCH DPCM DPD DPD DPDCH DP-DQPSK DPE DPF DPG DPI DPI DPhV DPMA DPMEM DPN DPNS DPOLY DPP DP-QPSK DPRK DPSK DPSS(L) DPZ DQA DQDB DQPSK DQS DR DR DRA DRAGON DRAM DRAW DRDC DR-DOS DRESSMAN DRET DRF DRG DRG DRG DRIC DRIVE DRM DRM DRM DRNC DRO DRO DRP DRP DRR Dr. rer. nat. DRS DRV DRW DS DSA DSA DSAU DSAZ DSB DS-CDMA DSC DSC

Digital Optical Switch (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Disk Operating System [Dateinamenerweiterung: Microsoft Word-Dokumentenvorlage/le name extension: Microsoft Word document template] Department of Transportation (USA) Diuse Optical Tomography Data over Voice Drop Procedure Demand Priority Access (Datennetze/data networks, AT&T and HP) Deutsche Presse-Agentur Deutsche Processing and Archiving Facility (Fernerkundung/remote locating) Dedicated Physical Control Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Dedicated Physical Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Dierential Pulse Code Modulation Deutscher Paketdienst, ab 1.1.2008/since Jan. 1, 2008: Dynamic Parcel Distribution Digital Predistortion Dedicated Physical Data Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Dual-Polarization Dierential Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying (Modulation) Distributed Processing Environment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Distributed Packet Filtering (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft Department of Primary Industries (Victoria, AU) Drittes Physikalisches Institut [der Universitt Gttingen, DE] a o Deutscher Philologenverband Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt Dual-Port Memory (auf Prozessorkarte/on processor card) Dip-Pen-Nanolithography Digital Private Networking System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Division of Polymer Physics (APS) Division of Plasma Physics (AIP) Dual-Polarization Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (optische Telekommunikation, Modulation/optical telecommunication, modulation) Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Dierential Phase-Shift Key Diode-Pumped Solid State (Laser) Deutsches Primatenzentrum (Gttingen, DE) o Data Quality Analyzer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Distributed Queue Dual Basis (or: Bus) Dierential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (Modulation) Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Zertizierung von Qualittsmanagementsystemen mbH a dielektronische Rekombination Drive (US Mail) Defence Research Agency (UK) Dynamic Resource Allocation via GMPLS Optical Networks (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Dynamic Random Access Memory Development of Design Tools for Reduced Aerodynamic Noise Wind Turbines (EU research project) Defence Research and Development Canada Digital Research DOS Dummy Representing Suit for Simulation of Human Heatloss Direction des Recherches, Etudes et Techniques Deafness Research Foundation (USA) Deutsche Rntgengesellschaft, Gesellschaft fr medizinische Radiologie, Strahlenbiologie und o u Nuklearmedizin e.V. Diagnosis Related Group Dorsal Root Ganglion (Neurone/neurons) Defence Research Information Centre (Orpington, Kent, UK) Dedicated Road Infrastructure for Vehicle Safety in Europe Design Reference Mission (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Digital Radio Mondiale (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Digital Rights Management Drift Radio Network Controller (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Dielectric Resonance (or: Resonator) Oscillator Digital Read Out Deutsches Reichspatent (1877 1945) Digital Radio Promotion Digitally Reconstructed Radiograph (Onkologie/oncology) Doctor rerum naturalium Daten-Relaissatellit [Dateinamenerweiterung: Treiberdatei/le name extension: driver le] [Dateinamenerweiterung: Micrograx Designer-Graphikdatei/le name extension: Micrograx Designer graphic le] Dierentiated Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Diuse Shock Acceleration (supernova research) Digital Signature Algorithm Digital Subscriber Access Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutsch-Spanisches Astronomisches Zentrum (= CAHA) (auf/on Calar Alto, Chile) Digital Sound Broadcasting Direct Sequence CDMA (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Digital System Controller Distributed Source Coding (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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DSC DSC DSCH DSCP DSCS DSE DSF DSGV DSHS DSI DSI DSIR DSKLR DSL DSL DSLAM DSM DSM DSM DSM DSM-CC DSO DSO DSP DSP DSP DSR DSR DSR DSR DSR DSRC DSS DSS DSS DSS DS-SS DST DST DST DSTO DSU DSW DS-Wert DSX DT DTA DTA DTAB DTAB DTC DTC DTCP DTD DTE DTFT DTH DTI DTI DTI DTL DTM DTM DTM DTMF DTNSRDC DTO D/TOS DTP DTP DTP DTPP DTRA DTS DTT DTTB DTTG

Dye-Sensitive Solar Cell Dynamic Stability Control (Kfz/motor vehicle) Downlink Shared Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Dierentiated Services Code Point (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Defense Satellite Communications System (USA) Design Support Environment Dispersion Shifted Fiber (Glasfaser/glass ber) Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband Deutsche Sporthochschule (Kln, DE) o Diusions-Spektrum-MRI (Bildgebungsverfahren/image processing) Download Server Initiative (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Department of Scientic and Industrial Research (UK) Dreiachsiges Strapdown Kurs-Lage-Referenzsystem Digital Subscriber Line (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Domain Specic Language (Programmiertrend) Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deutsches Schiahrtsmuseum (Bremerhaven, DE) Diagnostisches und statistisches Manual [psychischer Strungen] o Distributed System Management Dynamic Spectrum Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Data (or: Digital) Storage Media Command and Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Digital Sampling Oscilloscope Digital Storage Oscilloscope Data Service Prole (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Defense Support Program (USA) Digital Signal Processor (or: Processing) Delayed Sound Reinforcement Dierential Spectral Responsivity Digital Satellite Radio; Digitaler Satellitenrundfunk Distributed Speech Recognition Doubly (or Deformed) Special Relativity Dedicated Short-Range Communication (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Decentralized Software Services (Computer-Programmentwicklung/program development) Decision Support System Digital Signature Standard Digital Speaker System (Lautsprecher/loudspeaker) Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Department of Science and Technology (Sdafrika/South Africa) u Discrete Sine Transform, diskrete Sinustransformation Dispersion Supported Transmission (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Defence (or: Data) Science and Technology Organization (AU) Digital Service Unit Deutsche Stifung Weltbevlkerung o durchschnittlicher Substitutionsgrad Demonstrations and Science Experiment (NASA, geplant fr/planned for 2010) u Data Terminal Deutsche Technische Akademie (Helmstedt, DE) Dierential Thermal Analysis Demountable TAB Dodecyltrimethylammonium Bromide Defence Technology Centre (UK) Direct Torque Control (fr Elektroantrieb/for electric drive) u Digital Transmission Content Protection (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Document Type Denition Data Terminal Equipment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Discrete-Time Fourier Transform Direct to Home (Satellitenfernsehen/satellite TV) Department of Trade and Industry (UK) Diusion Tensor Imaging (Bildgebungsverfahren/image processing) Display Technology Incorporated (Zusammenschluss von IBM und Toshiba zur Produktion von Flachbildschirmen/cooperation of IBM and Toshiba for at-screen manufacturing) Diode-Transistor Logic Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (Carnegie Institution of Washington, DC, USA) Device Type Manager (Feldbussystem/eld bus system) Dual Transfer Mode (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Dual Tone Multifrequency (Telefon/telephone) David Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center Data Transfer Object ESA Directorate of Technical and Operational Support Desktop Publishing Digital Transparent Processor (Satellitentechnik/satellite technology) Diverter Test Platform (for ITER) Desktop Program Production Defense Threat Reduction Agency (USA) Distributed Temperature Sensor Digital Terrestrial Televison Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting (Japan) Digital Terrestrial Television Local Testing Group

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DTV DTW DTX DU DUACS DUE DUI DUI DUMAND DUN DUSEL DUT DUV DUZ DVA DVB DVB-C DVB-CMBS DVB-DSNG DVB-H DVB-RCS DVB-S DVB-S DVB-SH DVB-T DVCS DVD DVDCCA DVE DVE DVG DVL DVM DVMT DVP DVPT DVS DVT DWAF DWC DWC DWD DWDM DWL DWNT DWP DWPI DwPTS DWT DXA DXC DXF DZ DZfCh DZNE D2B D3ML

Digital Television Dynamic Time Warp(ing) Discontinuous Transmission (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Dobson Unit (for atmospheric ozone concentration) Developing Use of Altimetry for Climate Studies Datenbertragungseinrichtung (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) u Deutsches Ubersee-Institut (Hamburg, DE) Driving Under the Inuence Deep Underwater Myon and Neutrino Detector (bei/near Hawaii) Dial-Up Networking (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Deep Undergrond Science and Engineering Laboratory (Homestake gold mine in Lead, South Dakota, USA) Device Under Test Deep-Ultraviolet Deutsche Universittszeitung a Dynamic Visual Acuity Digital Video Broadcast(ing) DVB Cable DVB-Convergence of Broadcast and Mobile Services DVB Digital Satellite News Gathering DVB (to) Handheld System DVB Return Channel via Satellite DVB Satellite DVB-Standard (Downlink) DVB for Satellite Services to Handheld Devices Terrestrial Digital Video Broadcast Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering Digital Versatile (or: Video) Disk DVD Copy Control Association Digital Video Encoder Distributed Virtual Environment Deutsche Vakuumgesellschaft Deutsche Versuchsanstalt fr Luftfahrt (Berlin-Adlershof, DE, 1912) u Deutscher Verband fr Materialforschung und -prfung u u Dynamic Video Memory Technology Distributed Video Production Deutscher Verband fr Post und Telekommunikation u Deutscher Verband fr Schweitechnik u Deutscher Verband Technisch-Wissenschaftlicher Vereine e.V. Department of Water Aairs and Forestry (ZA) Digital Waveform Capture (I/O Board) Digital Wavefront Camera Deutscher Wetterdienst Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Data Window Length (underwater noise monitoring standard) Double Wall Nanotube Data Window Period (underwater noise monitoring standard) Derwent World Patents Index Downlink Pilot Time Slot (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Discrete Wavelet Transform Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry Digital Cross Connect (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Autodesk Autoload-Graphikdatei/le name extension: Autodesk Autoload graphic le] Algerien/Algeria (ISO 3166) Deutscher Zentralausschuss fr Chemie u Deutsches Zentrum fr Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (UMG) u Domestic Digital (or: Digital Domestic) Bus (Faseroptik/ber optics) Device Independent Multi-Modal Markup Language

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E-... E... EA EAA EAA EAC EADQ EADS EAE EAEG eag (EAG) EAG E-AGCH EAI EAL EALM EAM EAM Electronic ... (-Business, -Commerce, -Economy, -Journal, -Procurement etc.) Exa (Prx/prex): 1018 a Electroabsorption European Acoustics Association Experimental Aircraft Association Extended Access Control (Datensicherheit/data security) [Fraunhofer-] Einrichtung fr Diagnose und Qualittssteigerung u a European Aeronautic Defence System Experimentelle Autoimmunenzephalomyelitis Euroean Association of Exploration Geophysics ether-`-go-go (ein Gen/a gene) a Europische Atomgemeinschaft a Enhanced [Uplink] Absolute Grant Channel Enterprise Application Integration (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Evangelische Akademie Loccum Electro-Absorption Laser Modulator (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Electro-Absorption Modulator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Energie-Aktiengesellschaft Mitteldeutschland (frher/formerly: Elektrizitts-Aktiengesellschaft Mitteldeutschland) u a

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European Article Number, Europische Artikelnummer (Strichcode/bar code) a [Bureau of] East Asian and Pacic [Aairs] Encyclopedia of Applied Physics Extensible Authentication Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Extensible Authentication Protocol over Local Area Networks (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Euro-Asian Physical Society Edge Aggregation Router (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Environment for Acoustic Research (ARL, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA) European Association for Research in Astronomy European Aerosol Research Lidar Network (Fernerkundung/remote locating) European Academic Research Network Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (Medizin/medicine) European Association of Research and Technology (Bruxelles, BE) European Astronomical Society Extraordinary Acoustic Screening European Academic Software Award End-to-End Application and Service Integration (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European Academic Supercomputing Initiative European Academic Supercomputing Initiative Network Electronic Architecture and System Engineering for Integrated Safety Systems (Zusammenschluss europischer a Automobilhersteller/cooperation of European car manufacturers) European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (Hefei, China) Equivalent Bandwidth (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Eisenbahnbundesamt European Bird Census Committee Embedded Block Coding with Optimal Truncation (Bildkompression/image compression) [elektronische Bremskraftverteilung] (Kfz/motor vehicle) European Federation of Biology European Bioinformatics Institute (Hinxton bei/near Cambridge, UK) Electron-Beam Induced Deposition Earnings Before Interest and Tax Electron Beam Ion Trap Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization E-Business Innovationszentrum (FhG) European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations entwicklungsbegleitende Normung Error Back Propagation (Algorithmus/algorithm) Electronic Batch Record European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Elektronisches Bremssystem (Kfz-Technik) European Business School (in Oestrich-Winkel, DE) Electron Backscatter(ed) Diraction Electron-Beam Testing European Broadcasting Union [Michael] Epstein, [Yvonne] Barr Virus (herpes virus) Ecuador (ISO 3166) Electrochemical Capacitor European Commission European Congress on Acoustics Evolution Cryotechnique Type A (Rakete/rocket) European Conservation Agriculture Federation EcoCommercial Building European Chemicals Bureau Electrochemical Concentration Cell Electronic Climate Control (fr Autos/for cars) u Error Correcting Code Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (Forschungsprojekt/research project) European Cooperation in the Field Field of Scientic and Technical Research Electron Capture Detector Edinburgh Compute Data Facility (UK) Engineering Career Development Team (IEEE) Economic Commission of Europe (UN) [Department of] Electrical and Computer Engineering European Committee for Future Accelerators European Consulting Forum for Research Networking Emitter Coupled Logic External Cavity Laser Environmental Control and Life Support (Satelliten/satellites) Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (Satelliten/satellites) Electret Condenser Microphone Electronic Content Management (Informationsverarbeitung/information processing) Enterprise Content Management Entitlement Control Message (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European Crystallographic Meeting European Computer Manufacturers Association Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (Liverpool, GB) Equal Cost Multipath (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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ECMWF ECOC ECOLE ECOPS ECORD ECOSA ECOSAE ECOSSE ECS ECS ECSC ECSC ECSD ECSEL Ecsite ECT eCTD ECTS ECU ECU ECU ECUA ECVAM ECWP EC2 ED EDA EDA EDC EDC EDC EDC EDCINE EDCTP EDELWEISS EDF EDF EDFA EDG EDG EDGE EDI EDICI EDIF EDIFACT EDL EDLC EDM EDM EDM DM EDMS EDNA EDP E-DPCCH E-DPDCH EDPS EDR EDR EDRN EDS EDS EDS EDSAC EDT EDT EDTA edu EDV EDVAC EDX ED-XRF EE EE EEA EEC EECONET EECS

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast (= EZMW) European Conference [and Exhibition] on Optical Communication European Collaborative Open Learning Environment European Committee on Ocean and Polar Sciences European Consortium on Research Drilling European Conference on Optical Systems and Applications European Consumer Safety Organisation Estimating Carbon in Organic Soils Sequestration and Emissions (Scotland and Wales) Electrochemical Society (USA) Electronics and Computer Science European Coal and Steel Community European Congress of Science Cities Enhanced Circuit Switched Data (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Extended-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser European network of science centres and museums Explicit Call Tranfer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Electronic Common Technical Document (Standard) European [Community Course] Credit Transfer Scheme (or: System) East Carolina University (Greenville, NC, USA) Electrical (or: Electronic) Control Unit European Currency Unit European Conference on Underwater Acoustics European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (Bologna, IT) Emirates Center for Wildlife Propagation Elastic Compute Cloud Erektile Dysfunktion Electronic Design Automation Engineering Design Activities (EC) Electronic Damper Control (Kfz/motor vehicle) Electronic Data Capture Electronic Diesel Control (Kfz/motor vehicle) Endocrine Disrupting Compounds Enhanced Digital Cinema (EU project) European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (16 European and 45 African countries) Exprience pour Dtecter les WIMPs en Site Souterrain e e Electricit de France e Extended Depth of Field Erbium Doped Fiber Amplier (Glasfaser/glass ber) Electronics Development Group (at EFI) European Datagrid Enhanced Datarate(s) for GSM Evolution (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Electronic Data (or: Document) Interchange Evolution, Development and Intentional Control of Initiation (EU Project) Electronic Design Interchange Format Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport Entry, Descent and Landing (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Electric Double-Layer Capacitor Electric Dipole Moment (Elementarteilchenphysik/elementary particle physics) Electrical Discharge Machining Electronic Distribution of Music Europeana Data Model Electronic Document Mangement System European Data Network Agency Electronic Data Processing Enhanced Dedicated Physical Control Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Enhanced Dedicated Physical Data Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European Data Protection Supervisor Enhanced Data Rate (Bluetooth signals) Event Data Recorder (Kfz-Technik/automobile) Early Detection Research Network (National Cancer Institute) Earth Departure Stage (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Electronic Dierential System (Kfz/automobile) Energy Dispersive Spectrometer Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer (Cambridge University, 1949) Early Decay Time (room acoustics) Elektrodynamisches Tether-System Ethylendiamintetraacetat [Educational Organization] (Internet, USA) Elektronische Datenverarbeitung Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer (University of Pennsylvania, USA 1950) Energy Dispersive X-Ray (uorescence spectroscopy)/Energiedispersive Rntgenanalytik o Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Equipment Engineering (TC im/in the ETSI) Estland/Estonia (ISO 3166) European Environmental Agency European Economic Community European Ecological Network (Naturschutz/nature conservation) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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EEE EEEL EEF EEFAE EEG EEG EEIG EELS EELT EEM EEN EEP EEPROM EER EERE EEROM EESE EET EEW EF eFA EFA EFD EFDA EFF EFG EFI EFL EFM EFPIA EFR EFRC EFRE EFS EFS EFSA EFT EFTA EG EGA EGA EGEE EGF EGI, EGI.eu eGK EGK EGK EGM EGNOS EGO EGP EGP EGPRS EGRET EGS EGS EGSK E-GSM EGT EGU EGW eGY EH EHB EHEA EHEC EHF E-HICH EHL EHS EHS EI EI EIA EIA EIB EIB

[Department of] Electronic and Electrical Engineering (at UCL) Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory (NIST, USA) Erleichterung fr Existentzgrndungen aus Forschungseinrichtungen (ein Fonds/a fund) u u Ecient and Environmentally Friendly Aero-Engine (Flugzeugantrieb/aircraft engine) Elektroenzephalogramm (-graphie), Electroencephalogram (-graphy) Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz European Economic Interest Group (EU) Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (or: Spectrometer) European Extremely Large Telescope (geplant fr/planned for 2017) u Electronic Engine Management (Kfz/motor vehicle) Enterprise Europe Network Europisches Erhaltungszuchtprogramm (fr vom Aussterben bedrohte a u Tierarten/program for breeding animals threatened by extinction) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory Equal-Error Rate (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [DOE Oce of] Energy Eciency and Renewable Energy Electrically Erasable Read-Only Memory Electrical/Electronic Systems Engineering Energy Ecient Transport (Flugezeugantrieb/aircraft engine) Early Earthquake Warning Expedited Forwarding (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) elektronische Fallakte (fr Arzte und Kliniken) u European Fighter Aircraft Event Forwarding Discriminator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European Fusion Development Agreement Electronic Frontier Foundation (USA) Edge-Dened Filmfed Growth Enrico Fermi Institute (University of Chicago, IL, USA) Eective Focal Length (optische Linsen/optical lenses) Ethernet in First Mile (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations Enhanced Full Rate (Vocoder) Energy Frontier Research Center Europischer Fonds fr regionale Entwicklung a u Electric Field Sensing Elektronische Flugstreifen (Flugsicherung) [Europische Behrde fr Lebensmittelsicherheit/European authority for food reliability] a o u Eective Field Theory (Kernphysik/nuclear physics) European Free Trade Association (NO, SE, FI, IS, CH, AT, FL) Agypten/Egypt (ISO 3166) Enhanced Graphics Adapter Entwicklungsgesellschaft Adlershof Enabling Grid for E-Science in Europe Epidermal Growth Factor European Grid Initiative (or: Infrastructure) (seit/since 2010) elektronische Gesundheitskarte Europisches Graduiertenkolleg a Extended Gate Keeper (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Extraordinary General Meeting European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Satellite System (or: Service) (Satellitennavigation/satellite navigation) European Gravitational Observatory (Pisa, IT) Electronic Program Guide Exterior Gateway Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Enhanced GPRS Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope Enhanced Geothermal System European Geophysical Society eGovernment Starter Kit (Microsoft) Extended Global System for Mobile Communication (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European Geographical Technologies European Geophysics Union Edge Gateway Electronic Geophysical Year (geplanter Nachfolger des IGY/planned successor of the IGY) Westsahara/Western Sahara (frher Spanisch-Sahara/former Spanish Sahara) (ISO 3166) u Elly Hlterho-Bcking-Stiftung o o European Higher Education Area enterohmorrhagische Escherichia coli a Extra High Frequency (30 300 GHz) Enhanced Uplink HARQ Indicator Channel extragalaktisches Hintergrundlicht Environment, Health, and Safety Environment and Human Security Electron Impact (Massenspektrometer/mass spectrometer) Engineering Information (Datenbank/data bank, Westbury, NY, USA) Electronics Industries Association (or: Alliance) Energy Information Administration (USA) European Installation Bus (Haustechnik/domestic technology) European Investment Bank

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EIBA EiC EIC EIC EICTA EID EIGRP EIP EIR EIR e-IRG EIRO EIRP EIS EIS EIS EISA EISA EISL EISS EIT EIT EIT EIT EIT EITC EITO EJ EJB EJMC EJSM EKA EKBO EKF EKG EKGS EKS EKV EL EL ELA E-LAN ELBE ELCAT ELDA ELDO ELEANNE ELF ELFE ELFICOM ELGRA ELI ELI ELI ELI E-LINE ELINT ELISA ELITE ELM ELM ELMF ELN ELOG ELP ELROB ELS ELSA ELSI ELSTAM ELT ELU EMA EMAC E-Mail E-MAN EMANI

European Installation Bus Association Editor in Chief Electron Induced Conduction Euro Info Centre European Information and Communication Technology Industry Association Electronic Identication of Containers Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Early Implementation Program Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (US program) Excessive Information Rate (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) e-Infrastructure Reection Group (zur gemeinsamen Nutzung verteilter elektronischer Ressourcen/for the shared use of distributed electronic resources) European Intergovernmental Research Organisations Eective (or: Equivalent) Isotropic Radiated Power (Satelliten/satellites) Eective Isotropic Sensitivity (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Environmental Impact Statement Executive Information Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Energy Independence and Security Act (USA 2007) Extended Industry Standard Architecture Eektive isotrope Strahlungsleistung Europisches Institut fr Systemsicherheit a u Electromagnetically Induced Transparency, elektromagnetisch induzierte Transparenz Elektrische Impedanz-Tomographie European Institute of (Innovation and) Technology (Budapest, HU) Event Information Table (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Extreme-Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (an Bord von/aboard SOHO) European Information Technology Conference European Information Technology Observatory Exajoule (= 1018 Joule) Enterprise Java Beans (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) EUROBALL Joint Management Committee Europe Jupiter System Mission (ESANASA project, planned for about 2020) Expositions-Aquivalent fr krebserzeugende Arbeitsstoe u Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt Objects (Astronomie/astronomy) Extended Kalman Filter Elektrokardiogramm (-graphie) Europische Gemeinschaft fr Kohle und Stahl a u [Fraunhofer-] Einrichtung fr Systeme der Kommunikationstechnik (Mnchen, DE) u u VDI-EKV Echo Loss (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Electroluminescence, Elektrolumineszenz Elektroakustik Ethernet LAN Services Elektronenbeschleuniger hoher Brillanz und geringer Emittanz (FZR, Rossendorf, DE) Electrocatalytic Gas-Phase Conservation of CO2 in Conned Catalysts (EU 20042008, IT-FR-DE-GR) Evaluation and Languages Resources Distribution Agency European Launcher Development Organization (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Ecient Learning Algorithm for Neural Networks Extremely Low Frequency (0,3 3 kHz) Electron Laboratory for Europe Elektronische Fachinformation und Kommunikation European Low-Gravity Research Association Eurocell Library and Interfaces European Laser Institute (Aachen, DE, seit/since 2003) Extreme Light Infrastructure (European project) Extreme Light Intensity (short-pulse laser, planned for 2015) Ethernet Line Services Electronic Intelligence Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay European Laboratory for Intelligent Techniques Engineering (Aachen, DE) Element Layer Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Event and Log Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European Large Magnetic Field Facility Electronic Lab(oratory) Notebook Epitaxially Laterally Overgrown Enterprise Laboratory Platform European Land-Robot Trial (-Modell/model) nach/after [Olin] Eggen, [Donald] Lynden-Bell und/and [Allan] Sandage (Astronomie/astronomy) Elektron-Stretcher-Anlage Ethical, Legal and Social Issues Elektronische Lohnsteuerabzugsmerkmale Extremely Large Telescope (planned for 2018) Enhanced Learning Unlimited (EU project) Experimental Modal Analysis Ethernet Media Access Controller Electronic Mail Ethernet Metropolitan Area Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Electronic Mathematics Archives Network Initiative (seit/since 2002)

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EMB EMBASSI EMBL eMBMS EMBO EMC EMC EMC EMCCD EMD EMEA EMERGE EMER-T EMF EMF EMF EMFT EMG EMG EMH EMI EMI EMI EMI EMIS EML EML EML EML EMM EMM EMMA EMMI EMMI EMMI EMP EMP EMPA EMPD EMPS EMR EMR EMR EMR EMRC EMRS EMS EMS EMS EMS EMS EMS EMSA EMSL EMSTP EMT EMT EMV EMVG EMVU EN ENAC ENAS ENBIS EnBW END EnEV ENF ENI ENIAC ENIAC ENI(-G) ENM ENO ENS ENSEEIHT ENSIEG

[Fraunhofer-] Einrichtung fr Marine Biologie (Lbeck, DE) u u Elektronische Multimediale Bedien- und Service-Assistenz Europisches Molekularbiologisches Laboratorium, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Heidelberg, DE) a Enhanced Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service European Molecular Biology Organization (Heidelberg, DE) Electro-Magnetic Chamber Electromagnetic Compatibility (= EMV) European Muon Collaboration Electron Multiplying Charge-Coupled Device (optischer Sensor/optical sensor) Electronic Music Distribution Europe, Middle East and Africa Emergency Monitoring Prevention (EU project) Emergency Mobility of Rescue Forces and Regular Trac (DLR) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/le name extension: graphic le] Electromagnetic Field, elektromagnetisches Feld European Multimedia Forum [Fraunhofer-] Einrichtung fr Modulare Festkrpertechnologien u o Electro-Optical Materials Group (University of Toronto, ON, CA) Electromyogram, Electromyography Electromotor (or: Electric Motor)-HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) Electromagnetic Induction Electromagnetic Interference (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Engineering Mechanics Institute (ASCE) Ernst-Mach-Institut (Fraunhofer-Institut fr Kurzzeitdynamik, Freiburg, DE) u The European Mathematical Information Service Electro-Absorption Modulated Laser (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Elektromagnetischer Levitator (auf der ISS) Element Management Layer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European Media Laboratory (Heidelberg, DE) Entitlement Management Message (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) EPS Mobility Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European Airport Movement Management by A-SMGCS (Flughafen-Bodenverkehr/airport ground trac) Electrical Man Machine Interface ESA Multi-Mode Instrument Extreme Matter Institute (Darmstadt, DE) Electromagnetic Pulse Embedded-Media Processor (Datenverarbeitung/data processing) Eidgenssische Materialprfungs- und Forschungsanstalt (Dbendorf, CH) o u u [International Conference on] Energy Management and Power Delivery European Mobility Scheme for Physics Students (EPS) Electromagnetic Relay Electron Magnetic Resonance Enhanced Measurement Report Extraordinary Magnetoresistance European Medical Research Council Electromagnetic Remote Sensing Electried Monorail System Electromagnetic Susceptibiliy (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Electronic Meeting System Element Management System (Internet) Engineering Management System European Mathematical Society European Maritime Safety Agency Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (PNNL, USA) European Medical Scientic Training Program Electromagnetic Transient Emergency Medical Technician Elektromagnetische Vertrglichkeit (= EMC) a Gesetz uber die elektromagnetische Vertrglichkeit von Gerten a a Elektromagnetische Umweltvertrglichkeit a Europa-Norm, Europische Norm (CENELEC) a European Network and Applications Center [Fraunhofer-] Einrichtung (oder: -Institut) fr Elektronische Nanosysteme (Paderborn) u European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics Energie Baden-Wrttemberg AG u Enviromental (European) Noise Directive Energieeinsparverordnung (seit/since 2007) Equivalent Noise Floor (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ethernet Network Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (Univ. of Pennsylvania, USA 1945) European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council European Neuroscience Institute (in Gttingen, DE) o Enviromenal Noise Management Essentially Non-Oscillatory (numerische Rechenverfahren/numerical computing) Ecole Normale Suprieure (Paris, FR) e Ecole Nationale Suprieure dElectrotechnique, dElectronique, dInformatique, dHydraulique e et des Tlcommunications (Toulouse, FR) ee Ecole Nationale Suprieure dIngnieurs Electriciens de Grenoble e e

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ENSO ENST ENT ENT ENTIRE ENTRANCE ENVI :envihab ENVISAT ENWISE ENX EO EO EOAE EOC E-OCVM EOF EOF EOG EOL EoMPLS EOP EORTC EOS EOS EOS EOS EOS EOSAM EOSDIS EOT EOTC EOTD E-OTDR EP EP EPA ePA ePA EPA EPA EPAA EPAD EPAS EPB EPBD EPC EPC EPC EPC EPCC EPDB EPFD EPFL EPG EPHY EPI EPI EPIA EPIC EPIC EPIC EPIC EPICA EPL EPL EPLA EPNL EPO EPO EPO EPON EPOS EPR EPR EPRE EPRI EPRINT

El Nio Southern Oscillation (Klima/climate) n Ecole Nationale Suprieure des Tlcommunications e ee Ear, Nose and Throat (= HNO) Elektrische Nachrichtentechnik (Zeitschrift) European Network on Transport Innovation for the Rational Use of Energy Energy Savings in Transport through Innovation in the Cities of Europe Environment for Visualizing Images Environment Habitat (DLR: medizinische Forschungsanlage, Kln, 2011 im Bau) o (Europischer Umweltsatellit, ab 1.3.2002/European enviroment satellite, since March 1, 2002) a Enlarge Women in the East (Working group, European Commission, since 2003) European Network Exchange (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Earth Observation (Satelliten/satellites) Electro-Optical (Eects or Sensors) evozierte otoakustische Emissionen Earth Observation Center (DLR, Neustrelitz) European Operational Concept Validation Methodology (Flugverkehr/air trac) Empirical Orthogonal Function End of File Elektrooculogramm, Electrooculogram End of Life (Satellitentechnik/satellite technology) Ethernet over MPLS Earth Observation Programmes European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Earth Observing System (or: Satellite) (NASA) Earth, Oceans, and Space (Institute, New Hampshire, USA) Electrical Overstress Equation of State European Optical Society European Optical Society Annual Meeting Earth Observing System Data Information System Energy Optimized Tyre European Organization for Testing and Certication Enhanced Observed Time Dierence (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Extended Optical Time Domain Reectometry Europisches Parlament a Executive Plan Eicosapentaensure a elektronische Patientenakte elektronischer Personalausweis Environment(al) Protection Agency (in vielen Lndern/in many countries) a Europisches Patantamt (Mnchen, DE) a u European Partnership on Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing Electronically Programmable Analog Device Electronic Power Assisted Steering (Kfz/motor vehicle) Electric Power Boost (Kfz/motor vehicle) Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EU-Richtlinie) Electronic Power Conditioner Electronic Product Code (in the RFID) Enhanced Power Control European Publishers Council Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (Scotland) European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive Equivalent Power Flux Density (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne e e Electronic Program(ming) Guide (Digitalrundfunk/digital broadcast) Ethernet Physical Transceiver Eastern Pacic Investigations of Climate Echo Planar Imaging (MRI) European Photovoltaic Industry Association Electronic and Photonic Integrated Circuits European Photon Imaging Camera (XMM) European Photonics Industry Consortium European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Study European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica Ethernet Private Line Europhysics Letters European Patent Litigation Agreement Eective Perceived Noise Level Education and Public Outreach (University of Oregon, USA, Physics Department) Erythropoietin European Patent Oce (Mnchen, DE) u Ethernet Passive Optical Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European PTT Open Learning Service Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen(-Paradoxon/paradox) European Pressurised Water Reactor (Kernreaktor, geplant fr/nucler reactor, planned for 2011 in Finland) u Energy per Resource Element (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Electron Parametric Resonance Imaging Electronic Print Server for Research Information on Natural Science and Technology

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EPROM EPS EPS EPS EPS EPS EPS EPS EPS EPSC epSOS EPSRC EPTA EPU EPU EPWS EPXMA EQ EQEC eQtv ER ER ER ER ERA ERA ERAB ERAM ERASMUS ERATO ERBE ERBS ERC ERCIM ERCOFTAC ERCOT ERDA ERDF ERE ERES ERF E-RGCH ERGO ERIC ERIS ERISA ERL ERLE ERM ERNE ERO ERO EROS eRosita ERP ERP ERP ERP ERS ERSI ERT ERTMS ertPS ERTRAC ERV ES ES ES ESA ESA/ASE ESAU ESB ESCA ESCA ESCHILO ESCON ESCPE ESCU

Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory Encapsulated Postscript [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/le name extension: graphic le] Electronic Power Steering (Kfz/motor vehicle) Elektropneumatische Schaltung (Kfz/motor vehicle) Encapsulated Postscript Eumetsat Polar System European Physical Society European Polar Satellite Evolved Packet System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European Planetary Science Congress Smart Open Services for European Patients Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK) European Pulsar Timing Array (Astrophysik/astrophysics) End-of-PipeUmweltschutz Europisches Patentbereinkommen a u European Platform of Women Scientists Electron Probe X-Ray Microanalysis Enzephalisationsquotient (Hirnforschung/brain research) European Quantum Electronics Conference e-Qualikations-TV (fr den Mittelstand/qualication for the middle class) u Edge Router (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Eritrea (ISO 3166) Event Reporting Extinction Ratio Eigensystem Realization Algorithm European Research Area European Research Area Board Electronic Research Archive for Mathematics (DFG project) European Community Action Scheme for the Mobiliy of University Students Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology Program (JRDC) Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (Klimaforschung/climate research) Earth Radiation Budget Satellite European Research Council (Bruxelles, BE) European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics European Research Community on Flow, Turbulence and Combustion Electric Reliability Council of Texas (USA) US Energy Research and Development Administration European Regional Development Fund Energy Reuse Eectiveness ESA Rams Expert System (Software) Electrorheological Fluid Enhanced [Uplink] Relative Grant Channel European Research Gateways On-Line European Research Infrastructure Consortium External Region Integrity System (Galileo) European Regional Information Society Association Energy Recovery Linac (CLASSE) Echo Return Loss Enhancement Earth Resource Mapping Energetic and Relativistic Nuclei and Electron Experiment (an Bord von/aboard SOHO) European Research Oce (of US Army, in London, GB) Explicit Route Object (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Earth Resources Observation System Extended Roentgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array (Rntgenteleskop/X-ray telescope) o Eective Radiation Power (Sender/transmitter) Energy Resource Planning Enterprise Resource Planning Event-Related Potential (Neurologie/Neuroscience) European Remote Sensing Satellite Environment and Remote Sensing Institute (Harare, Simbabwe) External Review Committee European Rail Transport Management System (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Enhanced Real-Time Packet Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European Road Transport Research Advisory Council Earth Return Vehicle (bemannte Raumfahrt/manned spacecraft) Embryonale Stammzelle Expert System Spanien/Spain (ISO 3166) Endangered Species Act (USA) European Space Agency / Agence spatiale europenne e Electronic Subscriber Access Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Environmental Specimen Bank Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis European Speech Communication Association Esperimento di Schermatura in Low Orbit (Raumfahrt, Schirmungsexperiment/spacecraft, shielding experiment) Enterprise Systems Connections (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ecole de Chimie, Physique et Electronique (Lyon, FR) Enhanced Services Control Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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ESD ESD ESDA ESDAC ESDIAD ESE ESE ESF ESF ESFRI ESG ESG ESG ESI eSI ESIME ESK ESL ES-Laser ESM ESM ESM ESMF E-SMF ESnet ESO ESO ESOC ESOF ESOFTA ESONE ESOPS ESP ESP ESP ESP ESPCI ESPI ESPI ESPON ESPRIT ESPRIT ESR ESR ESR ESRAB ESRANGE ESRF ESRIF ESRIN ESRL ESRO ESS ESS ESS ESS ESSC ESSCIRC ESSI ESSID ESSL EST EST EST ESTA ESTB ESTEC EST&H ESTO ESTW ESWD ESWL ET ET ETACS ETAI ETAN

Electrostatic Discharge Expert System Development Electronic Systems Design Automation European Soil Data Centre Electron-Stimulated Desorption Ion Angular Distribution Exonic Splicing Enhancer (Genetik/genetics) Expo-Sciences Europe (Annual Exhibition and Meeting) EUREKA Software Factory European Science Foundation (seit/since 1974) European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures Electronic Service Guide (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Enterprise Strategy Group Evangelische Studierenden-Gemeinde Elektronenspray-Ionisation elektronischer Sicherheitsinspektor Escuela Superior de Ingener Mecnica y Electrica (Mexico City) a a [Fraunhofer-] Einrichtung fr Systeme der Kommunikationstechnik u ESA Simulation Language (Software) Eckige-Schraube-Laser Electrochemical Strain Microscopy Embedded Server Module Europischer Stabilittsmechanismus a a Earth System Modelling Framework Enhanced SMF Energy Science Network ESSI Service Organization European Southern Observatory, Europische Organisation fr astronomische Forschung in der a u sdlichen Hemisphre (Garching, DE) u a European Space Operations Centre (Darmstadt, DE) Euro(pean) Science Open Forum Embedded Software Association [Committee for] European Studies on Norms for Electronics European Symposium on Polymer Spectroscopy Electronic Stability Program, elektronisches Stabilittsprogramm (Kfz/motor vehicle) a Embedded Signal Processing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Equal-Spin-Pairing (superconductivity) Extrasensory Perception Ecole Suprieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles [de la Ville de Paris] e Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry European Space Policy Institute European Spatial Planning Observation Network Estimation of Signal Parameters via Rotational Invariance Techniques European Strategic Programme for Research and Development in Information Technology Electrical Substitution Radiometer Electron Spin Resonance, Elektronenspinresonanz Experimentier-Speicher-Ring (bei der/at the GSI, Darmstadt, DE) European Security Research Advisory Board European Space Range (SE) European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (Grenoble, FR) European Security Research and Innovation Forum (since September 2008) European Space Research Institute Earth System Research Laboratory (at NOAA) European Space Research Organization Earth and Space Science Electro-Seismic Signals (fr Erbebenvorhersage/for earthquke forecast) u Ethernet Service Switch European Spallation Source (Jlich, DE) u Earth Systems Science (research program, Chinese University of Hong Kong) European Solid-State Circuit Conference European Software and Systems Initiative Extended Service Set Identier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European Severe Storms Laboratory Eastern Standard Time (Zeitzone/time zone, USA, GMT5) European Solar Telescope (geplant/planned) Expressed Sequence Tags (Genetik/genetics) European Science and Technology Assembly EGNOS System Test Bed European Space Research and Technology Centre (Noordwijk, NL) Environment, Science, Technology, and Health European Science and Technology Observatory (EC) Elektronisches Stellwerk (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) [Europische Umwelt-Datenbank] (ESSL) a Extracorporal Shockwave Lithotripsy Athiopien/Ethiopia (ISO 3166) Ephemeris Time (since 1960, later on: TT) European Total Access Communication System European Technology Assessment Infrastructue (EC) European Technology Assessment Network (EC)

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ETANN Electrically Trainable Articial Neural Network ETAP Environmental Technology Action Plan (EU) ETC [Action Group on] Erosion, Technology and Concentration (CA) ETC Executable Test Case (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) ETCS European Train Control System (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) ETD Electronic Tuning Device ETD Eye Tracking Device ETDM Electric(al) (or: Electronic) Time Division Multiplexing (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) ETECAL Electronically Tunable External Cavity Laser Diode ETG European Tripartite Group ETH Ethernet ETHOS Engineers in Technical and Humanitarian Opportunities of Service ETH(Z) Eidgenssische Technische Hochschule (Zrich, CH) o u ETI Electrotechnology Industry Database ETI Ensemble Transport Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) ETI European Teraops Initiative eTIN Electronic Taxpayer Identication Number ETLA Extended Three-Letter Acronyms ETLS Extended Least Squares (Algorithmus/algorithm) ETM Enhanced Turbulence Modelling ETP European Technology Platform ETP-SMR European Technology Platform on Sustainable Mineral Resources ETPS Empire Test Pilots School (GB) ETS Ecole de Technologie Suprieure (CA) e ETS Educational Testing Service (Princeton, NJ, USA) ETS Emission Trading Scheme (Umweltschutz, Emissionshandel/environment conservation, emission trade) ETS European Test Services (bei/at ESTEC) ETS Executable Test Suite (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute (seit/since 1988) ETSPL Equivalent Threshold Sound Pressure Level ETUCE European Trade Union Committee for Education ETW Europischer Transschall-Windkanal, European Transsonic Wind Tunnel (Kln, DE) a o ETZ, etz Elektrotechnische Zeitschrift EU European Union; Europische Union a EUA European Union Allowance (Umweltschutz, Emissionshandel/environment conservation, emission trade) EUCAS [Europische Konferenz zur Angewandten Supraleitung/European Conference on Applied Superconductivity] a EUCD European Union Copyright Directive EUCLIPSE Eureopean Cloud Intercomparison, Process Study and Evaluation Project (climate research) EUCYS European Union Contest for Young Scientists EUCOR Europische Konfderation der Oberrheinischen Universitten a o a EU-DEEP European Distributed Energy Partnership EUFAR European Fleet for Airborne Research EUFOR European Union Force (seit 21.12.2004/since Dec. 21, 2004, vorher/formerly: SFOR) EUL Enhanced Uplink EuMEA Europe, Middle East, and Asia EUMETSAT European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites EUNEFRON European Network for the Study of Orphan Nephropathies EUNET European Unix Network EUPEN European Physics Education Network (EPS) EUPRO European Union of Physics Research Organizations EURAB European Research Advisory Board EURASIP European Association for Signal, Speech and Image Processing EURATOM European Atomic Energy Community EURCA European Resource Centre for Alternatives in Higher Education EURECA European Retrievable Carrier (europisches Weltraumlabor/European space laboratory) a EUREKA European Research Coordination Agency EuroAce European Alliance of Companies for Energy Eciency in Buildings EUROCAE European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment EUROCARE Euopean Cancer Registry-Based Study on Survival and Care of Cancer Patients EUROCONTROL [Europische Organisation fr die Sicherheit im Flugverkehr/European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation] a u EUROGENE European Renal Genome Project EUROGI European Umbrella Organization for Geo Information EuroHORCs European Union Research Organisations Heads of Research Councils EUROMAR [Uberwachung und Schutz der europischen Meere/monitoring and protection of European seas] a EUROMAT European Congress on Advanced Materials and Processes Euromech European Mechanics Colloquium EUROMET European Collaboration on Measurement Standards, European Metrology Organization Euro-NCAP European New Car Assessment Program EuroNGI European Next Generation Internet EUROSCIENCE A European Association for the Promotion of Science and Technology EUROSOLAR [Europische Vereinigung fr Erneuerbare Energien/European union for renewable energies] a u EUROTRAC [Erfassung von Schadstoen in der Troposphre/monitoring of pollutants in the troposphere] a EURYI European Young Investigator (Award, given by the European Science Foundation) EUSCEA European Science Events Association EUSIPCO European Signal Processing Conference EUSIS European Soil Information System EUSO Extreme Universe Space Observatory (neutrino detector) EUT Equipment Under Test

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Eutelsat EUTRA EUTRAN EUV EUVE EUVL e.V. EV EV EVA EVC EVC EVCAM EVG EVM EVN EvoDevo EVOH EVOP EVPL EVPLAN EVR EVREST EVS EVTS EVU EWB EWB EWBS EWEA EWG EWR EWS EWSK EWSN EWT EWTF EWvK EXAFS EXE Excimer EXP EXPERT EXPY ExWoSt EYCI EZB EZfM EZMW EZN EZRT e2e E2R

European Telecommunications Satellite Organization Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Extreme Ultraviolet, Extremes Ultraviolett ( 912 , Lyman-Kante/Lyman edge) A Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (Satellit/satellite) Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography, EUV-Lithographie eingetragener Verein Electric Vehicle Enhanced Voice Packet (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Economic Value Add Ethernet Virtual Connection (or: Circuit) European Vital Computer (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods Elektronisches Vorschaltgert a Error Vector Magnitude (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) European VLBI Network Evolutionary Developmental Biology, evolutionre Entwicklungsbiologie a Ethylenvinylalkohol-Copolymer Evolutionary Operation Ethernet Virtual Private Line Ethernet Virtual Private LAN Eigenvalue Ratio Evoked Response Study Tool Energieversorgungssystem (Satellit/satellite) Enhanced VFR Transport System (VFR: Visual Flight Rules) Energieversorgungsunternehmen (frher/formerly: Elektrizittsversorgungsunternehmen) u a Einwegbehlter a Electronic Wedge Brake (fr Autos/for cars) u Emergency Warning Broadcasting System European Wind Energy Association Europische Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft a Europischer Wirtschaftsraum a Emergency Warning System East-West Station Keeping (Satelliten/satellites) European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks Emitter-Wrap-Through (Fotovoltaik-Zelle/photovoltaic cell) East-West Task Force (EPS) Entwicklungsgesellschaft fr die Wiederverwendung von Kunststoen u Extended X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure [Dateinamenerweiterung: ausfhrbares Programm/le name extension: executable program] u Excited Dimer (Laser) Experimental European Experimental Reentry Testbed (Raumkapsel/space vehicle) Expressway (US Mail) Experimenteller Wohnungs- und Stdtebau a European Year of Creativity and Innovation (2009) Europische Zentralbank a Europisches Zentrum fr Medienkompetenz (Marl, DE) a u Europisches Zentrum fr mittelfristige Wettervorhersage (= ECMWF) a u Ernderzentrum Norddeutschland [Fraunhofer-] Entwicklungszentrum fr Rntgentechnik (Frth, DE) u o u End-to-End End-to-End Recongurability

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f... FA FA FA FA Fa. FA FAA FAARM FAB FAB FAB FAB FABEC FACA FACE FACE FACT FAD FADS FAE FAEST Femto... (Prx/prex): 1015 a Fachausschuss Factor Analysis Failure Analysis False Acceptance (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Firma Foreign Agent (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Federal Aviation Administration (USA) Facility for the Acquisition and Assay for Radiopure Materials (USA) Fast Atom Bombardment (Massenspektrometer/mass spectrometer) Forwarding Agency Builder (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Fulllment, Assurance and Billing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Functional Airspace Block Functional Airspace Block Europe Central Federal Advisory Committee Act (USA, 1972) Free-Air CO2 Enrichment (Klimaforschung/climate research) Friendly Aircraft Cabin Environment (EU project) Fuels from Agriculture in Communal Technology (foundation) Function Access Domain (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Flush Air Data System (Raumkapsel/spacecraft) Field Application Engineer Fast A Posteriori Error Sequential Technique (Algorithmus/algorithm)

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FAFA FAGI FAIFC FAIR FAL FAMOS FANPAC FANTASIA FAO FAPESP FAPS FAQ FARS FAS FAS FAS FAS F.A.S. FASE FASPIS FAST FAST FAST FAT FAT FATSS FAU FAU FAW FAX FAZ FB FB FB FBA FBG fBGF FBH FBK FBNML FBP FBR FBR FBR FBW FC FC FCA FCAPS FCASST FCC FCC FCC FCCC FCCH FCCSET FCD FCEPS FCFS FCH FCH FCI FCKW FCP FCPPL FCPS FCS FCS FCT FCV FD FDA FDC FDD FDD FDDI FDEM

Fachausschuss Fahrzeugakustik (DEGA) Future Air Ground Integration (Flugverkehr/air trac) Fast Algorithms in Feedback Control (Algorithmus/algorithm) Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (Darmstadt, DE) Bundesforschungsanstalt fr Landwirtschaft (Braunschweig, DE) u exible automatisierte Montagesysteme Fan Noise Prediction and Control (EU Forschungsprojekt/research project) Flexible and Near-Net-Shaped Generative Manufacturing Chains and Repair Techniques for Complex Shaped Aero Engine Parts (EU project, until May 2010) Food and Agriculture Organization (UN) Fundao de Amparo ` Pesquisa do Estado de So Paulo (BR) ca a a [Lehrstuhl fr] Fertigungsautomatisierung und Produktionssystematik (Univ. ErlangenNrnberg, DE) u u Frequently Asked Questions Fatality Analysis Reporting System (US Datenbank/data bank) Facility Associated Signaling (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Fahrerassistenzsystem (Kfz) Federation of American Scientists (seit/since 1945, gegen Atomwaen/against atomic weapons) Fettalkoholsulfat Free Alongside Ship (Handelsverkehr/trade) Federation of the Acoustical Societies of Europe Fast Algorithms Secondary Path Integration Scheme (Algorithmus/algorithm) Fast Auroral Snapshot (Satellit/satellite, USA) Forecasting and Assessment in the Field of Science and Technology Future Automotive Industry Structure File Allocation Table Final Acceptance Test (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Fachausschuss Technischer Schall- und Schwingungsschutz (in der DEGA) Florida Atlantic University Friedrich-Alexander-Universitt (Erlangen-Nrnberg, DE) a u Flexible Automatisierte Waferproduktion Facsimile, Faksimile Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Fachbereich Frequency Correction Burst (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Function Block (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Fair Buer Allocation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Fiber Bragg Grating (Glasfaser/glass ber) Fibroblast Growth Factor Ferdinand-Braun-Institut fr Hchstfrequenztechnik (Berlin, DE) u o [Bruno Kessler Foundation] (FR) Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory (MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA) Fast Back Propagation (Algorithmus/algorithm) Fachbereichsrat Fast Burst Reactor (Kernreaktor/nuclear reactor) Forschungsberichte Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Datenbank/data bank) Fly by Wire (Flugzeugsteuerung/aircraft control) Fiber Channel Fuel Cell (= BZ, Brennstozelle) Fixed Capacity Agreement (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Fault(-Mangement) Conguration, Accounting, Performance and Security Florida Cluster for Advanced Smart Sensor Technologies (at USF) Face-Centered Cubic (Gitter/lattice) Federal Communication(s) Commission (USA) Flight Control Computer Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN) Frequency Correction Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (USA) Floating Car Data (zur Verkehrslenkung/for trac control system) Fuel Cell Emergency Power System (Flugzeug/aircraft) First-Come, First-Serve Frame Control Header (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Initiative (EU) Force Concept Inventory (physics education) Fluorchlorkohlenwassersto Forward Commitment Procurement (UK innovation initiative) FranceChina Particle Physics Laboratory Fuel Cell Propulsion System Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy Frame Check Sequence (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Fixed Cellular Terminal (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Fuel Cell Vehicle Forced Degradation (Chemie/chemistry) Food and Drug (or: Drink) Administration (USA) Floppy-Disk-Controller Frequency Division (or: Domain) Duplex (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Frequency Domain Decomposition Fiber Distributed (or: Digital) Data Interface Frequency Dependent Electromagnetic Sensor

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FDH FDI FDI FDIP FDL FDL FDLP FDM FDM FDMA F.D.P. FDR FDRQ FDT FDT FDT FDTD FE FEA FEA FEAP FEAT FEC FEC FEC FEC FEC FECC FED FED FEG FEIS FEL FELASOFI FELI FELICITAS FEM FEMA FENIX FEP FEPA FER FER FERC FERMI FERP FES FESAC FE-SEM FET FET FE-TEM FEWS FEXT FF FFA FFAG FFD FFLO FFM FFO FF&P FFPE FFR[&]DC FFT FFT FFTB FG FGAN FGDC FGF FGK FGM FGSA FGSV FH FhAZ FHD

Fibre Distribution Hub Feeder Distribution Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Forward Defect Indication (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Fieldbus Device Implementation Package Fiber Delay Line Flight Dynamics Laboratory Frequency-Domain Linear Prediction Finite Dierence Method Frequency Division Multiplexing Frequency Division Multiple Access Freie Demokratische Partei Final Design Report (or: Review) Floppycontroller-Data-Request Fieldbus Device Tool Fluctuation Dissipation Theorem fotodynamische Therapie Finite-Dierence Time-Domain (Analyse, Simulation/analysis, simulation) Fast Ethernet (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Field Emitter Array (Bildwandler/image converter) Finite Element Analysis Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (Meeresscherei/sea shing) Fusion Energy Advanced Tokamak (feat auch engl. Meisterstck) u Fest-Elektrolyt-Coulometrie Field Element Controller Forward Error Correction (Datenbertragung/data transmission) u Forward(ing) Equivalence Class (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Full Economic Cost Forward Error Correcting Code (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Field-Emission Display Forum on Education (APS) Field Emission Gun Final Environmental Impact Statement Free Electron Laser, Freie-Elektronen-Laser Federation of Latin American Physical Societies Free Electron Laser Research Institute (Osaka, Japan) Fuel Cell Power Trains and Clustering in Heavy-Duty Transports Finite Element Method (or: Model) Federal Emergency Management Agency (USA) Flexible Electricity Networks to Integrate the Expected Energy Evolution [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Elektronenstrahl- und Plasmaphysik u Failure of the Explanted Prostheses Analysis Frame Erasure (or: Error) Rate (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Fusion Experimental Reactor (Naka, Japan) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (USA) Free Electron Laser for Multidisciplinary Investigations (Trieste, IT) Faculty Early Retirement Program (California State University) Fusion Energy Sciences (DOE Oce, USA) Fusion Energy Science Advisory Committee (DoE, USA) Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope Field Eect Transistor, Feldeekttransistor Future and Emerging Technologies (European Commission) Field Emission TEM Fibre-Optic Evanescent Wave Sensing Far-End Crosstalk Foundation Fieldbus Fusiform Face Area (im Gehirn/in the brain) Fixed-Field Alternating Gradient (Synchrotron) Fast Failure Detection [Peter] Fulde, [Richard] Ferrell, [Anatoly] Larkin, [Yurii] Ovchinnikov (state, Festkrperphysik/solid state physics, = LOFF) o [Material] Failure Forecast Method (Vulkanismus/volcanism) Flugforschungsinstitut Oberpfaenhofen Falsication, Fabrication of Results, Plagiarism (Flschung und Tuschung in der Wissenschaft/in science) a a Formalin Fixed, Paran Embedded (molecular analysis) Federally Funded Research and Development Centers Fast Fourier Transform Free Field Technologies Final Focus Test Beam (SLAC) Fachgremium (DPG etc.) Forschungsgesellschaft fr Angewandte Naturwissenschaften e.V. (seit 2008 in Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft integriert) u Federal Geographic Data Committeee (USA) Fibroblast Growth Factor, Fibroblasten-Wachstumsfaktor Forschungsgesellschaft Kunststoe Functionally Graded Material (Keramik-Metall/ceramics-metal) Forum on Graduate Student Aairs (APS) Forschungsgesellschaft fr Straen- und Verkehrswesen u Fachhochschule Fraunhofer-Anwendungszentrum Flame Hydrolysis Deposition (Waferherstellung/wafer production)

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FhG FhM FHP FHR FHS FHS FHSS FHT FHT FHTW FhV-E FHWA FHWG FI FIA FIA FIA FIA FIAP FIAS FIAT FIB FIB FIB FIBAA FIBO FIBS FICON FID FIDIS FIDO FIEC FIFA FIFO FIG FIGE FIM FIM FIMS FIND FINEP FINEX FiNut FIP FIP FIPS FiPS FIR FIR FIRAS FIRB FIRE FIRE FIRST FIRST FIS FIS FISCO FISH FIT FIT FiT FIT FIT FITL FITS FIU FIZ FIZCH FIZKA FJ FJC FK FKE FKIE FKLG FKTG FKW

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Fraunhofer-Management-Gesellschaft mbH Forum on History of Physics (APS) [Fraunhofer-] Forschungsinstitut fr Hochfrequenzphysik und Radartechnik (Wachtberg, DE) u Flying Helicopter Simulator (DLR) Frequency Hop Synchronization (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Fachhochschule fr Technik (Esslingen, DE) u Fast Hartley Transform Fachhochschule fr Technik und Wirtschaft (Berlin, DE) u Fraunhofer-Verbund Mikroelektronik Federal Highway Administration (USA) Fisheries Hydroacoustics Working Group (USA) Finnland/Finland (ISO 3166) Federacin Iberoamericana de Acstica o u Fdration Internationale de lAutomobile (Genf, CH) e e Fibreoptic Industry Association (UK) Flieinjektionsanlage (Mikrosystemtechnik/micro systems) Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics (APS, USA) Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (Frankfurt am Main, DE) Field Intelligence Agency, Technical Focused Ion Beam Forschungsinstitut Borstel, Institut fr Experimentelle Biologie und Medizin u Forwarding Information Base (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Foundation for International Business Administration Accredititation Fibre-In Beam-Out (Isolator: Photonik/photonics) First International Backgammon Server (Rechnernetz/computer network) Fiber (Channel) Connection (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Flammen-Ionisations-Detektion Future of Identity in the Information Society Field Integrated Design & Operations Rover (NASA, Marslandemission/Mars landing mission) [Verband der europischen Bauindustrie, International European Construction Association] a Fdration Internationale de Football Association e e First In, First Out (Filter, System) Facility for Interactive Generation of Graphics (UNIX) Forschungsinstitut fr Gerusche und Erschtterungen (Herzogenrath (oder/or: Aachen, DE)) u a u Field Ion Microscope Fisher Information Matrix Field Information Management System Future Internet Network Design (USA) Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (BR) Finish Exercise (underwater noise monitoring standard) Frauen in Naturwissenschaft und Technik Fdration Internationale de Philatlie e e e Forum on International Physics (APS) Federal Information Processing Standards Frheinstieg ins Physikstudium u Far-Infrared Finite Impulse Response (Digitallter/digital lter) Far Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Far-Infrared Background (Astrophysics) Fusion-Ignition Research Experiment (Alternative zu/alternative of ITER, USA) Future Internet Research and Experimentation (EU project) Far Infrared Space (or: and Submillimetre) Telescope (IR Satellit/satellite) Fraunhofer-Institut fr Rechnerarchitektur und Softwaretechnik (Berlin, DE) u Far-Infrared Surveyor (Astronomie/astronomy) Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg der SNG (Frankfurt/M, DE) Fieldbus Intrinsically Safe Concept Fluoreszenz-in-situ-Hybridisierung Failures in Thousands of Hours Failures in Time (Kommunikation/communication) Frauen in der Technik e.V. Fraunhofer-Institut fr Angewandte Informationstechnik (St. Augustin, DE) u Future Information Technologies (at JARA) Fibre In The Loop [NASA-endorsed] Flexible Image Transport System Florida International University (Miami, FL, USA) Fachinformationszentrum (Karlsruhe, DE) Fachinformationszentrum Chemie (Berlin, DE) FIZ Karlsruhe, Gesellschaft fr wissenschaftlich-technische Information (Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, DE) u Fidschi-Inseln/Fiji Islands (ISO 3166) Freely Jointed Chain (Polymerphysik/polymer physics) Falkland-Inseln/Falkland Islands (ISO 3166) Forschungsinstitut fr Kinderernhrung (Dortmund, DE) u a Forschungsinstitut fr Kommunikation, Informationsverarbeitung und Ergonomie (Wachtberg, DE) u Freikolbenlineargenerator Fernseh- und Kinotechnische Gesellschaft Fluorkohlenwassersto (ohne Chlor/without chlorine)

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FL FL FL FLA FLAG FLASH FLC FLCD FLIC FLIM FLIP FLL FLO FLOPs/s FLS FluNet FM FM FM FMC FMCW FMD FMD FMEA FMI FMO FMO FMP FMP fMRI fMRT FMS FMS FMT FNAL FNC fNMR fNIRS FNR FNRS FNTF FO FoaF F.O.B., FOB FOC FOCAS FOCS FOD FOEI FOG FOKUS FOLANT FOM FOMA FONAS FOP FOP FOPO F.O.R., FOR FORCAST FORKAT FORSUPRA FORTH Fortran FOS FOS FOS FOSHU FOSS FOT F.O.T., FOT FOTA FOV FOV FOX FP FP

Floor (US Mail) Florida (US-Staat/US state) Fuzzy Logic Forward Looking Activities (EU) Fibre Link Around the Globe (Glasfaserkabel/glass ber cable UK-Europe-North Africa-India-Japan) Free Electron Laser in Hamburg (DE) Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal FLC Display Flexible Interdigital Cu Electrode Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy Floating Instrument Platform (Wasserschall-Messtechnik/hydroacoustic experimental facility) Fibre in the Local Loop (optische Datenbertragung/optical data transmission) u Forward Link Only Floating Point Operations per Second (Computer) Fluorescence Ligand Scanning Global Inuenza Surveillance Network (WHO) Facilities Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Frequency Modulation, Frequenzmodulation Mikronesien (ISO 3166) Fixed-Mobile Convergence (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (Radar) Fluorescent Multilayer Disk (optischer Datenspeicher/optical data storage) Forward Multiplicity Detector (CERN) Fehlermglichkeits- und Einussanalyse, Failure Mode(s) and Eects Analysis o Fluorescent Microthermiographic Imaging Fenna-Matthews-Olson (Chlorophyllkomplex/chlorophyll complex) Future Mode of Operation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Flow Management Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Institut fr Molekulare Pharmakologie (Berlin, DE) u Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging funktionale Magnetresonanztomographie Fixed Monitoring Systems (?) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Flight Management System (Flugverkehr/air trac) Frequency Mask Trigger, Frequenzmaskentrigger (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Federal Networking Council (Datennetze/data networks, USA) Functional Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Forum for Negative Results [Belgian] Fonds National pour la Recherche Scientique Fast Newton Transversal Filter Frer-Inseln/Faeroe Islands (ISO 3166) ao Friend of a Friend (Internet, Kommunikationsplattform/communication platform) Free on Board (Handelsverkehr/trade) Final Operational Capability (Galileo, 2010) Faint Object Camera and Spectrograph (Astronomie/astronomy) Fiber-Optic Current Sensor Flexible Optical Disk Friends of the Earth International (in Deutschland: BUND) Fibre-Optic Gyroscope Fraunhofer-Institut fr Oene Kommunikationssysteme (Berlin, DE) u Focusing of Laser Radiation in the Neareld of a Tip (Nanotechnologie/nanotechnology) Forschungsinstitut fr Optronik und Mustererkennung (Ettlingen, DE) u Freedom of Multimedia Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Forschungsverbund Naturwissenschaft, Abrstung und internationale Sicherheit u Fiber Optic Plate Flight Operations Plan (Satelliten/satellites) Fibre Optic Parametric Oscillator Free on Rail (Handelsverkehr/trade) Faint Object Infrared Camera for the SOFIA Telescope BMFT-Frderungskatalog o Forschungsverbund Hochtemperatur-Supraleiter (Bayern, DE) Foundation for Research and Technology (GR) Formula Translator (Programmiersprache/programming language) Faseroptischer Sensor Finnish Optical Society Frontier of Science (interdisziplinre internationale Symposien fr a u Jungforscher/interdisciplinary international symposia for young scientists) Foods for Specic Health Use Free and Open Source Software Fiber-Optic Transceiver Free on Truck (Handelsverkehr/trade) Flat Optical Element Technology and Applications Field of View (Teleskop/telescope) Forschungsinstitut fr Oentliche Verwaltung (Speyer, DE) u Fiber Optic Extender (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Fixed Part (z.B./e.g., Basestation, DECT) Frame Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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FP FPA FPA FPD FPE FPGA FPL FPLMTS FPS FPS FPS fps FPT FPT FPU FPU FPV FP7 FQHE FQXi FR FR FR FR FRA FRAD FRAD FRAM FrAM FRAMTEC FRAP FRC FRC FRC-DE FRCP Frecc0 FRET FRF FRIAS FRIB FRIENT FRISP FRLA FRLS FRM FROG FRR FRS FS FS FSA FSAN FSC FSC FSC FSF FSF FSG FSI FSJ FSK FSK FSL FSM FSMA FSME FSO FSP FSR FSR FSRV FSS FSS FST FST FST

Framework Programme (European Research and Technical Development programmes; FP5: 19982002, FP6: 20022006, FP7: since 2007) Focal Plane Array Function Point Analysis Flat Panel Display Final Prediction Error Field Programmable Gate Array (Computer) Forschungsinstitut fr Pigmente und Lacke (in FhG integriert) u Future Public and Land Mobile Telecommunication System First Person Shooter (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Forum on Physics and Society (APS) Fractal Photon Sieve frames per second Fachbereichstag Physikalische Technik Fast Polynomial Transform [Enrico] Fermi[John] Pasta[Stanislaw] Ulam (nichtlineares Schwingungssystem, Solitonen/nonlinear oscillator, solitons) Field Pick-Up Unit (Parabolantenne/parabolic antenna) Vereinbarung zum Fallpauschalensystem fr Krankenhuser u a 7th Framework Programme (EU, 20072013) Fractional Quantum Hall Eect Foundational Questions Institute False Rejection Frame Relay (Datenbertragung/data transmission) u Frankreich/France (ISO 3166) Frankfurter Rundschau (Zeitung/Journal) Fermi Research Alliance Frame Relay Access Device (Datennetz/data network) Frame Relay Assembly-Disessembly (Datennetz/data network) Ferroelectric Random Access Memory Fraunhofer-Arbeitsschutz-Managementsystem Framework for Advanced Monitoring, Telemetry and Control Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching Fraunhofer Resource Center (Michigan, OH, USA) Frequency Response Correction Fraunhofer Resource Center Delaware (Newark, DE, USA) Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (USA) Fraunhofer Electric Concept Car, Generation 0 Frster- (or: Fluorescence) Resonance Energy Transfer (Biophysik/biophysics) o Frequency Response Function Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (Freiburg i.B., DE) Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (Michigan State University, USA) Friendships in Inter-Ethnic Network Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf Programme Folded-Type Rectangular Loop Antenna Fast Recursive Least Squares (Transversallter/transversal lter) Forschungsreaktor Mnchen u Frequency Resolved Optical Gating Fast Reroute (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Fellow of the Royal Society (GB) Fachverband fr Strahlenschutz e.V. u Founder Societies Fixed Slot Allocation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Full Service Access Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Forest Stewardship Council (Umweltschutz/environment conservation) Forward Scatter (laser technology) Fusion Simulation Center (Peking University, CN) Free Software Foundation Frequency Sampling Filter Flensburger Schibaugesellschaft FluidStructural Interaction (Analysis) Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle (Filmwirtschaft) Frequency Shift Keying (Modulation) Femtosecond Laser Field Separation Method Food Service Modernization Act (USA 2011) Frhsommer-Meningoenzephalitis u Free-Space Optical (or: Optics) (Kommunikation/communication) Fachschaftsparlament Fachschaftsrat Free Spectral Range Fachschaftsrteversammlung a Fixed Satellite Service (or: System) Forensic Science Service Fast Sine Transform Femtosekunden-Technologie Finite State Transducer (Sprachsynthese/speech synthesis)

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FSU FSU FT FTA FTA FTAM FTD FTE FTF FTIR FTIR FTP FTRA FTS FTS FTS FTTA FTTB FTTC FTTC FTTH FTTN FTTP FTTU FTU FTX FTZ FTZ FuE FUEG FUNET FUNGENES FUS FUSC FUSE FUTOUR FV FVK FVM FVS-Stiftung FW FWD FWF FWG FWHM FWM FXC FY FYI FYI FZD FZI FZJ FZK FZP FZR F3 F4E

Former Soviet Union, frhere Sowjetunion u Friedrich-Schiller-Universitt (Jena, DE) a Fovea-Tablets (hochausende Tischdisplays/high-denition table displays) o Fault Tree Analysis Federal Transit Administration (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) File Transfer, Access and Management (Datennetzprotokoll/data network protocol) Fluorescent Tube Display Full Time Equivalent (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Fast Transversal Filter Fourier Transform Infrared [Spectrometry] Frustrated Total Internel Reection (Lichtmodulator/light modulator) File Transfer Protocol (Datenbertragung/data transmission) u Future Technology Research Association International (Korea) Festprogrammierbarer Titel-Speicher Fischer-Tropsch-Synthese (von Kohlenwassrstoen) Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (or: Spectrometer) Fiber to the Area Fibre to the Building (Telefon, Glasfaser bis zum Haus/telephone) Fibre to the Cabinet Fibre to the Curb (Telefon, Glasfaser bis zum Kabelverzweiger/telephone) Fibre to the Home (Telefon, Glasfaser bis ins Haus/telephone) Fiber to the Node (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Fiber to the Premises (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Fiber to the User (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Fortbildungszentrum fr Technik und Umwelt (KfK, Karlsruhe, DE) u Fulll Text Explorer Fernmeldetechnische Zeitschrift Fernmeldetechnisches Zentralamt (der Bundespost) (spter/later on: BAPT, dann/later on: RegPT) a Forschung und Entwicklung Frderung von Forschungs- und Entwicklungsgemeinschaftsvorhaben Ost (BMBF) o Finlands University and Research Network (Rechnernetz/computer network) Functional Genomics in Engineered ES Cells Focused Ultrasound Fully Utilized Subchannel Allocation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (Satellit/satellite) Frderung und Untersttzung technologieorientierter Unternehmensgrndungen (BMBF) o u u Fachverband (DPG etc.) faserverstrkte Kunststoe, Faserverbundkunststo a Finite Volume Method Freiherr-vom-Stein- [und zugleich] Friedrich-von-Schiller-Stiftung (Hamburg, DE) Fire Wall (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Front-Wheel Drive [Fonds zur] Frderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Osterreich/Austria) o Forschungsanstalt der Bundeswehr fr Wasserschall und Geophysik (Kiel, DE) u (scherzhaft auch: Flachwassergesellschaft) Full-Width Half Maximum (Fotolm-Krnigkeit, Laser-Divergenz/photo-lm granulation, laser beam divergence) o Four Wave Mixing Fiber Optical (or: Switch) Cross Connect (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Fiscal Year First Year Ice (in the Arctic Sea) for your information (AIP Reports/information reports) Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (DE) Forschungszentrum fr Informatik (Karlsruhe, DE) u Forschungszentrum Jlich (DE) u Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (DE) Fresnel Zone Plate Forschungszentrum Rossendorf (DE) Flexible, Fast and Future (Factory) Fusion for Energy (EU)

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G... G GA GA GA G&A GA GAAM GABA GABI GAC GAC GADR GAEB GAFA GAFOS Giga... (Prx/prex): 109 a Guanin (DNA-Base/DNA base) Gabun/Gabon (ISO 3166) Genetic Algorithm Georgia (US-Staat/US state) General and Administration Global Arrays (computer program) Gesellschaft fr Analytik und atomspektroskopische Messtechnik u -Aminobuttersure a [deutsche Schwester der/German Sister of the Human Genome Organization] General Advisory Committee (AEC) GMES Advisory Council Global Analytical Data Repository (pharmaceutics) Gemeinsamer Ausschuss Elektronik im Bauwesen Internationale Gartenfachmesse (Kln, DE) o German-American Symposia on Frontiers of Science

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GAG GAG GAIA, Gaia GAID GAIN GALCIT GALILEO GALLEX GAM GAMAB GAMESS GAMM GAMNI GAMS GAN GAN GANC GANIL GAO GAO GAP GAPP GARP GARTEUR GARS GAS GAS GAST GAST GAT GATE GATT GAUSS GAUSS GB GB GbE GBF GBIF GBM GbR GBS GBSS GC GCC GCC GCD GCDC GCF GCF GCM GCM GCMD GCN GCOS GCRA GCSR GCSU GCT GD GDCh GDCP GDF GDM GDMO GDN GDNA GDNF GDOS GDP GdP GDP GDP GDR GDSS GdT GDV GDZ

Georg-Agricola-Gesellschaft zur Frderung der Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik e.V. o Group-Specic Antigen Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics Global Alliance for ICT [Information and Communication Technology] and Developent (UN) German Academic International Network Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories at Caltech [Europisches Satelliten-Navigationssystem, im Aufbau/European satellite navigation system, still incomplete] a Gallium-(Sonnen-Neutrino)-Experiment (Gran Sasso, IT) Generalized Additive Model (Regressionsverfahren) Globalement au moins aussi bon (global mindestens ebenso gut/globally at least as good) General Atomic Electronic Structure Systems Gesellschaft fr Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik u Groupe pour lAvencement des Mthodes Numriques de lIngnieur (FR) e e e Guide to Available Mathematics Software Generic Access Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Global Area Network (Datennetz/data network) Generic Access Network Controller (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Grande Acclrateur National dIons Lourds (FR) ee General Accounting Oce (USA) Government Accountability Oce (USA) Generic Access Prole (or: Protocol) Gender Awareness Participation Process General Access Registry Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Group for Aeronautical Research and Technology in Europe German Antarctic Receiving Station Geomagnetic Aspect Sensor (Satelliten/satellites) Gesellschaft fr Angewandte Supraleitung (KfK, Karlsruhe, DE) u Gemeinschaft Autofreier Schweizer Tourismusorte Gemeinschaftsausschuss Strahlenforschung Governmental Action Team Galileo Test- und Entwicklungsumgebung, Galileo Test Environment (Berchtesgaden, DE) General Agreement on Taris and Trade Galaktisches Ultraweitwinkel Schmidt System (Spacelab, Kugelspiegelkamera) Georg-August University School of Science (Gttingen, DE) o Gigabyte Grobritannien/Great Britain (ISO 3166) Gigabit Ethernet Gesellschaft fr Biotechnologische Forschung (Braunschweig, DE) u Global Biodiversity Information Facility (Internet) Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (on board of the NASA satellite Fermi) Gesellschaft brgerlichen Rechts u Gttinger Beitrge zur Sprachwissenschaft o a Granule Bound Starch Synthase Gas Chromatography Generalized Cross-Correlator Global Climate Coalition Greatest Common Divisor (= ggT) Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge (Kolonnen-Fahrversuch) Global Certication Forum (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) GSM Certication Forum (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) General Circulation Model (Wetter/weather) Global Climate Model (Wetter/weather) Global Change Master Directory (NASA) Global Caribbian Network (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Global Climate Observing System (globales Klimaberwachungsprogramm) u Generic Cell Rate Algorithm (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Grating-assisted codirectional Coupler with rear Sampled Reector (abstimmbarer Laser/tunable laser) Georgia College and State University (USA) Great Canary Telescope (= GTC) (La Palma, ES) Grenada (ISO 3166) Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V. Gesellschaft fr Didaktik der Chemie und Physik u Growth Dierentiation Factor (Medizin/medicine) Gesellschaft fr Didaktik der Mathematik u Guidelines for Dening (or: the Denition) of Managed Objects Global Development Network Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Arzte e.V. Glia-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Graphics Device Operating System General Drawing Primitive Gewerkschaft der Polizei Gross Domestic Product (Volkswirtschaft/national economy, = BIP) Guanosindiphosphat German Democratic Republic (= DDR) Group Decision Support Systems Gemeinschaftsausschuss der Technik Gesamtverband der deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft e.V. Gttinger Digitalisierungszentrum o

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GE GE GEA GEF GefStoV GEM GEM GEM GEM GEMA GEMA GEMINGA GEMIS GEMS GEMS Genafor GeNAS GENCI GENESIS GENI GENIUS GenMAPP GEO GEO GEOMAR GEOS GEOSS GEPRIS GERAN GERAD GERD GERDA GESAMP GESIMA GESIS GET GETV GEUmbH GEW GF GFDL GFE GFK GFLOPs/s GFMC GFP GFP GFR GFRP GFS GFSK GFZ GGA GGF GGF GGSN GGT ggT GGVS GH GHG GHRH GHRS GHZ GI GI GI GIC GIF GIF GIF GigE GIM GIMP GIMS GIOD GIOL

Georgien/Georgia (ISO 3166) Gigabit Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet Alliance Global Environment Facility (Umweltfonds/environment fund, 1990) Gefahrsto-Verordnung Gas Electron Multiplier Genetically Engineered Machine Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (Report) Graphics Environment Manager Gesellschaft fr elektroakustische und mechanische Apparate u Gesellschaft fr musikalische Auhrungsrechte u u Gemini Gamma-Quelle (Neutronenstern/neutron star) Globales Emissionsmodell Integrierter Systeme Galaxy Evolution from Morphologies and Spectral Energy Distributions (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Global Environment Monitoring System (Naturschutz, nature conservation) Gesellschaft fr nachhaltige Forschung u Genome Network Analysis Service Grand Equipement National de Calcul Intensif (France) General Neural Simulation System Global Experimentation for Network Instantiation (Internet) Germanium Detectors in Liquid Nitrogen in an Underground Set Up (Neutrinodetektor/neutrino detector) Gene MicroArray Pathway Proler (Computerprogramm fr genetische Analyse/computer program for genetic analysis) u [britischdeutscher Gravitationswellendetektor/BritishGerman gravitational wave detector] (Ruthe bei/near Hannover, DE) Geosynchronous (or: Geostationary) Earth Orbit Forschungszentrum fr marine Geowissenschaften (Univ. Kiel, DE) u Goddard Earth Observing System (NASA) Global Earth Observation System of Systems (Satelliten/satellites) gefrderte Projekte der DFG (Suchmaschine/search engine, www.dfg.de/gepris) o GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Groupe dEtude et de Recherche en Analyse des Dcisions (Montreal, Canada) e Gross Expenditure on Research and Development Germanium Detector Array Joint Group of Experts on the Scientic Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (UNO) Geesthachter Simulationsmodell der Atmosphre a Gesellschaft sozialwissenschaftliche Infrastruktureinrichtungen (Mannheim, DE) Gesellschaft Energietechnik (im VDI) Genesys Enterprise Telephony Software Gesellschaft fr Energieanwendung und Umwelttechnik mbH (Leipzig, DE) u Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft Franzsish-Guyana/French Guiana (ISO 3166) o Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA) Groforschungseinrichtung Glasfaser-verstrkte Kunststoe a Giga-FLOPs/s (= 109 FLOPs/s) Greens Function Monte Carlo (Technik, Kernphysik/technique, nuclear physics) Generic Framing Procedure (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Green Fluorescent Protein, grn uoreszierendes Protein u Guaranteed Frame Rate (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic Gemeinsame Forschungsstelle (der/of the EU in Petten, NL) Gaussian(-Filtered) Frequency Shift Keying Geoforschungszentrum (Potsdam, DE) Geowissenschaftliche Gemeinschaftsaufgaben (im/in the Geozentrum Hannover, DE) Glial Growth Factor (Medikament, evtl. gegen MS/medicine, possibly against MS) Global Grid Forum Gateway GPRS Support (or: Serving) Node (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Gesellschaft fr Gerontotechnik u grter gemeinsamer Teiler (= GCD) o Gefahrgut-Verordnung Strae Ghana (ISO 3166) Greenhouse Gas Growth hormone-releasing hormone (Freisetzungshormon des Wachstumshormons) Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger(-Zustand/state) Gesellschaft fr Informatik e.V. u Gibraltar (ISO 3166) Guard Interval (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Generalized Information Criterion [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/le name extension: graphic le] German-Israeli Foundation for Scientic Research and Development Graphics Interchange Format (Datenkompression/data compression, CompuServe 1987) Gigabit Ethernet [Sheldon] Glashow, [John] Iliopoulos, [Luciano] Maiani [Model] (Elementarteilchenthorie/elementary particle theory) GNU Image Manipulation Program Topical Group on Instruments and Measurement Science (APS) Globally Interconnected Object Databases Global Imaging On-Line

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Gips GIRL GIS GISI GISI GISS GIT GITEWS GIZ GK GK GK GKS GKSS GL GLA G-Lab GLAD GLAST GLBA GLBRC GLCM GLDV GLE GLF GLIF GLIMPSE GLM GLMZ GLOBECOM GLOBIS GLOBUS GLONASS GLoSIS GLP GLS GLV GLZ GM GM GMAG GmbH GMD GMES GMK GML GMLC GMM GMM GMM GMO GMP GMPLS GMR GMRP GMS GMS GMSC GMSK GMSS GMT GMT GMU GN GNA GNC GNCI GNEP GNF GNF GNI GNIRS GNM GNO GNOME GNP

Giga-Instructions per Second German Infrared Laboratory (Astrophysik/astrophysics, 1985) Geographic(al) Information System, Geo-Informationssystem Gttinger Informationssystem fr Intensivmedizin und OP o u Gruppo Imprese Strumentazione Italia (Association for Instrumentation, Control and Automation Companies) Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA) Gesamtintegrationstest (Kfz-Elektronik) German Tsunami Early Warning System Giftinformationszentrum (Nord/North: in Gttingen, DE) o Gatekeeper (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Graduiertenkolleg Grundkurs Grasches Kern-System [Forschungszentrum Geesthacht, DE] Grnland/Greenland (ISO 3166) o Gttinger Linguistische Abhandlungen o Germany-Lab (Projekt zur Internet-Erweiterung, seit Okt. 2008) General Laser Analysis and Design Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope Gramm Leach Bliley Act (US health care) Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (at the University of Wisconsin, Madison) Ground-Launched Cruise Missile Gesellschaft fr linguistische Datenverarbeitung u Ginzburg-Landau Equation (nichtlineare Dynamik/nonlinear dynamics) Grundlagenforschung Global Lambda Integrated Facility (Annual Workshops) Galactic Legacy Infrared Midplane Survey Extraordinaire (Astrophysik/astrophysics) General Linear Modelling Gemeinsames Melde- und Lagezentrum [IEEE] Global Telecommunications Conference Global Change and Biodiversity in Soils Generating Long-Term Options by Using Simulation Globalnaja Nawigazionnaja Sputnikowaja Sistema, Global Navigation Satellite System (RU) Global Soil Information System (Boston, MA, USA, since Feb. 2008) Good Laboratory Practice, gute Labor-Praxis Global Locating Sensing geschlossene Luftversorgung (Kfz-Federung/vehicle suspension) Generalized Linear Modelling Gambia (ISO 3166) General Motors Topical Group on Magnetism and Its Applications (APS) Gesellschaft mit beschrnkter Haftung a Gesellschaft fr Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung (vormals/formerly BonnDarmstadtBerlinSt. Augustin u Birlinghofen, DE, spter von der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft ubernommen/later on taken over by the FhG) a Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (Satelliten, geplant fr/satellites, planned for 2012) u Graphical Model Toolkit (Spracherkennung/speech recognition) Geographical Markup Language Gateway Mobile Location Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Gaussian Mixture Model (Sprachbertragung/speech transmission) u Global MultiMedia (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) GPRS Mobility Management Genetically Modied Organism Good Manufacturing Practice Generalized Multi Protocol Label Switching (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Giant Magnetoresistance GARP Multicast Registration Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Global Marketing Service Ground Mission System (Galileo) Gateway Mobile Switching Center (Datenbertragung/data transmission) u Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying (Modulation) Gateway Management Subsystem (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Giant Magellan Telescope (geplant fr/planned for 2019) u Greenwich Meantime (Weltstandard seit/world standard since 1884) George Mason University (USA) Guinea (ISO 3166) Global Network Academy (Texas, USA) Guidance, Navigation, and Control Greater North China Initiative (geologische Forschung/geological research) Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Graphite Nano-Fiber Group of Blocks (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Gigabit Ethernet Network Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Gemini Near Infrared Spectrometer (USA) Germanisches Nationalmuseum (Nrnberg, DE) u Gallex Neutrino Observatory (INFN, Gran Sasso, IT) GNU Object Model Environment Gross National Product (= Bruttosozialprodukt)

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Global Navigation Satellite System Global Navigation Satellite System, 2nd generation Gallium Neutrino Observatory (zuvor/formerly: GALLEX, Gran Sasso, IT) GNU is not UNIX Grndungsoensive u Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (WHO, 120 countries) Good or Better Group of Blocks (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (Satelliten-Fernerkundung/satellite remote sensing) Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (Satelliten-Altimetrie/satellite height measurement) Global Oscillations at Low Frequencies (an Bord von/aboard SOHO) Government Microcircuit Applications Conference (USA) Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (Fernerkundung/remote sensing, ERS 2, 1995) Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Star (ENVISAT) Global Oscillation Network Group (fr Helioseismologie/for helio-seismology) u Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Group of Personalities (a panel, mandated by the European Council in 2003) Group of Pictures (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Grade of Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Gesellschaft fr Orthopdisch/Traumatologische Sportmedizin u a [Government] (Internet, USA) Guadeloupe (ISO 3166) Gel-Permeation Chromatography G-Protein Coupled Receptor Global Product Development System (Fahrzeugentwicklung/automotive design) Global Address Space Programming Interface General Parallel File System (high-performance computing) General-Purpose Graphical Programming Unit General Purpose Interface Bus General Purpose Input/Output Interrupt Port General (or: GNU) Public License (FSF) GMES Programme Oce Gigabit Passive Optical Network(ing) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) General Purpose Processor Ground Penetrating Radar Global (or: General) Packet Radio Service (or: System) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ganzheitliche Produktionssysteme Germany Philatelic Society (USA) Germline-Derived Pluripotent Stem Cells Global Positioning System Global Pharmaceutical Supply Group Graphic(al) Processing (or:Programming) Unit (Computergrak) Ground Proximity Warning System Aquatorialguinea/Equatorial Guinea (ISO 3166) Gigabit Router (Internet) Griechenland/Greece (ISO 3166) Gamma Resonance Absorption Galactic Radiation and Background (US Aufklrungs-Satellit/reconnaissance satellite) a Generalisation of Research on Accounts and Cost Estimation (EC Project) Genomics to Combat Resistance Against Antibiotics in Community-Acquired Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Europe (EU project) Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Global Returnable Asset Identier Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (two Lunar satellites, planned for 2011) Galileo Receiver Analysis and Design Application (Astrophysik/astrophysics, Software) Generally Recognized as Safe (Nahrungsergnzungsmittel/food additives) a Generic Rules and Agent Model Test Bed Environment Gamma-Ray Burst (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Gordon Research Conference Genomics Reviewer Desktop Gleaning Resource Descriptions from Dialects of Languages (semantisches Netz/semantic net) Generic Routing Encapsulation German Receiver for Astronomy at Terahertz Frequencies Groupe de Recherche en Electrotechnique et Electronique de Nancy (FR) Georeferencing of Ethnic Groups Gamma-Ray Imager (Satellit/satellite, NASA) Gamma-Ray Infrastructure for Fundamental Investigations on Nuclei (University of British Columbia, CA) Gradient Refractive Index Greenland Icecore Project Graduiertenkolleg (DFG, seit/since 1990) General Relationship Model Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (Satellit/satellite) Grimaldi Robotic Observatory (Teleskop auf dem Mond, vorgeschlagen/telescope on the moon, proposed) Geographic Representations of War Network Gamma-Ray Spectrometer Government Revitalization Unit (JP) [GianCarlo] Ghirardi, [Alberto] Rimini, [Tullio] Weber (Modell, theoretische Physik/model, theoretical physics) Sdgeorgien/South Georgia (ISO 3166) u

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GS Guaranteed Service GSA General Service Administration (USA) GSA Geological Socitey of America GSA Global (Mobile) Suppliers Association (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) GSAG GOME Science Advisory Group GSAS Global School for Advanced Studies GSCCM Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter (APS) GSD Ground Sampling Distance (Satelliten-Fernerkundung/satellite remote sensing) GSDSEF Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair GSE geringe Schmerzempndlichkeit GSE GMES Services Elements GSE Group of Scientic Experts (Genfer Abrstungskonferenz 1976) u GSETT-1, -2, -3 GSE Technical Test I (1984), II (1991), III (1995) GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD, USA) GSG Gesundheitsstrukturgesetz GSGG Gttinger Graduiertenschule fr Geisteswissenschaften o u GSH Granular Solid Hydrodynamics GSI Gesellschaft fr Schwerionenforschung (Darmstadt, DE) u GSM Global System for Mobile Communication(s) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) GSM Groupe Spciale Mobile (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) e GSMA GSM Association (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) GSMBE Gas Source Molecular Beam Epitaxy GSMN GSM Node GSM-R Global System for Mobile Communications Railway (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) GSMS GPRS Short Message Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) GSMT Giant Segmented-Mirror Telescope (geplant/planned) GSN Global Seismic (or: Seismographic) Network GSN GPRS Support Node GSNP Topical Group on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (APS) GSO Geostationary Satellite Orbit GSOC German Space Operations Center (Weilheim oder Oberpfaenhofen, DE) GSP Gap Surface Plasmon (elektromagnetische Grenzchenwellen/electromagnetic boundary layer waves) a GSP Genomic Signal Processing GSS Ground Sensor Station (Galileo) GSS Group Support System GSTB Galileo System Test Bed (Satellitennavigation/satellite navigation) GSW Glashow-Salam-Weinberg (Neutrinotheorie/neutrino theory) GT Gamow-Teller GT Guatemala (ISO 3166) GTC Gran Telescopio Canarias (= GCT) (La Palma, ES) GTD Geometrical Theory of Diraction GTL Gas to Liquid (synthetischer Kraftsto/synthetic fuel) GTLS Generalized Total Least Squares (Algorithmus/algorithm) GTP GPRS Tunneling Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) GTP Guanosintriphosphat GTP-c GPRS Tunneling Protocol Control Plane (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) GTRI Georgia Tech Research Institute (USA) GTRI Global Threat Reduction Initiative GTU Gesellschaft fr Technische Uberwachung u GTS Global Transmission Services (ISS) GTZ Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Technische Zusammenarbeit (Eschborn, DE) u GU Guam (ISO 3166) GUD Gas- und Dampfturbinen (-Kraftwerke) GUESS General-Purpose Expert System Shell GUI Graphical (or: Guided) User Interface GUID Global Unique Identier (weltweites PC-Netz/worldwide PC network) GUIDE Gentle User Interfaces for Elderly People (EU project) GUP Generic User Prole (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) GUS Gemeinschaft unabhngiger Staaten (ehem./former UdSSR) a GUT Grand Unied Theory (theoretische Physik/theoretical physics) GUTI Globally Unique Temporary Identier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) GUZ Gttinger Universittszeitung o a GVD Group Velocity Dispersion (Leitungen/transmission lines) GVE Grovieheinheit (Normrind, Masse:/standard cow, mass: 500 kg) GVFI Global Viral Forecasting Initiative GVM Global Voice Mail (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) GVP Genesis Voice Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) GVPP Generic Visual Perception Processor GVT Ground Vibration Test (Flugzeugentwicklung/aircraft development) GVZ Gterverkehrszentrum u GW Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) GW Guinea-Bissau (frher Portugiesisch-Guinea/former Portuguese Guinea) (ISO 3166) u GWAS Genome-Wide Association Studies G-WiN Gigabit-Wissenschaftsnetz (geplant fr/planned for 2000, bis/up to 2.4 Gbit/s) u GWK Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz von Bund und Lndern a GWN Gaussian White Noise, Gausches Weies Rauschen GWS GlashowWeinbergSalam (Theoretische Physik, elektroschwache Wechselwirkung/theoretical physics, electro-weak interaction)

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Google Web Toolkit Gesellschaft fr die wissenschaftliche Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften u Guyana (ISO 3166) Georgii Zatsepin and Vladim Kuzmin (Moscow; predicted cuto of cosmic microwave background at 61019 eV) Gttinger Zentrum fr Molekulare Biowissenschaften o u

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h... HA HAARP HAART HAB HAC HAC HAD HAD HADES HAI HAL HALE HALO HAMR HANE HAR HARF HARP HARPS HARQ HART HASASEM HASI HASYLAB HAT HAT HATPRO HATUM HAV HAV HAVAG HAVEit HAVI HAWK HZOP HB HB HBCCO HBCI HBCU HBFG HBFR HBK HBLED HBT HBT HBV HCB HCCI HCG hCG HCH HCI HCI HCIS HCM HCMV HCP HCR HCS HCS HCTMCP HCU HCV HD HD HDA HDAC Hekto... (Prx/prex): 102 a Home Agent (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) High Frequency Active Auroral Research Project hochaktive antiretrovirale Therapie (HIV-Behandlung) Harmful Algae Bloom (Meeresbiologie/marine biology) High Authority Control Human Articial Chromosome Helium Abundance Detector (Galileo satellite 1989) Hollow Cathode Activated Deposition (dnne Schichten/thin layers) u High-Activity Disposal Experiment Site (for nuclear waste, Mol, BE) Helicopter Association International Hardware Abstraction Layer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) High Altitude, Long Endurance (Flugzeug/aircraft) High Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft (DLR) Head-Assisted Magnetic Recording High-Altitude Nuclear Explosion Human Accelerated Region (Genetik/genetics) Hyperstable Adaptive Recursive Filter High-Gain Avalanche Rushing Amorphous Photoconductor High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher (astrophysics) Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Highway Addressable Receiver/Transmitter (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Haptisches Sensor-Aktor-System auf der Grundlage der Echtzeitelastographie sowie von elektro- und magnetorheologischen Materialien Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungs-Laboratorium (bei/at DESY) Hei-Akustik-Teststand (DLR Berlin) Histone-Acetyl Transferase Humidity and Temperature Proler (Wetterdatenerfassung/weather data monitoring) Historisches Archiv der TU Mnchen u Hand-Arm Vibration Hepatitis-A-Virus Hallesche Verkehrs-AG (Halle an der Saale, DE) Highly Automated Vehicles Intelligent Transportation (EU project) Home Audio/Video Interoperability Hochschule fr angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst (u.a. Gttingen, DE) u o Hazardous Analysis and Operability (Problemlsungsmethode/problem solving method) o (Hansestadt) Bremen (Bundesland/German Federal State) High-Brightness (LEDs) HgBa2 Can1 Cun O2n+2 (HTSL) Homebanking Computing Interface Historically Black Colleges and Universities (USA) Hochschulbaufrderungsgesetz o High Flux Beam Reactor (Brookhaven, Long Island, NY, USA) Hochdruckbrennkammer (-Prfstand, DLR) u High-Brightness Light Emitting Diode Hanbury Brown and Twiss (Quanteneekt/quantum eect) Hetero-Bipolartransistor, Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor Hepatitis-B-Virus Hexachlorbenzol Homogeneous Charge-Compression Ignition (Verbrennungsmotor/internal combustion engine) High-Index Contrast Sub-Wavelength Grating (Laserspiegel/laser mirror) Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (Hormon/hormone) Hexachlorcyclohexan Host Controller Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) HumanComputer Interaction (or: Interface) Human-Centric Compution and Information Sciences (open-access journal) Human Capital (and) Mobility (EU) Humanes Cytomegalovirus Hexagonal Close Packing (Gitter/lattice) High Chip Rate Hard-Clad Silica (Faseroptik/ber optics) High Content Screening (Biochemie/biochemistry) Hexacyanotrimethylencyclopropanid Hybrid Control Unit (Hybridfahrzeug/hybrid vehicle) Hepatitis-C-Virus Harmonization Document (CENELEC) High Denition (Video) High-Density Amorphous (Eis/ice) Histone-Deacetylase

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Hybrid Distributed Bragg Reector (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) High Denition Broadcast Technology [vom HDTV abgeleitetes Bildaufzeichnungsformat/picture recording format, derived from HDTV] High Denition (or: Digital) Content Protection Hard Disk Controller Select Hierarchical Data Format hochdichte Faserplatte Hubble Deep Field (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Human Development Index Hardware Description Language High-Density Lipoprotein ( gutes Cholesterin/good cholesterol) High-Density Liquid High-Power Diode Laser High Level Data Link Control (Datenbertragung/data transmission) u Hot Dark Matter (Kosmologie/cosmology) High Denition Multimedia Interface Handheld Device Markup Lnguage hinter dem Ohr (Hrgerte/hearing aids) o a High Density Polyethylene High Data Rate (Datenbertragung/data transmission) u Hot Dry Rock (geothermy) High Dynamic Range Imaging (Bildsimulation/picture simulation) Harddiskcontroller-Data-Request High Dispersion Spectrograph High-Bit-Rate (or: High Speed) Digital Subscriber Line (or: Loop) High Denition Television (hochauflsendes Fernsehen) o Hessen (Bundesland/German Federal State) High Eciency Advanced Audio Coding (Audio-Kompressions-Software/audio compression method) High Energy Astrophysical Observatory Harmonised European Approaches for Transport Costing and Project Assessment (EC Project) Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (Montreal, Canada) High End Computing Terascale Resources (UK) High-Energy-Density High-Energy-Density Physics High Eciency Electron Emission Device (Bildwandler/image converter) Higher Education Funding Council (UK) Higher Education Funding Council for England Helsinki Commission on Baltic Marine Protection Heparin-vermittelte extrakorporale LDL + Fibrinogen Przipitation a High-Electron-Mobility Transistor Hochenergiephysik, High-Energy Physics Hochschulerneuerungsprogramm (neue Bundeslnder) a High-Energy Physics Advisory Panel (USA) High Energy Physics Network High Energy and Particle Physics Division (EPS) High Energy Particle Physics and Astrophysics (Colorado State University, USA) Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Hadron-Electron Ring Accelerator, Hadron-Elektron-Ring-Anlage (DESY) Hotspot Ecosystem Research on the Margins of the European Seas Humanes Endogenes Retrovirus High Energy Stereoscopic System (Gammastrahlenteleskop/gamma ray telescope array, Namibia) Home Electronic System Hybrid Evolutionary System (Systembeschreibung/system description) High Energy Seismic Survey (Meeresbiologie/marine biology) High Energy Stereoscopic System (Teleskop/telescope) Hall-Eect Thruster (electric propulsion system) High-Performance Computing in Europe Taskforce (seit/since 2006) Hobby-Eberly-Telescope (Davis Mountains, TX, USA) High Energy Transient Explorer (Satellite, NASA) Height Equivalent to One Theoretical Plate (Ma fr Trennleistung eines chemischen Analysesystems, u z.B. 20 m bei Chromatographie/measure of separation resolution, e.g. 20 m in chromatography) Highly Enriched Uranium Hybrid Electric Vehicle High Eciency Video Coding Half Energy Width (Teleskop/telescope) Hamburgische Elektricittswerke a Hochfrequenz, High Frequency (3 30 MHz) Human Factors (TC im/in the ETSI) Hartree-Fock-Bogoljubow High Flux Beam Reactor (Brookhaven, Long Island, NY, USA) Hybrid Fibre Coax Hybrid Frequency Division Duplex (Telecommunication, Combination of Time and Frequency Division Duplex) Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Hochschule fr Fernsehen und Film (Mnchen, DE) u u Hamburger Fernhochschule High Flux Isotope Reactor (ORNL) Heilm-Luftmassenmesser Halbleiterwerk Frankfurt/Oder (DE)

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Hochfrequenz-Oszillationsventilation (knstliche Beatmung/articial respiration) u Handsfree Prole (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) High-Flux Reactor (GFS, Petten, NL) Hybrid Fiber Radio Human Frontier Science Program Hochschule fr Telekommunikation Leipzig (DE) u Hermite Gaussian (Lasermode/laser mode) Human Genetic Advisory Commission Hercules Graphics Card Hermann von Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/le name extension: graphic le] Human Genome Project Human Genome Sciences Heidelberg Graduate School of Fundamental Physics (Universitt/University of Heidelberg, DE) a Hochspannungs-Gleichstrom-Ubertragung Hochgeschwindigkeitsverkehr (Schienenverkehr/rail trac) (Hansestadt) Hamburg (Bundesland/German Federal State) Higher Harmonic Control High-Order Harmonic Generation (kurze Lichtimpulse/short light pulses) Heinrich-Hertz-Institut fr Nachrichtentechnik (Berlin, DE, neuer Name/new name) u Heinrich-Hertz-Institut fr Schwingungsforschung (Berlin, DE, alter Name/old name) u Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Ashburn, VA, USA) Hypothalamus-Hypophysen-Nebennierenrinden (-Achse) Health and Human Services (US Government Department) Hawaii (US-Staat/US state) Head Injury Criteria (Insassensicherheit/passenger safety) Heterogeneous Interprocessor Communications and Standards Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography High Velocity Impact of Composite Aircraft Heavy-Ion Demonstration Experiment Heavy Ion Driven Intertial Fusion Heavy-Ion Fusion Hochschulinternes Fernsehen (Gttingen, DE) o Hafnium Isomer Production Panel (DARPA) High Fidelity (Unterhaltungselektronik) Hawaii Imaging Fabry-Prot Interferometer (Astronomie/astronomy) e Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou (CN) Heard Island Feasibility Test High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound High Performance Flexible Aircraft (DLR project) High-Intensity Gamma-Ray Source Heidelberger Institut fr Internationale Koniktforschung u Hardware-in-the-Loop Heavy Ion Linear Accelerator HIL-Echtzeitsimulation Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Health Internetwork Access to Research Initiative Helath Insurance Portability and Accountability Act High Power Laser Energy Research (facility, planned for 2020, feasibility demonstration between 2010 and 2012, 26 partners in 9 countries) High Performance Radio LAN (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) High Precision Parallax Collecting Satellite (ESA 1989) Homeland Innovative Prototypical Solutions High Pressure Science and Engineering Center (UNLV) High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Hochschul-Informationssystem Hydrologic Information System (USA) Hoch-integrierter S-Band-Sender fr PICO- und Nano-Satelliten u High-Intensity Training (Medizin/medicine) Hardware-in-the-Loop Heavy Ion Trap Heidelberger Institut fr Theoretische Studien u High-Impact Technology Solutions Highway to Security: Interoperability for Situation Awareness and Crisis Management (EU, 10 partners in 9 countries: EE, ES, DK, FI, FR, LT, LV, PL, SE) High Intensity Therapeutic Ultrasound Helmholtz-Institut Ulm (fr elektrochemische Energiespeicherung) u Human Immunodeciency Virus, Human-Immunschwche-Virus a Hitlerjugend (NS-Organisation) Hongkong/Hong Kong (ISO 3166) Hauptkomponenten-Analyse (= PCA) Hong Kong Baptist University Hans-Knll-Institut fr Naturstoorschung (Jena, DE) o u Hong Kong Institute of Acoustics Hong Kong Optical Engineering Society Hochschulkooperationsprogramm (EU) Hong Kong University

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Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hidden Layer (neuronale Netze/articial neural networks) Human Leukocyte Antigen, humane Leukozyten-Antigene (Biochemie/biochemistry) High-Level Data Link Control (UKW-Seefunk) High-Speed Low-Voltage Low-Power (Logik-ICs/logical ICs) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Windows-Hilfe-Datei/le name extension: Windows help le] Home Location Register (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Hchstleistungsrechenzentrum in Bavaria o Hchstleistungsrechenzentrum Stuttgart o Hchstleistungsrechenzentrum (Jlich, DE) o u Hilfe zum Lebensunterhalt ( Sozialhilfe) High-Level Waste (radioaktiver Abfall/radioactive waste) Health Level Seven (US medical standard) Hardware Manager Heard und McDonald-Inseln/Heard and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166) Head-Mounted Display (virtuelle Realitt/virtual reality) a Hexamethyldisiloxan Helmholtz-Zentrum Mnchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum fr Gesundheit und Umwelt u u Hahn-Meitner-Institut (Berlin, DE) Human-Machine Interface Hidden Markov Model Home Location Register (Heimat-Datei) Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA, USA) Health Monitoring System (Flugzeug/aircraft) Tetramethylentetranitramin (Octogen, Sprengsto/explosive) High-Mass X-Ray Binary (Rntgendoppelstern/X-ray double star) o Honduras (ISO 3166) Highly Nonlinear Fibres (Laser) Heliport Noise Model (Lrmbewertung/noise rating) a Hub Network Management Computer Hals-, Nasen- und Ohren(-Klinik oder -Patient/clinic or patient) HandOver (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Histograms of Oriented Gradients (human body detection) a a High (Olsure)-Low (Linolensure) (haltbares Ol/well keeping oil) High-Resolution in situ Holographic Recording and Analysis of Marine Organisms and Particles (EU project) High-Order Layerwise Theory (Verbundwerkstoe/compounds) Hooked on Nicotin Checklist History of Physicists in Industry (AIP project) Hybrid Optical Packet Infrastructure (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Higher-Order Statistics Highly Optimized Tolerance Holographic Optical Telescope and Scanner Hewlett Packard High Priority High Power Amplier Health Professional Card (smart card) High Performance Computing (or: Computer) High-Power Calculations High Performance Computing Advisory Council High Performance Computing and Communication (USA) High Performance Computing Cluster High Performance Computing Facility (UK) High Performance Computing Initiative (Arizona State University, USA) High Performance Computing and Networking (ESPRIT) High Performance Computing Systems Human Prostata Cancer 1 High-Power Direct-Diode Laser High-Power Diode Laser High Performance Fortran High-Purity Germanium (detectors) Hewlett Packard Graphics Language High Pressure High Temperature (Diamant/diamond) Heinrich-Pette-Institut fr Experimentelle Virologie und Immunologie (Hamburg, DE) u Hewlett Packard Interface Bus High Performance Liquid Chromatography Home Public (and) Land Mobile Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) High Purity Standard (analytische Chemie/analytical chemistry) Human Patient Simulator The Hungarian Physical Society Hybrid Phase Shift Keying (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) High Performance Storage System Hexapod-Telescope Human Papillomavirus, Human-Papillomavirus High Performance Visual Machine High Performance Work Team Headquarters High Quality

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Harvard Quantum Optics Center (Harvard University, USA) Half-Quantum Vortex (superconductivity) Hessischer Rundfunk High Resolution Kroatien/Hrvatska (ISO 3166) Harmonically Related Carrier Hertzsprung-Russell-Diagramm (Astronomie/astronomy) Hybrid Rice Research and Development Consortium Human Research and Engineering Directorate (ARL, USA) High Resolution Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy Histidinreiches Glykoprotein Her Royal Highness High Resolution Imager (Rntgenstrahl-Satellit/X-ray satellite) o Holield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (ORNL, USA) High-Resolution Infrared Imaging Spectrometer Head-Related Impulse Response (Akustik/acoustics) Hydrotreated Renewable Jet (alternativer Flugzeugtreibsto/alternative aircraft fuel) Hochschulrektorenkonferenz Hyper-Raman Scattering High Resolution Stereo Camera (ESA-Sonde/probe) Human Resources in Science and Technology High-Resolution Transmssion Electron Microscopy, Hochaufgelste Raster-Transmissions-Elektronenmikroskopie o Head-Related Transfer Function Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (USA) High Speed Club High Speed Cutting High Speed Circuit Switched Data (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) hmatopoetische Stammzell-Transplantation a Hierarchical Scan Description Language High Speed Downlink Packet Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) High Speed Dedicated Physical Control Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) High Speed Downlink Shared Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) High Speed Ethernet High Surface Energy Highly Siderophile Element (astrophysics) hohe Schmerzempndlichkeit Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Koniktforschung High Speed Internet High Speed Internet Access Homoserinlacton Hitzeschock-Protein Hochschulsonderprogramm High Speed Packet Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) High Speed Physical Downlink Shared Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) humanes Spuma-Retrovirus harter Schnellstahl (Werkzeuge/tools) High Speed Switch (Datennetz/data network) Home Subscriber Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) High Speed Shared Control Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Hubble Space Telescope Hauptstaatsarchiv Hannover High Speed Uplink Packet Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Hamburgische Schibau-Versuchsanstalt Hartmann-Shack Wavefront Sensor Haiti (ISO 3166) High Temperature High Throughput Heterobipolar-Transistor Hyperwork Technology Conference High Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites Human Teratocarcinoma-Derived Virus High-Temperature Electrolysis (Wassersto-Kraftwerk/hydrogen power plant) High Throughput Experimentation Hub Terminal Facilities Hyperschall-Technologie Gttingen (DLR) o High Temperature High Perfomance Liquid Chromatography, Hochtemperatur-Flssigkeitschromatographie u humanes T-lymphotropes Virus [Dateinamenerweiterung: Internet-Datei/le name extension: Internet le] Hamburger Test fr mathematische Begabung u High Temperature Mechanical Testing Committee (UK) HyperText Markup Language [Dateinamenerweiterung: Internet-Datei/le name extension: Internet le] Hybrid Technology/Multithreaded System (Supercomputer) Heights (US Mail) High-Throughput Screening High Temperature Superconductor (Hochtemperatur-Supraleiter) Hochtemperatur-Supraleiter (High-Tc superconductor)

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Hypertext Transfer (or Transmission) Protocol (Computer-Netzwerk/computer network, WWW) HTTP Secured Howard University (Washington, DC, USA) Humboldt-Universitt (Berlin, DE) a Ungarn/Hungary (ISO 3166) Harvard University Archive House Un-American Activities Committee (Antispionage-Manahme der USA) Human Genome Organization Howard University Program in Atmospheric Sciences (Washington, DC, USA) hmolytisch-urmisches Syndrom a a High-Resolution Ultrasonic Transmission Tomography High Quality Voice Packet (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Obervolta/Upper Volta (ISO 3166 bis/until 1984) Hogeschool van Amsterdam Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning High-Voltage Direct-Current (verlustarme Hochspannungsleitung/low-loss power line) High-Volume Manufacturing Hierarchical Virtual Private LAN Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Hydrophobe Wechselwirkungschromatographie Hyperworks Enabled Community Harzwasserwerke Highway (US Mail) Hard X-Ray Modulated Telescope (Chinesischer Satellit/Chinese satellite) Hydrodynamik- und Kavitationstunnel (HSVA) Hydrogen Switchable Mirror Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Zentrum fr Material- und Kstenforschung u u Helmholtz-Zentrum fr Infektionsforschung (Braunschweig) u High-Z Supernova Search Team

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International Association for the Study of Pain International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earths Interior International Association of Science and Technology for Development Institut Arbeit und Technik (Gelsenkirchen, DE) International Air Transport Association Intermittent Automatic Train Control (z.B./e.g., INDUSI) (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) International Astronomical Union Informations-, Anlauf- und Vermittlungsstelle (Karlsruhe, DE) Institut fr angewandtes Wissen (Kln, DE) u o Important Bird Area (Naturschutz/nature conservation) Ion Beam Assisted Deposition Interval Branch and Bound Algorithm Integrated Broadband Communication International Broadcast(ing) Convention (conference series) Interaktive Bildschirmexperimente Inverse Boundary Element Method Interstellar Boundary Explorer (Astronomie/astronomy) Interacting Boson Fermion Model Interacting Boson Model International Business Machines Corporation Institut fr Biomedizinische Probleme (Moskau) u In-Beam Mssbauer Spectroscopy o [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Biomedizinische Technik (Potsdam-Golm, DE) u In-Band On-Channel (high-denition radio) [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Bauphysik (Stuttgart, DE) u Institut fr Bioanorganische und Radiopharmazeutische Chemie (FZR) u International Brain Research Organization International Business Service Ion Beam Sputtering Internationales Bureau des Welttelegraphenvereins (gegrndet/founded: 1868). u Ab/since 1908: Bureau international de lunion tlgraphique ee Inertial Cloak (acoustic metamaterials) Integrated Circuit Intercity (Bundesbahn/German train) Internal Combustion [Engine] (Verbrennungsmotor) Ion Chromatography; Ionenchromatographie Independent Component Analysis Infrared Camera for Car International Commission for Acoustics International Congress on Acoustics (since 1953, every three years) Incoming Call Barrier International Customer Advisory Board International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue Iron Calorimeter Detector (Neutrinodetektor/neutrino detector) International Conference on Applications of Lasers and Electrooptics International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Material Simulations (Ruhr-Universitt Bochum, DE) a International Civil Aviation Organization International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Computer Vision International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering (NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA) [IEEE] International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing Interational Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technology Institute for Collaborative Biotechnology (USA) International Commission on the Biological Eects of Noise Intercontinental Ballistic Missile International Council for Bird Preservation Intelligent Customer Care International Conference on Computer Aided Design Innovation Center Computer Assisted Surgery (Universitt Leipzig, DE) a International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas Intensied CCD International Conference on Consumer Electronics International Conference on Computer Languages International Centre for Diraction Data Institut Charles Darwin International International Continental Drilling Program (= KTB) In-Car-Entertainment (Autoradio) Intercity Express (Bundesbahn/German railway) Industry Council for Electronic Equipment (UK) Institute for Chemical and Engineering Sciences (Singapore) International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (NASA, since 2003) Inertial Connement Fusion (= Trgheitsfusion) (Reaktor/reactor) a International Committee for Future Accelerators Instituto de Ciencias F sicas de la Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico e Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation (University of Portsmouth, GB)

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Intellectual Capital Group (Franklin, MI, USA) International Cancer Genome Consortium International Commission on General Relativity and Gravitation Irish Centre for High-End Computing (Dublin and Galway, Ireland) Integrated Communication Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Inter-Carrier Interference (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Interchannel Interference (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International Conference on Image Processing (IEEE) International Council of Independent States (seit/since 1984) Ice Cube Laboratory (Antarktis-Forschungsstation/antarctic research station) Infotainment Cluster Module (Kfz-Technik) International Congress Center Mnchen u Intracluster Medium (Astronomie/astronomy) International Commission for Mathematical Instruction Internet Control Message Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition International Center for Materials Research Information and Communication Network (Siemens) International Conference on Neural Networks International Conference on Network Protocols International Commission for (or: on) Optics International Council on Monuments and Sites International Council on Nanotechnology (Rice University, USA) International Conference on Neural Information Processing International Congress on Optics and Optoelectronics Integrated Carbon Observation System (EU project) International Catalog of Sources for History and Allied Sciences (AIP) Inductively Coupled Plasma Interuniversity Cooperation Programme (Europe) International Congress of Phonetic Sciences International Certicate Program for New Media (FhG, CRCG) Industrial & Commercial Power Systems [Technical Conference] Industrial Consortium of Polynucleotide Synthesis International Center for Quantum Design of Functional Materials (University of Science and Technology, China, seit/since 2008) International Center for Quantum Materials (Peking University, CN) Institute of Cancer Research (London, UK) International Conict Research (group) Ion Cyclotron Resonance International Committee for Robot Arms Control Imperial Cancer Research Fund (London, UK) International Committee for Radionuclide Metrology International Commission on Radiological Protection International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements Interactive Supercomputing International Conference on Spatial Audio Interrogating Call Session Control Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International Computer Science Institute (Berkeley, CA, USA) Intracytoplasmatische Spermieninjektion (knstliche Befruchtung) u International Conference on Spoken Language Processing International Conference on the Structure of Surfaces Integrated Communications and Solutions Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International Council for Scientic and Technical Information International Council of Scientic Unions (seit/since 1931; umbenannt in/renamed into International Council for Science) International Conference on Sound and Vibration Inductive-Core Transformer Information and Communication Technology [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Chemische Technologie (Pnztal bei/near Karlsruhe, DE) u International Conference on Theoretical and Computational Acoustics International Center for Technology Assessment (USA) [Abdus Salam] International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Trieste, IT, seit/since 1964) Intensive Care Unit (Krankenhaus/hospital) International Conference on Ultrasonics International Conference on Uncertainty in Mechanical Engineering Internet Call Waiting (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Integrated Coastal Zone Management (Meereskstenschutz/sea shore conservation) u Idaho (US-Staat/US state) Identier Indonesien/Indonesia (ISO 3166) Intelligent Design Institute for Defense Analyses (USA) Interface for Distributed Automation Intelligent Transportation System Data Bus Interactive Data Business Solutions Insulation Displacement Connection International Data Corporation International Data Centre, Internationales Datenzentrum (CTBTO) Iceland Deep Drilling Project

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Integrated Development Environment Informations- und Dokumentationsstelle Ethik in der Medizin Intermediate Data File International Diabetes Federation Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform, inverse diskrete Fourier-Transformation Interactive Data Language Interface Denition (or: Description) Language [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Digitale Medientechnologie (Ilmenau, DE) u International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction Intelligent Design Network Identity Provider (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Institut fr Datenanalyse und Prozessdesign (Wintherthur, CH) u in der Regel Inter-Domain Routing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Intermediate Data Rate (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Internal Dynamic Rate Flow Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Institut fr Deutsche Sprache (Mannheim, DE) u Intrusion Detection System (Firewall) Improved Denition Television (100 Hz-Bild/picture) Interactive Digital Television Interactive Data Visualization International Display Workshop (conference series) Inverse Discrete Wavelet Transform Irland/Ireland (ISO 3166) International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement International Energy Agency, Internationale Energieagentur International Electrotechnical Commission (gegrndet/founded 1904) u Institute of Electronics and Communication Engineers of Japan Industrial Electronics Conference Improvised Explosive Device Institution of Electrical Engineers (UK) Intelligent Energy Europe (EU Project 20062008) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (USA) International Emergency Economic Powers Act (1977) Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (USA) Institute of Electronics, Information, and Communication Engineers of Japan Institut fr Erhaltung und Modernisierung von Bauwerken (Berlin, DE) u Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale Galileo Ferraris (Torino, IT) Inner Earth Object (asteroid) Integrated Electronic Piezoelectric Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers (London, GB) Institute for Environment and Suitability (EU) Internet Enhanced Services [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Experimentelles Software Engineering (Kaiserslautern, DE) u Institution of Engineering and Technology Internet Engineering Task Force Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy Interface Intermediate Frequency Institut fr Automobilwirtschaft u Internationale Funkausstellung International Federation of Automatic Control Institut fr Arbeitsphysiologie (Dortmund, DE) u International Federation of Airline Pilots [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Fertigungstechnik und Angewandte Materialforschung (Bremen, DE) u Innovative Future Air Transport System Industry Foundation Class (Schnittstelle/interface) In-Flight Entertainment System Inertial Fusion Energy Institut fr Erdlforschung (Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE) u o Institut fr Festkrperphysik und Elektronenmikroskopie u o [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Fabrikbetrieb und -automatisierung (Magdeburg, DE) u Institut fr Fahrzeugtechnik (TU Braunschweig, DE) u Institut fr Festkrperforschung [a): am/at the IFW, b): am/at the KFA, Jlich, DE] u o u Interchange File Format (Graphikformat) Inverse Fast Fourier Transform Institut fr Hochenergiephysik (ehem./former DDR, Zeuthen, AdW) u International Federation of Information Processing Societies and: International Federation for Information Processing Interpolation Finite-Impulse Response (Filter) Inferior Frontal Junction (Gehirn/brain) Institut fr Lnderkunde (Leipzig, DE) u a Institut fr Leibesbungen u u Institut fr Meereskunde (Kiel, DE) u Interfacial Force Microscope International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility Institut fr Neurobioogie (Magdeburg, DE) u Institut fr Wirtschaftsforschung (Mnchen, DE) u u

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Institut fr Organisationskommunikation (Bensheim, DE) u Implementation Force (19951996, spter/thereafter SFOR) a International Federation of Operational Research Societies Institut fr Oberchen- und Schichtanalytik (Univ. Kaiserslautern, DE) u a International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Institut fr Forschungsentwicklung und Qualittssicherung u a Institut fr Radiochemie (FZR) u Instrumental Flight Rules International Federation Robotics International Frequency Registration Board (in Genf/Genova, CH) Institut Franais de Recherche pour lExploitation de la Mer c In-Flight-Simulation (aircraft testing) Institut fr Festkrperanalytik und Strukturforschung (am/at the IFW) u o Institut fr Sicherheitsforschung (FZR) u International Forestry Students Association International Federation of Stamp Dealers Association [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Festkrpertechnologie (Mnchen, DE) u o u Institut fr Troposphrenforschung (Leipzig, DE) u a Instituto de Fisica Teorica (Sao Paulo, BR) IT Future of Medicine (EU project) International Federation for the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Atmosphrische Umweltforschung u a Institut fr Festkrper- und Werkstoorschung (Dresden, DE seit/since 1992) u o Institut fr Weltwirtschaft (Kiel, DE) u Integrierte Flughafenwettersysteme Interactive Financial Exchange Institut fr Zeitgeschichte (Mnchen, DE) u u Intrinsic Gettering Inter-Governmental Agreement Interdivisional Group for Applied Physics and Physics in Industry (EPS) Institut fr Gewsserkologie und Binnenscherei (Berlin, DE) u a o [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Grenzchen- und Bioverfahrenstechnik (Stuttgart, DE) u a Internationales Geosphren-Biosphren-Programm (Okologie/ecology) a a Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor International Genomics Consortium Integrated Gasication Combined Cycle (Kohlekraftwerk/coal power plant) [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr graphische Datenverarbeitung (Darmstadt, Auenstelle/branch in Rostock, DE) u International Genetically Engineered Machines [Competition] Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (NSF, USA) Intergovernmental Group Intelligent Gateway GPRS Support Node (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Italian Grid Infrastructure (computing) Integrated Gatekeeper (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Internationales Graduiertenkolleg Informal Group of RTD Liaison Ocers in Brussels (EU) Intergalactic Medium Internet Group Management (or: Multicast) Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Installations-Geruschnormal (DIN 52218) a Interior Gateway Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Interdivisional Group on Physics for Development (EPS) Integrated Green Aircraft (DLR project) Integrierte Gesamtschule Intergenic Spacer (Genetik/genetics) International GPS Service for Geodynamics (Satellitengeodsie/satellite geodesy) a Indicazione Geograca Tipica (italienische Wein-Kennzeichnung, entspricht deutschem Landwein/Italian wine classication) International Grid Test Federation Institut fr Grenzchenforschung und Vakuumphysik (Jlich, DE) u a u Integriertes Gesamtverkehrskonzept International Geophysical Year (1957/58) Informations- und Geschftszentrum (DEGA, Berlin, DE) a Institut fr Gemse- und Zierpanzenbau (Grobeeren und/and Khnhausen bei/near Erfurt, DE) u u u Immunhistochemie Inner Hair Cells (in the ear) Institute for Health and Consumer Protection Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientiques (bei/near Paris, FR) Industrie- und Handelskammer International Human Microbiome Consortium (since Oct. 2008) Institut fr Halbleiterphysik (Frankfurt/Oder, DE) u Institut fr Physikalische Hochtechnologie e.V. (Jena, DE) u International Helicopter Safety Team Innenhochdruck-Umformen (= Hydroforming) International Institute of Applied System Analysis (Laxemburg bei/near Wien, AT) International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration International Iran Conference on Quantum Information (1st: Sept. 2007) International Ice Charting Working Group Independent and Identically-Distributed (Data; Filtertheorie/lter theory) Interaural Intensity Dierence (Richtungshren/directional hearing) o Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (USA)

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Internet Initiative Japan Institut fr Ionenstrahlphysik und Materialforschung (FZR) u Internationales Institut fr Management und Verwaltung u International Institute of Noise Control Engineering Innite Impulse Response (Digitallter/digital lter) Indian Institute of Sciences (Bangalore, IN) [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Integrierte Schaltungen (Erlangen, DE) u [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Integrierte Systeme und Bauelementetechnologie (Erlangen, DE) u Illinois Institute of Technology (USA) Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur, IN) International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (Nigeria) [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Informations- und Datenverarbeitung (Karlsruhe, DE) u International Joint Conference on Neural Networks International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics [Landkarten-Datenbank/map data bank] (im/in the DBI) Instrumente fr Klimagas-Reduktionsstrategien u Internet-Katalog betrieblicher Umweltinformationssysteme Intelligent Keybord Chip Integrated Knowledge Centre (UK) Internet Key Exchange (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Institut fr Kern- und Hadronenphysik (FZR) u Institut fr klinische Immunologie und Transfusionsmedizin (Leipzig, DE) u Institut fr elektronische Korrelationen und Magnetismus u Internationales Komitee vom Roten Kreuz Internationale Kommission zum Schutz der Elbe Internationale Kommission zum Schutz des Rheins Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Keramische Technologien und Systeme (oder: Sinterwerkstoe) (Dresden, DE) u Institut fr Kunststoverarbeitung (Aachen, DE) u Institut fr Kristallzchtung (Berlin-Adlershof, DE) u u Illinois (US-Staat/US state) Insertion Loss (Einfgungsdmmung) u a Israel (ISO 3166) In-Line Amplier (Glasfaserkabel/glass ber cable) Internationale Luft[- und Raum]fahrtausstellung Identical Location of Accelerometer and Force International Laser Center (Staatsuniversitt Moskau/State University Moscow) a International Linear Collider (Fermilab) Intelligibility Level Dierence Interaural Level Dierence Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Inorganic Light-Emitting Diode Intelligente lernende Navigation (Kfz-Entwicklung) Intelligent Logistics for Innovative Product Technologies Institut Laue-Langevin (Grenoble, FR) Industrial Light & Magic (Flssigkeitssimulation/uid simulation system) u Integrated Laser Modulator (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Intrinsic Localized Modes (Festkrperphysik/solid state physics) o Integrated Local Management Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Integrated Laser Mach-Zehnder (modulator, optical telecommunication) Institute of Lasers and Plasmas (Bordeaux, FR) Induced Loudness Reduction Instrument Landing System, Instrumentenlandesystem Integrated Logistic Support Intracavity Laser Spectroscopy International Laser Safety Conference [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Lasertechnologie (Aachen, DE, seit/since 1985) u [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Lebensmitteltechnologie und Verpackung (Mnchen, DE, u u bis 31.12.97/until Dec. 31, 1997; danach/thereafter: IVV) Intermediate-Level Waste (radioaktiver Abfall/radioactive waste) Information Manager (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Instant Messaging (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Intensittsmodulation a Interlocking Module (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Instituto Mexicano de Acstica u Integrated Motor Assist Interactive Multimedia Association International Marinelife Association Inverse Multiplex ATM (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation Imager for Magnetopause to Aurora Global Exploration (NASA, Satellit/satellite) International Marine Past Global Changes Study Internet Mail (or: Message) Access Protocol (E-Mail Server) Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (at Radboud University, Nijmegen, NL) Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies (NL) Institut fr Molekulare Biotechnologie (Jena, DE) u Institut fr Molekulare Biotechnologie (Wien, AT) u Institut fr Medizinisch-biologische Probleme/Institute for Biomedical Problems (Moskau, RU) u

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ISDN Management and Coordination Committee (TC im/in the ETSI) Intermodulation Distortion [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Molekularbiologie und Angewandte Okologie (Schmallenberg, DE) u Institute of Microelectronics (Singapore) Interuniversity Microelectronics Center (BE) Institution of Mechanical Engineers (UK) International Mobile Equipment Identity (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International Measurement Confederation (Budapest, HU) Injectable Myoelectric Sensors (Prothesen/prosthetics) Innite Momentum Frame (neutron research) [DLR-] Institut fr Methodik der Fernerkundung u [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/le name extension: graphic le] Innovative Medicines Initiative (EU) International Materials Institutes International Meeting on Information Display (conference series) Imaginary Intelligence Integriertes Mess- und Informationssystem zur Uberwachung der Umweltradioaktivitt a Innenministerkonferenz [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Medienkommunikation (St. Augustin, DE) u [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Materialuss und Logistik (Dortmund, DE) u International Microgravity Laboratory Institut fr Mikrotechnik (Mainz, DE) u Institute of Microelectronics and Microsystems (z.B. in Neapel/e.g. in Naples, IT) MSS Interconnection Network Institut fr Mikrostrukturtechnologie und Optoelektronik (Wetzlar, DE) u International Maritime Organization Internationale Mathematik-Olympiade Internationale Motivgruppen Olympiaden und Sport e.V. (Briefmarken-Verein) Institut fr Molekulare Pathologie (Wien, AT) u Intermodulation Product Identication of Novel Targets for Cancer Therapy (EU project) In Situ Measurements of Particle and Coronal Mass Ejections Transients (Sonnenphysik/solar physics) Impact Avalanche Transit-Time (Diode) Infrared Microsystems for Pollution Emission Control on Cars Intermetallic Materials Processing in Relation to Earth and Space Solidication (ESA project, 20042009) International Max Planck Research School (for Quantum Dynamics) Institute for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Porto Novo, Benin) Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy Intelligent Mobile Redirect (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (Onkologie, Rntgentechnik/oncology, X-ray technology) o [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Mehl- und Sspeisen (Castrop-Rauxel, DE) u u [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Mikroelektronische Schaltungen und Systeme (Duisburg, DE) u Institute of Materials Science (University of Connecticut, USA) Institute for Molecular Science (Okazaki, JP) Integrated Management Solution (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Intelligent Manufacturing System Interactive Multimedia Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International Monitoring System (CTBT) Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem Ionen-Mikrofabrikations-Systeme (Firma/company in Wien, AT) Ionenmobilittsspektrometer a IP Multimedia Subsystem (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Information Management System Betriebsfestigkeit International Mobile Subscriber Identication (or: Identity) Institut fr Mikrostrukturtechnik (KfK) u Institute of Microtechnology (Univ. Neuchtel, CH) a International Mobile Telecommunications Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (IEEE) Institut fr Mikrosystemtechnik (Univ. Freiburg, DE) u Inertial Measurement Unit (Raumfahrt, Trgheitsnavigation) a International Mathematical Union Internationale Mathematische Unterrichtskommission (seit/since 1908; spter/later on: ICMI) a Institut fr Metallische Werkstoe (am/at the IFW) u Indiana (US-Staat/US state) Indien/India (ISO 3166) Intelligentes Netz, Intelligent Network Intelligent Network Application Protocol (or: Part) International Network for the Availability of Scientic Publications Incorporated (USA, entspricht Aktiengesellschaft) Interhemispheric Dierences in Cirrus Properties from Anthropogenetic Emissions Institute of Noise Control Engineering (USA) International Conference on Electromagnetic Interference and Compatibility Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (EU Project since 2003) Institute of Neuronal Computational Intelligence and Technology (Univ. of Stirling, Schottland/Scotland) International Cooperation [Cooperation with Third Countries and International Organisations] (EC) International Cooperation on Research in Environmental Protection, Process Safety and Energy Technology Improvised Nuclear Device

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Induktive Zugsicherung (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Idaho National Engineering Laboratory Informationsnetz Elbe-Sanierung Innovative Navigation European System International Nuclear Event Scale (IAEA) International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation [National Institute of Engineering, Technology and Innovation] (Lisbon, PT) International/External Security Continuum (EU, 9 partners in 8 countries: BE, ES, FR, NL, NO, PL, SE, TR) Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (IT) Intensivierte Gewsserberwachungsorganisation a u [Dateinamenerweiterung: Programm-Initialisierungsdatei/le name extension: program initialization le] Innovations in Nuclear Infrastructure and Education (DoE Program, USA) Institut National de Mtrologie e Integrated (or: Intermediate) Network Management (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Integrated Noise Model (FAA) Intelligent Materials for Active Noise Reduction International Maritime Satellite Organization (gegrndet/founded 1979) u Innovationsallianz CNT [Carbon Nanotubes] Innovative Medicine for Europe India-Based Neutrino Observatory Iranian National Observatory Institut fr Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie (Berlin, DE) u [Leibniz-] Institut fr Niedertemperatur-Plasmaphysik (Greifswald, DE) u Integration des Patentwesens in die ingenieurmige wissenschaftliche Hochschulausbildung a Institut National de la Propriet Industrielle (FR) e International Project (on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles) International Union for Quarternary Research International Research Associates Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Scurit (FR) e e Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (FR) Innovative Rotorsteuerung (Hubschrauber/helicopter) Institut National de la Recherche Scientique (Varennes, PQ, CA) Institut National des Sciences Appliques (Lyon, FR) e International Society for Agricultural Meteorology Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar Institut National de la Sant et de la Recherche Mdicale (Hpital de la Piti-Salptri`re, Paris, FR) e e o e e e Initiative Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft International Network for Social Network Analysis Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community Information Notication Table (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Trendanalysen u Institute for Nuclear Theory (University of Washington, USA) International IP/MAC Notication Table (fr/for DVB-H) u Instituto Nacional de Tcnica Aerospacial (Madrid, ES) e International Association for the Promotion of Cooperation with Scientists from the New Independent States (Internationale Assoziation zur Frderung der Zusammenarbeit mit Wissenschaftlern aus der o frheren Sowjetunion) (Brssel/Brussels, BE 1993) u u International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (Satellit/satellite) Intercontinental Telecommunication Satellite Organization International Congress on Noise Control Engineering Intelligent Networked Manufacturing System International Tokamak Reactor (Fusionsreaktor/fusion reactor) Integrated Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Imaging of Neuro Disease Using High Field Magnetic Resonance and Contrastophores Britisches Territorium im Indischen Ozean/British Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3166) Input/Output Input Output, Broadband (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Integrated Optical Circuits Intergovermental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO) Input/Output Carrier Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Inter-Operability Development Testing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik (Jena, DE) u International Olympics of Information Intraokularlinse Individual Ordinary Member (EPS etc.) Institut fr Oberchenmodizierung (Leipzig, DE) u a Integrated Operational Nuclear Detection System Inherent Optical Properties (of water) The Institute of Physics (UK) Institute of Physics Publishing (Bristol, UK) Institut fr kologische Raumentwicklung (Dresden, DE) u o International Organization for Standardization [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Optronik, Systemtechnik und Bildauswertung (Karlsuhe, DE) u International Open Source Network

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Inter Operability Test(ing), Interoperabilittstest (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) a Infrared-Optical Telescope Array (Mt. Hopkins, AZ, USA) Institut dOptique Thorique et Applique (FR) e e In-Orbit Validation (Galileo, 2008) Institut fr Ostseeforschung Warnemnde (Univ. Rostock, DE) u u Image Processing Integral Photography (TV) Intellectual Property Intelligence Platform Intentional Programming International Protection Internet Protocol (Rechnernetz/computer network) [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung (Stuttgart, DE) u Intelligent Park Assist (Kfz-Einparkhilfe/vehicle) Intelligent Pilot Assistant (DLR, Flugfhrung/ight control) u Intergovernmental Personnel Act (USA) International Publisher Advisory Board Interface Analysis at Atomic Level and Properties of Advanced Materials Impact, Population, level of Auence, Technology (Gleichung zur Beschreibung umweltschdigender Auswirkungen a menschlichen Verhaltens/equation describing human-induced environment pollution) Institut fr Panzenbiochemie (Halle/Saale, DE) u Institut de Physiologie et Biologie Cellulaires (CNRS, Universit de Poitiers, FR) e Integrated Plastic (or: Polymer) Circuit (Elektronik/electronics) Integrated Pollution Control Inter-Process Communication (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International Patent Classication IP Connectivity Access Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change International Professional Communication Conference Institut fr Polymerforschung (Dresden, DE) u Investment Property Datenbank Internet Protocol Device Control Institut fr Phonetik und digitale Sprachverarbeitung (Kiel, DE) u Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (USA) Industrial Physics Forum (AIP) Institut fr Polymerforschung (Dresden, DE) u International Polar Foundation [Institute for Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion] (Lisbon, PT) Information Power Grid (NASA) International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy (seit/since 2003, 17 members, including EU and USA) Institut fr Physikalische Hochtechnologie (oder: Photonische Technologien) (Jena, DE) u Intellectual Property Identication Data Set (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Institut fr Panzengenetik und Kulturpanzenforschung (Gatersleben, DE) u [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Produktionsanlagen und Konstruktionstechnik (Berlin, DE) u Internationaler Prototyp des Kilogramms Information-Processing Language Intense Pulsed Light Ionenprojektions-Lithographie IP-Only LAN Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Physikalische Messtechnik (Freiburg, DE) u Institute of Policy and Management (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing) Ionic Polymer Metal Composite (Aktor fr knstliche Muskeln etc./actuator, for articial muscles etc.) u u Intellectual Property Management and Protection (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Photonische Mikrosysteme (Dresden, DE) u Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Japan) Internet Protocol Media Exchange (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Institut fr die Pdagogik der Naturwissenschaften (Kiel, DE) u a IP Network Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Intense Pulsed Neutron Source (Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, USA) Initial Public Oering Institute for Perception Research (Eindhoven, NL) IP over ATM Max-Planck-Institut fr Plasmaphysik (Garching, DE) u Intelectual Property Rights Intellectual Property Rights Committee (TC im/in the ETSI) induzierte pluripotente Stammzelle In-Plane Switching (LCD mit beiden Pixelelektroden auf einer Seite, aufgeklappter Kondensator/LCD with both pixel electrodes on the same side, unfolded capacitor) Instructions per Second International Plutonium Storage Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen Intensied Position-Sensing Detector Integrated Project Support Environment Internet Protocol Security (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Integrierte Publikations- und Informationssysteme (Darmstadt, DE, aufgelst/closed 2006) u o Information Processing Systems and Software (ESPRIT) [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Produktionstechnologie (Aachen, DE) u

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International Pulsar Timing Array (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Internet Protocol Transformation Center Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (EU, Sevilla, ES) Internet Protocol Television Intelligent Power Unit (Hybridfahrzeug/hybrid vehicle) IP Virtual Private Network(s) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Institut fr Parallele und Verteilte Systeme (Univ. Stuttgart, DE) u Integral Pressurized Water Reactor Internetwork Packet Exchange (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International Polar Year (Mrz/March 2007 Mrz/March 2009) a a Irak/Iraq (ISO 3166) Institute for Quantum Computing (University of Waterloo, ON, CA) International Quantum Electronics Conference Integer Quantum Hall Eect Institute for Quantum Matter (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA) International Quiet Ocean Experiment Institut fr Quantenoptik und Quanteninformation (Innsbruck, AT) u Institut fr Qualitt und Wirtschaftlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen u a Information Retrieval Infrared [Radiation] Iran (ISO 3166) Institute for Radio Astronomy at Millimeter Wavelengths (Grenoble, FR) Infrared Astronomical Satellite (1983) [Fraunhofer-] Informationszentrum Raum und Bau Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile Internet Relay Chat (Rechnernetz/computer network) Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique/Musique (Paris, FR) Ion Cyclotron Resonance Heating (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology) Infrared Camera and Spectrograph Institut de Recherche pour le Dveloppement (FR) e Infrared Data Exchange Industrial Research and Development Advisory Committee (EU) Inatable Reentry and Descent Technology (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Institute of Radio Engineers (USA) Institut fr Ressourcenezienz und Energiestrategien (Karlsruhe, DE) u International Renewable Energy Agency (Internationale Agentur fr Erneuerbare Energien) u Izmir Region Excavations and Research Project (Univ. of Ankara, TR) Infrared Focal Plane Array (Mikrobolometer) Integrated Radio Frequency Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Industrial Research Institute (Washington, DC, USA) Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (Montreal, CA) [Institute for] Interdisciplinary Research and Development in Articial Intelligence (Esprit, Brssel/Bussels, BE) u Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (USA) Infrared Imaging Surveyor (Satellit/satellite) Intelligent Resource Management Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (Geel, BE) International Foundation for Research in Paraplegia (Zrich, CH) u Internal Rate of Return (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International Rice Research Institute (Los Baos, Philippines) n Institut fr Raumfahrtsysteme (Universitt Stuttgart, DE) u a Institut fr Regionalentwicklung und Strukturplanung (Berlin, DE) u Insulin Receptor Substrate Internal Reference Specication International Revenue Service (USA) Intrusion Response System (Firewall) Infrared Space Interferometry Injury Severity Index (Insassensicherheit/passenger safety) Infrared Search and Track (Radar) ISDN Remote Subscriber Unit (RSU mit ISDN-Mglichkeit/RSU with ISDN facility) o Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse (FR) Integrated Receiver-Transmitter (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Infrared Telescope Facility (Mauna Kea, Hawaii) Information Systems Integrated Services Island/Iceland (ISO 3166) Industry-Standard Architecture Integrated IP/SDH/ATM (or: STM/ATM) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Integrated Service Adapter (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International Seabed Authority (UNO) International Search Authority (Patente/patents) Infrared Spectrometer and Array Camera (at the VLT of the ESO) Isotope Accelerator (nuclear physics group, University of British Columbia, CA) International Security and Assistance Force Institut fr Supercomputing und Angewandte Mathematik (Heidelberg, DE) u Intelligent Services Access Multiplexer (or: Manager) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Integritt bei der Satellitennavigation a Intelligentes System zur automatischen Radioskopie International Society for Acoustic Remote Sensing

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Institut fr Spektrochemie und Angewandte Spektroskopie (Dortmund, DE) u Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (Japan) Innovative Space Based Radar Antenna Technology (Satellitenprogramm/satellite program) Institute of Sound and Vibration Engineering (FH Dsseldorf, DE) u Intelligent Signalling Bus (Datennetz/data network) International Sonic Boom Forum International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging International Standard Book Number [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Silicatforschung (Wrzburg, DE) u u Interactive Multimedia Service Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International Softswitch Consortium International Supercomputing Conference International Speech Communication Association Integraton and Services Division International Subscriber Dialing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Satellite (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Integrated Services Digital Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr solare Energiesysteme (Freiburg, DE) u Integrated Switching Element (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Intelligent Synthesis Environment (NASA) International Science and Engineering Fair (seit/since 1950) Islamic Educational, Scientic, and Cultural Organization [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Solare Energieversorgungstechnik (Kassel, DE) u [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Schwingungsforschung (1956, spter/later on: IITB) u a International Science Foundation Ionen-sensitiver Feldeekt-Transistor Institut fr Solarenergieforschung, Hameln (DE) u International Spent Fuel Management (Brennelement-Kontrolle) Informationszentrum fr Sexualitt und Gesundheit (Freiburg/Br., DE) u a Internationale Fachmesse Sanitr Heizung Klima (Frankfurt/M, DE) a Institut fr Schicht- und Ionentechnik (Jlich, DE) u u [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr System- und Innovationsforschung (Karlsruhe, DE) u Institute for Scientic Information (Philadelphia, PA, USA) Intersymbol Interference International Student Identity Card Integrated Science Instrument Module (NGST) International Securities Identication Number Integrated Human Modelling and Simuation to Support Human Error Risk Analysis of Partially Autonomous Driver Assistance Systems (EU research project) Institut for Science and International Security (Washington, DC, USA) Intelligentes Satellitendaten-Informationssystem (Fernerkundung/remote sensing) Intermediate SystemtoIntermediate System [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Siliziumtechnologie (Itzehoe, DE) u [IEEE] International Symposium on Information Theory International Symposium on Information Theory and its Applications Imperceptible Structured Light Institut Franco-Allemand de Recherches de Saint-Louis, Deutsch-Franzsisches Forschungsinstitut Saint-Louis o Inter-Satellite Link (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) In Situ Monitoring Industrial Scientic Medical (433 MHz-Frequenzband/frequency band) und/and Bluetooth: 2,45 GHz-Band (lizenzfrei)/2.45 GHz band (license-free) Interstellar Medium, Interstellares Medium International Symposium on Musical Acoustics Institut des Sciences Nuclaires (Grenoble, FR) e International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics Improvement in SNR (Bildverarbeitung/picture processing) Inside Science News Service (AIP Service) Infrared Space Observatory (19951998) International Standards (or: Standardization) Organization Isospin Separation Online Isotope Separator Online Innerstdtischer Service mit optimierten logistischen Dienstleistungen a International Symposium on Optical Memory (conference series) Infrared Spectroscopy of Ozone and Related Atmospheric Constituents Internet-Spanning Operating System (noch hypothetisch/still hypothetical) ISO Search Retrieval In-System Programmable (Devices) Internet Service Provider International Standard Payload Rack (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) In Situ Processing of Aluminium Matrix Composites Integrated Switch Router (Internet) Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (Satelliten/satellites) Initial Submission Rate (Datennetz/data network) International Symposium on Room Acoustics (conference series) International Standard Technical Report Number

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Industrial Statistics Research Unit International Space Station [IEEE] International Solid-State Circuits Conference Information Security Solutions Europe (Conference series) International Standard Series Number International Symposium on Signal Processing and its Applications International Society of Soil Sciences [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Software- und Systemtechnik (Dortmund, DE) u [IEEE] International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications Information Society Technologies [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Schicht- und Oberchentechnik (Braunschweig, DE) u a Internal Set Theory (Interne Mengenlehre) International Science and Technology Center (Moscow, RU) Information Society Technologies Programme International Software Testing Qualications Board Inverse Sequence-Tagged Repeat (DNA Marker-Technik/marker technology) International Society (or: Symposium) for Therapeutic Ultrasound Iowa State University (USA) ISDN User Part Independent Software Vendor Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (University of Southampton, UK) Instrument Science Verication Review (FIRST) Impurity Studies Experiment B (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology, Oak Ridge, USA) International Space Year (1992) Information Technology, Informationstechnik Italien/Italy (ISO 3166) [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Toxikologie und Aerosolforschung (Hannover, DE; ab/since 2003: ITEM) u Integral Time-Weighted Absolute Error Information Technology Advisory Experts Group Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA) International Trac in Arms Regulation (export control) Internationale Tourismusbrse (Berlin, DE) o inferior-temporaler Cortex Infotonics Technology Centre (Rochester, GB) Intelligent Traction Control (Kfz/automobile) International Trade Commission International Typeface Corporation Innertropische Konvergenzzone (Klimaforschung) Interaural Time Dierence (Richtungshren/directional hearing) o Information Technology for European Advancement Innovations- und Technologie-Eigenkapital (EU-Programm) [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Toxikologie und Aerosolforschung (Hannover, DE; bis/until 2002: ITA) u International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology, bei/near Cadarache, FR, project partners: EU, US, CN, RU, IN, JP, KR) Infrared Telescope Facility (Mauna Kea, HI, USA) Instructional TV Fixed Service Informationstechnische Gesellschaft (im/in the VDE) Intelligent Trac Guidance System (Tokio, JP) Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (Washington, DC, USA) Informations-Technik in Schien Institut fr Thermodynamik der Luft- und Raumfahrt (Univ. Stuttgart, DE) u Ionic Transition Metal Complex Indium Tin Oxide International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Inverted Terminal Repeats (Genetik/genetics) Integrated Transport and Energy Baseline Until 2030 International Terrestrial Reference Frame (Geodsie/geodesy) a Industrial Technology Research Institute (Taiwan) Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute (Albuquerque, NM, USA) Iterative Time Reversal Mirror International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors Intelligent Transport(ation) Systems Intelligentes Tutorsystem Interoperability Tool Set (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Information Technologies Security Evaluation Criteria (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Internet Telephony Service Provider International Temperature Scale of 1990 [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Toxikologie und Umwelthygiene (Mnchen, DE) u u Institute for Transuranium Elements (Karlsruhe, DE) International Telecommunication(s) Union (Genf, CH) ITU Radiocommunication Sector ITU-Telecommunications ITU Telecommunication Standards [IEEE] Information Theory Workshop [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik (Kaiserslautern, DE) u Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences International Union for Crystallography Inter-Union Commission on the Allocation of Frequencies for Radio and Space Sciences

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Indiana University Cyclotron Facility (Bloomington, IN, USA) International Union for the Conservation of Nature (and Natural Resources) International Union of Crystallography [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Umweltchemie und Okotoxikologie (Schmallenberg, DE) u International Ultraviolet Explorer (Satellit/satellite) Institut Universitaire de France International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Information und Kommunikation (eine Initiative der wissenschaftlichen Fachgesellschaften/an initiative of German scientic societies) International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Indiana University Purdue University at Indianopolis Institut Universitaire de Technologie Institut fr Umwelttechnologie und Umweltanalytik (Duisburg, DE) u International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique, and Applications Internet Value Added Services Innovative Vector Control Consortium (Medizin/medicine) In Vitro Fertilization Institut fr Verkehrswirtschaft (Hannover, DE) u [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Verkehrs- und Infrastruktursysteme u Interchangeable Virtual Instrument (fr vernetzte Messinstrumente) u Interchangeable Virtual Instrument based on ANSI C Interchangeable Virtual Instrument for Compatibility with Component Object Model Technology Intelligente Verteilerksten a Industrie-Verband Motorrad e.V. Interaktives Video on Demand International Virtual Private Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Interactive (or: Integrated) Voice Response Infrared Vision System Information and Voice Services Environment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) In Vitro Testing Industrial Platform Intravascular Ultrasound (Chirurgie/surgery) [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Verfahrenstechnik und Verpackung (Mnchen, DE, u u ab 1.1.98/since Jan. 1, 1998, vorher/formerly: ILV) International Workshop on Acoustic Echo and Noise Control Intelligent Robot Swarm for Attendence, Recognition, Cleaning and Delivery (Krankenhausroboter/hospital robots, EU project) [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Windenergie und Energiesystemtechnik (Bremerhaven und Kassel, DE, 2009) u Institut fr Werkzeugmaschinen und Fabrikbetrieb (TU Berlin, DE, 1904) u Institut fr Werkzeugmaschinen und Fertigungstechnik (TU Braunschweig) u Institut fr Wild- und Zootierforschung (Berlin, DE) u Institut fr den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Gttingen, DE) u o Internationaler Whrungsfonds a Interworking Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Institut fr Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (DE) u [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Werkstomechanik (Freiburg, DE) u International Water Management Institute (Colombo, Sri Lanka) Interdisziplinres Zentrum fr Wissenschaftliches Rechnen (Univ. Heidelberg, DE) a u International Waterfowl Research Bureau Integriertes Wasserressourcen-Management Indonesien International Workshop on Railway Noise (conference series) [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Werksto- und Strahltechnik (Dresden, DE) u Institut fr Werkstophysik und Strukturforschung u Internationales Wissenschafts- und Technik-Zentrum (Moskau/Moscow, RU) [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Werkzeugmaschinen und Umformtechnik (Chemnitz und Dresden, DE) u Inter Working Unit Informationszentrum Wrmepumpen und Kltetechnik a a Inter-Exchange Carrier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International X-Ray Observatory International Year of Astronomy (2009) International Young Physicists Tournament Informationszentrum Benchmarking (am/at the IPK) Institut fr Zuverlssigkeit von Bauteilen und Systemen (am KIT) u a Informationszentrale der Elektrizittswirtschaft a Instituut voor Zintuigfysiologie (TNO, Soesterberg, NL) (Zintuig: Sinnes...) [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr zerstrungsfreie Prfverfahren (Saarbrcken, DE) u o u u [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Zelltherapie und Immunologie (Leipzig, DE) u [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Zuverlssigkeit und Mikrointegration (Berlin und Mnchen, DE) u a u Innovationszentrum fr Telekommunikationstechnik (Erlangen, DE) u Institut fr Zukunftsstudien und Technologiebewertung (Berlin, DE) u International Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter Inter Integrated Circuit

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Journal of the American Chemical Society Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute JAVA for IN (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Ishikawa, JP) Journal of the American Medical Association Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology Joint Army-Navy Jlich-Aachen Research Alliance u Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Java Micro Edition (Programmiersprache/programming language) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Jugend-Basketballbundesliga Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics (University of Manchester, UK) Just a Bunch of Disks (Computer-Datenspeicher) Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (USA) Joint Center for Articial Photosynthesis (Caltech) Journal of Crustacean Biology Journal of Chemical Physics Joint Central Team (ITER) Junction (US Mail) Joint Demodulation (DARP, Telekommunikation) JAVA Database Connectivity (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Joint Dark Energy Mission (Astrophysik/astrophysics) JAVA Development Kit JAVA Dynamic Management Kit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Joint ETSI/ECMA Committee (TC im/in the ETSI) Joint Electronic Device Engineering Council Japan Electronic Industry Development Association Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association Japanese Experiment Module (UV telescope) Just-Enough Metrology Jupiter Europa Orbiter Journal of the European Optical Society Joint European Project JAVA Embedded Server Joint European Submicron Silicon Joint European Torus (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology, Culham, Oxford, GB) Joint Electron Tube Engineering Council Japanese External Trade Organization Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology, Tokai, JP) Johann-Gottfried-Herder-Forschungsrat (Marburg, DE) Joint Genome Institute (USA) Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (or: Survey) Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, MD, USA) Japan Hadron Project (Protonenbeschleuniger/proton accelerator) Joint High-Power Solid-State Laser Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD, USA) Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (Baltimore, MD, USA) Japan Information Center of Science and Technology (Datenbank/data bank) Joint Interdomain Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/le name extension: graphic le] Joint Infrastructure Fund (UK) Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (Boulder, CO, USA) Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna, RU) Japanese Industrial Standard Joint Information Systems Committee (UK) Johannes-Kepler-Universitt (Linz, AT) a Jeerson Laboratory (FIU, Miami, FL, USA) Japanese Linear Collider Jamaika/Jamaica (ISO 3166) Japan Meteorological Agency Java Message Service James Madison University JAVA Management Extensions Journal of Negative Results Japan Network Exchange Jordanien/Jordan (ISO 3166) Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling (Zusammenschluss von Meeresforschungsinstituten/cooperation of marine research institutes) Jena Optical Innovations Journal of the Optical Society of America Japan (ISO 3166) Joint Photographic (or: Pictures) Expert Group (Bildcodierung/picture coding) JPEG [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/le name extension: graphic le] Joint Probability Image Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Pasadena, CA, USA) Joint Probability Projection Centroid Joint Probability Projection Vector

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Physical Society of Japan Joint Quantum Institute (WIST, Gaithersburg, MD, USA) Joint Research Centre (EU) Japanese Research and Development Corporation J.R. Macdonald Laboratory (Kansas State University, USA, Department of Physics) Jicamarca Radio Observatory (Peru) Japanese Rocket Society Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Japanese Space Agency The Japan Society of Applied Physics Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences Johnson Space Center (USA) Jlich Supercomputing Centre (DE) u Jeerson Science Fellows Japanese Sign Language Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Japan Spallation Neutron Source JAVA Server Pages Japan Society for the Promotion of Machine Industry Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Java Content Repository (Informationsverarbeitung/information processing) Java Script Style Japan Science and Technology Corporation (or: Agency) Journal Storage (Online-Archiv/online archive) Jackson State University (Jackson, MO, USA) Japan Space Utilization Promotion Center EBU/ETSI Joint Technical Committee (TC im/in the ETSI) Japanese Technology Evaluation Center Joint Technology Initiative (EU) Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology, Naka, Japan) Jlich Benchmark Environment u Jena University Language & Information Lab (Literaturrecherche/literature retrieval) Joint Venture Josephson Voltage Japanese Victor Company Java Virtual Machine James Webb Space Telescope (Nachfolger des Hubble Space Teleskops fr Infrarot, u geplant fr 2013/successor of the Hubble Space Telescope for infrared, planned for 2013) u Java 2 Enterprise Edition Java 2 Standard Edition

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k... KAI KAI-AdW KAIST KamLAND KAM-Theorie KAO KAS KAS KASCADE KASI KASSA KASTEL KAT KATHY KATRIN KAUST KAVA KB KB-CAD KBO kbps KCETA KDC KDE KdF KDI KDM KDP KDT KDUST KdV KDV KE Kilo... (Prx/prex): 103 a Koordinierungs- und Aufbauinitiative e.V. [fr die Forschung in Berlin und den neuen Bundeslndern] u a Koordinierungs- und Abwicklungsstelle fr die Akademie der Wissenschaften u Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Kamioka Liquid Scintillator Antineutrino Detector (Japan) Kolmogorov-Arnold-MoserTheorie (nichtlineares Schwingungssystem/nonlinear oscillator), [Andrej] Kolmogorov [Wladimir] Arnold [Jrgen] Moser u Kuiper Airborne Observatory (astrophysics) Kanalserver Kommunikationsakustik-Simulator Karlsruhe Shower Core and Array Detector (fr kosmische Strahlung, seit 1996/for cosmic rays, since 1996) u Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute Knowledges Assessment and Sharing on Sustainable Agriculture (28 partners in 17 countries) Kompetenzzentrum fr Angewandte IT-Sicherheits-Technologien (am KIT) u Karoo Array Telescope (South Africa) Key Authentication Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino Experiment King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia, since September 2009) Kommission fr Allgemeine und Vergleichende Archologie (Bonn, DE) u a Knowledge Base Knowledge-Based Computer-Assisted Detection (Krebsdiagnose/cancer diagnostics) Kuiper Belt Object (Astronomie/astronomy) kilobit/Sekunde (= 1024 Bits/sec) KIT-Zentrum fr Elementarteilchen- und Astroteilchenphysik u Key-Distribution Center K Desktop Environment Kraft durch Freude (NS-Organisation) Keybord and Display Konsortium Deutsche Meeresforschung Kaliumdihdrogenphosphat Kammer der Technik (Ostdeutsche Ingenieure) Kunlun Dark Universe Survey Telescope (CN, planned for 2015) Kortewegde Vries (Gleichung, nichtlineare Dynamik) Kriegsdienstverweigerer Kenia/Kenya (ISO 3166)

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Kentucky (US-Staat/US state) Kommission der Europischen Gemeinschaften a Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes [National Laboratory for High-Energy Physics] (Tsukuba, JP) Knowles Electronics Manikin for Acoustic Research Kerguelen Ocean and Plateau Compared Study Krystal European in-Orbit Positioning System Kurier-, Express- und Paket(dienste) Kinetic Energy Recovery System Komitee fr Elementarteilchenphysik u Kalman Filter Forschungszentrum Jlich (DE) u Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences Konferenz der Fachbereiche Chemie Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe (DE) Komitee fr die Forschung mit Neutronen u Kriminologisches Forschungsinstitut Niedersachsen Kosovo Force (since June 12, 1999) Konferenz der Fachbereiche Physik der Deutschen Hochschulen Kreditanstalt fr Wiederaufbau u Kraftfahrzeug Kirgisien/Kyrgyz Republic (ISO 3166) Krperschall-Geruschnormal o a kleinstes gemeinsames Vielfaches Kambodscha/Cambodia (ISO 3166) Kinesin Heavy Chain (Biophysik/biophysics) Koronare Herzkrankheit Kunsthochschule fr Medien (Kln, DE) u o Kiribati (frher Gilbertinseln/former Gilbert Islands) (ISO 3166) u knstliche Intelligenz u Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics Korea Institute for Advanced Study Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology Knowledge and Innovation Communities (EU) Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (University of Chicago, IL, USA) Krebs-Informationsdienst (DKFZ, Heidelberg) Kintetsu International Express (Ubersee-Bros von KNT/oversea bureaus of KNT) u Knowledge Interchange Format Kiepenheuer-Institut fr Sonnenphysik (Freiburg, DE) u Knowbot Information Service (Rechnernetz/computer network) Kontaktstellen-Informations-Service Krankenhausinformationssystem Korean Institute for Science and Technology Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruher Institut fr Technologie (DE) u Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics China (Beijing, CN) Kryo-Kanal Kln (DLR, Kln, Porz-Wahnheide, DE) o o Kernkraftwerk Karhunen-Lo`ve (Transformation) e Kathodenlumineszenz Kullback-Leibler (Informationskriterium/information criterion) knstliches Leben u Kinesin Light Chain (Biophysik/biophysics) Keyhole-Limpet-Hmocyanin (Protein) a Kommission fr Lehre und Studium u Komoren/Comoros (ISO 3166) Key Management Block (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Koordinatenmessgert a Knowledge Media Institute (UK, Fernuniversitt/open university) a Krpermasse-Index (= BMI = M/L2 , M: Krpermasse/body mass, L: Krperlnge/body height) o o o a (Optimum: 20 ... 25 kg/m2 ) Stndige Konferenz der Kultusminister der Lnder in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland a a Keyhole Markup Language kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (bis 1000 Beschftigte/up to 1000 employees) [= SME] a St. Kitts und/and Nevis (ISO 3166) Konstanz Information Miner knstliches neuronales Netz(werk) u Kuwait National Petroleum Oil Company Kinki Nippon Tourist (Japanisches Tourismus-Unternehmen/Japan tourist business) Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Kumasi, Ghana) Kepler Object of Interest (Planetenforschung/planet research) Konzeptstudien fr neuartige Lithium-Ionen-Zellen auf der Basis von Werkstonnovationen (FhG, seit Sept. 2009) u Koinzidenzrefraktometer (Ophthalmologie/ophthalmology) Korea Science Engineering Foundation Koniktsimulationsmodell (Institut fr Politische Wissenschaft, Heidelberg, DE) u Koordinierungsstelle (EG) der Wissenschaftsorganisationen (der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, DE) (EU) Volksrepublik Korea/Peoples Republic of Korea (ISO 3166) Kernel Principal Component Analysis

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Kniglich Preuische Geologische Landesanstalt und Bergakademie o Key Performance Indicator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Kitt Peak National Observatory (USA) Knowledge, Query and Manipulation Language Kommunikationsrechner Republik Korea/Republic of Korea (ISO 3166) Kalium, Rare Earth Elements and Phosphor (in Mondgesteinen) Kansas (US-Staat/US state) Kreissportbund Kennedy Space Center (Florida, USA) Konventionelle Streitkrfte in Europa (Vertrag uber ...) a Karlsruhe School of Informatics Engineering [Pavel] Kovtun, [Dam] Son and [Andrej] Starinets (cosmology theory) Korean Superconductivity Tokamak Advanced Research (Fusionsreaktorprojekt/fusion reactor project, Daejon, KR) Kansas State University (USA) Konferenz uber Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa Kontinentales Tiefbohrprogramm der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (= ICDP) Kerntechnische Gesellschaft Kungliga Tekniska Hgskolan (Knigliche Technische Hochschule/Royal Technical Highschool, Stockholm, SE) o o Knowledge Transfer Network (UK) Kaliumtitanylphosphat Kontinentales Tiefbohrprogramm Krankenversicherungskarte Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (computer) Kassenrztliche Vereinigung Niedersachsen (in Hannover, DE) a knftig wegfallend (Stellenplne) u a Kuwait (ISO 3166) Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur Frderung der Wissenschaften o Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut Keyword in Context Index ( permutierter Index/permutated index) Kraft-Wrme-Kopplung[s-Gesetz] a Keypad Wake-Up (Datenverarbeitung/data processing) Kraftwerk Union Kaiman-Inseln/Cayman Islands (ISO 3166) Kasachstan/Kazakhstan (ISO 3166) Konzentrationslager

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LA LA LA LAAPD LAAS LAASP LAC LAC LACONA LACP LADAR LAGUNA LAI LA-ICP LAK LAM LAMA LAMA LamAIR CDM LAMOST LAMPF LAMS LAN LANCE LANE LANL LANSCE LAO LAOG LAP LAP LAPCAT LaRC LARC LARS LAS LAS LAS Laos/Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (ISO 3166) Local Authority Lousiana (US-Staat/US state) Large-Area Avalanche Photodiode Laboratoire dAnalyse et lArchitecture des Syst`mes e Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA) Location Area Code (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) Low Authority Control (Regelungstechnik/control theory) Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks (Tagungsserie/Conference series) Link Aggregation Control Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Laser Detection and Ranging (Laser-Radar) Large Apparatus Studying Grand Unication and Neutrino Astrophysics (Neutrino-Detektor/neutrino detector) Lnder-Arbeitsgemeinschaft fr Immissionsschutz a u Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma (Massenspektrometrie/mass spectrometry) Lymphokine Activated Killer (Zellen/cells) Local Area Multicomputer Lande- und Mobilttstestanlage (DLR, Bremen) a Large-Aperture Mirror Array (von/of LZTs) Laminar Aircraft (DLR project) Lambda-Cold-Dark-Matter (Modell, Kosmologie/model, cosmology) Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (near Beijing, CN) Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility (now: LANSCE) Load Alleviation and Mode Stabilization (Flugzeug/aircraft) Local Area Network (Rechnernetz/computer network) Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANL) Local Area Network Emulation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Los Alamos National Laboratory (NM, USA) Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANL) Lanthanaluminat, LaAlO3 Laboratoire dAstrophysique de Grenoble (FR) LAN Access Point Lrmaktionsplanung a Long Term Advanced Propulsion Concepts and Technologies (Uberschall-Passagierugzeug/supersonic passenger aircraft) Langley Research Center (NASA) Livermore Automatic Research Computer (1955) Ligament Replacement and Augmentation System (Implantat/implant) Laser Absorption Spectroscopy Lateral Active Suspension Launch Abort System (Raumfahrt/spacecraft)

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Large Angle Spectroscopic (or: Spectrometric) Coronograph (an Bord von/aboard SOHO) Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering Laser Epithelial Keratomileusis (Augenchirurgie/eye surgery) Light Amplication by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Laser-Assisted in situ Keratomileusis (Augenchirurgie/eye surgery) Laser Airspeed Sensor Instrument Langfristige Anwendungen seilgefesselter Systeme im Orbit Laboratory of Solid State Physics (Cornell University, USA) Latin America Lymphadenopathie-assoziiertes Virus Lrmemission und Aerodynamik von Fahrzeugen a Libanon/Lebanon (ISO 3166) Low-Band Antenna (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Luftfahrtbundesamt (DE) Late Babylonian Astronomical Texts Large Binocular Camera (beim/at the LBT) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Microsoft Access-Lockdatei/le name extension: Microsoft access lock le] Landesamt fr Bergbau, Energie und Geologie (Hannover, DE) u Laboratorium fr Betriebsfestigkeit (spter: Fraunhofer-Institut fr Betriebsfestigkeit, u a u seit/since 2004: und Systemzuverlssigkeit) (Darmstadt, DE) a Lautsprachbegleitende Gebrden a lichtbogenbeheizter Kanal (DLR, Kln, DE) o Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (CA, USA) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley, CA, USA) Lower Body Negative Pressure (Fitness) Lithium(tri)borat (nichtlinearer Kristall/nonlinear crystal) Landesbausparkasse Location-Based Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Local Back Surface Field (Solarzellen/solar cells) Large Binocular Telescope (Steward Observatory, Mount Graham, AZ, USA) Listen before Talk (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Link Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Liquid Chromatography St. Lucia (ISO 3166) Library Copyright Alliance Life Cycle Assessment (Fahrzeugentwicklung/vehicle development) Liquid Crystal Array Linearized Channel Amplier (Satelliten/satellites) Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Low Complexity Adaptive Transform Codec (Musikkompression/music compression) Liquid Crystal Display Liquid-Crystal Elastomers Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid (CERN) Large-Scale Cryogenic Gravitational-Wave Telescope (JP) Lightness-Chroma-Hue (Bildverarbeitung/picture processing) LINAC Coherent Light Source (at SLAC) Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry London Centre for Nanotechnology (at UCL) Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy (USA) Liquid Crystal on Silicon (Chip) Liquid Crystal Polymer Liquid Crystal Photonic Crystal Fibre Low Chip Rate (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite Levenorgestrel Contraceptive System Line Connection Subsystem (Datennetz/data network) Location Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Low-Coherence Speckle Interferometry Large Coil Task (Karlsruhe, DE) Low Cost Tooling for Composites Local Communications Unit Laser Chemical Vapor Deposition Leaky Coaxial Cable Laser Diode, Laserdiode letale Dosis Laser Doppler Anemometer, Laser Doppler Anemometry Linear Discriminant Analysis (Signalanalyse/signal analysis) Low-Density Amorphous (ice) Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Least Developed Countries Low Duty Cycle (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Local Density Functional Low-Density Generator Matrix Low-Density Lipoprotein ( schlechtes Cholesterin/badcholesterol) Low-Density Liquid Laboratory Detector Module (gamma-ray spectrometer) Laser Diode Module Lateral Diused Metal Oxide Silicon (Halbleiter/semiconductor)

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Label Distribution Path (or: Protocol) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Low Density Parity Check Low Density Polyethylene Large Disployable Reector (Satelliten/satellites) Laboratory-Directed Research and Development Lower-Data-Strobe (Atari) Laser Doppler Velocimetry (or: Vibrometer, or: Vibrometry) Levitated Dipole Experiment (fusion reactor) Large Enterprise Large Eective Area Fibre (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Large European Array for Pulsars (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Lasers and Electro-Optics Application Program (CLEO/LEAP) Lightweight Extensible Agent Platform (Agenten-Plattform fr Mobiltelefone/for mobile phones) u Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol Low Energy Antiproton Ring (CERN) Large Eddy Break-up Device Laboratory Expertise Center (USA) Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cell Liquid Encapsulated Czochralski (Kristallzuchtverfahren/crystal growing method) Local Exchange Carrier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Laboratory Equipment Control Interface Specication Local Enforced Copy Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Atsrophysics (National Taiwan University) Light-Emitting Diode Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (USA) Low Energy Electron Diraction Low Energy Electron Microscopy Local Electrical Hydraulic Generation System (Flugzeuglandung und -steuerung/for aircraft landing and steering systems) Laser Enhanced Iionization Local Employment Initiatives for Women (EU) Local Element Manager (Communication) Long End Multiple System (militrisches Aufklrungssystem/military surveillance, USA) a a Laboratoire Energie Nuisances (part of INRETS) Laboratory for Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics (Triangle University, Durham, NC, USA) [Laserforschungslaboratorium, Florenz, IT] Low Energy Neutron Source (Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA) Low Earth Orbit (Satellit/satellite) Lunarer Erkundungsorbiter (deutsches Mondprojekt) Launch and Early Orbit (or: Operation) Phase (Satelliten/satellites) Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (IEEE) Large Electron-Positron Collider (CERN) Life Extension Program (USA, fr Waen/for weapons) u Light-Emitting Polymer Label Edge Router (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Large Eddy Simulation (Wettervorhersage, Verbrennungsvorgnge etc./weather forecast, internal combustion etc.) a Livraison Electronique Scurise e e Large Earth-Based Solar Telescope Linear Energy Transfer [Forschungslaboratorium der CEA in Grenoble, FR] Low-Enriched Uranium (niedrig angereichertes Uran) Light Electric Vehicle (Zweirad mit Elektromotor) Low Frequency (30 300 kHz) Low Frequency Active (Sonar) Laminar Flow Control Low-Frequency Eects (UHDTV) Low-Frequency Fluctuations Lateral Force Microscopy Local Flat Panel Linear Feedback Shift Register Langfaserverstrkte Thermoplaste a Laguerre-Gaussian (Spiral-Lasermode/helical laser mode) [Laboratory of Internal Geophysics and Tectonophysics] (Grenoble, FR) Lesser General Public License Lung Genomics Research Consortium Left Hand Long Haul (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Logic and Heuristics Applied to Synthetic Analysis Laterale Habenula (im Gehirn) Large Hadron Collider (CERN, Konstruktion seit/construction since 2004, fertig/ready 2008) LHC Beauty LHC Committee Large Helical Device (NIFS) Left Hemisphere Damage (Gehirn/brain) Local Hidden Variable (Quantentheorie/quantum theory) Liechtenstein (ISO 3166) Laser Institute of America (Toledo, OH, USA) Lithium-Ion Battery, Lithium-Ionen Batterie

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Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Laser-Induced Backside Wet Etching Local Interstellar Cloud Local Injection and Detection (Communication) Light Detection and Ranging Laser Induced Fluorescence Location Interoperability Forum (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Laser Inertial Fusion Engine (or: Energy) [Laserforschungslaboratorium, Palaiseau, FR] Laboratory Information for Tomorrow Leadership in Fibre Laser Technologies (Fraunhofer project) Lithographie, Galvanoformung, Abformtechnik [Rntgentiefenlithographie mit Synchrotronstrahlung, o kombiniert mit galvanischer Metallabscheidung und verschiedenen Abformprozessen] LIGO Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (Livingston, LA, USA, Einweihung/opening: November 1999, Messungen ab/measurements since 2002) LIL-PW Laser Integration Line Petawatt (Bordeaux, FR, geplant fr/planned for 2008) u LIM Line Interface Module LIMA Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica LIMS Laboratory Information Management System, Labor-Informations- und Managementsystem (Qualittssicherung/quality assurance) a LIMS Laser-Ionenmobilittsspektrometer a LIN Local Interconnect Network (Kfz-Technik/vehicle technology) LINAC Linear Accelerator (50 GeV, Stanford, SLAC) LINC-NIRVANA LBT Interferometric Camera Near-Infrared Visible Adaptive Interferometer for Astronomy LINEAR Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (NASA program) LINES Long Interspaced Nuclear Elements (Genetik/genetics) LIPA Long Island Power Authority (USA) LIPCA Lightweight Piezo-Composite Actuator LIPS Light Intensity Pressure Sensor LIS Labor fr Intelligente Systeme (Polytechnische Hochschule Lausanne, CH) u LIS Literaturversorgungs- und Informationssysteme LISA Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (Gravitationswellendetektor aus 3 Satelliten, geplant fr 2019/gravitational wave detector with 3 satellites, planned for 2019) u LISB Leit- und Informationssystem Berlin (Verkehrsfhrung/trac control) u LISC [Laboratory for Computational Sciences] (FR) LISM Local Interstellar Medium LISNA Light-Induced Scattering Around a Nano-Absorber LISP List Programming (or: Processing) LIST Laboratoire dIntgration des Syst`mes et des Technologies e e LiST Laser-induziertes Spannungs-Trennverfahren (Glasschneiden/glass cutting) LIT Landesbetrieb fr Informationstechnik (Berlin, DE) u LITE Lidar-in-Space Technology LITT Laser-Induced Interstitial Thermo-Therapy, Laserinduzierte interstitielle Thermotherapie (Krebsbehandlung/cancer therapy) LIVA Light-Induced Voltage Alteration LJ Lichtjahr (= ly) LK Lake (US Mail) LK Leistungskurs LK Sri Lanka (frher/former Ceylon) (ISO 3166) u LKA Landeskriminalamt LKEs Lang-Kobayashi Equations (nichtlineare Dynamik/nonlinear dynamics) LKH Landeskrankenhaus LKR Large-Scale Knowledge Resources (Conference series) LKS leichte kognitive Strungen (Alzheimer-Vorstadium, = MCI) o LL Leased Line (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) LL Leichte Lcher (Halbleiterphysik/semiconductor physics) o LLAPI Low Level Application Programming Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) LLC Lund Laser Centre (Laserforschungslaboratorium, Lund, SE) LLC Lund Laser Centre (Laserforschungslaboratorium, Lund, SE) LLC Limited-Liability Company LLC Logical Link Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) LLCC Leadless Chip Carrier LLDPE Linear Low Density Polyethylene LLE Laboratory for Laser Energetics (Rochester, GB) LLG Laser-Laboratium Gttingen o LLLT Low Level Light Therapy LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, CA, USA) LLT Lehrstuhl fr Lasertechnik (RWTH Aachen, DE) u LLT Linear Layerwise Theory (Verbundwerkstoe/compounds) LLU Local Loop Unbundling (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) LLW Low-Level Waste (radioaktiver Abfall/radioactive waste) LM Link Manager (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) LMA, L.M.A. Laboratoire de la Mcanique et dAcoustique (CNRS, Marseille, FR) e LMA Large Mode Area (Glasfaser/optical bres) LMC Large Magellanic Cloud (Astronomie/astronomy) LMD Laser Metal Deposition LMDS Local Multichannel (or: Multipoint) Distribution Service(s) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) LMG Last Major Glaciation (geology)

LIBS LIBWE LIC LID LIDAR LIF LIF LIFE LIF-ENSTA-X LIFT LIFT LIGA-Verfahren

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Liquid Metal Ion Sources Laser Project Megajoule Lang-, Mittel- und Kurzwelle Lrmminderungsplanung a Link Management Protocol (Internet) Labor-Managementsystem Least Mean Squares (Algorithmus/algorithm) Large Millimeter and Submillimeter Array (Infrarotastronomie/infrared astronomy) Large Millimeter Telescope (on Volcn Sierra Negra, MX) a Liquid Mirror Telescope Local Maintenance Terminal (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Local Mobile Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Location Measurement Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitt (Mnchen, DE) a u Low-Mass X-Ray Binary (Rntgendoppelstern/X-ray double star) o Lane (US Mail) Lecture Notes in Articial Intelligence Low Noise Amplier Low-Noise Block (Converter) Low-Noise Converter (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Liquied Natural Gas (fr den Transport verssigtes Erdgas/for the transport) u u Laboratori Nazionale del Gran Sasso (IT) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Windows-Linkdatei/le name extension: Windows link le] Local Oscillator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Laboratoire Ondes et Acoustique (Universit Paris VII) e Laboratoire dOptique Applique (Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, FR) e Lab-on-a-Chip Light and Optics Conceptual Evaluation Lots of Copies Keeps Stu Safe (literature preservation) Local Oxidation of Silicon; Lokale Oxidation von Silizium Lasers and Optical Engineering (Konferenz/Conference) Lateral-Field Electrooptical Tweezers Landes-Oensive zur Entwicklung wissenschaftlich-konomischer Exzellenz (Hessen, DE) o Low-Frequency Array (Astrophysik/astrophysics, Antennen/antennae) [Anatoly] Larkin, [Yurii] Ovchinnikov, [Peter] Fulde, [Richard] Ferrell (state, Festkrperphysik/solid state physics, = FFLO) o Life Style of Health and Sustainability Leckortung durch Korrelationsanalyse Learning Object Metadata Leistungsorientierte Mittelvergabe (DFG) Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (USA) Long Range Navigation Line of Sight (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Location-to-Service Translation (Protocol) Lapped Orthogonal Transform Livermore Optical Transient Imaging System (USA) Low Vulnerability Ammunition (Sprengsto/explosive) Local Verication (Atomenergie-Kontrolle/atomic energy supervision) Larch Prover Linear Programming log period (earthquakes) Low Priority Laser-Plasma Accelerator Laser Physics Centre (AU) Laser Processing Consortium Linear Predictive Coding Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition Low Power Device (Mobilfunk/mobile radio, 433 MHz) Liquid Phase Epitaxy (Waferherstellung/wafer production) Low Pass Filter Landwirtschaftliche Produktionsgenossenschaft (DDR) Liquid Propane (or: Petroleum) Gas Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (University of Arizona, USA) Low Pressure Metalorganic Vapor Phase Epitaxy Poly(p-Phenylen)-Polymer (fr Leuchtdioden/for light emitting diodes) u Local Positioning Radar Lipopolysaccharid Lokales Positionssystem Lecturer with Potential Security of Employment (USA) Lamp-Pumped Solid State (Laser) Linear Quadratic Gaussian (Control) Loop Quantum Gravity (Gravitationstheorie/theory) Linear Quadratic Regulator (Control) Liberia (ISO 3166) Loss Rate (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Low Resolution Long Range Acoustic Device (Richtlautsprecher, Schallkanone) Learning Resources Center (UB Gttingen, DE) o Lokale realistische Theorie

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Laboratoire de Ractivit et Chimie des Solides (Amiens, FR) e e Long-Range Dependent Long Range Identication and Tracking (Meereskstenschutz/sea shore preservation) u Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (Berkeley, CA, USA) Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Long-Range Surface Plasma Laser Ray Tracing Light Rapid Transport (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Long-Range Theatre Nuclear Forces Least Recently Used Line Replaceable Unit Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (Mnchen, DE) u Least Square(s) Lesotho (ISO 3166) Location Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Laser Surface Authentication Technology (Manahmen gegen Produktpiraterie/measures against product piracy) Latent Semantic Analysis (Sprachverarbeitung/speech processing) Link State Advertisement (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) LHC Safety Assessment Group (CERN) Least Signicant Bit Low-Surface-Brightness (Galaxien/galaxies) Local Space & Communications (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Light and Spectroscopy Concept Inventory (astronomy education) Lost Smell Disorder Link State Database (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Large Scale Data Facility Large Screen Digital Imagery (TV) Least Squares Error Low Surface Energy Line Spread Function (Optik/optics) Load Sharing Facility Location ServerGateway Mobile Location Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Laboratory for Surface Modication (Rutgers University, NJ, USA) Laser Scanning Microscope La1x Srx MnO3 (Material fr Brennstozelle/material for fuel cell) u Link Security Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector (Los Alamos, NM, USA) Label(ed) Switch(ed) Path (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Line Spectral Pair (LPC-Analyse/analysis) Link State Path Database (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Label Switched Router (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Large Space Structure Large(-Aperture) Synoptic Survey Telescope (geplant/planned) Large Space Structures Technology Program Laser Scattering Tomograph Leit- und Sicherungstechnik (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) LTE/SAE Trial Initiative (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) (Long Term Evolution/System Architecture Evolution) Louisiana State University (USA) Life Sciences Working Group (ESA) Lecture Tutorial (education) Line Termination (Kommunikation/communication) Litauen/Lithuania (ISO 3166) Landesmuseum fr Technik und Arbeit (Mannheim, DE) u Low-Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic(s) Laser Display Technology Limited (GB, entspricht GmbH) Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium Long Term Evolution (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Long Term Evolution Advanced Long Term Ecological Research Low-Temperature-Grown (Kristall/crystal) Long-Term Potentiation (Neurologie/neurology) Long Terminal Repeats (Genetik/genetics) Lung Tissue Research Consortium Low-Tc (or: Temperature) Superconductor Life Time Value Luxemburg/Luxembourg (ISO 3166) Laser-Utilizing Communications Equipment LBT Near-Infared Spectroscopic Utility with Camera and Integrated Field Unit for Extragalactic Research Large Urban Distressed Areas Lumineszenz-Konversion (LED) Laboratoire pour lUtilisation des Lasers Intenses (Laboratory for the Use of High Power Laser) (FR) Logical Unit Number Luminescent Polymer Laboratoire pour lUtilisation du Rayonnement Electromagntique (Ile de France) e Lunar Laser Ranging

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Lookup Table Lettland/Latvia (ISO 3166) Left Ventricular Assist Device (Herzchirurgie/heart surgery) Large Vesicle Cell Large-Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition Low-Voltage Dierential Signaling (interface standard for high-speed data transmission) Landesamt fr Wasser und Abfall (Dsseldorf, DE) u u Light Weight Digital Rights Management Laser Wakeeld Accelerator (Plasmabeschleuniger/plasma accelerator) Long Wavelength Infrared ( = 8 14m) Lichtwellenleiter Longest Weighted Queue Highest Possible Rate (Datenbertragung/data transmission) u Leuchtweitenregelung (Kfz/motor vehicle) Light Water Reactor Lendenwirbelsule a Living With a Star (NASA program) LAN Extensions for Instrumentation (Messgerte-Vernetzung/network of measuring instruments) a Light Year(s) (= LJ) Leiser Zug auf realem Gleis (Forschungsprojekt) Landeszentralbank Linienzugbeeinussung (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) LZB-Fahrzeugeinrichtung [Dateinamenerweiterung: Archivdatei mit komprimierten Inhalten/le name extension: compressed archive le] Laser Zentrum Hannover (DE) Large Zenith Telescope (geplant, mit rotierendem Quecksilberspiegel/proposed, with spinning mercury mirror) Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (Datenbertragung/data transmission) u

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Methylaluminoxan (Katalysator/catalyst) Malaria Atlas Project Manufacturing Automation Protocol (Datennetz bei GM/data network of GM) Maximum a posteriori (probability) (Schtzwert/estimate) a Medically Assisted Procreation Medium Access Protocol Microwave Anisotropy Probe (Satellit, Astrophysik/satellite, astrophysics) Miniaturisierung, Automatisierung und Parallelisierung (Chemie-Forschung/chemical research) Mobile Application Part (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multichannel Astrometric Photometer Multimedia-Arbeitsplatz Maximum Allowable Path Loss (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Matrix-Assisted Pulsed-Laser Evaporation Multi-Agent Platform for Online Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mobile Acquisition and Processing Station (Satelliten/satellite system) Microarray Quality Control (Biochemie/biochemistry) Marine Radiometric Spectrometer Machine-Readable Cataloging Method for Component-Based Real-Time Object-Oriented Development and Testing Media Arts and Research Studies Marker-Assisted Selection, Marker-assistierte Selektion (Panzenzucht/plant cultivation) Multi-Angle Scattering and Optical Transmission (detector) Monitoring Agricultural Remote Sensing Master of Advanced Studies Microwave Amplication by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Mobile Agent Systems Interoperability Facility (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mega-Amp Spherical Tokamak (Culham, UK) Mathematical Markup Language Matrix Laboratory (Software) Million Accounting Units (Europische Raumfahrt/European spacecraft; 1988: 1 MAU = 1.14 Mill.$) a Movement Authority Unit (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Micro-Aerial Vehicle Multiton Argon and Xenon (at UCLA) Maximum Aperture Telescope Mars Astrobiology Explorer-Cacher (Mars landing 2018) Monitor of All-Sky X-Ray Image (astronomy) Millimeter Anisotropy Experiment Imaging Array (Ballon-Experiment/balloon experiment) magnetische Bildaufzeichnung Manitoba (Province of Canada) Megabyte (= 1024 kB = 1048576 Bytes) Mssbauer (spectroscopy) o Master of Business Administration Messerschmitt-Blkow-Blohm GmbH, Mnchen (DE) o u Managed Business Communication Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multi-Body Dynamics Multichannel Blind Deconvolution Molecular-Beam Epitaxy Multi Beam Echo Sounder (Wasserschall/underwater acoustics) Max-Born-Institut fr Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie (Berlin-Adlershof, DE) u Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, MA, USA) Memory-Based Machine Learning Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Management Buy Out Model-Based Processor (Signalverarbeitung/signal processing) Model Based Predictive Control Maximum Burst Size Multi-Standard Base Station (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network Multi-Bubble Sonoluminescence, Mehrblasenlumineszenz Monaco (ISO 3166) Monte-Carlo (Simulation) Minor Component Analysis Modal Contribution Analysis (Schwingungsanalyse/vibration analysis) Multichannel Analyzer (for spectroscopy) Multichannel Acoustic Echo Canceller Multiconjugate Adaptive Optics Media Control Board Master Control Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Metro(politain) Core Connect (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mission Control Center (spacecraft) Mobile Competence Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mobile Country Code (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) Meterology Climate Chemistry Model Microchannel-Cooled Package (Laser) Magnetic Circular Dichroism Measurement, Calibration, Diagnostics Mobile Communication Division Magnetic Circular Dichroism in Angular Distribution

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Magnetocaloric Eect Media Center Edition (Windows XP) Multimedia Content Forum (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Magneto-Cumulative Generator Music and Concert Hall Acoustics (International Symposium) Multi-Conditional Hybridization Intensity Processing System (Krebsforschung/cancer research) Mild Cognitive Impairment (Alzheimer-Vorstufe, = LKS) Managed Customer Interaction Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multi-Chip Module Monte Carlo Markov Chain Mars Climate Observer Microchannel Plate, Mikrokanalplatte, Vielkanalplattendetektor Multi Carrier Power Amplier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multiple Channel per Carrier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Main Control Room (ESOC) Microbre Coil Resonator (Faseroptik/ber optics) Multiple Channel Amplication of Reverberation (Raumakustik/room acoustics) Managed Communication Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mathematics Subjects Classication Minimal Conscious State (Koma-Patienten/coma patients) Modulation and Coding Scheme (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multi-Conguration Self-Consistent-Field (Rechenverfahren, Moleklphysik/calculation, molecular physics) u [International Workshop on] Multi-Carrier Spread-Spectrum Mercury Cadmium Telluride (Infrarotsensor/infrared sensor) Mobile Communications Terminal Master Controller Unit Microcontroller Unit Maryland (US-Staat/US state) Medical Doctor Moldawien/Moldova (ISO 3166) Molecular Dynamics Missile Defense Agency (USA) Multiple Diskriminantenanalyse Mediation and Data Acquisition (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Microsoft Access-Datenbank/le name extension: Microsoft Access data bank] Mitglied der Bundestages Max-Delbrck-Centrum fr Molekulare Medizin (Berlin-Buch, DE) u u Modular Data Centre Modied Discrete Cosine Transformation Multidetektor-Spiral-Computertomograph Mitglied des Europischen Parlaments a mitteldichte Faserplatte/Medium Density Fiberboard Multiple Delay Feedback Control Millenium Development Goals (Entwicklungshilfe/foreign aid) Media Delivery Index (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Methylendiphenyldiisocyanat (oder/or: Diphenylmethylendiisocyanat) Michelson Doppler Imager (an Bord von/aboard SOHO) Mercury Dual Imaging System (Merkur-Satellit) Minimum Description Length Mitglied des Landtages Multi-Degree-of-Freedom (System) Monoclinic Double Tungstate (Crystals) Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Multi-Drug Resistance (Gene/genes) Mobile Data Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multi-Access Data Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multidimensional Scaling Multipoint Distribution System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mobile Data Service System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Modied Discrete Sine Transformation Multiple Dwelling Units (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mechatronic Development and Validation Medizinische Datenverarbeitung Magnitude Error (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Maine (US-Staat/US state) Maximum Entropy Millenium Edition (Microsoft Windows) Mobile Entity (or: Equipment) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Membrane Electrode Assembly (Brenstozelle/fuel cell) Master of Education Maximum Entropy Distribution Microelectronics Development for European Applications Middleware for Data Intensive Computing Massachusetts Eye and Ear Inrmary (Boston, MA, USA) Models for Simulation of Electromagnetic, Elastomechanic and Thermic Behaviour of Man Metro(politain) Ethernet Forum (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multiple Error Filtered-x (Algorithmus/algorithm)

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Magnet(o)enzephalographie, Magnetoencephalography Media Gateway Controller (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Managed Employee Interaction Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Melanomdokumentierung und -quantizierung Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference Mixed Excitation Linear Prediction (Sprachcodierung/speech coding) Maximum Entropy Method Micro-Electronic Micro Machine Middle-Ear Mechanics in Research and Otology (Conference series) Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems Metropolitain Ethernet Middle East and North Africa (States) Medium Earth Orbit Monocular Electro-Optical Stereo Scanner Manufacturing Extension Partnership (USA) Mars Exploration Rover (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Modulation Error Rate (or: Ratio) Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer Instrument (ENVISAT) Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Manufacturing Execution System Microsystems and Engineering Science Application (Albuquerque, NM, USA, 2007) Magnetoelastic Energy System for Even More Electric Aircraft (EU project) Metal Semiconductor Field Eect Transistor Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Mitteleuropische Sommerzeit a Memory Enhancement Technology Megachannel Extraterrestrial Assay (Suche nach auerirdischer Intelligenz/search for extraterrestrial intelligence) Metagenomics of the Human Intestinal Tract (EU project) Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Japan) Meldesystem fr Texte auf Internet-Seiten (VG WORT) u Exploitation of Bibliometric Data in National Bibliographic Databases Centrum fr Medizinische Diagnosesysteme und Visualisierung (Bremen, DE, 1995). u Seit 1.1.2008/since Jan. 1, 2008: Fraunhofer-Institut fr Bildgesttzte Medizin u u Mars Express (spacecraft) Mobile Station Execution Environment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multiple-Energy X-Ray Holography Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan) Medium Frequency (0,3 3 MHz) Macro Fiber Composites Microsoft Foundation Classes Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coecients (automatische Musik-Analyse/automatic music analysis) Matched-Field Imaging (Signalverarbeitung/signal processing) Multi-Function Future Laser Atmospheric Equipment (Brite Euram Project) Mega FLOPs/s (= 106 FLOPs/s) Magnetic Force Microscopy Multi Frequency Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Matched Field Processing Multi Function Peripheral Ministerium fr Staatssicherheit (ehem./former DDR) u Multi-BSS Fast Packet Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Madagaskar/Madagascar (ISO 3166) Media Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm Media Gateway Controller (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Micro-Gap Gas Counter Media Gateway Control Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Media Gateway Control Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Microarray and Gene Expression (Society) Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA, USA) Media and Government Relations (USA) Mars Global Surveyor (spacecraft) Multi Gigabit Transceiver (Satelliten-Telekommunikation) [Moskauer Staatliche Universitt/Moscow State University] a Media Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Marschallinseln/Marshall Islands (ISO 3166) Magnus-Haus Berlin (DPG) Major Histocompatibility Complex (Biochemie/biochemistry) Magnetohydrodynamics (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology) Multimedia and Hypermedia Information Coding Experts Group (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Material Handling Institute of America (Atlanta, GA, USA) Mouse Hepatitis Virus Multimedia Home Platform (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB) Mouse Hepatitis Virus Minimum Information about a Microarray Experiment (Bioinformatik/bioinformatics) Managament Information Base Michigan (US-Staat/US state)

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Mikroelektronik Centret (DK-Lyngby) Minimal-Invasive Chirurgie [IASTED International Conference on] Modelling, Identication and Control Minimum Initial Capital Expenditure MICRO Satellite ` Tra ee Compense pour lObservation du Principe dEquivalence (CNES) a n e [Dateinamenerweiterung: MIDI-Datei/le name extension: MIDI le] Musical Instruments Digital Interface Mobile Information Device Prole (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Makrophagen-Inhibitionsfaktor Mass-Independent Fractionation Multiphoton Intrapulse Interference Phase Scan Mthode disolement et didentication des rsonances e e (gesprochen/pronounced: mix) Media Object Interlock and Synthesis (Video description language) (Department of Defense) (Internet, USA) Model-in-the-Loop Military Communications Conference International Movement for Leisure Activities in Science and Technology Multiple Instruction / Multiple Data (Parallelrechner/parallel processor) Multipurpose Internet Mail(ing) Extension(s) Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits Multiple Input Multiple Output (Controller, System) Miniaturisiertes Mssbauer-Spektrometer o Mobile Information and News Data Services Mathematik, Informatik, Naturwissenschaft und Technik (BMBF-Projekt) Minnesota Internet Users Essential Tool (Computer-Netzwerkserver/computer network server) Modular I/O (HP) Megaframe Initilization Packet (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mobile Internet Protocol Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (ENVISAT) Million instructions (Mega-Instructions) per second Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (Chemie/chemistry) Mnchner Informationszentrum fr Proteinsequenzen u u Music Information Retrieval Evaluation Exchange Mid-Infrared Instrument (Spektrometer fr das/spectrometer for the James West Space Telescope) u Micro-RNA (length: about 21 nucleotides) Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles Management Information System Multiple Interacting Sensors and Actuators Metal-Isolator-Semiconductor-Isolator-Metal Multiple Input Single Output (Controller, System) Multiangle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (Satelliten-Erd-Fernerkundung/satellite remote reconnaissance) Motor Industry Software Reliability Association Management Information Tree Massachusetts Institute of Technology minimal-invasives Therapieverfahren Miniature Inverted-Repeat Transposable Elements (Genetik/genetics) [Institut fr] Minimalinvasive therapeutische Interventionen (TU Mnchen, DE) u u Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory Medizinisches Institut fr Umwelthygiene (Dsseldorf, DE) u u Modelocked Integrated External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser Mazedonien/Macedonia (ISO 3166) Media Key Block (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Magnetokardiographie Mund-Kiefer-Gesicht (Chirurgie/surgery) Meter Kilogramm Sekunde, meter kilogram second (Masystem/system of units) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Videodatei] Mali (ISO 3166) Maximum Likelihood (Statistik/statistics) Mercury Laser Altimeter (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Modern Language Association Medium Level Application Programming Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Modularer Lngsbaukasten (Kfz-Entwicklung) a Mobile Location Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multileaf Collimator (Rntgentechnik/X-ray technology) o Mars Laser Communications Demonstration System Maximum Likelihood Condence Factor Multicast Listeners Discovery Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multi-Layer-Dielectric (Spiegelbeschichtung/optical mirror coating) Maximum Likelihood Estimation Medium to Large Enterprise Multi-Layer Insulation Maximum Likelihood Linear Regression (Signalverarbeitung/signal processing) Maximum Likelihood Method (Parameterschtzung/parameter estimation) a Mycoplasma-like Organism Medium- to Long-Term Plan Mobile Location Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multi-Layer Perceptron

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Mikrowellenlandesystem Monitoring and Line Transmission Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multipoint Low Voltage Dierential Signaling (fr vernetzte Messgerte/for crosslinked measuring instruments) u a Mobile Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multi Mode (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Myanmar (frher/former Burma) (ISO 3166) u Monomethylauristatin E Multimodal Adaptive Filter Multimedia Application Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Maintainance, Monitoring and Control Micromaching Center (in USA: Boston, MA, und/and Silicon Valley, CA) Multimedia Card Multimedia Multiparty Conferencing Multimedia Communication Forum Multimedia Communication Comments of Interest Multimedia Call Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multimedia Domain (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Microwave (or: Multichannel) Multipoint Distribution System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multimedia Distribution System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Massive Multi-Player Online Games Man Machine Interface Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit(ry) [Mikro-Metallpulver-Spritzgieen] Mobile Millimeter Communications (IEEE Workshop) Mismatch Negativity (Neurologie/neuroscience) Micro-Meteorids Orbital Debris (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Massively Multiplayer Online Games (Computerspiele/computer games) Multimedia over IP (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Marine Mammal Protection Act (USA) Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium (USA) Marine Mammal Research Program (bei/related to ATOC) Manufacturing Message Standard Mission Management System Mobile Monitoring System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multimedia Messaging (or: Message) Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multimedia Messaging Service Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Minimum Mean Square Error (or: Estimation) Multimedia Services Environment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multiple Maximum Signal-to-Noise Ratio Monolithic Mirror Telescope (University of Arizona, USA) Multiple Mirror Telescope Memory Management Unit Millimeter-Wave (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mikro-Mechatronik Zentrum (Oberpfaenhofen, DE) Multi Media Extensions Minnesota (US-Staat/US state) Mongolei/Mongolia (ISO 3166) Mobile Network Code (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) Multinational Corporations Mobile Network Operator Mess-, Normen-, Prf- und Qualittswesen u a Managed Network Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mononitrotoluol Deutscher Verein zur Frderung des mathematischen und naturwissenschaftlichen Unterrichts o Macao (ISO 3166) Missouri (US-Staat/US state) Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics Mobilitt fr Blinde durch die Interaktion mit einem Computer a u Mars Orbiter Camera Mission Operations Center Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition Music on Demand (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Modulation-Doped Field Eect Transistor, Modulations-dotierter Feldeekt-Transistor Moderate (Resolution) Imaging Spectroradiometer (Satelliten-Erd-Fernerkundung/satellite remote reconnaissance) Molecular Operating Environment Mittel- und Osteuropische Lnder a a Micro-Opto-Electromechanical System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Meridional Overturning Exchange with the Nordic Seas Metal-Organic Framework Microstructured Optical Fibre Modied Gravity (theory) Magneto-Optical Kerr Eect (Festkrperphysik/solid state physics) o Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter Microsoft Online Learning Institute Moment of Methods (analysis software) Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer Museum of Modern Arts (New York City) Metallorganische Molekularstrahlepitaxie

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Modularer Optoelektronischer Multispektral-Scanner Merging Optics and Nanotechnologies (EU project) Modied (or: Modication of) Newtonian Dynamics, Modizierte Newtonsche Dynamik Mobile Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multi-Objective Optimization Master Oscillator Power Amplier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere (Satelliten-Erd-Fernerkundung/satellite remote sensing) Mobile Raketenbasis (DLR, Oberpfaenhofen, seit 1.1.1967) Mobility for Young Researchers from Central and Eastern Europe Mean Opinion Score (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Monitor-Server Ministry of Science and the Arts (Israel) Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico (Hochwasserschutz/ood protection, Venedig, IT) Metalloxid-Silicium-Feldeekt-Transistor, Metal Oxide Field-Eect Transistor MOS Implementation System Media Oriented Systems Transfer (or: Transport) Ministry of Science and Technology (China, Korea, Vietnam etc.) Magneto-Optical Trap Multimedia Object Transfer Protocol Multi-Funktionale On-Top Technologie Memorandum of Understanding [Dateinamenerweiterung: Video-Datei/le name extension: video le] Modal Output Value (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) International Conference on Motion and Vibration Control Metalorganic Vapor Phase Epitaxy Mobile Wideband Global Link System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mixed-Oxide Fuel, Mischoxid (Kernreaktor/nuclear reactor) Measurements of Ozone and Water Vapor by Airbus In-Service Aircraft Marianen/Northern Mariana Islands (ISO 3166 and US Mail) Maximum Parsimony (Statistik/statistics) Motion Picture Marine Protected Area (Meeresscherei/sea shing) Materialprfungsamt (oder: -prfanstalt) u u Multiport Amplier (Architecture) Max-Planck-Institut fr Aeronomie (Lindau/Harz, DE) u Modular Process Automation Laboratory Magnetic Photonic Crystal Model Predictive Control(ler) Multicarrier Power Amplier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Material Protection, Control, and Accounting (US-Russian nuclear cooperation) Mesh-Based Parallel Code Coupling Interface magnetoplasmadynamisch (-er Raketenantrieb) Multipoint Digital Radio (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Max-Planck-Institut fr extraterrestrische Physik (Garching, DE) u Maximum Permissible Exposure Multi-Photon Excitation Multiprotocol Encapsulation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Video-Datei/le name extension: video le] Motion (or: Moving) Picture(s) Expert(s) Group (Bildcodierung/picture coding) Moving Pictures Experts Group Transport Stream Metadata Production Framework (for Video Media) Modern Pit Facility [Dateinamenerweiterung: Video-Datei/le name extension: video le] Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Frderung der Wissenschaften e.V. o Miles per Gallon (Kraftstoverbrauch, etwa 5,75 l/100 km) Magnetic Particle Imaging Max-Planck-Institut Message Passing Interface (Parallelrechner/parallel computer) Multi-Photonen-Ionisation Max-Planck-Institut fr Chemie (Mainz, DE) u Max-Planck-Institut for Dynamics and Self-Organization Max-Planck-Institut fr Eisenforschung (Dsseldorf, DE) u u Max-Planck-Institut fr evolutionre Anthropologie (Leipzig, DE) u a Max-Planck-Institut fr Festkrperforschung (Stuttgart, DE) u o Max-Planck-Institut fr Radioastronomie u Max-Planck-Institut fr die Physik komplexer Systeme (Dresden, DE) u Massively Parallel Interactive Rendering Environment Max-Planck-Institut fr Zchtungsforschung (Kln, DE) u u o Mars Polar Lander Monophosphoryl-Lipid (Biomedizin) Multipurpose Pressurized Logistic Modules (Satelliten/satellites) Multi-Pulse Linear Prediction Multi-Protocol Label Switching (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Multi-Protocol Lambda Switching (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Microstructured Photonic Material Microwave Power Module Microwave Point to Multipoint (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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MPMS MPOA mPOF MPP MPP MPP MPPC MPPP MPPT MPQ MPQF MPR MPRESS MPS MPS MPS MPSD MPSR MPT MPT MPTP MPU MPV MPWS MP3 MQ MQW MR MR MR MRA MRAM MRAO MRAV MRBM MRCT MRD MRE MREFC MRF MRF MRF MRFM MRI MRI MRM mRNA MRO MRO MRP MRP MRS MRS MRS MRSA MRSEC MRT MRT MS M.S. M/S MS MS MS MS MS MS MSA MSA MSAM MSAN MSAS MSBB M.Sc. MSC MSC MSC MSD

Magnetic Property Measurement System Multi-Protocol over ATM (Rechnernetze/computer networks) Microstructured Polymer Optical Fibre Massively Parallel Processing (Rechner/computer) Maximum Power Point (Photovoltaik/photovoltaics) Most Probable Path (Kfz-Fahrerassistenzsystem/vehicle driver assistance sytem) Multi-Pixel Photon Counter Methylphenylpropionoxypiperidin (eine Designerdroge) Maximum Power-Point Tracking (Photovoltaik/photovoltaics) Max-Plack-Institut fr Quantenoptik (Garching, DE) u MPEG Query Format Multi-Path Routing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Mathematik-Literaturservice/mathematics literature service] Max-Planck-Institut fr Sonnensystemforschung (Katlenburg-Lindau, DE) u Max Planck Society (= MPG in deutschen Texten) Mission Planning System (Satelliten-Fernerkundung/satellie remote sensing) Max Planck Research Group (or: Department) for Structural Dynamics (Hamburg, DE) Multi-Path Self Routing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mid-Pleistocene Transition (Klimageschichte/climate history) Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (Japan) Methylphenyltetrahydropyridin (lst Parkinson-Krankheit aus) o Master Processing Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multi-Purpose Vehicle Multi-Protocol Wavelength Switching (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) MPEG Layer 3 [Dateinamenerweiterung: Audio-Datei/le name extension: audio le] Martinique (ISO 3166) Multiple Quantum Well Magnetresonanz (-Tomographie) Mauretanien/Mauritania (ISO 3166) Measurement Report Mutual Recognition Arrangement (Metrologie/metrology) Magnetic Random Access Memory Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory (bei/near Cambridge, UK) Mixed Reality Audio-Visual (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Medium-Range Ballistic Missile Mobile Radio Conformance Test Mobile Radio Division (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Magnetic Resonance Elastography Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (NSF) Magnetorheological Finishing (optische Linsen/optical lenses) Magnetorheological Fluid (Multi)Media Resource Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Magnetic Resonance Force Microscope (or: Microscopy) Magnetic Resonance Imaging Magnetorotationsinstabilitt (Astronomie/astronomy) a Magnetresonanz-Mikroskopie Messenger RNA Magdalena Ridge Observatory (New Mexico, USA) Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Market Representation Partners (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Material(s) (or: Manufacturing) Resource Planning Magnetic-Recoil Spectrometer Materials Research Society (USA) Media Resource Service (SIPI) Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (Medizin/medicine) Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (NSF, Arlington, VA, USA) Magnetresonanz-Tomographie Multi Role Transporter (der Luftwae/of the Air Force) Mass Spectrometry Master of Science Master/Slave Media Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Member State Mississippi (US-Staat/US state) Mobile Station (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Montserrat (ISO 3166) Multiple Sklerose/Multiple Sklerosis Microscopy Society of America Multisource Agreement (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Multi-Service Access Multiplexer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multi-Service Access Node (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multi-Function Transport Satellite-Based Augmentation System (Satellitennavigation/satellite navigation, Japan) Multi-Standard Baseband (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Master of Science Mesenchymale Stammzellen Message Sequence Chart (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mobile (Services) Switching Centre (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mass Selective Detector

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MS-DOS MSE MSE MSE MSE MSF MSF MSG MSGC MSI MSISDN MSK MSL MSL MSM MSN MSN MSN MSO MSO MSO MSOE MSOP MSP MSP MSPP MSR SR MSRC MSRI MSS MSS MSS MSS MSSM MS-SP MS-SPRING MST MST MST MSTP MSTP MSTV MSU MSU MSU MSW MSY MT MT MTA MTA MTA Mtb MTBE MTBF MTBR MTBSE MTCO MTCR MTD mtDNA MTF MTFF MTG MTG MTHEL MTJ MTMOS MTN MTN MTO mTOR MTP MTS MTSat MTTF MTTR

Microsoft Disk Operating System Mission Success Evaluation Mean Square Error mittlere Schmerzempndlichkeit Mobilstations-Emulator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mid-Spatial Frequency Multi Stage Flash Exploration (Meerwasserentsalzung/method for seawater desalting) Meteosat Second Generation (seit/since 2003) Micro-Strip Gas Detector Medium Scale Integration Mobile Station ISDN Number Minimum (or: Maximum) Shift Keying (Datenbertragung/data transmission) u Mars Science Laboratory Materials Science Laboratory (at ISS) Metal-Semiconductor-Metal (Photodetektoren/photodetectors) Microsoft Network (Datennetz/data network) Moscow Society of Naturalists Multi-Service Node (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mixed-Signal Oscilloscope Multi-Service Operator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multiple Systems Operators (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Milwaukee School of Engineering (WI, USA) Mini Small Outline Package (SMD-Gehuse/casing) a Mobile Service Provider (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multiplex Section Protection Multi-Service Provisioning Platform (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mobile Station Receiver Diversity (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Muon Spin Rotation Microsoft Research in Cambridge (UK) Mathematical Science(s) Research Institute (Berkeley, CA, USA) MAN Switching System Managed Security Services (Datensicherheit/data security) Mass Storage System Mobile Satellite System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (Elementarteilchen/elemenary particles) Multiple Section Section Protection (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multiple(xer) Section Shared Protection Ring (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mikrosystemtechnik Minimal Spanning Tree (Signalanalyse/signal analysis) Multiple Spanning Tree (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multi-Service Transmission Platform (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Maximum Service Television Michigan State University (USA) Mississippi State University (USA) Moscow State University Media Switch Maximal Sustained Yield (Okonomie/economy) Malta (ISO 3166) Montana (US-Staat/US state) Materials Testing Accelerator Medizinisch-technische(r) Assistent(in) Multi-Threaded Computing (Parallelrechner/parallel computer) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Tbc-Erreger) Mean Time Between Error Events Mean Time Before Failure (or: Between Failures) Mean Time Before Resynchronization Mean Time Between Service Events Minimum Total Cost of Ownership Missile Technology Control Regime Mounted (optische Linsen/optical lenses) mitochondriale DNA Modulation Transfer Function Man-Tended Free-Flyer (Raumfahrt/spaceccraft) Marine-Technik-Gesellschaft (Hamburg, DE) Mikroelektronik- und Technologiegesellschaft (Ostdeutschland) Mobile Testbed High-Energy Laser (US Army) Magnetic Tunnel Junction Methyl-Trimethoxysilane Mountain (US Mail) Multilateral Trade Negotiations Mars Telecom Orbiter Mammal Target of Rapamycin (a protein) Message Transfer Part Methods for Testing and Specication (TC im/in the ETSI) Multifunctional Transport Satellite Mean Time to Failure Mean Time to Repair (or: Restore)

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MTU MTV MU MUD MUFA MuK MULTOPS MU-MIMO MuPAD MURA MURI MURR MUSC MUSE MUSE MUSIC MUSIC MUSICAM MUT MV MV MVA MVB MVC MVD MVDR MVIP MVNO MVST MVTS MW MWA MWBD MWIF MWK MWLI MWNT MWR MWR MX MXCD MXF Mx-MAC MY Mya MYI M-Z MZ MZI M2E M3 D M3R

Multi-Tenant Unit Music Television Video Mauritius (ISO 3166) Multi User Dungeon (or: Dimension, or: Dialog, or: Detection) (Rechnernetz-Spiele/computer-net games) Mono Unsaturated Fatty Acids (einfach ungesttigte Fettsuren) a a Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft Multi-Level Tree for Online Packet Statistics (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multi-User MIMO Multi-Processing Algebra Data (Tool) Midwestern Universities Research Association (USA) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative MissouriColumbias University Research Reactor Microgravity User Support Center (DLR, Kln-Porz, DE) o Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer Multiple Sub-Nyquist-Sampling Encoding Multiple Signal Classication Self-Adapting Applications for Mobile Users in Ubiquitous Computing Environmentals Masking Pattern Adapted Universal Subband Integrated Coding and Multiplexing (Digitalrundfunk/digital broadcast) Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer Malediven/Maldives (ISO 3166) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Bundesland/German Federal State) Market Value Added Multi-Vehicle Bus (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Model-View-Controller Minimum Vector Dispersion (Bildverarbeitung/picture processing) Minimum Variance Distortionless Response (Signalverarbeitung/signal processing) Multi-Vendor Integration Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Mobile Virtual Network Operator(s) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multilayer Vertically Stacked Capacitors Multivariable Technological Systems (IFAC Symposium) Malawi (ISO 3166) Mileura Wideeld Array (Astrophysik/astrophysics, Antennen/antennae) Marine Wildlife Behavior Database Mobile Wireless Internet Forum (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ministerium fr Wissenschaft und Kunst u Multiwavelength Interferometer Multi Wall(ed) Nanotubes Microwave Radiometer (ENVISAT) Mikrowellen-Radio Mexiko/Mexico (ISO 3166) magnetischer Rntgenzirkulardichroismus o Material Exchange Format Multi-Standard Medium Access Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Malaysia (ISO 3166) Million years ago Multilayer Ice (in the Arctic Sea) Mach-Zehnder (Interferometer, Modulator) Moambique/Mozambique (ISO 3166) c Mach-Zehnder-Interferometer Mouth-to-Ear (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Maskless Mesoscale Material Deposition Marine Mammal Monitoring (Meeresbiologie/marine biology)

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NAG NAGINELS NAH NAHSC NAIAS NAL NALS NAM NAMAS NAMC NAMEM NAMUR NANOTHER NANSC NAO NAOS NAP NAPLS NAPT NARA NARIC NARMAX NARPA NARTB NAS NAS NAS NAS NAS NASA NASDA NASP NASS NA/STAG NASTAR NAT NAT NATLAS NATO NAV NAVA NAVSTAR NB NB NB NBAP NBAP-d NBBL NBI NBI NBIC NBIFL NBL NBMA NB-RAS NBRF NBS NBS NC NC NC NC NC NC NCA NCAC nc-AFM NCAP NCAR NCB NCC NCC NCC NCCR NCEJ NCEP

Numerical Algorithms Group (UK) Non-Aggressive Glass Internal Engraving System Neareld Acoustic Holography National Automated Highway System Consortium (San Diego, CA, USA) North American International Auto Show Network Abstraction Layer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Normenausschuss Akustik, Lrmminderung und Schwingungstechnik a Non-Absorbing Mirror (laser technology) National Measurement Accreditation Service (UK) [Laboratoire de] Neurobiologie de lApprentissage de la Mmoire et de la Communication e (Neurobiology of Learning, Memory and Commmunication) (CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, FR) National Agency of Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring (Ulanbator, Mongolia) Normenausschuss Mess- und Regeltechnik Integration of Novel Nanoparticle Based Technology for Therapeutics and Diagnosis of Dierent Types of Cancer (EU project) National Air Navigation Service Company (Cairo Airport, Egypt) Nordatlantische Oszillation (Meteorologie/meteorology) Nasmyth Adaptive Optics System (fr/for ESO-VLT) u Network Access Point (Internet) North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study Network Address and Port Translator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) United States National Archives and Records Administration (College Park, MD, USA) National Academic Recognition Information Centre (EU) Nonlinear Autoregressive Moving Average with Exogeneous Input National Advanced Research Projects Agency National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters (USA) National Academy of Sciences (USA) Network Access Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Network Attached Storage Non Access Stratum (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Scandinavian Acoustical Society] National Aeronautics and Space Agency (or: Administration) (USA) National Aeronautics and Space Development Agency (Japan) National Aerospace Plane Network Access Subsystem (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Network Aspects/Security Techniques Advisory Group (TC im/in the ETSI) National Aerospace Training and Research (Center in Pennsylvania, USA) Network Address Translation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Nitric Acid Trihydrate (HNO3 3(H2 O)) National Testing Laboratory Accreditation Service (UK) North-Atlantic Treaty Organization Navigation Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (knstliche Beatmung/articial respiration) u Navigational Satellite Timing and Ranging (GPS-System) Narrowband New Brunswick (Province of Canada) Normal Burst (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Node B Application Part (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Node B Application Part Dedicated (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Nachwuchs-Basketballbundesliga National Bureau of Investigation (SF) Neutral-Beam Injection (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology) Nanotechnologies, Biotechnologies, Information and Communication Technologies National Bureau of Investigation Forensic Laboratory (SF) Niels Bohr Library Non-Broadcast Multiple Access Narrowband Remote Access Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) National Biomedical Research Foundation (USA) National Blood Service (UK) National Bureau of Standards (USA, now: NIST) Network Computer Neukaledonien/New Caledonia (ISO 3166) Noise Criteria Non-Copyright Compliant (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) North Carolina (US-Staat/US state) Numeric Control Netherlands Centre on Animal Use National Council of Acoustical Consultants (USA) Non-Contact Atomic Force Microscopy New Car Assessment Program (EU-Norm, Kfz/EU standard for cars) National Center for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, CO, USA) Balanced Noise Criteria National Computing Centre (UK) Network Color Code (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Network Control Centre (Datennetz/data network) National Centre of Competence in Research Noise Control Engineering Journal National Center for Environmental Prediction (weather forecast)

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National Center for Education Statistics (USA) National Cooperative Highway Research Program (USA) National Cancer Institute (Bethesda, MD, USA) Non-Coded Information National Cancer Institute Center for Bioinformatics (Bethesda, MD, USA) National Cheng Kung University (Tainan, Taiwan, ROC) Nidopallium Caudolaterale (im Vogelgehirn/in birds brain) Netherlands Centrum voor Laser Research Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience (USA) NIST Center for Neutron Research (Gaithersburg, MD, USA) Numerical Control Oscillator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) National Contact Point (ESPRIT) National Center for Physical Acoustics (University of Mississippi, USA) Non-Coding RNA National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (USA) National Center for Research Resources (NIH, USA) Natural Color System Network Control System (Datennetz/data network) Non-Crystallographic Symmetry (Festkrperphysik/solid state physics) o National Center for (or: of) Supercomputing Applications (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) National Sound and Communications Association (USA) National Center for Science Education (USA) North Carolina State University National Compact Stellarator Experiment (Fusionsreaktorprojekt, USA, aufgegeben/US fusion reactor project, abandoned 2008) Nationales Centrum fr Tumorerkrankungen (Heidelberg) u North Dakota (US-Staat/US state) National Data Buoy Center (USA) Normalized Device Coordinates New Drug Development Oce (Amsterdam, NL, EORTC) Non-Destructive Evaluation Nordic Data Grid Facility (DK, FI, NO, SE Allianz/alliance) Naphthalindiimid (Schadstodetektor) Network Diversity Multiple Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) National DNA Database (UK) Norddeutscher Rundfunk National Defense Research Committee (USA) Netware Directory Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Network for Detection of Atmospheric Change North Dakota State University Nondestructive Testing Normierter dierenzierter Vegetationsindex nach der Zeitenwende (= nach Christus/after Christ) Nebraska (US-Staat/US state) Network Element (or: Equipment) (Internet) Niger (ISO 3166) Near Earth Asteroid Nuclear Energy Agency National Emergency Airborne Command Post Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Near-Earth Asteroid Sample Return (Satelliten/satellites) Network Equipment Building System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa Nanoemissive Display (Flachbildschirm/at screen) NASA Extragalactical Database Networked European Deposit Library New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (Japan) Negative Factor (Protein) Neuer Europischer Fahrzyklus (Kfz-Test/car standard test) a New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (USA) Nanotechnology Environmental and Health Implications (USA) Neural-Electrical Interface (Gehirn-Implantat/brain implant) Niedrig-Energie-Institut New England Journal of Medicine National Engineering Laboratory (UK) Network Element Layer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Natural Energy Lab of Hawaii Authority Network Element Manager (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) National Electrical Manufacturers Association Nano-Based Capsule-Endoscopy with Molecular Imaging and Optical Biopsy (Medizintechnik/medicine technology) Network and Money (or: Modem) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Nano-Electro-Mechanical System Nano-Entrepreneurship Academy Near-Earth Orbit Near Earth Objects Mission Advisory Panel (USA) National Environmental Policy Act (USA) New Partnership for Africas Development National Environment Information Centre (UK)

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North American Electric Reliability Corporation National Energy Research Scientic Computing [Center] (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA, USA) National e-Science Centre (UK) Nonequilibrium Steady State New and Emerging Science and Technology (EU, FP6) Nuclear Energy Search (or: Support) Team (USA, seit/since 1974) [Network Organization] (Internet, USA) New Energy Technology (Solartechnik/solar technology) National Energy Technology Laboratory (USA) Towards New Generations of Neuro-Implantable Devices: Engineering Neurons/Carbon Nanotubes Integrated Functional Units (EU project) National Engineers Weck Nonlinear Elastic Wave Spectroscopy Narita Express (Zug zwischen Flughafen und Tokio/train between airport and Tokyo, JP) NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (USA) Near-End Crosstalk Network of Excellence on Multifunctional Microsystems New Foundland (Province of Canada) Noise Factor Norfolkinsel/Norfolk Island (ISO 3166) National Fire Agency (z.B./e.g. Taiwan) Near Field Communication (Smart Card) Nanoscale Fabrication and Characterization Facility (University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA) Nur fr den Dienstgebrauch (Geheimhaltung/secrecy) u Niederschsisches Forschungszentrum Fahrzeugtechnik (Braunschweig) a Near-Field Holography National Federation of Independent Business (USA) New-Forest Observatory (kleines Teleskop in einem Wald in Sdengland/a small telescope in Southern England) u Near-Field Optical Disk Drive (Datenspeicher/data storage) National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference Network File System Neuartige Fahrzeugstrukturen New (or: Next) Generation Nigeria (ISO 3166) New General Catalogue (Astronomie/astronomy) Next Generation Digital Loop Carrier (Kommunikation/communication) Nerve Growth Factor National Grid Initiative Next Generation Home Location Register Next Generation Lithography Next Generation Mobile Networks (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Next Generation Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Next Generation Nuclear Plant (USA, geplant fr etwa 2020/planned for around 2020) u Non-Government Organization New Generation Operations Systems and Software Next Generation Operations Support Systems National Grid Service (UK) Next-Generation Sequence (or: Sequencing) (analysis) Non-Geostationary Satellite Orbit Next Generation Space Telescope (Nachfolger des Hubble-Teleskops, geplant/planned successor of the Hubble Space Telescope) New Hampshire (US-Staat/US state) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (USA) National Hearing Conservation Association (USA) New High Energy Theory Center (Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA) Nippon hoso kyokai (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) Non-Hodkin-Lymphom Natural History Museum (London) National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (Tallahassee, FL; Los Alamos, NM, USA) nachhaltige Holznutzung National Health Service (UK) Nurses Health Study (USA) National Highway Trac Safety Administration (USA) Network Infrastructure (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Network Intelligence (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Network Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Nicaragua (ISO 3166) Niedersachsen (Bundesland/German Federal State) National Information Agency (South Korea) National Institute of Allergy and Infectuous Diseases (USA) Necessary Information About a Microarray Experiment National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences Non-Interference Basis (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Northwest Institute for Biohealth Informatics (Manchester, UK) National Ignition Campaign (USA) Network Information Center Network Interface Card

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NIC NICETRIP NICHD NICHES NICMOS NICT NICTA NID NID NIDA NIDCD NIEHS NIF NIFFTE NIFS NIH NIHL NIHR NIL NILEG NILU NIM NIM NIMA NIME NIMET NIMH NiMH NIMS NIMS NIN NINE NINP NINT NIOSH NIR NIRIM NIRS NIRV NIS NIS NISAC NISE NISO NIST N-ISUP NIT Nitinol NIZEMI NJ NJIT NJP NK N.K.V.M. NKWD NL NL NLBV NLC NLCTA NLE NLES NLfB-GGA NLOS NLP NLR NLR NLRC NLS NLS NLU NM NM NM NM NMC NMD NMD

John von Neumann Institute for Computing (Jlich, DE) u Novel Innovative Competitive Eective Tilt Rotor Integrated Project (EU) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Bethesda, MD, USA) New and Innovative Concepts for Helping European Transport Sustainability (EU Projekt/project) Near Infared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (Astrophysik/astrophysics) National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (Japan) National Information and Communication Technology Center Australia Network Integration Division (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Network Interface Device (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) National Institute on Drug Abuse (Rockville, MD, USA) National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (Bethesda, MD, USA) National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (USA) National Ignition Facility (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, CA, USA) Neutron Induced Fission Fragment Tracking Experiment National Institute for Fusion Science (Toki City, Japan) National Institute of Health (USA) Noise-Induced Hearing Loss National Institute for Health Research (London, UK) Nanoimprint Lithography Niederschsische Landesentwicklungsgesellschaft a Norwegisches Institut fr Luftuntersuchungen u Nanosystems Initiative Munich (DE) Negative Index Material (negativer optischer Brechungsindex/negative optical diraction index) National Imagery and Mapping Agency (USA) Network Information Management Entities (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Nanoscience Institute for Medical and Engineering Technologies (University of Florida, USA) National Institute of Mental Health (Bethesda, MD, USA) Nickel-Metal Hydride (Akku/accumulator) National Institute of Materials Science (Tsukuba, Japan) Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (Galileo) Normal MetalInsulatorNormal Metal (Nanostructure) National Institute for Nano-Engineering (Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, USA) National Institute of Nuclear Physics (IT) Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology (China) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (USA) Near-Infrared National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials (Japan) Near Infrared Spectroscopy Nederlands Instituut voor Ruimtevaart New Independent States (frhere Sowjetunion/former Soviet Union) u Normal Metal Insulator Superconductor (Nanostructure) National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center (USA, seit/since 1999) Nanoscale Informal Science Education (Network; NSF, USA, seit/since 2005) National Information Standards Organization (USA) National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA, vormals/formerly NBS) Narrowband ISDN User Part (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Network Information Table Nickel-Titanium [intermetallic compound developed by the] Naval Ordnance Laboratory (1963) Niedergeschwindigkeitszentrifugenmikroskop New Jersey (US-Staat/US state) New Jersey Institute of Technology New Journal of Physics Nationalkomitee fr Kristallographie u Neue Knstlervereinigung Mnchen (1909, Expressionisten) u u [Narodny Kommissariat Wnutrennich Del] (sowjetischer Geheimdienst/Soviet Secret Service) Niederlande/Netherlands (ISO 3166) Nonlinear Niederschsisches Landesamt fr Bezge und Versorgung a u u Next Linear Collider Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator Non-Linear Eect Navigation Land Earth Stations (GPS) Niederschsisches Landesamt fr Bodenforschung Geowissenschaftliche Gemeinschaftsaufgaben (Hannover, DE) a u None Line of Sight (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Natural Language Processing Nationaal Lucht- en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium Noise Level Reduction NASA Langley Research Center (Hampton, VA, USA) New Light Source (UK) Nonlinear Least Squares (Parameterschtzung/parameter estimation) a Natural Language Understanding (Sprachverarbeitung/speech processing) Nautical Mile/nautische Meile (1 NM = 1852 m) Network Manager (or: Management) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) New Mexico (US-Staat/US state) Neuer Markt Network Management Centre (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) National Missile Defense (USA) Neuromuscular Disease

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National Marine Electronics Organization (GPS, Galileo) Natural Marketing Institute (USA) Network Management Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) NSF Middleware Initiative Network Management Layer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Niederschsischer Monographiennachweis a Network Mode of Operation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) N-Channel MOS Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization Network Measure Radio (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Network Measurement Results (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Mobile Universal Surface Explorer National Measurement System (UK) Network Management System (Rechnernetz/computer network) National Math and Science Initiative (USA) Noise Monitoring Terminal Nordic Mobile Telephone Neural Network National Nanotechnology Initiative (USA) Network to Node (or: Network) Interface (Rechnernetz/computer network) Noise/News International (Journal) National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network National Nuclear Laboratory (UK) Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act National Nuclear Security Administration (DoE, USA) National New Technology Telescope (USA, war geplant, ist aber nicht realisiert/abandoned) Nederlandse Natuurkundige Vereniging Norwegen/Norway (ISO 3166) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Princeton, NJ, USA) Network of Automotive Excellence National Optical Astronomy Observatory (USA) Network Operating (or: Operation(s)) Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) National Oceanographic Data Center (NOAA, Silver Spring, MD, USA) Nanowire-Based One-Dimensional Electronics (EU project) Network of Excellence Neutrino Oscillation Experiment (Gran Sasso, IT) Nonlinear Optics and Excitation Kinetics in Semiconductors Nuclear Overhauser Eect Spectroscopy National Conference on Noise Control Engineering (USA) Naval Ordnance Laboratory (USA) Nonlinear Optical-Loop Mirror Neutrino Oscillation Magnetic Detector (CERN) Network Operations and Management NuMi O-Axis Electron Neutrino Appearance Non-Obvious Relationship Analysis North American Air (or: Aerospace) Defense (Command) Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (Stockholm, SE) Norddeutsche Landesbank National Optical Society (in Europe) Network Operating System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (facility at WHOI) Noise and Vibration: Emerging Methods (Conference series) Nationale Organisation Wassersto- und Brennstozellentechnologie Network of Workstaions Networks on Wheels Nepal (ISO 3166) Nondeterministic Polynomial Nuclear Physics Network Performance Analysis (or: Analyzer) Telekommunikation) Nomadic Personal Communications Nuclear Pore Complex (Zellbiologie/cell biology) Nationale Plattform Elektromobilitt (in Deutschland) a Network Protection Equipment (Kommunikation/communication) Nuclear Physics Electronic Nature Publishing Group Norwegian Polar Institute National Physical Laboratory (Teddington, UK) Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer (Lowell Observatory, Anderson Mesa, near Flagsta, AZ, USA) National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (Wettersatellit/weather satellite) Net Primary Production (Panzenmasse/plant mass) National Public Radio Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) National Park Service (USA) Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey, CA, USA) Non-Proliferation Treaty (Atomsperrvertrag) Net Present Value (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance

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NR NR NR NRAO NRC NRC NRC NRC NRCT NRDC NRDC NRE NREL NREN NRF NRF NRI NRIM NRIM NRL NRO NRQM NRT nrtPS NRU NRW NRZ NRZ NS NS NSA NSAC NSAID NSAR NSB NSB NSBDT NSBF NSBO NSBP NSC NSCA NSCL NSCLC NSCM NSD NSDDB NSDStB NSE NSEC NSERC NSF NSF NSFB NSFC NSFK NSFNET NSG NSG NSHP NSI NSIC NSKK NSLB NSLS NSM NSM NSOM NSP NSP NSPE NSRT NSS NSS NSS NSSA NSSD NSSEFF

Nauru (ISO 3166) Naval Reactors (US Government oce) Noise Rating National Radio Astronomy Observatory (Green Banks, WV, USA) National Research Council (USA) Network Resource Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Non-Resonant Cavity (LED) Nuclear Regulatory Commission National Research Council of Thailand National Research and Development Corporation (London, GB) Natural Resources Defense Council (New York, NY, USA) Non-Recurring Engineering and Tooling (Produktions-Kostenanalyse/analysis of production costs) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden, CO, USA) National Research and Education Network (USA et al.) Nanoscale Research Facility (University of Florida, USA) National Research Foundation (Singapore) Newton-Raphson Inverse (Algorithmus/algorithm) National Research Institute for Metals (Tsukuba, Japan) Network Resource Information Model Naval Research Laboratory (Washington, DC, USA) National Reconnaissance Oce (USA) Nichtrelativistische Quantenmechanik Non-Real Time Non Real-Time Packet Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) National Research Universal (facility, Canada) Nordrhein-Westfalen Nationales Referenzzentrum Non-Return-To-Zero (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Nationalsozialismus Nova Scotia (Province of Canada) National Security Agency (USA) Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (USA) Nonsteroidal Anti-Inammatory Drugs (Antirheumatika/cure for rheumatism) nichtsteroidale Antirheumatika National Science Board (USA) New Steel Body (Automobiltechnik/vehicle technology) Nationalsozialistischer Bund Deutscher Technik National Scientic Balloon Facility (NASA) Nationalsozialistische Betriebszellenorganisation National Society of Black Physicists (USA) National Security Council (USA) National Sound and Communications Association (USA) National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (Michigan State University, USA) Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer No-Core Shell Model (Kernphysik/nuclear physics) Network Services Division Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Dozentenbund Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund Nuclear Statistical Equilibrium (Kosmologie/cosmology) Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (USA, NSF) Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (USA) National Sanitary Foundation National Science Foundation (USA) Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Frontkmpferbund a Natural Science Foundation of China Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps National Science Foundation Network (USA) Network Strategy Group (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Nuclear Suppliers Group ( Londoner Gruppe) National Society of Hispanic Physicists (USA) Negatively Scarfed Intake (neue Flugzeug-Dsenform/new aircraft nozzle shape) u National Storage Industry Consortium, Inc. (Hersteller von Datenspeichern, USA) Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps Nationalsozialistischer Lehrerbund National Synchrotron Light Source (Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island, NY, USA) National Society Member (EPS etc.) Network and Service Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscope (or: Microscopy) National Space Policy (USA) Network Service Point (or: Provider, or: Platform) (Internet) National Society of Professional Engineers Non-Sequential Ray Tracing Network Subsystem (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Neutraler Salzsprhtest (auf Korrosionsbestndigkeit/test on corrosion resistance) u a Non-Stop Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Neutron Scattering Society of America Neutron Scattering Science Division (ORNL, USA) National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship (DOD, USA)

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North-South Station Keeping (Satelliten/satellites) Nanoscale Science and Technology (University of Florida, USA) Nanosciences and Technologies National Science Teachers Association (USA) National Science and Technology Council (USA) National Spherical Torus Experiment (PPPL, Princeton, NJ, USA) Niederschsische Staats- und Universittsbibliothek (Gttingen, DE) a a o Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt Naval Surface Warfare [frher/formerly: Weapons] Center (Silver Spring, MD, USA) u Network Termination (Datennetze/data networks) Normal Tissue Complication Probability (Onkologie/oncology) Nachrichtentechnische Gesellschaft (im/in the VDE) National Telecommunications and Information Administration (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) National Technical Information Service (Datenbank/data bank, USA) Nitrotriazolon (Sprengsto/explosive) Network Time Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) National Test Pilot School (Mojave Desert, CA, USA) Nevada Test Site (Kernwaentest/nuclear weapons tests) Nuclear Test Site National Television System Committee (Fernsehnorm/TV standard, USA) New Technology Telescope (ESO, La Silla, Chile, 3,5 m Durchmesser/3.5 m diameter) Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (Japan) Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) National Taiwan University Niederschsischer Tennisverband a Nachrichtentechnische Zeitschrift Niue (ISO 3166) Non-Uniform Memory Access Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee Northwestern University Prosthetics Rehabilitation Laboratory (USA) NATO Undersea Research Centre (La Spezia, IT) U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission National University of Singapore Naval Underwater Systems Center (USA) Near Ultraviolet, nahes Ultraviolett Naval Undersea Warfare Center (Newport, RI, USA) Nevada (US-Staat/US state) Nitrogen Vacancy (Sticksto-Fehlstelle, fr Quantenkryptographie interessant/of interest for quantum cryptography) u National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (USA) Nonvisual Desktop Access Noise, Vibration and Harshness Non Volatile Memory National Virtual Observatory (USA, geplant fr/planned for 2010) u Near Video-On-Demand Network Voice Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Non-Volatile RAM National Variety Trials (Datenbank/database, AU) Nichtverbreitungsvertrag (Atomwaen/non-proliferation treaty, 1968) [Niederlndische Aeroakustische Gesellschaft/Netherlands Aeroacoustic Society] a Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Nordrhein-Westfalen (Bundesland/German Federal State) Niedergeschwindigkeits-Windkanal Braunschweig (DE) Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk Network Analyser (DECT) Nuklearwaenkonvention Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Niederlndische a Wissenschaftsorganisation/Netherlands science organization) North West Territories (Province of Canada) New York (US-Staat/US state) New York Academy of Sciences New York City (USA) New York City, Department of Environmental Protection (USA) New York City Transit Authority (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Network for Youth Excellence New York Heart Association New York Hall of Science (USA) New York Stock Exchange New York University New York University Abu Dhabi Neuseeland/New Zealand (ISO 3166) Non-Zero Dispersion Shifted Fiber (Glasfaser/glass ber) Niederschsischer Zeitschriftennachweis a Neue Zrcher Zeitung u

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OA OA OAA Open Access Outgoing Access Outstanding Alumni of Achievement (US Universities)

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OAAC OADM OAE OAI OAIS OAL OA[&]M OAMP OAN OAP OARE OAS OAS OAS OASIS OASIS OAT OATA OATC OAU OAWRS OBB OBD OBDH OBDMS OBIRCH OBL OBMC OBMM OBMP OBP OBS OBSI OBU OBW OCaB OCAP OCC OCCAM OCCI OCD OCDM O-CDMA OCF OCH OCHRIEST OCh-SPRING OCME OCR OCRWM OCS OCT OCT OCX OC3 ODAC ODB ODBC ODC ODD ODE ODG ODL ODL ODP ODP ODS ODT ODX OE OEA OEB OECD OED OEIC OEL OELR OEM

Optical Aerial Attached Cable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Otoacoustic Emission, Otoakustische Emission(en) Open Archives Initiative Open Archival Information System Osterreichischer Arbeitsring fr Lrmbekmpfung u a a Operation, Administration and Maintenance (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) OAM Provisioning Optical Access Node (Glasfasernetz/glass ber net) Ophthalmologischer Arbeitsplatz Online Access to Research in Environment Open Access Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Operator Assisted Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Optical Aperture Synthesis Optimal Architecture Sensor Interface System Organization for the Advancement of Structural Information Standards Ocean Acoustic Tomography Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association (Europische Handelsorganisation) a Open Area Test Site Organization of African Unity Ocean Acoustics Waveguide Remote Sensing Osterreichische Bundesbahn Optical Duobinary (Modulation) On Board Data Handling Subsystem (Satelliten/satellites) Object-Oriented Database Management System Optical Beam Induced Resistance Change Outside Broadcasting Link On Board Multimedia Controller (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) On Board MPEG Processor (Satelliten-Telekommunikation/satellite telecommunication) On Board Multimedia Processor (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) On Board Processing (or: Processor) Optical Burst Switch (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) On-Board Sound Intensity (tireroad noise measurement device) On-Board Unit (Maut-Erfassungssystem/toll registration system) Occupied Bandwidth (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Outgoing Call Barrier Open Cable Application Platform (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Operation Control Center (ESOC) Open Conditional Content Analysis Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ocean and Climate Change Institute Optical Core Device (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Optical Code Division Multiplexing (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Optical Code Division Multiple Access (Glasfasernetz/glass ber net) On-Line Charging Function Optical Channel (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) International Crops Research Institue for Semi-Arid Tropics Optical Channel Shared Protection Ring (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Oce of the Chief Medical Examiner (New York City) Optical Character Recognition (Computer-lesbare Schrift/computer-reading of letters) Oce of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (USA) One Channel Safe (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Optical Coherence Tomography, Optische Kohrenztomographie (Augendiagnostik/eye diagnostics etc.) a Optical Component Test [Dateinamenerweiterung: Programmdatei/le name extension: program le] Optical Carrier 3 (155.52 Mbit/s) (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Oil Depletion Analysis Centre Operations Database (Satelliten/satellites) Open Data Base Connectivity (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ornithindecarboxylase Optical Disk Drive Ordinary Dierential Equation Objective Dierence Grade (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Object Denition Language (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Open and Distance Learning (EU-Programm/EU program) Ocean Drilling Project (or: Program) Open Distributed Processing Ozone-Depleting Substance OrderDisorder Transition Open Diagnostic Data Exchange Orientierungseinheit (Vorstudium) Organic Electronics Association Oce Europen des brevets (Mnchen, DE) e u Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Oxford English Dictionary Optoelectronic Integrated Circuit, opto-elektronischer IC Organic Electro-Luminescent (Display) Overall Echo Loudness Rating (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Optoelectronic Modulator (or: Mixer)

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OEM OENN O/E/O OEOB OET OFA OFAC OFAT OFC OFC OFCCC OFD OFDM OFDMA OFET OFI OFI OFIS OFM OFMeC OFW OG OGAI OGC OGH OGLE OGP OGSA OGY OH OHANA O.H.B.M.S. OHC OHEP OHG OHG OIB OIC OICETS OIDA OIE OIF OIF OIM OIM OIS OJPS OK OKH OKM OL OLA OLCF OLE OLE OLED OLEDoS OLEX OLGA OLLA OLPC OLS OLT OLTE OLTP OM OM OM O&M OMA OMA OMA-BCAST OMAC OMB OMC OMC OMC-CN OMCI

Original Equipment Manfacturer Optoelectronic Neural Network Optical Electronic Optical (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Old Executive Oce Building (USA, White House) Optoelectronic Tweezers Optical Fiber Amplier Oce of Foreign Assets Control (USA) One-Factor-at-a-Time (Experimentiertechnik/experimental technique) Optical Fiber Communication Optical Frequency Comb Optical Fiber Cable Competence Center Obernanzdirektion Optical (or: Orthogonal) Frequency Division Multiplexing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Organischer Feldeekt-Transistor (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Optical Field Ionization Ornamental Fish International (Handelsorganisation/trade organisation) Optical Fiber Infrasound Sensor Optouidic Microscopy Optical Fibre Measurement Club (UK) Oberchenwellen a Optical Gateway (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Osterreichische Gesellschaft fr Articial Intelligence u Open Geospatial Consortium Oberster Gerichtshof Optical Gravitational Lens(ing) Experiment Orientierungsgeschwindigkeitsprol (Kfz-Simulation/car simulation) Open Grid Services Architecture (Rechnernetz/computer network) OttGrebogiYorke (Control) Ohio (US-Staat/US state) Optical Hawaii(an) Array for Nanoradiation Astronomy On His (or: Her) British Majesties Service Outer Hair Cells (in the ear) Oce of High Energy Physics (DOE, Germantown, MD, USA) Oene Handelsgesellschaft Operator Harmonization Group (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ortliche Initiativen zur Beschftigung von Frauen (EU) a Organization of the Islamic Conference Optical Inter-Orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite (JAXA) Optoelectronic Industry Development Association (USA) Oce International des Epizooties (Weltgesundheitsorganisation/World Health Organization) Ocean Iron Fertilization (zur CO2 -Bindung im Meerwasser/for seawater CO2 deposition) Optical Internet Working Forum (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Optical Inline Metrology Orientation Imaging Microscopy Optical Image Stabilizer, optischer Bildstabilisator Online Journal Publishing Services (AIP) Oklahoma (US-Staat/US state) Oberkommando des Heeres (im Dritten Reich) Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine (im Dritten Reich) Output Layer (neuronales Netz/articial neural network) Optical Line Amplier (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility Object Linking and Embedding (Programmierung/programming) Opto (since 2006: Optics) & Laser Europe (Journal, Bristol, UK) Organic Light-Emitting Diode (or: Device), organische Licht emittierende Diode OLED on Silicon Ozone LIDAR Experiment Online Guideline Assist (Medizintechnik/medicine technology) Organic LEDs for ICT and Lighting Application (EU project) One Laptop per Child (Initiative fr Entwicklungslnder/initiative forr developing countries) u a On-Line Service (Internet) Optical Line Termination (or: Terminal) (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Optical Line Termination Equipment Online Transaction Processing Oman (frher Maskat und Oman/former Muscat and Oman) (ISO 3166) u Operational Mode (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Optical Monitor (XMM) Operation(s) and Maintenance Open Mobile Alliance (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) Operational Modal Analysis Open Mobile Alliance Broadcast (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Open Modular Architecture Controller Oce of Management and Budget (USA, White House) Operation(s) and Maintenance Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Optical Metrology Centre Operation and Maintainance Center Care Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Optical Network Termination Management and Control Interface

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OMCR OMF OMG OMI OMI OMO OMS OMS, OS OMS OMS OMSG OMSN OMT OMUX ON ON ONAC ONDRAF One-P ONERA ONP ONR ONSA ONT ONTA ONU OO OODB OOK OOP OOR OOT OOTC O&P OP OP OP A/D OPA OPAL OPAL OPC OPCPA OPDL OPEC OPEN OPEP OPERA OPERA OPEX OPG OPG OPGW OPIMA OPIC OPIT OPNV OPO OPP OPQSK OPS OPS OPS OPS OPSL OPZ OR OR ORACLE ORACLS ORATOS ORB ORC ORCHESTRA ORCID ORE ORF ORFEO

(optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Operation and Maintainance Center Radio (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Observation Markup Format Object Management (or: Modelling) Group Open Microprocessor Systems Initiative Optical Modulation Index Oxidation Mechanism Observations (Research project for HALO) Operations and Maintenance Station (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Optical Microsystems (Congress) Optical Monitoring System Optical Multiplex Station (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) OptinexTM (or: Optical) Multi-Service Gateway (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) OptinexTM (or: Optical) Multi-Service Node (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Object Modelling (and) Technique Output Multiplexer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ontario (Province of Canada) Optical Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Oce of Noise Abatement and Control (Environment Protection Agency, USA) Organisme National des Dchets Radioactifs et des Mati`res Fissiles Enrichies (BE) e e Organic Nanomaterials for Electronics and Photonics (EU project) Oce National dEtudes et de Recherches Arospatiales e Open Network Provision(ing) Oce of Naval Research (Arlington, VA, USA) Organization for Nucleotide Sequencing and Analysis (So Paulo, BR) a Optical Network(ing) Termination (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Oxynitrotriazol (Sprengsto/explosive) Optical Network Unit Object-Oriented, objektorientiert Object-Oriented Database On-O Keying (Datenbertragung/data transfer) u Object-Oriented Program(ming), objektorientierte(s) Programm(entwicklung) Object-Oriented Rendering (Algorithmen/algorithms) objektorientierter Test Old Oldtimer Club (USA) Optics and Photonics Organizational Partners Organophosphorus (nerve gas) Optical Packet Add/Drop (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Operational Path Analysis Optical Access Line, optische Anschlussleitung (Telefon/telephone) Organische Phosphorezenzleuchtdioden fr Applikationen im Lichtmarkt (BMBF-Projekt) u Optical Phase Conjugator Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplication Optically Powered Data Link (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Organization of Petrol Exporting Countries, Organisation Erdl exportierender Staaten o Optical Pan-European Network One-Pion Exchange Potential Optics and Photonics in the European Research Area Oscillation Project with Emulsion-Tracking Apparatus (Neutrino-Detektor/neutrino detector, Gran Sasso, IT) Operating (or: Operational) Expenditure (or: Expenses) Ontario Power Generation (Canadian power plant) Osterreichische Physikalische Gesellschaft Optical Ground Wire (Glasfasernetz/glass ber net) Open Platform Initiative for Multimedia Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [US] Overseas Private Investment Corporation Oxide Powder in Tube Oentlicher Personen-Nahverkehr Optical Parametric Oscillator Optical Precipitate Proler Oset QPSK (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ocial Production System Optical Path Switch (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Optical Protection System (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Optically Pumped Semiconductor (Laser) Optically Pumped Semiconductor Laser Operationszentrale Operation Room Oregon (US-Staat/US state) Opportunistic Radio Communications in Unlicensed Environments Optimal Regulator Algorithms for the Control of Linear Systems (CAD-System, NASA 1980) Orbit and Attitude Operations Subsystem (Satelliten/satellites) Object Request Broker (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Organic Rankine Cycle (Geothermie/geothermy) Open Architecture and Spatial Data Infrastructure for Risk Management (EU project) Open Researcher and Contributor Identier Oce de Recherche et dEssais Osterreichischer Rundfunk Optical and Radar Federation for Earth Observation

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The Polar Stratosphere in a Changing Climate (Research project for HALO) Polymeric Materials for Microelectronics and Photonics (Congress) Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics (Acoustical Society of America, online Journal) Proopiomelanocortin-Zellen Passive Optical Network (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Prometheus Orthonormal System Persistent Organic Pollutant Point of Presence (Internet) Point of Purchase (Verkaufsstrategie/sales strategy) Post Oce Protocol (E-Mail Server) Panel on Public Aairs (APS) Panel on Public Policy (ASA) Packet over SONET (or: SDH) Part-of-Speech (Sprachverarbeitung/speech processing) Point of Sale (Verkaufsstrategie) Portable Operating System Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Principle of Supercritical Microemulsion Expansion Parliamentary Oce of Science and Technology (UK) Pohang University of Science and Technology (Korea) Association of European Public Postal Operators Plain Old Telephone Service (or: System) Prisoner of War Point to Point (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Polypropylen Portable Part (z.B. Handset) (DECT) Power Purchase Agrreement Pulse Processing Analog-to-Digital Converter Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (London, UK) Packet Processor and Access Unit parts per billion, 109 Plans de Prvention du Bruit dans lEnvironnement e parts per billion by mass parts per billion by volume Photovoltaic Power Converter (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Predicted Percentage of Dissatised PLCP Data Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Positive Position Feedback Print Production Format Private Project Financing (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Pacic Proving Ground (Atombomben-Testgebiet/atomic bombs test site) Passive Photonic Loop Periodically-Poled Lithium Niobate (Wellenleiter/waveguide) parts per million, 106 Photonic Power Module (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Pulse Position Modulation Physical Property Measurement System Parametricized Post-Newtonian (Gravitationstheorie/theory of gravitation) Personal Private Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Point-to-Point Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Polyetherpolycarbonat-Polyole Poly(p-Phenylen) Public/Private Partnership (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology) Point-to-Point over Asynchronous Transfer Mode (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Point-to-Point over Ethernet (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Point-to-Point over Universal Serial Bus (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Pegepersonalregelung Prepaid Postpaid Suite (Handy/Mobile Phone) The Polish Physical Society Polymer Processing Society Programmable Pulse Stimulus Pulses per Second (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) parts per trillion, 1012 [Dateinamenerweiterung: Microsoft PowerPoint-Datei/le name extension: Microsoft PowerPoint le] Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (Internet) Pay-per-View (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Poly(p-Phenylen Vinylen) Provider-Provisioned Virtual Private Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Priority Queue Qubec (Province of Canada) e periphere quantitative Computertomographie Public Relations Puerto Rico (ISO 3166) Primary Rate Access (ISDN) Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (EU project) Preliminary Demonstration Test for Clay Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste (planned for 2010 at Mol, BE) Gesellschaft fr praktische Lagerstttenforschung u a Phase-Change Random Access Memory

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Pseudorandom Bit (or: Binary) Sequence Physics Resources Center (AIP) Primary Reference Clock (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Piezo Response Force Microscopy Primary Rate Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Peace Research Institute Frankfurt Privacy and Identity Management for Europe (EU project) Produktions- und Projektionstechniken fr Immersive Medien (3D-TV) u Purdue Rare Isotope Measurement (Laboratory) (Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA) Peace Research Institute (NO) Privacy Enhancing Shaping of Security Research and Technology (EU, 4 partners in 4 countries: AT, DE, DK, NO) Photorefraktive Keratektomie (Augenchirurgie/eye surgery) Physical Review Letters Pseudo-Random Noise Public Record Oce Promotion of Renewable Energy for Water Production through Desalination Programme de Dvloppement dExpriences Scientiques (ESA program) e e e Physical Review Online Archive Programming in Logic Programmable Read-Only Memory Program to Monitor Emerging Diseases Programme for a European Trac with Highest Eciency and Unprecedented Safety Prion-Protein Packet Ring Switch (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Position Reference Signal Program Request Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Public Regulated Services (Galileo) Personal Rapid Transport (fhrerloser Personentransfer auf Flughfen/driver-free transport on airports) u a Precomputed Radiance Transfer (Bildsimulation/picture simulation) Pacic Rim Underwater Acoustics Conference Packet Switched (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Palstina/Palestinian Territory (ISO 3166) a Parametric Stereo Phone Splitter Plataforma Solar de Almeria (Solarkraftwerk/solar power plant) Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Prostata-spezisches Antigen Physics, Space and Astronomy Board (UK) The Presidents Advisory Committeee (USA) Pilot Symbol Assisted Modulation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Public Safety Answering Point (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Pop-Up Satellite Archival Transmitter Phase Shifted Binary Transmission (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Pension Support Centre (zur Frderung der Mobilitt von Forschern in Europa) o a Personal Supercomputer (seit/since 2006) Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (USA) Polar Stratospheric Cloud (Ozonloch/hole in the ozone layer) Pure Silica Core Fiber (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Position-Sensing Detector Power Spectral Density Personal Service Environment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Plasma Surface Engineering Programm- und Systementwicklung Pulse Shape Equalization (Laser) Point Spread Function Programmable Sound Generator Paul Scherrer Institut (Villingen, CH) Photon Science Institute (Manchester, UK) Planetary Science Institute (Tucson, AZ, USA) Program Specic (or: Service) Information Programmable Serial Interface Panel Study of Income Dynamics (USA) The Physical Society of Japan Phase Shift Keying (Modulation) Power Supply Module Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio Phase-Sensitive Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscope Pitch-Synchronous Overlap Add (Sprachsynthese/speech synthesis) [positionsempndlicher Proportionalzhler] (Rntgensatellit/X-ray satellite) a o Perceptual Speech Quality Measure (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Precision Segmented Reector (Satelliten/satellites) Packet Streaming Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Personalized Service Selector (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Position Sensor Simulation PSTN Simulation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Physical Sciences Study Committee (USA) Product and Solution Support Center (IBM, Montpellier, FR) [Fraunhofer-] Patentstelle fr die Deutsche Forschung (Mnchen, DE) u u

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Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope Public Switched Telephone Network (Oentliches Fernsprechnetz) Portland State University (USA) Portugal (ISO 3166) Personal Travel Assistent Pharmazeutisch-technische(r) Assistent(in) Physikalisch-technische(r) Assistent(in) Pulsar Timing Array (astronomy) Photonics Technology Access Programme Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Braunschweig, DE, ab/since 1949, vorher/formerly: PTR) Posttraumatische Belastungsstrung (Medizin/medicine) o Phenylthiocarbamid (ein panzlicher Bittersto) perkutane transluminale Coronar-Angioplastie (Chirurgie/surgery) Pysics Today Career Network (AIP) PCS Type Certication Review Board (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) Polytetrauoreth(yl)en Physikalisch-Technisches Institut (ehem./former DDR, Jena) Polynomial Texture Map Point to Mult-Point (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) please turn over (= b.w.) Public Telecommunications Operator Physics Today Online (Journal) Peer-to-Peer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Point to Point (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt (Berlin, DE, 18871948, spter/later on: PTB) a Physics Teaching Resource Agents Permanent Threshold Shift (Gehr/in hearing) o Presentation Time Stamp (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Medizin/medicine) PNNI Topology State Packet (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Post, Telegraph and Telephone Push-to-Talk (Telekommunikation, Mobiltelefone/telecommunication, mobile phones) Projection Television Push-to-View (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Produktionstechnisches Zentrum (FhG, Berlin, DE) Polyurethan, Polyurethane produktintegrierter Umweltschutz [Dateinamenerweiterung: Microsoft Publisher-Datei/le name extension: Microsoft Publisher le] Power Usage Eectiveness Physical Unclonable Functions Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (mehrfach ungesttigte Fettsuren) a a Personal Unlocking Key Pump Laser Stacks with Aerospace Reliability (EU-Programm) Dreiachsenspektrometer mit Polarisationsanalyse und Multi-Analysator Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy Plutonium and Uranium Extraction (radioaktiver Abfall/radioactive waste) Polyurethan, Polyurethane Plutonium and Uranium Recovery by Extraction Partial Usage of Subchannels, Partially Utilized Subchannel Allocation (or: Subchannelisation) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Partnernetz fr Unternehmensgrndungen aus Stuttgarter Hochschulen u u Public Understanding of the Sciences and Humanities Photovoltaik, Photovoltaics Present Value Polyvinyl Alcohol, Polyvinylalkohol Polyvinyl Butyral Permanent Virtual Circuit (or: Channel) (Rechnernetz/computer network) Polyvinylchlorid Physical Vapor Deposition Polyvinylidenuorid Photovoltaic Geographical Information System Poly-N-vinylcarbazol Provider VLAN (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Parallel Virtual Machine (Parallelrechner/parallel computer) Personal Video Recording (or: Recorder) Polyvinyl Toluene (Strahlungsnachweis/radiation monitoring) Power versus Time (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Parallele Visualisierung in vier Dimensionen Palau (ISO 3166) Photonics West (Conference and Exhibition, USA) Pseudo Wire (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Pilot Waveform Assisted Modulation (Datenbertragung/data transfer) u Pseudo Wire Emulation Edge to Edge (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Plasma Wakeeld Accelerator Public Wireless LAN (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Pulse Width Modulation Pressurized-Water Reactor (Kernreaktor/nuclear reactor) Private Wireless Telephony (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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PCI Extensions for Instrumentation Peer X-Press (AIP) Paraguay (ISO 3166) Pyrokohlensto Panama-Kanalzone/Panama Canal Zone (ISO 3166 bis/until 1980) Partial Zero Emission Vehicle Pharmazentralnummer Lead Zirconate Titanate, Blei-Zirkonat-Titanat Point-to-Multipoint (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Peer-to-Peer Point-to-Point (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Plug-and-Play Pharma Package (LIMS)

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Qualitative Software Metrics Quasi-Stellar Object, quasistellares Objekt Quiet Supersonic Platform Quotient Singular Value Decomposition Quick Time Virtual Reality Quantitative Tomographiedatenanalyse Qualizierungszentrum Queens University Belfast (IE) Quantum Information and Computation Consortium Quantitative Ultrasound Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane, AU) Quantum Well Quantum Well Intermixing (abstimmbarer Laser/tunable laser) Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector

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Reference-Beam Diraction (Festkrperphysik/solid state physics) o Reliability Block Diagram REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Regional Bell Operating Company Radiation Belt Remediation (Strahlungsgrtel der Erde/earth radiation belt) u RIKEN BNL Research Center Resolution Bandwidth (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Remote Control Room Criteria (zur Lrmbeurteilung/for noise rating) a Routing Controller (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Revenue/Cost Ratio Radio Corporation of America Research Collaboration Agreement (USA) Railway Collision Avoidance System (DLR) Routing Control Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Recongurable Computing Environment Relative Constellation Error (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Research Centre Karlsruhe Radio Communication Links Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation (UK) Resonant Cavity Light Emitting Diode Restraints Control Module/Occupant Classication System (Kfz-Technik) Remote Control and Monitoring System Radio Control Part (or: Point) Rapid Control(ler) Prototyping Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (USA) Regional Class Research Vessel Rate Control System (Raketentechnik/rocket control) Remote Control System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Return Channel by Satellite (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Return Channel System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Return Channel Satellite Terminal Remote Control and Status Unit Regionale Chemotherapie (Krebsbekmpfung/cancer therapy) a Radio Conformance Test Tester (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Road (US Mail) Route Distinguisher (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Research and Development Results-Dependent Analysis Relational Database Management System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Reifendruck Control Remote Digital Concentrator (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Radioactive Disposal Device Rights Data Dictionary (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Resource Description Framework (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Reverse Dispersion Fiber (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Reverse Defect Indication Reifendruckkontrollsystem (= TPMS) Reichsminister der Luftfahrt (im Dritten Reich) Remote Direct Memory Access Radiation Detection and Nuclear Sciences (PNNL) Radio Data Service (or: System) (Europe) Trimethylentrinitramin (Hexogen, Sprengsto/explosive) Radio Equipment (Mobilfunk) Reunion (ISO 3166) Rough Environment Rauchgas-Entschwefelungs-Anlage Registration, Evaluation, (and) Authorization (and Restriction) of Chemicals Rseau Europen pour lAssemblage par Collage e e Radiative Electron Capture Radio Equipment Control (Mobilfunk) Research Center for Functional Interfaces (Seoul National University, KR) Radio and Electronics Component Manufacturers Association Remote Continual Verication (Atomenergie-Kontrolle/atomic energy surveillance) Random Early Detection [Dateinamenerweiterung: Windows Registrierungs-Datei/le name extension: Windows registration le] Regulierungsbehrde fr Telekommunikation und Post (vorher/formerly: BAPT, davor/still earlier: FTZ) o u Regionale Klimanderungen (Helmholtz-Verbund) a Rights Expression Language (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Rapid Eye Mount (telescope, IT) Rapid Eye Movement (Schlaf-Phase/sleep period) Rasterelektronenmikroskop Reichserziehungsministerium (im Dritten Reich) Recession Monitoring System Radiation Exposure and Mission Strategies for Interplenetary Manned Missions Research and Education Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Rseau National de Surveillance Seismique (Strasbourg, FR) e Renaissance Computing Institute (University of North Carolina USA)

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Research Papers in Economics Radiation Eects Research Foundation (Japan) Radio Equipment and Systems (TC im/in the ETSI) Red Espaola de Supercomputacin (Spanish Supercomputing Network) n o Rapid Eye Science Archive Retirees Enhancing Science Education through Experiment and Demonstration (USA) Regional Earth System Model, Regionales Erdsystemmodell Reversible Saturable/Switchable Optical Fluorescent Transitions (hochausende Abbildung/super-resolution imaging) o Representational State Transfer Resolution Enhancement Technology Reference Equivalent Threshold Sound Pressure Level Reliable Turbulence and Transition Modelling for Industrial Aerodynamics (DLR project) Remote Control Electronic Unit Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF program, USA) Robotic Extraction Vehicle Regionales Windfeld-Modell einschlielich Transport (Wettervorhersage/weather forecast) Realtime Executive (ein Betriebssystem/an operating system) Raketenexperimente fr Universittsstudenten (seit Okt. 2008, SE) u a Radiative Forcing (unit: W/m2 ) Radio Frequency Rating Function Rntgenuoreszenzanalyse o Request for Comment(s) (Rechnernetz/computer network) Radio-Fluorogenic Copolymerization Request for Discussion (Rechnernetz/computer network) Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (Kernwaenproduktion/nuclear weapon production) Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Radio Frequency Identication (Device) Request for Proposal (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Radio Fixed Part Identity (DECT) Radio Frequency Quadrupole Reichsforschungsrat (im Dritten Reich) Rapid Single Flux Quantum (logic integrated circuit) Run-Flat Tyre (Kfz-Reifen mit Notlaufeigenschaften) Reection-Free Zone (in Mars radar reectograms) Routing Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Residual Gas Analyzer Red-Green-Blue, Rot-Grn-Blau (Bildverarbeitung/picture processing) u Relative Grant Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Reduced Gravity Oce (NASA) Reection Grating Spectrometer Royal Geographic Society (London, 1830) Rat fr gegenseitige Wirtschaftshilfe u Residential Gateway (Kommunikation/communication) Rmisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Forschungsinstitut fr Vor- und Frhgeschichte (Mainz, DE) o u u Relative Humidity Right Hand Sdrhodesien/Southern Rhodesia (ISO 3166 bis/until 1980) u Right Hemisphere Damage (Hirnschden/brain damage) a Reection High Energy Electron Diraction (Oberchenanalyse, Elektronenoptik/surface analysis, electron optics) a Ramati High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (Satellit/satellite) Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island, USA) Rank Indicator (data transmission) Rhode Island (US-Staat/US state) Research and Innovation Rare Isotope Accelerator (USA, cancelled 2006) Recording Industry Association of America Routing Information Base (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Reactive Ion Beam Etching Rehabilitation Institue of Chicago Reactive Ion Etching [Institute of Physical and Chemical Research] (Japan) Ranging and Integrity Monitoring Stations (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Resonance Ionization Mass Spectroscopy Relative Intensity Noise Research Information Network Receiver Independent Exchange Format (GPS, Galileo) Raster Imaging Processing (Bildverarbeitung/picture processing) Requiescat in pace (Ruhe in Frieden/Rest in Peace) Routing Information Protocol (Internet) Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy Reduced-Instruction-Set Computer Research Institute for Symbolic Computation (Linz, AT) Research Internship in Science and Engineering (DAAD-program) Reprogramming the Immune System for the Establishment of Tolerance (EU research programme) Research Institute for Scientic Measurements (Tohoku University, Sendai, JP) Reference Inhouse Test (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Radio Frequency Ion Thruster Assembly

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Radio in the Loop (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering (in superconductors) [Russian Space Agency] Robert-Koch-Institut (Berlin, DE) Rasterkraftmikroskop Radio Link Control(ler) (Telekommunikation, Layer 2) Refractive Lens Exchange (Augenchirurgie/eye surgery) Radio in the Local Loop (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Reichsluftfahrtministerium (im Dritten Reich) Recursive Least Mean Squares (Algorithmus/algorithm) remote login Receive Loudness Rating (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Recursive Least Squares (Algorithmus/algorithm) Reformulation-Linearization Technique (algorithm) Reactive Low-Voltage Ion Plating Racetrack Memory (Datenspeicher/data memory) Remote (or: Regional) Manager (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Room (US Mail) Radio Manufacturers Association Remote Memory Access (computer) RACE Management Committee Central Remote Maintenance Centre Regional Remote Maintenance Centre Remote Method Invocation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Remote Maintenance and Monitoring System Remote Monitoring Rights Management and Protection Radio Monitoring System Resonant Macrosonic Synthesis Root Mean Square Real Money Trade (Spieler-Jargon/gambler slang) Ribonucleic Acid (Genetik/genetics) RNA-Interferenz (Genetik/genetics) Radio (and) Network (or: Node) Controller (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (Atomwae/atomic weapon, USA) Retinale Nervenfaserschicht (Auge/eye) Random Number Generator Radio Network Layer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Recurrent Neural Net Radio Network Optimization (or: Optimizer) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Radio Network Planning (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Rseau National de Recherche en Tlcommunications (France Tlcom) e ee ee Radio Network Subsystem (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ribonucleinsure a Radio Navigation Satellite Services Rumnien/Romania (ISO 3166) a Recongurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Registry of Open Access Repositories Radius of Curvature Receiver (or: Relative) Operating Characteristic (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Republic of China (Taiwan) Robust Checksum-Based Header Compression (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Robust Header Compression (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Restriction of (or: on) (Certain) Hazardous Substances Region of Interest (Bildverarbeitung/picture processing) Return On Investment (or: Instrument) Readout Integrated Circuit Robotik-Komponenten-Verikation auf der ISS (DLR-Entwicklung) Reverse Oscillating Layer Read Only Memory Resilient Overlay Network (Internet) Roll-on, Roll-o (Autofhren/car ferries) a Reactive Oxygen Species Receiver Optical Subassembly (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) [deutscher] Rntgensatellit, Roentgen Satellite (1990) o Reective Optics System Imaging Spectrometer Roboter-Technologie-Experiment (Spacelab) Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Remotely Operated Vehicle Rheinland-Pfalz (Bundesland/German Federal State) Route Processor (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Random Phase Approximation Remote Procedure Call (fr vernetzte Messgerte/for crosslinked measuring instruments) u a Robust Principal Component Regression Reichspost-Forschungsanstalt Role Playing Game Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY, USA) Regional Planetary Image Facility (worldwide 17 libraries, Nov. 2010)

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Radiation Portal Monitoring (Strahlungsnachweis/radiation detection) Radio Policy Matters (TC im/in the ETSI) Random Particle Mesh Model (fr aeroakustische Simulationen/for aeroacoustic simulations) u Reichspostministerium Rahmenprfungsordnung u Resilient Package (or: Packet) Ring (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) The Romanian Physical Society Rear-Projection Television Ray Processing Unit (Computergrak/computer graphics) Radio and Plasma Wave Science (Instrument an Bord des Saturn-Satelliten Cassini/instrument on board of the Saturn satellite Cassini) Reichspostzentralamt (Berlin, ab 1.4.1928; vorher: Telegraphentechnisches Reichsamt, TRA) RNA Quality Indicator radiative Rekombination Radio Regulations (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Riva-Rocci (-Apparat zur Blutdruckmessung/blood pressure measuring device) Round Robin Resistive Random Access Memory Radio Resource Control (Telekommunikation, Layer 3) Root Raised Cosine Reti Radiotelevisive Digitali (IT) Relativistic Runaway Electron Avalanche Reichsrundfunkgesellschaft Radio Research Laboratory (Korea) Radio Resource Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Record Route Object (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Rapid Reconguration Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ring Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (Ethernet) Reliable Replacement Warhead (USA: Ersatzsprengkopf/weapon) Raman Spectroscopy Retinolsure a RS: Recommended Standard (EIA) Respiratorische Sinus-Arrhythmie (Physiologie) [Ronald] Rivest, [Adi] Shamir, [Leonard A.] Adleman (asymmetrischer Kryptoalgorithmus/asymmetric encryption algorithm, 1977) Radionuclide Soil Action Level (Umweltschutz/environment conservation Radio Station, Central (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) Radio Station Central Wireless (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Radiated Spurious Emission Energy per Resource Element of the Reference Signal (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) renormierter Spannungs-Energie-Tensor Risk-Sharing Financing Facility (EU-Initiative fr riskante Vorhaben/EU initiative) u Rapid Single Flux Quantum Device Remote Shell Reichssicherheitshauptamt (im Dritten Reich) Reaktorsicherheitskommission Rotational Shearing Interferometer Remote Station Nodal (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Response Surface Model (Motorsport-Simulation/motor sports simulation) [Oce of] Regional and Security Policy [Aairs] Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (UK) Really Simple Syndication Received-Signal Strength (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Receiver Signal Strength Indicator (DECT) (or: Radio ...) Radio Station, Terminal (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Repeater Station Resonance Scattering Theory Running Status Table Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Radio Station Terminal Wireless (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Remote Subscriber Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) respiratorisches Syncytialvirus Rpond, sil vout pla (bitte antworten/please respond) e t Rare Symmetry-Violating Processes Resource Reservation Protocol (Telekommunikation, Internet) Resource Reservation Protocol Trac Engineering (Telekommunikation, Internet) Reconnection Scaling Experiment (at LANL) Reliably Secure Software Systems (DFG-Schwerpunkt) Radiative-Transfer (equation) Ranking Task (educational concept) Real-Time Route Target (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Real-Time Atmospheric Compensation (Adaptive Optik/adaptive optics) Real-Time Application Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Real-Time (Transport) Control Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Real-Time Dierence Research and Technological Development (EC)

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Resistance Temperature Detector (z.B./e.g., Pt) Resonant Tunneling Device Round-Trip Delay Return From Exception Run-Time Environment (fr Kfz-Entwicklung/for car development) u Rich Text Format [Dateinamenerweiterung: Textdatei im Rich-Text-Format/le name extension: Rich Text le] Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator Receive Transition Gap (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Real-Time Interface Real-Time Interface for Multiprocessor Systems Raster Transfer Language (HP) Real-Time Linux Register Transfer Level Resistor-Transistor Logic Real-Time Linux Realtime Location System Raster-Tunnelmikroskop(ie) Real Time Monitoring Reverse Time Migration (for subsurface geological imaging) Rundfunktechnische Mitteilungen (Zeitschrift) Radio-Television Manufacturers Association Research and Technological Organization (EC) Real-Time Operating System Real-Time (Transport) Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Real Time Packet Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Royal Television Society (GB) Real-Time Streaming Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Real-Time Testing Round Trip Time (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Remote Terminal Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Rail Transit Vehicle Interface Standards Committee (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Real-Time Workshop Repeater Unit Resources Unit Russland/Russian Union (ISO 3166) Ruhr-Universitt Bochum a Remote User Bus Interface Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository (Datenbank/data bank, USA) Remote Ultra-Low Light Imaging (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Rechenzentrum Universitt Stuttgart a Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy Regionalverband (z.B. DPG) Richtlinienverabschiedungsausschuss (NALS) Resonating Valence Bonds (Moleklphysik/molecular physics) u Royal Veterinary College Runway Visual Range Radial Velocity Spectrometer Ridge Waveguide Ruanda/Rwanda (ISO 3166) Receive Wavelength Adapter (Kommunikation/communication) Real World Computing Real World Computing Partnership (19922002) Rheinisch-Westflisches Elektrizittswerk a a Rheinisch-Westflisches Institut fr Wirtschaftsforschung (Essen, DE) a u Rheinisch-Westflische Technische Hochschule (Aachen, DE) a Receive (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Reception Level (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Reception Quality (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (Rntgensatellit/X-ray satellite) o Return to Zero (Kommunikation/communication) Rechenzentrum Garching Rechnergesttzte Zugberwachung u u

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S-Wellen SA SA SA SA SA SA SA SAA SAAI SAAL SAAO SAARC SaaS Scherwellen (Geophysik/geophysics) Saturable Absorber (Faseroptik/ber optics) Saudi-Arabien/Saudi Arabia (ISO 3166) Selective Availability (Satellitennavigation/satellite navigation) Service Activation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Simulated Annealing Source Address (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Station Adapter (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) South Atlantic Anomaly (Erdmagnetfeld/earth magnetic eld) Southern Africa Acoustics Institute Signaling ATM Adaptation Layer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) South African Astronomical Observatory South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation Software as a Service (for research computation)

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Science Advisory Committee Service Admission Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Strategic Air Command (USA) Super Audio Compact Disk Self Aligned Contacts MOS Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science Structure Allge ` Commande Dynamique (EUESPRIT research program 19871991) e e a Single Anomalous Diraction Spotless Activated Deposition (dnne Schichten/thin layers) u South(ern) Africa(n) Development Cooperation (or: Community) Society of Automotive Engineers (USA) System Achitecture Evolution (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Stochastic Approximation ExpectationMaximisation Satellite Access for European Trains (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Sensor-Aktor-gesttztes Frhwarnsystem bei Extremwetter u u Space Agency Forum on ISY Synthetic Aperture Focus Technique (Signalverarbeitung/signal processing) South Asian Free Trade Association Selective Area Growth Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (Olsandverarbeitung/oil sand exploration) Soviet-American Gallium Experiment (Sonnen-Neutrinos, im Kaukasus/solar neutrinos, in the Caucasus) Separate Absorption, Grading and Multiplication (APD) Service Area Identier (or: Interface) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Silent Aicraft Initiative Science Applications International Corporation Single Antenna Interference Cancellation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Speech Analysis and Interpretation Laboratory (University of Southern California) Scientic Algorithm Library Solvers for Algebraic Systems and Applications (Software) Southern African Large Telescope Speech Application Language Tags (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (or: Talks) Saturable Absorber Mirror (Lasertechnik/laser technology) Scanning Acoustic Microscope Self-Assembled Monolayer, selbstaggregierende Monolagen (ein Molekl dicke Schicht/one molecule thin layer) u [IEEE] Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing (Conference) Separate Absorption and Multiplication (ADP) Service Activation Module (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Service Aware Manager (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Speech Assessment Methodology Spherical Aberration Management Security Assertion Markup Language (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Systems Analysis, Modelling and Prediction Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Society of Aerospace Material and Process Engineering Solar, Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer (USA, Satellit/spacecraft) Saharan Mineral Dust Experiment Storage Area Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wissenschaftliches Begleitprogramm zur Sanierung der Atmosphre uber den neuen Bundeslndern a a Sustainable Accomodation for the New Economy (EU project) Smithonian Astrophysical Observatory Scientic Advisory Panel (to US President) Service Access Point (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Symbolic Assembler Program (IBM 704, 1956) Society of African Physicists and Mathematicians Satellite and Aircraft Data Base Project for System Integrity Research (Satellitennavigation/satellite navigation) Situational Awareness and Preparedness for Public Health Incidences Using Reasoning Engines (semantisches Netz/semantic net) South Asian Preference Trade Association Search and Rescue (Service) (Galileo) Second Assessment Report (IPCC, uber globale Klimavernderung/on global climate change, 1995) a Specic Absorption Rate Synthetic Aperture Radar, Synthetik-Apertur-Radar Syst`me Acclrateur Rhne-Alpes (Grenoble, FR) e ee o Solar and Advanced Renewable Energy State Administration for Radio Film and Television (China) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Save and Rescue Transmitter (Seenotrettungssender) Systemanalyse Raumtransport (DLR, Bremen, DE) Scale Adaptive Simulation (turbulence model) Society of Applied Spectroscopy Statistik-Server Svenska Akustiska Sllskapet, Swedish Acoustical Society a Synthetic Aperture Sonar (Wasserschall/underwater acoustics) South African Sugar Association Self-Amplied Spontaneous Emission Sound Amplication by Stimulated Emission of Radiation SIM Application Toolkit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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Scholastic Aptitude Test: Mathematics Satellitengesttztes Warnsystem u Software Architecture Visualization and Evaluation Sound and Vibration Organisation Information Resources (Gesellschaft gegrndet 1990, mit Untersttzung u u des EG COMETT-Programms, Sitz: ISVR, Southampton, GB/assocation formed in 1990 with support from the EG COMETT programme, located at ISVR, Southampton, GB) Surface Acoustic Wave Satellite per lAstronomia X (italienischer Rntgensatellit/Italian X-ray satellite) o Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering Salomon-Inseln/Solomon Islands (frher Britische Salomoninseln/former British Solomon Islands) (ISO 3166) u Synchronization Burst (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Session Border Controller (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Single Board Computer Society of Broadcast Engineers (USA) Subband Echo Canceler Small Business Innovation Research (Program, USA) Space-Based Infrared System Low Earth Orbit Space Based Laser Sub-Block Error (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Sub-Block Error Rate (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Systems Biology Markup Language Socit Belge de Physique ee Space-Based Radar Spectral Band Replication (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Sustainable Bit Rate (Datenbertragung/data transfer) u Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (Krebsbekmpfung mit Rntgenstrahlen/X-ray cancer treatment) a o Save British Science (Lobby Group) Stimulated Brillouin Scattering Single-Bubble Sonoluminescence, Einzelblasensonolumineszenz S-Band Test Accelerator Sistema Brazileiro TelevisoDigital a Space Based Wide Area Surveillance Sowjetische Besatzungszone Seychellen/Seychelles (ISO 3166) South Carolina (US-Staat/US state) Substantial Completion Superconductivity Supercontinuum (Weilichtlaser/white light laser) Switch-Capacitor (Filter) Software Communications Architecture (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transporto Aro e [Fraunhofer-] Institut fr Algorithmen und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen (St. Augustin, DE) u Scattering with Angular Limitation Projection Electron Beam Lithography Service Control and Monitoring Prototype Scientic Committee on Arctic Research Standing Committee on Agriculture Research (EU) Supersonic Cruise Aircraft Research Simulation Center for Aerodynamic Research in Transportation (DLR) Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences (Uppsala, SE) Single Cooper-Pair Box Silicon Chip Bragg Reector (Laser) Satellite Control Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Signaling Congestion Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Source Code Control (Microsoft-Interface) Steinbuch Centre for Computing (Karlsruhe, KIT) Signaling Connection and Control Part (or: Point) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Smart Connected Control Platform Secondary Common Control Physical Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Short-Circuit Current Response Sudden Cardiac Death Synchronous Code Division Multiplex Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Scientic Committee on Emerging and Newly Identied Health Risks (EU) Server Compute Eciency Service Creation Environment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Strongly Correlated Electrons Self-Consistent Field Service Control Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) La Sociedad Colombiana de Fisica (CO) Separate Connement Heterostructure Synchronization Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Science Citation Index (beim/at ISI, Philadelphia, PA, USA) Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography (ENVISAT) Severe Combined Immune Deciency Subcarrier Intensity Modulation Science in Radio Broadcasting Serially Concatenated Low-Density Generator Matrix Safe Communication Module (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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Scanning Capacitance Microscopy Subcarrier Multiplexing Supply Chain Management Self-Consistent Mean Field Theory Suprachiasmatischer Nucleus (im Gehirn; Zentraluhr fr circadiane Rhythmen/in the brain; central clock for circadian rhythms) u Switched Circuit Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Sub-Committee on Non-Conventional Energy Research (ASEAN) Synchronous Connection Oriented (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics Spacecraft Control Laboratory Experiment (NASA, etwa/about 1983) Scientic Committee on the Problems of the Environment Scientic Committee on Ocean Research Spectral Self-Coherence Restoral (Algorithmus/algorithm) Stove for Cooking, Refrigeration and Electricity (Thermoakustik/thermoacoustic device) Sharable Content Object Reference Model Stratospheric Climate Links with Emphasis on the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere Service Control Point (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Session Control Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Slow Cortical Potential (Gehirnwellen/brain waves) Single Channel Per Carrier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments Standing Conference of Physics Professors (UK) Selective Catalytic Reduction Supersonic Combustion Ramjet (Uberschall-Verbrennungsstrahltriebwerk) Superconducting Radio Frequency (TESLA) Satellite Climate Research Group (NOAA) Supersomputer Computations Research Institute (Tallahassee, FL, USA) Supply Chain Services (Fraunhofer-Arbeitsgruppe, Nrnberg) u Service (or: Serving) Call State (or: Session) Control Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Small Computer Systems Interface Speech Communication Technical Committee Signalling and Control Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Signalling Channel Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Submillimeter Common-User Bolometer Array (Mauna Kea, HI, USA) System-on-Chip Solutions for Advanced UMTS Base Stations Scientic Computing World (Journal) Secure Digital (Memory Card) Security Device South Dakota (US-Staat/US state) Standard Denition (Television) Sudan (ISO 3166) Service Discovery Application Prole (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Satellite Digital Audio Radio Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Safety Deposit Box Service Development (or: Delivery) Environment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Subjective Dierence Grade (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Shubnikov de Haas (eect) Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (Ubertragungsstandard/transmission standard) Spectral Dierential Imager (beim/at the Very Large Telescope) Strategic Defense Initiative Subscriber Distribution Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Strategic Defense Initiative Organization Software Development Kit Synchronous Data Link Control Satellite Data Link System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Sequence Data Management (genome data) Statistical Data Miner Space Division Multiple Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Secure Digital Music Initiative Scientic Data (or: Document) Management System Similarity-Driven Machine Translation Service Development Architecture Solar Dynamics Observatory (NASA) Standard Development Organizations Single-Degree-of-Freedom (System) Service Data (or: Delivery) Point (or: Platform) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Service Delivery Point (Internet) Session Description Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Satellite Digital Radio Service Data Record (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Software-Dened Radio (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Sddeutscher Rundfunk u Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (Computer) Software-Dened Radio Forum (seit/since 1996) Short Data Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Sodium dodecyl sulphate, Natriumlaurylsulfat Solar Disk Sextant

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San Diego Supercomputer Center Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line Sloan Digital Sky Survey (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Service Description Table (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Spin-Dependent Tunneling Stiftung Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin [ANSI] Spatial Data Transfer Standard Standard-Denition Television [Format] Service Data Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [International Conference on] Structural Dynamics, Vibration, Noise and Control Spin-Density Wave Schrdinger Equation o Schweden/Sweden (ISO 3166) Science and Engineering Scientists and Engineers for America (seit/since Sept. 2006) Sociedad Espaola de Acstica n u Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (USA) Single-Ended Assessment Model (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) South East Asia Middle East Western Europe (Kommunikation/communication) South-East Asia Treaty Organization Scientic Executive Board Secondary Electron Conduction Securities and Exchange Commission (USA) Size Exclusion Chromatography Software Engineering Center (Tokyo) Solid Electrolyte Coulometry Squential ` Mmoire e a e SunEarth Connection Coronal and Heliospheric Investigation Secure Communication Based on Quantum Cryptography (EU Project, Wien, AT) Southeastern Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Schweizerischer Erdbebendienst Single-Electron Device Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (ehem./former DDR) Special Engineering Detachment (USA) Surface-Conduction Electron-Emitter Display Science Education through Experiment and Demonstration (USA) Self-Electrooptic-Eect Device Society of Exploration Geophysicists (USA) Security Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Surface-Enhanced Hyper-Raman Scattering Seebeck Eect Imaging Software Engineering Institute Solar Energy Industries Association Sound Exposure Level Secure Local Area Network Environment Selenological and Engineering Explorer (japanische Raumsonde zur Monderkundung) Selbststndige evangelisch-lutherische Kirche a Single-Ended Line Testing Scanning Electron Microscope (or: Microscopy) Shop Eciency Monitoring Society for Experimental Mechanics (frher/formerly: SESA) u Spectrum Emission Mask Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (USA, IC-Firmen-Kooperation) Semantic Interoperability Centre Europe sensorgesttzte Montagesysteme u Service Execution Node (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) seniorengerechte Technik im huslichen Alltag (DFG-Forschergruppe) a Service Execution Point (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Socit Europenne de Propulsion ee e Solar Energetic Particle Single Euro Payments Area Small European Postal Administrations Cooperation Software Engineering Project Group South East [England] Photonics Network Sino-European Project on SARS Diagnostics and Antivirals Shape Equalizer (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) SIP Express Router (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Science and Engineering Research Council (UK) Scientic Ethics and Research Conduct Committee (Univ. Tsukuba, JP) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (USA) South-East Regional e-Research Centre (UK) Science and Engineering Readiness Index Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator, selektive Ostrogen Rezeptor-Modulatoren Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (or: Scattering) Satellite Earth Stations and Systems (TC im/in the ETSI) Single Electron Substance Societ Europenne des Satellites (Luxembourg) e e

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Super High Frequency (3 30 GHz) Second Harmonic Generation Separator for Heavy Ion Reaction Products (GSI, Darmstadt, DE) Sanitr, Heizung, Klima [-Handwerk] a Structural Health Monitoring Soft Handover (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Shell Higher Olen Process Scanning Hall Probe Microscopy Sources for the History of Quantum Physics Sensitive High-Resolution Ion Microprobe Solar Home System Secure HTML (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Super High-Vision (hchstausendes Fernsehen/TV) o o Service Information Slowenien/Slovenia (ISO 3166) Syst`me International dUnits e e Semiconductor Industry Association Scanning Infererometric Apertureless Microscopy Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (USA) Service Independent Building Block (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) System Information Block Siliziumkarbid Studies Investigating Comorbidities Aggrevating Heart Failure (heart analysis software, UK) Scanning Ion Conduction Microscopy Shared Information Data Model (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Signal Interface Device Society of Information Display Single-In, Dual-Out Small Image Format (Bildcodierung/picture coding) Societ` Italiana di Fisica a Scale Invariant Feature Transform Scanning for Intensely Fluorescent Targets (Prionen-Nachweis/prion monitoring) Special Interest Group Support for Improvement in Governance and Management (EU) Speech Intelligibility Index Safety Integrity Level Software-in-the-Loop Semiconductor Laser Inter-Satellite Link Experiment (1998) Supercomputing Institute for Learning and Knowledge Systems (Albuquerque, NM, USA) Strategic Illuminator Laser (US-Wae/weapon) Skalierungs-Index-Methode (nichtlineare Dynamik/nonlinear dynamics) Space Interferometry Mission Structured Illumination Microscopy Subscriber Identication (or: Identity) Module (Mobiltelefon/mobile phone) Superhigh Intensity Mono-Beam Amplier Chain (KrF-Laser) Similarity-Based Pattern Analysis and Recognition (EU project, FP7) Single Instruction, Multiple Data (Rechnerarchitektur/computer architecture) Single Inline Memory Module Silicon Monolithic Millimeter Wave Integrated Circuit Single Input Multiple Output (Regelung oder System/controller or system) Session Initiation Protocol for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extension (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy Simulating Aicraft Stability and Control Characteristics for Use in Conceptual Design (EU Project) Schweizer Institut fr Nuklearforschung (Paul Scherrer-Institut, Villingen, CH) u Spectrograph for Integral Field Observation in the Near Infrared [Schweizer Neutronenspallationsquelle] (Paul Scherrer-Institut, Villingen, CH) Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (Kolkata, IN) Shanghai Institute of Nuclear Research Signal-to-Interference Noise Ratio Scripps Institution of Oceanography Societ` Italiana di Ottica e Fotonica a Silicon Oxynitride Single Integrated Operations Plan (USA) Session Initiation Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Scientists Institute for Public Information (New York) Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs, Customers Stockholm International Peace Research Institute [Workshop on] Signal Processing Systems Design and Implementation Simply Interactive Personal Computer Shuttle (or: Spaceborne) Imaging Radar (Satellit/satellite) Signal-to-Interference Ratio Silent Information Regulator (Molekularbiologie/molecular biology) Submission Information Rate (Datennetz/data network) Scanning Infrared Microscopy Small Interfering Ribonucleic Acid Space Infrared Telescope Facility (Satellit/satellite) Schengen Information System (EU, Steckbrief-Liste/information on persons and objects sought by national judiciaries)

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Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa, IT) Social Network(ing) Services Spallation Neutron Source (ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN, USA, ernet/completed 2006) o SuperconductorNormal MetalSuperconductor (Nanostructure) Seoul National University (Korea) Solar Neutrino Unit (1 SNU = 1 Einfang pro (1036 Targetatomesec)/1 capture per (1036 target atomssec)) Studiengesellschaft Nahverkehr Berlin Somalia (ISO 3166) Safe Operating Area Scottish Optoelectronics Association Semiconductor Optical Amplier (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Service(s)-Oriented Architecture (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) spontane otoakustische Emissionen Service Oriented Architecture Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Simple Object Access Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Southern Observatory for Astronomical Research Sonic Boom European Research [Fraunhofer-] Solar Building Innovation Center (Freiburg i.B., DE) Sociedade Brasileria de Acstica u Security Operations Center (Datensicherheit/data security) Self-Organized Criticality Science Observation Center (XMM) Science Operations Center (NASA) Spin-Orbit Coupling System on Chip (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Smart Optical Correlator Auxiliary Processor Science Outreach Catalyst Kit (AIP, Ausbildungsprogramm/education program) Second-Order Cyclostationary Statistics Sequence of Events Standard Operating Environment School of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (Vancouver, CA) Sound Fixing and Ranging (Schall-Leitungskanal im Ozean/sound transmission channel in the ocean) Solid Oxide Fuel Cell; Solid Electrolyte Oxygen Fuel Cell (Hochtemperaturbrennstozelle/high-temperature fuel cell) Scalable Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut (Gttingen, DE) o Superresolution Optical Fluctuation Imaging Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (NASA/DLR, seit/since 2006) Spectroscopy Using Optical Fibres in the Marine Environment (EU Project) Society of Rheology (USA) Section Overhead (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Small Oce, Home Oce (Internet) Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (Satellit/satellite, seit/since 1996) Silicon on Insulator (Photonik/photonics) Solar Oscillations Investigation (an Bord von/aboard SOHO) Standard Object Interchange Format (fr Datenaustausch/for data exchange, Internet) u Soil Data and Information Systems Action Safety of Life (Satellitentechnik/satellite technology) Senioren Online Next Generation Solar Cell and Module Laser Processing System (EU project) Synoptic Optical Long-Term Investigations of the Sun (USA) Scanning Optical Microscope Society for Microbial Ecology and Disease Scanning Optical Mosaic Scope Statistically Optimized Near-Field Acoustical Holography Sound Navigation and Ranging Selbstordnende Nanometer-Technologie Synchronous Optical Network (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) SiliziumOxidNitridOxidSilizium (Halbleiterspeicher) Standard Opening Procedure Start of Production (Kfz-Steuerung) State of Polarization (Optik/optics) Selbstorganisierende Produktion (Fraunhofer-Projekt) Society for Optical and Quantum Electronics (McLean, VA, USA) Society of Rheology (USA) Selected Organic Reactions Database Spatially Oset Raman Spectroscopy Strategic Oensive Reductions Treaty (USRU, 2002) Second-Order Statistics Silicon-on-Silicon (Photonik/photonics) Space Observatories in School (EU + ESA project) Sommersemester (in Gttingen seit 2007) o Soil and Terrain Database Southern Oregon University (USA) Soil and Water Conservation Project (EU) Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Datensicherheit/data security) Self-Pulsing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Service Provider (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Speed Prole (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology)

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Surface Plasmon (elektromagnetische Grenzchenwelle/electromagnetic boundary layer wave) a Signals Passed at Danger Single Photon Avalanche Diode [unwanted Internet message] Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (USA) South Pole Acoustic Test Setup [IEEE International Workshop on] Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications Science Program Committee (ESA) Statistical Process Control Signal Processing for Communication(s) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Smart Power Distribution Junction Box (Kfz-Technik) Society of Petroleum Engineers (USA) Stanford Prison Experiemnt Superconducting Power Equipment System Performance Evaluation Cooperative (Computer-Prozessor-Leistungsfhigkeitsa Test/computer processor performance test) SPEC-xed point SPEC-integer Submillimeter Probe of the Evolution of Cosmic Structure (Michelson interferometer) Single Photon Emission Computer Tomography Structure porteuse pour lancement doubles Ariane (Ariane-Transportsystem/transport system) Sender Policy Framework Shortest Path First (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Special Purpose Fund (AIP) Super Plastic Forming Schweizerische Physikalische Gesellschaft Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics Serial Peripheral Interface (serieller Datenbus/serial data bus) Service Provider Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Software Process Improvement Synchronous Parallel Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Space Infrared Telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics (geplant fr/planned for 2010) u Simulated Pore Interactive Computing Environment (Supercomputer, 2005) Science and Policy Integration for Coastal System Assessment (Meereskstenschutz/seashore protection) u Spectral Phase Interferometry for Direct Electric-Field Reconstruction Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (jetzt/now: International Society for Optical Engineering, or: for Optics and Photonics) (USA) Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (for FIRST) Space Infrared Interferometric Telescope Spam over Internet Telephony Sound Pressure Level Superconducting Proton Linac (CERN) Sudanese People Liberation Movement (South Sudan rebels) Scanning Probe Microscopy (or: Microscope) Self Phase Modulation Self-Protecting Multipath (Rechnernetz/computer network) Signal Processing Magazine (IEEE Journal) Silicon Photomultiplier (Array) Summary for Policy Makers (IPCC, uber globale Klimavernderung/on global climate change) a Single-Program Multiple-Data Single Point of Failure Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (USA) Satellite pour lobservation de la terre Schwerpunktprogramm (DFG) Serial Port Prole Service Provisioning Point (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Surface Plasmon Polariton Single Path Routing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Smith-Purcell Radiation Surface Plasmon Resonance Strategic Program for Innovation and Technology Transfer Standard Platinum Resistance Thermometer Spinpolarisierte Rastertunnelmikroskopie Signal Processing Society (in IEEE) Signalling, Protocols and Switching (TC im/in the ETSI) Single Photon Source The Slovak Physical Society Society of Physics Students (USA) Spatial Phase Shifting speicherprogrammierbare Steuerung (Automatisierungstechnik/automation technology) Super Proton Synchrotron (CERN) Society for the Protection of Science and Learning (London, UK, since 1936; formerly: AAC: Academic Assistance Council) Signal Processing Theory and Methods Single Program Transport Stream (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Special Purpose Vehicle (Wertpapierhandel/stock exchange) Soft (or: Signalized) Permanent Virtual Circuit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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Sound Quality Assessment Material (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Standard (or: Structural, or: Structured) Query Language (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Superconducting Quantum Interference Device Single Quantum Well Search Retrieval Security Router (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Segregated Reserves (AIP) Service Router (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Signal Recognition Simulated Reality, simulierte Realitt a Speaker Recognition (Sprachverarbeitung/speech processing) Surinam/Suriname (ISO 3166) Switch/Router (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Source-Receiver Array Strategic Research Agenda Sequential RAM Static Random-Access Memory (Computer) [Yakov] Sinai, [David] Ruelle, [Rufus] Bowen (Mae fr Nichtgleichgewichtszustnde/measures of nonequilibrium states) u a [European] Security Research Conference Statistical Research Center (AIP) Strategic Committee and Review (TC im/in the ETSI) Science Research Development (EU) Short Range Device (Funkgerte/radio transmitter) a Scanning Reference Electrode Technique Specialized Resources Function (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Strain Rate Feedback Superconducting Radio Frequency (fr Teilchenbeschleuniger/for particle accelerators) u Senior Research Group (TU Berlin, DE) Shared Risk Group (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Stanford Research Institute Science Research Investment Fund (UK) Shared Risk Link Group (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Standard Reference Material (Temperaturstandard/temperature standard, NBS) Servicing Radio Network Controller (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Sr2 RuO4 (Supraleiter/superconductor) Scientic Research Program Signal Recognition Particle (Molekularbiologie/molecular biology) Special(ized) Resource(s) Point (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) System Review Panel Search by Range Reduction Split-Ring Resonator Savannah River Side (NNSA) Sequence Retrieval System (Bioinformatik/bioinformatics) Shock Response Synthesis Speech Recognition System Stimulated Raman Scattering (optischer Signalverstrker/optical signal amplier) a Switching and Routinng Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Synchrotron Radiation Source (Daresbury Laboratory, GB) Sardinia Radio Telescope (Italy) Source/Receiver Transponder Spezielle Relativittstheorie a Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Standard Reference Test Tire (ASTM) Sex-Determining Region Y (Genetik/genetics) Sommersemester (in Gttingen ab 2007: SoSe) o Sub-Saharan Africa Space Scientic Advisory Committee Segment sol multimissions daltimtrie, dorbitographie et de localisation prcise e e (Satelliten-Altimetrie/satellite height measurement) Statistical Signal and Array Processing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) School of Solar and Advanced Renewable Energy (University of Toledo, OH, USA) Standardsatellitenbus Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstrator Shaped Sonic Boom Experiment Supersonic Business Jet Satellite Station Controller Space Science Center (University of New Hampshire, USA) Superconducting Super Collider (Texas, USA, geplant, aber 1993 aufgegeben/planned, but 1993 abandoned) Survey Scientist Consortium (XMM) Swedish Space Corporation Service Specic Connection Oriented Protocol (Datennetz/data network) Single Stimulus Continuous Quality Evaluation (TV) Signal Switching and Conditioning Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Solid State Disk (computer memory) Switching System Division (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator (1947, Columbia, USA) Superconducting Single-Electron Transistor Safe-Speed Function

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Serial Time-Encoded Amplied Microscopy Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ESO) Stimulated Emission Depletion (hochausende Mikroskopie/high-resolution microscopy) o Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope Science(s), Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (USA, Hochschulkurse/University courses) Satellite Test of Equivalence Principle [German] Students Exchange Programme Study about Therapeutic Eects of Intercessory Prayer Solar Terrestric Relations Observatory (seit/since 2006) Shear-Thickening Fluid Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK) Short Time Fourier Transform Schibautechnische Gesellschaft Scanning Thermal Microscopy Signal-Transduktions-Inhibitor (Medikamentenklasse/medicine class) Speech Transmission Index Stimulated Raman Scattering Involving Adiabatic Passage Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (on Hubble Space Telescope) Sound Transmission Loss Standard Telecommunications Laboratory (Harlow, UK) Studio-to-Transmitter Link Scanning Thermal Microscopy Scanning Tunnel(ing) Microscopy (or: Microscope) Scientic Technical and Medical (Information, or: Publishers) Short-Term Memory Specic Transmission Module Synchronous Transfer (or: Transport) Module (Datennetz/data network) Satellite Train Mobile Terminal (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) The Scientic and Technical Information Network (Datenbank/data bank) Supertwisted Nematic (Flssigkristalle/liquid crystals) u Strontiumtitanat, SrTiO3 Short Take-o and Landing Shielded Twisted Pair (Datenkabel/data cable) Signaling Transfer Point (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Silanterminierte Polyurethane (Kleb- und Dichtstoe/adhesives and seals) Solar Terrestrial Probe Spanning Tree [Algorithm and] Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Self-Tuning Regulator Short Tandem Repeats (in DNA-Sequenzen/in DNA sequences) Star Tracker (Satellit/satellite) Specic Targeted Research Project [In Situ] Stimulation and Remediation of Contaminated Fractured Soils (Project) Science and Technical Research Laboratories (NHK, Japan) Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy Section de Technicien Suprieure e Spin Transfer Switching (Festkrperphysik/solid state physics) o Sulcus Temporalis Superior (im Gehirn/in the brain) Synchronous Transport Signal (Datennetz/data network) System Time Stamp (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Space Telescope Science Institute (NASA, Baltimore, MD, USA) Spatial Transformation of Sound Fields (Brel & Kjr) u Space-Time Trellis Code Space Time Transmit Diversity (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Spin Transfer Torque Magnetic Random Access Memory Software-Technologie-Transfer-Initiative Kaiserslautern (DE) Studentenparlament Straenverkehrsordnnung Scanning Transmission X-Ray Microscopy Sowjetunion/Soviet Union (ISO 3166 bis/until 1992) Syracuse University (New York, USA) [Niederschsische] Staats- und Universittsbibliothek (Gttingen, DE) a a o Super Ultra Low Emissions Vehicle Solar Ultraviolet Measurements of Emitted Radiation (an Bord von/aboard SOHO) Simulation of Urban Mobility (DLR) Station Unit Module UMTS (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Speech Understanding and Dialogue Southern University of New Orleans (LA, USA) State University of New York (Bualo, NY, USA) Scottish Universities Physics Alliance Smart Universal Power Antenna Sustainable Power Generation and Supply (UK Initiative) Superior Semiconductor Mid-Infrared Laser Secure User Plane (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Speech Understanding Research (ARPA project) Speed-Up Robust Features Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (US Navy, Sonar) Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative Sydney University Stellar Interferometer

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South University of Science and Technology (Shenzhen, China) Supersymmetrie (Elementarteilchentheorie/elementary particle theory) Singapore University of Technology and Design (founded 2009) Southern Utah University (USA) Sport(s) Utiliy Vehicle El Salvador (ISO 3166) Speaker Verication (Sprachverarbeitung/speech processing) Stifterverband fr die Deutsche Wissenschaft e.V. u Static Visual Acuity Statistical Dialect of Visual Basic Scalable Video Coding Switched Virtual Circuit (or: Connection) (Internet) Singular Value Decomposition Serial Vector Format Super-VHS Sauerstoverzehrkathode (Chlor-Produktion) Scientic Vector Language Stacked VLAN Skalierungs-Vektor-Methode (nichtlineare Dynamik/nonlinear dynamics) Support Vector Machine (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Spectroscopic Virtual Observatory Swedish Vacuum Solar Telescope Saginaw Valley State University (MI, USA) Sound and Vibration Technology Software Spurwechselassistent (Kfz) Solar Wind Anisotropy (an Bord von/aboard SOHO) Semantic Web Applications and Perspectives (Conference series) Swift Adaptive Runtime Machine (computer software) Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite Small Water Plane Area Twin Hull (Schibau/ship building) Slepian-Wolf Coding (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Software Component(s) Engineered Applications of Semantic Web Session Sdwestfunk u Single-Watermarked Image Counterfeit Original (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Small World Indexing Model Shortwave Infrared Shock Wave Lithotripsy, Stowellen-Lithotripsie Scanning White Light Interferometry Single Wall(ed) Nanotubes (or: Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes) Semesterwochenstunde Soft X-Ray Transient (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Syrien/Syrian Arab Republic (ISO 3166) Synchronize System for Copyright Protection Siemens-Zeitschrift Sddeutsche Zeitung u Swaziland (ISO 3166) [Fachgebiet] Systemzuverlssigkeit und Maschinenakustik (TU Darmstadt, DE) a

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Thymidinanalogmutationen (Viren) Total Airport Management Total Available Market Tumorassoziierte Makrophagen Tetra Amide Macrocyclic Ligands Thermal Assisted Magnetic Recording Total Airport Management Suite (DLR project) Texas A&M University (Texas, USA) Total Acid Number (Chemie/chemistry) Transaktionsnummer (Homebanking) Trust Assured Network Techniques for Advanced Network Applications (Internet) TerraSar-X add-on for Digital Elevation Measurement (Satellit/satellite) Telecommunications Advancement Organization (Japan) Test Access Board TETRA Application Platform (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Telephony Application Programming Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (Japan) Terawatt Apparatus for Relativistic and Non-Linear Interdisciplinary Science Taxi and Ramp Management and Control (DLR, Flughafenbetrieb/airport trac) Tlescope ` Action Rapide pour les Objets Transitoires (FR) e a Transport Automation Solutions (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Tandem Accelerator Superconducting Cyclotron (Ontario, CA) Thomas A. Swifts Electric Rie (eine Elektroschockwae/an electroshock weapon) Thermoacoustic Stirling Heat Engine Time Assignment Speech Interpolation thematischer Apperzeptionstest (Psychologie/psychology) Turn Around Time Transatlantic Ring (Glasfaserkabel/glass-ber cable USA GB FR) Triaminotrinitrobenzol (Sprengsto/explosive) TAU: Triangular, Adaptive, Upwind (FVM-Variante/FVM variant) Die Tageszeitung (Berlin, DE) Together Anywhere, Together Anytime (EU project) Time-Bandwidth (Product) Threading Building Blocks (Programmiersprache/programming language) Tuberkulose/tuberculosis Thallium-Barium-Calcium-Kupferoxid (HTSL) Temporary Block Flow (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Technologie-Beteiligungs-Gesellschaft (Tochter der Deutschen Ausgleichsbank) Traumatic Brain Injury Turbulent Boundary Layer Total Base Number (Chemie/chemistry) Technical Basis for Regulation (DECT) Transport Block Size (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Tributylzinn(hydrid) (in Anti-Fouling-Anstrichen/in anti-fouling paints) Technical Committee (in ASA, CEN and ETSI) Trac Conditioning Transcoder (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Transmission Convergence (Internet) Trellis Code (Modulation) Total Carbon Turks- und Caicosinseln/Turks and Caicos Islands (ISO 3166) Telecom Computing Architecture Threshold Crossing Alarms (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Technical Committee on Architectural Acoustics (USA) Transaction Capabilities Application Part (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Trac Control Center (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlordibenzo-para-Dioxin ( Seveso-Gift/the Seveso poison) The Cancer Genome Atlas (NIH Forschungsprogramm/research project) Trac Channel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Thermo-Chemotherapie (Krebsbekmpfung/cancer treatment) a Through Camera Lens (Autofocus-System fr Videocameras/auto-focus system for video cameras) u Tagungszentrum Messe (Hannover, DE) Technical Committee on Noise (ASA) The College of New Jersey (USA) 8-Tetracyano-p-chinodimethan(id) Total Cost of Ownership (or: Operation) Technological Capabilities Panel (USA) Transfer (or: Transmission, or: Transport) Control Protocol (Rechnernetz, Telekommunikation/computer network, telecommunication) Tricalciumphosphat Tumor-Control Probability Tetracyclopropylmethan Trellis Coded Quantization (Datenbertragung/data transfer) u Telemetry and Satellite Command and Ranging (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Transport Cooperation Research Program (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Theory and Computing Science (ANL) Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting

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Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX, USA) Transmission Control Unit (Kfz-Getriebesteuerung/vehicle gear) Time Division Topological Data (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Tschad/Chad (ISO 3166) Diaminotoluol Time Domain Analysis Triple Detector Array Time Domain Aliasing Cancellation Time Delay Autosynchronization Time Division CDMA (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Time Domain Capacitance Spectroscopy Time Division (or: Domain) Duplex(ing) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Time Delay Estimation Total Development Environment Tldiusion de France ee Train Describer Function Time-Delay Integration Toluylendiisocyanat Turbo Direct Injection (Motoren/engines) Tunable Diode Laser Heterodyne Spectrometer (NPL, UK) Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy Time Division Multiplex(ing) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Time Division Multiple Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Terrestrial Digital Multimedia Broadcasting Time-Delay Neural Network Time Dierence of Arrival (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Time-Domain Synchronous Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Telekom DSL (768 kbps Empfangs- und 128 kbps Sende-Geschwindigkeit/768 kbps receiving and 128 kbps transmitting rate) Time Data Table Truck Development and Technology Center (Fort Wayne, IN, USA) Terminal Equipment (TC im/in the ETSI) Thermoelectric(s) Transposable Element, transponierbares Element (Genetik/genetics) transversal elektrisch (Hohlleitermode/waveguide mode) Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children (North Carolina, USA, 1970) Telematik in der Akut-Medizin (EU-Projekt) Total Error Band Teacher Education Coalition (USA) Technical Expertise Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Thermoelectric Cooler Texas Electronic Coalition for Physics (Teleteaching) Terahertz External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser Technology, Entertainment and Design (Konferenz, Preis/conference, prize) Transnational English Database The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young Transducer Electronic Data Sheet [Fraunhofer-] Technologie-Entwicklungsgruppe Thermoelektrischer Generator Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer Trans-Eurasia Information Network Transit Exposure Level Technology Enhanced Learning Conformance European Requirements and Testing Technisch-Literarische Gesellschaft [Terminalemulation] (Rechnernetz) Transmissionselektronenmikroskop(ie), Transmission Electron Microscope (or: Microscopy) Text Mining Solutions Trans-European Mobility Programme for University Students (EU) Trans-European Network (seit/since 1998, 155 Mbit/s) Transeuropische Netze Integrierte Breitbandkommunikation a transkutane elektrische Nervenstimulation Trans-European Network Trac (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Transitorisch evozierte otoakustische Emissionen Tube Engineering Panel Advisory Committee Tissue Engineering Platforms (Industrieverband/industrial association, Straburg, FR) Tilt Equalizer (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Terrace (US Mail) Terrestrial Environmental Observatories acronym of Tb (Terbium), Dy (Dysprosium), Fe and NOL (Naval Ordnance Laboratory), see J. Appl. Phys. 50 (1979) 16741676 Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Initiative The Energy and Resources Institute (Delhi, India) Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Network Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Terminal Server Thermal Emission Spectrum

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Transition Edge Sensor (Bildbearbeitung/picture processing) TeV-Energy Superconducting Linear Accelerator (bei/at DESY, Hamburg, DE, geplant/planned) Transferable European Space Technologies Technologien fr zuknftige Raumtransportsysteme u u Trans-European (or: Terrestrial) Trunked Radio Access Transmitter Equipment for UMTS (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) TensorVectorScalar Theory (Gravitationstheorie/gravitational theory) Technische Experimente unter Schwerelosigkeit French Southern Territories (ISO 3166) Transferbereich (im/in the SFB) Time-Frequency Distribution Theodor-Frster-Institut (Zentrum fr moderne bildgebende Verfahren, UMG) o u Thin Film Filter Tera-FLOPs/s (= 1012 FLOPs/s) Tandem-Free Operation (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) Transport Format Code (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Transport Format Identier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Time-Frequency-Space Correlation Telegraphen- und Fernsprechtechnik (Zeitschrift, bis 1936) Telegraphen-Fernsprech-Funk- und Fernsehtechnik (Zeitschrift, 19371944, danach FTZ, danach ntz) Thin Film Technology Thin-Film Transistor Trac Flow Templates (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Trivial File Transfer Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology, PPPL) Terrestrial Flight Telephone System Timing and Frequency Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Task Group Technical Group (INCE) Togo (ISO 3166) Thermal Gravimetric Analysis Trgergemeinschaft fr Akkreditierung a u Technical Group on Computer and Business Equipment (INCE) Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flash Transforming Growth Factor Time Gated Holographic Imaging Third Generation Mobile Communication System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Technologie- und Grnderzentrum Spreeknie (Berlin, DE) u Ticket-Granting Service (Datennetz/data network) Train ` grande vitesse (franzsische Hochgeschwindigkeits-Bahn/French high-speed train)) a o Trunking Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Technologie- und Grnderzentrum u Technische Hochschule Thailand (ISO 3166) Thringen (Bundesland/German Federal State) u Theater High Altitude Area Defense (USA) Tetrahydrocannabinol (Wirksto/eective substance in Cannabis) Total Harmonic Distortion (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Times Higher Education Tactical High-Energy Laser (US-Wae/weapon) Thermal Emission Imaging System (Mars-Sonde/Mars probe Odyssey) The Observing System Research and Predictability Experiment (for better weather forecast) Thorium-Hochtemperatur-Reaktor (Hamm i. Westf., DE) Total Human Model for Safety (Toyota, virtuelles Dummy/virtual dummy) Institut fr Telematik e.V. (Trier, DE) u Texas Instruments Telecom(munications) Industry Association (USA) transitorische ischmische Attacke (Medizin) a Technische Informationsbibliothek (Hannover, DE) Total Inorganic Carbon Texas Institute of Computational Mathematics (College Park, MD, USA) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/le name extension: graphic le] Tag(ged) Image File Format (Graphikformat/graphic le) Tungsten-Inert Gas (Schutzgasschweien/gas-shielded welding) Tumor-Inltrating Lymphocytes (Zellen/cells) Track Illuminator Laser (US-Wae/weapon) Targeting Induced Local Lesions in Genomes Terrestrial Interface Module (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Teaching Integrated Math and Science (Chicago, IL, USA) Third (or: Trends in) International Mathematics and Science Study Telecommunications Information Network Architecture Transport and Infrastructure Needs Assessment (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Technology Innovation Program (USA) Terabit IP Router (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Testing Interoperability and Performance Terabit IP Optical Router (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Theory of Inventive Problem Solving Total Internal Reection (Optik/optics)

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Tracking and Imaging Radar Total Internal Reection Fluorescence (microscopy) Transverse Impuls Rocket System (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Total Isotropic Sensitivity (Mobiltelefon/mobile phone) Telecommunications and Internet Converged Services and Protocols for Advanced Networks Tokyo Institute of Technology Thermally Induced Voltage Alteration Tadschikistan/Tajikistan (ISO 3166) Thomas Jeerson National Accelerator Facility (Newport News, CA, USA) Telekommunikation Tokelau (ISO 3166) Telekommunikationsgesetz (25.7.96) Temporal Key Integrity Protocal (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) TimorLeste (ISO 3166) Technologie-Lizenz-Bro (Universitt Karlsruhe, seit 1987) u a Thin Layer Chromatography Toll-Like Receptor (Protein) Total Least Squares (Algorithmus/algorithm) Transparent LAN Service(s) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Transport Layer Security (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Transport LSP (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Type-Length-Value (multiplexing method) Terminal Multiplexer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Transmission and Multiplexing (TC im/in the ETSI) transversal magnetisch (Hohlleitermode/waveguide mode) Turkmenistan (ISO 3166) Trimethylamin Trimethylamin-N-Oxid Telecommunication Metrology Center (China) Trac Message Channel (Verkehrsnachrichtenkanal) Transmission and Multiplexing Conguration (and) Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Technologie- und Methodenplattform fr die vernetzte medizinische Forschung u Telecommunications Management Forum (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Texas Materials Institute Telecommunication(s) Management Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Turbomolekularpumpe Training and Mobility of Researchers (EU-Programm/EU program) Tunneling Magnetoresistance transkranielle Magnetstimulation Transportable Monitoring System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Thirty Meter Telescope (geplaner Baubeginn/start of construction planned for: 2011) Telemetry/Telecommand Tetramethyltetraselenanafulvalen (organischer Supraleiter/organic superconductor) Tennessee (US-Staat/US state) Tunesien/Tunisia (ISO 3166) Twisted Nematic (Flssigkristalle/liquid crystals) u Trinitroazetin (Sprengsto/explosive) Tumor Nekrose Factor (Medizin/medicine) Transport Network Layer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Tumor, Nodi [Lymphknoten], Metastasen (Krebsstadium-Klassizierung/cancer state classication) Trauma-Netzwerk Nordwest (Medizin) [Nederlandse organisatie voor] Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Telocator Network Paging Protocol Trinitrotoluol (Sprengsto/explosive) Tunneling Nanotube Thermo-Optical [Eects] Tonga (ISO 3166) Time of Arrival Total Organic Carbon Theory of Everything Test of English as a Foreign Language (Sprachtest fr Austauschstudenten) u Time-of-Flight (z.B. im Massenspektrometer/e.g. in mass spectrometers) Time of Flight Modulation Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer [russ. Abk.: Ringkammer mit Magnetspule/Russian abbrev.: ring chamber with magnets] (Kernfusionsreaktor/nuclear fusion reactor) Topical Meeting Total Ozone Mapping Sensor Taiwan Oscillation Network Tagesordnungspunkt Technical and Oce Protocol (Datennetz/data networks) thermooptisch variabler Polymerwerksto Time-Averaged Orbiting Potential Tankfahrzeug mit optimierten passiven und aktiven Sicherheitseinrichtungen Tagging of Pacic Predators (Meeresbiologie/marine biology) Teaching Opportunities in Physical Science (MIT program, USA) Towards Other Planetary Systems (Astronomie/astronomy) Trends in Optics and Photonic Series (OSA, Buchreihe/book series)

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Target of Rapamycin (Protein) TETRA Operation Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) The Operating System Type of Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Time Oset Table Technologieorientierte Unternehmensgrndungen (Modellversuch, neue Bundeslnder) u a Transparent Optical Cross-Connect (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Throughput Transfer Path Analysis Transient Program Area Time Projection Chamber (ALICE, CERN) Transmission Power Control (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Transpacic Cable Link (Glasfaserkabel/glass-ber cable USA Japan) Technisch Physische Dienst (TNO-TU Delft, NL) Terrestrial Planet Finder (geplant fr/planned for 2010) u Two-Photon Fluorescence Microscopy Tryptophane Hydroxylase (ein Enzym/an enzyme) Terahertz Pulse Imaging Threads per Inch (?) (optisches Gewinde/optical thread) Turnpike (US Mail) Technological Protection Measures Thrid Party Maintenance Tyre Pressure Monitoring (Kfz/motor vehicle) Tire Pressure Monitoring System (= RDK) Technical Program Organizing Meeting (ASA) Temporal Phase Shifting Thermal Protection System (Raumfahrt/spacecraft) Think-Pair-Share (educational concept) Transmission (or: Transport) Parameter Signaling (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Turbine Powered Simulators (Modelltriebwerke/model thrusters) Triple Play Service Delivery Architecture (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Temporal Phase Shifting Interferometer Thermoplastisches Polyurethan Thermophotovoltaik Tokamak Physics Experiment (Fusionsreaktortechnik/fusion reactor technology, PPPL) Total Quality Management Time Reversal Transmit/Receive [Modus] (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Trkei/Turkey (ISO 3166) u Telegraphentechnisches Reichsamt (Berlin, DE, 1.10.192031.3.1928/Oct. 1, 1920 March 31, 1928, danach/thereafter: RPZ) Time Reversal Acoustics Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (Sonnensatellit/solar satellite) Tool Representation and Communication System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Transatlantic Research and Development Environment Technologien aus der Raumfahrt fr Anwendungen in Nicht-Raumfahrtsparten u (DLR und MST Aerospace GmbH, Kln, DE) o Transmitter + Receiver Transmission Security (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Transmitter + Responder Temporal Pattern (Spracherkennung/speech recognition) [Terahertz rays], 0.3 1012 10 1012 Hz Technische Regeln fr brennbare Flssigkeiten u u Tone Reproduction Curve (Bildverarbeitung/picture processing) Traction Control (Kfz/motor vehicle) Transportation Research Center (Ohio State University, USA) Tsukuba Research Consortium (Japan) Transceiver Equipment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Text Retrieval Conference Thorie des Rseaux et Communications e e Text Retrieval Conference Video Retrieval Evaluation Time-Resolved Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Time Reversal Elastic Nonlinearity Diagnostic Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities (Arizona, USA) Thomson-Radiated Extreme X-Ray Source Time-Resolved Fluorescence Technische Regeln fr Gefahrstoe u Time Reversal Invariance Trichlorethen Transplant Research Integration in Europe (EU project) Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Transformation Induced Plasticity (Stahlerzeugung/steel production) Tera-Op, Reliable, Intelligently Adaptive Processing System [Kanadisches Kernforschungszentrum/Canadian nuclear research center] Teoriya Resheniya Izobratelskikh Zadatch (russische Abkrzung fr TIPS/Russian abbreviation of TIPS) u u Technische Richtkonzentration Time Reversal Mirror Transmission Resource Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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TransmitReceive Module (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Topology Representing Network (Selbstorganisation/self organization) Die Telefunken-Rhre (Zeitschrift) o Tropical Convection, Cirrus, and Nitrogen Oxides Experiment Transverse Relaxation-Optimized Spectroscopy Test Resource Partitioning Time Reversal Process Total Radiated Power (z.B. Mobiltelefon/e.g., mobile phone) Transient Receptor Potential Channel (Protein) Time-Reversal Symmetry (Theoretische Physik/theoretical physics) Time-Resolved Stereo Particle Image Velocimetry Transuranic Waste (rdioaktiver Abfall/radioactive waste) Time-Reversed Ultrasonically Encoded (e.g., biomedical imaging) Transceiver (Mobilfunk/mobile radio) Terrestrial/Satellite (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Time Slot (Datenbertragung/data transmission) u Topic Segmentation (Sprachverarbeitung/speech processing) Transport Stream (Digitalrundfunk/digital broadcast) Test Services Agreement Transport Security Administration (USA) Telephone Services Application Programmming Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Training Sequence Code (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Transparent System Connector IP (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Transport Solutions Division (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Targeted Socio-Economic Research Programme (EC) Transport Signaling Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Technical Specications (or: Standard) for Interoperability (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Total Solar Irradiance Tandem Scanning Microscope Transport Stream Multiplexing Frame (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Technical Specications Organizations Trac and Service Optimization Module (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Thiele Small Parameter (Lautsprechertest/loudspeaker test) Traveling Salesman Problem Tag Switched Routing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Terminate and Stay Resident Test-Speicher-Ring (in Heidelberg, DE) Teleworker Success Suite (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) TETRA Security System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Trierer Sozial-Stress Test Trusted Signature Terminal Through Silicon Via (Chip-Fertigung/chip manufacturing) Technology Transfer Terrestrial Time (vorher/formerly: ET) Trac Trunk (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Trinidad und/and Tobago (ISO 3166) Trust Territory (US Mail) Threshold Test Ban Treaty Telecommunications Technology Council (Japan) Telemetry and Telecommand Tracking, Telemetry and Command (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Testing and Test Control Notation Tree and Tabular Combined Notation Tetrathiafulvalen Time to First Fix (GPS-Ortung) Transmit Transition Gap (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Transmission Time Interval (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Time to Live Transistor-Transistor Logic Tunneled Transport-Layer Security (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Thrusted Third Party (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Thymidintriphosphat Time to Repair Touch-Tone Receiver T-Tauri-Sterne Temporary Threshold Shift (Gehr/in Hearing) o Text-to-Speech (Sprachsynthese/speech synthesis) The Transplantation Society Technische Universitt a Terminal Unit Transmission Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Technische Universitt Berlin (DE) a Technische Universitt Darmstadt (DE) a [National astronomical observatory of Turkey] TEX User Group Technische Universitt Gdansk (PL) a Technische Universitt Hamburg-Harburg (DE) a

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Touristik Union International GmbH & Co. KG The University Licensing Program Technische Universitt Mnchen (DE) a u European Confederation of Trade Unions (Technical Bord) [Europischer Gewerkschaftsbund a (Technisches Bro)] u Technische Universitt Wien (AT) a Television Tuvalu (ISO 3166) Tennessee Valley Authority (USA) Thrust Vector Control [System] (Mechatronics/mechatronics) Total Variation Diminishing (numerisches Rechenverfahren/numerical computation) Time-Varying Intensity Transmission Voie-Machine (im grenzberschreitenden ICE-Verkehr zwischen Deutschland u und Frankreich/border crossing rail-trac between Germany and France) TV Program Making Language, Television Markup Language Trinkwasserverordnung Tactile Vision Substitution System Television for You Taiwan (ISO 3166) Time Weighted Average Transmit Wavelength Adapter (optische Kommunikation/optical communication) The World at Night (group of astro-photographers) Third World Academy of Sciences; now: Academy of Sciences for the Developing World Three Way Catalytic (Auspu/muer) Transparente Wrmedmmung a a Transsonischer Windkanal Gttingen (DLR) o The Welding Institute (Stahlinstitut, Dsseldorf, DE) u Twin-Watermarked Images Counterfeit Original (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Twinning Induced Plasticity (hochdehnbarer Stahl/highly tensile steel) Topologically Aware Worm Propagation Model (Computer-Wrmer) u Traveling Wave Tube (Mikrowellen/microwaves) Traveling Wave Tube Amplier (Mikrowellenverstrker/microwave amplier) a Texas (US-Staat/US state) Transmit [Dateinamenerweiterung: Textdatei/le name extension: text le] Tansania/Tanzania (ISO 3166) Telefunken Zeitschrift Testzentrum Photovoltaik (Fraunhofer-ISE, Freiburg/Br., DE) Technologiezentrum Wasser (Karlsruhe, DE) Table Top Terawatt (laser)

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University College London (UK) University of California at Los Angeles User Controlled Light Path (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Ultracold Neutrons University Control Ocer (after WW2 in Germany) University of California Radiation Laboratory (Stanford, CA, USA) Uniform Communications System Union of Concerned Scientists University of California at Santa Barbara University of California, Southern Branch University of California at Santa Cruz University of California at San Diego University of California at San Francisco University of Delaware (USA) Uhrigs Dynamic Decoupling (Ionenfallen/ion traps) Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Unrestricted Digital Information (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Universitt des Dritten Lebensalters a Uni-Directional Link Routing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) User Data(gram) Protocol (Internet) User Dierential Range Error (Satelliten-Ortung/satellite locating) Upper-Data-Strobe (Atari computer) Unterhaltungselektronik User Equipment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Utra-High Eciency Lighting Ultraschnelle Elektronenmikroskopie Unequal Error Protection (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Union Europenne de Radiodiusion e Unidad de fomento (Chile) University of Florida (USA) Universities Funding Council (UK) [IEEE] Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society Umweltforschungszentrum (Leipzig/Halle, DE) Uganda (ISO 3166) Unication Grammar (Sprachverarbeitung/speech processing) University of Georgia (USA) User Generated Content (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) User Ground Component (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) User Ground Segment (Satellitensystem/satellite system) Urban Guided Transport Management System (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) University of Hawaii (USA) University of Houston (TX, USA) University of Houston Clear Lake (USA) Ultra High Denition Television Ultra High Energy (neutrino experiment) Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays Ultra High Frequency (0,3 3 GHz) University of Hawaii at Manoa Ultra-High Performance (z.B. Lampen/e.g. lamps) Ubiquitous High Performance Computing (DARPA) Ultra High Performance Concrete Ultra-High Resolution Ultra-High Throughput Screening Ultra High Vacuum, Ultrahochvakuum User Interface University of Bergen (Norway) Union internationale des chemins de fer University of Illinois at Chicago UniversityIndustry Demonstration Partnership Unstructured Information Management Architecture (Textbearbeitung/text processing) User Information Management Entities (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Union Internationale de Radiotlphonie (1925), seit/since 1929: de Radiodiusion (Weltrundfunkverein) ee Union Internationale des Tlcommunications ee Union Internationale des Transports Publics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Universit Joseph Fourier (Grenoble, FR) e unabkmmlich o United Kingdom (auch im/also in the Internet) UK Atomic Energy Authority UK Armstrong Technology Centre United Kingdom Consortium for Photonics and Optics Umwelt- und Kriseninformationssystem (DLR) UK National Grid Service UK Students for the Exploration and Development of Space UK Trade and Investment Ultrakurzwelle (87,5 100 MHz) Uplink Universit Libre de Bruxelles (BE) e

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Ultra Low-Cost Handset (Mobiltelefon/mobile phone) Unabhngiges Landeszentrum fr Datenschutz a u Unit Load Device (Luftfrachtcontainer/airfreight container) Ultra Long Duration Balloon Ultra Low Expansion (Teleskopspiegelglas/glass for telescope mirrors) Ultra Low Emission Vehicle (Kfz-Technik/motor vehicles) [Laserforschungslaboratorium, Iraklion, GR] Ultraluminous, Infrared-Emitting Galaxy Ultra Low Power Ultra Large Scale Integration Ultrasonic Level Transmitter (for liquids in tanks) Universal Laboratory Training and Research Aid United States Minor Outlying Islands (ISO 3166) Universal Messaging (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) University of Mississippi (USA) Unlicensed Mobile Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) University of Maryland, Baltimore County (USA) University of Maryland (USA) University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Piscataway, NJ, USA) Zentrum fr Umweltmessungen, Umwelterhebungen und Gertesicherheit Baden-Wrttemberg (Karlsruhe, DE) u a u Universittsmedizin Gttingen (DE) a o Ultra High-Speed Mobile Information and Communication (Exzellenzcluster, RWTH Aachen, DE) Unique Material Identier University of Manchesters Intellectual Property Commercialisation (UK) universelles mobiles Informationssystem University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology Umweltministerkonferenz University of Missouri Kansas City (USA) Unied Modeling Language (Computerprogramm-Struktur/computer program structure) Unied Medical Language System Unied Messaging Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Universal Monitoring System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Fraunhofer-Institut fr] Umwelt-, Sicherheits- und Energietechnik (Oberhausen, DE) u Universal Mobile Telecommunication(s) Standard (or: System) Unmanned Marine Vehicle United Nations Atomic Energy Commission Universidad Nacional Autnoma Mxico (Mexico City) o e Universe Awareness (Astronomie fr benachteiligte Kinder/astronomy for handicapped children) u University of Northern Colorado (USA) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United Nations Capital Development Fund United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro, Juni/June 1992) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea United Nations Conference on Trade and Development United Nations Development Program Unbundled Network Element (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) United Nations Economic Commission for Europe United Nations Environment(al) Programme United Nations Educational, Scientic, and Cultural Organization Ungdommens Naturvidenkabelige Forening (DK) University of North Florida (Jacksonville, FL, USA) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change University of New Hampshire (USA) Union Network International (Gewerkschaftsorganisation, seit 1.1.2000/Trade Union, since Jan. 1, 2000) UserNetwork Interface (Datennetz/data network) Universidad de los Andes (Bogota, Columbia) United Nations Information Center (viele Standorte weltweit/worldwide many locations) Universidade Estadual de Campinas (BR) Universal Linear Accelerator (GSI) Universit` degli Studi di Pavia (IT) a [Consortium of European Railway Signaling Supplies] (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) United Nations Institute for Training and Research UNIX-Based Control Element Universal Network Language University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA) University of Nevada, Las Vegas (USA) University of New Mexico (USA) United Nations Organization University of New Orleans (LA, USA) United Nations Protection Force University of Nevada in Reno (USA) United Nations Scientic Committee on the Eects of Atomic Radiation United Nations Special Commission University of New South Wales (Sydney, AU) University of North Texas (USA) Update Notication Table (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) United Nations University Ultrasound-Encoded Optical Tomography

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UPC UPC UPC UPC UP-CAP UPCC UPD UPM UPMC UPnP UpPTS UPS UPS UPS UPSR UPT UPU UPV UR URA URA URAN URANS URETI UREX URI URL URS URSI URT US USA USAF USAID USAMI USANS USAPC USARDSG-UK USART USB USC USC USCAP USCM USD USDA USF USG USGS USIM USM USNA USNC USP USPAS USPEX USPTO USSD USST UST UST USTAR USTC USV UT UT UT UTC UTD UTEP UTG UTIAS UTM UTOP UTP UTPA UTR

Ultrafast Photonics Collaboration (UK) Unied Parallel C (Programmiersprache/programming language) Universal Product Code (Strichcode/bar code) Universidad Polit`cnica de Catalunya (ES) e Ultra Power Capacitor University Press Content Consortium User Prole Directory (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Universidad Politcnica de Madrid (ES) e University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (USA) Universal Plug and Play (Multimediagerte) a Uplink Pilot Time Slot (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ultra-Precision Surfaces Unied Prole Scheme (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Uninterruptable Power Supply (= USV) Unidirectional Path Switching (or: Switched) Ring (optische Kommunikation/optical communcation) Universal Personal Telecommunications Universal Postal Union Unpiloted Vehicle Universal Routing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Unit de recherche associe au CNRS e e Universities Research Association (USA) UMTS Radio Access Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Unsteady Renolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (turbulence model) University Research, Engineering, and Technology Institute (befristete NASA-Grndungen/temporary NASA foundations in USA) u Uranium Recovery by Extraction Uniform Resource Identier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Universal Resource Locator (or: Location) (Internet) User Requirements Specication Union Radio-Scientique Internationale User Registration Tool (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) United States of America (ISO 3166) United States of America US Air Force US Agency for International Development US-Africa Materials Institute Ultrasmall-Angle Neutron Scattering University Students Acoustics Poster Competition (ASA) United States Army Research, Development and Standardization Group United Kingdom Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter Universal Serial Bus (Datenbertragung/data transfer) u Uniform Scalar Quantization (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) University of Southern California US Climate Action Partnership Universal Service Component Model US-$ US Department of Agriculture University of South Florida (Tampa, FL, USA) Unsolicited Grant Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) US Geologic(al) Survey (Denver, CO, USA) Universal Subscriber Identication (or: Identity) Module (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) User Service Manager (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) US Naval Academy US National Committee University of So Paulo (Brazil) a US Particle Accelerator School Universal Structure Predictor: Evolutionary Crystallography US Patent and Trademark Oce Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Usage Specication and Specication Testing Umweltsensortechnologie Universidade de So Paulo (BR) a Utah Science, Technology and Research Initiative (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA) University of Science and Technology (Hefei, CN) unterbrechungsfreie Stromversorgung Universal Time (seit/since 1928, zuvor/formerly: Greenwich Mean Time, GMT) University of Toledo (OH, USA) Utah (US-Staat/US state) Universal Time Coordinated (or: Continuous) Uniform Geometric Theory of Diraction University of Texas El Paso (USA) Umwelt-Technologisches Grnderzentrum (Augsburg, DE) u University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Universal Transversal Mercator (Kartographie/cartography) Ultraviolet Optical Telescope (an Bord von/aboard SWIFT Orbiter) Unshielded Twisted Pair (Datenkabel/data cable) University of Texas Pan American (Edinburg, TX, USA) Untranslated Region (in RNA)

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UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ultimate Tensile Strength University of Texas at San Antonio (USA) Unix-to-Unix Copy Program (Rechnernetz/computer network) Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Ultraviolet, Ultraviolett Universiteit van Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam (NL) University of Virginia (USA) Ultraviolet Coronograph Spectrometer (an Bord von/aboard SOHO) UV-Optical Telescope Umweltvertrglichkeitsprfung a u Umweltvertrglichkeitsstudie a Unfall-Verhtungs-Vorschrift u University of Waterloo (Canada) University of Western Australia Underwater Acoustic Communication Ultra Wide Band (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Universal Wireless Communication Consortium (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Gesellschaft fr Umwelt- und Wirtschaftsgeologie mbH (Berlin, DE) u University of West Georgia (Carrolton, GA, USA) University of the West Indies (campuses in Jamaica, Trindad and Tobago, and Barbados) University of WisconsinMilwaukee (USA) Universal Wireless System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Uruguay (ISO 3166) unserer Zeitrechnung (= nach Christus/after Christ) Usbekistan/Uzbekistan (ISO 3166)

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Voltage Controlled Oscillator Vibration Control of Space Structures Video Cassette Recorder V-Groove Connector System (Telefon, Steckverbinder) Vapor-Cooled Shields (Infrarotastronomie, Kryostat/infrared astronomy, cryostat) Voice Communication System Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting [Semiconductor] Laser, Vertikalresonator-Laserdiode Virginia Commonwealth University Voltage-Controlled Crystal Oscillator (fr RB-Atomuhr/for Rb atomic clock) u Voice and Data (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Verband der Automobilindustrie (DE) Voltage-Dependent Anion Channel Verband der Bahnindustrie (in DE) Verband Deutscher Biologen Vehicle Dynamics Controller (Kfz/motor vehicle) Variable Displacement Engine (Kfz-Motor mit Zylinderabschaltung/internal combustion engine with temporary cylinder deactivation) Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker (oder: Elektroingenieure) e.V. Verein Deutscher Eisenhttenleute e.V. u Vector Directional Filter (Bildverarbeitung/picture processing) Verein Deutscher Ingenieure e.V. Virtual Device Interface VDI-Gesellschaft Entwicklung Konstruktion Vertrieb Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau(er) Vereinigung Deutscher Strahlenschutzrzte e.V. a Very High Speed (or: Data Rate) Digital Subscriber Line (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Verband Deutscher Tonmeister Virtual Development and Training Centre (IFF, Magdeburg, DE) Visual Display Unit (= Monitor) Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen Vereinigung Deutscher Wissenschaftler vor der Zeitenwende (= vor Christus/before Christ) Venezuela (ISO 3166) Virtual Environment Volkseigener Betrieb (ehem./former DDR) Vertical External Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, vaskulrer endotheliarer Wachstumsfaktor a Volcanic Explosivity Index Virtuell European Laser Institute Virtual European Music School Versorgungsassistentin in der Hausarztpraxis Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (Tucson, TX, USA, 2005) Very High Energy Gamma Ray Astrophysics (Observatory) Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-Wide Index to Computerized Archives (Rechnernetz/computer network, Gopher) Vertical-Cavity Emitters Based on GaN for Optical Fiber Sensors (research project) Video Electronic Standards Association Voice-Excited Vocoder Vacuum Fluorescence Verband Forschender Arzneimittelhersteller e.V. Vacuum Fluorescent Display Vereinigung fr Kristallographie u Verein der Freunde historischer Luftfahrzeuge Visual Flight Rules Jungferninseln/Virgin Islands (ISO 3166) Video Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array Vertical Gradient Freeze (Kristallzucht/crystal growth) Virtuelle Hochschule Bayern Very-High-Density Amorphous (Ice) VLSI Hardware Description Language Very High Density Medium Very High Energy Virtual Home Environment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Very High Eciency Solar Cell Very High Frequency (30 300 MHz) Very High Level Language (Computer) US Jungferninseln/US Virgin Islands (ISO 3166) Virtual Instrument Vienna Institute of Archeological Science (Wien, AT) Van de Graaf-Isochron-Cyclotron-Kombination fr Schwere Ionen u Vehicle Information and Communication System VLAN Identication Virtuelles Institut fr Energiemeteorologie u Virtuelle und erweiterte Realitt fr hchste Sicherheit und Zuverlssigkeit von Embedded Systems (BMFT-Projekt) a u o a Visible InGaN Injection Laser Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education Vereinigtes Institut fr Kernforschung (Dubna, RU) u virtuelles Labor

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Visible and Infared Mapping Spectroscopy Visually Induced Motion Sickness Vertically Integrated Optical Testbed for Large Applications (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Vakuum in Forschung und Praxis (Zeitschrift/Journal) Vakuum-Isolations-Panel Very Important Person Virtual Internet Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Virtuelle Integrations-Plattform (Lufttransportkonzept) Value-Added IP Routing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Valved, Integrated PCR Electrophoresis Restriction Digest (Nanotechnologie/nanotechnology) Vigilance against Viral Resistance (EU) Variability Irradiance and Gravity Oscillations (an Bord von/aboard SOHO) virtuelle Realitt in der Medizin a Virtuelle Hochschule Oberrhein (seit Mitte 1998/since mid 1998) Visa Information System (archive of biometric data) Visible (Optics) Visible Imaging System Visual Instruction Set Virtual Instrument Software Architecture (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Verantwortlich im Sinne des Pressegesetzes Virtuelles Kompetenzzentrum fr Software Engineering u VHS-Index-Such-System Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (in UK manufactured camera for ESO, Chile) Visual and Spatial Technology Centre (University of Birmingham, UK) VME bus International Trade Association vernetzte intelligente Objekte in der Logistik Vital Interface Unit (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Virtuelles Kompetenznetzwerk zur Virtuellen und Erweiterten Realitt a Interactive Virtual Reality Environment (EU) Virtual Journal Verbundkatalog maschinenlesbarer Daten Verein fr Kernverfahrenstechnik und Analytik Rossendorf e.V. u Verband kommunaler Unternehmen Virtual Laboratory Very Large Array (Radioteleskop/radio telescope) Virtual Local Area Network (Internet) Very Long Baseline Array (USA) Very Long Baseline Interferometry Variable Length Coding Very Low Frequency (3 30 kHz) Very Long-Haul (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Very Large Hadron Collider (geplanter Nachfolger fr LHC/planned successor of LHC) u Very Long Instruction Word (Computer) Virtual Leasing (or: Leased) Line (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Virtual Leased Line Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Ventolaterale proptische Region (im Gehirn/in the brain) a Visitor Location Register (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Vapor-Liquid-Solid (Nanodraht-Herstellung/nano-wire manufacturing) Victorian Life Sciences Initiative (Melbourne, Australia) Very Large-Scale Integration (Circuit) Very Large Telescope (Chile, 8 m Durchmesser/diameter) Visible Light Transmission Very Large Telescope Interferometer (ESO, Chile) Valley (US Mail) Virtual Machine (computer) Virtual MAN (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Venus Monitoring Camera Verband der Materialprfungsanstalten u ventromedialer prfrontaler Cortex a Visiting Mobile Switching Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Vietnam/Viet Nam (ISO 3166) Virtual Network Computing Very Near Infrared (?) Variable Optical Attenuator (Photonik/photonics) Voice over ATM (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Verdingungsordnung fr Bauleistungen u Vehicle Onboard Controller (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) Volatile Organic Carbon (or: Compound) Voice Communication Research and Evaluation System (at AFRL) Video on Demand Voice over Digital Subscriber Line (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Voice over Frame Relay (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Voice over Internet Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Voice over Packet (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) VHF Omnidirectional Range (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Voice over Wireless Local Area Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Voice-Operated Switch [volume pixel, quaderfrmige Volumenelemente] o

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Virtual Path (Internet) Virtual Path Connection (Internet) Virtual Path Identier (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA, USA) Virtual Programming Language Visited Public Land Mobile Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Virtual Private LAN Service (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [Nucleus ventralis posteromedialis] Virtual Private Network, Virtuelles Privates Netz (Internet) Virtual Private Routed Network Violence Prevention Research Program (USA) Video Program(ming) System (or: Service) Virtual LAN Policy Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Videotext-Programmier-System Voice Processing Unit (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Virtual Private Wire Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Vector Quantization Virtual Reality Virtual Reality Audio System Vibrational Response Function (Chemie/chemistry) Virtual Routing and Forwarding (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Virtual Reference Grinding Virtual Router Identication (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Virtual Reality Markup (or: Modeling) Language Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Vancomycin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Verschlusssache (Geheimhaltung/secrecy) Vector Signal Analyzer Very Small Aperture Terminal (Fernerkundung, Datennetz/remote sensing, data network) Vestigial Sideband (Modulation) Vehicle Stability Control (Kfz/motor vehicle) Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Virtual Statistical Energy Analysis Vector Sourcebook Excited Linear Predictive Coding (Sprachkompressionssystem) Vector Signal Generator Vertical System Integration (Chip-Fertigung/chip manufacturing) VIPeR System Kernel (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Varying-Speed-of-Light (Theory) (Kosmologie/cosmology) Vector Space Model Vibrating Sample Magnetometer Versatile Symmetric Multiprocessor (computer) Virtual School of Molecular Sciences (Nottingham, UK) Video Sensor Node Versatile Scalable On Board Processing Unit (Einplatinenrechner/single board computer) Very special old pale (Cognac) Variable Sensitivity Photodetector Cell Vertical and Short Take-o and Landing Vermont (US-Staat/US state) Virtual Test Virtual Tributary (Kommunikation/communication) Ventrales tegmentales Areal (im Mittelhirnkern) Virtual Test Application Programming Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Virtual Test Internet Protocol Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Vehicular Technology Conference Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control (Kfz-Technik/vehicle technology) Visualisation Toolkit Vocal Tract Length Normalization (Sprachverarbeitung/speech processing) Vertical Take-o and Landing Video Tape Recorder Vessel Trac Service (fr Schisverkehr im Hafen/for ship trac in the harbor) u Valtion teknillinen tutkimuskeskus (Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, FI) Vanuatu (frher: Neue Hebriden/former New Hebrides) (ISO 3166) u Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam, NL) [Free University of Brussels] (BE) Virtuelle Universitt Berlin a Vakuumultraviolett, Vacuum-Ultraviolet vor unserer Zeitrechnung (= vor Christus/before Christ) Verbund Verteidigungs- und Sicherheitsforschung (Fraunhofer-Institute) Volume Velocity Source (Schwingerreger/vibration exciter) Variable Valve Timing (Kfz-Motor/car engine) Voice Web Communications Server (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Volkswirtschaftslehre Voice Web Manager (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Voluntary Exploratory Data Submission Voice Extensible Markup Language (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Vehicle to Grid (Elektroauto/electric vehicle)

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Washington (US-Staat/US state) Wide Area Augmentation System (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wholesale Application Community (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) West Anglia Cancer Network (UK) Wavelength Add/Drop (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wide Area Dierential (Satellitennavigation/satellite navigation) Welt-Antidopingagentur Wavelength Add/Drop Multiplexer (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) World Association for the Development of Philately [Dateinamenerweiterung: Sounddatei/le name extension: sound le] WLAN Access Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) West Antarctic Ice Sheet Wide-Area Information Server (or: Service) (Rechnernetz/computer network) World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organizations Wiederaufbereitungsanlage Karlsruhe Wheel Accelerated Life Testing Wide Area Network (Rechnernetz/computer network) Wireless Application Protocol (scherzhaft auch/ironically also: Wait and Pay) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wireless Access Policy for Electronic Communications Services (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) World Administrative Radio Conference Wide Area Reference Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wave Adaptive Reduction Principle (aktive Schwingungsminderung/active noise canceling) Wide Area Search for Planets Waveguide Below Cuto Web Based Element Management (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wissenschaftlicher Beirat fr Globale Umweltvernderungen (der Bundesregierung, DE) u a Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Blaue Liste Wave-Based Substructuring Wireless Base Station (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Work Breakdown Structure WEB-basierte Trainingssysteme Whole Body Vibration (Kfz-Schwingung/vehicle vibration) Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Worst-Case Execution Time (Computer) Wet Chemistry Laboratory (Mars Lander satellite) Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar [IEEE] Wireless Communications and Networking Conference World Council for Renewable Energy World Conference on Regenerative Medicine World Climate Research Programme WIPO Copyright Treaty Wayside Control Unit (Eisenbahntechnik/railway technology) World Class University (at KAIST) World Congress on Ultrasonics Wigner Distribution World Data Center for Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere (DLR) World Digital Library Warm Dense Matter Wave(length) Division Multiplex(ing) (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Wavelength Division Multiple Access (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Westdeutscher Rundfunk Wired Equivalence Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wireless Digital Subscriber Line (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wireless Ethernet Company Alliance (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) WEB Enabled Call Center (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Western European Calibration Cooperation Weighted Equivalent Continuous Perceived Noise Level Waste (from) Electrical and Electronic Equipment Wave Emission from Heterogeneities (Kardiologie/cardiology) Wilhelm und Else Heraeus (Stiftung/foundation) Western European Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation Western European Legal Metrology Cooperation Whale Ecology Observation Satellite (Japan) Weak Equivalence Principle Wired Equivalence Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wired Equivalent Privacy (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wireless Encryption Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Water Erosion Prediction Project (Umweltschutz/environment protection, USA) Word Error Rate (Sprachverarbeitung/speech processing) Western Electronic Show and Convention (USA) Western Pacic Regional Acoustics Conference Wavelength Extension Unit (for femtosecond lasers Wallis und Futuna-Inseln/Wallis and Futuna Islands (ISO 3166) Weighted Fair Buer Allocation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) WiMAX Forum Designated Certication Labs Wavefront Error (Teleskop-Technologie/telescope technology) Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (geplant/planned) Wide-Field Multi-Object Spectrograph

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Weighted Fair Queuing (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wavefront Sensor Wavefront Sensing and Control World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology Working Group Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Wireless Gateway (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) World Heart Federation Wasserhaushaltsgesetz Werthamer-Helfand-Hohenberg (Supraleitungstheorie/superconduction theory) Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium Wound Highly Porous Oxide (Faserverbundwerksto, DLR) World Health Organization Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Wisconsin (US-Staat/US state) Women in Acoustics (Committee, ASA) World Integrated Assessment General Equilibrium Model (Klimamodell/climate model) Wissenschaft im Dialog Wide-Angle Imaging Lidar Wireless Fidelity (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wide Field Sensor (NASA Satellit/satellite, seit/since 1997) Wireless Media and Control at Home Worldwide Interoperability for Mobile (or: Microwave) Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Weakly Interacting Massive Particles Wissenschaftsnetz (Datennetz/scientic data network) Wheather-Information on Demand (Unwetter-Frhwarnsystem/storm early warning system) u Wideband Internetworking Engineering Test and Demonstration Satellite Wireless World Initiative New Radio Wireless Sensor Networks with Self-Organization Capabilities for Critical and Emergency Applications Wireless Internet Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wissenschaftler-Integrationsprogramm (ehem./former DDR) World Intellectual Property Organization Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (radioaktive Abflle/radioactive waste, Carlsbad, NM, USA) a Women in Research Decision Making Wyoming Infrared Observatory (USA) WAN Interface Sublayer (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wirtschaftsorientierte Strategische Allianz (FhG) Widespread Security Domains Using Opical Monitoring (EU Project, optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Wintersemester (in Gttingen seit/since 2007) o Wireless Internet Service Provider (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Women in Science and Technology Wissenschafts- und Technologiepark Berlin-Adlershof (oder: Wirtschafts- und Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin-Adlershof) Wavelength Interchanging Cross-Connect (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Wisconsin-Indiana-Yale-NOAO World Knowledge Dialogue Symposium (since 2007) Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut (Fraunhofer-Institut fr Holzforschung/Institute for wood research, Braunschweig, DE) u Wertpapierkennnummer Wechselsprech- und Lautsprecherkommunikation Wavelength Adapter (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Wireless Local Area Network (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Worm-Like Chain (Polymerphysik/polymer physics) Wireless Local Loop (Internet) Workshop in Language-Based Parallel Programming Models Web Lecturing and Training System Wafer Level System in Packages Wissenschaftlicher Arbeitskreis Lasertechnik Weltmeisterschaft (im Sport) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Videodatei/le name extension: video le] Windows Media Audio Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (NASA-Sonde, Kosmologie/cosmology) Weapons of Mass Destruction [Dateinamenerweiterung: Graphikdatei/le name extension: graphic le] Windows-Metale World Metal Index (Stahlinstitut, Dsseldorf, DE) u Wireless Markup Language (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) World Meteorological Organization Working Memory Rating Scale World Nuclear Association World Numbering System (UPU, fr Briefmarken/for stamps) u Wireless Network Termination (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) World Ocean Circulation Experiment [Allunionsgesellschaft fr kulturelle Verbindungen mit dem Ausland] (RU) u White Organic Light Emitting Diode Write Once Read Many (Opto-Disk) Wide Open Throttle (car: maximum acceleration) Wireless Fidelity Protected Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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Wireless Personal Area Network Wood Polymer (or: Plastic) Composites Work Package Denition [Dateinamenerweiterung: WordPerfect-Graphikdatei/le name extension: WordPerfect graphic le] Worcester Polytechnic Institute World Premier International Research Center Initiative (Japan 2007) [International Symposium on] Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty Wissenschaftsrat World Radiocommunication(s) Conference Weighted Random Early Detection (or: Discard) (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Weather Research and Forecasting (Computermodell/computer model) [Dateinamenerweiterung: Windows Writer-Textdatei/le name extension: Windows Writer text le] World Resources Institute (Washington, DC, USA) Weighted Round Robin (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wirtschaftsfrderung Region Stuttgart o Samoa (frher Westsamoa/former Western Samoa) (ISO 3166) u Werkzeugstahl Wintersemester (in Gttingen ab 2007: WiSe) o Wireless Substation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) [ITG/IEEE] Workshop on Smart Antennas Web Services Description Language (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Weapons Systems Evaluation Group (USA) World Scientic and Engineering Society Web Service Framework Workstation Function World Summit on the Information Society White Sands Missile Range (rocket launching site, NM, USA) World Space Observatory (Nachfolger des Hubble Space Telescope fr UV/successor u of the Hubble Space Telescope for UV) Wireless Session Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (NL) Wavelength Selectve Switch (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Wide Screen Signalling Worldwide Support Systems (HP) Washington State University (USA) Wavelength Selective Cross-Connect (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Waterjet Technology (Schneidtechnik/cutting technology) Wavelet Transform Wireless Terminal (Datenbertragung/data transfer) u Wireless Telephony Application (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wireless Telephony Application Interface (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wired Trigger Bus (fr vernetzte Messinstrumente/for crosslinked measuring instruments) u Wissenschaftlich-Technischer Beirat (Bayerische Staatsregierung) Wehrtechnische Dienststelle (Bundeswehr/German army) Wideband Time Division Multiple Access (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) World Trade Organization Wavelength-Translating Optical Cross Connect (optische Kommunikation/optical communication) Wind-Temperatur-Radar Wissenschaftlich-Technische Zusammenarbeit (BMBF) Wireless Unversal Serial Bus Washington University in St. Louis West Virginia (US-Staat/US state) Wiedervorlage Web-Sphere Voice Server West Virginia University (USA) (alt/old:) World Wildlife Fund, (neu/new:) World-Wide Fund for Nature World Wide Grid (Rechnernetz/computer network) Wireless World Initiative (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Wireless World Research Forum World-Wide Military Control and Communication System World Wide Web (Rechnernetz/computer network) World War Two, Zweiter Weltkrieg (19391945) Wyoming (US-Staat/US state) World Year of Physics (2005) What You See Is What You Get Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fr Sozialforschung GmbH u Wissenschaftliches Zentrum Heidelberg (der/of the IBM) Werkzeugmaschinenlabor (RWTH Aachen) World-Wide Web Consortium

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Extensible Commerce Markup Language (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Extensible Content Protection (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Extensively Drug Resistant (Krankheitserreger) Digital Subscriber Line (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) X-Ray Evolving Universe Spectroscopy X-Ray Free-Electron Laser (DESY, im Bau/under construction, planned for 2014) Xenon Ion Propulsion Subsystem (Satellit/satellite) Externally Induced Voltage Alteration [Dateinamenerweiterung: Microsoft Excel-Datei/le name extension: Microsoft Excel le] [Dateinamenerweiterung: Microsoft Excel-Vorlage/le name extension: Microsoft Excel template] X-Ray Light Valve Cross Modulation (Distortion) Extensible Markup Language X-Ray Multi-Mirror Mission (Dez./Dec. 1999) X-Ray Microprobe Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Exclusive Or X-Ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy Cross Polarization Discrimination X-Ray PEEM Cross-Phase Modulation X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy XML Query & Update Language (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) X-Ray Background (Astrophysik/astrophysics) X-Ray Diraction [Sensors] X-Ray Fluorescence Extensible Resource Identier X-Ray and Optical Interferometer X-Ray Telescope X-Band SAR Executive for Services Environment (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment X-Ray Secondary-Emission Microscopy Extensible Stylesheet Language Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) X-Ray Telescope (an Bord von/aboard SWIFT Orbiter) Extreme Ultraviolet

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Zero Degree Calorimeter (CERN) Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks Zentralkomitee der deutschen Katholiken Zivildienstleistender Zero-Dispersion Wavelength (Laser) Zentraleinrichtung fr Audiovisuelle Medien (FU Berlin, DE) u Zentralstelle zur Erfassung von Ersatz- und Ergnzungsmethoden beim Tierversuch a Zentrum fr Entwicklungsforschung (Bonn, DE, seit/since 1997) u Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plant Zentrum fr Europische Integrationsforschung (Bonn, DE, seit/since 1997) u a Zero Kinetic Energy (Spektroskopie/spectroscopy) Zentrale Einrichtung Medien (Gttingen) o Zentrum fr Innovation und Technik (Mhlheim, NRW, DE) u u Zentrum fr Europa- und Nordamerika-Studien (Gttingen, DE) u o Zentrum fr Energie und Technik (Rendsburg, DE) u Zero Emission Vehicle Zentrale Akkreditierungs- und Evaluationsagentur Hannover Zentrum fr Europische Wirtschaftsforschung (Mannheim, DE) u a Zentrum fr Bucherhaltung (Leipzig, DE) u [Ernst] Zermelo, [Abraham] Fraenkel [Axiom of] Choice (Axiomensystem fr die natrlichen Zahlen) u u Zentralinstitut fr Kernforschung (Rossendorf, DE, bis 1991) u Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Knig (Bonn, DE) o Forschungs[- und Entwicklungs]personal-Zuwachsfrderung Ost (BMFT) o Zerstrungsfreie Prfung o u Zeitschrift fr Flugwissenschaften u Zentralinstitut fr Festkrperphysik und Werkstoforschung (Akademie der Wissenschaften, ehem./former DDR) u o Zentrum fr Funktionswerkstoe (Gttingen, DE) u o Zentrum fr Graphische Datenverarbeitung (Darmstadt, DE) u Zentrales Geologisches Institut (ehem./former DDR) Zentrales Hrsaalgebude o a Zuse Institut Berlin Zentralinstitut fr Elektronenphysik (ehem./former DDR) u Zentrum fr interdisziplinre Medienwissenschaft (Gttingen, DE) u a o [Dateinamenerweiterung: Archivdatei, komprimiert/le name extension: compressed archive le] Zone Improvement Plan (Postleitzahlen/postal code, USA) Zentralinstitut fr die Physik der Erde (ehem./former DDR) u Zentralinstitut fr Sprachwissenschaft (Berlin, DE) u Zentralkomitee (der kommunistischen Partei, UdSSR) Zentraler Kreditausschuss Zentren fr Kommunikation und Informationsverarbeitung in Lehre und Forschung e.V. u Zentrum fr Satellitengesttzte Kriseninformation (DLR) u u Zentrum fr Kfz-Leistungselektronik und Mechatronik (Nrnberg, DE) u u zentrale Kommission fr Lehre und Studium u Zentrales Knochenmarkspender-Register Deutschland [DLR-] Zentrum fr Leichtbauproduktionstechnologie (Stade) u Sambia/Zambia (ISO 3166) Zentralbibliothek der Medizin (Kln, DE) o Zentrum fr Molekulare Neurobiologie (Hamburg, DE) u (Transfer-) Zentrum fr Neurowissenschaften und Lernen (Ulm, DE) u Zentralnervensystem Zentrum Neue Technologien (Deutsches Museum, Mnchen, DE) u Zentralinstitut fr Optik und Spektroskopie (ehem./former DDR) u Zentralstelle fr Psychologische Information und Dokumentation (Trier, DE) u Zaire (ISO 3166 bis/until 1997) Zentrale Studien- und Studentenberatung Zentrum fr Sicherheits- und Katastrophenschutztechnik (in Hemer, DE) u Zentrum fr Sonnenenergie- und Wassersto-Forschung Baden-Wrttemberg u u Zeiss Universal Laser Image Projector (Planetarium/planetarium) Zentrum fr Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen (Mannheim, DE) u Zentrum fr Verbindungstechnik in der Elektronik (Oberpfaenhofen, DE) u Zentralverband der Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie Simbabwe/Zimbabwe (frher: Sdrhodesien/former Southern Rhodesia) (ISO 3166) u u Zweiaxiale Radprfung u Zentralinstitut fr Wissenschaftlichen Gertebau (Adlershof, ehem./former DDR) u a

Ziern/Numerals
10GE 2D 2DEG 2dFRGS 2G 2.5G 2R 3D 3DCRT 3DNRFL 10-Gigabit-Ethernet Two-Dimensional Two-Dimensional Electron Gas 2-Degree Field Galaxy Redshift Survey (Astrophysik/astrophysics) Second Generation (Telekommunikation, GSM) 2.5 Generation Mobile Receive, Reshape (optische Telekommunikation/optical telecommunication) Three-Dimensional 3-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy Three-Dimensional Negative Refraction Flat Lense

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Third Generation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) 3G Mobile Internet (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Third Generation Language Third Generation Partnership Project (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) 3G Reality Centre Third Generation Patents Platform Partnership (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) Multi-Reaction, Multi-Sample Microche Platform (research project) Three-Photon Polymerization (Chemie/chemistry) Retime, Reshape and Regenerate (or: Reshaping, Retiming, Reamplication) (optische Datenbertragung/optical data transmission) u Fourth Generation (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) 8-Phase Dierential Phase Shift Keying (Telekommunikation/telecommunication) 8 Phase Shift Keying (Telekommunikation/telecommunication)

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